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Shake a leg- 'Rouse yourself from sleep and get out of bed.'
Bella POV.
"I can't breathe…" I gasped as I registered an unusual pressure on my rib cage. I looked down to see Alice draped over me, sleeping soundly. I slipped out from beneath her as slowly as I could, but inevitably ended up on the floor.
"Ahhhh we've hit an iceberg!" Alice screamed as my fall from the bed jostled her awake.
I picked up the laughter in Rosalie's voice as she asked, "Alice, how can we hit an iceberg? Were in the Caribbean you plank."
I got up, rubbing my elbow as I added, "Alice, we aren't even on the in the Antarctic or on a ship called the Titanic." I smirked at Rosalie as Alice squirmed under our mocking.
"Ahhh shut-up!" Alice grumbled before she quickly darted into the bathroom. "Ha-ha losers…I'll see you in an hour after my whirlpool bath!" her exited voice came from the other side of the door.
A tap at the front door drew our attention. "Who do you think that is?" Rosalie asked over her shoulder as she traipsed out of the room. I soon followed her, only to be met with a member of staff wheeling in a trolley which was heavily laden with various covered trays in different sizes.
"Good morning" the middle aged woman greeted me as she followed Rosalie into the living room. I said a quick hello back to her and plopped myself at the dining table next to the baby grand piano.
"That's not all for us is it?" I asked tentatively as I surveyed the four different levels to the trolley.
The woman looked to the trolley, then back to me, smiling as she explained, "Ohhh no dear! Only two of those are yours…the other two levels are for next door…if they're even awake." She laughed and shook her head.
I looked at my watch and saw that it was already 9 o'clock. "Why wouldn't they be up?" I asked, curious as to what the woman would say.
She gave me a smile as she handed me a cup of coffee before she explained, "I highly doubt that the young men next door will be out of bed much before mid day." She didn't sound appalled or disapproving as I expected that she would have been; only amused.
"Why's that?" I asked as I stirred my milk and sugar into the coffee.
"Well…because of all the beer that they ordered up to their room last night! It would have been enough to satisfy a party of 10 in my opinion." She frowned as she looked towards their suite.
I let the conversation go as the woman, who told us to call her Mary, started to place various platters in the middle of the table, before she headed out.
Rosalie and I began to take the tops off of the dishes excitedly as our eyes beheld a new dish each time. I looked over each of the dishes once we'd taken all the tops off. There were plates full of, bacon, sausages, French toast, croissants, bagels, pancakes and muffins, along with others and various fruits.
Rosalie and I both piled our plates with a bit of everything and ate silently as we watched some cartoons on the TV at the same time. Once we'd finished our food, we refilled our cups with coffee and sat down on the welcoming sofa to watch some more cartoons.
Alice emerged from the bathroom a full hour later, as she said she would. She picked a few slices of melon and a rasher of bacon from the dishes before she danced outside to look at the view. "Hey look!" She laughed as she pointed down to the sea.
I ran out to her and looked to where she was pointing. There were half a dozen dolphins swimming around the ship, a short distance away. Alice soon ran away to fetch her camera to capture the incredible scene once she finished eating.
I sat myself down on one of the deckchairs as I basked in the morning warmth. Alice talked to me excitedly as I closed my eyes, "We have to go to the pool today…Emmett mentioned it last night and I just cant wait to see what Jasper looks like!" I peeked one eye open and watched her as she bent over the rail, looking down to the sea.
"Down girl!" I ordered her as she continued tipping forward with her feet leaving the decking. She listened to me and turned around, twisting her short hair into little spikes. "Why are you so eager to meet Jasper and not Edward anyways?" I asked as I watched her closely.
She shrugged at me and took on a pensive look as she stared up to the sky. "I don't know…" she looked down to her feet as she spoke. I caught the blush in her cheeks.
"Alice…what aren't you telling me?" I asked as Rosalie joined me on the deckchair to my right.
"I…nothing." She turned her back on us and stared out to the sky and sea.
"Come on Alice…you can talk to us…" I goaded. I turned to look at Rosalie. She just stared at Alice with a confused look on her face.
"Alice…talk…now…" Rosalie simply ordered after a few silent seconds flew by.
"Fine…but don't laugh…" she kept her head downcast, but took a quick peep at us for long enough to see the both us smile and nod at her reassuringly.
"I had this dream the night before we left for this holiday where I met an absolutely gorgeous guy who had blonde hair…" she stopped her exited gush before she continued in a more subdued tone, "Well…I just figured that Emmett was a pretty hot guy…and there's something about the name Jasper…anyway, I wondered if he had good looking friends and one of them happened to be the one from my dream?"
