BPOV
I woke up the morning of my birthday wrapped in Jasper's arms. We have finally gone to sleep around 3, and I was waking up at 9 for some reason. That reason became evident when I heard the banging on our door.
"Our friends suck." Jasper moaned, removing one of his arms from my waist to throw it over his eyes.
"Just Alice," I groaned, knowing full well that she was behind this.
Getting up, I let everyone into our suite, glaring at Alice.
"What?" She asked innocently.
"Jazz and I were up until like 3," I said, adding, "Writing a song!" In response to Emmett's raised eyebrow. "And I know only you would be behind waking me up at 9 AM, on a Saturday that just happens to be my birthday.
"We have a lot to do today! Besides, the boys wanted to give you your gifts before we go out. Rose and I's gift to you is this weekend, the hotel and all its amenities and we're treating you to the shopping trip this morning."
"I know. And it's the best gift I've ever received."
"Wait until you see what the boys got you then," Rose said as Jasper walked out of the bedroom area in just his pajama pants. I couldn't help but stare a little bit. My boyfriend was a gorgeous man.
"Bells! You have to open my gift first!" Emmett said, acting like an excited three year old. He shoved a huge basket at me, and I opened it right away.
The first thing I pulled out was two t-shirts bundled together. One was black and had "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." written on it in white several times. The other was a blue v-neck listing the stereotypes of the Breakfast Club. The package also contained a clock made to resemble an old-school vinyl record, a blue Uglydoll, a necklace with two dogtags, one reading I (heart) Emmett, and the other having a picture of the two of us, me on his back, in the Forks park from the summer. I laughed at this. Only Emmett.
"Are you trying to make me fat?" I asked as I pulled out a ridiculous amount of candy, followed by what Emmett explained was a ticket stub diary.
"I was snooping in your room and found your envelope full of concert tickets. I figured you could use somewhere safe to put them all." I smiled gratefully as I flipped it open, only to see two tickets on the first page. One for an upcoming We The Kings concert, the other for an All Time Low concert.
I squealed before throwing myself into his arms. "Thank you so much Emmett. This gift is amazing."
"Just like you," he responded, squeezing me tightly before letting me go.
"Okay, now my turn!" Edward said, nearly as excited as Emmett had been, which was strange for him. He was normally a very calm person.
He handed me a card, which I opened slowly, giving him a strange look. There was what seemed to be a picture face down in the card, but I read the card before looking at it.
Bella,
I can't tell you how unbelievably happy I am that you've come back to Forks. I was missing one of my best friends for years, and now you are back, and such an incredible person. You grew to be so strong, and beautiful, and such a genuinely kind-hearted person. I know you've had a hard life for the past few years, and I hope that being back with us is helping to make up for it. I am so proud of you for getting through what you did, and having the courage to escape it. I am also so glad that you made the decision to come back to Forks and to continue your friendship with Emmett and myself. So thank you for being you. I love you. You are my sister. Always. Happy birthday!
Love,
Edward.
I was tearing up by the time I finished reading what he had written. I was hugging him before I even knew what he had gotten me.
"Bella, sweetie, you don't even know what I got you yet," he chuckled, pulling away from me slightly to hand me the picture.
In the picture were five puppies that I recognized as Norwegian Elkhounds – the breed I had wanted since childhood. I glanced at Edward questioningly.
Pointing to one of the puppies he said, "He's yours. We can pick him up from the breeder on our way home tomorrow."
"You got me a puppy?" I asked in disbelief.
"Bella, you've wanted a Norwegian Elkhound since we were four. So, when my mom told me about her friend that breeds them, I decided it would be the perfect birthday gift for you."
Squealing, I threw myself into his arms again. "You got me a puppy! Oh my God. Guys, he got me a puppy!"
I beamed as Alice announced that everyone get ready for the day, and turned to Jasper happily once we were alone.
He kissed me soundly, saying, "Happy birthday, Darlin'" as he pulled away.
"Thank you," I responded happily.
"You'll have to forgive me, but last night I had a sudden change of heart about your gift. I know exactly what I want to get you now, but I'm going to need to purchase it while we're out shopping today. Can you wait to get it until later today?"
"Of course baby," I replied, kissing him quickly. "But we need to get ready before Alice decides to kill us."
He agreed, and I got dressed quickly while he showered, knowing Alice would make me shower later anyway. I threw my hair into a messy bun and slipped my feet into some Vans as Jasper stepped out of the bathroom, fully dressed.
"You ready?" He asked as he pulled on his shoes.
"Just gotta brush my teeth," I did so, and we headed to Alice's room before leaving for the mall.
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We got to the mall quickly, and Alice and Rose immediately shooed the boys away, and dragged me into the nearest dress store.
