I hummed the tune Alice had helped me come up with as I wrote down the finishing touches to my song. Suddenly I heard the doorbell ring. Knowing it would be Alice I shoved the piece of paper I was writing on into my jacket pocket and raced down the stairs two at a time. I tripped down the last one and closed my eyes, waiting for impact. Instead I felt two icy arms catch me. I looked up to see Alice's concerned gold eyes peering down at me. "Bella, are you okay?" she asked me, setting me back onto my feet. "Yup" I said, popping the 'P'. "You've got the words and everything ready? Omigosh, Edward is going to soooo surprised!" I shook my head in disbelief at how hyped up she was about this karaoke night; but then I remembered Edward was coming back from his hunting trip tonight and perked up a little. "Yeah, it's all ready, but I think I need a bit of help finishing the music." "Okey-dokey, let's go!" and then- without warning- I was lifted off the ground and was in my bedroom a split second later. "I can walk you know!" I grumbled as I tried to find the sheet music. "I swear it was here a minute ago..." Alice just laughed that bell-like laugh of hers and stuck her head into my wardrobe. "I 'spose you want to see the outfit I'm wearing tonight?" I asked. "How did you know?" she replied, beaming. I rolled my eyes and pulled out the simple navy-blue long sleeved dress I had selected. I thought it would please her, but obviously I thought wrong. She screwed up her nose in distaste and started rummaging through the wardrobe looking for something 'acceptable'.

Finally she came up. "Voila!" she said, holding out a blue dress Renee had sent me for my last birthday. It was the royal blue that Edward liked on me so much and was made out of a very light material. It was very pretty but just not me. Seeing the NO on my face Alice turned on the 'puppy dog eyes' and began our usual routine when it came to clothes. "Bella, please Bella!"

"NO"

"aww, come on, You'll look so pretty!"

"Well, in hat case… NO!"

"Look bells, we both know who's going to win this, so just get it over with now to save yourself the embarrassment."

"No, prove it!"

Alice tried to make her eyes look glazed and distant, and after a few seconds looked at me grinning.

"I won, are you going to give up yet?"

"Oh c'mon, not even NEWTON is that gullible, give me some credit here!"

Alice sighed and a sad expression crossed her face. "I really, really wish it didn't have to come to this… awc'monBella,you'lllooks pretty!AndEdwardlovesthiscolouronyou!PleasebellesPUH'LEASE?i'llbeeternallygratefull(nojokesthere)andyouhavetolookgoodcozyou'llwinthisandhaveyou'rephototakenpleaseBelladoitforme!forEdward!forthemuttifyoureallywant!c'?puh'lease,c'mon…

"Oh, alright already! I'll try the thing on if it'll keep you happy! But I'm not saying I'll wear it to karaoke tonight!"

Grumbling I went into the bathroom and tried it on. I checked it out n the mirror. I was actually quite nice. Flattering, but not too flattering, and with the right make-up- which I'm sure Alice has- this could actually work…

I went back out and said "You win". Alice smiled an evil smile of accomplishment and said "Good, 'cause I've finished the music, and we need to get ready to rumble!"

After an endless half hour of make-up and jewellery, Alice finally led me down the stairs. We stood on the lawn for a while, waiting for Edward to pick us up, when suddenly, Alice pushed me forward, and I fell forward. Certain I was going to land face-first on the road, I closed my eyes and went into impact mode. When I finally landed, it definitely wasn't on the road. It was extremely hard, but not the road. I opened my eyes and saw the most beautiful thing alive. My Edward.