Me: Hello again! So sorry for not updating in a while, I had a lot of reading for my classes
Emmett: WHERE WERE YOU! I thought you said your sis would type for you!
Me: she was going too but then she got her wisdom teeth pulled…all four at once…wasn't pretty
Emmett: oh…okay then…hope she feels better
Me: She does, the pain meds helped and I learned that when she takes them she likes to clean the apartment at one in the morning
Emmett: nice
Me: hey, where's Edward?
Emmett: he is still a bit mad at you for saying I was your favorite over him, he is a tad egotistical
Me: oh…well hopefully this chapter will bring him back and I could beg for forgiveness
Emmett: that or you could call Bella on his ass
Me: That too! Without further to do I own nothing twilight all things twilight belongs to the talented Stephenie Meyer! All I own is a ticket stub for Eclipse, now on with the story ;p
Chapter 12: Night to remember
(Bella POV)
So nervous, so very very nervous. Why am I so nervous? Its just a night out with friends right? Wrong! For this lovely Friday outing Alice had planned had a very quick change of plans within a 24 hour period. She can be so sneaky, I never saw this coming and I should have. It all started this morning….
Em and I made it to school a bit late, but that was my fault really. I woke up this morning and got ready for school when I realized there was no Scamp in my room, he wasn't in Em's room either and I freaked (the Puddles incident will always be a sore spot). Em agreed to help me look and we ended up tarring through the house only to find Scamp curled up in my book bag. Mama Sue came out of her and dad's room saw the mess and told us to clean it up or we weren't going anywhere tonight. She did give us a late note as she left to drop off Seth before she had to work. We missed first hour and most of second. When I walked into math the class was in groups doing an assignment that involved m&ms (of course they do something fun the day I wasn't there, math is out to get me) and Angela waved me over to sit with her and Ben. She told me that even though they couldn't make it for tonight's dinner and a movie (Alice told them about it in band) she was still in for the sleep over Alice had planned. I nodded my head as I ate their m&ms but the smirk Angela and Ben shared sent shivers down my spine, Angela never smirks unless she was up to something. The nervous feeling only got worse from there.
In Spanish we had a test so I couldn't talk to Alice much other then explain why Em and I were so late but the mischievous look in her eyes did not go unnoticed. At lunch Rose backed out of going to P.A. claiming to be behind on a project for her mechanics class. Em of course jumped at the chance to help her, and the look between Rose and Alice made me more nervous, it was the look conspirators share when things were going to plan. It wasn't until after school that I fully understood what the little devil-pixie was up to.
Alice had come over to help me pick out my outfit. In reality she showed up with a makeup bag, a box of shoes and a garment bag that held five different outfits, I had a feeling this was going to become a habit of hers. She took one outfit out and put the other four in my closet.
"Shut up and accept the clothes, you give me a reason to shop." Alice scolded me after I complained for the twelfth time.
"Come on Alice, I have clothes, if you want to shop so badly why not donate clothes to the Good will."
"I do, five times a year. I used to donate more but they told me I had to stop because they ran out of room in their warehouse. Now, shut up and strip down so we can get ready. Jazzy and Edward will be here around four to pick us up." And that was the end of the conversation. I took a chance and glanced at the outfit she took out of the bag, it was a formfitting dark blue shirt that looked a bit formal and a dark denim skirt.
"Alice, this outfit looks a bit too dressy for a fun dinner and a movie between friends." I turned to look at her and noticed that she had already changed into an outfit similar to the one she laid out but in red. "Alice what are you planning?"
The evil smirk returned. "Me? Planning? I have no idea what you are talking about. Now, strip down and change you have five minutes to have your ass on that bed so I can do your hair and makeup." I didn't argue, in fact I did as she told me and didn't speak again until she was done with my hair and makeup (I wasn't scarred of her I promise I wasn't scarred of her).
"Alice, why are we getting all done up? I thought we were just grabbing a bite before a movie, no need for me to be in a skirt."
"Well, you see, since it will be just you, me, Jazz and Edward tonight, I thought it would be fun if we modeled tonight as though it were a double date." Evil pixie said what?
"Alice! In order for this to be a double date there has to be more then one actual couple! They also have to actually agree to go on said date! And seeing how Edward and I are not a couple and did not ask either person on said date, we cannot be going on a date!" Alice sighed and shook her head slightly as she put down the lip gloss she was attempting to put on my lips.
