A/N My longest chapter yet! 3,091 words!! I hope to start making all my chapter this long just fyi :)
...so A LOT happens in this chapter and its my favorite chapter so far because this is when things finally start picking up and get interesting!!
Okay...real quick before i let you read, styx18 guessed right!! They're going to a dance so I will post the teaser chapter tomorrow...i won't have time to update a reg. chapter because i'll be doing labor day stuff for cheerleading and won't have time...sorry :(
But on with Chapter 7! :)
EPOV
I was mortified. But at least Emmett and Jazz were in the same boat.
I can't believe our mother, in front of the girls we were trying to impress, just yelled at us!
After we took our walk of shame into the house I heard faint laughter coming from the garage…great. Then the four of them appeared in the kitchen with looks on their faces that meant business.
"You boys are going to take the girls out for ice cream…now."
"Yes ma'am," we replied in unison as the girls snickered.
We all climbed into the 'death trap' as Bella had started calling it, but Rosalie was driving. It was actually part of our punishment. It didn't affect Jasper and me as much as it did Emmett. Rosalie literally had to yank the keys from Emmett's death grip on them.
We got to the ice cream shop and ordered. Rosalie got blueberry cheesecake (blegh!), Alice got rocky road, Bella got death by chocolate, Emmett got plain vanilla, which surprised me, but all he replied was 'gotta love the classics brother'. Jasper got chocolate chip, and I ordered mint chocolate chip (yum!).
"How can you eat that?" Bella eyed my ice cream in disgust.
I just shrugged, "It tastes good."
She smiled and rolled her eyes at me.
Alice leaned over and whispered in my ear, "I wouldn't eat that if you planned on getting a kiss from Bella." then fell into a fit of giggles. Everyone turned and stared at us, but I just mouthed 'crazy' with the little hand gesture causing everyone else to laugh hysterically.
When we dropped off Bella she waved to everyone and then turned and gave me a smile, which made my heart flutter a little, before she went inside.
We had to drop Rose off last because she refused to let an 'Idiotic Cullen' behind the wheel and kill her and her best friends.
Before she hopped out of the Jeep she turned to me and softly said, "She really does like you Edward, I can tell."
Then she left! Leaving me with a million and three questions! Who does that?
We got home and I went straight to my room, collapsed on my bed, and had the best night of sleep filled with dreams of Bella, but instead of her being my Bella, this time I was her Edward.
I woke up to my phone beeping.
Hey Edward, did I leave my jacket in the death trap or your house?
Yeah it was in the Jeep!
Don't blame me for that nickname you guys brought it on yourselves.
You loved mudding, admit it!
I won't because I didn't!
Did too!
Did not!
You did!
Did NOT!
Alright, probably not, but you will the next time!
Next time?! You have got to be crazy thinking I will get in that DEATH TRAP with one of you Cullens behind the wheel!
I'm hurt Bells… :(
I bet you are…
I am.
Are not.
Am.
Not.
Am too!
Are not!
Okay I'm not but I really am sorry about the whole thing.
I believe that.
Really?
Really.
Okay good.
:)
So what are you doing today?
Ugh…shopping for winter formal dresses with A and R.
Winter Formal?
Yeah it's basically the biggest dance besides prom.
Oh. When is it?
1 week.
Okay. Hey I guess I'll see you at the mall because I just told Emmett and he's freaking out about not having anything to wear. Lol
See you there Edward :)
Bye Bella.
We arrived at the mall and started looking for our dresses. It's an unspoken rule when we go shopping that we always pick things for each other to try on first, and then we go look for ourselves.
That's always my favorite part because I find it difficult to shop for myself. I always have more fun finding things for Alice or Rose; they are basically the opposite of me. Alice likes anything pink or lime green with ruffles and bows. Rose likes red or black dresses that show some skin, and are very detailed on the back of the dress. I like simple but beautiful and anything blue.
Just then Alice came skipping towards me with arms full of dresses and accessories. I couldn't even see her face. She peeked around the pile and smiled at me.
"I am confident that I have the perfect dress for you in here!" she squealed, "But I'm saving it for last so you can try on some of these other ones just for fun."
I just laughed, of course we would play dress up. I grabbed the things I pulled for my friends followed her towards the dressing rooms.
We would all change in our dressing rooms until we were all ready, then Alice would count to three and we would all exit our rooms and catwalk down the hallway. I tried on a countless number of dresses, but none of them really screamed out to me as "the one." Alice finally handed me the last dress and informed me I wasn't allowed to look in the mirror until after she saw it on me.
I waited until Alice squealed "One, two, THREE!" and entered the hallway.
Rose was wearing a pinkish-burgundy strapless dress. It was beautiful, and actually one that I picked out for her. It had a cluster of silver diamonds and gemstones at the waistline and the dress hit right at her knees. The top had ruffles that fanned out as you looked down the dress.
Alice had a powder pink dress that was also strapless. I was a little surprised because she usually doesn't pick things as simple as this was. It had a sweetheart neckline and a bow that tied around her middle. The neckline of her dress was detailed with overlapping layers of the same fabric as her dress. She looked like a little fairy.
