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Party
Edward:
"I hope you're happy now Jazz, I have a date with Jessica!" I said as I slammed my way into the kitchen.
"To the La Push barbecue? Excellent! Now all we have to do is figure out how we're going to get past Carlisle and mom." He replied. I had an idea, but I wasn't ready to share it yet.
"I have to pick Jessica up at three on Saturday. What are you planning in between time?"
"I have to figure out where to stash my surf gear first of all. I heard that Yorkie asked Charlie's Angels to the party so this should be interesting." My jaw dropped open, because this was news to me.
"Bella is going to be there, and I'm showing up with Jessica!?"
"Alice will be there too!" Jasper grinned and I wanted to punch his face in.
"Better hope she doesn't run away this time." I said, and I was happy that Jasper wiped that grin off his face. I was about to head upstairs when Emmett walked in.
"I have some news. The girls are going to the party."
"Too late, we know."
"Then you also know that Lauren asked me out?" I was stunned and so was Jasper.
"What did you say?" I had to know
"Yes, but I'm concerned because the Angels will be at the party."
"Remember, we're supposed to keep it low key. Just because you two have dates doesn't mean it has to be serious. Besides Jessica and Lauren will talk like there's no tomorrow because they'll be pleased that they're on dates with you two."
"You better be right about this Jasper, or you'll be drinking all your meals through a straw for the next few months." Emmett intoned casually as he strolled out of the kitchen and up to his room. I looked at Jasper with an "I told you so" face, Jasper just shrugged his shoulders. He seemed so cock sure of himself, he really believed this situation would turn out ok. I wasn't as excited. I needed to dress with care, but if I looked too good, then Jessica would think I'm trying to impress her. I wanted to impress Bella, but the question was how could I impress her? She barely knows exist. I kept thinking back to the conversation in class and her unusual reaction to my questions. Something was definitely different about her, I wish I knew what it was. Dinner would've been a sober affair, but Emmett and Jasper had other plans.
"Mom, can we go down to the Quileute reservation this weekend? I think Harry Clearwater might be able to help me with some of the truck repairs." I instantly held my breath.
"This doesn't have anything to do with the party going on there this weekend, does it?" Carlisle asked in his soft silky voice. I choked on my broccoli.
"Dad, we're sorry, we know we messed up with the Bohannon girls, but if you really look at our track record over the past several months, you'll see that we haven't been tied up with any girls really." I said. I knew we had to come clean.
"So now you're back to calling me dad." I gave Carlisle an exasperated look. Jasper and Emmett tried not to look hopeful.
"Come on dad, we promise not to get into any trouble at the party." Jasper chimed in, Emmett wisely kept quiet, since he was the one that did the deed with Irina.
"Considering that you three are seeing the Swan girls, you need to stay out of trouble." I had almost forgotten about that story, I was surprised Carlisle believed it.
"We can and we will, please just trust us this one time." Emmett said earnestly. Carlisle looked at us, and then turned to mom to talk to her about work. We all let out a collective sigh. The baked chicken, that was usually so delicious, tasted like cardboard in my mouth. I looked over at my brothers and they looked as pathetic as I felt. Carlisle was killing us. Mom had made hot fudge brownie sundaes for dessert and we turned them down. She looked so disappointed, and we hated to disappoint our mom more than anything, but I don't think we could stomach our desserts tonight. I excused myself and trudged up to my room and buried myself in my homework. I was so absorbed in my history paper that I almost didn't hear the soft knock at the door.
"Yeah." I said, still buried in my final draft of my paper.
"Edward" I stopped and realized Carlisle had come into my room. I looked up and before I could say anything,
"I want you to meet me in my den in five minutes." He turned and walked out then. I sighed and put everything aside in order to go down to the den, when I got there, Jasper and Emmett were already waiting. Carlisle had come in soon after me, and I was suddenly nervous. It was strange because my dad was the most soft spoken, kindest man on earth, but he made me and my bothers very nervous just the same.
"About this party at La Push beach." The three of us stiffened, we thought this was over and not up for discussion.
"I have three rules, one, no sex, you will be with the Swan girls, and I don't want to lose a good friend in Chief Swan because you three can't keep your pants on. Two, no drinking, yes I know you three drink, I'm not an idiot. You're not supposed to drink to begin with, but we'll tackle that later, but you three will not drink while dating the Chief's girls, and your curfew is midnight. Come home thirty second late and your grounded again." Christmas had come early!
"Thanks dad, we really needed to get to this party." Emmett gushed.
"To stake you claim on your women I would imagine." If he only knew the truth.
"Your mother is insisting on making some dishes for the party, can I count on at least one of you helping her." It was a statement, but we didn't care, I think we were just too happy to care.
Jasper:
"Could you please get three more eggs, Jasper" Mom said. She was making her artery clogging mac and cheese. Nine cheeses, three eggs, two sticks of butter, heavy whipping cream, half and half, evaporated milk, sour cream and a triple bypass later, and you were as good as new… did I mention the macaroni noodle?
