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A/N: I was surprised I got so many reviews in one night, some of your have figured out where she's going, others of you haven't. So now you shall. Enjoy.

It Only Hurts A Minute

By Ajazzy

I stared at Alice with wide eyes as she continued to hold that wicked stare. It really was intimidating. She had already locked the doors so I couldn't make my escape, I guess she already saw that one coming. I held my back towards the door and put my arms up as a blockade from Alice. I knew it wouldn't do any good but it was more of a gut reaction.

"Bella, our appointment is at 11:00. Which means if you're not out of this car by 10:59, I will use force," she said turning to look in the review mirror.

"Why would you bring me here!? You're crazy to think I could be okay with this! Maybe putting you in the asylum was justified!" I screamed before I could stop myself, I threw my hands up to my mouth to stop myself making stupid comments. I was waiting to see Alice look hurt, or sad, but she just laughed her in her musical voice. But she suddenly didn't look so harsh.

Her voice went from threatening to calm, "Bella, I promise, a bikini wax doesn't hurt that bad. Hell, it only hurts a minute afterwards anyway. It's no big deal!"

I looked at the dashboard, it was now 10: 56. I had three minutes to talk Alice out of this.

"Alice.." I started calmly, "there's so many reasons I can't do this. First of all, if I do get it done, that means someone will.. Uhh.. See.. Down there," I blushed to the extreme, "I may die of blush, then Edward will kill you. You don't want to lose your life over a silly little… -shudder- bikini wax."

She chuckled again, "If you want Bella, I could do it for you, I'm sure you trust me more than some stranger, even though I do have no experience in the area. I could read a book about it or something tonight."

I sighed, there's no way I'm getting out of this am I? An image of Alice leaning over me putting wax around my .. Uh area .. Flashed to mind. That would end very badly. I would end up bleeding, so way or another. I shook my head and got that out of my head.

10:57

"No it's okay, I might feel a bit more comfortable with this whole situation if I had someone with experience do it," Alice looked a bit hurt, but she still knew I was caving.

"But Alice," I responded before she got her hopes up, "it's going to hurt," only then did I realize how childish I sounded. Here was me, Bella Swan Cullen, unofficially for now, awaiting eagerly for my pending doom of being changed into a vampire, which I've been told too many times to count how unbearable the pain is, is afraid of a little wax.

"Oh Bella, it can't hurt that bad, Ms. I Want To Be a Vampire," Alice said smugly as if she had read my thoughts.

"Yeah, I guess I see that now but… hey wait a second! You've never had it done?" I asked Alice suddenly aware that she was putting me through pain she herself hadn't gone through before.

"Well.. No.. I mean… being a vampire, our hair doesn't really.. Grow back and I didn't want to……," she trailed off conveniently.

10:58

We sat in silence for a few seconds before she turned to me, voice calm, eyes harsh, "Bella, we can do this the easy way, or the hard way."

"Continue."

"Well, easy way is you get out of the car, walk into the salon and sign your name. Hard way I drag you in there kicking and screaming and sign your name for you."

"Is there a secret third option you have yet to tell me about?"

"No, and I would take me up on the easy offer because that clock is going to hit 10:59 in 15 seconds."

"Fine!"

Alice squealed and looked at me thoughtfully. I grimaced.

As soon as I got out of the car, Alice was by my side. Sending me more words of encouragement which I needed more than I thought. We entered through the large doors and entered the most lavish room I've ever seen. The golden walls were adored with maroon velvet curtains with gold rope ties. There was a large fountain that immediately caught my eye. It consisted of extremely clear water with a crystal figure depicting a woman singing. It was beautiful.

"Ahh the Cullen sisters, Alice and Bella is it? Well let me take you to your room right away," a dark, stocky woman said as she lead us down a hallway that matched the entering room. Hearing her say Cullen sisters made me very happy. I guess I felt like even though she should be, she wasn't ashamed to call me family.

"Here you go ladies, our specialist will be in soon," and with that the dark, stocky woman left me and Alice to investigate the room.

We entered a large white room with a maroon colored ceiling. Two large chairs sat in the middle of the room with remote controls to let the occupant decide heat, vibrations, positions etc. I took the chair on the right, while Alice allowed herself into the chair on the left. In the middle of the two chairs was a beautiful silver platter topped with glasses of Champagne and chocolate covered strawberries.

"Alice, I don't even want to know how much you spent on this," I said as I took a strawberry for myself.

"Bella, with everything you've done for Edward, it's the least we can do. He's so much happier now than he's ever been, and I guess we all love you even more for it," she responded.

Before I had a chance to respond, the specialist walked in. She was a young blonde woman in her mid to late 20s. What she specialized in, I still don't know.

"'Ello, you must be Bella," she pointed to me, "then that's means, you're Alice, no?" the woman said with a strong accent I couldn't recognize.

We both nodded.

"Okay, let'z see what we are doing today," she said as she looked at her clipboard, "For Alize, you will be getting a full massazge, facial, and deep hair zhampoo and conditioning. Yez?"

Alice nodded and smiled, clearly excited.

"And for Bella, the newlywed I'mz told?" I nodded reluctantly, how much of my life story had Alice actually told this woman. "Great, I'm so happy for you! You will be getting a eyebrows and bikini wax. Iz that right?"

"Yes, but I don't know about the bikini wax if you don't have time I mean…." I said, hopefully conveying some message that I didn't want to get it.

"Oh don't be zilly darling, we save up the next tree hourz for you girls," she said smiling, I already knew I wasn't gonna like it, "Okay Alize, let me ezcort you down the hall to your massage."

"Okay!" Alice said literally jumping out of her seat. It was kinda ridiculous how excited she was getting about a massage, but that's Alice for you.

"Bella, you wait here for a minute? I'll be back with the thingz I need in order to begin your bikini wax."

I grimaced and Alice shot me a glare, "Yes, I'll be fine here… take as long as you want, forever maybe?" I said under my breath, but I knew Alice could here me.

Both women walked out of the room. It was so fascinating to watch the differences in their walk. While the tall, blonde woman was lean and looked like a model, she could never be quite as graceful as Alice. I leaned back in the chair and just let me feet soak. I dazed off for a bit and was suddenly jerked out of my peace at a knock on the door.

"Bella, are you ready..?" The woman from before answered, I recognized her slightly butchered English at once.

"As ready as I'll ever be," I replied and she came in.

"First thingz first, I'm needing you to put this on," she said smiling as she handed me what looked like a small piece of tissue paper. I held in up in order to investigate further. I spun it around so I could look at it with what I just assumed was the right angle. Then the blonde woman laughed at my horror stricken face.

This woman wanted me to put on an almost transparent g-string style underwear made out of tissue paper.

I cursed Alice under my breath and that's the last thing I remember when I fainted.

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Sorry you guys, I know this is a bit of a filler chapter, but I'm suffering from writer's block. Be sure to review with some ideas of Bella's excruciatingly embarrassing and painful wax. J