BELLA POV
"What was your first impression when you met Alice Cullen?" It's Wednesday night and I'm feeling more exhausted then ever. Today Rose and I were called in to pull for a new girl band and it was a long process finding pieces of clothing and putting outfits together. It's even more extremely difficult when you stay up the previous night. Yeah, that's right. I stayed up until the morning again, with Edward. Though last night we didn't drive anywhere. We spent the night in the media room and by midnight we jumped into the pool for a couple of hours. Edward didn't have to come in today, that lucky bastard.
So by the time Rose and I got home, it was six PM and we quickly grabbed a bite to eat after showering. Then we learned that a camera crew was set up in the basement for interviews to add in between scenes for when they put together an episode. You know, like in Jersey Shore when they'd show the individual person commenting on something that's happened or is about to happen?
I'd walked lazily down the stairs muttering complaints about how tired I am and that I just want to go to bed. Rose half-dragged me, she has more energy then I do. That's only because she got her nine hours of sleep. I have to rely on coffee to stay awake for this.
I briefly think back to my almost lonesome celebration in the limo before Alice climbs in. A smile begins to grow on my face. "The first thing I thought was how short and tiny she was," I laugh out loud. "But I learned how extremely happy she was, and I knew we'd become great friends."
Billy asked me a couple more questions about Alice, then moved onto Rose. I'd said she was a bitch at first, but learned that she was just acting and ever since her confession, we've become instant friends. We talked about Emmett, Jasper, Jacob, Mike, Jessica and finally, Edward.
"He was a jerk at first, so I thought, but I've been getting to know him and he's actually a really great friend." All of this is true. I'm not saying this under Demetri's orders or forcing myself to.
"You two are just friends?" Billy raises an eyebrow at me.
I nod. "I've only known him for the same amount of time I've known the rest of my roommates." After that Billy had a couple more questions, but about me, and I answered truthfully. Finally he wrapped it up, and we shake hands and say goodbye.
I bolt up the stairs and trip once I run into the living room. I look down and realize that I'd tripped over Emmett's new Nintendo Wii box. Emmett bursts out in laughter, but Edward comes to help me up.
"Shut the fuck Emmett before I throw your fucking Wii out the window!" Edward growls before turning his focus back to me. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah it's fine. Did I ever mention how clumsy I am?"
He shakes his head. "Yeah, figures. Well, surprise! Another Bella fact-of-the-day for you!" I try to cover up my humiliation and surprisingly it works. Edward helps me up on my feet and we walk over to the couch.
I'm about to talk to Emmett about Monday night. This week has been so busy I haven't had any time to just sit down and relax. Even if I had t the chance to speak to Emmett, he'd be out of the house whenever I'd remember. Before I can even open my mouth, Jessica walks into the family room looking rather annoyed. I had a very serious discussion with Demetri yesturday letting him know that I will not be associating with Jessica, much making her my best friend. After almost an hour of heated discussing, he finally agreed.
"Um, the new season of 90210 is about to start in like a minute, can I use the T.V?" she looks at the wall clock tapping her foot impatiently.
Emmett shakes his head. "I got here first, so you're going to have to wait."
She actually stomps her foot. Edward and I bite back laughter. "Thirty seconds FatMan!" Emmett whips his head around at his new nickname.
"Hey Bimbo, your language is offensive!"
"Twenty seconds!"
"THERE'S A T.V IN YOUR ROOM! GO MAKE USE OF IT!" Emmett shouts at her like a ten year old boy. Edward and I cough back laughter as we roll our eyes at their goofiness.
"15 SECONDS!" Jessica begins to yell. "AND THIS T.V IS SO MUCH BIGGER! WHY DON'T YOU GO TAKE YOUR STUPID WHITE BOX TO YOUR ROOM AND PLAY IT THERE?"
I swear Emmett's head is about to explode. His face is so red he out beats my fire truck redness when I blush. "IT'S NOT A STUPID WHITE BOX! IT'S A NINTENDO WII YOU STUPID MEAN GIRL!"
With that Jessica does something so unexpected. She stomps over to the Wii, grabs it with all her strength and runs to the balcony. Emmett takes three seconds to register what just happened. When Edward and I realize what she's going to do we try out best to get to her. But unfortunately, once the three of us join her in the balcony, she's already tossed the Wii over the balcony and the next thing we hear is the contact of the broken pieces against the cement.
