Chapter 8

A/N: sorry it's been over a week- it was spring break for me and I didn't have access to a computer- then school started and I was swamped- so here you go

BPOV

The guys were standing in the doorway with smiles on their faces.

They were dressed casually in jeans and button down shirts. Alice waved her hand, bouncing on the balls of her feet, to invite them in. I smiled gently at Edward, who was staring back at me with a grin.

"Hey guys, welcome to our home. Don't mind the dogs or the mess." Rose said in a friendly tone. I looked around puzzled by her last statement, as this house was hardly ever dirty, and even though it wasn't, we still managed to clean the whole downstairs spotless before the guys showed up. Well Alice did anyways- she had been cleaning since yesterday- I had bugged her about it then but her response was, "I think we might have visitors soon." That just left me even more confused.

The guys wandered in Edward heading in my direction. Emmett and Rose sat on the armchair, Alice and Jasper sat on the loveseat, leaving Edward and I for the couch.

"Well what do you guys want to do?" Alice asked, Jasper's arm was draped across her shoulders, and I could see in her eyes she was beyond giddy.

"We are good with whatever." Emmett replied, moving around Rose as she was currently on his lap.

"What about a game?" Edward offered.

"Ooooooh, ya." Emmett called out with a mischievous look in his eye, "Truth or dare!"

"NO!!" shouted several people, catching poor Emmett off guard, forcing me to suppress my giggles at his shocked face, which quickly turned into a pout.

Jasper turned to Alice, "Well I know why Edward and I don't want to play, but should I ask why you and Rose shouted as well?" he asked curiously.

I couldn't help myself, the giggles burst forth into laughter. Alice and Rose just glared at me.

"Well we have had some bad experiences with Truth or Dare. And Bella need I remind you of the time you had to play- what was the dare you were given…"

I looked at Alice with wide eyes, "You wouldn't…"

"Oh yes that's right, I believe you were told to ski down a hill- in the nude. Oh and what happened Rose, I forget?" both were snickering while my face turned more than ten shades of red.

Edward, Emmett, and Jasper were glancing between the girls and my self, curiously waiting to hear about the end of the story.
Rose turned and finished the story.

"I believe she landed in the arms of Mike Newton, after very clumsily skiing down the hill, arms flailing mind you, having lost control I believe. Oh and I couldn't forget the fact that Mike was talking to a police officer… Yes that's right Bella Hale was arrested for public indecency!" their laughter filled the air; I shivered at the remembrance of Mike catching me.

Edward was struggling to not to laugh only allowing a few snickers to be released. I slumped into my seat, my face completely flushed. Then my glare got deep as I turned to Alice.

"At least I didn't have to kiss Tyler!" I launched at her, causing her face to burst into a furious pink blush. Her glare was menacing, but so was mine. Rose's laughter hadn't died down quite yet, providing Alice with the perfect opportunity to turn the tables on Rose.

"Hey Emmett you should ask Rose what happened to her on her first time playing truth or dare." The menacing 'Hale glare' was posed to Alice.

"Hey Rose, what happened to you-"

"Don't finish that statement or you will pay." Rose said cutting him off.

"It's only fair Rose, Bella and I both told our horror stories. You should fess up too. Tell the guys exactly why you hate with a passion the game of 'truth or dare'." Alice's eyes were full of mischief. I turned to Rose feeling quite bad for her, as her story was nothing like that of mine.

Rose looked at her feet, a faint blush rising in her cheeks. She took a deep breath and began to tell the short story.

"When I was twelve my friends invited us all over for a slumber party. They started a game of truth or dare. When it came to this one girl- who happened to be my worst enemy- she picked me. I being a daredevil and the type never to show fear I picked dare- more as a challenge than anything. I wanted to prove to her that I wasn't afraid of her. Anyways there was this guy at school that I kind of had a crush on. She wanted me to admit my crush…in front of the whole school…over the intercom… during lunch. Needless to say I was terrified, only because of who this guy was. But I didn't want her to know that, so I told her fine.
I got dressed for school the next day and anxiously waited until lunch. Alice and Bella were to be my decoys to distract some of the teachers so that I could get to the microphone. Bella being her clutzy self was able to fall down and although it wasn't originally apart of the plan ended up slicing her knee open on a piece of glass."

