Chapter 5
BPOV
"What do you guys want?" I asked, as the two standing forms grinned at me.
"We're here to get you ready for our sleepover." Alice cheered.
"I never agreed to a sleepover." I answered, eying the two of them suspiciously.
"Not yet!" she beamed at me.
"May we come in?" Rosalie asked.
"Sure." I responded, stepping back in the doorway.
"B, who is it?" Jolie asked, putting on her earrings as she came down the staircase
"Just two of my classmates from school." I answered.
"Well, that's great. Now you won't have to spend Friday night alone." she smiled.
"You're still leaving?" I questioned looking at her.
"Well yeah, I thought…" she began, and I raised my hands in defeat.
"Just go." I sighed. She looked at me sadly before exiting. Rosalie and Alice looked at me sheepishly.
"So who is that?" Rosalie asked breaking the silence.
"That was Jolie. She's my best friend and sort of guardian." I responded.
"Hold old is she?" Alice wondered.
"Eighteen, but she's turning nineteen next week." I answered.
"So you're all alone." Alice grinned.
"So…." I started.
"So why not come over to our house for a sleepover?" Rosalie grinned.
"No." I said.
"Why not?" Both of their faces fell.
"Don't think I forgot about earlier. You guys aren't my friends, so why invite me over?" I asked the two of them.
"About that Bella, we're so sorry. We didn't mean anything by it honestly." Rosalie said.
"If you mean by looking at me like if I were the plague, then what" I asked crossing my arms over my chest defensively.
"Bella, we would never do anything to hurt you." Alice said sincerely. I looked at the two of them curiously as they waited for my response.
"How can I be so sure? Everyone involved in my life leaves. Even my best friend is starting to. How can I depend on you? I rather save myself the heartache of not having friends, then trying to have any at all." I said sadly, looking at the ground.
"Bella, I'm so sorry. We really want to be your friends. Will you please come over?" Rosalie asked. I looked over to Alice and noticed her eyes looked a bit glazed over. Suddenly a grin spread across her face before she jumped up and grabbed her phone running out of the room and towards the kitchen.
I looked at Rosalie for an explanation, but she just shrugged her shoulders."She probably just remembered something and needed to make a phone call. Alice suddenly reappeared with a grin upon her face, gazing at Rosalie and me.
"So what do you say Bella?" Alice said her topaz eyes glistening.
"I don't know." I answered honestly.
"Please." she pouted and I slowly felt like my resolve was dropping.
"Fine." I huffed, and Alice let out a high pitched squeal.
"Yay! We're going to have so much fun." she beamed.
"Okay, just let me go grab my things." I said, getting up and headed towards the stairs.
"Don't fret; we have everything you need, even a toothbrush." Alice smiled jumping in place. She looked like a little kid in a candy store and I couldn't help but smile.
"Why did you have all of this prepared, if you didn't even know if I, would accept your invitation?" I asked her.
"I didn't. I just hoped you would say yes." She smiled at me.
"Okay then." I said.
"On that note, let's get this show on the road." Rosalie said. We all stepped out into the cool air as the Forks mist hit us as the wind shifted about us. Locking the door behind us, I headed towards one of the most immaculate cars I've ever seen;(also considering that I never seen a beauty like it before, it was top of the list.),a beautiful cherry red convertible sat there parked, making my rusty red truck seem hideous.
"Let me guess, this is yours Rosalie." I said.
"How'd you guess?" She asked me, as I settled into the back seat.
"Red, fiery, very flamboyant, but a very subtle beauty. Am I correct?" I smiled.
She smiled at me before turning on the ignition and headed towards the main road.
"You're very observant." Alice pointed out, turning her head around to look at me over her seat.
"Well I've always been very observant. Sometimes it seems to be my downfall at times." I answered, looking out at the window at the darkening sky
"No I find that to be a good quality in some people," she started.
"Some people?" I muttered quietly ,but she must have heard me.
"Well, some people who are observant use it to destroy people's lives. By using it as some type of crutch to get what they want. Then there are the others who use their observations in the benefit of others. They use it to help others; to make a difference in their life." Alice smiled.
"Let me guess, I'm the second one?" I asked. She laughed and nodded her head. We stopped by a video rental store and picked up a couple of movies. One of which starred my favorite actress Kristen Stewart who plays a jaded teen who suffers from Friedreichs's Ataxia who falls in love. After finishing up, there we headed towards the road that led towards their home. Their house was down a lone road embedded in the woods. As we got closer and closer I could feel the butterflies in my stomach as we finally approached the house.
"This is your house?" I said astonished.
"Yep, this is mi casa. Come on." Alice cheered, raising her seat to let me out. I sat there momentarily stunned, looking at the beautiful house before me. I was broken out of my trance when Rosalie tapped me on the shoulder.
"You okay?" she asked me. I nodded my head, although my heart was pounding furiously in my chest, with every step I took. I'll be surprised if they couldn't hear it, since it was beating so loudly. Alice grabbed my arm.
"Relax Bella. We don't bite. Well not all the time." she smiled, flashing me her pearly white teeth. Her teeth looked surprisingly sharp and that did nothing to subdue my anxiety.
I thought I heard a growl, but maybe I was mistaken. You were bound to hear anything in the woods.
Once inside, my senses immediately became overwhelmed by the scent of baking bread and simmering meat, my stomach growled in response. I closed the door behind me and suddenly came face to face with a caramel haired woman. I jumped back in shock and I swear my heart skipped a beat for a moment.
"I'm sorry dear. I didn't mean to frighten you. I'm Esme Cullen, Alice and Rosalie's mother." she smiled at me.
"Hi, um I'm Bella Swan. It's my fault really, I'm sorry for being so antsy Mrs. Cullen." I said.
"Nonsense, call me Esme. Now if you don't mind telling why you're so antsy." she said, looking at me.
"Um, well I've never been invited to a sleepover before," I said embarrassingly.
"Really?" she asked me.
"Yep, no one's ever invited me before." I said sadly. I didn't know what it was about this woman that made me want to open up to her. I just felt this motherly vibe coming from her that made me want to tell her all my secrets.
"Well I bet it's their loss." she smiled at me. Alice and Rose were at the base of the stairs with sly grins plastered across their faces.
"Hey what's with that look?" I asked eyeing the two of them.
"Oh nothing. Just Bella Barbie time." They both squealed."Wait a minute. You said sleepover, not lets torture Bella with various beauty tools time." I huffed.
"But-" Alice pouted, but Esme stopped her.
