Chapter 13

RPOV


"Ugh, please, no!"

Alice was literally the worst person to watch a scary movie with. We had picked Sinister since none of us had ever seen it before. It had seem like a good idea until I realized that Alice had the tendency to freak out, loudly. Bella should have warned me.

"Shut up," Bella grumbled and sunk deeper into the couch. She covered her face with a pillow for a second before peeking over it to see the screen.

I chuckled but it died out when Alice's scream scared me even more than the movie.

Her scream caused Bella to scream which made me scream.

Alice threw herself onto Bella's lap, still screaming. I would have laughed had I not been covering my eyes from the horrific scene on the screen.

*P.S.?*

After the scream fest, we took a break from movie watching to grab some ice cream and order a couple of pizzas.

Alice shoved scoops of ice cream into her mouth. "God, what a great movie!"

I rolled my eyes. "I wouldn't know. Had you screaming in my ear the entire time."

Bella laughed.

Alice shrugged her tiny shoulders and smiled. Her face was clear of make up. No mascara running down her face or a runny nose. She had stopped crying when Bella showed up, gushing about Edward being such a gentleman.

"Okay! What next?" Alice bounced in her seat, completely energized.

I looked at the clock. It was only 8:27, seriously? It felt closer to midnight. But I can't complain. I was actually having fun with them. Alice was really funny while Bella was mostly quiet but very sarcastic.

"Well," I sighed, "we could finally talk about Edward and Bella." I tried to appear like I wasn't prying by focusing my eyes on the bowl of ice cream before me but I don't think I was fooling them.

Alice giggled and rested her chin on her hands. "Yeah Bells, tell us."

Bella glared but was still furiously blushing. Her entire face was red, heck, even her ears were red.

"He took me to this meadow. I probably should have warned him that a hike wasn't exactly ideal for a person like myself." She ate the last of her ice cream and placed the bowl in the sink. "Anyways, he had a little picnic all set up in the middle of it and when I opened the basket, there was this little bear asking me to be his girlfriend."

I laughed. Oh Edward.

"It was very cute." Bella turned away from us to wash her bowl and the two cups that were also there.

"I'm sure it was. Edward was always a romantic."

Alice turned to look at me. "I always wondered why you two never got together."

Bella started coughing. "ALICE!"

Ugh. I was wondering when she would bring it up. Bella wouldn't dare ask me that. She was way too shy.

"Don't roll your eyes." Alice scoffed. "It's a valid question."

"Alice! Stop it!" Bella's eyes frantically found mine. "Rosalie, I'm so sorry. Alice sometimes doesn't have a filter."

I waved her off. "Nah, it fine."

Pushing my bowl away from me, I faced Alice. "I don't think we ever saw each other that way. I realize that he's very attractive but he's a brother to me." I started laughing when I recalled a certain memory.

"What is it?" Alice leaned closer and so did Bella.

"When we were around five or six, Edward had seen his parents making out and obviously, he asked why his dad was trying to eat Esme's face. His mother told him that they had been kissing because when two people loved each other, they kissed to show it. So the next time I saw Edward, he told me what Esme had said and tried to plant one on me." We all laughed at Edward's expense.

"So was he your first kiss?" Bella asked.

The smile I had on my face vanished. I wished it had been someone like Edward but it wasn't. My first kiss was in my room with the lights drawn low and my father's Scotch breath on my face as he panted above me.

Alice's warm hand landed on my shoulder. She was smiling but her eyes were searching for something in mine. Quickly, I composed my face.

"Did Edward succeed?" She gently nudged me and winked.

"Oh, uh, no." I shook my head. "He came at me with his lips puckered up looking like a blow fish." They laughed. "I screamed and kicked him in the crotch."

That time, I joined them in their laughter.

The door bell rang and Alice jumped up to get the door. "I'll get it!"

"Money is on the table!" Bella shouted after her. She collected the empty ice cream bowls and put them into the sink. "Hey Rosalie?"

"Hm?'

She looked at me with a kind smile. "Thank you for tonight."

I shook my head. "No, it should be me thanking you two." Clearing my throat, I looked at her. "Edward has been my only friend since the very beginning. But now, I'm glad that he isn't because I have you and Alice."

"Of course you do!" Alice ran up behind me and threw her skinny arms around me. "We love you already."

Bella winked at me. "You can count on us."

I didn't realize I had started crying until Bella rushed over to me and hugged me as well and told me that I wasn't alone anymore.

And for the first time since everything hsppened, I knew it was true.