Trick-or-Treat
Chapter 4
Jacob's Point of View
After the week of the bonfire, we met up at the Cullen mansion to re-discuss our plans. The house seemed very different since the last time we came to visit Bella—the day she officially got married with Edward. I guess it was also different because it was only Carlisle, Esme, Alice and Jasper that were living here now. Rosalie and Emmett went on a trip around the world and Bella and Edward went somewhere on their honeymoon and never came back. Now that she was coming back to Forks, I was absorbed in how she would look like—the real her, not just some ultimately pretty girl in pictures that she had sent me of her and Edward.
It turns out that she didn't look that different than in her pictures. She had a much more paler complexion—just like the rest of the Cullens. She also had those topaz eyes. Did I mention the worst part of her? Uh, no. Well, she stinks! Not to be mean, but it is true. Especially if they're all together, the aroma hits you like a million dodging bullets.
"Hey, Bells, nice to finally have you back," I said, trying to give her a hug, but then cringed back. She held her nose in response.
"Jake, you stink," Bella said, apologetically. "Sorry, first I have to get used to your scent, then maybe I'll let you hug me."
"Hey, Edward, looking stony, as usual." I patted him on the back, too hard to even make it a friendly pat.
"Silly mutt," Edward muttered.
"So what time are we going to have our Halloween party, guys? I'm dying to get dressed in my costume. It's going to be the best!" Emmett roared, chuckling.
Alice and Edward laughed quietly. I didn't get what was so funny. I turned around to see the rest of my pack and they were still. None of them saw something to laugh at. Leah and Jared were quietly whispering inarticulately. Sam and Seth lounged by a nearby tree. Quil and Embry flanked me.
"Alice, Edward, you guys better not tell anybody what I'm going to come dressed as. It's top secret. Rosalie doesn't even know. Alice, I think I'm going to need you to come to the mall with me… I need your head," Emmett said, pointing a finger at Edward and Alice.
"Speaking of Rosalie—where is she?" Bella said.
"She's helping Carlisle do some quick paper work with Jasper and the hospital. Since the façade of them being twins, then they'll have to be seen doing regular stuff together," Alice replied.
I looked at my clock—it was four in the afternoon. "The party is best if we start it around twilight. We'll be back in a few hours. Oh and do you guys need money for the food—our food? I got fifty on me right now." I took them out of my cut shorts and handed them to Alice; she was trustworthy enough. "See you guys later."
"So, Leah, what are you going to come dressed as?" Embry asked, while walking back to the reservation, in the woods.
"Something," Leah bluntly replied.
"That's gay," Seth said "I think I'm going to come dressed as Charlie. I don't think he'll let me borrow his gun, though."
"Charlie isn't good for you. You don't even know how to respect the alcoholic law—juvenile delinquent," Sam said, harking back to the day he got drunk.
"What are you going to come dressed as, brother-in-law?" Paul said. I hated it when he called me brother-in-law. It was almost like an offense for him thinking of me like that.
"Shut up Paul. If Rachel even marries you, you're still going to be like my friend. So don't get too comfortable calling me that.
"Just tell us what you're going to be, dammit," Jared said, finally speaking since being with the Cullens.
"The Wolverine," I said, emphasizing the whole sentence and making my voice sound huskier. "You're still going to be Tinker Bell, right Leah?"
"Nah, I changed my mind. I think I'll just go dressed up as myself," Leah stated.
"You suck, Lee. The party is supposed to be about dressing up," Jared said.
"Oh yeah? Then what are you expecting to wear? A skirt and a bra?" Leah spat.
Everyone laughed at her statement, even Jared. Out of nowhere Leah pushed Jared into a tree. Everyone laughed even harder—so did I. Paul fell on the floor, revolving all over the place; so childish, but funny to see. The only one that kept his cool was Sam. Jared shifted from the floor rubbing his head. He quickly got up and kicked Paul while walking back towards me and Leah.
