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We arrived at the restaurant after thirty minutes of driving. The drive should have lasted about fifty minutes, but with the way Alice was driving, it didn't take as long. If Alice didn't always drive like this, I would have thought she was trying to impress Jasper or something by driving fast.

Quickly exiting the yellow Porsche, I turned around to speak to Rosalie when I saw she was heading over towards Emmett. Alice was the same with Jasper. I rolled my eyes at my best friends before slowly walking over to Edward.

"Hey, did you guys have any trouble keeping up with Alice's reckless driving?" I asked while looking around at anything but into his eyes. If I looked in them for even the slightest moment, I knew I'd get sucked in even further. And I wasn't sure if that was a good thing or not.

I was still pretty cautious around Edward. I don't know what it was, but I felt the need to keep him at a distance from my heart. Maybe it was because I fell for him so quickly. But for whatever reason, my instincts still told me to keep a wall up to guard myself.

He smiled his gorgeous crooked grin and I couldn't help but smile back. "Nah. Her speed seemed about normal for us, we like to speed too. But I can't say I'm surprised by her. With everything I've seen of her, she likes to take things to a whole new level. Plus sitting in a congested space too long will be too much for her. No way to get her energy out properly."

I laughed at how dead on he was about Alice. "You're exactly right. I always think she don't have the patience to wait to get somewhere according to regular scheduled standards. She'd probably explode from all the pent up energy that wasn't used. I feel bad for the poor soul that marries her." I said and he chuckled.

"BELLA!" Someone screeched from somewhere in the parking lot and I jumped in surprise at the sudden, loud noise. Alice.

"Yes, Ally?" I called back innocently.

"Stop talking about me! Don't think that I can't hear everything you're saying, missy." Turns out, Alice was right behind Edward and me the whole time we were talking. Uh-oh, we've been caught. The pixie is probably going to find a way to get back at me, and soon. Who am I kidding? She's definitely going to get revenge on me.

Beside me, I could hear Edward chuckling. I snapped my focus to him and glared. This shut him up almost immediately.

"You think that this is funny?" Trying to be Mr. Innocent, he shook his head and flashed me a charming smile. I could feel my anger fading away, but I knew I had to stand my ground. So turning away from him completely, I continued the short walk into the restaurant, ignoring Edward completely.

"Ah, Bella. Come on, please don't be like this." He pleaded like I was about to take his favorite toy airplane. 'Guys' I thought, rolling my eyes.

"Hello guys, table for three?" the hostess greeted us as we walked through the door; only looking at Edward, Emmett, and Jasper. This girl was practically a Hannah Montana look-a-like with her long, brown and blond straight hair and almond-shaped aqua eyes. She appeared to be about eighteen or nineteen. Her name tag read 'Kelly'.

It was pretty obvious Kelly was undressing the guys with her eyes. I couldn't help but roll my eyes. Rose and Alice had the same reaction. What was with everyone being so rude and gawking constantly? I know the guys were good looking, but that doesn't mean people have to stare.

"No, there's six of us. Stop staring and learn how to count." Rosalie snapped.

Kelly, reluctantly, tore her eyes off her eye candy to look Alice, Rose, and me. We were all standing with our arms crossed and an eyebrow raised. Pretending to act tough, Kelly rolled her eyes and grabbed the menus from underneath the stand.

After directing us to our table in the corner of the restaurant, in the perfect line of sight from her podium, she left the six of us telling us our server will be right with us.

With Alice and Rosalie already seated across from the guy of their desire, I had decided to sit across from Edward at the table. Plus it was the only place left to sit, besides on the floor.

It was surprisingly quiet since we were all picking what to eat. Emmett must be in heaven with all the choices he had to pick from. His eyes were filled with joy and he was practically bouncing up and down like Alice does. Just as Emmett opened his mouth to speak, the sound of plates crashing to the floor and angry Italian words interrupted him.

