Bella's POV:
Today was now Friday, three weeks have passed since the first day of school. This year has started off great. All my classes were easy, I wasn't the target of Lauren's teasing this year, and I had great friends.
Jasper, Alice, Emmett, and Rosalie have been…….friendly with each other. Though nothing was official, everyone was bound to began a serious relationship soon.
I have become great friends with the Cullen's. Alice was my new best friend besides Rose, even if she had to be evil and drag me to go shopping two days after we met.
Emmett has turned into a big brother to me. I had Jazz as the serious one and Emmett as the goofy one that is officially my partner in crime.
Then there was Edward. I was always one known to hold grudges but I forgave Edward the same day of his annoying offences. But I was very glad I did.
We've gotten pretty close. He was pretty easy to talk to. But it was hard talking with him when he looked into my eyes and dazzled me with his shiny, emerald eyes.
I didn't know what it was, but I always had this huge fluttery feeling in my chest when I thought of him. Especially when I was going to see him.
So right now, that feeling was immensely noticeable. I was riding with Alice and Rose to Alice's house, while Edward took Jazz and Emmett. We were all going to sleep over tonight. This was going to be the first time we met their parents or saw where they lived. All I knew ws they had a house on the outskirts of town.
I was soon slapped out of my thoughts. Literally.
"Ow! Alice!" I screamed as my hand went to my cheek where there was a slight sting.
"Sorry, but we couldn't snap you out of your day dreams. We're here!"
I looked up and gasped. We were parked at a beautiful large house. More like a mansion.
"Dang! Alice, can your parents adopt me?" Rose spoke, clearly dazed. We giggled and got our stuff together and went to get out of the car, but instead someone opened the car doors for us.
I looked up and saw Edward holding the door open with his beautiful crooked smile on his face. I slid out of the car and turned to him.
"Thanks, Eddie!" I said in a too sweet tone, as I patted his head. Which, by the way, was hard to do considering he was a couple inches taller than me.
Edward pouted and whined a bit. It was so dorky, but it made him look cute.
I smiled at him, and the pout disappeared as they led us to the house.
As we stepped inside, I gasped again.
"Dang! I add to Rose's plea. Adopt me!" I threw my arms around Edward and pulled him close to me, thinking someone might try to drag me out of the house.
It was so big and beautiful!
"You are now my new brother and I am never leaving this house!" I exclaimed. Edward chuckled before suddenly sweeping me off my feet. I squealed as he cradled me in his arms.
"Well then, new sister, let me help you get you situated to your new home." He laughed and began walking to the stairs. I laughed and slid out of his arms, landing safely on my feet.
"No fair! If Bella's adopted, I want to get adopted too." Rose whined. That's all Emmett needed to hear.
He swept her up in his arms too. "Well then, new sis, you can be my new roommate!" She squealed as he ran up the stairs with her in his arms. I didn't want to think about might happen up there.
I heard Alice talking to Jasper now.
"Does that mean you would like to be adopted too, Jasper?" I heard her whisper in his ear.
He was bent down to her height and the scene was quite funny, especially because of the goofy smile on his face.
He threw Alice over his shoulder and began walking out of the room.
"Well then, why don't you give me a tour of the house, new sister?"
The last thing I heard was Alice's tinkling laughter as they walked out of the room.
I turned back to Edward and we were silent for a moment.
Then we began laughing.
We were doubled over, clutching our sides and gasping for breath, but I couldn't get a hold of myself and I fell to the floor still laughing. Edward soon joined me on the comfy floor while we laughed in hysterics at the situation that just happened.
It was just too silly.
Then suddenly the front door opened and someone walked in. I managed to gasp in a couple of swallows of air before I looked to see who it was. In the door way was a young, beautiful woman with caramel hair and hazel eyes. She was completely shocked. I could only imagine what Edward and I looked like.
Two teenagers, rolling on the floor in hysterics, gasping for breath with tears running down their faces.
Well this is not a good first impression.
