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Chapter 8
In the following weeks, things got a bit tense between all of us. Even though Edward and Jasper were still included in our group activities, you could literally sense the tension in the air every time all of us were together in the same room.
It was worse between the boys- especially Emmet and Jasper, but Rose was quite angry too, and I discovered that she was the type of person that did not let go of her anger quite easily. Both boys were afraid to be in the same room with her or her boyfriend.
Alice was trying to get over Jasper, although it was more likely forcing herself to let him go. A week after that memorable breakfast, Alice decided that we should meet her new boyfriend, Derek.
FLASHBACK
We were in Rose's room surrounded by books, trying to study. I say trying, because everyone's mind was in an entirely other place, and only their presence was here.
Emmet was pretending to study, while stroking Rose's hair. She was not even trying to pretend that she was studying, and had her eyes closed, looking peaceful with her head in his lap.
Jasper was looking nervously in Emmet's direction, not understanding why he was so cold to him this past week.
Edward was stealing glances in my direction and that was also the reason why I couldn't study. Every look he sent me set fire through my veins, it burned, and I couldn't decide if that was a good or bad thing. Alice was missing.
"Bella, where is Alice?" Jasper asked quietly. Emmet's eyes flashed to him for a moment.
"I don't know for sure… She left this morning in a hurry, saying that she made her decision and ran out the door."
"What decision?" Rose wondered aloud, lifting her head from Emmet's lap.
"She said it was a surprise." I shrugged.
The boys shuddered, and Rose chuckled. I sent Edward a confused look, forgetting for a moment that I was still mad at him.
"Last time she said she had a surprise it ended with the boys in the hospital." Rose said, chuckling.
"And that's funny?" I asked, looking at her strangely.
"Well that part isn't… But the three of them passed out in the emergency room, dressed like the three musketeers. It was hilarious!"
I imagined the scene and yes, it did seem rather funny. The boys looked like they wanted to crawl in a hole and die.
"How did it happen?" I asked, trying not to laugh.
"A month before I finished high school, Ali decided that we had to try our hand in acting, so she volunteered us in the schools play, 'THE THREE MUSKETEERS'. The three of us got the leading parts" Edward explained to me.
At his words I started imagining him in his costume... Oh no, Bella don't even think of going there! I thought to myself, and started blushing. Rose gave me a knowing look.
I was pulled out of my daydream by a ticklish sensation on my cheek and a warm breath close to my ear.
"Beautiful… your blush is beautiful."Hewhispered in my ear, causing me to shiver.
"We were great as the musketeers!" Emmet exclaimed, making me jump and breaking up my little bubble that consisted of Edward and I.
Jasper scolded him, but otherwise remained silent.
"We were great until the night of the show. And that fiasco was your fault!"
"What happened?"
"Emmet was very enthusiastic about the play, so he wanted to celebrate our success earlier."
"His way of celebrating was drinking whisky an hour before the play."
"Hey! I wasn't the only one drinking that night!" Emmet protested.
"True, you boys are all as stupid as he is." Rose said, while inspecting her perfectly manicured nails.
"After they drained an entire bottle of whisky they were supposed to act in front of the entire school… It was a disaster!"
"They forgot their lines, stumbled at the fighting scenes, and at the 'grand finale', when the big red curtain came down, Emmet lost his balance and grabbed it! The other two tried to catch him, but none succeed, and they fell off stage with the curtain covering them completely!"
At that point, I couldn't hold it any longer; I was in hysterics only from looking at them. In the process of trying to catch my breath, I fell into Edward's lap, but even then, I just couldn't stop laughing along with the rest.
After a few minutes we calmed down, and I sensed a soothing hand on my hair and back, causing me to remember where I was. Blushing, I lifted my embarrassed self off Edward and mumbled an apology. He smiled at me, brushed his hand over my cheek and said that he didn't mind. I blushed even harder at that.
"Our parents were very scared, and they didn't understand what was wrong with them." Rose continued where we left off. "We rushed to the hospital, because they passed out when they fell, since they hit their heads."
"My head hurt so badly the next day…" Emmet pouted.
