Chapter Three

How to Make Jasper Cullen Pay Attention to Rose:

Wear pretty clothes and shoes- ultra short skirts and heels, etc

LOTS of make-up

Get her hair to look really pretty

Get Rose to walk pass him every time she sees him. Rose should look right at him every time and give him a small smile- make sure she has lots of lipstick on!!!!

Rose should look at him all the time, then look back at her friends and giggle, but at the same time make it look like she could be looking at Emmett so that he's thinking maybe Rose is after him. That way, she can get hooked up with both Emmett and Jasper easily.

This list was written in Alice's messy scrawl and had been passed secretly to me in class. I didn't think Alice was being very supportive of her sister. She knew I didn't want to get hooked with Jasper but she was still making me do it, trying to make me see that it would have all its good points too- like getting Emmett. The hard part was getting Emmett to notice me as well and to get him to like me enough to keep a couple of really important secrets from his brother. But from what Jessica had said, Emmett and Jasper were really competitive, so Emmett would probably relish the thought of doing something his brother would hate. Well, I hoped so anyway. Alice's list was sort of useless (like boys- useless, but fun to watch fall down the stairs!) but I could see her point.

"Rosalie, come on, Mum's been saying dinner's ready for ages!" Alice yelled at me.

"Wait!" I yelled back impatiently. Alice could never understand anything. Why couldn't she just leave me alone and let me get in with my life in peace? I sighed and walked downstairs for dinner. I really needed to talk to Jess, Bella and Angela as soon as possible. We needed to discuss a good time to go shopping together and what my outfit should be like. I needed something really pretty according to Alice.

"Mum, can some of my friends come over here this weekend?" I asked hopefully.

"We've got some friends of ours coming over for lunch" said my mother in a voice that clearly said 'no.' But at the same time I could tell she was happy that I had made friends already.

"Please? We'll be doing some other stuff, so we'll be out for lunch" I pleaded.

"Fine then" agreed Mum. "But you have to be out of the house between eleven and two o'clock. The Patersone's will be here then."

"Sure" agreed Alice and she left the table and walked upstairs. I excused myself too and walked to my bedroom. Alice was sitting on my bed, reading her list she had written fro me.

"Alice!" I exclaimed. She glanced up, looking confused then smiled.

"Bella, Jess and Angela will love to go shopping this weekend" she said happily. "I just know it. They're that kind of people, you know?"

"Alice, you've hardly known them for three days" I argued. "How can you possibly know they all like to shop?"

"All cheerleaders like to shop" Alice replied, looking shocked that I did not know that.

"Only Jessica is a cheerleader" I told her. "Bella and Angela might hate shopping. Now what are you doing in my bedroom?"

"Well Rose, if you are going to go out with both Jasper and Emmett, we need to really think about clothes, make-up and what we are going to do with your hair" Alice said seriously. Alice could be so idiotic at times, but when she was talking about clothes she was way too serious. There was no Perfect Alice times.

"My hair is fine, I have heaps of make-up, although I need to get more lipstick, eyeliner, mascara, lip gloss, moisturiser and some other stuff- nail polish and hair stuff and maybe even-"

"I GET IT!" Alice screamed, but obviously she didn't. Hey, I had every right to get more lip gloss. I only had ten tubes left for God's sake!

"So Bella, Jess and Ange can come round this weekend, we'll go shopping for four hours. We'll get everything you need for Jasper attracting!" Alice was squawking excitedly.

"And Emmett attracting" I reminded her. I wasn't letting anyone forget they had promised me Emmett. If they couldn't remember that, the deal was off. Although I had never really made an actual deal about this with them, the imaginary unmade deal would be off. Same thing, really.

"Whatever" said Alice breezily. "Rose, you call Bella on you cell, I'll call Jessica and Angela."

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"That looks great!"

"No, that skirt would go so much better with that-"

"Those shoes are great, but not with that top. Try these jeans."

"No way! Those jeans don't match the top."

"Maybe we could try-"

"Hmm, alright, but maybe we could change the-"

"Guys!" I glared out at Alice, Jessica, Bella and Angela. We had been at the Department Store shopping for clothes that would catch Jasper and Emmett's eye. The trouble was, all of the girls had different tastes in clothing.

Bella was certain Jasper would love an outfit that was kind of special, but neat and tidy. Jessica wanted to go the full way, with teeny skirts and stilettos. Alice agreed with Jessica but had very particular tastes. Angela liked general things that had a little bit of extra flare to it to make it eye-catching. I wanted stuff that Jessica and Alice wanted, but they wouldn't let me make the changes I wanted to make the outfit better. Just heels instead of stilettos. Short skirts, but not ultra short skirts. I liked the tops though.

"Look, give me that skirt!" I said, tearing one out of Alice's hands. "And where's that top gone...oh, there it is! Um, Angela, pass me those shoes and that cardigan thing... thanks... give me a second girls." I pulled the curtain shut in the changing room and stepped out a minute later to show my sister and friends, who all looked very eager to see what I looked like. They stared for a moment, not really saying anything, which was weird since they had been shrieking all day.

"That's OK, I guess," said Alice eventually. "But maybe go for the higher heels, Rose." Jessica nodded.

"That'll be OK, maybe" said Bella and Angela was shrugging. I thought it was perfect. My outfit was a dark pink, nearly red, short skirt with silver heels. I had a sparkly silver singlet top with a black cardigan.

"Silver cardigan" said Alice suddenly and hurried back to one of the clothing racks. "You need to match in all your colours."I swapped the silver for the black and had to admit it was better. Maybe Alice did have some good taste after all.

"She'll be cold in winter though" said Angela, always the practical one. "She should wear these jeans- they're cool, eh, with either those heels or these shoes and maybe the black top with the blue t-shirt over the top? Or how about-?" I ripped the clothes she had suggested out of Angela's hands and got into them in the changing room. Angela and Bella liked the jeans and not the top. Jessica and Alice didn't like any of it because of the absence of skirts. But that was typical Alice for you.

"That'll have to do" said Jessica. "It's not perfect, but oh well."

"What about a special dress for a special occasion?" Alice screamed suddenly. She bounced around the mass of clothes we had discarded and hurried over to the dress section and began searching through them.

"Alice, we've got heaps-" began Angela, but Alice wouldn't hear of it and neither would Jessica. Together they found some of the most amazing dresses and wanted to get them all, but Angela and Bella told them that was stupid and they settled for two. I was glad I wasn't paying for all of it at the end.

But now, we started Operation Breaking Jasper's Heart.