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Chapter 6:
The music began, not the usual stuff either, like rock music. I instantly settled in into the already wonderfully comfy chair and watched the curtain come up.
After the first act, I was totally in love with the play. There was a twinkle in Alice's eye too, as we watched. Emmett looked bored on the other side of Edward. Part way through the second act, I snickered at him. Black hair flying in the reaction of looking over at me, I had just enough time to shy away from his glare. Edward I felt glared back at him, probably reading his thoughts. As the intermission almost began, Edward stood fluidly up.
"Let's stretch your legs, Bella," he breathed in my ear as he helped me into the standing position.
I smiled, remembering to clap as the curtains went down and the lights were turned up, "Okay."
"Bella, do you like the show so far?" Alice asked and followed at my heels as we strolled out he balcony's door.
"Like it? Wow, no!" I paused, "I love it! The music is so… like me, I like how they incorporated it with everything else!"
A new spring in her step as she walk now, Alice had the broad grin on her face, I thought it would snap!
"I'm so glad! I saw it in a vision you know," she whispered into my ear, so no one else could hear.
Humans anyway.
"Edward, I need to go to the bathroom," I bit my lip as we were walking down the stairs.
Yes, it amazed me too, Edward let me walk down the stairs without carrying me.
"Sure, it's…" hje stopped to survey the area, "Over there."
He had pointed to a long dimly hallway, I could barely see the doors at the end.
Nervousness came over me, "Are you positive that's where it is?"
"I'm going blind!" he joked and covered my eyes.
"Okay, I know," I sighed and started to walk toward the too long looking hallway.
I was almost there when I felt a small cold hand on my arm, "Would you like me to come with you?" Alice asked eagerly, "I could touch up your make-up."
"No, that's fine," I waved my hand at her and she lifted her's off my forearm.
"See you in a few!" she said, all too happy and danced back to where Edward and Emmett were standing by one of the walls.
I went through the enterance of the hallway and shivered, because it was cold in there. My shoes clicked on the now wooden floor, making echoes bouncing off the narrow walls. It only made me walk faster, but then I tripped. This time Edward wasn't there to catch me, I fell hard on my face.
"Damn," I muttered, trying to get back up.
It was difficult with the dress and the heels. I panted, straining myself, because I didn't want to rip the beautiful dress that Alice had worked so hard to con me into and help it fit. After finally standing up, I slowly started back on my way to the bathroom. I felt my face for any bruises, and found two. Both on my cheeks, one on one cheek and one on the other. It sucked.
"Geez, I hate these shoes," I blamed the shoes, but it was partly my fault.
I was about three fourths of the way there when a young woman came out of the bathroom.
She was about my age, maybe a little bit older, with a carrot tan. The person was wearing a dress too, but it was way too short for her tall frame. A dirty shade of yellow, also. I walked past her, limping of course, then I heard her snort.
Turning my head just a bit, I saw her keep walking but looking at me also.
"What happened to you? Get beat up or somethin' by your boyfriend?" she yelled from halfway down the hall.
I didn't answer her, just willed my legs to move. At least I reached the bathroom door, it was painted pink. Once I stepped inside, I stopped quickly to view myself in the mirror. Oh my gosh! No wonder she said that! It did look like someone hit me on both cheeks with a brick! I scowled at my reflection and found an empty stall.
By the time I stepped out of the stall, no one was in the small bathroom. All alone, but it didn't bother me. Washing my hands briskly, I towel dried them and was out the door fast. The hall seemed even longer than it had before. Intermission was probably already over, I hurried myself. Basicly the lights were scaring me, I closed my eyes, hoping it would get me out of the hallway even faster.
The main room of the chamber was almost empty, except of the Cullens and a few late people.
Edward came over in a heartbeat, but at human pace and when he saw my face, he rushed, not caring.
His eyes widened in shock, "Bella, how-"
"I fell, I was scared of the hallway," my eyes moved back and forth too quick.
"Oh, for the love of you!" he exclaimed and laughed, placing one hand on my back.
Alice was singing from across the room, "We need to go back to our seats!"
"Okay," I moved and stumbled because the stupid shoes again.
Edward took me up, back into his arms for the umpteenth time today and up the stairs. For once, I was glad. I didn't want to walk for a while. Back in the arms of my angel, we were in the balcony in no time. Alice and Emmett were already seated when we got there. The lights were just turning down when Edward sat me in my seat.