"That was from the hangover, Baby…" Rose said stroking his back. "…physically they were fine, it was just their ego's that got hurt."
"I couldn't go to school without people making fun of me, that's worse then being actually hurt." Jazz protested angrily.
"You two have no right to talk! I had another year to go there, it was horrible!" Edward exclaimed, looking horrified.
Rose was laughing along with me.
"Bella, you should have seen our parents, they were furious! When Carlisle saw the amount of alcohol that was in their blood, he told our moms, and then there was hell to pay."
Rose's cell phone beeped, signaling she had a text.
"We were grounded for a month, all privileges were taken away, and mom ignored us for two weeks." Emmet said sadly.
"That was Alice… let's hope she doesn't volunteer you guys to act again."
The door opened suddenly. Alice came in with a huge grin on her face. It was a nice change; she'd been in a foul mood since…
"Guys, I have a surprise… Meet my new boyfriend, Derek!"
A tall good-looking guy came in. He had messy black hair, pale blue eyes, and was rather built.
"Derek, this is Bella my roommate, and Rose my childhood friend. Emmet and Edward here are my brothers, and Jasper he's…Rose's brother."
I looked worriedly at Jasper, and saw he was as pale as a ghost, almost shaking. The only thing that kept him on his feet was Rosalie's arm. I felt really sorry for him.
Derek flashed us a small smile, shook the boys' hands, and kissed mine and Rosalie's. Rose, being the loyal sister she is, wiped her hand on the back of her jeans, and gave him a sweet, fake smile.
I tried to smile, I really did, but I was too surprised. I looked at Edward, and saw that he and Emmet had a blank look on their faces, while Jasper looked slightly ill. Rose was pissed. In other words, I think they would have preferred another school play than this certain surprise...
END OF FLASHBACK
In the next week, Alice kept up an ecstatic appearance on the outside, but was miserable on the inside. She couldn't fool us. Derek sure looked like a gentleman at first appearance, but I knew he'd already started pressuring Ali about sex.
She'd told Rose and I. Rose slipped it to Emmet. Emmet was furious, and blamed the whole situation on Jasper. Edward tried not to kill Derek, while making sure Emmet didn't do the same to Jasper as well.
Alice was furious with Rose when she found out we ALL knew, so when we tried to convince her to dump Derek, she turned even more stubborn and decided to go camping with him this weekend.
Hearing what she wanted to do Jasper decided to talk to her.
FLASHBACK
All of us were in Alice and mine's dorm, looking at Alice as she packed her luggage for camping with Derek. The boys looked about ready to tie her to a chair, while Rose and I felt absolutely helpless.
It was when she put her golden negligee in her bag that Jasper finally cracked.
"Please don't go with him, Ali… Please!"
"Why not? Give me one good reason!" She snapped at him.
"He's not right for you, Ali… You can't sleep with him! Please don't do this."
"Oh, yes I can! I can and I will! Just watch me! Actually you can't watch me, but you… Oh whatever! Why am I explaining myself to you anyway? I don't owe you anything!"
Jasper looked helpless. It made me want to go and hug him.
"Alice, this is ridiculous! You always said that you wanted to do this with the right guy, and…"
"And he decided to take my heart and crush it, like it meant nothing, so I will get what I can."
"You will regret it the rest of your life… I know I did." I said quietly.
She looked at me with pleading eyes, trying to get me to understand. And I did. She was angry and hurt.
"Alice, I love you!" Jasper yelled at her.
Alice turned around with a glare. She looked him in the eyes and said, "It's too late for that… I don't want you anymore," before abruptly turning and leaving the room.
END OF FLASHBACK
That night we were all close to losing it. Luckily, around midnight, Ali came back saying that her stomach hurt… I know lame excuse, but at least she was back.
I called Edward to tell him his sister was back. When he came to my room, Alice was in the shower. He looked tired and sad.
"Can I please hug you, Bella?" He asked sadly, looking desperate. He needed this. Hell, he wasn't the only one that needed this.