"You see Bella; I have a theory about that. I know you like my brother, and trust me I know he likes you. But you two are too fucking scarred to actually do something about it! If you two were just in the right setting and had the right atmosphere and no over protective brothers in the area, sparks could finally fly! Trust me tonight is going to be a night to remember." It took me a moment to get over Alice saying the "F" word before her words soaked in. Edward liked me? Really? I spent the rest of the time Alice was giving me my make over thinking about it which brings me back to the present and the reason for me being so very very nervous, Jasper and Edward had just pulled up to my house and Alice was handing me a pair of heels to accompany my outfit.
"Breath Bella, nothing bad is going to happen, only Rose, Angela and I know that tonight is a date night, the guys have no clue. Besides, who knows, if everything goes great you can get your first kiss and a real date out of it." She winked at me before grabbing both mine and her purses, which she had filled earlier with lip gloss, our wallets and our phones (why we needed more lip gloss is completely lost on me). I took a deep breath, and followed Alice down the stairs and out the door (Sue and Seth went to Leah's after Seth got out of school and Emmett was at the school with Rose working on the "mechanics project" so no one was home to ruin Alice's plan). The site before me took my breath away, and by the sound of Alice's gasp it did the same for her.
Jasper and Edward were both leaning against Edward's Volvo. Edward had tired to tame that wild mass of copper locks but all he managed to do was give it that sex hair look that made me weak in the knees and meant he had already run his hands through his hair multiple times, a sign he was nervous as well. His outfit was obviously picked out by Alice as well seeing how it was a blue dress shirt and dark jeans. Jasper was dressed in a red version of Edwards outfit and just proved that Alice had an ulterior motive which was a bit obvious now that I thought about it (my guess is that the guys, at least the two here, realized it too).
Alice ran up to Jasper and he picked her up into a spinning hug while I walked slowly up to Edward and gave him a shy smile. He gave me one as well before Alice and Jasper walked over and got into the back seat of the Volvo, leaving me and Edward to sit in the front.
The drive to P.A. was fun, Jasper and I got a kick over Alice and Edward fighting over who had control of the music. Edward claimed that since he was driving the passenger seat had the rights to the radio while Alice argued that the back seat had rights to the radio since the front passengers should be concentrating on the road. Then it became and argument over who was aloud to be played on the radio, Alice wanted the Glee sound track while Edward wanted to listen to R&B. We ended up listening to the Glee sound track after I mentioned that it was one of my favorite shows and Alice had a triumphant smirk on her face the rest of the drive as she and I sang along to the music, Jasper even joined us to sing the guy parts for a few of the songs. As we got close to our destination Edward turned the music down to ask us where we were to head to first, dinner or the movie. Alice of course had the answer.
"We are going to the cute little Italian restaurant that is ten minutes from the theater, if we wait till after the movie it will be close to their closing time and I want Bella and Jasper to try some of the best food in the area other then mom or Sue's cooking." None of us could fight with her logic so to the Restaurant we went only to find out that it was just another part of Alice's plan. We showed up to the hostess station only to find that the girl working was…Angela! She gave us a bright smile before giving some excuse that the normal hostess had to call in sick and Angela was on call to be the fill in. When Jasper asked for a table for four Angela did a quick glance at the seating chart before shaking her head.
"I'm sorry, but it looks as though the only tables we have available are tables for two."
"Can't we push two tables together?" Edward asked
Angela did another quick glance, "Nope, the two tables we have available that aren't reserved aren't very close together so we can just split you guys up, if you will follow me I can lead you all to your tables."
At the first table we stopped at she placed two menus down and instructed Alice and Jasper to sit before any of us could say anything. I felt like smacking my head at how obvious she and Alice were being, praying the boys didn't notice. Angela led Edward and me to another table that was in a more secluded area with a wink as she walked away and left us (another not so subtle gesture).
We sat in silence for a few minutes as we looked over our menus, until a bimbo looking waitress came prancing over to take our orders. At first she ignored me, trying to flirt with Edward but he seemed to pay her no mind as he asked what I would like to have (haha take that bitch, point to me). Only after she wrote my order did he give his, still not looking at her but at me and I have to say I liked it, I liked it a lot. When she left, we fell into another silence for a bit till Edward broke it with a statement that would have had me doing a spit take if I had been drinking the water that had been placed in front of us.
"So…I take it by Alice's not so subtle attempts that this is supposed to be a date." I gave a soft chuckle.
"What on earth gave you that idea?" With a hint of sarcasm that caused him to chuckle as well. Then I got that nervous feeling again. "Does it bother you?"
"Does what bother me?" He gave me a questioning look.
"Does it bother you that Alice set us up on a date type thing?" Suddenly the table cloth became very interesting. He as quiet for a moment before he gave me his answer.
