With this chapter, I just want you guys to know two things. I'm Australian, so 1) I have no idea how long it takes to get from Lewiston to Forks, and 2) Sex Kitten is an Australian shop, on the Gold Coast. I couldn't think of a shop name, and the first one that came to mind (that I had heard of before, I've never been to it) was Sex Kitten. And yes, it is a lingerie store. Blame Alice for this one.
Jasper woke me at 3.30am, to go pick up Rosalie and then drive out to Emmett's place, where Alice and Edward were already waiting, a thermos of coffee in each of their hands. I had to give it to Alice; she knew how to dress well, even when it was so cold that the grass was starting to frost.
Emmett came outside dangling a set of keys from his finger. He walked over to the van, which I had not seen until now.
It was large and white. It wasn't like the regular vans that just seated people. I looked inside and saw that it was more like a campervan with a bed, minifridge, sink and even a TV. They all just got into it like it was normal to be riding in this monstrous thing.
"Is this thing even legal?" I asked.
"Of course Bella, or otherwise we wouldn't be driving it to Forks and back."
I got in cautiously and sat on the couch next to Jasper. He grinned widely at me.
"You wanna know the best part about this couch?" he asked me. I nodded slowly, afraid of what was going to happen.
He pulled a lever on the side of the seat fast and I found myself flying backwards where the couch had retreated to a bed.
"Just give me a word of warning next time," I gasped, my heart hammering in my chest.
"I probably shouldn't do that to you," he said after my heart rate was back to normal.
"Why?" Alice asked, eavesdropping on our conversation.
I looked warily at Jasper. "Should I tell them?"
"It's your decision," he shrugged off, "but you'll have to deal with Alice if you tell her."
Alice leaned in closer. "Tell me what?"
"That I'm pregnant," I whispered under my breath, squeezing my eyes shut so that I wouldn't be able to see the wrath of Alice's joy.
I felt it though. She practically tackled me as soon as the words came out of my mouth.
"Oh my god! Why didn't you tell me before?"
"Because this attack was exactly what I was fearing."
She pulled away from me instantly. "I'm sorry Bella. I'm just so excited for you!"
"Just please don't do that again."
"Of course I won't."
It was almost silent until we stopped at McDonalds for breakfast. Then came the chaos.
"Rosie," Emmett whined, "I don't have enough money for all of this."
"Yes you do Emmett. You have three hundred fucking dollars. Buy it yourself."
Then Alice started.
"I don't want to spend any money; I want to save it for the shops."
I rolled my eyes. "Seriously Alice, there are almost no stores in Port Angeles, and there are none in Forks. And we're not going all the way to Seattle to shop. Plus, Jasper's mom won't appreciate it if you turn up with a billion bags."
"Then she'll just have to get used to me. Because that's how I am."
Edward, Jasper and I were the only sane ones. We just ordered our food, paid and ate. No trouble like Rosalie, Emmett and Alice. Rosalie insisted on knowing the exact calories of each thing that she was buying until Emmett just bought it and pretty much shoved it in her mouth.
"You don't need to count calories, I love you exactly how you are. I swear, if you lose any weight, I am going to disown you. I like my girls with something on their bones."
Rosalie looked up at Emmett all gooey.
"Really? You don't like skinny girls?" she asked in a small voice.
"Positive."
Jasper rolled his eyes. "Come on guys, we need to get going now if we're going to reach Forks by lunchtime tomorrow."
"And, because I didn't get to see Mike before thanks to bitch-face slut-bag, I want to go and see him before we get settled in."
"Where are we staying?" Rosalie asked.
"At my mom's house," Jasper answered.
"Jasper and I set the rooms up. Rose and Emmett have the guest room, Edward and Alice get the living room, and Jasper and I get his old room, because we were the ones who spent the most time in it. Not in that way Emmett," I said when Emmett raised his eyebrows at me.
"Cool. So during the time that we're staying in Forks, can we go to Seattle? They have a Sex Kitten store there. There isn't a single Sex Kitten in the whole of Idaho."
"So, basically you just want to drive a billion miles to visit a sex store. Alice, you are crazy."
We finished eating and left McDonalds.
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It was about 4pm by the time we reached Forks. We were all excited, except Rosalie, who looked a little nervous.
"What's up Rose?" I asked.
