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Bella Pov
Man oh man is Alice mad at me. Rose was so wrong about Alice's feelings towards what happened. I've been trying to ask her what she thinks is best for us to do with the apartment for the last five days, but she won't talk to me. Edward joked that it's karma for what I did to him, and it kind of put me in a bad mood.
"Too soon", He asked with a fake wince. I pout, phone in hand pissed that she ignored another one of my calls. He reaches out to me trying to pull me close to him. I let him.
He pulls me into his lap, my back to his chest. He kisses the side of my face. "At least now I can joke out it, B. That means that we are moving past it", I turn slightly in his lap.
"Edward", He sits up straighter when I say his name. "This is not about us okay, please understand that", I say cautiously. He nods.
"I do understand it, baby, but understand that I know Alice okay", He kisses my lips. "She'll come around", He tries to look into my eyes.
I twiddle my fingers not looking at him. "She's right you know, about us", He furrows his eyebrows. "We, I mean, this thing-", I sigh heavily adjusting myself on his lap. "Us dating", I push.
He furrows his eyebrows deeper, searching my face. "What about it"
"It's sudden. We are sudden. I haven't even told Charlie", His face drops slightly as if remembering something.
"Baby", He turns me to fully face him. "I told you that I would take care of everything, didn't I?", I nod.
"That can't include Charlie. You're not his biggest fan", I say like it's not a big deal but it is.
"In time Bella. One hurdle at a time.", I nod again.
"And what about Alice?", I ask him. "We have to get this apartment situation figured out. We are closing in on April", He purses his lips.
"Stop worrying. Look what I did for you", He motions around the room and I giggle. "I left work early to spend time with you and you're going to talk about Alice the whole time", I smile, turning my body to straddle him, locking my arms around his neck. He holds me firmly looking me in the eyes.
"My apologies,", I dip my head. I lean forward to kiss him but I'm stopped short by my phone ringing. Both of us turn our head towards my phone on the bar. I huff.
Edward looks at me before standing quickly making me gasp. "Shit", I squeak out. He walks to the bar, me holding on to him like a monkey, his hands firmly cupping my ass. He picks up my phone answers it and gives it to me.
"Hello", I say without looking to see who's on the phone.
"Bella?", I furrow my eyebrows in confusion.
"Mom?", I ask in shock.
"Is there another person saved in your phone under mom", she deadpans. Yes actually Esme's name is saved under mom, just in all caps.
"No, mom, I just didn't look at the-", I wave it off. "-whatever! Anyways, how are you", I ask.
"Bella", she starts. "You've been there over a month and have not called your mother. That is not like you", she ignores my question. She could have called me. The phone does work both ways.
"I know, I've just been so busy with-", she cuts me off again. Edward grins, not able to hear Renee but he knows how Renee is and can tell that I am flustered. He rubs my back for support. I smile appreciatively not listening to my mothers rant.
"-busy? Bells, sweetie you are never, never, never too busy for your mother", she says to me and I roll my eyes remembering that its better to just agree with her. It gets her off of the phone quicker.
"You're right mom. I'm going to make an effort", I roll my eyes again. Edward kisses my neck. "You should come visit soon.", flip the switch on her and see how she likes it.
She makes a noise into the phone. "I don't know babygirl, maybe in a few months. Phils taking me around the world", she said excitedly.
"That's great mom", Edward pokes my side, I swat his hand looking over at him. He mouths,'hurry up, I'm hungry', I roll my eyes at him. "You must be very excited"
"Oh, I am Bells. Get a man like Phil, and you will soon be traveling the world too", she says like thats a goal of mines.
"Mom if I want to travel I don't need a boyfriend to do it", Edward raises an eyebrow, having only heard my end of the conversation. "I can afford to travel on my own. I have a great job", she sighs.
"Oh that's right, you work for Edward", I nod as if she could see me. "You didn't learn your lesson Bella, you can't trust those people. ", Come again?
"I-okay?", I say utterly confused. I mean hell, be happy with something that I'm doing. But of course if it's not about Renee, then she's not interested.
"I'm just saying Bells-", I cut her off.
