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Bella's POV
As I lay awake in bed the next morning I couldn't help mulling over all the things that had happened yesterday. Like when I had slipped up in the car and said I'd lied about the kiss being meaningless. I know Alice saw through that but hopefully Edward didn't. Because, to be completely honest, I wasn't sure how I felt about Edward. And I wasn't sure how Edward felt about me. And when I started asking him about love, and if it's possible to have different loves for different people. At least I stopped that before I said too much. And when I'd told him he was my best friend. I don't know why I said it, it just slipped out, but I knew it was true. He must think I'm crazy.
Alice had already decided for me that she would pick my outfits for me everyday. So I headed to her house in the morning, in my pajamas again. Well really a cute t-shirt and shorts, but they were more conservative than yesterday's outfit. And I didn't want to look like a tramp in front of Edward. Or any of the Cullen's for that matter.
I jogged across the street in the early morning sunlight and the door was already open. Alice was standing just inside, beaming. I noticed she was wearing her favorite silver mini dress, her hair and make-up done perfectly. It was a little dressy for school but she must be trying to make up for yesterday. I smirked.
The previous day jaws had dropped when Alice walked by. Everyone, and I mean everyone, had laughed at Alice's outfit. Honestly, they couldn't help it. It wasn't until third period and she punched Jessica Stanley in the nose for making fun of her hair, that everyone stopped teasing her. But everywhere we walked, laughter followed. Alice was ready to kill me by the end of the day. And Rosalie. But she got over that when I promised to be her Barbie from then on.
"Hey Bella!" she called happily as I ran up the stairs to the door. I stumbled a bit on the top step, but I caught myself on the screen door. Alice rolled her eyes. She thought my clumsiness was a tragic character flaw. I noticed she was holding a cute denim mini skirt and a dark blue t-shirt.
"Hey Alice," I replied.
"I picked out this skirt, because I think it will make your legs look longer and you have great legs. And this color blue goes wonderful with your skin," Alice began lecturing the moment I stepped inside.
"Okay, thanks Alice," I cut her off, grabbing the clothes from her.
"Would you like something to eat Bella?" Esme called from the kitchen. It was then that I realized I was starving.
"Sure, thanks Esme," I said, walking into the kitchen.
"No problem dear," she replied happily, walking into the other room. Esme was one of those sweet, caring people who got so much joy out of helping others. I already felt as comfortable around her as I did with my own mother. I grabbed a chocolate chip muffing and began eating it when Edward walked in. He was in just shorts again and I tried not to stare at his body but it was proving to be quite a challenge.
"Hey Bella," he yawned. I peeled my eyes away from his abs and looked at his face.
"Hi Edward," I replied. He took the seat next to me and grabbed a bagel.
"So is Alice dressing you this morning?" he asked.
"Looks like it. One of the prices to pay for making her wear that outfit to school yesterday." I lowered my voice to a whisper at the end. Alice was still touchy. Edward laughed.
"Oh you should've heard her when she got home," he chuckled, not bothering to keep his voice down. "I had to stop her from going to your house and cutting holes in the back of all your jeans!"
"No, I only suggested that. I wasn't really planning on it," Alice said, suddenly reappearing in the doorway.
"Alice. I had to lock you in your room. And then you tried to make a chain of scarves to climb out," Edward reminded her slowly.
"Yeah but then I realized the scarves would've ripped. And anyways I didn't do anything so let's just drop it." She flashed Edward a beautiful but deadly smile and he put a hand over his mouth to stifle his laughter. "Plus I only would've done that to get Bella to wear some of the cute clothes I give her. So it would've been for her benefit." I rolled my eyes at her. Then Carlisle and Esme walked into the kitchen.
"Emmett, get down here!" Carlisle called upstairs. Emmett came pounding down the stairs and sat at the kitchen table, waving at me. "Alice come join us please." Alice came over and sat down.
"We're having a family meeting," Esme announced. I didn't know if that meant I should leave or not. I was feeling really awkward.
"Should I go?" I asked timidly.
"No, no, you might as well hear this as well," Esme answered instantly. I calmed down and settled into my chair.
"Okay kids. Your mother and I are going away for the weekend. I have a meeting in Las Angeles, discussing new treatment methods for cancer and it's going to be all day Saturday. We both decided that we were going to leave on Friday and be back Sunday night, do some shopping and sight seeing." Carlisle paused here to give stern looks to Emmett and Alice, both of who had wide grins on their faces. "But that doesn't mean you can go wild here. We want you to be responsible okay?" All three kids nodded instantly.
"So you're leaving this weekend?" Alice confirmed. Esme and Carlisle nodded.
"But Bella will tell us if you try anything funny, won't you Bella?" Carlisle asked, with a joking smile on his face.
"Of course. I'll keep these crazy kids in line," I replied. Alice made a face.
"We don't mind if you have some friends sleepover or something but I don't want to come home and hear you had a crazy house party. Got that?" Carlisle said. Alice, Emmett and Edward nodded again.