Once she finished her little confession, she walked past the both of us, back into the bedroom.
"She might be right you know…" Rosalie shocked me by her serious tone. I expected her to laugh at Alice's confession, and told her so. "Well…you know…Alice has always had those funny kinds of dreams and visions…and she did win me some money on a few horse races before…"
"Only time will tell…" I stood up and headed back into the living room, just in time to hear a knock on the door. I rushed to open it, eager to see who was there.
Edward POV.
I could hear a distant knocking on the main door as I woke up. I cracked open an eye, curious as to where I had fallen asleep last night and why my back was killing me. I went to turn to my side, but ended up on the floor with a painful thud.
"How the hell did I end up there?" I wondered aloud as I rubbed my side. I shrugged my shoulders as I failed to understand how I could have slept for hours on the small, narrow piano stool. The knocking continued at the front door, so I went and opened it.
A smug looking Mary looked up to me from the other side of the threshold. "Headache?" she asked smiling sweetly at me as she passed me, pulling her breakfast trolley behind her.
"Do I really look that bad?" I asked with a groggy voice as I shut the door and followed her to the dining table which I only just realised was littered with an array of empty bottles and glasses. "Woops" I smiled my cutest smile at her, effectively melting away her disapproving scowl.
I popped my head into the bedroom and called out, "Guys...Mary's here!" Jasper and Emmett lay motionless, head to tail on the massive bed, snoring loudly. "Food time!" I shouted out even louder, upsetting my own headache at the same time.
"Oooo food…" I heard Emmett mumble sleepily against the pillow as he started to toss and turn.
I headed back to Mary, who was busy cleaning away all the empty bottles. "So, how are you Mary?" I asked, hoping that I would be able to butter her up by being nice.
"Fine thank you Edwin" she answered me as she started to place the breakfast trays on the table.
I sat down and looked up at her with the best puppy dog eyes that I could muster up as I mumbled back, "Its Edward…not Edwin…"
She laughed when she took in my pathetic look and apologised. Emmett and Jasper soon dragged their tired bodies in and sat themselves down beside me at the table.
Emmett cradled his head in his hands and groaned incoherently. As Mary called out her goodbye to us I turned to look at Emmett who had pressed a finger to his lips and was weakly shushing her. Jasper and I both winced as Mary shut the door loudly behind her, and then turned to glare daggers at Emmett.
"This is your entire fault…" Jasper took the words right out of my mouth. I crossed my arms over my chest and frowned.
Emmett simply looked back at the both of us with an overly shocked look on his face. "What the hell did I do?" he asked in amazement.
"Hmmm, let see…" I began in a mocking tone as I tapped my index finger against my chin. "Well first of all you run out of the bathroom, complaining that they haven't left any rubber duckies in the bath for you…"
Emmett cut me off, "That didn't mean that you had to lock me out of the damn room!" he growled in annoyance.
"That's beside the point…" Jasper interjected, then continued, "You then come back in through the glass doors, and start ranting about the hotties next door, demanding that we celebrate the fact."
"And then I end up with this agonising head ache." I finished as I bore my eyes into Emmett's for the added effect.
"Sorry" Emmett's apologised as he tipped his head back. "But those girls next door aren't just hot…they're beautiful…stunning...America's Next Top Model style…you'll see later on…" he defended himself.
"Later on…are you mad? I'm going nowhere with this hangover!" Jasper crossed his arms defiantly, as he mimicked my angry stance. We all fell into a silent stupor as we picked weakly at our breakfast.
"Morning Sailors!" Tanya's cheery voice came from the living room door.
"Jesus, how do you do that, just creep in without making a sound?" Jasper asked in a shocked tone.
"Rambo's got nothing on me darling!" she laughed as she pretended to buff her nails against her shirt arrogantly. "And I have the spare key from reception." She added quickly with a smile.
I roughly kicked a chair out from the table, a silent message for her to sit with us as I sipped my black coffee. I watched her as she walked past the chair and headed towards the window which faced the rising sun.
A chorus of protest came from Emmett, Jasper and I as Tanya slowly extended her hand forward to grab the corner of the drapes. "Ooo sensitive to light this morning are we?" she teased as she sauntered back to sit at the seat that I'd kicked away from the table.
"Have you seen Rosalie, Alice and Bella this morning?" Emmett asked as he massaged his own head.
"Ahhh you've met the neighbours have you?" I noticed the meaningful smile that she wore on her face as she spoke.