I blushed and stood up and nudged Edward with my foot. Edward was still not aware of the woman in the dorm way. He looked up and smiled while springing up.
"Hi mom. I'd like you to meet your new daughter and my new sister, Bella Swan. She has officially been adopted along with Rosalie and Jasper who are currently missing in action." He said teasingly. It was easy to see he had a good relationship with her.
His mom, Esme, was shocked for a moment, then she smiled and laughed. "Nice to meet you, oh new daughter of mine. I'm sure your bound to make me more proud then the nut cases I call my children."
We laughed and while Edward threw her a mock glare. She hugged me briefly before going off to find everyone else and get introduced to her new family members.
Edward and I talked briefly before everyone came back in the room.
"Okay. So what's first on the agenda?" I asked. Then I immediately regretted it.
Rose had that look on her face. It was the scariest look she could ever have.
The Bella Barbie look.
"No!" I whined while ducking behind Edward and taking cover.
"Oh, come on, Bella." Rose said in a annoyed voice. "Just a little make-over. It's not like we're going anywhere, anyways."
"Yeah!" Perked up Alice. "Just your hair and make-up. Pretty please." She added an overdone pout that immediately began to melt me.
"I don't want to." I whined. Thankfully the boys spoke up for me. I'm guessing Edward and Emmett have dealt with an Alice make-over too.
"Girls, we seriously aren't doing anything besides watching movies and playing a few games. Why would Bella need to get dressed up for that?" Jasper asked.
He knew how much I hated these make over's, not to mention he's been subjected to them as well. Poor Jasper was scarred as a child.
Suddenly Alice got a very scary look in her eyes. "Isabella! You get your butt up those stairs and get ready to look fabulous!"
We all froze. I had to think a way out of this and quick.
OH! Light bulb! Ding-ding-ding. I have an idea.
I put a very sad and defeated look on my face and grouped the guys together.
"I guess this is the end guys. I love you all." I began with a devastated tone.
"If I don't make it out alive, Jasper can have my movie collection, Emmett can have my stuffed hippo, Mr. Poodlesworth, and Edward, you can have my CD collection."
I turned by back on the girls and winked at the boys. Them, being mischievous guys immediately caught on to the plan.
I began to dramatically walk to the girls but before I got there, I stopped.
"Can I at least get something to drink?" I asked. The girls contemplated for a second before nodding, warily. There eyes were trained on me as I walked around them.
Then Operation: Save My Butt, began.
I turned and nodded to Edward.
Jasper and Emmett grabbed Rosalie and Alice and distracted them for a quick second while Edward grabbed my hand and ran me up the stairs.
"Bella!" I heard Rose yell.
We pulled a random door open and tumbled inside.
Once safely hidden and locked in the tiny closet, Edward and I began laughing hysterically, but quietly.
"Thanks Edward." I exclaimed while wiping imaginary sweat off my forehead.
Edward just smiled and put his ear against the door.
"Anytime, Bella. I know how scary make-over's can be." He shivered, probably remembering something Alice had done to him when he was younger.
"What about Emmett and Jasper?" I asked. Now they were stuck with the mental girls. God help them.
"They should have ran for it afterwards. I don't know if they made it." He said.
The situation was pretty funny, but before I had time to laugh, there was a loud knocking on the locked door, and Edward jumped back.
"We have Emmett and Jasper, Edward. You can either surrender Bella peacefully, or we will break down this door and take you all to the mall for four hours straight." Alice yelled through the door.
Edward and I froze and thought over the threat. Then Edward suddenly looked very slowly back at me.
I sighed. Darn It!
"Take one for the team." I muttered, unlocking the door and crawling out, where Alice and Rosalie held Emmett and Jasper captive. They gave me a sympathetic look as I stood.
"Thanks Bells. We'll come rescue you if we hear screams." Edward said smiling crookedly at me.
Both hyper-active girls let go of the boys and grabbed my hands, pulling me down the hallway to a room filled with pink. Alice's I presumed.
Then they forced me down on the chair where my torture would begin.
