I'm sorry if this seems a little rushed but I had this idea in my head I had to get down and update tonight, although i should be in bed because it's midnight and i have to get up at 5 for school... thanks to bloodredeclipse for kind of giving me an idea for this chapter :D i want to thank you all for the reviews! i love them so much!! and i want to thank everyone that has stuck with me through my story! enjoy!
It was Friday morning and I was not in a good mood. Tonight was my bachelorette party and Edward's bachelor party. If I had it my way I would disguise myself as a guy and go with him. But he would know it was me with or without a mustache.
I groaned and threw a pillow over my face thinking of all the possible things he could be doing tonight. Then again, I didn't even know what I was doing. Alice and Rosalie had kept the party pretty secretive, although every time Edward was around they made it sound worse that it probably would be-trying to get him to read into things.
Flashback:
I was sitting around the dining room table Thursday morning with Rosalie and Alice. As soon as Edward and the guys walked in they looked at each other and started laughing. Edward came over and took a seat in between Alice and I.
"Hey." He said to Alice, then he turned to me. "Good morning, Bella." Then he kissed my cheek.
"Oh my gosh, Rose! That would totally make Bella blush!" Alice whispered to Rosalie even though we all could hear.
"I'm sure it would cause all the girls to blush." Rosalie replied.
I couldn't help but roll my eyes because I knew what they were doing, and it worked. Edward stiffened beside me and tried acting like he couldn't hear them.
But, just to make it worse Esme had to join in. She walked in the room smiling and looked at us, "Okay girls, everything is in order." Then she winked and lightly laughed.
End Flashback
Looking back on it, I wonder if they were actually being serious. But I didn't want to think about it, I wanted to know what Edward was doing.
"UH! I need to stop worrying!" I scolded myself. "Don't be such a jealous girlfriend."
Just then my door flew open.
"Get up Bella! You have a big day ahead of you!" Alice yelled opening my blinds.
"We are setting up in the west wing for tonight, but your not allowed to see." Rosalie told me. "Also, none of the guys are welcomed there either."
"I don't care, I just want to get this night over with." I complained laying back down in bed.
Alice came over and dragged me off. "Nope, up you go."
"Get in the shower." Rose commanded. "And honestly, stop worrying! Everything is going to be great."
I didn't like the way she said "great", but I knew I was probably just reading into things.
Before I closed the door to my bathroom I peeked my head out, "Do I get to see Edward at least once today?"
Alice and Rosalie looked at each other before Alice answered with a sigh. "Fine."
I squealed and shut the door to take a shower.
XX XXX XX
Edward and I were being pampered all day. Alice, Rosalie, Jasper and Emmett had cooked us a huge breakfast and thrown us a "Pre Bachelor/Bachelorette Pool Party" after lunch. It was just us six hanging out swimming.
Edward was such a hunk in his swim trunks. I almost drowned because I was too busy staring at him while he stood on the diving board. Looking at his perfect sculptured body was much more important than trying to stay afloat. His stance was gorgeous and the sun was shining down on him at the perfect angle to wear he looked like a swimsuit model. In fact I bet Abercrombie would sell a lot more clothes if they had him on their bags.
He dove into the water perfectly which made me think if Edward was an Olympic diver I would totally kill to be a judge. Then when he won the gold medal I'd put it around his neck and "accidentally" brush my arm against him …okay Bella, quit with the weird fantasies. You could do that when ever you want. That thought caused me to smile widely.
"What's so funny?" Edward asked as he came up from the water.
The smile fell from my face as I caught a look at him. Dang why is he such a hunk? "Just fantasizing about some guy in the Olympics."
His smile faded as well. "Well then, I won't disturb you." I could hear a bit of teasing in his voice that made me smile.
He turned around to swim away but I stopped him. "Not so fast mister." I jumped up on his shoulders and pushed him down into the water causing me to go under along with him.
When we came back up I was sitting on his shoulders and he was laughing.
"Hey, put me down!" I yelled.
"Nope." He answered.
"CHICKEN FIGHT!" I heard Emmett shout from across the pool.
I rolled my eyes even though Edward couldn't see. "Now look what you did."
"You started it." He chuckled.