Emmett explained last night's events from, realising that he didn't have any rubber duckies, to calling room service for the beer. I headed towards the bedroom and dove under the covers as my back continued to protest in agony along with my head. Emmett, Jasper and Tanya soon followed me. Jasper lay on the bed next to my feet while Emmett and Tanya sat on one of the sofas.
Once they were all comfy, Tanya began, "Emmett…you'll have rubber duckies in the bathtub by sundown…" she looked at him with a serious look on her face before it turned to curious as she asked, "What are you going to do about the girls? They're expecting to meet you today…"
"Yeah…about that…" Jasper began, hesitantly as he rubbed his forehead.
"Ohhh no, you made your bed, you sleep in it! I'm not going to carry your tales back and forth!" she shook her head as she crossed her arms across her chest resolutely.
"Hmmm…how about a letter?" I asked as I reached to the hotel stationary on the bedside table. I slid the pen and paper towards Emmett and Tanya before I flopped back onto the bed. "Will you pass a letter to them?" I asked Tanya, feeling hopeful.
She looked thoughtful for a moment as she considered it, "Sure…but you're writing it." She ordered, looking at Emmett.
"Cool…this is going to be like school, passing notes in class!" Emmett chortled as he drew the pen and paper to him.
After a few seconds of silence, I realised that neither of us had any idea what to write to them. I squished my pride as I asked Tanya helplessly, "A little help?" I smiled, feeling relieved as she started to give Emmett pointers on what he should write.
Bella POV.
I threw open the door, Tanya smiled back at me, holding a piece of paper in her hand. "Good morning ladies, how are we? Hey Rosalie!" she waved over my shoulder as she spotted Rose bustling about in the other room.
"The reason I'm here is to collect your breakfast trays…if you're finished" she began, and pointed to a small trolley like Mary had. "And I have this to give you…" she passed me the piece of paper that was in her hand.
I beckoned Tanya in as I read over the note which was written neatly,
Dear Alice, Bella and Rosalie,
Sorry, we should shake a leg and get out of bed…but to be honest, we're too hung over. We are quite sensitive to noise and the bright sun this morning. The light…it burns! Ha-ha!
Maybe we'll see you later tonight? And most definitely tomorrow, I promised you that we'd meet you at the pool at some point didn't I?! We wouldn't miss it for the world!!
Apologies from, Emmett (Hottie with a body) Jasper (Blonde bombshell) and Edward (Piano boy)
P.S. You could write back to us if you wanted to...?
I laughed as I finished reading the funny note. I handed it to Rosalie, who then handed it to Alice who'd joined us in the living room.
"Hmmm…blonde bombshell" Alice mused as she re-read the letter. I looked over to Rosalie who had already grabbed the hotel stationary and was sat at the dining table; apparently waiting for a dictation by the way she was glancing from Alice, to me expectantly.
Tanya worked silently, as she cleaned up our breakfast dishes while the three of us sat around the table, thinking about what we could write back to them.
"A little help?" I asked Tanya as she started to walk towards the door.
"Sure…how can I help?" she asked as she stood behind Rosalie's chair, looking at us with interest.
"We need to reply…what could we do tonight anyway if they do decide to meet up with us? How will they find us?" Alice asked as she played about with a piece of discarded paper.
"Leave the meeting arrangements to me." Tanya smiled at each of us before she continued, "Why don't you go to the United States Restaurant tonight?" she asked as she headed to a cupboard next to us and grabbed a brochure. She flipped it open to the right place and asked us if we would like to have dinner there tonight.
"Sure why not." I said as I finished reading the restaurant details.
"Okay then, you slip a note back to the guys and make sure that you meet me down at the restaurant at 8pm. I'll make sure that the guys join you." She gave us a confident smile as she headed out the door, pulling her trolley behind her.
Alice and I watched as Rosalie began to write,
Dear, Emmett, Edward and Jasper,
Your pain was self inflicted…therefore we mercilessly can not offer you any sympathy. You said that the sun burns…most unusual…you're not vampires are you?!?! Ha-ha!
United States Restaurant tonight. Be there, or be square Mr's! Tanya will report back to you with more details.
And you say that you wouldn't miss meeting us at the pool? Why is that pray tell?
Unsympathetically awaiting your recovery, Alice, Bella and Rosalie.
"How's that?" Rosalie asked as she dropped the pen to the table, as she surveyed the responding letter.
"Not bad…lets slip it under their door when we head out." I suggested as I went to get changed.
"Where are we going?" Alice asked curiously.
"To the Persian Gerden…you did want to go there didn't you Rose?" I asked over my shoulder as I headed towards the walk in closet.
The only response I heard was an exited squeal and clapping from behind me from both Alice and Rosalie.
Awww…passing notes! Gotta love it!
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