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Chapter 9: Clubbing and Movies
Jasper POV
Wow that was some revenge the girls pulled. It was pure torture to watch. I could just see the dirty thoughts in that kid's head about my Alice! I do admire how she didn't let the incident keep her down though. She's a strong person. That's one of the things I like about her. I can't believe she agreed to go out with me! Alice is one of the coolest people I know. She's funny and hyper and beautiful and fun to be around. She can also be serious and caring though too. She's perfect. While we wait for the girls to get ready I pinch myself repeatedly to make sure this wasn't all a dream.
Me and the guys wait outside the girl's room that is now being used as a beauty salon. We can hear Bella's protests, Alice's squeals and demands and Rosalie's laughter and encouragement. I look at my friends. We're staring at their door like idiots. We probably look like stalkers.
"Damn we are whipped" I say. Em and Edward look at me.
"What do you mean?" Edward asks. He's probably thinking up a thousand different meanings to what I just said. He overanalyses everything. I hope Bella will be able to handle him.
"I mean look at us guys. We're standing outside their hotel room like stalkers, waiting for them. I mean we've only been friends with them for like 2 days or something." Edward nods. Emmett laughs.
"Well I guess that's the price you pay for three hot girls. They've got us wrapped around their little fingers don't they?" We laugh.
"You know you'd think that'd be a bad thing" Edward says grinning. "But it's not is it?"
"Nope" I say, "Definitely not."
We wait in silence for a bit longer. I keep looking at my watch. The hours almost up. Suddenly the door opens. Alice is standing in the doorway with a big smile on her face. My mouth drops open. Wow... She looks amazing. She's wearing a purple mini-dress that is sparkly and his thin spaghetti straps. She's wearing a little make-up and black stilettos. She giggles.
"Like it?" I stand awestruck for a few moments then Emmett nudges me.
"Oh... uh... ya you look... uh great Alice" I manage to stutter out. She giggles again and Edward and Em snicker.
"Now presenting...Rose!" Alice announces. Rose then comes out and joins us in the hallway. This time Emmett is the one that is speechless. I must admit she does look hot. She's wearing a black mini-skirt and a red halter with, shocker, black stilettos. I nudge Emmett and snicker. Rosalie giggles and grins coyly at Emmett. Edward and I share an amused look as Emmett gets a goofy grin on his face.
"Now for the one you've all been waiting for... Bella!" Alice beams proudly as Bella steps out into the hallway shyly. Edward is stunned. Bella look really nice. She's wearing slightly more modest clothing than Alice and Rose and definitely no heels but she still looks pretty. She's wearing a long, dark blue shirt with black leggings and blue ballet flats. She grins when she sees how speechless Edward is. I roll my eyes. Wow we are pathetic.
"Edward" I whisper as I nudge him. "Dude." He closes his mouth.
"Uh... you look very nice Bella." He says. Better than me but not by much. Bella blushes and smiles.
"Thank you."
We head out to the cars and decide on going to a French restaurant called Le Petit Pain. (Yes I realize that means the little bread in French but that's all I could come up with)
"What kind of name is Le Petit Pain?" Emmett scoffs as we drive in Edward's Volvo to the restaurant.
"Dude it's just a name," I say from the passenger seat.
"Ya but it's such a lame name," Emmett complained.
"We're only eating there man not living there or anything," Edward rolls his eyes. Emmett opens his mouth to say something but I interrupt before he can speak.
"Dud just shut up. We're almost there." Emmett pouts and sits quietly in the back. Edward grins at me and I shake my head and chuckle. Emmett, Emmett, Emmett.
When we get to the restaurant the girls are already there. I can't help but to stare at Alice again. She looks so beautiful. I wasn't going to let her out of my sight. I walk up to her and kiss her on the cheek. I struggle to keep my thoughts clean.
"Hey Alice." I say.
