A Summer vacation to Remember
Disclaimer: I do NOT (unfortunately) own any of the Twilight characters, they belong to Stephanie Meyer.
Chapter 13: The Bet and Romantic Dates
Alice POV
I wake up first that morning as usual. I glance at the clock and it reads 8:00AM. I yawn and then sit up. Rose is sleeping peacefully and Bella is all mixed up in her sheets. She kicks in her sleep. I smile. I'm having the best time of my life with my two best friends, my two new best friends and my new boyfriend. My 5 favourite people. I get up out of bed and go have a quick shower. Then I pick out my outfit for the day and get dressed. I look at the clock. It says 8:32AM. My phone dings, signalling an incoming text. I skip over to my phone and open it. It's from Jasper. I smile. I open the text.
R U up? I grin and text back.
Yup wanna go get some coffee? Mmm coffee. It's a good thing the girls are asleep still. Thanks to Jasper I'd been getting away with drinking coffee like the whole trip! My phone dings.
Sure B rite there. I close my phone and run to the bathroom to make sure I look okay. I run a comb through my spiky hair, write a note, with specific instructions for Rose to pick out Bella's clothes and to do her makeup and hair, for the girls in case they wake up before we get back and then I hear a quiet knock on the door. I open it quietly and tiptoe out of my room.
"Hey" I whisper and give Jasper a quick kiss.
"Morning," he says with a smile. I close the door and we walk downstairs and out of the hotel.
"So Bella and Rose are still sleeping?" Jasper asks.
"Yea, they aren't really morning people. Bella's the worst," I giggle, Jasper smiles.
"Edward and Emmett are still sleeping as well. I don't know which is worst sometimes," he says with a grin. I giggle. I seem to be doing that a lot more than usual lately. As we walk towards the nearest coffee shop Jasper tells me about Edward and Emmett's bet. I laugh so hard that people stare at me funny.
"This is perfect! Edward and Emmett will be on edge all day now! I can't wait to mess with them," I clap my hands gleefully and Jasper laughs at my excitement.
"You're such an evil little pixie Alice," He says.
"But you love me for it," I say with a grin.
"Yes I do," he says and he bends down to kiss me softly. I nearly swoon.
"You know," he says, "We haven't actually gone on our date yet."
"You're right. We should go out tonight and then get Edward and Emmett to take out Bella and Rose. Three separate dates so those they can be alone.... Hmm,"
"What is it Alice?"
"Do you think we can plant cameras on them?" I say with a mischievous smile.
"Alice," he says.
"Kidding, kidding," I giggle. Or am I? Dun dun duuun! "Ok, so when they wake up tell your roomies that tonight is date night," I say as we walk into the coffee shop.
"Yes Ma'am," Jasper says with a salute and a cheeky grin. I stick my tongue out at him and order 6 coffees, making sure Bella's is practically a cheesecake. As we are leaving and heading back to the hotel I wrinkle my nose at Bella's coffee.
"God, how does she drink this? It's barely coffee anymore!" Jasper laughs at me. We enter the hotel and go into my room first. It's 8:50AM and Bella and Rose are awake. Well barely. Rose is going through our suitcase looking for clothes for herself and Bella, and Bella is sitting on the edge of the bed with her arms crossed grumbling. As we walk in they look our way.
"Good morning," I say cheerily, knowing that it will really piss them off.
"Good morning yourself Alice," Bella grumbles. "Rose woke up about 5 minutes ago and won't let me go back to sleep. And she insists on picking out my clothes on your orders she says." She glares at me but I ignore her grumbling and just hand her her "coffee". I walk up to Rose.
"Hey Rosie how are you this fine morning,"
"Oh shut up Alice do you know how annoying it is trying to dress this grump," she gestures to Bella, "In the morning."
"Why yes, yes I do." I say with a grin. Rose rolls her eyes and turns back to the closet after grabbing her coffee from my hands. Jasper walks in a couple of seconds later with Edward and Emmett in tow.
"Morning guys," I say.