"Alice dear, leave the poor girl alone. Save it for tomorrow when you guys go shopping." she smiled knowingly at the two of them.
"Eee!" Alice squealed. "You're right." she laughed, bouncing in place.
"Hey, I didn't agree to shop either." I added.
"Bella just let her be. Even as her mother, I know better than to argue with her .It's a lost cause." she said.
"But I don't have the money for shopping." I said embarrassingly, my face flushing a soft pink.
"Don't worry. We'll pay for it." She smiled down at me.
"I couldn't let you guys do that. It was sweet though." I answered quietly.
"Well think about it. How about you girls go get changed while I finish dinner." she said pointing towards the stairs.
"Oh you didn't have to that Mrs. Cullen." I answered.
"It's Esme. And I wanted to. I love cooking and I don't do it too often. Let's just say I live in a house of very picky eaters." she said, causing Alice and Rosalie to laugh. I didn't understand what was so funny, so I shrugged it off and followed Alice and Rosalie up the stairs. I also took this as a perfect opportunity to look at the house before me. If I thought the outside was beautiful, it was nothing compared to the inside. Everything was just so open, a heavenly sweet scent permeated throughout every room. It felt homey, something I wished I always had. I mean living with Jo was awesome but it still didn't fill like home.
Alice led me to her room and, I stood momentarily frozen in the doorway. Alice's room was lime green and larger than my bedroom and bathroom combined.
"Pretty isn't it?" she smiled rummaging through one of her drawers. She was a blur going about the room, until she appeared in front of me nearly giving me a heart attack.
"Sorry, here." She smiled as she placed the clothed in my hand. I looked down at what she gave me, and my eyes nearly bugged out of my head. It was a blue zebra print camisole and short set. It looked really expensive and felt like silk. It also revealed more than I liked. My usual sleepwear consisted of one of my old shirts and ratty sweats.
"I don't know about this." I said looking at the offensive piece of sleepwear.
"Bella just put it on." Alice signed.
"But what about the guys?" I asked feeling self conscious.
"They aren't here. Dad took them out for a boy's night. You'll see them in the morning." she responded.
"Okay." I breathed. "You mind if I take a shower?" I asked.
"Be my guest." she beamed. She me a pair of cute blue Mary Jane slippers before surrendering me over to the bathroom. Smiling and thanking them I headed towards the bathroom and closed the door behind me. I stood there slack jawed, something my face was going to have to get used to in their home. The bathroom was huge. Their bathtub was even big enough to fit a least four people. Smiling to myself I leaned against the vanity and closed my eyes in content, even chuckling to myself when I saw a bright pink toothbrush with a note written in my name in beautiful elegant script. I quickly stripped and decided to take a nice warm shower. The warm was soothing to my aching muscles; I looked around for soap and was surprised to see they even had my favorite freesia bath wash. As the steam, from the sizzling rays of water, I thought to myself that maybe attending this sleepover wasn't such a bad idea.
EPOV
"Emmett what in the hell are you doing?" I asked, settling down beside Jasper and Carlisle as they looked on amused.
"Playing." he answered, circling a huge black bear that looked like it just wanted to get away from my big oaf of a brother.
"Hey Em, didn't anyone tell you it's not nice to play around with your food?" Jasper grinned.
"But its fun." Emmett whined.
"Emmett." Carlisle said sternly. Emmett pouted, before crouching and attacking the creature. To others it may seem to be a horrific gruesome death, simply just cruelty to animals. It's in our nature to kill for nourishment. I rather kill a bear than a human. Emmett, Jasper, Rosalie and I are all guilty of killing a least one human. Jasper having the worst struggle with his blood thirst. Alice had been the lucky one of the bunch who had yet to kill a human, well hopefully never. Although it's been at least 12 years, some days are harder than others not to let the monster within me take over. Carlisle had been worried especially with Jasper, with our contact with Bella. He and Emmett reassured him that they could never hurt them for the fear that if they ever did they would never forgive themselves. Carlisle was still a little weary about Jasper, and decided that we take extra precaution with him just in case. Surprisingly Jasper wasn't a problem. I on the other hand, had never smelled blood so sweet, that I actually bared the thought of killing every single person in the classroom to taste Bella's delicious blood Even the aroma was consuming my senses and I had to take unnecessary breaths torturing myself even further was the taste on my tongue. Freesias and Strawberries. How something so sweet and woodsy smelled so good beyond others was besides me. The only thing that kept the monster at bay was the fact that this was Bella. Emmett and Jasper's Bella, who would surely set my body on fire, sending me to the lowest depths of flame that would consume what was left of my traitorous body.
This little hunting excursion was spur of the moment, because Alice had texted Jasper claiming that Bella was going to freak if we were all home. She still wasn't one hundred percent comfortable around us yet, so the girls kicked us out. We were just leaving when they got home, Alice mentally telling me that we had less than 5 seconds to leave before she decided to torture us. Her form of torture meaning taking us shopping for countless hours or even worse; dressing us. I growled starkly as her tinkling laugh irritated me from her mind. I loved my sister but she could be a pain. Thus here we are. Our leaving had been 14 hours ago and it was nearing dawn. Alice had given us the green light to return home and apparently we were going shopping. Oh joy. We all began running, and I ran faster than normal, anxious to see the beauty that I one day wanted to call my own.
BPOV
"What do you mean; do I have a thing for your brother?" I asked, looking at Alice.
"Do you have a thing for my brother?" she smiled evilly at me.
"I thought you were all adopted?" I asked, looking at the short grinning girl before me. We were all snuggled up in their living room after we all... well I, ate a delicious meal prepared by Esme. Rosalie and Alice apparently ate beforehand so I ate most of it happily. When then watched the movies we rented, each of us adding a few words between. We laughed and talked like old friends.
After giving me a facial and polishing each other's nails we were now playing truth or dare and I stupidly chose truth.
"Yeah, but Edward is actually my brother." she grinned knowingly at me. Of course my traitorous blush decided to betray me flushing all the way down to the curves of my chest."Ah, she blushes." Rosalie smiled, adjusting her hello kitty boy shorts revealing her long toned legs, making me feel like the fat chubby kid in a class full of beauty queens.
"Well do you?" she pushed again.
"Um…he's nice." I shrugged hoping she wouldn't push it any further. My hopes were crushed as she tilted her head at me looking at me accusingly.
"Nice? Care to explain." she said.
"Well…um. He's nice, and he has a pretty smile." I said blushing like some young naïve school girl.
"Pretty smile?" Rosalie grinned.
