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Chapter 35
BPV.
We stowed ourselves away in the room whenever possible for the next week. I say whenever possible because Alice being the shopaholic pixie that she was practically broke the door down a couple of times in the attempt to go shopping. Being newlyweds wasn't an excuse big enough to help us escape Alice's wrath. In fact Jasper told her off a few times for disturbing us during private moments. Said something like "Do not disturb" means do not disturb…not bust down the door and drag the couple out kicking and screaming.
"See this is one of the things that you need to understand about marriage Alice…married couples need married couple time to make it work…not married couple plus Alice time…I'm not saying Bella's not your sister any more…I'm trying to say learn how to share…your sister's not going to be at your beckon call…she share's her life with someone else now!" Jasper said one day after she broke down the door and then made gagging noises because she walked in during a bad time
"but that's not fair!" Alice whined.
"Alice…I know its not fair but you do have other people in your life that you can shop with." Jasper said clearly meaning himself.
"That's right…I have Rosalie!" the human chastity belt said taking off. We heard several lid thuds as Alice broke the door down next door. Next thing we knew Alice was flat on her ass in the hallway and crying.
"no body wants to go shopping with me!" Alice sobbed. Jasper looking extremely flustered picked Alice up off the floor and they disappeared down the hallway.
"how did you live with that?" Edward asked shaking his head.
"lets just say that I was Alice's living Barbie doll." I said. Edward wrapped his arm around me.
"Well she doesn't see it yet but pretty soon she's going to get another Barbie doll or should I say Ken?" Edward snickered.
"you think that he really is going to hold out for a while…or is he pulling her chain?" I asked.
" I cant tell…maybe a little bit of both. If he is going to wait its not going to be too long obviously if he's proposing under the influence. I'll say that they're married by next year…maybe sooner." Edward said. I nodded in agreement. He would have to eventually give into Alice's annoyance. Not that anyone would blame him…she was the queen of harassment when she wanted to be.
"lets hope its soon for Jasper's mental health." I half joked Edward snickered. My sister would put her boyfriend into a straight jacket.
"Enough about them…back to what we were doing!" I whispered as our lips met again. We relocked the door and crawled under the covers. Hours later I blissfully fell asleep in Edward's arms.
The next day Alice was knocking on our door bright and early. We grabbed bathrobes and opened up to reveal Alice donned with a tent, chairs and a duffle bag. Seeing this we realized what today was. The day before New Years eve. Alice had been talking about getting good seats for the past few months now. We were actually going to sleep in tents in time square.
"hi guys I know we said that we were going to go later on in the day but I want to get a early head start!" Alice said smiling.
"Alice your nuts." Edward said shaking his head and looking at her.
"no what's nuts is that your brother wont plant a ring on this willing finger…that's nuts!" Alice said holding up her left ring finger. I didn't know how Jasper could room with that…she was surely bugging the shit out of him to get married.
"he will when he's ready…besides your already a very intertwined part of the family…a marriage certificate wont do much." Edward said.
" ugh you sound just like him…why does he have to be so god damn vague…I need dates…there's things that a girl needs to get done…obviously with you guys it wasn't the case because I got a vision so I knew where to go but with me zilch…I swear he's purposely being indecisive just so I cant be prepared…I need to be prepared…I WANT TO KNOW WHEN THE HELL IS HE GOING TO POP THE QUESTION!" Alice whined.
"Alice chill out…you've only been dating two months you know…your two month anniversary is tomorrow…and while Edward and I only dated a few months before he asked me I knew for sure that I wanted to be with him forever…I want to be with Edward. But I didn't badger him about marriage the minute we got together…give Jasper some breathing space so he can come up with the idea on his own and don't force him into a decision that you both will regret later." I said.
"Says you…you got the rings…you got the wedding…what do I have to do to get this guy to pop the question…I've tried everything! Bottle of Champaign laid out next to a premade chicken dinner…candle's scattered and lit everywhere…rose peddles leading to me and to the bed. That was just last night! I got down on my knee and begged him a couple of days ago and it still didn't work! And you Bella…all you do is go to central park one day and bam you two are hitched almost a month later…how fair is that!" Alice whined.
"Alice you cant characterize what one brother does by the other…they are completely different people! Besides I have a feeling that your ring is coming soon. You ever consider that if you shut up about it that the process might move along more smooth. Your only pissing us all off by constantly going on about getting your big wedding blow out." I said. Edward was trying hard to stifle laughter. Alice looked offended.
