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~donellys.~
"What now? The power's out," Someone said.
"How about a good old game of Truth or Dare?" Another person replied.
"Let me find some candles," I heard Angela stand.
Truth or Dare. As childish as it seems, several questions arose inside my brain. Time to play with Edward Cullen.
Chapter 15: Tooth or Chair?
(Mike's POV)
Renesmee got out of my lap and went to sit on Edward's instead. There were several circles of people seated on the gym floor and I stood up to join Jessica's circle. Our group consisted of the Cullens, Angela, Ben, Jess and I. Angela lit one last candle near the middle of the circle and Ben placed an empty bottle on the ground.
"Who wants to go first?" Angela asked. Emmett quickly shot his hand up and snatched the bottle, spinning it. My nervousness subsided when the bottle pointed at Edward. Emmett grinned. "Truth or dare, Eddie?"
Edward glared at him "Truth."
"Oh c'mon, bro! Fine, you asked for it. How many times did you and Bella have-" Emmett glanced at Renesmee "-uh, never mind. Let me think of a different question-"
"Hey, Nessie. Wanna take a walk with me?" Rosalie interrupted. Renesmee looked Edward and Bella with questioning eyes. They nodded. Renesmee got up and left the gym with Rosalie.
"What was your question?" Edward groaned.
Emmett smiled mischievously and said, "How many times did you have sex with Bella?"
"Oh my God," Bella groaned and dropped her head in her hands. Edward let out an irritated sigh. "I don't really count, Em."
"Yeah right! Last time I asked you, which was a few years ago, you said you lost count at one hundred and-"
"I'll take the dare!" Edward half yelled. Bella looked up at Emmett with a mortified expression on her face.
"I thought you'd shut up already, Emmett," she said.
"Me shut up about you and Eddie? Hah! Anyways, I dare Edward to make out with Mike Newton," Emmett laughed.
I froze. What the hell was this guy thinking? Me kissing Cullen? NO WAY! I wasn't the only one mortified, so was Edward.
"HELL NO!" he yelled, causing a few people to stare at our circle. The others, besides me and Cullen, laughed. Even Bella laughed. Edward started to speak but Emmett cut him off.
"It's either you answer my question, make out with Mike or take the forfeit."
"What's the forfeit?" Edward quickly asked.
"You so don't want to forfeit," Emmett laughed even harder.
"What is it?" Edward was cautious now, his tone uncertain.
"No sex with Bella for a month. We'll all be watching you so you won't cheat," Emmett grinned. Jasper clutched his stomach from laughing so hard and Alice started gasping for air.
"What?"
Angela, Ben, Jessica and I gasped. Edward wasn't the one who responded since he froze with a completely mortified expression. It was Bella who yelled, with the same expression as Edward.
Emmett practically rolled on the floor with laughter. "I knew it! Neither of you can live a month without it!"
"As if you can survive a week without Rose!" Bella barked. Ben lost his composure and started laughing his head off, making Angela and Jess snicker. I sat there, frozen, feeling a blush climb from my neck to my face. This was getting awkward.
"Edward!" Bella shrieked, clutching his arm. "Go make out with Mike!"
My eyes widened. She'd have her own husband kiss another man rather than having no intimacy for a month. No way. How could she?
"But-" Edward stuttered.
"I'll forgive you! Just go and kiss Mike!" Bella practically begged. I thought that the other Cullens couldn't laugh any harder. Turns out that I was wrong.
"B-but-"
"We will be watching you two. If you fail the forfeit, we won't allow you to hold Renesmee for a month," Emmett howled.
Edward's gaped at him. "But she's my daughter! She's my daughter and Bella is my wife. Bella and I can have sex whenever we want to and Renesmee is our child. I'm her father! I can hold her whenever I want!"
"Maybe that's a little harsh, Em," Alice said. "Maybe we should just make him run around town naked. Oh no! We should make him walk around town naked. With Charlie as a witness."
"You are so not involving dad!" Bella exclaimed.
"It will be fun having the Chief of Police arrest a naked Edward," Jasper said.
"No it won't!" Bella shrieked. "Just kiss Mike already, Edward!"
"Or answer my question," Emmett said.
"I told you, Em, I lost count!" Edward groaned.
"Lost count at what number?" Emmett raised his eyebrows.
Edward pinched the bridge of his nose and grumbled to himself.
"Out loud, Eddie boy!" Emmett's smile widened.
"One hundred and two," Edward said and ran a hand through his hair.
Bella groaned again and glared at Emmett. "You happy now?"
"Not yet," he chuckled, "You lost count at a hundred and two in less than a year after your wedding, correct?"
Edward grunted a yes.
Angela, Ben, Jess and I gasped once again. This was just too disturbing.