"I'm a bit scared of what Marianne will think of me."
I was confused. "Why do you think that? Everyone loves you Rose."
"The woman, whose husband left her, then moved states and married another woman is bound to think badly of that other woman's daughter."
It finally clicked. Rosalie was scared of Marianne because she was Jasper's mom, and Marianne could possibly have a vendetta against her.
"Rose, Marianne is the nicest woman in the whole of Washington. She would never hate you. I'm pretty sure that she doesn't even hate the woman that Jasper's dad was sleeping with when they were married. You have nothing to worry about."
Rosalie looked settled a bit more, but immediately froze as soon as we drove up Marianne's driveway.
"I can't go in there, she'll think I'm the spawn of Satan," Rosalie stated, not taking her seatbelt off. Everyone else was out of the van, except for me and her. Jasper stuck his head in the door.
"Bella is right, Rose, my mom makes your mom look like King Kong. Seriously though, you have to get out of the van, because Bella wants to go and see Mike this afternoon."
I gave Rosalie a look. She undid her seatbelt and slid out of the van. She walked up the path to wrap her arms around Emmett, while Jasper and I walked ahead of the others to open the door. He turned and motioned for them to stay silent. Jasper opened the door slowly, not making a sound and tip-toed inside. I could smell Marianne's famous roast coming from the kitchen.
"Where is that son of mine?" Marianne to herself from the kitchen. I heard a few beeps and then Jasper's phone went off. Loudly.
"Well we're screwed, Jas," Emmett said, his booming voice echoing through the hallways. Marianne walked around the corner, capturing Jasper in a big hug.
"I'm so glad that you've come to see me again. You too, Bella," she said, hugging me after Jasper. She stepped back to take everyone in.
"Mom, these are my friends Emmett, Edward and Alice," Jasper said, as Marianne stepped forward to shake hands with the boys and hug Alice.
"Who is this lovely young woman?" Marianne asked, her eyes on Rosalie. Jasper cleared his throat.
"This is Rosalie, my step-sister," Jasper said, his voice low. Rosalie still looked shit-scared. Marianne stepped forward and gave Rosalie a big hug.
"It's lovely to meet you, you don't need to look so scared, I'm not going to bite your head off!" Marianne exclaimed.
Rosalie relaxed then, and returned Marianne's hug. "It's nice to finally meet you, I've heard so much about you."
"All bad I bet," Marianne said before laughing. "Go and settle in guys, dinner won't be ready until 6." Bella practically ran up the stairs and threw our bags into my room.
"Hurry up Jasper! We only have two hours to visit Mike!"
We pulled up infront of Mike's house and Bella bounded out of the car and flung the door open. Something must have gone on while I was in Lewiston.
"Mike!" Bella yelled through the house, while I walked along behind her. There was a set of thundering footsteps come down the stairs, and a flash of blonde whirred past me.
"Bella!" Mike yelled just as enthusiastically.
Bella pulled back from Mike to look at him. "It's good to see you again Mike. I'm sorry that I didn't get to see you last time. Jasper and I have a few issues with Lauren."
Mike waved it off with his hand. "It's no problem."
Suddenly, Bella got a weird look on her face, as if she was about to...oh shit.
"Run Bella!" I called out to her as Mike gave me a weird look. No more than a second later, we could hear the sounds of Bella retching in Mike's porcelain bowl.
"Is she okay?" Mike asked me. I felt uneasy. After all, this was the guy that attempted suicide just because she left. How could I tell him that she was pregnant with my kid?
"Yeah, she's fine. She just has a stomach bug." We could hear the sound of Mike's tap running and then Bella walked back downstairs.
"I honestly can't wait for this stage to be over," Bella said. Mike looked confused, so I quickly intercepted.
"Only part of the stomach bug that she has makes her vomit. The rest is just nausea and an unsettled stomach. Right Bella?" I gave her a very pointed look that clearly said for her to not say anything of her pregnancy to her.
"Right. And I've had this part for a few days, so it should be over soon," Bella lied swiftly. I gave her a nod of approval.
My watch read 5:07pm. It didn't seem like it had taken an hour visiting Mike, but I suppose that time flies when you have fun. Or supposedly have fun.
