As soon as the sun was up, Alice was dressed and ready for the day. She waited patiently for Cybele to wake up, standing outside her door. And no, she was not a creep. She was just bored. But when you're a vampire, boredom is kind of a must to deal with. Not that Alice had ever been very adept at holding in her boredom. She sighed, leaning against the wall. I wonder what Jasper is doing right now…

"Does anyone have any idea where she is or why she left?" Jasper asked, panic lacing his tone. Everyone looked down, obviously having no idea. "Edward?" he asked, turning to the pale man with his arm wrapped around a mournful Bella. "Did you hear her thoughts? Was she thinking about where she was going or anything?" Edward shook his head.

"No. I didn't hear anything coming from her. She must've known I was at Bella's and avoided the house." Bella sobbed.

"Why would she leave? What's wrong with here?" Rosalie snorted.

"Everything is wrong with here." Bella turned to the blonde girl, anger in her eyes. Of course Rosalie was in her normal miss perfect mood.

"What is wrong with you?" Bella hissed. "Aren't you even remotely concerned about anyone but yourself? Like Alice who is currently missing?" Rosalie smirked.

"Alice can take care of herself. There must be a logical reason she left, and it doesn't concern me, so I'm staying out of it." Bella clenched her hands into fists, itching to punch Rosalie. She bit her lip, not wanting to say anything else. Instead, she turned to Jasper who looked like his world had just crumbled to pieces. She immediately felt horrible for not paying attention to Jasper and instead bitching at Rosalie. (AN. Christina: Anaya wrote the "bitching" part. -_-) Bella pulled away from Edward, walking over to Jasper. She wrapped a soothing arm around him.

"Jasper… It's going to be alright. We'll find her and bring her back. I promise." Jasper looked up, glancing at Bella and everyone else. Their facial expressions, even Rosalie's, all confirmed Bella's words. Alice was coming back.

"Want to go shopping?" Cybele asked Alice. Alice immediately perked up.

"Shopping?" she squeaked. "Yes!" Cybele smiled, liking Alice's reaction.

"Are you kidding me? Shopping?" Avril groaned. They both turned to the normally gloomy girl, Cybele fixing her with a threatening glare.

"Yes. And you're coming with whether you want to or not. I will drag you by your hair if you refuse." Avril's eye twitched. She was not going to enjoy this. She sighed.

"Whatever. As long as we stop at Hot Topic, I'm good to go." She smirked as Cybele groaned, mirroring Avril's displeasure.

"But I hate that store! You know I do! There are creepy people dressed in black there!" She glanced at Avril, shivering at her cold glare. "Erm… You know. People unlike you. You're different. Heh…" Avril's glare stayed in place. "Fine, fine! We'll stop at Hot Topic on the way out!" Once Avril was a safe distance away, she muttered under her breath, "Why can't I have a normal friend…?" Alice chuckled. These two sure were interesting.

"Alright, but we're taking my car!" Avril called from down the hall. Cybele pouted.

"What's wrong with my car…?" She thought about the color of her car's seats and grinned. "Oh, that's right. Avril doesn't like pink." She chuckled, pulling Alice towards the door. "Time for shopping!"

"Okay, Esme, you're going to Rome. Carlisle, Japan. Emmett and Rosalie, you go to Brazil. Edward and Bella will stay here in case she comes back. And me…" Jasper looked up at everyone. "I'm going to France." Emmett looked confused.

"Why those places?" Jasper gave a small smile.

"Those are the places Alice likes the most." Everyone nodded, seeming to understand. "Now let's get going. The sooner we find Alice, the better. Everyone get packed and we'll head out." Esme, Carlisle, Emmett, and Rosalie all headed upstairs, Jasper following. Bella turned to Edward.

"Do you think they'll find her?" she asked softly. Edward looked down at her, a small smile on his lips.

"Yes, I do. Jasper knows Alice better than anyone else. Even me, and I can read minds." Bella chuckled at Edward's joke.

"I sure hope so…"

"You're getting all of that? What are you, rich or something?" Cybele exclaimed, eyes bulging at the dozens of bags Alice was carrying. Alice put on her best innocent look.