"Very funny, ha-ha," Jared said. "But what Leah did to me now isn't as bad as her beating you at the beer bong. And then when you fell on the floor after not even finishing your bong."
Sam smiled. He was surely getting entertained by this show. Paul stopped laughing and got up. He stalked over to where Jared was.
"Let's have a race, loser. Whoever loses will have to come to the Halloween party with lingerie. One, two, three, go!"
Paul had a head-start first. Jared quickly got it together and rushed out of our sight. I had my bet on Jared. Simultaneously, Sam, Seth, Leah, Embry and me looked at each other and then chuckled. A guy wearing lingerie would totally humiliate themselves.
It was almost six and I still had to pick up Leah and Seth. Before I left from my house, I made sure that my dagger-looking wolverine claws were steadily strapped onto my hands. They looked real, but if you observed up close, you'd notice the brown plastic around my wrists. As soon as I was in my white shirt and old jeans, I left off running to the Clearwater's' house. Leah's light from her room was on. I guess I would make my breathtaking entrance through her window. I'd leave her breathless. I looked at my claws and wondered if they would help me get into her window faster. It wouldn't work though because these were just replicas. Damn. I climbed onto her apple tree and launched myself into her window.
Her room was vacant. It smelled like flowers in here; the sweet aroma made my mouth water. I heard faint footsteps coming down the hall. They didn't sound like Leah, it sounded like Sue. I quickly ducked under her bed and tried to make myself more petite by holding onto my legs. The door creaked open. Looking through the space under her bed, it was Sue, putting down a hamper full of folded clothes. She kicked it off into a corner and then left. Phew, that was a close one, I thought.
"Leah, I left your clothes in your room. I'm expecting for them to be put away before you leave," Sue said, right outside the hall.
"Sure, mom… Are you going out with Charlie again, tonight?" Leah responded.
"Yeah, we're just going out for dinner and then he has to get back to the station to take some rounds; being Halloween and all. But then we might spend some time with Billy at his house," She started walking down the stairs.
The door from Leah's room creaked open slowly. From under the bed, she was barefoot. Her toenails were painted green—Tinker Bell's main mojo color. "Jake I know you're under there. Get out of my bed. I could smell you from across the hall," she said, walking towards her folded clothes at the corner of her room.
I gave up and got out from under her bed. She was wrapped in a thick blue towel. She had barely finished taking a shower. I looked away, regretting to even get out from under there. "Oh, sorry, you could have warned me that you were naked. I would've just busted myself from here."
"I'm not naked you idiot. I'm just covering up so that my mom wouldn't see the costume. It looks like I just got out of the shower because I put water on my arms and hair so she could believe that I did barely get out," she stated, now getting a comb, swiping it through her tangled short hair.
"Prove it." I sat on the bed. One part of me was hoping that she was saying the truth, while the other hoped different. Get a grip, Jake. Next time you think like that, you're going to regret it, I thought.
She removed the thick towel and what do you know? She was saying the truth. She had a lime-green dress on; it looked just like the one that Tinker Bell wore. The dress fit her well. It showed of her curves. Instead of a string that would wrap her hair, she put on a sparkly diadem. She walked over to her closet and went through a couple shoe boxes. She took out a pair of flats. When she was finally finished and done, there was only one word to describe her: beautifully dazzling. Okay that was two words, but it didn't make a difference.
"You like?" Leah said, twirling around showing me every angle of her costume.
"It's unique," I said, standing up and observing her more closely. "How about your wings? Where are they?"
"Seth was playing fairy, himself. He has them in his room. All we all set? Oh and by the way, nice costume, Wolverine."
I put my hands on my hips, making a model pose. "Well thanks. And yep, let's go. We're a bit late."
"Hold on, let me get Seth." She exited her room and walked into his. "Mom, we'll be back later. We're going to go to a Halloween party at the Cullen's house. Bye." Seth dressed up as a cop, walked in first and then Leah. We all jumped out the window and began walking. Seth was the one that kept conversation. All he talked about was the way that he loved things.
