Mkay, so I know that I'm skipping WAY ahead, but I honestly am loosing inspiration for this part of the story. I'm planning on continuing it from when they're in high school, but it's getting harder to get into the end of the middle school part.
So now, we're skipping to the last three weeks of school. Enjoy!
Becca's POV-
"Aliceeee!" Bella whined as we drug her toward the store that we had our eyes set on.
I smiled wickedly as Alice swatted and Bella playfully. Honestly, shopping wasn't going to kill this girl! Summer was almost here, and that meant entirely new wardrobe time! Besides, Alice and I were pretty much buying everything for her. It was our summer gift. Our at least, that's what we called it. What we really meant was 'our best friend can not walk around in those ratty old jeans one more day or we're going to kill someone'. Hehe. How nice are we?
"Bella," I said quietly, my voice lowered in reverence to the store's beautiful clothing as we entered, "This is not going to hurt you. Summer is here, it's time to go all out. And besides, the end of year dance is coming up. Don't you want to look delicish for Eddie-Weddie?"
She blushed, and Alice smiled. "Becca- You pick out for me, I'll get Bella's first trial outfits and then pick out some for you," Alice instructed.
I nodded and went to the racks of dresses, carefully observing each one for something that would look nice on Alice. My key was to look at every part of the dress; even if it was ugly it could have a cute accessory or beading that was on another, prettier dress, and then I would find that dress. I gave myself an A for being an amazing shopper. After a few minutes of looking, I heard a squeal coming from my best friend. I stood on my toes and peeked over the racks, looking to see where she was and what she had found. She was holding a gorgeous blue dress, I was already in love with the unclear view I had of it. She was shoving it toward Bella, wheeling her around toward a dressing room. I took my arm load of dresses for Alice and followed after them, wanting to see how this turned out. Bella was blushing a deep red as Alice closed the dressing room door and back up against it, laughing evilly, trapping Bella in there until she tried it on. "Aliceee, I have it on, do you want to see?" she asked quietly a few minutes later.
Alice squealed again and move to let Bella open the door. "Ohmygodbella!"I burst out, my jaw dropping to the ground. Alice did a small victory dance.
"Do you really think it looks that good?" Bella asked, playing with bottom half a bit. Alice clapped and put an arm around Bella.
"Bells, sweetie, when Edward sees you in this, the chances of him ever letting you go are going to go from slim to absolutely none in about one point two seconds," I assured her. "We're going to have to get your hair done professionally."
Bella shrugged, and I could tell she was still feeling self conscious. I rolled my eyes and let her go, moving to show Alice what I had found for her. Bella turned back into the dressing room, probably hiding from whatever other clothes Alice and I were going to force on to her.
At the end of it all, I ended up with a purple dress for the dance. It was shiny, with sparkles around the edges and a darker bow around the waist, strapless. Alice ended up with a golden bubble style dress, which looked gorgeous on her. It had spaghetti straps and these beads that made it look like it was made for a modern day princess, exactly how my best friend pretty much was. Along with those, we also ended up buying the beginning of our summer wardrobes, and Bella's.
We stopped at Bella's for a few minutes to drop her things off and so that she could tell Charlie she was spending another night at the Cullen's. Honestly? I didn't even tell my parents anymore, I just went and they assumed I was with Alice. Because that really was where I was. After that, we went to Alice's house, walking up the patio giggling like crazy. Bella was trying to explain her jeans and tee-shirt obsession. About halfway through her rant, even she saw how insane she sounded. The boys were already there, to no one's surprise. Bella smiled the minute she saw Edward and ran toward him, hugging him tightly and telling him all about the torture that Alice and I had put her through. I giggled while Alice said her quick hello to Jasper.
We both knew that there was no way to tear Bella away from Edward now, so we had Jasper help us carry the rest of our shopping bags to Alice's room and then left everyone else alone, so Alice and I could change. I put on a green and white stripped mini-dress, that had a long white patch over the chest and like half of the stomach, and a gold buttons on the top. I searched through my shopping bags for my new brown leggings while Alice put on a black, mini-ruffle skirt with a pair of bright purple tights, and a purple double layered halter top. I smiled approvingly at her before we made our way back out to the others, who were gathered around the couch, already discussing the night's plans.
"So," I said, taking a seat next to Emmett.
