A/N- My fic is a teenager! Sorry I get really emotional about these things. Anyway thank you to my glorious reviewers, I adore you all. Special thanks to Bec for her excellent writing advice, it means a lot. Ok so here is chapter 13. Oh and if you want to see a picture of me go to Stephenie's website, I'm Libby! (my hair is super bad in that one but oh well.)
Oh and here is a song by The Perishers and Sarah Mclaughlan that's called Pills and the opening lines really reminded me of Twilight. I just wanted to show it to you guys because I liked it. It has absolutely nothing to do with my fic. I am really good at staying on task eh?
The guy sings- I hope my smile will distract you.
I hope my fists can fight for two.
So it never has to show And you'll never know
The girl sings- I hope my love will blind you.
I hope my arms can bind you.
So you'll never see.
What we've grown to be
Disclaimer- You know the drill, this is the part where I completely disclaim Twilight hence the name disclaimer.
Bella PoV
"Edward, what do I bring to this thing?" I asked him sceptically. We were in our room packing and I had no idea what I was doing.
"Don't ask me! Ask Alice she'll know." He answered uselessly. Men. Never seem to be able to come up with astute fashion advice.
"Fine" I huffed and left the room, trudging down the hall towards Alice's. I knocked once and waited for a response.
"Come on in Bella" I heard Jasper's voice call.
I went in and found Jasper sitting on their couch with a suitcase at his feet being pelted with clothes that were shooting out of the closet. "Alice?" I asked.
"Hi Bella! You need to help me I have no idea what to bring. It's all such a mess and Jasper is being totally useless." Jasper rolled his eyes at this.
"Well I was actually here to ask if you can help me" I told her sadly. We were leaving in two days and my suitcase was void of anything.
She came out of the closet looking disgruntled "let's go ask Rosalie" she muttered and led the way out of the room.
We met Rose halfway down the hall. "Oh thank goodness! I need your help, I have absolutely no idea what to bring. Emmett is just sitting there like dead weight" she ranted and then realizing what she said let out a chuckle.
"We don't know what to pack either." Alice told her glumly.
"We could go ask Esme?" I suggested hopefully.
"No I just left her she has no idea what to bring either" Rose told me.
"Well maybe All-" Alice started.
"Don't even say it!" Rose snarled.
"She's got a point Rose" I told her. I don't know about them but I was desperate. I had absolutely no idea what to bring. In fact I didn't even know how to match things. That whole world of mix and match terrified me.
"Not you too"
"I vote we just go and ask her" Alice declared.
"I agree, how about you Rose?"
"Fine, but if anyone ever brings this up again I'm denying it ever happened" She told us, her trademark glare making an appearance on her flawless features.
We headed towards the guestroom Erik and Allie were staying in. When we reached the door I heard a beautiful melody coming from inside. I shot a quizzical glance at my sisters before politely knocking on their door.
The music came to an abrupt stop and the door swung open. Allie was standing on the other side of it wearing a flouncy white peasant skirt and a plum coloured off the shoulder sweater. "Hello ladies, can I help you with anything?" she asked innocently. I saw Erik through the crack with a keyboard on his knee sitting on the bed.
I glanced at Alice and Rosalie nervously and they stared pointedly back at me. I cleared my throat "we were wondering if maybe, you could help us pack?" I was desperately trying not to make eye contact.
"I would love to help you all pack." She said obviously taking great pleasure in our discomfort. "So who wants to go first?"
Once again Rosalie and Alice remained silent. I sighed "I will."
"Great! Let's go see what we've got." She said excitedly and grabbed my arm and started to make her way down the hall. It striked me kind of odd that all of a sudden she was so chummy with me. But I shrugged it off and decided to go with the flow.
As soon as the three of us entered Edward made a quick exit, stopping to give me a peck on the cheek on his way out.
Allie wasted no time, she was in my closet in a flash. "Hmm, well I've got to say Bella you have a lovely wardrobe." I smiled pleased. "But most of these things are too casual for The Boule Cramoisie. You're going to need at least 5 ball gowns, and seven cocktail dresses to be safe I would think" she said brusquely.