"Edward, I love you," I told him, my eyes sparkling.
The look in his eyes were pure happiness, "I know, my sweet Bella. I love you, too."
He leaned in a swiped a kiss all the way across my jaw and then turned back to the stage.
The last half of the show was even better than the first half! The sugar plum fairy dance was different, they danced to Fall Out Boy's "Dance Dance," I was all giddy at that part. When the final song ended, I stood up and clapped with all my might. Stupidly, I realized that I had tears in my eyes. Quickly, Edward wiped them away, only a moment after I noticed they were there. Alice was like me clapping hard and fast, sounding like low thunder, but not as loud. If she could, I guessed she would have some tears, too.
"Thank you Edward, I loved it," I swiftly kissed him on his cheek.
"That's wonderful, Bella! But I would like to get moving before our car is blocked. Plus, you have to be starving right now," he winked at Emmett again, then his lips moved super fast because of vampire speech.
"What do you think I am, your chuffer?" Emmett grumbled at him as he left the balcony.
I laughed, so did Alice, but Edward had a smirk on his face, "He needs to lighten up."
"It's only because of Rose," Alice pointed out and got up to leave.
If I was away from Edward, I'm sure I'd just be quiet. The stories I heard from the other side though is that Edward is pretty irriable on hunting trips.
"Give him a break," I told Edward, and twisted myself in the seat, because my back was stiff.
Alice poked my shoulder, "Tell Edward to go with Emmett. They need some brother to brother time. Just like we need sister time."
When she said that, I practicly started crying all over again! She thought of me as her sister already? This is why I love Alice. I smiled meekly at her and shook my head.
"Edward, how about you go out with Emmett? Alice and I will be fine, don't worry," I added the last part for his benefit.
Edward turned his eyes to me and made them smolder in the darkness, "Are you sure?" he breathed.
"We're good, you go on ahead!" Alice answered for me, because I was a little shell shocked.
"If that's what you want," Edward took my hand and helped me up.
Then he pressed our bodies together and held me there, with his lips on my neck. Kisses all around, I was dazed and my legs couldn't hold me up anymore. Thank goodness for Edward, he had a grip on me that a tidal wave couldn't break. Alice cleared her throat, signaling for Edward to go.
"See you," Edward planted a big kiss on my lips.
Who was I again, geez.
I pulled back and he broke his hold on me, "I'll be with Alice."
"I realized that, Bella," he chuckled then opened up the door and left.
"What do you want to talk about?" I asked Alice, who was at my side as soon as Edward was gone.
"I want to do something special for Edward," she whispered quickly in my ear, I wasn't exactly sure that's what she said.
"Why?" my brain couldn't grasp any comcept why.
"Because what he's going to do for you tonight-" she smacked a hand over her mouth before she could say any more, then with the other hand slapped her forehead.
"So, what might this thing that he's going to do tonight be?" I prodded skillfully.
Alice clamped her mouth shut and shook her hands away from her head.
"Okay," I decided to take another approach, "What are you going to do for him?"
She sighed and grabbed my hand, "Well, in all reality, your going to do it. I'm just the director."
Uh oh, director?
"Huh?" I was fiddling with a piece of the dress.
"Have you ever heard of pin-ups? From the '50's?" she smiled briefly, stunning me.
I racked my brain, "Yes? But what does that have to do with…"
Alice wanted to do pinups of me to give to Edward? Was she nuts? I would be the laughing stock of the whole world if I did, how was I going to escape this situation!
"He'll love it, trust me, it's probably going to be the only time you ever hear him stutter a whole sentence!" her face was bright with excitement, like she couldn't wait to get me home.
"No," I muttered as we began our decend of the stairs.
"Yes he will," she urged me with her eyes, then with slow movements, she mouthed, "Saw it!"
I sighed as we came off the last step, she was not going to do this.
"Alice, we can't, I can't!" I bit my lip in frustration.
"Yes, you'll see! Quiet now, if you tell Edward…!" she shook a perfect finger at me.
I huffed a loud breath and balled my fists, but did nothing.
"Exactly," Alice murmured and waved at the boys as they we already in the car.
We walked through the glass doors of the playhouse and Edward came around to open the front door.
"I'll sit in the back with Alice," I rejected the seat by him.
He looked so hurt, with a wounded expression in his eyes. I wasn't falling for it, I stood my ground.