"your supposed to be on my side!" Alice said pissed.
"Alice there are no sides…you have to understand it takes two to tango…your relationship isn't all about you…your not in a relationship with yourself…and when you get that through your head that's when you'll be ready for the next step!" Edward said.
"what do you two rehearse these lies together…I perfectly well understand that my relationship isn't all about me!" Alice said.
"then prove it…because every time you talk marriage its in the form of "big pink bridal gown" and " flower girls" or "Bridal party" or "rhinestone studded veil" …its always about the wedding…in other words the day that's all about you…. and never about the days, weeks, months, and years later…you know when its about the couple!" Edward said and I nodded in agreement. Alice stood there speechless for once.
"I…well…there must have been one discussion that I talked about marriage and not in the form of my wedding day!' Alice said.
" Alice you tried to include yourself in my wedding…you wore a god damn veil to the wedding!" I said.
"That's different!" Alice said.
"Alice do you really think that when Jasper saw that you really think that made your case…it didn't. in fact it screamed 'I just want to get married so I can have my big trendy wedding' and not 'I want to be with you Jasper for the rest of my life!'" I said. Edward and I could see Jasper's head pop out into our doorway. Alice standing with her back facing to him didn't see him
"but that's not the case….I've never felt this way about anyone else before…I want Jasper and only Jasper!" Alice said seriously. I could see Jasper's eyes light up. He's been waiting forever to hear those words. A huge smile spread across what I could see of his face and his head backed away. Wow Alice was actually admitting that it wasn't all about Alice. Maybe she did actually want to be with Jasper forever.
"Then don't you think he needs to know that!" Edward said as I felt him rub my shoulder and I could tell we were thinking the same thing…too late for that…she told him with out realizing it.
" I guess your right!" Alice sighed.
"Well I'm off to get some breakfast. When I get back we're leaving…be ready!" Alice said turning away. The minute she shut the door we got dressed.
Walking out we could see Alice dragging Rose and Emmett out of bed. Both Rose and Emmett had pissed off looks on their faces. Three guesses what Alice had just walked in on. She really had no control over herself in that department.
"Good you guys are ready…lets go …I want to get good seats!" Alice said dragging everyone down the stairs. As soon as we checked out Alice bolted towards time square. We got the tents and the sleeping bags all set up and threw down lawn chairs.
"This is just like camping!" Alice said happily.
"uh not really…camping involves woods…you know the wilderness…we're in the middle of one of the biggest cities in the world….woods I think not!" Emmett said.
"kill joy!" Alice groaned.
"So look at what I scored for tomorrow!" Emmett said whipping out a bunch of twelve packs.
"that's great…so what are we going to do in the mean time?" I asked
"that's why I brought my new portable television…we can watch tv all day and I brought massive amounts of food!" Alice said un zippering her duffle bag. Twinkies, snow globes, and fruit rollups among other things fell out of the bag.
"TWINKIES!" Emmett said eating three Twinkies.
"hold your horses buddy…your not the only hungry stomach here…you have to share!" Alice said eyeing out Emmett disgusted. That was nothing compared to Rose.
"how can one person eat that many Twinkies?" Rosalie asked half gagging as Twinkie smeared across Emmett's face.
"yum just like cake!" Emmett said happily. Alice was looking at him with her mouth hung open.
"I think we found Emmett's kryptonite." Jasper joked.
More and more people came as the day went on. Alice was snickering about being front row and center as the ball dropped. She was praying that we got on camera and brought makeup with her for tomorrow for that reason.
"This is so exciting…I've always wanted to do this!" Alice said happily as she flicked on the portable television and we started to watch movies. That night after eating dinner (since Alice only packed snacks she volunteered to get us something…Jasper naturally followed and they disappeared for a good two hours before returning with Chinese food…and a couple of Gucci bags.) each couple went into their tents…considering Alice was the mastermind behind this whole plan we slept on areomatresses and the pinkest rhinestone studded sleeping bags ever made. Edward looked like he would rather sleep in a bed if glass instead of the sleeping bag (I guess Alice wanted us to match…other wise why she would give my husband the most feminine sleeping bag ever made I don't know) but he didn't complain. We snuggled in and watched as the moon light caused the rhinestones to reflect across the tent nearly blinding us. We were going to have to talk to Alice about using more gender neutral sleeping bags. We were in search of a bathroom in the middle of the night when we disturbed Alice. Her tent which was light pink with a big hot pink "A" on the front unzipped and stuck her head out. Her night mask ( the one with the hot pink "A" on it) was on top of her head. Looking in we could see that Alice and Jasper also had similar sleeping bags…Black background with their initials in bright hot pink that stretched the entire length of the sleeping bags. Guess we weren't the only one's she stuck with flashy sleeping bags.
