I don't own the Twilight series nor characters: I'm just wanting to have a different view point with the characters...no money involved
Jasper and Alice were looking for a present for Esme. They wanted to buy her a fountain for her
new garden. Alice finally said 'yes', to a fountain they both liked. The business was miles out of their
way and where they wanted to be. But it was one of the best in the nation.
She walked up with her tag-for the fountain, in her small petitie hand, to give to the sales clerk at the cashier
counter, and waited for the sales clerk to notice her.
The sales clerk looked over at Alice, when she saw the tag she said,
" You can drive around to the back of the building, to have the fountain loaded."
Alice nodded they had rented a trailer to haul the fountain to Esme and Carlisle's home.
When Alice came up to the counter, the sales clerk, had been watching and listening to the TV.
The clerk was watching her son's team playing well. She had not turned the TV
down so Alice overheard:
The announcer say," My Gosh, that was a fast game! Remember last year the game between
the winning rival and our school- we went into 'over time'? Well, since we have extra time for this
hour, the players sadly aren't here yet, and they won't be coming anytime soon... it seems for
their interview scheduled here soon." Everyone could hear his sigh of frustration. He continued,
"I have a few chosen announcements to read to you from the personal section of the newspaper."
Alice eye brows went up...as she listened to his words. This really was a small, trusting, or
bored community. As she listened tho, she couldn't believe it!
She was hearing her name and Bella's!
Alice stopped and stared at the store clerk for awhile.
Jasper felt Alice's emotions of shock, hope, and wonder. He had been behind her a few yards back,
talking quietly on the cell phone to Carlisle.
He walked as fast as he could once he realized that Alice was in shock!
He put his hand in hers, and gave her his support. He looked down into her face. She was still
looking at the store clerk with wonder. He hadn't been listening to the noise of the TV, nor the
store clerk, and wondered what was going on. He had just gotten off his cell phone sharing with
Carlisle, that they found the perfect gift for Esme, he gave the measurements of the fountain, so
Carlisle could make room in the garage to hide it from Esme. Carlisle was so excited about
Esme's present. He knew Alice and Jasper would pick out a fitting fountain for the aura of the
place.
Jasper looked at the clerk and Alice several times, squeezed Alice's hand again..as the TV
continued to blare loudly. He thought it was live.
Alice spoke then, "Pardon me madam, is there anyway we can get a copy of that program?
The lady turned around and said, " Yeah, they sell recorded tapes, each week at the high
school, we are the only one's around here that have a TV station at the school! Any sale goes to
help improve the school too! Isn't that neat?"
They nodded politly.
She looked at the young couple and thought,
'Gee, some children have all the luck with genetics...these two are so cute together!'
She looked at Alice and wondered about her expression... and she thought
'Hhmm, they should be in school...shouldn't they be?..hard to say about ages tho..maybe they are
home schooled...oh yeah... she must have heard something puzzling to her -maybe they just
need to hear it again?.' she then asked,
" Is there something that you want to hear again? He reads from the personnel section all the
time-when it get's slow. This is a tape, It's mainly a recording of my son and the high school
team."
Alice nodded,"Oh... really? Yes,...Please can you rewind it back to the information about Bella?"
It turned out that the TV was on one side of the room and the recorder was on the other side in a
book shelf. As the lady walked over to the recorder she talked a mile a minute, and said,
"Of course, You don't know how many girls have called long distance to that number! There are
four girls who I know of, who just called to harass this Bella. I caught one of them, and spoke my
mind about her upbringing. Her name is Isabella-but everyone calls her Bella-too, another girl
from church, I heard from her mother, that she had called because she does have a friend named
Alice Cullen too..and her Alice moved away last year, and she loves to shop..her name is just
Bella, not a nick name for Isabella-tho.
I bet this Bella, is soo frustrated, with... all the wrong people calling her-all over the state(s)
with people leaving messages and calling her at all hours too!"
Alice couldn't help but smile at that.
The lady continued," Some silly girls of our community even gossip that they think
this Bella is an actress or something. "
She rolled her eyes and continued,
"I feel soo sorry for the Bella from the newspaper..trying to find her friend. The add has been in
the paper for quite awhile."
She sighed heavily, as she glanced at Jasper and Alice. She continued," I've lost several of my
best friends over the years. They probably married a couple of times so it's hard to trace
them,especially now!" She smiled and asked,
"By chance is your name Alice too and do you know a Bella ?! Funny it's such a small world
sometimes.."She shook her head.
Alice nodded but the lady didn't seem to really see her do that.
Jasper thought,
" This lady's comments are hitting right on the button too many times..I hope she doesn't start
thinking of us as mythical beings!? So far her emotions just seem calm, curious, and helfpul."
The lady went to the recorder, re wound the tape, and pushed play.
Alice and Jasper both heard the message. Jasper looked just as surprised and then saddened
by the meaning behind the words...too.
Alice wrote the information down, and thanked her. Alice thought she had been watching a live
show too, but once she realized it was a recording she got anxious..She felt that Bella needed her
already...and 'why' hadn't she seen it that Bella was 'changed'? For that's the message she got
from hearing the message.
She groaned and Jasper kissed her on the forehead.
Alice looked up worried to Jasper and he asked,
"Madam, can you please tell us when this tape was recorded.?" He used his southern charm to
talk with her-he didn't breathe to ask the question, but he sounded normal to the sales lady.
He didn't understand it, he had just fed hours ago..and he was doing so well. He thought it must
be Alice and his reactions to hearing about Bella. The 'worry' started again. He had hoped by
getting away with Alice, from all the family tensions, that they would forgive themselves and live
life pleasantly again....but they were still being tormented way out here too!
To him it was another sign, they should just move back to protect Bella, and he missed her too..
Which they still hadn't done...Alice kept saying she wasn't seeing anything of Bella.
She called Angela many times to ask how everyone was doing. Angela would talk about everyone and
then lastly bring up Bella. So it seemed Bella had been fine the last time she had called Angela-
now when was that?
They thought Alice had been too far away, and that's why she didn't see Bella anymore.
Since Jasper was thinking of the past/ and now in seconds...
He hoped the personal message was maybe less then a week old..but the lady did give the
impression it has been longer then that.
The lady said," My boy played in this game and I'm just so tickled he did so well, that I play it all the
time-I can't seem to get enough of it." She smiled with such joy that Jasper smiled too. Jasper and
Alice weren't sure if she just rewind too far-too fast... but they thought she did it on purpose
because of the way she started talking again," See the boy with the curly dark hair on the left
that's him.... my boy!"
Jasper said," He did that-play really well!" She beamed. Then she stopped the tape, pushed eject,
pulled out the tape, and all three read the label. It was dated 4 and 1/2 weeks ago.
Alice groaned and quietly said to Jasper-for his ears only,
"Gee she's been suffering by herself for so long?
I hope she understands that we haven't been anywhere to hear or read something like this?!
I wonder who changed her?"
Jasper shrugged his shoulder, he thanked the lady and gave her the money for the fountain, she
gave them the receipt, they drove back, and got the fountain in the trailer. They got it in with
their work crane..they also went to the high school to get a copy.
They had plenty of copies and they bought one to let the family get their own impressions- too.
They drove to Carlisle and Esme's home, Carlisle and Jasper and Alice got the fountain hidden,
and Carlisle was the first one they talked to about Bella.
Carlisle was also wondering why Alice couldn't see Bella.
caww
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