"Sam, Jared, Paul, Embry and Quil are supposed to meet us here," I said, scrutinizing through the trees to see if I spotted anyone from the pack. Laughter was heard from across the trail from where we were. Guess they're laughing nonstop on whoever got to wear the lingerie. We all crossed the trail, coming up to the guys. I should say that I was impressed with their creativity. It was Paul who lost the bet. He was wearing a pink velvet top with pink short shorts. To complement his outfit, he also used pink bunny slippers. This was too hilarious. Seth, Leah, and I joined in the mocking laughter too.
Sam went dressed as Spiderman. The costume fit him incredibly well. He could almost pass as the real one, if such thing were true. Jared dressed up as Scream. His blood-pumped—all fake blood, of course—mask was lying on the ground. His black robe decked all the way to the floor. Embry and Quil were both dressed in long robes—Quil had a green one and Embry had a red one. I perused Embry's face and he had painted a scar across his forehead. Finally going over my mind on what they were dressed as, I came across Harry Potter, the one and only. They also carried their 'wands' on either side of their hands.
"We were waiting for you here about ten minutes ago. Are we leaving already? Jared asked, putting on his mask. "I'm getting hungry."
"Yeah, let's jet," I replied. I was kind of hungry too, I guess.
We reached the Cullen mansion in less than five minutes. Thanks to Jared's impatient strides, we made it on time. The house was decorated with lanterns on every tree that surrounded the house. There were a total of fifteen pumpkin carvings on the front porch. I was hoping more of a traditionally vampire spook house. Alice should have made it into one scary vamp crib. We reached the front door of the house and just walked in. Carlisle and Esme always said that I should treat this like my own house; I was welcomed here all the time.
The inside was duller than outside. There were no hints of Halloween in here, besides the huge table with food on it. The table also had bowls with insect-looking thingamabobs. That looked completely disgusting, even for a joke.
"Hey, guys," Alice said, casually walking down the grand staircase. She was dressed as a pirate lady. She looked super cute—in a friendly way. Her poufy black miniskirt was extraordinary matched with crisscrossed leggings and shadowy flats. She also wore a black skull bandanna. "Come sit on the couch. The rest are still getting ready; they'll be down in a sec."
We all slouched on the white couches. Alice sat in between me and Leah. Paul switched on the big flat screen. The Mariners were playing the Dodgers. There was a barking sound coming from the kitchen. I turned to Alice and made me what's-going-on face. She keenly smiled.
"I got a puppy," She overzealously said. "Anniversary gift from Jasper—let me go get it." With poise, she leapt off the couch and walked into the kitchen. I could hear her croon the name 'Armani.' What an awkward name to call a puppy. She came back to the living room carrying a tiny little white puppy. Okay, now I know why she named the cute little puppy Tiny. The white puppy was wearing a red ribbon.
"You guys like? I barely got her today. I named her Armani because that designer is me and Jasper's favorite. This Maltese won't grow as much. She'll stay the same. Want to touch it Jacob?" She said, hanging me her tiny little puppy.
"Wow, she doesn't weigh a lot. She's such a cutie," I said. "Hey Armani, you're so adorable." I gently stroke her wet nose. "How old is she?"
"She's about one week old." She replied, taking Tiny away from me. She handed her to Leah.
"What a nice puppy," Leah said.
"So when are they going to come downstairs?" Seth asked.
"One more second for sure." She said. Alice was never wrong. "Oh and nice outfit, Paul. You look super good in that lingerie. Wait, but you're not wearing a thong." We all started chuckling again.
"Ladies and Gentleman, please receive Emmett with a standing ovation," Emmett, himself, roared from the top of the grand staircase. "You will now be witnessing the Queen of Media! Woo!" Emmett slowly began clanking down the stairs. WHAT ON EARTH WAS HE WEARING?! Oh my gosh. He is so freaking crazy!
"Hey ladies, you ready to have the best party of the year?!" Emmett said, booming with laughter, twisting himself around so we saw his Halloween costume.
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