"Can I talk to you guys about something?" I asked as I browsed dresses between Rose and Alice.
"Of course," Rose answered. "You can tell us anything."
"Well, I don't really want to talk to you guys about something. It's more me asking. But, um, after we find dresses, could we maybe go to a lingerie store? After last night I am so beyond ready to give myself to Jasper completely, and I want to do it properly."
"Ohmygod!" Alice squealed, drawing a lot of attention to us. "Finally! We aren't going to find anything here. Let's go now!"
And with that I was dragged to the nearest Victoria's Secret, where Alice deemed that I found the perfect "let's seduce Jasper" getup.
"Although let's face it. He's a teenage boy, and he's in love with you. It really wouldn't take much to get him to sleep with you," Rose laughed as we left the store and made our way to a dress store.
After about an hour of searching, we had all found great outfits for the night and shoes to go with our dresses.
"Okay, now we need to find the boys, and make sure they buy clothes that will match what we're wearing," Alice said, pulling out her phone to call Edward.
"Can we meet them in the food court? I'm starving," I complained, causing both of them to roll their eyes.
"What? I didn't get to eat breakfast!" I pouted.
We met the boys in the food court, grabbing food before Alice dragged the guys around the mall, finding what she deemed to be the perfect outfits for them.
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We got back to the hotel around one, thanks to Alice getting us all up early, and her superb shopping talents.
"Okay," Alice started. "Bella. Rose and I are going to the spa. I know spas aren't really your thing, so you can come with us if you want, or you can chill here with the guys,"
"I'm going to hang out with the boys," I said, knowing my friends would understand my desire to spend extra time with my two oldest friends and my boyfriend.
They both left, and Emmett announced that he wanted to swim. We all agreed to meet in the pool in 15 minutes, before making our ways to our respective rooms.
Jasper and I walked into our room, and I grabbed the bathing suit Alice had packed for me before making my way into the bathroom to change into it. I pulled on the bikini quickly, noticing the bandeau top and the colourful polka dots on the black background before making sure Jasper was done changing and exiting the bathroom.
Jasper was dressed in black board shorts, and, as they had been every time we had gone swimming this summer, my eyes were immediately drawn to his tanned, sculpted chest.
Knowing he would make a comment if I didn't peel my eyes away, I forced myself to look at Jasper's face. Gorgeous, but seen much more often than the abs.
"I want to give you your gift before we go downstairs," he said, smiling nervously.
We sat down on the bed, and Jasper started talking. "Last night, when we were writing that song, I realized something. I love you. I am totally and completely in love with you. I want to spend the rest of my life with you. And I know we're way too young to get married, but I wanted to give you something that would prove how much you mean to me. So I bought you this," He opened the small box in his hand to reveal a gorgeous diamond ring. It had a flower shape made with what seemed to be diamonds, with several round stones that I could only assume to be more diamonds set in the band.
I gasped as Jasper continued, "It's a promise ring. It basically signifies that I love you, and I want to spend forever with you. You wear it on your right hand," he said as he slipped the ring onto my right ring finger, "and, hopefully, one day, you can switch it to your left hand," he finished, smiling softly.
I had tears in my eyes at this point, and I admired the ring briefly before throwing myself into Jasper's arms and kissing him fiercely.
Pulling away, I spoke softly, "This is the most romantic, incredible gift I have ever received. I love it. I love you. Thank you, Jazz." I kissed him softly again. "I never want to take this off. Unfortunately, we are going swimming with Emmett. And he is a crazy person. And I'd rather take the ring off for a couple hours than lose it permanently because of that dumbass."
He laughed before we got up and made our way down to the hotel pool, after I had taken the ring off of course.
"About time!" Emmett exclaimed as we walked in. "I've been stuck down here with only Edward for company forever!"
"Hey!" Edward exclaimed. "If anyone was stuck with anyone, I was stuck with you. You brought down your iPod speakers and tried to convince me that Justin Bieber was a legitimate artist. Through force. My ears are still ringing."
I laughed, before fishing my own iPod out of the bag I had brought down and putting it on shuffle after plugging it into Emmett's speakers, All Time Low's Bad Enough For You blasting out of them.
"There is music we all enjoy on here. Let's just listen to mine." I said, appeasing my two oldest friends.
"Okay then." Emmett started, "Let's swim!" He yelled before throwing me over his shoulder and jumping into the pool.
I emerged from the water, laughing my head off as Jasper and Edward jumped in too.
We spent the next half hour or so just fooling around in the water before two girls, looking to be about our age, maybe a year or so younger, shooting us, or, more specifically, me, a dirty look before laying their towels on two of the lounge chairs under the sun roof and laying down on them.
I rolled my eyes, continuing to hang out with my boys, even though I noticed the frequent glares the girls were sending our way.
