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Rosalie's encouragement and Emmett's advice. (Bella's Point of view)
I had already become costumed to not driving myself to and from school. Rosalie or Alice would always pick me up, even if I didn't have Edward. So I was up rather early getting ready, that and I didn't sleep last night. I miss him already, but I couldn't think of any other way. It would not be fair to him or me to leave me human and pursue a relationship further. We would both end up heart broken in the end. Much like I was now, heart broken.
I tried to shake that thought away and hoped into the hot shower. Today was the first day that I was to start my difficult task. I was going to have to stand by my decision no matter how gorgeous or sweet or intelligent he was today. I could hear Rosalie and Emmett enter my room… normally they were very stealthy making there way through my house but today Emmett and Rosalie where snickering about something.
"Hey Bella, it's just me and Emmett… I already picked you out an outfit, it's on the counter!"
I didn't even have time to call back to her; she was out of the bathroom instantly. How in the world will I ever get used to that kind of speed? I almost preferred it when they pretended to be human around me, at least then I could somewhat keep up with them. I huffed and rolled my eyes when I opened the shower curtain. What was she thinking? She intentionally laid out Edward's favorite shirt on me, there would be no excuses, she knew it was his favorite shirt…everyone knew it was his favorite shirt on me.
"Rose, what are you thinking? I'm not wearing this!"
I cracked the door open and threw the shirt out of the bathroom. I turned to look into the mirror and began to put the rest of my clothes on.
"Bella, trust me, you are wearing this. Emmett and I have a plan of action!"
She giggled and slid the shirt back under the door. I hated trying to convince Rosalie that my way was always much better than hers. It was almost as bad as fighting off one of Alice's shopping catastrophes, maybe I should give in, I mean it was his decision and it's just a shirt. I liked the shirt too! So why, if he doesn't want me, should I start disowning the cool parts of my wardrobe?
I picked the shirt up off the floor and brushed it off lightly before pulling it over my head. I blow dried my hair and pulled the brush through it roughly. Rosalie came in threw the bathroom door before I could finish putting my hair into a pony tail. I looked through the open door towards my bedroom. Emmett was watching the early morning highlights of last night's game on the six o'clock news. It was still too early to head out the door; school didn't start for another two hours.
"Bella, you're leaving your hair in a pony tail again?"
Rosalie ran her fingers through my hair twisting and turning it, practically jerking my head around. I was surprised that my neck wasn't broken. After she was done with what could only be described as abuse I responded.
"Well I guess not Rose, being that you have already decided what you wanted to do to my hair."
I stared into the girl in the mirror, she was average but pretty. Her hair was now adjusted into tiny braids and ringlets cascading around her face and down her shoulders. Rosalie pulled a can of hairspray out of her bag and began hosing me down. I coughed briefly swinging my hands back and forth in front of my face trying to not inhale the fumes. If someone would have lit a match at that moment I would have been on fire.
"That's enough, are you trying to make my eye lashes stick to my lids?!?"
Hairspray was everywhere…but Rosalie didn't stop, she reached back into her back and pulled out to familiar items. They were not familiar because I used them; no they were familiar because Alice liked to use them on me!
"Rose, I really don't want to wear any make up today. Isn't torturing my hair enough for you?"
She had a half smile on her face that slowly grew into a full smile once she had her dark black eye liner and clear lip gloss on me. I let out a sigh and turned from the mirror. I decided at least she could not dictate my breakfast. But again, I was wrong about that too.
"Rose, I need to eat something."
She crossed her arms and pouted at me disgustingly. "No, you need to have one of these protein shakes… that other stuff is bad for your waste line and your lip gloss." I couldn't believe she mentioned my waste line. I wasn't fat, and as far as I new those protein shakes where horrible.
She was blocking me from my kitchen with a cup of that crap in it. That's when it hit me… how was I ever going to survive without Edward here to protect me from the many tortures that Alice and Rosalie had planned for me? I was doomed and my as well give up the fight to save my energy for bigger battles. I grabbed the cup and marched back up stairs sitting next to Emmett.
"Dude Bella, that stuff stinks, get away." I felt creases forming around my mouth from the frown lines I now had. He was right, this stuff smelt horrible, and it did in fact taste just as bad.
