Everyday Moments Of Perfection
A/N: It's the 31st of October in Forks. Alice has organised a little party in honour of...well, Halloween. Duh. :)
Alice had really done a number on the Cullen house. It was no longer the white, fresh, homely place that Esme had designed and decorated so long ago. It was now a blackened crypt, a centre for darkness and evil. There were cobwebs everywhere, complete with spiders. Doors banged eerily and strategically placed fans blew scary gusts of wind throughout the rooms at regular intervals.
It was Halloween.
Alice cackled, already in the spirit of the night. Well, she had been 'in the spirit' since a month ago, when she had started getting samples, and buying Halloween decorations.
She was dressed as a banshee, her black hair streaked with white, and sporting a torn, ripped up frock. Created by Marc Jacobs, of course. Alice wouldn't be seen in anything less than designer, not even for Halloween. Jasper stood next to her, appropriately dressed as a soldier in the Confederate Army. His blonde hair was gelled to the side, and Alice commented that he should wear it like that more often.
"But, you know, I think I prefer it all flyaway and rugged." Then she winked. "Makes me think of how it got like that."
Jasper smirked, as Bella came down the stairs.
"Alice, you are going to kill me with these heels, you know." she said, looking painfully strained, clinging onto Edward for dear life. She was dressed as a witch, complete with broomstick, cape and mini-cauldron. Edward had dressed up – after losing a bet with Emmett – as a drag queen. He looked less than happy about it, but as soon as Alice saw him she burst out laughing, causing Jasper to start sniggering as well. He was wearing fishnet tights and long heels that Alice had bought specially, quite appropriately nicknamed the 'hooker shoes'.
Emmett had dressed up as a bear, to the amusement of all, while Rosalie dressed up as the Corpse Bride. At first, everyone was uncomfortable with it, remembering the circumstances of Rosalie's change, but after they realised Rosalie had done it purposefully, they began to see the humorous side.
Alice had organised a little Halloween party at their house.
Of course, little in Alice-speak meant a couple of hundred people.
~oOo~
A few hours later, and the music was still playing full-blast. There had been a vast array of people, not to mention costumes. Mike Newton had dressed up as a dolphin, which caused everyone to double-take when they saw him. Ben had dressed up as a werewolf, which caused a little inside sniggering from all the vampires present. Alice heard Ben sidle up to Angela at one point and whisper, "Do I smell bad or something? All the Cullens keep holding their noses and laughing whenever I walk past them."
After a few more hours though, the party had started to slow down. People were starting to order taxis and meander off home. Eventually, only the Cullens were left. Rosalie and Emmett were off to play "A Halloween version of Shiver Me Timbers" at which the rest of the family had shuddered. Bella, Edward, Carlisle and Esme had also disappeared, leaving Jasper and Alice alone in the Cullens' living room. Alice had started to clear away the rubbish and mess at vampire speed, until Jasper caught her and stopped her.
Alice looked at Jasper, puzzled. "Jazz, I've got to clean all this up-"
Jasper put a finger on Alice's lips, instantly halting her speech and whispered. "It will still be there tomorrow."
"That's the point." said Alice wryly. "Esme'll kill me. Figuratively, anyway."
Jasper pouted and Alice smiled, stroking Jasper's face. He took that as a sign to distract her and pulled her closer to him. Alice struggled half-heartedly but soon found she didn't want to struggle anymore as Jasper's lips touched hers. That was it. All thoughts of cleaning had officially gone.
Jasper ran his hands through Alice's black and white streaked hair and down over her designer banshee costume. "Now, I don't want to hear any more excuses. Banshee moaning is acceptable, however." he said, winking.
Alice giggled as Jasper picked her up. "Yes, of course, Major."
Jasper smirked and carried Alice through the cobwebs and black decorations and up the stairs.
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