In that moment, the server walked up to the table. The girls were on the side of the table where he saw as soon as it came into view. He came to a sudden stop, just staring at us with his mouth dropped open. You'd think he's never seen a hot girl in his life judging by his expression. The waiter snapped out of his trance and remembered to introduced himself when Emmett cleared his throat obnoxiously."Hello, I'm Evan and I'll be taking your order. What can I get for you ladies to drink?"

He was cute, in a little kid kind of way. Definitely not the guy who has all the chicks chasing after him. He had short, spiked black hair, dark brown eyes, and a slightly chubby face. He looked to be just sixteen years old and barely six foot tall.

"I'll have a diet coke." Rose, Alice, and I all said at the same time. After just one look at one another, all three of us burst out laughing. This was definitely not the first time this has happened. Evan was looking at us with a cheesy smile on his face.

This smile quickly turned to a frown when it was Jasper who cleared his throat this time, trying to get the server's attention off us. Reluctantly Evan asked, "And for you guys?"

"Oh just three cokes will do." Emmett said curtly.

"I'll be right out with your drinks." Before he left, Evan glanced at Rose, Alice, and I and winked in what he thought was a seductive way.

The minute he was out of sight, Emmett exploded. "I can't believe that guy! We could be on a triple date right now and he's flirting with you girls! Right in front of us! I mean, how dare he? Who does he think he is!"

Rosalie stopped him in the middle of his increasingly loud rant. The people in the few surrounding tables were staring at us, trying to understand what the commotion was.

"Emmett, stop. Don't make a scene! So what if he was flirting with us? Its not like we're actually on a date." Rosalie hissed at him.

"So? He doesn't know that. Did you see how he was basically plotting to find a way to get you three alone. That dude is a douche bag." Jasper and Edward nodded their heads in agreement to Emmett's comment.

"Chill out Emmett. Its not like he was all that attractive. He is like fly. Harmless, but annoying. Besides, its not like we can't take care of ourselves." Rose reasoned with him.

Emmett pouted like a kid that was just scolded but otherwise didn't say another word.

Moments later, Evan came rushing out of the kitchen towards our table with a tray of drinks. At the last second, he tripped over his own feet. The drinks flew up into the air and came crashing down all over him. The white shirt he was wearing was soaked with soda. His usually spiky hair was sticking flat against his head with liquid dripping from the ends of the strands.

He was laying on the ground for about a good two minutes. When Evan finally sat up, his chunky cheeks were flushed a deep red and he looked to be close to tears. His eyes drifted to where we were sitting. With just one glance over at us, Evan quickly stood up and raced out of the room, leaving his mess behind him completely forgotten.

Weirdly enough, the entire table was rumbling. It felt like an earthquake was taking place. Taking my eyes off the incident that just took place, I looked down at the dark oak table. It was trembling. My eyes drifted up to the opposite side of the table. All three guys were leaning against the flat surface, head faced down, consumed with laughter. They weren't even trying to contain their enjoyment of what just happened.

To my right and left, Alice and Rosalie were visibly stifling their giggles. They were doing a much better job at it than Edward, Jasper, and Emmett. Even though they obviously weren't even trying to. Again, the attention of the restaurant was focused on our table.

Sure when the server tripped over and spilled all the drinks on him was kind of funny, it wasn't that funny. I know exactly how Evan felt. I may be a cheerleader, but I'm a pretty damn clumsy cheerleader. I know from experience how embarrassing it was to fall on your ass in front of hundreds of people.

The commotion at our table finally died down after five minutes where Emmett, Edward and Jasper were gasping for air from laughing so hard. I rolled my eyes from behind my menu at how childish and rude they were being.

"Are you guys done acting like a bunch of assholes?" I asked rhetorically without even looking up from my quest of searching for something good to eat.

"When did these drinks come? Last time I checked, they were soaked up all across the restaurant carpet." This question of Edward's sent the guys into another, but thankfully shorter, round of giggles.

