Author's note: New Years Eve has arrived, enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight or it's characters
Chapter Songs: Solar Midnite – Lupe Fiasco, Night of Your Life – J Williams, Till the World Ends – Britney Spears, Born This Way – Lady Gaga and Firework – Katy Perry.
He crashed his lips to mine, trying to force his tongue into my mouth. I pushed him away using all of my strength.
"What the fuck do you think you're doing?" I screeched at him.
"Changing your mind hopefully" he replied looking pleased with himself. "You can't tell me you didn't feel anything just now Bella, I know you did" he said smugly.
And that was the point where I decked him in the jaw.
"Owwwwwww" I cried shaking my fist.
"Why did you hit me?" he asked confused, obviously I hadn't hurt him at all.
"Because" I growled, my teeth gritted together due to the pain. "The only thing I felt was anger and shock" I replied before storming off.
"Bella wait, wait up" he shouted running after me.
"Fuck off Jacob" I spat.
When I came into view of the house Edward and Charlie saw me, obviously they had heard my yelling. They both came running over to me.
"What happened Bella?" asked Edward panicky.
"Bells honey are you okay?" asked Charlie.
I threw myself into Edward's arms. "She hit me" Jacob told them, "I think maybe she broke her hand."
"Why did you hit him Bells?" asked Charlie his brow furrowed.
"Because he kissed me" I spat out. "Without my permission."
I heard a low growl and Edward's arm released me. He walked over to Jacob and grabbed the collar of his tee shirt.
"Don't you ever fucking touch her again" he growled, he was furious and defending my honour. If I hadn't been in so much pain I would have been able to appreciate how sexy he was when he was mad.
"And here's a helpful tip, maybe you should have waited for her to ask you" he growled.
"She will ask one day, when she's sick of you" Jacob retorted.
Edward's grip on Jacob's shirt tightened, "Alright boys that's enough now" Charlie stepped in going into police chief mode.
"You aren't going to let him get away with this are you Charlie?" asked Jacob.
It was Charlie's turn to be mad "Leave now Jacob. Before I charge you with assaulting my daughter" he demanded.
Reluctantly Jacob walked over to his bike, jammed on his helmet and sped off. "Are you okay honey?" asked Charlie.
"I'm fine" I replied in a small voice.
Edward strode over to me and gently held my sore hand, "Can you flex your fingers Bella?" he asked me.
I wiggled my fingers for him "It doesn't feel broken, trust me I'd know."
He smiled at me; it was a strained smile, a smile that worried me.
"Okay let's hit the road then" Edward said reluctantly, "If you're sure you don't want Carlisle to take a look at?"
I shook my head; the last thing I wanted was to explain to Edward's parents what had happened.
We left for Seattle after I promised Charlie I would let him know immediately if Jacob continued to bother me.
"Are you okay sweetheart?" Edward asked just outside Forks, pulling the car over to the side of the road.
"Yeah, are you okay?" I asked my brow creased with worry.
He took my face gently in his hands, "Bella, I'm upset that you are upset, I'm angry that Jacob took advantage of you, but I can handle that as long as I know that you are okay" he breathed "You don't need to ask me if I'm okay."
"I am okay, I'm angry, I'm confused, and I don't know what to do" I said biting my lip.
"About what sweetheart?" he asked, his gaze not leaving mine.
"About Jacob" I whispered, "I don't know that I can be friends with him again, this side I saw to him, it's not the friend I know and have known for all this time."
"I know" he said soothingly, "But I promise Bella, it'll all work out and whatever you decide I'll support you" he said before kissing me on the forehead.
That helped a lot to know that Edward wouldn't be angry at me if I did decide to forgive Jacob, this was another moment where Edward had proved to me just how damn lucky I was to have him, I was certain I didn't deserve someone so wonderful.
"Ready to head for home?" he asked me with a smile.
"Hell yes" I replied.
The drive didn't take long; thankfully Edward didn't bring up what had happened today again. He always seemed to sense when I needed to be distracted from something like this.
I think he had also probably realised that we would have to explain in great detail what had gone down today when we arrived home.
Alice being Alice would notice straight away that A: we had taken far longer than them to get home and B: it wasn't hard to read my facial expressions, I was certain I would give it away and C: the fact that my hand was still badly swollen.
Sure enough when we pulled up outside and Edward helped me lug my bags inside they were all in the living room waiting to pounce.
"You two took a while, were you admiring the view?" asked Emmett in a suggestive tone winking at us.
"Holy crap Bella what happened to your hand?" Alice demanded jumping up for a closer look. "Are you okay? It looks so sore!"
"Get into a fight defending little Eddie?" teased Emmett.
"Defending herself more like" Edward replied putting his arm around me and guiding me towards the sofa.
"Spill" said Rose eyeing us both up.
