Me: So so so so so very sorry I have been gone for so long, summer courses were really really tough
Emmett: its okay I will forgive you
Me: um…I was talking to the readers…
Emmett: Oh…I see…I'm not worth an apology…
Me: ….. (Edward walks in)….
Emmett: What! You're not going to say anything?
Me :…( still looking at Edward)…
Emmett: Are you even there?
Me: (snaps out of it) Sorry, were you saying something?
Emmett: oh I see how it is, Edward comes back and you forget all about your favorite vamp
Me: No, I am just a little shocked he's back; I didn't have time to blackmail him by calling Bella and Esme
Edward: very funny, I liked the last chapter and I realized I might have over reacted a little
Emmett: Might have?
Me: A little?
Edward: Okay okay can we get on with the story now, I'm sure these nice people would like to read it
Me: I don't own anything Twilight, the characters all belong to Stephenie Meyer
Chapter 13: Part one of Saturday- Dinner
(BPOV)
Another day of feeling nervous, oh so very nervous. This is starting to be a new habit for me. Don't get me wrong, last night was awesome, so awesome that I didn't want to wake up this morning in case it was all a dream. But my Saturday started just like the one before…with a wake up call from an evil person at an hour that should be illegal for a teen to be up, let alone perky. I had been having a nice dream when I was awoken by very loud music from my cell. It was the song Kiss the girl from the little mermaid so I knew it was Alice (how she manages to continually change my ringtone is beyond me!).
"Can I help you?" I said into the phone after I picked myself off my floor (yes I fell out of bed again, note to self: buy railings for my bed).
"Hello sleepy head! I will be there in ten so be sure your ass is up or else! We are going and getting our nails done and we are going to go and buy you some cute pajamas for the sleep over!" And then she hung up, just like that! God give me strength.
True to her word the evil one was at my door ten minutes later at the wonderful time of 8 in the morning! I left a note for my family letting them know of my kidnapping/ I mean outing with Alice. And as soon as my car door closed and my seat-belt was on (always wear a seat-belt when riding with Alice! ) Alice whipped out of the driveway and fled from the scene of the crime/ I mean away from my loving bed. We were silent for about five minutes before Alice started with the questions.
"Sooooooooooooooo, I had fun last night. Did you have fun last night? Was Edward a gentleman? Did you guys only have the one kiss at the theater?" Those were the only questions I could make out, it was too early to understand Alice speak.
"Al, yes I had fun last night, yes Edward was a gentleman and that is all you're getting till later." She turned to glare at me. "Eyes on the road Pixie! What is with everyone I know not giving a damn as they drive! I don't want to get pulled over by Sam again!"
"That was one time! And there was no ticket and we got away with a lecture." she sang with a smile thankfully turning her head back to the road.
We continued to the nail place gossiping about the people at school and which teachers were seeing who (I think my math teacher and gym coach have a thing going on but Alice claims that the entire English department is with the entire math department). We even continued the debate all the way to the mall after our nails…that was until I saw the name of the store Alice was dragging me into.
"Hey Alice?" I stopped in my tracks starring up at the store sign,
"Yes Bella?"
"um…why are you taking me to this particular store?" Alice gave me an exasperated look.
"WE are here to get pajamas for tonight, you kitty pj's aren't going to cut it tonight if I have anything to say about it!"
"Okay, they are not kitties, they are Tigger pj's and why do we have to go to Victoria's Secret for pajamas?"
"Oh my little Isabella I have so much I need to teach you and so little time." With that Alice grabbed my arm and dragged me into the store. Two hours and a lot of whining and time in the fitting rooms later Alice finally decided to head back home, after buying two bra and underwear sets, three pajama pants and three pajama shirts, she refused to let me pay for anything saying it was a birthday gift (note to self leave money in Alice's car so she doesn't think I left it there, not the best plan name but it will do).