Eventually, the guys noticed the glares too.
"What are those girls so angry about?" Emmett asked, surprisingly the first of the three to comment.
"Obviously they want to be hanging out with us, since we're the coolest people here." I joked.
"Nope. They're jealous of you because you're hanging out with the hottest guy in this place," Emmett responded, flexing his biceps.
"Mhmm. That's exactly what it is Emmett." Jasper said, rolling his eyes.
"I'm gonna find out what it is then!" Emmett said, before swimming to the side of the pool near where the girls were sitting.
"Who votes we ditch him here?" Edward suggested.
"I dunno. I kind of want to see how this goes down" Jasper said, smiling lightly.
We watched as the girls smiled seductively at Emmett as he approached, and as Emmett, obviously not noticing (Rosalie was the one to do the original asking out. Emmett is more than a little oblivious), asked them something, presumably why they were glaring at us. The girls eyes turned to me, and they answered Emmett, who seemed to get defensive before coming back over to us and suggesting we leave.
"What did they say?" I asked, curious as to why he was so miffed.
"Nothing. It isn't important," Emmett said heavily. At my pointed look, he continued, "they may have implied that you aren't hot enough to be hanging out with the three of us. Which makes no sense because you're ten billion times hotter than they are!"
I laughed, thanking him before pulling myself out of the pool, only to be joined by Jasper who kissed me in a very pointed fashion.
Pulling away, I said, "Emmett and/or Edward are going to be quite unimpressed with you,"
"They can suck it up," He murmured before kissing me again.
I pulled away again after about a minute. "What time is it? If we have to catch a reservation at seven, I should probably go shower so Alice and Rose can get me ready," I laughed. That laugh quickly faded when I learned that it was a little past three.
"Alice is going to kill me," I said before making a mad dash up to mine and Jasper's room, where her and Rosalie were waiting impatiently for me,
"About freaking time!" Alice exclaimed as I stammered apologies.
I was shoved into the bathroom to shower, and then Alice and Rose set to work making me up for the night out.
"Bella, what's this?" Rose asked as she picked up the box containing the promise ring from Jasper.
"My birthday gift from Jasper," I replied as she opened it.
"Holy shit! You guys are engaged!"
"What? Hell no. We're eighteen. It's a promise ring"
"Oh, thank God," Alice murmured as she continued to put big, loose curls in my hair.
My hair and makeup were finished quickly, and I waited to get dressed until Alice and Rose had finished their hair and makeup as well.
We all changed quickly, and I smiled as the three of us stood side by side in the long bathroom mirror.
"We look seriously hot," I stated.
Alice was wearing a tiny black halter dress with a neckline that dipped to her belly button, and no back except for two flimsy ties that went around the front and were lined in small gold chains. She had styled her hair in its normal spiked style, but had gotten blue put in her bangs at the salon. Her makeup was understated, her eyes lined in black liner and mascara, with a shimmery gold shadow and a pale pink gloss on her lips. She had paired the dress with a pair of royal blue peep toes adorned with gold studs and a gold skull at the toe.
Rose was dressed in a tight red halter dress, with a lacy bust, the hemline descending just far enough to cover her ass. She had paired the dress with a pair of black peep toe cage-style booties. She had done a black smoky-eye, leaving her lips simple in a clear gloss. Her hair had been pulled back into a sleek, high ponytail that brushed in between her shoulder blades.
I was dressed in a tight, short, white spaghetti strap dress that showed a lot of cleavage, had sides that were almost entirely composed of see through lace, and had a zipper that extended the entire back of the dress. I had paired it with a pair of amethyst suede strappy heel contraptions that I was completely in love with. My eyes had been done just enough to make them pop, my lips were painted a dark-ish purple and my hair fell in big curls halfway down my back.
"Okay. Before we leave this room, here." Alice said, tossing Rose and I a knee-length trench coat each. At our questioning looks, she continued, "I don't want anyone to see what we're wearing until we get to the club."
"What about dinner?" Rose asked, probably thinking about Emmett's endless appetite.
"I didn't think about that..." She faltered slightly. "We can just say we don't want to get any food on our dresses," She said, smiling triumphantly.
Laughing, Rose and I pulled on the coats before making our way to the door, and going to Alice and Edward's room, where the boys had gotten ready.
They walked into the room to see all three of the guys sitting on the couch, in their boxers, playing Halo.
Alice cleared her throat loudly, causing them all to jump.
"What the fuck do you think you're doing? I specifically told the three of you to be ready to go by sic fifteen. It is now," She paused to check her phone, "six twenty. Get your asses off of that couch and get them dressed, now."
I laughed as the boys got up and made their way towards the bedroom, Edward practically running, obviously not wanting to get on Alice's bad side.
