After sulking in the kitchen for 20minutes i finally decided to go and join the boys in the lounge room. I walked in and plopped down onto the couch next to Jasper. We all sat in silence and just stared at each other. I glared at Emmet and he gave me back an adorable smile and waved. I couldn't help but laugh, like Alice , Emmet was impossible to stay angry at. Jasper joined in and finally Edward did as well. We must have looked like fools laughing about nothing. I was grinning ear to ear when i noticed my dropped coffee mug. I let out a gasp. Everyone stopped laughing and looked in the same direction as me. I pointed. On Alice's rare and expensive white rug, was a big ugly brown stain from the coffee i had spilt earlier.
'She is going to kill me,' i whimpered. There was nothing worse than an angry Alice and other than her clothes, her furniture was very important to her. Edward nodded and stood up.
'Stain remover?' he questioned. Jasper stood up and indicated that he was going to get some. Although Jasper and Emmet lived in a dorm all the way across campus they spent most there time here. I got down on all fours to inspect the stain closer and grimaced. That wasn't coming up anytime soon. Emmet joined me.
'She is going to kill us, resurrect us, torture us and kill us again slowly,' he said simply with fear in his eyes. I wanted to disagree but he was right. I had never heard of Alice talk about children or men they way she talks about her possessions. Suddenly i snapped too.
'Well Emmet, she is going to kill you. None of us had anything to do with it,' i smiled and back away from him although he was contagious. With a big grin Edward followed in suit. Emmet looked terrified which caused me to break down laughing.
'I'm joking silly, I wouldn't just let you take the fall. It was Edwards fault as well,' I grinned and pushed Edward playfully toward Emmet. He fained hurt.
'Aww but Bella i thought we were friends,' he complained and I laughed. Just as he reached forward to tickle me the door opened. In one swift movement Emmet plopped down and covered the stain. We looked at each other and then to the door. There stood Rosalie and Alice holding numerous designer shopping bags. Alice let out a happy squeal and leapt forward at Edward who caught her. Now there was no doubt in my mind they were siblings. Not only did they look very similar but Edward's reaction to Alice's mood was indicative of many years of knowing her. I walked over to Rosalie and gave her a hug. She smiled sweetly and moved forward to be introduced. Alice finally let go of Edward and properly introduced us all. Edward smiled his beautiful smile politely and shook Rosalie's hand. After a few moments of catch up time Alice dragged me off to get ready for dinner. This was a process I was used to and stopped fighting months ago. I looked back and winked at Emmet who sat coyly over our little stain. As we walked down the hall Jasper walked out of the laundry with stain remover. Alice immediately let go of my hand.
'Hi Jasper,' she said nervously. I looked at Rosalie and we both rolled our eyes.
'Hi Alice,' he stuttered back. They looked at each other for a long time when i subtly pushed her closer to him. Unfortunately it wasn't very subtle on my behalf, as i pushed her i tripped over my own foot and fell into her back pushing her forward into Jaspers arms. I looked up to see the damage i had done only to see that Jasper had caught her and they were staring deeply into each other's eyes. It was a sweet moment and Rosalie and i attempted to sneak away. We heard a loud throat clear and looked back to see Emmet rushing Jasper forward. Without thinking Jasper let go of Alice who fell on her butt. I sighed and Rosalie laughed. These two were impossible.
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After an hour of primping and poofing Alice deemed me presentable and we wandered off to dinner. We were set to meet Rosalie's latest romance at the Italian restaurant we were eating at. As we walked down to the restaurant Alice kept behind avoiding any contact with Jasper. Rosalie and Emmet argued about Rosalie's decision in men, Jasper led the pack and Edward hung back and chatted to me. We laughed and played, like we were old friends. I felt oddly comfortable around Edward. When we finally reached our destination we all took our seats. We purposely forced Jasper and Alice next to each other, while i sat in between Emmet and Edward. On Emmet's other side was Rosalie's latest romance, a man named Vance. I had a bad feeling about him, he seemed creepy and only with her for one reason. Emmet eyed him the whole night i couldn't help but laugh. Although Emmet, to us was a big teddy, to the rest of society he was extremely scary. We all ordered and sat and talked. Emmet interrogated Vance, which soon enough Jasper and Edward had joined in on. Rosalie would never admit it, but she loved the attention. Alice was quiet all thru dinner and every now and then she would sneak a glance at Jasper. It was unusual for Alice to be quiet, ever, including when she as around Jasper. Normally she attempted to flirt or something, but tonight, tonight was different. Half way through dinner she excused herself and when she didn't return after 10mins I went to go find her. I looked in the ladies room where i heard sobbing. I immediately knew it was Alice and poked my head under the door.
'Alice? Why are you crying?' I asked patting her foot as it was all i could reach. She sniffed.
'I just, its not fair. Jasper would never go for a little freak like me!' she blubbed.
'Oh my god Alice! Are you kidding me?' i asked seriously. 'Open this door right now so i can slap you and slap you hard!'. She cocked her head to the side with a questioning look.
'Alice, i have never seen someone so head over heels for you! I know for a fact Jasper would go to the edge of the earth for you and back again!' she sobbed again this time opening the door and stepping over me to get to the basin.
'What brought this on any way?' i asked rubbing circles in her back as she stood over the basin and cleaned up her mascara.
'I over heard Jess Stanley talking and she said that he asked her out!' she said and wailed the last part.
'What?!' this couldn't be true, Jasper would never touch her with a ten mile long stick. I looked in the mirror at Alice's face. I stomped my foot.
'That's it!' i almost yelled causing Alice to jump. I stormed out of the bathroom and over to our table. I was met with curious eyes. I angrily grabbed Jasper by the arm and tugged him out of the restaurant and onto the foot path.
"JASPER HALE!' i screamed and he looked at me scared. 'Why is Jess Stanley saying that you asked her out?'. Jasper looked flabbergasted. He stuttered and then shook his head.
'Bella you know that i wouldn't ask anyone but Alice out, you of all people,' he said looking at the ground in disappointment. I shook with fury. This had gone on long enough.
'Jasper, my best friend is currently sitting in the ladies room bawling her eyes out calling herself a freak because she believes you don't love her. Now if you don't get your butt in there and do something about it im going to break every bone in your body, and trust me Jasper, when i say every bone, i mean every bone!' Jasper looked up and i saw something in his eyes i had never seen before.
'Why is she calling herself a freak?' He questioned in a serious tone.
'Because she doesn't believe someone like yourself would date someone like her,' i said quietly as a realised people where beginning to stare. Jasper looked me in the eyes and muttered something to himself i couldn't understand. He placed his hands on my shoulders and looked me deeply in the eyes.
'Trust me Bella,' and with that he took off. I stood there with my mouth hanging open. What the hell was he going to do?