Namaste!

A big fat whopping 'Hello and Welcome' to any new readers out there! I'm glad you could be here.

Yeah, I would say sorry about the jibe on Kristen Stewart, but I kinda don't like her, and I am allowed to be opinionated on her in something I wrote. It's like Jacob and Edward haters. Only, I don't hate her, I just think her acting could use some work. Besides, the point was, I'm allowed to have an opinion without you getting butt-hurt about it.

On to better things, yay for brave Bella and Alice! Thanks for the reviews I've gotten so far, and I hope I continue to please you all! (Reminder, I only know so much about surfing. Everything I know I learned from vague research, so to all the surfers and surfer enthusiasts out there, I'm sorry if I come off as an idiot! I hope you'll still love me!)


"Alright, Bella...it would seem that you've only sprained your ankle...are you running low on your asthma medication?" Carlisle rummaged through a box and produced a roll of wrap, beginning at the bottom of Bella's foot, half way to mid-calf.

"Yeah, but it'll be fine." She sighed, "I just need to get it refilled."

"I've got a question." The blond man looked right into Bella's eyes with a smile, "Alice said she'd bought a new shortboard from a local shop."

"Yeah." Bella nodded, "It's baby blue. Has she ever had one that color?"

"No. She is getting partial to that color, though. I think it has something to do with that shiny bracelet she refuses to take off." He tapped Bella's left wrist and turned to look at the door, satisfied that Alice wasn't standing behind it snooping. "I looked back onto her account, and there was never a charge for a shortboard."

"Er..." Bella blushed darkly, running her hand through her chestnut locks. "See, about that..."

"You bought it for her?" He looked at her seriously, and Bella knew she would never be able to lie to this guy. You just couldn't.

"Yes." He smiled at her again at that point.

"She'll kill you if she finds out." The brunette gaped at his words, her hands fiddling together. "How much did it cost?"

"That's a secret. I won't tell anyone how much it was." She set her lips tightly. "It was a gift, and you can't tell her I bought it either."

"That's fair..." He raised a brow, "If she buys you something, too."

"She shouldn't though. It's a gift enough that she seems to want to spend every waking minute with me, when she should be practicing for the competition." Bella was going to continue, when her cell phone rang. She shook her head with a sigh, pulling it out of her bag at her side. She looked at the caller I.D. And frowned. She pressed talk and spoke softly, "Hello? Dad?"

"Bella! I heard from the constable that you were out at the beach when the storm hit, where are you?" He was shouting, but clearly trying not to. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, dad, I'm fine." She smiled, her chest warm, "I'm at Alice's house. Her dad's a doctor, and he's looking over me now."

"Good, good. Any injuries to report?" He joked, but paused when she didn't answer or laugh. "Bella, injuries?"

"I just sprained my foot. That's all." She looked down at her ankle and cringed.

"What about your asthma? You didn't have an attack out there, did you?" Charlie seemed to have a power or sixth sense that Bella hadn't counted on him having. "Bella?"

"Yeah, dad, I had one, but Alice was able to stop me from passing out." Her dad sighed aloud, and she sighed, too. "Well, I'm getting kinda tired. I think Alice is going to make me take a nap. Is it alright if I wait out the worst of the storm here?"

"Let me talk to her father." She handed Carlisle the phone without a word, and he just chuckled, pressing it to his ear.

"Hello, this is Carlisle." He spoke smoothly, the way doctors always should, but never did. He listened to what Charlie said carefully, and answered any questions he seemed to ask. "Yes, we rented the house down on 1st Mile. We've got trees all around, thick and strong, and we're about ten miles from the beach. The house, we've been assured, has been reinforced to withstand the strongest of hurricanes and floods. She's perfectly safe here. The glass is bullet proof."

"Oh, I haven't the heart to test that out, but I trust the owner of the house with my life." He laughed, his blue eyes light. "Yes, she'll be fine, my wife Esme is making food as we speak, and as she said, Alice is probably going to force to to bed. Even if she doesn't, I think it would be best for her, and nobody should ever argue with a doctor."

"Yes, thank you. Yes. I most certainly will. Take care now." He pushed the end call button and handed it back, "He said to make sure that you stay with Alice."

"There won't be a problem with that." A voice said by the door, which was now open. Alice was standing there in long pajamas and her arms crossed over her chest. "You'd have to pry us apart with a crowbar and possibly a two by four. Even then, I doubt that would be successful."

Bella turned to look at Carlisle after seeing the expression on Alice's face, and squeaked, "Help me!"

"You're on your own now, dear." He chuckled, leaving the room. Alice pounced on her in a split second and dragged her to her room, shutting the door behind them.