"Well, I'm not going anywhere; you can blame Rosalie for this stuff." He inched himself over and away from me smiling and shaking his head. I didn't need to read Emmett's thoughts; I knew that he understood now. When I first found out about the whole vampire thing one of the first light bulb's that actually went off was why Emmett listened to Rosalie so much… if I was stuck with her for the rest of my life, I probably wouldn't want to get on her bad side either. Rosalie's personality was almost as intimidating as her looks. Both were strikingly fierce, nothing subtle about her.
"So when do you two want to discuss this 'plan of action' with me?"
I was still concentrating hard on sipping down the protein shake. Emmett turned the television off while Rosalie moved the rocking chair in the corner closer to me and sat down. She looked stunning and completely evil all at the same time. Her long slender fingers where tapping on the arm rest and her smile was turned up to reveal her perfectly white teeth. Emmett turned and adjusted himself to where he was looking at me in anticipation, but not close enough to smell the horrible breakfast that Rosalie provided.
"Well, Alice explained to us what happened last night with Edward."
Rosalie began to explain. "So after careful thought, we discussed it on the way here. We want to help you make Edward want you more, so that you can be part of the family."
I couldn't understand there excitement. It seemed pretty desperate and childish to me as they laid out there plan. They were evil, this was there brother and they were trying to convince me of things such as jealousy and rebellion against Edward. Childish probably wasn't even a good description of how there plans sounded.
Maybe immature or even juvenile… but definitely no longer could it just be childish. I wasn't going to try and play any games with Edward; I was not that type of person. The clock turned and my alarm to leave the house went off. I reached over and fumbled with the button to turn the buzzer off before grabbing my book bag and heading down the stairs.
I reached Emmett's jeep and climbed in not even wanting to discuss the plan that Emmett and Rosalie had. It was to no avail that I just realized that Rosalie's plan was already in motion. I was wearing Edward's favorite shirt.
On the ride to school I tried to take the attention off of Edward and I. "Rose, how about you tell me more… I mean I know you and Alice covered just about everything, but there has to be more stuff that I do not yet know." It was my best attempt at a different conversation. It worked, Rosalie went on and on about different things the rules of being a vampire and the Volturi especially. They seemed to be the only law enforcement in there world.
"You know, I'm glad you're asking the questions… in case you know… you and Edward do become 'forever' at least you'll know."
I had never heard Rosalie stumble over her own words… but she genuinely seemed a little concerned over Edward and my own future together. I couldn't understand why she was so concerned. I knew from her previous statements that she hated being a vampire. She wanted to be human. She was glad that I was human. I knew there was another motive behind her epiphany but as soon as I had the determination to ask we pulled into the school parking lot.
As if it was routine… Rosalie helped me to not fall out of the Jeep while Alice and Jasper walked over to greet us. There was just one thing missing.
"Alice, where is Edward?" Her lips scrunched up into a confused version of a smile and her eye brows creased together. Her face was twisted in so many directions I couldn't tell if she was happy or confused.
"He went inside already, something about not wanting you and blah blah blah; he isn't a very good liar." Did she say that he said he didn't want me? I wanted to cry right there in parking lot. A frown formed on Jasper's face as he obviously took in my new emotion. Alice looked from him to me and threw her arm around me.
"Didn't I just say that he was a horrible liar? Bella you really should stop the selective hearing. All information is important information, especially when I am the one speaking." I practically bowed my head submissively as we walked up to the school. "Rose, you did a great job on the hair. She looks amazing." Was Alice in on this plan of Rosalie's and Emmett's? I knew she had the capability to see the future, so maybe she decided to jump on board?
As we walked towards our first class I spotted him, he was standing at the entry way to our first class. We walked up and I tensed. He looked as sad as I presently felt, but with Rosalie's encouragement I stiffened up and put a smile on my face. That's when Mike intercepted and stepped in between Edward and myself.
"So is Edward taking you to prom?" I could feel Edwards gaze on me and Mike, Alice leaned her head to the side dropping my arm and moving slightly towards Edwards side. I felt a small pain in my side and an anger that could have ripped my heart out.
