Hey guys. I apologize in advance for any spelling/grammar mistakes. I'm currently in Prague (Czech Republic) right now on vacation, and my grandma has the WORST, most ANCIENT laptop ever created in mankind. There's a bunch of strange symbols and stuff on the keyboard and it's seriously screwing me up! Agh! Lol.
So, erm, yeah. I think I've lost some readers because of the massive two month gap between my last updates ): and I do look at the story traffic thingy and I see that this story is getting quite a lot of hits, however I only got 4 reviews for the last chapter ): reviews help me get things out faster and they also motivate me A LOT! So to all you readers out there who add this story to favorites and alerts and to people who review, let me say thank you, and of course to the anonymous readers. But I would like some more reviews if that's okay? God I feel so stupid begging for reviews like this.
This chapter takes place 2 days after the last chapter. Since then, Bella and Edward have been spending oodles of time together and have become a lot closer as to the point where they're starting to act like best friends. I just really didn't want to do an entire chapter about the hospital, lets just get on with Vegas!
Oh! And this is split into 2 parts. This will be the last one for a month as Thursday im leaving for London, and I have no computer there whatsoever. So, enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own twilight, that belongs to the fabulous Stephenie Meyer.
BPOV
For the past 2 days, Edward had remained by my side constantly. He had slept in my room, brought me breakfast everyday from the cafeteria, and catered to my every need. To be honest, I was getting sick of all the attention, but he insisted that he do this for me. So, reluctantly, I agreed. When I wasn't sleeping, or knocked out from the painkillers, Edward and I would talk for hours on end, finding out little things about each other that helped us grow closer.
For example, I learned that his favorite color was black.
"Edward, whose favorite color is black?" I asked while giggling to myself.
"For your information, black is a very versatile color. It can go with any other color, pattern or print, and not look hideously wrong. Plus, it's a flattering shade on everyone." He smiled smugly at me while I stared at him, trying to contain the laughter that was building up inside of me. When I saw his mouth twitch, I lost it and started laughing uncontrollably. He joined in and we were soon doubled over in hysterics.
I wiped a tear from my eye as I said, "I think you've been spending a little too much time with Alice lately."
He smiled and held up his hands, still chuckling. "Hey, I gave you my honest answer."
It continued like this until the day I was released. We would laugh, joke, talk, and I was starting to feel much more comfortable about what happened. I still wasn't healed completely, but I was on my way.
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"Bella, Bella wake up!" I felt tiny vibrations shake my bed as I groaned and threw a pillow over my head, trying to block out the noise.
"Alice! What do you want?" I moaned, still trying to get back to sleep.
She managed to pry the pillow out of my hands and toss it against the window before running over and yanking the curtains open. I saw that it was sunny outside, the sky a perfect, cloudless blue.
"We're going swimming today! And then we're going shopping because the boys are taking us out later and don't give me that look because you're not staying in the hotel room all day!" She giggled at my expression and skipped out of the room yelling, "5 minutes!"
Today was my first day back, and I couldn't be happier. I had been so ready to leave yesterday that I actually ran from the hospital and flung myself into Edwards's arms. But who could blame me? Sick people, disgusting food and needles don't exactly scream "Luxury" to me. I was feeling heaps better. I had a scar on my neck from the incident, but other than that, it was fine. The wound only hurt when I touched it.
I jumped up from my bed with a smile on my face. "Alice," I yelled as I came out of the room, "I haven't got a swimsuit! I didn't pack one!" I smiled triumphantly as I finished, but that smile quickly turned to fear as I saw the wicked look on her face.
She raised her eyebrows at me. "Oh, I figured you'd do something like that, so I packed you one."
I groaned internally because I knew that whatever "swimsuit" (I used the term loosely) Alice had packed for me would most likely look like something a stripper would wear.
She saw the look on her face and laughed again. "And don't think that saying it doesn't fit, or that its ugly will get you out of wearing it because you can go down in your bra and panties for all I care." Her eyes dead serious.
I gulped and nodded, mortified at the idea of wearing my lacey dark blue bra down to the pool. She smiled brilliantly at me and said, "I laid it out for you on your bathroom counter, hurry up!" And with that, she ran into her bathroom and slammed the door.
