A/N: This is not the chapter you are looking for! This is a Christmas update story with the characters from I Like Me Better but it is not in order and has nothing to do with the actual plot. I hope y'all enjoy it anyway!

"It's going to be a lot of fun," Alice says while pulling Bella's hair into braids. "You really need to start trusting me more."

"I completely trust that you will have a lot of fun," Bella says while holding back a sigh. "I just don't know how much consideration you take into account when planning these huge excursions. I mean, how much money did this cost?"

"Less than a royal wedding."

Bella laughs, "What does that even mean?"

"It means that you need to stop worrying about money so much." Alice ends the braid with a hair tie and twirls around the front of Bella with a mirror. The brunette nods her head while barely looking, she knows whatever Alice did made her look ridiculously better than anything she could have done herself.

"How can I not worry about money? You guys spend it like it's nothing and I feel like I can't contribute." The brunette pulls at the end of her braid while trying to hold eye contact with the raven-haired vampire in front of her.

"That's just the thing, Bella. Money doesn't mean anything to us; it's something that gets thrown around and you need to learn to accept that." Holding her hand up to stop Bella from butting in, Alice continues, "What is important to us, is the time we spend with the ones we love. The time you contribute and the love you provide to our family, that is what matters to us. Think about that a bit."

And so Bella did think about that. She thought about the interactions she had, not only with each member of the Cullen family but the way they interacted with each other as well. She thought about how they accepted Leah into their coven even before her own pack was able to accept her imprinting. She thought about how protective they were of Angela and how they cared about her fears around becoming a vampire but appreciated her strong love for Emmett. She thought about the Denali's and how they truly are an extended family instead of a separate coven born thousands of years apart. Perhaps Bella did spend too much time worrying about money when the vampire family appeared to be so wealthy they didn't even bat an eye at renting out a large party van for a Christmas Eve party.

"I do have one more question for you," Bella says, leaning forward. She clasps her hands together and touches the fingertips to her chin while squinting at the smaller woman. "Why would you decide on a party bus when none of you can drink alcohol?"

"Three of us can drink!" Alice says, innocently.

"Sure," Bella agrees, knowing the three in question were herself, Leah, and Angela. Taking a big breath and trying to stay relaxed, Bella asks for a few more details. "When is the van picking us up? Are we meeting here, at your house? How late are we going to be out?"

"Are you worried about curfew?"

Bella rolls her eyes, "I have no doubt you've already managed to smooth over any inconvenience Billy or I may have thought of."

Alice smiles and twirls in place. "So very true." She kneels down in front of Bella and places her hands on the brunette's knees. "The only thing we need to work out now is what you're going to wear."

"Wear? Is there a dress code for party buses?"

"There's a dress code for life!" Alice giggles. She claps her hands together and jumps up, turning to her closet. "I've already gone shopping and picked out a few outfits for you. It would have been far more enjoyable if you'd come with me, of course, but le sigh." She sighs dramatically and pulls out three outfits from her oversized closet.

"I'm sure you got a lot more done this way," Bella says, standing up. She's used to being the dress up doll but she's also glad she's managed to talk Alice out from forcing her on long, tedious shopping trips.

Grabbing the first proffered outfit, Bella walks back into Alice's closet and quickly changes. The outfit involves a too short skirt with thick tights and a tall pair of boots. The shirt is a bright red, flashy thing with sequins and beads that make her feel like a disco ball. Knowing better than to skip the presentation all together, Bella walks out the closet, does a quick twirl, and walks back into the closet.

"I expected slightly more enthusiasm!" Alice says to the already changing brunette.

The second outfit has a pair of tight, black jeans with another pair of boots but these ones are much shorter and much furrier. The top is a long sleeved, dark burgundy blouse with open lace going down both sleeves. Bella nods and walks out.

"This one is pretty nice," She says, content with the clothing.

"Nope," Alice says, with a gleeful smile. "The next outfit is a thousand times better!"

Bella laughs, "Well I like this one best."

The smaller woman pouts untils Bella rolls her eyes and trudges back into the closet. The third outfit consists of a medium length, thick skirt, a pair of cozy Ugg boots, a thin under-shirt, and the most wonderful sweater Bella had ever seen. She puts it on and wears it out of the closet with such pride she feels like a model on the catwalk. The sweater is green, covered in a fun wreath design circling around the Grinch and states, 'Grinch Mode' at the bottom.

"You're right, I absolutely love it!"

"I'm always right, Bella," Alice agrees.

Bella sticks her tongue out at the vampire but laughs in agreement.