"Yes," I huffed. "He had a beautiful crooked smile that makes the girls swoon okay." I breathed messing with a tendril of my hair.
"And are you one of those girls who swoon over him?" she laughed. I averted my eyes and Rose and Alice squealed at my lack of an answer.
"Okay, okay. So maybe I do have a thing if you must for your brother, but it'll never work out." I answered, looking down at my feet.
"Why won't it work out?" Rosalie asked.
"He's…he's perfect and I'm not. He could have any of the gorgeous girls at school. Why settle for a plain jane girl like me?" I said.
"Trust me Bella. You're anything but plain." Rose said.
"Yeah, yeah. You only say that because you're my friends." I said rolling my eyes. The two of them grabbed me in a hug and started squealing in my ears.
"What?" I said confusedly.
"You called us your friends." Alice cheered.
"Yeah I guess I did." I smiled."Eee, you won't regret it." Alice said.
"Girls." Esme said as she came down the stairs dressed in her own sleep attire. We all looked at her expectantly."Time to go to sleep. It's already late and if she girl want to go shopping in Seattle, I suggest you get some rest." She told us.
"She's right. Time to go to sleep." Alice beamed snuggling onto the floor. I was in the middle with Alice and Rosalie on each side of me. Esme kissed each of all foreheads before turning off the light. In the pitch darkness of the room it wasn't long before I fell into a soothing sleep, surrounded by friends.
APOV
"The boys should be back in less than 30 seconds." I whispered to Rosalie, sure enough less than 30 seconds later the boys arrived through the door. Rose and I were on each side of Bella who was sound asleep. She was going to wake up in less than 5 minutes and she was going to find it strange if we weren't beside her. Esme was in the kitchen preparing breakfast and even as a vampire I was feeling a little nauseated. The smell was revolting. How Esme tolerated cooking that horrendous slop was beyond me. It was amusing listening to Bella sleep talk. Less then a couple of minutes after Esme turned the lights off Rosalie and I had to wait 10 minutes before she was sound asleep. Then the sleep talking began.
"Your feathers are so pretty Big Bird. You're even taller in person." Bella groggily said, causing Rose and I to cover our mouths as we burst into fits of laughter. This continued all night even after Rose and I got up and left. She even said Edward's name a couple of times, but I wouldn't tell him that.
"Really Alice?" he grinned.
"Stupid mind reader." I muttered under my breath.
"So what did we miss?" Emmett asked kneeling down kissing his mate on the cheek.
"Nothing much, just Bella's sleep talking." I whispered with a grin on my face.
"She still does that?" he asked.
"Yep." I said.
"Oh man, I wish we were here to hear it. I would so love teasing her about it." Emmett grinned.
"What did she say?" Edward asked smiling, although he already knew.
"Well apparently she was having a nightmare on Sesame Street, and the rest was random chatter of names." I said, causing them laugh, and Esme glaring at them to lower their voice since Bella was still asleep.
"And whose names might they be?" Jasper asked curiously.
"Just random names and maybe a certain bronze haired vampire with a smile that makes the girls swoon." I teased.
"Who's that?" Emmett asked dumbly.
"Edward stupid." Jasper said smacking the back of Emmett's head. A loud thwack vibrating the room thus stirring Bella's sleep form.
"Move!" I harshly whispered, causing them to rush off into the kitchen. Bella started groggily moving about, as she began to awake. Rose and I faked sleep as Bella began to open her eyes.
BPOV
"Mmm." I moaned as I rolled over, thoroughly crashing onto Alice, causing me to hit her in the face with my elbow.
"Ouch Bella." she moaned, although it was my elbow that was aching from impact. Rose started stirring beside me as she slowly woke up.
"Sorry Alice." I sleepily said stretching, rubbing the sleep from my eyes.
"It's okay." she yawned stretching as well. Rosalie was already up rubbing her face.
"Sleep well?" she asked me.
"Yep, although I had some pretty strange dreams." I said wincing as I got off the floor the bones in my back cracking in the process.
"Oh I bet you did Big Bird." She laughed, as I turned to glare at her.
"Wait, how do you know that?" I asked her.
"Oh I know many things. Oh Big Bird what pretty feathers you have." she said in a horrible high pitch voice higher than her already bell-like one.
"Shut up Al." I moaned."Not a chance." she teased. I threw a pillow at her head.
"Just for that I'm going to tell the guys." she laughed.
"You wouldn't." I glared.
"Try me." she smiled.
"Rose? A little help here." I pleaded.
"Nope, I'm not coming between you two." she laughed. From my peripheral vision I saw that Alice had taken a step to the left, and was inching closer and closer to the kitchen. She winked at me before taking off me running behind her into the kitchen. I must have forgotten I had slippers on because as soon as I ran into the kitchen I slipped and crashed into a hard chest. It didn't take a genius to find out who I had crashed into.
"Well hello there." Edward grinned at me. All I could do was stare at his face until someone cleared their throat. Blushing I mumbled a quick thank you, before he released me he gave me a once over, making me acknowledge the fact that I was dress in a camisole with no bra and in boy shorts. I wished the floor would swallow me whole.
"And who might this beautiful young lady be?" A man's voice asked. I turned around and my mouth nearly fell to the floor. A gorgeous blonde hair main that seemed eerily familiar came into the kitchen kissing Esme on the cheek.
"Be…Bella." I stuttered blushing, hoping that I wasn't drooling. I heard Alice and Rosalie snicker behind me. He grabbed my hand and gave it a chaste kiss.
"I'm Carlisle. Esme's husband and the dad of this rowdy bunch." he grinned flashing his pearly white teeth at me, almost making me topple over.
"Don't worry Bella. He does it to all the ladies." Esme grinned, and I nearly choked on my spit knowing that Esme knew that I was checking out her husband.
"Let's have breakfast." her voice rang out, as I stood there momentarily stunned. I settled down my the counter between Alice and Rose as she handed a plate fully stocked with pancakes, sausage, bacon, biscuits, eggs and fresh fruit. My stomach growled loudly in pleasure. I happily dug in, but soon noticed that I was the only one eating.
"You guys aren't hungry?" I asked my mouth full of pancake.
"Nope. We'll probably grab something at the mall." Alice said. I did find it odd that they weren't even remotely hungry even after not eating last night. I looked over to the guys asking a silent question.
"We ate before we got here." Edward said. I shrugged my shoulders, and continued eating. I figured my hair looked like a rat's nest so I grabbed the hair band from my shoulder and began putting my hair in a high ponytail. I continued eating but noticed it had suddenly got quiet. I looked around to notice that everyone's focus was on my face or neck rather.
