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Chapter 10: Killing Anticipation
"But Bella…"
" I don't want to hear it Emmett. And keep your eyes on the road." I said, rolling my eyes at him. We all left the campsite early in the morning- 5am, thank you Alice-and are now on our way to the mall to do…ugh, shopping.
"But come on, Bella. You have to admit it's pretty impressive." Emmett continued.
"Emmett…please." I said simply. I did not want this conversation again.
"But Bella…" Emmett whined. "A gay man turned bisexual for you and you have nothing to say about that?" he said me, incredulously. I sighed.
As soon as Emmett heard about the whole 'Jeff' situation, he kept bugging me relentlessly about it. Apparently what I did was considered as a 'miracle' or a 'once-in-a-lifetime accomplishment'.
His praise was fine for the first ten minutes of it, but after two whole hours of it (especially so early in the morning) it became annoying.
" I mean, when a gay man turns bisexual for you it's like, WOW. That hardly ever happens. The only thing better than that is if you turned him completely straight- and now that is impressive. But Bella, what you managed to do is incredible. A big bravo to you!" Emmett kept rambling on.
I thought about strangling him but knew that would do no good. Also, it would end up with me getting hurt or us getting into a car accident. Or maybe both.
"Emmett." I whined. Edward looked at me from his car seat, looking worried and amused at the same time. Amused because of the whole situation.
I knew that he was ecstatic when he found out that Jeff was gay. Though he was sure that I wouldn't abandon him and run to away to Vegas with Jeff, I knew that Edward still didn't like him.
His happiness dimmed a little when Jeff turned bisexual due to me, but overall still happy about the whole thing.
On the other hand, Edward was worried because I was currently giving myself a possible concussion by hitting my head over and over on the car seat in front of me.
"Bewa, no do dat!" Edward ordered, frowning at my actions. I immediately stopped and gave him a small apologetic smile. As a baby, his assertiveness was cute.
I took him out of his car seat, making sure with Alice that nothing bad would happen, and settled him on my lap.
"Okay, I'm sorry."" I apologized, giving Edward a small pout, biting my lip slightly. I saw Edward's eyes glaze over for a bit before he started blushing. My eyes widened as realization hit me.
I managed to dazzle Edward. Edward Cullen.
I grinned as I nuzzled his nose, making his blush evaporate and replaced with giggles. I have already gotten used to everybody's eyes on us, watching us interact with each other with amusement. Edward snuggled into me and with a tiny yawn, he fell asleep.
The next few minutes were finally quiet- even Emmett didn't make a sound. I think that had to do with the fact that Rosalie threatened to cut off his manhood if we woke Edward up. And he was smart enough to know to never take Rosalie's threats lightly.
"He's so adorable." Rosalie whispered. Playing with Edward's tiny fingers. I knew this was hard for her and at the same time, the greatest gift for her. When Rosalie acted like this, you could see that she was born to be a mother.
" Yeah, he is." I agreed as Edward cuddled more into me. I could tell that Rose wished that Edward wouldn't turn back to normal-that he stay a baby forever. "You know Rose. Even if Edward didn't turn back into a vampire" Knock on wood. " He still wouldn't stay a baby forever. Like everyone else, he would eventually grow up to be an adult one day." I told her.
"I know." She said, sitting back and gazed out the window with a faraway look on her face. " That's why we have to treasure this time that we have to the fullest. We need to milk it to the very last drop. Because we won't have a second chance to do it over-we never will. Including you. Now that you made your decision, this will be the first and probably last time you carry a baby in your arms. This moment is precious to me and I never want to let it go." she turned to me a smiled, looking surprised. " Are you crying?"
"No." I said quickly, swiping away the traitor tears that had fallen. "The air conditioning in the car is just irritating my eyes."
This was the first time I ever truly saw Rosalie's sensitive side. Beneath and the bitterness and resentment lied a woman who longed for a baby of her own. I wished that there was somehow to make that come true.
It was an impossible wish.
"Are we there yet?" Emmett asked impatiently, tapping repeatedly on the steering wheel.
"You should know. You are the one driving, aren't you?" Jasper asked, rolling his eyes.
"No. Alice just told me to go straight and then when it's time to turn, she'll instruct me." Emmett explained. I looked at Alice and noticed the innocent look on her face.
"What do you have planned?" I asked, narrowing my eyes on her. Emmett was driving so fast that I was sure we were beyond the speed limit-like light years ahead of it.
" It's a secret, Bella." Alice said fluttering her eyes at me. My suspicions grew. I was pretty sure I wouldn't like what we were doing-and we were already going shopping so I was pretty sure it was going to be horrible beyond any of my wildest imagination.
"Alice," I whined. I was so curious to know where we were going.
"Oh my god. I love this song!" Alice suddenly squealed as a new song came on. I sighed as I knew our conversation was over.
Wake up in the morning
Feeling like P Diddy[[ay what up girl]]
Grab my glasses, I'm out the door
I'm gonna hit the city, Before I leave
Brush my teeth with a, Bottle of Jack
Cause when I leave for, The night I aint coming back
"Shh, Alice." I whispered to her, gesturing to the sleeping Edward. He was moving restlessly in my arms at the noise. Alice winked and lowered her voice.
I'm talking pedicure on our toes (toes)
Tryin on all our clothes (clothes)
Boys blowin up our phones (phones)
Drop topping, playing our favorite CD's
Pulling up to the partys
Tryin a get a little bit TIPSY
Just like the first time, Emmett joined Alice in singing and they both started to dance to the music.