When the van pulls up in front of the Cullen house, Bella does not expect Tanya to jump out of the driver side door wearing a full chauffeur uniform, including dark sunglasses.

"Come one, come all, to the Christmas Fantasy Party Bus," She calls out to the crowd. "Please watch your step as you enter the bus and remember, first one to puke gets kicked to the curb!"

Angela leans over to Bella and says, "I love the Santa!"

"Where?" Bella looks as Angela points to the top of the bus. The brunette had been so consumed by the anxiety of the event, she hadn't even really looked at the bus itself. It was one of those extra large travel buses celebrities travel the country in. The outside looks very mysteriously dark and unmarked, except for the very top where an inflatable santa is strapped on and looking terrified.

"Let's get this party started!" Emmett calls out! He's decked out in bells from head to toe, most likely enough to do an entire rendition of We Wish You A Merry Christmas.

Angela laughs and follows after her boyfriend into the van. Jasper holds his hand out at the entrance to help Alice into the door, even though the small vampire doesn't need the assistance. Edward awkwardly stands by Leah while the two merely stare at the vehicle as if wishing it to disappear.

"Are you not excited?" Bella asks Leah. The taller woman scrunches her mouth up and wrinkles her nose.

"It's just a little hard to be that cramped up with such a strong smell," The shapeshifter admits slowly.

"The windows open!" Tanya declares with a salute. "There's also a very strong heating system that should help as well."

Edward blinks in surprise, "That is quite thoughtful of you."

Kate shakes her head, "It was all Alice. I honestly didn't even think of it. I've never even been indoors with your wolf." She shrugs and gestures for the two to enter the van, which they hesitantly do.

"Now would be the perfect time to back out," Rosalie says, standing just behind Bella. The stunning blonde is wearing tight blue jeans and a beautiful dark blue blouse scattered with diamonds that look like stars in the night sky. Her hair is pinned back with a large snowflake hairpin and a matching necklace rests on her perfectly sculpted collarbones. Bella swallows thickly and wonders if the others would really miss them if they simply disappeared back into the house for a few hours.

"Don't even think about it!" Alice says, jumping out of the van and grabbing Bella by the wrist.

Rosalie smirks but follows the two inside the large vehicle, Tanya just behind her.

The inside of the van is surprisingly spacious, even as several of the bench seats adorning the edges of the long hall-like space are taken up by the eight party members. The ceiling and benches both glow in green and red lights and there's a small Christmas tree decorated in miniature lights and ornaments taking up a tiny side table. Toward the far end of the party van, in front of a fully stocked bar, is a large striper pole, which Emmett is already gyrating against. To the side of the bar is a door which most likely leads to a bathroom.

"I don't think I've ever been in a vehicle quite like this," Bella admits to Rosalie as they find a seat near the front. "It's like a weird Christmas-Vegas version of a limo or something."

"And so much more!" Tanya declares in a faux flight attendant voice. "We will be traveling up and down the Washington coast, navigating past Christmas lights and decorations. We will be driving through three separate charity light events and I will be pointing out all highly decorated residential areas. The rest are for you to enjoy out the window to my left or to ignore as you enjoy the refreshments to the back."

"Uh, will you be taking…" Edward starts to say before stopping mid-sentencing. "Right, gotcha."

"For the rest of you," Tanya says through her teeth, "No, there will not be any music recommendations taken. That being said, karaoke starts in two hours so get some liquid courage in these three!" She points to Angela, Leah, and Bella before clapping her hands. "Alright! I'll be up front and completely ignoring any and all commentary so enjoy the ride and remember, don't puke!"

Once Tanya closes the door behind her the van is already on and moving down the Cullen's long driveway. The music starts up and Pentatonix's version of Hark! The Herald Angels Sing plays in surround sound.

Leah stands up and walks to the bar, searching through all the bottles. When she turns around with a frown on her face, Edward shrugs and says, "Maybe there's a fridge holding some?"

Bella watches as the tall woman looks around the bottom of the bar, groping the edges, before finally pulling at a door that opens to a small cooler. She nods and pulls out three beers. Popping the tops off with her bare hand, she hands one to Angela and the third to Bella.

"Cheers ladies," She says before taking a long swig.

Bella looks down at the beer and notes it's not a beer she recognizes. The label has a creepy skeleton king on it.

"It's an Alaskan beer company, Anchorage Brewing Company," Rosalie notes, reading the label. "The van came from Anchorage, so that makes sense."

"Why wouldn't Tanya pick up a van in Seattle? Wouldn't that be cheaper?" Bella asks, honestly confused. She hears Alice huff but it's more a logic question than a concern for money.

