Um… has anyone else noticed that there are a lot of novel-length Twilight fanfics on this site? Like seriously, there's a lot with over or around 100,000 words with like… 30 some chapters(which is sad). If anyone with a really long story is reading this please don't take offense to this next statement. To write that much those authors must have like… no life. And, also, a lot of them were written during the course of a few months. Well, actually, that's pretty frikkin amazing. To write that much based on someone else's story? Wow. And you know most of them are sex, sex, and… more sex! Sheesh, someone likes book porn! I just don't get how someone could write SO much about a book they've read. And… I'm ranting right now and there is absolutely no reason to be doing this right now so ummm…. On with the chapter.
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BPOV
"Time to go home?" Fred asked in his croaky old man voice, holding open the door for us as we stumbled happily to the limo, laughing and reminiscing. I smiled and nodded at the kind old driver making him smile a toothless grin and slam the door shut once we were all seated and strapped in.
The engine came on and we pulled out of the parking lot in front of the hotel, quickly getting on the freeway which was surprisingly empty for midnight on a Saturday. Angela, Ben, Saera, and Eric weren't with us because they had booked a hotel room at the Hilton before we made plans to stay at my house so, not wanting to waste the money, they decided to stay at the prom which was basically over.
I laid my head on Edward's shoulder, a near mirror image of Rosalie and Alice who were drooping tiredly in their seats. It was then that I was extremely glad that I wasn't human and didn't have to sleep at all or else I would probably be passed out in my seat.
I must have completely zoned out because the next thing I was aware of was the limo rolling to a stop and the door being opened soon after by Fred. We piled out, the humans tired and nearly dead on their feet, hair out of place and makeup smudged from rubbing eyes.
The door was unlocked, obviously since a) we lived in the middle of the woods and b) we had the best security system(cough cough me) so there was no need for a lock. Once we were inside us girls went to my room while the guys went into Edward's guest room and we all took a shower and then changed into our pajamas.
My shower could not be rushed since the heat of the steam and hot water pounding on my back was one of the best feelings when you run a body temperature of a dead person. Once I finished with my relaxing shower, smelling like oranges and cream, I wrapped myself in a super plush white bath towel that went all the way down to my knees.
Still wrapped in my towel, I blow-dried my hair and braided it in one thick rope and slung it over my right shoulder where it hung as I exited my bathroom to my closet where fresh clothes waited. I chose baggy black sweats and a tight white tank top before slipping on Hello Batty slippers and joining my friends and Edward downstairs in the living room.
They were all clean, changed, and about to collapse onto the floor where they were all sitting, the tiredness completely washing over them. Alice and Rose were dressed similarly to me only Rosalie had a maternity night shirt and blue sweats while Alice had pink. All the boys wore only black sweats and boxers underneath, no shirts.
There were blankets sprawled out over the hardwood about two by two and tons of pillows, probably taken from the many unused beds in my house, piled at one end of the blanket-bed. Rosalie caught sight of me coming down the stairs and gave me a look then pointed to the floor then her stomach and shook her head in a "no way" fashion.
I stifled a laugh at her complete lack of emotion as she did this as I would have expected her to either be laughing or mocking anger. But I understood what she was getting at and, with a twitch of my finger, one gigantic air mattress self-inflated underneath all the blankets making everyone on it rise and become shocked, except Rosalie of course, she was grinning happily and looked about ready to pass out. Once they were about a foot off the ground, the mattress stopped inflating leaving a very soft and comfy bed beneath them.
"Mmm, comfy." Alice sighed tiredly, flopping onto her back with her hands behind her head and closing her eyes. Jasper took advantage of that and laid on top of her, pretending that he was going to sleep there and his body completely covering hers and pressing her farther into the mattress. Alice moaned pitifully, the sound muffled by Jasper's back, and she squirmed as she tried to get him off of her or at least be able to breathe properly.
Jasper quickly rolled off of her, scrambling to touch the middle of his bare back which glistened every time he jerked around which left a very satisfied looking Alice who was wiping her chin with the back of her hand. She had licked him.
"Aw, Ally!" Jasper whined, his southern drawl becoming more pronounced as he was trying to wipe off her saliva, "Why'd you have to do that? I was just messing around." Alice got an "aww" look on her face and scooted over to him to kiss his cheek which made his puppy pout go away immediately leaving a happy glow in its place.
