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Ch. 14
"Bella? Are you alright?" Edward's concerned voice seemed to call from a distance, but he was only sitting a few centimeters away from me. We were currently sitting on his piano bench but I felt like I was sitting in an opposite universe. Oh my god, I am falling in love with Edward! It took me this long to figure that out when he himself already knew? God Bella, you are so slow.
"Bella?" He asked again, giving me a little shake. It seemed to do its job since I was now staring into the concerned green orbs of the guy that I now knew I love.
"Edward…. I…" I started to say. Edward's hands were still cupping my face gently.
"You what Bella?" He asked, still concerned. I didn't blame him though. I probably looked like a complete nutto sitting here staring off into space. I took a deep breath. I have to tell him how I feel.
"I think I…" I began when the door suddenly opened with a loud bang that caused both Edward and I to jump.
"Oh Eddykins!" Emmett's loud voice boomed through out the room. Edward let go of my face and we both turned to see Emmett standing there with a giant grin on his face. "Oops. Sorry, it looks like I interrupted your guys' make out session."
"What do you want Emmett?" Edward asked annoyed.
"Relax bro. I just came up here to tell you that mom wants you guys down stairs for lunch." He said with an innocent expression on his face.
"All right. Tell her we'll be down in a sec." Edward said with a sigh.
Emmett looked at me and smiled his giant grin, "Bel-la!" He sang out and held his arms wide open. "Don't I get a hug from my favoritest klutz?"
I looked at him and couldn't help but laugh. Emmett was just like a giant teddy bear, you couldn't help but think "awww" every time you see him.
I looked at Edward who was glaring at his brother and I knew the only way to make him go away was to give him what he wanted. So, with a sigh, I got up from the bench and walked over to Emmett who was waiting patiently with his arms still open.
"Of course my big giant teddy bear gets a hug from his favorite klutz." I said with a smile as I wrapped my arms around his giant torso. I heard his deep chuckle as he began to squeeze the life out of me.
"Aw, did you hear that Eddy? I'm Bella's teddy bear!" Emmett practically squealed out. If I wasn't being squeezed to death, I would have laughed.
Emmett finally let go of me and as soon as he did I sucked in a big breath of air.
"So, how do you like the Cullen estate?" Emmett asked as he crossed his arms over his massive chest.
"I think it's big, beautiful, and did I mention big?" I asked with a smile.
Emmett chuckled, "Yeah, it is pretty big isn't it? Well, you two best be getting your butts down stairs before Esme comes up here an catches you two." He said and then winked at me. Of course, I blushed which only caused him to chuckle again.
"We'll be right down Emmett." Edward said as he came up behind me and placed his arms around my waist. "Now if you don't mind, I would like a little more privacy with Bella please."
"All right. But don't you kids go doing anything I wouldn't do." He said as he turned around and walked out the door. Once it was closed behind him, Edward turned me around in his arms to face him.
"Bella, I know you were about to tell me something important and I am sorry Emmett came in and ruined it." He said considerately.
"It's all right Edward. It wasn't your fault." I said and gave him a small smile.
"Would you like to tell me now?" He asked, looking at me anxiously. Should I tell him now? The moment is pretty much ruined and I am sure if we don't hurry and get down stairs, Esme will send someone else up.
"Maybe later. I am sure if we don't get down there soon, Alice will be the one to come up here next." I said with a shutter. He chuckled but still looked at me with the same look.
"Are you sure?" He asked.
I gave him a small smile while I nodded my head. He leaned down and kissed me softly on the lips before he unwrapped his arms from around me.
"Well, let's go see what Esme has planned for lunch." He said with a smile. He grabbed my hand and led me out of the room. But I couldn't help but notice the disappointed look on Edwards face before we headed out of the room.
Once we made our way down stairs, the aroma of food soon hit us making my stomach grumble with hunger. Wow, I hadn't even realized I was hungry.
