Note: Here are the links to the dresses the girls wore, and their eye make up. Copy and paste the link in a new tab and take out the spaces.
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Bella's eyes - http : / i52 . tinypic . com / 29ledtt . jpg
Bella's Shoes - http : / i54 . tinypic . com / 2qtv6h0 . jpg
Alice's Dress - http : / i53 . tinypic . com / 2zz10eq . jpg
Alice's Eyes - http : / i53 . tinypic . com / dy0li . jpg
Alice's Shoes - http : / i54 . tinypic . com / 2dje0dd . jpg
Rosalie's Dress - http : / i53 . tinypic . com / 2rx9y5f . jpg
Rosalie's Eyes - http : / i53 . tinypic . com / 2s96d4w . jpg
Rosalie's Shoes - http : / i51 . tinypic . com / f3x8ah . jpg
Chapter Thirteen – (Party)
BPOV
Today is Rosalie and Jasper's eighteenth birthday party. I'm not a very social, partying kind of girl, but I have to admit I'm really excited. Maybe it's because I'll be with Edward.
He's been the most considerate, sweet boy in the whole world. When he overheard Alice and I talking about Charlie being the one who hit me, I literally almost had a heart attack. I could feel the tears welling up in my eyes as I began to beg him not to tell anyone because I don't need him freaking out about me every time I'm home alone with Charlie. I don't want him to do anything stupid like attack Charlie the next time he sees him because he will most likely end up in jail. With Charlie being the chief of police and all. As soon as he seen the panic in my eyes he walked over to me and pulled me into his arms. When he held me I knew I was going to be fine. Whenever I'm wrapped up in his arms I feel safe.
Rosalie apologized to me when Edward and I arrived to school. Which I think surprised everyone, but for some reason, I was expecting it. I don't know if it was because Alice told me she would eventually apologize, but I just get this feeling that Rose is a really passionate person. I smile sadly to myself as I remember our conversation.
"Um, Bella, can I talk to you for a minute?" she asks quietly.
I look up at Edward just before he looks down at me. He shrugs his shoulders so I figure it can't be anything bad if he says it's okay. I look back to Rosalie and give her a small smile.
"Yeah, sure," I reply before pecking Edward on the lips.
I walk away with Rosalie close to my side.
"This should be alright."
"What?" I ask her confused.
"Oh, I just wanted to be far enough away so they can't hear anything. They're fucking nosy bastards."
I take a glance at Edward to see him watching me closely. I look back over at Rosalie and smile at her softly.
"So what did you want to talk to me about?"
"Well, um. I just wanted. Uhh," she laughs lightly to herself before looking up at me. "I'm no good at this shit. I just wanted to apologize, for the other week."
"Oh. Don't worry about it, its fine–"
"No. it's not fine, Bella. I made you feel like shit. Alice told me what you looked like when she found you. I feel like a total asshole. I never meant to hurt you like that, I was just jealous because I felt like Alice and I were drifting apart."
"Rosalie, really."
"No, please let me finish I need to say this."
She closes her eyes, and then takes a deep a breath. When she opens her eyes I can see the pain in them.
"I've been through a lot of bullshit in my life, and Alice has always been there for me. She's helped me with a lot of shit. I lived with an abusive family; my father used to beat Jasper constantly, and his best friend, Royce, used to force himself on me. It started when I was only eight and my mother didn't do anything to stop it."
I look at her in shock. I can feel the tears forming in my eyes, I take her hand. She latches onto it for support as she continues the rest of her story.
"One day I began to fight back. I ended up picking up my bedside lamp, hitting Royce over the head with it. I kicked him repeatedly as I screamed for Jasper. He found me in a pool of blood crying. After that, I packed up our things, and we caught a bus to a homeless shelter where Esme happened to work. She contacted child services and they told her we would be placed in a foster home. Esme, being the maternal amazing woman that she is, didn't want that for us and convinced Carlisle to adopt us. It didn't take much convincing though; Carlisle is as maternal as much as she is."