"Morning," Edward says.
"Ya ya," Bella grumbles. Emmett just yawns and Rose continues to rifle through our suitcases.
"Ok guys, I have an announcement," I say. Everyone glances at me for a second then turns back to what they were doing, except for Jasper of course because he's a sweetie.
"Tonight is officially date night!" I announce. This time everyone pays attention.
"Date night?" Emmett says sipping his coffee.
"Yes, date night. All of us are going off with our significant others on dates."
"Why tonight?" Rosalie asks.
"Just because," I say with a wink at Edward and Emmett. They immediately turn and glare at Jasper who just shrugs.
"Alright well date night is all fine and dandy but what are we going to do until then?" Rose asks.
"Well why don't we just stay in today? I mean we've been out pretty much every day we've been here. We could just lie in and watch movies," I reply. Everyone seems to mull over that for a bit and then they all nod and smile in agreement.
"Movies it is," Jasper says. Bella is really happy about that because she doesn't have to get dressed for lazing around. Rose on the other hand pouts that she spent all that time looking for Bella's clothes and she didn't even need to wear any. I promise her that she can pick out Bella's date outfit.
In fact everyone follows Bella's example and gets back into their pyjamas, if they had gotten out of them that is. We all settle down in our room on the couch and Emmett puts in "The Day After Tomorrow". It's an amazing movie but kind of creepy. I snuggle close to Jasper during the scarier parts and he kisses the top of my head. We watch movies and joke around until 4:00.
"Ok, time for you guys to get out and get ready. Plan your dates too if you haven't yet. We'll be ready at about 6PM ok? So come knock on our door then," I instruct. The guys shuffle out the door and I turn to my girlfriends with a big smile, "Time to get fabulous!"
Jasper POV
After Alice kicks us out my two friends turn to me with accusing expressions.
"You told Alice about the bet?" Emmett questions.
"She's my girlfriend," I say defensively, "What's the worst that could happen? She even helped you guys out with the whole 'Date Night' thing."
"Yeah, I guess," Edward says. "But there's no telling what sort of embarrassing stunts she'll pull now that she knows about it." I just shrug.
"Well that's what you guys get for being cowards. So what have you guys planned for the girls?"
"Well I was thinking I'd take Rose out to dinner then dancing, how about you Eddie?"
"Edward, Emmett, and I was thinking of taking Bella out to dinner then maybe for a walk around central park? Jasper?"
"I was thinking I'd take Alice out to dinner, of course, and maybe to a show," I say as I grab a nice shirt from my suitcase. As long as she doesn't try to spy on everyone else's dates that is.
"We need to find restaurants," Emmett says pulling on his shirt.
"Maybe I'll just ask the hotel staff for some food and make it a picnic," Edward says.
"Dude that's so corny," Emmett snorts.
"Yea but Bella will love it," he says with a smile.
"Awww," Emmett says making a kissy, mushy face at Edward. Edward smacks him with a pillow.
"Well where are you planning on going Emmett?" I ask.
"I'll make reservations at some fancy Spanish restaurant. Rose will like that right? And Rosalie is sort of Spanish sounding isn't it?" Edward snorts. I just shake my head.
"Sure Em," I say.
"What about you Jazz?" Edward asks.
"Well Alice likes fancy places as well so I was thinking someplace dressy? I'll ask the hotel staff about a good place,"
"Well I guess we're all set so what should we do now?" Emmett asks. We all stand around in our nice clothes for a moment, wondering what to do since the girls wouldn't be ready for awhile.
"Well... I'm going to go talk to front desk about a place," I say filling the silence.
"I'll come with you," Emmett says brightly.
"Yea I'm going to go talk to the kitchen staff," Edward says. We get up and leave the room. On our way to the elevator we see Tanya, Irina, and Kate making their way in our direction. It doesn't look like they've seen us yet though. When they do they look at us for a moment. We freeze, afraid they're going to try to hit on us. They give us icy glares and turn and walk away with their noses high in the air. We let out sighs of relief.
"That was close," Edward says.