"No, Edward and I broke up; he feels it's best for me." I stared back at Edward as his face twisted in agony. I hate hurting him but this was his choice. Not mine, I just had to keep reminding myself of that.
"Oh so, you don't have a date?" I looked from Mike to Edward and I could tell that he wanted to kill Mike. Rosalie's words from earlier danced around in my head. Could I make him want me in the childish way that they had described? I had nothing else in my favor right now but I despised Mike. I knew where this was headed and instead of avoiding it… I welcomed it this time.
"That's right, I have no date for prom" Mike's smile widened and I saw a small glimmer of realization hit Alice. My little pixie new what was about to happen next.
"Bella, would you like to go to Prom with me?" I hesitated as Edwards glare became more outrage than anger. Alice looked at me suspiciously and nodded her head for me to answer.
"Umm, yea sure Mike." I hated the words that just came out of my mouth. I despised the taste that was forming in the back of my throat. I wanted to throw up and knew instantly that I was going to be sick. Edward stormed off and the tardy bell rang. Mike made an attempt to put his arm around my back.
"Mike, if you value your arm being attached to you… do not touch me again." I moved quickly to my desk and threw my bag on the ground. I wanted nothing more than to cry my eyes out and yell at Rosalie and Emmett for providing me these ideas. Alice quietly took her seat next to me and passed me a note.
I did not think you had it in you! OMG!! This is going to be so much fun!
Leave it to Alice to think that this was going to be fun. It was going to be anything but fun, I could think of a thousand different vulgar words to describe exactly what this was going to be. I hated it, I hated this idea, I hated the gut wrenching feeling inside me, I hated Edward's sadness and anger, and I hated life. The only reason I did not break down in tears now was because of the charade I had to play to keep up with Rosalie's game. Mike was sitting in front of me pretending to listen to the teacher ahead of us. I placed a fake smile on my face and wrote Alice back.
How is this going to be fun? He must really hate me now. I can't believe I listened to Rosalie. Why would she convince me to hurt Edward anyways?
Alice didn't take long to write back, but I could tell with how her face screwed up when writing that she was trying to be ever so careful with her choice of words.
It's a long story, but I'll some it up. Rosalie was created for Edward. Edward rejected Rosalie. Rosalie makes it her mission to get some enjoyment out his pain. And it will be fun because Edward just decided to go to prom. And trust me, he could never hate you. I'm pretty sure that he is kicking himself right now.
I was shocked at Alice's reply. I didn't know that Rosalie was meant for Edward, or the fact that Edward had not wanted Rosalie. I also couldn't figure out why, if she had Emmett did she even care about hurting Edward.
But Rose has Emmett, why does she care about Edward? I don't know if I'm excited that Edward decided to go to Prom. That could be a really bad situation. And, I wouldn't bet against you Alice… but he sure did look pretty angry with me earlier.
I handed the note back to her as Mike turned around in his seat. "What time should I pick you up?" I had to force a smile on my face; it was becoming harder to do every minute that I had to look at Mike. So I glanced up at the black board and whispered 'whenever.' He turned in his seat finally looking away from me.
I still wanted to throw up.
Mike was the last person I ever wanted to have near me and now he was taking me to Prom. Alice tossed the letter back on my desk and I took a deep sigh. Not even three seconds later the teacher was standing at her desk.
"Alice, would you kindly take that piece of paper and read to the whole class what you have been sharing with Ms. Swan?"
Oh crap… this would be bad. She moved slowly grabbing the paper that was tossed on my desk and sliding another one beneath it. The papers looked identical in the way they were folded and I was confused until Alice started to recite the lecture that the teacher had been giving us on the Civil War. I held in a laugh as the teachers face went from victorious to disappointment almost instantly. He walked over to Alice grabbing the paper and reading over her notes on class.
"Sorry Mr. Brock, I was just helping Bella with her notes." He gently handed back her paper and allowed Alice to sit back down.
"I saw that one coming." She let out a small giggle before she went back to scribbling the teacher's words exactly. I looked at the small note on my desk and opened it up.
If you haven't noticed Rose doesn't handle rejection to well. It's not that she wants Edward; she just doesn't like the fact that someone did not want her. She is kind of resentful for it and so she makes it her mission to go against anything Edward says. You're the only thing they ever agreed on. Also, he was not angry at you, I'm pretty sure he was contemplating on killing Mike.