I was expecting Edward to lead us to the kitchen but instead he led us to another room opposite of the kitchen, which I soon realized was the dinning room. It was beautiful with a giant glass rectangular table that looked to fit about eight people. There were three wooden chairs on each side and a chair at each end. Silverware, napkins, cups and plates were already set and what looked like lasagna in a dish was placed in the center. There was also a bowl of salad and others that were scattered about the table. Emmett was already sat on the left side with Alice sitting next to him on his left talking animatedly about something with Carlisle who was seated at one of the ends. Edward led me to the other side and pulled out a chair opposite of the bouncing ball of excitement. As soon as I was seated, he took his seat on the left of me, which was facing Emmett who was now trying to sneak food out of one of the bowls in front of him.
"Emmett! Get your hands out of that bowl this instant!" I heard Esme scold as she came in with a bowl of rolls in her hands.
"Sorry Esme. I can't help it when your delicious food is sitting right in front of me taunting me to eat it." He said with a sheepish grin.
"Well, you are just going to have to wait just like the rest of us." She said as she placed the rolls down and took a seat at the other end. Edward and Carlisle chuckled and I tried to hold back a giggle.
I heard Alice giggle from her seat and I looked up to see her trying to hide her face with her hands. Emmett looked at her and nudged her with his giant elbow.
"Ow! What on earth did you do that for?" Alice said as she pouted and rubbed the spot she got elbowed at. Edward and I looked at each other and smiled.
"Here we go…" He said softly, only for me to hear.
"I did that because you were laughing at me." Emmett said in a voice that made him sound like a small child. I held my breath and bit my lip to try and keep from laughing at the two.
"In case you didn't notice, I wasn't the only one laughing football head!" Alice screeched. That did it. I could not hold in my laughter any longer.
"Whatever shrimp. You were closest so I elbowed you first." Emmett said in a matter of fact tone.
"All right you two. That is enough. I don't want any of this fighting nonsense at the table, especially in front of our guest." Esme said and then looked at me and smiled, "Bella, I have no idea if you like lasagna or not but Edward told me you fix some good Italian so I hope you don't mind."
"Oh no. Not at all Esme, I love lasagna." I said blushing and smiled back at her probably looking and sounding like Garfield the cat.
"I hoped so." She said. "All right guys, dig in."
We all mostly sat in a comfortable silence eating lunch. Sometimes Esme and Carlisle would ask me questions here and there and Alice would talk about what she had planned for tonight. I guess Jasper won't be coming over until later so Edward, Emmett, and I agreed to go out with her to rent some movies and buy the junk food. When we were finished we all sat around talking some more and I laughed when I realized that Emmett had been scolded about eight times during lunch. He got scolded a couple of times for talking with his mouth full of food, one for throwing a piece of food at Alice, and a couple more for trying to play footsy with Edward and I. I was just surprised that his foot could reach all the way to where I was sitting.
"Esme, would you like help with the dishes?" I asked as we all began clearing the table and taking our plates to the kitchen to be washed.
"Oh no dear. Carlisle and I will take care of all of this. You guys should be going to get the stuff for your movie party." Esme said as she scrapped some scraps off of a plate and into the trash.
"Are you sure?" I asked standing in the middle of the kitchen playing with my hands feeling uncomfortable. I hate just sitting around doing nothing. At least let me wash one measly little dish! Please!
"Yes Bella, she is sure. Now come with me!" Alice said as she grabbed my hand and began leading me out of the kitchen. I began to panic and Edward started to follow us until Alice turned around and said, "You stay right there Mr. You can survive without her for fifteen minutes."
"Alice, what are you going to do to her?" He asked as he crossed his arms over his chest looking at her irritated.
"You just mind your own bees wax around here. What I do with Bella will be our business only. Well, unless you want to sit through a bunch of girl talk." She said with a smirk, still not letting go my hand. I was beginning to get scared. What on earth was she going to do to me?
"Okay." Edward said, looking indifferent. He began to walk towards us and Alice held her hand up.