"Ok ew." I said, "well now that the bed is good how about you guys hit the hay?" my suggestion was met with several groans of agreement and Emmett, Rosalie, Jasper, and Alice all laid down next to each other, with Alice in Jasper's arms and Rosalie in Emmett's, and quickly fell asleep.
Once I was sure they were sound asleep I pulled Edward up to me and pulled him to the couch where we laid on it long ways with me in his arms and our chests touching. I snuggled into his arms which were wrapped tightly around me and relaxed my body completely and placed my head on his shoulder. We laid like that until dawn and everyone woke up, refreshed and happy.
"How does breakfast sound?" I asked sitting up with Edward as we got off the couch and headed to the dining room. There were enthusiastic yeses as four steaming plates of pancakes, bacon, eggs, toast, fresh fruit, and glasses filled with cold orange juice. Four pairs of eyes widened as they took in the mounds of steaming food which scent's wafted throughout the room.
"Dig in." I murmured as they each sat in front of a plate and all but inhaled the food. Only the sounds of cutlery scraping the plates and chewing permeated the air and soon all four plates were cleaned and left four very full stomachs and very, very happy humans.
We moved back to the bed and we all sat in a circle in the middle of it, our knees touching, "So what should we do today?" I asked. I was answered by Alice who shot her hand in the air, calmly holding it in the air, waiting to be called on.
"Err, yes Alice?" I said. She slowly put her hand back down on her lap where her other hand rested and laced her fingers together. She actually didn't say anything instead rolled backwards off the mattress onto the floor to land in a heap and then jumped up to run quickly over to the stairs. She raced up them, her feet thumping on the wood as she trampled up the steps, the sound fading as she ran up to what I thought was my bedroom.
We waited for her to return, giving each other puzzled glances which were returned with equally puzzled looks and shrugged shoulders. Alice returned about 45 seconds later with her enormous tote bag that she brought over along with her suitcase filled with clothes. She hadn't unzipped the monstrous thing since she had arrived but I think now she was finally going to divulge the secret contents.
"Makeovers." she stated simply. I groaned along with Emmett and Jasper but Rosalie looked ecstatic while Edward looked monumentally confused . "What's a makeover?" he asked, trying out the unfamiliar word with his mouth and cocking his head to the side like a kid would when asking about how babies were made.
Alice gasped and put her hand over her heart and staggered back like his words caused her physical pain. "Oh, my poor heart. How could you say such words Edward? "What is a makeover?"" she mocked him, shaking her head sadly. "A makeover is only one of the best things known to man, woman, and several species of fish!" she cried, opening the gigantic tote bag and dumping the tote bag in the middle of our circle.
About one hundred pieces of makeup, eye shadow brushes, hair brushes, combs, and hair products tumbled out and landed in a large pile in between all of us. Rosalie gasped as she picked up a tube of lip gloss, opening it and staring open-mouthed at it, "This is then new MAC lip plumper, I have been dying to try this out." she smeared some of it on her lips and smacked them together.
"Today, we are all going to get makeovers and then we are going to go to the mall in Seattle to show off our sexiness." she did a little shimmy with her hips as she said the last word which earned a lustful look from Jasper. I slapped my forehead and dragged my palm down my face, completely against the idea of going to the mall.
"Aw, why do we have to come?" Emmett whined. Jasper didn't say anything but anyone could just see it on his face that he was also dreading the upcoming mall trip. "Because someone has to carry our bags." Alice told him in a "duh" voice which made Emmett groan loudly in exasperation.
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Two hours later we were all dressed and made-up, ready to go to the mall but not before taking a two hour car drive down there. The boys all had on the same style tee shirt only Jasper wore dark green, Emmett blood red, and Edward black while they all wore white skinny jeans. Alice had straightened Edward's hair so it hung past his eyes, covering the beautiful gold and teal orbs.
I decided I had to be able to see them so, armed with a hair razor, I cut off his hair, leaving behind stylish and fluffy bronze locks that gracefully hung above his eyebrows. The black tips had been sawed off only leaving behind the original glossy auburn.
While the boys matched us girls were almost complete opposites. Rosalie had her golden hair in a stylish twist at the nape of her neck paired with a loose maternity ¾ sleeved red turtleneck tunic that went to about mid-thigh with black leggings and knee-high boots lined on the inside with faux sheep-skin. On her wrists she wore chunky gold bangles that matched the necklace around her neck.
