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Spa day, more like gossip day. I woke up to find myself wrapped in Edward's arms. He looked so peaceful and I wished I could stay there cuddled in his arms all day. I slowly and carefully maneuvered out of his arms without waking him. How I did it, I have no idea. I gathered my clothes and the first aid stuff into a tote. I covered Edward with a blanket and quietly left my room and went down stairs.
"Morning everyone." I said.
"Good morning. How are you?" my mom asked.
"I'm okay. Is Rose awake? I have to get ready." I said holding up my tote bag.
"Yeah she's in her room. Are you hungry?"
"No, I'm good. Thanks." I said as I made my way back upstairs to Rosalie's room. I knocked before walking in and found her making out with Emmett. I dropped my tote bag and covered my eyes.
"Whoa, to early for that shit." I laughed
"Whatever bitch. What do you want?" Rose asked.
"Need help getting dressed then we have to go." I said holding up my tote.
"Get settled. I'll be right back." she ushered Emmett out the door and was back in less than three minutes.
She tried to pry me for information about Edward sleeping in my room while cleaning my wound and helping me get dressed but I was not giving in because I was still curious about it. Now came time for the dreaded sling. I hate this fucker with a passion. At least I can take it off for a little while tonight.
I checked on Edward before I left and he was cuddled into my pillow. It was to damn cute not to take a picture which is exactly what I did. Insert evil laugh now. I wrote him a little note and placed it with his phone and wallet that was on my nightstand. I then meant my mom and Rose downstairs, said goodbye to the guys and headed for the door. Demetri and Felix behind us.
"Hey Bells." my dad called.
"Yeah dad?"
"You forgetting something?" he asked holding my cut.
"Sorry Pres. I guess I have to get used to having it now. Love you." I said as he helped me put it on and I gave him a kiss on his cheek and walked out the door. We arrived to the dreaded salon early. I was getting the works, facial, nails, waxing and when I say waxing, I mean all the important places. Apparently my sister loves me because who would put anyone through that? Oh right, she would. Bitch!
I was surprised to see Alice and an older woman who I learned is her mother Esme. She was a lovely woman and I can see where her children got some of their sense of humor.
"Bella dear, it is so nice to meet you. Alice talked about you a lot. I hear you have captured one of my fellows, yeah?" Esme said and I could definitely hear her accent.
"It's nice to meet you. Yes, I believe I have." I said while giggling.
I was soon called over to have my hair washed and conditioned, next was getting my eyebrows touched up. Next came the waxing of my hooha, which surprisingly wasn't as bad as I expected it to be. Next was my facial, and they did my nails while they did my face. My hair was trimmed, blow dried, combed, curled and styled. I looked good, like really good. Honestly, I didn't look at all like me. I hoped Edward like it.
It was time to head to the clubhouse. Once my mom paid, she joined us in the car and we chatted on the way. I pulled out my phone to see that I had a text from Edward.
"Hey Angel. I wanted to say good morning and I can't wait to see you tonight.Thank you for the note.I hope everything goes good at your spa day and meeting. Text me back when you get the chance. Xoxo."
"Hey Bellissima. Spa day was uh, long and semi painful. Lol. but I got to see your mom and sister. I hope your meeting goes good. I can't wait to see you to. Remember, I'll be the one walking down the stairs to you. :-D"
I sent the text hoping he would understand the flirting behind it. We pulled up to the club and I stepped out into a round of claps and screaming. Demetri came over to cover me so no one could hit my shoulder. Jasper flanked my other side and they lead me inside. They lead me past everyone and to the doors of the chapel. My first meeting. All phones went into the box and Jacob locked them in the safe. New precaution.
Jasper and I walked to the head of the table where I stood behind my chair which is to the right of the President's. Jasper took his chair to the left of the President's. I had to be introduced before I could sit. My dad was the last to come in and closed the doors. He walked to stand behind his chair at the head of the table and addressed the room.
