I know I'm on some people's murder list right now for not updating and I really don't have a reason for why I haven't been lately. I feel so uncreative and I hate it. I don't know how to recreativeize myself, anyone have any tips? Anyways.... here's what you actually want to read.
The short pixie tapped her foot impatiently and paced back and forth muttering, "Where are they?" Her blonde friend rolled her eyes at her friend's impatience.
"Relax Alice. They know better than to skip out on you, rather Bella knows not to skip out on you." she said calmly, flipping through her Cosmo magazine.
The pixie sighed, "You're right Rose, Bella knows better or I would drag her shopping."
"Like you wouldn't drag her anyways?" her blonde friend muttered, now inspecting her nails that were done just an hour ago. The doorbell rang and Alice hopped up and ran to the door as graceful as she could.
"Finally! Come, come. We have lots to do, now we only have 4 hours instead of 5. Bye brother dearest, see you at the party!" she said quickly as she shut the door in his face.
Bella rolled her eyes, "Get a grip Alice. 4 hours is plenty of time." she said as she was pulled into her best friend/roommate's bedroom.
"Sit!" the pixie commanded while she searched through her closet for the dress she had bought her friend. Bella sat quietly on the bed, noticing Rose was busy inspecting her nails which to her was a life or death matter if done incorrectly.
"Finally a decent manicurist!" Rose exclaimed throwing her hands into the air. Bella rolled her eyes, thinking it wouldn't really matter if her nails were perfect or not, she already had her man so did Alice and of course they were astonishingly beautiful.
Alice and her small petite form, complete with her pixie cut was gorgeous in an almost magical way carrying out the Cullen beauty gene.
Jasper, Rose's twin brother was also gorgeous, with a body similar to Edward's, his blue eyes and blonde hair that was naturally messy haircut that he likes to comb out and make neat.
He, a quiet calm person who loves the Civil War and Alice, hyper energetic shopping fanatic were opposites but like the saying goes, opposites attract, point proven.
Same goes for Rosalie who prefers Rose, long and lean with long sleek blonde hair that went mid-back, perfect features and a model's body, of course gorgeous would be putting it lightly, she guessed the Hales have a beauty gene too.
Emmett, Alice and Edward's older brother who also just happened to have the gene that she wished she had, was frighteningly muscular with curly dark hair but when you got to know him he was a teddy bear rather than a grizzly.
He and Rose didn't seem to be each other's 'type' but they complimented each other. They both loved cars (yes Rose likes to work on the cars) yet Emmett was a major prankster and Rose was the one who put him back in his place. Not to forget that they both loved each other very much, in a physical and mental way.
Bella sat contemplating this and wished that she could find someone that she could love as dearly but she knew deep down inside that the one she wanted wasn't interested in that way.
She looked around to find Alice and Rose staring at her suspiciously. "You didn't tell him yet did you?" Alice asked through narrowed eyes.
Bella shook her head cautiously, afraid that her not following Alice's advice would cost her. Alice groaned, "Just go and tell him already, god!"
Bella continued to shake her head, now confused about what Alice wanted her to tell Edward. Alice almost as if she was anticipating what Bella would ask said, "Both. Why don't you tell him both."
Rose rolled her eyes as the two roommates bickered. She missed living in the penthouse with them but she wouldn't give up marrying Emmett. She smiled as she looked at the simple diamond ring on her finger. Her attention was abruptly altered when someone smacked her in the head with a pillow.
"Right Rose?" Alice said, holding the pillow.
Rose rolled her eyes, "Yes I think Bella should tell your brother but let her decide when to. And you should tell him later that you're flying to Seattle for a conference and training session or whatever it is."
Bella nodded, "I know I should, I need to tell him about my trip to Washington but I can never tell him that I love him because it might ruin our friendship and I don't even know if I love him for sure."
Rose rolled her eyes yet again, sometimes Bella could be so dense. "Take this from two people who are deeply in love with someone. You. Are. Most. Definitely. In. Love. With. Edward." Alice nodded enthusiastically.