"Is it really too much?" Avril snorted.

"Seems like it. I don't know if all that will even fit in my car." Alice had been shocked at Avril's choice of car, seeming like a type of car her family would own. A black camaro ss 2010. Cybele's choice of car had been just as shocking, being a blue convertible corvette. Both cars were breathtaking. Alice frowned.

"It better all fit. I'd rather not have to take things back so soon after buying them…" Avril just shook her head. She'd never understand a girl's urge to buy so many useless things. Avril's clothes choices consisted of black t-shirts with her fav bands on them, black ripped jeans, black combat boots, and black fingerless gloves. Black, black, black, and black. Just the way she liked it.

"Whatever. Just get your shit and let's go." (AN. Christina: Once again, Anaya's choice of vocabulary, not mine.) Avril turned, walking away. Cybele, who was still gaping at Alice's large pile of clothes, shook herself out of her trance and followed her friend. Alice lugged after them, a smile of shopping happiness printed on her face.

Jasper sighed, flipping through his book blindly, not bothering to read the words.

"Sir… Are you okay?" Jasper looked up to see a blonde girl with her hair tied tightly in a ponytail, blue eyes filled with concern. (AN. Anaya: Whoot! Déjà vu! .) He smiled, nodding.

"Yes, I'm fine. Thank you." She sighed, Jasper looking down at his book again. It didn't seem like he was alright, but what could she do?

"Um… Sir?" He looked up again.

"Yes?" She nervously fidgeted with the rim of her skirt, avoiding eye contact.

"There was a girl on this plane a few days ago… She reminded me a lot of you… By any chance do you know her? She had spiky black hair and golden eyes…" Jasper perked up.

"Yes! That's Alice! Can you please tell me where she was going?" The flight attendant blinked, shocked at his reaction.

"Well… Um… She got off at Paris…" Jasper sighed in contentment, slumping into his seat.

"Thank you. Thank you so much…" So he had been right. Alice was in Paris, France after all… The blonde girl nodded, moving away. So she had been able to help in the end.

"That's all you got…?" Alice asked, dumbfounded, to Avril. Avril raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah. Got a problem with that?" Alice glanced again at the tiny bag Avril was carrying, and shook her head.

"No. Not at all…" Avril smirked.

"That's what I thought." Alice would have thought it funny that Avril thought she had a power over her, if it weren't for the fact that Alice was actually kind of scared of her. "Alright you girly girls, let's get going! This place stinks of pathetic idiots with no lives other than shopping and pretending to be cool!" Avril called, walking away from them. Cybele growled at the "girly girls" comment.

"Avril!" she yelled, running after the girl dressed in black who was currently sprinting away for her life while laughing.

Alice finally tracked down the two to find them in the parking lot next to Avril's car, wrestling on the ground. Avril was obviously winning, seeing as how she had Cybele pinned to the ground and was laughing.

"Ha! I win like always!" Cybele growled.

"Did not! I so let you win!" Avril gave her a disbelieving and critical look.

"Like hell you did." she said, climbing to her feet and helping Cybele up.

"I did!" she insisted, giving Avril a playful punch in the arm. Avril laughed, tussling Cybele's hair.

"Maybe next time, shorty!" Cybele pouted and crossed her arms across her chest.

"You two done fighting already? And I missed it?" Alice asked, chuckling. Both girls looked up in surprise.

"Heh. Yeah. You guys ready to get going?" Avril asked. They nodded, Avril and Cybele climbing into the car while Alice tried to fit her things into the car. After everything was tightly fit in, Alice sat in the back. Avril, who had been waiting impatiently, let out an exasperated sigh. "Are you finally done?" Alice grinned.

"It would seem so." Avril rolled her eyes, starting up the car and pulling out of the parking lot.

"I'm turning on the radio." Cybele said, pushing the volume button. Her eyes lit up immediately as she realized which song was playing. "OHMYGOD! THIS AFTERNOON BY NICKELBACK!" Even Avril, who's music choice seemed to consist of loud heavy metal and screamo, seemed to like the song as well. Both Cybele and Avril started singing along to the song, Alice watching in amusement.