"Remind me to thank the girls later," Emmett says with a chuckle. We head down to the front desk and then Edward leaves us to go to the kitchen.
"Hi, I was wondering if you knew of any good restaurants in the area," I ask the receptionist.
"Any preferences?" she asks me.
"Well I'm looking for something Spanish?" Emmett says.
"Sure, thing. How about... The Chica Bonita?" she says after looking up some things on her computer. (BTW Chica Bonita means pretty girl in Spanish dunno if it's a real restaurant name. Gotta love Yahoo)
"Sounds good to me," Emmett says, "Can you make reservations for 2 for 6:30 tonight under Mcarty?"
"Sure," she types some more and then a few moments later looks up and smiles. "There all set. Here's the address," she hands Emmett a little slip of paper.
"And for you sir?" she asks me.
"Um anything fancy but not too expensive in this area would work for me," I say. She turns back to her computer. She takes a few minutes but then she looks up at me with a smile.
"Found something. How about the Golden Rose? (Made up name. If a place does exist with that name I didn't know) It's a black tie type of place but it doesn't seem to be one of the more expensive places."
"Sounds good to me," I say. She makes a reservation for me and then hands me the address.
"Thank you," I say. She smiles and nods then goes back to her computer. Edward comes back just then with a smile on his face.
"They said they'd put something together and that I can pick it up when it's time for us to go."
"Great," Emmett says, "What time is it? I can't stand all this waiting!" I chuckle and look at my watch.
"It's 5:30 Em, the girls should be ready soon."
"I hope so. I can't wait to see how sexy my Rosie looks tonight!" he says with a wolfish grin.
"I'm glad Rose is a tough girl. She has to be to handle this doof," Edward mutters to me. We chuckle while Emmett remains clueless. We headed back up to our room. We wait around for a bit before we hear a knock on the door. Edward opens it and Alice dances into our room wearing a bathrobe, to cover her dress no doubt.
"Alright guys I'm here to Alice-approve you outfits so get in line. Without any hesitation we get into formation. There's no messing with Alice when it comes to clothes. "Alright... mmhmm... ok... wait. Edward switch your green shirt for a navy blue one. It'll look better with Bella's dress. And Jasper, honey, take of the blue tie and wear a black one. Alright looks good to me I'll just go and put the finishing touches on the girls and we'll be all WAIT A MINUTE. Emmett, are you wearing sneakers?!" Alice is staring down at Emmett's feet. Edward and I look down and sure enough Emmett is wearing a pair of converse sneakers.
"My fancy shoes are uncomfortable," he whines.
"Too bad," Alice says sternly. "You are not wearing sneakers on this date. Rose would kill you, if I didn't first. Now switch those shoes. I'm going to go finish getting ready so, follow my instructions. Are we clear?" Alice stares us down.
"Yes Ma'am," Edward salutes. Alice giggles, gives me a kiss on the cheek and skips out the room.
"Your girlfriend is scary," Emmett says.
"I know," I reply. We switch our un-Alice-approved items and wait around some more. And wait, and wait, and wait. Finally, Emmett becomes too impatient to wait any more.
"That's it I'm going to go see if they're done," he announces. We hear him knock on their door, well it's more like banging.
"Are you girls ready yet? Does it seriously take that long to..." All of the sudden it goes silent out in the hall. Edward and I exchange questioning looks. We get up and walk out into the hall and see Emmett is standing in front of the open door of the girls' room staring at Rosalie who's is standing in the door with a smirk on her face. Edward chuckles. Emmett looks as if he'd been hit by a train. I must admit though Rose looks hot. I have no romantic interest in Rose at all but she definitely looks stunning. She's wearing a strapless blood-red dress that ends at her knees with red pumps and her wavy blonde hair is down around her shoulders. She's wearing a black sweater with a large, red fake flower pin on it. She also has make-up on that makes her eyes stand out and her lips are blood-red also. I don't blame Emmett for his reaction.