"What?" I asked feeling self conscious.
"What happened to your neck Bella?" Alice asked. I instantly knew what she was talking about. Ever since I could remember well since I was pretty much five, I had a crescent shape scar on the back of my neck. It was usually hidden by hair, but when it was exposed, I noticed that it had an eerie silver tint to it.
"Oh, this old thing. I think I got it when I was younger. I don't really remember but I was told it was probably from the crash that killed my family." I breathed. They all continued looking at me so I focused my gaze on my now empty plate.
"What happened to your family?" Jasper asked me. I was feeling a little uneasy about talking about the accident, but I felt a little calmer so I just said vaguely what I remembered.
"Well I don't really remember much. All I know is that me, my family and their friends were driving home and something had made us crash. I was the only survivor. Other than that, I can't remember anything of that night or beforehand." I said.
"How many were in the car?" Rose asked.
I believe it was my mother, my father, my two brothers and their friends including myself so maybe about 8 of us, but I can't be too sure.
"That must be hard losing everyone you love like that." Esme said, and I must haven't noticed that she had entered the room.
"It is. Sometimes I wonder how can you miss something ,you don't remember ever having, but every single day I find myself missing each and every person in the car even if I couldn't tell you who they were." I said, a few tears beginning to well up in my eyes.
"You don't remember anything at all?" Edward asked.
"I remember some things; brief flashes I should say. Some details I can tell you with perfect clarity, and the rest is blurry. Sometimes I think my mind is protecting itself from that night, I'm not sure. Can we please talk about something else?" I said averting my eyes from their faces.
"Yeah. How about we get dressed? We have about an hour's drive to Seattle and we should be leaving soon." Alice said a little sullenly. I got up to take my plate to the sink but Esme stopped me."Let me do this for you." she smiled at me.
"But you've already done so much for me." I said looking up at her glistening topaz eyes.
"Well just add this one to the list, now go get dressed." she smiled, before turning towards the sink. Rose and Alice grabbed both of my hands as they pulled me to the stairs.
"I don't know about this." I said, trailing behind the two of them.
"Relax Bella, it's not that bad." Alice cheered.
"But I don't have the money for shopping." I said.
"Look Bella. Today we are going to enjoy ourselves. Today will be our gift to you. Time to live a little, now come on." she smiled, pulling me into her room. After washing my face and brushing my teeth. Rose sat me in front of the mirror as she began to comb through my tangled locks. I felt my eyes closed in content as she braided my long hair into a French braid. Alice then proceeded to hand me a pair of blue jeans that looked a few sizes too small, a white cutoff blouse, and a sand colored cardigan. I quickly changed in the bathroom, relishing on to the fact that the clothes actually made me look pretty. It even showed what little curves I had. I stepped back out of the bathroom to see that Alice and Rosalie were already dressed. Rose handed me a pair of sand colored flats as Alice began doing my makeup. I had never been a big fan of makeup, so I was feeling a little iffy at what she was about to do.
"Relax Bella. I'm only putting on a little gloss and eye shadow." Alice said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Yeah that's pretty much all you need. Your skin is flawless, so there is no need for any concealer and you already have long eyelashes, so there's no use for mascara. Chill Bella. You're in safe hands." Rosalie smiled at me. Sighing, I closed my eyes and let Alice work her magic. It was only moments later when I looked into the mirror that a huge smile spread across my face.
"You like?" Alice teased, although she already knew the answer.
"No," she frowned. "I love it." she then grabbed me into a hug but quickly released me.
"Sorry don't want to ruin your makeup." She said, though she was still grinning.
"Thank you both." I grinned as they smiled back at me. We headed down the stairs to meet the boys when I tripped on the last step causing me to fall forward. I was immediately caught my strong hands, and heard a velvety chuckle.
"Well, we meet again." He smiled at me, and if it weren't for his hands around my waist, I would be a pile of goo upon the floor. He kept his hands around my waist as I continued to stare up at his face noticing the way one side of his face wrinkled when he smiled, or the way his angular face gave him a dimpled chin. I was broken from my staring when I heard pixie's voice.
"Now Bella, if you're done staring at my brother now. Who would you like to ride with?" she asked me. Blushing I quickly stepped back, and looked everywhere except at her face, knowing that if I did look she would probably see in my eyes, the immerging feelings I was beginning to have for Edward. I stood there contemplating who I was going to ride with when Edward answered for me."She will be riding with me Alice." he said looking at me."I will?" I stuttered out.
"I mean, only if you want to." he said, and I suddenly found my head shaking up and down.
"Well now that, that's settled, let's go." she beamed grabbing Jasper's hand, pulling him out the door with Rosalie and Emmett right behind them. Edward put his hand on the swell of my back as we walked as we approached his car. He quickly opened the door for me, and once I was safely buckled in, he closed the door and was on the driver's side in a flash.
"And they say chivalry's dead." I mumbled, but he must have heard me because he chuckled.
"What can I say, that was just the way I was raised." he smiled teasingly at me, and I found myself grinning back. Alice, Jasper, Emmett and Rose were all in Emmett's jeep and had already pulled off with us trailing behind them. We drove in silence, but soon Edward began asking me questions and I back, making the hour drive seem relatively short. By time we were approaching the Seattle mall, Edward had mad me blush countless times. He was being really sweet and I found myself becoming more and more relaxed with him than I had been with the others. We had just pulled into the parking lot when he had complimented me once more on my blush. Usually I would be annoyed with the constant compliments but from him they sounded so sincere. Unknowingly we were leaning towards each other as he caressed my flushed cheek.
"You're beautiful." he smiled.
"You make me feel beautiful." I found myself whispering back.
"Oh, but you are love." he said, as he leaned in to kiss me. Our lips were inches from each other, that I could feel his breath on mine when we heard a thwack against Edward's window. Edward sighed pulling back, rolling down his window to reveal a smug Emmett.
"Come on Eddie. Time's wasting." he smiled winking at him. I laid my head back and closed my eyes thinking of ways of how I could torture Emmett for ruining what could have been my first kiss. I must haven't noticed that Edward had gotten out of the car because he was soon on the passenger side opening the door for me. I had barely stepped out of the car when Rose and Alice grabbed both of my hands pulling me to the front entrance. I thought I heard an agitated growl from Edward, but that was quickly gone when Alice and Rose squealed beside me.
"Let the shopping begin!" They cheered, but all I heard was:
"Let the torture begin!"