"Well, my job is going great mom, thanks for asking", I say to her sarcastically. She doesn't reply, she just sighs into the phone.
After a beat she speaks. "I'm just saying Bella, if you had applied yourself, you could've worked hard and owned your own restaurant. You wouldn't have had to sleep with Edward to do so. I told you to stay away.", I open my mouth ready to respond wondering if I heard her properly.
I nod my head, convinced that Renee has lost her fucking mind. "Nice talking to you mom", I say sarcastically continuing to nod my head completely stunned, ready to end this conversation.
"You had to know that I would find out that you're shacking up with Edward.", she says firmly. I hop off of Edwards lap and walk towards the front door. He doesn't follow. "For godsakes Bella, you're backtracking, okay, and I can't just sit by and watch", What the fuck is she talking about? "He is possessive, and obsessive and...he is just not for you Bella. He's the reason that you haven't called me I bet"
"I can't do this right now", I whisper, pushing my hair out of my face. "I appreciate your help Renee, your warning, or whatever-", I feel Edward walk up behind me, arms encircling my body. "-I really do appreciate it", I say softly with closed eyes, enjoying the warmth and comfort that Edwards arms bring me. I relax into his embraces. "I love you, mom, really I do, but I got to go"
"Okay, Bells, but just...be carefully okay. Call me when you just want to talk okay", I say okay. "Love you sweetie goodbye", I roll my eyes as she hangs up. I toss the phone on the couch like it's fire, rubbing my hands over my face breathing with closed eyes.
"It's just so hard to talk to her sometimes", I nod completely understanding. He's been there since the beginning.
"It's okay, Bella" , I continue to rub my face.
"No, no, Edward it's not. I shouldn't have to listen to that. Why can't she be supportive of anything that I do?", He pulls my hands into his hands. "Can we talk about something else.", I look down then back up up at him.
He lets my hands go rubbing the back of his head. He turns away from me, but quickly turns back. "I actually do have something that I desperately need to tell you, baby, and I promise that I'm going to tell you, but I just need time", He looks at me sadly.
"Is this about Emmett's warnings on Saturday", He furrows his eyebrows.
"What did Emmett tell you", He takes a step towards me with a hand extended.
"Just that I should go easy on you", He looks down nodding his head. "Wish that I was in on the secret.", His head snaps up.
"I promise that you will be. Trust me", He smiles and I mirror the smile.
"I do trust you", He takes me into his arms kissing me. "I want to enjoy my day with you.", He adjust my body in his arms. I just have one nagging question in my head, and no matter how badly I want to enjoy my day with Edward, I have to know. "Do you think that Charlie will accept this", He doesn't say anything for the longest time. "What is it about you that he doesn't like-", He cuts me off.
"With him there doesn't have to be a reason Bella. He didnt need a reason for a lot of the things that he did", Edward says, and I move out of his embrace to sit ready for him to once again point out my dads flaws. "B, I'm just saying, don't get your hopes up for him to instantly embrace our relationship"
"I'm just supposed to be okay with my dad not liking you", I ask confused. "The two people that I love the most in the world seem to hate each other", He kneels in front of me. "I can't accept that",
"Let me talk to him", My eyes snap to his. "I have to do this, B.", He looks down. "This has been going on for too long. He couldn't accept our friendship, and now we are something more, Bella...he has to accept it because I want you in my life. I love you", I smile, taking his face into my hands. I tear up a bit thinking about all the time that I wasted running away from this. Running away from my happily ever after. For what reason? I could have tried to stay with Charlie. I could have done something different.
"I'm so stupid", His smile drops.
"Baby, you are n-", I interrupt him.
"I love you so much", tears stream down my face. "I loved you and I ran. Yeah, I pretty much had no choice but to leave, but God...Edward, I treated you horribly. How can you forgive me", He leans forward to kiss me.
"Because I love you, thats how. Because you make me happy...and I can't envision my life with out you in it, and right by my side.", I kiss him deeper, he breaks from the kiss, but leans forward and kisses my teary eyes, my cheeks, my neck, and collar bone. His love for me radiates from his actions, and it makes me love him more. He comes up from his kneeling position an turns to sit on the couch, leaning forward to kiss me.
