The newest season of "So You Think You Can Dance" just started. I can't wait to see what happens. Obviously I'm a big fan of the show or this story never would have happened. I hope you'll all check it out. Evan's brother made it to Vegas!!! I can't wait to see if we'll get our first tap dancer in the top twenty.

Chapter 24- All kinds of Plans

POV- Bella

"Edward I'm pretty sure this shirt is history."

We had his shirt soaking in his bathroom sink but the sticky stains on it were soaked threw and it wasn't coming clean. Edward peeked into the bathroom and glanced down at the helpless shirt. He shrugged and rolled his eyes.

"Go ahead and throw it out. I'll make Emmett replace it later."

I pulled his shirt out of the sink and rang it out as best I could. I dumped it in his trash can and made my way back over to his side. He hadn't pulled a new shirt on because he didn't want to wreck another one and I was enjoying the view of his sculpted back, even if there were still feathers sticking to him.

Edward was standing in front f his mirror trying to pull the feathers out of his hair. He tugged at a part of his hair and winced.

"Here let me help."

I pulled him over to the bed and stood on my knees behind him so I could pick at the feathers which were almost slicked into his hair with oil. I'd already changed out of my feathery clothes and tossed them in a washer down the hall to get clean. Edward sat down with a grumble and I started pulling a comb threw his hair working the sticky feathers out.

There were feathers on the floor all around his room and we had left a nice little trail of them up the stairs and down the hall. It looked like a chicken was loose in the building somewhere. The cleaning crew for this building probably hated us. If it wasn't pie on the walls it was flour on the floor and when it wasn't flour we cut up pillows and beat each other with them! I bet we were the messiest group of dancers this show had ever seen.

"So have you had any thought on how to get back at Emmett?" Edward asked as he fidgeted under my hands. His hair was just long enough that it was knotting in the sticky stuff and making it hard to work the feathers out without yanking to hard.

"A few yes but, we have to make sure to hit Alice at the same time. It won't be completely satisfying if we don't get both of them."

"Sorry" I added when he flinched under my hands.

"I'm ok, I wouldn't mind getting Jake too if were going to go all out." Edward added with a smirk.

I thought back to my last big conversation with Jake and how he had seen me naked. I definitely wouldn't mind getting him too. Stupid punk, he had to know how much black mail I had on him. I could make his life very miserable if I wanted to.

"What about a little taste of their own medicine?" I asked as inspiration struck me like a bolt of lightning. One brilliant flash and I had a great idea. We would get them with their own pranks and make then all look like idiots. And we would get it on tape and make sure it was aired all over the country! I felt so evil and I was positive an evil little smirk was pulling on the corners of my mouth.

Edward glanced up at me and grinned when he saw my expression. "What exactly did you have in mind?"

I sat down on my heels and waved my hands out. "Look at all of the pranks they've already done to us, the pie launcher, the flour bomb, these sticky feathers. Let's find a way to mix them all up and make it one big prank. We can get all of them and top it off as the best prank so far."

He nodded. "You're far sneakier then I thought you would be Bella. If this works I'm going to name you the prank queen."

"I thought you liked surprises?" I asked with a flirty smile.

"I do and you keep turning out to be quite surprising."

"If this works would you become the prank king?" I asked.

He nodded. "If it's big enough, yes. I look forward to knocking Emmett off his thrown."

"And stealing the crown." I added getting back to my work.

I grabbed a towel and tried whipping some of the sticky stuff out of his hair. "You could probably jump in the shower now. I got most of the feathers out and this sticky stuff smells kind of funny. You're going to have to lather rinse and repeat twice to get it all out."

"I think its cooking spray." Edward said standing up and glancing at himself in the mirror. He ran one of his hands through his sticky, grease hair and grimaced. He sniffed at his fingers and his frown deepened. "That or bubble soap."

"How exactly did this happen anyway?" I asked, curiosity winning over.

He shrugged. "I was trying to find Emmett when it happened actually. I walked through a doorway down stairs and tripped over something I hadn't seen. My legs got all tangled and then they started spraying me. I think they noticed I was the wrong person but didn't want to waist their prank so they just got me instead."

"Who's they? I only saw Emmett in the hall with you."

"Leah, she was working with him. She was the one who hit me with the pillow. By the time I got to my feet she had run off down another hall and I turned on Emmett."

"We should add her to the hit list."

He nodded. "I'm going to go take a shower."

"Mind if I stay here and hide? I'd rather not run into Emmett right now and if Alice finds me she's going to make me go back to my room and unpack our clothes."

