Chapter 1:

I looked over at the clock on my bedside table that read 2:35 in blinking green letters. I guickly did the math in my head. Only about four more hours until my alarm went off. I flipped over and buried my face in between my pillow and the wall. I layed there for another Fifteen minutes before I felt myself slowly drifting into a dreamless sleep.

My body was shaking uncontrollably. I quickly shot up hitting my head against a small and very awake Alice. I rubbed my forehead as I turned my head to look at the alarm clock. 7:49, it kept blinking at me. I must have slept through my alarm. I absentmindedly thought. But my thoughts were interupted by Alice's gentle yet loud voice.

"Bella! Wake up were going shopping!!", she yelled in my general direction. I cringed as she bounced away to let me get dressed. RUN! FLEE! My mind screemed at me as I jumped out of the bed grabbing any clothes that I could reach and threw them on quickly as i ran and tripped to the door. I thanked the lord that my room was on the first floor and had a door that led to the outside of my house. I breathed out a sigh of relief as my hand touched the cold metal ball that was the doorknob.

I yanked the door out of my way and then let out an ear-peircing scream. I wimpered as i looked at her. She was grinning like a chesire cat and was holding my keys in her right hand and had her keys in her left. She jiggled them as i wimpered again. She had taken away my only form of get-away. Her smile widened as she looked at my facial expression, which was probably shocked into a look of horrid fear.

"Bella, Bella, Bella. How many times have I told you that no matter how hard you try, no matter how fast you run i will get you to come with me? One way. Or another."

I looked at the sky as i exclaimed, "Why, Oh God why do you hate me so? What have I ever done to force upon myself this intense form of torture?!"

" Oh Bella! It's not that bad! Shopping is fun!" She tried to assure me.

"No ,Alice, you don't understand. When you get in a mall your eyes get this creepy look... It's like your demented or something!!" She just glared at me after that. Not saying anything she grabbed my hand and pulled me towards her car since I was already outside. She had so much strength in that little body of hers.

I let her pull me towards her car since I knew that she would catch me if i tried to run. She led me to the passenger side and captured both of my hands behind my back in on of her own, small hands. She placed the other hand on my head and lowered my head and pushed me into the car.

She shut the door and slowly walked to the driver's side watching me carefully, silently daring me to run. She got in and turned the key in the ignition. After the car started she looked over at me. Her eyes were wide and innocent while her bottom lip was slightly jutting out.

"Bella?", she whispered as my heart broke at the sound of her sad voice."Please, Please, Please let me take you shopping without complaints! Just this once?" She pleaded with me. God, did she have a god damn manual on how to push my buttons? I huffed.

"Fine. But just this once." I said. "You know that I can't say no to you when you say those things to me." I said under my breath. I knew that I sounded defeated, but I was used to it by now. This happened every time she tried to take me shopping. Which had to be more than twice a week. I lost count after two.

"Yay!", she squealed with way too much enthusiasm. She turned on the radio and shifted gears in the same fluid motion. She started to chatter happily as she pulled out of my driveway and pulled on to the street. I tuned her out and started looking around my feet for my faithful Ipod. I looked around for a second before realizing that I had left it on my bedside table. Then I realized that ALice couldn't have gotten into my house unless she had someone from the inside ratting me out and letting her in. (A.K.A. my family) I started to narrow down the choices. There was Emmett, Jasper, and my mom. I immediately ruled out my mom becuase she wouldn't get out of bed before 11 in the morning for anyone or anything. My mind then automatically switched to the possibility of Emmett, who was always in on a good joke. I decided that it was Emmett since Jasper was to quiet too be involved. I'll just ask Alice and set it straight right know.

"Alice?", I asked. She looked at me suspiciously before looking back at the road and said "Hmmm?".

"Who let you in my house?," I asked as nonchalantly as I could.

"Oh!," she looked a little suprised and a little embarrased. " Jasper let me in." She blushed then shrugged her shoulders, trying to blow off the whole conversation.Failing at her calm facade, completely.

"You like him don't him don't you?," I accused, while pointing a finger at her, accusingly.

"No...Why...Of course Not!" she studdered completely caught.

" You should know enough not to lie to me Alice. I am a human lie detector," I declared. "But Ewwww. That's totally disgusting, Alice. I mean are we even talking about the same Jasper here. Because, I am talking about the one that has Scooby-Doo boxers and can't talk to girls!," I said almost in complete hysterics.

She chuckled at my little rant. "Yes. Of course, were talking about the same Jasper.," Alice stated seriously, while trying not to let her blush show.

"Wow...if I didn't know you Alice I totally wouldn't believe it.", I said trying to mimick her seriousness, but failing miserably when i started laughing.I couldn't believe it. Jasper had gotten one of the prettiest girls in school to like him.

Alice, with her perfectly tanned body and her short spiky black hair was a shoe in for one the prettiest girls. Not to metion that she was super short and super skinny.

"Why are you staring at me?", Alice asked in a tone that questioned my sanity.

" I should be questioning your sanity, not the other way around.", i muttered under my breath.

She laughed at me, and then got out of the car. She laughed at my expression again as I grumbled and got out of the car. I hated missing the obvious. Like arriving at the mall and not noticing it until Alice pointed it out, but it happened it a lot becuase I was always in my own world.

As soon as I was out of the car Alice looped her arm through mine and began dragging me as I tripped and stumbled towards the mall's front entrance.

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