Chapter 5

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Mr. Banner's voice trailed off, followed by a rustling of some papers before "Alice Cullen!" came out over the speakers. The crowd applauded as Alice squealed and ran up the stairs of the stage, did a cartwheel, and took her place in the middle. You could hear the amusement in Mr. Banner's voice as he announced "Alice is going to perform the ballet Swan Lake" Everyone clapped, excited to see tiny Alice perform a ballet.

I jumped up and down in excitement, never having seen Swan Lake before. "What are you so excited about?" Edward asked with amusement dancing in his eyes.

I rolled mine and replied that I was excited seeing as I had never seen Swain Lake before.

"I'll have to take you to see it" he said, but just as I wan about to protest he said "But don't get to excited, Alice has a little more in store then just Swan Lake" As he said that there was a loud cough from the stage where Alice was glaring at her brother.

I just laughed. Then the music started and she started to dance.

She was beautiful, dancing and twirling around the stage in her pink leggings and long tan trench coat. She graceful as always and I knew that was a vampire thing.

"She's amazing!" I whispered, knowing the Edward would hear me.

"Well she should be" he replied "She's only been dancing for her entire vampire life." I laughed and put my hands on the arms that had snaked around my waist from behind.

Then, about three minutes into her performance, the music stopped. I was surprised, expecting Alice to continue with her ballet. Feeling Edward laugh softly behind me, I knew he knew what was going on.

"What is she doing?" I demanded to know. "Shh" he answered "You'll see in a second." And he was right. The lights changed dimmed as Alice stood completely still in the middle of the stage with her head down and hands clasped at her waist.

A second later, the music started again at a loud volume. The beat picking up in way that made me want to start dancing; the opening chords seemed vaguely familiar, but I couldn't place them.

The lights flashed and with them, Alice tore off the long trench coat revealing a sparkling pink mini-dress. I gasped, along with the rest of the crowd as she started to sing.

"You better take it from me
That boy is like a disease
You run and you try and you're tryin' to hide
And you're wondering why you can't get free"

I laughed, shocked at the song choice. "What…why?" Was all I could say between my laughter. It was obvious that I was amusing Edward seeing as he couldn't stop laughing either

"She's thinking that it's a complete opposite of her and Jasper. Plus she loves the song and wanted to make sure everyone would get on their feet and dance." Gasping for breath, I finally managed to get my breathing under control and nodded

"It worked" was all I said.

"He's like a curse, he's like a drug
You'll get addicted to his love
You wanna get out, but he's holdin' you down
'Cause you can't live without one more touch"

"Well that part is true" I observed as we swayed together, lost in our own music while still enjoying the song.

"He's a, a good time, cowboy Casanova
Leaning up against the record machine
He looks like a cool drink of water
But he's candy-coated misery"

Edward laughed at that last line. "Candy coated" he said "She wishes they were still human so they could try that whole hot fudge thing"

I burst into yet another fit of giggles as the image of Alice licking hot fudge off of Jasper.

"He's the devil in disguise, a snake with blue eyes
And he only comes out at night
Gives you feelings that you don't want to fight
You better run for your life"

"Run for your life from the blue eyed vampire" I said. Imaging Jasper dressed up as Dracula.

"Well" Edward said "His eyes were blue when he was human" I smiled "Well then it applies"

"I see that look on your face
You ain't hearing what I say
So I'll say it again, 'cause I been where you been
And I know how it ends, you can't get away"

"Problem with that is that she means it as more of a warning. Like a get away from my man kinda thing." I observed "And I don't even need to be able to read her mind"

"Don't even look in his eyes
He'll tell you nothing but lies
And you wanna believe but you won't be deceived
If you listen to me and take my advice

He's a, a good time, cowboy Casanova
Leaning up against the record machine
He looks like a cool drink of water
But he's candy-coated misery"

"Oh God" Edward exclaimed. I turned my head to look at his face, wondering what was wrong. "Nice." He growled

"What?" I questioned, now worried that it was something bad. "James Dean fantasy" was all he said.

"He's the devil in disguise, a snake with blue eyes
And he only comes out at night
Gives you feelings that you don't want to fight
You better run for your life"

My mind was still on the James Dean fantasy track, picturing Edward in a leather jacked leaning on a motorcycle outside of the school.

"Run run away, don't let him mess with your mind
He'll tell you anything you wanna hear
He'll break your heart, it's just a matter of time
But just remember"

I must have had a far away look in my eye as my fantasy played out in my head because I felt Edward gently shaking my shoulder. "Bella?" he asked "Where did you go just now?" I blushed scarlet and he laughed again, clearly having his answer. "Nowhere" I mumbled, hiding behind my hair.

"He's a, a good time, cowboy Casanova
Leaning up against the record machine
He looks like a cool drink of water
But he's candy-coated misery

He's the devil in disguise, a snake with blue eyes
And he only comes out at night
Gives you feelings that you don't want to fight
You better run for your life"

"Don't be embarrassed Bella." He said once again hugging me from behind. I scoffed; thankful once again that he couldn't read my mind.

"Oh, you better run for your life
Oh, you better run for your life"

The crowed jumped and cheered excitedly as her song finished. Alice laughed lightly and said a sweet "thank you" into the microphone. She hopped off the stage and ran into Jasper's arms and kissed him deeply.

Mr. Banner's voice came over the loud speaker, laughing. "How great was that?" he asked as the crowed clapped enthusiastically again. "Next we have…"

A/N: This was so much fun and such a great distraction from my history homework! Ok. So as always let me know your thoughts and ideas on who should be next.

You can find a video of Swan Lake here: .com/watch?v=UYgvwJodPms

I imagine Alice doing the bit that the girls in white do…only solo.

And a video of Carrie singing Cowboy Cassanova here: .com/watch?v=oM7NQQ0Lfu4