"Hey" she says happily. "Let's go." We head into the restaurant. A waiter with a really fake French accent seats us.
"I ope you vill enjoy ze meal" he says. We nod politely but when he leaves we burst out laughing.
"That was seriously the worst fake French accent I've ever heard," Rose says.
"Definitely," I agree. When we get our menus I look at it in disgust. I'm a vegetarian.
"Ugh is there nothing on this menu for vegetarians?!" Alice exclaims in frustration. I look at her in confusion. I'd seen her eat meat.
"You're a vegetarian? Since when?" Emmett snorts.
"Since the Holiday Inn when I saw on the discovery channel what they do to those poor animals," Alice retorts. Bella and Rose roll their eyes.
"Oh ya I remember that," Bella says.
"She wouldn't shut up about it for like an hour. And she only saw like 5 minutes of it," Rosalie says.
"When was this?" Edward asks.
"After swimming and before..." Ah... right the incident. My fists clench just thinking about it. Alice notices and puts her tiny hand on mine. My hand instantly relaxes and I twine my fingers with hers.
"So anyways now she's decided to be a vegetarian. I'll bet it'll last a week tops," Rosalie says trying to change the subject from the incident.
"I'll put money on that. I'm thinking maybe 3 days tops," Emmett says.
"Thanks for the support guys," Alice says sarcastically, rolling her eyes.
"You know Alice," I say turning so I'm facing her, "I'm a vegetarian too."
"Really?" Alice asks smiling, "Maybe you can help me."
"Sure," I say smiling. Under the table I flash a 5 to Emmett. I was giving it about 5 days and I wanted to win some money. Emmett saw and tried to choke back a laugh. Alice glared suspiciously between him and me and I tried to put on my best innocent face. Before she could say anything though, the waiter with the really bad fake accent came by so he could take our orders.
In the end Alice and I just got pasta. Rose got a salad, of course, and Emmett got lobster which he teased Rose and Alice with. Let's just say it is not a good idea to tease women about their food when there's a basket of breadsticks sitting right near them. Emmett probably has bruises all over now. Bella got broccoli and cheese soup and Edward got steak et frites.
We ate for about an hour. We took such a long time because we were laughing too hard to eat. Emmett taunted Rose some more about how succulent the lobster was and how it was absolutely heavenly with butter. Rose looked steaming mad. I know that in elementary school boys tease girls that they like and Emmett does have the mentality of a 9 year old but I think he may be going too far. Rose is not going to agree to go out with him if he keeps being such a jerk. Alice told me that Rose was only turning him down because she was playing hard to get. She's close to cracking though Alice says. Emmett is just making it worse for himself. I would tell him and help him out but I think I'll let him figure it out for himself.
Bella and Edward are talking quietly about music or something and Rose is now snubbing Emmett and he is pleading for forgiveness.
"I definitely see some love connections here don't you think?" Alice says, leaning over towards me so the others can't hear.
"Definitely," I reply, "How much longer until Rose gives in?"
"Probably tonight. She really likes Emmett. Normally she won't go out with anyone. She's looking for someone perfect."
"Well I think they're perfect for each other," I say. And I really believe that. The way they look at each other. Even lusty Emmett really appreciates Rose for her mind and personality not just her body. I suspect the same goes for Rose. "What about Bella and Ed?" I ask in a whisper.
"Well they're more stubborn. Bella has relationship issues and she doesn't see herself clearly. She'll think she's not good enough for him," Alice whispers.
"What happened?" I ask. I always wondered why Bella didn't date. It definitely wasn't from lack of offers.
"Her ex-boyfriend, Jacob, cheated on her with some girl on the reserve. She always blamed herself. She doesn't really trust anyone besides me and Rose anymore," Alice sighs softly and sadly. I pat her knee. My hand tingles.
"Well I know for a fact that Edward likes Bella. He probably thinks he's not good enough for her either," I say.