Emmett boomed with another round of laughter. "I told you Bella. I was correct when I said you wouldn't get much sleep anymore during the wedding," he laughed again, "Bella, I hope you got enough sleep these last eighteen years 'cause you won't be getting anymore for awhile."
"Oh shut up, Emmett," Bella mumbled, embarrassed.
Emmett handed the bottle to Edward. Edward spun the bottle and, fortunately, it pointed towards Angela.
"I choose truth!" Angela said before Edward even asked. Edward smirked, "If you could go anywhere with Ben, where would it be?"
Angela smiled. "London."
"Do you guys have any money to go there? Because if you don't, consider two plane tickets as an early wedding gift from Bella and I," Edward winked.
The Cullens snickered at the expression of Ben and Ang.
"What's up?" Rosalie chimed, sitting back down with Renesmee. Renesmee handed her a folded piece of cloth and Rosalie handed it to Emmett. "Take it, it's disgusting. Nessie here thought it was cool."
Emmett got the cloth and carefully took a peek at what was inside. He grinned. "Nessie, you are awesome! Where'd you get this, honey bun?"
"Outside." Renesmee smiled shyly. She walked towards her parents and sat on Edward's lap. She cupped her tiny mouth and whispered something to him and to Bella. They snickered.
"Angela, Ben, London it is then. Don't you dare try to refuse our gift," Bella said.
"But it's too much!" Angela argued.
"No, it isn't."
"But-"
"No arguments!"
Angela was about to respond but Bella gave her a pointed look that clearly showed that the argument was over. Angela sighed in defeat.
Alice huffed, "Since Eddie and Bella here already got my idea of a gift. Can I plan the wedding instead?"
Angela's eyes were as wide as saucers. "NO!"
Alice pouted. "Come on, Angela. Consider it my gift. Free of charge."
"No, that's too much! We don't want a big wedding. My parents already want to invite my millions of relatives, I don't want the whole town to come too"
"The guest list would be up to you. The preparation would be on me."
"No, Alice. That's just too much!"
"No it isn't. It would be a gift for you and Ben. Not to mention I would enjoy it very much. You saw what I did to Bella's wedding, I did an amazing job. Even if your wedding is next month, I can pull it together," Alice begged.
"Alice," Ben interjected. "That's nice of you but we simply can't afford-"
"I already said that it's free of charge."
Angela and Ben gasped. "No, Alice! That's not possible!"
"Don't doubt me. Don't worry about money either."
"Alice," Bella tried to interrupt. But Alice wasn't having it, she threw Bella a glare that made argument impossible. "I swear, it's completely free of charge. Instead of putting money on your wedding you guys should begin saving up for a family."
Angela and Ben were dumbfounded.
"Of course you guys would have a say on what the theme would be, what color scheme would be used, what dress Angela would use, along with the flowers and music, what food to serve, where and when the wedding would be held and all the other things," Alice smiled. "And Edward and Bella's gift would be for your honeymoon. Don't argue."
"Alice, that's just too much!" Ben argued.
Alice pouted. "You're hurting my feelings by refusing my gift."
In my honest opinion, it was too much. Too much to accept and too much to refuse. You're basically being given an opportunity to have the wedding of your dreams, however, you're just too shy, too dignified and too respectful to accept such an extravagant gift. The Cullens didn't seem to mind, though, since they were obviously stinking rich that they didn't know what to do with their money anymore.
By some odd reason, Angela and Ben reluctantly agreed to make Alice do the wedding preparations as long as no more gifts were to be given to them.
The bottle landed on me after Angela spun it.
Crap.
"Truth or dare, Mike?" Angela asked.
"Uh... dare?" It seemed to come of as a question. Why would I be reluctant?It was Angela who would give me my dare. It couldn't be bad. Right?
"Hmm..." Angela contemplated.
"How about you eat this?" Emmett raised the folded cloth for me to see.
"What is that?" Angela asked.
"Nessie here found a worm. A big, fat and juicy looking earthworm."
"Oh hell no!" I yelled.
"Come on, man. You won't die."
"How sure are you that I won't?"
"The fact that Momma Bells here is still alive is proof enough that you wouldn't die."
"Bella ate a worm?" My jaw dropped.
"She didn't just eat a worm, she ate dirt too... and some other stuff. Right Edward?" Emmett wiggled his eyebrows.
Edward responded with a glare and Bella just rolled her eyes.
"Anyways, Mike, if you choose to switch to truth then you'll have to answer why Jasper found a certain photograph buried under a rock a few years ago. If you choose to forfeit then you'll be walking around town naked with Chief Swan as a witness," Emmett said.
"Hey, shouldn't Angela be the one who's telling me what I'm supposed to do?"
Angela laughed. "He thought of something way better than what I was thinking."