BPOV
"What do you guys want?" I asked, as the two standing forms grinned at me.
"We're here to get you ready for our sleepover." Alice cheered.
"I never agreed to a sleepover." I answered, eying the two of them suspiciously.
"Not yet!" she beamed at me.
"May we come in?" Rosalie asked.
"Sure." I responded, stepping back in the doorway.
"B, who is it?" Jolie asked, putting on her earrings as she came down the staircase
"Just two of my classmates from school." I answered.
"Well, that's great. Now you won't have to spend Friday night alone." she smiled.
"You're still leaving?" I questioned looking at her.
"Well yeah, I thought…" she began, and I raised my hands in defeat.
"Just go." I sighed. She looked at me sadly before exiting. Rosalie and Alice looked at me sheepishly.
"So who is that?" Rosalie asked breaking the silence.
"That was Jolie. She's my best friend and sort of guardian." I responded.
"Hold old is she?" Alice wondered.
"Eighteen, but she's turning nineteen next week." I answered.
"So you're all alone." Alice grinned.
"So…." I started.
"So why not come over to our house for a sleepover?" Rosalie grinned.
"No." I said.
"Why not?" Both of their faces fell.
"Don't think I forgot about earlier. You guys aren't my friends, so why invite me over?" I asked the two of them.
"About that Bella, we're so sorry. We didn't mean anything by it honestly." Rosalie said.
"If you mean by looking at me like if I were the plague, then what" I asked crossing my arms over my chest defensively.
"Bella, we would never do anything to hurt you." Alice said sincerely. I looked at the two of them curiously as they waited for my response.
"How can I be so sure? Everyone involved in my life leaves. Even my best friend is starting to. How can I depend on you? I rather save myself the heartache of not having friends, then trying to have any at all." I said sadly, looking at the ground.
"Bella, I'm so sorry. We really want to be your friends. Will you please come over?" Rosalie asked. I looked over to Alice and noticed her eyes looked a bit glazed over. Suddenly a grin spread across her face before she jumped up and grabbed her phone running out of the room and towards the kitchen.
I looked at Rosalie for an explanation, but she just shrugged her shoulders."She probably just remembered something and needed to make a phone call. Alice suddenly reappeared with a grin upon her face, gazing at Rosalie and me.
"So what do you say Bella?" Alice said her topaz eyes glistening.
"I don't know." I answered honestly.
"Please." she pouted and I slowly felt like my resolve was dropping.
"Fine." I huffed, and Alice let out a high pitched squeal.
"Yay! We're going to have so much fun." she beamed.
"Okay, just let me go grab my things." I said, getting up and headed towards the stairs.
"Don't fret; we have everything you need, even a toothbrush." Alice smiled jumping in place. She looked like a little kid in a candy store and I couldn't help but smile.
"Why did you have all of this prepared, if you didn't even know if I, would accept your invitation?" I asked her.
"I didn't. I just hoped you would say yes." She smiled at me.
"Okay then." I said.
"On that note, let's get this show on the road." Rosalie said. We all stepped out into the cool air as the Forks mist hit us as the wind shifted about us. Locking the door behind us, I headed towards one of the most immaculate cars I've ever seen;(also considering that I never seen a beauty like it before, it was top of the list.),a beautiful cherry red convertible sat there parked, making my rusty red truck seem hideous.
"Let me guess, this is yours Rosalie." I said.
"How'd you guess?" She asked me, as I settled into the back seat.
"Red, fiery, very flamboyant, but a very subtle beauty. Am I correct?" I smiled.
She smiled at me before turning on the ignition and headed towards the main road.
"You're very observant." Alice pointed out, turning her head around to look at me over her seat.
"Well I've always been very observant. Sometimes it seems to be my downfall at times." I answered, looking out at the window at the darkening sky
"No I find that to be a good quality in some people," she started.
"Some people?" I muttered quietly ,but she must have heard me.
"Well, some people who are observant use it to destroy people's lives. By using it as some type of crutch to get what they want. Then there are the others who use their observations in the benefit of others. They use it to help others; to make a difference in their life." Alice smiled.
"Let me guess, I'm the second one?" I asked. She laughed and nodded her head. We stopped by a video rental store and picked up a couple of movies. One of which starred my favorite actress Kristen Stewart who plays a jaded teen who suffers from Friedreichs's Ataxia who falls in love. After finishing up, there we headed towards the road that led towards their home. Their house was down a lone road embedded in the woods. As we got closer and closer I could feel the butterflies in my stomach as we finally approached the house.
"This is your house?" I said astonished.
"Yep, this is mi casa. Come on." Alice cheered, raising her seat to let me out. I sat there momentarily stunned, looking at the beautiful house before me. I was broken out of my trance when Rosalie tapped me on the shoulder.
"You okay?" she asked me. I nodded my head, although my heart was pounding furiously in my chest, with every step I took. I'll be surprised if they couldn't hear it, since it was beating so loudly. Alice grabbed my arm.
"Relax Bella. We don't bite. Well not all the time." she smiled, flashing me her pearly white teeth. Her teeth looked surprisingly sharp and that did nothing to subdue my anxiety.
I thought I heard a growl, but maybe I was mistaken. You were bound to hear anything in the woods.
Once inside, my senses immediately became overwhelmed by the scent of baking bread and simmering meat, my stomach growled in response. I closed the door behind me and suddenly came face to face with a caramel haired woman. I jumped back in shock and I swear my heart skipped a beat for a moment.
"I'm sorry dear. I didn't mean to frighten you. I'm Esme Cullen, Alice and Rosalie's mother." she smiled at me.
"Hi, um I'm Bella Swan. It's my fault really, I'm sorry for being so antsy Mrs. Cullen." I said.
"Nonsense, call me Esme. Now if you don't mind telling why you're so antsy." she said, looking at me.
"Um, well I've never been invited to a sleepover before," I said embarrassingly.
"Really?" she asked me.
"Yep, no one's ever invited me before." I said sadly. I didn't know what it was about this woman that made me want to open up to her. I just felt this motherly vibe coming from her that made me want to tell her all my secrets.
"Well I bet it's their loss." she smiled at me. Alice and Rose were at the base of the stairs with sly grins plastered across their faces.
"Hey what's with that look?" I asked eyeing the two of them.
"Oh nothing. Just Bella Barbie time." They both squealed."Wait a minute. You said sleepover, not lets torture Bella with various beauty tools time." I huffed.
"But-" Alice pouted, but Esme stopped her.