Glaring at him, I whispered, "Stop trying to dazzle me, Edward! I'm sitting with Alice!"
He shrugged and opened the back door so Emmett could get out and I could get in.
Alice was happy, though, to have me back with her.
"Bella, there is so much more room up here! Thanks," Emmett gave me a tiny smile and laughed.
"No problem," I gave him a blissful smile and turned back to Alice, "Uh, when are we going to do our little thing?"
"Not now, we'll discuss it later," she pursed her lips at Edward, because he was staring at the both of us.
I looked at the window, we were already on the highway.
"Bella, is it okay if you eat something at the house?" much to my delight, Esme had stocked up on a wonderful supply of gorment food.
"That works for me!" I rested my head back on the headrest and without knowing it fell asleep.
In my deep sleep, I dreamt of Edward and I standing in a food court. It looked like some sort of mall to me. He went over and ordered me some tacos, the very thought made my mouth water. When he brought it to the small table I was sitting at, I picked up one and started eating. I bet it was good, it looked good. Suddenly out of nowhere, James came running in and grabbed me by the neck.
Snarling, Edward managed to get out, "Let her go!"
"Never! You'll have to come and get me first!" James hissed and snapped my arm in half, but the skin still made it come together.
I howled in pain and started to cry, "Edward!" as Edward's pained, hurt eyes and face haunted me as I sank into unconsuicness.
Someone was shaking me, hard, my eyes fluttered open to see myself in Emmett's arms while Edward was shaking me by the shoulders an yelling "Wake up, Bella, wake up!"
He stopped once that he saw my eyes were open and took me from Emmett. I figured out that we were in his house, in the living room. Feeling really stupid, I sniffled.
"I'm sorry Edward, it was just a bad nightmare," my voice broke and I could feel the tears were coming.
Edward stoked my hair with his fingers and kissed me on my face, all over, tiny kisses.
"Don't cry, your safe here with me now," he spoke seductively into my ear as he moved to kissing them too.
I threw my arms around his neck and began to cry into his shoulder, "It was t-t-terrible! Oh Edward!"
He stood in his living room with me in his arms like that for who knows how long. Well, at least untill Alice and Esme came into the room. I found that Emmett had gone.
"Do you feel any better, Bella?" Alice asked, while Esme gave a motherly smile.
"Yes, thank you," I sucked it all up and pulled myself together.
"Superb! Are you hungry?" Esme came forward as Edward set me down on the floor.
My stomach grumbled in response, I sighed and nodded my head.
"What would you like? Here, come into the kicten so we can pick it out," I moved away from Edward and walked to the kichten with Esme.
She glided of course, but no worries, I still loved her. As if that little thing would cause me to hate her, that's too cruel.
"Thanks Esme," I followed her to a hardly used refrigerator.
"It's my pleasure dear! How about I even cook what ever you want? I never get to cook," her expression turned sour, "But anyway, so pick anything out!"
I opened it up and searched thought it's contents, "Uh, how about this supreme frozen pizza?"
She took it before I could hand it to her and briefly peeked at the directions.
"This should work!" she exclaimed, as if she had any doubts at cooking a frozen pizza.
Her caramel hair waved down to her shoulders while she in a flash managed to open the pizza wrapper and preheat the oven.
"Would you like to sit down?" Esme waved a pale hand at the glass dining table.
I found myself at home even more in the white chairs. The bay window that the table looked out into showed the side yard, which was mostly woods. Just like everything else, figures. She popped the pizza into the oven and came to sit right across from me.
"So, how was the play?" she asked, giving me her full attention.
"Lovely!" I gushed and started to explain the whole thing.
By the time I was done, she had a hand over her heart and looked excited, "I think I want to go see it now!"
"Really? Just from me telling you about what music they used? If you've ever seen the Nutcracker, it's just the same thing, but different music and different dancing styles. Like I said, same story line," I had my hands under my chin.
"Still, I'm going to go see it, just because you liked it," Esme checked on the pizza, it wasn't done yet.
I sighed as she sat back down, only a second later, "Do you know what Alice has planned for me for today?"
"Yes," she replied, very careful of what she was saying, "From what she tells me, you're going to dazzle Edward more than he does you."
This caught me off guard.
"You don't mind what she's going to do?" I asked, astonished.