Alice also wore a tunic but hers was forest green and clung tightly to her slim figure and it had long sleeves that extended to her wrists and the neckline plunged to just a few inches above her bust. On her legs were white leggings she paired off with green ballet flats that matched her tunic. Her hair was in its normal spiky disarray that hung around her head like a glossy black halo.
I wore white short shorts that only came to rest about 3 inches below my butt along with a purple Babycakes tee shirt with pink, red, orange, green, and blue stripes with yellow between them. There was a large blue X and a smaller pink X in front of the stripes with the Babycakes logo beneath them in rainbow colors. My hair was waved from top to bottom, the effect far more pleasing than a crimper which would have put my hair in sharp points.
On my feet were paint splattered Osiris's and on my legs were authentic knee-high white tube socks with two blue stripes at the top I found in my closet from the 70's when they were still popular. I put in all my usual piercing's; septum, tongue, snakebites, eyebrow, belly button, all that good stuff.
My makeup consisted of black eyeliner and mascara, shiny clear lip gloss, and dark purple eye shadow on the inside corners of my eyelids and lighter purple on the outside, closer to my temples. Alice and Rosalie also had the eyeliner, mascara, and lip gloss but decided against putting on any eye shadow.
This whole ordeal had taken two hours only because Alice wouldn't let anyone get themselves ready, I had to ask Alice for permission to even do my hair and makeup the way I had. She picked out clothes for everyone and even did Rosalie's hair for her, "It has to be perfect." she had said while brushing through Rosalie's already tangle-free hair.
I grabbed my humongous glasses, the kind that basically cover your entire face, and shoved them on my face, my eyebrow hoop submerged under the black shades. I grabbed my wallet, which was filled with approximately $20, 000 in cash(what can I say, if I am going shopping I want to be prepared to buy anything), and stuffed it into my surprisingly ratty old purse.
Everyone was already waiting downstairs so I was the last to arrive and when I did I noticed the grandfather clock standing in front of a wall that read 10:45 a.m. "How the heck is it only ten?" I blurted, shocked. I had expected it to be after noon by now, I hadn't really noticed when we woke up but I had to have been around 8 since it took us two hours to get ready.
"I know, I thought we would have woken up way later since we were all so tired last night. The good thing it that it gives us more time to get to Seattle." Alice said, adjusting the strap of her Prada handbag over her shoulder. I shrugged and grabbed the keys to my custom made Hummer H3 and motioned for everyone to follow me to the garage where all of our cars were stored if they weren't being used.
I had to type in the code to get in the garage and once I did, the door swinging open on its own and greeting my in its monotone computer voice, Rosalie nearly fainted with happiness. She was a huge car fanatic and seeing the monstrous garage filled with some of the fastest, most expensive cars in the world put a lot of stress on her and she clutched her bulging stomach as Emmett held her up to keep her from falling over.
"So many beautiful pieces of machinery." she gasped out, pretending to fan herself. I chuckled and unlocked the doors of the Hummer, opening the driver's side door and jumping in. I felt like a dwarf in the gigantic vehicle, the back of the seat much higher than my head and my feet just barely touching the pedals.
The others poured in, Edward taking the passenger side with Alice and Jasper right behind us leaving the back row for Rosalie and Emmett to cuddle. Once everyone had buckled up I gunned the engine and peeled out of the recently opened garage door, flying through the driveway and quickly getting onto the surprisingly clear highway.
For the next of hours we listened to music from my I-Pod, talked and laughed about the Prom last night, and (of course) made fun of the strange people we passed, some including this ancient couple making out on the sidewalk. I swear they were like 100 years old, wrinkly and frail, and they were getting freaky on the sidewalk!
I pulled into the over-crowded parking lot of the mall, miraculously finding a spot near the front, and parking my conspicuous Hummer. Edward and I simultaneously opened our doors and jumped out at the exact same time, landing lightly on the blacktop. The others quickly followed suit and once the car was vacant we all slammed the doors shut and hooked arms.
We walked towards the building in this order from left to right; Edward, me, Alice, Jasper, Rosalie, and then Emmett at the opposite end. As we strutted our stuff to the automatic doors there were many appreciative wolf-whistles and cat-calls from the passing humans but we ignored them completely, heading to the center of the mall for reasons only Alice knew.
