Vampires in Las Vegas

Are we men?

EPOV

In the distance I could see the hotels and casinos of Las Vegas shining brightly in the sun. The tinted windows protected us from the glare. I stopped the car on the side of the road to try and figure out what to do next.

Alice and Rosalie knew exactly where we were. I was sure of it. Their plan worked perfectly once I was adequately distracted. The question was what to do from here. I looked at my brothers; Jasper had finally uncovered his eyes for the first time in hours and was squinting at the light outside. A look of shock was on his face and he looked to me for encouragement. I gave him a brief smile and turned to Emmett.

"What did she say? Tell me everything. I can take it...how bad is it? Should I just join the priesthood now or is there a chance she'll for give me. I've gotta know Edward...tell me" That's when I slapped him.

I calmly turned around to face Jasper and said "If you don't get control of your emotions, you are next Jasper. You have infused my system with so much paranoia, fear, and guilt for the past few hours that I may need medication after this so SNAP OUT OF IT!" Part of me felt bad for yelling at Jasper, he could be so delicate sometimes, but enough was enough.

"Bella wouldn't tell me where they were, she was obviously prepped by the princesses of darkness, so I doubt they are currently on their way to kill us, so why don't we take a few minutes and consider our options please? Calmly and rationally, like MEN. Can you both do that?" They nodded their heads. Jasper began taking a series of cleansing breaths, of course I don't know what good they would do for a vampire, but whatever works for him at this point.

Emmett began "OK option 1 is..." Quickly Jasper interrupted "I'll tell you what option A is it and it is the only option...We go home. We sit on the couch for the next 36 hours until the girls get home and throw ourselves at their feet and beg forgiveness when they walk in the door. That is Option A the end."

I had to hold in a chuckle because he was dead serious. He would be hard to budge.

Then Emmett spoke "Fine Jasper, that is option A. I however, will offer Option B. Option B is we find something else to do, something fun but not as fun as what I had planned, then the girls can't get mad and we still get to salvage the weekend. We still look like chumps, though but not as much as in Mr. Chicken's Option A." He tried to fake enthusiasm for his plan, but I could tell he was disappointed. He really wanted an adventure which can be tough to find when you're and immortal with superhuman strength.

Our only real adventures involve pulling something over on one another and facing the music when we get caught. I knew what option C was and I had to be the one to suggest it or we would end up on some horrible Dude Ranch riding horses and panning for gold...

The more I thought about Option C, the more I liked it. Emmett would love it, but would he be man enough? That was the question. Jasper was a definite no, but I was sure I could break him down. Bella was after all, on a girls weekend, drinking, shopping and laughing at an unknown location wearing outfits I had never imagined her in, but somehow couldn't stop picturing her in after Alice's little preview, but that was besides the point. She never told me I couldn't have fun. She actually said "Have fun in Vegas" before she hung up. I knew it was a technicality and she was drunk, but I had made my decision.

"Option C - We throw caution to the wind and go have a great time in Vegas. The girls are having their fun, so why shouldn't we have ours? I think a bachelor party was your original plan right Emmett? I say we go for it. Knowing the girls, they took Bella to Europe and they are shopping their way through the continent. Even if they jumped on the next flight, we have all night before they could possibly reach us here in Vegas. There will be plenty of time for begging and groveling later." I felt like I was rallying my troops into battle, and trying convincing myself as well. "What do you say guys?"

They both sat there for a few minutes weighing the options in their heads. I had the advantage of still being able to dazzle Bella, so I was confident that even if she was completely furious as me, I would be able to use my vampire skills to get her forgiveness. Emmett and Jasper didn't have that in their favor. They would have to rely on their own irresistible characteristics to win back their wives. Emmett would be fine once her realized there was no way Rosalie would be able to keep her hands off him for any length of time no matter how mad she was at him. I knew how hard she had to fight in her mind to stay mad at him and go through with her threats. Jasper's charm was that he needed Alice so completely and she knew that. Like now, Jasper was disintegrating into a pool of goo right before our eyes at the thought of going against Alice. If she saw him like that, which I'm sure she was right now, she wouldn't be able to stay mad at him. Emmett took a deep breath and a giant grin appeared on his face.