"Good afternoon everyone. Today is an important day. As you all know, my daughter Isabella has pledged her oath to the club last night. She stands before you ready to take her place as Vice President. Jacob is as for now still Vice President to help show her the ropes, but I encourage you to voice any ideas or concerns to Isabella just like you would to Jacob and myself. Now, Isabella, you may take your seat. Let's get down to business shall we." my dad took his seat and slammed the gavel to start the official meeting. Jacob was next me me with Billy sat a few seats down from me with his pen and paper to take notes and I saw his hand moving across the paper no doubt recording everything that was just said.
"First order of business. As you know, tonight is Isabella's birthday party and I expect each and everyone of you and your families to maintain yourselves. There will be a few members from Devil's of Destruction there and I would like to get through a night without fighting."
Several members spoke above each other with protests.
"Calm your shit down. My daughter, your sister was attacked at my fucking business seven days ago. They helped our club catch the men who tried to take my daughter. The Devil's vice president risked his life to save her. I don't want to hear it. I am doing what is best for this club. So with that being said, Isabella, the next bit of news is all yours to share." my dad said.
I was nervous as shit with this bit of news. This is the first time I had to speak to these men and women as a club member and not a child. I really hoped this shit doesn't backfire.
"Our family, our club is losing business with our drug shipments and distributions as well as someone on the outside knowing our gun shipment schedule, so with that, our shipments have been changed. We will discuss those at a later time. The next form of business is as follows. The Rejects will be doing a patch over." Once again, the room howled with voices, both being happy and pissed. "Hey quiet down." When they didn't calm down, I stood and walked over and opened the door just to slam it shut. That got their attention. All eyes were on me as I made my way through the room and back to stand behind my chair. I saw my dad and Jasper trying to hide their smiles behind their hands.
"Listen and listen good. I will not tolerant anyone not letting me finish what I am saying. Once we are in this room I am your VP and I will be respected as such. I am not the kid from outside. She stays outside those doors. Am I clear?"
"Yes ma'am."
"Good. Now let's get back to it. Everyone of you wants to complain about the patch over yet not one of you know who it's with." I said.
"It's the Devil's isn't it?" Mike yelled from the back of the room.
"Yes it is. We are in a time where we need to strengthen our clubs, bring our numbers up." I said.
"We understand that there some of you who doubt what we are saying. However, I encourage each and everyone of you to think about it. If for whatever reason other the past experience that you choose not to agree to it, then you have my permission to leave. You will face no repercussions for leaving. As everyone here knows that the only way to leave is death. I'm lifting that law for this decision only. All I ask is that you leave your patch behind and I will refund your member dues for this month." My dad said.
"Remember though that with a new club joining that we gain more brothers and sisters, making our club bigger which means more territory which means more money." Jasper said.
"How long do we have to think about it?" someone from the back asked.
"We have a meeting here tomorrow at five p.m." I answered.
"Alright. We will see you all tonight at the party. Chapel adjourned." my dad said slamming the gavel to signal the meeting was over.
Holly fuck, I just survived my first meeting. I felt like I was going to puke. That was so nerve racking. I walked out of the chapel after everyone else did to get my phone from Jacob. "Grazie" I said as Billy came up to me.
"Bella, sei stato fantastico oggi. Hai elogiato la stanza. Pensavo che avrei fatto cagare i miei pantaloni a guardarti. Sei nato per guidare questo club e questi stronzi non possono ancora vederlo. Dagli il tempo di adattarsi ad esso. C'è molto cattivo sangue tra i due club. Sono orgoglioso della donna che sei diventata e sono orgoglioso di essere il tuo padrino. Ti amo." Billy said smiling at me. ("Bella, you did amazing today. You commended the room. I thought I was going to shit my pants watching you. You were born to lead this club and these assholes can't see that yet. Give them time to adjust to it. There is to much bad blood between the two clubs. I am proud of the woman you have become and I am proud to be your godfather. I love you.")
