Ugh. Could this be any more embarrassing? How could she do this to me? I thought to myself as I put on the skimpy bathing suit Alice forced me into claiming that it would look great on me. Yeah. Great. It was a navy blue and white stripe bikini halter top. I had the bottoms on and was struggling with the ties on the top. Dammit. I walked out of Edward's bathroom to get Alice to help me. As soon as I walked out I let out a gasp and started to blush…naturally. Edward was lounging across his bed. I looked around the room for Alice and, of course, she was no where in sight.

"Oh. Um. Sorry. I was looking for Alice. Could you help me?" I asked, desperate to get out of this awkward situation as soon as possible.

"What was that?" he said shaking his head slightly, trying to clear his thoughts. "I got distracted."

"Can you please help me tie this?" I asked again.

"Sure. Anything for you, love." He stood up and slowly walked over to me, taking longer than necessary. It was quite uncomfortable. He stood behind me and took his time tying the two thin strings together into a perfect bow.

"That bathing suit looks stunning on you." He said quietly into my ear sending chills down my spine.

"Thank you." It was just then I noticed what he was wearing. Solid navy blue swim trunks and a tight-fitting white T-shirt. "Alice must have planned this." I said nodding to his outfit.

"Of course I did. Do you expect anything less?" her musical voice sounded behind me making me jump. "Now come on. I'm not done with you." She said pulling me out the door.

We were going to the beach down in southern California for the weekend – the whole family. She dragged me into her bathroom. It was then that I noticed the dozens of products on the counter. From lotions to lipstick to blush to eyeliner.

"Alice," I said stopping suddenly. "I haven't exactly packed any of my stuff yet."

"No need to worry Bella. I already packed you bags." She said nodding to three suitcases on the floor marked 'Bella'.

"Alice. We are only going to be gone for the weekend. And how did you get into my house to pack all my clothes?" I said starting to get a bit panicky.

"Chill out Bella. I never said that I packed the clothes that were in your specific closet." She stated as she pushed me into the chair in front of the mirror and started applying eyeliner. I decided to let the matter drop. She was done with me after twenty minutes. Then, she threw a thin, white dress at me. "Put it on and meet us downstairs." She instructed.

"Yes ma'am." I said.



As soon as I stepped off the last step of the staircase, Edward's cold arms wrapped around me. I sighed and closed my eyes.

"Come on." He whispered as he led me out the door. When I stepped outside, I saw a huge, blue Ford F-450. It had those jumbo tires that made the actual truck sit 2 feet higher than it normally does. Emmett was standing beside it with a huge smile plastered across his face.

"Hey Bella! Do you like it?" he asked.

"It's big?" I said not really sure how to describe the truck. Emmett's booming laugh made everything shake.

"Yeah. Carlisle bought it for me so we could use the bed to bring all of our stuff down."

"We all have to fit into that?" I said.

"Of course not." Edward whispered in my ear, "You, Alice, Jasper, and I are going to be riding in the jeep while Carlisle, Esme, Emmett, and Rosalie are riding in the truck."

"Oh." Was my brilliant response. Edward chuckled quietly in my ear.

"Ok people! Time to go!" Alice shouted.