Hi Everyone!
I cannot tell you how sorry I am.
It was storming here a lot and messed up my computer and my word processor.
But to make up for it, this chapter is SEVEN PAGES LONG and over 3,000 words!
My longest chapter ever and that's with editing.
I would like to dedicate this chapter to Twilightfreek a fellow fanfiction writer who just passed away.
Thank you all for your never ending support.
Sorry for typos.
Bella POV
After yesterday, Edward had relaxed and I was just trying to ignore the situation its self. Today was a new day which meant another test. I rolled on my side expecting to see Edward, but Alice was there instead. She was perched on the edge of the bed with a coy smile on her face.
"Hi Alice," I mumbled. "Where is Edward?"
"He had to run some errands today and he left you with me." I sat up in the bed adjusting to the morning.
"What about the tests?" I wondered what test was going to be today and what new tortures awaited me.
"Oh, those, don't worry about those, Carlisle will tell us when it is time." She stated nonchalantly while bouncing off the bed and pulling me with the her. I groaned at her peppiness and sluggishly made my way with her to her room. As soon as I stepped in, Alice started flinging clothes at me, I could hardly keep up.
"Alice, you have got to slow down!" I shouted towards the closet, where random things were flying in my general direction. At first I tried to catch the clothes, now I was just trying to dodge them.
"I don't think I can do that. We have lots to do in a little period of time," she replied.
"Alice, what are you talking about?" My head was starting to spin because of the sudden rush after being asleep for eight hours.
"Well, remember our agreement. You said that I could dress you up and take you shopping. Are you planning on going back on your word?" Alice tested.
"No, I don't but-"
"No buts! Now lets continue, shall we." Alice made me try on each individual item of clothing and then started mixing and matching them. This was completely insane, even for Alice. As soon as we were done with trying things on she dragged me outside and to the Jeep.
"Alice, where are we going, and why are we taking the Jeep?"
"Like I said, you promised me that I could dress you up and take you shopping. We are taking the Jeep because Rosalie is working on the Porsche, Edward took the Volvo, and Rosalie won't let anyone but her drive the M3. So that leaves the Jeep."
Alice lifted me into the monstrosity of a car and got in on the drivers side. She backed out and we were on our way to Port Angeles.
After a while of driving, Alice started going on roads that were extremely bumpy and covered in potholes. I had to keep on grabbing onto the side of the car for stability.
"Alice, we don't have to go on these terrible roads to get to Port Angeles, you know that, right?" I asked in between jerks.
"I know, but since we took the Jeep, I thought I would make this ride interesting." She said in a humorous tone.
For the entire ride after that I kept silent and held on for dear life. When we finally reached Port Angeles and Alice parked the car, I thought I would be sick. My arms hurt from holding onto the car so tightly, my head was spinning, and my stomach was churning.
Alice, who didn't want to lose a moment of shopping time with me, pulled me out of the car and dragged me into the nearest shop. The routine was something like this mornings, the only difference was she flipped through racks and had sales clerks hovering right behind her. She shoved me into a dressing room and I could have sworn there was one of every item in the store waiting there for me to try on. I don't know why Alice even had to have me try on the clothes, she could already see what they looked like in her mind.
When we were done with that shop, we went into a shoe store, even though I could only try on one of each shoe, with my other being in a cast. Alice had me walk around the store once in each shoe and by the time we left I had probably walked more than a mile and had ten shoe boxes to carry around with me.
Those two stores took up the whole day alone, and most of the other shops were closing. We decided it was time to go home. Alice took the same route back home, which aggravated me even more. When we reached the house, Alice grabbed all the shopping bags and helped me out of the car.
"See, that wasn't so bad was it." she exclaimed.
"Yeah, it wasn't so bad, being jostled around in a giant Jeep, thrown into dressing rooms, forced to try on each item and walk around a store in two million of some of the most uncomfortable shoes there are. Yeah, not bad at all." I mumbled while walking into the house.
"Now, now, remember our deal, no complaining," Alice chided.
I mumbled a whatever and walked into the kitchen where Esme was. She was watering the various plants that she kept in the house.
