Author's Note: Sorry bout the sad chapter, but I just figured it wouldn't be at all practical to have a story be really happy, it needed some twists. In this chapter, Bella's gonna get into some trouble, so be prepared.
After crying for awhile, I realized I wasn't going to feel better anytime soon. I decided that I needed to just get out of my apartment. I called Edward.
"Hey Bella, what's going on?" he answered.
"I need to get out of my apartment. Will you take me somewhere? I don't want to be out alone."
"Of course, I would rather you weren't out alone anyway. I'll be there in half an hour, okay?"
"Yeah, thanks. I'll see you then." I said, and then I hung up. I walked into my bedroom to grab some clothes and get ready.
I decided that I just wanted to go all out and party tonight. I needed to forget, if only for a little while. I just couldn't handle the pain.
I grabbed my black silky miniskirt and my low-cut red halter top. I pulled on my dangerous-looking black heels and straightened my hair. After finishing my dark smoky eyeshadow and my pale pink lipgloss, I was done. I looked at myself in the mirror, and I was shocked with what I saw. I looked kinda hot, surprisingly enough.
A few minutes after that, I heard a knock on the door. I grabbed my purse and jogged over to open it.
"Hey," I said with a smile, and Edward stopped dead in his tracks. I was impressed, that was the second time I had made him speechless within a few days. I just grabbed his arm and pulled him out to the front of the building, and he followed like a lost puppy. I pulled him over to his car, and he opened the passenger door for me. He walked over and got in on the drivers side, and then sat and looked at me again for awhile.
"Where do you want to go?" he asked, finally.
"Anywhere is fine with me, preferably somewhere loud that supplies alcohol." He just looked at me for a minute with a strange look on his face.
"Okay," he said simply, and he took off. We drove in silence for awhile, until we reached a new club toward the edge of town. He got out of the car, and opened my door for me. I smiled at him sweetly in thanks.
Just as I was about to walk up to the entrance, Edward grabbed my arm and spun me to face him.
"Why are you so upset Bella? I've never known you to want to get wasted, but that's obviously what you want tonight." He asked.
"Leah has cancer. In her pancreas. She isn't going to make it." I managed to get out, and then I choked on a sob.
"Oh Bella, I'm sorry," he said, and he pulled me into his arms. I pushed him away.
"I'm sorry Edward, but I cried enough. I need to just forget for awhile," I said, and I walked into the club, with Edward following close behind me. I walked up to the bartender to order the strongest stuff he had. He gave me a creepy grin when he handed me the glass, until Edward put his arm around me and glared daggers at him.
I chugged my drink, and then I led him out to the dance floor. A fun song came on, so we danced together. We ended up dancing the entire night, except for the slow songs. Those were always when I went to get myself another drink.
At about three in the morning, Edward told me that it was time to go, and we walked out. I was pretty upset, I barely had a buzz. I hadn't drank as much as I thought I did. Edward started to drive toward my apartment, but I stopped him.
"Why don't you just take me to your apartment?" I asked, and he looked shocked.
"I just figured that you'd want to go back home, we've been out all night." I looked at him for a minute, and I made a snap decision.
"I'd rather go home with you." I said, giving him a meaningful look. He understood, and he drove me to his apartment. I wanted to forget for tonight, it didn't what I had to do.
When we got into his room, I pushed him against a wall and pushed my chest against his, pressing my lips against his. Eventually, his tongue worked its way into my mouth. He picked me up and carried me into his room, shutting the door behind him.
The next morning I woke up and rolled over. My face smacked into something very solid. My eyes flew open, and I saw Edward lying there, asleep. I picked up the sheet to check my state of dress. I swore. All of the memories of the night before flooded into my mind. I swore even louder.
"Shit! Damn it! Fuck!" Edward groaned and rolled over.
"What's wrong Bella?" he asked, still half asleep. Then his eyes flew open. He also checked under the sheet, and had a similar response to mine.
"I'm so sorry Bella! I wasn't thinking clearly, and your lips were… oh God," he said, stopping, with a dopey smile on his face. I smacked his shoulder.