I sighed, knowing there was no point in arguing with Alice, and trudged into my en suite bathroom.
I was completely shocked at what she had picked out for me. I was sure my face was bright red now, and livid with anger. There, lying on the counter was the smallest, skimpiest bikini (if you could call it that) I had ever seen. It was no doubt the same color as my cheeks, and looked as if it would barely cover my…you know what's.
I snatched up the bikini and stormed out of my bathroom to see Alice trying on a beautiful, perfectly modest, one piece white suit. She smiled to herself and spun around to face me, an angelic grin on her face.
Her eyes widened in mock surprise as her brow furrowed. "You don't like it?" She asked with too much innocence in her voice.
I exhaled sharply. "Alice, honestly, how the hell do you expect me to wear this…this…piece of fabric!" She giggled at my outburst.
"First of all Bella it's called a bi-ki-ni," she sounded out the word slowly like she was talking to a toddler, "and I expect you to wear it because you have a great body and it will look hot on you!" I blushed when she said I had a great body and she smirked at me.
"I don't have the body for something like this Al, maybe you or Rosalie could pull it off but not me." I hung my head low and then something registered. I snapped my head up and said, "By the way, where is Rosalie?"
Alice looked away and muttered, so quietly it almost wasn't audible, "She spent the night with Emmett."
I ran and flopped myself on her bed, covering my ears. "Ewwww! God poor Edward and Jasper. Their poor, unsuspecting ears!" I knew first hand how loud Rosalie could be. Every time she brought home a man, Alice and me would spend the night at our friend Angela's house just to escape the noise.
Alice erupted into a fit of laughter and hit me over the head with a pillow. "Not like that your perv! She was pretty hammered last night, so Emmett took her back to his room. He called and said that Rose was already passed out and snoring on his couch. Get your mind out of the gutter!"
I blushed and sat up, Alice sitting down to my right. She leaned on my shoulder, accidentally brushing up against my scar. I winced at the pain and she sat up quickly. "Sorry, I didn't realize it still hurt."
"It's okay…Alice, I'll wear the damn bikini, but I get something in return alright?"
Her eyes lit up and she nodded excitedly. "What do you want?"
I grinned at her and told her, "When we go shopping today, you can't buy me anything that goes higher than here," I held my hand just below my knee, "or lower than here." I held my other hand across the top of my boobs.
She hugged me and said, "Fine. The boys were taking us to a fancy place anyways, I'll buy you some clubbing clothes tomorrow." She hopped up and headed towards the kitchen.
My eyes widened in fear. "Nu-huh, you said –"
"You said I couldn't pick anything like that for today's shopping trip," she finished proudly, emphasizing the word today. I mentally kicked my self for saying that.
"Fine," I grumbled, walking back into my bathroom to change into the bikini.
When I had it on, I accidentally caught sight of myself in the mirror and gasped. The bikini fit me perfectly. It gave me curves where I didn't think I had any, and while it was still on the more revealing side, it wasn't too sluttish. I whipped my hair up into a quick ponytail and bounded out of the room to find Alice by the door, sporting some huge sunglasses.
She took them off and did a double take. "Bella you look hot!" I blushed again and grabbed my white cover-up, thankful that at least that covered everything.
"Thanks," I muttered self-consciously.
As soon as we stepped out of the elevator we were greeted by Emmett and Jasper. Alice gave Jasper a quick peck on the lips as he wrapped his arm around her slender waist. Emmett didn't give me a huge, bone-crushing bear hug like he usually did, and I was glad for that.
When we finished saying our hellos, I noticed that Rosalie and Edward were not here with us. My stomach clenched and I became nervous until Emmett explained to me that he was at the pool saving chairs.
"Hahaha, um Rose is kind of…" he trailed off as I turned to Jasper to finish the sentence. "Completely and utterly wasted." He chuckled quietly.
Emmett immediately became defensive. "She just had some really strong tequila last night and isn't coming down today…at least, I told her not to." He raised his head towards the elevators where a very disheveled and obviously hung over Rosalie was struggling with a beach ball and towel.
Emmett rushed forward and caught her as she was about to fall. I couldn't help the small giggle that escaped my lips, and she shot daggers at me. I stopped and turned to Alice, trying to make small talk.