This outrages Emmett that he goes ballistic. Rose, Jacob, Jasper and Mike run to the balcony to see the commotion. Alice joins shortly after.
"Rose grab a hold of your boyfriend before he rips her head off!" I call out seeing that Jessica is just standing there perfectly confident. Once she's done smirking she walks casually to the family room and we hear the T.V go on.
Emmett hops over the balcony diving right into the pool. He emerges out, his face still red with anger and runs over to his broken Wii. He cries out a "no!" dramatically and we all run down the steps to join him and his grief.
"I've only had it for two hours!" he cries, burying his head in Rose's chest. Rose places a hand on the back of his head stroking it soothingly.
"Well, that's what you get for Monday night." I stick my tongue out at Emmett and he looks back at me in horror as if I'm the one who broke his Wii. "By the way, when are you going to strip off your clothes and run down the street?"
"We'll talk about this later Bella." Emmett promises me and I can tell how sad he is- over a game console- so I let it go.
"It's okay Em, we'll get you another one." His face softens at the mention of a brand new Wii. Jacob and Mike go back into the house and we automatically hear shouting between the two boys and Jessica.
"It's alright Emmett," Jasper pats his brother like friend on the back. "We'll run to the store and get you another one."
"She's the most meanest, worst-est person I've ever met in my life Rosie." Emmett continues to cry while Edward, Alice and I are giggling. Rose shoots us an 'SOS' kind of look. I actually thought she was taking Emmett seriously, turns out she wants to bark out in laughter as well.
"Can I ask why Emmett has to streak down the street?" Edward whispers into my hair and I shake my head at him while whispering, "Later."
"Can we go to the store now Rosie?"
"Now?" Rose emphasizes the word. "Emmett it's 10 PM! I don't think the stores are open right now."
"It is," Jasper steps in. Rose shoots him a death glare. "Um, I can go with him instead of you." He smiles an innocent apology at his sister but Emmett shakes his head and claims Rose has to come too.
Five minutes later Rose is seated in the driver's side of her cherry red BMW, Emmett next to her and Jasper and Alice are in the back. Edward and I decide not to go because we're still tired from staying up all night and want to get some rest.
While Rose backs out of the drive way the car is literally shaking as Emmett bounces up and down with excitement. Rose cusses out Emmett but he just laughs and keeps chanting "Wii! Wii! Wii!"
"Alright that's it!" You can hear Rose shout from the end of the driveway. "No sex for a week!"
That shut Emmett up.
It's silent when we walk back into the house. Jessica's the only one on the middle floor, concentrating on her show. We don't bother her, we wouldn't even think of it anyway.
Edward and I climb the stairs. He decides to take a shower and I walk back to my empty room, down the hall from Edward. I plop down on the bed-sofa (my favourite seat in the house) and write a brief e-mail to Renee telling her that everything's fine and not to worry about me. I tell her about my new friends and ask her what's going on in Phoenix. I send an e-mail to Ang as well thinking about our lack of cover updates on Youtube.
Feeling bored I walk down the hallway. Mike's lights are completely off, so he's probably asleep. The only other person in the house who isn't glued to the T.V or taking a shower is Jacob. So I knock on his door completely surprised when he smiles and lets me in.
"Hey Jake," I don't find it awkward being around Jacob and I hint it at him when I call him Jake. "What's up?" I sit on his bed-sofa but it isn't as comfortable as the one in my room.
"Nothing just being bored." He shrugs flipping the channel on his T.V.
"Same with me."
"Where's your lover boy?" he nudges me in a teasing manner. He finally decides with keeping the channel on MTV and throws the remote on the bed.
I open my mouth in shock. "He's not my lover boy, whatever that means."
He raises a bushy eyebrow at me. "Seriously!" I can feel myself blushing, completely cursing at myself silently for being such an easy, open book.
"Yeah, sure. Whatever you say."
He eventually changes the subject after mentioning how our chemistry really shows whenever we're in the room together. Apparently just being in the same room with Edward is enough to show how much I really care for him. I tell him that I do care for him, because we're friends but he says deep down I have strong feelings for him. I just punch him in the arm and laugh at his dumb, silly jokes after wards.
