A/N: Much sooner of an update this time. :D

Madi read it over, and apparently there were no errors. Let me know if you see any. ;)

Disclaimer: Of course I don't own Twilight. *rolls eyes*

Chapter 15

APOV

Bella's hair was pulled back sloppily into a ponytail. It was really bothering me. She turned around to look at the closet where we kept all our decorations, and I realized she had a reason for it to be up.

Her ponytail was totally soaked, as if she had already showered.

"Hey, Bella?" I asked.

She looked at me, and replied, "Yeah, Alice?"

"Why is your hair all wet?"

"Oh... um..." she said, probably trying to come up with an excuse. "It's from the snow."

Was it like that when we came inside? I couldn't remember. I'd have to talk to her later, not completely sure if I believed that.

"Sure, we'll go with that," Rosalie said. Her mind was on the same wavelength as mine.

Besides, if I couldn't get it out of Bella, I could always ask Edward. I have a hunch that it involves him too. Although, I probably don't have to ask. The blush on Bella's face when I asked about it pretty much answered my question.

"So, anyways," Bella said, changing the subject. "About those Christmas decorations."

As much as I would have liked to press her more on the subject, I respected her space. I'm pretty sure I don't want the details anyways. Who knows, maybe it really was just the snow.

The subject of the Christmas decorations set my mind on a different track. Would Jasper want to come over for Christmas? Would we still be together then? Would Edward and Rosalie want to come over too? Well, of course. Bella and Emmett would want them over.

I had to think about what I wanted to get for Jasper. There were so many possibilities! I would have to make a date to go do ALL my Christmas shopping. Oh, I wonder if Rosalie would want to help me drag Bella to the mall. I know Bella wouldn't want to, but I think Rosalie would want to come. We could all get gifts for the guys. Rosalie would be able to tell us what Jasper and Edward would like, being that she lived with them for a while. Bella and I could help her with a gift for Emmett.

Thoughts were racing through my mind at light speed.

"Hello? Earth to Alice?" Bella's annoyed tone pulled me from my thoughts.

"Oops. What?" I asked.

"I said, 'Your turn to shower,'" she told me.

"Oh! Okay."

I got up from the couch, set my mug in the sink, and went to the bathroom. After making sure there were actually towels (not wanting a repeat of the incident where there weren't any), I turned the water on. It was still hot from Edward and Emmett showering.

I tried to make it as quick as possible, but knowing that Jasper was only a few rooms away, in the shower, without clothes, was seriously making it hard to concentrate on shampooing and conditioning. I rinsed off, and wrapped a towel tightly around me, trying to hold in as much of the shower's heat as possible.

I ran to my room, not wanting anyone to see me in my towel (well, not anyone. There was one person who I wouldn't mind seeing me like this...).

I quickly got dressed, and went back into the family room.

"Next!" I sang.

"Okay." Rosalie hopped up from her place on the couch, and walked to the bathroom. She knew how it worked from the night we met. Sitting down in her place, I looked around. Jasper was already out of the shower, Bella taking his place.

"Nice pajamas," Edward said, smirking.

I glanced down, already knowing that I was in my favorite pajamas when it was cold. I had on my red-on-white polka-dotted shorts, and my red fleece pajama pants with snowflakes on them. I was wearing my gray 'Washington University' hoodie.

Grinning back, I said, "Hey, at least I'm warm. And personally, I think these are really cute!"

He chuckled. "Ohh, yeah. The cutest," he said, sarcasm just dripping from his words.

I glared at him.

"I think she's cute," Jasper said, pulling me on his lap.

"Right answer," I whispered in his ear. I leaned in, and kissed his lips.

"I love you."

"I love you too," he said.

"What, Em? No 'get a room!' for us?" I said.

He muttered something that I didn't catch, then flicked on the TV. After looking through channels, he decided nothing was on, and turned his attention back to us.

"Alice, any plans?" he asked.

"Of course," I said. "Don't we always?"

"Yep, and you're the one who makes them. So what's on the agenda?"

"Christmas decorations!" I exclaimed.

"Yes! Do you want us to pull out all the boxes?" Emmett asked.

