A/N: Thanks for all the reviews. I am so sorry about the wait. It's been a busy time. Life came up. Sorry!
Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight. I don't own the song (italics) either.
Due to the fact that Friday was a Jewish holiday, there was no school that day. So Alice had decided to ask her parents to throw a small party, just the six of them, that night, while they spent the night in San Fransisco for a conference. They agreed, as long as they promised to clean up.
So on Thursday night, Rosalie found herself meeting Bella and Jasper at the Cullen's house, even though she was supposed to arrive early to help set things up, because she was late.
"Good, we're all here on time." Alice said as she opened the door.
"Sorry I'm late." Rosalie said, entering the house.
"You're not." Alice answered. At Rosalie's confused face, she explained while they kept walking into the rec room. "I told you to be here early so that you would get here on time because when I tell you I want you here at the time that I want you here, you're always late, so I figured that if I told you to come here early, you'd get here on the time"
"What?" Bella asked. Rosalie grinned. Alice had been speaking at rapid speed and if Rosalie had not known her as well as she did, she wouldn't have understood either.
"Never mind." Alice said, knowing that Rosalie had understood. "Jazz, Emmett and Edward are down the basement." Jasper nodded and walked out of the room again. Once he left, Alice turned to Rosalie. "Who'd you get?"
"You first." Rosalie said.
"Huh?" Bella asked.
"The cheerleaders..." Rosalie began.
"You two are cheerleaders?" Bella asked.
Alice nodded. "Yeah, varsity since ninth grade. First two freshmen to make varsity that early."
"Impressive." Bella said. "I could never do that. Too uncoordinated. But please continue."
"Every year, before the first game, each of the cheerleaders gets a player. The week before the first game is school spirit week. Each day has a different theme and each day, the cheerleaders have to give their player a gift in the category for that day." Rosalie said.
"You have to decorate their rooms on Thursday night and leave the gifts in their lockers each day." Alice said. "You have to call their parents to see what they like and what they don't and see if they have any allergies...you know, so you don't end up accidentally killing them." She giggled.
"On Saturday night, there's a big bonfire in the woods outside town. At 9:00, the cheerleaders have to find their player and dance with him. That's how they know who did it all."
"And the football player gives them a gift card to a store." Alice said. "As a thank you. This year, I have Austin Cush. He's the LT."
"Sorry." Bella said. "I don't speak Sports Illustrated." The three girls laughed.
"He's a lineman." Rosalie said. "Left tackle." Football was by far one of her favorite sports. Despite being seen as a girly girl, by most of the guys in her grade, they usually picked her for flag football in gym as on of their first because she was good. "It's good that you have Cush, though."
"Yeah," Alice said. "I mean, we're sort of friends with him, so it's not like I have to call his mom and be like 'Hi, I'm Alice and I'll be stalking your son for a week'. She already knows me, so it should be easy."
"Who do you have, Rose?" Bella asked.
Rosalie scowled. "Emmett."
"And you're upset about that?" Alice asked.
"I'm upset because I have to go all out and give him nice things. I'm not really mad." Rosalie said. "It'll be easy. Esme already knows that someone is going to have him and I'm here enough already that it won't look suspicious if he accidentally sees me coming out of the house after doing something for it."
Alice nodded and continued for her best friend. "Yeah, and you already know what he likes, so you don't have to waste three hours on the phone getting the list."
"Exactly." Rosalie said.
Emmett poked his head into the room. "Anyone up for some 'I Never'?" He held up a bottle of tequila.
"I've never..." Emmett paused. "Ohh got one. I've never put on a dress."
"No fair. It only applies to girls" Bella said. "It's like you're trying to get Alice, Rose,and me drunk."
Emmett smirked. "Who says it only applies to girls?" Rosalie and Alice, having just taken their shots, starting choking from laughter.
Edward scowled. "Haha very funny." He popped a shot back and Bella finally took hers.
"Story time." Jasper said.
"I lost a bet." Edward said. "While I was drunk." He paused. "Here's a tip. Never bet against Rosalie."
"Especially when you're drunk." Alice added.
