A/N: Thanks again for all of the reviews! I had no idea so many people would like this story.
EPOV
"What do we want to do first?" Alice asked. "We can watch movies, play truth or dare, or any other game."
"Truth or dare sounds good," Bella spoke up. I chuckled—obviously Alice hadn't warned Bella about the Cullen/Hale version of this game.
"Truth or dare it is then," Edward confirmed. "Bella doesn't know the rules yet, so we should go over them. First, once you pick either truth or dare, you can't change to the other one. Second, you can't dare anyone to do something that is morally objectable or will harm anyone or anything. Third, all dares have to be limited to the house. There really aren't any truth rules. You can ask just about anything. If you pick truth one time, you have to pick dare the next time, and vice versa. We play chicken truth or dare. You have two chickens—one for truth, one for dare—but you only get to use them once. If you decide to take more than one chicken in each, you're out of the game. Of course the truths and dares get a lot more wild if you have a chicken, so use them wisely. Alice will keep a record of everyone's chickens. Any questions?"
"No, I understand," Bella said.
"Okay, well you're first then, Bella. Truth or dare?" Alice asked her.
"Umm…truth," she said. Alice thought for a second.
"What's the farthest you've ever gone with a boy?"
"Not very far. My ex-boyfriend got to second base once, but I didn't want to go any farther, and I wouldn't give in, so he broke up with me about a week later."
"Now it's your turn to ask someone a question," Alice told her.
"Okay…Rosalie, truth or dare?"
"Truth," she answered.
"What's the most embarrassing thing you've ever done to get a guy's attention?"
"When I was in second grade, I decided that I really liked this boy in my class, David. Nothing I did would get him to pay attention to me, so I decided that men paid more attention to women with big breasts. I figured if I stuffed my shirt, I would look more mature, so I did and I got to the classroom before any of the other kids did. Thank God my teacher realized what I was trying to do and told me that I didn't need to do that to impress any boy and that if they truly liked me, they would like me no matter what I looked like on the outside, so I unstuffed my shirt and just ignored David for the rest of the school year," she said. "Emmett, truth or dare?"
"Dare," I said.
"I dare you to sing 'Barbie Girl,'" she said. I groaned.
"I hate Aqua," I whined, but I rarely take a chicken, so I cleared my throat, making a joke out of it.
"Everyone, may I have your attention, please?" I waited for them to stop laughing.
"I'm
a Barbie girl in the Barbie world
Life in plastic, it's fantastic
You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere
Imagination,
life is your creation
Come on, Barbie, let's go party
I'm
a Barbie girl in the Barbie world
Life in plastic, it's fantastic
You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere
Imagination,
life is your creation
I'm a blonde single girl in the fantasy
world
Dress me up, take your time, I'm your dollie
You're my
doll, rock and roll, feel the glamour and pain
Kiss me here,
touch me there, hanky-panky
You can touch, you can play
You
can say I'm always yours, oooh whoa
I'm a Barbie girl in the
Barbie world
Life in plastic, it's fantastic
You can brush my
hair, undress me everywhere
Imagination, life is your creation
Come on, Barbie, let's go party, ha ha ha, yeah
Come on,
Barbie, let's go party, oooh, oooh
Come on, Barbie, let's go
party, ha ha ha, yeah
Come on, Barbie, let's go party, oooh, oooh
Make me walk, make me talk, do whatever you please
I can
act like a star, I can beg on my knees
Come jump in, be my
friend, let us do it again
Hit the town, fool around, let's go
party
You can touch, you can play
You can say I'm always
yours
You can touch, you can play
You can say I'm always
yours
Come on, Barbie, let's go party, ha ha ha, yeah
Come
on, Barbie, let's go party, oooh, oooh
Come on, Barbie, let's go
party, ha ha ha, yeah
Come on, Barbie, let's go party, oooh, oooh
I'm a Barbie girl in the Barbie world
Life in plastic,
it's fantastic
You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere
Imagination, life is your creation
I'm a Barbie girl in
the Barbie world
Life in plastic, it's fantastic
You can
brush my hair, undress me everywhere
Imagination, life is your
creation
Come on, Barbie, let's go party, ha ha ha, yeah
Come on, Barbie, let's go party, oooh, oooh
Come on, Barbie,
let's go party, ha ha ha, yeah
Come on, Barbie, let's go party,
oooh, oooh."