I launched into the events of this afternoon, providing all the details I knew they wanted.
"Jacob showed up to talk" I told them, I could feel my anger towards him surfacing again, "Apparently he couldn't pick up the damn phone or answer a text it was far more convenient for him to show up and accost me."
All eyes were still expectantly on me so I carried on "So we went for a short walk just to the edge of the woods, he said some crap about wanting to tell me something that might change my mind, he put the guilt trip on again so I decided to hear him out."
"I closed my eyes preparing for the whole it's your fault speech and when he didn't reply I opened my eyes. When I did..." I paused.
"Don't leave us hanging!" cried Alice.
"When I did it was too late to stop him, he kissed me."
"That rat bastard!" screeched Rose.
"And that was about the time when I socked him in the jaw" I said wincing as I felt a twinge of pain in my hand.
"You hit him?" asked Alice completely shocked.
"Damn right she hit him, and he bloody well deserved it too" Rose retorted, "And if it was me it wouldn't be the only place where I'd hit him."
"I don't doubt that for a second" replied Jasper grinning at Rose.
"Man Bells your hand looks damn sore, I'd love to see his face, did you do any damage?" Emmett asked eagerly.
"No it certainly didn't look that way" I replied sheepishly.
Emmett chuckled, "It's alright little sis, I'm sure he knew what you meant to do" he grinned at me.
After everyone finally managed to calm down and had finished questioning me on all the minor details Emmett ordered some pizzas and put on a movie, his favourite, The Hangover.
Later that night I was cuddled up in bed with Edward, oh how I had missed lying in bed safely wrapped in his strong, muscled arms.
"I missed this" he breathed.
"Me too" I sighed happily right before he captured my lips with his.
Edward was officially the best kisser in the world, every time he kissed me I all but melted. My brain became mush and speech was not possible.
Tonight was no exception, his tongue expertly dancing with mine as he pulled me closer to him before rolling over so he was hovering over me.
We still hadn't had sex yet but if it compared at all to our make out sessions I knew I wasn't going to be at all disappointed.
Panting slightly he pulled away from my lips, even in the dark I could see the lust in his hooded gaze and I could feel it too, if you get what I mean!
Gently he lay down next to me and pulled me back into his arms. I took the opportunity to kiss him again.
Groaning he pulled away "Bella you have no idea what your kisses do to me" he said huskily.
"If it does the same to you as it does to me I think I have a fair idea" I breathed.
He groaned again, "I want to show you exactly what you do to me Bella, but I want it to be special, preferably alone somewhere without friends and siblings on the other side of the wall" he said kissing my lips gently.
"I can't wait" I told him suggestively.
When we woke the next morning it was New Year's Eve, Edward being the amazing boyfriend that he is woke up before me and when I woke he was nowhere in sight.
I spied a piece of folded up paper lying on his pillow.
Good morning my beautiful Bella
Breakfast in bed is on its way so keep the bed warm for me xo
I barely had time to smooth my hair before Edward pushed the door open carrying a tray of French Toast with bacon and strawberries and two orange juices.
He grinned at me "Good morning sweetheart."
"Mmmm morning, what did I do to deserve this?" I asked.
He set the tray down, closed the door and walked over to the bed joining me once more. He kissed the tip of my nose "Just by being you my beautiful Bella, you bring out this romantic side of me" he chuckled.
"Well I'll make sure to always bring out that side of you then" I replied kissing him on the lips.
We spent most of the day just quietly enjoying each other's company before we were interrupted by the rest of our friends bursting into the living room nosily.
"So what should we do tonight?" asked Alice settling on the sofa next to me.
"You mean the little pixie hasn't already made plans for us?" asked Emmett in mock shock.
"Oh ha ha" replied Alice with a grin as she threw a pillow at Emmett's head.
"No seriously she hasn't" Jasper answered Emmett, "But she must be rubbing off on me because I have an idea."
"Well let's hear it Jazz man" prompted Emmett.
"Okay so I was thinking it's been a while since we all just hung out here and drank together. It'd be kind of nice to do that then maybe hit up a club later on to countdown to the New Year" he said shrugging his shoulders.
"That's a great idea Jazzy" said Alice proudly kissing his softly.
We all agreed it would definitely be fun to just hang out in our little group so it was settled, drinks then club.
Alice insisted we should all get dressed up since it was New Years after all so we made plans that Edward and I would be in charge of purchasing the food for our little party, Rose and Emmett would handle the alcohol and Alice and Jasper would deal with the decorations.
With that we all went our separate ways and when we returned Alice with the help of her loyal assistant Jasper, had transformed the boys house with a multitude of fairy lights and left over decorations from my birthday.
We girls then headed next door to get ready, Alice and Rose once again played cosmetician and hairdresser so really I didn't have to do anything except dress myself.
