Hello Everyone,

I hope that you are all enjoying the story. I really want to know what you guys think about the title idea for the story that I am working on. The summary is in the opening note for the last chapter. Please let me know what you think about the title and this story. I have a new question for you about the next story. When they grow up, I want the boys (Emmett, Jake, and Seth) to follow Charlie's lead in their careers. I don't want them all to be police though. Currently, I was thinking of Emmett as a Firefighter, Jake as a Deputy, and Seth as an EMT (with maybe Leah and Sam too). I think that that works pretty well, but I'd love to know what you guys think or if you think of a different career that I didn't think of.

My mom is doing better, she insisted on mowing the lawn today. My uncle passed away about a week after the last chapter. I have been delaying publishing this chapter for obvious reasons and for the fact that I had started to update you on his condition, and I didn't want to change it yet. It has been a really hard month. I have been trying to look out for my nana and papa and my mom. Thank you for your patience, and I hope that I didn't lose you. My uncle would be proud of my story and I want to continue it.

My other story should start post this week or next. I think that I might post this story on Tuesdays and the other one on Fridays. I'm still looking for a more descriptive name for this story. The summary is in the pre-note for the last chapter. I hope that you all like that story and that now I can get back on a regular posting schedule. I hope to hear your ideas and thoughts soon.

So, enough of that and back to the story at hand. As promised, here is a flash-forward view of Bella's future and some girl talk. So, here we go.

Of course, I don't own any of the Twilight characters or materials. I just have them corner Bella for the information! Happy Reading!

Chapter 32: Spill it, Bells

Here the order of events after Esme hears Rose's big mouth. Esme tells my mom, Sarah, and Cynthia. Queue my mother and Esme gushing over China patterns – which my mom would insist that I have even though they only get used like three days a year. Impending marriage plans, college, 5 kids – after we moved into his grandparents' old house – 2 dogs, 70 years of wedded bliss, and a couples plot in Forks Cemetery.

It's not that this wasn't what I wanted – eventually. Actually, it sounded pretty damn perfect as long as our friends were there too. But I was barely 12 years. Not for nothing, but I think that I should have my first period before our mothers start looking at baby clothes. Just saying.

"Shh, what?" Alice whispered, and I cursed Rose mentally.

"Ugh," I sighed. Goodbye sleep. "Later." I really should have known better.

"What are you girls whispering about back there?" Esme asked, a falsely stern look on her face as she looked into the rearview mirror.

"Nothing, Mrs. C!," we all answered. I blushed, Alice and Rose, and – just like my mom would have – Esme had to make a joke.

"Bella, Sweetheart, what's with this Mrs. C stuff? Call me Mom," she finished with a wink, and I had to be scarlet.

And so it begins.

Back at the house, Esme told us all to wash the make-up off of our faces. We ran into the house to claim the bigger bathroom before the boys got home. The upstairs bathroom across from Lizzie's room has black marble tile and countertops, dark walnut cabinets, and copper fixtures. It has a double vanity, a full shower, and a bathtub. This was a girls' bathroom if I ever saw one. Alice dragged me into the room, and Rose shut and locked the door.

"Okay," Alice whisper yelled. "Spill it, Blondie!"

"Not my story to tell," Rose said coyly with a wink. Alice thought for a second and gasped. She turned to me, grabbing my shoulder, and shaking me a little bit.

"What happened?" She said a little too loudly.

I put my hand over her mouth. "Quiet down, will you!" I said. She licked my hand. Whole tongue, right across my palm. "Ew! Ya Nasty!" I wiped my hand on the towel and went to wash it in the sink.

"Desperate times, Bella. Desperate measures," She said as she wiped the back of her hand over her mouth and went to the other sink. When we both finished drying our hands, Alice turned back to me, all business. "Now spit it out or I'll go ask the boys."

"NO!"

"Then, speak."

I didn't know what to say about it beyond what happened. What did it mean? Was it just the dance or did he like me? All questions I was sure they were going to ask me and all things that I needed to sort out. Maybe telling them would help. I had never really had a lot of girl friends before. Certainly never anywhere I had sleepovers and late-night whispers, muffled giggles, and pinky promise secrets. I kind of liked it.

"Okay, I'll tell you but not until we are in the clubhouse. Okay?" I said, and Alice signed but nodded.

"Clubhouse?" Rose asked.

"Don't worry. We'll read you in," I answered.

Our clubhouse was more symbolic than anything. It started the first night I stayed at Allie's house. Apparently, Mr. Brown was prone to eavesdropping while Alice was on the phone, so she had taken to going under her comforter to muffle it.

When I stayed over and end we were telling each other secrets, we decided to go under the blanket to talk. It's where Alice told me she liked jasper, where we wrote out her letter to him, where she told me about her gramma's cancer. It was where I told her that I kind of like Edward, where I told her about the mean little boys in Elementary school, where I told her about the times I used to cry into my pillow at night about what they would say about me. There were only two rules in the clubhouse.

One, sisters shared Everything. Big or small. Not sharing secrets is worse than being momentarily embarrassed in front of your closest friends. Secrets come out eventually and if you haven't shared it, people get hurt.

Second, nothing leaves the blanket. We kind of stole that one from Vegas. Things said under the blanket were shared there for a reason. They weren't to be shared outside the circle.

We finish up cleaning up and run across the hall into Lizzy's old room. Alice flopped the blanket down, and we all jumped onto the king-sized bed. We flipped the blanket up and over our heads.