He shook his head with a grin and grabbed some clean clothes from his dresser. "Go ahead, I'll be right out."

"No hurry."

He disappeared into the bathroom and I lay down on his bed. I wasn't sure where Emmett or Alice had gotten the things they needed for their pranks and I couldn't ask them without raising suspicion. Edward and I would have to snoop around over the next few days and try to track everything down.

I found a piece of paper and a pen and started making a list of everything I could think off. The hardest part wasn't going to be finding everything we would need to pull off the prank. It was going to be hard getting all four of them in one place at the right time.

Edward came out of the bathroom an hour later still frowning. He sat down on the bed next to me and glanced at my list.

"Add a one way ticket to Cuba for Emmett and were all good."

I smirked and added it to the end of the list with a little smiley face next to it. Edward pulled at his hair again and found. "What's wrong Edward?"

"It won't come out, my hair is still nasty."

I took the towel he was holding and whipped at his hair trying to whip it clean. You could definitely feel the oil from the spray still in his hair. Edward sat still as I worked, the frown still set on his face. Granted, he still looked like a pouting Greek statue but I didn't like seeing him so upset. It reminded me of the face he had worn after his talk with Carlisle.

"Edward?"

"Yes Bella?"

I was glad he couldn't see my eyes but I had a very Alice like suspicion that he was upset about more then just his hair. I doubted he was really this bummed out about his hair being messy.

"Is something bothering you?"

"Emmett" He said quickly and I rolled my eyes at the back of his beautiful, sticky head.

"I meant other then Emmett."

He shrugged. "It's nothing Bella."

"No" I disagreed, tossing the now dirty towel away and laying down on my side next to him. "It's not nothing, or it wouldn't be bothering you so much. You've seemed kind of out of it since Carlisle talked to you after the show on Wednesday."

He watched me and I tried to read the different emotions playing across his face. The good news is he wasn't frowning anymore. The bad news was the he looked confused. He looked up at me and leaned back against his head board.

"You're very observant." He stated without answering my question.

I rolled onto my back and folded my arms under my head so I could look at him.

"Not hardly, I just know you very well."

"Very well." He agreed.

I smirked at him but he wasn't looking at him. He shied and ran a hand through his hair. He pulled his hand away from his head and gave a grossed out look at it before whipping his fingers off on another towel. He was going to have to shower again to get the oil all out of his hair.

"You don't have to tell me Edward." I said slowly catching his eye when he looked down at me. "But you can if you want to talk about it. You know that right?"

He nodded slowly. "I know that Bella."

He moved so he was lying on his stomach next to me. "It's not like there's anything you can do about it. Carlisle and I had been talking about it for a few years now and he-"

"Talking about what?" I asked confused but glad that he was willing to talk to me.

He rubbed at his face and smiled at me. "Medical school."

"You're going to med school?" I smiled up at him. Edward had told me once he loved studying medicine. His father was a doctor. I knew Edward had taken some pre med classes. He would make such a wonderful doctor. "That's so exciting Edward, congratulations."

He shrugged. "It's not official yet. I've been thinking about applying for awhile but I never actually did. Carlisle's been talking to some of his old doctor friends for me and he's found a few schools that are willing to give me some pretty big scholarships." He shrugged again and rested his forehead against his arms. "Carlisle has a lot of pull in the medical field and nothing would please him more then me going to med school."

I nodded along. From what I'd learned from Edward and Emmett about their father nothing would make him happier then one of his sons becoming a doctor. Carlisle was making some big waves in the world of medicine with a breakthrough in open heart surgery. He loved helping people and he was good at what he did.

Edward glanced over me at the clock on his bedside table. It was almost six.

"Are you hungry? We should head down to diner."

I nodded and rolled to my feet. "We'll have to be carefull to keep plan Switzerland a secret." I said in a whisper, folding up the list of paper and tucking it in my pocket. "I figured we could snoop around and try to find some of the things we'll need around the studio. We can hide them in my room since no one will suspect me and chances are good Emmett won't spend a lot of time in there."

He shook his head. "Alice is just as cunningly sneaky as Emmett is and she will spend a lot of time in your room. We should look for a hiding spot somewhere in the house to store our things." He paused. "You think people will suspect me more then you?"

I smiled at him and batted my eye lashes. "I'm innocent little Bella. Your brother is Emmett. I'm definitely less likely to pull something like this off then you are. You're guilty by association."

He snorted and followed along behind me as I made my way over to his door. "I have a feeling your not nearly as innocent as you make people think you are."