They others were laughing so hard by the time I was finished that I'm surprised they could even hear the song. "Thank you, thank you very much," I said in my best Elvis impression.
"Em…mett," Alice gasped. "That…was…just…too…much."
"I'm glad you enjoyed it," I said drily. "Now, Jasper, truth or dare?"
"Umm…truth?"
"Pussy," I muttered. "Okay…how long were you sneaking around with Ali before you finally told me?" He groaned, knowing he'd been caught.
"Two weeks," he finally said. "I didn't want to piss you off, so we wanted to make sure there was a chance we would work before we told you."
"I was right," I said. "I knew that already." Jasper laughed.
"I should have known we couldn't keep it from you," he said. "Edward, truth or dare?"
"Dare," he replied.
"I dare you to go to Carlisle and tell him you're worried about yours and Rose's sex life and ask him if he can give you any ideas on how to make it less boring," Jasper dared.
"Our sex life is not boring, Jazz," Rose snapped.
"That doesn't matter," Jasper chuckled.
"Fuck," Edward muttered. I heard him get up and head toward the stairs. We all followed him and went to the top of the stairs to listen. He knocked on Dad's office door and entered, leaving it cracked so we could make sure he followed through on his dare.
"Dad, can I talk to you about something?" he asked.
"Sure, son, have a seat," he invited. "What's up?"
"Well, I'm worried about my relationship with Rosalie. I feel like we're stuck in a rut."
"What kind of rut, son?"
"Well, sometimes I feel that I'm not satisfying her…sexually." I had to cover my mouth with my hand to stop myself from laughing.
"Umm…Edward, shouldn't you be having this discussion with her?"
"No!" Edward sounded horrified. "I don't want her to know about this!"
"Okay, calm down. Why do you feel this way?"
"Well, we do the same thing all the time. She's never said anything about wanting anything different, so I don't know for sure whether she's enjoying herself or just doesn't want to hurt my feelings."
"Son, I've known you were sexually active for awhile now, and I can't say I am happy about it, but since I can't stop it, I won't even try. If you want to know how she feels about trying new things, just suggest something new to her and see whether or not she likes the idea. Just remember, no sex in this house."
"Thanks, Dad," Edward said. "I should probably get back to the others now." He damn near fled from the room, by the sounds of his feet. I could hear Dad chuckling to himself.
"Truth or dare," I heard him mutter. "Poor boy always chooses dare." I laughed out loud at this. Dad was more astute than we thought. I was the last down the stairs, so the others didn't hear Dad's comment. I decided to keep it to myself for the time being.
When we were all settled downstairs, it was Alice's turn. "Truth or dare, Alice," Edward said, still sounding a little miffed.
"Truth," she said.
"Have you ever lied to Jasper to get out of having sex?" By the smug tone of his voice, he thought he had her there.
"Nope," she said proudly. "If I don't want sex, I just tell him."
"It's true," Jasper said. "She's a terrible liar, so she doesn't even try."
We played for about another hour, the truths and dares becoming more crazy and embarrassing as time went on. Finally we decided to end the game. Bella was awesome. She never took a chicken, instead finding clever ways to actually answer a question without revealing anything she didn't want to reveal.
"Let's watch scary movies," Alice suggested.
"What do you want to watch?" Jasper asked her.
"How about…The Omen?"
"Okay!" they all said. I couldn't really watch the movie anyway, so I didn't really give a damn which ones they watched. I could listen to them though.
"Anyone want popcorn?" I asked.
"Yeah, Emmy. Could you make two bags? Alice asked.
"Sure, Pixie." I got up and maneuvered my way through the room to the kitchen. I tossed a bag of the popcorn into the microwave and pulled out a large bowl to put it in. I heard someone come into the kitchen.
"Hey, Emmett, do you have any bottled water?" Bella asked.
"Sure, there's some in the fridge. We have soda too, if you want it," I answered.
