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Hey! I know you all were pretty curious to know what happens at the Cullen house…but because I am evil, this chapter is from Edward's perspective, and starts at the night when the cousins arrive. Enjoy!

PS – I strongly recommend reading it in the ¾ or ½ format; it really gets easier to read :)

After the girls left, I showed Emmett and Jasper my extensive game and music collection, which they immediately started going through. We fell into easy banter, and our conversation flowed so naturally that one would assume we had been friends all our life, instead of just a few hours. I had never clicked with anyone so effortlessly, except for Bella, and it surprised me how much we had in common.

Sometime later, Emmett started investigating about my relationship with Bella. He was like a bulldog – once he got on to something, he never let it go; and so even after multiple attempts to convince him that Bella and I were not together, I had no feelings of that kind for her and so on, he wasn't giving in.

Of course, then Jasper had to join in. Egged on by Em, he made such racy suggestions that I'm shocked I didn't blow a blood vessel, considering how red my face turned. He finally stopped when a large cushion struck his face. I had never been so glad that Esme had bought those firm cushions that matched the bedspread instead of the soft ones which didn't.

But I digress.

Emmett, predictably, started laughing his head off at the stunned expression on Jasper's face. Annoyed and embarrassed, Jazz threw the cushion at Emmett's head, but it went off course and hit the Power Rangers action figures Jazz had brought with him (yes, he still watched that show). By now, Em was laughing so hard he was silent and had tears running down his red cheeks. I joined in too at the sight of Jasper running to pick his beloved figures up with a horrified look.

After setting them back just so on the table, he picked up two cushions and lobbed them at our heads. I ducked just in time, but Em got hit on his face and his stomach, so he was moaning and laughing, and bending down to clutch his stomach. Satisfied with his revenge, Jasper turned his back on us….and well; I couldn't resist the opportunity to hit him with a cushion again. Jasper stared back at me with an incredulous look on his face, and then all hell broke out, and we snorted and sniggered our way into the night.

Next morning I was woken up by the incessant ringing of a phone. I fumbled for it and then groggily asked "'Ello?"

Alice's way too perky voice replied, "Wakey wakey boys! You've to come pick us up at 10 for our shopping trip!"

"That's fine; but there's no need to call at…uh...8:30 in the…..oh."

"'Oh' is right, Edward. Ten sharp or I'll throw you to the lions. See ya!"

I stared at the phone. Alice was a mysterious creature. I wondered whether she had been a general or something in her previous life…maybe she had been Hitler. Heh. Certainly explained her military style voice.

After pondering on this deep question for a few more minutes, I woke up the sleeping uglies next to me and we ambled into the kitchen. Mom had gone to the interior decorating service where she occasionally worked, and had made some pancakes for us before she left. As we stuffed our stomachs with those delicacies, I mentioned that Alice had called.

"Really?" Jasper asked with a gleam in his eye.

"No, it all occurred in my dreams," I deadpanned.

Jasper took my statement seriously and his face fell. I smacked my forehead.

"You lovesick fool; Ed here obviously was teasing you!" Emmett said while rolling his eyes.

"My name is not Ed, Eddie or any other variation-" I started to say when Jazz interrupted with a look of understanding.

"Oh. I see…wait, I'm not a lovesick fool!" he protested.

"Sure you're not," Em and I said simultaneously and then smirked at each other. Jazz just glared at us and went up to get ready.

When we stopped in front of Chief Swan's house, the door flung open and Bella ran out. She looked a bit anxious, but then Alice and Rosalie barreled out and jumped into the Volvo, and I forgot about the matter. Emmett was trying to insult my set of Linkin Park albums, despite having squealed like a 6 year old on seeing that I had the entire collection of Blink-182 CD's. In an attempt to quell him, I made the mistake of asking him to keep quiet. Jazz then eagerly grabbed the opening and brought up the conversation from last night.

