Chapter 3
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The next two weeks were a flurry of studying, final exams, and practice for the talent show. Nearly everyone in the class was signing up for something. It was the talk of the school. Who would do what and who would win?
The best part however, was the number of people getting in on the betting that Emmett and Jasper had started.
Bella on the other hand was so swamped with studying for finals that she barely had any time to practice which naturally drove Alice crazy. Bella was convinced that she needed to study so much that she made Edward help her.
He of course was happy to do it seeing as he didn't need to due to his having gone through high school many times. The two of them were locked in Edward's room studying even though they both knew that the lock would do nothing to keep Alice out.
"Bella you are going to do fine" Edward said in a soothing voice during the five minutes he had deemed "unwind time". It was the last day before the actual finals and the second to last day of school. The talent show would be held the next day in the evening.
"Edward" Bella said in a stressed voice "You have been through school enough times that you don't have to worry, but I haven't. I need to study!" Edward just rolled his eyes.
Then, suddenly, his head perked up and his eyes narrowed. "Uh oh" he said.
Before Bella could ask what was going on, the door swung open to reveal Alice, Jasper, Emmett, and Rosalie. Alice was standing with her hands on her hips.
"Isabella Marie Swan. You are going to do excellent on your finals with all the studying you have done. What we need to concentrate on now is the talent show. You need to practice!" Bella looked a little scared.
"We all know what we are doing for the show" Alice stated "But I have no idea what you are going to do seeing as you haven't even decided yet. We need to figure it out!" Bella sighed
"No Alice" she said with no fear, surprising everyone. "Don't worry about it. I know what I am going to do. Relax ok? I'll be fine."
Alice looked a little put out and her refusal. "But Bellaaa" she whined
"No Alice." Bella replied with a note of finality in her voice. "Now" she said getting up from her seat on the couch next to Edward.
"I have to go. I promised my mom we would have a Skype date and I still need to make dinner for Charlie." Kissing Edward and gathering her things, she left the room.
A/N: Whoo! Go Bella!
The next day Bella was back in the Cullen house sitting on the couch in the living room with everyone trying to decide what movie to watch before they had to be back at school for the show. "I think I did rather well on the finals" she admitted.
"See" Edward said "I told you that you were gonna do great. And you did all that worrying for nothing." She laughed as Alice popped in some movie.
"Ok Bella" she said walking over to the loveseat to sit with Jasper "After the movie we have to get dressed and do your hair ok?"
Bella just replied with a "Sure Alice" to everyone's surprise. She was being rather accommodating because she knew that she had hurt her best friend's feeling when she refused to practice with her.
To Bella's surprise, they were watching Harry Potter. She knew that none of them really liked the movie, but knew that she loved it. They were watching the third (and her favorite) one.
A while later, after the movie was over, Bella was trudging up the stairs to Alice's room. After a quick shower Bella sat at the vanity with curlers in her hair in one of Edward's button down T-shirts.
She was listening to Alice chatter about how excited she was for the show that night while she was digging around in her closet for the outfit she had gotten Bella. She finally found it and put it on the bed to show Bella. "What do you think" She asked.
"Wow." Was all Bella could say.
"Do you like it?" Alice asked
"Definitely" Bella replied.
The entire outfit was a little more Alice's style than Bella's, but she liked it. It had a dark blue sleeveless, strapless top covered by a thin short sleeved jacket type thing. The skirt was black ruffles and had a bow on the hip with a skull. The shoes matched being black wedges.
Alice had also gotten her a cute ring that said "Love Bites?" she asked Alice.
"That is awesome! I love it!" Alice smiled and got out her own outfit. Her outfit consisted of a white top with a flippy pink skirt. She also had silver bangles and black wedges as well.
Walking carefully down the stairs, she glanced up to see all the boy and Rosalie already waiting. Edward looked stunned. "You look amazing" he said quietly.
Bella just smiled shyly. She glanced around at all of the boys to see them pretty much wearing the same thing. Jeans, T-shirt, and converse;
Bella was stunned that Alice was letting them leave the house so casual. Rose on the other hand was dressed up too.
She had on a red dress with black leggings underneath and black high heeled boots with flames on them.
Ten minutes later the group walked into the school gym to find it completely decked out. Jessica had really gone all out for the show. They still had a little while to go before they had to be ready so they checked in with Jessica to see when they would all go on.
Jessica too was dressed up. She had on a dress over black leggings only hers was pink and frilly. She had pink flats on and pink and silver bangles. She looked really cute in Bella's opinion.
"OMG! Hey guys! You all look great!" it was clear she was high on the success of the night and all the excitement by the way she spoke. She explained to them which order they would all go on and told them to make sure they got good seats.
About half an hour later the lights dimmed and the spot light was on Jessica who was walking towards center stage.
"Ok guys" she said into the microphone. "I want to thank everyone for coming out tonight. We have, like, tons of people signed up and are looking forward to everyone's performance. We'd like to thank Mr. Banner for being our emcee tonight and the guys from the tech club for setting up the lights and microphones."
Then Mr. Banner's voice came over the loud speaker to thank Jessica for putting the show together. She just laughed as she walked off the stage.
"Ok ladies and gentlemen. Tonight we have a great lineup of seniors who are willing to share their talent with us. First up we have…"
A/N: Well? Who do we have? The outfits are all on my polyvore account which you can find here: .com/cgi/profile?id=1104795 Don't forget to pay attention if you go on there to find the outfits for this particular story. In the notes it will say if it is or not.