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Seriously, I have been trying all day and every day since like...Sunday (i think) to get this chapter up. I even wrote 2 more because I had nothing else to do! I was this close to killing myself and the computer AND the fanfiction people because all I got was:

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A FEW MINUTES MY ****! I acutally have that thing memorized because I looked at it so often! GRRRR! But, this was probably a unneccesary rant, since you all know what I'm talking about anyway.

SO....rant over.

Anyhoo, but it's finally working, so I can get back to reading my stories and such. I was just glad that it wasn't just me who had the problemo.

Enjoy!

DISCLAIMER - I read a great article on Stephenie Meyer today, so I feel a little better about telling everyone I don't own twilight. She does.

Read on, my brave warriors!

Bella's POV

The 'game room' was in total chaos by the time we went in, hand in hand. Alice and Jasper were back, huddled in the corner; they both looked a little worse for the wear. Eric was, still, seated in the corner next to Jessica, and was still completely sober. Jessica, on the other hand, looked like she was about to be sick.

Angela and Ben, bless them, were on the sofa – Ben still looked ok, and Angela was asleep on his lap, her brown hair in tangles around her face. Leah was talking to Eric, and Jacob was sitting on the chair, a beer in his hands, grinning widely as he watched Emmett and Rosalie, who were up to their usual antics.

"Emmett!" Jasper called, "They're here now!" Emmett was…busy, to say the least. "Emmett!" Jasper shouted again.

I put my hands over my ears to try and stop the ringing in my head. Edward pushed my fingers back gently and massaged my temples, "Shh, it's ok, just relax."

"Emmett!" Jasper chucked a wooden ornament from the table at Emmett's head; it hit him right on his crown, and Emmett pulled back from Rosalie and swore loudly.

"Jasper, lay off, I'm busy!"

"Well, I'm sorry if you wanted to play truth or dare and, since we can now, I figured you might…well, want to." That didn't make any sense to me, but Emmett seemed to understand.

"Right!" he said, "First, I have to do this." He ran outside the room, pulled open the door and disappeared outside. I poked my head down the corridor to see where he'd gone, but he came charging back not a second later with his hands full of snow. We all watched as he swallowed half of it, threw a quarter over his head and neck, and put the rest down his shirt.

"Emmett, what are you doing?"

"What? It's a great pick-me-up." It was true; he did seem a little less drunk. "Go on, all of you, outside."

After a 'healthy' dosage of snow, as Emmett called it, we were all back inside – cold, but at least everyone could sit up straight now. I was wearing one of Edward's jumpers, and it smelt absolutely fantastic.

"Bella, are you ok? Not cold?" Edward asked for the thousandth time; I smiled and nodded.

"I'm fine, Edward, really."

"Ok then," he still looked dubious, and he shuffled me closer to the fire (which he had built himself, without setting the house ablaze. I was suitably impressed) putting his arm around me. I was touched yet again by his seemingly endless concern for me.

"Thanks," I said quietly, leaning into him and watching Emmett as he rubbed his hands together, his face a mixture of excitement and pure evil. Edward dropped his head onto mine, and I thought I felt him kiss my hair softly.

"Ok, truth or dare time!" Emmett held up a bottle and spun it in his fingers, grinning madly, "You all know the rules, but here's a little twist. You choose a truth: you have to take off one piece of clothing. No putting it back on until tomorrow. Got it?"

Everyone was intoxicated, so no one, not even me, complained. I could see the funny side of it, even though I would probably choose truth since I was a total coward.

"Right then! I'll spin first, and whoever the bottle lands on, I truth or dare you." Emmett spun the bottle deftly, dropping it on the floor. We all watched it twirl until it landed on…Alice. "Alicia," Emmett smirked and crossed his arms, "truth or dare?"

"Dare," she replied confidently, her little pixie face flushed.

"We'll start out slow then, Alicia. Here's your dare: kiss Edward."

"Hell no!" Edward and Alice both shouted, "Emmett, inter-familial kissing is a no no," Alice said.