"Hello, dear. How was your shopping trip?" she asked politely when she saw me.
As a response I grumbled and sat down in a chair. Esme brought over a plate of cut fruit for me and I gladly helped myself to the strawberries.
"I will ask Alice to lighten up on you, if that will even make a difference." She said with a laugh.
"Thanks for the offer but I don't think it will."
Soon after that I could hear the closing of the front door and foot steps coming in. We were joined by Alice, Edward, Rosalie, and Jasper. Edward came and sat by me, and the others dispersed themselves among the room. Esme finished cleaning the kitchen and walked to another part of the house.
"What are we doing tonight?" Jasper said looking immediately at Alice.
"Don't look at me," Alice exclaimed. "I wouldn't know, no one has decided anything yet."
"We could play baseball." Rosalie suggested but Edward instantly cut in.
"I don't think that would be such a good idea, Rosalie, considering what happened to Bella the last time we played baseball."
I was confronted with the memory of James' snarling face in my mind and shuddered. Edward put his arm around me and started rubbing my shoulder for comfort.
"Definitely out." Alice and I agreed at the same time.
I swore I heard Rosalie mutter something along the lines of 'ruins everything' under her breath, but I could not be sure.
There were awkward glances going around the room to see if anyone else would propose anything. I thought about saying something a few times, but every time I would start, there would be some factor that would make the idea impossible.
Then Emmett walked in. He had oil on his hands and was wiping them with an old rag.
"Hey guys. What is going on?" he asked smiling.
"We are trying to figure out what to do tonight." Rosalie answered looking impatient.
Emmett went deep into thought for a moment and then his face brightened—it was just like in those old cartoons, when the character got an idea and then the light bulb would pop above their head.
"Emmett great idea! I am rubbing off on you," Alice praised. "How about we have a massive slumber party?" she proposed to the rest of us.
"I'm game." Rosalie said.
"I really don't have a choice if Alice is planning it." Jasper mumbled.
Edward gave me a look which said 'I don't care, whatever you want to do.'
"Alright." I answered for both of us.
"Yay!" Alice screamed.
She ran out of the room at vampire speed and was back in about 2 seconds with a clipboard in her hands and a pen behind her ear. She was looking fiercely at the board like she was making a decision that would change the world. I looked at Edward and saw that he was shaking his head from side to side and trying to hold back a laugh. I looked back at Alice to somehow see that if I looked at her I might be able to read her thoughts too. Her head shot up and she looked directly at Edward. He nodded and got up reaching his hand out to help me up.
"Where are we going?" I asked.
"We need to go to the grocery store. Alice wants us to pick some supplies up." he explained.
"Oh"
When we got to the store Edward grabbed a cart and I started walking down one of the isles. I was just wandering looking at the products, then I realized I didn't know what we were shopping for. I turned to ask Edward what we were shopping for but he was not there. I turned in a full circle and still did not see him. I walked out of my isle and started passing the others looking for him. When I found him, he was about five isles down in the chip isle. It looked like he was debating between Flaming Hot Cheeto's and Regular. He decided to put both of them back and get the puffy kind.
I walked up to him and tapped him on the shoulder. "What 'ya doing?" I asked nonchalantly.
"Getting stuff for tonight," he said in the same tone.
"Hmm, I see. Like what?"
"Food and drinks for you." I looked over his shoulder to see the cart and saw the world's supply of junk food and soda in there.
"You've got to be kidding me, right?"
"Well, Alice wants to do this slumber party the right way. So that means the works, junk food, soda, games, and everything else that entails."
"B-but," I started, pointing at the mountain of food.
"Bella, be nice and play along tonight, and I promise that we will get a whole day of nothing but us tomorrow."
"Fine." I grumbled and continued down the isle with Edward. He would take random items off the shelves and put them in our cart without looking at them—it was making me nervous.
Thirty minutes later and one cart with the ingredients for an instant heart attack, we went to check out.
The cashier at the line we were in was very tall and stickily slim. She had blond hair but you could see the brown roots. She wore a uniform blue polo and khaki pants.
