Chapter 5: Never Tick off Rosalie

I woke up on the couch with my best friend's head on my leg. Alice was drooling and a lot, may I add. I shook her off my leg and wiped off the wetness. Rosalie was also sleeping, but she was on the floor with a blanket and pillow. I quietly got up and surprisingly made it noiselessly to the kitchen. I crept from the kitchen to the shower after toast and felt the hot water running down my back. After showering, I got dressed in my PJs again, not intent on the idea of leaving the apartment today.

"G'morning!" I heard from the living room. So, apparently Ali was up. "Bella?" She asked sleepily, "Bella!" She called. I decided to get back at her for last nights scare and said nothing. "Bella!?" She was starting to sound panicked now. I smirked and kept listening, "Bella!! Seriously, I will call the police and let them investigate!"

I decided it was time to end this, no matter how funny it was, "God, Alice, and way to rush to conclusions." She squealed and ran up to me and then hugged me. I had to push her off.

"Bella, you know how accident-prone you are. I just thought you might've gotten hurt and I couldn't stand to lose my sister!" She was close to tears now. Alice really did know how to start a morning.

"Alice, I'm fine, see?" I gestured to myself and pulled up my sleeves to prove it. She nodded and smiled.

"Sorry, that was a bit of an overreaction." She giggled.

"You think?" I answered sarcastically and then laughed, as well.

"Would you like to do the honors of waking up our dear friend Ms. Hale?" She asked in a fake British accent.

"Why, I would be simply delighted to, Ms. Brandon!" I smiled, using the same accent. We skipped towards the living room and crouched next to Rosalie. I the, in a very rude manor, shrieked in her ear and yelled "The hippos are coming! The hippos are coming!"

Rosalie bolted upright and yelled, "Don't let them get me!"

Alice and I were in tears, we were laughing so hard. Rosalie realizing what we had just done, turned bright red and glared at us. This only made us laugh harder. "You… should have… seenyourface!!" Alice squeaked between fits of laughter. I was laughing so hard I had begun to hiccup. "AND I GOT IT ON CAMERA!" Alice bellowed between laughing hysterics.

"That was just stupid, guys" Rosalie remarked superiorly, but the slow smile spreading across her face showed us we were forgiven. "You just wait guys," Rosalie smirked, "I WILL get you back."

Or not.

Alice and I froze in mid-laugh. We exchanged looks of horror before bolting to the front door. When Rosalie said 'she'd get you back', that basically meant she'd chase you down the street until she caught you, tackle you to the floor and tickle you like mad while you tried to kick her off.

We sprinted down the street as fast as our legs could carry us. We were pretty far away but not far enough. We could still hear her slightly hysteric laughter from behind us, making us run even faster. I finally saw my safe house. I darted to the left and dashed into a busy diner. Ha! I'd like to see Rosalie find me in here.

Outside I could see Alice running like a maniac, her black pixie-cut messed up slightly and her pale skin shining in the light of the sun. She would have looked like an angel to anyone… if she wasn't screaming bloody murder. I turned away from the window pushed back through all the people. It wasn't the safest place to be if Rosalie looked inside and saw me with my face pressed against the glass. I noticed a lot of people staring at me. I was about to ask them what there problem was when I realized it. It was October, and I was in shorts and a tank top.

I sat down at the diner bar and buried my face in my hands. "You okay?" A soft melodic voice asked from my right. I looked up to find myself staring into the same intelligent eyes as yesterday. I was at a loss for words. So someone had heard my wish. I smiled and nodded.

"My psychotic friend is chasing my friend and me because we played a prank on her and is now trying to track us down and basically tickle us to death." I responded.

He looked confused but decided not to question me. "Do you want a coffee?" He smiled warmly.

I smiled back and gave him a small nod, "That would be great, thank you very much."

"My pleasure," he replied with a grin. I couldn't help but grin back.

"So, this crazy friend of yours," he said after awhile while I was sipping contentedly at my coffee, "Does she happen to have spiky black hair and not be the tallest person in the world?"

I laughed, "No that's Alice, she's not entirely sane either but at the moment, she's in the same boat as I am so do you mind if I bring her over here?"

"Absolutely not, she's welcome to join if she'd like to," He smiled, "In fact, it would be nice to meet your friends, do you mind if I call one on my good friends over too? Just to make it even numbers."