"Ok." Bella said. "My turn." She paused. "Umm...I've never... uhhh... had a... one night stand." She finished lamely. "Sorry, couldn't think of anything. We're running out of good ones."
Rosalie nodded in agreement. "Let's make this one the last one." She popped back her shot.
"Agreed." Edward popped back his shot. Emmett nodded and took his shot.
"Pass the tequila." Alice sighed. Jasper took it from her when she was done.
"Am I the only one who has never had one?" Bella asked.
The other five looked at each other. "Yep." They said together.
And the rest of the night passed, with more alcohol and laughter each game.
"If you wannabe my lover, you gotta get with my friends." Rosalie and Alice sung loudly, in the parking lot. The two girls were with Emmett and Edward in San Francisco for the Spice Girls concert. "Make it last forever, friendship never eh-ends." They drug out the last note.
"Dear God, will you two please be quiet?' Edward, the most sober of the group, pulled his keys out of his pocket, as they reached his Aston Martin V12 Vanquish.
"Why didn't you take the Volvo?" Rosalie asked as she climbed into the backseat with Alice.
"Vanquish is faster." Edward shrugged.
"So, this was about getting home faster." Emmett said. He sighed dramatically. "And here I thought you were trying to treat us."
"Edward," Alice said. "It's 4. In the morning."
"Yeah, I know." Edward said. "I'll have us home by 6. I want to get some sleep before…" He trailed off, realizing that he said too much.
"Before?" Rose prompted.
Edward sighed. "Before Bella comes over."
"Why's Bella coming over?" Emmett asked.
"They're English partners." Alice said.
"Hey, just like us Rose." Emmett said.
"They aren't anything like us, Emmett, you wanna know why?" Rose didn't wait for him to answer. "'Cause Edward's not a jackass like you are."
"That hurts." Emmett said
"Well good." Rosalie replied.
"If you two don't stop arguing, then you'll be walking home." Edward looked in the rearview mirror, so he was able to see both of them.
"Yes Dad." All three passengers said.
They pulled in at 5:30, a new record. Edward and Emmett ran inside and both fell on different couches in the family room. Alice and Rosalie went up to their respective rooms. At 1:00 that afternoon, Rosalie went into the kitchen and discovered she was the last one awake.
"Ok, see you then." Edward flipped his phone shut. "Bella will be here at three." He informed them.
"Maybe I'll see if Jasper wants to do something tonight." Emmett said thoughtfully.
"He has plans." Alice said. She was at the stove making French toast for all of them.
"How do you know?"
"'Cause his plans are with me."
"Can I come?"
"No."
"Why not? What are you doing?" Emmett asked.
"Dinner and a movie." Alice said.
Emmett frowned. "That sounds like a date."
"It is a date." Alice placed four plates and the syrup on the table.
"You're dating Jasper?" Emmett said, overprotective brother mode turning on.
"I'm going on a date with Jasper." Alice placed the plate of French toast on the table. "If that goes well, then maybe I will be dating Jasper."
Emmett scowled, but said nothing, as he picked up a large amount of French toast.
"Pass the syrup." Rosalie requested. Edward sent it over.
Emmett dropped his fork. "Wait, this means I have to hang out with Hale tonight."
"Sorry." Rosalie said. "No torture for you tonight. I'm having dinner with my parents."
"Damn, even Hale has a life." Emmett shook his head. "I'll figure out something."
At 3:00, Jasper and Bella knocked on the door of the Cullen house. Rosalie let them in and led them to the kitchen.
"Edward's showering." She informed them.
"How was the concert?" Bella asked.
"Fantastic." Rosalie said. "But we didn't get in until 5:30 this morning which means that we didn't get up until 1 this afternoon, which means we didn't eat until 1:30, which means that Alice didn't get into the shower until quarter of two, which means that I didn't get into the shower until 2:15, which means that Emmett didn't get into the shower until 2:45, but he's quick, so Edward got in about 5 minutes ago, so he should be down soon."
"Ok." Bella said.
