Chapter 7: Girls' Night?

Izzy POV

"So…how do we start this thing?" Rosalie asked. Apparently she hadn't been to too many of these either.

"Yeah…you seem to be the expert."I agreed.

"Well, I wouldn't say expert…but I did have a few of these in New York. A lot of those had to do with fashion, though. And since you begged me not to include you in my fashion mania for a while, I guess we can start with movies." Only Alice can manage to work her fashion obsession, a bit of spoiled brattiness, and a bit of bragging in just a few sentences that actually kind of answer my question.

"Ooh, what did you bring?" Rosalie said, seeming to get a little more excited. I hoped they weren't all chick flicks. I never really got those.

"CHICK FLICKS!" squealed Alice. Of course.

"Ugh, didn't you bring anything else?" I groaned, "Maybe something with a little action? I hate chick flicks! I could even go with history, or sometimes documentaries, but chick flicks?"

"Hey! Don't antagonize me! We're watching a chick flick. Now do you want The Notebook, girls' night standard, which I brought a lot of, or one of the others? I have Sleepless in Seattle, Miss Congeniality, Legally Blond, ooh, 10 Things I Hate About You, P.S I Love You, Sweet Home Alabama, Charlie's Angels, of course, and a new one called The Vow. Which do you guys want?" After Alice's word vomit episode, Rosalie and I just kind of looked at each other in surprise.

"Wow, Alice, when you said you brought everything, I didn't know you were armed with these things." I said, still shocked. Of all of those movies, I had seen a big fat total of zero. So I turned to Rosalie to make our entertainment choice. I trusted her to let us watch something not absolutely horrible.

"Um, Alice? I haven't seen The Vow. Maybe we could watch that?" Rosalie suggested, clearly afraid she'd set Alice off into another episode of bouncing, squealing, and talking at lightning-fast speeds.

"Okay! I'll go make some popcorn. You do have a microwave, right?" she asked. I couldn't tell if she was just kidding or a weird, excited version of serious. This was uncharted territory for me. From the moment Alice showed up talking about a girls' night, I had started flying blind, something I hated to do. This was all new to me.

As soon as Alice bounded off go make popcorn, Rosalie said, "Well that was weird, wasn't it?"

"You're tellin' me. Is something wrong with her? She seems…overly excited, even for Alice."

"I don't know. But, I guess, if this is what she needs, we'll have to get it over with."

"Yeah. So…Emmett." I said, in a slightly teasing tone. Rosalie blushed, something I've never seen her do before. Just a hint, but there.

"What about him?" Trying to play stupid, now are we?

"What do you mean, what about Emmett? You like him."

"Maybe."

"Oh come on, you know you do."

"Okay, fine, I'll admit, I do like him. There. I admitted it." That's what I thought.

"So, if he, like, say, asked you out on a date? Would you accept?" She smiled. Whoa. Just a little one, but definitely there. "First blushing, now smiling? I'm guessing that's a yes…"I teased even more.

"Probably. Of course, he'd have to ask in a nice way." Nailed it. "Why? Did he tell you anything?"

"Why would he tell me?" I asked, trying to play it cool, while still clueing her in.

"Oh. I get it," she said, obviously, well, getting it. "Okay, that's cool. I guess I'll just have to wait and see."

"I guess so, Rosalie. I guess so."

"You should call me Rose. Rosalie sounds so uptight."

"So! What were you two talking about while I was gone?"Alice asked, bounding towards us, yet somehow not spilling a single kernel of the huge bowl of popcorn she held.

"Nothing!" we said in unison, sharing a conspirational smile. Even if this night sucked in an extremely girly way, at least Rose and I got something out of it.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Destiny~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

"What was that?"

"What? I didn't hear anything! You're probably paranoid! Let's get back to the movie, come on!"

"No…somebody's coming. I can hear the tires on my driveway."

"So that's why you've got gravel!" Wow, sarcasm much, Alice? "I don't know. I really don't hear anything!"

"Nope. Someone is coming. Just wait and see." I stood up, discreetly pulling out one of the knives I always kept with me and cupping it in my hand so as not to alert Alice and Rose. Like I said, I never got anyone over.And there's the doorbell. Looks like I'll find out who it is real soon. I opened the door cautiously, and then relaxed slightly.

"Surprised to see us, Izzybites?"