"Hello, my name is Gabby, welcome to Forks Outfitters. Did you find everything okay?" She directed her question to Edward and attempted to flirtatiously bat her eyelashes.
Edward being the gentleman he is answered politely. "Yes, thank you."
She started scanning the loads of items we had and I could tell that she was getting tired of this perpetual line of food."Wow, thats a lot of junk food. Having a party?" She asked breaking the silence and it was not hard to detect the hopefulness in her voice.
"Sort of. My family, my girlfriend,and I are throwing a little slumber party. It's just going to be us and a load of junk food and games." I could tell he was trying to let the poor girl down gently. I couldn't blame her for hoping, I mean, he is a God.
But that glimmer of hope left her face at those words and there was an end in sight for the line of food. She bagged up the rest of our groceries and put them in our cart.
"Thanks for shopping at Forks Outfitters. Have a nice day." she said noticeably gloomier from before.
We got home and Alice seized all of our bags in a flash. Edward helped me inside and we walked into the living room.
It was completely different. It had giant bean bag chairs formed into a half circle around the TV, there was a stack of DVD's and Cd's with a boom box, the food we had just bought was poured into bowls and placed in different spots around the room, and there was 2 objects that looked like fake guitars resting against the TV. It was the stereotypical room for a slumber party.
Edward and I went to sit on one of the bean bags together. Then Alice bounced into the room with Jasper, Emmett, and Rosalie, right behind her. They sat down in the other bean bags and looked around the room.
"Jeez, when Alice does something she goes all out, doesn't she." I whispered to Edward. He chuckled and gave me a little squeeze.
"Well, to start tonights events," Alice said in an announcer voice. "I think we should play a little Guitar Hero."
"Guitar Hero. What's that?" I asked. This received a chuckle from Emmett and Rosalie rolling her eyes.
"Guitar Hero is a new video game that came out. It is where you take the fake guitar and press the colored button when that color comes on the screen." Alice explained.
"Oh, so that's what that guitar is there for. But I still don't get how you play."
"Just watch us first, it's not that hard to figure out," Alice said.
She turned on the game system and the TV came to life. She picked up one of the guitars and looked back at Jasper. He got the hint that he was supposed to go against her and picked the other guitar up. They choose the song Iron Man by Black Sabbath and started playing.
A few minutes into the game, I started to get it. It was like DDR but instead of dancing it was guitar playing. They finished the song and Alice had won by a land slide. Jasper looked a little down so to cheer him up Alice gave him a peck on the cheek and hopped back to her seat.
"So now do you get it?" Alice asked.
"Yeah, I think so." I replied.
"Alright, then I think you and Edward should be up next." Rosalie suggested.
"Okay." Edward said and took my hand to help me out of the bean bag.
I slung the guitar strap over my shoulder and took my stance. Edward had me on easy and himself on hard. I went along with it since this was my first time playing and I didn't want to humiliate myself too bad. He picked out the song I Love Rock N' Roll by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and pressed play. I was doing good at first, not missing too many notes, but then I looked at Edwards screen and all the notes he had and he wasn't missing one of them. It just reminded me about the wide gap that was between us.
After that my confidence went down and I lost so many notes I couldn't keep track. Edward, of course, did amazing, only missing one note, but I think he did that only to make me feel better. I sunk back into the bean bag with a defeated look on my face.
"Don't worry. It was only your first time, you'll do better." Edward put his arm around my shoulders and started rubbing them in a comforting way. We continued this game for an hour or two and then got bored of it.
"I think its time for some Karaoke!" Alice said with enthusiasm.
"Aw, come on Alice, not Karaoke." I complained.
"Bella, don't be a spoil sport." Alice said plugging in the machine.
"Since I was the one to think of Karaoke I will go first." she said.
She picked out some techno dance song which I had no idea what it was called. Her soprano voice went over the notes melodically and I was dazzled by its beauty. She finished the song and turned around to face us and was greeted by a round of applause. I noticed I was clapping more fiercely than the others and I realized they must be used to hearing perfection, such as hers.
"Okay, Bella, you next." Rosalie said.