"Where are you two going?" Alice whispered
"Alice how many things do you have with your first initial imprinted on it?" Edward asked
"oh I don't know only 20 or 30 items…I lost count…that's not the point…what's going on its like three am?" Alice asked.
"Oh we're just looking for a bathroom." I said.
"oh well there's a fast food place still open over there!" Alice said pointing in the direction of the restaurant.
"Thanks…we got it Alice." Edward said.
"no problem…good night!" Alice said as her head ducked back in.
"see if he's sleeping in a tent like that…and has a you know what…then I think you know who has nothing to worry about." Edward spoke slightly cryptic in case Alice was eavesdropping. She would follow us to a bathroom. After using the bathroom and getting stared at by the night staff we headed back to our tent and the disco ball sleeping bags. Before going to sleep we could see through the plastic window that Alice installed in our tent that Alice's tent was lit up. Alice's figure was searching the entire tent for something…three guesses what. I was surprised that Jasper didn't wake but then again Alice probably had the forethought to buy him a matching sleeping mask. Her body language suggested that she was starting to get really frustrated. Even if he did bring that with him he definitely would of hid it well and considering it was 3 am Alice definitely was not going to find it now.
"your sister is such a persistent one that's for sure!" Edward said as we watched Alice sneak over to what was obviously Jasper's sleeping bag and peer in. Thank god he wasn't awake to see this.
"yeah but persistent can be good!" I said. Edward threw his arm around me.
"Yes it can!" Edward said holding me in his arms. I saw his eyes twinkle as I drifted off into peaceful blackness. Before I knew it dream Edward was smiling at me.
We were awoken abruptly the next morning. The both of us shot up and looked at each other. Alice and Emmett had taken it upon themselves to wake everyone up with air horns at like 7 am.
"RISE AND SHINE SISSY AND BROTHER IN LAW. TIME TO GET UP…TODAYS THE DAY!" Alice shouted sticking her head in the tent. She really was annoying.
"Alice!" Edward groaned rubbing the sleep out of his eyes.
"SHUT UP!" Someone roared as Emmett ran around blaring the air horn. Emmett only blared it some more and Alice chimed in again. They're not with us! They're not with
us!
"OH STOP…ITS NEW YEARS EVE…ITS TIME TO PARTY!" Emmett bellowed blaring the air horn again.
"YEAH!" Alice cheered following suit. I swore we would all be deaf after this.
"EMMETT MCCARTHY YOU PUT THAT AIR HORN DOWN THIS INSTANT….YOUR WAKING EVERYONE UP!" Rosalie snarled dragging Emmett back to their tent. There was cheering from other tents as Jasper followed suit.
" put me down Jasper!" Alice said as Jasper carried her over his shoulder back to the tent.
"Nope!"
"Put me down now!" Jasper then walked into the tent and zipped it up. Rosalie walked out of hers and placed a pad lock over Alice's before returning to her own.
"thank god that's over!" Edward said as we got dressed. We were awake anyways now thanks to Alice and Emmett. We scouted the nearest place to clean ourselves and used it. Coming back we could see Rose finally freeing Alice. Apparently Alice threatened to cut herself out and burn Roses tent clothes and all if Rosalie didn't let them out.
"finally…now where's a free shower?" Alice asked.
"Well there was a YMCA that we used a couple of blocks back ." I said.
"I'll find it…come along Jazzy…free shower!" Alice said running off with Jasper in toe.
"She's nuts!" Rosalie said when Alice was finally gone.
"Oh that's nothing she's done worse…but her heart is in the right place." I said. Everyone agreed.
"yeah that's true…but she's going to keep Jasper on his feet." Edward said.
" say when do you think he'll ask her?" I asked. Edward and I looked at each other. As if he could read my mind we said the exact thing at the exact same time.
" ugh what the hell… why didn't we see that…of course…its perfect for her!" we said. Rose and Emmett looked confused.
