A/N: It's been over two weeks! Sorry, bah. Writer's block for a short while, and then writing it, then getting it edited. And math homework. Ahhh. So much math and physics lately!

No excuses from me though. It was late, and there was nothing I could do about it. :/ Buttttt: I have ideas for the next two or three chapters, so you should get them sooner. It kind of depends on my homework load though. Homework has to come before this story, sorry. My mother's rules. :/

Oh, yeah. Madi edited this chapter.

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight, or the characters. Sadly, I'm not Stephenie Meyer. Oh! I get to own the old man who lives next door. LOL! Exciting, huh? :P

It's shorter than I wanted it to be, but that's the result of writers block. Hopefully the next couple ones will be longer.

Chapter 14

BPOV

Emmett pulled back into the parking lot of the apartment building.

"What are you doing?" Rosalie asked him.

"Well, I seem to recall Bella asking you three to stay the night. I figured you would want your own stuff," he said, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. I had to admit, it kind of was.

After they packed up some clothes, and pajamas, we were on our way to the house. Emmett parked along the curb in the street. I knew I'd have to move my truck from the driveway too. Over the course of the day, snow had been falling. We had to shovel out the driveway and our sidewalk. It was one of the only downsides about living in our house. I didn't mind though; Emmett, Alice, and I made it into a game. Whoever's pile was biggest won. The other two had to rock-paper-scissors for who made the hot chocolate.

"Why are you parking here, Emmett?" Jasper asked.

"Is today 'Question Emmett's Driving Day'? Because you guys sure are asking a lot of questions," he replied.

"We have to shovel the driveway," I told them.

"Shit, if I had known that, I wouldn't have come!" Edward said. I slapped his arm playfully. "You know I'm just kidding."

"Oh do I now?" I asked. He leaned close to me and whispered in my ear. "You know, after we could take a nice hot shower."

Did he say we? I could feel my cheeks get hot. They were beat-red, I'm sure.

"I could have swore we said wait until we're in the house to have a 'get a room' moment," Emmett said, rolling his eyes.

"Race you to the house then," Edward said to me.

I rolled my eyes. "How mature of you."

He winked.

"Alright, well we might as well get started. With six of us, shoveling will be no big," Alice said.

We borrowed shovels from the neighbor, because we only had three of them.

I looked around, making sure no one was looking in my direction. Everyone was shoveling their own little area. Carefully, I set down the shovel and picked up a handful of snow. I packed it tightly into a ball, and chucked it at Emmett's back. In his thick winter coat, it wasn't hard to hit him. As fast as possible, I picked up my shovel and started shoveling. He wouldn't know who hit him.

"Ah!" he yelled. The snowball had hit him in the back of the neck. My aim was a tad off. His hat and coat didn't cover it, and he shivered as the wet mushy snow slid down into his coat. I watched from the corner of my eye as he turned around, packing snowballs.

He threw one of them, and it hit Edward in the side of his face.

Edward looked confused, and I couldn't contain myself anymore. I burst out laughing.

Edward grinned. "You think that's funny?"

Crap. That was not smart. I ducked as a snowball flew past my head. It kept going until it hit Rosalie. She growled, and made a massive snowball. She aimed for Edward, but he moved out of the way. It hit Jasper, who wasn't exactly involved in the fight.

"Oops," she laughed.

"SNOWBALL FIGHT!" Alice yelled. I looked to where the sound of her voice came from, but there was only her pile of snow. She was hiding behind it, already making snowballs.

I dived for my pile of snow, hiding behind it. I made snowball after snowball, chucking them over my protective wall. I could hear screams from Rosalie and Alice when they were hit, and the guys were laughing. I crawled over to Alice's 'fort'.

"Let's team up. They'll never know what hit them," I said before she could pelt me with snowballs.

Her smile widened, and together we threw tons of snowballs at them.

Half an hour of this and my jeans were soaked and frozen. I'm pretty sure my toes were blue. I knew my lips were. I stood up, risking being a direct target.

"I surrender!" I yelled, and then covered my face with my arms. Surprisingly, I didn't get hit. I took my arms down, and three snowballs hit me. "That wasn't fair."

"Never said we played fair, Bella," Emmett said. I glared at him.

"Oh whatever. I'm too cold to care. Let's just finish the driveway and get inside," I said.

Edward immediately came out from behind his pile, and picked up a shovel. "Well, what are you waiting for? You heard her!"

I was lucky to have him. He cared more than he probably should.

Another half hour of shoveling went by. We finished up ours within minutes, but we decided to help out the little old man who lived next door to us, and shoveled his too.

We came inside, all of us totally frozen.

"Unfortunately, we only have two showers. We'll have to take quick showers, if we want to all have hot water," Alice said.

"I can think of another way to save water," Emmett said.

What was with the guys today? Jeez, they were horny.

Rosalie had the same look on her face that I'm sure I did. She slapped his arm.

"Stop it," she said. Then she looked at Edward. "You too."