"Hmm... well once Emmett and Rose get together which should be tonight we can all plan on how to get our two stubborn friends together."
"How do you know that they're getting together tonight?" I tease.
"I'm psychic. WoooOOOoooOOO," Alice says in a mystical voice waving her arms around. I laugh. Gosh I love her. Wait! Did I just think that I LOVE her?!?! I can't! It's only been less than a day since we started going out! Do I love her? I'm not sure...
I snap out of my dazed thinking when Rosalie throws a roll at Emmett that hits him, bounces off of him and hits Bella.
"Hey!" Bella says. She picks up a roll and tries to hit Emmett but misses and hits me instead.
"Watch it!" I shout. I pick up a roll. I throw it at Bella and it bounces off her head and hits Edward. I laugh. Edward grins and picks up a roll. But instead of aiming it at me he hits Alice instead!
"Hey what was that for!?" Alice exclaims.
"You hadn't been hit yet," Edward says with a grin and a shrug.
"Oh it's on," Alice says. She picks up a piece of her spiral pasta and hits Edward in the face. A full on food fight breaks out. We throw bread, pasta, salad. It's every person for themselves. Finally the waiter comes and breaks it up, almost getting hit by a flying crouton in the process.
"I am going to have to ask you people to leave at once." He says sternly, all traces of the fake French accent gone. We gather our stuff and hold in our laughter until we get outside then we burst out into hysterical laughter.
"God I think the whole restaurant was watching us!" Emmett exclaims.
"Did you see that guys face! It was priceless. And he was so mad he lost his phony French accent!" Bella says.
"Definitely going on my top 5 best food fights list," Edward says. Defnitely.
Edward POV
Bella looks absolutely stunning tonight. I stare at her as we walk to our cars. She's beautiful. Does she like me? Maybe I should ask Emmett and Jasper if they've heard anything from Rose and Alice. But that would be admitting to them that I like her. But isn't knowing if she likes me back worth a couple of snide comments from Emmett and some I told you so's? Yes it is.
Once we are in the car heading to the club I turn to my friends.
"Umm guys I have to ask you something," I say hesitantly.
"Yes?" They say turning to look at me.
"Well I was just wondering if... well Rose or Alice... said anything about..." Jasper interrupts me.
"You want to know if Rose and Alice said anything about Bella liking you?" he says bluntly, grinning.
"Aw our little Eddie has a crush," Emmett says. I cringe.
"Don't call me that. Will you just answer my question?"
"No need to get your panties in a twist Eddie," Emmett says.
"Emmett," I say as a warning.
"Fine, fine, Edward. Well Rose says that Bella likes you," he says.
"Alice too. She says that Bella has relationship problems though so she doesn't really date." Jasper says.
"What is it?" I ask, curious.
"Well...," he starts hesitantly, "An old boyfriend of hers, Jacob, cheated on her and it really messed her up." Jasper says with a shake of his head. My fists clench. How could anyone do such a thing to such a sweet, innocent, caring person as Bella? Jasper notices my expression.
"Look dude she's over it but she doesn't really trust the male gender anymore you know?" I understand. It's hard to have your heart broken and then try to trust people with it again. I can wait for her. I can show her that I won't ever hurt her. But how...
Once we got to the club we got into the line. Some of the girls were dressed really, well for lack of a better word skanky. They throw Emmett, Jasper and I what I guess were supposed to be flirty smiles. I cringe. Emmett laughs and smiles back. Rosalie glares at the girls and then Emmett and smacks him on the back of the head.
"Ow! What was that for Rosie?"
"Stop flirting Emmett," Rosalie says with a stern look.
"Yes Rosie," Emmett says with a big grin.
"Don't call me that," Rosalie says with an exasperated sigh. I chuckle. Emmett looks at me and winks. He's trying to make her jealous so she'll admit she likes him and agree to go out with him. He'd better be careful though. Rosalie is definitely not a woman to trifle with.
