Disclaimer: I do not claim to own Twilight or New Moon because doing so is grounds for death.

Hey guys, Happy Halloween. This is my favorite holiday and I'm spending it with you wonderful people. Thank you for the great comments, please keep them up even if you don't like what I write. Sorry it was so long updating, had a busy Halloween inspired weekend. I just want to remind everyone that Bella will be doing some things that are out of character but she understands what needs to be done to be with her true love forever.

Chapter 8: The Party

I walked over to where the rest of the family was waiting.

"How's everything going," Rosalie whispered.

"Actually better than I thought, Mike Newton has invited us all to a party at his house tonight," I said looking over my shoulder to make sure that Edward was where I left him.

"Newton's great," Alice squealed.

"Shh, Alice. We can't risk Edward hearing us," I said putting my hand over her mouth.

"What I mean," she lowered her voice, "is that he gave us another possible scenario to teach Edward a lesson."

"I know but I haven't had time to plan this one. What am I going to do?"

"Don't worry," Emmett said, "you'll think of something. Now here he comes, change the subject."

A pair of cold arms wrapped around my shoulders. "Please tell me you guys had better luck talking her out of this stupid idea than I did," Edward said with some hope in his voice.

"Sorry dude, I think it's a great idea. You guys should go out and have some fun. Unfortunately Rose and I can't go. We have a little fun to get to ourselves," Emmett said winking at Rosalie.

"I don't think I should go either," Jasper said quietly, "too much temptation. It was hard enough to get through the dance at some points. I don't want to risk it."

"Well Bella, it looks like no body really wants to go," Edward said proudly, "why don't we just call it a night and go home and have our own party."

"I'll go," Alice said, a little too excitedly, "it sounds like fun. Edward if you really don't want to go, I can take Bella myself."

"No thanks Alice, I'll go," Edward said glancing at me, "but I won't be happy about it."

"You never are," I said kissing him on the cheek.

I didn't say a word throughout the car ride to Mike's house. I had to think of something to make Edward upset by my choices. Alice, understanding my situation, chattered mindlessly about the dance to keep Edward's attention on her instead of me. We pulled up to Mike's house and the party was in full swing. I grabbed Edward's hand and pulled him to the front door. When the three of us walked into the house, I felt like it was the first day of school all over again. Everyone was staring and whispering.

"Wow, Bella Swan and the Cullen's have decided to grace us with their presents," one group said.

"Maybe we can finally talk to them and it won't be awkward," another group said.

"This isn't going to be good," Edward said quietly. I glanced up at him and saw him scanning the room looking at everyone.

"It will be fine," I said, squeezing around his waist. We walked around the house for a little while when we saw Mike coming towards us.

"Bella," he said as he pulled me into a hug, "you came." He saw that I wasn't alone.

"Hey Alice, I'm glad you could make it," he said nodding in Alice's direction.

"Hey Mike, thanks for the invite," she said nodding back.

Mike turned to Edward with an annoyed look on his face. "Cullen," he said grudgingly.

"Newton," Edward said with just as much venom.

"Well," I said, trying to break the tension, "It looks like the whole school turned out."

Mike snapped out of his staring contest with Edward and looked around the room. "Just the juniors and seniors," he said.

I noticed a game going on in the corner. "What are they playing over there," I said pointing to a group of kids.

"Beer pong," Mike said laughing, "haven't you ever played?"

"No, sorry. I've never even heard of it," I said sheepishly.

"I could teach you if you want. It's not hard. All you have to do is bounce a ping pong ball into a cup of beer. If your ball goes in the cup your opponent has to drink the whole beer and vice a versa," he said smiling, "do you want to play?"

Before I had a chance to speak, Edward spoke for me. "No Mike, Bella would not like to play your silly game," he said coldly. I just stared at him. What right did he have to say what I can and can not do?

"Bella," he looked back at me, "you don't have the best hand-eye coordination." I can't believe he said that. I know everyone knows that I'm not the most graceful person to walk the planet but to have it used against me like that. I wasn't planning on playing but his attitude changed everything.

"Mike I would love for you to teach me how to play," I said happily.

"Great, I'll go get you a beer," he said a ran off in the direction of the kitchen.

"Are you sure you really want to do this," he said with pleading eyes. He wasn't going to dazzle me out of this, I was ticked off.

"Yes," I said curtly, "I really want to do this."

Mike came back a placed my beer in my hand. "Here you go," he said, "are you ready?"

"More than you'll ever know," I said glancing at Edward as we walked off. I took a sip of my beer. It was bitter and I really didn't like it but I had to prove a point. In all honesty, the only alcohol that I have ever drank was a glass of champagne at mom and Phil's wedding. I could see Edward over my shoulder, watching us.

We got to the table and Mike showed me how to bounce the ball so I could get it in the cup. I got it on the first try. I jumped up and down and hugged him. I glanced up and saw that Edward was not pleased so I stopped hugging him, no need to push him too far. I actually did really well. I won almost every game. Even though I didn't have to drink when I won, I drank anyway and started to get a good buzz. I had just finished up my last game and was walking back to Edward when Alice bounded up beside me.