"Oh Billy. Non farmi piangere, cazzo, davanti a loro. Ero una tale stronza, ma stranamente, mi sembrava giusto. Sentiva anche di essere seduto lì al tavolo. Sono anche orgoglioso di essere la tua figlioccia e ti amo." I said hugging him. ("Oh Billy. Don't make me fucking cry in front of them. I was such a bitch in there but oddly enough, it felt right. It also felt right to be sitting there at the table. I'm also proud to be your goddaughter and I love you to.")
"Bella, girl you did amazing in there. You were a bit scary and I loved it." Lauren said.
"Ha thanks." I answered looking down at my phone hopefully giving her a clue as to leave me the fuck alone. I couldn't stand her, not after what she did to my brother before they were patched in. Let's just say, she really broke his fucking heart and he hasn't had a steady girlfriend since her. I don't know how she got patched in but she did. I would have shot her dead and buried her body with the bugs. Fuck her.
Hey beautiful. How are you? I wouldn't miss seeing you walk down those stairs for the world." -Edward. My oh my, he really has a way with words.
Are you done your meeting yet? -R
Please tell me you are done now. Rosalie is pacing all around the hotel room and is driving us all up the wall. Please Please Please hurry." -A
I responded to the girls first. "Rose, calm your tits. The meeting just ended. We will be leaving soon. Stop driving everyone mad. All I have to do is my makeup and put my dress on. Jeez."
"Hey Alleycat, I am sorry about Rose. She is a pain in the ass. We have wrapped up the meeting and should be heading out at any minute."
Finally! The message I have been waiting to answer. "Hey there, Bellissimo. I'm doing good. You? My arm is bothering me though, just a dull pain but it itches something fierce. You better not miss me. ;-) How did your meeting go?"
Demetri and I headed to the car when Jake yelled my name. I stopped and turned to him.
"Belly, I just wanted to say that you did a damn fine job in there. I'm so proud of you." he said as he hugged me. "So, listen, should I bring a date or is there a chance I will see what's under your dress tonight?" he whispered in my ear.
"Get a date, Jakey. I have a date tonight." I told him as released me.
"You are going with Edward, aren't you?" he asked. He wasn't surprised by this.
"Yes I am." I couldn't keep the smile off my face and he just grinned at me.
"Well good for you kiddo. He seems like a good guy but he breaks your heart and I will break him." Jake told me.
"Ha, don't worry Jake, I already gave him that speech." laughed Jasper as he strolled by us and got on his bike. That fucker.
Sighing I told Jake I would see him at the party and hopped in the car with Demetri and headed to the hotel. We sang along to some of the songs on the radio. It was when he stopped at a red light a couple blocks away from the hotel that he got serious.
"Bells, you know I love you like my little sister right?" He asked looking at me
"Yeah Dem, I know. You okay?"
"I care about you too much to see you get hurt. The club is a pretty big responsibility and I know you will be able to handle it. Hell, you grew up around it and it's in your blood. My concern is with your date. I want to make sure that you really want to try to date him because you actually want to, not because you think you need to. Do I make any sense?" he asked.
"Yeah Dem. I understand what you are saying. I do want to see where this, what ever it is between Edward and I goes. I really like him and he's been nothing but polite and he has helped me a lot this past week. Hell, I was attracted to him in the mall before I found out he was a Devil."
"That's true, but I'll fuck him up if he hurts you in anyway."
"Ha, true that." I barked laugh. "Oh joy, look, more torture." I said waving a hand towards the hotel. Demetri laugh and we got out. We went to my room. I heard laughing as I knocked.
"Bella. Finally. We have so much to do and so little time to do it." Alice said as she rushed to give me a hug being mindful of my shoulder.
"Ali girl, calm down. We still have five hours." I said.
"Calm down? As if. Five hours is to short of time. Thankfully, all we have to do is touch up your hair and do your makeup. Now, I hear you can take the gauze off your shoulder. We can put a smaller bandage on it. It will still be visible but nothing like what you have now." Alice said pulling us into the room and shutting the door. It seems our moms have already starting hitting the bottle. I loved that they seemed to be getting along really well. Alice and Rosalie are hitting it off to.
