Song To Listen While Reading: Budapest / George Ezra
Chapter2
Edward
I was hoping to sleep into at least twelve but the noise of my father, Carlisle's, booming voice woke me up around ten and I knew it was because Alice. I told her to clean the house before our parents got home but she didn't listen and I was not cleaning up that dirty living room. I rolled out of bed and walked out in the hallway the same time as Emmett.
"I don't know how Rosalie is still sleeping with all dad's yelling." Emmett mumbled walking downstairs and I followed.
"Alice Cullen," Emmett and I stopped at the entrance of the living room, oh my dad was really going to rip her a new one. "This fucking living room."
Alice stood in front of our dad starring at the floor. "Ohmygod, look at my couch." My mother, Esme, whined looking at the beer stained couch.
"I told Emmett and Edward to keep it under control." Alice said pointing at us.
"Whoa hold up," I said pointing at Alice "I told you not to even have this fucking party in the first place."
"Is Jasper here?" My Dad asked "I will fucking rip him apart." Alice gripped my dad's jacket. "Alice Marie Cullen, answer me."
"No-," Alice said "He left last night, please don't be mad at me daddy. I just wanted to have a fun night." My dad was a bad ass, but he could never be mad at Alice long, she was he baby.
"So help me god," My mom gasped looking outside at the in ground pool which was littered with beer cans. "Alice, how many people were here?"
She shrugged and tears fell freely down her face "I'm so sorry, please don't hate me. I wanted to have a fun night, I didn't expect all these people to show up, I only invited twenty."
My dad threw his hands up in frustration and walked upstairs to his room, slamming the door in the process.
"Could've stuck up for me twats," Alice growled walking over and punching Emmett in the arm and me in the stomach. "Last time I ever trust you two." She went into the kitchen and I heard her getting a trash bag.
"You couldn't at least control the party?" My mom asked walking over to my brother and I smiling "Cover my beautiful furniture?"
"You wanted new anyway," Emmett, laughed, "we kind of helped you out."
"Who bought the beer?" I raised my hand and she laughed, "I'm surprised I would think Emmett." Alice shuffled back into the living room and started putting beer cans.
"Mommy, do you think Daddy will let me come to Grey's tonight." Alice whined picking up a condom and pretend vomited.
My mom laughed "Alice you're out of your mind."
"She made a new girlfriend last night, wants to show her the time of her life." I added in while sitting on the clean chair in the corner.
Emmett sat down on the step and rested his head on the railing "You're bat shit crazy if you think dad is letting you in that club. You threw up everywhere last time."
"Shut up Emmett," Alice yelled "Mom tell him to go upstairs or something. I barely got any sleep since he was fucking Rosalie all night."
"You make a weird animal growl when you come." I laughed. My mom shook her head and pointed at Alice.
"Clean this up, I'll go settle your father down." My mom went upstairs and Alice sat down on the floor
"Can you guys please help me convince dad to let me go to Greys?" Alice whined "I want Bella to have fun for her birthday."
"Her birthday isn't till Sunday." I mumbled resting in the chair.
"You can't get drunk on Sunday, it's the Lord's Day." I laughed, "Shut up Edward, please guys no one should have to celebrate their birthday alone."
"Yo I'm staying out of this." I said holding up my hands "I'm getting coffee." And that was the end of that conversation.
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Bella
I woke up and looked at my clock, I had missed my violin lessons and it was already noon. I looked at my phone and I had already missed seven calls from my mom and three from my dad. I walked downstairs and made myself some scrambled eggs and went outside to eat them by the pool.
"Hey Bella," Alice waved opening the tiny white gate that led to our backyard. Alice was here, she actually came back, and I didn't think she would.
"Hey," I waved settling my feet in the pool and digging into my eggs. Alice kicked off her flip-flops and sat down next to me.
"My dad was flipping a fucking shit when he got home," she sighed, "I'm going to convince him to let us go out tonight. You're going to help."
"How?"