Don't Stop
Make it Pop
DJ blown my speakers up
Tonight I'ma fight
Till we see the sunlight
Tick tock on the clock
But the party don't stop
No oh, oh oo whoa oo whoa oh
Oh oo whoa oo whoa oh
Oh oo whoa oo whoa oh (Repeat chorus)
If they didn't have such good voices- and weren't vampires- I would have tried to behead the both of them in order to shut them up.
Finally after a long 3 minutes-felt like 3 hours- the song ended. Sadly though, a new song came on and it wasn't any better.
Music's up, Listen hot stuff
I'm in love, With this song
So just hush, Baby shut up
Heard enough
Stop ta-ta-talking that
Blah blah blah
Think you'll be getting this
Nah nah nah
Not in the back of my
Car-ar-ar
If you keep talking that
Blah blah blah blah blah
Emmett sang 30H!3's part.
Your always talking that shit
But never laying the bitch
Yeah , I don't care who you are
In this bar , It only matters who I is
Stop ta-ta-talking that Blah blah blah
Think you'll be getting this, Nah nah nah
Not in the back of my, Car-ar-ar
If you keep talking that
Blah blah blah blah blah
I found out that there was a Ke$HA marathon for the next 24 hours-back to back.
And it just started.
Thankfully, Edward was still asleep so he didn't need to suffer through this torture. He was also not awake to see me hit my head over and over in the car seat in front of me.
"Both of you please shut up!" I pleaded. I felt dizzy and I was pretty sure I gave myself a slight concussion.
"Oh come on, Bella." Emmet said, still humming to a Ke$HA song. He was bobbing his shoulders with a grin on his face.
"You're enjoying this, aren't you?" I accused. They both nodded their heads, humming. I looked at Jasper and Rosalie to see how they were doing.
Jasper was smiling at Alice, holding her hand in his as she bounced around to the music. I should have known that as long as Alice was happy so would he.
I turned to Rosalie and saw that she was inspecting Edward's things, probably making a mental list of everything we needed to buy for him.
I looked back up front and I couldn't see nothing to clue me in on where we were going. I was sure this was Alice intent.
Something shiny caught my eye and I realized it was Emmett's camera, shoved into the car mirror.
"You're still filming us?" I asked, blinking at it.
"Of course. I kept it on us so we wouldn't miss anything." Emmett informed me.
"What kind of things are on there?" I asked curiously. I realized that there were probably things on that camera that even I didn't know about.
"It's a secret." Emmett teased, putting his forefinger to his lips.
" Please?" I asked, pouting at him. I was getting sick of all these secrets and surprises already.
"Well, okay. Since you're my little sis and all. I have things here from the first time we meet Baby Edward to the regular things like eating, sleeping, diaper changing-" he gave me a horrible glare at that part. "-then we also have bathing, telling stories, watching crap-" Rosalie smacked Emmett's head. " Ow! Rosie what was that for?"
Rosalie just glared at him in response.
" Fine. Watching educational crap. And camping and many more." he finished.
I had to admit it, that I really wanted to watch the video. Since I was pretty sure that there were no video cameras in 1901, I was glad that Edward would have some remembrances from his baby days.
After two hours of Ke$HA, Alice finally decided to have mercy on me and changed the radio station. I smiled as the song that I approved of came on.
When I was younger
I saw my daddy cry
And cursed at the wind
He broke his own heart
And I watched
As he tried to re-assemble it
And my momma swore
that she would never let herself forget
And that was the day that I promised
I'd never sing of love
If it does not exist
I found myself singing to the song. Alice and Emmett joined me in the chorus.
But darlin',
You, are, the only exception
But, you, are, the only exception
But, you, are, the only exception
You, are, the only exception
…
And I'm on my way to believing.
Oh, And I'm on my way to believing.
At the end of the song, as everyone clapped in applause, we were all surprised to hear Edward's giggle.
"Bavo Bewa! Yay!" Edward cheered, clapping his hands. I blushed as everyone laughed and his my face in his hair.
"Did you have a nice rest?" I asked, giving him a kiss on the cheek. Edward giggled more at me in response, nuzzling his nose to mine.
"No mor nap laer?" Edward pleaded, trying to dazzle me. I laughed.
" No more nap." I told him. We all laughed as Edward cheered in happiness.
" You woke up just on time Edward. We're almost to our destination." Alice said.
"Since we're almost there, can you tell me where we are?" I asked. Alice pretended to think about it before she nodded-probably noticing my scowl.
"Minnesota." she stated. My eyebrows furrowed.
"Why would we be in Minnesota?" I asked in confusion.
"Bella!" Alice scolded. " After everything I taught you, I would expect you would know why we are here." She shook her head in disappointment. "Think Bella. What is Minnesota famous for?" I rocked my head for an answer.
I looked at the window, still thinking until I saw a sign that made me freeze. I suddenly remembered what it was famous for.
" Alice…No." I said in horror. Alice grinned.
" Yes." She said, still grinning.
" But…" I pleaded.
" No buts."
"Alice…"
"Bella…"
"NO!" I looked out the window and saw the hated red, white and blue star as we passed by.
We finally found a parking spot right in front of the building and Alice slammed open the door-despite Emmett's protests-and shot up, grinning brightly.
"Welcome to the Mall of America!"
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