Not that I wanted Mike to die, but I was happy that Edward might have been wanting to kill him. I disliked him allot but not enough to wish death on him. It was just that if Edward wanted to kill Mike for asking me to Prom then that meant that Rosalie and Emmett were right, he was an insanely jealous person. It was juvenile as I previously stated before, but I now had a bright hope that maybe just maybe there plan would work. I took the note and shoved it into the bottom of my book bag just as soon as the bell rang for us to move to our next class.
I couldn't help but feel anxious through my next two classes. Before health Rosalie and Emmett had passed by and she told me to wait for her outside of class before going to lunch. So that is where I stood, waiting for her. Class was over and the halls where almost empty when Rosalie and Alice walked up to me.
"Sorry we took so long; Alice and I were just talking about your prom date."
I groaned. I really did not want to spend my entire lunch period thinking about Mike. He was the last person I really wanted to think about, and I would probably suppress that memory for a very long time. We walked through the halls towards the lunch room; I was silent the whole time as they discussed my future attire for prom.
I again felt as if I was going to be sick. When we entered the school café I felt all eyes on me. I glanced in Edward's direction and he was staring off into the distance, Emmett and Jasper waved as I walked towards them. Alice grabbed my arm, "We're not sitting with them." She pulled me over to an empty table and Rosalie handed me another one of those gross protein shakes.
"Seriously I don't mind sitting by ourselves, but what's with the damn shakes?" Rosalie shrugged her shoulders and moved toward the lunch line, I glanced again at Edward and instantly noticed who he was staring at.
"Alice, I don't think it's safe for Edward to be staring at Mike like that." She let out a low laugh as Edwards head turned to face his brothers.
"I told him, what you said." Alice had a hidden joke in her smile as I tried to force one out of me again.
"Bella don't look so pained…it's not very pretty." I let out a heavy sigh and turned my gaze from Edward. Rosalie returned with a salad in hand and pushed it over to me. At least it was better than a steak, I was going to have to sneak a cheese burger our when she wasn't looking.
"So do you and Edward talk to each other like that allot?" I barely whispered trying to make sure that no one else could hear me. Rosalie rolled her eyes as Alice smiled hugely.
"I wouldn't say a lot, but yea… often." Rosalie rolled her eyes and I didn't need to be a mind reader to determine that she agreed with the term 'a lot.'
I sat there stabbing lettuce with my fork. I could feel Edwards gaze burning into the back of my head. Even though Alice had advised me that he hated Mike and not me, I was still feeling very self conscious about his stare.
"Bella, put on your smile, Mike is walking up." I mumbled, "Oh great…" and did as I was told. Sure enough Mike walked up pulling out the chair next to me. Rosalie smiled and glared at me, I must not have been smiling big enough… so I tried harder to force a smile out.
"So Bella, do you want to grab dinner before the Prom or maybe we can just extend our party after Prom and hang out more then."
He had put an unneeded emphasis on extended as it seemed that I was not the only one who got his hidden meaning. Alice saved me once again, "Actually Mike, Bella and I were just talking about double dating for the Prom. Jasper and I are going and well we already have a limo. So you and Bella could just ride with us to and from Prom. I'm sure Bella's dad Charlie would be more comfortable with that anyways."
I was relieved. She saved me from having to be stuck in a car by myself with this idiot. I was also relieved that Edward could not read my thoughts; if he could then he would surely know how much I disliked Mike. Rosalie snickered and Mike just nodded his head in defeat.
"So Bella…"
I stopped him there I was not trying to have any kind of pleasant conversation with him, it was rude to interrupt but if he kept on with his failed attempt at hitting on me I was going to explode.
"I really have to go; I think I'm going to be sick. Excuse me." I got up from the table leaving Alice and Rosalie to have to talk to Mike as I made my way to the safest place in this school. The girl's bathroom.
I found an empty stall and locked the door turning around to sit down. I needed to catch my breath. I was crazy for thinking at all that this would work. I could not stand Mike! I took ten deep breath's counting in my head and remembering to focus my thoughts some place else.