"You're coming to dinner tonight, my mom is making you a cake." Alice sighed grabbing her phone and texting someone. "I hope you like lasagna."
"My favorite," I smiled "you don't have to do all this for me."
She looked up at me "Yes I do, it's your birthday-well tomorrow-but no one deserves to celebrate it alone."
"Thanks," I said with a mouth full of eggs. "I don't have anything to wear, if we do go to this club."
"No problem, you can borrow my clothes-damn your neighborhood is nice."
"So is yours."
"Yeah but my whole family lives on my street it's nothing like this." Alice looked over at my neighbors yard "They have a hot tub."
"I know." I laughed setting my plate aside. "Your whole family lives on your street, isn't that kind of fun?"
"Sometimes but they can get really annoying, it's more like family friends not really blood family." She set her phone back down and looked at me "What about you, any family?"
"No, none close." I shrugged. My phone started ringing next to me, it was my mother. "Mom."
"YOU MISSED LESSONS!" I held my phone away from my ear and Alice pretended not to listen "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"
"I was tired, it was one lesson it's not a big deal." I whispered.
"Your father and I are paying for those thousand dollar lessons. God Isabella are you that dumb that you would just throw away a lesson that could make you better?"
"Why do you care you're not even here?"
"I want you to succeed, do you hear me? I don't know what you think you're doing tonight but cancel them and I'll have your teacher come to the house to make up for the lesson you missed."
"Whatever," I said holding back tears.
"Goodbye." My mom snapped before ending the call.
"Sleepover at my house," Alice smiled picking up my plate. I let her in my house and I set my plate in the sink. She followed me to my room and I flopped on the bed. "Did you draw these?" She went around looking at all my sketches and paintings.
"Yeah, it's what I really want to go to school for but to my parents violin is more important." I shrugged "Can I really sleepover tonight?"
"Of course." She mumbled going through one of my sketchbooks. I went and washed my face and brushed my teeth. When I walked back into my room Alice was going through my closet. "Very boring."
"Thanks," I laughed grabbing a bag and throwing my nightclothes, some jeans, underwear, bras and a spare tooth brush. I changed into shorts and a tee, packing my converse, and slipping on a pair of flip-flops.
"I walked can we drive back?" Alice whined "That walk is way harder when it's hot out."
"Yeah." I grabbed the keys to my red Jeep and we drove to Alice's house. It looked bigger in the daylight, the Cullen house. I parked in the driveway and we went in through the garage door, which led to the massive kitchen. There was a small woman with caramel colored hair cooking; she looked not a day over thirty, she was stunning.
"Ma," Alice yelled making the woman jump "this is my friend Bella, she going to stay the night tonight."
"Hi Bella," Alice's mom said giving me a hug "I'm Esme Cullen, I hope you like lasagna because I made it just for you. I even ordered you a cake."
"You didn't have to do that." I told her "Honestly it's too much, you guys don't even know me."
"Once you're a friend of Alice's you instantly become family." Esme smiled then looked at Alice and pointed at her "Your father is still pissed of."
"Oh fuck," Alice sighed sitting at the island, I joined her setting my bag at my feet. "it was one party." If I said 'Oh fuck' to my mom I couldn't even imagine what she'd do to me, it was weird seeing Alice talk to her mom this way.
"Alice the house was disgusting." Esme growled. "I know for a fact that you didn't clean because you were screwing Jasper."
I gasped and covered my mouth. "What you don't talk to your mom like this?" Alice laughed, "Just wait till dinner, my dad is the worst."
"Squirt!" Emmett's booming voice echoed in the kitchen and he hugged me tight around the shoulders. "Are you ready to party tonight?"
"Dad said yes?!" Alice gasped.
"No," Emmett laughed, "I'm just fuckin' with you." Alice flipped him off and took my hand in hers and dragged me up to her bedroom, it was about the same size as mine but just a little bigger but with purple walls and an even bigger bed then what I already had.