"Edward, it will only be fifteen minutes and then we will be right back down. I just want to talk to her about something." She said looking annoyed.
"Alice…" He began but I cut him off by breaking free of Alice's hand and walking over to him.
"It's okay Edward. I will be back in fifteen minutes like she said. Why don't you go help out Carlisle and Esme?" I suggested.
"I don't know…are you sure?" He asked as he lifted one of his eyebrows.
"Yes, Edward she is sure! Now let us go so we can leave before all of our other guests arrive!" Alice exasperated.
"Okay, but if your not down in fifteen minutes, I'm coming up there and rescuing you." He said with a crooked smile that never failed to make me swoon.
I smiled back, "If she does anything, I will scream."
"And I will come as soon as I hear it." He said as he leaned down and kissed me.
"Jeez laweez! You two act like your never going to see each other again. I am only taking her up stairs to talk. Not murder her with prada!" She yelled, causing Edward and I to laugh. I gave Edward one last quick kiss before walking towards Alice. She grabbed my hand again and ran with me up the stairs. I only managed to stumble twice but thank goodness Alice didn't let me fall.
Once we made it to her room, Alice shut the door and dragged me over to her bed plopping us both down on the comfy mattress.
"So, I was thinking, maybe we should invite Mike Newton." She said excitedly. I looked at her as if she just told me Edward was gay.
"Mike Newton? Why on earth would you want to invite him for?" I asked, giving her the same look.
"Because Bella, Eli has the hugest crush on him!" She said in an exasperated tone.
"Eli? Our Eli? Eli, as in Elizabeth Perkins Eli?" I asked, with my eyes wide.
"No Eli as in the Arabic "God" Eli!" She said sarcastically. "Yes I mean our Eli!"
"Wow, I didn't even know." I said looking at the wall, trying to figure out if I even seen the slightest bit of hints of her liking him.
"That's because you are too busy glued to Edward to notice! But don't worry because we don't blame you two. You guys have to be the cutest couple ever!" She said with her famous Alice squeal.
"Well, why didn't she say anything when you guys were letting him flirt with me?" I asked, remembering the day when he first came up to me. Eli was standing right there and she didn't even seem to care, she even encouraged some of it.
"That's because she didn't realize that she liked him until a week during the time you were in the hospital." She said.
"Oh. Did she tell you?" I asked.
"No silly Bella. I can tell. Trust me, I have the couple radar up here and whenever I see when someone likes another, it goes off like crazy." She said as she tapped a finger to her head.
I laughed, "Couple radar? Alice now that is just silly. What if you're wrong and she doesn't like him?"
"Trust me Bella! I know these things. She may not realize it right now, but I know she totally has the hots for him and I know he's liked her since she first came to Forks." She said.
"Huh." I said, biting my lip to keep from laughing at Alice's crazy antics.
"Well?" She asked, raising her perfectly shaped eyebrows at me.
"Well what?" I asked. She looked at me as if I had spiders crawling out of my ears.
"Have you not been listening to a single word I just said?" Alice asked in a whine.
"Yes, I have." I said with a laugh. "I guess it's up to you Alice. You know, since you're the one with the "radar" and all, then maybe you should invite him."
"Okay! I will! I just wanted to let you in on my little plan here. I bet by the end of the night, those two are going to be a couple!" She squealed and got up from the bed. "Now, lets get downstairs and see what those boys are doing. We need to go out and get the stuff before everyone comes and I'll call Mike when we get back."
"All right." I said and followed suit as she made her way out of the room. I wonder if I should call Eli ahead of time and warn her about what Alice has planned. But, if Alice figures out that I told her, I will be so dead. And there is no way I want to face an angry Alice. I shivered mentally at the thought.
When we got downstairs, Emmett and Edward were in the living room playing some video game, and by the looks of it, Edward was winning.
"Quit cheating man!" Emmett bellowed.
Edward chuckled, "I'm not cheating. Just face it Emmett, you suck at this game."