Alice was in mid-happy dance when she got my attention, "Bella! Go look at yourself!"
I walked over to the three-fold mirror. The dress was amazing. It was a royal blue silk dress that came just above my knee. It had very detailed gold beading on the top half but didn't take over the dress. This was it!
"Ohmygosh! I love it!" I turned to my two best friends beaming.
"I told you! Edward is going to be floored when he sees you next Saturday!" Alice smirked.
I just blushed and changed the subject. "So which dresses are you guys choosing?"
"I'm going to stick with this one," Rosalie informed me, "Bella how do you manage to always find the perfect thing for everyone other than yourself?"
"Just a gift I guess…"I smiled at Rose.
"This is the dress! Edward won't be the only one dazzled by his date…" Alice trailed off. Wait…what?
"What did you just say Alice?" I gave her a puzzled look and noticed Rosalie's eyes widen.
"N-n-nothing, I said uhh…Edward might be…f-frazzled…if he's late?" It came out as more of a question, which confused me even more.
Why would Edward be late?? Why did Alice even care?
"Yeah…uh… you know Edward, always has to be early." Rose laughed nervously.
"Okayyy…" They totally lost me after frazzled. "I don't get what you guys are talking about."
"Oh um nothing just thinking out loud…" Alice said as she rushed back into her dressing room.
I quickly changed and made my way up to the checkout to pay for my dress. Alice and Rose got in line behind me.
"So Bella, anyone ask you to the dance yet?" Rose asked.
"Actually yes, but not who I wanted to…"
"Who asked you?"
"Tyler Crowley…I told him that I would think about it and made some lame excuse about not being able to dance and walked away."
"Why did you say no? You know he has liked you since the 5th grade and he's not too bad to look at either." I could tell where this was going, Rose was trying to get me to admit I was waiting for Edward to ask me.
"Because…I don't know…I was hoping…maybe…Edwardwasgoingtoaskme…" I smushed the last words together hoping that she wouldn't be able to understand me.
"Oh I see," she smirked, "Want me to give a little hint to him?"
"No! Rose! Then he'll know I like him!"
"Isn't that the point??" she asked clearly not understanding.
"No. He can't know I have some crazy crush on him, it'll creep him out!" I huffed and walked up to the sales clerk.
I thought I heard her murmur something along the lines of, "It would probably do the exact opposite…" but that didn't make sense, so I just ignored her and paid for my dress.
EPOV
"Eddie, come on!! I don't want to get to the mall and find everything gone!!" Emmett was going to drive me nuts. He freaked out when I told him there was a dance next weekend and he had nothing to wear that would 'impress Rosie.'
I was just walking out the door when he started hollering for me.
"I'm coming!! Jeez Em you just need to get a shirt."
"Not just a shirt! A shirt that will make Rosalie fall in love with me!" He smirked.
"Because that's exactly what will make or break your chance with Rose…a shirt." Jasper added sarcastically.
We arrived at the mall and noticed Rosalie's red convertible parked in front of Macy's. Emmett pulled in right beside her and hopped out. He was basically sprinting towards the entrance.
"So I asked Alice to the dance…" Jasper told me as we crossed the parking lot.
"When?"
"When we went out for ice cream. You all had already gotten your cones and sat down so when we were waiting for ours I just…asked her."
"How did you know about it?! I just found out there was a dance this morning!"
"There are posters all around the school dude!"
"Oh…" I should pay more attention…
"Yeah, but your actually the only one who knows, Alice wanted to keep it a secret from Bella and Rose until you and Emmett asked them."
"What?"
"Well I know Emmett's going to ask Rosalie. And we assumed you were going to ask Bella…do you not want to??"
"No! Of course I do! I just…do you think she wants to go with me?"
"Edward!" He slapped the back of my head, "Are you stupid?!"
"Ow! I didn't think I was."
"I'm pretty sure she likes you man, I heard she turned down Tyler on Friday."
"Tyler asked her?" I felt rage towards him; he was not allowed to ask out soon-to-be-my Bella!
"Yeah but she told him she'd think about it. You better hurry and ask her before someone else does."
"Okay…I'm going to find her!" With that I ran off towards Macy's even faster than Emmett had.
I burst thought the doors and got a couple glares from the sales people. I caught a glimpse of Rosalie and Emmett and raced over towards them.
"Yes!!" I heard Rose shriek, as I got closer and Emmett pulled her into a bear hug.
"What are you guys doing?" I asked as I approached them.
"I'm going to the dance with Rosie!!" Emmett sang.
"Oh well congratulations, anyway, Rose where is Bella?" I didn't have time to celebrate with them I needed to find her.
"I think she went to the shoe department with Alice…why?" she asked smiling.
"Because…I don't want her to go to the dance with Tyler…" I mumbled.
"What? Edward I don't think I heard you." Ugh, girls!
"I want to ask Bella to the dance!" I practically yelled at her.