She had instructed us to go to the center of the mall once we got there. Something about the best store ever and how we just had to shop there. I hadn't really been paying attention after she told us to go to the center of the mall because after that Edward started rubbing my upper thigh and I kinda got distracted… nothing too dirty.
So we got to the center of the mall but the only stores I could see were Victoria's Secret, Hollister, Abercrombie & Fitch, and American Eagle, you know, stuff like that. Why would Alice tell us to go here, there aren't any good stores, well besides Vicky's but… No she is not.
"Alice are you trying to make me shop at Hollister!" I yelled, trying not to gasp and ripped my arm from hers, looking her straight in the eye, my face contorted with rage. She looked honestly shocked that I didn't want to go to that stupid, overpriced store with stupid, overpriced, and CRAPPY clothes. They sell pants there for $50.00 dollars when you can get the same exact ones from Wal-Mart for $15.00. And yet idiotic humans buy it all the time!
"Yeah Bella, you are in serious need of some new clothes." she laughed, trying to hook arms with me again and lead me to the Barbie shop. I pulled sharply away from her, cradling my arm to her like she had burnt me and in a way she had. Edward, whose arm I had never unlinked with, unlinked his arm from mine and tucked me into his side.
"Alice," I said, disappointment lacing through my voice, "I don't want new clothes. This is me," I gestured to my hair, face, and clothes, "I don't want to change it. I hate being part of the in-crowd, the ones who wear stuff like that." I flung my hand to the stores behind us. Nosy people were stopping to watch as I all but yelled, some boys just openly gawking at my over-exposed milk white legs.
"But Bella," Alice whined, "your clothes are so gross and you have to many piercings. You have to wear some color." I did gasp then, anger and sadness contorting my face as I stared in shock at the small, pixie-like girl before me. Rosalie and Emmett were also looking at her the same way, Rosalie taking her arm from Jasper's while Jasper shifted uncomfortably.
"Alice," my voice was shaking with suppressed rage, "I wear these clothes, which, by the way, have plenty of colors," I jerked the collar of my shirt away from my neck as if to shove it in her tear streaked face, "because I don't want to fit in. I want to be independent, not some brainless bimbo who only cares when the next Prada bag is coming out or how good she looks today or-or how many guys she's fucked!" I was shouting now, my voice ringing through the dead silent mall.
Several old ladies tutted and tried to move through the throng of stupid humans who stood frozen, all gaping open-mouthed at my seething form. Alice was full on sobbing now, which made me feel horrible but I was mad for goodness sake! Here she was, trying to change everything about me and expecting me to just take it, like a cheap plastic Barbie!
"I'm so sorry Bella, I just thought you would want this, don't you want to be popular?" I was just ready to forgive her but that just set me off. In two quick strides I was in her face now, shaking her shoulders sharply with my hands.
"Have you not heard a thing I said?! I don't want to fit in! I'd rather spend my whole life painting or reading rather than drooling over boys and spending all my daddy's money! I am not a clone of this idiotic world we live in! I have a mind that doesn't revolve around shopping, sex, drugs, and looking good! I thought you were smarter than that Alice." I dropped my hands to dangle at my sides as my head slowly shook from side to side, like I was shaking every bad thing out of my head.
"So, until you come to your senses, I think we shouldn't hang out for a while." I turned, covering my mouth with my hand in horror, trying to keep my gut-wrenching dry sobs from taking over my body. Edward latched onto my hand as he, Rosalie, and Emmett quickly followed me away from the watching eyes of two hundred humans.
We didn't stop until we reached the movie theatre and bought four tickets for the first movie on the board and made our way to the screen room and took four seats in the back row where we could whisper without being disturbed. Once the lights were dimmed and the previews were rolling we put our heads together and quietly started whispering in hurried, hushed tones.
"What the hell is Alice's problem?" Rosalie whisper-yelled. Besides me she looked the most shocked at Alice's strange behavior, they had been best friends for almost their entire lives and I suspected this was totally out of the norm for her.
"I have no idea but I want to find out, she was acting like Jessica or Lauren. So on Monday I'm going to look through her mind and see what is up." I vowed, right as the security guard shushed us. This is so not normal for Alice so she will be facing some major privacy invasion very soon.
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Yeah I know, crappy but trust me, something big should be happening come Monday of the Twilight universe. Please review!