"I do not! You're just a big fat cheater. I beat you at this all the time and there is no way you are going to beat me!" Emmett said as his fingers punched away at his controller.
Alice groaned, "Come on guys! We need to get going."
The boys just kept on playing, completely ignoring Alice. Alice pouted and crossed her arms over her chest. I chuckled while I shook my head and then turned back to the boys.
"Oh, you are so dead man!" Emmett yelled causing Edward to laugh. I just stood there watching in amusement. Edward looked serene and calm while he played but Emmett's face was full of concentration.
"Guys!" Alice whined while she stomped her foot, which did her no good since they were still ignoring her.
"Oh, that's it." Alice said under her breath. She looked at me, and I could tell immediately by the look on her face that she was up to something. She smiled wickedly at me and placed a finger over her lips to make sure I didn't say anything. I nodded my head and smiled back as she began to creep quietly to stand behind Emmett.
"OH MY GOD! THERE'S A SPIDER ON YOUR LEG EMMETT!" She yelled at him while pointing at his leg.
What happened next, I totally was not expecting. Emmett, screamed and I mean screamed like a little girl and threw his controller down and swatted at his leg.
"WHERE IS IT? ALICE GET IT OFF ME!" He screeched while he still swatted at his leg.
Alice, Edward and I were literally dying from laughter. Poor Emmett was standing up now jumping up and down brushing off his clothing, still looking for the imaginary spider.
"Sorry Emmett, I think it was just a piece of lint." Alice said, trying to sound serious.
Emmett stopped his hopping and looked at Alice as if she told him his favorite football team was going to lose the whole season. His face suddenly grew into a fierce scowl that made me shrink back a bit. Emmett was not being the cuddly teddy bear; he was being the big scary grizzly bear.
"A. Piece. Of. Lint?" He asked through gritted teeth.
"Uh Oh." I said quietly and looked at Edward who was still laughing silently. Alice's eyes went wide and she suddenly looked at the TV.
"Oh, looky here. It looks like Edward won! Time to go!" She said quickly and ran out of the room.
"You better run you little annoying pixie!" Emmett yelled. All's we heard from Alice was her squeals of laughter as she made her way upstairs.
"Well, it looks like I beat you again Emmett." Edward said after he finally contained his laughter. He got up from the couch and walked over to where I was standing, and wrapped his arms around my waist. I was still smiling and trying to get over how someone as big as Emmett could make such a girly sound.
"You only beat me because I was distracted." Emmett said and crossed his arms. "I demand a rematch and this time, we make sure the pixie stays locked up in her room."
"Oh don't be such a poop." Alice said as she came back into the living room with a designer purse slung over her shoulder. "Now lets get going so we can get everything and get ready before everyone comes."
"Fine, but we're taking my Jeep." Emmett said as he grabbed his keys from his pocket and jiggled them. "You know how much I feel like a trapped sardine in a can when we ride in Edward's precious little Volvo."
"Whatever. Lets just get a move on." Alice said rolling her eyes.
Edward grabbed my hand and followed Alice and Emmett into the kitchen and through a doorway. Once the lights were turned on, I looked around in awe at the vehicles inside the massive garage. The first car was a black Mercedes with tinted windows that reminded me a lot of those mob cars you seen on TV and in the movies. The next, was a midnight blue Land Rover and Edwards Sliver Volvo was parked to the left of it. And to the left of the Volvo was the giant gray Jeep that I first saw at the beach outing in La Push.
"Shot gun!" Alice squealed and started to make her way over to the front when Emmett stood in front of her blocking her way.
"No way little one. After what you pulled in there, you are riding in the back." He said with a serious expression and his arms crossed making him look like a bouncer at a night club.
"Emmett, you are such a sore loser. Just admit you would have lost even if I didn't 'distract' you." She said annoyed.
"I don't care. My Bella bear is riding in the front with me." He said and smiled at me.
I laughed, "Bella bear?"
"Yep." He said. "I'm your teddy bear and you're my Bella bear."