"How can you be smiling at a time like this? This is bad, this is very bad! What's Alice gonna think, what's Rose gonna think? Wait, no, we just don't have to tell them! It will be…" I started, panicking, but Edward cut me off.
"Bella, it's ok. I mean, at least we know each other, and we are kind of friends. It could've been worse. I am so sorry, but there's nothing we can do about it now. We just have to make a decision."
"What decision?"
"Are we going to pretend this never happened?"
"I think that would be for the best, Alice and Rose would kill me if they found out, and I'm still not ready to be in a serious relationship with you."
"Okay," he said, "then it's all good. Everything is going to be fine."
I smiled at him. "Yep!"
"You know," he said in his most innocent voice, "we can always pretend that both last night and today never happened…" and he trailed off, pressing his lips against mine softly. I laughed and shoved him.
"Don't push it," I warned him, with a big smile on my face.
He pouted. "Fine, I guess. That would've made my day, but oh well, I guess I'll survive." I laughed again, and I could feel my resolve slipping.
"Well, maybe we can forget about this," I said, my voice getting muffled as I kissed him. Let's just say that's how we spent the rest of the afternoon. Kind of.
The next morning, I woke up in my own bed. I remembered leaving last night, and being relieved to get a change of clothes and take a shower.
I groaned when I realized that I needed to get out of bed. Yesterday afternoon, Alice had called. Without revealing where I was at, I agreed to have everyone over at two.
I slowly crawled out of bed and hopped into the shower. It was very refreshing, and I bounced out of the shower to get dressed and make myself presentable.
When I was done, I was wearing jeans, a W.W.F. t-shirt, and my favorite polka-dot toe socks. I had got my hair stick straight and put on a very minimal amount of makeup.
I walked out into the kitchen and got a bunch of snacks out, knowing the guys would want them. By the time I was finished, someone was knocking on the door.
I let in an over-excited Alice. "Bella! Hi! I have some amazing ideas for today! We're gonna have so much fun!"
I was very worried. "What type of things are you planning?" I asked cautiously.
"The usual. Movie, bowling, poker, and truth or dare."
"Absolutely not! We are not playing truth or dare!"
"Please Bella," Alice said in a small voice, her eyes all big and her lower lip quivering.
"Fine! Don't make me regret agreeing to this!" I said, and I groaned. Stupid pixie.
"Don't worry, you won't!" As I was about to reply, I heard another knock. When I opened the door, Jasper, Edward, Emmett, and Rose all walked in.
"Movie time!" Alice squealed, running over to my TV. She pulled a movie out of her purse. Unfortunately for me, she put it in before I could see what it was.
I sat on the couch and Edward sat next to me. Rose and Emmett laid on a sleeping bag on the floor, and Alice and Jasper sat on the love seat.
I grabbed the remote and pushed play. Alice jumped up and closed all of the thick curtains. The room became pitch black, except for the light from the TV. Then she sat back down.
Once the previews were done, the opening credits for Texas Chainsaw Massacre started. My eyes got wide, but I kept my mouth closed. I knew I had no choice but to watch it.
About halfway through the movie, I had my face hidden in Edward's chest. He had an arm around me, watching the movie intently. I shrieked when the characters started getting hacked up. Edward's grip tightened, and he chuckled.
After what seemed like forever, the movie ended. I sighed in relief, pushing Edward away so no one would notice that we had been all curled up together.
Alice jumped up. "Okay, let's go bowling!" We all pulled our shoes and coats on and walked out the door, talking and laughing.
When we got to the bowling alley, we grabbed our shoes, bowling balls, and a few lanes to play in. Emmett boasted the whole time.
"I just want to let you guys know that I am way better at bowling than all of you. Prepare to be defeated." With that, he grabbed his ball and threw it down the lane. It knocked over seven pins. He swore, and grabbed his ball once it came back up. He threw it down the lane again, and it rolled right into the gutter. The rest of us laughed as he stormed off to get a beer.
"Bella," Edward started, "are you gonna need help figuring out what to do?" I smiled.