"Fine, fine, kiss Jacob then." Alice narrowed her eyes, then stood up and planted a kiss on Jacob's cheek. She smirked at Emmett before she sat down next to Jasper, and gave him a kiss on the cheek too.

"That was pathetic!"

"You didn't specify WHAT to kiss, dearest Emmett." Alice grinned, then spun the bottle. It landed on Jacob. "Jacob," Alice's grin grew more evil, "truth…or dare?"

"Dare me, sister," he shouted back, his wide grin matching hers.

Alice tapped her chin, pretending to think about it, "Streak, through the house, once. Go."

"Piece of cake." Jacob stood, and tore off his clothes as if they were no more than paper. Angela and Jessica both squeaked and averted their eyes, but Rosalie, Alice and I kept ours open. "Like what you see, ladies?" Jacob spread his arms wide and wiggled his eyebrows at me; I had fixed my eyes on a point in Edward's hair and I shook my head. To tell the truth, I wasn't that interested in what Jacob looked like naked.

"I've seen better," Rosalie smirked, pressing herself closer to Emmett; he grinned confidently.

"Off you go then," Alice waved her hand and Jacob ran off, whooping.

"I'll go have a look at your room then, Edward!" he called, and Edward groaned.

"Great, I'll have to find somewhere else to sleep tonight."

Edward's POV

Jacob came back, and, thankfully, put his clothes back on. Bella didn't sneak a glance at him once, keeping her eyes on me, something that made me feel very warm inside – she obviously wasn't interested in his advances.

I hoped.

He spun the bottle, and it landed on me. I closed my eyes and sighed inwardly.

"Edward…truth or dare?"

"Truth," I said reluctantly, not willing to endure whatever Jacob had planned for a dare.

"Strip off, then, Eddie boy," he grinned, rather obnoxiously, "let's see if you look as good as me."

I raised one eyebrow coolly, "Right." If I wasn't so interested in taunting this young Jacob, I would've done it quickly just to get it over with, but this one deserved to be taken down a notch. I removed my arm from around Bella, then slowly I pulled off my shirt, stretching as I did so, and silently thanking Emmett for all those hours he'd spent forcing me to do push ups and weight lift at the gym.

I threw it behind me, then stretched out my legs, leaning back on my arms. Jessica had her hands over her mouth, and was staring openly at me, and Alice was smirking at Jacob who looked more than a little disappointed. I stole a quick glance at Bella, just to gage her reaction, and she was looking down at her crossed legs, her face a traffic-light red. Was that a good sign?

"Done," I said to Jacob, "now, truth me."

Bella's POV

Oh god, oh god, oh god.

It would've been ok if he was secretly fat, or was covered in boils. It would've been ok if he just looked normal.

But did he HAVE to look like one of those Calvin Klein underwear models?! Hell, they didn't even measure up to him!

Edward pulled off his shirt, and immediately my heart went into overdrive. He looked like a perfectly sculpted Michelangelo statue…was there any part of him that didn't look flawless?

My mind had gone completely blank, and I knew I was staring; my eyes were riveted on him, but when he looked at me I immediately dropped my gaze, my face flushing. He couldn't know how much he affected me.

"Done," he said; I could hear his smirk, "now, truth me."

"R-right then," Jacob said, and I kept my gaze firmly centred on my hands, hoping to whoever lived up there that Edward wouldn't put his arm around me again. That would be way more than I could handle, and I wouldn't be able to stop myself from jumping him if he did.

"Erm…are those fake?"

Edward chuckled, along with Emmett and Jasper. Poor, poor, Jacob. They certainly looked real to me, "A product of many hours at Emmett's mercy, Jacob. You should try it sometime." Everyone laughed and Edward whispered to me, "You ok?"

I shook my head, "Don't even ask me to answer that." Edward frowned, then leaned forward to spin. I took a deep breath as he stretched and pinched myself, hard, in an attempt of distraction.

"Rosalie…truth or dare?"

"Truth," she said, pulling off her shirt – she was wearing a tank top underneath.

"Right," Edward leaned back again, and I could actually feel myself tingling, "something embarrassing about Emmett?"

