Sorry it's been a while guys, first there was no internet, now I have to study for finals ugh! . But I hope this chapter makes up for it. Enjoy!
BPOV
Awww, Emmett. . . Rosalie isn't going to forgive him so easily and isn't going back on her word, that's for sure. Mimi and Max were still trying to stifle their laughs because they thought that Emmett would beat the crap out of them if they laughed at his humiliation; truth is that he's actually teddy bear. Emmett's on the couch, face buried in his hands in shame. Poor guy doesn't even see how he messed up ha ha ha!
Edward whispers in my ear, "She'll forgive him after he sings a song that isn't completely embarrassing." I laugh and he kisses my cheek. Just then, Rose descends from the stairs and sits right next to Jake of all people. Emmett gives her sad puppy dog eyes, but she purposely avoids his gaze and begins to talk to Max and Mimi.
"So Max, right? Why aren't you sitting with your girlfriend over there in the red Goth dress? By the way, Sophie, love the color, it looks wonderful on you!" She asks. Max and Sophie simultaneously turn red and freeze in their seats. Mimi just laugh with Seth (whose lap she just so happened to be sitting on) while Nessie shook her head in a nonsense manner. Rose noticed the discomfort and pouted. "What? Did I say something wrong?"
"Rose," said Seth, "they aren't going out." Rosalie still looked confused. I heard Jake mutter something about a "dumb blond" and take another swing of his bottle. Drinking, I realized, was one of the only human things (next to drugs) that I had not done before I was changed. I felt a twinge of jealousy towards Jake at that moment, but did not say anything.
I must have gotten rigid because Edward squeezed me into an embrace and whispered to me. "Are you sure you're okay? I could get Jake to stop…or Nessie could, if you don't want me to forcefully stop him," I heard the smile in his voice.
"It's just a reminder of a human experience I forgot to do…funny though, because most teenagers drink by the time they're 15; I never did." I say in a voice so soft only he would hear.
"You make it seem like a bad thing. Alcohol is really a bad habit and makes people do stupid things."
"True, I just wish I had done it once, you know? It would be a reasonable explanation for why I was always so clumsy." I laughed.
He chuckled a little, but stayed quiet and caressed my shoulder. All of a sudden he laughs. I turn around a raised a brow in confusion. "What is it?" I ask.
He tilts his head to Max and Sophie. They were in the kitchen talking, neither one looking at the other. Then Edward directed to me Mimi sitting on Seth's lap. Whoa! When did that happen; I was really out of it. "What are Sophie and Max talking about?"
"How Max isn't going to ever let anything happen to her. He's actually debating whether or not to tell Sophie the truth of how he feels." He said.
"What about Sophie?"
Edward was silent, and then said, "She sounds confused, but passionate when he talks to her." That was odd; Edward didn't answer me as I would have expected him to.
"Edward," I started "why are you avoiding my question?" I asked.
"Well Bella…I honestly cannot read Sophie's mind." He said. I turned around and stared at him, my jaw might as well have been hitting the floor. "I've tried, but I don't get anything. It's exactly the same way I couldn't read your mind when you were human."
"How is that even possible?" I exclaimed. Edward gave me a look to quiet myself before someone heard. "Sorry," I whispered "but how is that even possible?"
"Bella, if there's one thing I've learned in this world is that ANYTHING is possible; sky's the limit." His lips touched mine, like he was trying to put emphasis on the meaning; Edward and I was a perfect example of the impossible becoming possible. "You trusted me with all your heart, despite your constant nervousness that you always fought to hide. You and I were never meant to be-"
"Never say never Eddie!" interrupted a drunken Jake. Nessie shook her head and looked apologetic. "Never say never, time and time again….uh, don't let me go don't let me go, don't. let. Me. GOOOOO!" Nessie slapped her hand on Jake's mouth before he could continue messing up one of her favorite songs.
"Anyway…" said Edward "we were never meant to be together, but here we are, almost 5 years later, married and with a family." He whispered in my ear. "We went against everything we believed in for love. I think missing one little experience makes up for it, right?" I could hear the smile in his voice.
I turned a practically attacked his lips. "True. I love you." I snuggled into the crook of his neck.
"Love you too Bella."
That's when Mimi yelled, "So who's going next! I wanna have some fun here!" she started bouncing on Seth's lap (not that he seemed to mind too much). Alice chirped in as well, "Yeah! Sophie, Max! Get your little middle school tushes in here before I decide to move all the karaoke stuff into the kitchen!"
A unison of "Going!" was heard, and the two came back, sitting closer to each other and smiling, but still no contact whatsoever. Seth and Mimi were chatting away about who should go next, while Emmet waved for Rose's attention, failing of course, while Jasper tried to deal with all the different emotions going on in the room. Seth whispered something in Mimi's ear, making her blush and giggle uncontrollably. I could smell the blood coming off of Mimi's cheeks and my throat burned a bit.
I turned to tell Edward of my little issue, when I noticed he's randomly disappeared from behind me. I found him in front of the karaoke machine, microphone in hand, starring adoringly into my eyes and me gazing right back into his golden ones.
"This is dedicated to love that's worth fighting for; this is also dedicated to my personal rebel, my Bella." He said. Mimi, Alice, Sophie, and (drunk) Jake all said "Aaaaaawwww!" while I tried not to cry, not that I could but still.
I know you're scared
Everybody gets a little bit of stage fright
But when prepared
And the mood is set
And it's come together just right
What should we do now that we're caught in the middle of the spotlight?
I can feel your butterflies
If we kiss will they fly away?
We had our whole life scripted
But we tossed it to the side
those words can't tell us nothing
Come on baby let's improvise
Whoa
Do you trust me enough if we become two rebels?
Whoa
Just like outlaws on the run
All we have is each other
Whoa
We can eat, sleep, breathe our love
If you become a rebel with me
The night is young
And when everybody's fast asleep we're still rehearsing
The sun comes up
I can see you in the dark
But you're looking even better in the morning
What should we do now that we're caught in the middle of the sunlight?
You might even wanna hide
But together we can run away
We had our whole life scripted
But we tossed it to the side
Those words can't tell us nothing
Come on baby let's improvise
Whoa
Do you trust me enough if we become two rebels?
Whoa
Just like outlaws on the run
All we have is each other
Whoa
We can eat, sleep, breathe our love
If you become a rebel with me
Oh oh baby we're two rebels
Oh oh in this black and white, black and white world [x4]
Do you trust me enough if we become two rebels?
Whoa
Just like outlaws on the run
All we have is each other
Whoa
We're gonna eat, sleep, breathe our love
If you become a rebel with me
Will you become a rebel with me? Will you become a rebel with me?
Will you become a rebel with me? Will you become a rebel with me?
Will you become a rebel with me? Will you become a rebel with me?
Everyone erupted into applause but me. I couldn't. Instead, I ran and jumped into his arms, causing us to fall backwards to the floor. Everyone laughed and I heard Emmet say I looked like Alice doing that, but I didn't care. I kissed every part of Edward's face I could land my lips on, earning a good "Eww" from Nessie.
Hope you liked it! I had a lot of fun writing this one. I'll try to update as much as possible, but most likely it'll be after finals are over and done with. That and dealing with my parental's divorce settlement at the moment and classic "in love with best friend" problems. Read and review please!