"You ask a lot of questions," I noted.

"Is that a yes?"

I nodded.

"Alright. Edward, follow me. Jasper, you can come too, but I don't know if we'll need you."

"If you don't need me, I'll stay with Alice," he said.

I smiled.

"Wuss," Emmett muttered.

"I heard that, asshole," Jasper said.

"Please, you were supposed too," he replied.

"Okay, stop fighting! Go!" I kicked his butt.

Rubbing his butt for effect, he walked out of the room, Edward following close behind.

"We're alone, for now," Jasper whispered.

"I know," I said, playing with a strand of his blond hair.

He brought his lips to mine, and we kissed.

EmPOV

I led Edward to the attic entrance in my closet. I pulled the cord that pulled open the tiny set of stairs. The house was fairly new, so I wasn't too worried about it breaking. We walked up, and I walked to the box for the fake tree. It was giant.

"We just have to get this bad boy downstairs. That's probably the main thing, although there are three more boxes," I told him.

"Oh, okay."

He leaned down and picked up one end, and I grabbed the other. We brought it to the stairs, and set down the box.

"Alright, I'll go down first, and you can push it through the opening. I'll ease it down."

"Are you sure about this?" Edward asked, sounding worried.

"Don't worry, Alice, Bella, and I do this every year. Its a fake tree, how could it break?"

"Actually, its more you that I'd be worried about breaking. But if you're sure, I'll push it through."

I nodded, and made my way to the bottom.

"Okay!" I called up. "Send 'er on down!"

He chuckled, and began to push the box down. I readied myself for the weight of the box, as it came closer.

"Ready? It's about to drop completely," he said.

"Yep!" I said, securing my hands on the box.

Carefully, I eased the box to the floor of my closet.

"Okay, we're good!" I said, patting the box. "Let's just bring it to the family room."

We brought the box out, and Alice immediately ordered for us to get the rest of them. I heard the door open on my left, and Bella snuck out of the bathroom into her room. I didn't have to turn around to know it was her. I could tell by where she went. The shower was still going in my bathroom.

As soon as I thought that, it turned off.

"Well, go!" Alice barked the order at us.

I turned around in time to see Rose wrapped in a towel, hair dripping wet. She smiled sheepishly then went into my room.

"So, Emmett. I know that now you're really hot to get into your room, but I think you should let Rosalie get dressed and come out here first," Bella said, smirking. Edward wrapped her in his arms, kissing the top of her wet hair.

I sat on the arm of the couch, watching the door of my room.

Rosalie came out, dressed in black sweatpants with a hot-pink tank top. Her sweats said "Dancer" down the side.

"You dance?" I asked, winking.

"All types," she said with a grin.

"Care to show me sometime?" I asked, wondering if she knew where I was taking this.

"Hmm," she pretended to think about my request. "Maybe."

"Just maybe?"

"Depends, will I have my own pole?"

I laughed. "Of course!"

"I'm only kidding, Em," she said.

"Aw, damn. Are you sure? You'd be good at it," I said.

She smacked my arm. It didn't hurt, but I rubbed it anyways.

"Get a room, you two," Edward said.

"Hypocrite!" Bella exclaimed. "You tell us to get a room, yet you practically own the hotel."

"That didn't even make sense, Bella," I said.

"It did, actually," Jasper took her side. "She's saying that instead of getting a room, like at a hotel, you own the hotel because you're there so much."

Bella nodded.

"Smart ass," I muttered.

"Heard that, too, Emmett," he said.

"Alright, alright. Let's get more of the boxes for Alice, before you dig yourself too deep whereas you can't get out anymore," Edward said.

"Nonsense, they'd help me out," I told him.

"Sure we would, Emmett, sure we would," Bella said, sarcasm playing on all her words.

I grinned, knowing she was only kidding, and went to get more boxes.

Okay, so I've been noticing a lot of authors (like 483920758429 of them!) have been abandoning their stories! School, or focusing on other things. School should come first, but I mean even I still find the time to write with all my math homework! Maybe its just me noticing this, and I'm crazy, but oh well. Anyways. Just saying that that won't happen with IIHE. As long as its unfinished, I'll be writing for it.

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