I still had to see Edward in theatre and in order to pull this off I will need to be able to hold myself together. At least I would have Alice there, maybe she could help keep me calm. I sat there in silence again trying to clear my thoughts when I spotted a window in the bathroom.
It was very conveniently located in the next stall. I could stand on the back of the toilet and make my escape. I started to put my plan into place, I opened the door and moved to the next stall quietly placing my foot on very top of the toilet and pulling myself up to the window ledge. I slid the window open quietly and shoved my body through the window and began to fall.
I was sure that I was at least going to break my arm…I had not thought about how far this head first drop was going to be until I was actually falling. I stuck my arms out to brace my head when I suddenly felt cool arms wrap around me. It was Edward.
"Attempting suicide from the bathroom window?"
He let out a small smirk and cradled me in his arms. I was comfortable and lost in his eyes when Rosalie appeared from around the corner and cleared her throat.
"Thanks, but you should put me down." Edward's smile disappeared as I felt mine do the same.
"Rose, can I please have a moment to speak with Bella." Edward glanced over to her and then back to me as she turned to walk away.
"What do you want Edward?" He looked up to the sky as if he was thinking really hard about his question and turned back to look at me again.
"You look beautiful today. I hope that your friend Mike has let you know that." I bit my bottom lip; did he really have to bring that up? I did not want to discuss Mike with him, anyone but Mike could see my dislike for him…why didn't Edward see that as well?
"Thank you, and no he didn't." Edward smiled and of course like an idiot I could help but smile back at him.
"So why were you trying to fall out of the bathroom window? I would say jump but no right person would have gone head first through such a tiny window. I am assuming you intended on falling?" His eyes lit up and a smirk appeared on his face.
"Actually I didn't think far enough ahead to plan my landing until it was too late. Thank you again, but I really should leave now." I was trying to make my words sound as forceful as I possibly could. He was onto my game, I knew he was… the glimmer in his eye gave it away. Before I could say anything else to him Rosalie was there helping me walk away. I was going to lose this game.
"How did he know I was crawling out of the girl's bathroom?" I looked at Rosalie and she shook her head disgustingly.
"Alice saw you falling out of the window so he got up like a crazy person and left the café. Also, next time you decide to run away please don't leave me with Mike and please don't try to sneak out a bathroom window."
The bell for lunch to be over and class to begin rang saving me from another lecture from Rosalie. I knew she didn't like that I had spoken to him, I could tell that she actually seemed a little angry, like I had intentionally deviated from her well thought out plan. If only she had any idea of how hard this was going to be for me to pull off.
For the rest of the day Rosalie met up with me at the end of each class and escorted me to the next class in an attempt to keep Edward away from me. I thought it was a little extreme and knew that I was bound to run into him again in theatre. I walked slowly to that specific doomed fate; Rosalie left me at the door as I walked in and was greeted by Alice.
"She's being a little protective don't you think." Alice had a small devious smile on her face. "Yea, I don't know what the big deal is." I moved awkwardly over to my seat by Alice and sat down. Edward entered the room quietly and took the seat next to Alice. At least she was in between us, it would prevent any further conversation and I'm sure Rosalie would be satisfied with that. The teacher called the class to order and everyone simmered down. I saw Alice's eye widen and huge grin replaced Edwards frown.
"Bella, could you come here please?" I sighed and moved toward the front of the auditorium where Mrs. Kelly our theatre teacher stood.
"Bella, you will be playing Juliet in upcoming school play." My jaw dropped, I was not suited to play Juliet, nor was I suited to be in a leading role. I was a horrible actress and to top that off I would probably hurt myself and everyone else making an attempt at it. The teacher motioned for me to sit back down and so I did.
I couldn't fake my smile this time. Mike seemed overly excited in the back of the class. He was probably hoping to play Romeo. As this thought crossed my mind I silently wished that the kissing scene would be erased from the script. I would have to fake sick, which wouldn't be hard considering the thought of Mike touching me let alone kissing me made my stomach turn.
Mrs. Kelly then called Mike up to the front of the class. I closed my eyes and began to pray even harder than before. I didn't know where I stood with the man upstairs but I was begging him not to let Mike play Romeo.
