Chapter 2: Frames

"Thwan, Ithabella," said a middle aged woman standing in the doorway. I sighed and hopped off of Edward's lap. I let him lead me through the doorway while Alice bounced past us.

"Let's go!! Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!" she squealed.

"You're still really hyper, Alice," I told her.

She got really close to Edward and I and whispered so that only we could hear, "The faster this goes, the faster we get to choose you're frames and they're sooooooo cute." Edward rolled his eyes.

"Come thith way," said the woman. And then she turned around and caught sight of Edward. Her eyes widened to the size of dinner plates. Edward cringed and held me closer. She blinked a few times and motioned us into a screening room clearly at a loss for words. The room was tiny and and brightly lit.

"If you'll thit right there Mith Thwan," she pointed at the chair next to a huge machine, "Dr. Jeffery will be here in a minute," she said and hurried off most likely to tell the other Rn's about the beautiful boy in screening room 5 . . .

"Well, that was awkward," Edward said after a moment. Alice giggled. Then she sighed.

"If I'm here while the Doctor's in the room, he's going to have a little trouble concentrating on your eyes, Bella. I'll be back after he's done dilating them." And with that she skipped out of the room. Dilating? I turned to Edward.

"What does she mean dilating?" I asked him.

"You're about to find out." As he spoke, Doctor Jeffery walked through the door. He smiled at me in the chair and nodded his head to Edward.

"Good afternoon, Isabella," he said cheerfully.

"Call me Bella," I told him.

"Alright, then, Bella. And you are?" he asked Edward.

"Edward Cullen, Bella's boyfriend."

"Nice to meet you." This man was really friendly. "This is going to be fun." Maybe a little too friendly. "So, we're going to start by dilating your pupils," he said and walked over to the counter.

"Why won't anyone tell me what that means?!" I practically shouted. Dr. Jeffery chuckled and Edward put his hands on my shoulders.

"Basically it means that these drops are going to make your pupils bigger so I can look into them more easily. Now, lean your head back and keep your eyes open," the doctor instructed me. Then he put the drops in my eye.

"OW!"

"What's wrong?" Edward asked me.

"It burns," I said shaking my head as if that would make it stop. He handed me a Kleenex and I dabbed my eye. It stopped burning a little.

"Thanks."

"I've still got to do the other one." I cringed and nodded my head. He put the drops in the other eye. I clamped my eyes shut and bit down on my lip. It really hurt. The doctor put the drops back on the counter.

"Would you like to stay in here or go into the dark room while your eyes adjust?" he asked me.

"Here," I said. He smiled and turned off all the lights except one dimly lit lamp.

"I'll be back in about ten minutes to check on you," he said and then walked out the door. A moment later Alice walked in. She looked a me for a minute. Her eyes widened.

"Bella. Your. Pupils. Are. Enormous." she said. And then she bust out laughing. "This is even better than the vision," he managed between gasps. Even Edward was chuckling.

"It can't be that bad," I protested. She picked up the mirror off the counter and handed it to me. I gasped. They really were huge. At least the size of dimes. And they were getting bigger by the second. "Oh, Alice," I moaned. "How long is this going to last?"

"Don't worry. They'll be back to normal by tomorrow morning," she assured me. We sat in silence for the next eight minutes. Finally, Doctor Jeffery came back. First he looked into my eyes.

"Alright, looks like they're ready," he said. Then he moved the giant machine over to me and used it to check my eyes. He took a few notes and asked me a few questions and then I was on my way. Or so I thought.

"Wait!!" said Alice. "We still have to choose your frames." She pushed me into a very bright room.

"More pain!!" I cringed and squeezed my eyes shut. The room was so bright that it hurt my eyes. Another woman came in the room and handed me a pair of cheap plastic sunglasses. Much better.
"Thanks," I murmured and took in my surroundings. I had never seen so many glasses in my life! There were small ones, huge ones, round ones, rectangular ones, ones with designer logos written on the sides, metal ones, plastic ones, and so many more. I was completely in awe. Alice was already trying some goofy looking enormous ones on.

"These are so cool!" she giggled. "I might have to get myself a pair of these . . ."

I looked at every frame imaginable until I found the ones that were meant for me.

"Alice, " I gasped. They were perfect. They were the most beautiful shade of blue, Edward's favorite color on me. They were plastic and rectangular and fit my face just right. But the best part was the two identical crystals on the edge of the frames. They were the exact color of Edward's eyes right after he'd come back from hunting. It was like they had been custom made for me and me alone.

They walked up behind me. "I knew you'd love them," whispered Alice excitedly. Edward just grinned.

"The-they're beautiful," I stammered. I loved them. Finally we had paid for everything (including the giant frames Alice had freaked out over) and were told that my glasses would be ready by 7:45. Now it was Alice's turn.

And so the three of us walked out of Lens Crafters gaining a lot of stares along the way; Alice wearing her huge goofy glasses, me with my freaky sized pupils and cheap plastic kiddie sunglasses, and Edward rubbing his temples with an extremely worried expression on his face. And yet, I felt ready for any torture Alice thought fit to subject me to. I was on top of the world!