I blushed. "What is that supposed to mean?" I asked trying to sound offended. I spun around to glare at him but he was a lot closer then I thought he would be. My smart remark caught in my throat and I lost myself in his eyes. He really did have the most beautiful eyes.

"It doesn't mean anything. I just think there's a sneaky little minx hidden somewhere inside of you and you lead people to thinking your naive." He said softly backing me up against the wall near his door. My checks darkened farther as he braced one hand on either side of my head and leaned in. His bright eyes locked with my darker brown ones and he hesitated a few inches away.

I smirked trying to keep my eyes locked on his insted of looking at his lips. "Maybe there is and maybe there's not. You'll never know." I said flirty, wiggling my eye browns at him. I had one hand behind his neck tickling the small hairs there and he shivered. His eyes had gone back to that dark green color I loved and his voice sounded lower then normal when he spoke, almost husky, a level I'd never heard from him.

"You'll be the death of me Isabella."

I shied when his lips met mine and my hands found their place low on his hips. I mentally rolled my eyes at him. So maybe I wasn't the most innocent person in the world. Would anyone honestly be able to push away from Edward when he kissed them like this? I also felt a thin blush crawling up my checks from when he'd said my name. I was pretty sure that was the first time he'd said my full name out loud. I'd always thought Isabella sounded so odd in normal conversation, which is why I went by Bella. If he would always say my name like that I never wanted to be called Bella again.

One of his hands tangled itself in my hair and my hands wrapped around his waist as I melted against his chest. I could still smell the cooking spray in his hair but somehow it worked. It didn't smell as good as he usually did but it wasn't bad.

I hadn't heard anyone knock but I wasn't really listening either. The door next to us swung open and who ever was standing there started laughing. Edward jumped back like a kid caught with his hand in the cookie jar and I flushed twice as dark as I had before.

Emmett was standing in the doorway smiling at us as he laughed.

"Woops my bad, I didn't mean to interrupt you two crazy kids. I thought you might be interested in coming down to diner but if you would rather eat out then I'll just be going-"

"Emmett!" Edward snapped at his older brother and I tried becoming invisible, blending into the wall behind me so no one could see me. It wasn't working vary well.

Emmett smiled again and took a step back. "I'll just be going. Congratulations Eddie, I'll see you later Bell."

"Wait." I reached out to grab him and he stopped.

"What?" He asked trying to bite back another laugh as he glanced back and forth between the two of us. He was finding this very humorous.

"You can't tall anyone." I said trying to keep my voice even as my checks turned the darkest red possible.

His smile fell and was replaced by an evil grin as he once again glanced back and forth between the two of us. "Who are you hiding from? You don't have a boyfriend back home do you Bells? That's not very nice. What would he say if-"

"Of course not Emmett! I don't have a boyfriend."

Edward grabbed me around the waist preventing me from lunging at his idiot brother. I growled at him and that only made Emmett laugh harder.

"Emmett please?" I asked trying to give him the Alice pout. Emmett's grin fell and he folded his arms over his chest.

"What exactly are you hiding from?" He asked.

"We don't want the show to find out about this. We would rather the whole country not know about us so, it's safer if you just don't tell anyone." Edward said eyeing his brother carefully.

He nodded. "Have you told mom about your new girlfriend? She'll freak." Emmett asked giving me a warmer smile.

My pout fell and I crossed my arms over my chest as a dull ache pulled at my chest. "I'm not his girlfriend." Edward's hands fell from my waist and I tried not to let the hurt show on my face. Would he have let go if he wanted me to be his girlfriend? He had said he liked me and I'd confessed to having strong feeling for him. His subtle gesture of letting me go felt like a wake up call that I'd been trying not to notice. I wasn't his and he certainly wasn't mine.

I moved a step away from them and kept my gaze lowered. I knew that I was falling for Edward probably harder then I should. If I was being completely honest with myself I knew I had already fallen and I didn't really want to get up. Making out with him on such a regular basis wasn't helping either. I knew it was probably wrong to be so comfortable with him and not be his girlfriend. It made me look easy and that wasn't the reputation I wanted.

"I won't tell anyone if that's what you want. Scouts honor." Emmett said raising his right hand like a boy scout would.

"You were never a scout Emmett." Edward pointed out.

"Same principals." Emmett said turning away from us and walking off.

I waited until the door swung shut behind him before looking up at Edward. Edward didn't look down at me and there was a tension between us that had never existed before. The air between us sparked and I was afraid to move to fast, I didn't was to get shocked.

"I suppose we should head down." Edward said after another minute.

I nodded and let my hair fall around my face, creating a barrier between us so he couldn't see my face. "Ok."