So, of course, when Bella steps out into the hall I can't blame Edward for his either. Alice and Rose had done a good job on her. She's wearing a knee length, thick strap, v-neck, midnight blue dress with black flats. There is a thin, black band around her waist. Her hair has been curled to perfection, by Alice no doubt, and is also hanging down around her shoulders. She's also wearing a black sweater with a large fake flower on it. Only hers is blue. She isn't wearing much make-up but she didn't need it. She also looks nice.
Then, last but not least, out steps the queen of fashion herself, Miss Alice Brandon. I'm sure my face adopts the same look as my two friends. She's wearing a deep purple dress with a scoop neck and thin straps. The dress ends just above her knees and has two black stripes, one at her waist and one under her chest. Her hair had been straitened so her spikes are pointed down instead of outwards and they reached from her chin to just above her shoulders. She has on a silver headband. She has a purple flower on her sweater. The flowers were probably Alice's idea. She's only wearing a bit of makeup on her eyes and some lip-gloss. I wonder what flavour lip-gloss it is. I shake my head to clear it but fail miserably.
"Hey guys," Alice says as she skips over and gives me a kiss. Mmm, watermelon.
"Hey," Bella and Rose say as they also give kisses to their stunned boyfriends.
"I'm glad you guys listened to me about your outfits," Alice turns towards Rose. "Emmett was going to wear sneakers!" Rosalie glares at her boyfriend who has his hands up in a defensive manner.
"Sneakers, Emmett?"
"You had to tell her," Emmett says making a face at Alice.
"Don't you blame Alice you're lucky she made you switch or else I would've so angry," Rose says.
"But you're still angry," Emmett says. Rosalie rolls her eyes.
"But I'm not as angry as I would've been."
"C'mon they were just sneakers," Emmett says. Bella smacks her hand to her forehead. Wrong thing to say.
"But you were going to wear them on our date-night! So am I not special enough to you that you'll put nice shoes on for me on date-night?!"
"Here we go," Edward mutters rolling his eyes. I take Alice by the arm and we walk down the hall with Edward and Bella leaving the bickering couple behind.
"These shoes are uncomfortable!
"You're such a wuss."
"Am not!"
"Are too!"
"Am not!"
"I can't believe you guys let him put on sneakers," Bella whispers.
"We didn't know!" I reply.
"He really should just shut up and tell her she's right. Maybe we should write down the things he should know about dating Rose."
"Yea, like Dating Rosalie Hale for Dummies." Bella snickers. We laugh quietly as we leave the hotel, stopping for Edward's picnic basket on the way which causes Bella to blush a light shade of pink and to kiss Edward on the cheek. Alice and Rose aw over the romantic gesture but before I can feel bad about not being as romantic as Mr. Mushy over here, Alice kisses me on the cheek and whispers that the park is more Bella's thing and that she'll love whatever I have planned because I know her so well. I give her a chaste kiss and she squeezes my hand. Alice is amazing. I'm going to be with her forever. And I know it's true. Out of the corner of my eye I can see Rose giving Emmett a kiss also. It appears they had had a conversation like ours themselves. Before we all part ways Alice gives Bella and Rose a once over to make sure they're perfect and then gives them a hug and wink before taking my arm and leading me in the direction of the restaurant.
"Alice, why did you wink at them?" I ask warily.
"Oh, no reason. I just wanted them to remember to turn on their camera that's all," she says nonchalantly. Cameras?
"Cameras?" I ask. "Alice, what cameras?"
"The ones we planted on them so we could watch the boys get all nervous and embarrassing." Uh oh. The guys are so going to kill me.
"Alice what did you do? They're going to kill me!"
"Oh relax I'm just kidding," she says as she rolls her eyes. "I didn't tell the girls about the bet I just told them that the guys were going to be extra anxious tonight about the whole "love" thing and that if they were my best friends they'd have a little fun with them tonight and then tell me all about it." I just stare dumbstruck at her. That makes the situation a little better but they're still gonna kill us. Me for telling Alice and Alice for sort of telling the girls.
"That's still bad!"