Finally being fed up with their behavior, Alice snapped. "Stop right this instant! I've had enough of you three acting like asses. Either get it together or this dinner is over. Understand?"

Alice may be small, but when she's pissed off, you better watch your back. The girl is one damn scary pixie. Rosalie and I, unfortunately, learned this fact the hard way. We have the scars to prove it.

During their laughfest, a different waiter brought out our drinks and explained Evan had to leave early. A nice man who appeared to be in his mid-forties, Arthur, was going to be our new server. While being so caught up in their hysterics, none of the guys noticed the exchange.


Eventually, after the guys decided to grow up and everyone deciding on what to eat, we ordered. Thankfully, the awkwardness in the conversation didn't last long.

When we got our food, I decided it was time to bring up what I had been contemplating ever since school started back up. I wasn't sure if the girls were going to agree with my idea, but I hoped they would at least think about it.

"Hey Alice, Rose. I have a question for you." I paused to make sure I had their undivided attention off Emmett and Jasper and on me instead.

Both girls nodded, signaling for me to continue. Gathering up enough courage to speak, I took a deep breath; it was now or never.

"Okay. Now before you two freak out, let me explain." At this statement, both their eyebrows rose in confusion.

"Oh God, Bella. What did you do?" Alice was panicking and Rosalie was pissed of. Of course they would assume the worst of me.

"I didn't do anything. But I must say, thanks for having so much faith in me, guys. I love you too." I snapped sarcastically.

Both muttered quick apologies and waited silently for me to continue.

"Okay, as I was saying. I was wondering what you guys thought about moving in together. In one single house?" I proposed gently.

"Not to sound rude but why?" Rosalie questioned. She no longer looked angry, just utterly confused.

"This of it this way, we basically live together. Just we alternate between houses. And on the off occasion we are alone at our own house, we're in contact with each other in one way or another." I explain.

"This is true. But what's with the suddenness of this question? Its senior year, so it won't last long. Besides, like you said, we basically already live together" Alice said with confusion.

"I know. This will just make it more official. The only difference is that all of our clothes will be in the same place." I responded.

"Who's house?" Rose asked.

"I was thinking mine. It may not be the biggest of the three, but the garage and closets are bigger. Plus its closer to school. So what do you think?" I asked, my voice seeping with uncertainty.

Alice and Rosalie stared at each other, questioning what the other thought through the communication of their eyes.

"You don't have to decide now. Or never really. It was just an idea." I turned my attention to my food, just picking through it; no longer all that hungry. I wasn't eating it so much as destroying what was left of it into little tiny pieces. Everyone else was also done eating.

"Bella, listen-" Rosalie started but Arthur interrupted her. It didn't make a difference to me, I wasn't looking forward to whatever she had to say. It was probably to apologize for my idea sucking and they didn't even want to consider it.

"How was everyone's meal?" Arthur asked while searching for our check through the many white slips occupying his black apron's pouch. Everyone agreed that it was delicious and praised the cooks who made it; even if they weren't there to hear the compliments.

"Okay, so here's your bill. I'll take it whenever you are ready. Make sure to leave me a nice big tip; for dinner and the show." The old man winked before walking away with a smile on his kind face.

"Anyone not ready to go?" Edward asked, his eyes scanning the content of his wallet, searching for a credit card to use to pay for his dinner. Judging by all the plastic cards in his leather wallet, I'd say he has about ten different credit cards. And here I was thinking my five bank cards were too many.

All around the table, everyone shook their heads no. Alice went to grab for the check that was now in Jasper's hand to see what our portion of the cost was. We forgot to mention to split the bill into two checks. Just as Alice's tiny fingers grasped the little black book that contains the check, Jasper moved it out of her reach.

"Uh excuse me. What are you doing? I need to see that so I can pay." Alice spoke, again stretching to grab the object from his hand. Again he moved it from her reach.