"Oh, you think this is funny Swan? Me stumbling around, tripping on air like you usually do? Oh god Emmett," she cried, gripping his arm as he pulled her back up, "I'm turning into Bella! Next thing you know I'll be blushing like crazy and shopping at the Gap and…oops, sorry Bella, didn't mean to offend you. You know how I get when I have a massive hang over." I shrugged it off as no big deal, though on the inside I was trying to stifle the fit of laughter that was threatening to come out.
She was wearing a hot pink bikini and pink heels. I mentally rolled my eyes; only Rose would wear stilettos down to the pool. But, her eyes were also bloodshot and she was swaying from side to side, catching herself on the couch when she was about to go down.
As usual, Emmett said the first thing that came to his mind. "Rosie, baby, you look like shit." Everyone laughed except Rosalie who glared at him. "Oh, thank you for pointing that out Em, I sure as hell hadn't noticed."
Jasper leaned in closer to Emmett and started patting his head like a little child. Alice and me were close to passing out with unused laughter. "Emmett, not really the best way to greet your girlfriend." Emmett looked so deep in thought as he nodded and muttered "thanks" that Alice and I lost it as we doubled over with laughter.
Rosalie huffed and stomped out the door, Emmett trailing behind her, yelling apologies while every single mans eyes were ogling Rose. Jasper linked arms with Alice and I as we slowly walked outside.
I looked around and gasped. It looked like we had just stepped into the Mediterranean. Chairs surrounded the mosaic-bottomed swimming pool, while urns on pedestals lined it. In the middle of the swimming pool, there as a beautiful fountain spewing out crystal clear water, and on the opposite end was a diving board, to which my attention was now diverted as I heard, "Hey Rosie, watch this! CANNONBALL!"
Emmett had just flung himself off the board, and Rose was now cussing at him for getting her wet.
"Emmett, that wasn't a very nice thing to do," I heard him yell while laughing. My breathing hitched as I looked to the source of Edwards beautiful voice, and I think I may have fainted right there if Jasper wasn't still supporting me.
The water came up to his waist, and I could just make out the delicious V shape his hips made. I looked further up and stated hyperventilating when I saw his toned six-pack abs. His muscles flexed as he laughed and I saw a breathtaking smile break across his seraphic face. His hair was darker now that it was wet, and a piece of it hung lazily over his right eye. I had to stop myself from attacking him right there in the middle of the pool and- whoa! Where did that come from?
"Bella, Bella? Earth to Ms. Swan," I heard Alice say. She was waving her hand in front of my face.
"Do you…do you…see him?" I squeaked.
Alice furrowed her brows together and followed my line of vision before she giggled and rolled her eyes. "Honestly Bella, you'd think you've never seen a man half-naked before!" She tsked and took my hand, leading me back towards the hotel.
"What are you doing?" I hissed, desperately wanting to get back to Edward.
"I'll be back in a mo, tell Rose to meet me and Bella in our room, NOW!" She yelled to Jasper while blowing him a kiss. He nodded and ran down the stairs.
I repeated the question and she turned to me, speaking the words that make my spine stiffen and my palms sweat every time I hear them. "We're going to give you a makeover," she announced shortly, before turning around and walking briskly out of the elevator.
I caught up with her. "What's the point of giving me a makeover if I'm just going to go swim anyways?" I demanded, thoroughly confused by her logic.
She huffed and spun around to face me. "You just nearly fainted seeing Edward standing there half-naked, so now we're going to make sure you have the same affect on him."
I groaned and followed her into the hotel room where she was taking out her curling irons and make-up and nail polish.
I reluctantly sat at the vanity mirror and waited for it to begin. When I felt tugging on my hair from two curling irons, I assumed Rose had joined us.
"So, remind me again, what is the point of this?" I asked.
Rosalie answered. "We want to make sure that Edward is as affected by you as you are by him. Thus, making you hotter than usual, we will see if this theory is correct," she stated matter-of-factly.
I stifled my laughter at her tone and kept my mouth shut throughout the torture.
"So Bella, I have a question, close," Alice said while applying eye shadow.
"Shoot."