"Which I still have a scar from thank you very much."

"So a few the teachers rushed over to her and took her to the nurse's office. Alice meanwhile distracted the remaining teachers by causing a fight on the other side of the cafeteria." Alice was beaming with pride at the memory of her accomplishment not that I saw what happened, she told us later. I on the other hand was cringing internally at the memory of the embedded piece of glass- it is still unknown as to how it got on the cafeteria floor.

"I was able to walk over to the counter where the mic sat, picked it up and turned it on. I very boldly said the persons name and told him I had a huge crush on him. The thing was- he was our history teacher." Her head sunk to her chest in embarrassment, but I knew that she was picturing Mr. Johnson.

"Can I ask what he looked like?" Emmett asked curiosity getting the better of him- as all three of us had glazed over eyes and faint smiles on our lips.

Rose sighed, "Oh my gosh he was gorgeous! He was tall and built, not as much as you, but definitely working the muscles. He had short blonde hair that looked really soft and these deep blue eyes that made every girl he had in class go weak in the knees.

Anyway he looked up at me and turned beat red, redder than Bella has ever managed, and stared at me in shock. Everyone in the room had gotten really quiet, but I just stood there! I'm not sure if I got lost in his eyes or if I was waiting for a confession from him. Either way about twenty seconds of standing there, reality set in and I bolted for the door, Alice right behind.

Luckily I was able to make it out of the cafeteria without crying and two days later this girl named Lauren became the bigger news as everyone found out that she was like stuffing her bra's or something- so I officially became old news.... There, you happy Alice I told one of the many horror stories this family has with 'truth or dare'."

We sat in silence for a few seconds, except for the quiet whispers coming from Emmett-probably comforting words from the peaceful look on her face- when I spoke up "Hey you guys want to play pool or a board game or something."

"Sure." Edward turned to me and said with a crooked grin.

We all stood up and headed in the direction of the game room.

When we got there Alice opened the cabinet doors to reveal all of the games. Rose pulled out the balls for pool, and I turned on the I-pod to listen to random tunes.

We played several games of pool and talked randomly about nothing. A few times Emmett would reveal to us a few embarrassing stories, trying to get us to spill more 'truth or dare' stories. Edward always rolled his eyes and continued the conversation where it had shifted.

The guys seemed somewhat impressed that we knew how to play pool and were rather good. It then became a challenge, girls against guys. Emmett wanted to include stripping but that was shot down immediately.

After mindless chatter and wooping the boys so many times it was bruising their ego, we stopped.

We headed back downstairs when Alice let out a cry.
"OH MY GOD! Is that the time?!"
Everyone glanced at the clock, seeing that it was well after 2 in the morning.

Rose turned, "So it's after two what's the problem?"
Alice turned around slowly, "You forgot! We have a 6' o'clock appointment with Carmen, Eleazer, and the heads of the animal department for the renewal forms for the dogs! Remember what we have been training them for, for the last three months! If they don't pass the test then they are all removed and we lose our job! That and we have to be up in less than two hours to get ready and be there early to warm the dogs up!"

Realization hit Rose and I at the same time. We all looked at each other. Rose cussed and ran upstairs.
I turned to the guys, "Listen thank you soooo much for coming over. Maybe we can get together again, but we have less than two hours to sleep and this is very important. Our boss is going to be very upset when he sees how little sleep we've had." Alice was running around the house getting everything ready, Rose was gathering the dogs into their crates- who looked aggravated at being woken at such an untimely hour.

Edward waved his hand cutting me off. "Bella we totally understand. Jasper has Alice's number we'll call you tomorrow afternoon and talk about it then. Get some rest and good luck." He said with a genuine smile. The guys smiled too and with a wave walked out the door. I followed behind them to the door and closed it behind them.

"Bella! Focus we have to get ready!!" Alice's scream pierced the house catching me off guard. I jumped into action running upstairs to take a shower and change.

We were gonna need alot of luck if we were going to make it through this day alive.

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A/N: Sorry its short, but i was trying to get something out. And i don't know if that's really true about the dogs and paper work, i'm sure they have to do somehting like that, either way i needed for something to happen so there it is.
I'm slow going now, so for a confidence booster could you tell me what you think of the story so far- I think its only fair since I don't ask….pleeeease!!!