"Oh...well they'll get over it. Besides you know it'll be funny," she says with a grin.
"Well yea... but,"
"No buts. Let's just go out and have fun and then we can worry about being killed in our sleep later k?" I sigh.
"Fine, but I am so blaming this on you,"
"Done," she says brightly. "Now let's go eat."
Rose POV
After my dear boyfriend and I part ways from our friends, Emmett leads me to a fancy restaurant on a fancy street. It was just my style.
"Oh this looks great Em," I say giving him a kiss on the cheek.
"I know," he says smugly. I roll my eyes at him as we enter the restaurant. Inside it's dimly lit with red decor everywhere. It went perfectly with my dress. It was full of people but not over crowded.
"Reservation for two under Mcarty," Emmett says and we are guided to a small table in the back corner of the restaurant that gave us some privacy but wasn't out of the way.
"This is the perfect place Em, how did you find it?" I ask.
"I asked the lady at the front desk of the hotel for some places we could go. I'm glad you like it. I thought you might like the whole Spanish thing, with your name being Rosalie and all." I roll my eyes at him but at the same time give him a quick kiss. What a sweetie.
"Hello can I take your drink order?" asks the waiter.
"Two martinis please," Emmett says, nodding at me to make sure I'm good with that.
"Sounds great," I say and the waiter leaves to get our drinks. Emmett and I talk about whatever comes to mind in the couple minutes it takes for us to get our drinks.
"Thank you," I say as the waiter hands us our drinks. I take a sip of my martini. "Mmmm" Emmett watches me sip my martini and chuckles.
"What?"
"Nothing, you just look so sexy sipping that martini." I give him my best smouldering look.
"Do I?" I ask innocently. Emmett stares at me for a second with a blank face and an open mouth. I can practically see him drooling. I chuckle.
"Waa, uh yea but you know, that I think you look sexy even without a martini," he leans in close to me and puts his hand on my arm. Now it's my turn to stare. My breathing hitches and then I snap out of once he starts chuckling. I glare at him.
"You suck," I say as I lean back in my chair.
"You started it love." Love. I remember what Alice said about the whole "love" subject. She didn't tell us much except to have a little fun with the boys when it came to that word/topic. I think I had an idea of what was going on but either way I knew whatever was going to happen that it was going to be fun. For us girls that is.
I lean back in toward Emmett. "No, you started it with the whole sneakers on a date thing, love," he jumps a bit at the word love. Tee hee.
"Well... I... uh... you... Alice... shoes," he mumbles.
"Are you always this articulate love," I tease as I lean in closer. Emmett backs away a bit. He chuckles nervously. I can practically hear his heart pumping. I check the clock, 6:50.
"So Em, what do you think you're going to have," I say casually leaning back in my chair. Emmett relaxes a bit.
"Um, I was thinking I'd have the steak and mashed potatoes. How about you?" I glance at the menu. Hmmm what to choose, what to choose.
"I think I'll have the chicken parmesan," I say after some deliberation.
"Sounds good," Emmett says. The waiter comes back to take our orders and we tell him what we're having. As we wait for our food Emmett and I talk about our trip here, our pasts with our friends, and about what we think university is going to be like. Emmett tells me that he and Edward and Jasper are planning to share a dorm. I tell him that Bella, Alice, and I plan to do the same, at least until we can get an apartment of our own.
"Sounds cool. I can't wait to get out of dullsville. Forks is one of the most unexciting places in the world and Dartmouth is on the other side of the country!" he says with a big smile.
"Yea I can't believe we all got in. It's unbelievable. The 6 of us are going to have the most adventures there I just know it," I say returning his smile. Emmett stares right into my eyes and we have a moment. I can tell he wants to say it, and he opens his mouth to speak but then the waiter shows up with our food and the moment is totally over.
"Thank you," Emmett politely says to the waiter but I can tell he's disappointed. I don't say anything. That waiter ruined our moment! We look at our food and I must admit that it looks great. Emmett gives me a sheepish grin as we start eating.