"I can't let you pay for you own dinner. What kind of guy do you think I am?" Jasper asked with fake hurt in his expression. He wasn't trying to piss her off but I could tell he was unintentionally.

"The kind from this generation! The whole gentleman thing is for the 20th century! Get with the times!" She hissed at him. Her burst of anger was such a surprise to him that he jerked back in shock. Alice was glaring at him and he was completely rigid with surprise. While he was stiff, Rosalie snatched the from out of his hand and slipped in three twenties. It was enough to cover our food and drinks while providing Arthur with the nice big tip that he wanted.

Sensing the tension and staring contest, the kind man quietly approached our table, grabbed the bill, and hurried away quietly. Somewhere during Alice and Jasper's stare down, Emmett and Rosalie started their own little glaring contest. The only civilized ones at our table appeared to be Edward and me. Finally having enough of their behavior, I decided to put an end to it.

"Rosalie, Alice stop it! Why are you acting like this?" I exclaimed quietly as to not cause another scene.

"We didn't do anything. It was him." Alice said, pointing her finger at Jasper.

"I didn't do anything to offend you." Jasper responded with an edge to his voice.

"Yeah, what did he do?" I questioned.

"I can't believe you're taking his side over mine! I've been your best friend since you moved here in kindergarten. You're really going to chose a guy over me?!" She screeched at me.

"Alice, I don't understand why you're mad. All he did was attempt to pay for your dinner. What's so bad about that?" I knew I was pushing it, but she had to realize what she was doing.

"Oh." Alice breathed. She turned to Jasper with apologetic eyes.

From the corner of my eye, I saw Arthur approaching the table. He wore a reluctant expression.

"Um. I don't know how to say this. But there's been a problem. You're card's been rejected, Mr. Masen." Arthur said, glancing around the table hesitantly.

"Oh. Well that's no problem. Just let me get you another card." Edward answered while searching for another bank card. He then handed what looked to be a blue American Express card. Again, Arthur quietly disappeared from sight.

Moments later, he reappeared. This time he had a grim look on his face. It clashed with his kind eyes and smile I had seen on him the whole night. "I'm sorry, but this one didn't work either. Anything else you'd like to try?" he asked.

They repeated the process with three other cards. Each of them working as well as the others. Finally admitting defeat, Edward looked over at Jasper and Emmett with questioning eyes. Both shook their heads sadly.

"I don't have any cash on me and I'm almost positive my other cards won't work either. I don't know how to pay." He spoke. He was constantly running his hand through his already messy hair in complete frustration.

Wordlessly, I rummaged through my purse and reached across the table to Edward with my hand shut tight. He looked at me with confused eyes and I smiled sadly. "Open your hand."

Obligating my command he placed his hand on the table with his open palm facing up. After dropping three twenties into his hand, I withdrew my own hand to back under the tabletop. Staring down at the crumpled bills in his hand, I could tell he was going to argue.

I held up a hand and shook my head. "Please, just use it. You have to pay for your dinner somehow. Let me help." I whispered, afraid that if I spoke too loud, he would just reject the money.

"Thank you." He was also whispering. At that moment, we too had a staring contest. Except ours was not filled with death glares. Edward then passed the money on to Arthur who took it with a sad smile.

"Have a lovely rest of your evening. I'm sorry for all the inconvenience." Arthur apologized like it was his fault that all the bad situations happening were his fault. With a wave from Rose, Alice and me to Arthur, walked out of the restaurant, nobody speaking.

"Drive safely." All the guys said to us at the same time before getting into their car and peeling out of the parking lot.

The whole ride home was quiet and awkward as we sped along the highway. Alice stopped at each of our houses to drop us off. Tonight was the odd occasion that we didn't spend the night together. Only this time, we were staying up late talking on the phone or IMing one another.

Following my normal night routine, I changed into my pajamas and scrubbed off my make up; getting ready for bed. Hopping into my big comfortable bed, I tossed and turned for an hour before falling into a restless sleep.


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