"I hate Emmett sometimes, seriously." Alice grumbled going over to her walk in closet and looking through it. I followed after her and starred in amazement, I mean my mom had a walk in closet but Alice's was amazing. "What to wear, what to wear."
"I thought your dad hasn't decided on if you could go."
"He's going to say yes, I'll start crying if he doesn't and my dad hates women who cry it freaks him out of something." Alice said with her hands "It's weird. How are you with low cut?" I shrugged I didn't care.
There was jewelry everywhere and tons of shoes all over the place. Alice held up a black strappy dress with a deep neckline. "Sure," I sighed feeling a little nervous, I had never worn something like that.
"And these," Alice reached up for a pair of shoes. She placed the pair of six-inch black strappy heels in my hand. "Go lay them on the bed." I did as told and she came out minutes later with a black and white off the shoulder, deep neckline dress and set it on the bed with chunky six-inch heels. "I think I'll look cute in it." Alice laughed.
"Your closet is amazing, it's like a mini mall." I joked, "Thanks for letting me borrow a dress and shoes. I-well-I've never had anyone to do this stuff with before."
"Not even with your mom?" I shook my head no "Well I'm here now and we're going to have so much fun." She reached over and took my hand in hers "Get ready to have the best birthday ever."
Alice and I hung in her room for what felt like forever just talking and getting to know one another, it was so much fun. At seven Alice's mom called us down for dinner and I joined them in the big dinning room. Emmett, Rosalie and Edward joined us for dinner, I had yet to see Alice's dad.
"I smell something good," A booming voice yelled and in walked Alice's father, he was tall, built and had blonde hair with hints of grey in it. He, just like his wife, did not look a day over thirty. "You're the friend." He nodded to me taking a seat at the head of the table while Esme dished food onto his plate.
"Yeah," I smiled "I'm Bella Swan."
"Carlisle," He smiled kissing Esme on the cheek once she finished setting food on his plate. We all started eating and the conversations picked up. Emmett and Carlisle talk about a baseball game that was on last night, Rosalie, Alice and Esme talked about clothes and Edward sat next to me eating.
"Having fun." Edward spoke digging into his salad
"It's not to bad," I joked, "What are you being so quiet about?"
"I'm not being quiet, I'm starving." He kept eating and I followed until Alice finally cleared her throat and everyone at the table groaned.
"Daddy," Alice said sweetly.
"Alice," Carlisle answered.
"Isabella here is a girl who has never been to a party expect last night. Now tomorrow is her birthday and we obviously can't do anything fun on Sunday, the Lords day."
"Alice get to the point so I can eat." Carlisle said rolling his eyes.
"Can we please go to Greys tonight, not just Bella and I but all of us. It'll be fun, and G-Eazy is playing tonight. Daddy please." Alice put her hands together like she was praying and made a pouty face.
Carlisle looked at me and gave Alice a look before pointing at her "I swear to Christ, you fucking throw up and you'll never go again."
"Holy fucking shit," Emmett laughed, "I can't believe you agreed." Alice jumped up and down and ran over to wrap her dad in a big hug.
"Can't get into to much trouble when we're all there." Carlisle pointed out kissing Alice's head before she returned to her seat.
"Bella is going to look so hot, she's going to be pulling the guys in." Alice squealed and I blushed. "Oh, Jasper is coming too."
"No sex tonight, any of you." Esme said pointing to everyone, even me. "I want this house cleaned spotless tomorrow. The living room is almost there and the backyard is terrible."
"Oh god, can Edward make it a night with no girl in his bed?" Rosalie joked. Edward threw a piece of bread at her and smiled.
"Fuck off blondie." He smiled and it was just another reason to add to the reasons why he was so handsome, his smile.
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I helped Esme clean up while Alice started getting ready, I washed dishes while Edward dried and Esme went to take out the trash. When standing close to me Edward was so tall, my head barely reached his shoulder. We didn't speak while doing this task, I didn't know if he had a personal issue with me or he just had nothing to say. So I kept to myself and once finished I went upstairs into Alice's room.