Rosalie and Alice were soon in front of me sitting on Jasper's and Emmett's shoulders. But, before us girls even had a chance to start the boys began fighting themselves. Pretty soon Rosalie, Alice and I were laying on the pool chairs watching them go at it.
Emmett picked up Jasper over his head and threw him, then before he could turn around Edward was on his back dragging him down.
Roger, the butler brought Alice, Rosalie and I lemonade which we happily drank while enjoying the show.
The guys were all under the water fighting when Edward suddenly popped up holding a pair of trunks in the air. "Come on Jasper!" He yelled as he swam to the edge of the pool and got out. He winked at me and then ran as fast as he could with Jasper at tow around the house.
"YOU GUYS CHEATED!" Emmett yelled. He was about to get out when he noticed us watching with amused expressions. "Dang." He muttered under his breath. "Uh, you guys want to go inside or something…?" He asked sounding embarrassed.
"Why? What's wrong?" Rosalie asked sweetly trying not to laugh.
He groaned. "Come on, I can't get out with you guys sitting there."
"We won't look." Rosalie said trying even harder to hold the laughter in.
"Well, will you grab me a towel or something?"
"I think Esme is calling us." Alice grinned. Then we got up and ran into the house no longer containing our giggles.
"ROGER!" We heard Emmett shout. "COME ON BUDDY I NEED YOUR HELP!"
Just a few seconds later we saw Roger was running over to the side of the pool with a towel.
After our fit of laughter died down I decided to go get my swim suit off. "I'm going to go change guys." I told my sisters.
Alice looked at her cell phone. "You better take a shower because the party is going to begin in two hours."
Unwillingly I obeyed and went to my room to shower and get dressed. I showered long enough to where I thought all remains of chlorine were gone. As soon as I was ready I headed out of my bathroom to go find Edward before Alice and Rosalie captured me for the night.
I saw him already standing in my room panting as if he had still been running. His hair was even more disheveled than usual and wet. He still had his swim trunks on but now he was also wearing a white muscle shirt.
"Hey." I said while noticing he looked kind of frantic.
"Come on!" He grabbed for my hand and pulled me toward the door.
"What's going on?"
"We've got to get out of here. Emmett and Jasper are dragging me away pretty soon. I decided I don't need a bachelor party." He pulled me out into the hallway guarding me to make sure no one was looking for us.
I couldn't help but laugh at his actions, it was like he just broke me out of jail and we were on the run. Just as we were halfway down the stairs we heard the warden.
"Stop right where you are." Alice's tone was stern and cold. "I mean it, if you take one more step further…" We didn't let her finish her threat before we stopped.
Edward cursed silently under his breath, something he hardly does.
"Okay Edward, let go of the girl." This time it was Jasper. "Everything is going to be alright."
Now they were treating us if we were mental cases trying to break free.
I looked in Edward's eyes and saw he was calculating in his head the chances of getting away.
"Emmett." Rosalie spoke. "Get them."
We didn't turn around but we could hear Emmett's footsteps on the wooden stairs coming towards us. He was about to reach us when Edward yelled, "Run Bella!"
I immediately took off running down the stairs. Edward tried to also but was tackled by Emmett in mid air sending them both tumbling down the stairs. They landed on each other at the bottom and when they stood up Emmett was holding onto Edward's wrists behind his back. "Come on bro, don't be difficult. You're going to have fun tonight." Edward rolled his eyes and was dragged from the room towards the front door.
Before the guys left Edward turned around and said, "Have fun tonight Bella."
I couldn't help but laugh at how annoyed he looked. "You too Edward."
XX XXX XX
"Okay, open your eyes…now!"
Alice and Rosalie had led me to my bachelorette party blindfolded. I kept thinking the worst as I walked through the hallways listening to their giggles.
"Wow." was all I could say. I started laughing as I looked around. "Not what I was expecting…"
"You like?" Alice asked excitedly.
I looked at my sisters smiling faces and hugged them both. "Yep."
There were around twenty girls inside. Some were friends of the family, others were people we met in town and Esme.
There were blow up mattresses everywhere through out the room with girly blankets draped on top. Everyone was wearing a pair of Disney pajamas that were too small. There was a place to make sundaes with brownies and all sorts of junk food off to the side. At the other end of the room was a manicure/pedicure station and of course a place to do hair and makeup. It was like going to a sleep over we use to have in elementary school.
