Chapter Five

I wake up what feels like minutes later to the smell of bacon and eggs, which makes my stomach do flips and has me running to the bathroom with my good hand clamped over my mouth. When I have finished bringing back up all I ate yesterday I start to feel better, though still slightly hung over. I open up the window in the bathroom to gulp down some clean fresh air. I leave it open and spray some air freshener to mask the smell. Whoever's cooking at, I look at my watch, 6am. Wait what the fuck who the hell is making our apartment reek of bacon at 6am on a Saturday. I walk towards the kitchen where the smell gets stronger, swing open the door to find Alice at the oven. Alice's cooking bacon?

"Alice what the fuck are you doing?"

She turns around and I almost double over with laughter at the sight of her. She has plastic gloves on, her black polka dotted frilly apron I got her for her birthday last year, a frying pan full of bacon, and two cigarette filters up her nose. My anger's gone. Being woken up this early because of what she is cooking is obviously nothing compared to what she has been through just to cook it.

"Jasper picked up an extra shift at work and starts at 7.30, so I thought I would cook him breakfast, only I haven't had to cook meat in like ages and I forgot how much it smelt, so I improvised a nose plug." She shrugs as if this is the normal thing to do.

"Well he better appreciate it" I tell her, smiling at her cheekily, while I walk to the cupboard to find my doctor prescribed drugs.

"I did tell her she didn't have to do this" Jasper walks in the kitchen still wet from a shower. Glistening slightly under the kitchen light, he is quite good looking I'll admit it, especially when he's wearing just a towel.

"Well this is Alice we are talking about Jasper so of course she isn't going to listen to you." I leave the kitchen with a glass of OJ and my painkillers, when they start kissing and talking all sweetly to each other. I love them but I can't handle all the romantic crap at 6am.

When I get to the lounge I find Edward still asleep on my couch, with my dog. He's even handsome when he sleeps. He looks innocent and so peaceful. I'm almost jealous of his girlfriend. I sit down on the armchair, hating the fact that the place is so quiet, the only sounds I can hear are Edwards's heavy breathing. I only just hear Alice and Jasper. I can't turn up the music that'd just be rude when people are sleeping. I give up and walk to my room. I decide I need to change my clothes, I'm still wearing Alice's short as dress. I head to her door instead of mine and over to her closet. It's amazing really she has the best eye for fashion, the most amazing clothes, the best thing about it is that we are the same size, even in shoes. Though she is shorter, it never seems too matter. I find the part of her wardrobe, where her dresses are, easily and look for my favourite one. It's a deep purple, almost black and babydoll style, which shows off your arms and legs. I chuck it on with a pair of her gladiator sandals and put the other dress in her hamper, stop into my room and grab my I-pod then head out to the balcony. I find my sunnies and cellphone still on the table next to the spa and take them with me to the other end where we have a barbeque area of sorts. Essentially it's a huge barbeque with a table and chairs and slightly further down a few sunbathing chairs. They are the comfiest chairs ever. I sit on one of these put on my headphones and relax as I absorb the heat of the sun. I have three messages on my phone. The first one is from Renee, it says: Bella, how are you this morning? How's Alice? Her birthday is the 18th, have you two decided what day the party will be? Phil and I will try and make it. Oh and Phil mentioned you had another migraine Thursday morning, are they getting worse? Love Mum.

I Reply: Hay Mum, I'm fine, broke my wrist last night, went to the emergency room, all good though. Alice is fine, her boyfriend Jasper and his mate Emmett have moved in so now we have a pretty full apartment., which is good in a way, The party is next Saturday night, Alice will be so happy if you two can make it (Dress-up don't forget), She says hi and love too you both and she misses you, she's also sorry she couldn't stay longer. She doesn't show it much but I know she's missing you guys like crazy, dad too. Let me know if you'll be here, love you, Bella

I leave out the migraines on purpose knowing she'll just worry too much and hoping she'll be distracted enough by the fact I broke a bone. I throw in the comment from Alice for good measure. Going back to my inbox to check the next text, I see it's from mike and delete it without reading. The last one is from a number I don't know. Before I can read it my cell's ringing. It's Renee . . . of course. I hesitatingly answer it. The first thing out of her mouth is "YOU BROKE YOUR WRIST?"
I spend the next 15 minutes explaining my broken appendage to Renee before she asks to speak to her co-ordinated daughter, at which point I take the phone to Alice who is on the couch talking to Edward.

"She wants to speak to her co-ordinated daughter" I roll my eyes and give Alice the phone.

