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Disclaimer: Everything in the wonderful world of twilight belongs to Stephenie Meyer

I woke up to an annoyingly happy tune that was unwelcome in the morning. I looked to my cellphone which indicated Alice was calling – was she crazy? It was only eight o'clock. And where did that ringtone come from? I assumed that Alice must have added it when she entered her number but it was not what I wanted to hear first thing in the morning.

"Hello", I grumbled into the phone.

"Bella!" Alice chirped happily.

"Alice, I know you said you would call, but this early?"

"Early? Bella it's 8am, I have been awake for 2 hours waiting to call you. You're lucky Edward and Jasper took a liking to you, they took my phone so I couldn't call you." Alice sounded frustrated as she mentioned this.

"As grateful as I am to them, they couldn't have kept it for a while longer?"

"Bella, stop stalling and get out of bed. We are going shopping today, OK?"

"Fine Alice, I'm getting out of bed." I said this as I snuggled back under my blankets, I would get up when I wanted.

"Bella! I'm serious. I know you're still in bed so get up! I'll be at your house in half an hour." And with that the annoying pixie hung up the phone.

I moaned to myself as I stumbled out of bed thinking about the hours of sleep I had just lost. Wait, sleep. I slept! With no nightmares. For the first time in a week I didn't wake up afraid. As I pulled on clothes I wondered to myself what had made this night any different from the others, and then I realized - the message from Alice. I read it just as I fell asleep – There was something about her that made me feel safe, made me feel hopeful for once. For the first time since Renee's death, I started a day with hope.

Exactly thirty minutes after Alice hung up the phone a bright yellow Porsche pulled up to the curb outside my house. I opened the door and saw a flash of black and pink before I was knocked to the ground.

"Sorry Bella! I'm just so excited to see you." Although she was apologizing she didn't look very sorry, with an excited grin stretched across her face.

"Its fine Alice, you sure are strong for someone so tiny!" I laughed as she giggled and poked out her tongue.

"Are you ready for shopping?!" She jumped up and down as she said this.

"Yep lead the way"

"Well actually Bella, you need to wear a more appropriate shopping outfit."

"A shopping outfit?" I looked at Alice and saw that she was wearing a short pale pink dress with black lace hemming the neckline and sleeves, along with black tights and heeled boots. Oh, we had to dress up to go shopping.

"Get back inside, I'll find you something to wear."

I led Alice to my room and sat on the bed while she proceeded to search through my wardrobe for a suitable outfit.

"I see that we have a lot of work to do Bella, I'm shocked at the state of this wardrobe." She shook her head in disappointment. "Here, wear this". I looked at the clothes she gave me, dreading what kind of outfit she had put together for me but was surprised to see it wasn't as bad as expected. A tight pair of black jeans, a pale purple top that was too tight for my taste, but Alice made me wear it, and a pair of black ballerina flats.

"You don't look too bad", Alice said as she scrutinized me. "But wait here!" She flew down the stairs and out to her car and was back within minutes carrying a large handbag.

"What have you got in there?" I asked dubiously.

"Oh, just the essentials. Sit down." I sat and watched in horror as she emptied the bag onto my bed. There was a large pile of makeup and hair products, even a hair straightener.

"Wow Alice, you sure do come prepared."

"Well you never know when you'll need it".

For the next twenty minutes I sat still while Alice straightened my hair and applied makeup. I honestly didn't see the point in all this but it seemed to be important to Alice so I kept quiet while she worked on me.

"Done!" She said sounding satisfied. "Now we can go shopping!" She screamed this right in my ear.

We drove to Port Angeles which took only about 50 minutes with Alice's driving, which I had to say was crazy and I was surprised that she had never received a speeding ticket before.

"Now Bella, we have three hours to shop before we meet the boys for lunch."

"The boys?" I asked

"Oh right, I forgot to tell you. We're meeting Jas, Edward and Emmett for lunch. Don't worry, Emmett will love you." I remembered her talking about Emmett and his pranks, knowing him would probably make life a lot more interesting.

"Well sounds like fun, shall we start shop…?" I wasn't able to finish my question as I was grabbed by the arm and dragged into the mall by Alice with a very determined look on her face.

We spent the next three hours shopping without a break – for me this meant trying on the many items of clothing that Alice would pick out and throw at me. Half the clothes she picked out I refused to buy as they were too revealing but I found out later that she bought them for me anyway.

By the end of these three hours a lunch break was welcome as my feet were killing me. We were heading towards the food court when I was attacked from behind by a large boy a few years older than me. I screamed but stopped when I saw Alice standing a few feet away in Jasper's arms laughing at me. Edward was walking towards me half smiling, half frowning.

"Emmett that was completely unnecessary", he said to the boy behind me. Oh so this was Emmett. I was beginning to think my new friends just found it amusing to watch me being attacked.

"Whatever Ed. Alice is convinced that Bella is a sister to her now, so that makes her my little sister too, right?" I laughed at the expression on his face as he actually thought about this.

"I'm your sister Alice?" I had never had siblings, but had always wanted a sister so this touched me.

"Of course Bella!" She jumped out of Jasper's arms and hugged me so tightly it was difficult to breathe. "Now let's eat!"

We all ended up buying different things for our lunch. Edward and I had Chinese, Jasper had a burger and I was surprised to see that Alice got pizza along with Emmett and ate almost as much as him.

"Wow Alice, you can eat a lot for your size. I'm pretty sure that I couldn't eat that much." Alice just poked her tongue out at me and continued to munch on her pizza.

"You think that's a lot? You should see her and Emmett eat one of Esme's dinners." Esme was their mother, Alice had explained to me and an amazing cook.

"Asking her over to a family dinner already? That's a bit intense for the first date." Edward just glared at Emmett while he smirked. I felt myself blush and saw Alice and Jasper giggling at me.

"I wasn't asking her. It was merely a statement." Alice raised her eyebrows at this but didn't comment.

"Well now that everyone's mentioned it, I think that Bella should come over." Jasper looked at me as he said this.

"Um, Jasper you don't live there, do you?" Emmett laughed at the confused expression I must have had on my face.

"Of course not Bella", Alice giggled, "But I do which means Jas is pretty much always there. So is his sister Rosalie because she's dating Emmett."

"Yeah Bella you should come over tomorrow, Rose will be there and I'm sure she'd like to meet you."

"Sure Emmett, if that's what you all want. And if it's alright with your parents."

"It'll be fine; Esme loves cooking and would love to meet you." Edward smiled, "Come, It'll be fun".

"Fine, I'll be there then."

"YAY!!" And I was attacked once again by a bouncing, overexcited Alice.

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