"Thanks, but I'm not a big fan of soda."
"So, have you ever seen The Omen?" I asked her.
"No. I'm not really a fan of scary movies. I get scared really easily," she said.
"We don't have to watch that, if you don't want to," I told her. "We can watch something else."
"No, it's okay. I'll just close my eyes and cover my ears if I get scared," she laughed. I laughed with her, shaking my head.
The microwave dinged, signaling the popcorn being done. I pulled it out and tossed the other bag in, starting over again. I angled the bag away from myself, carefully pulling it open so I didn't burn myself on the steam. I grabbed the bowl, feeling the edge so I could tell where to put the popcorn, and dumped the bag in. Bella didn't offer to help, and I could feel myself falling for her even more. She hadn't treated me any differently from the others—as far as I could tell—all night. When the second bag was done, I dumped it into the bowl as well, and Bella grabbed drinks for everyone, and we headed back to the living room.
"Here we go," I said, holding the popcorn out so someone could set it down where it wouldn't get spilled, then sat down on the floor with everyone else. Bella sat down next to me. I figured everyone else was already cuddled up to their significant other. The main reason Alice and Rosalie like to watch horror flicks is so they can grab onto Jasper and Edward during the scary parts. Someone started the movie, but all I could concentrate on was that Bella was sitting right next to me.
Someone in the movie screamed and so did Bella. She grabbed onto my arm, gripping it really tight. She kept grabbing onto me during the movie, and I must say, I rather enjoyed her turning to me for "protection." By the time the movie was ending, she had her face buried in my shoulder and she was halfway into my lap.
"Aw, poor Bella," Alice said, "but aren't they cute?" That apparently made Bella realize exactly what she was doing, and she got off my lap. I shoved away the feeling of disappointment and grinned at her.
"I guess you really do get scared," I said.
"Sorry, Emmett," she told me.
"No big deal," I replied.
"Should we watch another movie?" Alice asked.
"Let's watch Rent!" Rose suggested. Jasper and Edward groaned, and I groaned along with them, but secretly I like the movie. It's easier to get into a movie that is mostly songs. It may sound unmanly, but I like a lot of musicals.
"I love Rent," Bella said.
"Emmett knows all the words," Alice spoke up. Damned pixie.
"Me too," Bella confessed. "When I first got it, I watched it six times." She really is perfect. Absolutely, undeniably, unequivocally perfect.
We watched—well, they watched, I listened—Rent, and by the time that was over, it was really late and everyone was tired. Edward and Alice went to get blankets and pillows for everyone from upstairs and they spread them on the floor of the living room. I imagine Alice and Rose are sleeping in Jasper and Edward's arms. Bella was in the area near me, but she was far enough away that she wouldn't be uncomfortable. I eventually heard the deep breathing of sleep from everyone, but I lay awake, thinking about the amazing girl next to me. She was perfect in every way, but I didn't dare think about her being mine. That would just be setting me up for disappointment.
Finally, I managed to fall asleep in the early hours before dawn. I was woken up by the sound of giggling and whispering. The next thing I noticed was a warm body curled into mine and the scent of strawberry shampoo. Bella. I was a little confused as to how she got there. Did I go to her, or did she come to me?
"Aww, Emmy, you're so cute together," Alice whispered.
"Shut up, Alice," I muttered.
"Looks like Bella likes to cuddle," Jasper snickered. "She moved quite a bit from her original spot." So she had come to me. That made me feel good.
"Shut up, Jasper," I grumbled. I didn't want to wake her and embarrass her, but I didn't know how to move her without doing so. Translation: I didn't want to move her.
"Hey Bella!" Alice yelled, making Bella jump in my arms. She sat up and I sat up after she did.
"Um…sorry Emmett," she said softly.
"Awwwwwwwwwww, she's blushing," Rose said.
"Shut up," she muttered, sounding like a pissy child. I grinned.
"It's okay," I told her. "You're warm."
"She's blushing even more!" Alice yelled. I rubbed my ears.
"Damn, Ali, do you have to yell?" I demanded. "And leave Bella alone."
"Awww, little Emmy's protecting Bella," Jasper cooed. I lunged in his direction, managing to grab his legs and trip him.