"Well I don't have any ball gowns" I stated the obvious. When I was shopping with Alice neither of us thought we'd be going to some vampire ball in southern France.
"I know, and I'm guessing that you two don't either?" she asked eying Rosalie and Alice, they both shook their heads unwilling to meet her forceful stare. "Well then, shopping it is!" she said gleefully.
Both Alice and Rosalie perked up at this I on the other hand let out a small groan. Even though I now had the perfect body and a closet big enough to hold anything shopping still didn't tempt me in any way.
"Don't complain Bella this will be oodles of fun, I promise you!" Ugh, I really didn't like people who used the word oodles, I mean who does that?
"Ok, then" I said completely unconvinced.
"I'll drive!" Alice shouted and headed for the stairs at a run, Rosalie hot at her heels. Allie turned to look at me a small smile on her perfect lips.
"Don't worry, it will be completely painless I promise." She said with a wink that I so didn't trust. "Shall we?" she motioned for the door.
I nodded and gave her a smile and walked swiftly out the door.
Alice and Rosalie were waiting downstairs with Esme, Carlisle, Jasper, Erik, and Edward and Emmett, all of them were wearing coats so I guess we were all going. Shopping with men, ooh this was just going to be oodles of fun.
Edward was holding my jacket for me and he helped me slide it on when I reached him. "You ready for some shopping?" he smiled cheerfully at me.
"Sure" I said smiling not quite as cheerfully.
When we reached the boutiques we split up into two groups. The men went to Armani to get their tuxes and some other things. And the women went off to see if Oscar de la Renta had something new. The guys promised to come see us when they were done because chances were we'd take longer than them. Once in the store Allie grabbed hold of Esme and led her to a huge private dressing room that was filled with racks of beautiful clothes. Alice, Esme, and Rose and I were in shock.
"I called ahead" she winked. She began picking out gowns and holding them up against Esme's perfect frame. She chose five of them and told Esme to try them on. We all turned our backs and waited while she changed. When she was done we turned around. She looked absolutely stunning in a soft sage green sarong styled dress, with her caramel hair hanging beautifully over her shoulders. This dress definitely was a winner.
"Perfect" breathed Allie. Esme smiled, and agreed that the dress was very pretty. She tried the other 4 on and all of them looked just as spectacular.
Next was Alice. She went through the same process she did with Esme. We all turned our backs and waited. When we turned around Alice was looking gorgeous in a canary yellow strapless gown. The contrast between her jet black hair and her dress was striking.
Allie was a miracle worker. She did all of this wordlessly, just shaking her head when something was wrong and nodding when it looked good. It was now Rosalie's turn. I could tell she was slightly hesitant about letting Allie pick her clothes. She rarely even let Alice do that. When we turned around we saw Rosalie looking positively radiant in a silk plum coloured frock. It was something right out of the fifties, Emmett was definitely going to like this.
"Ok your turn now, Bella" Allie told me. I gulped and the rest of them burst out laughing.
Allie began searching the racks furiously. At the end of her rampage she was holding 5 ball gowns with a knowing smile on her face.
She held one out to me and I took it, all of them turned their backs to me. I stripped down and stepped into the dress. It fit like a custom made glove, that was for sure.
All four of them slowly turned around and I watched as simultaneously all four jaws dropped. Was it really that bad? Oh god only me. Here I thought it was impossible for vampires to look bad in anything. Heck! I even thought they would look good in potato sacks. Obviously once again I was the exception.
Just my luck, at that precise moment all the guys came in. Now Edward was going to see me looking absolutely hideous. All of the men just stood in the doorway, all of their mouths slightly open. Was I really that grotesque?
Edward PoV
I felt my mouth hang open but I didn't close it. I couldn't close it, I was too stunned. There was Bella looking like pure heaven. I had never seen a more luscious thing in my entire eternity.