"What's the deal with you and Edward?" she asked. I stiffened; I wasn't expecting that question. I knew that they would ask me about it sooner or later.
"Wha…what do you mean?" I got out.
I saw Alice and Rose exchange a look in the mirror with grins on their faces. "What are you guys now?"
"We're friends, right now…" I muttered, immediately regretting the last part as Alice caught on.
"Why? Do you want to be more than friends?" She wiggled her eyebrows suggestively.
I opened my mouth to speak, but nothing came out. Instead, I blushed, furiously.
Rose patted my shoulder sympathetically. "It's alright, I see the way you look at each other, you can't deny destiny."
"I bet I can…" I mumbled.
They laughed. "Okay, put it this way. You can't bet against Alice," Rose giggled.
I smiled, knowing it would be a cold day in hell before I ever bet against Alice.
When the makeover was finished, I heard Rosalie and Alice fake crying. I opened my eyes to see them blocking the mirror. "Do I really look that hideous?" I joked.
They shook their heads. "Can I see?" I asked impatiently. They shook their heads again and grinned, throwing me a red cover-up that matched my newly painted nails and bikini.
It was a robe that looked like it was made of silk; I slipped it on and groaned when I saw it came to mid thigh.
"Jeez, are you guys trying to make me look like a stripper?" I laughed.
They joined me and we linked arms as we headed out the door. I didn't even bother looking at myself; I knew it would be better if I were oblivious.
Although, I couldn't miss the men's eyes staring at me as I walked down the hall. I shifted uncomfortably, not used to all the attention. To be honest, I was a little creeped out.
As Alice put her tiny hands on the door handles leading to the pool, I took a deep breath, readying myself. Al and Rose had coached me on this; I was supposed to look sexy; and try not to fall and break my leg in these heels I was wearing.
I bit my lip, "Do you think I'm ready?" I asked doubtfully.
Rose smiled and nodded. Alice opened the door; I put my oversized Chanel sunglasses on and stepped out into the bright sunlight.
EPOV
"Did you see her face?" Emmett was chuckling over by Jasper. I waded over to them and told him, "Rosalie looked pretty pissed Em, you really shouldn't do that."
He laughed again and turned to me. "I wasn't talking about Rose, she'll be fine."
I was confused. "Then who do you mean?"
He smirked, "Bella."
Her name sent a pleasurable shiver through my body; she had that affect on me lately, and I found my face involuntarily breaking into a huge grin. But then I was confused again.
"What about Bella?"
"She looked so flustered when she saw you. Her mouth was wide open and she was sort of ogling you while licking her lips," Emmett laughed and Jasper joined in.
"Yeah, Al had to snap her out of it," Jasper chuckled.
Again, my face broke out into another involuntary smirk. I probably looked cocky, standing there hearing about how Bella looked when she caught sight of me. I hadn't seen her though.
"Do you know where they went? Em, Jazz, what are you…staring…at…holy shit," I finished pathetically. That was an understatement.
Bella was waltzing down the marble staircase, wearing the sexiest bikini had ever seen. It was blood red and made her look like the angels hotter, darker sister. Her hair was in loose curls around her head that bounced as she walked. She swayed her hips side to side with a gracious, innocent smile on her face. The cover-up she was wearing flowed behind her as she floated down the stairs. Her lips were red to match the color of her…stilettos? I could see every male eye mentally undressing her, and I could also feel my trunks start to feel a little tight.
I looked over at Emmett and Jasper and was furious to see that they were in the same position as myself.
"What the hell?" I spit at them.
Jasper looked away shamefully as Emmett held up his hands in an I'm-just-a-guy kind of way.
I covered my area with my hands and scooted closer to Emmett. "Why is she wearing that?" I demanded.
"I don't know…but she sure looks hot in it though…ow, what was that for?" he whispered as I smacked him on the arm.
"For thinking that way about Bella," I hissed.
I saw my angel come towards the edge of the pool and beckon me forward with her finger. I scooted towards her and she got on all fours, unconsciously pressing her boobs together. I gulped and tried to avert my gaze, fully aware of my growing problem. I just hoped that she wasn't as aware.
"Edward," she purred seductively. I swallowed hard and squeaked out, "Yes?"