We all agreed that although it was cold really we weren't going to be spending a lot of time outdoors so it would be fun to wear cocktail dresses. Yes they were definitely rubbing off on me, there was a time not so long ago where cocktail dresses, winter and fun would have never been in the same sentence in my world.
Alice had picked out a dress from her closet that she hadn't yet worn. The dress was gorgeous; it was royal blue silk organza ruffled halter dress with a black contrasting pleated waistband.
The back was open and the neck line a low V, Jasper was sure to drool. She teamed it with towering strappy back sparkly heels and matching jewellery. She left her hair down a poker straight.
Rosalie was wearing a black, aqua and blue strapless dress, the top half was black, and the skirt was made up of an aqua coloured band and a blue band at the bottom. She had her blonde hair out in waves and was wearing stilettos in the same blue that was on her dress.
As for me I was wearing a black silk one shoulder sequinned cocktail dress with gold heels. Rose who was in charge of my hair had left it fairly natural and Alice did my makeup.
When we were finally ready we grabbed our thick winter coats and made our way back over to the boys place. This was no easy feat considering the ground was icy and I was wearing massively high heels.
Sure enough they were waiting for us in the living room. When Edward saw me he strode over with an appraising look on his face.
"You look beautiful my Bella" he said taking my face in his hands and kissing me.
"Thanks" I replied shyly.
We headed over to join the rest of our little group who were settling in to play some drinking game that Emmett was insisting we play.
"Alrighty" he said rubbing his hands together, "It's called the Circle of Death."
Jasper groaned loudly, "Aw Em please lets pick another game."
"No freaking way Jazz" replied Emmett with a mischievous grin.
I glanced at Edward, "Last time we played this Jasper got utterly trashed and ended up wearing some of Alice's clothes" he chuckled.
"And that my friends is why we are playing this game" ordered Emmett. "Right so do we all know the rules?" he asked.
"Don't you have them written down somewhere?" Alice asked Emmett.
"Oh right, hang on" he replied jumping up and rummaging through the draw in the coffee table. "Sweet here they are" he said handing them to me for a look.
Lay all the cards out, face down in a circle, with the cup in the middle. Start with one person drawing a card out of the deck, and continue pulling until the fourth king has been pulled or all the cards are gone, your choice. The person must do something corresponding to the card they pulled as follows:
1-6 - If it's red, you must drink. If it's black, give out that many drinks times two (i.e. a black 4 pass out 8 to whoever you want.)
7 - Ladies drink
8 - Gentlemen drink
9 - Rhyme: pick a word and start going around the circle rhyming with it. The first to pause, repeat a word or say something that doesn't rhyme must drink.
10 - Ahead: the person to your left must drink.
Jack - Back: the person to your right must drink.
Queen - Category: pick something general like beer types or condom types, and start going around the circle, same rules as rhyming. The first to pause, repeat or screw up must drink.
King - The first three people to pull kings may pour as much beer into the cup in the middle as he or she wants. The person to pull the forth king must drink everything in the cup.
Ace - Waterfall: whoever pulls the card designates which way the waterfall is going (to the right or left). Everyone starts drinking at the same time, when the person who pulls the card stops, whichever way the waterfall is going you must stop drinking in that order (i.e. if the waterfall is going to the left, when the person who pulled the card stops, the person on their left may stop and then the person on their left may stop, etc.)
I could see why Jasper wasn't keen to play this game, I wasn't so keen myself!
"Let the game begin!" said Emmett clapping his hands loudly. "Rosie you can start" he said.
"You are so going down Emmett Cullen" she said confidently pulling a card from the circle. "5 Black, hmm so ten drinks to who?" she asked looking pointedly at Emmett.
Emmett gallantly took ten huge gulps of his drink; it was Alice's turn next.
"Oooo I got a queen!" she said happily waving her card around. "So the category is shoe designers! I'll start Malono Blahnik!"
"Ummmmmmm Jimmy Choo?" asked Jasper.
"Oh well done Jazzy!" squealed Alice earning a snigger from Emmett.
"Christian Louboutin" I said confidently, one afternoon Alice had forced me to help her clean out all of her shoes so I was fairly certain I now knew every shoe designer known to man. I glanced at Alice she looked proud and gave me two thumbs up.
"Chuck Taylor" said Edward with a grin.
"Ummmmm" Emmett squirmed. "Damn umm" finally he gave up and took a gulp of his drink.
Laughing Rose informed him he could have looked at the shoes he was wearing as Nike does design shoes.
"You could have told me that Rosie" he replied with a pout.
Slowly I selected a card from the circle, a king. I held it up "Ah you have to pour some of you drink into the middle glass Bells" said Jasper.
After doing that it was Edward's turn, he pulled out a Jack meaning I had to drink.
Everyone groaned when Emmett pulled a card, it was an Ace meaning we all had drink and keep drinking until Emmett stopped.