Anyway, mom made enough food to feed five armies and their reserves. We had fun taking turns helping mom with various dishes. I think we also wanted to impress everyone with all the food we were bringing, and by everyone, I meant Charlie's Angels.
"Mom, this has to be the last thing you make, we still need room for the sodas, my sailing gear, Jasper and Emmett's surf gear, and the ribs and hamburger we're taking." Edward reminded mom.
"Yes dear, I just want to make sure there's enough to eat." I was amazed at all the fattening recipes mom knew, because she's always been so slim.
"Did you get the supplies for s'mores?" Emmett asked, according to him, s'mores were an essential food group.
"Yes honey, they're in the cabinet with the graham crackers." I looked as Emmett pulled out the graham crackers, marshmallows and,
"Mom, these are Dove chocolates. What happened to the Hershey's?"
"Dove tastes so much better! You'll thank me later." Emmett looked skeptical.
"I'm heading out, I've packed up my car and I'll meet you at the party." Edward said, it was getting close to three and he had put off going to get Jessica for as long as he could manage. Since Edward wanted to impress Bella, he dressed bummy casual. A chambray button down, with cargo shorts and black leather Converse sneakers, he also had a denim jacket and a pull over fisherman's sweater. He insisted the sweater was for Bella if she got cold. It was interesting that he drenched it in his cologne. I knew the outfit because he asked me to help him pick it out. I told him not to worry about clothes at this point, because Jessica would think it was all for her. He didn't care, so he left out looking like a cross between a J Crew and Abercrombie model. I had to talk him down from wearing cologne, but I think he used some anyway.
I shook my head, because if Stanley liked him now, then she would fall in love with him today. That was going to be an interesting love triangle.
"I guess I better head out as well." Emmett said stuffing his s'mores ingredients into a bag. Emmett also was dressed to impress, he wore a long sleeve dark green polo, with worn jeans and hiking boots with a leather jacket, he took his pea coat just in case Rosalie was chilly later. He would never admit it, but he was hoping Rosalie would notice him, but like I told Edward, the only one noticing Emmett will be Mallory. I did feel sorry for Edward and Emmett, they would have to deal with Mallory and Stanley, those girls were just slutty.
"Jasper, remember what I said." Emmett enforced on his way out the door. I had to admit I was more than nervous. Edward and Emmett would follow through on their promises. The term "bros before hoes" did not apply here, especially since I was their brother and I basically put them into a position that could potentially make them lose out on two girls they actually liked.
I guess I would've felt the same way, because there was just something about Alice. I swear Charlie's Angels were enchantresses or something, because me and my brothers have never had to work so hard to get a few girls to notice us. I also kept hearing how Alice was so sweet and nice, she was turning out to be quite a popular girl, which only made trying to get with her harder.
I dressed with extra care, heavy jeans with a gray long sleeve t-shirt and a black regular t-shirt layered over it and my New Balance sneakers, and I begged mom to make all my favorite dishes, so I could get Alice to try them. I figure that a to a woman's heart could be through he stomach, just like a guy's. I mean girls got hungry and they do eat, right? I also made sure I had extra blankets, and I brought a heavy cotton hoodie just in case she got cold later on this evening. I knew I was laying it on thick, but I needed to get in where I could, and I didn't want to miss an opportunity. I know if this were different circumstances, Em and Edward would've given me a run for my money, laughing at me and teasing me in preparation for this party, but since they pretty much did the same thing, all was quiet and peaceful.
I left out with the car full of food and gear, I felt like I was camping instead of going to a bonfire, but it didn't matter, I had a mission to complete.
Emmett:
"I was one of the first to arrive, and Mallory was trying to stick to me like super glue. I gave her a few jobs instead, like helping me to unload the car. I know I liked to get laid, but I'm always suspicious about a girl that gets so physical so soon on the first date. She already tried to wear my pea coat, I told her that it stays in the car. She still didn't seem deterred. At least my pea coat was safe, it was bad enough that I was here with Mallory, I didn't want Rosalie to see Mallory in my pea coat.
"Hey Emmett, how's it going?" Sam Uley said walking up to the car. We were on a picnic area near the beach, and so there were tables set up, with a shelter, and someone had brought two of those grills, which were converted from oil barrels. Some of the girls from the reservation came running over. They giggled when they saw me and all rushed up to Mallory. I guess they were talking about me, I don't know, but they kept looking over in my direction and giggling. Let Mallory have her bragging rights, she wouldn't have them for long. Not too soon after I showed up, Edward showed up with Stanley. He didn't look thrilled, but plastered a polite mask on his face to spare her feelings. We loved girls too much to deliberately hurt one, but that didn't mean we didn't like some girls. Edward got busy unloading his truck.
"Did you bring enough food?" Quil Ateara asked sarcastically.
"Nope, Jasper is still coming with his car load." Edward grinned.
"I don't think we brought enough plates for leftovers." Embry Call said shaking his head. Jasper pulled up and started unloading his car.
"Seriously guys, how much food did your mom make?" Quil asks as Jasper unloads even more dishes from his vehicle.
"We had to stop her, I guess she figured lots of people would show up today." Jasper answered.
