Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight or Katy Perry's Peacock ... but I love them :)
I snapped my crappy work cell shut and turned back towards the elevator. Of course the numbers told me it was where I wanted to go, not where I was now. With a defeated sigh, I pressed the call button once again. May as well take the stupid thing back to my floor now I'm in no hurry.
I turned back to look at New York's snowy skyline. Looked like we were in for a bad afternoon. Again, can my day get much worse? While staring at the elevator doors, I thought back to Mike. He could have held it up, at least asked me if I wanted him to. But saying that, after the office party we had a couple of weeks ago, it doesn't surprise me that he doesn't want to be in a confided space with him.
It was the first weekend in December and Jake had decided that the office Christmas party would be early this year. The 'social committee' had booked out the huge function room at some fancy hotel where we were having a fancy dress karaoke night. And they would be lots and lots of drinking involved. That was the best part for me. And the fact that we could invite a guest so Rose was with me. And as it turned out Jasper from Design knew Emmett, Rose's boyfriend, so he came too.
When I asked Rose about fancy dress ideas, she had already sorted it. Cops and Robbers. I was the cop, she was the jailbird. Once I had my outfit on which consisted of a very low cut, very tight, very short black dress complete with a police badge, a belt with gun and handcuffs. A police hat, pair of fishnet stockings, suspenders and my knee high black high heeled boots completed the outfit. If my dad saw my wearing this, he would lock me up for indecent exposure. Rose looked super hot in her tight, short black and white striped jailbird dress, stocking, black high heeled shoes and hat.
When we walked into my living room where Emmett, the Incredible Hulk, was waiting for us, he gave us both a long look and slow whistle.
"Baby Bell! I'm going to be fighting them off you tonight."
"Apart from one, remember Em." Rose stated.
"Oh yes, Eddie boy can get some, the rest can go masturbate over someone else."
"Urgh Emmett!"
"What? Come on Bella. I bet Eddie pictures you all the time." I shook my head at him. "Bet you picture him late at night too, don't you?"
"Fuck off Emmett."
"I take that as a fucking yes I do." I couldn't help the smile on my face. I love Emmett. He and Rose are so alike; it's like they were made for each other.
We had been in the room all of five seconds before Alice came bouncing over with Jasper in tow. Alice had come as Tinkerbell, very Alice, and Jasper looked to be Superman. I wonder whether he has a wardrobe full of superhero costumes...
"Hey Bella. Wow, you're hot! Like smoking hot."
"Thanks Alice. You look so... pretty?"
"Yay! Exactly the look I was going for."
"Oh Alice, do you know Rose and Emmett?"
"Yeah we've met before for drinks. Looking hot Rose. You two come as a double act. You gonna entertain the boys later with a cops and robbers show?" Hmmmm.
"Maybe if we have enough drink in us." Rose winked in my direction.
"First drinks on me then!" Jasper piped up sounding a little too enthusiastic. "I'll buy the second!" Emmett called out after. Oh we could have some fun with this tonight. Especially if Edward was here.
I scanned the room to see if he had arrived but no such luck. After a few drinks, the karaoke opened and everyone started to pick out their songs and write them down. There was still no sign of Edward and I was getting jumpy. The main reason I agreed to wear my current outfit was that I could torture Edward with the fact that my ass was on show and I was hoping he even may have got a little jealous with the other male attention I was hoping to get.
"So, you going to sing it Bella? Go on, you love singing it, especially after a few drinks. We'll be backup singers for you..."
"Backup singers for what song?" Alice asked. Rose whispered the name to her to which Alice smiled, nodding her head. I knew exactly which song Rose was talking about and I did love it so I nodded to which Rose grinned, scribbling down the song details from the karaoke book. She handed it into the DJ after a short discussion.
"I've told him not to play this before ten. If you're going to nail this, we need more drinks!"
"Coming right up!" Emmett and Jasper made their way to the bar again.
"Alice? Did Edward mention to Jasper about coming tonight? I'm surprised he's missing the party."
I didn't fool Alice; she knew why I wanted him here.
"He told Jasper he was definitely coming but he would be a little late. Something to do with his mom." His mom? Maybe she was here to visit. I knew Edward was originally from Chicago, not New York.
"Is she okay? His mom I mean?"
"Yeah. Why so interested Bella?"
"I'm not. Just... you know..." Face palm Bella. Oh my God.
We continued to drink. We had shots at the bar which helped me stop thinking about Edward for a few minutes but my mind kept torturing me. Where the hell was he? Just as I thought that for the hundredth time, he appeared at the back of the room. I could never mistake the mop of bronze hair in a crowded place. He was dressed in what looked like a gangster suit, his hat in his hands. He looked pissed and my first instinct was to go and see if he was okay but I held fast as I saw Jessica dressed as a school girl bound over to him like a puppy. Bitch.