"No, it doesn't bother me…that is…if it doesn't bother you...I mean" I lifted my gaze and cut him off before he could ramble any more.
"No, it doesn't bother me either, well it does a little bit, I didn't think Alice had it in her to be so conniving and secretive." Edward had been taking a drink of his water and did a little choking action.
"You don't know Alice as long as I have, if she wants something bad enough or thinks something should happen bad enough she finds ways of making it happen."
"I take it she wants us to go on a date." My face turned red. Edward looked like he was going to say something but Bimbo took that moment to give us our food and sodas, as well as give Edward her number written on a napkin that "accidentally" landed on the table (looks like someone isn't getting a tip from me). Edward picked it up and my heart felt like it was about to break until I saw him hand it back to her.
"I think you dropped this, you might want to be careful where you leave things." I did a mental happy dance as I picked up my fork and dug in to my meal (point two bitch). She glared at me before walking away and I couldn't help but giggle.
"What? What's so funny?"
"Nothing." I couldn't stop my face from grinning.
"No you thought something was funny, what was it?"
"It's a good thing you turned her down after we got our food or else mine might have had some spit in it."
"Why?"
"Oh come on, like you didn't notice the way she was looking at you and me, she clearly thought I wasn't good enough for you." I told him rolling my eyes.
"Well…I think you're way too good for me…" it took me a minute to get what he was saying.
"You think I'm too good for you? Why? You are so out of my league, you are way too good for me! I am a nobody compared to a lot of the girls at school." He shook his head and gave a little chuckle.
"You are in no way a nobody, a nobody wouldn't have been on my mind since a small chance meeting on the last day of band camp a little over a year ago." I looked at him shocked as my face got even redder (soon I will look like Bob the tomato from veggie tales). There was no way he would remember that.
"You remember that?"
"Yes, I even looked for you, or as I thought or you, my angel when Alice and I were at camp this past summer, but you weren't there." He had a slight blush on his cheeks as well.
"Why didn't you say anything when we meet on the first day at school?" He gave me a look and laughed.
"And what, say 'hey you're the girl I have fantasized about for the past year' in front of your brother?" He had a point. "Why didn't you say anything to me if you knew who I was?" it was my turn to laugh.
"And say what 'remember me? I fell on you last year in front of the whole camp.' Not exactly the best opener." Then part of his earlier comment caught up with me. "You fantasized about me?" He didn't need to say anything the fact that his cheeks turned red were answer enough.
I thought about letting him sit there embarrassed for a while longer when I felt some pity for him. I reached over and lifted his head with my hand, loving the way his skin felt against mine, even if it was a simple touch.
"Don't feel bad, I fantasized about you too." He looked at me in shock but it quickly turned into the two of us staring into each others eyes.
I don't know how long we sat like that until we heard a throat clear near us. Glancing to the side I saw that it was Bimbo again handing us the check and she had one hell of a sour face (really glad we weren't staying for desert). Before I could take it and pay my share Edward grabbed it up and place a bill in it after a glance.
"Keep the change" was all he said as he stood up and walked over to me, pulling out my chair and taking my hand in a quick motion before I could argue with him about paying. As we walked to the car, he didn't let go of my hand (point three bitch, I win).
Alice and Jasper were already at the car when we got out to the parking lot and at once Alice's eyes zeroed in mine and Edward's joined hands (she doesn't miss much does she?). When she met my gaze all she did was smirk and gave me the "I told you so" look. Jasper followed Alice's gaze and gave me a raised eyebrow. I smiled back at him and Alice before letting go of Edward's hand, missing the feel of his skin against mine the instant I did so.
We all piled into the car using the ten minutes to get there to decide on what movie to watch. The boys wanted to watch something scary, while Alice wanted to watch a romance. I wasn't thrilled by the two choices but when we arrived I found another option on the now showing board.
"Hey look, Toy Story is showing!" My three companions all turned to look at me. "What? Both one and two were awesome, why not go and see the third one?" when none of them said anything I turned to Edward and gave him the puppy dog eyes (I know it was cruel of me to use my new found knowledge of him liking me, but I am obsessed with Disney!). After a minute or two he crumbled like a brick wall.
"Why not. It's been a while since I last saw a Disney movie." Alice nodded her head in agreement as Jasper sighed in defeat. As we walked to the ticket line I think I heard Jasper mumble something about being whipped, but I must have imagined it.
When it was our turn to pay Edward once again beat me to it (I figured if he paid for dinner I could get the tickets…I guess I thought wrong). When I tried to argue with him he just gave me his crooked smile that always leaves me stunned.