"Whatever, lets get this over with. You don't want to be late to your own party right Alice?" Bella said wanting to get the attention off of her and Edward's unclassified relationship. Alice's eyes widened as she began to freak out as Bella planned.
"OMG you're right. Jump in the shower this instant Isabella." Alice ordered while shoving Bella towards the bathroom.
"I know where the bathroom is Alice, after all I live here." Bella said annoyed.
"I know I just forget sometimes. Now move it lady!" Alice said giving her one last shove leaving Bella to shower.
Rose, used to their insane routine, began pulling open the drawers in the bureau of the room dedicated to makeovers grabbing the curling iron, multiple bottles of varying colors of nail polish, the jar of brushes and combs and the infamous makeup bag that Bella was terrified of.
Alice skipped back into the room and clapped, "Yay! We're ready to begin, when Bella gets her ass out of the bathroom." Rose looked at Alice expectantly, noticing that she was distant.
Alice snapped out of it suddenly with a confused expression. "What's up this time?" Rose inquired. They all believed that Alice sense something in the future after all she was always right so she assigned herself as the event planner of their group.
Alice smiled cautiously, "Edward's going to get a wakeup call in the near future. No specifics but something's going to wake him from his ten year obliviousness."
Rose smirked, "It's about time." They sat in comfortable silence picturing all the possible things that could happen while waiting for Bella to finish her shower.
They heard the water turn off and ran to the bathroom door ready to ambush her.
MEANWHILE….
Edward stood at the door perplexed as his sister shut the door in his face. He shook his head and couldn't help but feel sorry for his best friend, who knows what Alice was up to?
He walked back to his car after riding in the elevator. He drove to his spacious loft and past the doorman who knew by now that Edward was very protective over his car. He drove to his reserved parking spot that was secluded and separated from the other cars in an exclusive area, that he got for paying extra which he didn't mind at all.
He slammed the door and put the car alarm on. He strolled through the garden of his luxury apartment building, a shortcut to his loft. He looked around at the lush grasses lining the path and the colorful flowers growing. He passed the bright yellow dandelions, deep red, pink and orange roses, purple violets, deep blue bluebells and finally he reached his favorite flower of them all. Freesias.
He wasn't quite sure why it was his favorite flower but the scent of it reminded him of something close to him. It was always on the tip of his tongue but he could never figure it out. Just the sight or scent of them would make him happy. He smiled as he passed them, stopping briefly to admire the simple pale yellow and white flowers with the heavenly scent.
He smiled one last time and walked towards the swinging door that led to the elevators. He waited for the elevator doors to open and became frustrated after waiting for 5 minutes to find that it was still on the same floor. He groaned, and jogged over to the stairs and ran up to his floor, the 5th floor.
He was slightly out of breath when he shut the door to his apartment. His brother always said that his apartment was freakishly neat, feminine like. But Edward refused to agree. What female would have half of their living room space dedicated to sports? He had a 56 inch plasma screen mounted on the wall facing the door with Bose surround sound speakers all around the room. He even had a mini fridge stocked with beer and the chips and dips right on top of the fridge.
His apartment wasn't a variety of colors although Alice wanted to decorate it that way, rather he asked his mother to paint his apartment after all she did design his room back at the Cullen house and he loved how the room was simple, clean and modern.
His sister put up a fight in the beginning but surprisingly gave in for some reason. He remembered her parting words, "Its better modern I mean you like it that way and maybe it would be appealing to someone else eventually." and she skipped away in her pixie like manner smiling, leaving him with an incredulous look on his face.
His home was painted in different shades of warm beiges and browns with furniture that were quadrilateral. His kitchen was spacious although he didn't use it at all, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and the newest oven and stovetops with the touch feature.
He yawned and grabbed the duffel bag resting by the chaise. He changed out of his dress shirt and jeans and folded them. He switched them out for his basketball stuff as Bella so elegantly called them and put them on. He grabbed the duffel bag and proceeded to leave his apartment without a shower after all he wouldn't need it until later.