All the girls were running around chattering like little kids, excited and anxious for the big day tomorrow.
"Here, put these on." Rosalie handed me a pair of Winnie the Pooh pajamas which I happily put on. Alice put my hair in a high pony tail to make me look even younger.
Rosalie was wearing Miss. Piggy pajamas while Alice had Little Mermaid on, they looked absolutely adorable.
"Girls, I want you to meet Greg's sister, Kayla."
A girl in Minnie Mouse pajamas who looked about my age was standing next to Esme with her hair all in curlers and a lot of make up on.
"Hi." She said giggling. "Like my makeover?"
Alice, Rosalie and I started laughing.
"Totally." I said. "I need one like that."
"Oh Bella, before I forget to tell you, I'm sorry but I'm not able to stay the night." Kayla said, "My boyfriend is going to get me at around nine or so. But I will be there bright and early at the wedding tomorrow." She sounded regretful that she had to miss the party but I assured her it was okay and I would see her tomorrow.
I couldn't help but enjoy my party with watching reruns of Full House, Mary-Kate and Ashley movies, dancing to Britney Spears and playing games like twister. I felt like I was ten again.
But, as much fun as I was having I couldn't push the nagging thought in my head about what Edward was doing. At the beginning of the party I was able to stop myself from thinking about him, but as it got later and later my thoughts took off again.
I tried using the comforting thought that Carlisle was there with him and wouldn't let things get too out of control, but who knows. Maybe he wanted to see his son go out with a bang. That's when I convinced myself I needed to check things out for myself.
I found my sisters who were doing some girl's makeup and asked them to come with me.
"Bella, we don't even know where he is." Rosalie said.
"Stop worrying so much, it's not like they are at Hooters…" Then she paused to think. "Do they even have those here?"
I ignored what Alice said. "I bet Roger knows where they are, we could ask him." I continuously tried convincing them to go with me. "Please?"
Rosalie and Alice were staring at me. They knew I wouldn't quit until I was for certain Edward wasn't doing anything inappropriate.
XX XXX XX
"I can not believe you got me to leave the house looking like this!" Rosalie angrily complained as we made our way to the Crowned Concert Hall. Roger had conveniently told us where the boys would be.
"No one that matters is going to see us, Rose." I told her.
We were still in our Disney pajamas-which did not fit what so ever-with a bad makeover getting out of the car that was parked a couple of blocks away from the concert hall.
I found out quickly just how incontinent it was to walk around the city in a pair of big fuzzy slippers.
"You owe us big time!" Alice hissed.
"Yeah, yeah." I muttered.
We finally reached the front of the concert hall where I saw the sign.
TONIGHT'S SHOW:TEE-B3
(EXCLUSIVE GUESTS ONLY)
"Do you think strippers count as exclusive guests, Bella?" Rosalie asked smugly.
I instantly felt stupid. Edward was just at a concert with some friends. How much of a jealous girlfriend could I be? I stopped walking and turned back around to my sisters. "We should probably go." I twisted my head to look back to look at the sign again. "I don't think there's any hanky panky going on around here."
"Oh no." Alice said. "You dragged us out here so now you have to go in there and see for yourself!"
I paused for a second trying to think of a way out of this. Then I thought of the perfect thing to say. "Do you honestly want Emmett and Jasper to see you guys…" I stopped and scanned their outfit. "Wearing that?"
They took one glance down at themselves and took off running towards the car.
Edward's POV:
"Dude. Do you know how much of a drag you are tonight?" Emmett asked as we sat around the club waiting for the concert to start.
I twirled the cap of my soda in my fingers thinking of what Bella was up to.
I realized I shouldn't be worrying, Alice and Rosalie couldn't of gone so far out. It was just a little party…right?
I slammed my head on the table. "This is pathetic."
I heard Jasper and Emmett clink their sodas together, "Amen." They said in unison.
"Come on man, you're getting married tomorrow. Can't you just relax and have some fun tonight?
I lifted my head from the table and looked around at all my friends having fun. "Your right. I'm not going to think of Bella for the rest of the night." Then I furrowed my eye brows. Did you just say that? Since when has Bella not been in your every thought?