He pulls me into his lap and pulls my shirt over my head, bending down taking my breast into his mouth. It feels so good I feel my insides clench and I lul my head back. When he comes up to kiss me I suck on his tongue, he tilts my head kissing me harder.
He kisses me feverishly along my chest, my breast, my ribs leaving me breathless. He looks me deep in the eyes. "You are my life Bella. I'm in this baby. I want you. I want all of you, for the rest of my life. I want us to forget our past and move forward together", I nod. He's so sweet. I smile, leaning forward I kiss every part of his face and we look at each other letting the emotions over take us.
"Room...now", I pant out. He stands lifting me by my ass, and walks upstairs to his bedroom. He lays me down, and pulls my pants and underwear down my legs leaving a trail of kisses. He then stands back upright removing his clothes. "Come here", I say reaching for him. He sits up on the bed, and straddle him, kissing him, trying to show him that I feel the same way. I reach underneath me and touch his erection and position myself slowly on him taking him inside, it feels so good, my eyes roll in to the back of my head and I quiver. I ride his dick, loving the feel of his hands on my breasts.
"You feel so good baby", He moans out. I clench tightly around his dick, as I ride him. I feel him deep and throbbing inside of me.
"Ahh", I moan out, as he grips my ass pushing me down on his dick.
"You feel that baby. God, you are so tight" He bites down on my shoulder. He speeds up the pace thrusting into me, I shudder feeling my orgasm begin slowly.
"Oh my god", I throw my head back.
"Fuck, baby." We both come and hold each other, he puts his hand on my ass, pulling me close, squeezing me so tightly, but he doesn't pull out of me."You riding my dick baby", He sits up looking at me, smile on his face. "Sexiest thing ever. This ass...fuck", He squeezes my ass roughly closing his eyes.
"You only love me for my ass", I giggle. He pecks my lips.
"I love you because your passionate, loving, kind, intelligent, beautiful, and you make me happy", I kiss him, we smile in the kiss. He pulls back looking at me with a serious face. "Your ass is a definite plus though", I shove him playfully and he laughs pulling on the arm that I shoved him with. We both stop our movement when his phone rings. I roll off of him so that he can reach down for his pants pocket to grab his phone.
He smiles at me as he answers the phone. "Hello", He climbs onto the bed, kissing my lips. He pulls back with an agitated look on his face. "I can't do this right now", He moves the phone switching ears, glancing at my he turns his back to me. "Sure, yeah, whatever", He hangs up laying back on the bed rubbing his face.
I rub down his arm. "Anything I can help with?", He shakes his head.
"It was just Tanya", He runs a hand through his hair. "She wants to have lunch tomorrow", I cross my arms over my chest.
"And you said yes", I ask looking into his eyes. He nods. "Thank you for...being honest with me", I quickly hop off of the bed. He reaches out and grabs my arm, head bowed.
"Bella, I owe it to her to-", I cut him off.
"-to what Edward? You don't owe her shit", He looks back up.
"B, I'm being honest with you. I don't want secrets between us.", He looks down, grabbing my hands in his. "Baby, I made a mistake, and I just really need you to understand that I have been in a bad place without you and this mistake is going to directly affect you. All of my mistakes come back on me, but baby, please know that what I am about to tell you does not change anything. I love you so so so much", He inhales deeply. I wait patiently not knowing what to expect. He closes his eyes, clenches his jaw bone, and reopens his eyes with flared nostrils. "Tanya is pregnant", His eyes look up and begin to search mines.
I stand still, and quiet.
This is a joke right? I almost laugh.
She's psychotic. No way is she fucking pregnant. "How do you know that? When did you find that out", I ask quickly.
"She told me last week", I snatch my arms away and fold them across my chest.
"And you believe her", he nods. I roll my eyes.
"We've had sex multiple times within the last few months. The last time being the night at the club", I take a step away from him. Well that shit hurt worst than thinking he had been with the blonde bimbo bitch.
"So, what now?", He looks at me with raised eyebrows. "You have lunch with her...you go with her to doctors appointments...you two have a family together, get married, what-", He interrupts me.