I sat down and just watched the show. The four of them joked, sang, laughed, and teased each other for the next two hours. It was now my turn to sit still and have tons of makeup applied to my face. They moisturized my face my face first. Rose filled in my eyebrows. Alice did my eye shadow, eyeliner, and mascara, then foundation. Then Rose did my concealer. So many fucking steps. What happened to just doing eye shadow, eyeliner, and lipstick? After the concealer came some powder stuff. Contour came next followed by blush and highlighter. Lastly came lashes and viola, my face was done.
"We will do you lips right before we leave so you don't smear it." Rosalie said.
"Well alrighty then. Whatever you say." I responded.
I sat on the couch next to Demetri, Felix, and some other guy who hasn't been introduced but I assumed he was there to watch Esme and Alice because he would keep close eye on them whenever they would get too close to one of us. I didn't blame him though because my guys are doing the same thing to them. The guys and I were trying to decide on what to watch when Esme said it was time to change my gauze to the smaller one. That experience was completely different then when Edward does it. It was probably because I wasn't fully comfortable with her doing it. I'm always comfortable with Edward, even when we were in the middle of a gun fight.
Since I am wearing open toed shoes, I don't need to wear stockings. I"m free from my sling for a few hours tonight, but was already warned that should my wound start to bother me, I was to put it back on. Mom trumps all. Thankfully, the zipper on my dress was in the back and went down to the top of my tailbone so it would be easier to get my arm in. Sitting on the end of the bed, my sister brought my dress over to me and I put my legs in first then stood up. So now standing in nothing more than a thong and strapless bra waiting for Rose to bring my dress up so I could put my arms in. I look to Alice when I hear her phone click. That bitch just took a picture of me and she had the nerve to smirk. That is a Cullen trait, I swear it.
"Don't you fucking think to send that to anyone but me. Then delete that fucker." I growled. These bitches had the fucking nerve to laugh at me.
"Oops. To late." Alice said with a mischief smirk. Oh god what did she do?
"Cagna, who the fuck did you send it to?" I growled. She just fucking shrugged her shoulder.
"Don't be such a prude cagna." Rose laughed.
"Who said I was a prude?" I asked. I doubled over laughing at the look on her face.
"What? girl, you have been holding out on me. Dish now." she urged while bringing my arm through the dress.
"No can do sis."
"That's fucked up." Rose whined. Alice nodded.
"I know." I said smiling as Alice moved behind me to zip my dress. It flowed perfectly down my legs, with a split down my left leg. My heels aren't very high but high enough to keep me from walking on my dress. The ladies put their dresses and shoes on. Touched up their makeup and hair, making sure there was no stray hairs. Once they were ready, my mom handed me my small clutch which housed my id, room card, extra lipstick, pocket knife, pepper spray, and wait, what's this? There was a tiny card nested inside.
"Happy Birthday Angel. I wanted you to know that I've been thinking about you all day. I can't wait to see you and to hold you in my arms. I am not ashamed to admit that I've missed you all day. Love, Edward." Oh my damn. His words are going to be the death of me. I just know it.
With my lipstick applied, my tiara in place, and a big ass fucking smile on my face, we headed out of the room with the guys following. Each guy was behind the lady he was supposed to shadow. I have to say they looked mighty handsome dressed up. One would not know they were packing if you didn't know what you were looking for, but we knew better. I could also guarantee that the four ladies with me were also packing heat in either their clutches or could never be to careful. I had to admit, we looked bad ass.
The ride down to the bouquet hall was filled with all our excited voices and laughter. The Cullen women fit in with us so perfectly. It's like they were meant to be here. Like fate, not that I believe in things like that but I felt my heart swell as I glanced around at them all. This night seemed like it may just be perfect. That thought brought me up short because not even a week ago I was dreading this fucking party, but now, I had something to look forward to, or rather someone to look forward to. We finally came to the ground floor and was meant by my dad, Jasper, and Emmett. Emmett was to take his mom and sister to their seats while Jasper walked my mom and sister out. My dad will be presenting me of course. It's been three years since the last time he did this for me. My Quinceañera. Ah, good memories.