I shoot a look to Jasper. He raises an eyebrow and shakes his head and chuckles. Once we get to the front of the line the bouncer doesn't even ask Emmett, Rose or Jasper for Ids. They look old enough to drink. They wink at us and head inside, waiting for us right inside the door. Alice steps up for inspection. She looks the bouncer straight in the eye and stands tall. Well as tall as Alice can get. He looks appraisingly over her body and then ushers her in without even questioning her age. So that's how it is... I push Bella up next and the force of it causes her to stand up straight. I see the bouncer look over her and I try not to glare at him. Bella looks at the ground and hardly even sees him wave her inside with the others. I give her a push and then follow her soon after, the bouncer not asking identification for me either.
"Well that was easy," Rose says as we join the throng of dancing people. We head over to the bar. None of us guys drink much and I assume the girls don't either so we don't have to worry too much about getting too drunk to drive. Alice pulls Rose and Bella out to dance. They dance to the music and I can see guys watching them. I frown. Emmett and Jasper are frowning too. After the Alice incident we've all been wary of letting the girls go out alone, and in a crowded club like this it's not difficult for some guy to drag one of the girls away and... well, without us noticing.
We watch the girls for awhile. Bella looks amazing. She doesn't even realize how... sexy she is without even trying. Rose has her hand on Bella's hips and they are swaying to the beat. Suddenly a tall guy walks up to the girls and taps Bella on the shoulder. He is saying something and then Bella is shaking her head. Rose and Alice are backing her up but the man keeps talking. Bella shakes her head again, says something and surprisingly points at me. She waves and gives me an apologetic smile. What she's sorry for i have no idea. I wave back hesitantly and the guy looks at me. He nods and I nod back. She says something more to Bella and then walks back into the crowd.
The girls walk over to where we are sitting at the bar and Alice and Rosalie are giggling. Bella is blushing bright red. I give her a confused look. She shakes her head and avoids eye contact, blushing redder still. Alice comes and sits right on Jasper's lap without hesitation. Jasper smiles and puts his arm around her waist. Rosalie goes and sits on Emmett's lap as well, teasingly. He smiles at her, puts his arms around her and whispers something in her ear. Rosalie nods and then kisses him full on the mouth! Alice and Bella exchange a look.
"So I guess you two are a couple now right?" Alice asks.
"Yep," Rosalie says with a smile. Emmett is beaming. They must really like each other. Alice squeals and Bella smiles. Unfortunately Bella sits down on the stool next to me. I try to hide my disappointment. There was never any reason to suspect she feels the same way I do but looking around at the two couples sitting beside me I can't help but with Bella was sitting on my lap as well.
Bella turns to look at me and then blushes again and looks away. I'm still confused.
"Bella? What's going on? What happened with that guy?"
"Nothing," Bella mutters. Rose and Alice break out into a fit of giggles. I put my finger under her chin and lift her face to look at me.
"Come one you can tell me," I press. Finally Bella sighs and tells me what happened.
"Well this guy came up and asked me to dance. I didn't want to so I said no. He insisted though. Rose and Alice tried to tell him that my father said I could only come to the club if I promised no boys. He didn't listen though, saying that my dad wasn't here so what he didn't know wouldn't hurt him. I tried to say, again but he still didn't listen. Finally I had to tell him I was with my over protective boyfriend," Bella looks down blushing bright red. I start putting the pieces together. So that's why she pointed at me.
"He asked me who my boyfriend was and I sort of told him that you were my boyfriend. He finally listened and left me alone as you can tell. Sorry about that," she mutters the last part. She won't look me in the eye and she's cherry red. Alice and Rose are falling all over themselves laughing. I smile. I lift her head to face me again.
"It's alright Bella, really. I understand," I chuckle, "It is a rather funny situation," Bella looks at me and smiles.