Less than ten minutes later, the boys made their way into the room, Emmett emerging first dressed in dark blue jeans, a red tee and a white blazer with a pair of white Nikes. Edward came out next, dressed in black straight-leg jeans, a blue and white plaid shirt, and black Vans slip ons. Jasper entered last, dressed in white skinny jeans, a purple JAGK portrait tee, a black vest, and black Cons.
"Finally!" Alice exclaimed, grabbing Edward's hand before leading us all out the door.
"You look really good," I whispered to Jasper as we walked to Edward's car
"As do you. Well, your face and your calves," he smirked.
"What can you do, when Alice is one of your best friends?" I shrugged.
He laughed before helping me into the back seat.
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After dinner, we made our way to the new teen club Alice had mentioned, Eclipse. We walked in, and Alice sent the guys in to get us drinks while the three of us checked our coats.
"Okay, ladies. It's time to knock some socks off," Rose smirked, before the three of us walked into the main area of the club, and to the bar where our boyfriends were clearly getting frustrated waiting for the bartender.
As we approached, the bartender noticed us walking towards the bar and his eyes widened slightly. The guys turned to see what he was looking at, and their jobs dropped as the three of us reached them.
Jasper's arms immediately went to my waist, and he lowered his lips to my ear. "Holy hell, Darlin'. You are beautiful and sexy and magnificent and a million other adjectives that describe beauty,"
I blushed before kissing his cheek.
"I'm not thirsty now. Can we dance?" I asked him as I Wanna Go by Britney Spears started playing.
We spent the next little while dancing, only stopping when water and freedom from the mass of bodies on the dance floor became a necessity. We both grabbed a water at the bar, and made our way to the table we noticed Emmett and Rose sitting at.
"Hey," I said to them as I sat down. "Where are Ali and Edward?"
"Dancing somewhere, I think. I doubt we'll see them again until Alice is ready to leave. This place is pretty incredible though, eh?"
"Yeah, it is. Alice knows her club scene," Jasper agreed, playing with my hair.
"This has been the most incredible birthday I've ever had. Thank you guys, so much," I smiled at my friends, making a mental note to say the same to Alice and Edward later.
"It's been our pleasure Bells. You deserved it." Rose said.
"You needed to have a fantabulous time Belly Bean!" Emmett exclaimed.
I laughed before downing the rest of my water bottle.
"I want to dance again!" I said.
"But I'm tired," Jasper whined. "I can't keep up with you."
I rolled my eyes at him, "Rose?" I asked, looking questioningly at my friend.
"So down," She said and we made our way to the edge of the dance floor closest to where our boyfriends were sitting.
"What do you say we draw some male attention to ourselves to encourage our boyfriends to get off their lazy asses?" Rose whispered in my ear.
I nodded, before we began to dance with each other, alternating between laughing our heads off and trying to be sexier than we would normally try to be.
As stupid as we were being, seeing to girls dancing is something that most teenage boys thoroughly enjoy, and, before long, quite a few guys were surrounding us. A couple of them tried to dance with us, refusing to be shaken off. It was at that point that Emmett and Jasper showed up.
Jasper pulled me against him and began dancing with me.
"You proved your point," he muttered. "Just don't do that again, please."
"You're sexy when you're jealous. Did you know that?" I asked as innocently as possible, causing him to laugh.
"Before long, Alice decided that we should go back to the hotel, and the six of us made our way back, tired but happy.
"Thank you, guys. So much. I couldn't have asked for a better birthday."
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Jasper and I walked back to the hotel room, holding hands in a comfortable silence.
"I just need to change before bed," I said, picking up my duffel bag. "Do you mind unzipping me?" I asked, looking at Jasper through lowered lashed over my shoulder.
"A-all the way?" I stuttered, his voice slightly higher than normal.
"No. About half should be good," I laughed. He unzipped my dress to the lining of my underwear, and I made my way into the bathroom, preparing myself for what I was about to do.
I knew I wanted to do this. But it would hurt if he rejected me. A lot.
I quickly changed, fussing with my hair for a bit before emerging from the bathroom in a light pink baby doll that had a tie under the bust and was "flyaway" see-through down to just above the bottom of the matching underwear.
"Holy fuck, Bells. Are you trying to kill me?" Jasper asked as he caught sight of me, his eyes never quite making it to my face.
"No. I'm trying to seduce you," I responded. "Is it working?"
At his slow nod, I made my way over to my boyfriend to begin what was to be the best night of my life up to that point.
Read and Review please! It would mean so much :) Also, as always, all outfits are on my profile.
Question for this chapter: Who is you favourite band/artist right now? Mine is All Time Low, although The Summer Set just released a fantastic album yesterday, so they're pretty high up there right now :)