Dinner, a Movie, &…a Party?

I got home from shopping with Aunt Alice feeling exhausted. That didn't even begin to cover it. It was an understatement.

We must have gone to like, 15 stores, and I tried on pretty much every single article of clothing being offered.

Oh, and I couldn't forget the shoes and accessories. That must have taken another 2 hours.

I was so close to regretting asking Aunt Alice to help me go shopping, until I remembered the wonderful outfit she had helped me pick out.

Sigh.

The price I must pay.

At least my mom was spared.

My mom!

Oh no. I had to tell my parents about the date.

And keep Jacob away from school tomorrow.

As we drove home, I worried myself in the seat, wondering how to break the news to my parents. I kept my mind occupied elsewhere, so my dad wouldn't be able to tell what I was thinking.

We the Kings, Mayday Parade, Cute is What We Aim For, Death Cab For Cutie, Secondhand Serenade, the Dangerous Summer, Boys Like Girls, All Time Low, Hoobastank, Linkin Park, Muse, A Thorn for Every Heart, So They Say, the Fray, Good Charlotte, Coldplay, Plain White T's Gym Class Heroes, Fall Out Boy, Hawk Nelson, Paramore, Danger Radio, One Republic, the Maine, Tokio Hotel, This Providence, the Ting Tings, Just Surrender, My Chemical Romance, the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Metro Station, The Academy Is…

That was how I focused my thoughts as I walked up the steps to the open door where my parents were waiting.

"Hey mom, hey dad," I said nervously.

"Hey sweetie."

"Um, there's something I need to tell you guys."

"What is it?" my dad asked, trying to decipher my thoughts. I looked at my Aunt Alice quickly before I began.

I didn't know how to put it into words, so I extended my hands to each of my parents' cheek and replayed the memory of Gabe asking me out, showing them everything that happened.

"Oh, well, have fun sweetie," my mom said, hesitant at first, but ended with happiness in her voice.

My dad looked smug.

He looked over his shoulder and called through the door,

"Well, Jacob, it looks like you have some competition!"

I heard Jacob growl. If I were capable of it, I would be blushing.

"Well Alice," my mom said, "it looks like we have a party to plan!" She clapped her hands together and looked excited, as did my aunt.

"Oh dear, what did I just do?" I asked myself aloud, shaking my head.

"Nessie, what is your dad talking about now?" Jacob demanded angrily, his fists clenched in an attempt to prevent his phasing.

"Uh, nothing," I said, shrugging my shoulders. "Uh, Jake, I think I saw something in the woods earlier. I couldn't identify the smell," I lied, hoping he wouldn't notice, "so do you think you could run patrols again tomorrow to be on the lookout? Just in case."

He looked worried. "Did it try hurting you? Are you alright?"

"I'm fine. I'm just saying that I saw something," I persisted.

"Well, it means that I should be with you at school tomorrow, to guard you. Or, better yet, maybe we should just stay home so you have a pack of wolves and vampires here to protect you," he said with a smile.

I shook my head, saying, "Nuh-uh. I am not missing school tomorrow. And you are going to run patrols again tomorrow mister."

"Fine." And then he ran through the trees as he phased.

As soon as he was out of earshot, my dad appeared beside me.

"Nessie, why did you just lie to Jake," he asked with a smile.

"I just didn't want him there for when I went on my date with Gabe," I explained with a shrug, unsure if that reasoning would cut it.

"Ok, whatever you think is best," he sighed, and then went inside to look for my mom.

I sat on the porch steps with my head in my hands, feeling guilty.

"Nessie, it's no use sulking. What's done is done." Uncle Jasper said from the doorway.

"You're right," I said as I got up to go back to my room in our cottage. "I always am," I heard him say with a chuckle. I just smiled as I ran back home.

I got my clothes ready for tomorrow, and made sure my phone, wallet, and ipod were ready to come along.

xoxoxoxoxox

I slipped on my pair of bright turquoise jeans and my light blue shirt with a panda on it with WE THE KINGS written across it, while my belt hung loosely across my waist. I tied up the laces of my Punkrose turquoise splash high-top sneakers. A purple and black buffalo scarf was tied around my neck, and some bow clips in my hair. I finished with some fingerless gloves that were a gift from Jacob. They had paw prints on them, and they were sort of an inside joke.