"If this is really a date as my sister, and I, wish it to be, then it is a gentleman's duty to pay for the lady."
"It's the twenty first century, if the lady wants to pay it would be more gentlemanly to let them."
Edward appeared to think it over "nope, still more honorable to let me pay." It appears that I lost the argument.
After seeing how long the concessions line was, the boys sent Alice and I off to go find seats while they went and got the snacks, I made sure to tell Edward to buy Twizzlers (a movie isn't a movie with out Twizzlers). Most of the seats were already taken and there were no sets of four so Alice and I made the decision to split up a couple of rows apart. Before we split Alice grabbed my arm to gain my attention.
"I want a full report tomorrow night about what happened during dinner, I have a feeling its going to be good." With that said she ran back a few rows to save her and Jasper a seat. No more than ten minutes later after I sat down I was joined by Edward who brought two drinks and a bag of Twizzlers. During the previews we talked and joked about the every day stuff and I told him about Scamp, Edward thought he lived up to his name after the search party Em and I had this morning. As the lights turned off we went silent watching the movie.
We might have not been talking but this feeling of static electricity soon set upon us. Static electricity is the only way I could describe it. When ever our hands grazed each other as we passed the Twizzlers I would get small shocks that sent tingles up my arm. About halfway through the movie I guess Edward got tired of the simple grazes and took hold of my hand in his. I could feel his eyes on me and I knew my face had to be a bright red again, but I kept my eyes on the screen not really seeing the movie. We sat like that for a good while, him staring at me and me staring at the screen.
Near the end of the movie, Edward tried handing me the Twizzlers bag again, but since I wasn't paying attention they fell to the floor. I apologized for being the reason they dropped as I bent down to pick them up, not knowing that he had bent down as well. As I was sitting up I felt his hand on my face lifting it to his as he placed a kiss on my lips. It was a soft and simple kiss, but it still made me feel warm and fuzzy. He pulled away much too quickly for my liking. I didn't realize I had closed my eyes until I felt his breath on my ear as he whispered into it, causing me to open them.
"Looks like you finally got your first kiss." I looked at him as a small smile came to my face. At my smile he smiled as well. And we completely missed the ending of the movie. Not that it really mattered to me at the moment.
What brought us out of the staring this time was the lights coming back on as the movie ended and the sound of the other movie goers discussing the film. Looking around we found Alice and Jasper walking towards us. Jasper looked pretty happy with himself so I had the impression they spent most of the movie making out but it was Alice's expression that caught my attention. She looked between her brother and I with a big smile on her face which lead me to believe that she either saw him kiss me or knew about it somehow (I swear that girl is psychic). It didn't bother me as much as it should have but I was in my happy place.
I stayed in my happy place the entire drive home as Edward and I kept stealing glances at one another. I also couldn't help the small smile that kept creeping upon my face whenever I thought of the kiss and the hand holding. He brought us all to my house first so Alice could pick up her car and she could drop off Jasper. Edward got out of his car first do he could walk over and open my door for me.
"So Ms. Swan, I had a fun time tonight."
"I did as well Mr. Cullen."
"Let's say we go out again sometime…minus the pixie and her southern gentleman?" he looked so hopeful and nervous as he asked me that it gave me the confidence to place a small kiss on his lips as I stood up from my seat in the car, taking him by surprise.
"I would like that a lot. Let's try to keep this between us at the moment, at least till after tomorrow. I need a chance to confront Emmett and make sure he stays on his best behavior."
"I agree with you there." With a brief hug I walked into the house thinking of tomorrow.
When I walked past the living room I saw that dad and Em were still awake watching a game on t.v.
"Um… hey guys"
"Hey Bells, sorry Rosie and I couldn't make it to hang tonight."
"No prob Em, it was fun we got dinner and saw Toy Story." Dad turned around then and looked at me.
"Was it good? We have been meaning to take Seth to go see it but if it isn't good we can always rent it when it comes out on dvd."
"Um…its good, I would definitely have to go see it again with you guys. Well its late and Alice wants to go shopping before we have dinner with her parents and the sleep over, so I am going to go to bed." I walked over and gave each a kiss on the top of their heads.
"Night Bells" dad said as he kissed my cheek. I made my way to the stairs when Em called my name.
"Yeah Em?"
"So you really had a good time? I know how crazy Alice can get when she plans something."
"Of course I did Em, tonight was a night to remember."
A/N: I hope you guys liked this chapter, I felt bad about not updating for so long that I made it a bit longer than the last one. I used my own personal first kiss as Bella's in this chapter, Twizzlers and all. Let me know what you think and I will try to update as soon as I can ;p
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