"One of his favourite role plays is Robin Hood - as in the fox - and Maid Marian. Another is me as his favourite teddy bear, Teddy. This teddy bear actually exists, by the way, and he can't get to sleep without it." We all nearly died laughing; Edward had his face in his hands and Jasper was crying into a sofa cushion. Alice had tears running down her cheeks; I was clutching my sides, unable to breathe, and even Jacob had stopped sulking.

Emmett had gone purple, "Rosie!" he complained, "You shouldn't tell people that!"

"Awh, Emmie bear," she said, biting her lip, "I'm sorry, my little teddy muffin." Everyone laughed harder at Emmett's mortified expression, and Jasper was banging his fist against the floor, his face still hidden in the cushion.

"Rosalie!"

"Ok, ok, calm down everyone," Edward said, trying to hold back his laughter, "I'm sure Teddy Muffin is upset by everyone laughing at him."

"Edward, shhh!" I said, gasping against my hysterical laughs, "That's just not fair."

"Thank you, Bella," said Emmett.

"I mean," I carried on, "we don't want him to cry, or anything, because we only just got 'Teddy' dry." This set Edward off again and Alice slapped me a high five.

"Ok, everyone, that's enough!" Emmett shouted. Immediately there was silence – he looked steamingly furious. "Let's just get on with this shall we?"

Everyone except Jasper nodded, who was still laughing silently, and Emmett passed Rosalie the bottle. "Spin, Rose."

Rosalie spun, pressing her lips together against her smile, and the game carried on. After a few more snow dares, and funny secrets about Alice (from Edward) and Edward (from Alice) everyone was laughing again at Emmett's story about how I had got my arm stuck in a vending machine when I was 5 and he'd had to smash it then eat everything to save me.

Well, maybe eating everything wasn't completely necessary.

The fire had gone down completely, only a faint flicker now, and Emmett had turned off the lights long before. We were all enveloped in near darkness, and I could only just make out Emmett across the circle from myself.

Edward was laughing musically beside me as I ducked my head yet again and blushed. That was a bad idea, since I caught yet another glimpse of his chest, tightening then relaxing as he laughed. I blushed harder; my heart hadn't slowed down in hours. I was a little afraid I was going to have a heart attack, but I wasn't going to be the one to tell Edward he was killing me.

"Spin spin spin!" Emmett said, twisting the bottle round. It landed (for the first time) on me. "Ah Bella," Emmett smiled delightedly, "finally the bottle graces you with a turn! Now tell me…truth, or dare?"

It was a lose-lose situation: they dare me; I would probably have to kiss someone. They truth me, I would probably have to admit to being in love with Edward and take my shirt off, since I had taken off the jumper earlier because I was too hot.

I seriously didn't want to do either, even though Alice and Angela were both shirtless, Edward had lost his shirt and his socks and Emmett was in his underwear (he'd decided to go nuts and take off his trousers instead).

"Erm…" I closed my eyes and said the first thing that came into my mind, "Dare."

Way to go, Bella.

"Ah," Emmett rubbed his hands together and smirked evilly, "Kiss one of the men, besides me, in this room. A proper kiss, now, not a pathetic one like Alice. Your choice." The alcohol earlier had obviously made him so insane that he had forgotten his protective big brother persona, even though it was nearing two o'clock now. Angela and I had both already decided to call in sick today.

Everyone turned to look at me, and my face was on fire. I knew exactly who I wanted to choose, but I wasn't nearly brave enough to go for it. Then again, I wasn't brave enough to kiss anyone.

"I'll pass."

"You can't!"

"Emmett, let me pass, or I'm telling Rosalie what happened summer, 1985." I put on my stormiest expression and stared him down, and Emmett gulped.

"Emmett?" Rosalie asked, and Emmett paled.

"Alright, alright, you can pass!" Some people started to complain, but Emmett shut them up, "Don't, she has good blackmail material!"

"She has to switch to truth, then," Alice said.

Emmett began to argue, but I nodded, "That's fair. Truth me." I pulled off my shirt, then found that I was wearing a very thin white tank top underneath. I laughed in relief, I didn't care that it was see-through; it was still another layer between my bare skin and the open air.

