CHAPTER 10 - BPOV
I wake up with a throbbing pain in my head as I try to open my eyes, but it soon closes shut once I see the bright rays shine through the window. With my hand I feel around to see where the hell I am. The only thing I feel other than someone's chest is another pain, though this time it's not in my head. It's on my chest. A stroke, maybe? Dear God please don't let it be anything bad. I search for the pain on my chest, it's above my right breast. Once my fingers trace over the bump I feel this sting.
"Ow!" I hiss, bringing my fingers back to the pain. What is it? It feels like a fresh cut, you know? When it's red and it feels bumpy. I open my eyes slightly to look at my chest. Sure enough, the pain I'd been feeling is because of a bright red bump. Breast cancer? It can't be. What the hell?
I try to get up from where I am, putting both my hands on someone's chest to push myself up. Once I sit up I bump my head against something. I open my eyes again and see that it's the roof of Edward's car. My wide eyes look down to see that I'd been asleep on top of Edward. The pain in my head grows stronger and I realize that Alice is asleep on the floor of his car. I look up at the front and see Jasper's head on the dashboard and Rose in the driver's seat. We'd slept in the car. Oh great.
I start to rub my temples as Edward begins to stir underneath me. My vision is blurry and I feel like I have to take a really long piss. I pull out my phone and it's 2 in the afternoon. Thank God Saturday's are our off days. I don't know how I can go to work with a fucking hangover. Ah shit! I have a hangover!
Whatever happened to one drink?
Let's see, after we met with Rose and Alice at the table and Emmett got our drinks, I'd picked one up. And another, and another. My eyes widen at the fact that I can't remember exactly how much I had. I don't remember anything after that. I try to think as hard as I can, but nothing comes to mind. Everything is a blur, almost like a dream-less sleep.
"Morning beautiful," Edward mumbles underneath me. I meet his lazy grin and raise an eyebrow at him. "Why are we in my car?" he shoots his head up and sees Rose, Jasper and then Alice. He looks back at me and his eyes widen at my chest.
His hands shoot up and trace the engraved pain. He squints his eyes trying to make out what it is. His lips move slowly as if he's whispering to himself. I look down and notice something green along with the red. I squint my eyes too trying to make out why my chest is so red.
"Edward," Edward whispers, his eye brows in a furrow. "Your chest says Edward." he tells me and my eyes widen with his.
"I got a tattoo?" Oh dear God, please, please be washable. Though if it is washable, I'm sure it wouldn't be painful and red. Oh shit. Shit, shit, shit. I got a fucking tattoo. What else happened?
Edward unbuttons the first four buttons of his shirt and he pushes the material like a curtain and reveals a five letter word printed in chocolate brown. This time my hand shoots to his chest and traces the letters slowly so that I don't hurt Edward.
There, in brown, is my name tattooed on Edward's chest. Oh. My. God.
"When, where, how, why?" I ask in a trance. Alice starts to stir as well as Jasper. The both of them are in pain as they rub their heads. We wake up Rose and share a moment of silence as we try to recollect ourselves. It's squishy in the backseat and I try to squeeze to the left so Edward can sit up without either of us piling on top of Alice. When that's sorted out we each get out of the car, almost falling over. Jasper bends over the second he steps out and vomits on the ground. Alice tries to rush over, but her energy is sucked right out of her- for the first time ever.
"What the hell?" Rose points towards the end of the driveway. We all turn around to see a figure lying on the pavement, face first. Edward, Rose and I walk down to the driveway and see Emmett sprawled onto it, asleep beside his vomit. "How the hell did Emmett sleep out here?"
"Easy," Edward clears his throat. "We were all too fucked up to notice."
Rose bends down and starts to shake Emmett up, he starts to stir with a loud groan. He lifts his head a couple of centimeters off the pavement and meets Rose's eyes. "Rosie, I want some chocolate." he pouts like a sick five year old boy. Rose laughs and helps Emmett up. Only Emmett would want chocolate the second he wakes up.