"What?" he asked.
"I think we should crash Jessica Stanely's party," I suggested, a wicked smile on my face.
Bella bit her bottom lip. Jessica didn't like the Cullen's, the Hale's, or Bella for that matter. She hated the Cullen's for two reasons; because they were richer and more beautiful then her, and because Edward didn't love her. She hated the Hale's because they were pretty much perfect, Rosalie ruled the eighth grade, and would rule the ninth; and because Jasper was Alice's boyfriend. She hated Bella because Edward was in love with Bella. Jessica also hated me. Because I was just that fabulous. Haha. Alice clapped her hands together for the millionth time that day to show her approval. "Pleasseee, Jazzy? She was being mean to us- and she invited your sister and not us! That's like asking us to make an appearance!" Alice pouted to her boyfriend.
He shrugged, obviously not knowing how exactly to deny his girlfriend exactly what she wanted. "Us coming will just make her party ah-mazing," I added, with a smile.
Alice puppy dog pouted to Jasper, and he finally nodded with a shrug. She quickly pecked his lips and then jumped up. "Come, Bella, we must turn you into a goddess….without looking like we tried to turn you into a goddess. Meet us in here in an hour boys."
We dragged Bella into Alice's room and dressed her. She ended up in a nice, long, halter top with Egyption looking beading. It was black behind the gold beading, and we had her put on some gold leggings to make it all pop. A little while on all of our hair and make up, a few minutes with a shoe dilemma, and we were ready to go. The boys were waiting for us, barely having changed. They looked stunning anyway. I couldn't help but notice how lovely Emmett looked, even if we weren't going out anymore.
When we arrived at the part, we stepped two by two out of the car. The girls linked arms and walked toward the door of the house, the boys following behind us. We rang the door bell once and a happy looking Rosalie answered the door; Alice had texted her on our way. She had a wicked looking smile on her face. "Oh geez, thank God you guys are here! Damage control time; Alice, Jessica had Lauren spreading some shit about you Jasper doing the deed. Bella, you and Edward have been safe from it so far, but Becca. Oh hon, she said you bought your way on to the cheerleading team and you're family's going broke."
I sighed, trying to not let this information ruin me. Nope. Jessica was pathetic and Lauren? She was ugly. I smiled widely and hugged Rose quickly, whispering, "Come on, I've got a plan," to her quietly so only she could hear.
"Hey, Emmett, would you mind going and finding Rodney for me? I think he needs to be kicked in the ass, I swear he's borderline stalking me now," Rosalie said, shivering.
Emmett's face twisted into an odd expression, and I couldn't tell if it was more of rage or jealousy. He cracked his knuckles and said, "Okay, it's done. Jasper, Edward, come on."
The two other's nodded and glanced at their dates, who just smiled and let them go. Bella looked sadder then Alice. "Alice," I instructed, "you and Bella go mingle, let everyone know that the really amazing people have arrived. Rosalie and I are busy."
Alice nodded and grabbed Bella's wrist, pulling her toward a group of people that we had met at a party about a month ago. I turned toward Rosalie. "First part of the plan- figure out who Lauren and Jess paid off to come as their dates."
Rosalie giggled and nodded. "Jessica brought Mike. She has him tied on a leash, I swear. Lauren looked like she had Ben and Tyler, but somehow I think Ben is more just to make Angela Weber feel bad."
I sighed. Angela was really, really sweet to everyone. The fact that Jessica was being a bitch to her made me want to ring her neck out. "Well that takes care of step one. Step two is finding these boys, obviously Jessica and Lauren have been busy so I'm assuming they've made the mistake of leaving their dates behind and without a mission. Good plan by the way- with Rodney. Ohhh, and I am adoring that dress."
Rosalie shrugged, with a hint of a pleased smile on her face. It gave me a powerful feeling to know that I was giving the eighth grade Alpha compliments, and she was eating them up. We set out on our search for Ben, Mike, and Tyler. It didn't take long. They were positioned on the side of what I thought was supposed to be the dance floor. "Ty!" I giggled as we came up to them, draping an arm over him. "How is my favorite guy doing tonight?"
Rosalie flashed a huge smile as she wiggled her in between Ben and Mike. She nudged Mike a little with her shoulder. "Hey, you. It's been way too long since we talked."