"What were you thinking?" I asked, holding on to the small piece of hope that Angela won't let me do anything harsh.
"Lick your foot," Angela simply said with a shrug.
"How can you guys be so brutal?" I whined. I was considering my options when something slimy hit my forehead. I reached out and found a fat earthworm resting on my palm. I yelped and jerked my hand.
At the exact moment the worm hit the bald scalp of the man sitting on another circle, the power came back up.
Then chaos erupted, resulting to a food fight which made the Cullens scrunch up their faces in disgust as they ducked and fired with noodles and broccoli.
I hid behind the bleachers as I wiped my spaghetti covered face and shook my mashed potato layered hair. The itch and stickiness clung to my scalp and I was reminded of the time during my summer as a kid wherein I refused to take a bath for five straight days. I was just too lazy and I refused to do anything but watch TV, eat and sleep. I didn't even notice that I started to smell until my mother attacked my head head with a mop, apologizing to me by saying that she didn't see me because the dirt that accumulated on my body seemed to act as some sort of camouflage. I was grateful that I decided to take a shower and not a bath instead since the water that went down the drain was kinda icky looking. If I took a bath, I would be swimming in my own filth. Isn't that what you do when taking a bath? You swim in your own filth, right?
"To your right, Ness!" I heard Emmett yell behind one of the tables the Cullens were hiding in. I saw a mushy carrot fly and it splat on Mr. Greene square on the face. I small surge of panic hit me and I was suddenly thankful that the carrot was mushy or else Mr. Greene might have been rushed to the hospital with a severed nose.
"Wooo, atta girl, Ness! That's what you get for allowing the cafeteria to serve two-day-old sandwiches, Mr. Greene!" Emmett roared. "Not to mention overpricing!"
I cautiously craned my neck from behind the bleachers as I heard a musical laugh that was none other than Bella's. She was hiding behind a near by table with Alice and Rosalie, desperately trying to hide from the rockets of food coming from Renesmee, Edward, Jasper and Emmett. I swear, the table they were hiding behind from cracked.
The Cullen girls were wearing dresses and Oh. My. God. Their legs were showing. I couldn't help staring at Bella's legs and my heart skipped a beat.
My temple got hit. Hard. I stared at a chicken wing bounce to the ground. I guess it flew towards me. Hahaha. Get it? It flew towards me. 'Cause it's a chicken wing. LOL. Okaaaay. I'm gonna shut up now. Yes, I know. I such at making jokes.
I stared towards the direction the wing came from and found Edward glaring daggers at me. If looks could kill, I would have died. No, I would have turned to ash right then and there.
I quickly returned to my safe spot and tried to calm down my heart. Was he a sadistic guy wanting to scare the crap out of me? Did he just want to hurt me or did he catch me ogling at Bella's legs of perfection? Was I not sneaky or was I completely obvious? You have to admit it though, Bella's legs were absolutely gorgeous. Toned and pale, no signs of hair or blemishes. I wondered how it would feel like to run my hands through them, would they be as smooth as they looked?
I yelped in surprise as a whole piece of chicken slammed on the wall beside me. It shattered, causing bits and pieces to scatter.
After a couple of hours of tossing around chicken remains and other chunks of food, the gym was a mess. Some people stayed behind to help clean while the others went back to their homes and got themselves cleaned up for the party at my house. I knew that they just didn't want to clean. I mean, who would even want to clean noodles covered in pink cake frosting from the windows? It looked like brain for Heaven's sake.
To my surprise, the Cullens stayed to help. All of them were covered in food, so was Renesmee but fortunately, for her, Bella was able to bring an extra set of clothes for her. Renesmee just sat in one of the clean chairs since her parents didn't want her to walk on the slippery gym floor. She complied and watched us with a cute smile on her face. How was it possible for such an angel of a child to exist?
I told Jessica to prepare my house for the small party we would be having there in a little while. She complied.
I did love Jessica but since I saw Bella again I started to wonder if my love for Jessica was indeed true. Yes, I admit, I am a prick for hitting on a married woman. But come on, life is not perfect and Bella's and Edward's seem to be so perfect. It was not right.
You just envy Edward oh-so-perfect Cullen.
Yeah, I did. What the hell did he do to deserve Bella?
I remember seeing him for the first time back in freshman year and I immediately knew that I shouldn't go near him even if I wanted to. I immediately knew something was wrong but I couldn't pin point what it was.
I excitedly entered the cafeteria. School was awesome so far. There was no need to worry about not knowing anyone since I practically grew up knowing almost everyone by name in Forks. If I didn't know them by name, I knew them by face.
