Chapter Seven: Bubblicious

A few seconds after Jake left, there was another knock at the door. Mari and Merci stood outside with Dallas, and I welcomed them in.

"Happy birthday," Dallas said, giving me light birthday punches. I took their bags and put them in the other room, then led them to the main room where Lila stood eating chips. They were all acquainted and talking about their soccer team. I didn't like soccer at all, which was good because I wouldn't be able to play anyway, since I had vampire abilities. The doorbell rang for the last time and I led Stella and Violet in. While putting their bags with the others, I noticed Jacob walk in with the cake. I immediately skipped back towards my friends and joined in the conversation. We were in the room talking for about an hour, never interrupted in any way, until dad walked in.

"Hello, girls," he said and they all stopped talking and starred at him. He continued, "Thank you all for coming. I'm Renesmee's father, Edward." Quiet giggles filled the room and as if on cue, they all said, "Hi, Edward." Then, in stumbled Emmett, with Jasper following him.

"Oh, uh, hi," Emmett said, straightening himself up; the girls were watching his every move. Jasper sighed and introduced his brother and himself, "Hello, ladies. I am Jasper Hale, at your service." He bowed. "And this is my brother, Emmett Cullen." I found it funny to watch every one of my friends' jaws drop. I heard dad let out a chuckle. Suddenly, Jacob walked in and Violet began sneezing, uncontrollably.

"Are you okay?" dad asked. Violet shook her head and I handed her a box of tissues.

"Ness, do you have a dog?" she said between sniffles. "Ha!" Emmett burst into a fit of laughter. None of the girls understood, but they laughed along since they thought my uncle was 'hot.' Then I understood what was going on: Violet was allergic to dogs and when Jacob walked in, he must have had some of his wolf fur on his t-shirt from phasing. I bit my lip and looked at his reddening face.

Violet had to go home due to her allergy. I felt so bad for her; she had been looking forward to coming. We assembled on the couches, my friends trying to sit as close to dad, Jazz, and Em as possible. They didn't go near Jacob since I sat by him and they saw the 'hand's off' warning in my eyes.

"So," Emmett broke the silence, "What are your names?" I introduced them, "That's Stella Mota, Dallas Evens, Merci and Mari Burns, and Lila May. And the girl that left, her name is Violet Hanna."

"It's nice to finally meet y'all," Jasper said, using his Southern drawl.

"Are you from Texas?" Stella asked him. He nodded and she peeked over at Dallas who was twirling a lock of blue hair around her finger. "Well, Dally is too."

"Please, do not call me that. And yeah, the reason my name is Dallas is because I was born and raised there for nine, wonderful years," she snapped.

"Well, you have a beautiful name," Jasper said, still trying to charm everyone.

I think they're getting bored. What should we do? I asked dad through thought. He motioned with his head toward Emmett. So, following his advice, I put my hand on his and quickly transmitted, What should we do? A wide grin spread across his face and he shouted, "Who's up for a rousing game of truth or dare? Isn't that what you're supposed to do at a sleepover?" The girls nodded. I flopped back onto Jacob's chest. "Okay, who wants to go first?" Five hands shot up, but not mine.

"Aw, c'mon Nessie, please play," Stella begged. "Fine," I mumbled.

"Nessie can go first," Emmett announced. I huffed silently and began, "Okay, Stella, truth or dare?"

"Dare."

"I dare you to…" I thought for a minute, "I dare you to play seven minutes in heaven with Emmett." Emmett's eyes grew wide in spite of being caught or told on to Rosalie when she returned. Uncle Jasper jerked forward, there were probably too many emotions coming at him. "Ness, Nessie I have a boyfriend. Yeah, remember Lake?"

"Rules are rules, there's no backing out of a dare," I said to them. Emmett got up and sulked toward the loveseat across the room and waited for Stella to join him. She sadly traced over her lips in bright red lip gloss and then sat beside him. I set the kitchen timer for seven minutes exactly and as it ticked, their lips pressed together. Everyone started taking pictures, even dad, Jazz, and Jake. After the seven minutes was up, they separated and didn't come close to each other; I imagined it was too awkward. Emmett coughed and pulled a pink wad out of his mouth. He then said in a sickened tone, "I wasn't chewing gum." Stella's eyes widened. I knew she only did the 'gum thing' with Lake, but Uncle Emmett got a taste of her addiction: Bubblicious. My hand flew over my mouth, as did everyone else's. That ended out game of truth or dare…for now.