When Jacob starts to yawn ten minutes later I decide I'd leave him alone. He mumbles a goodnight before completely dozing off. I silently laugh and shut off his T.V and lights after throwing a blanket around him. Gosh, I feel like his mother.
I quietly shut the door and nearly scream when I turn around and bump into Edward's rock hard chest.
"You scared me!" I breathed out, my hands still resting on his chest. I playfully punched him where my hands are and he mocks my fail effort into hurting him.
"You were in Jacob's room?" he asks me. I search his eyes for any hints of jealousy or anger. Neither of them are present behind his warm, friendly orbs.
"Yeah I got bored and he's the only one who was up besides Jessica and I sure as hell wasn't going to talk to her."
Edward and I walk back to his simple, tidy room. The first thing I notice is his extremely huge music collection on a shelf against the wall. He has everything from Debussy to Drake. I question why he has a rappers album when he'd mentioned on our first all nighter together that he dislikes rap. Edward says sometimes it's good to expand your musical taste.
After admiring our same taste in music we decide on ordering a movie from Rogers on Demand. It's 10:50 PM and tomorrow I have to go in for work, but I'm so used to this night routine of staying up until the sun rises with Edward. In fact, I am so used to it that falling asleep when I need to is the hardest thing to do. Apart from waking up with only having an hour of sleep.
"You should sleep, Bella. You've got a long day tomorrow." Edward strokes my hair as I rest my head on his shoulder, our backs against the headboard.
"Don't even remind me!" I groan. "You're so lucky you get the day off."
"But I'm going to go Downtown to look for any acting opportunities so I'll be moving around as well." What I really like about this show is that we're allowed to do whatever the hell we want as long as we live together, work together part time and agree to all the fake drama lying ahead.
"Good luck Edward though I'm positive you'll find something." I surprise myself with a yawn and Edward chuckles when he hears my excitement over finally feeling tired.
The movie starts and I try to focus my eyes on the screen feeling bad that Edward's going to watch it alone. I can't help it though. The night's I've gone with no sleep is finally catching up to me.
"Hey Bella? What happened with Emmett, again?"
Lazily I reply, "On our date Monday night he kept whispering things in the mic for me to do or ask you. Like when I asked you to...butter my muffins...that was all Emmett. He said if I asked you that, he'd run down the street naked."
Edward explodes with laughter. "Emmett really is a fucking idiot."
"Yeah, but Emmett completes our lives."
Edward continues to stroke my hair and before I fall into a peaceful slumber he begins to hum a soothing melody that seems to put me to sleep faster.
"James is looking at you like you're a piece of meat," Mike whispers into my ear in annoyance. "It's disgusting."
I look up to find out that Mike is right. James- Hollywood's favourite actor- is standing in the room across from me, ignoring Brittany and his publists' comments on his outfit as his eyes glaze over me.
Feeling a little creeped out I turn around and pretend to keep myself busy with the accessories. It's only 4 in the afternoon and this day is going by rather slowly. I slept peacefully last night but not long enough to keep me from being tired and grumpy. On our way to the studio to get details on our mission, I'd asked Mike to drive to the nearest Starbucks so I can get my coffee. Today I'm working with Brittany, Mike and Jasper on styling James Clements for his red carpet premier of a new vampire movie.
Ten minutes of keeping myself busy, Brittany and Mike start to pack up and just when I thought James had picked his outfit and left, he comes right up behind me. He tries to smile at me charmingly, and I do admit that he is attractive, but not my type.
"Hello," he says to me in a deep tone. "My name is James, though I'm sure you already knew that. And you are?"
"Bella." I don't look at him. I walk over to the table to help Jasper box up shoes. I nudge my elbow secretly towards Jasper and look at him for help.
"What's wrong?" he whispers, holding a pair of dress shoes and placing them into the box. We're supposed to return all the ones James doesn't want.
"James is creeping!" My voice is frightened and Jasper nods probably thinking of something to do.
"So Bella, as you know the premiere of my new movie is in a couple of days," James comes up behind me again. This time he touches my shoulder. I look around the room seeing Brittany shake her head at me. I want to scream and tell her I'm not the one associating, James is. "And since I'm dateless, I was wondering if you want to be my lucky date."
"Sorry," I turn to James with a serious look on my face. I'm about to continue when Jasper steps in.