"Alright everyone let's go in, take some Advil and gather in the family room."
"What the fuck happened last night?" Rose cusses once she steps in the room. She kicks off her heels and plops down on the couch next to Edward and I.
"Yeah, someone please tell me why we have tattoo's." I whine and point to my right boob. Everyone turns their heads towards me and chuckles. "Not funny!"
"You guys got tattoos?" Emmett's eyes are wide as the comes to check them out. "Did I get one? Rosie check my but cheek!" he pulls his pants down, but Rose stops him.
"What the hell? Why?"
Emmett frowns and sits down. "I always wanted a tattoo on my ass."
So clearly, no one else knows how and why the tattoo's happened. "Are we the only ones?" Everyone takes a second to check themselves before nodding a yes. I groan and hold my head in my hands. Maybe Demetri will know. And the camera mans.
We talk for some time trying to put together our hungover minds to put pieces together so we can at least know some parts of the night. Turns out the only things we can come up with are that Edward and I went to a tattoo parlor last night (no shit) and got tattoos. Emmett has chocolate chip cookies stacked in the back pocket of his jeans so we probably went to a bakery or something though I don't know what bakery would be open in the middle of the night. Rose has "Emmett's Dick is Bigger Than Yours" printed on the back of her leg in permanent marker, which Emmett denied he'd done, but we all know he did it. Alice's hair, we later noticed has a strip of hot pink and Jasper got a nipple piercing.
Weird.
We're all fired. Emmett, Jasper, Edward, Rose, Alice and I have all lost our jobs at the Spotlight because we have "embarrassed" and set a
"bad reputation" for the company due to our one "inappropriate" and "unprofessional" night.
"Welcome to the real world kids," Demetri rubs his hands together with a smile. "You have just faced the reality of getting fired and now you must look for work."
"No one ever told us that the company is so strict with nightlife behaviour." Rose sneers from the end of the couch. It's true, Alice and I agree with a nod. No one said having fun is against company policies.
"If it makes it any better, we had no intentions to represent the company in an inappropriate manner," Edward says in a professional, business-like voice. Demetri turns his head towards Edward looking unpleasant. "Plus we don't have any remembrance of the night."
"That's because you were all too fucked up to know what was going on. Here you are with permanent tattoos and nipple piercings, jobless and hungover!" he snarls. "Does this look like Jersey Shore to you?"
"You did send us to the club," Emmett says calmly. We all nod in agreement looking at Demetri. "I bet you had this all set up!"
Demetri doesn't shake his head or nod. "I suggest you all start applying as soon as possible." He stares straight ahead at the wall when he gets up and walks out of the house leaving all of us in silence.
"Well I'm double jobless," Edward sighs beside me. I look at his covered feet that look fine but I know in the inside his toe is still throbbing with pain. "I can't do the commercial with a broken toe."
"All thanks to Bella." Emmett starts clapping his hands until Rose whips a pillow at his head.
"Emmett shut up!" Edward growls. "It's not Bella's fault. Accidents happen." I know he's trying to cover up the truth. That he really is hurt. I can't take it anymore. It is my fault. I should have been more stubborn so Edward would give up and not want to dance with me.
I try to apologize but Edward holds a finger to my lips. "There are always other opportunities. I'm sure Ben will find something." I sigh and rest my head against his shoulder.
"Edward how did you find an agent so fast? It's so hard to get one with all the fakes and scams out here!" Rose says frustratingly. I'm surprised no one has come to Rose yet with her perfect Hollywood looks and whatnot.
"You'll find someone Rosalie. It may not happen now, but sometime soon."
"Well you guys have a chance with acting because you don't have a bad reputation now because you guys didn't get fired from a job that has to do with the same career field that you desire!" Alice is curled up in a ball at the end of the other sofa with Jasper next to her. He tries to calm her down by stroking her hair but she rejects his touch and shoots the hardwood floor a glare. "What am I going to do now? My rep is ruined! They won't ever let me back in!"