Soon, Alice was trying to wheedle out last night's interrogation from Emmett and Jasper. I burned red in a recollection of those mortifying events, and denied to say anything. Emmett thankfully refused to give in, but Jasper was on the edge of spilling all thanks to Alice's puppy dog eyes and sad pout, but Emmett sensed my discomfort and whispered in Jasper's ear, "Whipped!"

It was now Jasper's turn to blush (hah, he is a love sick fool!), and dissatisfied, Alice turned away. To change the subject, I asked the girls about what they did last night. Rose and Alice started to giggle, and Bella flushed. Jazz and Em delved in to this subject, but Bella diverted it quite successfully, and by the time this ended, we were in Port Angeles.

After a long, long time, we emerged from the mall. Emmett, Jasper and I made a secret vow never to go shopping with the little midget from hell ever again – I had a sneaky suspicion that I was getting blisters on my feet. Bella looked very concerned when we all started yawning while getting in the car, and made a cute little scrunched up face.

Er, wait. What did I just think?

You thought Bella was cute, moron.

Yeah, I got that, thank you very much. I meant, why did I think of Bella as being cute? She's my best friend, for God's sake!

Your cute best friend.

Oh shut up.

Anyway, I reassured her that I was not going to fall asleep in front of the wheel; and then watched her promptly go to sleep along with the others. Emmett was snoring in the front seat, and Alice was resting her head on Jasper. There was definitely something going on between the two of them.

The same something that was going on between you and Bella, huh?

Didn't you hear me telling you to shut up?

Did you know that talking to yourself is the first sign of madness?

I did know that. Now shut up.

Cranky old geezer.

Argh!

Hehehe.

I was jolted out of my thoughts by Bella asking me to turn on the radio. I willingly did so, and another one of my favorite bands, the Offspring, started singing their lungs out. Woken up by the sudden sound, the others complained, but soon conceded when Bella explained her reasoning. All except for Alice, of course, seeing as she was Hitler in her previous life. Bella won her over though, and all was well.

Later, after dropping them off and having dinner with Esme and Carlisle, along with one of his hospital anecdotes, we went back up to bed.

The next day, we were awake before Alice called, so there was no unwelcome intrusion on our sleep. The good news was that their mom let them stay for some time in Forks, but the bad news was that Jasper went into one of his emo modes; whining about how he'd leave before Alice and wouldn't get to sit next to her on the flight. Emmett, in his typical fashion, just slapped him on the back and told him that they'd just have to convince their parents to let them stay longer.

Alice had also informed us that she'd make us model our new clothes, so we all got dressed. However, Emmett soon pulled us aside and said, "I have an awesome plan!"

"The last time you had an awesome plan, Em, you got grounded and got detention for two weeks," Jasper said dryly.

"Yeah, but this is going to be epic!"

"What is it?" I asked.

"You see, one of us is going to dress up as a maid-"

"Not me!" Jasper and I cried in unison.

"Wait, just hear me out, and then that person's going to open the door for the girls, and say that she was hired to help clean the house by a Mr. E. Cullen, and after she came she had seen two boys go out. Then, she's going to show them around the house, and at a certain place, the other two guys are going to be dressed up as vampires or some other monsters and give the girls the scare of their life," Em said with a wicked smile on his face.

"That's certainly better than your last plan, but who's going to be the maid?" Jazz asked.

"I'm not!" Em declared.

"Why not?" I asked.

"You see these muscles, baby? No girl has got these beauties, that's for sure."

"Fine. Jasper, you be the girl."

"Hell no! You be the girl!"

"Whoa there, let the mastermind decide," Em said while cracking his neck. "Jazz, you have a girlier looking face compared to E, but you're taller than him…so Edward, you are the girl."

*^#$ my life.

Lol. Did you enjoy reading that as much as I liked writing it? I love Edward's point of view, his inner voice is quite similar to my own. This is the second longest chapter till date, so I decided to make a deal with you all. If you get me five reviews or more, I'll write faster and longer chapters! I currently have 23 reviews, and just five more will do the trick. Even a simple :) or : ( will work….so please review!