She shocked me by stroking my face and looking into my eyes while grinning wickedly and saying, "You might want to take care of that little problem of yours." With that she strutted away, laughing, but I could see the delicious blush creeping over her neck and face.
Jasper slapped me on the back and said, "You got it bad bro." Then chucking, he got out of the pool and gave Alice a chaste kiss on the lips.
If that's the way she wants it…I smiled deviously to myself.
BPOV
"You might want to take care of that little problem of yours," I laughed, blushed and walked back to Alice. There's nothing little about that problem, I thought to myself.
"How'd it go?" Rosalie asked with a wicked glint in her eye.
"An erection," I stated simply, sipping on a margarita.
Rose spit out her drink and Alice's eyes widened. They burst into laughter and I joined in.
"Wow, we sure didn't expect that Bells," Alice chuckled.
"Now we know that you have the same affect on each other," Rose put in.
I nodded and went back to drinking my margarita.
I saw Jasper give Alice a quick kiss, and then I felt two wet arms wrap around my waist.
I decided to do Rose and Al proud. "So, I see your little problems all taken care of there Eddie," I said, playfully poking him in the arm.
"That was not a very nice thing to do Ms. Swan," he whispered in my ear. I shivered and he chuckled in my ear. He swept me up in his arms and carried me over to the pool.
"Edward…wha…what are you doing?" I stuttered breathlessly. His nose skimmed up and down my ear, sending shivers throughout my body.
"Hmmm?" The vibrations made me roll my eyes back in my head and relax into his touch.
"Edward, you're all wet," I grabbed onto the most random thing I could say.
"Oh Bella, do you have any idea how wet I could make you?" He whispered seductively. My entire body stiffened, and I could feel my heart rate increase. I was about to come up with some witty remark when I gasped as he threw me into the pool.
I plunged into the cold water, still in my shoes and cover-up on. The freezing water enveloped me and I let out a useless scream underwater. The cold engulfed me and I was thanking Alice for using waterproof.
I trudged out with a murderous expression on my face. I was sure I looked like a drenched cat.
Edward was completely emotionless, but I could see the corner of his mouth threatening to turn up into a smile. When I reached him, he broke out into laugher.
"I hate you," I spit.
"No you don't," he said with a cocky grin before turning around and heading back to the gang who were in hysterics.
I sat down with a humph and crossed my legs, taking off the heels and cover-up.
I glared at him. He was looking at me with a shit eating, crooked smile on his face that made me want to slap it right off, or do some very inappropriate things to him – WHAT?! Since when did I think like this? Granted, it had been a long time, and I had spent the last few days around a completely gorgeous man, but still.
We sat there, sipping our drinks until Emmett spoke up. "Hey, how about we go play water volleyball?"
We all agreed and headed back into the water. Edward caught up with me and murmured, "I'm very sorry Bella, can you forgive me?"
I sighed and nodded, knowing that I sort of deserved it after putting him through getting a boner in the middle of a public pool.
He kissed the top of my head and told me, "Thank-you."
I saw that there was already one couple on the court; they were on each other's shoulders?
"Alright Rosie, up on my shoulders," Emmett told her, squatting in the water. Rose gave him a funny look.
"That's how you play," Jasper said slowly, pointing to the other couple, while hoisting a very scared Alice onto his shoulders. I saw her lose her balance and grip his hair, fisting it and nearly pulling it out.
Her hands flew to her mouth as she regained her balance. "Sorry Jazzy!" She bent down and kissed the top of his head. He smiled and met her for a kiss.
Em started making kissing noises and Rose hit him on the back of his head. Edward and me laughed as Rose struggled to get on Emmett's massive shoulders.
When the girls were on their respective partners shoulders, I realized Edward was waiting for me to get on his.
He cocked a perfect eyebrow at me. "Don't worry, I won't let you fall off."
I blushed as I climbed on, feeling his hard muscles flex as he adjusted to my weight. As soon as I had got on, we split into teams. Rose, Em, Me and Edward on one team, and Alice, Jasper, and the other couple – Kate and Garrett – on the other team.
"You serve first!" Kate yelled, tossing Emmett the ball.
He set up for the serve and fisted it over the net, hard, causing us to gain a point. We started cheering wildly while Alice started screaming at Jasper, "Why didn't you get that Jazzy?!"