She laughs quietly as she wipes the tears away from her cheeks. Her back is to everyone, so they can't see that she's crying. I can feel the guilt building up inside of me. She looks at me quizzically before squeezing my hand.
"I'm so sorry," I say quietly.
"Hey, it's alright. The past is the past. I just wanted to let you know because you know, if you're going through something, I want you to know you can trust me, to have someone to talk to."
I take a sigh of relief as she smiles at me before embracing me in a tight hug. I feel my lips turn up into a smile as I hug her back.
"Thank you for telling me. I mean, if I had known about that, I wouldn't have hid what really happened. Alice and Edward know, but the others don't."
"So it was your dad?" she asks in a soft voice. I can hear the concern and sadness in her voice.
"He's never done it before."
"That's how it starts. They become pissed off drunks and take their anger out on you, but you need to know it isn't your fault, Bella," she says in a cold voice. "C'mon, let's get back. We can talk later, we have Trig first hour anyway."
After that, the rest of the week has been absolutely amazing. I never thought I'd ever feel this happy again. Edward and I spend most of our time kissing, which I don't mind at all. When his lips meet mine, my whole body feels like it's going to combust. He picks me up for school every morning, and everyone seems to have gotten used to the fact that we're together. They don't stare at us like where from another planet anymore.
I've become fairly close with Rosalie along with Alice now. I'm at their house after school nearly every single day. I don't think I've ever been this happy before. Everyone has brought something out from inside of me. I've never been this close to anyone before, every day just keeps getting better.
My phone begins to ring. I run upstairs to retrieve it and see that it's Alice.
"Hey, Ali."
"Hey! Just letting you know Rose and I are gonna leave in about twenty minutes to come over."
"Oh, okay. Awesome."
"What are you up to?"
"Oh you know, just house work."
"Is… Is he um–"
I hear Rosalie groan in annoyance then hear weird static noises at the other end of the phone as Alice yells at Rosalie to give the phone back.
"Sorry about that. Alice is just a little worry wart. Are you excited about tonight? I'm excited. I can't wait until you see what we found for you to wear, Edward is going to die."
"Yeah I'm excited, but now a little, uh, worried. I'm not gonna look, um, like a skank am I?"
I hear Rosalie and Alice laugh hysterically.
"What kind of girls do you think we are, Bella? No you will not look like a whore, you're gonna look fucking amazing. Both you and Edward will love us, don't worry."
I laugh to myself as Rosalie gives the phone back to Alice.
"Okay, so we'll be over at around six thirty. The party starts at seven thirty."
"Okay, see you then."
"Bye!"
I head into the laundry room to put on a few loads of washing. I decide to go downstairs and clean the lounge room as I wait for the clothes to wash. I dust the shelves and the TV. I wipe down the coffee table; Charlie never uses a coaster even though there's like four on the table. I roll my eyes at his drunken stupidity. Once I'm done with the table, I vacuum the floor. I hang out the washing when it's done, and begin to start on the kitchen when there's a knock at the door. I glance at the clock and see that it's six twenty-five.
"Shit!" I cuss.
I lost track of the time. I head to the door and open it. Alice and Rose are standing there with clothes bags and a huge colorful case. As soon as they see me, their facial expressions turn to horrified. I give them a puzzled look as I step aside to let them in.
"What?" I ask confused.
"Look at you! You're a mess."
"Alice, don't be so rude," Rose scolds her.
"I've been doing housework. I lost track of time."
"It's alright, Bella. Go have a shower. We'll set everything up." I smile at Rosalie with relief. She's sort of become my body guard when it comes to Alice losing it.
I ascend the stairs as the girls begin to set up. I scrub myself down and wash my hair. Knowing what Alice is like, I scrub under my finger nails and then scrub my toe nails too. Once I've finished polishing myself clean, I get out of the shower and head into my room. I realize I don't know what colour underwear to wear as I don't know what I'm wearing. I lean out my door and call out to them.
"What am I supposed to put on? I don't know what I'm wearing."
Alice is the one to reply.
"Wear a black bra and panties."