"So...," he says a couple minutes later, "What courses are you girls looking at?"
"Well I'm looking at theatre. Acting you know? My backup is auto mechanics though. There are no courses at Dartmouth for it, I think, but if my acting plan falls through I'll find somewhere else. Bella is looking at English. She wants to be a writer or a journalist. She doesn't know yet. She loves making up stories but she also loves bringing important issues to peoples' attention. Alice, well I'm sure this will come as no surprise to you but she's looking at dance. She loves dancing. Her backup is fashion design though. She loves it too and she definitely would be good at it," I pause, my mind wandering as I think about the future. Emmett kisses me softly.
"What was that for?" I ask breaking out of my daze.
"Just for being you," he says smiling softly. I swear that my heart stops, even if it was just for a second. I know, just then, that it's the right time to say it. I'm pretty sure he wanted to say it first but too bad. I guess I'll just have to go first.
"I love you," I whisper. His eyes widen to a really big size. I giggle a little bit. "Emmett?" He remains frozen. I start to panic a bit. What if I was wrong and it's too early? What if Alice was wrong? What if he doesn't like me at all and he was just using me the whole time? But I don't think he was. And Alice is never wrong about these things. And Bella was sure too and she SAID that Edward said... and AH! I think the panicked look on my face brought Emmett back to reality because he took my hand and gave me a kiss.
"Rose, I'm sorry my brain was just taking a while to process."
"What else is new?" I mutter in an attempt to tease him. He still hasn't said it. He chuckles.
"Rose, I love you too." He leans in and kisses me for real and I think my heart stops for more than just a second this time. We break apart and stare into each others' eyes but then Emmett looks away sheepishly.
"What?" I ask.
"Well, I have confession," Emmett says.
"What?" I say suspiciously.
"Well Eddie and I made a bet that we both had to proclaim our love to you and Bella by 8PM or else the other would get to do it for them. Most likely in an embarrassing way," he finishes awkwardly. He looks so afraid that I will get mad that I almost laugh. Almost. I raise my eyebrow.
"You had to make a bet with Edward just to get up the guts to tell me how you feel?" It sounds so ridiculous that I have to hide my smile. Let him sweat it out a bit, the big baby.
"Well I...um." So this is what Alice was talking about. I wonder what happens since I said the "L" word first. Emmett is still trying to stutter out an explanation while I'm thinking.
"Oh stop," I say rolling my eyes. "I'm not mad although you are a wuss and now I will definitely be telling everyone about this, and now I so wish I dragged this out longer," I conclude, smiling. Emmett makes a face and then kisses me softly.
"Ok, I guess I deserve it. But you do know that I love you baby, right?"
"Of course," I say as I lean in for another kiss.
"So do you think Eddie's done it yet?" he asks just before our lips meet.
"Who knows," I say and then pull him for the perfect kiss.
Edward POV
I'm a nervous wreck. Bella and I walk away from our friends and head to central park. The sun is still out. As we walk along holding hands I'm thinking of how I'm going to do this. How do you admit your love to someone? Bella is special and I want it to be special. I just hope she feels the same way. As we sit down to have our picnic we talk about anything and everything. I feel like I can say almost anything to Bella and she won't make fun of me or scorn me for it, even if I sound like a complete idiot.
"So what are your hobbies, Edward?" Bella asks as she settles on the blanket I brought.
"Well I like to play baseball and to run. I'm faster than both Emmett and Jasper," I smile. "Emmett accused me of cheating the first time we raced." Bella laughs. "And I... well,"
"What is it?" Bella asks. "You're not a drug dealer or anything are you?" she asks teasingly.
"Well I also play piano. But I don't tell very many people about it," I admit. "Emmett constantly teases me about playing the piano. I don't usually tell people unless I'm very close to them. It's something personal to me," Bella smiles.
"Well I'm glad you told me. I definitely want to hear you play when we get home," I smile back. She really is the perfect girl.
