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BPOV
We all regrouped in the parking lot. It took a while to attach the hidden camera to a button on the boy's shirts. And then we had to fix the microphone onto their back tooth and put the earpieces in. It felt like we were extra's out of Charlie's Angels or something. We did a few test runs. Emmett and Edward went across the street to test the ranges. We got a picture on the monitors and we heard Emmett talking about ninja's again so we knew that both the microphones and the cameras worked. That was a weight off everyone's shoulders. The butterflies in my stomach were getting worse and worse. I was more nervous than Edward and all I was doing was watching. Alice assured me that everything would go according to plan and she's the psychic so I trusted her.
"It's five to eight. Okay Edward, off you go. Remember, when Jessica comes in for the hug, intercept her with a handshake." Alice was directing from the car window as Edward kissed me good-bye.
"It'll be over before you know it. Then we can go home and watch a DVD together, okay?" He whispered in my ear. His closeness sent chills down my spine. He chuckled and kissed me again. "I'll take that as a yes. I love you."
"I love you too." I stood back and waved him off. I sighed and climbed in the back seat next to Jasper or 'Jezebel' as he would be known for the duration of the evening. I looked at Rosalie in the front seat. She was adjusting her wig in the wing mirror. "Hey Rose. Do we get secret identities as well as Jezebel over here?" I jerked my thumb in his direction. Rose turned to face me with a smile on her face.
"Sure! And I get to pick them right?" I nodded. Her smile grew and her eyes sparkled. "Okay then, Bella, your new name is Fawn. Alice yours is Giselle and mine is Lucinda."
"Cool! Just call me Elle for short." Alice giggled and finished plaiting her long red hair. She was wearing it in bunches at either side of her head.
"Hey Elle, I think you suite your hair that colour. It looks kind of cool." I commented. Our eyes met in the rearview mirror.
"I don't know about the colour but I miss having my hair long." She sighed and fixed her hair with a hair-tie. "Never mind. All finished! When can we go in?" She was getting excited again and the car was bouncing with her.
"We go in when Edward gives us the word." Jasper said. I turned my head in his direction.
"What word's that then?" I asked. This was getting more and more mission impossible by the minute!
"When he sees a good table for us then he will say the codeword. Which is Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles. And I know how stupid the word is but it was-, well I bet you can guess whose idea it was." I laughed. Emmett! Of course.
"How the heck is he going to work that into a sentence?" I asked to no one in particular.
"I have absolutely no idea what-so-ever." Edward's voice was in my ear. I whizzed around expecting to see him but I couldn't.
"Edward? I thought you were inside." I said getting out the car, just to double check he wasn't there.
"I am with no sigh of Jessica or Lauren yet." It was like his voice was following me around. How the hell?
"How come I can hear you're voice? Am I going crazy?"
"No love, you just have an ear-piece and microphone in like everyone else so I can hear you and you can hear me back. Remember?" I felt so stupid for forgetting. It had been like five minutes. God, Edward was so patient with me. The stupid, fat human. I felt like smacking myself over the head with something heavy.
"Oh, yeah. Sorry." I mumbled. Everyone was laughing at me, I could hear them through my earpiece and out of it. They were hanging out of the car windows, pointing and laughing. I could feel myself blush. I was so embarrassed. I was also slightly frustrated at everyone else for laughing at me, I mean Emmett had defiantly done stupider things. In fact, they all had. The bad thing was I now knew what was coming. Since becoming pregnant I have gotten extremely emotional. And every time I got frustrated or angry then I tended to cry. Before I knew it water was cascading down my face. I tried to wipe it up before anyone noticed but it was too late for that.
"Bella. What's wrong? Hold on, I'm coming out." Edward spoke anxiously.
"No you can't. Jessica is just getting out of her car now. You're gonna have to stick in there big guy. We'll handle hormonal Bella." Jasper said smiling at me through the car window. As soon as he'd said that I felt myself stop crying.
"Thanks Jasper." It was always helpful that one of us had the ability to control my emotions.
"No biggie. Us girls have to stick together right?" I laughed. "Come and watch. Jessica's just going inside now. Good luck Eddie." I squeezed in the back seat with Emmett, Jasper, Alice and Rose. They were all gathered around one of the monitors. I watched the screen and saw as Jessica spotted Edward and went running up to him.
"Hey Edward! Sorry if I'm late. How are you." Like Alice said, she went in for a hug but Edward just held his hand out formally. Jessica looked a bit confused for a second, then she realized she was supposed to shake it. Which she did.
"I'm good thanks, how are you. And don't worry, you were only five minutes late." Edward dropped her hand and led her to a table.
"Oh I'm fine thanks. So, how did you manage to break it to Bella?" Jess was suddenly concerned about me. She probably just thought that I'd burst in and ruin their 'date'.
"I haven't told her yet. I just left her at home with Jasper and Emmett watching Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles. She should be fine." Jess giggled slightly.
"We have our cue!" Alice shouted at the top of her voice. "GO GO GO!" On the way out of the car I caught my ankle on Rose's leg so we fell over and Emmett tried to catch us but only managed to knock Alice off Jasper's knee before managing to land on us. Not the classiest ways of getting out of a vehicle I admit but what's done is done.