I put on what she says to put on. No one had ever seen me in my underwear before. Well, Jessica has. But that was when we were like twelve. I descend the stairs and blush as I enter the lounge room. As soon as I see Rose and Alice, I relax because they're only in their bra and panties too.
"Okay, so what's first?" I ask them.
"Hair," Rose replies.
"Then nails," says Alice.
"Then make-up," continues Rose.
"Then the dress?" I add.
They smile at me, then nod. Rose stands up and leads me to the chair in the middle of the room. She begins to run her hands through my hair, unknotting it before she blow dries it.
"You never brush your hair when it's wet. It fucks it up," she says.
"Oh, okay. I never knew that," I reply honestly. I don't know much about beauty or fashion actually. Even though Alice seems to think I wear designer clothes. Well, that's what she said to Lauren. I guess she could have just been saying that though.
Once Rose is done drying my hair, she then brushes through it lightly. She's so gentle, she could be a hairdresser. She grabs some wand looking thingy, placing her finger on it then pulling it off quickly. She ties up half of my hair then grabs big and small strands of my hair and wraps it around the wand. When she pulls it away, my hair is in curls.
"I'm going for thick, yet soft curls," she says,
"Cool, you're really good at this."
"Thanks."
Once she's finished curling my hair, she squirts something on her hands then runs them through my hair.
"What's that?" I ask her,
"Oh, it's just some product. It will keep your curls in place, but still keep your hair soft."
"It's much better than hairspray," Alice adds.
I glance over at Alice and my eyes widen in shock. Her hair is five times longer than it usually is; also in curls, but still with straight bits in it. There is a small piece of hair on her left with the rest of her hair pulled to the other side, running down to her stomach. She has bright red lips with bronze cheeks, and her eyes are shaded with dark reds and light pink with black throughout it.
"Hair extensions," she says with a smile.
"It looks amazing," I tell her.
"Thanks!" she replies enthusiastically before adding, "Okay, time for the nails!"
Alice polishes and buffs my nails. They're already pretty long, so she just shapes them so they're all even. She then puts this white polish on my tips. She tells me to place my right hand in this weird little thing that apparently has a built in fan that dries your nails. She does my left hand while the other is drying. Once that is done, I place that in the drying contraption while she paints a clear polish with glitter in it over my other nails. She does the same with the other hand once it's dry. When she's done my nails look like they've been professionally done.
"Wow. You guys should open a business," I tell them.
"We aren't that good, Bella."
"Oh don't be so modest, Alice, we're amazing!"
Alice grins at Rosalie before shaking her head. Rosalie has done her hair in a half up, half down hair do with the half up curledand a few curls in the down part. She has a braid at the front of her head as though it's a head band. Her make-up is similar to Alice's, but her eyes are shaded with dark and light shades of green, making her violet eyes pop out. She looks stunning. She smiles at me softly as she notices me taking in her appearance.
Rosalie walks over to me and begins to apply my make-up. She puts on a smooth foundation that doesn't feel heavy on my face. I don't know what colors she's using for my blush, lips, or eyes as she tells me to keep my eyes closed. When she's done, I open my eyes and am greeted with a mirror. I don't recognize the person looking back at me.
Her eyes are dark around the rims with a dark blue shimmer, getting lighter as it gets further away from the eyeball. She has light red lipstick on, not as out there as Alice's and Rosalie's; she has a soft brown shimmer on her cheeks with a light pink throughout it. Her hair is curled in all different sizes with half her hair on the left side of her head with the rest pulled to the other side, similar to Alice's. I've never looked this way in my life. I look up at Rose and Alice to see them grinning down at me. I grin back at them as I stand up.
Alice goes over to the clothes bags and hands us our dresses. I unzip mine to see a royal blue dress with a built in square diamond belt. The belt goes through the middle of my chest up to the top, leaving a little triangle of blue material in the middle and where my breasts will be. In the bag are navy blue stockings, a thick silver diamond bracelet that matches the belt on the dress and a pair of black gladiator heels that zips up on the front of the foot. I put the stockings on first, then the dress. It comes to the middle of my thighs. I place the bracelet on my left wrist then put on the shoes. I turn around to see Rose and Alice are fully dressed as well.