"Alice dear, leave the poor girl alone. Save it for tomorrow when you guys go shopping." she smiled knowingly at the two of them.
"Eee!" Alice squealed. "You're right." she laughed, bouncing in place.
"Hey, I didn't agree to shop either." I added.
"Bella just let her be. Even as her mother, I know better than to argue with her .It's a lost cause." she said.
"But I don't have the money for shopping." I said embarrassingly, my face flushing a soft pink.
"Don't worry. We'll pay for it." She smiled down at me.
"I couldn't let you guys do that. It was sweet though." I answered quietly.
"Well think about it. How about you girls go get changed while I finish dinner." she said pointing towards the stairs.
"Oh you didn't have to that Mrs. Cullen." I answered.
"It's Esme. And I wanted to. I love cooking and I don't do it too often. Let's just say I live in a house of very picky eaters." she said, causing Alice and Rosalie to laugh. I didn't understand what was so funny, so I shrugged it off and followed Alice and Rosalie up the stairs. I also took this as a perfect opportunity to look at the house before me. If I thought the outside was beautiful, it was nothing compared to the inside. Everything was just so open, a heavenly sweet scent permeated throughout every room. It felt homey, something I wished I always had. I mean living with Jo was awesome but it still didn't fill like home.
Alice led me to her room and, I stood momentarily frozen in the doorway. Alice's room was lime green and larger than my bedroom and bathroom combined.
"Pretty isn't it?" she smiled rummaging through one of her drawers. She was a blur going about the room, until she appeared in front of me nearly giving me a heart attack.
"Sorry, here." She smiled as she placed the clothed in my hand. I looked down at what she gave me, and my eyes nearly bugged out of my head. It was a blue zebra print camisole and short set. It looked really expensive and felt like silk. It also revealed more than I liked. My usual sleepwear consisted of one of my old shirts and ratty sweats.
"I don't know about this." I said looking at the offensive piece of sleepwear.
"Bella just put it on." Alice signed.
"But what about the guys?" I asked feeling self conscious.
"They aren't here. Dad took them out for a boy's night. You'll see them in the morning." she responded.
"Okay." I breathed. "You mind if I take a shower?" I asked.
"Be my guest." she beamed. She me a pair of cute blue Mary Jane slippers before surrendering me over to the bathroom. Smiling and thanking them I headed towards the bathroom and closed the door behind me. I stood there slack jawed, something my face was going to have to get used to in their home. The bathroom was huge. Their bathtub was even big enough to fit a least four people. Smiling to myself I leaned against the vanity and closed my eyes in content, even chuckling to myself when I saw a bright pink toothbrush with a note written in my name in beautiful elegant script. I quickly stripped and decided to take a nice warm shower. The warm was soothing to my aching muscles; I looked around for soap and was surprised to see they even had my favorite freesia bath wash. As the steam, from the sizzling rays of water, I thought to myself that maybe attending this sleepover wasn't such a bad idea.
EPOV
"Emmett what in the hell are you doing?" I asked, settling down beside Jasper and Carlisle as they looked on amused.
"Playing." he answered, circling a huge black bear that looked like it just wanted to get away from my big oaf of a brother.
"Hey Em, didn't anyone tell you it's not nice to play around with your food?" Jasper grinned.
"But its fun." Emmett whined.
"Emmett." Carlisle said sternly. Emmett pouted, before crouching and attacking the creature. To others it may seem to be a horrific gruesome death, simply just cruelty to animals. It's in our nature to kill for nourishment. I rather kill a bear than a human. Emmett, Jasper, Rosalie and I are all guilty of killing a least one human. Jasper having the worst struggle with his blood thirst. Alice had been the lucky one of the bunch who had yet to kill a human, well hopefully never. Although it's been at least 12 years, some days are harder than others not to let the monster within me take over. Carlisle had been worried especially with Jasper, with our contact with Bella. He and Emmett reassured him that they could never hurt them for the fear that if they ever did they would never forgive themselves. Carlisle was still a little weary about Jasper, and decided that we take extra precaution with him just in case. Surprisingly Jasper wasn't a problem. I on the other hand, had never smelled blood so sweet, that I actually bared the thought of killing every single person in the classroom to taste Bella's delicious blood Even the aroma was consuming my senses and I had to take unnecessary breaths torturing myself even further was the taste on my tongue. Freesias and Strawberries. How something so sweet and woodsy smelled so good beyond others was besides me. The only thing that kept the monster at bay was the fact that this was Bella. Emmett and Jasper's Bella, who would surely set my body on fire, sending me to the lowest depths of flame that would consume what was left of my traitorous body.
This little hunting excursion was spur of the moment, because Alice had texted Jasper claiming that Bella was going to freak if we were all home. She still wasn't one hundred percent comfortable around us yet, so the girls kicked us out. We were just leaving when they got home, Alice mentally telling me that we had less than 5 seconds to leave before she decided to torture us. Her form of torture meaning taking us shopping for countless hours or even worse; dressing us. I growled starkly as her tinkling laugh irritated me from her mind. I loved my sister but she could be a pain. Thus here we are. Our leaving had been 14 hours ago and it was nearing dawn. Alice had given us the green light to return home and apparently we were going shopping. Oh joy. We all began running, and I ran faster than normal, anxious to see the beauty that I one day wanted to call my own.
BPOV
"What do you mean; do I have a thing for your brother?" I asked, looking at Alice.
"Do you have a thing for my brother?" she smiled evilly at me.
"I thought you were all adopted?" I asked, looking at the short grinning girl before me. We were all snuggled up in their living room after we all... well I, ate a delicious meal prepared by Esme. Rosalie and Alice apparently ate beforehand so I ate most of it happily. When then watched the movies we rented, each of us adding a few words between. We laughed and talked like old friends.
After giving me a facial and polishing each other's nails we were now playing truth or dare and I stupidly chose truth.
"Yeah, but Edward is actually my brother." she grinned knowingly at me. Of course my traitorous blush decided to betray me flushing all the way down to the curves of my chest."Ah, she blushes." Rosalie smiled, adjusting her hello kitty boy shorts revealing her long toned legs, making me feel like the fat chubby kid in a class full of beauty queens.
"Well do you?" she pushed again.
"Um…he's nice." I shrugged hoping she wouldn't push it any further. My hopes were crushed as she tilted her head at me looking at me accusingly.
"Nice? Care to explain." she said.
"Well…um. He's nice, and he has a pretty smile." I said blushing like some young naïve school girl.
"Pretty smile?" Rosalie grinned.