"So, the good news is that Emmett is not going to kill Jazz tonight." Alice said as she came into the kitchen. "Oh, hey Jazz, Bella."
"I'm not going to die?" Jasper said.
"Nah," Rosalie said. "If Emmett's decided not to kill you, you're fine."
"Edward's much more passive about dates than Em is." Alice said.
"Ok." Jasper said. "We're going to Villa Barola."
"That's where Royce and I are going tomorrow." Rosalie said.
"Good luck with the menu." Jasper said. "It's all in Italian."
Alice waved his comment off. "She speaks Italian. She'll be fine."
"You speak Italian?" Bella asked.
"And Spanish." Rosalie nodded.
"They say you're fluent if you dream in that language." Jasper looked over at her.
"I have dreamed in both many times." Rosalie said. "Oh, speaking of dreams, I had the weirdest dream last night."
"Even weirder than the ax murderer?" Alice asked.
Rosalie nodded. "You, me, Edward, and Emmett were hanging out here. And Emmett and Edward decided that they wanted to be Mexican jumping beans and it was all in Spanish."
"What happened?" Alice said.
"We were watching TV and all of a sudden Emmett goes "Quiero ser una haba que salta mexicana.".
"Who's a Mexican jumping bean?" Emmett asked as he and Edward came into the kitchen.
"You speak Spanish too?" Jasper asked.
"We think his real mom was Spanish. That's all he spoke when he came here at first." Alice said. "Except no one here spoke Spanish, so we had no clue what he was saying. But then he met Rosalie, and she spoke Spanish and English and Italian all by the age of four because her nannies taught her Spanish and Italian because that's all they spoke and she picked up English easily. But she translated for everyone and that's how we all became friends." She finished. Jasper and Bella nodded as Edward laughed.
"No one answered my question." Emmett said.
"You said the Mexican jumping bean thing." Rosalie said. "Anyway, Edward was like "Hagámoslo".
"Let's do it." Emmett translated.
"And so they went up to my room and used my closet catalog to make a machine to change them." Rosalie paused. "Oh and so to be changed into the jumping beans, they had to climb into the TV and then someone pushed the buttons. So they did and Alice, you went and turned it on."
"Ok." Alice said. "That's it?"
"No." Rosalie said, "Then they were in the machine and shouting "Está trabajando, está trabajando" over and over again."
"It's working, it's working." Emmett said.
"And finally, they came out. And Emmett was blue and Edward was red, but their whole bodies weren't jumping beans, only their torsos and heads were bean shaped and colored." Everyone was laughing at this point, except Alice, who seemed to be crying she was laughing so hard. "But they still had their arms and legs and they were skin colored."
"Oh god." Esme said as she walked into the kitchen. "What's wrong?"
"I had a weird dream." Rosalie said. "Anyway, they walked over to the bed, but it was really awkward. I don't know if you've ever seen a bean walk before but if you haven't, then you should really try to because they waddled like penguins." Esme joined the laughter.
"And so, they got on the bed and I go "Necesitamos música!" so I put some on and then Bella appeared out of nowhere." She paused. "And I mean nowhere. Like a puff of smoke was in the air and when it cleared Bella was standing on the bed with the Mexican jumping beans that were Emmett and Edward. And she started singing Livin' La Vida Loca, like by Ricky Martin, in a Britney Spears outfit." Even Rosalie was laughing now.
"What happened then?" Alice asked.
"Nothing, I woke up." Rosalie said. "But isn't that the weirdest dream ever?"
"Yeah." Edward said.
"I am going to the store." Esme said. "Does anyone need anything?"
"Nope." Rosalie said.
"Nothing." Edward and Emmett chimed in.
"Tampons." Alice and Rosalie laughed as Edward covered his ears.
"Ok." Esme said.
"I was kidding." Alice said. "I only get them when I'm with Edward."
"Why?" Bella asked. "That must be torture."
"Thank you Bella." Edward said.
"Because we get in the store and I say really loudly that I need tampons and he gets all red. But when we pass the aisle, he goes down with me. But I always pretend to take a really long time, like I say I forget which brand I use." Bella and Jasper laughed. "And then he starts walking away and I like shout to him that he needs to wait for me and that I just need one more minute in the tampon aisle."