"Hey were have you been?" I asked Alice as we finally reached Edward. He gave me a kiss on the forehead.

"OK, I was wrong," he muttered.

Alice cleared her throat. "Oh I'm sorry Alice. You were saying," I said giving Alice my full attention.

"So I was over by that group of girls there, giving them fashion advice when someone mentioned that they are going to start a game of Spin the Bottle," Alice squealed. "I think we should play," she said leading me away.

"Why do we have to play?" I asked her quietly as we walked towards a circle of people. Edward was slightly behind us.

"We don't really have to play," she whispered, "but I think you should play." I looked at her for a second and she winked at me. "Oh," was all I could get out before Edward was by my side.

"Do we really have to do this?" he whined.

"No you don't have to do this, you could just watch me play," I said as I took my place in the circle.

"Not a chance," he said sitting next to me, "I'm not leaving you with these male pariahs."

I looked over at Alice, she looked giddy. I was glad she was having fun. Tyler spun first. It landed on Lauren. He gave her a peck on the cheek much to her disappointment. Lauren was then able to spin. It landed on some junior boy and she pulled him in for a deep kiss, all the while watching Tyler to see if he would get jealous. He didn't and I had to laugh. God I can't stand Lauren. The game went on like this for a little while. It was fun watching the reaction on everyone's faces.

Then it was Mike's turn. I guess he made up with Jessica because she was sitting right next to him. He spun the bottle really hard and when it stopped it landed on me. I looked up to see Mike starting to lean over to kiss me when the bottle magically wobbled a little more and pointed to Jessica. I looked over at Edward who had a smirk on his face. I just shook my head. Jess was thrilled. She wrapped her arms around Mike's neck and kissed him hard on the mouth. Everybody giggled and Jess blushed. It was her turn to spin the bottle. She didn't spin very hard, probably hoping to land on Mike again but instead she landed on Edward. I didn't know who's eyes were going to bug out more.

I could see him thinking about moving the bottle again. "Don't you dare," I whispered loud enough for just him to hear, "this is what it means to be human, sometime you have to play by the rules."

He looked at me pleadingly and I just shook my head no. He let out a loud sigh and leaned over and kissed Jess softly on the lips. I should have been jealous but the look on Jess's face was priceless. Edward's turn was next. Oh this should be good. He placed his hand on the bottle and it shattered under his fingers.

"I am so sorry," he said trying to sound apologetic, "I must have gotten too excited."

"That's OK," Mike said, "we'll just get another bottle."

Edward looked upset by this.

"You are unbelievable Mr. Cullen," I said shaking my head again.

"What?" he said innocently, "did I do something wrong." He put his arms around me and pulled me in for a kiss. "Now this is who I wanted to land on," as he squeezed me tighter.

Alice walked over to where we were standing. "That was hilarious," she laughed. "Edward who's the better kisser Jess or Bella?"

"Oh Jess, hands down. All that fuzzy hair, real turn on," he said as I elbowed him in the ribs. "Ouch, girlfriend abuse, I'm getting a lawyer."

"Hey I have two law degrees but unfortunately I can't represent you. Conflict of issues, I like her more than you," Alice chuckled.

"Are we leaving soon?" Edward pouted, "I want to get Bella home to bed."

"As much as I would love to go to bed, my love, I'm having fun and would really like to stay just a little longer," I said pushing out my bottom lip.

"OK but just a little longer."

Alice and I jumped up and down. Edward just rolled his eyes.

"If anybody's interested in tequila shots, we will be serving them in the kitchen in five minutes," a girl shouted in the middle of the room.

"Tequila shots," I said excitedly, "that does sound interesting." I didn't actually want one but I've never seen how there done.

"Now Bella this is where I put my foot down," Edward said angrily, "I forbid you to drink any tequila shots."

Did he just forbid me to do something? He has gone to far now. I know he has my best interest at heart but forbidding me, what is he my father now? Alice must have been thinking the same thing because she grabbed my hand and started leading me to the kitchen. "Bella and I are going to do some tequila shots Edward. If you know what's good for you, you will stay where you are," she growled over her shoulder at him.

As we walked I leaned over to her and whispered "Alice, you can't drink tequila."

"Watch me," she spit out, "how dare he give you another order of what you can and can not do. You and I are going to do this and show him that he can't always get his way."

"OK," I said. I wasn't going to argue with her and plus I was kind of curious what tequila tasted like.

"Two please," she said sweetly to the make shift bartender.

"Do you girls know how to drink a tequila shot?" he asked.

"Well no," I said, "but it shouldn't be hard." He laughed and then explained how it's done. First lick a small spot on your hand and sprinkle salt on the spot, then lick the salt off, drink the shot and suck on a slice of lime. See I knew it would be simple.

He poured Alice and I our shots. We raised our glasses. "Here goes nothing," we both said together. We drank our shots and the burning sensation that seemed to follow the path to my stomach mirrored that of being bit but it soon passed. That wasn't so bad.

"Do you want another?" I asked Alice.

"Sure why not," she said back. She turned to the bartender "pour us two more please."

We did two more shots in quick succession. They went down really easy, especially chasing them down with my beer. I looked at Alice, there were two of her standing there. And then everything got fuzzy.