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"What's up man?!" Emmett's voice rang through the gym locker room as he clapped his brother's back. Edward grimaced and nodded, "Fine, thanks." he replied grabbing the basketball out of his bag.
"Hurry up. We can't play for as long since we have to get ready for Alice's party. Did she ever tell you why she was having one anyways?"
"Nah. But when did she ever need a reason to?" Edward asked while putting the lock on the locker. His muscular brother nodded and walked out of the locker room, Edward following.
The guys were already waiting for them. Jasper, Tyler, Ben and Jim. Jasper walked over to the Cullen brothers, prepared to play. They always played in the same teams just because of the bonds they had with each other.
Edward, Emmett and Jasper have been friends for the longest time just like Tyler, Ben and Jim have been friends for a long time. They met in college and started playing basketball every Saturday or Sunday and the tradition has lasted until now.
"Ready to go down?" Tyler asked playfully.
"Bring it!" Emmett roared, making Tyler visibly tremble. It's hard to believe that they've known each other for so long yet Emmett can still frighten Tyler. Emmett chuckled and grabbed the ball from Edward and began to dribble. The game began.
They passed the ball between each other and shot the ball towards the net to have in go in flawlessly or bounce off the rim.
"So how's life going?" Jasper asked to no one in particular, while passing the ball to Emmett.
"Good. Good, still getting the ladies." Tyler said attempting to block Emmett.
Jim laughed and agreed, while stealing the ball from Emmett, who narrowed his eyes. "I think a serious relationship is pretty good too." Ben added in once he had the ball. He shot it and it went in.
"YEAH! It's awesome to have Rose with me all the time. And it's even more fun to watch her beat up the guys who hit on her, but sometimes I wish I could teach them a lesson too." Emmett boomed capturing the attention of everyone else in the gym while Ben and Jasper snickered.
"But then again I remember the days before I met Rose and how awesome it was to get all the girls." Tyler and Jim whooped at that, while Jasper and Ben glowered. Edward grinned, silently agreeing with both sides of the argument and grabbed the ball while it fell from the net and dribbled it, causing the attention to focus on him.
He looked at his friends mystified to why they weren't blocking him or moving around for that matter. "My brother here has it the best!" Emmett said, clapping Edward on the back again. "He can have all the ladies he wants and he has Bella." he said with implications that Edward didn't comprehend.
The guys nodded in agreement. "Come on. Let's stop acting like girls and play some basketball." Edward said not noticing his best friends looked at him in blatant disappointment. They proceeded to play basketball no longer talking about relationships but taunting each other, feeling like they were all still in college rather than graduates.
"Oh shit!" Emmett muttered as he looked at his watch. "Gotta go or little Alice is gonna go ballistic that I'm not in my suit for this formal party of hers." Jasper quirked an eyebrow at Emmett.
"Not that being little is a bad thing…" he said seeing Jasper's look.
The blonde twin just rolled his eyes and said, "Just don't say Alice is little to her face." Or she'll murder you, he added in his head chuckling inwardly.
"Same here." Edward said rushing to grab his basketball from Tyler, who frowned. "Sorry guys," he called out running to the locker room. "You know Alice and her perfection when I comes to parties." They nodded and remembered the end of the year party Alice threw at the college, she threatened to chop off their balls if they didn't show up, they shivered simultaneously.
Edward rushed to take a shower in the surprisingly clean gym bathroom, shutting the glass door behind him. He ran his hands through his messy hair and quickly cleansed himself using his own soap, not trusting whatever they put in the soap dispensers. He dried off using his towel and pulled on his clothes hastily. He ran to grab his duffel bag out of the locker and ran out of the gym to his car after shouting bye to Tyler, Ben and Jim.
Emmett's red jeep and Jasper's motorcycle were gone by the time he got into the parking lot. His feet pounded against the asphalt while he fumbled for his keys in his pocket. He disabled the car alarm and jumped into his car, speeding down the street more than usual in an effort to get ready for Alice's random party.
The party is next chapter. Review please :)
