Changing For The Better

Frightening Little Monster

6/25/09

Rated T

I own nothing. Everything Twilight belongs to the wonderful SM......Sadly

BPOV

"Well it's not as bad as I thought it would be." I muttered looking over myself in the mirror. "It's not bad at all." Edward said bending down to give me a kiss on the cheek. "Thanks, but just to let you know ahead of time, your gonna have to find yourself another partner. I'm not dancing." Edward turned around to face me. He was putting on his tie while he looked over me with a disapproving scowl. "I intend to dance with my fiance, not another woman." He sighed. "But I don't want to dance!" I whined.

Edward scooped me up in his arms and kissed me suddenly on the lips. "You don't even want to dance with me?" He purred. I looked up into his eyes and I couldn't resist him. "Fine. You can have your stupid dance." I pouted. He smiled at me. "Silly little human, just think of it as practice for the wedding." He chuckled. Of course I got butterflies in my stomach thinking of the wedding.

"Mhhh, listen to your heartbeat soar." Edward growled against my neck. I shivered when his cool breath hit my warm skin. "I'm just excited for the wedding." I lied. "So am I." He purred as he set me on my feet.

Just then there was a knock on our door. "Bella, Bella!!! I have to see you, right now!" Alice screeched from the outside of our door. I sighed and went to open the door. As soon as I had the door open, Alice pushed her way past me and headed straight for the bathroom. "Come in here Bella!" She yelled. I trudged my way over to the bathroom door and stood in the door way. "What Alice?" I asked folding my arms across my chest.

"I have to do your hair!" She chirped. "What! My hair is fine the way it is!" I whined. She looked at me in disbelief. "You have got to be kidding! Do you really think that a messy ponytail is appropriate for a night out on the town?" I nodded.

Alice looked unhappy. "Sit." She commanded as she pointed to the small white stool in front of the vanity. "But Alice!" I complained. "Don't give me any buts! Your going to look fabulous tonight no matter what!" Alice sang. I decided that arguing was useless so I sat down and Alice pulled the hair tie from my locks as a cascade of chocolate colored curls fell over my shoulders.

"See how beautiful you are?" She cooed as she brushed through my wild curls. "Sure." I muttered. She sighed as she formed my hair into an elegant twist and pinned it up. "Much better." She smiled as she looked at me. I smiled back, "Are we finished yet?" I asked hopefully. "Not even close." She smirked. I frowned and let Alice buff and polish my makeup. After twenty minutes, Alice looked up from her work and smiled. "Much better." I rolled my eyes and stood up to answer the pounding on the front door.

"Well look at you, thats a pretty dress." Jasper commented on my outfit. I blushed and he smiled. I let Emmett, Jasper and Rosalie into our room where we all gathered around the couch. I looked around and saw that everyone was in fancy clothes. Rosalie was in a red dress that was strapless and had a giant fluffy bow near the waist. For the first time, I noticed Alice's outfit as well. It was a midnight purple mini dress paired with shiny silver pumps. All the boys were dressed in simple suits. We certainly were dressed to go out. "Such a good looking bunch." Alice cooed. "Ha, stop it, you sound like Esme." Emmett laughed. "Come on, lets get out of here." Rosalie said pointing to the door.

I hobbled my way over to the door. The shoes Alice had picked for me to wear were a death trap. "So where are we planning to go this evening?" Jasper asked. "The Wilted Rose." Rosalie said. "It's down town and we are going to be learning some traditional ballroom dancing steps." She smiled happily.

"Great." I muttered under my breath. "Oh come on Bella, this will be fun!" Alice said trying to cheer me up. "What an ironic name." Jasper said. "Yeah, I guess so. We need to get going." Rosalie said trying to push her way past to the door.

"Let's head out." Emmett said. "We're gonna dance like theres no tomorrow!" Alice chirped.

"Alice, calm down!" Jasper demanded. Alice glared at him and stomped her way over to the door. I followed behind the others as Edward locked up the hotel room. I stood waiting by the door as he came out. "Are you ready?" He chuckled. I peered up at him through my eye lashes and frowned. "Not even close." I answered. He sighed and took my hand in his. "This will be fun," he said as we boarded the elevator.