Alice's dress is red that buffs at the bottom with a sparkly bow in the middle of her breasts that runs to her ribs. It's a bit shorter than mine, but she looks amazing in it, her shoes are gorgeous. They're black on the heel and sole and the body of it is bright red. Definitely one of her pair of statement shoes. Rosalie's dress is black up the top and emerald, sparkly green on the bottom. The top part of the dress is a soft heart shape; there is a little green material showing on top of a black belt around the waist. Her shoes are black and similar to mine, the front of her shoes crisscross at the front about five times and zip up at the back.
Now I understand our eye make-up.
There's a knock at the door. I go to answer it, but Alice runs ahead of me as Rosalie whispers for me to go upstairs. I give her a confused look, but obey anyway. I walk into the bathroom just as the door opens.
"Damn, babe. You look amazing," I hear Jasper say. I can imagine him leaning down to kiss her as Emmett barges into the house. Right on cue.
"Fucking hell, you're lucky it's your party tonight baby, otherwise I would rip those clothes off you right here, right now. You're too goddamn hot for your own good."
I smile to myself as I hear Rosalie slap him on the arm. I freeze as I hear Edward's laughter. I swallow the lump that has formed in my throat.
"Where's Bella?" he asks.
"Upstairs, she went up to get a bag," Rosalie replies.
I did? Oh shit.
I quickly run down to my room and raid my closet for the one going out bag I have. It's only a small plain one. I chuck in my house keys, deodorant, and breath mints into it as I head back towards the stairs. When I reach the top, Edward looks up and my eyes lock with his. I see his breath hitch as a grin forms onto his lips. I smile back at him and blush as I descend the stairs. He meets me at the bottom. He runs his hands around my neck, placing his thumbs on my jaw with his fingers caressing the back of my hair. My eyes stay locked on his as he leans his face down to mine. I close my eyes as his lips meet mine softly. I smile against his lips as I realize he's being careful of my make-up, knowing Alice would attack him if he ruined it.
"You look so fucking beautiful, Bella," he whispers.
My eyes sweep over him. He's dressed in dark black jeans, a white button up shirt with his sleeves rolled up and a loose royal blue tie. Just like the color of my dress.
"You look pretty amazing yourself."
He picks up his tie, his lips turning into that breathtaking crooked grin.
"We match," he responds.
"Alice," we say at the same time.
"Yeah?" she asks. Oops. I forgot everyone else are here.
"Ready to go?" I ask.
"Let's rock this party!" Emmett hollers.
The Cullen house is completely full. Everyone from school is here. As soon as Rosalie and Jasper walk in, everyone cheers and claps. You'd think they were famous or something. They've only been here for about a month and they're already well loved, but I can't exactly blame everyone for feeling that way. They're both amazing people. Especially after everything they've been through. After ten minutes of being here, Edward drags me over to Carlisle and Esme to introduce us.
"Carlisle, Esme. This is my girlfriend, Bella."
Girlfriend? He hasn't called me his girlfriend before. I blush as Carlisle extends his hand out to me.
"Nice to see you again, Bella."
I smile at him as I take his hand in mine "You too, Dr. Cullen."
"Please, call me Carlisle."
"Bella, it's so nice to finally meet you." Esme walks forward and embraces me in a hug. I hug her back as I tell her it's nice to meet her too. I have to admit, I'm surprised Edward would have mentioned me. I give her a small smile as I step out of the embrace.
"So where did you two meet? At school?" she asks.
"Oh, um at the grocery store actually," I reply quietly.
"On our first day here," Edward adds.
"Someone was certainly in high spirits after we left," says Carlisle.
I look at Edward and see that he's narrowing his eyes at Carlisle. I look at Carlisle to see that he's smirking at his son. I laugh causing both of them to look at me. Carlisle smiles at me as Edward rolls his eyes.
"Well, if you wouldn't mind. Bella and I are going to go dance now."
My eyes go wide at his statement and I plant my feet to the ground causing him to stop abruptly when I don't move.
"I can't dance," I tell him, a blush seeping into my cheeks. He smirks at me as he cups my cheek.
