Three young man walked into the shop. They were...hard to miss, it was like they were from a catalog. They looked so handsome that wearing this stupid sweater embarrassed me more than usual.
"She looks amazing, Edward." Alice informed one of the guys.
"She always does." He answered with a small grin.
Bella walked towards him and he kissed her hand.
"My love, you take my breath away." He said with a hand over his heart.
"Stop it, Edward." said Bella waving her hand in the air.
She sounded flattered and a bit embarrassed, which was weird considering how beautiful she was.
Alice kissed one of the men, the blonde one. He looked at her and it reminded me of how John looks at Vera all the time.
The other guy was really big, almost scary big. He was really muscly but somehow his face seem almost childish.
He was obviously the fifth wheel, but he didn't seem to be awkward or anything like that.
"Well, I guess that's it." Alice pouted. "Thanks for your help Rosalie." she added.
"That's why I'm here." I answered with a light tone.
"Bye!" Waved Bella as she walked outside the shop with the rest of the group.
Once they left I turned around to see Vera texting on her phone.
"John?" I asked.
"Yeap." She replied without looking at me.
"What is it?" I asked.
"He says he just finished unpacking and he's asking me if he should by drinks for tonight." She left her phone on the counter and looked at me.
"Tonight?" I wondered.
"The party? I told you we were going to throw a party once we got through with all the moving chaos." She sighed.
"Oh, I remember now. Who's going?" I didn't feel like going, but I had to. They were my best friends and getting their own place to live was a huge step.
"We don't want to invite a lot of people because we wanna keep it calm but it's just friends, people from work and a couple of neighbors too.
"Sounds good." I lied.
The afternoon went by really fast, something I appreciated a lot. I got home and went straight to my bedroom. I took my sneakers off and threw myself on my amazingly comfortable bed. It felt so good, but I knew that if I stayed there for just another minute I would fall asleep and then I'd miss the party and then Vera would be all bitchy tomorrow so I got up.
I went to the kitchen and grabbed the first thing I saw on the cupboard, a granola bar.
I poured myself a glass of orange juice and headed back to my room to figure out what to wear for Vera's thing.
"Let's see..." I couldn't wear jeans, It was bad enough I had to wear them everyday for work. Maybe I could use a pair of lennings and a simple dress. Yeap, sounds good.
I went through my closet looking for my dark blue leggings and a white dress that reached just above my knees.
I searched through my long collection of shoes and looked for a pair of black skimmers I used when I didn't want to look that fancy.
I walked to the bathroom to comb my hair a bit. I ended up making a loose braid at one side with a few bobby pins holding it together.
Once I was dressed I took the empty glass back to the kitchen and looked at the time.
I still had half an hour before Vera's party started so I checked my phone for texts or lost calls I may have missed while I was at work but there was nothing. How sad.
I went to look for my mom, she didn't know about my plans for tonight.
"Mom?" I yelled from the hallway.
"Up here!" She yelled back from one of the rooms upstairs.
She was in my dad's study, which was more of her room actually. My dad spent most of the day at work, so when he got home he would either eat or sleep instead of being there.
She was sitting behind a beautiful desk she had bought a few years back doing something on the computer.
"Guess what?" She was smiling.
"I don't know." I answered honestly.
"Royce is coming home for the weekend, his dad asked him to be here for that charity thing I told you about the other day, remember?" She was talking very fast, she always did that when she got excited about something.
Royce. He's OK. His father is my dad's boss, I met him once I went to take my dad's lunch to his office and we've been together ever since. My mom loves him. I bet she'd marry him if she could. We've been going out for a year now, even though I only see him in rare occasions like holidays and some bank events. He's studying business across the country so he comes back home now and then.
"He didn't tell me anything." I shrugged.
"Well, it was a last minute thing. I'm talking with Stella, she says hi." She wasn't even looking at me, she was laughing at something I didn't really care about.
"When is it?" I sat down on the other chair, facing the back of the monitor and laid my head and arms on the cold dark wood of the desk.
"Rosalie." I didn't look at her but I was sure she rolled her eyes at me.
"This Saturday. You have to go with Royce, obviously." Obviously.
"Fine. Anyways, I'm going over to John and Vera's house tonight, they're having a party." I announced with a sleepy tone.
"Oh, is the house done?" She asked but it was clear that she didn't care one bit.
"Apparently." I told her, my voice dead.
"Could you please try to get home at a decent hour please?" She begged.
"Is 9 decent enough for you?" I joked.
"You know what I mean, Rosalie. If you come back at 6 AM then you're going to sleep throughout the morning and I can't have that, alright?" She patronized me as usual.
"Yes, mother." I got up ready to storm out the room.
"Royce's mom told me he's picking you up in the morning for breakfast." She informed in a serious tone.
"Can't he call me and tell me that himself?" I sighed.
"He's on an airplane, he told his mother because he knew you'd be at work when he decided to come. I think it was very thoughtful of him." She commented. Of course you do.
"I have to go now. See you tomorrow?" I said straightening my dress with my hands.
"Sure thing." She added.
That changed my mood.