We got up from the table to head towards the concert. Tanner, Tommy and Tank and just recently gone back stage to get ready so we knew it would be starting any time now.
Just as we were about to go through the doors another thought came to mind. I saw my poor innocent Bella being strapped down in a chair by her sisters having to watch some guy…I couldn't even finish the thought.
I pinched my eyes closed and shook my head. "What do you think they are doing right now?"
Emmett banged his head on the wall nearby. "Dude, give it up man!"
Just as they were about to go in I stopped them "No wait." I put my hand on Jasper's chest. "Just think about it. If there is something going on, it's not just Bella who would be watching…so would Alice," then I turned to Emmett, "and Rosalie."
They froze instantly. I knew I got to them now.
"You know, one peek couldn't hurt…" Jasper said thoughtfully.
"What are we waiting for?!" Emmett shouted and took off running with Jasper and I close behind.
XX XXX XX
"Owe, dang it." Emmett muttered as we hid in the bushes beside the palace. "Stupid branch."
"Quiet." Jasper hushed him. "We don't want anyone to know we were here."
"Sorry." he muttered.
We had walked around to every window but we couldn't see inside the party. We could however hear a bunch of giggling, squealing girls.
"I don't think anything's going on here." Jasper told me looking just as guilty as I was.
"Yeah, let's go back."
We shuffled our way through the bushes trying to get back to our car that was parked a little ways down the driveway. We got to the edge of the palace and stopped to make sure no one was coming. Emmett peered his head around the side of the wall to check.
"Uh…guys?" He asked after a couple of seconds.
"What?" Jasper and I asked and then suddenly we heard a door slam. I grabbed Emmett and pulled back behind the wall.
"Don't strippers usually dress as cops in the movies?"
"What are you talking about Emmett?" Jasper asked confused.
"Look."
Jasper and I looked back towards where Emmett was pointing. Staring at a piece of paper walking towards the house was a cop. Why would a cop be here? And then what Emmett had said dawned on me. My whole body stiffened with anger.
Jasper must have been thinking the same thing. "We have to stop this!" He shouted hysterically. I quickly covered his mouth before the guy could hear.
"How?" Emmett asked seeming just as frantic as Jasper.
"We have to get in there…now." I could tell my voice sounded cold but I didn't care. That guy was getting nowhere near Bella.
"Alice probably has every entry way guarded." Jasper hissed.
"There's got to be a window open somewhere…" I muttered mostly to myself. "Come on." I pulled them around back of the palace, "I'm going to try my window first."
Thankfully Emmett's window had been opened. We climbed through as secretive as possible hoping everyone was too busy with the party to hear.
The west wing was on the other side of the palace which we snuck to very slowly-well slow enough to where no one could hear us easily.
We finally made it to the entry way and of course the main doors were where we saw him. He went through before we had a chance to attack causing the doors to slam shut tightly.
"Dang." I muttered under my breath. "Now how do we get in there? The doors are probably locked. "
"Okay on three. One…two--"
"Emmett we can't just barge in there." Jasper said annoyed.
"Who says?" Emmett asked.
"We'll go up carefully to see if it's open, if it is we slip in. Then, we find out where the stripper is and get his scrawny a--"
"Dude, breathe." Emmett said putting his hand on my shoulder. "Savor your anger for when you actually see him."
I pinched the bridge of my nose and took in a deep breath.
Jasper went first to find that it was in fact open. He cracked the door just an inch or two to see if it would make any noise. Once it didn't he opened it just a tad bit more until it was wide enough for us to squeeze through. The less noise the better.
As we got inside we soon found out the music was blaring and the girls' constant chattering was even over powering that, so the chances of them hearing us were slim. This time didn't walk down the west wing hallway as slowly, we had a mission to fulfill.
We finally made it to the corner of the hall where it split off. The party was on the right, but we stayed behind the wall checking for anyone that might spot us.
"Okay…" I laid my back and my head against the wall to gather my thoughts before continuing. "Let's just run in there and grab him." I soon found myself becoming nervous. I couldn't tell if it was because of the possibility of seeing him in front of Bella or crashing her bachelorette party.
Just as I was beginning to step away from the wall Emmett stopped me. "Wait. What if this causes her to cancel the wedding tomorrow?"
