Author's Note:
Disclaimer: No copyright infringement intended I only wish I owned Twilight!
As soon as we got home we all grabbed a bottle of mineral water and settled in the living room to talk about the events of the night.
I gave them a brief rundown on Riley and what we talked about and that seemed to satisfy them, for now at least.
"So all I really wanna know Bells is do you like him?" Rose asked me.
I took a deep breath, "Of course I do Rose, he's a really nice guy" I replied.
They shared a knowing look and then turned their gaze to me.
"Do you really like him though?" Alice questioned.
I paused. "Yes."
"Isabella Marie Swan" Rose warned, "You're a shit liar and you know it" she scolded.
This is the only problem with best friends they know you so well, too well. Plus Rose is right I am a shit liar, the world's worst probably.
I sighed unable to find the right words; I knew if I said what I was feeling out loud I wouldn't be able to take it back. If I kept it to myself I could just stay in denial, I liked denial.
"You like Edward" Alice stated staring at me to gauge my reaction, "You wish it was Edward that had asked for your number and asked you on a date."
"Fuck is it that obvious? Was I obvious?" I asked putting my head in my hands.
"Kind of" Rose told me with an apologetic look, "Only to us because we know you so well though. I don't think Emmett could tell."
"I'm pretty sure that you'll find that's because he was distracted" I retorted with a smirk.
She just giggled.
"Jazz noticed" Alice interrupted, "But he also noticed that Edward seemed none too happy about Riley asking you out. You should have seen Edward when you were sitting at the bar with him."
"Why? What did he say?" I asked, my curiosity getting the better of me.
"He just kept glaring at Riley, he was worried about you. He was pissing Tanya off to the extreme" Alice replied with a smirk.
"This is totally ridiculous" I huffed, "I shouldn't be feeling like this. I've only known him for one freaking day."
"It happens" Alice said softly, "That's what it was like for me and Jasper."
"I think you should give Riley a chance though Bells, you never know" Rose said.
Not much after that we all headed for bed, where I slept fitfully, dreaming always of Edward.
The next day...
Thankfully when I woke up the next morning I was hangover free, always a bonus after a night on the town. I put on my robe and padded to the kitchen where Alice was up and making breakfast.
"Rose not up then?" I asked with a smile.
Alice laughed, "Do I even need to answer that?"
"Nope" I replied popping the p. Rose is not a morning person, and when I say that I mean she is a super mega bitch if you wake her up before she's ready to. If she's getting up on her own accord, either for work or the gym its fine, but interrupt her sleep in and she'll bite your head off.
"What have you got planned for the day?" I asked Alice us both an orange juice.
"Well there's a sale on at the mall..."
She didn't need to say any more than that; I knew exactly how she'd want to spend the day, the whole day.
"Shopping then?" I teased.
"You know it Bells" she grinned handing me a plate of pancakes. "I spoke to Jazz this morning and he and the guys have invited us round for pizza and movies tonight if you're keen?" she asked me.
"That could be fun" I replied cautiously.
"Tanya won't be there" Alice said knowing why I had hesitated, "She's got some party to go to."
"Oh okay" I replied. That probably meant Edward wouldn't be there then, that made me feel more disappointed than I should.
"Edward will be there though" she added smiling.
"Morning" Rose said as she walked into the kitchen.
"Morning" we both greeted her.
"Plan for today?" she asked grabbing a plate of food and joining us at the breakfast bar.
"Shopping and pizza/movie night with the guys" Alice said through a mouthful of pancakes.
"Sweet, Emmett text me bout that already" Rose replied, "Will Tanya be there?" she asked, she seemed almost hopeful. Rose would definitely be more than capable of putting her in her place.
"No way" Alice replied.
"Even better then, now Allie you have to spill on what their deal is."
"I'm guessing they are Edward and Tanya?" Alice asked for confirmation.
"You know it" Rose said.
"From what Jazz has said they broke up a while back for a few months, when I say they I mean Edward dumped her" Alice informed us.
"Why?" Rose asked. I was glad Rose was asking all the questions.
"I'm not totally sure; I think it was because of the jealous behaviour and the drama. Both of which we witnessed last night. I'm not sure why he took her back though" Alice continued. "There's totally something off with her that I can't quite put my finger on."
"I know what you mean" Rose said.
"Who knows though really" Alice replied, "I just hope she's not doing the dirty on him, Edward is such a nice person and he doesn't deserve that."
Later that day...
Our shopping trip was as Alice put it a complete success, I managed to find a lot of things I wanted to buy which was a first and of course Alice and Rose wouldn't let me pay for a cent of it. I had learnt to not argue with them, once I had put up a fight and refused to let them buy me a ridiculously expensive dress. A few days later it mysteriously showed up in my closet. Neither of them knew how it got there of course.
We all dressed slightly more casually for tonight but still dressy at the same time because in Rose's words you never know where the night may take us. That was code for we may end up at a bar/club so we better make sure we dress the part.
We were all wearing dark skinny jeans, mine were teamed with a purple top with a V neck and rouched sleeves, I decided to wear black boots since it was as usual raining. Alice and Rose both gave the outfit their seal of approval. I pinned my hair half back so it would be out of my face and went for slightly more subtle make up than last night.
Alice was wearing black skinny jeans with a yellow silk V necked top; the top had short sleeves and a tie around the waist. She had also gone for boots tonight and had pulled her hair into a pony.
Rose wore her jeans with a black embellished sleeveless top and pumps; she left her long blonde hair down and straightened it.
After a quick check in the mirror, we looked damn good! We were ready to make our way to the guy's apartment. Rose called a cab and within no time it had arrived and dropped us off.
Their apartment building was about a five minute drive away and was pretty similar to ours. After being buzzed in we took the lift up to the tenth and top floor, where I discovered that their apartment was more like the penthouse. It turned out it was.
Jasper answered the door; "Y'all look lovely ladies" he told us purposefully adding more of a southern twang than normal to his voice.
"Thanks" Alice giggled as he kissed her cheek.
"C'mon in" Jasper said holding the door open for us all.
Edward and Emmett were sitting on the sofa watching something on the TV, they both looked up when we walked in and Edward's smile was dazzling. He was so good looking it hurt to look at him, my heart began to thump erratically in my chest.
"Hey Bella" he greeted me.
"Hi Edward" I replied, trying to breathe like a normal human being.
We ordered pizzas and while we were waiting we chatted and joked around picking out movies to watch. It was nice getting to know them all a bit better since last night we hadn't really had much of a chance.
Emmett and Edward grew up on the outskirts of Seattle with their parents Carlisle, a doctor and Esme an interior designer. Emmett is the older sibling, Edward the youngest. Jasper moved in to the house next door to them from when he was five years old with his parents Wyatt and Leanne. They had decided to move to Seattle from Texas, they boys had been best friends ever since.
The pizza arrived and after Emmett devoured one all to himself I was beginning to believe what Jasper and Edward had said.
We grabbed extra beers and wine coolers and put the movie the Hangover on. I was sitting between Rose and Edward on the sofa. I was hyper aware of him, I could feel the electricity between us and it was making me nervous.
I could barely even concentrate on the movie; I spent the entire time trying to keep my breathing even. How was he having this effect on me? I couldn't wrap my head around it; all I knew was that I liked him, too much. He already had me - he had me the first moment I laid eyes on him. I felt more for him than he would ever feel for me and that realisation hurt more than it should have.