"Oh, looking like another Bob Marley day! Hitting from the bong like a diesel train! And now we're hanging out this afternoon! We got weeds in the backyard, four feet tall! Cheech and Chong probably would have smoked them all! So, I'm on the couch this afternoon! Beer bottles laying on the kitchen floor! If we take them out back, we can buy some more! So I doubt we're going out this afternoon, oh! Better hang on if you're tagging along! 'Cause we'll be doing this till six in the morning! Nothing wrong with going all night long! Time to put the brakes on, doesn't matter when you gotta! Get up and go out, me and all my friends! Drink up, fall down, we'll do it all again! Just sitting around, hanging out this afternoon! Landlord says I should buy a tent! But he can kiss my ass 'cause I paid the rent! So I doubt, he'll kick me out this afternoon! Down on the corner in a seedy bar! Jukebox cranking out the CCR! Had a few to Suzie Q this afternoon, oh! Better hang on if you're tagging along! 'Cause we'll be doing this till six in the morning! Nothing wrong with going all night long! Time to put the brakes on, doesn't matter when you gotta! Get up and go out, me and all my friends! Drink up, fall down, we'll do it all again! Get up, go out, me and all my friends! Drink up, fall down, we'll do it all again, yeah! Just sitting around, hanging out this afternoon! Wear a wristwatch and alarm clock to see what time it ends! From the moment I wake up, I just love being with my friends! We barely get by, but have the best times and hope it never ends! We drink all day until we fall down, so we can do it all again! It's not a human walk, it's the human race! If we were living on the edge, taking too much space! So I'll doubt I'll figure out just what to do! But to kicking around, hanging out this afternoon, oh! Better hang on if you're tagging along! 'Cause we'll be doing this till six in the morning! Nothing wrong with going all night long! Time to put the brakes on, doesn't matter when you gotta! Get up and go out, me and all my friends! Drink up and fall down, we'll do it all again, yeah! Get up and go out, me and all my friends! Drink up and fall down, we'll do it all again! Just sitting around, hanging out this afternoon! Just sitting around, hanging out this afternoon!

LAST CALL YOU SONS OF BITCHES! Just sitting around, hanging out this afternoon! Just sitting around, hanging out this afternoon! DRINKS ON THE HOUSE! Just sitting around, hanging out this afternoon! Just sitting around, hanging out this afternoon!"

After the song was over, both Cybele and Avril burst out laughing as Avril pulled the car into the driveway. They were still laughing as they got out of the car, helped Alice with her bags, and got upstairs and in the apartment. They didn't stop laughing until the laughter caused them to break out into a coughing fit, both of them rolling on the floor.

"You guys done yet?" Alice asked, standing over them with an amused look on her face.

"I think so." Cybele replied, wiping a tear of laughter from the corner of her eye. Alice chuckled, helping the two to their feet. Alice turned to Avril.

"I think that is the most emotion I've seen from you since I got here." Avril smirked, turning away.

"And that's all the emotion you're ever going to see from me." she called, shutting the door to her room behind her. Alice sighed.

"Why doesn't she like me?" Cybele shrugged.

"She doesn't like new people too much… You should've seen her back when we were in school. I was pretty much the only person she even acknowledged there." she sighed. "Well… Let's go put your clothes away, shall we?" Alice nodded, picking up some bags while Cybele picked up the others. They made their way to Alice's room, setting the bags on the floor. They opened up the closet, setting to work on hanging and folding Alice's new clothes. After they finished, Cybele and Alice stood to admire their work. The once-empty closet was now filled as much as humanly possible… and vampirely possible. "Well…" Cybele started, "This closet sure is getting put to it's full extent of usage." Alice giggled.

"Yeah, it sure is." she agreed. Cybele yawned.

"I think I'm going to bed. See you in the morning." she said, leaving the room. Alice smiled, laying down on the soft bed. She was actually starting to like it here. Maybe forgetting Jasper and everyone else wouldn't be so painful if she had friends to help her through it.