"Yes," I huffed. "He had a beautiful crooked smile that makes the girls swoon okay." I breathed messing with a tendril of my hair.
"And are you one of those girls who swoon over him?" she laughed. I averted my eyes and Rose and Alice squealed at my lack of an answer.
"Okay, okay. So maybe I do have a thing if you must for your brother, but it'll never work out." I answered, looking down at my feet.
"Why won't it work out?" Rosalie asked.
"He's…he's perfect and I'm not. He could have any of the gorgeous girls at school. Why settle for a plain jane girl like me?" I said.
"Trust me Bella. You're anything but plain." Rose said.
"Yeah, yeah. You only say that because you're my friends." I said rolling my eyes. The two of them grabbed me in a hug and started squealing in my ears.
"What?" I said confusedly.
"You called us your friends." Alice cheered.
"Yeah I guess I did." I smiled."Eee, you won't regret it." Alice said.
"Girls." Esme said as she came down the stairs dressed in her own sleep attire. We all looked at her expectantly."Time to go to sleep. It's already late and if she girl want to go shopping in Seattle, I suggest you get some rest." She told us.
"She's right. Time to go to sleep." Alice beamed snuggling onto the floor. I was in the middle with Alice and Rosalie on each side of me. Esme kissed each of all foreheads before turning off the light. In the pitch darkness of the room it wasn't long before I fell into a soothing sleep, surrounded by friends.
APOV
"The boys should be back in less than 30 seconds." I whispered to Rosalie, sure enough less than 30 seconds later the boys arrived through the door. Rose and I were on each side of Bella who was sound asleep. She was going to wake up in less than 5 minutes and she was going to find it strange if we weren't beside her. Esme was in the kitchen preparing breakfast and even as a vampire I was feeling a little nauseated. The smell was revolting. How Esme tolerated cooking that horrendous slop was beyond me. It was amusing listening to Bella sleep talk. Less then a couple of minutes after Esme turned the lights off Rosalie and I had to wait 10 minutes before she was sound asleep. Then the sleep talking began.
"Your feathers are so pretty Big Bird. You're even taller in person." Bella groggily said, causing Rose and I to cover our mouths as we burst into fits of laughter. This continued all night even after Rose and I got up and left. She even said Edward's name a couple of times, but I wouldn't tell him that.
"Really Alice?" he grinned.
"Stupid mind reader." I muttered under my breath.
"So what did we miss?" Emmett asked kneeling down kissing his mate on the cheek.
"Nothing much, just Bella's sleep talking." I whispered with a grin on my face.
"She still does that?" he asked.
"Yep." I said.
"Oh man, I wish we were here to hear it. I would so love teasing her about it." Emmett grinned.
"What did she say?" Edward asked smiling, although he already knew.
"Well apparently she was having a nightmare on Sesame Street, and the rest was random chatter of names." I said, causing them laugh, and Esme glaring at them to lower their voice since Bella was still asleep.
"And whose names might they be?" Jasper asked curiously.
"Just random names and maybe a certain bronze haired vampire with a smile that makes the girls swoon." I teased.
"Who's that?" Emmett asked dumbly.
"Edward stupid." Jasper said smacking the back of Emmett's head. A loud thwack vibrating the room thus stirring Bella's sleep form.
"Move!" I harshly whispered, causing them to rush off into the kitchen. Bella started groggily moving about, as she began to awake. Rose and I faked sleep as Bella began to open her eyes.
BPOV
"Mmm." I moaned as I rolled over, thoroughly crashing onto Alice, causing me to hit her in the face with my elbow.
"Ouch Bella." she moaned, although it was my elbow that was aching from impact. Rose started stirring beside me as she slowly woke up.
"Sorry Alice." I sleepily said stretching, rubbing the sleep from my eyes.
"It's okay." she yawned stretching as well. Rosalie was already up rubbing her face.
"Sleep well?" she asked me.
"Yep, although I had some pretty strange dreams." I said wincing as I got off the floor the bones in my back cracking in the process.
"Oh I bet you did Big Bird." She laughed, as I turned to glare at her.
"Wait, how do you know that?" I asked her.
"Oh I know many things. Oh Big Bird what pretty feathers you have." she said in a horrible high pitch voice higher than her already bell-like one.
"Shut up Al." I moaned."Not a chance." she teased. I threw a pillow at her head.
"Just for that I'm going to tell the guys." she laughed.
"You wouldn't." I glared.
"Try me." she smiled.
"Rose? A little help here." I pleaded.
"Nope, I'm not coming between you two." she laughed. From my peripheral vision I saw that Alice had taken a step to the left, and was inching closer and closer to the kitchen. She winked at me before taking off me running behind her into the kitchen. I must have forgotten I had slippers on because as soon as I ran into the kitchen I slipped and crashed into a hard chest. It didn't take a genius to find out who I had crashed into.
"Well hello there." Edward grinned at me. All I could do was stare at his face until someone cleared their throat. Blushing I mumbled a quick thank you, before he released me he gave me a once over, making me acknowledge the fact that I was dress in a camisole with no bra and in boy shorts. I wished the floor would swallow me whole.
"And who might this beautiful young lady be?" A man's voice asked. I turned around and my mouth nearly fell to the floor. A gorgeous blonde hair main that seemed eerily familiar came into the kitchen kissing Esme on the cheek.
"Be…Bella." I stuttered blushing, hoping that I wasn't drooling. I heard Alice and Rosalie snicker behind me. He grabbed my hand and gave it a chaste kiss.
"I'm Carlisle. Esme's husband and the dad of this rowdy bunch." he grinned flashing his pearly white teeth at me, almost making me topple over.
"Don't worry Bella. He does it to all the ladies." Esme grinned, and I nearly choked on my spit knowing that Esme knew that I was checking out her husband.
"Let's have breakfast." her voice rang out, as I stood there momentarily stunned. I settled down my the counter between Alice and Rose as she handed a plate fully stocked with pancakes, sausage, bacon, biscuits, eggs and fresh fruit. My stomach growled loudly in pleasure. I happily dug in, but soon noticed that I was the only one eating.
"You guys aren't hungry?" I asked my mouth full of pancake.
"Nope. We'll probably grab something at the mall." Alice said. I did find it odd that they weren't even remotely hungry even after not eating last night. I looked over to the guys asking a silent question.
"We ate before we got here." Edward said. I shrugged my shoulders, and continued eating. I figured my hair looked like a rat's nest so I grabbed the hair band from my shoulder and began putting my hair in a high ponytail. I continued eating but noticed it had suddenly got quiet. I looked around to notice that everyone's focus was on my face or neck rather.