"It's about time! I've been waiting for you to make a move since forever!" she yelled back.
"Yeah, but do you think she'll say yes?" the nerves were starting to get to me.
"I guess you'll just have to ask her and see." She said still smiling.
"Yeah but I don't want to embarrass myself…she's the coolest, most amazing, beautiful girl I've ever met…I don't think I would take the rejection from her well…"
"Eddie, come on!!" Emmett boomed, "Just do it! You'll never know exactly what she'd say unless you actually ask her!"
"Fine…I'm going!" I yelled back as I ran towards the shoes.
BPOV
I had just purchased some gold heels that matched my dress when I heard the front entrance doors of Macy's burst open. I saw a flash of bronze hair as it flew by. Edward.
I saw him run towards a very ecstatic looking Emmett and Rose. He looked like he was yelling at them so I made my way over to see what was going on. I maneuvered through the men's suit section, and was hidden behind a curtain of ties when I heard them talking.
"Yeah, but do you think she'll say yes?" Edward asked. Yes? Yes to what?
"I guess you'll just have to ask her and see." Rosalie replied.
"Yeah but I don't want to embarrass myself…she's the coolest, most amazing, beautiful girl I've ever met…I don't think I would take the rejection from her well…" My heart sank, of course Edward found someone amazing to ask to the dance. He wouldn't want to go with normal just-a-friend Bella.
"Eddie, come on!!" Emmett boomed, "Just do it! You'll never know exactly what she'd say unless you actually ask her!"
"Fine…I'm going!" He yelled as I heard his footsteps race away.
I fell to the floor and sat there staring at the brown carpet. I must have sat there for at least ten minutes when my phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Hey Bella it's me…Tyler."
"Oh hey Tyler…what's up?" I tried to sound happy, but I don't think I did a very good job.
"Nothing…I was just...uh…wondering if you thought...about my offer? You know…be my date to the dance?"
I sat there for a second and actually thought about it. Edward was going with someone else. Tyler is your friend, it couldn't hurt to say yes. Plus, you don't want to look like a loser without a date…
"Yes. Yes, I'll be your date to the dance."
"That's great Bella!!" I couldn't help but smile at how happy I made him.
"Hey, I'd really like to talk but Alice and Rose are waiting for me so I'll see you at school tomorrow?"
"Of course Bella. See you!"
"Bye" I hung up and then dialed Rose's number.
"Hey Bella where are you?"
"I said yes to Tyler." I just blurted it out.
"What??"
"Yeah, I decided that he's a good guy and everything so why not?" I didn't want to tell her I heard the three of them talking about whoever Edward was planning on asking.
"Okay…if that's really who you want to go with…"
"It is." Except I really hoped Edward liked me enough to ask me…I silently added in my head.
"Well, we're all at the food court so are you on your way?"
"Yeah, I'm coming…" I hung up and pulled myself off the floor.
EPOV
I got to the shoes but didn't see Bella anywhere, so I called Alice hoping they were still together.
"Hey!" Alice greeted me, "So have you asked Bella yet?"
"No I'm trying to find her right now…how did you know about that?"
"Jazz told me." Figures.
"Do you know where she is?"
"I haven't seen her, but come to the food court, Rose and Em are on there way and I'll call Bella and tell her to meet us."
"Okay. Bye."
I power walked over to the food court, because I got too many funny looks when I ran. I go there and saw Rosalie talking to someone on the phone.
I sat down and she gave me an apologetic look. What was that for?
"What??…Okay…if that's really who you want to go with…"
I wondered who she was talking to. Whoever it was I could tell she wasn't happy with whatever decision they made.
"Well, we're all at the food court so are you on your way?"
My breath caught. We were waiting on Bella to join us. Was that her on the phone? What was she talking about 'who you want to go with'?
Rose closed her phone and whispered something to Alice.
"No!" Alice whisper yelled.
Rosalie just nodded her head and then turned towards me.
"Edward…I need to talk to you…" this did not sound good.
She led me over to the railing where you could see the first floor. She had a pained look in her eyes.
"Edward, I'm so sorry…but Bella said yes to Tyler."
It was a good thing I was holding on the to bar because I don't know if my legs would have held me up. She said yes to him? Why?
"Why?" I finally found my voice.
"I don't know she just told me that he was a good guy and she decided she would be his date…" she put her head down and studied the floor, "I thought she wanted to go with you…honestly."
"Its okay Rose, this isn't your fault…I should've asked her sooner…"
"Edward, you know she likes you. Remember when she said your name in her sleep!"
"Yeah but she could have been dreaming about anything…"
"You still should ask Bella to be your date!"
"But she's with Tyler…"
"She'll say yes to you Edward! I know she will!"
"No Rose, she wants to go with Tyler, otherwise she wouldn't have said yes to him." I tried to sound like I was okay, but it was getting harder as I saw her walking towards the table.
"Alright…let's go eat then…" I followed Rose back and barely said two words to Bella the rest of the day.
A/N Don't hate me...lol
Things will work out don't worry!
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