Me: Please don't shoot me! I'm so sorry I have been away for so long. A lot is going on with school work and my grandparents haven't been doing too well heath wise so it's been busy.

Emmett: It's okay Emmie, your writing now so it will all be okay.

Me:…*Shocked expression*…

Emmett: *looking dumbfound* are you okay?

Edward: You gave her a shock, her brain shut itself down in order to protect itself.

Emmett: Why would her brain do that when I entered the room?

Edward: She has gone so long without you that she doesn't know how to handle it…..

Emmett: Oh….well that makes since, I mean I am so awesome that there is too much to handle

Edward:… .You have no idea….

Jasper: Emmie in no way shape or form owns anything twilight related, it all belongs to our master the wonderful Stephenie Meyer

Edward: *waves hand in front of face* She's going to be out for a bit…..well…on with the story!

Chapter 18: Getting ready for Alice's Birthday Party…enough said

"You should have been there! It was so funny I laughed my ass off, they were both so read and stuttering!" Thank you Alice for getting a kick out of the most embarrassing moment I have ever experienced. It took me an hour to explain where the incriminating little foil wrapped items had come from and then I had to explain the conversation Leah forced me into (literally forced me into I might add). I had to pay Alice ten bucks to not say anything to Emmett or Jasper. I'm starting to think I should have given her a twenty to not tell anyone else….namely Rosalie and Angela at the moment.

Currently Rose, Alice, Angela and I are locked away in Alice's magical closet getting ready for her costume birthday party, who has a costume party after Halloween is beyond me but what Alice wants Alice gets…it's easier that way. At the moment she is tormenting…I mean fixing my hair to go with the costume she picked out for me. Alice picked out all the costumes for the couples, including our parents, Leah, Jake and Cabby. Lucky Sam had to work tonight otherwise he and Emily would be dressed up right along with us. Alice has all the mirrors covered at the moment cause she wants us to be surprised by our costumes… translation: she doesn't want me to veto it until its too late to do anything about it.

So you might be asking why Alice is making me relive my humiliation a good week after the incident happened…well she wasted no time in telling Rose for I got a very interesting lecture about not telling her myself that I planned to "get busy" with her brother (her words not mine) about an hour after we met up with everyone. Fortunately for me Ang was absent all week due to a illness so I didn't have to deal with any teasing from her. Unfortunately she made a miraculous recovery in time for Alice's party.

Hence me being locked in the magical closet with three hysterically laughing soon to be ex-best friends, they seriously locked the door and hid the key somewhere. I have a feeling it's in the cheddar pop corn stash but Alice guards her pop corn like its gold so I have no chance of getting the key.

Angela managed to stop laughing to ask Alice for more details. "So what did Edward do after you told him all that?"

Alice answered before I got a chance to open my mouth. "He ran his hands through his hair multiple times and changed the subject. I swear he's going to go bald if he keeps it up." Edward was so shocked about the whole thing he hasn't done anything more than kiss my cheek the past week…lame I know but now he is back in Emmett's good graces.

Alice finally stopped torturing my hair…I mean styling it, and stepped in front of me to admire her work. The only thing I could tell you was that it was in a half up half down and had enough hair spray in it that I should stay away from the birthday cake once its been lit. Alice clapped her hands excitedly while jumping up and down; I took that to mean that she liked what she saw.

"Okay ladies now that your hair and make-up are all done to my specifications it is now time to find out what the theme for our group costumes are!" How much left over candy has she had today?

Alice had us all line up according to the number on our costume bags (yes she numbered them) so we could get dressed and come out one by one, Rose was first followed by Angela, than me and than Alice was last for dramatic effect. As Rose went to the changing room (yes there is a small changing room in the magic closet) I took a quick glance at the clock to see it read eight oh five p.m.

"Hey Alice your party has already started five minutes ago, why are we only now getting into our costumes?"

"So we can make a dramatic entrance duh."

Angela and I traded a nervous glance. "Um…Alice if its only your family, Bella's family, Ben and I why do we need a dramatic entrance?" See I'm not the only normal one in the group.

Alice gave a small laugh. "I invited half the school you sillies. It's not a party if you don't have a lot of people there."

"Alice you don't talk to half the people at school." I felt the need to point this out to her in case she had a small lapse in judgment.

"That's not the point Bella, the point is to have a kick ass party and have fun." I so wanted to give her a kick in the ass…

Thankfully for Alice Rose came out of the changing room in a cute little African style mini dress that hugged her curves with a giant lions head on top of her head…it took Ang and me a moment to realize that it was the head from the musical The Lion King.

"Rose you do realize you have a giant cat head on right?"

"Yes so? Emmett's costume is a wrap around his waist and no shirt on; I am willing to be the Nala to his Simba for the night." I had no answer to that and Angela went into the changing room with a nervous look on her face. I pray she and I aren't Tamon and Pumba. After about a minute of biting my nails Angela re-emerged dressed as Wendy from Peter Pan. That's when it hit me.

