A/N- this chapter is an introduction to Bella's comfortable life in Forks, Washington with her best friend Alice who has a secret.
Disclaimer: S.M. owns all of it.
POV's Bella, Alice.
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Bella's POV
My name is Isabella Swan but people call me Bella, my best friends name is Alice Brandon, and I have a huge crush on her brother Edward. Alice and I met freshman year and we instantly became friends. I don't know why though, we were complete opposites. She was very graceful and pixie like where I was very clumsy and plain. I think her family doesn't like me because she never invites me over and we never sit with them at lunch. In a few months our senior year is over and we'll be going our separate ways, her to London, England and me to college in Florida.
"Hey Bella are you ready to go shopping?" Alice asked me in the parking lot pulling me out of my thoughts.
"Yeah I guess." I hate shopping and she knows it.
"Don't sound so excited." she said with a laugh.
We were shopping for dresses for prom. Alice got asked by tons of guys but she told them all no that she already had a date. Dr. and Mrs. Cullen adopted her and oddly enough going with her adopted brother Jasper Hale. Her family was something we didn't talk about. I got asked by Mike, Eric, and Tyler, which caused problems between Jessica, Lauren and I, but I lied and told them I was going to Jacksonville to see my mother. Again I was so absorbed in my thoughts that I didn't realize we had arrived in Port Angeles.
We had been there for over an hour when she asked, "What do you think about this one?" for the twentieth time.
"It looks good." I said.
"You've said that about all of them."
"I'm sorry but you look good in all of them. Are you hungry yet? Because I'm starving."
"Oh sorry I was so absorbed in trying to find the perfect dress I hadn't eve thought about it. Do you care to eat alone while I finish?"
"No I don't care, I'll meet you back here in an hour?"
"Okay sorry Bella I know you hate shopping."
"It's fine, find your dream dress."
I ended up just going to a little diner, and the food was delicious. It was dark when I walked back outside and I still had twenty minutes till I had to meet Alice so I went to a bookstore to look for a new copy of Wuthering Heights my favorite book.
"Excuse me do you know if you have any copies of Wuthering Heights available?" I asked the clerk who looked to be 18 or 19; he had blonde hair and deep blue eyes and his nametag read James.
"I don't know did you look on the shelf?" he sounded annoyed that I actually asked him to do something.
"No not yet" I said blushing.
"Well then go look." This guy gave me the creeps. They did have a copy so I bought it and walked to the dress store. Alice was in the car when I got there.
"Hey Ali, are you ready?" I asked as I got in the car.
"Yeah, Did you eat?" She asked.
"Yeah, then I went to this bookstore and bought a new copy of Wuthering heights. Did you find your dress?"
"Yeah, its green and its perfect." She wasn't as excited as I figured she would be.
"Good. Are you mad because I left?"
"No why?"
"Because your hardly talking to me and you don't even sound excited that you found your 'perfect dress'"
"I'm just tired." That was the last time she talked all the way home.
"See you at school tomorrow" I said getting out of the car but she didn't say anything back.
"Hey Bells, you girls find good dresses?" Charlie asked me as I walked in the door.
"Charlie I told you I'm not going to prom, but Alice found hers."
"Bells I wish you would go even if you didn't get asked."
"Dancing, crowds, people and me don't mix when put together, and by the way I did get asked by a couple of different guys" I said blushing.
"Oh yeah? By who?"
"I'm going to bed, Night."
"Night" he sounded sad.
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After the night we went shopping Alice slowly started drifting away from our friends and I, and slowly more toward her family over the last few months of school, and I had no clue why.
"Bella do you know what's up with Alice?" Angela asked me one day at lunch.
"Actually no, I was going to ask you." I answered.
"Well you got me because I don't have a clue," she said sadly.
"It started the night we went shopping for dresses."
"Oh yeah? What happened?" so I told her everything I remembered from that night.
"Huh, that doesn't really explain anything." she said when I was done.
"I know, I'm going to go over to her table and ask her."
"Alice can I talk to you for a minute? Alone please?" I said nervously, I was so nervous I thought my heart was going to jump right out of my chest.
"Whatever you have to say to Alice you can say in front of us, unless you want to talk trash about us but you wouldn't do that right?" Rosalie asked me, she was always mean to me.