"Mike, you will be playing Tybalt." I was so happy by the teacher's decision that I nearly jumped out of my seat. Alice looked over to me and laughed a little. Edward glanced at me; his face was still amused as he balanced a pencil on his desk. The teacher one by one called everyone up to the stage assigning there characters Alice was going to be my nurse through this play which only fit being that I needed her so much to take care of me.
Then, the teacher called Edward up there, there were a handful of males left in the class when she called him up, I was hoping that he would be put on lighting or scenery much like allot of the class. I could remember Mike's groans of anger when he was named to be Tybalt the person Romeo kills in the play and I remember how much I prayed it was not him who played Romeo.
Now I tried the same luck on Edward. Maybe I could get two wishes granted to me in the same day. I closed my eyes again and begged and pleaded for Edward not to play Romeo. Mrs. Kelly's words moved in slow motion once Edward was in front of the class. It was almost like in the movies where they slow everything down making you wait anxiously for the response. I was dying here and she was taking her sweet precious time.
"Edward you will play Romeo." I cursed under my breath and Alice gave me a shocked look before saying, "This should be very interesting. I can't wait to tell Rose." The bell rang before Edward had returned to his seat and I quickly grabbed my bag to head out of the door. I was incepted by Mike, "Too bad I'm not Romeo and you're stuck with that freak."
I knew Alice was standing behind me, Rosalie was on the other side of the door and Edward was quickly approaching. I had to think quickly, I despised Mike, but couldn't let him know that. I loved Edward, and couldn't let him know that… Alice wouldn't let me lie and Rosalie wouldn't let me tell the truth. I was stuck between four giant rocks.
"Yea, well too bad I guess." I moved to put my hand on the door when Mike grabbed my arm, "That's ok; we can play our own version of Romeo and Juliet at prom." I could hear Edward behind us now, and I knew that he was now very angry. I shook my arm free of Mike's hand as Alice grabbed the door and threw it open, I couldn't help myself I could no longer hold the words that were about to spew out of my mouth.
"Oh so you mean the part where you kill yourself? I'd love to see that part." I could hear Edward's laughter behind me now and Mike's face looked surprise, Rosalie stepped in quickly, "Ha ha... very funny Bella." I smiled the first real smile I had in all day but Rosalie's glare was threatening the brink of dangerous. I took a deep breath, glanced back at Edward and put my hand on Mike's shoulder.
"I was just playing. See you tomorrow." Alice had grabbed my arm and we were finally out of the door.
"You know you could have saved me earlier than that Alice. I didn't think I was going to be able to stop myself."
She looked down at the ground as we walked past Edward and Jasper in the parking lot. She was humming something that I could not quite hear and trying desperately to make her way through the other students as quick as possible. We stood at Emmett's jeep waiting for him and Rosalie to arrive when Edward and Jasper drove off.
"Ok, what's wrong with you Alice? You haven't said a word since we left theatre." She glanced around and back up at me before answering. "Sorry about that, you never know whose listening." She pointed up at her head and I instantly had a realization that she was trying to prevent Edward from reading her thoughts.
"I'll give it to you Bella, your holding out on him allot better than I thought you would. But could you do one more favor? "I looked at her doubtfully before nodding my head yes.
"I know you don't like Mike, but if you value his life at all… you won't touch him, even in a friendly way, in front of Edward. He almost killed him." I knew that she was serious, but for some reason I took it quite lightly. I wasn't that worried about it, Edward was going to get to kill him anyways. Well not really, but in the play he would. I wondered which he would enjoy more, playing Romeo with me or playing Romeo who gets to kill Tybalt.
Alice snapped her finger in my face motioning for me to get in the car that had just pulled up beside us. Rosalie and Emmett had not returned yet, Alice had mentioned something about the foot ball field and I wasn't really paying attention to the rest. I had seen this car before but I couldn't remember where until we hoped in. Carlisle sat in the driver's seat and looked very disappointed.
"Hey Carlisle, how are you?" I tried to sound as nonchalant as I possibly could. He smiled at me and Alice as he drove towards my house. "I'm fine Bella, how are you?" Carlisle was always very nice and polite, I had never seen him angry, and actually the most I had ever seen was concern for his family. Maybe a slight annoyance with them as well. "I'm good thank you." He pulled up to my house and Alice and I hoped out into the drive way. He drove off quickly back towards the hospital I assumed.