"Emmett, it's ok. Alice can ride in the front and I will sit with Edward in the back. Or, Edward can sit with you up front and I can sit in the back with Alice." I said. I can't believe we are discussing where to sit but I had to admit that I was happy with my new nickname from Emmett.
"See Emmett! Now move over and let either Edward or I sit there." Alice said aggravated. .
"No can do. The Emmett bus is not moving until Bella is in the front seat." He said and walked over to the driver's side to unlock the doors.
"Oh whatever." Alice muttered as she walked to one of the back doors and climbed in.
"Do you want to sit up front with Emmett?" I asked Edward almost hopeful. I can just picture Emmett's driving and I'd rather be in the back where I could at least hide my face from watching the highway pass by in a blur.
"It's okay Bella, you will be fine. I'll keep the pouting pixie company in the back." He said with a chuckle and kissed my cheek before walking to the other side of the Jeep.
I took a deep breath and opened the passenger door. It was still a climb to get in but at least it's not like Brandon's "Beast". Once we were all settled and buckled in, Emmett started the Jeep and opened the garage door before pulling out.
"All right Bella bear, since you are in the passengers seat, you are in control of the music." He said as he handed over his ipod.
"Um…okay." I said as I looked at his music selection. He had a bunch of artists that I haven't even heard of and realized that they must be hip-hop or rap artists.
"Any day now." Emmett said with a booming laugh.
"I have no idea. I've never heard or listened to any of these people before." I said as I scanned the list some more.
"Why don't you just put it on shuffle and we will listen to whatever comes on." Edward suggested from the back seat.
"Good idea." I said and did just that. I sat the ipod down inside the middle console and looked up which was a bad idea.
"Uh…Emmett? How fast are you going?" I asked a bit nervous trying to catch a look at the speedometer.
"I'm going as fast as my baby Jeep wants me too." He said with a giant grin. "Why? Are you scared Bella bear?"
"Well, I – no." I lied. Both Edward and Alice chuckled in the back seat.
"Good, cause I'm taking a short cut!" Emmett hollered. Suddenly, he swerved off the highway and onto a thin dirt road. Oh God, I'm going to die!
After what felt like endless torture of deadly off roading, but was really only five minutes, Emmett finally pulled back onto the highway and then into a mini mall parking lot that consisted of a grocery store, pet store, water store, and a movie rental store.
"Bella, you coming?" Edward's amused voice asked from my right side. I jumped, when the heck did he get there so fast?
"See Emmett, I should have ridden up front. You scarred poor Bella for life!" Alice said.
"I'm coming." I said as I took my hands off of the sides of the seat. I hadn't even realized I was still clutching it in my death grip. After I unclicked my seatbelt, Edward opened my door.
"Let me help you, I don't want you getting hurt since it looks like you're about to pass out." He said. And the next thing I knew, I was wrapped up in Edward's arms as he picked me up from my seat and carried me over to the sidewalk.
"All right. Lets go rent the movies first, then we can go get all the other stuff at the grocery store." Alice said as she was making her way over to the Movie Rental. Edward placed me back down on my feet, but kept his right arm possessively around my waist. I was quite glad he did, not only for the enjoyment of being in Edwards arms, but because I felt slightly shaky.
We spent almost a half an hour inside the movie rental. Emmett kept on insisting that we should rent a new children's movie about a talking dinosaur that traveled through time. Alice nearly beat him with the DVD every time he tried to sneak it in the hand basket with the others. I nearly died of laughter when he came walking up to Alice and I with a Peter Pan movie and pointed at Tinkerbell saying, "Look Alice! I found you!" Then he started running around the store clapping and chanting, "I do believe in Alice! I do! I do!"
After our hilarious adventure in the movie rental store and nearly being kicked out twice, Emmett put the five DVD's we rented in his Jeep and then we made our way over to the grocery store. Edward wrapped his arm around my shoulder when we walked by a group of ogling boys, which caused Alice to snicker, and her receiving a death glare from the both of us.