I smiled, "That sounds great! I'll go get her!" I skipped over to Alice and pulled her over to sit next to me.

"Bella what the hell are you doing, not even a 'hello' or a 'hey Alice'!" Alice ranted on and on and I just settled for a bored look, hoping she'd stop soon.

At that moment, who I assumed to be the friend came over. He had chin-length blonde hair and deep, dark, blue eyes. He was more muscular than Edward and was tanner. He had a few scars on his arm, you could tell because of his rolled up sleeves. He smiled at me and I smiled back, he seemed like a friendly person.

"You done?" I asked her, raising my eyebrows. She nodded. "Okay, Alice, I'd like you to meet the man who bought me a coffee while trying to escape Rose's wrath and his friend." That's when I realized I didn't know his name; this made me feel entirely stupid. "By the way, what are you guys' names?" I asked curiously.

"I'm Edward," Edward smiled his amazing crooked smiled, "and this is my friend Jasper who I just brought over here." Jasper smiled and nodded.

"Hi Jasper! Hey Edward!" Alice greeted them by their names. (AN: How else do you greet someone? That sounded stupid, I know!)

"So," Edward smirked at me, "Now that you know our names, isn't it fair that we know yours in return?"

I smiled at him playfully, "Hmm… I'm not sure I'm going to tell you…"

"Please?" He begged, he had a cute little twinkle in his eyes.

I gave up, "Fine, I'm Bella."

"And I'm Alice!" Alice perked in.

I laughed at my friend's peppiness. This was what made Alice so much fun. I looked over at my friend who was staring deep into Jasper's eyes and smiling, I turned to see him doing the same.

Not wanting to ruin my friend's moment, I decided to talk to Edward. I turned my head to see him staring intently at me. "What?" I asked, starting to panic, what if I had something in my teeth? Did I spill coffee on my shirt?

"Oh, nothing," He said, looking down and seeming embarrassed that I caught him.

"You sure?" I asked, feeling slightly uneasy. I was wearing pants, right? Right? I looked down and breathed a sigh of relief. Yes, I was wearing pants. Incredibly short pants, but they were still pants.

"Just out of curiosity," he smirked at me, "does your dear crazy friend have wavy blond hair and a very red face."

I laughed but then stopped. Uh oh. "Hide me!" I whisper-shrieked.

He nodded, took off his jacket and scarf, passed them to me and took a pair of sunglasses from the counter and pushed them on over my eyes. I giggled. "I feel like I'm five years old and playing dress-up again."

He chuckled and muttered something that sounded oddly like 'you don't look like your five years old'. I felt my blush creep over my cheeks as he took a hat from the back of his chair and placed it on my head as the final touch. "There," He said, obviously proud of his work, "There's no way she can find you now in your complex disguise."

I laughed, "Thanks"

"Don't mention it" He grinned at me. "Now we'd better get Alice suited up." I laughed as I saw Jasper place a large coat on Alice, followed by a scarf, a hat and one of those joke-shop glasses-with-nose-and-mustache things.

I laughed at her disguise and addressed Jasper, You carry that around with you?" I asked incredulously.

He grinned and shrugged, gesturing towards Alice, "It seems to have come in handy, hasn't it?" He sniffed in mock hurt.

I looked over to see Rosalie pushing through the crowds. Alice picked up two newspapers and tossed one to me. We put them up in front of our faces and leaned on the counter, pausing now and then to take a sip of coffee. Edward could barely contain his laughter and Jasper wasn't even bothering to so much as to put his hand over his mouth to muffle his laughter. I glared at him, if we got caught, I decided I'd blame it on him.

Rosalie came up to where we were, looked right and left and then left to check out a different corner. "Whew! That was close!" I whipped off an imaginary bead of sweat.

Alice smiled, "We were good!"

"Good thinking with the newspapers!" I complimented her.

"No sweat," she shrugged off her jacket as we saw Rose leave the diner with a defeated look on her face muttering something like 'I could've sworn I saw her'.

This was too funny. Not only did we prank Rosalie, but we were about to get away with it.

Jasper turned curious eyes on Alice, "Why were you running from her anyway?" he asked curiously.

Alice and I looked at each other and laughed, "Long story," we said in unison.