I finally decided I was ready, since it all looked fine, not too overdone. I smiled at myself in the mirror, excited for my date with Gabe later. I slipped my wallet into my pocket and grabbed my backpack.

"Mom, dad, I'm leaving for school now!" I yelled over my shoulder as I ran out of the house to my car.

The school day passed quickly, and thankfully Mrs. A was out sick today. I didn't see Gabe at lunch and I grew worried.

Finally when it was my gym period at the end of the day, I walked over to where the float was being kept so I could work on it. I saw Gabe there, and I was immediately happy.

"Hi Gabe!" I called to him as I waved.

"Nessie," he breathed and came running to me. "Hey, what's up? I'm sorry I left you alone to fend for yourself at lunch, but I had to go pick up some more seeds for the float," he explained. Okay, he wasn't avoiding me, so I was relieved.

"Don't worry, I get it. I used my tray to deflect the spitballs Gregory and Hadrien were tossing around. But, unfortunately, Katherine wasn't so lucky." I said with a chuckle.

We worked by painting glue along marked parts of the float and using a sponge to scoop up seeds to carefully pour into the gluey spots. It was pretty fun. We eventually had to squeeze into this spot together, and the closeness made me nervous. We busted out laughing, and as Gabe threw his head back, his hair was covered in glue. It was so funny, that I started slipping off of the float.

Gabe quickly grabbed my ankle to try and stop me from falling, but it was too late; I had already slipped too far down, and he was reaching too low, and we both ended up falling.

I hit the ground first, landing on my back, but it didn't hurt. I couldn't tell if it was a good thing or a bad thing that Gabe landed right on top of me.

"Oof!" All the air was pushed out of my lungs. Thankfully it didn't hurt. I guess he was lucky I was the one he had landed on and not the hard ground.

"Oh, Nessie, I'm so sorry," he said frantically, "here, let me help you up," but he made no movement to get up from the position we were in. his face was so close to mine, and my heart beat even faster than usual.

He realized he was crushing me, well should have been if I were completely human, and got up quickly, pulling me up with him.

"So are we still on for later?" he asked breathlessly.

"Yeah," I said in a tone that matched his.

Finally, after school was over, I followed everyone in their cars to Port Angeles. We had a lot of fun watching the Love Guru, and later we snuck into Get Smart. Wow, I never knew so many people to think alike, and such devious thoughts.

Well, most of the guys had gross, vulgar thoughts rather than devious. I guess that was the usual thing for teenage boys. I wished they would stop saying cum. And Panini. I didn't even get that one; a Panini was a sandwich, and somehow they managed to turn it into something dirty. Sigh.

Then it was time to go. They followed me through the woods to my house.

Everyone stepped out of their cars and stared in awe.

"Nessie, you live here?" Gabe asked incredulously.

"Rich person!" I heard Gregory yell. We all laughed. I led them inside, and was surprised with how my mom and aunt had set up the place.

"Whoa," was all I could say, "What happened in here?" I asked my mom who descended from the stairs. I heard jaws drop as they took in my mother's appearance, and my dad's as he followed after her.

"You guys, this is my mom," I gestured to them, "mom, dad, this is Jenine, Katherine, Angelica, Christine, Margarette, Christian, Stephen, Hadrien, Niguel, Jon, Gregory, Nicole, Melissa, Jazel, Bretney, another Nicholle, Sami, and… Gabe," I said hesitantly.

"Welcome everyone," my mom said happily, while my dad kept a careful arm around her waist possessively, probably from certain thoughts, "you may help yourselves to the pizza and chips in the kitchen, as well as drinks and whatever else it is we have. Watch tv, listen to music, go crazy, have fun, but" my mom said excitedly before continuing, "no hanky panky!" She directed her gaze towards where the guys were drooling over her, while my dad looked directly at Gabe. I heard him gulp.

Then my parents left the house, just like that.