Out of everyone in the house, Alice is the only one who truly loves her job at Spotlight. Alice is the only one who wants to pursue a career in fashion while the rest of us completely destroyed her dream. We're all pretty much sulking on the sofas not knowing what to say, how to approach Alice.
"I'm sorry Alice." Jasper whispers when Alice gets up and storms out of the room leaving the rest of us frowning in silence.
"That was really...mature of him." Edward and I are taken back when Emmett walks in the door claiming he'd just gotten back from Spotlight to get Alice her job back. She'd been in the room sulking all morning and afternoon and she wouldn't come out or let anyone in. Not even Jasper who sat outside the door patiently.
Emmett bolts up the stairs and we can hear his loud knocking. "Come on Alice!" He's shouting. "Let me in I gotta tell you something! Man Jasper, move out of the way!" There's some more yelling followed by silence. Alice probably let him in.
"My tattoo is starting to feel a little less painful." Edward's rubbing the space in which my name is occupying. I smile at the brown letters permanently on his skin wondering if he regrets it. I mean, we were completely wasted last night. I doubt he'd ever want to tattoo anything that has to do with me when he's sober. Then I look down at mine seeing only the corner of the 'E' poking out underneath my tank top and my smile widens even more. As crazy as it is, as wasted as I was, I think I would have done this sober. I mean, if Edward and I were actually serious, I would. I don't find it that bad... we are friends on camera and off camera, right? The off camera friendship has got to be real. Edward can chose not to talk to me. He can ignore me. But he doesn't.
"Mine too." I say, making my way around Edward to the fridge. It's 7pm and I haven't eaten all day. I was too worried about Alice.
"I can't believe you have my name tattooed onto you." he says while taking a seat on the stool across me. I look at him and he's completely beaming. Is it fake? Or is it real? That's what I'm beginning to hate about this show. You never really know if the friendships are real, if the people are trustworthy. I hate myself for even doubting Edward for a second. I know that people can change, things change, but... they don't happen that fast. Since that night Edward told me everything about his mother, he hasn't smoked a lot- maybe once a week- which Alice had told me he does often and he hasn't spoken to another girl besides the ones in this house. He's been around me more than his car and he's just so charming, sweet and kind.
"Bella what's wrong?" his eyebrows pull together as his eyes search for some kind of story behind mine. I bite into my pop tart and stay on the opposite side of the counter, even when he's offering a hug. I don't know why these thoughts and feelings of doubt are taking over me. It could be the tattoo, or my self-consciousness kicking in or the fact that 90% of all this is unreal.
"Why do you ask?"
"OH MY GOD EMMETT!" We can hear Alice's back to normal voice from upstairs and I silently thank Alice for interrupting this moment. "ROSALIE IF YOU DON'T MARRY HIM I WILL!"
"HEY! WHAT ABOUT ME ALI?" Jasper whines in the five year old kind of way. It's good to hear Alice's voice again, just the sound of it makes the entire house light up. Her energy is so contagious that the emo's look at it like a disease.
Before Edward and I can continue our conversation Alice joins us in the kitchen and gives me a big, pixie hug. "Oh Bella!" she laughs in my ear. "Emmett got my job back!"
"For once he does something right." Rose cracks a smile, leaning against the kitchen wall. Emmett appears behind her lifting her up making her squeal with joy.
"You, my beautiful blonde lady have to get dressed!" he kisses her cheek when he sets her down.
"What for?"
Emmett pulls out two pieces of paper from his back pocket and fans it in front of his face. Rose stares at Emmett impatiently with a big, wide grin on her face. Jasper strolls in to join Alice, Edward and I at the counter.
