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She nods. "That I can agree to."<br />
We're all gathered in Alice's kitchen, waiting for the limo to pick us up because no<br />
one wanted to be DD tonight. All the children are downstairs in her basement, which<br />
is hooked up to resemble a gaming and kids play room Chucky Cheese would jizz at<br />
the sight of.<br />
"So," Alice starts. "I see you're not drinking. Got something to tell me?"<br />
"Like what?" I look over at her wide-eyed.<br />
"Dunno." She shrugs. "The only time I've ever seen you not drinking on a night out,<br />
you ended up telling us you were pregnant."<br />
"Well, I'm not. You have to have sex to get pregnant. And I haven't had sex since …"<br />
I stop speaking too late.<br />
"Since Edward?" She smirks, knowingly. "You must be feeling like a crackhead<br />
going through withdrawals right about now, huh?"<br />
"Shut up," I laugh, pushing against her shoulder playfully. "Anyway, I'll be right back.<br />
I'm gonna go freshen <strong>my</strong> make-up before the car gets here."<br />
"Freshen up your make-up—" she winks. "—surrreee. I had to 'freshen <strong>my</strong> make-up'<br />
this morning too."<br />
"Eww! Alice! Come on." I roll <strong>my</strong> eyes, walking away from her, as she laughs. I<br />
swear she's the adopted sister.<br />
When I come out of the bathroom, after truthfully <strong>just</strong> making sure <strong>my</strong> eye shadow is<br />
still set and <strong>my</strong> nose isn't shiny, I find Alice, Rose, and Edward huddled in the<br />
kitchen. My guard's immediately up.<br />
Growing up with those three—it's never hard for me to notice when they're up to<br />
something.<br />
-x- 30 -x-<br />
"Who wants to dance?" Edward asks with a smile, walking up to where Rose, Alice,<br />
and I are standing by the bar. All of the sudden the two of them have every ailment<br />
known to man, inhibiting them from moving a muscle.