"Did we mention Al gets a little competitive?" Rose said sweetly to the other team.
"HA! SUCK IT!" Emmett yelled, pumping his fist in the air.
"Oh, and so does Emmett," Jasper replied in that same tone. Rosalie shot him glares and he stuck his tongue out at her.
I laughed and the game continued.
"EDWARD! Just 'cuz Bella's on your shoulders doesn't mean you can't spike the fucking ball!" Emmett screamed at him. I held on tighter as Edward reflexively stepped back from him.
"Next time you yell at someone like that, we're through Emmett!" Rosalie told him, winking at me. He apologized and turned back to the net, leaving Edward chuckling quietly under his breath.
It was about half way through the game when I noticed Edward start to shift under me.
EPOV
I couldn't believe this. Of all the places to get an erection, it had to be in a pool. And it was the second time today!
But its not like I could help it. Bella was freaking on my shoulders, her legs wrapped securely around my head, squirming and wiggling the entire time. Plus, my head was directly between her legs. If I even turned around I would be face to face with…
I heard Emmett snicker. I shot him a look and he whispered to Rosalie, who lent down so she could hear. She smiled and threw I quick look in my direction, glancing a little south of my waist. She joined Emmett and they laughed together. I blushed and tried to shift so my legs would cover my now growing erection.
"Ha ha, I don't think that'll cover it Eddie," Rosalie giggled, a permanent grin fixed on her face.
I felt Bella squirm again and I had to keep in the moan that was threatening to come out. "What's so funny?" she asked questioningly.
Emmett didn't hesitate, he just plainly stated, "Bella is giving Edward and erection."
I blushed even more profusely as I heard everyone else's laughter, except Bella. I could practically feel the heat radiating from her cheeks. I guess she lost balance because all I heard was a blood curdling scream, and a firm tug on my hair before I registered the fact she had fallen off my shoulders.
She stood up, everyone still laughing. Her eyes locked with mine and I could see a hint of amusement in her chocolate brown eyes. Then of course she practically turned red and was about to say something when Rosalie interrupted her. "How about we break for lunch, I think Edward has another problem he needs to take care of," she added with a sly smirk in my direction, I looked away as she continued, "we'll meet back down here in an hour." She grabbed Bella's hand and headed up towards the hotel with Alice in tow.
I stood there, willing myself to look away from Bella as she swayed her hips back and forth…Ahh! What was wrong with me? Since when did I have a perverted mind?
"Come on, go take care of Little Eddie, we'll be up in our room," Emmett chuckled before jogging up to where Jasper was collecting the towels.
He was right. I needed to take care of this problem, now. I couldn't masturbate in the middle of the pool, especially with little children swimming around. Up in the room? No, Em and Jasper would be up there, and I really didn't need Emmett knocking on the door and freaking me out by telling me that, "Bella's here."
I was just about to give up and run to the bathrooms when I caught sight of 3 slutty, platinum blonde girls eyeing me from the bar and winking, making kissing faces.
Well, I no longer need to take care of my problem.
BPOV
"Omigod, did you see his face? That was priceless, he was blushing just like you Bells!" Alice squealed while laughing.
"Believe me, I saw more than that…" I laughed nervously. I was still blushing like crazy at what had just happened.
"That's 2 boners within a span of an hour, we are too good," Rosalie said to Alice, wiping a fake tear away and grinning at me.
"Like I did nothing? I never put myself out like that! It was so uncomfortable, I'm pretty sure that Edward, and every other person at the pool, thinks I'm a total whore now…" I put my face between my hands and sighed.
Rose pushed away my hands and forced me to look at her, "No, I'm pretty sure that every single man is probably jerking himself off to the thought of you, including Edward."
I shook my head, "He doesn't think of me that way."
Alice spun around to face me, throwing her hands up in the air. "Are you freakin blind? He just made a sexual insinuation to you, and he got 2 boners from the sight of you and from you being on his head. Lord knows what he was thinking."
I laughed nervously. "Let's just get ready for lunch, I'm starving." We agreed and headed back into the elevators.