The hotel hired extra security as well as my dad bringing more men in from another charter. We have several charters, but ours is the original. They were trying to keep shit from happening. Since now that I am VP, I have more of a target on my head then before. Just fucking great, right?
The thing I liked a lot about this bouquet room was the stairs. The room is intended for weddings, so there is a bridal room overlooking the hall, so the couple can walk down the stairs as they are announced. That is what we are doing.
"See you inside, Dolcezza." My mom said as they all went in through the guest entrance.
""Sei pronta bambina?" my dad asked and I nodded my head. ("You ready baby girl?")
We walked up the stairs to the landing. The stairs were across from the bridal suite door. Demetri right behind us.
Just as we came to the landing to head down, my dad stopped me and his words brought tears to my eyes but I didn't let them fall. I didn't need to walk down the stairs with mascara lines.
"Tesoro, sei bellissima. Volevo dirti quanto fossi orgoglioso di te oggi e ogni giorno. Hai sempre saputo che cosa volevi e non hai mai avuto paura di inseguire ciò che era. Farai un grande vice presidente e un dannato presidente. Sei una forza da non sottovalutare. Ti amo principessa." ("Honey, you look beautiful. I wanted to tell you how proud I was of you today and everyday. You have always known what it is that you wanted and you were never afraid to go after whatever it was. You will make a great vice president and one hell of a fucking president. You are a force to be reckoned with. I love you princess.")
"Oh papà. Grazie. Hai molta fiducia in me e ti amo ancora di più per questo. Ora smetti di cercare di farmi piangere e rovinare il mio trucco. Questa è una festa. Cerchi di divertirti? Mi senti?" I said as I hugged him with my good arm. ("Oh Daddy. Thank you. You have way to much faith in me and I love you all the more for it. Now stop trying to make me fucking cry and ruin my makeup. This is a party. Try to have a good time will ya? You hear me?")
I loved my father and I love to see his side soft but now wasn't one of those time because I could see his eyes water and they were starting to get red rimmed. That is a sign of weakness in our world and I would hate it if anyone seen my father as week because he is anything but weak.
We heard the dj turned the music down and begin to speak. "Are you ready to party?" He paused to hear people whistle and clap. "Aw, come on. I know you can do better than that. This is for Isabella, who is right up those stairs, let her hear you." They were louder than the first time. Holy hell there sounds like there is a fuck load of people in there. I can do this. I can do this. I can do this. I chanted that in my head over and over, focusing on the fact that I could see Edward soon. I haven't checked my phone since I arrived at the hotel. It wasn't that I couldn't, it was more that I wasn't allowed to. You can talk to Edward when you get down there they said.
I heard the music change from whatever it was that the dj had on to the song I chose for this moment. Girls just wanna have fun by Cindy Lauper.
"Here goes nothing. Right Dad?" I asked.
"You got this Bells. Your dad is next to you and I'll be behind you to catch you if you fall, but if you decide to fall forward, then you are shit outta luck sis." Demetri laughed from behind me.
"Gee thanks fucker." I smile over my shoulder at him.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, it is my honor to announce to you the birthday girl, Ms. Isabella Swan." The applause was so fucking loud, I swear my eardrums were going to burst. I can only imagine how bad it sounds out in the hotel lobby.
"Don't let me fall." I said to my dad.
"Never." he answered as he wrapped my arm around his.
Here we go I thought as we stepped out onto the landing steps with Demetri close behind.
There you have it folks. Bella's prep day and first meeting. Let me hear what you think of it.
Now a heads up, tomorrow is my daughter's birthday so I probably won't update, but I promise to have an update for ya'll in the next few days because let's face it, we all want to know how Edward feels when he sees Bella, right? :-D Until next time, ya'll have a good evening.