"I think she just wanted to feel cool driving the van," Emmett answers. He's sitting down with one arm hanging over Angela. The other brunette is sniffing at her beer but finally decides to take a sip. She takes another and another.

"It's really not that bad," Angela notes. "Strangely sweet for a beer."

Leah drops her bottle in an open bin next to the bar and grabs another one. Bella shrugs and takes a few swigs, enjoying the strange toasted coconut flavoring. It's so thick, it almost tastes like fudge.

"Do you like it?" Rosalie asks, noting Bella has already managed to drink down nearly half the bottle.

"It's strange," Bella says with a small laugh. "I feel like I'm drinking dessert."

"Alcoholic dessert," Leah agrees.

From the overhead speaker comes Tanya's voice sounding like a newscaster, "If you look out the window to my right, you'll see a fabulous display of someone not understanding how many inflatables decorations is too many."

"Oh, look at the Minion! That one is wicked cute!" Angela calls out, leaning forward in her seat.

"Minions freak me out," Jasper says, tilting his head to the side. "They can literally build anything you ask them to, but refuse to act without a leader."

"You are thinking into that way too much," Leah says, finishing off another beer.

Edward gets up and walks over to the bar. He starts looking over the many bottles before picking up a few, mixing them together, and tossing the liquids into a copper mug. He drops a few cranberries inside and brings the cup over to Leah.

"Is that a Moscow Mule?" Alice asks. "I didn't know you knew how to make that." She adds on mischievously.

Edward rolls his eyes and lays his arm over Leah's shoulder. "It's a Cranberry Moscow Mule, which is more festive. And I didn't."

"Aww," Emmett says, holding his hands under his chin and batting his eyelashes. "He learned it just for her girlfriend."

"This is delicious," Leah says, finishing the drink in record time.

"Should you be pacing yourself a bit more?" Angela asks, concern on her face as she finishes her first beer.

Leah shakes her head and passes the cup back to Edward, who steps up to the bar and mixes another. "Wolf genes burn through alcohol almost as quickly as it does through food. It takes a lot to get me drunk and I know Edward is going to want to sing some stupid lovey-dovey karaoke duet."

Emmett and Jasper start laughing and Alice begins bouncing in her seat, already picturing the display.

"Are you actually going to do it?" Rosalie asks with a raised eyebrow.

Leah shrugs, "It matters to him, so it matters to me. I just don't want to remember it quite as clearly." She smiles as Edward hands her another full glass.

"Do you want another drink?" Rosalie asks, turning to Bella and noting her now empty beer.

"Do you know how to make one of those? Are they any good?"

"I know how to make something better," Rosalie says with a grin and walks over to the bar. Bella grins at Edward who rolls his eyes and shakes his head. While Rosalie continues to mix the drink, Tanya's voice shares another large display of lights, this one outlining a large house with beautiful, multicolored lights and a large, waving santa. She also says they're coming up to Port Angeles and will be entering the first charity lights display in only five minutes.

"She's seriously moving, isn't she?" Angela asks, accepting a second beer from Emmett.

"We got a lot of ground to cover!" He replies with a smile. "Can you see ok? Are you excited?"

"I am," She says, smiling and leaning into the large vampire. He wraps his arm around her and pulls her even closer. The two stare into one another's eyes for a moment before Emmett leans in and begins whispering in Angela's ears, the brunette turns bright red and playfully pushes at her boyfriend's shoulder. Bella raises her eyebrows and looks around the van but notices Jasper and Alice to be kissing slowly and Leah and Edward to be deep in their own private conversation.

Bella looks away, feeling a little uncomfortable at all of their displays. Rosalie brings her a bright red drink made in a tall glass with sprinkles decorating the rim.

"What is this?"

"Rudolph's Christmas Cocktail."

"What's in it?" Bella asks, licking off some of the sprinkles and chewing them slowly. When she doesn't get an immediate answer she looks up at Rosalie and notices the blonde is staring at the glass where Bella's tongue had just been. The brunette smirks and flicks out her tongue to lick up some more sprinkles. "It tastes a little fruity but also tart."

Rosalie clears her throat and looks down at her hands. "Vodka, lime, cranberry." She says softly and slowly.

"Those are the same ingredients in the Moscow Mule!" Edward says, seemingly insulted.

The words bring Rosalie out of her head and she's able to bite back at her brother easily. "Same ingredients, better drink."

"Can I try it?" Leah asks.

"Seriously?" Edward says, a little annoyed.

"Of course, dear," Rosalie replies, getting up to make the drink again. She puts together two drinks while Tanya pulls into the light display and hands one to Leah and one to Angela.

"Oh, this is good," Leah says, gulping it down quickly.

