I want to thank you all for the great reviews I got. I would love to hear what the rest of you are thinking about this!! I know I left it on a cliffhanger but here is the chapter you have been waiting for! The songs for this are "That's What Friends are For" by Carole King and "We Are The Champions" by Queen. As for the disclaimer I don't own these characters I am just taking them on the ride of their life.
We all were all lined up. Even Duff was there holding the head of the beaver in his hands. I laughed at that. Even the best of the best have their moments. Keegan cleared his throat and grabbed the bronze medal.
"The bronze medal goes to Bronwen Webber for her cake of Blue's Clues. Good job!" he put the medal around her. All I could think was ok no third place for us.
"The silver goes to Colette Peters for Spongebob." He placed the medal around her.
All I could think was don't faint. If we did not win that was ok. We were on national TV and that meant exposure if nothing else.
"Ladies and gentlemen the winner of the Nickelodeon Challenge is Bella Swan!" he put the gold medal around my neck and handed me a huge check with my name on it. I heard Alice squeal and it was the first inclination I knew she was there.
Angela hugged me in full force. The others congratulated me and they all pretty much said that we had talent. They all looked forward to working with us in the future. All I could do was remember to breath. The butterflies were gone instantly but replace by the adrenaline rush I was feeling. I could have never done this without Angela or Ben. I would thank them from the bottom of my heart eventually.
Group pictures were taken with everyone. Then they took individual ones with the cakes and then the ones that placed. Then the media took ones of Angela and I with the President of Nickelodeon. It was then I realized that the check said $50,000. I nearly died right there but then I thought those would be great pictures for the media. I sucked in a deep breath and just took it all in.
The crowds left and it was just the contestants and I left. I notice a group of people by themselves and then realized who they were. Alice had her hand in Jasper's. Emmett had his hands around Rose's wasted and Edward had a weird smirk on his face. What the hell?! They all came and did not tell me. How did I not notice them in the crowd? The familiar faces that were once strangers were now my friends. For them to be there to support me meant so much to me. I was shocked at Edward being there and it made me wonder if they had to hog tie him to get him to come. We were not exactly friends at this point.
Alice bounced over to me and literally jumped into my arms. She squeezed me tight and had tears in her eyes. We had our moment together. I doubted myself through all of this but Alice knew I could take the top. She knew I would walk away a winner. We both had tears in our eyes. Everyone let us have our moment and then walked over to congratulate us.
"Bella you rocked!! Angela what can I say?" Emmett said nothing else. We all laughed cause he was usually so full of them. Rose hugged me and placed a kiss on my cheek. She was silent but we both knew what she meant. Jasper told us congratulations as Edward just stayed back and watched me. I don't know what was going on in his head but the wheels were turning.
"Bella mom and dad could not make it. Dad had business in Seattle but they will be back in Portland when we get back. All mom said was there was a surprise for both of us."
We had a long day and even though I was tired the adrenaline was racing through my veins. I was congratulated again and we headed to our room. I was startled when everyone joined us in the elevator. They all laughed when they said they were right next door since yesterday.
"Alice had the whole idea planned out when we got back from taking you to the hanger. I just made sure all the details were ready for us when we got here." Jasper just smiled at her.
"You have no idea what plans are in her head. She is down right scary sometimes. Especially when she shops! You have no idea what you are getting into." Alice glared at me but then started laughing. We joined her as we got off the elevator.
I went to the door of our suite and realized no one had gone to their rooms. They just stood there looking at me.
"What? Oh dear god I had something in my nose the entire time! Angela why did we not do a body check!?" I spun around looking like a tornado. I checked myself seeing if anything was wrong.
"Bella you are buzzing!! The energy and adrenaline is oozing out of you!" Alice smiled.
"What can I say? I never expected to place let alone win this! I just want to go out and have some fun! This is my first time in New York and I want to see some night life before we go home tomorrow." Ok I was bouncing just like Alice now. Damn adrenaline rush!
"That is my girl. We are going to hit a club and celebrate this victory! Everyone lobby in one hour! We are going to hit Duvet!"
Obviously Alice had done her homework or Jasper had planned this. I unlocked our door and she swooped me inside. I noticed clothes spread out on the bed as she shoved me towards the shower. I took off my cloths and put them in a pile by the sink. I turned on the shower and got in. The water felt so good on my sore muscles. I did not realize just how sore I was after all that standing. The pain went away as I scrubbed and washed.
"Bella get your ass out here we have things to do before we go!" Alice screamed at me. I did not realize I had been in the shower that long. I noticed she was in a short flapper dress with her ankle high Louboutin boots on. Her hair was all spiked up and her make up dark and sexy.