"Uh sure, I was just wondering why you-?" I started.
"Hi Bella" Edward interrupted me as he sat down.
"Um hi," I felt the heat rise in my face. "So anyways I wanted to know why you all of a sudden decided I wasn't good enough to be your friend."
"It wasn't all of a sudden Bella, you've never been good enough to be my friend." she said it like we didn't even know each other.
"Then why have you hung out with me for the past four years?" I was angry, so my voice got louder; therefore people started staring, which made me blush because I was embarrassed.
"Bella calm down please." Edward said.
"NO!" I snapped he couldn't all of a sudden tell me what to do. "Why are you all of a sudden a snotty, little, rich bitch who can't be friends with people who aren't like you?"
"Bella don't embarrass yourself go sit down with your loser friends." Alice told me.
"Who the FUCK are you? Do you not remember they used to be your friends to? At least they don't date their family and have friends that aren't their family. And by the way my friends are not LOSERS!" I was shocked by my outburst and I could tell so were my friends when I went to sit down.
"Good job of sticking up for yourself Bella, you sure you don't want to go to prom."
Mike asked me.
"No," I snapped, "You should ask Jessica I know she wants to go with you."
There's only two more weeks of school left then I won't have to see Alice and her stupid family ever again.
Alice's POV
I hope by me not being friends with Bella saves her. The night we went dress shopping I had a vision of her becoming a vampire after we graduate. So ever since that night I've been cold, rude, and acted like I didn't care so much, but that's the exact opposite, I care too much and that's why I did it. I was proud of her for her little outburst in the cafeteria she actually stuck up for herself for once.
"Alice, you did the right thing." Jasper said calming me down.
"I know but the vision still hasn't changed." I said frustrated again.
"It hasn't? When was the last time you saw that it hadn't changed?" Carlisle said coming into the room.
"No it hasn't and the last time I checked was an hour ago, its weird though because little details are changing but nothing major."
"What do you mean?" Jasper asked.
"Like her outfit, it's always different as if she knows and wants to be changed and she can't decide what to wear. And sometimes its different dates and times." I said confused.
"Huh, is that all" Carlisle asked.
"Yeah pretty much why?" I asked knowing he probably had a theory for it.
"It might not be Bella changing her mind but it might be whoever's going to change her. Do you get what I'm trying to say?" he said.
"You might be right Carlisle," Jasper said. "Alice can you see who's changing her? Is it one of us?"
"Its not one of us." Edward said as he walked into the room. "It's not on any of your minds and none of you are blocking me."
"Okay, Alice can you see who's doing it?" Carlisle said a little impatient.
"I haven't been able to tell but I'll look again." I said.
"Why Bella you look fantastic," a deep voice said.
Bella was in a beautiful blue knee length gown, her hair was in a half up-do, she was wearing makeup and she was amazing.
"Um, thanks," She was blushing.
"Are you ready?" the voice asked a little impatient.
"Yeah, will it hurt?" she was nervous.
"To tell you the truth, yeah it hurts like hell, but it will be worth it right?"
"Y-Yeah I guess. Okay lets get it over with."
A blond haired guy dressed in jeans and just a jacket stepped up to Bella and bit her on her throat, as the venom spread Bella screamed.
"Alice what did you see?" Jasper asked. The whole family was in the room now, Edward had already seen in and had a scowl on his face, and so I told them.
"Do you know what day it was?" Edward asked me.
"Do you know who it was?" Esme asked.
"Was it a nomad or were they like us?" Carlisle asked.
"Where did it happen? Was it here in Forks or somewhere else?" Jasper said. All at the same time might I add. I'm glad I'm a vampire or I wouldn't have heard all of them.
"I don't know the answer to any of your questions. It was the first time I've seen the guy and Bella knew it was coming because she asked if it was going to hurt. But I do know it was sunny, the visions are always sunny." I said quickly.
"Where's Bella going to college?" Carlisle asked.
"Florida but no vampire would live in a place like that would they?" I asked.
"Yes, if they only went out at nights, on bad days, and fully clothed so no skin was showing." Edward said.
"Well I have to get to the hospital so don't worry Alice we'll figure it out." Carlisle reassured me.
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Who is the mystery man that changes Bella, does she actually get changed? Review to find out. Thanks for reading J