"Nope, I've got the idea. Just roll the ball down the lane thingy and knock over those things at the end." I said, pretending to not know much about bowling. If I was being honest, I would've admitted that I used to bowl all the time, so I was very good at it.
Partway through the game, I was the only one paying attention to the scores. Everyone else was just messing around, and none of them besides Emmett even cared who won. Emmett wasn't watching the scores either though, he was too busy watching Rose's ass every time she had her turn.
I decided to flaunt some of my skills. I tossed the ball down the lane, and Emmett laughed when it started rolling toward the gutter. He stopped laughing when it rolled the rest of the way down balanced on the edge, and curved sharply at the end. Emmett's jaw dropped when all of the pins fell.
"Holy shit Bells, where did you learn to do that?"
"Around," I said, and with that I walked away to grab myself a Pepsi.
By the end of the game, we chose to let Alice read off all the scores. "In last is Jasper with a 100," she hugged him, "Rose has a 120. I have a 150, while Edward has a 182. The runner up is Emmett, with a 209." Everyone looked at me in shock. "Which puts Bella in first place with a 280."
"Holy shit again!" Emmett yelled. A few mothers with their children glared at him. I just laughed for what seemed like the millionth time and took off my bowling shoes and put my ball back. I walked out the door with my friends all trailing behind me, asking me how I got such a great score.
When we got home, Alice looked at us all with an evil smile. We all gulped, except for Emmett, but he's stupid so he doesn't count. "Yes, it's time for truth or dare! I love this game!"
We all sat in a circle. Alice decided to go first.
"Rose, truth or dare?"
"Truth," she replied intelligently.
"Dang. Oh well. Wait, I have a good question!" Alice said with a grin. "Have you and Emmett ever got caught doing the deed?" Rose blushed, and Emmett just laughed.
"Yeah," she admitted. "It was earlier this year. We were right in the middle of… well, you know! Anyway, we had forgotten that Emmett's cousin Allison was coming over. We had given her a key, which was a big mistake. Needless to say, the next few days were extremely awkward." We were all laughing by the time she finished.
She cleared her throat. "Bella, truth or dare?" Being my dumb self, I chose dare. "I dare you to sit in Edward's lap for the rest of the game." I sighed in relief. It wasn't half as bad as I thought it would be. I decided to have fun with it.
I walked over to him and sat on his lap. I made sure to wiggle around a bit, and he groaned. "Bella," he warned. I sat still.
"Alright Jasper," I said, "truth or dare?"
"Dare." I smirked.
"I dare you to sing the song 'I'm Too Sexy' by Right Said Fred while we tape you, and then let us post it on youtube. He groaned and put the CD in my stereo.
I'm too sexy for my love,
Too sexy for my love,
Love's going to leave.
As I taped his performance my hands were shaking because I was laughing really hard. He sighed in relief when he finished.
Once Rose got back from posting it, Jasper took his turn.
"Edward, truth or dare?"
"Truth."
"Alright. Who was the first person you did 'it' with?"
"Bella, you know that," Edward replied casually.
"Oh yeah, dang! What a waste of a turn!" Jasper said, smacking himself on the forehead.
"Anyway," Edward started, "Alice, truth or dare?"
"Dare of course!"
"I dare you to wear non-designer clothes for the rest of the weekend." It was Friday. Alice groaned,
"Fine." She said, knowing she had brought it on herself.
I decided to pay Edward back for being so mean to Alice, and just because I felt like it. I wiggled my butt around on his lap. He sharply inhaled.
"Damn it," he said, too quietly for anyone except me to hear. I smirked when I felt him having an issue. I ground my hips against his one more time for good measure, and then sat still.
"Bella," he hissed in my ear, "does the term 'blue balls' mean anything to you?" I faked innocent.
"Sorry," I whispered back, "I didn't mean to." He just snorted.
"Bella, truth or dare?" Alice asked me.
"Dare."
"Okay. I dare you to let me and Rose give you a makeover, and then you have to do a pole dance in whatever we put you in, to whatever song we pick."
Author's Note: Sorry, I just felt like cutting it off there. Please review, maybe I'll post quicker!