"She's all booked that day, and the day after that, and the next year. Sorry." Jasper snakes his arm around my waist and walks me over to the racks. We pick up the bags and exit the room towards the car.
"Thanks," I hug Jasper. "He was really starting to get on my nerves!" The second camera man I notice is following us. I roll my eyes and nudge Jasper again letting him know we're being camera stalked.
After we finish packing up Brittany calls me over to speak to me about James.
"Bella, Linda is going to be so mad if she found out you were socializing with James." She's trying to say this as politely as she can.
"Honestly Brittany I have no interest in him. He came up to me asking me to be his date for his world premiere!" I run a hand through my hair, a habit I picked up from Edward.
She stares at me with wide, excited eyes. "He seriously did that? Well what did you say?"
"I obviously said no!"
She shakes her head at me. "Well it's a good thing I guess that way you don't get in trouble with Linda."
We talk for a bit more until Mike impatiently honks the horn of his car five times yelling for me to get in. I hop in the passenger seat behind Mike and Jasper.
"Hey can we stop by a drive-thru? I'm starved." I ask and Mike nods his head asking me where I want to go.
"We should pick up something for the rest of them as well." Jasper suggests and we all agree as Mike pulls up into a small plaza deciding on Chinese take-out.
"How did you find the job Bella?" Jasper makes small talk while Mike goes into the resturant to order. I kick off my shoes and lie down across the three seats. Feeling tired I let out a yawn. Jasper chuckles. "Tiring I assume?"
The camera man behind us shifts his position so that he can get me lying down and speaking to Jasper at the same time.
"It was alright," I shrug. "Except for the fact that I only got a couple of hours of sleep last night. Oh and James... he was extremely creepy." I shudder remembering his hand on my shoulders.
"What about you?"
He sighs. "It's hard to dress a guy when you're a guy. It feels extremely weird picking up a shirt and thinking, 'Oh this is going to look great on him'. I think it's better for a guy to dress a girl so at least it doesn't feel so homo." he laughs and I agree with him.
We talk about more of the job and what we think of the senior stylists. Jasper also thinks Linda is a total and complete bitch and said he'd worked with the guy who didn't give a fuck. He said he wasn't so bad. He's less demanding and bossy. Mike comes back twenty minutes later and drives us back home. Once we get back everyone rushes over to grab the bags of food from our hands. Turns out Rose was supposed to cook dinner but Emmett pissed her off and she refused to step out of her room for an hour. Everyone is starving.
"Oh Emmett, did you end up getting your Wii?" I remember last night and totally forgot to ask Jasper. Emmett grins like a three year old across from me and Rose rolls her eyes.
"We got to the store and they were closed," She begins. "But Emmett here wouldn't leave the manager alone until he got his Wii. He literally got on his knees and begged the manager to let him in. I was so embarrassed!"
The table is cracking up, even Jessica who decided to join us. Edward secretly holds my hand underneath the dining table. I turn to my right to meet his beaming eyes and I smile at him. I notice Alice roll her eyes past him. I stick my tongue out at her.
"So then what happened?" Jacob asks, shoving a dumpling in his mouth.
"The manager just started laughing so hard at this nineteen year old boy on his knees. He almost pissed his pants!" Rose is shaking her head, laughing. Emmett is just sitting there smiling innocently while messily picking up his noodles with chopsticks. "Anyway, after ten minutes of crying and begging the manager finally let him in and Emmett said that in thanks he'd purchase as much as he can to boost up commission. So he bought his Wii, a couple of games and three gaming controls."
"Well duh Rosie, I wasn't going to play by myself!"
"Well Emmett, you're going to have to," Alice snickers with a tease. I'm confused about what she's saying but then she mentions last night when Rose was driving down the driveway. "Rose has no interest in playing tonight or the night after that."
Mike not knowing the inside joke clears his throat from the end of the table, "I'll play with you."
The whole table starts to shake with laughter as Emmett pouts and glares daggers at Alice. I sit up and lean over to give Alice a high five. So does the rest of H5.
So I'm leaving for vacation in a couple of days,
and you guys won't be getting an update until probably the 19th D:
So, let's make a deal.
If I can get more than last chaps' reviews (20) for this chapter, I'll upload another chapter for you guys before I leave and I'll make it extra long :)
How's your guys' summer ? :)