"Rose did it to Emmett once." Edward remembered aloud. "This was a while ago. We were in the store and she says that she needs tampons. So we all stop at the top of the aisle and Emmett says something like 'go and get them, we'll wait here' and she makes this face at him and goes 'but Em, I can't. What if I need help?' and he's about to say something, but some old lady comes up next to him, hits him with her purse, and goes 'Go help your girlfriend out." Bella and Jasper laughed. "Yeah, kind of funny."
There was silence, which Esme broke when she said she was leaving.
"Let's bake." Rosalie said.
"I thought you couldn't use the oven." Jasper said.
"I can't." Rose said. "But I can mix it together and Alice can bake it."
So, that's what they decided to do. Alice set the ingredients out on the table, while Rosalie turned on their favorite radio station.
Katy Perry's "Hot and Cold" was finishing up as she made her way back into the kitchen.
"Here's your new song of the week." Radio announcer Lesley Lou said. "Natasha Bedingfield."
The opening chords came on and four heads shot up. Emmett and Rosalie locked eyes. Alice and Edward exchanged a look.
"I love this song." Bella said.
Just like a shadow
I'll be beside you
I'll be your comfort
And let it guide you home
I will provide you a place of shelter
I want a be your zone
Tell me what to do
Tell me what you wanted me to do
I'll make you great to be a man
With a woman who can stand
Who will never promise to leave her man
Making vows to please her man
Emmett stood up and walked out the room, right before the chorus.
"I'm uhh… gonna go." Rosalie said, all traces of emotion gone. "You'll call me later?"
"Yeah." Alice said.
If I could be your angel
Your angel, Your angel
Protect you from the pain
I'll keep you safe from danger
You'll never hurt again
I'll be your a.n.g.e.l
I'm gona be your a.n.g.e.l
I'll be your angel.
"Did I say something wrong?" Bella asked, worried.
"No." Edward assured her.
"It's just…" Alice said.
"Up until it happened," Edward said.
"He told you?" Alice asked.
"Once he figured out you knew." Edward said. "Anyway, up until then, it was a running thing that Rosalie was Emmett's angel."
"To the point that he called her that." Alice added.
"It's just that song." Edward said. Again, more silence. "Wanna go work on the project?"
"Sure." Bella said.
"I'll pick you up at 6." Jasper told Alice.
"Bye."
It was now 6:30 and Emmett was bored. It was a Saturday night and all his friends were busy.
Bella and Edward had invited him to watch a movie when they finished their work for the day, but they wouldn't be done until at least 7.
"Emmett, dear." Esme said. "Could you run down to the Hale's and pick up some sugar." She was baking a cake.
He frowned. "No one's home."
"I just called. Rosalie's there." Esme looked up, thoughtfully. "Just knock for on the door, ask for the sugar. There is no need to be mean to her."
"Fine." Emmett pulled on his sneakers and walked the short distance to his neighbor's house. He rang the doorbell. No answer. He knocked. Again, no answer. He rang once more. When she still didn't answer, he went over to the window to look inside.
His eyes widened as he ran over to the door and burst inside.
"GET THE HELL AWAY!!!" He bellowed.
Royce's eyes widened as he pulled himself off of Rosalie, luckily both still clothed. He had a couple of scratches, but it was Rosalie who looked worse for wear. Her face was red, like she had been crying and Emmett could see a handprint on her cheek. He could tell bruises were forming already.
Royce smirked. "Slut wouldn't give me what I wanted." He smirked again. "Of course, you would know that better than anyone."
Emmett couldn't help himself. The fist came flying out before he could help it. Royce grabbed his eye and ran out.
"Rose." Emmett breathed. She was crying still. He pulled her on his lap. She wrapped her arms around his neck. "It's ok." He whispered to her. "I've got you now Angel."
A/N: So, I apologize for the long wait. BTW, the jumping bean dream was a real dream I had. So, yeah, speaking from experience, telling people about it was funny.
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