"So, what are we getting?" I asked as we made our way to a chip isle.
"Oh you know, the usual junk food." Alice said. Emmett was pushing the cart and popping every type of chip inside it.
Twenty minutes later, we were all standing in line to the check out with a cart full of junk food. We got every type of chip, soda, candy, popcorn, ice cream, and cookies imaginable.
"Oh my god. Bella you need to come with me, quick!" Alice suddenly said as she grabbed my hand and yanked me from Edward.
"Wh – Why?" I asked. She ignored me and continued pulling me.
"Alice, leave Bella alone." Edwards annoyed voice said from behind us.
"Yeah, where are you taking her?" Emmett asked curiously.
"Gosh, if you guys must know, I need some tampons and I was wondering which ones to choose. Unless you want Bella and I to hold our place in line and you two can go get them for me?" Alice asked irritated. The look on the guys' faces was absolutely hysterical.
"Hell no." Emmett said. Alice didn't even wait for Edward's reply, she just continued pulling me away from the line.
I noticed she kept stopping and scanning each isle and I was curious as to why she needed me to help her pick out tampons. I was just about to tell her that we passed the isle when suddenly Alice yelled out, "Mike!"
Mike Newton was standing in the canned food isle looking at an array of soups. His head snapped up the moment Alice called his name and smiled when he saw her dragging me over to where he was standing.
"Hey Alice! Hey Bella! What's up?" He asked as he put a can back on one of the shelves.
"Hey Mike! Bella and I were wondering if you would like to come over to my house tonight for a movie night?" Alice asked. Oh, I was wondering if he could?
"That sounds cool. Who all's going?" He asked with his usual cheery smile.
"Oh well, the usual. Rose, Jasper, Brandon, and Eli." She said, but said Eli's name a little bit longer than she usually did.
"Eli's going to be there?" He asked with a hint of a blush. Ah ha. So Alice was right about him liking Eli. I just hope that she's right about Eli liking him.
"Of course silly!" Alice exasperated.
"Ok cool, I'll come. What time do you want me over?" he asked with a little bit more pip to his voice.
"Yay! Okay, come over around six thirty!" She said with her famous squeal.
"Okay, I will." He said.
"All right, we better get going so we will see you later!" She said and then grabbed my hand again. I waved a good bye to Mike before she spun me around and dragged me back to the check out that we came from. Emmett and Edward were standing at the front of the check out with annoyed and embarrassed looks on their faces.
"What on earth are you guys doing?" I asked. They both snapped their heads towards us as we were making our way over to them.
"It's about time! I told her to wait because you went to go get…um you know, your womanly products." Emmett said and then looked at Alice's empty hands. "Where are they?"
"I decided I didn't need them after all." She said with a smile.
"You have got to be kidding." Emmett muttered under his breath and then turned back to the check out lady. "Well, it looks like this is all we need."
We packed up all the stuff in the back of Emmett's Jeep and then everyone made their way over to the doors.
"Um, Emmett." I said hesitantly. He turned around just as he was about to unlock the doors and smiled.
"Yeah Bella?" He asked.
"Is it okay if Alice or Edward sit up front?" I asked.
He chuckled, "Did I really scare you that bad?"
"Uh…. no…. I just…." I stuttered out.
"It's okay Bella bear. They can ride up front." He said and then continued with unlocking the doors.
I sighed in relief and climbed in the back seat with Edward while Alice sat up front with Emmett.
When we finally arrived back at the Cullen's, I wasn't as much as a mess as I was when we were riding to the store. I think riding in the back helped out a lot and plus having Edward hold me in place, didn't do much harm either.
After unloading all the groceries from the Jeep, we put what needed to be put in the freezer or refrigerator away, and then made our way into the living room where Carlisle and Esme were sitting on one of the sofa's watching TV.
"How did the shopping go?" Esme asked when she saw us walk in. Edward led me over to one of the couches and sat us down, still holding my hand.