That stopped me dead in my tracks but before that could really register through my mind I heard someone shout, "He's here! One second, tell him I'll be right with him. "
I immediately cranked my head in the direction of the voice. I couldn't stop myself as I charged into room searching for the guy.
Right I away I noticed Bella was in here and the first thought that came to mind was them preparing her for her "show" which angered me even more.
I saw the guy to right of me and I ran full force at him crashing us both into the wall. I heard the girls' screams from behind me but I didn't pay any attention to them. I grabbed him by his jacket pulling him up from the crouched position he had landed in.
Jasper and Emmett were soon surrounding me as I threatened him. "I swear if you take one article of clothing off in front of my fiancé I will personally paralyze you to where you become a paraplegic." I steadied my voice the best I could to make it sound more promising.
"What are you talking about?!" He shouted.
My body trembled with a sadistic laughter. "Go ahead and act innocent..."
"EDWARD!"
I froze almost instantly as soon as I heard the voice. I dropped the guy to the floor who quickly scrambled a few feet away. My brothers and I turned very slowly until we were face to face with Bella, Alice and Rosalie.
I couldn't help but cringe at the way Rosalie and Alice glared at us. Bella's expression was a little sweeter, I could tell she was definitely surprised.
"What. Do. You. Think. You. Are. Doing?" Alice dragged out the words as slow as possible.
It was then that I finally got a really good look around the room. Everything was in pastel colors with air mattresses covering the floor. Some girls were eating sundaes others were painting each other's nails and everyone had on a pair of Disney pajamas. I discovered it must have been a girly slumber party theme and felt even stupider, if that was even possible.
"It's not what you think!" Emmett stuttered, frightened by her venomous voice.
"Really?" Rosalie asked. "So we didn't just catch you accusing Kayla's boyfriend as being a stripper? Hmm… thought we did. Our bad." The last two words came out harsher than the rest and full of icy sarcasm.
Bella on the other hand still hadn't moved and showed signs of a slight smirk forming on her face.
"Kayla?" I whispered completely confused. "Boyfriend?"
Rosalie and Alice nodded their heads in unison.
"Oops."
Alice took a step closer to me to where her index finger was on my chest poking at it roughly. "Now listen here. The next time I see your face, you better be standing at the alter. You got it?"
"Y--yes." I was actually quite afraid of the way she was looking at me.
Jasper and Emmett had both backed up a couple of steps so it was mostly me getting the blunt of it all.
I turned and look at Kayla's boyfriend. A sudden twinge of idiocy fluttered through me. "Man, I'm sorry. I didn't know…it's just…I--"
He put his hand up to stop me. "It's okay. I probably would of done the same thing if I were you."
"Really?"
He looked at me and laughed. "No."
I turned my expression into a scowl which caused him to try straightening up. "Sorry, it's just…" He couldn't finish his statement before beginning to laugh again.
"Hey Edward! Jasper, Emmett! What are you…doing here?" Kayla asked with confusion after she realized we were in fact here.
"Just accusing your boyfriend, Tony, of being a stripper." Rosalie answered smugly.
"You know, the usual." Alice added.
"Wow." Kayla said quietly. "Now you guys know how to crash a party."
I was feeling more and more like a complete fool. How jealous could I have been to come this far? I was mentally kicking myself over and over and over again.
"Wait, where were you guys?" Emmett suddenly asked.
The three of them stiffened before Rosalie answered us. "That's not what's important. What's important is that you guys don't seem to trust us."
"We trust you, we honestly do." Jasper tried convincing them.
"Sure." Alice said rolling her eyes.
"Come on, let them go now." Bella said still seeming to hold back a smile. That was the first time I heard her speak -besides shouting my name-since they got here and another surge of regret pulsed through me. I couldn't even look at her but I couldn't help but notice how cute she looked in her Winnie the Pooh pajamas.
"Let's go guys." I said turning to my brothers.
They nodded and swiftly made their escape through the room with me not far behind them.
When we were finally outside Jasper, Emmett and I felt it was okay to talk.
"I cannot believe we just did that." Emmett said half amused.
"I feel like a complete moron!" I slapped myself in the head trying to relieve some of the anger and stupidity I felt.