Ben had has his hands in his pockets, it was way too obvious that he wasn't phased by the fact two of the most popular girls in Forks had just walked up and started talking to him and his friends like they were the best of friends. "So, Ben, I heard Angela was into you," I said, cutting right to the point.
Ben's face lit up a little. "Really?" he asked.
I nodded eagerly. "Mhmm, it crushed her to see that you came with Jess instead of asking her. She was really hoping that you would ask her."
Rosalie was scanning the crowd for Angela, and then zeroed in on her. She had on a stunning dress. It was red on top, and really sparkly, and about halfway down it started fading into white with dark sparkles. I had to hand it to her, she looked fabulous. "Look," Rosalie waved carelessly toward Angela. "She even got dressed up for you!"
Ben's eyes followed Rosalie's perfectly manicured hand. His jaw dropped. I smiled. "Hey- if you see Jessica tell her I'm going to go talk to Angela…."
I smiled and exchanged a victory glance with Rosalie. That step was done. Now…on to the next part. "So, Mike, Ty, tell us, where did your beautiful dates run off to?" I asked.
Mike shrugged, and Tyler answered quickly, "Uhm, I think Jess said that she and Lauren were going to go outside and see what was going on. There were some people misusing the pool or something like that."
I smiled. "Well, I think Rose and I would like to go say hi to our dear friends. We could help make sure everything's running smoothly. Would you like t come with us?" I asked the boys.
They nodded. I linked arms with Tyler and Rosalie wrapped an arm around Mike's shoulders, the boy was even confident enough to wrap an arm around her designer dressed waist. We walked out to the pool area, and instantly spotted the girls trying to chat up a pair of guys. Mike and Tyler's faces fell, but then remembered who they were with. I almost felt bad for using them. Almost. We approached the girls slowly, and I scowled at their outfits. They looked like they belonged on a stage, stripping and being all showy. They didn't look fabulous- they looked like cheap, used, trash. They had dresses on that matched, only in different colors. I wanted to rip them off and kick their butts over to a nice little shop with some classier dresses.
"Jess! Lauren! How nice to see you," Rosalie called over to them with a smile.
Jess looked at us like she was going to vomit. Lauren's eyes looked toward us with the boys. "How did you get in?" Jess asked me accusingly.
"The same way Lauren did- the front door," Rosalie answered for me.
I tilted my head and smiled. "Aren't you happy to see me, Jess? And you'll be just delighted to know that the Cullen's, Jasper, and Bella are here as well! We thought we'd come and surprise you."
"It's not a surprise if I already knew you were coming," Jessica tried to defend herself.
"Oh really?" I raised an eyebrow at her.
"When did you find out they were coming?" Rosalie asked.
"I overheard Emmett and Bella talking about it like a month ago. Everyone comes to Jess's party, whether they've been invited or not," Lauren jumped in to aid Jessica.
I giggled. "Too bad no one heard about your party until yesterday, and that we just decided to come here like an hour and half ago. Plus, if you knew Bella, you'd know that she wouldn't talk about a party. She'd be too afraid Alice and I would make her go shopping for it," I explained, crashing Lauren's excuse like a boat that ran into a rock.
Rosalie and I wiggled free of the boys and moved closer to Jessica and Lauren. I had just noticed how close they were to the pool. We took slow steps toward them, smiles still gracing our faces. "Hey, Lauren, Jess? Have you been to a strip club lately?" I asked.
"No," Jess replied, obviously baffled now.
"Why?" Lauren asked, looking a little bit frightened about how close we were getting.
They inched closer to the pool.
"Because you look like you stole Dear Maria's outfit," Rosalie giggled, and with that, we shoved the two other girls in.
They screamed as they hit the water, and Jess's dress pretty much fell off. Laruen's, on the other hand, suction cupped to her body, and her hair fell out. I tilted my head again and smiled. "Girls, that's what you get for spreading shit about my friends I. You should know better by now."
"And if we catch you pulling more little hoe-bag stunts again, there will be hell to pay," Rosalie added.
She glared for a second and then smiled sweetly. "Enjoy your swim girls," I laughed, and then we turned and walked away to find our friends.
Leaving Mike and Tyler alone to explain why they had walked out all over us, and then let Rose and I push them into the pool.
Life was so fabulous.