"Bella, wake you ass up! I know you had a long night," she paused here to laugh, "But I love my brunch and you know it. Don't make me come in there!"
Instead of listening to her threat, I pulled the pillow over my head. "You go out there and tell her to shut the fuck up. Some of us don't drink every night and have a hangover." I told my boyfriend.
He laughed as he got out of bed and pulled some pants on. "Some of us? No, baby, just you. Every other college senior is use to drinking on Saturday nights." He leaned down to pull the blanket over me more before heading out to face the devil.
"Alice, she asked me to tell you, and these are her words not mine, to shut the fuck up." Jacob said, and I could hear the grin on his face. If he thought I was above bashing his face in, he was dead wrong. Alice's only reply was a laugh, but she left me alone for another half hour.
When I finally dragged my sorry ass out of bed, swearing to never drink again, a glass of water and medicine was handed to me. I didn't even look at it before tossing it into my mouth and chugging down the water. I went over to the couch and nestled on Jacob's lap.
"Okay, after you get over your hangover, we have to meet my brother. He's in town for once and I haven't seen him in forever. His girlfriend will be there, and she is the only reason I am letting you get over your hangover first. She's such a bitch, and if I wasn't her boyfriend's sister, I'm positive she would think I was trying to steal him from her. That being said, Jacob, you're going. You two will be the loving couple you were when you first started going out."
She took a deep breath when she finally shut up. I hope she knew that I wasn't listening and would have to recap the whole damn speech in the car.
Twenty minutes later we were on our way to my favorite restaurant for lunch. We pulled up next to a huge jeep and I knew Emmett was already here. I'd met Alice's brother the first day of junior year. We'd both decided we wanted an apartment rather than live in the dorms again. Emmett had come to help her move in.
If I hadn't had my heart broken a few months earlier, I might have gone after him. He was cute and had a great personality. By the time I was ready to date, he was the big brother I never had. Which was good I guess, because I wouldn't have Jake then.
I smiled as he squeezed me hand, almost like he knew what I was thinking about. There was only one man who could ever do that before, and I was surprisingly glad that he wasn't the only one to have that title anymore. Actually, he had had a lot of titles that went to him only before he left me. He had been my first everything. First kiss, first boyfriend, first anniversy worth celebrating, and, of course, my first time.
I'd never been more glad to give myself to anyone than I was to Jacob. He had fixed me after Edward left me and he hadn't seemed to mind the extra work it took where any other man would have just given up and moved on.
As we approached the table I could see Emmett's huge frame, which was hiding his girlfriend's. I finally saw her when we were sitting down and I couldn't help but become self-conscious. The girl had beautiful, long blonde hair and a perfect face, with the body to match.
"Alice, Bella, this is Rose, my girlfriend. Rose, you've met Alice. This is her roommate Bella and Bella's boyfriend, Jacob." Emmett introduced. I laughed.
"Em, Bella and I have known each other since freshmen year. It's good to see you Jake, it's been awhile." Rose smiled at us. I laughed. My day just got ten times easier.
Lunch was going well until someone changed the TV station to football. Guess who was playing? Seattle Seahawks. Fuck my life.
"Jesus, Masen is one hell of a player. Did you see that pass? Perfect, fucking perfect." Jacob said, transfixed by the game. Yes, my boyfriend was obsessed with my ex. No, he did not now said person was my ex. And I planned to keep it that way. Still didn't stop me from talking about him.
"I don't like him." There, short and sweet. Just put that out there. It's not like he'll hear you Bella.
"What makes you say that? It's not like you know him." Jacob asked without turning to look at me. Alice saved me from answering. I love my roommate.
"You don't have to know him. He's an asshole. He has a new girl on his arm every damn day." She said this all with an eye roll before talking a small bite out of her food.
"So he's enjoying his fame. What single guy wouldn't? I mean, it's not like those girls are with him for any other reason than him being famous. Maybe if they had a heart, he would stay with them." Jake defended him. I wonder what he would say if he knew?
