Come on, take a step towards me

So you can figure me out

I've been hoping and praying for a single way

To show you what I'm all about

And I know, and I know this is the only way of pleasing the crowds

But when this is over and done with and we walk away

There should be no doubts

-The Scene Aesthetic - Beauty In The Breakdown

EPOV

I heard the quiet sobs of Rosalie, and I couldn't help but feel bad for what I said. Emmett was now quite angry with me for upsetting his wife, but I knew he'd get over it. But I know Rose will never forget those words, and I'll never be able to take them back. My thoughts were quickly interrupted when I heard the loud shriek coming from upstairs.

BPOV

"NOOOOO!!" I screamed as Alice poked at my sides, I was nearly in tears.

"Alice, PLEASEE! HAVE MERCY!" My voice became more panicked as she continued to torture me. I was literally rolling on the floor; trying to crawl away from the beast I call my best friend. As I looked up, I came face to face with a pair of Armani shoes nearly touching my nose. Edward was standing there, his face crumbled with worry. But that was whipped away, and a grin spread across his lips. I simply whispered help me before hiding behind his leg in a childish way. His beautiful laugh shook through my body as he pulled me up and protected me from his evil sister. Suddenly, he grabbed me and threw me across the room, and into Alice's arms.

"GOTCHA!" she laughed as her fingers began poking spots all over my sides. I fell to the floor in an attempt to get away and gave my best glare at my English teacher. He laughed again and lifted me up, slowly taking me away from his sister. Alice smiled for a second, before her eyes went blank. I looked up panicked but Edward shook his head. In a minute Alice came back to reality, she was grinning.

"You are going to be my Barbie today!" I knew she was planning something evil, but I never expected this.

"Shouldn't it be Teresa?" I smiled and she laughed again.

"You kill me Bella dear; simply smother me with your comedy." She said as she pushed Edward out of the room and threw me into her large closet. Even though we were going to stay in all day, she forced me to wear something besides the sweats I was currently in. After a half hour plucking at my hair she set me free and we basically hung out in her room talking about random things. The topic came to crushes, and Alice was determined to get it out of me. But what was I suppose to say? 'Yeah, your brother is so hot. When I'm in his class I want ravage him'?

"Come on, I know you like someone. It doesn't have to be a kid in our school." That was when I knew that she knew. The glint in her eyes and the way she said it made me realize she wasn't asking who I liked, just confirming it. I groaned, if it couldn't get any worse she stood up and sung to me.

"Got it badd, got it badd got it bad!" I couldn't help but laugh, and finally gave in.

"I'm hot for teacher!" She grinned before going on.

"You got it bad, SO BAD!" We were laughing hysterically by this point, until Edward walked in the door.

"Alice, Emmett wants you." After he said this, we heard Emmett's booming voice screaming up to her.

"Let's do sleepover stuff!" he was grinning, and it seemed to spread to Alice as she did as well.

"Why? I slept over last night, what makes tonight any different?" I said with a groan, and his laughter nearly shook the room.

"Because tonight you're not puking. I hope so at least, who knows if you have a flask you alchee."

"Har har, I'm not an alcoho-" I began but he interrupted me as always.

"ALCHEEE!" I laughed as he suddenly came to enlightenment, his face actually showing thought.

"Truth or Dare!" he was grinning now, and Alice had a slim smirk on her face. There was no use fighting, since Jasper and Rosalie had also agreed. It was now Edward and I shaking our heads, but we shared a common look knowing we had been defeated. We all walked into Alice's brightly colored room, and sat in the classic circle. It was a little odd that my teacher was next to me, playing this childish game.

"Who goes first?" I asked, but Emmett raised his hand and waved it around until we all agreed to let him go first.

"So Eddie, Truth or Dare?"

"Don't call me that, but dare." He said, slightly annoyed.

"Oooh, playing risky tonight brother? Well, since Bella is here I'll go clean. Do I'm a little teapot song." "That's not so bad…" He smiled, happy with his brother for once.

"But here's the catch, you have to wear Alice's shirt, the tight red tee-shirt, the one that was 'so out of style' a week after she bought it." Edward's face went blank, his eye's nearly fuming.

"I'm. Not. Doing. That." He said through clenched teeth, I couldn't help but move slightly to the side.

"Oh but brother, you must! It's truth or dare! Unless you're a puss-" Edward got up and Alice already had the shirt in her hands. He turned around so I could only catch the defiance of his back. I couldn't tear my eyes away from him, but as he pulled it down I noticed Alice smiling at me. He did the dare, and it was hilarious. We kept going around with the stupid little game until it came to me, but I already had my answer in mind.

"Edward, truth or dare." I knew he would say truth due to the embarrassing dare's he has had to do in this past hour. Our eyes locked and he mumbled something.

"Truth." He said more pronounced and I smiled.

"How old are you?"

"Twenty-fi-"

"No, how old are you really?" The family had all eyes on me, and I wasn't backing down. "Seventeen." I smiled at the answer and let that answer satisfy me. I was one step closer to figuring him out, as he knew much more about me than I could recall.