"What?" I asked feeling self conscious.
"What happened to your neck Bella?" Alice asked. I instantly knew what she was talking about. Ever since I could remember well since I was pretty much five, I had a crescent shape scar on the back of my neck. It was usually hidden by hair, but when it was exposed, I noticed that it had an eerie silver tint to it.
"Oh, this old thing. I think I got it when I was younger. I don't really remember but I was told it was probably from the crash that killed my family." I breathed. They all continued looking at me so I focused my gaze on my now empty plate.
"What happened to your family?" Jasper asked me. I was feeling a little uneasy about talking about the accident, but I felt a little calmer so I just said vaguely what I remembered.
"Well I don't really remember much. All I know is that me, my family and their friends were driving home and something had made us crash. I was the only survivor. Other than that, I can't remember anything of that night or beforehand." I said.
"How many were in the car?" Rose asked.
I believe it was my mother, my father, my two brothers and their friends including myself so maybe about 8 of us, but I can't be too sure.
"That must be hard losing everyone you love like that." Esme said, and I must haven't noticed that she had entered the room.
"It is. Sometimes I wonder how can you miss something ,you don't remember ever having, but every single day I find myself missing each and every person in the car even if I couldn't tell you who they were." I said, a few tears beginning to well up in my eyes.
"You don't remember anything at all?" Edward asked.
"I remember some things; brief flashes I should say. Some details I can tell you with perfect clarity, and the rest is blurry. Sometimes I think my mind is protecting itself from that night, I'm not sure. Can we please talk about something else?" I said averting my eyes from their faces.
"Yeah. How about we get dressed? We have about an hour's drive to Seattle and we should be leaving soon." Alice said a little sullenly. I got up to take my plate to the sink but Esme stopped me."Let me do this for you." she smiled at me.
"But you've already done so much for me." I said looking up at her glistening topaz eyes.
"Well just add this one to the list, now go get dressed." she smiled, before turning towards the sink. Rose and Alice grabbed both of my hands as they pulled me to the stairs.
"I don't know about this." I said, trailing behind the two of them.
"Relax Bella, it's not that bad." Alice cheered.
"But I don't have the money for shopping." I said.
"Look Bella. Today we are going to enjoy ourselves. Today will be our gift to you. Time to live a little, now come on." she smiled, pulling me into her room. After washing my face and brushing my teeth. Rose sat me in front of the mirror as she began to comb through my tangled locks. I felt my eyes closed in content as she braided my long hair into a French braid. Alice then proceeded to hand me a pair of blue jeans that looked a few sizes too small, a white cutoff blouse, and a sand colored cardigan. I quickly changed in the bathroom, relishing on to the fact that the clothes actually made me look pretty. It even showed what little curves I had. I stepped back out of the bathroom to see that Alice and Rosalie were already dressed. Rose handed me a pair of sand colored flats as Alice began doing my makeup. I had never been a big fan of makeup, so I was feeling a little iffy at what she was about to do.
"Relax Bella. I'm only putting on a little gloss and eye shadow." Alice said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Yeah that's pretty much all you need. Your skin is flawless, so there is no need for any concealer and you already have long eyelashes, so there's no use for mascara. Chill Bella. You're in safe hands." Rosalie smiled at me. Sighing, I closed my eyes and let Alice work her magic. It was only moments later when I looked into the mirror that a huge smile spread across my face.
"You like?" Alice teased, although she already knew the answer.
"No," she frowned. "I love it." she then grabbed me into a hug but quickly released me.
"Sorry don't want to ruin your makeup." She said, though she was still grinning.
"Thank you both." I grinned as they smiled back at me. We headed down the stairs to meet the boys when I tripped on the last step causing me to fall forward. I was immediately caught my strong hands, and heard a velvety chuckle.
"Well, we meet again." He smiled at me, and if it weren't for his hands around my waist, I would be a pile of goo upon the floor. He kept his hands around my waist as I continued to stare up at his face noticing the way one side of his face wrinkled when he smiled, or the way his angular face gave him a dimpled chin. I was broken from my staring when I heard pixie's voice.
"Now Bella, if you're done staring at my brother now. Who would you like to ride with?" she asked me. Blushing I quickly stepped back, and looked everywhere except at her face, knowing that if I did look she would probably see in my eyes, the immerging feelings I was beginning to have for Edward. I stood there contemplating who I was going to ride with when Edward answered for me."She will be riding with me Alice." he said looking at me."I will?" I stuttered out.
"I mean, only if you want to." he said, and I suddenly found my head shaking up and down.
"Well now that, that's settled, let's go." she beamed grabbing Jasper's hand, pulling him out the door with Rosalie and Emmett right behind them. Edward put his hand on the swell of my back as we walked as we approached his car. He quickly opened the door for me, and once I was safely buckled in, he closed the door and was on the driver's side in a flash.
"And they say chivalry's dead." I mumbled, but he must have heard me because he chuckled.
"What can I say, that was just the way I was raised." he smiled teasingly at me, and I found myself grinning back. Alice, Jasper, Emmett and Rose were all in Emmett's jeep and had already pulled off with us trailing behind them. We drove in silence, but soon Edward began asking me questions and I back, making the hour drive seem relatively short. By time we were approaching the Seattle mall, Edward had mad me blush countless times. He was being really sweet and I found myself becoming more and more relaxed with him than I had been with the others. We had just pulled into the parking lot when he had complimented me once more on my blush. Usually I would be annoyed with the constant compliments but from him they sounded so sincere. Unknowingly we were leaning towards each other as he caressed my flushed cheek.
"You're beautiful." he smiled.
"You make me feel beautiful." I found myself whispering back.
"Oh, but you are love." he said, as he leaned in to kiss me. Our lips were inches from each other, that I could feel his breath on mine when we heard a thwack against Edward's window. Edward sighed pulling back, rolling down his window to reveal a smug Emmett.
"Come on Eddie. Time's wasting." he smiled winking at him. I laid my head back and closed my eyes thinking of ways of how I could torture Emmett for ruining what could have been my first kiss. I must haven't noticed that Edward had gotten out of the car because he was soon on the passenger side opening the door for me. I had barely stepped out of the car when Rose and Alice grabbed both of my hands pulling me to the front entrance. I thought I heard an agitated growl from Edward, but that was quickly gone when Alice and Rose squealed beside me.
"Let the shopping begin!" They cheered, but all I heard was:
"Let the torture begin!"
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