Jacob was still staring at me, and I looked down to find it did reveal a lot, even though I didn't think there was much to look at. I blushed and glanced at Edward, and I was surprised to find that his eyes were wide and looking right back at me.

"Bella!" Emmett said, and I turned back, not sure if my face would ever go back to its normal pallor again, "here's your truth. Why do you blush every time you look at Edward?"

I hadn't known Emmett was so observant. I could feel everyone's eyes on me, and I knew this was something they all wanted to know.

"Because…um…because he has no shirt on."

"That doesn't answer the question," Angela said wryly; I could've killed her.

I didn't look at Edward as I spoke, even though I could feel him looking intently at me, "Well, have you seen him?" I pointed limply at him, "It's not something you see every day."

"You like it?" Rosalie said, but I shook my head.

"I believe that's a different question, and that means you'll have to wait for my next turn to ask me that," I said quickly, avoiding looking at anything but the bottle. "Spin."

I spun it, and it landed on Alice.

"Truth or dare?" I finally looked up, and she sent me a reassuring smile.

"Dare, Bells."

I took a deep breath, feeling the blush begin to fade from my cheeks. "Hmmm," I said, trying to think of a dare, and Alice raised her eyebrows at me, inclining her head towards Jasper. I knew exactly what she meant. Feeling my humour return, I grinned, "Alright then, kiss Jasper."

She pretended to sigh, "Fine," then turned and pressed her lips to Jasper's without hesitating. Everyone whooped and clapped, then Edward tapped me on the shoulder. I looked round nervously, his troubled eyes meeting mine.

"Are you ok?" I said.

He smiled, "I'm alright."

"Listen, I'm sorry about them-"

"Shush," he said, putting his fingers on my lips, "It's them who should be apologising, not you." I saw him smile, the faint firelight making little patterns of light across his bare chest, "I was just wondering if you were cold. You're shivering."

I only realised then how could I was, "Oh, I guess I am."

Edward smiled, "I thought so." He picked up his jumper from the floor and put it over my shoulders, the sheer expanse of it covering most of my arms and back. Edward tied the sleeves together then put his arm around me to keep it in place. I relaxed a little, trying to ignore the fact he had no shirt on, and let myself lean against him.

"Are you done, Alice?" Jacob called, and Alice and Jasper broke apart. Jasper kept his arm around Alice and was grinning madly as she spun the bottle.

This time, it landed on Edward.

"Truth or dare, Eddie?"

"Dare," he said. "Can't choose truth, cos I don't have much left on," he whispered to me. I shivered again, but not from the cold this time.

"Right," Alice said. "First, please go sit over there next to Emmett, because that's needed for this dare. Go on, do it." Edward sighed, but obeyed, getting up and moving away to sit near Emmett. "Next," Alice grinned, "I have a decision for you. Kiss Bella or Jessica. Your choice. And whoever you DON'T kiss…Jacob gets to."

What a decision! Who do you think he'll choose?

I will get the next chapter up as soon as I'm satisfied that I'm not frying anyone's brains by updating too quickly (I hate it when I have to read two chapters...well, sometimes I don't, but mostly it just gets confusing). Plus I want to give you all time to REVIEW! (hint hint :P)

And many thanks to all the people who gave me ideas for dares, they are all ideas from my reviewers! I shall write their names here in thanks:

So thank you to - rawreth, Twilight96 (gave me loads! :D), et114141, babylopez2008, Joykohl, Kiku-chan214, Shattered Relampago (they also gave me loads!), Julypie (flirting with a chair?! I salute you!), The-Mc-Game and Zia Raine.

And I must also thank xox-Smiley-xox, et114141, Babylopez2008 and Zia Raine, for reviewing nearly every chapter and always giving me such happy reviews! You and your exlaimation marks and hatred of Tanya and Mike keep me going guys, and I love reading your reviews!

Again, that was just a special mention, and thanks to anyone who reviews a lot too and i'm sorry if i didn't mention you! I promise i will if you want me to! I love you all anyway, no matter how much you review!

Ok, corny Oscar-like thanking time over. Review if you so wish!

Love, ATO xx

TTFN, folks!