On the drive back to my house Alice went on and on about the plans for later. Em, Jazz and I would show up at 6 for an early dinner with the Cullen family then about 8 Angela and Ben will arrive. Apparently we will all hang in the basement till, as Alice puts it, "girl time" where I will be expected to spill my guts about last night to Rose, Angela, and Alice. I don't know what she said after that because I had a tiny epiphany.
Edward will be there. Tonight will be the first time I am seeing him after last nights date thingy. I got those stupid butterflies in my stomach (more like motorcycles in the cage of doom over a pit of sharks) just thinking about him and last night. I could tell my cheeks were pink by the way Alice smirked at me as I looked out the corner of my eye. I looked at the dash board to see it was only three in the afternoon, six couldn't come soon enough.
(EPOV)
"Come on six o'clock!" I had been glaring at the numbers on the clock ever since Alice got back around five and it was now five forty five. Who knew an hour could move so slowly?
To say I was anxious would be an under statement. Luck was with me last night when I found out Bella did remember me and that she liked me back, but that only lead me to question myself. Was Bella happy about last night or did she change her mind after she had a night to think it over? Did the date-thing we had last night count as a date? Were we an item or was that just a kiss that only leads to friendship? Did she tell Emmett? Did Jasper tell Emmett? Was he going to show up with one of her dad's guns and shoot me?
"You know, if you keep pulling at your hair like that you are going to go bald right?" I quickly spun around to see Rosalie behind me with the Cullen smirk firmly planted on her face. "What are you so nervous about?"
"Nothing, me nervous? HA! What gave you the impression that I was nervous?" she was laughing now.
"Oh come on little bro I have only known you for your entire life, I know that when you are nervous you pull at your hair."
"You are only five minutes older it doesn't count." I argued back. She just rolled her eyes at me and got an impatient look.
"And those were the best five minutes of my life so far, and stop trying to change the subject."
"Nothing I am just anxious to see Bella….and Em and Jasper of course." Please God don't let her catch my slip of the tongue.
"Well from what Alice told me Bella is just as anxious to see you." Rose patted me on the back and went to go set the table leaving me stunned. Bella couldn't wait to see me either!
And just like that the door bell rang; I glanced at the evil clock and was relieved to see it was six on the dot. I was amazed that they got here on time (the Swans and those with the Swan DNA are known in town for not being the most punctual of people).
"Edward, will you get that sweetie? Rose is still setting the table and Alice is doing God knows what in her room and your father is in his office." Mom didn't have to even finish her sentence I was already at the door when she called my name.
I opened the door and saw Bella sandwiched between Em and Jasper on the porch. She had a small blush on her cheeks and was holding a medium sized cake box. She must have seen me glance at it because the first words out of her mouth were explaining it to me.
"Mama Sue wanted to thank you guys for having us over; she said Esme was saving her from having to feed Emmett tonight so she sent her famous German chocolate cake. I had to carry it or else the boys would have devoured the poor thing." I would so like to devour her, with chocolate…uhoh focus Edward focus! Big brother standing right there!
Shaking my head to clear it of my wonderful thoughts I took the box out of Bella's hands, getting a small jolt of electricity from where my hand grazed against hers. This was going to be a long night.
"So…are you going to let us in the door or are you going to stand there like an asshole with the ultimate deliciousness that is Mama Sue's baking?" Leave it to Emmett to get right to the point. I moved out of the way and headed to the kitchen, Emmett following me mumbling something about being the cakes security guard (no one gets between Em and his food) and Jasper followed Em. Alice had come out of nowhere and grabbed Bella, showing her where to put her sleep over stuff for later. I guess I will have to wait to talk to Bella about last night. As soon as we got to where mom and Rose were Emmett forgot the cake and gave my mom a big hug before he latched on to my sister. They soon left to finish setting the table and it was left to me to reintroduce mom and Jasper.
