A/N: Beautiful. Perfect. Only those two words can describe this night. Oh, how I wish that I was Bella. Sigh… I really wish that I had had a New Year's kiss. Instead, I embarrassed myself in front of my dream guy. : (
I guess that's why I haven't felt up to writing? Sorry. But here it isssssss!
Chapter 10: New Year's
Ding dong.
Charlie and Bella stood shivering in the crisp evening air on the night of New Year's Eve.
Esme opened the door. A smile lit up her face when she saw them standing there. "Bella! Thank goodness you're here. Alice has been attempting to bake brownies for the past hour. I need her out of the kitchen if I want to bake my peanut butter kiss cookies. Come in and distract her for at least a little, please." Esme ushered Bella and Charlie inside.
"Sorry, Esme. I can't stay. I'm going to the Blacks' house for the game later," Charlie explained. He wrapped Bella up in a hug. "Be good. I'll see you in the morning."
"'Kay. Bye dad." The front door closed as Bella and Esme walked into the kitchen.
"BELLA!!!" Bella grunted as her little pixie-of-a-friend slammed into her.
"Whoa, easy there, Ali," Bella laughed. "Whatcha been doing?"
"Well, I was baking brownies, and I wanted to put icing on them before I took them out of the pan so they look nice. Can you help?"
"Sure." Bella walked over to the counter where the hot pan sat next to an empty container of frosting (Alice had already done that part) and picked up a knife. After trying to lift them for a minute, she looked at the pan. "Huh. I can't get it out without cutting it."
"Haha."
She turned around, only to see Edward leaning against the door frame, snickering. She looked at him, not realizing why he was laughing.
And then she got it. "Ooooohhh. That's What She Said?" She questioned.
Alice laughed. "Ya think?"
Bella just blushed.
Back upstairs in Alice's room, the Bella watched as her friend tried on clothes, trying to pick out the 'perfect' New Year's Eve outfits. Bella really didn't see the point of that, but Alice had her quirks. And this quirk involved dressing herself in a… tutu. Yeah.
Alice backed out of her closet clothed in a hot pink tank top and a light pink tutu with sequins at the bottom. She walked towards the bed and started rummaging in Bella's overnight bag (the kids were sleeping over again).
"Hey Bella?" Alice asked. "Do you have any short shorts that I could wear under my tutu."
"No."
"Good," she huffed. "I wouldn't fit into your pants anyway."
That's What She Said!
Suddenly, the bedroom door opened, revealing a very exhausted and befuddled looking Rosalie.
"Wow, late much?" Alice muttered, jokingly nudging her friend with her hip.
"Yeah, sorry about that," Rose started. "I couldn't find my favorite lip gloss!"
"Awwww!!!" Alice sympathized.
"And, also, I just found out that my dog may have to be put down."
"Awwww!!!"
Bella, sitting on the bed, laughed. "I love how you have the same reaction for both lost lip gloss and a sick dog."
Rosalie and Ali shot her daggers. Bella held up her hands. "Whoa. Sorry." She laughed again, nervously, as her two friends stalked towards her. They pounced, all three landing on the bed behind them, tangled up in a knot.
"Rawr," Alice stated, as if roaring wasn't out of the ordinary.
"Rawr means I love you in dinosaur," Bella said factually.
Alice ducked her head. "I would never let you get eaten by dinos," she mumbled shyly, again as if that were a normal thing to say.
Just then a knocked resounded on her bedroom door.
"Come in," Alice called.
The door opened once again, this time showing three boys. Yeah. Those boys.
Emmett ran over and jumped on top of the girl pileup. "Foursome time!"
"EWWWW!!!!!!"
"Ouch!"
"Rosie! You have the worst boyfriend ever."
"Yeah. I know."
An hour later the kids were downstairs in the family room watching the people waiting for midnight in Times Square and eating pizza and gummy bears.
The kids looked at Emmett, who seemed to be making a big fuss over whether or not his gummy bears were touching his pizza on his paper plate. He glanced up, only to find everyone else staring at him.
"What?" He asked, now mixing all of his food together. "I don't like my food touching!"
"And then you mix it all together a minute later?" Questioned Edward.
"You got it! And it tastes gooood!"
"Yeah. Sure, Emmett. Whatever."
Jasper, meanwhile, randomly held up a gummy bear to the light and squinted. "Weird," he said. "I didn't know that gummy bears had belly buttons."
"Uh, that's 'cuz they don't," Alice said, as if talking to a six-year-old.
"Yeah? Well these do," her boyfriend retorted. "They're really agshagjhdsgfakjsdfgasdh."
"What?"
"I just choked on a gummy bear."
The other four not partaking in the conversation just looked at each other and rolled their eyes.
"Hey," Bella said, changing the subject. "Did you hear that the Jonas Brothers are playing at midnight in Times Square?"
"The Jonas Brothers rock!" Squealed Rose, her mouth full of pizza.
Edward looked at her oddly. "Did you just say that the Jewish Brothers rock?"
"Oh my Gawd! It's Joe Jewish!" Alice yelled.
The three boys leaned in together. "Lame-o!"
"You just hate them because they're hotter than you!" Bella retorted.
"So true, so true," Bella shook her head.
"Fine. If Joe and Nick are hotter then me, than I get to be hotter than Kevin," Jasper huffed.
"Yeah. Sure," his twin rolled her eyes.
The Hales both looked at the TV screen. "Well, midnight is only 12 minutes away. The JBs will be on then!" Rose squealed.
Oh joy.
"Kids!" Esme sang as she burst into the family room with a tray in her hands. "I have cookies!"
"YEAH! COOKIES!" It was unanimous: cookies rocked. Esme's Hershey's Kiss cookies dominated the rest, though.
Jasper, however, was not a big fan of the chocolate part- he only liked the cookie.
"Hey Jazz, can I have your Hershey's Kiss?" Edward asked, eyeing the little morsel in his best friend's hand.
"No!" Jasper protectively cowered over his Kisses. "Hershey's Kisses are for love! I don't love you!"
Silence.
"Okay. That was weird." Bella said.
"Oh look!" Rosie pointed. "Thirty seconds until 2010!"
The cookies (miraculously) fell to the floor as the couples paired up, leaving Bella and Edward standing next to each other.
"5…4…3…2…1… HAPPY NEW YEAR!"
The ball dropped in Times Square and the teens kissed their respective partners. Bella looked awkwardly around her, not knowing what to do in this situation.
Edward brought his hand up under her chin, turning her head to look at him.
"Bella," he whispered longingly. He leaned in and pressed his lips against hers.
Happy new year indeed.
Termination (of the chapter) – Well, I'm glad you liked the last one, written by my fellow author sprinkledwithsapphires. 15 reviews! You guys rock…
And thank you to my friend (and 5th period buddy) Sasha for the fab jokes and support. I apologize if I tragically messed up any of your TWSSs.
BTW- All the others that weren't hers in this chapter were mine. Yes- all of these things happened in real life. Sadly.