"Bella, we'd better start heading back to my Mom's now, she'll be finished dinner soon and we still have to unpack our bags before Alice throws out our clothes and buys us new ones." Bella giggled at that, but she hadn't experienced it firsthand. I stayed at Emmett's one night and we went out to buy some supplies, when I came back, my entire bag had been replaced. Including my phone, but I was about to buy a new one anyway and she bought me one that was way better than what I would have bought.
"Yeah, I suppose so. I'll probably be around sometime later this week again Mike. Probably sometime before we leave. Bye," Bella said, giving him a hug before picking up her bag and taking my hand.
"Bye Bella," Mike said, waving sadly. Bella turned and gave him a warm smile before opening up her car door.
We were silent for most of the trip until Bella spoke up.
"Stomach bug? Honestly, you could have been a bit more inventive than that. Where's the fun in it?"
"Hey, I had to think of something right on the spot. If I'd had an hour and a computer I could have made it something more inventive. If you really want to, you could say that you went to the doctors and we'll find something a bit more extensive to say, alright then?"
We were lightly giggling by the time we arrived back at Mom's and luckily we didn't leave a minute later. Alice had a black garbage bag that was bulging.
"Alice, before you're allowed to leave the house, you have to show me what's in the bag." Alice looked away anxiously and opened up the plastic bag. Inside it there were Bella's pyjamas, my sweatpants and... my phone. Yep, this stuff was headed for the trash.
"Nice try, Alice," I said before taking the plastic bag off her, her face in a pout.
"What was in that bag?" Bella asked me as we got up to my room. I wordlessly dumped the contents of the bag onto the bed and Bella gasped in horror.
"I told you that she'd replace our wardrobe. I caught her just as she was about to walk out the door. We were lucky."
Bella's eyes narrowed at what could have been if we'd stayed later at Mike's. Frills, lace, lots of pink, some lingerie...actually, that didn't sound so bad. But knowing Alice, it would be all froufrou and horrible. Maybe we'd have to go to that Sex Kitten place that Alice was talking about.
My mom's voice brought me out of my fantasy. "Dinner's ready you guys!" I could hear Emmett's thundering feet rushing down the hall.
I got downstairs and mom was just setting the plates in front of my waiting friends. Alice still had a pout on her face, but Edward was trying to cheer her up.
"...and you can buy me a new watch if you want. I need a new one anyway. Come on Alice, cheer up." She shook her head and her bottom lip trembled.
"I'll let you take me into Sex Kitten," Bella said confidently. I looked at her. Could she honestly read my mind and want to make my fantasy a reality?
Alice looked up, her big, brown eyes glimmering with hope. "Really? Would you let me take you there?"
Bella nodded. "Absolutely, Alice. I'd do anything for you." Alice perked up and started to dig into her meal.
"Last week, if you'd have said that I'd be having Marianne's famous roast twice in a week, I would have laughed at you and kicked dirt in your face," Bella said to no-one in particular at the dinner table. We all laughed.
The rest of dinner was full of Emmett and Rosalie telling mom stories about me, and Bella and mom telling the others stories about me. Of course, the beach jogging incident came up again.
"Two weeks ago, if you'd told me that I'd be hearing that story twice in the next two weeks, I would have laughed at you and kicked dirt in your face," I said, mimicking Bella's earlier words.
Dinner was finished and mom put the dishes in the dishwasher as we all settled down in the living room, watching television.
"Tomorrow, we go to Sex Kitten," Alice said from Edward's arms. Bella shook her head.
"Tomorrow, we go to La Push. I honestly can't remember the last time I saw Jacob and his pack of friends. I don't think that I saw them after you left," Bella said.
"Wow, it's been that long. Okay, so we'll go to La Push tomorrow," I finalized. Alice was a bit sulky, but Bella promised her that we'd all take a shopping trip to Seattle the day after.
We watched TV for another hour, then we started to drop off from today's big trip. Rosalie fell asleep first and Emmett carried her up to the guest room and they stayed there. Bella yawned and started to get up, so I got up with her and we headed up to my old bedroom while Alice and Edward settled in on the couches with their blankets and pillows.
We both changed and got ready for bed, and I didn't even hear mom come in and check on us, because we were fast asleep. But when she saw us, we were curled together, my arms around her waist and my head on her shoulder, both of us with soft smiles on our faces.
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