"Umm, no. That douche went to school here two years ago. The summer before his junior year, he got a freshman girlfriend. They stayed together for two years, before he was anything. The second he got drafted into the NFL, dumped her. Don't tell me she was dating him for his fame and that she didn't have a heart. She was heart-broken. He's the one who doesn't have a heart." Rose explained.
I smiled gratefully at her. She was the only one at the table who knew about my past with Edward Masen. It's not that it was a huge secret. I just never got around to telling Alice, and it seemed almost cruel to kill Jake's man crush on him.
"Whatever Rose. I'm following his footsteps. Quarterback, lead the team to win the Rose Bowl, and then get drafted into the NFL. I'll just be smarter. My girlfriend of two years will be by my side every step of the way and will stay there." Jake smiled at me before hugging me to his giant chest.
"Jake, we've only been together for a year and a half. You better not be cheating on me!" I threw a fry at him before I started laughing. Rose rolled her eyes at my maturity but I saw her crack a smile. She may have been three years older than me, but we all know who won in the maturity department.
Emmett opened his mouth to say something before Alice's phone went off. She looked at the caller ID before rolling her eyes. "What?" She snapped. I almost let my mouth drop. Alice was my happy friend. Never had she been anything other than happy.
"I'm with friends. And Emmett," She paused as she listened to the other person speak, "No, I will not put you on speaker phone, they don't know you. What it wrong with you?" Emmett rolled his eyes before Rose burst out laughing.
"Yes, I did watch it, for once. Yeah, congrats and all that." Alice sighed and started inspecting her nails. She frowned before answering. "Yes I did, that's why I said congrats, dumbass. Did you call Mom and Dad to gloat yet, or are you saving them for after me? Do you want to talk to Emmett now or does he get his own call?"
At that my laughter wouldn't be held in anymore. Alice may have been tiny, but she apparently was fierce when she was annoyed. Without saying goodbye, she hung up and rolled her eyes at Emmett.
"So, who was that?" Rose asked nosily. Not that it wasn't on the tip of my tongue or anything.
"Nobody."
"Oh please, Cullen, if that was nobody you wouldn't have been so pissy at them." I pointed out.
"That was our brother. And the reason I was so pissy at him was because the only time he ever calls is to shove his life down my throat. I'm tired of it and as his younger sister, I don't think I should have to deal with it."
"I didn't know you had another brother." Jake said.
Emmett nodded. "Yeah, we deny him though. He's a total ass nowadays and not even I have the patience to deal with him anymore. The only reason our parents can is because of that whole uncondtional love crap, which does not extend to siblings."
I raised my eyebrow as we stood up to leave. Emmett and Alice were the two most patient people I've ever met, and that's saying a lot.
We all ended up spending the day together and decided to crash at my apartment. I say my because Alice was usually at her boyfriend's place. He, however, decided to come over to ours instead. It was some sort of holiday tomorrow so there would be no classes, which to Alice meant that everyone was getting drunk tonight.
I tried to protest, my hangover was still fresh in my mind, but with five people threatening to force the alcohol down my throat, I agreed. It was just better to go willingly.
About a courter past midnight and halfway through our third vodka bottle I went searching in my room for a blanket. For some reason it was always freezing in our apartment at night and we never understood why. The heater just didn't seem to work after the clock hit twelve.
I heard the doorbell ring and Rose trip over Emmett trying to answer it. After they both burst into giggles Alice grunted as she heaved herself from the ground and stalked towards the door.
"What are you doing here and what happened to your arm?"Alice shrieked. I heard someone answer before the door shut and all of a sudden there were no sounds coming from the living room.
"Babe! Come out here, you'll never fucking guess who Alice and Emmett are related to!" I heard Jake call to me. I made my way down the hallway wrapped up in the warmest blanket I had. I still didn't hear a damn thing from anybody.
As I walked into the living room, I found out why. Edward fucking Masen was sitting on my couch, in my apartment, next to my best friend and my boyfriend and looking at me like I had grown three heads. I wasn't the one with a broken arm and a fucked up face.
I stalked over to the coffee table and chugged the rest of my drink. No fucking way was I drunk enough to deal with this shit.