I stood up and straightened out my dress. We had to leave Emmett inside the Volvo to wait for Lauren. He couldn't be there earlier than Lauren. It would ruin the whole 'treat them mean, keep them keen' act Emmett had worked soooo hard to achieve. We hid the monitors in Rose's big purple bag. There were a few last minute wig adjustments before we set off across the car park towards Bel Cibo, the best Italian restaurant in town.
I saw Edward and Jessica sat on a table by the window. Part of me was jealous because every minute he was with her, was another minute he was away from me. Edward glanced my way as we walked past them. I expected him to smile or wink at me or something but to my surprise he just turned back to Jessica and laughed at the terrible joke she was telling. I knew it was only an act but my heart still dropped. And my throat went tight as if I was going to cry. No, I told myself, you can't do this to everyone else. It's just pretend. That's all, and the sooner we get this over with, the sooner we can all go home and watch a DVD together. I straightened myself up and walked to the back of the restaurant where there was a little table cornered off from the rest of the world. I took the seat next to Alice so I had could watch Edward cam instead of Emmett cam. Rosalie insisted on being in charge of Emmett's monitor so she could keep an eye on, and I quote, "That home-wrecking tramp". We had only just set up the screens when Lauren came through the front door, looking around for her date.
"Emmett, the tramp's here. So you can come inside in about five minutes okay?" Rose said whilst giving Lauren the evil eye for something she hadn't even done yet.
"Thanks babe. See you in five then." Emmett's voice rang in my ear.
"Owww! Emmett turn your microphone down. Are you trying to deafen us or what?" Jasper took his earpiece out and rubbed his ear.
"Sorry. Will do." Well at least his voice wasn't piercing my eardrums anymore.
"Edward, you need to casually spot Lauren and invite her over to wait with you." Alice looked across the room to check on Lauren's whereabouts. Just as Edward started talking to her the waiter came over to us and asked us what we wanted.
"Go away! Come back later." Rose growled, straining to hear the conversation in her ear. The waiter looked shocked and slightly scared and walked back over to the kitchen.
I could here what was being said now, well the tail-end it anyway. "-here at eight o'clock. It's like quarter past now, where is he?" As if on cue Emmett strolled through the door at a rather leisurely pace.
" Yo Lauren, baby, where you bin at huh? I've bin waiting for you for hours, what part of eight o'clock sharp don't you understand?"
"Nice touch Emmett." Alice remarked from the sidelines.
"Look who's talking, Mr. I'm-gonna-roll-in-at-whatever-time-I-want-to-and-to-hell-with-everyone-else! You are the one who's late. In fact, I don't even know why I came. I'm going."
"Quick! Say something! Make her change her mind about leaving. Compliment her about something. Anything, just hurry! She's leaving." Alice practically screamed. Emmett looked around, searching for something. Then he turned back round to Lauren, just as she was about to walk out and said one of the corniest lines there is.
"Yo Lauren! If I could re-arrange the alphabet I would put I and U together,"
"Did he seriously just say that?" I asked to Jasper who just nodded with a sympathetic smile on his face.
"Fine then you want another one? Can I take you're picture? Only I want Santa to know exactly what I want for Christmas." I covered my face with my hands and shook my head. Oh dear, this wasn't getting any better.
"Wait a second, it's working. Keep going Emmett, she's coming back." Rose whispered not taking her eyes off the screen.
"I think we should start again. Hi Emmett, I'm glad you could make it." Lauren hugged Emmett. Well, more accurately she wrapped her arms around his head while he patted her back. In fact it looked more like he was thumping her. I saw Rose chuckle to herself.
"Hi Lauren. Oh wait, hang on a second, my phone's vibrating." Emmett broke away and reached into his pocket for his stupidly expensive mobile. "Hello. Yes. Sure, I'll tell her."
"Who was that." Lauren said impatiently. I thought she might leave again but his answer seemed to please her.
"That was cupid. He says to tell you that he needs my heart back." Emmett said with a lop-sided smile spread across his face. When he had finished Lauren's face lit up as well. Phew, that was a close one. "Hey look, it's Eddie! How's it going man? And he's with a girl. Don't mind if we sit with you do you? Nah, didn't think so." He plonked himself down next to Jessica, much to her annoyance.
"How many times do I need to tell you? Don't call me Eddie, I hate it." Edward recoiled as Lauren sat down next to him. "And do you mind, I'm kind of busy here."
"I don't mind at all. So what's everyone getting? I fancy a pizza." Emmett spoke flicking through the menu. "Hey waitress lady. We'll have a large pepperoni pizza for me and my girl here. Thanks."
The plan was going well. I'd give it half an hour before the girls are in tears. Wow, that sounds kinda mean. Oh well, they have done far worse things to me. Fingers crossed there are no more problems.
Thanks to everyone who reviewed the last chapter. Please review this one as well :) Hope to update soon. If anyone has any requests for wierd, random or awkward things for the boys to say and on thier 'dates' I will try and work them into the next chapter. I want the rest of the date to be really messed up, so I will try to put every one of you're sugguestions into the next chapter no matter how wierd :) Thank you!! XX