Her hair was done; she had straightened it and did little makeup. "Come sit in my chair." She smiled pulling me over into her bathroom.
"Can I turn some music on?" I asked reach for my iPhone, which was sitting on the charger.
"Nope." Alice smiled as she started curling my hair. I played Hold Me Up by Conrad Sewell. "I love this." Alice said after a few seconds. We chatted while Alice curled my hair and then did my makeup.
"Your parent's are really cool." I said as she placed some eye shadow on me.
"They can be sometimes, we're a very open family. I'm sorry if that's like weird to you I don't know how things are with you family."
"No it's really refreshing to like see you guys all together. I wish I had a family like this." I admitted. "One that cared."
"I'm sorry." Alice said quietly "I hope tonight takes your mind off of everything."
"It does, thank you for all of this."
"No problem, you're finished." When I looked in the mirror I didn't see normal Bella I saw hot Bella, makeup done, beautiful long hair. "Let's go get dressed."
Alice and I helped each other squeeze into our dresses, laughing when we struggled so hard. Once squeezed in and shoes on I looked in the mirror and I'm not going to lie I looked good, the dress was tight but it hugged me good and the neckline with down far but it made my boobs look bigger. "So hot," Alice smiled.
We went downstairs and joined Alice's family as they waited for us by the front door. Edward looked at me funny and when I passed by him we brushed hands and I felt something, almost like an electric current.
"Rules," Carlisle said walking to stand next to Esme, who looked stunning in a short red dress "Alice you puke, you're gone and never coming back. Bella I'll give you a free pass since it's your first time. You stay in the VIP area with us and will not leave, are we agreed?"
Alice and I both nodded. "You two look stunning," Rosalie smiled talking about Alice and I and wrapping an arm around Alice's neck and kissing the top of her head. Rosalie wore a skintight purple dress and huge gold strappy heels.
We all trailed outside and piled into the big limo waiting for us. Jasper was sitting inside waiting and Alice bounced over to him kissing him as soon as she was in his lap.
Rosalie sat next to Emmett, Esme and Carlisle the same and then there was Edward and I. "Always fun being the single one." Edward whispered as Esme handed out champagne to everyone. Edward grabbed two and handed me one. "To being single."
I clinked out glasses together and took a sip; this was way better then the beer.
"You're not seeing someone?" I asked him.
"No, don't want to commit I guess. I'm focusing on working with my dad mostly and at my shop."
"What shop?"
"I own a repair shop, Cullen Mechanics and I work with my dad a lot." Edward shrugged "I guess I just don't have the time to be dating. What about you, boyfriend?"
"No." I said sipping my drink "Just haven't found anyone." Edward smiled at me and shook his head "What?"
"Just wondering as to why a girl as gorgeous as you is single." I blushed this was different to me. "I'm sorry, I over stepped."
"No it's just no one has ever said that to me before, yanno called me beautiful." I said and looking over at Alice, who was smiling at Edward and I. My cell phone started ringing in my tiny clutch and I answered it without looking at who was calling. "Hello."
"WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?" My dad screamed into the phone
"I'm hanging out with some friends, I'm sleeping over my friend from schools house." I said quietly and I noticed the limo had gotten silent.
"I know just as well as you do Bella that you don't have any friends from school." He growled, "Get home, you missed two lessons now."
"I'm not going home, I'm having fun for my birthday. You're not even going to be here." I told him.
"Now you're going to act like a brat because your mother and I aren't going to be home for a stupid birthday? Grow up its one birthday and try to act like an adult."
"Okay," I said quietly knowing tears were falling down my face "I'll do a lesson tomorrow, whatever. I'm not going home tonight, I'm having fun." I ended the call and wiped at my face.
"Hey Bella," Carlisle said and I looked up at him "get as drunk as you fuckin' want. Aint nobody sayin' shit to you tonight."
I smiled and Alice leaned forward and took my hand in hers "Have a good time tonight Bella, okay?"
I nodded, tonight was going to be a night where Bella Swan let loose.
XOXO
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