Edward groans and Angela and Bella both laugh, enjoying their own drinks.

Leah leans in and whispers something into Edwards ear. Bella can't hear it but based on Rosalie's groan, she's betting it's something private. They watch the beautiful display of lights, laughing and arguing over which section is the best. Bella stands up to get a closer look at a display with an entire Whoville theme but almost slips into the window of the van.

"Watch yourself," Rosalie says, reaching out to catch the shorter woman.

"Woah," Bella says, looking back over her shoulder. "I think those drinks are starting to settle in!"

The taller vampire grins and slides her hands around Bella's waist, holding her tight to keep her from falling. Bella can feel the flush from the alcohol rush to her head and a warmth rushes to her stomach, or perhaps a little lower. She leans back into Rosalie's chest and sighs happily as they watch the display slowly move past them.

The van moves into downtown Port Angeles and Tanya declares the beginning of Karaoke will be beginning once they leave the city. Alice pulls out a small notebook from seemingly nowhere and writes down everyone's names. She then tears off the names and neatly folds them into tiny squares and plops them into a Santa hat.

"Where did that hat come from?" Bella asks, confused.

"I was wearing it!" Jasper says with a soft grin.

Bella laughs as she notices the slender vampire is wearing a matching red sweater with a Santa coat design. How did she not notice that before?

"Angela," Alice says, shaking the hat in the woman's direction. "If you could do the honors."

Shrugging, and passing her drink to Emmett, Angela reaches into the hat and pulls out two papers. "Oh, oops!"

Alice quickly grabs both and excitedly calls out, "Duet!"

"Should I be worried?" Bella turns to Rosalie and asks.

"When it comes to Alice," Rosalie says, "You should always be worried."

The van turns out of Port Angeles and the music in the van fades out. Tanya's voice explains the basics of karaoke, including how to connect their cell phones to the bluetooth. Leah proudly declares she didn't bring her cellphone as she didn't want her brothers annoying her during the trip, but Alice explains that there's plenty to go around. Rosalie quickly downloads the app on Bella's phone and sets everything up before passing it back to the brunette. Bella, drinks another cocktail while scrolling through the song titles.

"Who is going first?" Jasper asks, pointing at the two folded papers sitting on the bench next to him and Alice.

The small vampire unfolds the papers one at a time and declares the unlucky first singers to be, "Emmett and Bella!"

The two make eye contact and yell out in unison, "Biebs!"

Alice laughs and sets up the karaoke machine while Rosalie turns to Edward and mouths, 'what?' Edward laughs and crosses his arms in front of chest.

"As in Justin Bieber?" Leah asks, grabbing Bella's drink as the brunette gets up in front of the group.

"Say what you want about Bieber, his Christmas album Under The Mistletoe was fantastic!" Emmett explains while picking up the two wireless microphones and turning them on. He hands one over to Bella and tells Alice to start the music.

"You just do it on your phone," Alice says.

"Oh, I left it on the bench," Emmett explains.

"Don't you need it for the lyrics?" Angela asks while handing it over.

"Psh," Emmett says, going through the motions of finding the phone on the app. Once the beat starts playing, he and Bella begin bouncing their heads in unison and pretending to be in the middle of a music video.

Emmett begins singing the main lyrics while Bella comes in with the background and the two dance around as if they had choreographed the entire thing. When completed, the entire van erupts in applause.

"That's it," Leah declares, raising Bella's cup in cheers. "No one can trump that. Let's call it quits while we're ahead."

Edward laughs and explains Leah has to go next due to complainers' rules.

"What the heck are complainers' rules?" The wolf asks, passing the cup back to Bella as the flushed brunette takes her seat next to Rosalie.

Jasper explains, "If you complain about karaoke, you must indulge in karaoke." He raises the microphone toward the tall woman. Leah scoffs but stands up and grabs in the proffered mic.

"Alright, let's see her."

"Sing Silent Night!" Rosalie calls out, sarcastically.

"All I Want For Christmas is you in another van?" Leah cuts back.

Rosalie grins admiringly. Bella nods her head, impressed by the strange relationship the two women have managed to create.

Leah begins singing 'Mistletoe and Holly', a song Bella doesn't recognize but Edward seems to really enjoy. Karaoke continues on with at least three versions of Let It Snow and an absolutely adorable duet of 'Happy Xmas (War Is Over)' by Edward and Leah. More drinks flow through Leah, who becomes more handsy with Edward. Alice and Jasper seem lost in each other's mouths after the last charity lights display and Angela has turned a new fresh color of red by the time Tanya pulls the van back in Forks.