"Bachelor Party, Bachelor Party, Bachelor Party!" He began his chant slow and quiet and grew louder and louder each time. Jasper threw his hands to his ears and started shaking his head no faster and faster and Emmett grew louder and louder. I raised my hand up for Emmett to stop his chant and looked at Jasper. I had to reason with him.

"Jasper, just listen. It will be a bit of stupid fun with just the three of us. I trusted Alice and Rosalie enough to let them whisk Bella off to wherever they are and have their Girls Weekend without a major scene right?" He nodded in agreement. "You also know nothing would have stopped me if I didn't want Bella to go, not her disabled car trick or the threats right? But i agreed because I knew they would keep her safe. As long as we don't ruin their weekend, they really have no reason to be mad at us. I'll tell you what. I will take the blame, I will even call Alice and tel her this is my choice and I am Jasper napping you just like she did to Bella OK? What do think of that idea?"

Jasper sat there for a while with a great internal struggle going on in him. He finally made up him mind and all he said was "I am with you." and then began hyperventilating quietly.

"Edward you are a genius! When you take the blame for us the girls will want to kill you more than us. What a good bother you are. I'm sorry for all the rotten pranks I've even pulled on you." Emmett was so joyful at the thought of me throwing myself under the bus for him that I hated to burst his bubble but I had to.

"I said I'd take the blame for Jasper, however you are on your own with Rose, Emmett. I need some way to make sure this whole plan of yours doesn't get too out of hand. That will be my insurance policy. IF you can control yourself, then when we face the girls I will back you up. Go overboard and you're on your own. Got it?" I thought it was a brilliant plan and Emmett realized I had him.

"Fine, I keep the evenings events to an R rating and we're good. If I cross the line to MA or XXX you throw me to the wolves. Fare enough. Let's get moving, there's so much I want to do!" Emmett could hardly contain himself and the look of happiness was so much better than that squinty snarl I had looked at for the past few hours.

"Before I go anywhere" Jasper said quietly, "Edward, I believe you have a phone call to make?" He raised his eyebrows at me, almost daring me to make the call. He was sure Alice would find some way to snuff out or fun.

Right on cue the phone rang. Stupid psychic vampire sister. "Hello Alice. Very funny. Having fun corrupting my fiancée?" I said as I rolled my eyes. I took a deep breath and braced myself for the argument. "I take it you know the plan? Yes, I have seen everything Emmett has planned in his head. Alice we are grown men, I think we can handle it. I'll be sure to watch out for that, thanks for the warning." Jasper asked me a question in his head "Is she mad?" I shook my head no. "Tell Bella I love her and keep her away from the Vodka please." And with that I hung up the phone.

"That was easy! You have the magic touch Edward. Rosalie would have punched me through the phone, but you were smooth with Alice. I knew they'd listen to reason. Way to go!" Emmett was happy, and a small smile crept across Jasper's face.

"So Alice wasn't mad? She seemed to take it very well. I guess they can be reasonable when they wanted to. So Emmett fill me in on the plan." Mild waves of fear hit me as I started the car. Emmett was telling him what our final destination of the night would be. Alice had warned me to watch Jasper at one stop in particular where she saw him having an episode.

It was nice to see how happy they both were are we approached Las Vegas. I was excited too, mainly to see Emmett make a fool of himself which I didn't need Alice's power to know it would happen, and to watch what happens when Jasper tries to let loose. But in the back of my mind I couldn't help but think something was up with the girls. That was easy, way too easy. there was no way I was going to let Jasper and Emmett in on that fact so I just smiled and stepped on the gas. "Where to Emmett. Lead the way