"Well in that case, she's right. I'm just so surprised that she made all this." Embry replied. The guys helped unload the car and the girls help set when,
"I'll be glad when Jacob gets here! Lucky bastard got all of Chief Swan's girls to himself this morning. Those girls are hot! To add insult to injury, he took them off somewhere secret, and wouldn't let us come along!" Edward, Jasper and I froze as if we were one body.
"They aren't that pretty." Said Emily, Sam's girlfriend.
"Please don't start, that's all we've been hearing about for the past few weeks are the Swan girls and how Jacob couldn't wait until they came to visit him." Leah moaned.
"At least you don't have to go to school with them, they are like the shiny new toys, and every guy wants to fuck at least one of them!" This was Stanley, she always was a jealous bitch.
"Wait until you meet Rosalie, she thinks she's the most beautiful thing to ever walk the earth, its sickening!" Mallory said. Was it me or did she give me a sideways glance. I looked at Edward and Jasper and they were staring right back at me.
"So this is what jealousy looks like huh?" Paul said, another one of Sam's friends said grinning.
"I am so not jealous of them!" Stanley screeched.
"Really! For instance Bella, always pretending to be shy and innocent, with her plain brown hair and eyes. Nothing special to look at, she never really speaks, just sits there blushing all day long. I can't even believe she's in AP classes." Mallory said coming to Stanley's defense.
"Bella in AP classes I can see, but Alice and Rosalie?! Rosalie looks like she couldn't add four plus four. She's the typical big breasted blond. I swear looking at her can make your IQ drop about forty points." Stanley added.
"And Alice, that girl is so weird, and people think she's the best dressed. She has no fashion sense what so ever. In class, she's been known to stare off into space for no reason. It's so creepy." Mallory concluded.
"Yeah, this is what jealousy looks like." Sam answered. He then went over to Edward and whispered,
"Why did you guys bring them along?"
"They asked us out, believe me there is a good reason why Emmett and I are on dates with these two."
"Please, the payout better be worth it. Please tell me you get to tap some body's ass for this, otherwise, it's not worth it."
"We don't know yet, but I'll let you know the end results. We're here to…"
"Get to know the Swan girls?" Sam finished for Edward.
"How did you guess?"
"Just a hunch, no one tortures him self without a good reason." Sam smiled and walked toward the grills to get things going. Jasper and Edward gave him the ribs and hamburger. Quil went to set up a deep fryer, apparently someone had gotten a hold of Harry Clearwater's homemade fish fry. Some of the other kids from Forks started to come in, and more kids form the rez came over. Finally, the girls we had been waiting for made their appearance. The guys went crazy and the non-friendly jealous bitches muttered. All the friendly girls went over to make friends, even Angela was there with her boyfriend. He decided to come home for the weekend. He glared at us and we made sure we stayed away from him.
Edward had got a hold of one of Carlisle's boats, and he took people out on rides. Some of us surfed and others went fishing. Some time during the party someone brought music, so there was dancing. All this while we watched Charlie's Angels get to know and make new friends. It was tough watching all this when I just wanted to take Rosalie on a romantic walk and get to know her. As soon as dusk hit, someone started the bonfire. We instantly saw the reason for one, the flames licking the wood were blue and we had and interesting show. All things were going well until I noticed Jacob and Bella going off alone. I alerted Edward.
"Hell to the damn no! I need to break that up!" he went to his car, and took out his pullover and a blanket, and followed the direction I point him toward. He was going for a good fifteen minutes, but when everyone reappeared, Bella was blushing as usual, Jacob looked sulky and Edward looked vindicated. I looked at Bella again and noticed that she was wearing Edward's sweater and had his blanket wrapped around her.
I saw Stanley looking in their direction, and I knew her heart lurched. She glared at Bella, and I knew then on, there would be a vicious love triangle. This gave me the courage to grab my pea coat and offer it to Rosalie. I noticed she was at one of the tables, shivering slightly. I approached with caution.
"Rosalie." She turned and looked at me. The look on her face was indescribable.
"What do you want Emmett."
"You look cold, here put this on." I handed her the pea coat, she looked suspicious but she took it just the same.
"Thanks. It's freezing out here. I don't know why I thought I would be warm with just this sweater on."
"Can I get you anything else?"
"No thanks. I promise to return this to you by the end of the night." She gave me a small smile. I turned to rejoin the party, and that's when I saw Mallory. She looked so confused and hurt. She turned to run, but for the first time in my life, I didn't run after a crying girl. I felt bad, but not bad enough to comfort her. I knew I was being a dick, but honestly I found out all I needed to know from her.
Rosalie got up to join me at the bonfire, I noticed Jasper had gotten Alice to wear his hoodie, and she had a blanket wrapped around her. The night ended bittersweet. I left early enough to drive Mallory home, we didn't speak on the way to her house. She said goodnight, and got out of the car. I don't think I had to worry about Lauren Mallory bothering me at school again. Then again this was Mallory, I'm sure she would do something at some point. I just didn't know what. I drove home and it was about a quarter to eleven. I hoped Jasper and Edward made it in on time. We had much to discuss.
