A/N: Thanks for all the reviews, follows, and favorites for the previous chapter. I know several of you are wanting to hear Edward's POV, especially after Bella's comment and trust me, it is coming, but first this next part needed to play out.
Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or any of the characters, Stephanie Meyer does! I just love the characters and writing about them.
Two can play this game, I thought, doing my own little smirk before turning and praying that I could make it to the Hummer without tripping or falling. Of course, the doors would be locked. I pulled the extra set of keys out of my pocket, unlocked the doors, and climbed in, shutting out the laughter and howling coming from Alice, Rose, Jasper, and Emmett. Honestly, I was too terrified to look back at Edward, but I could feel his eyes on me. I can't believe I actually said that to his face. This is more like something Rose would do, not me! My next thought, as I put on my seatbelt, was the saying 'payback is a bitch' and I had a feeling Edward wouldn't let me get the last word.
The opening of doors and everyone climbing in pull me out of my thoughts. Even though I'm curious, I refuse to steal a glance at Edward as I hear him start-up the vehicle. Kicking off my sandals, I pull my knees up leaning my head against them, letting what's left of my once waist length hair hide my face. While at the salon, Alice talked me into cutting it just above my shoulders and adding some auburn and a few blonde highlights. She also talked me into picking out some natural looking makeup that she had the salon put on her mom's bill, along with a few outfits, insisting that it was her mom and dad's back to school surprise for all of us.
"Hey! Bells," Emmett laughed, pulling me out of my thoughts once again, "what exactly are you planning to show Edward?"
"Yeah Bella! Or maybe you want Edward to show you something." Jasper smirked.
Smack!
"Ouch! Rose!" They both yelled.
Actually it was a double smack. Apparently, their comments had earned them both head smacks from Rose.
"But she said..," Jasper started. "Damn Alice, what was that for?"
"If you are smart, you won't finish that comment." Alice huffed. "Both of you need to leave Bella alone, she's been through enough for one day."
It was nice to know that even though Alice and Rose had laughed at me too, when push came to shove, they still had my back. I was just grateful that no one could see my face now, as it was still hidden by my hair and knees and I was pretty sure it was crimson red.
"Alice, I trust that the rest of Bella's purchases will be delivered next week." Edward said as he pulled into the restaurant parking lot, finding a park close to the door."
As soon as he pulled to a stop, Alice threw open the door and jumped out without acknowledging Edward, heading into the restaurant. I turned to finally look at Edward, while that others followed Alice.
"What?" He asked.
"What did you mean about stuff being delivered?" I questioned, while a since of dread overtook me.
When we were at the salon, Alice had insisted we do our own personal fashion show. While I had tried on the clothes that Alice had sworn would be perfect for me, she had taken pictures, while texting like crazy. When I confronted her, she brushed it off saying she had promised Emmett that she would send him a couple of pictures of Rose all dressed up, which made no sense when we hadn't had our hair and makeup done yet.
"Bella," he started. "We've already had this discussion a few times today. What I say goes. Period. No discussion. I texted Alice a list of what I wanted and if it's not delivered next week, then I will personally take you shopping in Seattle next weekend!"
"Excuse me! I don't…," I started feeling the anger rise within me.
"Enough Bella!" He scowled, before jumping out and heading towards the restaurant to join the others.
I just sat there feeling the tears starting to form. Furiously wiping my eyes, hating the way my emotions were betraying me, I slid my sandals back on, my emotions were all over the place today and the last twenty-four hours and Edward's actions were not helping.
"Are you okay?" Rose asked as she opened the door, seeing my tears and red eyes.
"Yep, I'm okay." I replied. "He just infuriates me!"
Rose laughed. "C'mon let's go get you freshened up and plot your revenge."
I got out and we headed into the restaurant, stopping at the ladies restroom to make myself presentable; I was not going to let Edward Cullen know that he had upset me. Once I felt I had hidden any sign that I had been upset, Rose and I joined the others waiting to be seated. Our wait wasn't too long and within thirty minutes we were seated and the waitress was taking our orders.
"So, what did you guys do while we were off being pampered?" Alice inquired after our waitress had left, promising to bring our drinks and appetizers right away.
"We played a couple of rounds of paintball, which I totally dominated." Emmett replied.
"In your dreams dude!" Jasper laughed. "Winning three out of six rounds does not equal domination, especially when I won two and Ed won the last one."
"By the way," Edward interrupted, "we check out the movies playing in town and didn't find anything interesting. How do all of you feel about heading back home after we eat? We can just hang out by the pool, then watch some movies on Netflix."
"That sounds good to me." Alice replied. "I'm actually a little tired from all the shopping we did today. Bella and Rose can just crash at our place tonight."
"Alice tired from shopping, that's a first!" Emmett laughed.
"I'm just hurt that she didn't include me in the sleepover plans." Jasper smirked.
Alice just glared at both of them. The waitress arrived with our drinks and orders of mozzarella sticks, which I dove right into. I was starving! Everyone kept up the small talk, trying to agree on which movies we would watch when we got home and after about fifteen minutes, the waitress had brought our food out. The food as always was amazing and most of us, excluding Emmett, ended up having to get "to go" boxes for our food. After the bill was settled, we headed out to the Hummer and back to Forks. I called Charlie, my dad, to let him know that I was staying with Alice the rest of the weekend. He said that was fine since he had to pull double shifts at the station and he felt better that I wouldn't be staying at home by myself.
The ride home was fairly quiet, with just the radio playing and an occasional comment from Emmett or Jasper. I didn't mind, since I was lost in my thoughts, still trying to figure out what Edward's problem was and what I could have possible done to make him go all bitchy towards me. Actually, I don't know what the correct term is or if a guy can even be called "bitchy"; but if he was a girl, he would definitely be classified as bitchy!
Before long, we had arrived back home and decided to skip the swimming pool and go straight for the movie marathon. After the guys refused to give in to a chick flick or sparkly vampire night, we finally settled on a "Fast and Furious" marathon.
As the guys went to grab snacks and drinks, Alice and I grabbed pillows and blankets for everybody.
"Well girls, we may not get our vampire/werewolf fix tonight," Rose smirked, "but the guys played right into our hands. Fast cars, Vin Diesel, and Paul Walker; I think I've died and gone to heaven."
Alice and I giggled at Rose fanning herself. We settled ourselves and our pillows on the large L-shaped couch with Alice and me on one end and Rose in the middle. Once the guys came back in with our snacks, Emmett snuggled up next to Rose, while Jasper and Edward settled on the other end of the couch. Alice started the movie and turned off the lights, before settling back on the couch. I snuck once last glance at Edward as the movie started, only to meet his gaze. Quickly turning away, I tried to focus on Paul Walker and his lime green car flying across the screen.
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