"No, Edward loves you, you love him, and I know that. I love that you have both found love, especially with each other," she had a wonderful expression on her face, it made my heart swell.
"Thank you, Esme," I reached over and grapped her stone hands, "It means so much to me."
"Ah, dear!" she was behind me and swiped up into a graceful hug.
I patted her back after a while, "I think the pizza's done."
"Oh, shoot, I got it," she ran over at shut off the oven hurriedly.
Then, she reached her whole hand into the oven, unprotected and everything and pulled the pizza out. I was amazed, I already knew they couldn't get hurt but still! She just set it on the clean counter and when to fetch a pizza cutter. My eyes were wide as she placed a plate of perfect pizza slices in front of me. I smiled up a her quickly, then began to stuff my face with the excellent food.
When my stomach couldn't hold anymore, I pushed the plate away. I ate almost a whole pizza by myself! Feeling fat, I made sure my mouth was wiped off and keep when I went over to thank Esme. She had left me to eat by myself, I liked it that way, so no one was looking at me. It was terrible to feel fat when you're in the presense of the never changing always skinny vampires.
Getting up from the table and moving over to the sink, I turned on the water.
"Bella, you can just throw that away if you want, it's not we'll ever use it," Esme came into the room and laugh at my stunned face.
I pointed to the plate, "But it must have cost a fortune!"
"No, it doesn't matter," she took the plate from my hand a three into the rarely used garbage in the corner.
It smashed into the wall, causing the white plate to break into a thousand pieces and fall into the garbage.
"Esme!" I gasped at her little esapade.
"What?" she beamed as she left the room and Alice presently came in.
"How was lunch?" she didn't wait for an answer, but flew up the stairs with me over over shoulder.
Back in her room, I was getting sick and tired of it. Layed out on her bed was an assortment of items. Most making my blush at the sight of them. I prayed that she wasn't going to make me wear all of them.
"Bella, don't worry, Rosalie will be doing some for Emmett, too," she sighed, then looking at my face realized it was the wrong thing to say, "It'll be fine Bella!"
From behind me, I heard the door open, "What will be fine Alice?" Roaslie's icy voice came.
I shuddered and slowly turned around to gaze at her. Shot with mean glares she cat walked over to Alice's bed.
"What's wrong Bella?" Rosalie held up a frilly little piece of underwear.
"You," I made my voice ice over, wanting to mimick hers.
"Huh?" she did a double take and stared at me in disbelief.
Alice was franic, clasping her hands together and shaking them up and down whispering, "No, no!"
"Rosalie, you never liked me from day one! I came into your life, so should I say Edward's life and all I got was cold glares and death stares! I'm sick of it! Why should you be jealous of me? I'm human and ugly! You'll beautiful and a vampire! I'm here to stay and no one, not even you Miss Flawless can make me go away!" I roared, never execpting my voice to ever be that loud or powerful.
Both Alice and Rosalie had their mouths hanging open and eyes wide. I blushed now, because I'm sure everyone in the house heard my little rant and I was now ashamed of what I had just said. Rosalie came away from the bed and stopped dead center in front of me. She looked me straight I the eye.
"That took guts, Bella," she paused and breathed, "I never hated you, I just couldn't believe how Edward could pick a human to love. But now I see why. Because you witty and came come back with a very good agruement," then she did something I never thought that Rosalie Hale would do: she leaned forward and hugged me.
I stood frozen in her arms for a brief second then threw my arms around her, "Does this mean no more evil stares?"
"Nope, no more!" she smiled and stepped away.
I saw Alice hopping up and down, a beaming smile wide on her tiny face. It reminded me of the Snoopy dance, I laughed and she came over to hug us both!
"Let get to what we came to do!" Alice exclaimed and pulled away from us.
I groaned and closed my eyes, not thinking about what I was about to do.
It took me forever to write! Not really, only a few hours! I hoped you liked it, the next chapter is going to be really funny. I'm a girl so ya know, but what do you think about the pin-up posters for the guys? I had to do that, just for Edward to get some love! And not THAT way you bunch of pervs! winks But really, was it good? Bad? Ugly? Terrible? Tell me by reviewing! I've seen that I haven't got a lot of reviews lately, so please review! Anything please! I get really bored when I have writers block and no reviews to look forward to reading! Thanx so much, esepalliy to EdwardAddict, thanx! Anyone who would like their name posted on my thanx-list, review now! Ta at for now, much!