There was a middle-aged man with a briefcase in the elevator. I didn't miss how the man's eyes scanned Rosalie's body shamelessly. She caught him and raised her eyebrow and winked, grinning seductively at him. "Take a picture. Then you can use it later when no ones around."
He was completely flabbergasted. I nearly had a heart attack as he started to reach into his briefcase. Rose shot him death glares and he shrunk back, cowering into the corner and keeping his eyes fixed ahead.
I took a moment to reflect on the morning's happenings. I still couldn't believe that I, Isabella Swan, klutz extraordinaire, had left Edward Masen, sex-god, completely speechless.
"Bella! Honestly, she's always zoning out like this!" Alice snapped her fingers in front of my face and I came out of my thinking, blinking my eyes and stepping into the hallway in a daze.
As we walked, I remembered something. "Guys, when are we going shopping?"
They spun around to face me, smiles on their faces. Rose looked incredulous, "Does our Bella actually want to go shopping?"
Alice ran to me and laid her tiny hand against my forehead. "Are you sick? She doesn't have a temperature Rose. I'm worried. This isn't normal Bella-like behavior!"
I laughed and placed her hand back by her side. "I just wanted to get some new things. And, the sooner we get going, the sooner it's over with."
"I knew it," Alice muttered. I took out my key-card and unlocked the door, gasping like I did every time I saw our suite.
"Right Rosalie," Alice placed her hand on her hip and started tapping her chin with her finger. "What are we going to put Bella in?"
My eyes grew wide and I groaned. They laughed. "I don't think it would be very nice to give Eddie number 3 while we're out to lunch," Rose's brow furrowed, deep in thought.
I started to shift uncomfortably while they looked me up and down, contemplating what to dress me in. Suddenly, Alice's finger went up in the air, "Eureka! I forgot I bought something for you before we left. Hold on, I'll be back in a mo." She rushed off into her room as I walked over to the sofa and turned on the TV, watching an old episode of Friends.
I could hear her flinging clothes out onto the bed and floor. "Rosalie! Come help me look!" She sang.
Rose rushed off into Alice's room and I heard Alice grumbling, asking herself where she put the god-blessed thing.
About 2 minutes later, she came out of the bedroom, beaming, and carrying one of the most gorgeous sundress I had ever seen.
It was knee-length with an extravagant, multi-colored pattern. It had a fitted bodice that flared out past the hips. It was strapless too, and I found myself practically itching to put it on…until I noticed the killer black heels they were planning to put me in.
Alice saw me eyeing the heels and laughed. "Bella, their really comfortable, trust me. I got them with you in mind."
I snapped my head up at her. "How much did all this cost?" I questioned with a slight frown; Alice had money and she was not afraid to flaunt that fact.
Her face fell, "It doesn't matter. You like it, don't you?"
I nodded, looking down.
"Then that's my problem, go put this on in the bathroom, then come back out so me and Rose can do your hair." I nodded again and grabbed the dress before dashing into my bathroom.
"Don't forget this!" Alice yelled before tossing me a strapless, black, pushup bra and matching panties. I blushed, of course, and put it on.
When I was dressed, I reluctantly walked out. Their faces lit up and they started clapping their hands wildly, huge grins stretched from ear to ear. I couldn't help but smile myself; it did look pretty nice on me.
I sat down in the vanity chair while Alice and Rose started to dry my hair, all the while talking amongst themselves, deciding what to do with me.
"I think we should put her hair in a half-up do sort of thing, then wave the bottom of it," Rose suggested. Alice nodded, plugging in the curling iron while gathering my hair into a ponytail. She let pieces fall out, then secured it with a hair band and started to curl the bottom half very loosely.
"Could you do my makeup kinda natural, since you made me look like a skank earlier," I asked.
They nodded and Rose took out some brown eye shadow, commanding me to close my eyes. I did so and they went to work.
It was a full 40 minutes before Alice finished picking the right gloss for me and I was allowed to see myself. I looked in the mirror and was speechless. This was a complete 180 degree turn from this morning.
My hair fell loosely over my shoulders, giving it that beachey look that only few could perfectly pull off. My eyes were painted with a brown-bronze color and a thin line of black eyeliner. I didn't have any blush on, knowing I could fully cover that department, and my skin seemed to glow in the light. Last but not least, Alice had given me a pale, nude pink gloss that seemed to go perfectly with everything else. I could just about cry.
