A/N I got severe writer's block before writing this chapter. It's longer than the rest, and I'm not sure I like it as much as the others, but I'm getting to the good part, so stay with me.
disclaimer- my name isn't Stephenie Meyer, if it was I would own these characters, which I don't.
BPOV
I knew my plan would take some work, but I was pretty sure I could convince the Cullens to play along. I was sure that Alice had already seen it. Edward and I were on our way out to the Volvo when we found her waiting for us.
"Have trouble keeping a straight face in health class did we?" Edward chuckled.
"It was your fault," Alice mumbled. Just then Emmett shot by, tackling Edward in his run toward Rosalie, who was sauntering her way to the car. Alice shot me a wink before Edward could catch it.
Yes. She knows my plan. I gave her a smile.
"Edward, I wanna ride with you two today," she said, I hoped she was doing a good job concealing her thoughts.
Edward seemed a little flustered, but could otherwise come up with no reason why she shouldn't, "Fine, whatever," he replied.
Once all three of us had gotten in the car, Alice feigned worry, "Bella! I don't think that's such a good idea."
Edward turned to face her, a confused look on his face.
EPOV
I thought not being able to hear Bella's thoughts was frustrating, but when Alice said something like that, then started singing "Barbie Girl" in her head? That was infuriating. She knew I despised that song. What could Bella be planning? Did this have anything to do with Jasper? Oh no. Jasper.
"Alice," I whispered, not quite masking the worry in my tone.
"Yes, Edward?" she replied.
"What's not such a good idea?" I growled.
"I'm not at liberty to discuss that with you, it's Bella's business," she said smoothly, making me all the more frustrated.
"Fine," I hissed, and then pulled into our driveway. I knew Bella was confused as to why I didn't drop her off at home, but I needed some answers. Jasper had gone hunting, he wouldn't be joining us when the rest of the family went hunting. Perfect timing, Jazzy, I thought, mentally rolling my eyes. I trust Bella, though, she loves me. The thought calmed me.
I picked Bella up and ran to my room. I laid her on the couch and paced for a few seconds before she broke the silence, "Edward, I don't know why you think I'm falling for Jasper, but I need to know that you trust me enough to be around him," she started, a grin starting to spread on her face. "Besides, your good looks are far more stunning than his anyway," she finished.
I walked over to the couch and pulled her up into a passionate kiss, which she returned eagerly. When we pulled away, I whispered, "Fine, you win, I'll take you home to pack some clothes."
"Great," she said enthusiastically, then practically skipped down the stairs and to the Volvo.
BPOV
When I reached the bottom of the stairs, I glanced at Alice, who gave me a nod and continued her conversation with Jasper. Good. She had briefed them on my scheme.
After what seemed like seconds, we were at Charlie's house. I walked through the door and yelled to Charlie, "Dad! I'm spending the weekend with Alice!"
"Okay, Bells, I'm going fishing anyway!" he bellowed back, he was in the kitchen. I ran up to my room and stuffed some clothes into a duffel bag, then hurried back down to find Edward waiting patiently at the car.
"All set?" he asked, looking at the duffel bag that I held in my hand. He seemed to think it too small to hold all of my clothes for the weekend.
"Yup," I replied and climbed in the passenger seat.
"Jasper will be home when we get back," he informed me. Once we were on the road, his hand found mine, entwining our fingers together. I flashed him a wide grin. The ride was all too fast, but Edward was a vampire, after all.
I practically ran through the door to the Cullens' mansion. Edward was still behind me, so I turned and started walking backwards. I guess that wasn't such a good idea, because I bumped into the wall. I blushed and turned around, only to find that the wall I bumped into wore a huge grin and had a curly mop of hair on top of its head. "Emmett!" I shouted.
Emmett's grin grew, if that were possible, "What? Is something wrong?" he asked all too innocently.
"No, you just…scared me," I mumbled. Emmett laughed.
"I sometimes have that effect on people, but I thought you'd gotten over our appearances," he chuckled.
I scowled and said, "Don't you have some hunting to do or something? I know you're not planning on staying here and teasing me all weekend."
"Don't get you're knickers in a twist," he said as he draped his huge log of an arm over my shoulder. "We were just waiting for Edward to get back so we could leave," he finished.
Knickers in a twist? Where did that come from? Emmett's a weird one, I thought as I turned back to Edward. He had a grimace on his face. I assumed it was whatever Emmett was doing to conceal his thoughts. Oh the things he could be thinking. I didn't want to know. Edward walked over and kissed me, then gave Jasper a glare. Jasper seemed to find this humorous, because he laughed and said, "Have fun, bro."
"We will. And I will come back to find Bella in one piece," he snarled.
Suddenly everyone in the Cullen family was at the door. Everyone was saying something different, ranging from "hurry up Edward," to "Have fun with Jasper, Bella!"
The last comment came from Alice, and a wink soon followed. Edward didn't catch it.
Edward turned to me, "See you soon, love," he whispered.
Jasper interrupted before I could respond, "Oh come on, just go already," he complained as he grabbed my arm.
"Bye, Edward," I said cheerily as he gave Jasper that same glare.
At this point, everyone turned and walked out the door. After about thirty seconds, when I knew they were all out of earshot, I turned to Jasper.
"This is going to be fun," I said.
EPOV
I know I may have been a little hard on Jasper; after all, he was my brother. I trusted him as well as I trusted Bella. I just couldn't help but listen to that little voice inside my head that was telling me, "This is shaky ground. Be careful." I tried to read what Jasper had been thinking when he pulled my Bella away from me. No luck:
I'm a Barbie girl, in a Barbie world,
It's fantastic…
I jumped out as fast as I could, and shuddered after we had left the house. Something was going on. Everyone was singing Barbie Girl in their heads. Emmett sometimes switched to the Barney theme song, but I stayed out of his head regardless. I detested both of those songs.
JPOV
"What were you doing to keep Edward out of your head?" Bella asked me, curiosity ringing in her voice.
I laughed and said the two words that would explain everything: "Barbie Girl."
Bella started laughing. "He hates that song," she said through her chuckling.
"Why do you think he was glaring at me?" I shot her a smile, "Did you honestly think that Edward wouldn't trust me?"
"No, I just thought he was a little shaken up. You should have seen his face when I told him I wanted alone time with you," she giggled.
I mocked horror, "Bella! You don't have a crush on the mood-changing vampire, do you?"
"I don't know, I'm not sure I can help myself," she said sarcastically. When Edward saw that in Alice's head, he probably wouldn't pick up on the sarcasm.
I laughed, "Are you hungry? I'll make you something.
"Nah, not yet, but I'm sure I can handle a peanut butter and jelly sandwich when I am," she replied.
"Bella, I was told to feed you well. You don't think I'm just going to let you live on peanut butter and jelly?" I asked.
"Yeah, I kinda thought you would," she grumbled, making her disappointment clear.
"Well," was all I got out before my cell phone cut me off. It was Alice.
"Hello?"
Alice was giggling, "Edward wasn't too happy about that little crush comment Jazz, he's considering coming home."
"Well, he won't, will he?" I asked.
"Nope, Emmett's holding him down…" she giggled at this.
"Okay, all's well then," I said
"Just watch it, Jasper," she warned.
"Okey dokey, Alice" I replied.
"Love ya,"
"Love you too, bye"
"Bye."
BPOV
I knew Edward would make Alice check up on us, but so soon? I decided not to take chances until Edward came home, when the real party would begin.