We played for a few hours, everyone picked on Emmett and he in turn on Jasper so they were by far the drunkest.
"So how did Jasper end up in Alice's clothes?" I asked Edward confused.
He laughed loudly "Well the game kind of turned into truth or dare" he said lowering his tone so the others wouldn't hear.
"Truth or dare?" asked Emmett excitedly, "Are we going to play that next?" he asked.
"No" said Rose firmly, "Actually the cab will be here in a few."
We all scrambled to grab our coats and straighten ourselves up. Then we headed downtown to the New Moon night club, when we arrived the club was packed.
After grabbing a drink we headed to the dance floor and Alice, Rose and I went to dance.
Till the World Ends by Britney Spears came on and since we were all pretty drunk we let loose.
Watch Me Move When I Loose When I Lose It Hard
Get You Off With The Touch Dancing In The Dark
You Notice What I'm Wearin'
I'm Noticin' You Starin'
You Know That I Can Take It To The Next Level Ba-by
Harder Than The A-list
Next One On My Hit List
Jasper soon joined us fist pumping and jumping up and down and singing along.
I Can't Take It Take It Take No More
Never Felt Like Felt Like This Before
C'mon Get Me Get Me On The Floor
DJ What You What You Waitin' For...
WOAH OH OH OH OH OH WOAH OH OH OH..
See The Sunlight
We Ain't Stoppin'
Keep On Dancing Till The World Ends
If You Feel It Let It Happen
Keep On Dancing Till The World Ends
Keep On Dancing Till The World Ends
Keep On Dancing Till The World Ends
WOAH OH OH OH OH OH WOAH OH OH OH...
Jasper was now waving his hands in the air and shouting out the lyrics.
Rose and I were in fits of laughter, "Shit, look at him Bells" shrieked Rose as he started trying to dance with Alice grabbing her hands and pulling her around the dance floor.
When the song ended Jasper looked disappointed and Alice looked relieved.
Top of Form
It doesn't matter if you love him or capital H-I-M
Just put your paws up
'Cause you were born this way, baby
"I love this song!" announced a drunk Rose grabbing me and making me dance with her.
My mama told me when I was young
We are all born superstars
She rolled my hair and put my lipstick on
In the glass of her boudoir
There's nothin' wrong with lovin' who you are
She said, 'cause He made you perfect, babe
So hold your head up, girl and you you'll go far
Listen to me when I say
We sang along loudly, Rose began to flick her hair around.
Ooh, there ain't no other way, baby, I was born this way
Baby, I was born this way
Ooh, there ain't no other way, baby, I was born this way
I'm on the right track, baby, I was born this way
We both kind of went crazy flowing Jasper's lead and jumping around, although somehow I don't think we looked as ridiculous as he did.
Don't be a drag, just be a queen
Don't be a drag, just be a queen
Don't be a drag, just be a queen
Don't be
Give yourself prudence and love your friends
Subway kid, rejoice of truth
In the religion of the insecure
I must be myself, respect my youth
A different lover is not a sin
Believe capital H-I-M
I love my life, I love this record and
Mi amore vole fe yah
I'm beautiful in my way,
'Cause God makes no mistakes
I'm on the right track, baby
I was born this way
Don't hide yourself in regret,
Just love yourself and you're set
I'm on the right track, baby
I was born this way
We both started shouting the lyrics and getting more and more into the song, creating some new dance moves.
I'm beautiful in my way
'Cause God makes no mistakes
I'm on the right track, baby
I was born this way
Don't hide yourself in regret,
Just love yourself and you're set
I'm on the right track, baby
I was born this way, yeah
Ooh, there ain't no other way, baby, I was born this way
Baby, I was born this way
Ooh, there ain't no other way, baby, I was born this way
I'm on the right track, baby, I was born this way
I was born this way, hey
I was born this way, hey
I'm on the right track, baby, I was born this way, hey
I was born this way, hey
I was born this way, hey
I'm on the right track, baby, I was born this way, hey
The song ended and the DJ spoke over the loud speakers, "Last song before the countdown to 2011! So grab your partner and get ready!" he boomed.
I made my way over to Edward as Katy Perry's Firework began to play. He pulled me in tight to him, "I loved you dance moves" he said huskily.
Right well that confirmed I didn't look like an idiot after all. "Thanks" I replied looking up at him under my eyelashes.
"Dammit Bella" he said kissing me roughly, "You have no idea what you do to me" he said looking intensely into my eyes.
The music abruptly ended: "Here we go!" shouted the DJ, "Ten, nine, eight, seven" we all chanted along with him, "Six, five, four, three, two, one! Happy New Years!" the whole club shouted.
Edward turned my face to his and kissed me. "Happy New Year my Bella" he said resting his forehead on mine.
"Happy New Year Edward" and I knew it would be.