AN: Okay everyone, here's the newest chapter. Hope you like it!
The school day today was going by extremely fast. Maybe it was just because I was so nervous about the party; there were supposed to be a lot of people there and the only ones I would talk to would be Edward or Alice so it might be a little intimidating. I tried to push all of that from my head and concentrate on what was happening in class.
We were supposed to be taking notes on something, but I couldn't seem to focus. My eyes kept drifting toward Edward on the other side of the room. He could pay attention to the teacher's drone, but all I could pay attention to was how the light from outside hit him and make him glow like a superhuman being.
I looked back to my empty sheet of notebook paper and began drawing unconsciously. When the bell rung, I jumped slightly in my seat and somehow managed to slide off the seat and hit the girl I was sitting next to; Lauren I think. She flipped back her hair and glared at me through her narrowed eyes.
I got myself up and started to pack my things. Lauren didn't seem like she forgave me for she snatched the notebook I had been doodling on and began to flip through it to find something she could hold over my head. Just as she went to set it down, something on one of the pages caused her to do a double take and create a malicious grin appear on her face. I paused momentarily, waiting for her to do something, but she just stayed frozen.
Seeing as she wasn't going to move, I moved my hand toward the notebook. Just before I could grasp it, she turned to face me.
"Well, well, well. What do we have here? Little Bella drawing pictures of Eddie over there?" she taunted like she was talking to a five-year-old. "Now, now, Bella. You shouldn't be drawing pictures of anyone, unless you seem to have a few feelings for them, right, Bella? Do you have feelings for Eddie over there?" she continued in the same annoying voice.
"Just give me the notebook, Lauren," I said feebly, averting her eyes in favor of my shoes.
"Hm. . . I don't think so, Bella. I think Eddie deserves to know what you've been up to, that is of course you don't want him to know. Do you mind, Bella?" I was right, it was something to hold over me so I would do what she wanted. I didn't want Edward to know I'd been drawing him, but I didn't want Lauren blackmailing me either.
"Lauren, may I please have my notebook back now?" I sighed, exasperated.
"Why should I give it back to you? What could ever make me do such a thing?" she asked losing her annoying baby voice.
"What do you want, Lauren?" I said trying to be as menacing as possible. I don't think the fact that I was a few inches shorter than her helped the situation. Just the fact that she was taller then me seemed to enlarge her confidence.
"Well, the only thing I can think of is for you to stay away from Edward."
"Forget it. Go ahead and show Edward and whoever else you feel like. I don't care." In actuality, I did care very much, but I thought by not going according to her plan it would make her falter somehow.
"Okay then. I'll just be taking this," she said, ripping out the page with Edward's portrait on it. "I guess you can have this back." She roughly threw my notebook back at me and strutted out of the classroom. I collected my thoughts for a moment and then went to Acting. At least the day would be over in an hour.
Acting seemed to fly by. All we did was talk and take notes about facial expressions and how to convey certain emotions through a few simple gestures. Acting wasn't nearly as bad as I had made it out to be; it was actually quite fascinating. By doing just one little thing, you could speak to the audience and they would know everything just from something as simple as how you walk.
As soon as I made it out of the classroom, I was ambushed by Alice. She said that I had to ride with her and Jasper back to her house so she could fix me up for Emmett's party. She said she called Charlie and he said it was fine and that I could spent the night if I wanted to. I didn't really see the need for her to give me a makeover, but she wouldn't give me a chance to say no. I looked at Jasper for some help, but he just smiled apologetically. I sighed and went back to pretending to listen to Alice babble on about some outfit she had picked out for me.
As soon as we entered the house, I was dragged upstairs to Alice's bedroom. Alice hurried off into her walk-in closet and began to look for something. Knowing that this would take a while, I seated myself on her bed and waited for her to reemerge. She came out a few minutes later carrying a pair of jeans, red flats and a bright red tank top that said 'Hot Stuff' in silver being engulfed by flames.
"Alice, do I really have to wear this?" I said eyeing the tank top nervously.
She sighed, "I suppose you could just wear a plain red one. I really like this one though, are you sure?" I nodded my head furiously and she stalked off to find a plain red tank top. She came out a few seconds later grumbling about how I let her have no fun. She threw the clothes to me and just pointed to bathroom.
I went into her bathroom and locked the door. Her bathroom was positively enormous. It was probably the size of my bedroom. She had a huge shower and on the other side of the room was a mirror with lights on it just like you see in dressing rooms. I remembered that Alice would be waiting for me to get dressed so she could do my hair and makeup. I sighed, better sooner than later.
I stepped back into her room tugging at the edge of the tank top, unsure of what I looked like. I was too scared to look at myself in her mirror.
"Bella! You look great!" Alice squealed. She grabbed my arm and forced me back into the bathroom and sat me down in front of the mirror but purposely turned me away from my reflection until she had finished torturing me.
She searched inside a small cabinet for a couple of minutes before coming back to me with an armful of supplies.
"Alice, you can't really use all that stuff on me!" I whined. Normally I didn't wear any makeup or do my hair specially. She looked like she robbed a salon with all the supplies she had laid out on the counter behind me.
"Don't worry, you're going to look gorgeous by the time I'm done with you. Edward will never be able to resist." I liked the idea of Edward not being able to resist, but I blushed nonetheless.
Alice plucked and dabbed, poked and smudged for what felt like an eternity. Just when I was going to tell her enough was enough, she said she was done and she spun me around in the chair to show me my reflection. My jaw dropped.
My lips we a vibrant red and were so full I was baffled as to how Alice managed it. I looked to my eyes and saw that the mascara and eyeliner she applied worked magically. My eyelids looked like they had been smothered in smoke and I noticed that Alice had applied a light pink blush to my cheeks even though I could blush quite enough on my own. I looked at my face over all and saw that it all meshed together perfectly and my outfit was complete with it.
My hair was absolutely beautiful. Alice had managed to tame my hair into loose curls and then pinned most of it up into a loose bun that looked like it would barely stay. A few curls were strategically placed going down the back of my neck and onto my right shoulder and a single one floated down on my right side.
I turned to Alice, mouth agape, and hugged the life out of her. She seemed pleased with my reaction and hugged me just as fiercely. We stayed like this until neither of us could breathe and we finally released each other.
We stayed in her room just talking until it was about six. We decided that it was late enough to go downstairs and prepare ourselves a little bit for the party.
I was suddenly self-conscious of myself and my appearance. What if Edward didn't like it? Would he think all of it was too much and be completely disgusted with me? Questions like this plagued my mind until I made the long walk down the stairs and into their living room.
Edward sat on the couch, his back facing me. As I stepped into the room, my shoe made a noise and Edward began to turn to me. My breathing stopped as he looked at me.
There's the chapter, hope you liked it. Next one will be the party. Review, please!
Katth