"Please watch your step as the Christmas Fantasy Party Bus will not be held liable for any injuries made leaving the bus or any to occur from alcohol consumed while on the bus." Tanya says as the van quickly empties out.

"Wait a minute," Rosalie says, reaching her hand out and grabbing Bella's wrist to prevent the brunette from leaving the large van.

"Is something wrong?" Bella asks, turning back toward the blonde.

"Not wrong," Rosalie says, tugging her girlfriend back toward her. "I've just been trapped in a van with three sex crazed couples for the last four hours. I have no interest in being trapped in a house with them."

Bella blushes and stands in front of her girlfriend shyly. She knew the others were being a bit more affection than may be normal, but sex crazed may be a bit much. But as she looks down at her girlfriends strangely rough breathing she realizes it may not be the other couples who were quite so sex crazed.

The brunette leans down and whispers into Rosalie's ear, "What makes you say that?"

The vampire shivers and lifts her hands to rest on Bella's hips. She delicately rubs her fingers on the shorter woman's waist and says, "Edward and Leah still haven't crossed that line, despite desperate biological need. And I mean desperate. Usually Leah only smells of wet dog. Tonight she ended up smelling like a wet dog."

Bella giggles at the double meaning.

"Jasper and Alice have always been especially affectionate and at least they're silent about their interests but that doesn't mean I can't guess what they're kissing is going to lead to."

"You say that as if someone else was not so quiet."

Rosalie nods slowly and Bella covers her mouth in shock.

"Your shyly little friend Angela is a bit of a BDSM fan, nothing too crazy, at least not yet, but she really enjoys blindfolds and having her arms be incapacitated."

Bella swallows hard and her legs grow a little weak. She had no idea.

The blonde lowers her hands to Bella's thighs and rubs down the outsides of her legs, almost as if she's warming up the shorter woman.

"Listening to all of that, seeing you in this outfit, enjoying the evening so much, it's hard to keep my own mind out of the gutter," Rosalie admits.

"Oh?" Bella asks, her voice catching just slightly. "And what has been crossing your mind tonight?"

"How many layers are you wearing under that skirt?" Rosalie says, her hands sliding even lower, down the brunette's knees. "What I would do if we had the van all to ourselves."

Bella looks around and notices the van is completely empty and the door has been closed. Perhaps the others knew the two wanted to be left alone.

"What about Tanya?" She asks, her breath rising as a hand starts to slowly make its way up in the inside of her thigh.

"The thousand year old succubus?" Rosalie asks, finally reaching her girlfriend's underwear and finding it soaking wet. She quickly pushes it aside and slips a finger into the slick folds; Bella shutters in response. "She's smart enough to leave us alone for a bit."

The blonde teases Bella, slowly moving her finger from the soft, wet entrance up to the overly sensitive clit which she flicks just to hear her girlfriend moan in response. She lifts Bella's skirt up with her other hand until she has a beautiful view of smooth thighs and a now useless pair of underwear. Moving her hand away, despite Bella's protestations, Rosalie pulls Bella's underwear completely off. She then kneels down in front of her girlfriend, spreading the woman's legs apart just enough. She leans forward and licks the brunette's clit with her tongue.

Bella's breath catches a few times before building faster and faster. Rosalie slips one finger inside her for a moment, thrusting quickly, before adding in a second one. Feeling like she's going to collapse but also feeling strangely like her own legs want to climb, Bella begins to thrust her entire body against Rosalie's hand and tongue. The blonde curls her fingers forward and presses her tongue hard against Bella's clit. The brunette starts moaning faster and in perfect rhythm.

As the climax comes, Bella leans forward and holds onto Rosalie's head. The blonde continues to thrust into Bella until the brunette can no longer stand on her own; she then leans her back on one of the benches and slowly continues to lick both inside and out, enjoying every last taste.

Bella plays with Rosalie's hair and continues to moan, almost as if she could cum a second time just from pure enjoyment.

The blonde leans up and kisses her girlfriend deeply. Bella attempts to unhook Rosalie's pants, but the vampire pulls her hands away and says, "I think we've used the Christmas van for long enough. How about we take this upstairs to my room?"

"That sounds like a wonderful idea," Bella agrees.

A/N: Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals!

So I have a pretty good excuse for being so behind on my fanfic writing. I self published my own original book on Amazon. It's called Hunters Lodge by Deanna M Ossenkop and it's the first in an original series called The Vibrancy Gene. I also just finished a new novella called You Make It Feel Like Christmas and I'm looking for beta readers. If anyone is interested, PM me here or on Tumblr under dbakashojou.

Thanks for your support everyone!