"Bella will you sleepover this weekend?" Alice asked me immediately. I laughed.
"Sure Alice," I replied with a smile. She beamed.
"Okay. Now it's only Wednesday so don't get too excited yet Alice," Esme said with a laugh.
"Will do Mom. Now go get dressed Bella, it's time for school!"
All day at school Emmett and Alice were spreading the word about their parents being gone for the weekend. I could tell they were planning to have a "crazy house party" as Carlisle put it. And I had a feeling a house party thrown by the Cullen's was going to be quite the event.
That weekend came quickly enough. I spent my days with Alice and Edward and my nights talking to Jacob on the phone. We had made up, a few nights ago. He had called me and apologized.
"Listen Bella I'm sorry I overreacted to that before. I mean, I love you, I was just jealous and I shouldn't have gotten so mad," he had said.
"It's okay Jake. I shouldn't have done it in the first place. Let's just, forget it ever happened okay?"
"You got it babe." I was so glad that we had finally made up.
It was Friday night and I was currently sitting in the Cullen's living room, where I had been spending most of my free time lately. Esme and Carlisle had all their bags packed and were on their way out. They kissed Edward, Emmett and Alice goodbye. Esme even kissed me goodbye too.
"Be good kids! Nothing too wild!" Esme called as the door shut behind them. The moment their car was gone Emmett let out a whoop of joy.
"This weekend couldn't have come fast enough!" he yelled excitedly. "I'm calling Rosalie. She can stay with me this weekend!" And he left the room to go call her.
"Oh, I'll call Jasper and he can stay with me too!" Alice squealed, running out of the room so it was just Edward and me.
"Where are Rose and Jasper going to sleep?" I asked him.
"In Emmett and Alice's beds," he replied calmly.
"Are they going to be…loud?" I asked softly. He laughed, realizing what I meant.
"Well Emmett and Rosalie might be but Alice and Jasper can usually keep it down," he replied with a smile. "Luckily my room is as far away from theirs as possible in the hallway. Carlisle and Esme's room is right between Alice's and Emmett's so that would be like being in the middle of all the action."
"Wait, so where am I going to sleep?" I asked. Edward thought about it for a moment.
"Well we don't have any guestrooms, since each of us has our own room. You could sleep in Carlisle and Esme's room," he suggested. I made a face at him.
"Yeah and be 'in the middle of the action'? No thanks," I replied, wrinkling my nose in distaste.
"Well then…you could sleep on the couch. Or in my room," he said quietly, looking at the floor.
"I think I'll sleep in your room. If you don't mind," I said quickly.
"I don't mind. I can sleep on the floor, you can have the bed," he said quickly.
"No, no, I don't want to put you out. It's your house," I said. I didn't want to be a nuisance.
"I'm not letting you sleep on the floor Bella," Edward said in a stern voice.
"Fine then we'll share the bed. We can each have our own half, it'll be fine," I said. He looked up at me in surprise.
"Are you sure?"
"Positive. Unless you don't want to." I was mortified. Of course he didn't want me to sleep in the same bed as him. I began turning red.
"No, no, I don't mind at all." He said it with such honesty my cheeks cooled instantly. Just then Alice danced back into the room.
"Jasper is coming over!" she sang happily, excitedly.
"So is Rosalie!" Emmett called from the other room.
"So I figured we could all hang out and have fun!" Alice sang.
"I like the sound of that," I replied. The doorbell rang then and Rosalie and Jasper came inside.
"So what's the plan?" Rose asked.
"Let's play never have I ever!" Alice suggested excitedly.
"Drinking version?" Rosalie asked.
"Of course. Go grab the strawberry vodka I bought specifically for this weekend," Alice demanded. Rosalie grinned and ran to get it, Emmett following close behind. We all sat down at the dining room table. They came back, vodka and shot glasses in hand. I began to sweat a bit, getting nervous.
"Okay I know you're all going to make fun of me, but I've never gotten drunk before," I told them in a whisper. As expected, they all laughed, except Edward.
"Don't worry, we have," Alice said with a grin. "We won't let you do anything stupid."
"Okay," I said uncertainly. Edward must have sensed my discomfort cause he leaned down and whispered "Don't worry, I'll take care of you." I felt chills run down my spine when his lips brushed my ear. I nodded at him, not trusting myself to speak. The shot glasses were all filled and Alice slid one to each of us.
"Okay, so all you have to do is take a shot when you have done the thing that the person said okay?" Alice explained to me. I nodded.
"Bella you can go first," Rosalie suggested. "Just say something you have never done."
"Okay," I said. I started out with something easy. "Never have I ever had sex." Everyone took a shot, except Edward. He was smiling at me. I grinned back.
"You never had sex with Jacob, Bella?" Alice asked, refilling their shot glasses.
"No. Not that he didn't want to but…I wasn't really ready," I said. I noticed how Edward half smiled, half grimaced at this.
"And of course Edward's still our little virgin," Emmett mocked in a girly voice. Edward made a face at him.
