A/N:

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I am sorry for the 1-day delay of this chapter; I didn't finish the chapter until late last night.

I am pretty sure that the next chapter (chapter 4) will be from Alice's POV, and chapter 5 will be from Edward's POV. They will probably be shorter, though. What do you think?

Next update: Wednesday, June 24


"What do you mean?" I quietly asked. How painful could it be to look like a model, I thought, weeks of plastic surgery recovery, several days in the spa, being sought out by all the boys even though you're already married…how bad could it possible be?

"Plastic surgery?" Ben inquired.

"I don't want to talk about it," Bella said forcefully. I knew she was close to her breaking point, so I decided to leave it alone for now.

"You don't have to if you don't want to. I'm here if you want to talk, though," I quietly added.

It became silent enough to hear a pin drop. I wish I knew why she won't talk about it. I don't want to be nosey though, I thought.

"Well, I'd better go. I need to finish unpacking," Ben announced, breaking the noiseless air.

"Alright," I agreed.

I walked over and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. "Love you," I leaned down and whispered in Ben's ear. He smiled, and I knew that smile meant "I love you too." As he opened the door to leave, Bella acknowledged, "Bye Ben." He waved before he walked out the door and left.

"So what's really been going on?" I demanded the minute Ben shut the door.

"Nothing," Bella said innocently. I knew it was a lie.

"Don't say nothing's been going on, because we both know that's not true," I snapped at her.

"It's the truth, though," she tried to convince me. I still saw right through it.

"You always were a bad liar," I muttered.

"Listen, I don't want to fight with you, Angela. I don't want to talk about it, okay? Please don't bring it up again," Bella pleaded. There's defiantly something going on… I thought. I just don't know what!

"Fine. So how is married life with Edward?" I said, changing the topic.

"Amazing," she sighed dreamily. "It's the same as going out, only you spend eternity with each other."

I laughed. "Really?"

"Really," she confirmed.

All of the sudden there was a knock on the door. "Bella," a high, female voice shrilled. That must be Alice, I thought. I didn't know that she was coming to Seattle University, too.

"Coming, Alice," Bella replied tiredly. As soon as Bella opened the door, Alice came prancing in.

"Come on Bella, perk up a bit," Alice said excitedly.

"What's got you so excited, Alice?" Bella inquired.

"Nothing much, just the future," Alice responded. That's weird, what about the future? I asked myself. How would she even know what's going to happen for sure?

"Hi Alice," I said. "How is everything?" I saw her eyes light up as she realized who I was.

"Just great!" she exclaimed. "How are you and Ben? Are you guys engaged yet?"

"What? Who said we were that serious?" I questioned, trying to hide my embarrassment. Ben and I haven't even discussed that yet. I'm sure we'd both given it some thought, though.

"Ange, you've been dating for three years. Tell me that's not serious," Bella replied.

"Yeah, I guess we are serious, but we haven't thought about marriage yet." I explained. I wish we did though. I want to marry Ben, I thought.

"Speaking of marriage…" Alice added, holding out her left hand. "Jasper and I are getting married!"

"Oh my gosh," I shouted. "When did he propose?"

"Two weeks after school ended." She replied.

"What's the wedding date?" Bella asked.

"We haven't decided yet," Alice said.

"Oh," Bella said.

There was a ringing noise coming from Bella's pocket. She took out her cell phone and answered it.

"It's Edward," she mouthed. "I'll be back in a minute."

"Okay," Alice and I agreed.

Bella walked over to the door, carefully opened it, and shut it behind her. Now is my chance to talk to Alice, I thought.

"Hey Alice," I said nervously. "What's going on with Bella?"

"What do you mean?" She asked.

"Well," I said nervously, not sure how to phrase it, "she keeps avoiding questions about her new look."

"Oh," Alice whispered, rubbing her temples.

"You okay?"

"Yeah, just a headache," she replied, continuing to rub her temples.

"Do you know what happened?" I inquired.

"Not a clue," Alice answered nonchalantly. She answered just a little too quickly for me to believe that she was telling the truth.

"Just keep and eye on her, okay? She's acting a bit strange," I asked her.

"No problem," she assured me.

"Thanks, Alice."

I am going to find out what's going on, I thought. It's obvious that they're keeping something from me. Now to find out what it is…