"PARTY!!!" one of the guys yelled.

We ate, and watched random movies from a large stack my mom had set out. A few others gathered around the computers, reading fanfics or logging onto youtube, showing me videos of Katherine and Stephen arguing over who was prettier, and Bretney sat between the two of them laughing.

Finally, the Notebook was playing, and I sat beside Gabe on the loveseat. I smiled as he did the whole yawn and stretch move and placed his arm around my shoulders.

"Nice one," I giggled so only he could hear. I felt his blush, and before he could retract his arm, I quickly turned around and pecked a short kiss on his cheek, and leaned into his chest for the rest of the movie with a smile on my face. I was happy that he left his arms around me.

When everyone realized how late it was – 12:30am – they left. Gabe was the last to leave.

"Well, thanks for inviting us over Nessie. I had a great time. Do you mind if I come over again tomorrow afternoon? For help with math I mean," he stuttered.

I smiled up at him. "Of course." He seemed to ease at my simple answer, and was about to leave when he stopped.

"I know you just came and you're new and all, and you haven't known me very long, but I was wondering if… um… well," he ran his hand through his hair, "just forget I said anything he muttered and was about to walk away before I grabbed his wrist.

"Will you be my boyfriend Gabe?" he looked shock, but quickly composed himself.

"I'd love that. I'm glad I wasn't the one who had to ask, cuz I just couldn't get the words out."

"I know. That's why I asked," I said with a laugh.

"Oh, haha… well, bye," and he quickly kissed my cheek as I had done to him earlier, and ran to his green eco-friendly car. I put my palm to my cheek and sighed.

"Not quite as messy as I would've thought," my mom said from behind me. I jumped, scared of her sudden appearance.

"Well Nessie, you had quite the eventful night, huh?" my dad said with a chuckle. I glared daggers at him. He must have heard Gabe's and my thoughts as they came back from… whatever they did.

"What are you talking about sweetie?" my mom asked, very confused.

"Explain yourself, missy." My dad said firmly.

I sighed. "Gabe asked my to be his girlfriend." My dad stared harder. "Oh, fine! I asked him."

"Okay sweetie. Have fun, but don't get out of control. Make sure you know what you're doing." My parents seemed confident and smug, but I didn't know about what. How could they be so at ease with all of this? Not yet at least. I rolled my eyes and went to help clean up.

I rolled out of bed with a yawn.

The house was empty, so I ran over to the giant mansion owned by my grandparents. I opened the door and yelled hello to everyone.

I walked into the kitchen and glared at my parents.

"Why didn't you wake me up?" I demanded.

"You were sleeping, and we didn't want to disturb you, sweetie," my mom said.

"Sure, sure. What time is it anyway?" I said, scratching my haystack of hair.

"10:30am," my dad stated, and then his smile grew. I understood why. I smelled Jacob. I don't get why everyone thought he smelled bad, because I thought he was the best thing I ever smelled.

"Hey Jake," I said nervously as he walked in. why was I so nervous?

"What's up with you?" he asked.

"Nothing," I mumbled. Uncle Emmett snickered, and Aunt Rosalie smacked his arm. I guess my parents told them.

"Actually," my dad said, "Nessie has a new boyfriend. She partied into the late night and finally popped the question to Gabe," my dad said, trying to hide his smile. Jacob looked angry. His hands shook as they were clenched at his side, and he turned red.

"He's not right for you Nessie," he spat.

"What's it to you?" I asked. Why should he care? He was just my friend, someone with no romantic interest in me. I shrugged it off.

"Fine. Enjoy yourself," he said as he stormed off out of the room.

I was angry with him for being angry with me.

Finally, Gabe came over in the afternoon. After I tutored him, we decided to take a walk through the forest.

A/N: I actually have decorated Rose Floats before, and it is so fun. My friend actually did get glue all over his hair, and I started fallin off from laughter, so he had to pull me up by my shoe so I wouldn't fall. I listed a lot of the groups and bands on my ipod, while my friend kitkat put in some of her own. Thanks Hot Topic for your great stuff. Nessie's outfit:

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