Edward:

When the meeting the in dining room broke up, I exited to the living room. I sat on the sofa Bella and I always shared while she read and waited for her to join me. I flipped on the TV casually. I didn't actually care much what was on it, but I wanted somewhere to pretend to focus while I thought. I don't know why I was so upset about this hunting trip. I heard Bella leave the dining room with the rest of my family. Her soft footsteps started in my direction, and the anticipation of it thrummed in my body. She went to pick up a book, but Alice had other plans.

No, I mentally whined as Alice intercepted Bella. She had retrieved the bag of expensive dresses from the closet.

"So are we going to do this fashion show or what?" she asked, grinning at Bella.

"Umm…" Bella shifted uneasily from one foot to the other, and Alice sighed. I wanted to tell her to leave Bella alone, but Alice's thoughts caught me off guard. She was remembering how Bella had been on the hunting trip– awkward at first, and unsure of herself for a while, but after a point, she unwound some. That was when Alice had gotten the vision of Bella agreeing to a fashion show. And she was so sure it was going to happen. She thought of Bella in the back seat of the Mercedes, wedged between my brothers. There was a moment when Emmett was laughing, and everyone else was smiling at some humor. Bella glanced around the car, shy and nervous, but responded to the atmosphere in the car with a smile that was hopeful and there was wonder in her eyes.

"Please, come on!" Alice begged.

Bella scrunched her face up, like she was bracing herself for something unpleasant, took a deep breath, and said, "Okay, sure."

Alice was beside herself. She was hopping up and down on her toes. She lifted the giant clothes bag in one hand, and grabbed Bella's with her other. Bella sighed, but an indulgent smile crossed her face as she allowed Alice to drag her upstairs.

"Come on, Rose," Alice called over her shoulder. Rose, still at the entryway to the dining room, rolled her eyes, but followed the two of them with a smile.

Jasper considered going upstairs too after a brief flash of worry for Alice's safety. I fought to not scowl at him. Bella was not so untrustworthy.

He must have agreed with me, because he instead called Emmett in for some video games. "You don't mind if we steal the TV?" he asked me. I know you aren't watching it, he added mentally.

"No, I'll play with you guys," I said.

Emmett grinned, sitting down next to me in Bella's spot on the couch. "That's what I'm talking about!" he said. "I'm gonna kick your ass this time!"

I smirked at him. Challenge accepted. "You know, you're never going to get past this," I warned, tapping my temple with my finger.

Cheater, he taunted. I wonder if we can get Bella to beat you. She sure as hell knocked you on your ass in a fight. He laughed at the memory, and I scowled. Emmett saw it, and smirked. Actually, now that I think of it, I call dibs on having Bella on my team next time we play football! All I need to do is teach her how to feint, and we'll be scoring touchdowns all night.

"Shut up and play," I snarled, thrusting a controller into his hand.

"Oooh, Edward's mad now," Emmett joked. I was mad. I didn't know why. Obviously, the idea of losing a football game to Emmett wasn't worth getting this upset. I just didn't want him using Bella as a tool against me.

Regardless of the reason, I was going to channel this anger into beating Emmett's ass in this game.

I was distracted by Alice's thoughts upstairs. Bella had just exited her closet. She stepped out shyly in a dark crème colored pencil dress. She looked nervous, her shoulders were pulled together, and she was bending down slightly to gasp the hem half way up her thighs, trying to pull it down further. She glanced up at Alice, biting her lip.

"I don't know. It seems a little short," she hedged.

"No! It's perfect!" Alice disagreed. "Stand up straight," she ordered.

Bella unbent herself at the waist, though her shoulders remained curled inward, and one of her hands rubbed the opposite elbow self-consciously. She continued to worry her bottom lip between her teeth.

I was staring. Thankfully, Alice was considering the dress carefully, and I could look at Bella uninterrupted from her viewpoint.

Alice decided she didn't like the dress. I disagreed. She also decided to be gentle, because Bella already looked so uneasy.

"You look wonderful," she commented, beaming. Bella looked away, like the compliment made her uncomfortable. "But maybe we should try something else," she suggested kindly.

Rose nodded in agreement. "You do look nice, but try not to be so nervous," she said. Turning to Alice, she asked, "Do you have anything blue? I think it would better than the crème."

Alice nodded excitedly and rifled through the bad. She pulled out a knee length, dark blue sundress, and thrust it into Bella's arms. Bella eyed it apprehensively, but strolled back into the closet to put it on.

I held my breath. Alice, impatient as always, was looking to the future to see what the dress would look like. Rose would ask her to spin, and the flowy skirt of the dress would ripple around her when she did. She turned her attention back to the present as Bella exited the closet. She still looked shy, but she was obviously less uncomfortable in this dress– she wasn't clutching at the hem, and her shoulders were closer to a neutral position.

Bella shrugged, like she didn't think the dress was anything special. She was wrong.

Rose smiled. "Blue is much better," she said, pleased to be right. "And that's a nice dress. Give us a spin," she prompted.

I clenched my jaw in anticipation.

"Hey, Edward," Emmett's voice demanded. "You gonna play, or are we gonna stare at the start screen all night?" I was jolted back into my own head in the living room. Emmett and Jasper were both staring at me, waiting. I was reeling.

Jasper cocked his head as he examined my emotions. Flustered, anticipating, confused, surprised, he noted. What were you so lost in thought about? he asked. I didn't answer, but checked back in upstairs, this time seeing through Rose's eyes, because Alice was digging through the bag again. Bella dress was just settling back down after spinning in it. I'd missed it.

I scowled. "Nothing," I answered Jasper. "Let's play."

Just to clarify why Jasper hasn't caught on about Edward and Bella yet– so far, Edward has been feeling all sorts of jumbled emotions around Bella, including frustration, contentment, confusion, sulking, and excitement, but Edward hasn't really put the pieces together, so he's generally just very angsty about Bella, and because Edward is so angsty all the time anyway, Jasper doesn't find it out of place. He might be able to put the puzzle pieces together, if he tried, but he's not suspicious of anything, so he isn't trying. But I'm sure once Edward realizes it, the unadulterated joy will give him away ;)