"Let's get you changed into something dry..." Alice pushed her to sit on the bed as she was going to dig through her closet...which was full. How long had they been here, again? "It won't take long to get you warmed up. My mom is making soup."

"Great...I'm starving." Bella blushed when her stomach gurgled loudly. "Err...I forgot to cook this morning."

"I've got a question, Bella." the brunette looked over at the pixie's back, which was still facing her as she dug through a couple of drawers.

"Ask away." She yawned, and looked out the large glass wall of the room. The room in which she hadn't looked at really. "This room...is so plain."

"Has to stay that way, considering we're only renting it until-" She realized what she was about to say and clammed up. Shit. She wasn't supposed to mention that...

"Until the competition is over and you all leave to the next hotspot." Bella sighed, "You had a question?"

"Where is your mom?" Bella saw the curiosity in the other girl's amber eyes, and smiled. "You...I don't think you've ever mentioned her."

"There are a lot of things I've yet to mention to you...but that would be something I probably wouldn't mention in passing." Bella nodded, pulling out a fold of pictures from her bag. She flipped to the one of her mother and her from her last birthday. She handed it to Alice, who now held a pair of pajama bottoms and a black tank top. "That's her."

The girls swapped items and Bella stood up, pulling her shirt over her head and letting it drop to the floor. A clatter in front of her alerted her, and she looked at Alice, who had dropped the fold of pictures. She was...drooling, quite literally, over Bella's exposed skin. Alice realized what she was doing, and that she'd been caught, and spun around quickly, much to Bella's amusement.

"Alice, we're both girls. No issue." Alice turned around again, looking at Bella in shock. "What?"

"Nothing, nevermind. Put that shirt on, already!" the girl pouted before bending over to pick the fold up. She looked over the picture that Bella had pointed out, and smiled widely. "You look a lot like her."

"Ah, I do for now." Bella felt a twinge of guilt in her heart, but smiled at the compliment, "But thank you."

"You said you do for now...is she planning to change the way she looks?" Alice flipped through more pictures, and couldn't help but giggled at a picture that had been crammed into the back of the fold. It was a baby picture of Bella with an ice cream stained shirt sitting in a stroller. She had a hat on, and some silly looking sunglasses, her tongue poking out to lick her fingers. "Cute!"

"Sort of..." Alice looked over at Bella, who had dropped her pants, her thumbs in the band of her panties. The pixie couldn't look away, and licked her lips. Jesus Christ... "She's planning to get a sex change."

"What?" Alice broke eye contact with her friend's panty clad ass and looked up, to see Bella looking right at her with a grin. She reached for the pants on the bed, bending over a little, and Alice, sure that Bella wasn't looking, rubbed her inner thighs together.

"She's getting a sex change." Bella pulled the pants off the rest of the way, bending over more in the process. "She's unhappy as a woman, so she wants to be a man who loves men...I think. Or a man who loves women. I really don't know what she likes at this point."

"What made her want to change her gender?" 'And miss out on this? Women were amazing! Being a woman was amazing, too!' Alice bit her lip and muffled a whimper. Shit, this girl was hot. "Wait, was she ever married to your dad?"

"Yeah. For like a year." Bella pulled the pants up, hiding the smooth skin of her thighs and rear, much to Alice's disappointment. If it would have been deemed appropriate, she wouldn't have given Bella the pants. "They had me within that year. Shortly after that, my mom couldn't stand being married with a child, when she really wanted to be out there in a different skin, flirting with other people."

"I'm not sure if I ever would consider doing something like that..." Alice frowned, "What about you? What do you think about all this?"

"I know my mother's thought about this since she was ten years old. Its about time she gets to do what she wants, and now that I don't live with her to influence her decision, things should get easier for her. I was always the one person who would draw her back. Now she doesn't have me holding her back from what she truly wants. I'm excited for her...in my own way." She shrugged, "I love my mom, but no matter what, she'll always be my mother. Whether she has a penis or not."

"You're a good daughter, Bella. I can tell just from the sentences you've said." Alice sighed happily, "Are you tired now?"

"Yeah..." the brunette nodded at her friend, who pulled the covers back on the bed and let her climb in, following shortly behind. Alice cuddled up to Bella's back, snuggling. She was a little on the chilly side, but that was because she'd been freezing in cold, wet clothes. Now, she would warm up fairly quickly. "Are you warm?"

"Yep." Bella sighed, sinking further into the soft, pillow top mattress. "You're warm, too. Much warmer than I am."

"Give it a few minutes, and you'll be nice and toasty." Alice moved an arm hesitantly around Bella's waist. When the girl stiffened, she pulled her arm back.