"Anyone can dance with me."
"Cocky much?" I joke. This just causes him to laugh and pull me into the lounge room anyway.
It's already half way through the song "Lights Surrounding You" by Evermore when he pulls me into his arms, placing his left hand around my waist with my right hand in his. We begin to sway side to side at first until he actual begins to move us. I follow his lead because I have no idea what I'm doing. My eyes stay on his as he glides us around the room. He pushes me out away from him and spins me around a few times before closing the distance between us and pulling me to him again.
He moves us forwards, backwards, sideways and spins us around and around. A grin forms on my lips as he grabs a hold of both of my hands and stops us from moving, dipping me to the ground. I've seen this move done before so I know what to do next. I tilt my head back as he spins me around and back up to him. Feeling the adrenaline rush through me, I lift my right leg up the right side of him. He smirks at my movement before spinning both of our backs around each other, meeting us up at the front again. He cups my face in his hands and leans down to kiss me. When his lips meet mine, everyone erupts into applause.
I look around to notice that everyone has made a circle in the middle of the lounge room for us to dance. I didn't even notice them doing that. I was too lost in the dance with Edward. Emmett leads Rose onto the floor, along with Jasper and Alice. We continue to dance in the middle of the circle for a few more songs until the song "Bounce" by Timbaland comes on.
I cannot, and I mean cannot,dance to these kinds of songs; it's too embarrassing. I go to walk away, but Edward stops me and pulls me back to him. He grins at me as he begins to bop up and down, side to side. I shake my head and laugh at him as I just stand there. He closes the distance between us, grabbing my hips, pulling me close to him. He moves my hips, swaying them side to side, forwards and backwards to the rhythm.
Even after I begin to get the hang of the movements, Edward doesn't take his hands off of my hips or my waist. I can't help thinking that this is a fairly sexual song. I run my hands up his chest over his shirt, around to the back of his neck and continue to dance with him. This causes him to grin at me. I blush because I have never danced like this in my life. I turn around in his arms to try something new. I keep a hold of his arms as I shimmy my body down his, moving my hips slowly before coming back up. As soon as I turn back around, his lips are on mine with his hands in my hair. When we break away, he rests his head on mine as we continue to dance.
Edward and I are rudely interrupted by Jessica Stanley charging over to us and pulling me out of Edward's grip.
"What the fuck is that?" she screams at me,
"Excuse me? What is your problem?" I yell back as the music goes quiet.
"Do you even realize how selfish and horrible you are? You fucking ditched me, stopped talking to me and hanging out with me. You cut yourself off from everyone for years, but when the new cool kids come to town, you're suddenly all good to be friends with people and come back into civilization again?"
"That's, that's not what it's like Jess, you don't know–"
"I don't know anything because you cut yourself off from me! We were best friends, Bella. We told each other everything and you threw it away, you threw me away like I meant nothing to you! Yet here you are all best buddies with the new girls and dancing like a whore with your new boyfriend."
Edward pulls me back into his chest as the tears begin to well up in my eyes.
"Watch your mouth, bitch. Do you want to end up like Lauren?" Edward practically growls at her.
"Don't you get it? I don't care anymore!"
I hear someone shouting, but they sound so far away until Rosalie barges into the crowed and I can hear her clearly.
"Who the fuck do you think you are coming here, causing a scene at mine and my brother's party!"
"I—"
"You know what? I don't give a flying fuck what your reasons are."
"Rose, it's alright. I'm fine," I plead with her.
"No, fuck that shit, Bella. She has no right to do this shit."
"I think you should leave, Jessica," Alice says in a calm voice.
"I'm sorry," I whisper to Jessica before she turns on her heels, walking out of the house and slamming the front door.
Edward wraps his arms around me, leaning his chin on my shoulder.
"You have nothing to apologize for, baby."
"Yes, I do," I say quietly.
"Do you wanna go home?" he asks me.
"Please," I say quietly. I don't trust my voice not to break, and it's all I can do to stop myself from breaking down right then and there.
"I'm going to fuck that bitch up," Rosalie seethes.