I nodded, and when I felt his strong arms around my waist crushing me to his body I felt so protected, so complete. He inhaled the scent of my hair and I snuggled closer to him. He kissed my forehead, and I kissed his cheek. He kissed my cheek, and I kissed his jaw.
He started chuckling, and when I lifted my head to look at him, he was studying me with a sweet smile on his face.
"Bella I think I…"
BOOM.
The door of the bathroom slammed hard and a pissed Alice came out in her PJ's. She glared at Edward.
"Glad to see you too, Alice."
"Why don't you stop trying to get into Bella's pants for once, and let me sleep?" She requested in a sickly sweet tone.
"I wasn't trying to get into her pants, Alice, we were just comforting each other after the scare you gave us." Edward said coldly.
"Yeah… Wherever. You can go now." She snapped at him.
I blushed, but didn't leave his arms. I gave him another hug. He bended down to my level and whispered in my ear, "Jasper decided to try to conquer Alice… Just a warning before breakfast, but not everyone is happy about that."
"Emmet?" I asked.
He nodded and let me go.
"Good night, Edward"
"Good night."
The next day
I woke up to the annoying ringing of my cell phone. Apparently someone up there hated me, and decided that it was time to start the day. I look at the ID, but didn't recognize the caller.
"Hello?"
"Hi, girly, it's me!" An enthusiastic voice shrieked on the other side of the phone.
"Me, who?" I asked, confused.
"Who do you think?"
"I don't know… Rose maybe?"
"No, dummy, it's me… Sigrid! I can't believe you don't recognize your childhood friend's voice!" She exclaimed. I could almost see her pouting on the other end.
"Oh, Sig, I'm so sorry… I just woke up, how are you? Are you ok? Did something bad happen?"
"No, nothing bad happened, I'm good. I just wanted to ask you if you could come a day earlier to Vegas to see if everything is going according to our plans."
"What…? OMG! Georgiana's birthday!"
"Please don't tell me you forgot! I mean you obviously did, but how did you? You never forget this type of thing!"
"I am so sorry, but I had so much on my plate that… Let's just say that it's been a chaotic month!"
"Ok, you're forgiven since it's the first time you forgot, but you are coming, right?"
"Yes I will…" I paused for a moment and got up to answer my door, since someone was knocking. In my doorway, stood Jasper looking like someone just killed his puppy. I cast a glance at Alice's bed and saw it was empty. I waved him in.
Feeling creative and daring, I decided to help Jasper a bit, because you can imagine why he looks like that…Alice…Probably.
"Hey, Sig…" at that Jasper's head shot up" "…do you happen to have another five invitations to Georgiana's birthday party?"
"Of course, but for who?" She asked curiously.
"For my new friends from the UOP, you can meet them there!"
"Fine, but will you come earlier?"
"Sig, we finish classes Wednesday around 2 o'clock" I said, looking at Jazz for confirmation. When he nodded, I continued "…I'll come immediately after, but I'm not sure about the others."
"Alright we'll talk in a few days after you speak to the others, so that I know what reservation I have to make."
"Talk to you later, Sig, bye!"
"Bye, Belly, can't wait to see you!"
I hung up and turned to Jasper. He was looking at me with his mouth wide open.
"Mr. Jasper Whitlock you are formally invited to the 19th birthday party of Georgiana Williams!" I said with a grin.
"And the best part, there will be no Derek!"
"Bella Swan, I think I love you!"
"Oh, but you love Alice way more. Therefore you will take advantage of the fact that you are around her without her boyfriend, and you will have an adult conversation with her about what you have to offer, right?" I asked with a glare, causing him to look scared… Awesome.
He looked down, and nodded.
"Jazz, look at me… This is your last chance! If you blow it again, and hurt her, you won't be able to count on me anymore and I will kick your ass."
"Thank you, Bella, for everything." He came and gave me a hug.
"I believe in you guys, you two belong together, but I have a request… If you drink- watch how much you do. We don't want you to end up marrying god-knows-who!"
"Oh Bella I would never marry someone just like that!" He said laughing.
I could not help myself, I started laughing too. Of course he would not do that…
Right?
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