We met the others in the lobby and walked out to the car. Alice slipped in beside me and closed the door. I looked over at her only to find that she was bouncing up and down with excitement. Her whole body was vibrating. "I didn't know that you liked dancing so much." I commented. She glanced over at me and gave me a smile. "Of course I love dancing! It's one of my most favorite things in the world, right next to shopping and being with Jasper!" She sang. Jasper pecked her on the lips and she beamed with joy and giggled.

Ten minutes later, we pulled up to a brick building. "Alright everyone, we're here." Rosalie announced as she unbuckled her seat belt. "Well that was fast." Emmett commented. I stepped out of the car and into the cool breeze of the summer night. I flocked to Edward and he wrapped his arm around me and pulled me close. I looked up to see that we were at a small bar that had a built in dance studio. Edward held the door open for me and I walked through the front entrance. The scent of roses and liquor met my nose in an instance.

"Are the group that made reservations for dance lessons tonight?" A small, brown haired lady asked. The woman couldn't have been more then five feet tall. She was slender and dressed in a black wrap dress that was short and showed off her small legs. She smiled up at me and I couldn't help but return a smile to her as well.

"Yes, I believe I made the reservations under the name of 'Cullen.'" Rosalie answered the lady. "Yes, thats correct. My name is Sarah and I will be your dance instructor tonight." She said in a polite tone. "Very nice to meet you Sarah, and I love your dress!" Alice cooed as she smiled and shook her hand. "Thank you. I just got this dress yesterday, is that dress Gucci?" She asked eying Alice's dress. Alice seemed thrilled that someone knew exactly what she was wearing. "Oh my gosh yes!" She practically scream. Sarah laughed, "I have the same dress!" She said. "Really? That's so cool, Gucci is one of my favorites!" Alice chirped. "Me too, other then Channel." Sarah gushed.

" I hate to break this up, but we should really get to the lessons." Rosalie said. Sarah nodded and turned back to Alice. "Let's talk later." She said. Alice nodded in agreement. "Now please follow me." Sarah said as she brought us past the bar and towards the back of the building.

We entered a fairly large room that was cleared out. The floor was paneled teak and neatly polished. The only other things in the room were a ballet bar nailed into the wall on the far wall and a large mirror on the wall we were facing. Then a large sound system over in the right corner. Sarah walked over to the stereo and popped in a CD. She grabbed the remote and pranced over to us. "Now, who's danced before?" She asked waiting for someone to answer her. Rosalie and Alice raised their hands in the air. Sarah smiled, "Anyone else?" Alice looked over at me and then back to Sarah. "Bella used to take ballet." Alice blurted out. I blushed and shot Alice a glare.

"Oh really?" Sarah asked with interest. "I wasn't very good and I took it when I was like six or something." I uncomfortably admitted. "OK then, well I'm sure you couldn't have been that bad." She said. Emmett and Jasper suddenly burst into laughter.

"Are you serious? She's the worst dancer alive!" Emmett manged to spit out through all his laughter. I blushed and hid my face in Edward's chest. "Emmett that's quit enough!" Rosalie seethed. I looked up to see that Rosalie was defending me. She looked over and winked. I gratefully smiled back at her.

"Well thats just fine, we can start with something easy." Sarah said as she turned the volume up on the music. "Can I have a volunteer for just a moment?" Sarah asked. Alice's hand shot up at once. "Alice please come and stand in front of me." She directed. Alice did so and Sarah placed one hand on her waist and then placed her other in Alice's hand. Alice followed by putting her free hand on Sarah's shoulder.

"Alice you play the female and I will play the male, remember to let me lead. Sarah and Alice preformed the Box-Step for us to learn. "Now everyone grab a partner and get ready!" Sarah commanded. I grabbed Edward and he placed his cool marble hand on my hip as I laced my fingers through his.

"Now when the music starts I want you and your partner to follow the steps I showed you with Alice." She said. The music turned on and at once became very worried and started tripping over my own feet. Edward softly laughed and tilted my chin up to face him. "Relax Bella, just do the steps. Just dance with me." He whispered.

REVIEW!!!! There will be one more chapter to sum up the dancing lessons. Then we are off to learn some more about Rosalie's past. I hope that you liked this chapter and I will update more on Monday :)

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