" alright will you two enlighten the spiritually unlinked?" Emmett asked annoyed. I grunted and Rosalie caught it.
"OOH!" Rosalie exclaimed getting it. Emmett of course was still dumb founded.
"What? Will some one please inform the rest of us what's going on?" Emmett asked with the annoyance in his voice growing.
"Come on Emmett I'll explain on the way!" Rosalie said dragging Emmett off as Alice and Jasper started to come back into view all cleaned and dressed up. Alice was wearing one of those funky new years glasses.
"what's up with them?" Alice asked.
"Oh um nothing…they were just…uh talking about how Rosalie wanted to redecorate her dorm when we got back in them. Aren't we lucky they didn't switch Edward and I out into the married couple's dorms until next year!" I said nervously.
"What's going on…Jasper's been acting funny today too!" Alice said as Jasper glared at us.
"Nothing!" All three of us said together and Jasper added " no I haven't…I don't know what your talking about!" while looking off.
"Jasper you barely touched your breakfast…I thought you loved grits?" Alice asked.
"Wasn't that hungry…had a Twinkie before you woke up this morning!" Jasper said trying to keep a straight face. This was going to be an interesting day!
"I've never seen you snub grits before…even when your full!" Alice countered.
"Well I'm off to Prada…big sale today…be back in a little bit!" Alice said taking off. The minute she took off Jasper exhaled.
"Finally she's gone…you don't know how hard it is to shut up around her…especially when she's still baggering about marriage! Do you know I caught her going through my locker at the YMCA…as if I would hide it there!" Jasper laughed heartedly.
"So where did you put the ring…I mean we know you didn't leave it in the hotel?" Edward asked.
"in the least place that she would expect it…her makeup bag. There's a section that she never uses…shocking I know…but I figured it out. She'll never find it…I made damn sure of that. She can look all she wants…literally the ring is under her nose and she doesn't even have a clue!" Jasper said with a slight chuckle.
"How did you guys figure it out?" Jasper asked.
"well it was pretty easy actually…I'm surprised that Alice didn't figure it out herself…she's usually pretty good with that stuff you know even with out the psychic antenna." I said.
"yeah well that's a blessing though…that girl needs a shock once in her life!" Jasper said.
" yep she does…this is going to be funny to sit back and watch…Alice is a very expressive person." I said.
"especially when she's going to be on national television." Jasper said.
"What?" Edward and I asked.
"Well lets just say that I may of hinted to some broadcasting companies where to turn at the right moment." Jasper said knowingly. Edward and I shook our heads. Alice was going to go nuts when she realized that.
" GUESS WHAT GUYS I SCORED THIS CUTE PRADA BAG FOR CHEEP…THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!" Alice roared happily. A slight smile crossed Jasper's face.
"oh that's great Alice." we all said shaking our heads.
"its time square…new years eve and I'm sitting here with my prada bag…life cant get any sweeter then this!" Alice said plopping down in her lawn chair taking out a bottle of lemonade that she brought and began sipping it. We could literarily see the confidence in Jasper start to swell. He took out some book that was about the civil war and read it next to her. It was at that point that Emmett and Rose came back with a bunch of coffees and hot chocolates.
"Yum…we should do this more often!" Alice said bubbly taking the hot chocolate out of Rosalie's hand. I rested my head against Edward's shoulder as we sat in our own lawn chairs. I couldn't believe that in the space of one year I had gone from hopelessly pinning for Edward to married to him. I felt like this was the best dream ever. Edward slung his arm around my neck and we stayed like that for the next couple of hours.
A few hours later time's square was one big party. Emmett cracked open his beers and passed them out. He and Alice were both like little kids. I think that they were competing for most enthusiastic over tonight.
"WAHOOOOOOOOOOO BEST NIGHT EVER!" Alice roared as the cameras flashed over her. Everyone was going nuts. Music filled the air. The ball was lit up. Alice whipped out her camera and started to take pictures of everything. She was getting massive amounts of pictures with her and Jasper.
"Wahoo new years….yeahhhhhhhh!" Alice roared as the cameras flashed towards us again.
"thank god I made us all over!" Alice said proud of herself. Alice did as much as possible considering we were going to be on camera.
"HI CHARLIE!" Alice waived beaming into the camera. Charlie probably just had the big one.