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Edward's POV:
"Too bad we couldn't save Bella." Emmett whined. I agreed completely with him. Alice was very scary when it came to clothes, hair, and make-up. Add in Rosalie to the equation and we all feel very sorry for her.
"Boys!" Esme called to us. "I'm going to be out most of tonight and probably won't get back until after midnight. Same with your father. Try not to hurt yourselves, okay?"
We nodded and she walked out the door.
"Well, there going to be up there for a while. Might as well order the pizza and start with the movies."
After eating a full pizza we began to hear shuffling upstairs.
"Finally!" Emmett exclaimed.
Jasper nodded. "They've been up there so long it's already dark."
I looked out the window and sure enough, the sun was gone. Wow! What could they have done to Bella to take so long.
Bella began walking down with Alice and Rosalie in front of her, who were also touched up with a light make-over.
She was rubbing at her cheek, probably trying to get the make up off. I chuckled under my breath
She looked……nothing short of gorgeous. Her long mahogany hair cascaded down her back and shoulders in light shimmering curls. The girls had also highlighted her hair, I think. It had some redder highlights in it that made the natural red in her hair stand out.
Her eyes were fringed with long dark lashes and whatever they had put on her face made her eyes stand out and made her skin glow. Her lips were a pinkish-red and made them look even more smooth and kissable.
Quit thinking about kissing her! I scolded myself. They made it down the stairs now and I quickly looked away before Bella realized I was staring at her. I think I was too late though cause she had a lovely pink blush to her cheeks.
I looked to my brother and Jasper to see them staring at their soon-to-be-but-not-yet girlfriends.
We're all hooked.
After we finally sat back down to the living room and we ate the remainder of the pizza, we debated on which movie to watch and in what order.
"Our choices are The Covenant, or How To Deal."
"The Covenant." Bella said immediately, then she blushed. I wonder why.
Rose gave her a knowing smile and voted for that movie too.
So we put the movie on and went to sit down. The girls took the love-seats and the couch. The guys took the floor. I leaned against the couch that Bella lay on.
When they showed the main character of the movie all three girls sighed dreamily.
Bella giggled once then spoke. "Steven Strait is soooo dreamy. His smile alone melts my heart." Now I know why she blushed when she said she wanted to watch this movie.
Alice and Rose agreed dreamily as they began to fantasize about the main guy.
Every time he smiled in the movie I heard Bella sigh. I began to get jealous. Yes. I, Edward Cullen, was getting jealous over an actor all because Bella had a crush on him.
I'm pathetic.
When the torture was finally over of hearing the girl's constant fantasies, we switched movies for How To deal.
Just to begin another round of torture.
Halfway through the movie Rosalie spoke. "You know, Trent Ford is really cute too. I love his half-smile and the way his hair falls in his eyes." And there go the girl's fantasies again.
When the movie was finally over. Emmett looked annoyed.
"Is every guy in the world hot to ya'll?" He asked.
The girls didn't look fazed at all.
"All guys are kind of cute in their own way. Except for the ones who just plain aren't. Your all good looking, but in your individual way." Rosalie explained.
"Yeah." Alice and Bella agreed.
"There's sexy hot, and geeky hot, and bad boy hot, and skater hot, and emo hot, and, gangster hot. The list goes on and on." Alice said.
Bella smiled and agreed.
I smiled back because she had agreed with the fact that Rosalie said we were good looking.
After a few jokes and laughter, we decided to play a game. We decided to play Marco Polo in the living room. Right now it was around midnight.
"Not it!" I began then everyone yelled and Emmett was the last one.
"Darn!" He muttered under his breath.
We moved the couches around so Emmett wouldn't hurt himself but we could still have some cover.
"Marco!" He began. Then the game started. I was being quiet because I knew Emmett had great ears.
I noticed that outside the steady drizzle of the rain began to get harder and the wind was blowing hard.
That made the sleepover even more fun.
Emmett managed to get everyone besides Bella and me so far. How Bella went so long without tripping is a mystery to me.