"Wow Bella, I actually think you look better now than you did this morning," Rose told me, rubbing my shoulders affectionately.
I raised my hand and pointed at the woman in the mirror. "Is that really me?" I squeaked out.
Alice nodded, but I could see that laughter she was trying to keep in at my revelation.
I couldn't believe it. All my life, I truly had never been beautiful. I didn't think I was pretty, and to be honest, I was extremely surprised when Edward took a notice in me. Honestly, I didn't want to sound cocky or anything, but I looked pretty beautiful.
"Oh Bells, you look gorgeous." Rose gave me a small hug while we stared at myself in the mirror.
Alice looked at her watch, "Shit, it's been an hour already. Come on you lot. Here Bella, I'll give you a compact mirror so you can look at yourself in the elevator." I blushed and followed her out the door.
My breath caught as I saw Edward, sitting in a chair in all his god-like glory. "Breathe Bella, Breathe," Alice joked, giving my arm a playful shove.
He was wearing a white, button down shirt that had the top 3 buttons undone, exposing part of his chiseled chest. He was wearing tan Bermuda shorts and flip-flops. His hair was still wet, and he had a lazy smile spread over his face as he was talking to Jasper. If it was possible, he looked even better with clothes on. Rose nudged me and we descended the stairs together, linking arms.
I heard Rose clear her throat loudly as we approached the table. Emmett snapped his head to look at Rosalie; I was sure he was mentally undressing her as she was wearing short-shorts and a tube top. Jasper gave Alice a romantic kiss on the lips. And I was left standing there while the other couples kissed and greeted each other. I gasped when I felt two arms wrap around my waist and a velvet smooth voice whisper in my ear, "You look absolutely beautiful Bella."
I started breathing heavier, until Edward caught my attention. I saw that the other pairs were already seated at the table. Edward rested his hand on my hip and I swear I nearly melted at his next words. "Would you like to come with me?"
I blinked and stared at him. "What?" I squeaked.
He looked confused. "To lunch?" He annunciated slowly.
I blushed and nodded, feeling like an idiot. We walked to the table and I swore I could see Edward smirking.
I sat down next tom Rose. She looked at me, the Edward and rolled her eyes. He sat down to my right and casually put his arm around the back of my chair, squeezing my shoulder.
He leaned over and muttered in my ear. "What did you think I meant earlier?" He started skimming his nose up and down my ear, his cool breath sending shivers through my body.
Alice must have seen the situation I was in. "How about we go up to the buffet and get something to eat now, yeah?" she blurted out. I mouthed "Thank-you" to her and she casually shook her head.
I skipped over to the Italian section of the buffet and started loading spaghetti onto my plate. I nearly dropped my food as Edward came up from behind and entwined both his arms around my waist, laying his chin on my shoulder.
Mmm…this is nice.
"That looks pretty disgusting Bella," Edward wrinkled his nose in disgust and I laughed.
I picked up a fork, twirled some pieces of spaghetti around it and spun around; shoving it into his beautiful, open mouth. His mouth remained open and I pushed the bottom of his chin up. "It's not nice to eat with your mouth open." He chewed slowly and a look of distaste came across his face. I only laughed harder and walked back to the table, Edward still hanging on my back.
As soon as we had finished lunch, I asked Edward to walk outside with me. I was going to do this. No chickening out now Bella. Be strong.
We walked out together, the breeze blowing in our faces. He turned to me with an expectant look on his face. "Is there something that you wanted to tell me Bella?"
I took a deep breath. "Edward, I can't go on like this. I think I—"
"Come on! Guys, lets go shopping!" Alice squealed. Her eyes widening as she took in our position. She quickly ducked out, muttering apologies.
"That's the third bloody time now," I muttered. Edward chuckled and laced his fingers through mine. "Later."
So, I purposely left off there, having Alice interrupt them. Don't worry if it seems like they're moving too fast. It was sort of a joking nature. Hell, I do it to my friends all the time. Lol. Next chapter is the date and ill reveal what Bella was about to say then. Bear with me; I'm not giving up on this story. Just don't expect another chapter for about a month or so. Thanks for reading!