"Okay, so who goes next?" I asked.
"Edward, since he's next to you," Alice explained. I nodded.
"Never have I ever…worn a skirt to school," he said, with a stern look at Emmett. I timidly drank my shot while Alice, Rosalie and Emmett all did too. I stared at Emmett, eyebrows raised.
"It was a dare okay?" he said angrily. Alice was next.
"Never have I ever kissed Edward," she sang, smiling at me. I sighed and drank another shot, feeling the dizziness slightly in my head. Jasper was next.
"Never have I ever kissed Bella," he said. Edward took a shot. Then it was Rosalie's turn.
"Never have I ever...had sex in Edward's Volvo," she snickered. Alice and Jasper gave Edward apologetic looks and took a shot each.
"What?" Edward burst. "When? Why?"
"It was a while ago. We were going through an…adventurous phase and we thought it would be fun," Alice explained timidly. Edward shuddered.
"Back or front seat?" he asked.
"Back."
"Ew!" I squealed. They all looked at me. "That means I have sat in the spot where they have done it!"
"You're sitting in a spot where we have done it right now, Bella," Alice said seriously. I jumped up and squealed.
"Ew! Ew, ew, ew!" I started wiping off the seat of my jeans, trying to wipe the germs off.
"Kidding Bella. Take a chill pill," Alice said with a laugh. I sank slowly back into my chair, blushing red.
"I'm disinfecting my car," Edward muttered, shaking his head.
"All right, my turn," Emmett announced. "Never have I ever been in a long distance relationship." I took a shot.
"Are you trying to get me drunk?" I asked. They all nodded. I rolled my eyes. "Okay, never have I ever…kissed a member of the same gender." I watched in shock as Rosalie and Alice looked at each other and then giggled, taking a shot.
"When?" I asked.
"It was a game of truth or dare," Alice explained. She shrugged. "Edward's turn."
"Never have I ever worn hot pink pants with zebra stripes to school," he said and Alice took a shot.
"Never have I ever offered to sleep in the same bed as Edward," she said, staring at me. I took a shot.
"Bella's a pimp!" Emmett shouted with a laugh. I stuck my tongue out at him. I was starting to feel really dizzy from all the shots I'd had.
"Never have I ever worn an dress that Alice gave me to school," Jasper said. I took a shot again. They were all ganging up on me.
"Never have I ever come to the Cullen's every morning in my pajamas," Rosalie said. I drank again.
"Never have I ever had boobs," Emmett said and I drank along with Rosalie and Alice.
"Never have I ever…" I noticed my words were slightly slurred. I had never been drunk before and I wasn't sure if I liked it or not. My head was a little foggy and the room was spinning a bit. "Kissed Japer or Emmett." Rosalie and Alice took shots.
"Never have I ever kissed Rosalie or Alice," Edward said. Emmett and Jasper took shots.
"Never have I ever kissed Jacob," Alice said. I drank. The game continued like that, with me drinking four times a round and Edward helping me get Alice and Rosalie to drink too. After a while, I was so dizzy and drunk I could barely talk anymore.
"Looks like she's done," Alice said, standing over me. For someone who had been drinking all night, she looked perfectly fine.
"Why don't you take her upstairs Edward?" Rosalie suggested.
"I'm fine," I slurred. It sounded like mush.
"I've got her," Edward said. He had barely had to take any shots since everyone else was ganging up on me. I felt his strong arms lift me up, bridal style, and begin carrying me up the stairs. I wrapped my arms around his neck and buried my head in his chest, closing my eyes. I was exhausted and he smelled so good. I could feel him placing me on the bed and he turned to leave.
"Stay," I yelled. Or whispered, maybe. Everything sounded loud. Edward came over to me and sat on the bed. I pushed him back and he laid next to me. I snuggled into his side, needing the comfort. He wrapped one arm around me and rested my head on his shoulder, my body fitting perfectly against his.
"Bella," he sighed, stroking my hair.
"Edward," I replied. I could feel myself drifting off, my eyelids drooping. "Thank you for helping me Edward." I could barely understand myself, but Edward seemed to get it.
"Your welcome Bella," he said, still stroking my hair. I leaned up and stared into his eyes for a moment. They were smoldering, bright green, like emeralds. I leaned down slowly, and without thinking kissed his lips, gently, tenderly, softly. And for once I wasn't thinking of Jacob or the consequences of this kiss. I was only thinking of the feel of his lips on mine. Before he had time to react I pulled myself off of him.
"Goodnight Edward," I sighed. I could feel my eyes shut and I knew I was almost asleep. But I right as I drifted from reality, I thought I heard him say something that sounded like, "Goodnight my love."
A/N: Okay I hope you guys like this chapter. I'm not sure how well I did the drunk part because I've never been drunk so I don't know what it feels like. Also I must say I was so excited to find out that my story was added to a cutest human romances C2. That means so much to me! And thanks for all the reviews, I absolutely love them! Keep 'em coming. REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW!!