"HAH! I'm blind and you still can't get away," I crowed.
"Ass," he muttered and I grinned at him.
"I'll make some breakfast," Alice said. "Rose, Bella, why don't you help me while the boys go take showers and change?" An order from Alice. Go figure. I headed upstairs to do as I was told.
BPOV
Nobody had warned me before coming to the slumber party that Emmett was blind. When he tripped over my bag, I had thought he just didn't see it, and even when he shook my hand, he acted like he could see me. I guess if I had met him anywhere outside of his house, I might have known, but the way he maneuvered through his home gave the appearance that he could see. He looks right at people when they're talking and, in general, it just appeared that he had slower reactions to everything than most people. When we were playing truth or dare, it became obvious that he couldn't see anything.
I wasn't really sure how I would be expected to react to his blindness, but it didn't bother me at all. One of my cousins is blind and she's completely independent. It seems as though Emmett is too, because the others don't attempt to help him when he's doing something. When Alice suggested we watch movies, it didn't seem to bother him at all that he could only listen to them.
On top of being perfect personality wise, the man is sinfully gorgeous. Alice had told me he is still single, and quite frankly, I don't get it. Why hasn't some lucky girl snatched him up yet? He's tall, built like a damned god, and has the most beautiful, clear blue eyes I had ever seen.
To top it all off, he is one of the sweetest people I have ever met. He let me grab on to him during The Omen when it scared the hell out of me, and then he didn't seem to mind when I practically crawled inside his skin while we were sleeping. He was just so warm and comfortable.
Alice ordered the boys to go shower and change while we made breakfast. She set me to making scrambled eggs while she cooked waffles and Rose made toast. We made a mountain of food.
"That's a lot of food," I said, staring at all of it.
"The boys eat a lot—especially Emmett," Alice said. "Now tell us why you were all cuddled up to my brother this morning."
"I don't know—I was asleep. I couldn't help it."
"Well, how did it feel when you woke up?" Rose asked. I blushed.
"Um…I was enjoying it. Emmett's really sweet and really warm. He smells really good too," I confessed.
"Do you like him? Like him, like him?" Alice demanded. I couldn't say anything, just nodded. Alice squealed and threw her arms around me.
"Oh my God! You guys make such a cute couple!"
"Alice, calm down. I doubt he likes me the same way. He probably likes someone else. He could get any girl he wanted—he wouldn't choose me."
"Don't be stupid, of course he would. Besides, he's tried dating other girls, and they all treat him like an invalid. He's perfectly capable of taking care of himself, and you treat him like a normal man. Besides, Rose and I have seen the look on his face when you speak, or when you were cuddling with him during the movie and this morning. He likes you a lot. He wants you bad."
"Are you sure?" I said, really surprised.
"Yeah! You should ask him out," Rose said.
"I don't know. What if you're wrong?" I asked them.
"We're not wrong. We'll give you one week to ask him out on a date, or we're going to ask him for you," Alice ordered.
"All right." Alice jumped and clapped her hands, and Rose beamed at me. The boys came down about ten minutes later, looking clean and presentable. Emmett wore dark jeans and a white t-shirt that showed his muscles without looking obscenely tight.
"Smells good," he said. Carlisle and Esme walked in then.
"It does smell delicious, girls. You outdid yourselves," Esme said. We all sat down to eat, and when we were finished, Alice took me upstairs to her room so I could shower and change into my clothes. Rose used Edward's bathroom. I was really curious to see Emmett's bedroom, but I wouldn't go unless he asked me to.
We played video games and watched some more movies before I had to go home. I needed to be home in time to fix Charlie dinner. I said goodbye to everyone and got in my truck to leave.
A/N: Okay, this chapter is a little over twice as long as the previous two, so that's why it took me a little longer to update. I'm going to try and update as often as I can, but this is finals week at college, so I don't know if I can get another chapter up soon. After that is Christmas break! I don't have the internet at home, so my updating will be sporadic, and I will probably not update at all the first part of January, because I won't be home and won't have my computer. So, Review Please! The more reviews I get, the more eager I am to write the next chapter!