"-B", He says as he stands, and takes a cautious step towards me not taking his eyes off of me.
Why does everything have to be complicated with us? Why can't we just continue at the rate we are going?
"You're going to have a baby Edward. With that fucking bitch...God", I turn away from him with my hand to my forehead. "Where do I fit in that"
"Bella, baby, I love you. This changes nothing for me.", He glances down before looking back up at me with raised eyebrows. "I've been trying to figure out the best way to tell you, but then I realized...there is no perfect way to tell you.", I look down at myself remembering that I'm naked. I try to cover myself.
He takes my face in his hands. "Does this change anything for you", I start to say of course it does. I don't fit in the picture. There will always be an issue because I'm the only thing standing in the way of their perfect family. I'll be giving the Cullens and Elena another reason to keep us apart. I can't possibly go through this again.
Can I?
"Edward", I say softly. He rubs my cheek, staring into my eyes lovingly. I can't just leave him again. Last time that I left I knew that I felt something for him, but now that I know for a fact that I'm in love with him, I can't just give that up. I can't keep running. We can make this work. I repeat this on my head over and over. I close my eyes.
Flash backs of different things, different situations that he and I have made it through come back to my remembrance. We've been through so much together. We've survived so many things together.
We can make this work.
We can get through this.
"We can make this work", He smiles, leaning forward to kiss me. He pulls me into a hug, kissing my neck.
"We will make it through this baby. Nothing changes B, I love you so much", He kisses me. "Come to lunch with me", He ask slightly begging.
"Tomorrow...with Tanya", I look away. "I don't think that's a good idea", I shake my head.
"I want you with me...please come with me", I doesnt even seem appropriate for me to be there. It has nothing to do with me. His eyes search mines, begging me to say yes, so I do.
I nod. "This is going to piss Tanya off", He shrugs.
"We'll have to be adults about it", He picks up his boxers and puts them on.
He sits back on the bed, head in his hands. "How are you taking everything", I sit beside him, grabbing his hand. I want to be supportive. He's been through so much.
"I don't know, B, I just...I didn't even believe her until Saturday. I haven't had time to really sit down and process it. I've been so worried about how I was going to tell you", He grabs his hair with a tug. "Now that you know...I'm just now processing it. ", His head goes back into his hands. He groans. "Fuck",
"As long as you want me here, I'm here for you, okay.", He looks up and nods.
"I will always want you. I will always need you", I kiss him, wrapping my arms around his neck.
"Come on, lets get going", I stand quickly. He looks up confused. "I'm determined to get Alice to talk to me", He stands grabbing my hips.
"What did you have in mind",
"You-", I poke his chest. "-tell Jasper to get Alice to Bellevue, and I will take it from there", He nods. "Tell him not to tell her that I'm coming, or she may not come",He nods again.
"Why Bellevue", He goes to his closet, stops short and turns to me. "It's okay with me, I just want to know why you don't want to go to Cafe Signo. Its closer"
"You're less likely to try to work if you go to Bellevue. It's less busy", He nods in understanding.
"You think of everything", I smile bending down to pick my clothes up and walking down the hall to change my clothes.
I get dressed in yellow sundress, and babydoll flats, ready for my first visit to Bellevue. I hear the bedroom door open.
"Ready", Edward asks.
"Sure, yea, let me just find my phone", I look around. "I think I left it in your room", I look up and its in his hand. He laughs. "Asshole", I mumble.
"Uh, Jacob called", He rubs the back of his neck showing his discomfort. I can tell by his body language that there is something that he wants to say.
"What's bothering you",
"I, uh...are you going to tell him...about us.", He points to my phone in my hand.
"Who Jake?", I squeak out. He nods with pursed lips. "Yeah, I mean...eventually", I look down at my phone. I roll my eyes. "He's a great friend, Edward", Edward takes a step forward.
"Yea", He purses his lips, leaning back on his heels. "He is", I nod sensing sarcasm.
I cup my fforehead trying to figure out what reason would I have for not telling him, other than upsetting him. "I don't even know why I'm thinking so hard about it. Of course I'm going to tell him",
"If he's a great friend then he will accept your decision...I did",I nod in agreement.