She was standing there in front of the girls wearing this beautiful strapless soft blue coloured floor length gown. It had small crystals along the bodice going down to the floor. She was breathtaking I couldn't even find the words to describe such beauty. Her lovely chocolate locks were draped over her shoulder exposing her gorgeous swanlike neck. It was pure ecstasy just to look at her. And then in a flash she was gone, but I still smelled her. She must've used her power but why? She looked enchanting, there was no reason on earth why such a precious thing should be kept out of sight.
Bella PoV
I hated how they were looking at me like that. I mean I know I must've looked pretty awful but there was no need just to stand there and not say anything. I was beginning to feel extremely uncomfortable, and I lost control of emotions. Because one second I was visible and the next I wasn't.
I saw Allie and Erik's eyes widen in shock. The other's faces just turned to annoyance. "Why did you do that?" Alice asked exasperated. I couldn't believe her! Why would I just want to stand here looking hideous?
"Well, just because I look awful there is absolutely no reason to stare. In fact I find it quite rude" I said indignantly.
At this all nine vampires doubled over in hysterics. I made myself visible for the sole purpose of them being able to see what I hoped to be killer glare.
"Bella--" Rosalie gasped as she clutched her stomach for dear life still shaking uncontrollably with laughter.
Edward was the first one to recover. He approached me slowly. God this was going to be embarrassing, here he was walking towards me like a god while I'm standing here like an idiot.
When he reached me he lifted a pale hand and rested it on my cheek and put his other hand on my waist. "Oh Bella" he sighed. "When will you see how beautiful you are?" he whispered into my ear.
If I could have blushed I would've thankfully, that was no longer an option on the list of involuntary reactions to my gorgeous boyfriend's shows of affection.
My body opted to stop breathing, which was way more convenient for me now that it wasn't entirely necessary. Edward chuckled and bent his head to my neck and began to softly kiss me.
By this time the whole family had stopped the hysterics and were now smirking at Edward and I.
The next day and a half seemed to go by in a blur. I found myself growing strangely excited for The Boule Cramoisie. It became extremely hard to sit through Trig, while daydreaming about the wonders of France.
Finally it was time to leave for the airport in Seattle. I was actually bouncing in my seat on Edward's lap.
When we got there we checked our bags and went through security and boarded our plane. The flight was an excruciating twelve hours and 51 minutes long. I contented myself with running my hands through Edward's hair and listening to him whispering that he loved me. This was definitely the way to fly.
When we landed and exited the plane, I was relieved to see the sun safely hidden behind the clouds. All the guys collected our baggage as well as their own at the baggage claim.
Carlisle then took the initiative and led the way to the Porsche rental car kiosk. To my great shock he started up a conversation with the man in completely fluent french. Eventually everyone began talking french except for me and Rosalie who told she just never found the time to learn. All I had to go on were two years of AP classes of French back at my school in Phoenix. I could see communication becoming quite a problem on this trip. Carlisle got each couple their own vehicle except for Erik and Allie who got their own one, he also gave us a map to the castle where The Boule and all the festivities would be held and where we would all stay. Edward and I walked hand in hand through the airport and out the exit towards the rental car parking lot. The lady there directed us to the most fun looking car I've ever seen. It was powder blue and had doors that went up on their hinges. Edward laughed at my excitement but seemed just as excited as me when the lady told him how much horsepower that baby had.
Edward drove for about 40 minutes before suddenly swerving off into a deserted lane. Or what I thought was a deserted lane until we came to end of said lane. When Carlisle and Edward said castle they weren't lying, this place put the legendary Versailles to shame. It was giant looming structure that had ivy growing up it's grey stone walls. But this isn't what stunned me the most.
Stretching out in front of the castle was a humongous field, covered in multi-coloured silk tents with beautiful vampires running around beneath them, mingling, playing athletics, and much much more. We were here. This was The Boule Cramoisie in all it's splendour.
a/n-There is chapter 13. It's probably riddledwith grammar and spelling mistakes but don't worry I've found a beta. So next chapterwill be better. Thanks again Fickshonal! REVIEW! I mean that. Don't you dare exit this page with leaving a review! Yes I'm talking to you. Hey you person reading my author's note, go review! REVIEW!