We walked silently down the stairs side by side but never touching. I caught sight of Alice in the lounge and felt a small smile tug at my face. Alice had a soft smile on her face and her fingers were woven together with Jaspers on the table between them. At least someone was happy. Rose was sitting with them and she smiled at me when she felt me watching her.

She raised one perfect eye brow at me and must have noticed my fallen face. She glanced at Edward and then back at me. The question very evident on her face even without words. She wanted to know if something was wrong. I didn't really want to talk about it. I shrugged my shoulders softly and turned away from her.

POV-Alice

I couldn't believe it. I knew there were tears in my eyes but I couldn't lift my hands to whip them away. I was completely shocked. I'd been so frustrated with Jasper for not talking to me. I'd been completely insensitive. I never once thought that his secret could be something like this. This was the kind of thing you saw in movies. I was such a horrible person.

"Alice?" Rose had finished talking and she was watching my face as her words sunk in. I hadn't said a word as she told me her story. Her nightmare of a life. I'd never imagined anything like this could be lurking behind the masks that Rose and Jasper wore so well.

I glanced over at Jasper. He was standing just out of my reach with his back to the wall. He was glaring hard at the ground near his feet like he wished it would open up and swalow him whole. He hadn't said much during Rose's story either, other then the occasional growl or dark glare at the things he was remembering.

I'd known Rose and Jasper were close. It was clear as day if anyone bothered to look. Rose scooted over on the bed and took my hand.

"Alice, please say something."

I glanced up at her and tried to think of something to say. Nothing fit, nothing I could say would take away her pain or make what had happened any better. I was just glad I finally understood. Everything that Jasper hadn't said before was starting to make sense. I turned back to Jasper and slowly got to my feet.

I wasn't sure what time it was or how long I'd been listening to their story. I took a step in Jaspers direction and he tensed. His arms were folded across his chest and he was refusing to look up at me.

"Jasper?"

He drew in a shaky breath and let his arms fall to his side. He looked defeated and worn out. I didn't know what to say to take his pain away. I didn't like seeing him hurt and I hated it even more knowing there was nothing I could do about it.

"Jasper, please look at me."

He glanced up and I wanted to cry harder then I already was. He looked lost and I wasn't even sure what he was looking for. I took another step towards him and wrapped my arms around his waist. His back was tense and he shivered under my hands.

He pulled back a step and unwrapped my arms from around him. He held my hands out in front of me and watched me with an expression I couldn't read. My chest ached with the pain I couldn't take away form him and I just wanted to wrap my arms around him again.

"Alice, didn't you hear what she just told you?" He asked me softly.

I nodded slowly glancing back over at were Rose was sitting on the bed. I'd heard everything. Rose had been raped by a man she trusted and Jasper had saved her life. "Yes, I heard."

His eyes hardened and there was a new edge to his voice I hadn't heard before. "I killed him Alice. Royce is dead and I'm the one who killed him."

"What choice did you have?"

He looked shocked at my words. "I didn't have a choice." He said as much to himself as to me. "If I hadn't done something he would have killed Rosalie. I had to."

"He would have killed you to." I tried to step forward and hold onto him again but he mirrored my moves and took a step back.

"How can you still want to be near me?" He asked softly. "I'm a murderer."

"You're a hero Jasper." I agued back glancing over at Rose again. "You did what you had to, to save your sister."

A small smile tugged at the corner of his mouth and he pulled me to him. His arms wrapped around my waist and I locked mine around his neck holding him as tightly as I could. Once I was sure nether of us would fall apart when I let go I moved and threw my arms around Rose giving her a hug too.

"Thank you Alice." She whispered in my ear.

Once we were done hugging I moved to hold onto Jasper again. He wrapped his arms around my waist and a soft smile tugged at the corner of his lips.

"Thank you Alice." He said softly and then he kissed the top of my head.

"For what? I didn't do anything."

"For not pushing away from us. For not pulling away from me because of what I did."

I rubbed my forehead into his chest and inhaled his sent. He always smelt so good, some combination of spice and dried soil and honey. I'd never been to Texas but if it smelt like Jasper I was moving down south. I didn't say anything but I knew he understood. I never would have pulled away from him.

My hands were resting on his chest and morbid curiosity reminded me of the scar Rose had said now existed. The only physical reminded of their terrifying encounter. Jaspers hands covered my own and he moved them off his chest.

"You want to see it?" He asked, guessing where my thoughts were going.

I shook my head watching his face, trying to read the emotions playing across it. "You don't have to show it to me Jasper."

He took a step away and smiled at me. "It's ok."