"Okay…Mom this is Jasper Whitlock, not sure you remember him from the hospital last week, but he is Bella and Em's cousin and Jasper this is my mother Esme Cullen." Jasper held out his hand to shake Mom's, she took it and pulled him into a bone crushing hug.
"Alice talks about you all the time! And you are so handsome! I so approve of you dating my daughter! You are practically family now! And families hug, now where is that cousin of yours that has Edward all in a twitter?" Gotta love my mom, now everyone will know where Alice gets it from and Jasper can have a look into his future. Wait, what was that about Alice dating him? Before I could say anything the timer dinged on the oven. In one quick movement mom let go of Jasper and ran to the oven to pull out the pot roast (Emmett's favorite dish, see my mom so spoils him over her own children).
"Dinner's ready!" And my mom can yell like a bull horn. The thundering of feet could be heard as everyone ran to the dinning room, even dad was running. Dinner is going to be oh so fun. At least I get to sit next to Bella. It was with that happy thought that I walked into the dining room to see that the only seat available was indeed next to Bella…but it was also next to Emmett. This should be interesting…
(BPOV)
Dinner so far has been such a blast! We went through the mundane questions of "what did you do today?" And then it got quiet for a bit until Em and Alice decided to have an eating contest….Dr. Cullen/ I mean Carlisle won (Esme and Carlisle told Jasper and I that saying Mr. and Mrs. Cullen made them feel old, then Carlisle said that I had seen him so often already in the E.R. that formalities were pointless).
Then after we gave Carlisle the prize for winning (the last piece of the roast) Esme got an evil look in her eyes as she pulled something out from under her chair. Rose, Alice and Edward went pale and Em started laughing like a hyena.
"This is going to be awesome! What do you have there Mama Esme?" Emmett even added that creepy eyebrow wiggle thing. Esme gave him an answering smirk.
"Well you see kids I was cleaning up in the study when I found these just lying out in the open and I couldn't resist looking through them and I thought your new friends would love to see them too!" Jazz and I shared a look across the table before I leaned over to see what Esme was holding.
It was a stack of photo albums and judging by the dates on the spines these were baby to pre-k photo albums. All at once the Cullen kids started protesting.
"Mom you know I don't think they want to see those!"
"Mom you used to make Edward and I look like twins!"
"Mom the nineties weren't my best hair decade!"
"Alice you didn't have hair thorough most of that decade!"
"Rose, that is beside the point! And you and Eddie looked so cute in your sailor suites!"
"Don't call me Eddie and there is no way in hell we still have those pictures, I thought we already destroyed them."
As the three of them got into an argument over their embarrassing childhood styles Esme passed out the albums to Jazz, Em and I while she and Carlisle told us all the stories that went with them. It was a good twenty minutes before the others realized we weren't paying attention to them and they stopped their bickering and joined us. Some how they managed to pry the albums away and we started to clear the table.
Once the dishwasher was loaded and the table was clean Alice dragged me and Rose upstairs to get ready for our fun filled sleepover. The first part of the night went fine, let's hope I actually get the chance to talk to Edward with out everyone else around about what happened yesterday. I feel those stupid butterflies again but they are soon gone when I see Alice pull out on of the V.S. bags.
This is going to be an interesting night…
Me: Sorry that this chapter is so short but I still have two finals for my summer classes. I will try to post part two soon but for the next week and a half I will be in Ireland visiting my parents and brother.
Emmett: Sweet you're going to the land of potatoes and beer!
Edward: Em, there is more to Ireland then potatoes and beer.
Me: Yeah, Ireland has been the home to many poets and writers over the last two hundred years and has a lot of history. Not to forget that they have an awesome Forbidden Plant comic book store in Dublin.
Edward:…um I was going to say that Ireland has Leprechauns….but all that is true too.
Emmett: Come on Edward there is no such thing as leprechauns!
Me: Says the giant vampire.
Emmett: good point.
Me: Well I hope everyone is having a good summer and I hope to know what you think ;p