"It went all right. We got a whole bunch of food and drinks and rented about five movies." Alice said as she plopped down into a recliner and held up the bag of movies.
"That's good. I decided to treat Esme to a dinner and movie tonight while you guys have your little party. I am sure that you don't want your parent's around cramping your style." Carlisle said with a small smile.
"Ok!" Alice exclaimed excitedly.
"But don't be going over board Alice." Esme said in a warning tone. "What time are you planning on having everyone over? I heard on the news there was going to be a nasty storm tonight."
"I won't Esme, I promise." Alice said and held up her right hand in a 'scouts honor'. "And everyone should be here by six thirty. I'll call in for some pizza around seven."
"All right. But if the storm gets too out of hand, I don't want any of those kids driving home until the storm lets down." She said worriedly.
"Okay, oh! I just had the perfect thought!" She said excitedly. "Can Bella spend the night? I have clothes and everything for her!"
"Well, I don't see why not." Esme said and turned to me and smiled, "Bella is always welcomed here. But it is up to her to decide if she wants to."
"What do you say Bella? Come on it will be so much fun!" Alice squealed. Hm…do I really want to spend the night with an over excited pixie? I felt Edward squeeze my hand. Oh, but Edward will be here of course!
"Okay. I will have to call Charlie though." I said which caused Alice to squeal all over again.
"Call him now!" She said in another squeal and came over to sit next to me on the couch. I took out my cell phone from my pocket and searched for Charlie's name. Once I found it, I hit the send button.
"Hey Bells. Is everything all right?" Charlie asked after answering on the second ring.
"Yeah, everything's fine dad. How's the fishing going?"
"It's going good. I caught two eight pounders and Jeff caught a nine pounder. Bob still hasn't had any luck yet but we should be leaving here pretty soon."
"Oh that's good. Um Dad, can I ask you something?"
"Sure Bells, what is it?"
"Alice wanted to know if I could spend the night over here at the Cullen's, so I was wondering if I could?" I bit my lip nervously as I waited. Alice scooted in closer and put her ear near the receiver as she crossed her fingers.
"Alice? The little bouncing ball of energy?" He asked. I chuckled and looked at Alice as she stuck her tongue out at me. But seriously, how many Alice's do I know?
"Yep, that's her dad." I said.
"Oh, okay. Sure that's fine with me then." Alice squealed right into me ear and I had to pause for a second before I could hear what Charlie was saying on the other end. Hopefully, the ringing in my ear will go away. I could just see myself at home answering the phone every five minutes thinking it was ringing.
He chuckled, "Was that her?"
"Yep, that was her." I said and suddenly my cell phone was being ripped out of my hand and Edward hissed an "Alice" from my side.
"Thank you so much for letting Bella stay the night Chief Swan!" Alice said excitedly. "Okay Charlie, and you, bet I will…Bella has everything she needs here so she is all set…Okay, will do!"
Alice handed me back the phone with a devious smile and I asked, "What did you tell her dad?"
"You know, just to make sure you don't trip over anything or end up in the hospital. Oh and I may have mentioned to make sure that she sees to it that you and Edward don't sleep in the same room together."
"Dad!"
"What Bells?" he asked innocently.
"You – you, never mind." I said.
"Well, I better get going Bells. I will see you tomorrow then?"
"Yeah. Make sure you eat something other than Pizza tonight Dad."
He chuckled, "Okay Bells. You have a good night and stay safe."
"All right Dad, you too. Bye."
"Bye." He said. I hung up my phone after I heard the click on the other end.
"Yay! We are going to have so much fun Bella!" Alice said as she started bouncing up and down on the couch, causing Edward and I to bounce with her.
"All right you guys, I think we are going to head up and get ready for dinner." Esme said. "If you need anything, you know where to find us."
"Okay! We are going to get everything set up in here. It's going on five thirty already." Alice said as she got up from the couch. With that, Esme and Carlisle got up from the other couch and made their way upstairs.