"In my hands," Emmett holds the papers up while speaking in a dramatic voice. "Lay two tickets to the midnight car show in Beverly Hills." Rose is jumping up and down, wraps her arms around Emmett and starts to play a little tonsil hockey. Jasper clears his throat, grossed out by the show before his eyes, especially since it's his sister. Alice and I are 'awing'.
"But before that, we're going out to dinner. Rosie, I've been a big, mean, jerk and I'm sorry. Please don't be mad at me anymore. I miss you Rosie."
"Emmett you didn't have to do all of this," Rose is almost tearing with a smile. She wraps her arms around Emmett. "I would have been good with just an 'I'm sorry'."
He shrugs. "I know you like car shows, and you do like to dress up for dinner. Plus I want to take you out. Just you and me."
After five more minutes of their lovey dovey talks Rose goes upstairs to get ready and Alice follows her. They forced me to go but I put my foot down. Watching someone dress up and get their make-up done is almost as tiring as being the barbie. Emmett, Jasper, Edward and I stay in the kitchen and sit around the counter.
"So what's next for you two?" Emmett's eyebrows are wiggling as he glances at Edward and I.
"How's your nipple piercing Jasper?" My eyes grow wide at him hinting for a change in subject and to play along. He ignores me though.
"Is there going to be a wedding?" Jasper asks, a smile in his voice.
I groan. "I bet it hurts a lot, right Jasper?" He just nods, but the teasing smile is still there.
"She's blushing!" Emmett points at my cheeks causing Edward to chuckle.
A WEDDING? Seriously? Where are they getting these ideas?
"I think I'm going to go help Rose and Alice." I excuse myself, my cheeks still burning with fire as I walk in between Emmett and Edward.
The tattoo can't be that big a deal, right? It's just a tattoo of a name. It doesn't mean anything.
I think.
I had major writer's block for this chapter :( Let me know what you think!
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THE QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE ASKED ME: (From Chapter 8 & 9)
1. Where in the world did you come up with the fart in her mouth idea?
I really don't know... LOL I'm pretty random & weird.
2. What part of Cuba did you go to?
I went to a beautiful resort in Cayo Coco
3. Is Edward just acting or is he really into Bella?
No comment :P You'll have to keep reading :)
4. Will there be any Jake in this story? I mean, more of jake? Like a love triangle of some sorts? I'm Team Edward, are you?
I'm not a big fan of Jacob and I've always had him in my stories, but in this story I don't think I'm going to include him that much. But you never know :) And yes I'm Team Edward :)
5. Will Edward and Bella fall for each other soon? Or does one of them already like the other?And why was your day depressing? :(
I think Bella may be falling already ;) I can't remember lol, but thanks for asking!
6. Is Jacob going to be a bit like the real Jake?
I tried to add a bit of a temper in Jake for this story, since in the books he's a wolf and can get angry easily.
7. When did you first read the books?
Three years ago. I picked it up off a bookshelf and I flipped to the page where Bella was in the ballet studio with James and the first thing that came to mind was that movie with Eddy Murphy "The Haunted Mansion" I think it's called lol but I didn't read it until two months after I bought it.
8. What does your tattoo look like?
It's a Chinese symbol for Happiness and it's on my wrist :)
9. Any other big plans for the summer?
Just hang out with friends, catch up with some old ones and I'm going to the cottage in August so that'll be fun :)
10. How bad did your tattoo hurt?
On a scale of 1-10 I'd say 11. Haha kidding. I would say 8 but then it'd go down to 5 then back up to 8 sometimes.
11. How old are you & How did you convince your parents to letting you get a tattoo?
I'm turning 16 soon and it's funny because my dad was the one who asked me if I wanted one & I said yes then the next thing i know I'm sitting on a stool with my wrist held out and a needle to it D:
Thanks so much guys for the reviews & support for this story ! You guys got me to 206, thanks a bunch!
BTW - the thing with the roadtrip, I'm thinking about including it but I'm not 100 percent sure where I'll tie it in with the story.