Chapter 9
It had looked like Esme, Rosalie, Alice, and Bella used a little too much Mr. Clean that day when they wouldn't let me down.
The whole 1st story of the house sparkled-literally.
Carlisle and Esme, Emmett and Rosalie, and Edward and Bella all stood by the grand piano and greeted me a good evening.
"A very good evening. Okay, what's this about?" I asked in a serious tone.
"What do you think it's about?" Emmett tried.
"A special occasion, most probably."
"And you're right!" Jasper piped in from my back.
"Why?!"
"You don't like it?" Rosalie frowned.
"It depends. Is someone celebrating their birthday?"
"Not exactly. But something like that maybe." Edward chuckled.
"Is that someone me?"
"Yes!" Bella practically sang.
"Then I don't like it," I muttered stubbornly.
"But why?" Esme's tone was almost heartbroken.
"I hate parties!" I jumped up and down like an immature child.
"We didn't invite anyone really. It's just us. We want to celebrate your joining of the Cullens," Carlisle smiled.
"I guess this is okay. So that's why you were passing me from one babysitter to another this afternoon?" I grinned. I felt pretty proud of myself.
"Well ... uh-" Emmett scratched his head.
"That ringing tone was very deceiving, Ems," Jasper muttered.
"Shut up!"
It was a party like no other. There was no food but we still had fun. We played games like spin the bottle in the living room and dared Carlisle to sing "You Give Love A Bad Name"-Bon Jovi Live style, Esme to dance "Material Girl", Emmett did an awesome impersonation of Paris Hilton. She called "Nicole Richie"-whose voice was being done by Jasper. Rosalie and Alice pretended to be Tekken's Anna and Nina-the rival sisters-and did a little combat in front of us. And Bella and Edward did us the favor of pretending to be in a black and white film with the caped Edward as Dracula and Bella as the mortal Lucy.
I didn't think that they could think of any more dares for me. But they did.
"What could be an equally embarrassing dare for Dia?" Edward asked, pretending to scratch an invisible beard.
"This is a tough one," Rosalie eyed on me suspiciously.
"Maybe you could read her mind, Edward," Bella suggested.
"Wonderful idea," he replied.
I tried to block out everything in my mind. And it worked.
"She blocked out everything in her mind. How did she do that?"
"Newborns!" Emmett muttered.
"Well, think about it carefully. You can use it against me for the next ten centuries to come!" I challenged.
Carlisle and Esme couldn't stop laughing.
"I got it! the IDs," Emmett snapped his fingers.
"What about them?" I asked, making a face.
"You had one that said that you took voice lessons at a music academy!"
"Yeah!" Everyone else cheered.
"No way!" I screamed.
"Nu-uh. We all did our dares and they were far too embarrassing. You just have to do one song!" Emmett said.
I didn't want them to start chanting my name so I stood up. "What should I sing?"
Edward was already playing the intro of "Beauty and the Beast".
"You know this?" he asked, still playing. He had a special way of playing. It really makes you want to sing along.
And so in no time, I was belting out all types of Disney classic songs.
"And you said 'no way'!" Edward quoted.
"That I did," I said and continued doing my dare. Actually, I thought of it as a thank you for all the hassles they'd gone through for me.
The others gradually joined me in singing. We didn't feel tired at all. Well, yeah, we're vampires.
We decided to play Twister, Monopoly-I won (everyone else declared bankruptcy and Emmett didn't want to so badly he used real money), some card games.
"Are you feeling tired yet, Dee?" Esme asked all motherly.
"Surprisingly no. What time is it?" I asked and put down my cards. Jasper won the round.
"You cheated!" Alice accused.
"Maybe I did. I'll make it up to you upstairs, though," Jasper chuckled menacingly.
Alice looked all too flattered to be bothered.
"It's 4," Edward said-sounding like a true-blue know-it-all.
"Shouldn't you hide in your coffin already?" I asked grimly.
"That's a good one, Dia!" Bella exchanged hi-5's with me.
"Shouldn't you get in your little 4 foot, too?" he barked playfully.
"Nah, she couldn't. She just fed this afternoon," Jasper said, shuffling the cards for another round.
"Whaat?!"
Everyone looked at him and then back at me in question. So maybe Alice hadn't told them yet.
"Oops," she began. "I can explain."