Luckily, Jasper spotted Edward too, "Hey E!" he shouted across the music, "come over here." Edward looked away from Jessica to see Jasper, then his eyes landed on me. And as the amount of alcohol in my system was fairly high at this point, I couldn't help but smile and wink at him. He looked surprised at first but then the smirk returned as he started to make his way over to us.
"Next on the karaoke ... Please give it up for Bella and her girls!"
I was suddenly being pushed away from where Edward was heading and toward the stage. Oh fuck! I can't do this!
"Yes you can Bella." Oh did I say that out loud? Rose rolled her eyes at me. "Bella, you want to make Edward yours? Then get on that stage and show him what you got girl!"
"Yeah Bella! Oh, I know, you could get him jealous so he has to make a move!"
"What?" By this time, we were on the stage being handed our microphones.
"Just sing Bella. And maybe shake that ass in his direction." Alice giggled.
"You girls ready?" I took a deep, calming breath. I can do this. With my back to the crowd I nodded and waited for the first note in start. I didn't need the words to sing along to this one. Since I'd first heard it, it reminded me of him.
I wanna see your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock, cock
Your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock
I wanna see your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock, cock
Your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock
I turned slowly to face my audience. My eyes were automatically drawn to Edward. He was smirking at me. Oh now I'm ready. I sung directly to him.
Word on the street, you got somethin' to show me, ee
Magical, colorful, Mr. Mystery, ee
I'm intrigued, for a peek, Heard it's fascinating.
I pointed and winked at him as Alice and Rose helped me out with the next two lines of the song.
Come on, baby, let me see
What you're hidin' underneath
I bit my bottom lip and looked at him through my lashes before continuing.
Words up your sleeve
Such a tease
Wanna see the show, oh
In 3D, a movie
Heard it's beautiful, oh
Be the judge
And my girls gonna take a bow, oh
As I had moved to the edge of the stage, I took a couple of steps back ready for the next few lines. This was for all the men in the room. Alice's idea to make him jealous was settling into my hazy brain. I strutted purposefully, making sure I wiggled in all the right places, to stand to Rose's right as I was facing sideways on to the crowd. I whispered 'play along' to which she smiled.
I want the jaw droppin', eye poppin', head turnin', body shockin'
With my spare hand while I was singing, I grabbed hold of Rose's other hip furthest away, my arm going across her stomach then proceeded to grind into her. I knew I was drunk because I wouldn't have done it if I wasn't. I could almost hear, in union, all the males in the room groan. I felt empowered. I looked across to see Alice looking at me with a wide smile.
Uh, uh, oh, Uh, uh, uh, oh
I want my heart throbbin', ground shakin', show stoppin', amazing
I made my way over to Alice to do the same thing. She even stuck her ass out a little to which I slapped.
Uh, uh, oh, Uh, uh, uh, oh
Walking back over to front centre, I found Edward burning a hole into me; his gaze was so intense, so powerful. Again I found myself singing directly to him.
Are you brave enough to let me see your peacock?
Don't be a chicken boy, stop acting like a biatch
I'ma peace out if you don't give me the pay off
Come on baby let me see
what you're hidin' underneath
Are you brave enough to let me see your peacock?
what you're waiting for? it's time for you to show it off
Don't be a shy kinda guy I'll bet it's beautiful
Come on baby let me see
Whatchu hidin' underneath
Rose and Alice sang the chorus with me again.
I wanna see your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock, cock
Your peacock, cock, cock,
Your peacock
I wanna see your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock, cock
Your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock
While singing the chorus, I forced my eyes away from the place they wanted to be to scan the room. Most of the party were dancing along to the music. I saw Jessica at the behind of the room giving me the evil eye. Yeah, bitch, who's the fun one now, huh? I saw a brunch of other people I knew like the new lad, Mike. He was cute in a boyish charm way I suppose. When my eyes focused towards who was directly next to the stage, I saw Jake. Great, now I have my dirty old man boss giving me the come to bed eyes. But I was on my mission so I ignored him. If I flirted with Jake, I didn't even want to know what the consequences would be in the office next week. And then I had an idea.
Skip the talk, heard it all, time to walk the walk
I started to walk down the stairs of the stage to go into the crowd. Thank God for cordless microphones! As I did, the crowd parted down the middle, giving me a walkway through the dance floor... through to Edward who was at the end of the dance floor with Jasper and Emmett. So I decided to stick near the top for now. I sang to various men of the office I knew, grabbing hold of the front of their shirts as I did with the occasionally kiss on the cheek to those I knew wouldn't like more, like Riley who looked to be having a good old time doing his thing.
Break me off, if you bad, show me who's the boss
need some goose, if you lose, come on take a shot
I want the jaw droppin', eye poppin', head turnin', body shockin'
Uh, uh, oh, Uh, uh, uh, oh
I want my heart throbbin', ground shakin', show stoppin', amazing
Uh, uh, oh, Uh, uh, uh, oh
Are you brave enough to let me see your peacock?