However, I saw five unfamiliar people. There were three guys and two girls. The only thing similar to all of them was their pale skin and undeniably good looks. Painfully gorgeous. They must have been the Cullens. They've been the talk of the town since they arrived here and graced our hospital with a doctor that made patients think they were in Heaven when they saw him.
They seemed to avoid any contact from the other students as they just sat at the furthest of the cafeteria, playing with their food. Some students tried to go to their table but all of them seemed to stop mid-step and turn around, looking flustered and scared as hell.
That's odd.
Then the school's popular crowd entered the cafeteria and headed towards them. By the looks of it, the populars weren't so happy with the Cullens.
"Excuse me," Patrick James barked. He was a senior, the quarterback of the school's football team. "You guys are sitting on our table."
There were several whispered conversations that erupted in the cafeteria. Everyone was saying the same thing: The Cullens were not sitting on the popular chair.
"You guys must be the Cullens," Dianne Silva, also a senior, said. She was the most popular girl in Forks High. She may appear to be all kind, quiet and saintly at first but don't be fooled. She wasn't all good. She could destroy you and make you look crazy at the same time.
"Yes, we are and we don't think this is your table," the blond Cullen bombshell replied curtly.
"Oh yes it is, now get out," Patrick said.
"Either lose the teeth or lose your chairs," one of the popular kids threatened, trying to sound tough and cool but it didn't come off as even the slightest bit intimidating.
Patrick repeated the threat in a more controlled voice, "Teeth or chairs."
The Cullens were unfazed. They sighed but didn't make any move to leave. They just stared back at the popular kids with a blank expression. The popular kids didn't make any move either but several of them were starting to shake at pant. They were afraid.
"Come one, Pat. Let's just go. Leave the freaks alone." Dianne's voice shook with fear. She tugged on Patrick's arm stumbled towards a table far from the Cullens.
The Cullens didn't even look disturbed. They all smirked and looked at the blond boy in their group. The blond boy rolled his eyes, mumbled something and continued to pick at his food.
The popular kids never bugged them after that encounter. Neither did anyone else.
No one was brave enough to surpass the irrational wave of fear they felt when near a Cullen to even try to hold a conversation with one of them that lasted three minutes.
I tried once, with the boy with weird bronze hair. He and the small sized girl were in the same gym class as I.
"Hey," I said to the boy as I changed clothes in the locker room.
He nodded towards me without saying a thing.
"Uh..I..uh. I'm-I'm Mike. Uh-Mike Newton. Nice to meet you uh..." I offered my hand.
He looked at my outstretched hand for a moment before quickly shaking it and looking at me with a blank expression. A jolt of fear and discomfort ran through my spine as his cold hand touched mine.
"Edward Cullen," he said with a voice that stunned me. His two words sounded like a song. His voice was like music. It was disgusting to describe it in such a way but I couldn't find another way of explaining it. His voice was smooth and serious, not a hint of boyishness was present. He sounded mature.
Funny how uttering his name made me both mesmerized and disturbed at the first time.
I didn't even have time to react properly when the corner of his lips twitched into a tiny smile and he nodded his head towards the exit.
"Have fun in gym, Mike Newton," he said in a friendly tone and left.
Even though he seemed friendly, my stomach twisted, my heart felt like it would crash out of my chest and my feet wanted to run as far as I could, away from him.
That was just...weird.
I met the little girl during gym. We were asked to pair with someone and do some assessment as to how many push ups, sit ups and jumping jacks the other could do in a minute.
I was paired with Tyler Crowley and we settled in a corner beside Edward and the little girl.
"Hey, Edward! Hey...," Tyler started.
Edward just nodded as the girl smiled a brilliant smile. "Alice."
"Hey, Alice. Nice to meet you. This here is Mike," Tyler introduced.
I smiled and uttered a 'hi'.
She was one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen. I then noticed another similarity between Edward and Alice. Aside from the pale skin, they both had golden eyes.
Even though Alice was kind, just like Edward, she scared me.
We finished cleaning after half almost and hour. The maintenance workers in school would have been furious if we just left the gym in a mess. I was thankful for the Cullens since they were quick in cleaning.
As I unlocked my car in the parking lot, I saw Bella's family walk towards their car. Renesmee was perched on Edward's shoulders and she was carefully put in the back seat of their Volvo by her dad. He then closed Bella's door since she already got inside. They left with smiles on their faces.
I drove back home, ready for the after party.
A/N
Hey, guys. All I can say is that I'm sorry for being such a lazy person. I'm really busy but I'm willing to try and continue this story if you guys want me to. I can't promise an immediate update but I can try to make it happen.
Uh... I kinda rushed this chapter so I do think that there are a lot of mistakes here and there. I'm sorry for those.
I didn't know that fanfic . net was going to make some renovations to the site and all the messages in my inbox and all the drafts saved in my account just vanished :S
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~donellys