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WELL, hope you like this chapter, I'm sorry to let you know that Bella isn't in this chapter… much. Anyways! Keep reading!
EPOV
I was driving home thinking about Bella, and how I fell more in love with her while spending the afternoon at her house when I got a call from Alice. "Edward, is that you?" She said cautiously. "Yes Alice, Of course it is" I said. "Sorry, just making sure I don't let this information gets heard by the wrong ears, if you know what I mean. Can you swing around my place in about 10 minutes? I figured you would need to make a plan before tomorrow" Alice said, with excitement in her voice.
Why was there excitement? Shouldn't there be fear? "Alice, in ten minutes it will be midnight!" I said trying to sound tired although I knew I wasn't any where near in the mood to sleep.
"I know, but if we are going to have these secret meetings, I want to have them properly, okay?" she said, whispering, although I was sure no one was around her to hear anyway. "Ok, ok, see you in ten," I said changing directions to Alice's house.
Alice truly amazed me. She had taken a very dangerous situation and tried to theme it like a party. That's Alice for you, always overdoing every thing. When I walked into her house, it was pitch black except for the hundreds of candles that surrounded the dining table in her back room.
Every one was already there, and it turned out that I was early though except for Alice. Alice then was wearing a black dress with a black overcoat with a hood on. She must be dying of heat with the central heating on. She held a candle in her hands.
"Where is the sacrificial lamb?" said Emmett sarcastically, in an evil sort of voice, he too now had a candle in his hands. Rosalie let out a laugh; I was about to too but contained myself for Alice's sake. Alice cast them a dirty look and then commenced with her 'Ceremony.'
"Welcome all," she said taking her seat at the head of the table. "Not all of you know why we are here today, but I am sure you have a pretty good idea of what it concerns," she said in an authoritive voice. If Alice didn't want to become a fashion designer so badly I would think some one in Hollywood would have picked her up by now.
"As we look around the room, you can see Tanya is not here. Some of you are already piecing what has happened in your minds, some of you are still staring at me blankly," she said, sounding like a fortune teller. "Rosalie," Emmett coughed and Rosalie hit him over the head with her hand and said "Blondes are smart, right Jasper?" But Jasper just shrugged and turned back to Alice.
"I called Edward to stand and tell us of what has happened," she said gesturing for me to stand. "I think I am fine sitting," I said back politely. I knew Alice was having fun with this, but it wasn't a fun matter.
"Come on, brother Edward, it is only tradition to stand when leading the cult," Emmett remarked again making Rosalie giggle. Alice pretended to ignore him and just said "Edward, please stand."
I knew I wasn't going to win, it was Alice and she would stay all night waiting for me to stand, and I knew it. So I went along with her little act. I cleared my throat and then turned to Emmett, Rosalie, and Jasper.
"Firstly you need to know that the other night I broke up with Tanya," I said, not looking at Rosalie who I knew was probably the closest to Tanya. "Why?" Rosalie asked, surprise and worry in her voice.
"Now only Alice knows this so far, and maybe Jasper I don't know. It is hard to understand, but I have fallen head over heels, for the new girl Bella, and I couldn't court her if I stayed with Tanya," I said, waiting to hear Rosalie voice.
"YOU DUMPED TANYA FOR A GIRL YOU HAVE KNOWN FOR A WEEK?" Rosalie screamed and every one immediately looked up to the ceiling to see if Alice's parents had woken.
This sounded exactly like the episode in the car, and I didn't want another repeat of it. "Yes Rosalie, I know it sounds irrational, but that is not the most important thing right now. Tanya threatened to go public if I broke up with her," I said. I didn't realise how much those words scared me.
"No, that's so unlike Tanya," said Rosalie refusing to believe it. "She wouldn't do it, are you sure she just wasn't thinking straight at the time? Maybe if you asked her again she would take it better, maybe..." I watched in agony as Rosalie searched for an excuse for Tanya's outburst, but she couldn't find one good defence and ended up weeping into Emmett's shoulder.
"No, I don't think she would go public," said Jasper talking for the first time all night. "Why not?" said Alice, relighting the candles that had blown out. "Well if she went public, she was just as much involved in it as we were," Jasper said, his face deep in thought.
"It's true" said Emmett still holding Rosalie who was now calming down. I decided to speak, "Even if she won't, I don't know for sure, we just can't trust her right now. I have decided that I will keep seeing Bella behind her back..." Rosalie went to argue back but Emmett hushed her. I continued "So I need your help to keep our relationship from Tanya," I ended.
"Does Bella know?" Rosalie asked. I could tell she would probably avoid speaking to me for days after this. If it wasn't for Emmett I am sure she would probably side with Tanya, as if Tanya ever did go public Rosalie would probably be ok, considering she was the Mayor's daughter.
"No, Bella doesn't know, and I want it to stay like that. But she will get suspicious if I don't spend my lunch times with her," I said, concern rising into my voice again. "That's where I need you Rose," said Alice unrolling a big poster. "As you are the school captain, I was thinking that you could start a biology club three days a week at lunch so that way Bella and Edward can see each other with out Tanya getting too suspicious." Alice was a genius.
"Yes, but what about the other two days?" I asked. "Don't worry," Alice said unrolling another big poster, "You're forgetting you are a prefect, and so is Tanya, so you will both be on the senior representative committee on the two other days, so you will be together with out Bella," said Alice, handing the two posters to Rosalie.
Rosalie took them, unsure of what to do. "Please babe, for me?" Emmett said gently stroking her hair. "Of course," Rosalie answered back, lightly kissing him on the lips. She rolled up the posters and put them in her oversized handbag.
"I think we can make this work," Alice said, excited again. Oh Alice, always so overenthusiastic. "Our meeting is officially out of session," said Alice and then Emmett went around blowing out all the candles, making the room pitch black before Alice hit a light switch.
After every one had left I went over to Alice, who was taking her overcoat off. "Alice, thanks a lot for doing this, I really appreciate it," I said, helping her pack up the candles. "No problem," she said, as if it really was no big deal.
"Look, is there any thing I can do for you, to say thank you," I said. Alice had done a lot for me and was so supportive; I wanted to do the same for her. "I want to meet Bella," said Alice, her back to me packing some candles.
"You what?" I said, a little stunted by her answer. "I want you to introduce me to Bella officially," she said now looking at me. It wasn't a hard request, but why did it seem impossible to me? "Please Edward! I have sort of lost Tanya now and Rosalie hates me for backing you up, I just need some one to go shopping with," she pleaded; a pouty looked on her face.
"Ok, I'll introduce you at school," I said leaving it at that. "And shopping and lunch this weekend," she added. I just rolled my eyes. Before I could negotiate she had her arms around me. "Thank you! Thank you! Thankyou! Edward you're the best," she squealed. She had taken the silence as a yes, I should have known.
So all I had to do now were three things:
Stick to the plan
Improve my relationship with Bella
And introduce Alice to Bella.
That's all for the chapter folks! *chews carrot*
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