"You're right.", I reach up to fix his collar. "You kept this for me", I rub his facial hair. He nods, bending his neck to kiss me. "I love you with scruff, its sexy",
"And I love you in dresses.", He touches my dress, slowly hiking it up on one side touching my thigh. "Easy access", He squeezes my thigh. Then he reaches higher, tracing the lining of my underwear. I bite my lip, slightly hoping that he'll push the panties to the side, and relieve my aching pussy. I bite my lip again, looking up at him through my lashes. "Don't make that face, baby, because I will quickly say forget Alice, and i'll fuck you right now", I moan.
"Maybe you should", He takes an impossible step closer forcing ne to take a step back, my legs hitting the bed. I lean up kissing him slowly, but pulling back quickly. "We have to go.", I pull completely out of his embrace. He looks down, and I follow his eyes to his erection. He lays a hand over his eyes, groaning in frustration.
"I can't go anywhere with this shit", He motions to his dick with both hands.
I giggle walking back towards him. "I'll take care of that tonight", I kiss his cheek. He groans.
"In the mean time-", He says eyebrows raised.
"Try to...I don't know...shove it down", I laugh at his attempt at adjusting himself.
He throws his hands up. "Fuck it.", I laugh harder.
"Edward youre not the first guy to go in public with a hard on.", He walks pass me, I reach out and he flinches away.
"Don't touch me, B. That's how this happened in the first place", I laugh again, making a sympathetic face.
"Oh, baby, come here", He mumbles no, walking out of the door. I double over laughing. "Are you really upset", I tilt my head to the side hands on my hips at the top of the steps with him at the bottom looking up at me.
"Look at this", He is practically busting out of the pants, it honestly looks painful. "There is no hiding this Bella", I laugh again, making my way down the steps to him.
I grab his hand. "Come on", He huffs but walks with me out of the door. "Can I drive", He raises an eyebrow.
"Can you drive?", He asked with a laugh. "My volvo is my baby",
I roll my eyes. "Of course I can drive.", He shrugs, tossing me the keys. I squeak.
Twenty minutes later we walk in to Bellevue. I take in the surroundings, the music, the customers. Everything is modern, not very family friendly like Cafe Signo. There's no tv's thank god. The customers are impeccably dressed, I slightly feel out of place. I look down at my attire. I thought that the sundress was a good call.
I hear Edward telling the hostess who he is, but she keeps insisting there's no empty tables at the moment, he huffs in frustration. I look over at him taking out his phone. "What's your name", He asks the hostess.
"Evelyn", she replies sweetly. "If you can wait a few I'll have a table cleaned for you", I nod.
"That wont be necessary", He says to her putting the phone to his ear. "I thought there was a section reserved for my dinner meetings. Evelyn here can't seem to read opentable", I lightly elbow him for being rude.
"Sweetie, the section of the 40's are always reserved for Edward Cullen. There's three tables over there", I point to the platform, in the back corner of the room.
"Yea, the overflow section", she replies to me. I smile hoping a light bulb goes off in her head. "I'm sorry, no one's allowed there", It's as if she's not listening to a word that we are saying to her.
Then I see Bree in a knee length black suit, knee length skirt and white under shirt, with 6 in heels on. She looks different then she does when she's over at Cafe Signo. She looks a lot older than 21. I wave at her. she waves back, and starts towards us.
"Your table is this way, if you'll follow me.", She takes the menus out of the hostess hands and leads us to our table. We sit down, Bree places the menus in front of us. "Go easy on her, she's still in training", I nod, Edward still looks a bit agitated.
"Why doesn't she understand opentable? It's not that difficult. Make sure she gets it by the end of the night...and for gods sakes tell her who the fuck I am, and that this section is not and will never be overflow. Who told her that it was", Bree rubs her temples.
"Just take a wild guess at who begged to train her", I bet it's Jessica. I look over at Edward. "She wanted to prove herself"
"Jessica", Bree nods. "Are these tables blocked out on opentable, or reserved",
"I'm not sure, Jessica and Ryan were here for morning shift, I just got here literally two minutes before you walked in. I have class Friday mornings", Edward nods.