"They are never going to let us live that down." Jasper said sullenly.
"Let's just go to the concert and forget about it."
They nodded and we took off running for the car. This night never happened. But all of us knew it wouldn't be so easily forgettable.
Bella's POV:
My sisters and I-plus every single girl at the party-could no longer laugh anymore. Our sides were aching with pain and our cheeks were permanently stuck with a smile.
"I--I can--n--not believe--believe they showed u--up." Alice was clutching her sides as the tears rolled down her cheeks.
Rosalie was laughing just as hard. "And--and accused--T--T--Tony of being--being a strip--strip--" She couldn't even finish the sentence without exploding with another round of intense laughter.
"Too good." Alice said wiping a tear away after she had calmed down some.
But to me, as funny as it was, I liked the fact they we both had gone looking for each other.
"They must never know we went looking for them too. Our little secret." Rosalie said once she was a little calmer as well.
My sisters and I looked at each other causing us to laugh again before agreeing that what we did tonight was confidential information.
I did feel bad for Edward, he was probably feeling like crap right now.
Oh know…what if this causes him to want to forget about the wedding?
I couldn't concentrate for the rest of the night.
XX XXX XX
I was lying on the mattress tossing and turning. I looked at the clock and noticed it said 3:17. I tried curling up and falling back asleep but I couldn't. I decided to get up and maybe get something to eat-other than sugar-from the kitchen. Tonight's incident had me worried that maybe tomorrow wouldn't be such a special day after all. I had to keep reminding myself that that was stupid to think.
I dragged myself down the long hallways through the palace somewhat afraid of being alone. When I finally made it to the kitchen I couldn't choose anything to eat. Realizing I didn't really want food I wandered aimlessly up to my room.
As I reached the top of the stairs Edward's door caught my attention from the corner of my eye. Knowing he would be out all night I headed over towards his room. I walked in and went straight for his bed. I crawled in wrapping myself in Edward's blankets. I sniffed the pillow and the sheets, it smelled just like him and I was instantly relaxed.
I don't know how long it had been but the lights in his room suddenly flickered on. I was startled and shot up in bed looking to see who it was.
"Bella." Edward's voice was surprised yet happy. "I was looking for you downstairs, but I didn't find you…and then you weren't in your room."
"I couldn't sleep." I blushed knowing he had just found me in his bed.
His crooked smile played on his face and I couldn't help but smiling.
"I'm really sorry for tonight." He walked up closer sitting next to me on his bed. "I can't believe I acted like that." His eyes seemed full of stress as he looked at me before he continued but I cut him off by kissing him.
At first he didn't respond but soon enough both arms were around my waist to pull me closer.
When we broke apart he apologized again in which I answered by giving him another kiss.
He chuckled, "So does this mean I'm forgiven?"
"Hmm…" I put my finger to my chin acting as if I was thinking. Instead of responding with a yes or no I pulled him in for a third long kiss.
This time when it was over he had a huge grin on his face. He brushed his fingers softly against my cheek. "As much as I love having you in here with me, I really don't feel like facing the wrath of Alice again anytime soon, so maybe you should head back down there."
A wave a disappointed washed through me but I knew he was right. If Alice or even Rosalie caught us right now it would be painful.
"I'll walk you down." He said standing up grabbing my hand.
I smiled and stood up beside him wrapping both my arms around him.
Edward and I soon made our way back to the west wing in which I got another kiss-Edward's favorite way of saying goodnight.
"I'll see you at the alter, Bella." He said smoothly before disappearing in the shadows of the hall.
haha i was totally laughing the entire time i was writing this :D just picturing the guys on this secret mission to save the girls from a nonexistent stripper. i hope everyone liked it and it didn't disappoint :D next chapter is wedding!! (i know i keep lying and saying this is the last chapter, but next one will probably be and then the epiloge) please please review!! do you think i could get 1000 before this is over??
as far as a sequel i'm not sure yet, i don't really have ideas for one. but i have to say i loved writing this story sooo much! it was just fun and some random thing i started :D thank you for reading it! but, maybe i might create a story that has a bunch of one shots that happen after this story, just little side stories of what is going on in their lives...yes...no...?? or if you do have ideas for a sequel like me know!
