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The rest of the week passed in a blur, with no highlights whatsoever. Yup, that was life. My mood dampened at the thought, though I immediately perked up. The party was tomorrow! We (being Alice) had got all the decorations set up this afternoon after school. We would spend tomorrow picking up the goods from the caterer and spending hours getting made up (knowing Alice, it may as well be weeks). Yes, the schedule was all planned out. This would be my best birthday party ever, no matter how "over-the-top" anyone thinks it is.

I slumped into the haven that was my bed, and begun to enter an oblivion of dreams, exhausted from today's work effort. As the darkness was just overwhelming me, two hard thuds thump against my window. I groaned and got up to investigate the disturbance. I opened the window to see what the cause of the intrusion was, but there was nothing in my line of sight close enough to cause the noise. The tree branches of my front yard, were close enough that if I reached out to touch it, I could. I decided against my better conscience to grab a leaf from the tree, as a souvenir for when I woke up, to make sure this wasn't a dream. But just as I outstretched my hand, a sharp pain scraped against my arm.

"Ouch!"

I immediately pulled back, giving myself another scratch, though this didn't break the skin. I peered down and say the assaulter was a thorn from the Creeping Vines that run along my house.I growled and noted to myself that I had some immediate gardening to do in the near future, and rushed to the bathroom to grab a bandaid before I could inhale the aroma that was my blood.

After a once-over inventory check of my arm, I slumped back into my covers, soon wandering into a dreamless slumber.

I was woken the next day by the ringing of my cell phone. Alice.

"Hello Alice." I managed to stammer.

"Hey Bella, are you awake? Good. I'll be there in 10 minutes so you better be ready."

I moaned in protest. "Alice, the party isn't until like.. 8! Why the hell would I have to get up at 6 on a Saturday morning to get ready for it? You're going to regret this, I'm gonna pass out on the dance floor and it will all be you're fault."

"Well sorry, I didn't know you could be so grumpy in the morning! Fine, I'll give you two hours to nap Bella, TWO HOURS! I'll go pick up our masks in the meantime, since I do useful and productive things in my life."

The Masks! I was immediately alert. One of the best things about this party was that I finally had an excuse to buy the beautiful butterfly half-face mask I constantly pass-by on my route home from school. After Angela and I agreed on a masquerade theme for our party, I rushed into that store for the first time and purchased it, asking them to keep it at the store until the date of the party so I wouldn't screw it up with my plague of klutziness (AN. For Bella's mask; visitez profile :).

"Alice, get here. Now!"

There was a short pause on the other end, then a "Muahahahaha".

Weird.

"See you soon Bella."

"B-" She hung up.

I rushed to my closet, then hurried to brush my teeth and comb the rats out of my hair.

Ding Dong.

I trampled down stairs, tripping on a step, but grasping the rail before I could fall. As soon as I reached the knob, the door was open and I was being dragged towards Alice's yellow Porsche.

Pretty.

"So Bella, I was thinking.."

And so it begins.

AN. A new chapter VERY soon, this is way too short, talk about a bad filler :)