Note: I'm back with chapter 10! I'm sure you are all happy about me updating twice in the same day and I want to update as soon as I possibly can. Here is the next one, enjoy!

Chapter10: How Do I Say It?

Alice wasn't lying when she said Edward would faint. Then again I knew never to bet against Alice. What she didn't tell me though, was that my father, Emmett, Jasper and every other guy in the room would faint too. Well, figuratively...

As soon as I walked down the stairs, Edward's mouth was hanging open and every other male in the room couldn't keep their eyes off of me. Even Esme found it hard to look away.

After about 2 minutes of everyone staring Edward came to me and whispered in my ear.

"You are so beautiful. I don't know why I ever left you here alone."

His comment made me blush and that brought a loud, booming laughter from Emmett and a chuckle from everyone else. Jasper and Emmett gave Edward a 'you're-so-smooth' look, although I didn't know of they knew what he had told me to make me blush.

Once again I remembered my research and remembered that vampires have extremely good hearing, much better than ours. Maybe they did know.

"Wow, Bells, you're all grown up!" My dad tried not to get emotional. He wasn't that kind of person. "We're only going out to supper, wait until Prom, then you'll all be allowed to cry over how grown up we are." I smiled and looked at Edward. He smiled back but it didn't reach his eyes.

Vampires do not age; they stay the same way physically from when they are changed.

Edward and the others would always stay 17 or 18 years old. Emmett would be forever 20. Lucky bastard...

"You alright Bella?" Jasper asked me. He looked at me with concern in his amber eyes. His look instantly calmed me down and made me realize that I was getting angry at something they can't control. I put on a huge smile, which I reserved for talent shows and stuff like that and looked him in the eyes.

"Never better, why?" Can I play the naive innocent girl or what?

"No reason, I thought I saw you getting mad."

I just shrugged, pretending I didn't know what he was talking about.

I didn't have to be down there alone very long because Alice and Rose came down with some of the most beautiful dresses Alice made me buy.

Alice's dress was a yellow-ish gold color. It was strapless and had a white band to accentuate her tiny waist. At the very middle of the band there was a black rose. She wore black stiletto heels, her favourite kind. Her hair was its usual spiky self.

Rosalie was a goddess. Her dress was silver and ended just above the knee. It was held on her right shoulder and was tight around the breast area. Under her bust it was loose and tightened at the very bottom. She wore her favourite stiletto boots.

Jasper and Emmett wore speechless, but the parents and Edward weren't as impressed as they had been with me. Probably because I never dressed up.

"Alright then, we'll head home to get ready. Girls, you can stay here if you'd like, get a ride with Emmett or Chief Swan." The girls nodded and went to sit down on the couch.

"I'm gonna take a quick shower, I'll be back before you know it!" Emmett always joked around like that.

About five minutes after everyone left there was a knock at the front door. I went to go check it out and the guy at the door seemed to have forgotten how to speak.

"Yes?" I prompted.

"Oh, uh...This is for a, uh...Ms. Bella Swan?" The guy wasn't completely ugly. He had short brown hair and green eyes. His FedEx uniform didn't really do much for him but he wasn't ugly.

"That would be me." I took the package from him and signed where he told me to. I closed the door as he left and I looked at where the package came from.

"What is it, Bella?" Alice was bouncing around and changing the channel every two seconds.

"I ordered a book really early this morning and it just arrived." I tore off the tape that was keeping the box closed and sat down to take the book out.

"I thought you said there was only one book, what's the other one for?"

Rose's curiosity peaked mine. I put Twilight next to me for a minute and looked at the other one that came with it.

The Host? What kind of a story is that?

I read the synopsis on the back and it looked like a good book. As Alice read the back of Twilight I knew she would put two and two together. She opened it up to a random page and started reading out loud.

"You're impossibly fast. And strong. Your skin is... pale white, and ice cold. Your eyes change color. And sometimes you speak like, like you're from a different time. You never eat or drink anything. You don't go into the sunlight.

"How old are you?

"Seventeen.

"How long have you been seventeen?

"...a while.

"I know what you are."Say it, out loud say it.

"Vampire...

"Are you afraid?

"...no."

"Wow...The way the vampires were described...I think they're like our boys here." Rose said.

"I was doing some research. I found some things about vampires, who seem just like our boys. I also found out some stuff about the Quileute boys from that night at the club. I think they may be shape shifters...I'll show you later." I heard Emmett coming down the stairs and just pretended to look at the back of The Host again.

So, you girls ready to party?" Emmett came to sit between Rose and I. He was wearing a white button down shirt and a pair of black dress pants.

"Fancy much Emmett?" I laughed.

"Well I wanna look next to my girls!" He put his arms around both of us and laughed.