"I really don't think I should go next. That's a tough act to follow." I was hoping they would let me pass, but Edward actually jumped in on this idea.
"You should go up there, I am sure you will be really good. And if you're not I'll still love you." Edward joked. He gave me a little nudge to get me up.
"Fine." I grumbled and got out of the bean bag.
I chose a song that I thought fit Edward and I and was easy enough to sing.
The first few notes of the intro started playing and it made me really nervous. For some reason Jasper didn't help me out on this one, I was a little mad at that fact. The words came up on the screen and I knew I would have to sing soon.
If you don't take me to Paris
on a lover's getaway
It's alright, it's alright
If I'd rather wear your T-shirt
Than a sexy negligee
It's alright, it's alright
Every dinner doesn't have to be candlelit
It's kinda nice to know that it doesn't have to be
Perfect
Baby every little piece
of the puzzle doesn't always fit
Perfectly
Love can be rough around the
edges tattered at the seams
But honey if it's good enough for you,
it's good enough for me.
If your mother doesn't like
the way I treat her baby boy
it's alright, it's alright
If in every wedding picture
my daddy looks annoyed
it's alright, it's alright
Don't you know that all the fairy tales tell a lie
Real love and real life don't have to be
Perfect
As the song progressed I loosened up more and more. I even started somewhat dancing towards the end. I could hear cheers and hoots from the background and it helped my self-confidence a lot. The song ended and I turned around to face the judges.
Edward had a huge smile on his face, so did Alice, Rosalie was looking off into space, Emmett and Jasper looked at each other and shrugged there shoulders. I blushed and kept my eyes fixed on the floor while walking back to my seat.
"Bella, you did fantastic!" Edward congratulated me. "Why didn't you tell me you could sing like that?"
"I didn't do that well."
"You did great, Bella." Alice said.
"You two have to say that because, 1) Edward is my soulmate and 2) because you are my best friend. Your opinions are both biased."
"You need to learn how to take a compliment." Alice retorted and Edward laughed. Rosalie went up next and did some song by Jessica Simpson and Jasper and Emmett did a hilarious duet to Don't Go Breaking My Heart. We continued mixing up the couples like we did with Guitar Hero and eventually the fun was coming to an end.
Emmett decided that after that we should watch a horror film and put in The Exorcist. I had never seen that movie before and it was one of the scariest things I have ever seen. I was on my toes the whole time in anticipation of what was going to happen. Every time I would jump I would grab onto Edward and I could hear Emmett trying to hold back his chuckles in the background. Right when the movie ended Carlisle walked through the door with his medical bag in hand.
"Hello everyone." He greeted.
"Hi Carlisle." I replied. "Oh, wait, weren't we supposed to do a test today?"
"This was your test. You have been up for awhile now and are not showing any signs of exhaustion. No yawns, lagging, dizziness, or dark circles under your eyes as far as I have heard. We would have made the test go on longer, but we only have you for a week until you go back to Charlie, and we need to get the other experiments done." Carlisle explained.
I cannot believe I didn't see it sooner. With all the things Alice has been doing, it was all clear to me now. I was just a ploy to see how long I could stay up without falling having the effects of drowsiness come upon me. And having Alice do the test was pretty smart with her beyond normal energy level.
"Were you in on this too, Edward?"
"We all were."
"Wow. That was pretty clever of you." Was all I could think to say.
"Yes, now, if you would like you can go to sleep now. Tomorrow is another day with another test." Edward suggested.
With that we went to Edward's room to relax on our own.
A/N: Thank you to all my reviewers. Please check out the poll on my profile for this story, it will help a lot. Some of you might be wondering Rosalie was nice before and now is mean. That is because sometimes the stories get blended in my head and I forgot at this point in time Rosalie is not nice yet. Also this ending is a little rushed because it was getting so long and I wasn't quite sure how I wanted it to end. My goal for this chapter is 10 reviews, I know I shouldn't even be asking because I haven't updated in so long, but it is not a requirement for the next chapter to come out just a nice bonus for me.
I think the next chapter will be Physical Appearance with Edward
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