I am soooo sorry I took so long to update! It's not my fault honest! My computer crashed to the point of no return so I had to wait for our new computer. Also, I was reading New Moon. Yes, it's out! The sequel to Twilight is out! Woot woot! ANYWAYS here is the second chapter. Hope you like it! Sorry the last chapter was so short. It looked longer on paper.

I awoke the next morning to something I hadn't seen in a long time. The sun. I immediately hobbled as fast as I could to my window. I opened it wide and breathed in the fresh air. I lingered by the window not wanting to leave it. My mind replayed last nights events. The prom, whirling around in circles with Edward, the transformed meadow. I then realized that I wasn't wearing my prom dress anymore. I felt my face begin to burn as I silently prayed Alice was the one to do it. I was absent-minded when I noticed Edward was not here. The sun duh! I reminded myself even though I didn't sound convincing in my own mind. Charlie had gone fishing today, old habits die hard, but surely Edward knew that. I was curious as to why he left me to fend for myself. Not that I needed help with everything, it was kind of nice for a change, a chance to get my independence back, but he was extremely protective of me after what happened with James. An involuntary shiver ran up my spine as I banished the thought from my mind. Edward was always by my side. Or he always had someone watching me, but today I felt really... lonely. I shook the thought for my head as I hobbled downstairs. To my dismay, we were extremely low on food. I grabbed myself the last cereal bar and slowly began to unwra-

"Hey, Bella!" Alice said cheerfully and extremely loud. My heart had stopped. As I tried to kick start it back Alice danced around the table and gave me a kiss on the cheek.

"Alice!" I moaned. "Geeze! I could've choked you know." I said with a mock seriousness. "How did you get here?"

"I took Carlisle's car." She said with a mischievous smile. I rolled my eyes as I took a bite out of my cereal bar and chewed it slowly, careful not to choke. "So what are we going to do today?" Alice said lightly.

"What can we do?" I asked incredulously. "The sun is out, the birds are chirping, not exactly your kind of day."

"Great! So how about we stay here then?" Alice began excitedly. "We can do whatever you want. I promise, no Barbie treatment today. Watch movies or whatever it is that you usually do."

I eyed her suspiciously, Alice was never like this. Ever. She was too over-excited, almost hyper, everything about her was horribly wrong. She had the wrong kind of energy. She was almost...anxious. "Alice," I began carefully. "You seem a little...off. Is everything alright?"

"Yeah, everything is fine...Edward and the guys went hunting this weekend." Her eyes flickered to the floor.

"And..." I probed.

"Some visitors are going to be coming through here this weekend. I didn't see them until after the guys left. But it will be fine. Just being cautious." She smiled tentatively. "Until then we should hang out here unless I see otherwise."

"Do they hunt..."

"Yes." Alice said solemnly.

"Oh." I said letting the subject drop. I didn't want to talk about visitors anymore. I racked my brain to find a lighter subject. "Where are the guys hunting at today?" There. That seemed harmless enough.

"Goat Rocks again." Alice said smiling to herself at some inside joke. "So what's on the agenda today?"

"Well I was going to go to the market, there is no food in this house." I began slowly, "We could always do something else."

"No, it's perfect." Alice said lightly. "I'll wait in the parking lot." I received a big grin from Alice.

"Okay." I grabbed the jar labeled FOOD MONEY and sat down at the table and made a list of items to get. Alice lingered by the window waiting for a cloud to pass in front of the sun so she could get the car. After I was done, I slowly trudged up the stairs and changed into an outfit for the day. I grabbed a pair of capris and a short sleeved shirt. On my free foot, I threw on a tennis shoe. I went to the bathroom and did what I could with what was left over from last night's prom hair-do. I checked the mirror before I left. I was decent enough. I went outside and climbed in the car where Alice was waiting. I looked up at the sky and it was beginning to gray. It would be completely over taken by clouds before I could even leave the store. We were at the Thriftway in an impossibly short amount of time. I went inside the store and limped slowly around the aisles to find what I was looking for. I rounded the corner and saw a familiar face.

"Hey, Mike!" I called. Mike looked around and then back at me. "Did you have fun with Jess last night?" Mike still looked confused and befuddled. "The prom remember?"

"Oh, yeah. Fun." He said mumbling slightly.

"Are you okay?" I asked. Now it was my turn to be confused. He looked much more pale than usual and his eyes were an...off color. My mind went back to the conversation I had with Alice this morning. Bella how could you think that? It's Mike! But a voice in my head warned me to leave it at that and walk away. You're in love with a vampire for crying out loud! Nothing is impossible. "Well okay, see you later Mike." In my haste I ran right into a stack of soup cans knocking all of them over. The jagged edge of one scraped my arm and not the tiniest drop of blood began to ooze out. You've got to be kidding me. I looked up frantically at Mike who was mesmerized by the red liquid on my arm. "Alice." I called. She was there before I could even finish. When Mike saw her he looked stunned. With his momentary distraction Alice swept me out the back door.

She set me down lightly. "I saw." Was all she said. We heard a gust of wind and Alice stiffened. We turned and saw Mike there. His eyes were intent as he stared me down. Alice pulled her lip back a snarled a horrific growl. Alice and Mike stared each other down as I watched on helplessly.