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not beta'd

storyline - Heart (Crystal Beachin')

prompt word - genesis

Bella awoke, bright n' early, to the sound of drilling.

And not the good sort of drilling, the kind that was usually accompanied by thumping headboards and moaning, but the irritating kind.

Rolling over, she grabbed one of the many plush pillows on her bed and covered her head. She'd had the best sleep of her life and she wasn't about to finish up just yet.

"Be-llaaaaaa…" Alice whined her way in to the bedroom and slipped in next to Bella, burrowing beneath the blankets. "Too loud!"

"I know," Bella griped, sitting up. She marched over to the window and peered out, trying to find the source of all that noise.

"OhmyGodisthatGenesis?" yawned Rose, stumbling in to the room.

Bella caught the yawn. "What?"

"Eighties… cheese…" mumbled Rose, collapsing in to bed with Alice.

Bella put her ear to the window and listened, grimacing when she realized Rose was right. Not only were the bastards drilling merrily away at like nine am, they were blasting "In Too Deep".

"That's…weird," Alice said, her voice muffled by the comforter.

It was a little random, Bella thought. She imagined they must be old construction men, well past their prime, half baked and reddened by the Floridian sun as they jammed to oldies. That was kind of a cute thought, she supposed.

"Well. I don't think we're going to be able to go back to sleep, so we might as well get up," Bella said, yanking the blankets off of Rose and Alice. "What're we doing for breakfast?"

"I don't know, but I need to shave," Rose said, rolling out of bed.

"And I need to check out the pole," Alice said, following her.

Bella stripped out of her t-shirt and sweats, leaving a trail of clothing on the way to the bathroom. She yanked open the shower curtain… and shrieked.

The other side of the shower held a huge window facing out. Bella could see the pool downstairs, the street, and, across the street, the condos that sat right on the beach.

The view was lovely, but knowing that everyone could see in, wasn't. Bella quickly shut the filmy curtain covering the window and started the shower as the urgent strains of "Invisible Touch" floated by.

Rose still hadn't gotten her ass out of the shower.

Bella wandered in to her room and knocked on the bathroom door.

There was no answer, but she could hear the water running. She went inside and paused, not at all surprised at the spectacle before her.

Rose was sitting in the window seat, shaving. Naked, obviously.

"Um… you do know anyone passing by can probably see you, right?" Bella asked, folding her arms as she leaned against the door.

"Oh, I know they can," Rose said, trimming her bikini line.

"Rose!"

"What?"

"Could you like…close your legs at least?"

"Could you like… close the door on the way out?"

Bella rolled her eyes and left. Fine. If Rose wanted the old farts across the street to catch a porny glimpse of her cooch, she could go right ahead.

Meanwhile, downstairs, Alice was spinning around the poolside pole. Bella watched her from the kitchen as she made herself a smoothie with the fruit Rose's Aunt Claire had so thoughtfully provided.

It looked like a good workout, at the very least. Maybe…

Alice threw her head back and slithered seductively down the pole, practically humping it.

…Erm, maybe not.

Bella wondered if Ali was dancing to music of her own or if she was just going along with the soul searching sounds of Genesis.

Emmett wiped his arm across his face and elbowed Jasper.

"Where's my iPhone?"

"Why?"

"Dude, where is it?"

Jasper looked around momentarily before nodding toward the tool box. "It's right there."

Emmett grabbed and dialed, only to hang up in frustration. "His phone is still turned off. "

"Leave him alone; he'll get over it," Jasper said, shrugging. "We go through this every week."

"Yeah, well, I'm getting tired of this frigging crap music, man. He's probably passed out on the beach somewhere... he probably can't even hear it."

It was true. Emo Eddie was always lamenting over some female, always wandering the beach when he was supposed to be working with the guys.

Mainly because he went for bitches and hoes. The latest had been Tanya, some rich chick from Jacksonville who'd decided to return home instead of spend the summer in Destin. She'd unceremoniously dumped Edward the day before, and now Em and Jasper were suffering right along with him.

"If he's not back by the end of "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" I'll go get him," murmured Jasper.

Emmett didn't even bother to ask how Jasper knew the name of the current song. He'd lost his mind for sure, because he was, at the moment, hallucinating.

"Em," said Jasper. "Em!"

"Dude… come here," Emmett breathed.

Jasper walked over to where Emmett was standing. "What?"

"Look right there… what do you see?"

Jasper squinted, trying to see where Em was pointing. The morning sun was bright, making it hard.

And then… then he saw it. Saw her.

A petite little dark haired beauty dancing up and down a pole. "Hot damn," he whispered.

"I know…" Emmett whispered back.

But he didn't even see the brunette. All he saw was the nude blonde goddess in the window, shaving her legs.

And then... her honey pot.

i listened to copious amounts of Genesis on youtube while writing this.