Alice turned to us and said, "Bella, you can come help me out with the food in the kitchen. And Edward, I know you guys don't want to do this type of thing, so why don't you give Emmett his rematch?"
"Hells yeah! I want my rematch bro. Especially if the pixie is going to be preoccupied." Emmett said and then headed over to the TV to set the game up.
"That's okay, I can help you guys out if you want." Edward said as we both stood up from the couch.
"Oh no you don't. You just want to help out because you can't stand to leave Bella's side but Edward, a girls gotta breathe ya know!" Alice said.
"As much as I would love to have you there helping us, I know you're not going to enjoy yourself much and would rather play that video game with Emmett." I said as I wrapped my arms around his neck and he slinked his tightly around my waist.
"But I would much rather be with you." He said as he placed his lips lovingly on my forehead.
I heard Emmett make a gagging noise in the back ground and chuckled, "Edward, I would love to be with you two. But I need to have a chat with Alice anyways."
Edward sighed deeply, "Okay. Don't take too long though."
"I hate to break your guys' lovey dovey moment here, but we really need to start getting ready." Alice said as she came over to me and reached up to grab one of my hands from around Edward's neck.
Edward and I parted as Alice started to drag me in the direction of the kitchen. I stopped before Alice could drag me any further and pulled my hand out of hers. I ran back over to Edward who was still watching us retreat and threw my arms around his neck.
I kissed him with all the love I had in me and when we pulled away breathless I said, "I love you Edward."
And with that, I pulled out of his arms and ran back over to Alice, leaving a shocked Edward behind.
AN: Well, there you have it! I hope I still have my audience out there and I hope I am keeping you guys well entertained and not boring you to death. I know this is moving kind of slow, especially with the whole Bella over at the Cullen's but, I wanted to make her day/night there a special one so that's why I am spending more time on it. So, what do you guys think about Eli and Mike? I always liked Mike and I knew he wasn't the right one for Bella, but I always thought that he wasn't a bad guy. So, I thought I would give him some credit in this story since most I have read bash the poor thing to death :/ Anyways, the next chapter will be the end of her first adventure at the Cullen's and the story will move on from there.
So, next chapter: Everyone comes over for the movie party. What's going to happen with Eli and Mike? And is there a nasty storm brewing that will change some plans? Well, you will have to wait and see in the next chapter! I promise I won't take as long with the next one. So please please please review! I know I probably don't deserve it since I kept you guys waiting for so long, but your guys' reviews help me out sooooo much! Please and thank you! And big Emmett and Edward bear hugs for all of you!
PS: I got my Twilight DVD at the midnight release! Eeek! Now, I can watch it over and over and over again!
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Okay, you don't have to read this but I just wanted to share a crazy/weird/cool/fun dream I had and I knew being obsessed with Twilight would soon render me to dream about it sometime. So, I did just that. It was totally not what I was expecting or whom I was expecting to be with in the dream, but I loved it non-the less.
So, for some reason I was running away from all the Cullen's (Edward, Alice, Jasper, Emmett, and Rose). I think I was at some school since there were lockers around and I found this little cubby behind one of them and hid there as they all went running by and went into a room. When I thought the coast was clear, I got out and began running in the opposite direction when I ran into someone. I looked up and noticed that it was Emmett. I tried to scream but he put his hand around my mouth, stopping me. He said that it was going to be okay and that he was going to take me away from them. And then the next thing I knew, he was running with me on his back. But, at one point he was actually flying (lol, I know that sounds absolutely ridiculous. When Emmett turned into Pete Pan, I have no idea). Anyway, I knew he was flying since we were going right over water that I think was a lake. We ended up landing and I asked him where we were. He said that the place was like their own personal Island and that I would be safe from the rest of them with him there.
It had to be one of the most funnest dreams ever, especially when we were flying! I actually felt butterflies in my stomach. But, hopefully next time I will be running with Edward and not away from him :( I still love Emmett though :D