He grinned innocently. "What? I didn't do anything."

"Maybe not now," Alice said. Jasper seemed to be the only non-horny guy at the moment. Alice had her arm around his.

"Who wants to go first?" I asked.

"Well, who's fastest? Whoever showers the longest should go last. We don't want them to use all the hot water," Alice replied. I just stared at her. "What? My showers aren't that long."

Emmett laughed. "Alice, your showers are like an hour long."

"Jeez, Alice, what do you do in there?" Jasper asked.

Alice put her hands on her hips. "I only take half an hour, at most, to shower!" she defended herself.

"Me too," Rosalie said.

"Well, me, Jasper, and Emmett are probably going to be the fastest. As girls, you naturally take long showers," Edward said.

"Okay, well you three decide who goes first," Rosalie said.

"I need wet clothes, people," I said. "Chop, chop!"

Alice went off into her room, and Rosalie took her bag into Emmett's room.

"Nice to know somebody listens to me," I told the guys.

They stared at me like I was crazy.

"Just decide who's showering. Whoever isn't, change into pajamas or something. I'll dry off your clothes," I said.

"What about me?" Edward asked.

"I take it you're showering now?" I ignored his question.

"Yeah," he said.

"I'll just come in and get them, set them close to the door."

He grinned, but nodded.

"Just pass on your knowledge, okay?"

"I will," he said.

I spun around to get a laundry basket.

"Wait, Bella," Edward said. I completed my spin, turning to face him again.

"Yeah?"

I was met by his lips, hungry against mine.

I pulled back, smiling. "Miss me or something?" "Something like that," he mumbled.

"Save it, they'll be plenty of time for making out later," I told him.

"I'll hold you to that don't worry," he said.

"Oh, I was counting on that." I winked, and then walked into my bedroom.

I pulled off my wet clothes, leaving them on the floor. I slipped into some of my short-shorts, and a cami, figuring I'd just take it off to shower soon anyways.

After getting dressed, I took my wet clothes and put them into the laundry basket I had brought out earlier. Rosalie and Alice's clothes were in there. Jasper came out when I did. I picked up the basket, and balanced it on my hip.

Jasper threw his clothes into it, and I continued to the first bathroom. Emmett had put his clothes outside the door, so I picked them up and put them into the basket.

I continued down the hall, into Alice and mine's bathroom. Edward didn't put his clothes outside, but I figured they'd be right inside when I opened the door. I set down the basket next to the door.

He didn't hear me over the shower when I knocked on the door. I inched the door open, steam pouring through the crack I opened it. He didn't seem to be naked in plain sight, so I continued in.

He was singing in the shower. "I'm bringing sexy back. Them other boys don't know how to act! I think you're special, what's behind your back? So turn around and I'll pick up the slack. Dirty babeeee, you see these shackles? Baby, I'm your slave. I'll let you whip me if I misbehave. It's just that no one makes me feel this way!"

I laughed, but he still didn't hear me. I scooped up his clothes, and sang along, "Get your sexy on!"

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After putting all the clothes into the dryer, I headed back to the kitchen.

Alice had made hot chocolate. I grabbed a mug, and added marshmellows. All I needed was a peppermint candy cane, and this winter scene would be complete.

The thought of candy canes reminded me. "Alice, we still have to put up our Christmas tree!"

"We're late this year!" she yelled.

"Late? How can you be late to put up decorations?" Rosalie asked us.

"We always do it the day after Thanksgiving, but this year with finals coming up so soon after, we didn't," I told her.

Alice nodded. "And now we're a week late!"

"Why not put it up today?" Rosalie suggested.

"You guys wouldn't mind?" Alice asked, already excited.

"No, I'd love to help!" she replied.

"I think it'd be great for them to help. Emmett, Edward, and Jasper can go outside and hang lights. I don't want them on the roof this year. All we need is for Em to fall again."

Alice laughed. "Hey, he landed in the snow!"

"Yeah, but if you hadn't let go of the latter, we wouldn't have had the problem in the first place," I argued.

Rose gasped. "He fell off the roof?"

"Well, technically no. He fell off the latter on the way down from the roof. He landed in a big pile a snow. Not a bone broken or bruised. He was lucky," I said, humor coloring my tone.

"I'll say," she muttered.

"Hey, Bella?" Alice asked, looking at me.

"Yeah, Alice?"

"Why is your hair all wet?"

A/N: Okay, so. I want to thank you all who reviewed with your opinion on the lemon. I've decided to do them in the story, sort of. I mean sort of, because it'll be like BD. You know its there, but you don't know what happens. Except in this case, you can read what happens in my other story. I think I'm naming it "Citrus Fruits" lol. So, if you want to read a lemon for this chapter, please see the other story. :D

Now for those of you who don't want to read it, don't worry. If you don't read them it shouldn't confuse you. Hopefully. I've worded it carefully, so you know its there, you just don't know what happens. Does that make sense? Probably not. lol. Oh well.

Reviews are welcome in this part of town! :P