1 Chapter One:

Bella's POV:

I felt as if an earthquake was happening. I opened my eyes slowly but closed them again. Nope, it was just Alice waking me up by shaking me. " Alice, stop shaking me" I opened my eyes again as they slowly adjusted to the bright light from the nearby open curtains.

Alice was jumping around excitedly and staring back at me with her brown, doe eyes filled with mischief and excitement. Her short black hair wet from being just out of the shower although she was in a pair of flared blue jeans and a white tank top followed by a black v-neck sweatshirt with a hood. She was dancing around in a pair of silver leather pumps. How does she do that? Well, maybe because she wasn't as clumsy as I who have trouble walking. " Whatever you're planning, you can't make me do it" I groaned as she pulled me off my bed. In my mind, I knew that I would give in easily but this time I will not give in.

" Silly Bella, we're just going to go shopping for new clothes for the new school year," Alice said with a sly smile. " I already woke Rosalie up so you're lucky I woke you up last"

"Wow, thanks" I said sarcastically. I got up and trudged to my closet that was stuffed with clothes they bought for me and insisted I need all of them. I snorted. As if I needed more clothes when I've got a truckload here. "More clothes? As if I could fit it in there. I'm surprised your closets had not broken from the number of clothes."I exclaimed. "Bella, have you ever used your walk-in closet?" asked Alice in an annoyed tone. "Oh, right, "I trailed on as I looked for an outfit.

"No need to thank me, I've already picked the perfect outfit for you" Alice smiled. "You also need me to help you with the make-up correct?" On my table, there was a new pair of silver flats and a pale pink and cream skirt that went up to my knees. There was also a pink and white tank top with a white coat over it.

I raised my eyebrows. " We're just going shopping though"I said thinking why I put up with this.

" I know. It doesn't mean that you can't put a little make-up on. Besides, you know how you love my make-overs" She said with a grin.

"Yeah, when it's over" I said as she rolled her eyes. Rosalie came in seeing what was holding us up. Her clear, blue eyes wandered around the room until it set on me. Her long blond hair was in a neat pile, unlike mine, with a black hair band with Australian crystals. "Bella!" she said as she saw me in my pajamas standing and talking to Alice. "Don't worry, I'm going to change now," I said as I walked to the bathroom. I put on the outfit and looked at myself in the mirror. It was just me. Not as beautiful as Alice or Rose though they said I was wrong. I had mahogany brown hair with big, chocolate colored eyes. My lips were full and I was very pale sometimes. I was usually red when I blushed which was most of the time.

This was my life. We were rich and we lived in a mansion together because our fathers were best friends and worked together. Alice's parents were divorced like mine and her mom moved to New York with her older brother. I haven't asked much about them because I knew it was a touchy subject. Rosalie's parents were together and was like our mom in the household. Mrs. Hale would take care of us and the house while our dads were at work. I knew she was going to miss us when we left for California for college. We were like her daughters and she treated Rosalie the same as us. I also knew I was going to miss her too but I was looking forward to going. It was going to be a fresh start. I didn't have a nice experience in high school. There were a lot of embarrassment and other stuff. I was especially clumsy in gym in my senior year but Alice and Rose stuck up for me. We are like sisters and I know I can trust them with anything.

I slowly opened the big door and saw them looking through my clothes. I sighed. They would never leave me alone even when most of the clothes were what they told me to buy. They slowly shook their head or nodded to each other as they went over the many clothes I had and put them in a huge suitcase. Wait, were they packing for me? I groaned.

"Bella, Alice, Rose, can you come down here before you leave?" called my dad. "Coming," Alice sang and danced her way out before I got to say anything. I watched as she left with Rose trailing behind gracefully smiling. Wow. They were certainly happy. For Alice, it was normal but she was over the top today. I didn't even think it could happen. It was probably because of the excitement of going to California and she was probably thinking about the many malls that she could go to and leave it empty as she buys all the stuff. I ran down the stairs and gasped.