"Ew, If Bella is your girl, then you are disgusting Emmett" We laughed along with Alice as Emmett pretended to look sad.

"Hello? Anyone home?"

I looked at the entrance to the living room and Edward was standing there, leaning on the door frame. He looked like Adonis himself. He wore a black button down shirt and a pair of black dress pants. His beautiful bronze hair was dishevelled as usual, but it looked so good on him.

"What happened to going to the restaurant with your parents?" Rose asked.

"I wanted to see Bella again. She's too beautiful to be left alone." He sat down next to me and removed Emmett's arm only to replace it with his.

"You should have seen the FedEx guy, he couldn't even speak right. He actually tripped on his way to his van." Alice laughed. We all joined in. She put Twilight onto the coffee table and sat in the arm chair since the couch was getting crowded.

"What's this?" Edward picked it up and he stiffened slightly. I thought I saw his eyes darting towards Emmett but I couldn't be sure.

"I've never heard of this book. Looks kind of girly." He then reached for The Host and took it out of my hands. "Now a book about souls taking over the human race, that's a good story!"

"You read it?"

"Yup." he gave the book back and went to take the remote from Alice and put it on Family Guy.

"I love this episode!" The music for Drunken Irish Dad started and everyone was singing along to it. As soon as it ended Charlie came out to the living room, telling us it was time to go.

"Oh, by the way Emmett, that joke with the car you got me, sssooooooo not funny." I dragged out the word so to show him how much I didn't find it funny.

"We all thought it was." He snickered as we went outside. I gave my father the keys to the Mercedes and climbed in back with Edward. Emmett got into the front and Rose and Alice were in Alice's Porches.

"If I didn't know better I'd say we're all loaded..." I said to no one in particular. Everyone laughed, but after the ride was quiet.

We were the last ones to arrive at the restaurant. Edward helped me out of the car like a true gentleman. I pretended I didn't even notice his skin was cold. He smiled warmly at me and I smiled back.

"I see you like my gift." I looked at my wrist and saw the heart shaped stone attached to my bracelet in his hands.

"Yeah, I really do like it, it's beautiful."

"That's a real diamond." I looked at him dumbfounded as we entered the restaurant.

"Jasper, where are your parents?" I looked around but they weren't with our group.

"They weren't feeling too well so they stayed home. They told me to come along without them, for Alice." He smiled down at her and she smiled back.

"The waitress will be here very soon to take your orders."

Edward held out my chair for me and took my hand as soon as he sat down. The waitress did come quickly and she lingered on all of the boys, and Dr. Cullen, for a little longer than my liking.

"I'll have the mushroom ravioli."

"Huh?" she snapped out of her daydream

"My food, I'll have the mushroom ravioli." I glared at her, letting her know Edward was taken. Everyone else ordered and we talked until our food arrived. We ate with light conversation and just had fun.

After supper we all went back to our respective homes. I was a little sad to leave Edwards side but he promised to call me later. I wanted some time to think about what I would say to the boys. As soon as I got home I changed into my naughty PJ's and opened my laptop.

I signed onto MSN and looked for Rosalie and Alice. I made a 3 way conversation window and started talking to them.

PRITTIER THAN A MODEL: So Bells, how are we going to tell the boys that we know?

ROCKER GIRL BELLA: I don't know. Maybe I'll do like in the book, Twilight. I'm thinking of bringing him into the forest around my house or the school and just telling him that I know what he is...like in the book I guess...

SEXY HYPER PIXIE: I think that's a good plan but I want to be there so that we can tell Edward and Jasper at the same time. It's not like it'd be weird for me to be at your house with my brother.

PRITTIER THAN A MODEL: Then I should be there too. I want to tell Emmett I know and I also want think it would be normal for me to show up with my brother.

ROCKER GIRL BELLA: Alright then, either you all come over tomorrow morning and we tell them before school, or we all come back here to tell them after school or we tell them at some point during school.

SEXY HYPER PIXIE: I've got to go; my parents want to talk to Edward and me about something. I'll call you later if I remember! Love ya both! :) 3

SEXY HYPER PIXIE has left the conversation.

PRITTIER THAN A MODEL: I should get going to, I still have to finish that bio thing...I hate projects about body parts. The spleen is so useless!

PRITTIER THAN A MODEL is offline.

I laughed at both of them. Alice and Rose were great but not always the brightest bulbs. Ah, I love them to death...

Note: I know I said this would be the confrontation but I started writing too much about the dinner and preparation so I decided to make the 'I know what you are' thing in the next chapter. *dodges random things that are thrown at her* who threw a desk? Anyways, please R&R so I can know what you think. I have no Idea why I made their screen names that way, I just put whatever I thought fit my story.