"Mum?" She walks out to the balcony and starts having an animated conversation, about next weekend.

"Morning" I turn round and see Edward looking at me from his place on the couch.

"Oh, Morning . . . Sleep Well?"

"Yeah, it's comfier than it looks" he nods at the couch.

"I know, It was our dad's, he couldn't bear to part with it completely even though he wanted a new set of lazy boys, so he gave it to Alice as a flat warming present. I got the dog." He laughs at me, then stops himself and looks at me like he wants to ask something but doesn't know if he should. I can guess what it's probably about but wait for him to say something. There's almost complete silence in the flat still, I walk over to the stereo and plug in my I-pod, turning it to my favourite Paramore song.

"Playing god?" this from Edward

"You like it?"

"One of their best songs"

"It is. You play it?" I look at the instruments in the corner

"Hah uh no, not really, never actually tried it."

"You guys should, I reckon you could definitely pull off her vocals" I tease him, he doesn't seem to mind he's laughing.

"I doubt that, but I know someone who could"

"Emmett?" I laugh trying to imagine it.

"No, no way, when he sings people leave" that I could imagine. "Did you like your picture?"

I realise I haven't even looked at my cast once since he wrote on it last night, well this morning. I glance down and see everyone's note's and drawings, seeing the only person who hasn't put anything on it is Jasper. There's Alice's ballerina, which she has written love you sis next too. Rosalie wrote "Sing like nobody is listening" with a little rose next to it. Emmett's big "E" is next to that, with a reminder to smile. Just by my wrist on the underside of my cast is a note with a picture of well scenery is the best way to describe it. It's a storm cloud, with a rainbow, some rain and the sun behind it. It's quite a detailed drawing for something so small. But intertwined in all of this is some sheet music. It's odd but it all works and flow's together amazingly. The note says,

When words fail, Music speaks. - Edward

I can't help but smile. Being the classic me I have nothing anywhere near witty, or sarcastic to say and its only just gone 7.30 so there is no way I can deal with emotional. Instead I meet his eyes and I see a knowing smile grace his face, but there's something that lays deeper behind his jade green eyes. He knows something. Alice chooses the perfect moment to come back inside, throwing my phone at me as she goes past me to the couch and continues her conversation with Edward. I watch them for a moment drifting into a world of my own when my phone beeps reminding me I still have an unread message. I open it up to see again a number I don't know, before I ask Alice I get distracted by what it says...

Don't hate me, I emailed you a YouTube link ... check it out, like now! – Rose

"What the fuck ...?" I sense two pairs of eyes on me and look up. Alice has one eyebrow raised, her face mirroring my outburst.

"Rosalie just text me ..."

"And..?" This from Alice who is looking between my phone which is still in my hand and my face, which I'm sure, is a mask of confusion.

"Dunno apparently there is some YouTube video that she wants me to check out, urgently? ... She e-mailed me the link"

"Oh cool, I'll go get your laptop and we can look" before I can bloody stop her Alice has gone to my room and is back, walking and typing on the laptop one handed, oh to be co-ordinated. A minute later we are crowded round the laptop, which is sitting on the coffee table, waiting for the net to load the page. The first thing I happen to see is the name of the user who has uploaded the video ... "ROSE-a-LIE" ... which just has me more confused. Edward and Alice start speculating about what the video is gonna be. Edward suggests a sex video of Emmett and her which manages to gross me and Alice out. She suggests some video about modelling or something. I choose to not speculate for fear of being right. The video has loaded and Alice hits they play button, the black screen is all I need. I recognise the music and the voice. Sure enough the video starts and there I am on the screen, looking like some wanna be rocker, belting out the words to, of all songs, Zombie by the cranberries.

"I'm going to fucking kill her" which was said approximately the same time as Alice's "Holy shit your viral" and Edward laughing,

"You know you look pretty hot" I hadn't even heard him come up behind us, but Emmett was standing there with his cellphone to his ear and a smirk on his face watching the video and talking.

"Is that her? I HOPE SHE REALISES I AM GOING TO KILL HER... oh my god ..." I might be having a slight panic attack ... Once the song finishes I log into facebook, only to see that I have a friend request, Rosalie ... Of course. I accept much to my disgust. I go onto her page only to see that now there is a link to the video on there too. I was everywhere. I look at Alice who still has a slight look of shock on her face, but a hint of a smile playing on her lips ...

"Don't stress little sis, no one will be looking at you when there are three guys in the background. Especially one as devastatingly gorgeous as Jasper" She gets up and walks out.

"Bitch" Is all I can manage to mutter after her.