Don't be a chicken boy, stop acting like a biatch
I'ma peace out if you don't give me the pay off
Come on baby let me see
whatchu hidin' underneath
Are you brave enough to let me see your peacock?
what you're waiting for, it's time for you to show it off
Don't be a shy kinda guy I'll bet it's beautiful
Come on baby let me see
Whatchu hidin' underneath
By this time I was getting closer and closer to my prize and Alice's earlier words were now planted in my mind. I knew the perfect way to do this.
I wanna see your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock, cock
Your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock
I was stood mere feet away from Edward. I could feel him close. Time to execute the plan. I looked to see who was standing to the other side of Edward. Mike. Perfect.
Oh my God no exaggeration
boy all this time was worth the waiting
I just shed a tear
I am so unprepared
I walked and got myself between Edward and Mike, facing Edward but before he could react, I spun around to face Mike, grabbed his hand and pulled him into the space in front of us.
You've got the finest architecture
I ran my hands along his chest before I dragged them towards his groin while at the same time, slowing moving down into a crouched position in front of him.
End of the rainbow lookin' treasure
I looked straight at his crotch which now wasn't that far away and licked my lips for effect.
such a sight to see
I straightened up until I was stood next to Mike, straight in Edward's line of vision. Making sure he was watching my each movement, which he was, I grabbed Mike's cock through his pants and sung my next line at the same time.
And it's all for me
The noise was deafening. Wolf whistles, shouting and cat calling, all aimed at me and my little stunt. I quickly let go for many reasons, the first being Mike wasn't Edward. The second being Edward looked like he wanted to rip Mike's head off. I quickly kissed Mike on the cheek as a sort of apology for being a pawn in my game. Turning back towards the stage, I sang and walked back toward the stage.
Are you brave enough to let me see your peacock?
Don't be a chicken boy, stop acting like a biatch
I'ma peace out if you don't give me the pay off
Come on baby let me see
whatchu hidin' underneath
Are you brave enough to let me see your peacock?
what you're waiting for, it's time for you to show it off
Don't be a shy kinda guy I'll bet it's beautiful
Come on baby let me see
I jumped back on stage and hugged my girls who had huge grins on their faces. We all sang the last part together.
I wanna see your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock, cock
Your peacock, cock, cock
Your peacock
Come on, baby, let me see
What you're hiding underneath!
The music stopped and the applause began. I was reeling from the energy of the crowd, everyone was going mad. Alice, Rose and I had a group hug before I grabbed both their hands and we all took a bow.
"Go Bella!" I heard Emmett shout from the back. My eyes scanned to see him expecting to see Edward too but Emmett and Jasper were alone. Oh crap. Shit, did I go too far? Does he hate me now? Oh shit, fuck, crap. My high from the excitement of it all was fading fast. My head started to spin and I felt like I was going to start to sob. Why did he affect me so much? Why do I even care so much? The answer to that scared me shitless.
"I need the bathroom."
"I'll come with you Bella."
"No Rose, I'm okay. I just want... just let me do this, yeah?" Please don't argue Rose, please.
"Okay." I gave her a reassuring smile before heading off stage, following the signs to the ladies bathroom. It led me to a corridor where the ladies door was to the left and the gents to the right. As I reached the ladies door, the gent's one opened. Edward. I saw him before he saw me. He looked unhappy, his gorgeous eyes held his sadness. I didn't like it. He does hate me. I gave him a weak smile before turning towards the door.
"Hey Swan? So... you and Newton huh? I don't... I don't like it."
I stopped my escape and turned slowly, "Newton?"
"Mike Newton. Didn't think he'd be your type... Not that I know what your type is... I just thought that he wouldn't be your... type so yeah... I don't like him... he's not right for you."
"What the fuck are you blabbing on about Cullen? Not right for me?"
I could only just hear his reply, it was so quiet, "No one is."
"What the fuck is that suppose to mean? So I'm suppose to just what? Be alone forever? I know I'm not much to look at-"
"Swan, did you look in a mirror before you came out tonight? You're fucking hot."
I huffed. "Yeah whatever, Cullen. That's why you've hardly been near me for the past month. Because I'm too hot to handle."
"You're not far off the mark." He whispered stepping closer to me. I moved a step back and my back hit the door. This seemed so familiar.
"Cullen..." He just kept coming. I continued to step backward until I was actually in the ladies bathroom and Edward had followed. I chuckled darkly at the situation.
"Ladies bathroom, Cullen? A bit of a cliché don't ya think?"
"Swan... Shut up." It happened so quickly that I wasn't expecting it. He kissed me. It all happened so quickly that my brain hadn't realised what the fuck was going on until he was leaning away from me again. He looked at me for a second, confusion and disappointment crossing over his features before he shook his head.
"I... Sorry... I..." Then he turned and walked out leaving me alone, reeling over that kiss and wanting more, so much more.
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