He pulled his shirt over his shoulders and I tried to keep my face void of emotion. I'd never seen Jasper without a shirt on, even during practice he'd always kept something covering his chest. His chest was beautiful, toned abs leading up to strong shoulders. A thick jagged scare ran along the top of his ribs just a few inches under his heart.

"Jazz." His name came out as a whisper and he smiled as I used his nickname. I hoped Rose wouldn't mind if I used it. I liked it. It was cute and strong and fit him just right.

I stepped closer and ran one of my fingers along the off colored mark. The scare was raised but the skin was smooth. It was beautiful.

"Beautiful?" He asked confused. I hadn't realized I'd spoken my last thought out loud.

I nodded slowly. "Yes, I think so. Jasper what you did was incredibly brave." I moved forward again and wrapped my arms around his waist. He was so much taller then I was so I pressed my face against his chest. I could feel his heart beating under my cheek.

I pulled back a step and smile up at him. "You want to see something?" I asked him.

He nodded. "What?"

I pulled my wallet out of my pocket and fished the picture of my baby kitty out. He wasn't really a baby anymore but he was my baby. I handed the picture to Jasper and he smiled down at the photo.

"Is this your cat?"

I nodded. "Yep, my mom got him for me six years ago. His names Spock." I added blushing like Bella. He'd shard his secret with me. I knew I could trust him with mine. Mine wasnt as big or life changing but it would give us somthing to bond on.

"Like from Startrek?" He asked with a big smile.

I nodded. "Yep"

"You're a Trekkie?"

My blush darkened and I nodded again. "Yes and you can't tell anyone else or I'll kick you butt."

"I'm just glad I'm not the only one." He said handing me back the photo. It took a second for what he had said to sink in and when he did I jumped back into his arms and locked mine around his waist.

"You like Startrek too?"

"Yes but, I like the Next Generation Season better then the first one."

No way! He was perfect, that was all there was to it. "Me too, that's so cool."

He kissed the top of my head and we stood there for along time. When we finally pulled apart I noticed that Rose was gone.

"Where did Rose go?"

Jasper picked his shirt up and I missed the view of his chest once it was back in place. Scare or no scare Jasper was quite handsome. He took my hand and started leading me towards the door.

"She just wanted to give us a little privacy."

Rose was sitting in the hall across the hallway from her room. She jumped to her feet when we walked out and looked back and forth between us trying to figure out how I had taken seeing his scare. I smiled up at her and wrapped my arms around Jasper again.

"You showed her?" She asked her eyes moving up to Jaspers face.

I felt him nod and then she shifted her gaze to me.

I smiled at her, trying to reasure her that I was fine. "-and I showed him Spock."

Rose smiled brilliantly and pulled me into another hug. When she let me go Jasper took my hand again and we all made our way down stairs to diner. We were early and the lounge was mostly empty. We filled our plates and found seats at an empty table.

I never once let go of Jaspers hand and it thrilled me to no end that he didn't make any move to let go of me. Slowly the lounge started to fill up as the dancers returned from town or realized it was diner time.

Emmett waltzed in with a confused smirk on his face. He filled a plate high with food and sat down next to Rose. Rose glanced at the door over my shoulder and smiled at who ever walked in. I leaned into Jaspers side and he squeezed my hand. I loved that I didn't need to say anything and he would know how much this ment to me. I didn't need words with Jasper.

I felt someone's eyes on the back of my neck and I glanced over my shoulder. Edward and Bella had just walked in and I knew at once something was wrong. Her hair hung around her face like a shield and Edward wasn't holding on to her.

They'd always been carful not to display too much affection for each other in front of the other dancers but they were usually touching somewhere. They both had there arms down at their sides and they were refusing to look at each other. I caught Bella's eyes and tried to ask with was wrong without words.

Jaspers fingers tightened around mine and I knew he was noticing the change in them as well. Something bad had definitely happened and I was going to have to talk to her. Bella shrugged her shoulders and glanced quickly up at Edward when he handed her a plate. They moved silently threw the line and even thought they weren't touching their movements were mirrored. Without even knowing it they stayed near each other. When he moved she adjusted and when she shifted her weight he would lean with her. They were linked to each other even when they thought they weren't.

~Darkrose

I hope no one hates me for making Alice a Trekkie. I really couldn't help it. I had to put my kitty in there somewhere and Alice seemed like the perfect person to take care of him for me. Personally my vices include: Startrek, N'SYNC, chipotle burritos, painting my toes lime green. The list goes on and on and on. My intire life is a vice by societies standards, good thing I don't care much about conforming to society. I like M.A.S.H. too.

What are your secret shames?