"Thanks," she says. Her smile takes my breath away. I can't help but feel a pang when I think of how I'm only her pretend boyfriend for the night. I was willing to wait though. I would wait a thousand years for Bella.
Rose POV
I'm going out with Emmett! I really like him. He's more than just a pretty face. He's funny and smart (in his own way), he reads Hardy boys, and he's fun to be around. Two down, 1 to go. Bella and Edward are the only ones left that have to get together now. And they will. I know it. Also Alice says they will and I won't ever bet against Alice.
Bella is smiling up at Edward and he's smiling at her too. Bella's blush is starting to fade from the boyfriend incident. That was hilarious! They are so perfect for each other and they obviously like each other. I wish they would just hurry up and get together all ready!
Alice turns to me and motions Emmett and I to follow her and Jasper away from stubborn 1 and stubborn 2. Once we're far away enough that they can't hear us Alice begins.
"So Jasper and I are trying to get Bella and Edward together as you two obviously know," We nod. She continues, "Well now that you two are together and don't have trying to tease the other on your minds as much, we were wondering if you would like to join team matchmaker." I smile. Team matchmaker. That is so Alice.
"Hell ya!" Emmett exclaims. He's jumping up and down like a kindergartener that was just given a jumbo pixie stick.
"Excellent!" Alice says, clapping her hands together. "Now what should our strategy be?"
"Well we already know that they like each other, they just think the other is indifferent. So we need to convince them that their feelings are reciprocated," Jasper says. Emmett looks at him like he's speaking Spanish.
"They like each other only they don't know that so we need to tell them that," I translate. Understanding shows on Emmett's face and he gets a huge smile on his face.
"Good plan!" he says. We laugh. Emmett's such a big doofus. I guess that's why I love him. I freeze. Oh. My. God. I did NOT just think that. Alice notices my expression and looks at me like what? I shake my head at her and mouth "later". I definitely needed some advice from my girls. Well aren't they going to be shocked, Miss. I'm- looking- for- the –perfect- guy has fallen in love with Emmett. Who up until about 2 days ago we had all hated. I grin. I look up at my big teddy bear. I just can't help but smile when I think of him. I look at Alice and Jasper. They're staring adoringly at each other. I'll bet that those two will end up getting married. I smirk. Alice is probably already picking out her wedding dress. Looking at Edward and Bella smiling at each other shyly I remember our mission. I clear my throat and all 3 of my partners in crime look at me.
"We need a way to get them alone together, something that will just scream romantic. Something Edward won't be able to resist using to his advantage. Guys what do you think will work?" Jasper and Emmett grin at each other.
"We think we know," Emmett says, "Ok here's what we do"....
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Alice and I are getting Bella reading for her date with Edward, only she doesn't know it's a date. Actually neither does Edward. Here's what happened;
"Ok here's what we do, we say we're going out as a group but then something comes up and Bella and Edward are left alone together, where we send them needs to be romantic. It's almost guaranteed that Edward will cave and ask her out. And you think Bella will say yes?"
"Definitely" Alice nods, "God that's devious. Emmett my friend you are a genius in disguise." Emmett beams proudly unaware that Alice just insulted him as well. When we all start laughing he thinks about what Alice said and says,
"Hey!" We all laugh at his expanse some more then head back to Edward and Bella after agreeing to go with Emmett's plan. The two soon-to-be-lovebirds are talking about some weird classical music they both like. They are so meant for each other. Anyways we go home around midnight and say goodnight to the guys. Once we're inside the room we flop down on the couch. I remember my dilemma from earlier.
"Umm guys I need to tell you something," I say.
"Shoot."
"Well I... thinkImightbeinlovewithEmmett," I rush. My friends look at me like I'm crazy then break out into a million watt smiles.
"Ohmigosh this is so great! I'll bet you two will get married and have children Oh can I plan your wedding please, please, please!" Alice starts to beg. I laugh.
"Whoa Alice I never said anything about marriage. Besides you'll probably get married first. I'll bet you've already started planning it," I tease. Alice smiles.