" HAPPY NEW YEAR!" Alice screamed waiving like an idiot. I looked at my clock. It was 11:58 pm. The count down was going to start soon. Edward wrapped his hand around my waist. About a minute later everyone started counting down. Emmett and Alice fist pumped saying "59,58". Jasper's hand was going into his back pocket which Alice should of noticed-but didn't - considering he was the only one in the crowd not fist pumping. She was too busy trying to get into the cameras to notice. She was even trying to get reporter's attention.
" and lets talk to someone from over here…what's your name?" A reporter asked walking over and giving Jasper the cover that he needed.
"26!…and my name is Alice!" Alice roared happily.
"Where are you from?" the reporter asked.
"23! …originally Forks Washington but I go to school here!" Alice beamed.
"So how would you describe the scene here?" the reporter asked.
"20! ….it's a blast…wahoo…I'm on TV!" Alice roared.
"and you heard it from this young lady here…its crazy at times square tonight!" the reporter said,
"16! Yeah it definitely is!" Alice roared. It looked like she wanted to take the microphone out of the reporter's hand.
"Alice can I ask you two things?" Jasper asked as the count down started to wind down.
"10!" Was all Alice responded but her eyes darted over to him.
"Firstly dye your hair back if you love me…everyone's asking me if I'm dating my sister!" Jasper started up.
"9!" Alice said a little harshly.
" and the second thing is…now I know I said that we would wait till you understood more about marriage but you had ample time to observe Edward and Bella this week plus I just cant wait any longer. Alice…sweetie…baby…lets have that grand wedding that you desperately want…what do you say? Baby be my wife!" Jasper said whipping out the ring box. All the cameras in the area zoomed in on Alice and the reporters shoved microphones in her face. She looked like she was in all her glory.
"! OF COURSE I WILL…ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I YOU JASPER!" Alice squealed the loudest I ever heard. Her squeal was so loud that the reporters had to cover their ears. Just then my phone went off.
"Was that what I think it was?…Daddy S." the message read. Since when could Charlie text message? Wait a minute since when did Charlie have a cellphone. Obviously he's been learning things when we're away. Edward's phone then went off. Obviously our dads think alike.
"Tell Jasper good job he made his father proud…Daddy C." the message read.
"What are they together?" I asked shocked. We then heard the familiar ring tone of Jasper's phone.
"Hi grandpa…yeah that was me…I know I cant believe it…we're both going to be married to Kill-a-Swan's daughters…well in Edward's case he already is but yeah we're all going to be like family…oh Charlie's there and my dad is too…your having a big new years party? Your color scheme is red white and blue? That's cool! Wish I could have been there! Grandpa…GRANDPA?" Jasper said hanging up the phone.
'Well Grandpa just died and went to heaven!" Jasper exclaimed.
"WHAT!" we all roared shocked. Grandpa Cullen died?
"False alarm…he's calling back!" Jasper said picking up his phone again. Edward breathed a sigh of relief next to me.
"oh we must of lost you there for a second. So what's going on? Oh so Charlie and dad are getting along that good. Yeah so thanks for the congratulations." Jasper said hanging up again.
"yeah they're having one hell of a party there…loud music in the background and I think I heard the distinct sounds of Charlie doing a keg stand…odd." Jasper said. as confetti flew through the air. Everyone was still screaming "Happy New Year" and Emmett threw beer on us. A half pissed off Alice dumped her whole cup on his head.
"YEAH!" Emmett bellowed soaking wet in 20 degree weather.
"we're going to be so close…I'm marrying Jasper…your married to his brother…we're stuck together to the very end Bella!" Alice said happily. I would have the sister that marries my husband's brother just to be closer.
" Edward I have a question…is your family attracted weirdoes?" Emmett asked. Edward threw a disgusted look at him
"Well Bella's not your typical girl…and Alice is self explanatory." Emmett said as he pointed to Alice and her bright pink flashing glasses.
" well it seems that theory holds true since Rose is attracted to you!" Edward spat back before kissing my head. Rosalie stepped on Emmett's foot.
"THINK!" Rosalie hissed.
" Whatever whatever…I'm normal and I have a hot girlfriend…everyone knows it!" Emmett said cockily. I could of said something but I didn't.
"so Emmett…when are you going to step up…we're married, Alice and Jasper are next…looks like your turn soon!" I joked. Emmett looked like he got electrocuted.