After we eat a meal of chicken sandwiches, crab cakes, salad, fruits, and chocolate pie for desert; Bella and I sit and continue asking each other questions. I learn that Bella's favourite book is Wuthering Heights and that she loves the song Claire du Lune by Debussy, which happens to be one of my favourite classical songs as well. Also that she loves chocolate, which I learnt when there was only one bite left of the chocolate pie and Bella tackled me for it. She was so wrapped up in that chocolate pie she wasn't even embarrassed enough to blush for tackling me. Until afterwards that is. She blushed that beautiful shade of red that's so Bella that I just gave her a kiss and we sat back to watch the children playing in the park. Corny, I know, but I think we're just a corny couple. Why fight it?
We sit on the blanket with me leaning back on my hands and Bella leaning back against my legs. We just sit there in silence, not needing to speak, but the thought of the bet is still in the back of my head. I glance at my watch and it says that it's almost 7:30.
Bella breaks the silence. "Don't you just love central park? I love it." Is it just me or did she purposely add emphasis on the word love? I stiffen. On purpose or not it still makes me squirm.
"Uh, yea... it's nice," I say awkwardly.
"Just nice?" she asks me, turning around so I can see her face. "Don't you love it?" My brain slows down a bit. This must be what it feels like to be Emmett. Why does she keep using that word?? Does she know?! Oh crap! She must. Should I just confess or just try to act cool? My mind panicking is interrupted by Bella's laughter.
"What?" I ask.
"I'm sorry but, your face! I don't know why you're panicking over the "L" word but Alice was right, it is funny!" I just stare at her stunned. So she doesn't know. Well she doesn't know everything. She only knew that I was going to be freaked over the "L" word tonight. Alice and Jasper are so going to pay. Bella's laughter finally subsides and she turns so she's looking right into my eyes. With a big grin still on her face she says, "Alright so are you going to tell me what's going on now or what?" I hesitate a second. I guess I should tell her about the bet. But there's something more important I need to say first.
"I love you," I announce. I don't stutter or falter or look away, because I mean it and I want her to know that. She freezes.
"Wuuuaaa?" is the sound that comes out of her mouth. Not what I was hoping for but I probably caught her off guard and she hasn't run away yet so I decide to keep going.
"Well I've been wanting to tell you but then I was too chicken and so was Emmett so we made a bet that we had to say the "L" word by 8 O'clock tonight or else the other would get to do it for them, or something really embarrassing for me just because Emmett would never miss out on a chance to embarrass me. And I totally understand if you don't feel like saying it yet but I thought, you know, now would be a good time, and I'm just going to stop talking now." I shut my mouth to stop all my rambling and I wait as Bella processes what I said. I can practically see the wheels turning.
After a couple of minutes of waiting I decide I should try to say something else to get a response out of her. I'd accept anything by this point even a 'Go away I don't ever want to see you again.' Ok maybe not that but almost anything else. I open my mouth to speak but then Bella puts a finger to my lips.
"I'm thinking," she whispers.
"What about?" I whisper back.
"Whether or not I should kiss you now or after I tell you that I love you." She looks up into my eyes and it takes all my self control not to jump her right then and there.
"So what have you decided?" I tease while hoping my voice doesn't sound too strained.
"Both," she whispers as she jumps onto my lap and pushes her lips against mine while whispering my new three favourite words.
We make out for a good 20 minutes, only coming up for air when absolutely necessary. When we stop we just stare at each other in silence. I run my eyes over her face, memorizing it like it's the last time I'll ever see her. I just want to remember this forever. Her kiss swollen lips, her dishevelled hair that still looks sexy, and the look in her eyes of happiness and love. She runs a hand through my even messier than usual hair and smiles.
"Alice is so getting a huge birthday present this year."
ok everybody im sooo sorry it took so long. I've been busy with summer vaca and now school and I also had a bit of writer's block but hear it is chapter 13. Hope you like it and hope it was worth the wait. And hope noone tries to kill me in my sleep for taking so long. *nervous laughter tee hee* anyhoo enjoy, fellow fanfictioners.
~The rainbow of imagination