"Find out", I sigh, he glances over at me.
"Okay, well you two enjoy your meal", Bree walks away, Edward looks over at me.
"Whats wrong", He takes my hand.
"You're off today", He sighs heavily.
"Yea, I know I'm sorry. I just want to know for damn sure who is directly responsible for the opentable mishap. It's unacceptable. Trainees are to learn opentable, and table numbers the first day"
"Jessica dropped the ball Edward. You can't blame Evelyn for this. She didn't train herself", He nods.
"What is your problem with Jessica", He asks me with a smirk on his face.
"I don't have a problem with her", He cracks a smile.
"Oh, but you do swangirl, you do", I laugh, pulling my hand away.
"I don't like her slacking ways. You don't realize how much of her slack Angela, and pretty much every one else picks up.", I fold my arms. "When I work nights with her, I have to sign off on paperwork, watch everyone do their money drops, and close up. What does she do? Nothing", I shudder in disgust. "You know that I hate people with poor work ethics. Lazy people piss me off. You don't want to work, stay the fuck home. Let somebody who wants to work take your place.", Jessica really rubs me the wrong way.
"I do notice her poor work ethics", He says as the waitress comes and takes our drink order. "Two more will be joining us", the waitress nods and walks away. "I promise you that I notice"
"So why don't you do something about it. Garrett has great work ethics. He's constantly looking for something to do to stay busy", He nods.
"Garrett had a tardy problem before you showed up. If you remember correctly I hate when people are late.", I nod. "Garrett had a problem with that and so did Mike", He continues to stare at me. "They haven't been late or missed a day since you've started...I wonder why", He sits back in his seat, analyzing something.
"That's a good thing right.", The waitress brings our drinks. "Thank you", we both say to her. "Shouldn't they be on time", He shrugs, seeming to dismiss and idea.
"Sure, yea, I just...I don't know.", He shrugs and clears his throat. "I had been getting on them for weeks before training class"
"Mike told me that you hate him", I laugh as I say it knowing that Mike was kidding when he said it. "He said that you hate him because he's better looking than you"I laugh harder.
"Mike is out of his fucking mind. If I hated him I would have fired his stoner ass a long time ago", I take a sip of my drink glancing towards the door. I see Alice and Jasper being led to us by Bree. I sit up straighter, preparing myself. Alice and I lock eyes for a second before she looks away.
"You two couldn't be more obvious", She looks from Jasper to Edward as she sits down next to Edward across from me.
"I set this up Alice", Her eyes snap to my face. "I miss you",
She stares at me for a second not saying anything. She shakes her head. "I can't believe you think that I'm like that Bella. That you think we are like that", she motions to herself and Edward. "My family is nothing like that", I nod agreeing with her.
"I agree", I look over at Edwards confused face remembering that I didn't tell him everything that I had said to Alice. "Alice forget what I said...I love you like a sister, and I never meant to hurt you", she nods. "Can you please forgive me", she rolls her eyes folding her arms over her chest.
"Cut the crap Bella. I listened to all of your voicemails, okay. I know that you just want me to do something about the apartment", she starts to get up. "Consider it handled", She stands and Jasper pulls her back down. She huffs. "Are you going to hold me hostage all day? I told her that I would handle it", she speaks to Alice.
"Alice, listen to what she has to say", Jasper says quietly. She pouts.
"Alice, honestly, it's not about that.", I shake my head. I love living with her. I can't loose Alice's friendship. "I want us to move back into our apartment...I just want to know if you're willing", I glance at Edward and see a flash of disappointment cross his face. "I really do miss you, and I love living with you. You're the best roommate ever", she cracks a smile.
"You're just saying that because your last two roommates were total bitches", I furrow my eyebrows.
"My last two roommates?", I question.
"Your mom and Lauren", I laugh, she joins in.
"You really dislike Renee huh", She nods. "She can be bitchy, but I wouldn't call her a bitch per se"
"That's because she's your mom", I laugh not being able to share my opinion. I wonder what she would think of my conversation today with Renee.
I hear Edward clap his hands together. "Now that that is settled can we please order. I'm starving", I lean over kissing the corner of his mouth.