"Oh My Gosh you have?" Bella asks in amusement. Alice just smiles.
"It's never too early to start planning you know." We start laughing. Poor Jasper, I hope he can handle the tiny terror that is Alice.
"You two are so lucky you have people to love," Bella sighs. Alice and I share knowing grins. You will too, soon enough my dear Bella. Just you wait.
We fill Bella in on our plans for all six of us to hang out tomorrow night. We tell her that Emmett found a new club he wanted to go to. Emmett and Jasper are telling Edward the same story.
The next day we go out sightseeing. We go to the statue of liberty and to some museums and we even go to an awesome car show that I wanted to go to. I could tell that only Edward, Emmett and I were into it but I had to go through an hour of looking at paintings by dead guys that look like their dogs painted it so I think I deserved it.
Fast forward to that night and we're back to the present.
"Guys why do have to go to another club? And why do I have to get so dressed up?"
"Bella, Bella, Bella it's always good to look your best," Alice says as she curls Bella's hair.
"Whatever Alice," Bella sighs. I grin. She'll be thankful once the night is done.
Alice and I get ready as well but not quite as done up as Bella because our plan is just to stay in the hotel room with Emmett and Jasper and watch movies. We gather in the hallway. I can barely keep my eyes off of Emmett. He's just so HOT. I force my mind to focus. We need to be able to pull off our big charade to get Edward and Bella to go on without us. Our plan is that Emmett and I are supposed to get into a "fight". Alice will stay to console me and Jasper for Emmett. We will insist that Edward and Bella go off without us and give them the directions to the "club". Then we watch movies while they get over their fear of rejection and finally get together already.
Alice gives me the signal. It's time.
"Hey Emmett, how do I look?" I say.
"You look nice Rose," Emmett says not very convincingly. He looks away like he's bored. I put my annoyed face on.
"Hey Emmett I'm over here," I say in an annoyed voice.
"Ya sure whatever," He says with a shrug. I frown at him.
"What do you think I'm ugly?" I screech. Alice is trying to hide her smile and Jasper is standing behind her, hiding his face in her hair. Bella and Edward are watching our scene with shock. I had after all admitted to being in love with Emmett just the night before.
"Of course not babe," Emmett says in a bored voice, "No need to get so touchy." He rolls his eyes. Nice touch.
"Don't call me babe! Ugh you're such a jerk!" I shout angrily.
"Don't be such a whiny bitch Rosalie," he snaps. Even though I know it's only fake I can't help but feel a bit hurt. Bella gasps.
"Dude," Edward starts.
"Shut up," Emmett says, "I'm going to bed, you guys just go on without me," He goes to his room and shoots me an encouraging smile without Bella and Edward seeing. That makes me feel better. And the looks of pure shock on Edward and Bella's faces prove that our charade was convincing.
I stomp my foot and march into my room without a word. I slam the door and sit on the bed to wait for Alice. I can hear Alice and Jasper convincing them to go on and have a good time and telling them not to worry. I guess they take the bait because Alice comes into the room with a triumphant grin.
"That was a very convincing show," she says, "The guys should be here soon," As soon as she says that we hear a knock on the door. I get up and let the guys in. Emmett sweeps me into a big hug.
"I'm so sorry Rosie I felt like such a jerk saying those things even though I didn't mean them and you knew it," He kisses me on the lips. I wrap my arms around his neck.
"It's alright Emmett." I kiss him back. It feels so... so right. Alice and Jasper start to cheer and whistle. I smile at them and we settle down on the couch to watch some movies. They better not mess this up I think as we dim the lights and settle in for a long night of waiting.
I am SOO sorry this took so long. I've been pretty busy and having writers block. I'm starting Chapter 10 soon though and I don't think it will take as long. Tell me what you think about this chapter please and any ideas are definitely welcome. xo
~Brie