"We are all Disney couples aren't we?"

"And she gets it!" Alice petted my head as one would pet a well behaved dog. "Your unhealthy obsession with Disney gave me the idea, now hurry up and get changed. As per your costume requirements your costume has the most fabric covering you." I took a deep breath and walked into the changing room of doom.

I opened the bag to see a beautiful golden yellow dress. Yep she made me Bell, how fitting. I pulled the dress on and called Rose in to help me sip it up. Alice must have made this herself for it fit me like a glove and made it look like I had quite the amount of cleavage that I never knew I had. Seriously it might have had the most fabric but the amount of my chest that was almost falling out said other wise.

"Wow, Edward is going to be all over you tonight, either that or punching any guy stupid enough to stand next to you." I blushed as Rose helped me into the golden yellow heels that matched the dress (if I fall tonight the pixie gets it, I know where she keeps her pop corn). Rose helped me walk out of the changing room to the main part of the closet where Alice was being helped by Angela into her costume that was very pink, puffy, and frilly. Rose and I shared a quick look with one another before we started giggling.

Naturally Alice heard us. "Whats so funny?"

"Nothing much sister dear, Bells and I are only wondering where you lost your sheep dear little Bo-Peep."

"Oh be quiet you! Its all worth it to see Jazzy all dressed up as Sheriff Woody. I made sure his jeans were extra tight if I had to wear a hoop skirt and bonnet." And queue the drool. After Alice had her costume on all the way she gave us all a once over before making sure the clock read eight thirty on the dot.

"Now we are ready to make our entrance!" The rest of us rolled our eyes as Alice unlocked the closet door. Upon entering Alice's bed room I could hear the people and music from downstairs. The stairs that I would have to walk down in a big dress and high heels…I see this ending well.

I was so busy having a little freak out that I almost missed Alice's directions. "We are going to be walking down according to the number on our bags. Our partners will be meeting us at the bottom of the stairs and will lead us into the living room where the rest of the party goers are located. Now remember if you mess this up I have free rein over you closets for the next six months." Pixie Bo-Peep can be one scary lady.

Needles to say we did as we were told. We all left Alice's room and headed for the stairway. Rose walked down first to where my brother bear…I mean brother lion was waiting for her. I knew she reached the bottom when I heard Emmett Rawer and Rose squeal…I have a feeling they are going to disappear at some point tonight. Next down was Angela to meet with her Peter Pan Ben; I have to find out how the hell Alice got him to wear tights.

In no time at all it was my turn to walk down the stairway of death. I was praying that no one was around the stairs to see me fall if I tripped. I took a deep breath and turned the corner and took the first step, holding up the front of my dress so I didn't trip right off the bat. The first people I noticed was Esme and Carlisle standing by the door dressed as Jasmine and Aladdin standing next to my dad and Sue dressed as a Police officer and a nurse (I took it that Alice wasn't able to get them into Disney costumes), Sue holding Seth dressed as a fireman. He looked so cute. After them I noticed who was standing at the foot of the stairs waiting for me.

Thankfully Alice didn't make Edward wear the Beast mask this evening and he looked dashing in the blue coat tails and leggings of the final scene. What really took my breath away was the look he was giving me. It was all smolder and come hither that had me tingling all over. He hadn't looked at me like that in a week, ever since the incident. I kept my gaze focused on his eyes as I made my way down to the ground floor. I had almost reached the bottom when my foot slipped on the third to last step. I could feel myself start to fall back when I felt his warm strong arms around my waist holding me up. When I opened my eyes his concerned gaze was all I saw.

"Are you alright?" I could feel my face heating up.

"Yeah, its just typical that I should fall."

"No worries, I will always be there to catch you." As corny as it sounded it made my heart skip a beat or two. We were so lost in each other's gazes that I jumped when I heard a gruff clearing of the throat. It was then I remembered we were still in front of our parents…mainly we were still in front of my dad dressed up in his work uniform…please let the gun still be at home.

Edward and I jumped away from each other both looking at the ground. After an awkward second Edward held out his arm to lead me into the living room where the party was going on in full swing. We were almost to the other partiers when I felt a tap on my arm. I turned to see Leah dressed as Dory holding Cabby in a Nemo costume, a Marlin Jake of to the side trying to blend in to the wall.

I looked at Leah questionably as she leaned to whisper in my ear. "If you need anything they are in the left hand pocket of the diaper bag." I pulled away from her in shock as she smiled and winked at me. Tonight is going to be oh so much fun…

A/N Me: I just wanted to once again apologize for taking so long to update. The next chapter will be about the party in full swing. I would like to thank everyone who as reviewed and added my story to favorites and update alerts. I will try to update soon but my student teaching and school work take up most of my time, I am able to write bits and pieces in between but it takes me a little longer than when I normally write. Don't worry next chapter will be mainly Bella and Edward.