"Rosalie Hale, are ready to join the sisterhood?" Alice said in a serious voice, a few octaves lower than her regular voice.

"Oh, you're actually going to read me in, right, okay, cool. Yeah, I am."

"Do you swear to tell your sisters everything?" I asked, matching Alice's tone.

"I do."

"Do you solemnly swear that all secrets shared under the blanket will remain under the blanket?" I asked.

"I do."

"Welcome to the sisterhood. May God have mercy on your soul."

"Really, Alice? The mercy thing is a little much, don't you think so."

"Thank you guys for including me. Tanya, Irina, and Vera only ever told secrets about me, not to me. It's nice to have real girlfriends. Well, and Emmett, Jasper, Edward, and Jacob."

"Aww, Rose, no problem. We're glad to have you. Evens out the group a little bit more," Alice said.

"Yeah, maybe Emmett will actually behave every once in a while," I added, and we all giggled.

"Okay, Okay. So, the last thing before we harass answers out of Bella. Your nickname is officially Rowena."

"Aww, I'm honored," Rose said, faking a blush by fanning her cheeks.

"Now, spill it, Bella," Alice said.

I didn't know where to start. The Tanya thing, the first kiss, the almost mouth one, what he said to me about what Tanya had said to him. "Well, did you see the Tanya dance?" I asked mostly Rose. They both nodded.

"Well, after he finally got away from her, he started to dance with me and let it slip that Tanya was saying bad things about me."

"That bitch!" They said together.

"Side note, I think she needs a nickname," Alice sneered.

"Ooh, how about Titania," Rose suggested, and Alice and I looked at each other. A second later, we applauded her.

"Good answer, good answer," we chanted like the latest contestants Family Feud.

"I just hope Edward appreciates our humor," Rose says, and we all laugh.

"Okay, so back to you," Alice said.

"Alright, so before the dance, she wouldn't take no for an answer, so I bowed out," I said, and they nodded. "So she started to drag Edward away, but he broke away from her and come back over to me. He told me that I didn't have to do it," I said.

"Aww, what a sweetheart," Alice cooed.

"I know. So after, I told him to go so we could get back to having a good evening, he kissed his fingers and put it on my cheek."

"Oh my god, I didn't that one," Rose gushed.

"And then, I sat down – 'cause Jake was already dancing with Angela – and talked to Alice and Jazz," I giggled at the memory of what Alice had said. "And Allie called her a Regina George knock-off," Rose and I laughed as Alice took a small bow. "Anyway, the dance ended, and Edward finally pulled away from her claws and apologized for leaving me. We danced for a while and then he let it slip that Tanya was saying mean things about me. I got upset, and he told me that I was a kind, caring person and that you all liked having me around. Especially him."

"Aww, he is so sweet! And we do, Bella! You are such a great friend, and I know that the boys would say the same," Alice said and they both hugged me like Nessie would. Sisters.

"Then he lifted my chin, wiped away a tear, and kissed my cheek where it had been, and we come to dance to Sunday Morning with you guys."

"Oh my God, I want Esme to raise my boyfriend!" Rose exclaimed, and we all giggle as I shrug.

"Then he kissed the top of my head while we were dancing, and the corner of my mouth toward the end of the night. That's the one that Rose saw. Thank you, by the way, for not jumping or something and tipping Emmett off."

"I wonder what your boyfriend is going to tell the boys about what happened tonight," Rose said with a wink. I lightly shoved her as Alice started to giggle.

"Technically, he's not my boyfriend, and I'm sure he'll tell them what I just told you guys. Maybe what Tanya said, but he didn't seem willing to share it."

"Yet. He's not your boyfriend yet," Alice corrected. "I wish he would tell me what she said. That way, I would have a legitimate reason for beating the crap out of her."

"You might need one, but I'll beat her ass for fun," Rose said. "She's just cruel, I was nothing but nice to her, and she and her lackeys talked about me constantly. Now, she's going after Bella 2 months after meeting her. Why? Because she was on a date with Edward. I guess she should be less of a crazy… what did you call her, Allie?"

"I believe it was a fake Strawberry blonde, Regina George knock-off," I answer with a smile at Alice as she shrugged like it was nothing.

"What can I say? I calls 'em as I sees 'em."

We started laughing, and they tell me about their evenings. Jasper and Emmett had been cute little gentlemen all night. Jasper had stepped on Allie's feet a couple of times, apologizing each time. He had new shoes and wasn't used to dress shoes.

Emmett lacked spatial awareness, and he had twirled Rose into a few innocent by-standards and one drenched Irina. Rose told us that she suspected that one was partially on purpose. I tended to agree.

We were talking about how sweet the boys had been when we heard a light rapping on the door.

"Girls?" Esme said. She cracked the door open just as we emerged from under the clubhouse.

"Yes, Mrs. C?" We asked.

"I'm glad you girls had fun, but it's time for bed. We're all going to meet your parents at the diner for breakfast in the morning."

"Alright, Mrs. Cullen," Alice said.

"Goodnight, my girls."

Esme shut the door, and we listened as she made her way down the hall to where the boys were.

"Bella, your mother-in-law is such a sweetheart," Rose said with a smirk that I promptly smacked off her face with my pillow, knocking her back onto her back. Leading to a 10minute pillow fight. After we were down, we tucked into bed, said our goodnights, and fell asleep. I really loved my two new sisters.

End Note: Thank you all for patience and for – hopefully – staying with me. The next chapter will be breakfast at the diner with everyone. Hopefully, now I can keep a better schedule. My new story should post soon. I hope that you all like it.