I roll my eyes at him not looking in his direction. "So can you forgive me Alice"
She reaches for my hand and squeezes. "Of course Bella. I let them comment go on Monday when I talked to my dad. I was just upset about your voicemail. It seemed like you didn't care about what happened, you just wanted out of the apartment so that you could live with this asshole.", She nods her head to Edward. He shrugs. "I'm still mad at you Edward", Alice huffs.
"Of course you are Alice. Until you want something from me", He motions for the waitress.
"Actually yeah, I could use your help.", He rolls his eyes as the waitress strolls over. Alice and Jasper make their drink order, and we all order our food. The waitress leaves the table cheerfully.
"What can I do for you Alice", He sits back in his seat looking at her expectantly.
"Tanya, Victoria, Melanie and I have to put together the Touched By An Angel fundraiser, or benefit, or whatever the fuck it is-", Edward laughs.
"You agreed to that", He runs a hand through his hair.
"Yeah, well the Cullens have to be represented. You know how mom is", Edward nods. "Mom and Elena are overseeing it of course, but this year the daughters are planning it.", Edward asks why. "Honestly I think it was all Tanya's idea, but whatever"
"Alice, you hate that shit. You hate planning things", He takes a sip of his drink and glances at me. "What are you in charge of? Guests, location, entertainment-"
"Food, actually. That's why I need your help", He nods. "Can you put together a menu. You don't have to cater it, I just honestly don't even know where to begin with this"
"They should have put you in charge of entertainment", Jasper says, putting an arm around her shoulders.
"Yeah, well, Tanya is pretty much running the show. She's the only one that wants to do it"
"That's because she loves the attention", I say to her. I hate hearing her name. That fucking bitch. Edward leans closer to me sensing my tension, he asks if I'm ok. "I'm fine...I just really fucking hate her", The waitress sits our plates in front of each of us and we begin to eat.
"Baby, taste this", Edward holds the fork to my mouth, I take the bite and chew. It's cajun pasta and it's fucking delicious.
"I should have gotten that instead of this stupid grilled chicken salad", I stare down at my plate.
"B, you can have as much of this as you want.", I nod, he kisses my lips.
I look up and Alice is staring. "So are you two like in love or something", Jasper whispers Alice's name in warning. "No serious question, Bella...was all of that 'he's just my friend' talk allvof those years just bullshit?"
"I was in denial honestly. God, Alice your bluntness never ceases to amaze me", I begin eating my salad.
"I knew it was all bullshit. I thought you were just blind as fuck. Edward here has been in love with you every since that day when you tried to beat Emmett up for taking Edwards popsicle.", I lightly hit the table.
"I brought him that popsicle from home okay. I knew it was his favorite kind and everything. I made sure that no one ate the purple ones, not my mom, not my dad, or Jake, and that jerk took it right out of his hands."I shake my head. I hear Jasper and Edward laugh.
"How old were you?", Jasper asked.
"Edward and I were six, so Emmett was about eight",Jasper laughs saying he wishes that he could have been there for that.
I look over at Edward to see him in thought. "Hey Alice, why isn't Rose doing the fundraiser. She's a Cullen now, and she'd be perfect for it...way better than you", Alice sticks her tongue out.
"She turned it down. She can't stand to be in the same room as Victoria. Remember at the Christmas party", Edward nods in understanding. "That's why Tanya doesn't bring Victoria around anymore",
"Victoria is nice and everything but she's sneaky, and she's always had a thing for Emmett, I can see where Rose is coming from", Edward says.
"Last time I remember Victoria had a thing for you", I point at Edward.
"Yea, well, apparently she liked my older brother more. It doesn't stop her from coming on to me", Edward says between chews.
"You two still talk",
"Yeah, I mean she was usually around when Tanya and I hung out, and I've catered a few of her events", He shrugs. I may not hate Victoria but thats only because she was really nice. I didn't feel like she was just pretending to be nice to me because I was an honorary Cullen, she was nice because that's her personality, and she seemed to genuinely like me. Tanya however would fake her friendliness because she knew thay if I didn't mind her being around that she could get closer to Edward, because of course Edward and I were always together.