I close the distance between us and embrace her in a hug.
"Its okay, Rose. Really, but thanks though. Happy Birthday."
"Anytime," she says as she hugs me back.
The music goes back on as I say goodbye to everyone.
I stay quiet on the drive back home. Edward keeps his hand entwined with mine as I lean on his arm, keeping myself from crying. When we arrive at my house, Charlie's cruiser isn't there. He must be down at Billy's. Edward is at my door, helping me out of the car. We walk up to my porch and sit down on the steps like we always do.
"Are you okay?" he asks me.
I sigh, shaking my head as I lean into him. He wraps his arm around me and pulls me close to him as the tears begin to fall. Once he realizes I'm crying, he lifts my legs up and lays them over his as I cry onto his chest. He rubs my back and plays with my hair, doing everything he can to soothe me. I take a shaky breath before looking up at him. He smiles down at me, placing his thumbs under my eyes, wiping away my tears.
"Edward?"
"Yeah?"
"What are we?" I ask him quietly.
"What do you mean?" he returns in a whisper.
"Are we dating or are we a couple like Alice and Jasper and Rosalie and Emmett are?"
He chuckles as he leans down and places his lips to mine. He kisses me once softly then pulls away.
"I introduced you to my parents as my girlfriend, didn't I?"
"Good point," I say as I purse my lips.
"Alright, how about this?" He moves my legs off his and turns his body to face mine. He keeps his eyes on mine, smiling at me softly. "Isabella Swan. Will you do me the honor of being my girlfriend?"
"Yes," I reply so quietly, I'm not quite sure he heard me. I smile at him and nod my head just in case.
He leans down and kisses me again, this time more passionately. I run my tongue on his bottom lip, letting him know I want more, that I need more. He bites my bottom lip causing a giggle to escape my lips as I open my mouth for him. His tongue massages mine as he places his hands on my hips. I lift my left leg, placing it over his lap to straddle him. I run my hands into his hair as his hands travel to my ass. I lean my head back as we break apart to catch our breath. He kisses my jaw, my neck, my collar bone until I can take it no more and pull his face back up to mine. This is the most passionate kiss we've ever shared. Every time my lips meet his, I lose myself completely. The animal inside me comes out and over takes my body.
When we finally calm down, I wrap my arms around his neck as he rests his forehead on mine.
"I've never felt anything like that before," he says quietly.
"Neither have I."
"Do you wanna come over tomorrow, babe? I'm sure Alice and Rose will want to see you after tonight."
"Yeah, I'll come over. I feel bad about leaving early. And it's Rose and Jasper's actual birthday tomorrow anyway."
"Don't worry about it, they understand. God, that Jessica chick is a fucking bitch. I swear, I had to wrap my arms around you so I didn't rip her head off."
I laugh quietly as I try to picture Edward losing his temper like that.
"You'd never hurt a girl," I conclude.
"That is true, which is why she's fucking lucky."
I can feel him tensing up as he thinks about what happened tonight.
"Edward, don't worry about it. I'm fine."
"But are you?"
"Well, now I am. How can I not be fine after that?" I smirk at him as I run my index finger along his bottom lip. He puckers his lips, kissing my finger as he hums in content and holds me close to him.
"I should probably get back," he mumbles.
I pout my lips at him. He kisses me softly and quickly causing me to smile.
"I'll message you tomorrow," he says before standing, and pulling me up with him.
He kisses me again quickly before walking away. I wrap my arms around myself, suddenly feeling the cold. He turns around and sees me in this position. He runs back up to me and places his jacket around me before granting me with another kiss. I watch him as he walks to his car, waving to me before he drives off.
I go inside and head upstairs. I have a shower, and dress into my pajamas. I grab Edward's jacket off the chair and crawl into bed with it, falling asleep surround by his scent.
Flashback to show you Bella and Rosalie's conversation :) Throwing in some relationship talks and what not. I hope you enjoyed the chapter. Thankyou all for your lovely reviews, they give me the confidence to keep writing. And thankyou to my beta Jenndur, you're amazing.
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