Hello amazing readers! I have some good news and I have some bad news... The good news is that I am posting chapter 10! Yay! The bad news? Writing and updating two stories at once is a little more difficult that I had previously anticipated. I know, so sad =( It pretty much leaves me with two options: stop writing one of the stories OR change the posting schedule. Since I am so attached to both stories and can't pick one over the other I have decided to post updates every other week like I do with WDTTL. So from now on WTA and WDTTL will be updated on alternating weeks- this week WTA, next week WDTTL and so on. Excited? I hope so!
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Previously on Winner Takes All:
I made my way over to Rosalie and quickly told her that I was heading back to the room for the night. Taking one quick look at me Rosalie asked if I wanted her to come with but I declined; just because I was having a shitty time didn't mean that she had to have a crappy night too. As I was thanking Emmett for the invite I saw Edward heading our way with Tanya wrapped possessively around him and decided that was my cue to get the hell out of there. I don't think I had ever been more excited to leave a party and take a shower in my life.
Chapter 10:
After leaving the stupid party I went back to my room and quickly rinsed the beer off of myself before settling in for a nice long bath with the book that I had been reading by the pool and a glass of wine from the mini bar (what can I say? The mini bar is on Edward's tab). I was trying my absolute hardest to relax but no matter what I tried nothing would settle my restless mind. When a bath didn't settle my nerves I drained the tub and wrapped myself in one of the hotel's luxurious robes and decided that maybe a movie and room service would take my mind off that stupid asshole. It didn't.
Since I was too angry to concentrate on the movie and too frustrated to read I ended up lying in bed, staring at the ceiling for hours and thinking back on everything that had happened tonight. I couldn't believe that jackass Edward Cullen thought it was ok to treat a woman that way! I mean, I understand that he had been drinking and everything but still… What an asshole! He and Tanya deserve each other; I can't decide which of them is worse. They deserve to be together: both are so vain that I doubt they would be able to find a flaw in each other because they are so focused on themselves to care. Ugh. They are both assholes.
I don't know exactly how long I had been laying in bed fuming but I was still awake and angry when Rosalie stumbled in around three am. "Bella Bella fo fella banana fanna fo fella fee fi fo fella- Bella," Rosalie sang, happily spinning in circles before collapsing in a drunken heap on the floor. I scrambled out of bed to help a giggling Rosalie her to her feet before walking her to the bed and helping her out of her party dress. "Tonight has been one of the best nights of my life jelly-belly," Rosalie sighed as she lifted her arms in the air and allowed me to help her into a nightgown.
"Oh yeah? Why is that?" I asked, grabbing a hairbrush and beginning to comb through the mass of tangles on her head.
"Because I think I'm falling in loooooove," she trilled, falling back on the bed and giggling uncontrollably.
"I'm so happy for you Rosalie," I told her, trying to get the comb through my sister's hair while she wiggled on the bed.
"I'm soooooo happy for me too!" She squealed before sitting straight up and grabbing my hand with a very serious look on her face, "The only thing that would make me even happier would be if YOU could find someone that would make you as happy as I am. What about that James guy? You two seemed to be hitting it off earlier, what happened to him? He was cuuuuuuute!"
Seeing Rosalie drunk as a skunk made me giggle. Rosalie rarely ever drinks so seeing her let loose is always a bit hysterical. "James is moving on to a next town in a new state tomorrow, he couldn't come to the party. Apparently he wouldn't want to have come even if he was free," I told her, placing the hairbrush on the nightstand and grabbing a couple bottles of water from the mini bar.
"What do you mean? Why wouldn't he have come? It looked like he really liked you!" Rosalie said, grabbing the water bottle I handed her and taking a few large sips before lying back on the bed and staring at me intently.
"Apparently he has some beef with Edward Mason," I said, loosening the cap and taking a few sips from my own water bottle.
"What do you mean? How could he possibly know Edward?" Rosalie asked, intrigued.
"Apparently Edward's father took James in when he lost his parents and offered to raise him as his own. Edward was jealous and resented James as they grew up because he though that his father was replacing him. When Mr. Mason died Edward sought revenge for the years in second place and turned James out on the street penniless," I told her, relaying what James had told me earlier that night.
"Oh Bella, that's horrible! Is it true?" Rosalie asked, a look of utter sadness on her face.
"That's what he told me- and after meeting Edward Mason I don't doubt that it's true," I told her, thinking back on the arrogant way that he had treated me earlier that night.
"What do you mean? Edward's been nothing but kind!"
"Yeah, he's a REAL gentleman," I said sarcastically, rolling my eyes.
"Oh Bella, you can't believe what some stranger says! You know there's three sides to every story," Rosalie said, giving me a look that said I should know better.
"I can't help it, I just don't like him," I mumbled, playing with the hem of my nightshirt. I proceeded to tell her everything that Edward had done: from the first night that we met when he shoved me out of line for a drink, when he called me ugly, the day by the pool and the stunt he pulled tonight. I made sure to tell her all about the evil succubus Tanya too. When I had finally finished the story a look of horror, disbelief, pity and sadness crossed Rosalie's face as she leaned forward and grabbed my hand. "Oh Bella I am so sorry! I know Tanya is a bitch and that Edward hasn't exactly been the most friendly of people to you but I didn't know all this has been going on!"
"Well how could you? You've been in love," I giggled, smacking her with a pillow to lighten the mood a little. "A naked woman could have been riding a zebra tonight at the party and you wouldn't have noticed because Emmett was there!"
"I do really like him Bella- but you're my sister! I don't want to date Emmett if it means that you are going to deal with people that treat you so poorly!" Rosalie said, tears filling her eyes.
"Oh Rosalie! Please don't cry," I said, pulling her into my arms and hugging her tightly to me. "All I want in life is for you to be happy Rosalie. You deserve to have everything you want in life and more; don't let two assholes keep you away from that! I can handle those two. Besides, Tanya and Edward have been nice to you- you shouldn't let those two keep you away from the possible love of your life!"
"Are you sure? I don't want you to have to deal with people like that for me!"
"I would do anything for you sissy, I'm just glad to see that you're so happy," I told her, settling back into the pillows and climbing under the covers with Rosalie and settling in for bed.
"Thanks Bells. I love you," Rosalie said, rolling over and snuggling deep under the comforter.
"I love you too Rosie," I said, finally settling in and letting the darkness pull me under until I was fast asleep.
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I woke up just a few hours later with the hangover from hell to hear someone pounding down the hotel door. Rosalie buried deeper under the blankets, pulling a pillow over her head and holding it gently over her ears. "Make it stop! Bells PLEASE make it stop," Rose moaned, rolling on her stomach and ducking into bed again. I ungracefully stumbled out of bed and to my feet, grabbing the plush robe that I had thrown on the floor last night and wrapping it tightly around myself before making my way to the door.
As soon as I opened the door I was immediately blinded by the bright lights in the hallway. It took me a few moments to adjust but when I finally saw what was standing before me... Well, I was shocked.
"What the hell are you doing here?"
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