"What was that all about? We could have walked if Rosalie and Emmett didn't show up." I looked over to Alice who placed her arm around my shoulder pulling me towards the inside of the house.
"Well, I saw that Rosalie and Emmett where going to be awhile, and if we would have stayed in the parking lot any longer… or even tried to walk home for that matter your stalker Mike would have tried to offer us a ride. Since your comment about saving you I didn't want to have to help cover for your slipped comments to Mike so I called Carlisle. He was on his way to work anyways."
I hadn't even seen her take her phone out of her pocket to call anyone. I must have really been unobservant at that moment. "So what are we going to do now?" I looked at Alice rummaging through my closet.
"Oh we're waiting here on Rosalie so that we can go Prom dress shopping." I did not want to go shopping again and I was about to deny her a shopping trip when I heard Charlie come home.
"Bella? You up there?" I heaved myself off of my bed and headed down the stairs.
"Yea dad, what's up?" He was sitting at the dinning room table adjusting one of his fishing poles. He must have stopped at the shed before coming into the house.
"Well, I was invited to go on an all week fishing vacation trip. I wanted to know what you thought about that. I hate to leave you at the house by yourself for the whole week." Just as soon as his statement ended Alice danced into the kitchen with a huge grin on her face.
"Hello Chief Swan!" Charlie looked shocked as Alice proceeded to sit next to him at the dining room table.
"I couldn't help but over hear you; I bet that fishing trip would be tons of fun! I wouldn't mind staying here with Bella, or she could come and stay at my house with Rosalie and I."
Charlie looked from Alice to me and back to Alice again. I wanted to kick her but she was out of reach. So I sat down at the table staring at her in disbelief. Why in the world would she think that I would want to stay at her house with Edward? That was a very bad idea. Also, I didn't think Charlie would fall for it. Prom was in just a few days, this Friday to be exact.
"Alice, I think that's a great idea. Will your parents mind if Bella stay's there? I won't be back until next Tuesday."
I was going to have to kill Alice, once again she proved to be the most annoying pixie friend ever. "Oh no, Esme and Carlisle wont mind, they love Bella. Actually my whole family loves Bella. I could call Esme so you can talk to her if you'd like."
Alice slid her phone out of her pocket. I was going to scream, I wanted to scream. Charlie nodded his head to Alice and she called Esme. I stood up and walked out of the room. I knew how this was going to go. I would put up a fight with Alice when Charlie wasn't around but she would win. So I was going to give up while I was still ahead. I went back upstairs to my room and started to pack my over night bag.
I heard the door open downstairs as Charlie was just hanging up the phone with Esme. I almost turned around to go down stairs and see who it was but I could hear Emmett's booming laugh as Alice explained to him and Rosalie that I would be staying the week with them. I huffed and began shoving more stuff into my bag when Emmett came up the stairs laughing.
"So you're going to be staying a week in a house with Edward huh?" He was still laughing. I had no sense of humor about the situation.
"Emmett, what am I supposed to do?" He stopped laughing for a second before taking a deep breath and laughing even harder.
"Damn it Emmett it's not funny!" I slammed down onto my bed hunching over putting my head into my hands. I had just about enough. I wanted to cry so bad now. Emmett had stopped laughing at me and sat down in the rocking chair. He took another deep breath before speaking again.
"Look Bella, I know why you are doing what you are doing. Honestly though, it may not even work. You have very slim chances. Edwards is all high and mighty about preserving your soul or something. I don't know but seriously… you need to get a grip and learn to have fun. That's what gets me through the day." He stood up touching my shoulder lightly and grabbing my bag.
"One more thing Bella, just to let you know… they are down stairs conspiring on what Edward would like to see you in for Prom. I just hope Edward doesn't kill Mike." I let out a light chuckle before following him down the stairs.
Have fun? That was Emmett's advice. I should just have fun, whatever happens have fun. Sure that could be interesting. I would need to enlist him to make sure I have fun because between Alice and Rosalie this was anything but fun for me.