Then suddenly four things happened really fast.
There was a huge thunder boom, the lights went out, something glass was dropped, and I heard a low curse from Emmett.
Then the darkness was filled with Alice's squeal and scuffling feet as she scrambled in the darkness to find a flashlight.
I pulled my phone out of my pocket for some light and shined it on Emmett who was closest.
He was clutching his hand and I noticed something dark seeping over it. I heard a sound come from Bella's direction so I shined the light on her.
In the bluish light from my phone I could see her look sick and she sat down and put her head between her legs.
Alice suddenly flipped on several flashlights and I made my way to Bella's slump form.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
Bella didn't answer but instead, focused on breathing in through her mouth.
"She gets sick at the smell of blood." Jasper explained.
"You mean the sight of blood?" I asked.
He shook his head. "Smell. Bella can smell it and it gets her queasy."
Smell? Blood has a smell?
Rosalie sat by Bella and patted her back.
"Emmett wash your cut and bandage it." She said. Emmett nodded and left to the kitchen.
Bella then lifted her head and winced at the harsh light of the flashlights.
"Uhg. Rust and salt." She muttered as she sat up straighter.
I noticed myself physically relax. I hadn't realized I was so tense.
"Are you okay?" I asked, a little frantic.
She nodded.
Then she smiled and laughed weakly.
"I guess this is nature's way of telling us it's bed time."
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We were all going to sleep in the living room but we were trying to figure out who slept where.
The couch was pretty big and it pulled out into a bed. Four people could probably fit onto the pull out bed. Then one person could sleep on each love seat.
Considering how it was appropriate for the girls to get the bed, the only spot left for one of us guys was going to have to be on the bed with them, or on the floor.
I began to make my way to the loveseat but Emmett stopped me.
"We have to figure out who gets where. I'm pretty big so I think I should get one of the loveseats."
Jasper and me nodded and then we had to forget out who would sleep on the other.
"You've lived longer with Rosalie and Bella. It'd be more appropriate for you." I stated, thinking I had the better logic.
"But Alice is your sister. Not too mention I'm taller than you so I might not fit on the bed." After a little bit more bickering, Jasper won. He was right, when he laid down on the pull-out bed, his feet hung off. That boy was about four inches taller than me.
But I was not sleeping on the bed with three girls, especially since I found a certain brunette to be highly attractive.
I just got a pillow and began to settle on the floor.
"Edward?" I heard Bella mumble.
"Down here, Bells." I said. She sat up and looked at me.
"Don't tell me your actually sleeping on the floor. We have room for you up here, not too mention it's going to get cold, considering the electricity went out. You'd fare better up here."
I shook my head. "It doesn't seem very appropriate to me, Bella. Considering the bed has you three, and I've only known you and Rose for a certain amount of time."
She laughed and shook her head.
"There's the gentlemen in you again, but honestly we don't mind. Do we?" She asked Rose and Alice.
"Nope." They said.
I frowned.
Emmett rolled over on the loveseat and pulled my arm a bit.
"Go for it. Their right, it's going to get cold, and they don't mind."
Darn it! Now there all ganging up on me!
I don't think Emmett or Alice were awake enough to see that sleeping in the same bed with Bella Swan would be torture.
With one last frustrating sigh, I laid on the pull-out- bed as far away as I could get from Bella, who was sleeping closest to me.
"Goodnight Edward." She mumbled.
I smiled at her sleep-laced voice.
"Goodnight Bella." I whispered.
I relished in the beauty of hearing her say my name right before she fell asleep.
And just like that I realized something.
Even though I only knew Bella for so short of time, I think that maybe…I might be in love with her.
A warm feeling starts at my heart then spreads throughout my whole body when I see her. I feel as if my bones melt when she smiles. Every time we touch, an electric current flows through me. My attention perks at the mention of her name. My dreams are haunted with the beauty of her presence.
I may not know everything about her but I do know this.
I'm in love with Isabella Swan.