She pushed me down in the chair and blew dried my hair. She handed me a beautiful silver dress. She also handed me a blue push up bra and panty set to go with it. I put them on and came out to show it off.
"Alice this dress barely covers my ass. If I bend over the whole world will get an eye full let alone see my business." I tried to pull it down but it would not budge. She rolled her eyes at me as she handed me the thigh high Louboutin boots she got me for Christmas last year. She started in on my hair. Curling it this way and that. She dotted make up on my face. I was sure I was looking like a women of the night. She turned me around to the mirror.
"Admit it you look hot! No guy will be able to take their eyes off you!" She smiled at her creation. I had to admit she was right. I did look hot though I made a mental note not to bend over to far during the night.
We both walked out of the room and notice Angela sitting on the couch. I noticed she was in her pajamas and had ordered room service.
"Ang why are you not going with us? You won this just as much as I did. You deserve to have a night out to celebrate." I went over and sat down next to her. She really was my wing man in all of this.
"Bella I know you want me to go out. We can do our own celebration when we get back home. I missing Ben something terrible and want to call him." She had a blush on her cheeks. Both Alice and I knew what she had planned. I hugged her again and pecked her cheek.
"Ang I could have never done this without you. We will have a girls night out when we get back. Have fun with Ben and tell him I owe him for the help." I smirked at her as I closed the door. Alice and I walked to the elevator and headed down to the lobby.
We stepped out and heard a whistle and a smack. I looked over and saw Jasper on a couch rolling in laughter. I saw Emmett rubbing his head and Rosalie smiling cat like.
"Asshat…you know better than to wolf call at them like that." Rose was mad but she then kissed him. All was forgive after that.
"What can I say they are hot! Who would have known that they had it in them. All we have seen them is in jeans and t-shirts." Emmett rubbed his head and kissed Rose's hand. I shook my head at them. They were perfect for each other those two.
"Emmett Cullen take that back. We looked good the night Bella ran into you!" Alice had her hands on her hips and was sulking. Jasper got up and went over and took her into his arms.
"You were both beautiful that night but not as beautiful as you do tonight." He kissed her on the lips and then pulled away. I saw her fanning her face and blushing. She looked at me and smiled but knew the pain I had in my eyes.
She knew I wanted someone special in my life. I had not found him yet and talking on the internet was no substitution. I shook out of my pity party for one and finally looked at what Rosalie was wearing. She was in a blood red halter dress. There was barely enough fabric to cover her body. The front was open clear down to her smooth stomach. It was short but one side was angled down to her thigh. I don't know how she kept it on. She wore red stilettos to match and her hair was simple. She was drop dead beautiful and Emmett could not keep his hands off her.
"Rose you look drop dead gorgeous but how the hell are you keeping that on!!" I looked at her kind of puzzled.
"Double stick tape put in places you would not want to go to. Really Alice with all your fashion sense you have not taught her about that?"
"Rosalie she does not wear revealing clothes. You should have seen the fit she through when I showed her the dress she has on." She laughed and Rosalie joined in. I just blushed and walked out the door. I am not going to wear something that shows my business. I tried pulling the dress down more but it would not budge.
I noticed a stretch black limo outside. The driver opened the door for me and then said congratulations on my job well done. He had been at the show and was very impressed. I blushed again and said thank you. I got in and waited for the others to come out. They soon followed and the girls were on one side with the boys on the other.
"So what is Club Duvet?" I asked and Alice tried to hold a giggle. Obviously she knew what the club was about and was keeping a secret.
"Emmett and I have been there before. They have dancing, food and drinks. It is a nice place to watch the crowd and have a good time." She smirked at Emmett when she said that. You could feel the heat between them even though they were apart. Before we left Emmett could not keep his hands off of her and this was killing him for not touching her.
I looked at each one of the boys. I do have to say they all looked nice. Nice? Hell they were all hot including Mister Pissy pants himself. Emmett was in black jeans, white t-shirt and a leather jacket. Jasper wore black too and just had a vest on. Edward had a sports jacket on and a white tuxedo shirt underneath. Jasper caught my eye as I was checking them out and laughed.
"Ok you caught me I was checking you all out. What can I say you all clean up really nice." I bit my lip and looked out the window. They all laughed at me and started making small talk. I just kept looking out the window and was in awe of all the buildings passing us. Some of them were just beautifully done. The sculpted trees, the windows and the doors were just eye catching. I wanted to come back to New York and really take it all in.