Bella sighed, and reached behind her for the arm again. She pulled it over her waist, and pushed her back to the surfer. They stayed quiet, and a few minutes later, Alice felt sleep strike her like a baseball bat. Bella could hear the surfer's soft snores, and couldn't help but feel lulled into unconsciousness by the soft, comforting noises.


Bella and Alice - Tuesday Morning

A wet nose pressing into Bella's face made her giggle, even in her sleep. "Holmes, I'm still sleepy...go bother Watson for a while, please..."

A lick made her laugh a little harder, and she rolled over, only to be cuddled into. Wait. Cuddled into? Bella cracked her eyes open, and saw Alice's face not five inches from her own face, still snoring. Her hair stuck up in a cow lick, and Bella thought it was adorable.

Bella considered kissing her...but she was not a cheater. She was still, technically, with Louis. That, and...she didn't want to hand over her heart to the surfer girl just like that. Even though she knew she'd be happy doing that, she didn't want to live through the hardship that would come later.

She thought back a few seconds...something had licked her.

She turned over to the other side, and saw blue eyes and a furry face looking at her from the edge of the bed. A puppy.

"You must be the infamous Violet." She chuckled when the puppy's tail wagged furiously, and whispered, "Well, come on up here. You'll have to help me."

She helped the pup onto the bed and she jumped all around the bed, her triangular ears twitching slightly as she jumped around. She found Alice's face, and started to lick up a storm, making her groan and try to swat the licking offender away.

"Mmm..." She screwed her face in disgust. She knew something nasty was happening, but before she could sit up, Bella crawled over her, holding her hands captive against the mattress. Alice's eyes opened quickly, her hair still sticking up. "Bella? What-"

Violet attacked her face vigorously, and Alice struggled, "Oh GOD! Get her off me! I don't know where that mouth has been! BELLA!"

Bella laughed heartily, "What? She just wants kisses from you! You should be pleased."

"Well, I'm not! Get off!" Alice whined then, arching her back to throw Bella off of her. The movement made both girls make embarrassing noises, and Bella realized that they'd crossed a line then. She climbed off quickly and took the puppy with her, though it struggled to get away from her arms. "What a way to be woken up."

"She woke you up. I didn't."

Alice 'glared' at her and pouted. "You held me down! You let me go through such torture!"

"Oh please. Kisses aren't considered torture. Painting a dog's nails...now that's torture. What color is this, anyway?" Bella looked closely at the dog's perfectly manicured, polished nails.

"That is a shade of purple. Not too sure. It's too early in the morning for me to tell." She sat up and looked out the window glass, "And it's still raining."

"Yeah, it's a hurricane. They tend to stick around for at least two or three days." Bella glanced over at her friend, sighing. "What's on the agenda for today? The worst of the storm is over."

"Shopping, of course." Alice grinned, "I need to find the perfect swimsuits for the competition, and you may as well wear some nice stuff too. You're going to be cheering me on!"

"Shopping? Are you serious?" Bella looked down at her ankle, "Look at my foot! It's swollen. There's no way in hell we are going shopping."

"If you value our friendship, you will." Alice's eyes narrowed before smiling, "I already have a wheelchair lined up for you."

"Oh God..." the brunette buried her face in her hands, "This...this is sick! You have a disgusting advantage over me! It's not fair!"

"Baby, has anyone ever told you? Life isn't fair." Alice made a gun with her hands and blew the steam off the end. The movement itself was completely sexy, and Bella grumbled, crossing her arms over her chest. "Besides, I think it'll be totally and completely worth the trip."

"Why do you say that?" Bella wrinkled her nose. She never shopped for herself. Always for Holmes or her room or her dad. Never clothes or shoes. "What stores are you wanting to hit up, exactly?"

"We're going to hit some local stores and Port Angeles, and if I can't find anything I like here, we're going up to Seattle." Both girls frowned at each other. "Got a problem with that?"

"Pfft." Bella looked at the puppy, who just looked at her with her head cocked to the side as puppies do. "Get off me."

"Don't be mean to my puppy." Alice tapped her shoulder and huffed, "Let's get dressed...my mom washed your clothes last night."

"Sweet. I'd love to walk out of here in clothes I came wearing last night." Bella rolled her eyes, "God. I'm so embarrassed."

"What? Why?" Alice climbed off the bed and dashed to her dresser, throwing her shorts down and pulling on some jeans. Before Bella could even blink, the girl was dressed in different clothes. She'd barely seen anything!

"Because...when people have one night stands, the girl usually leaves wearing the same clothes and makeup and hair." Bella bit her lip, "They usually leave the house, and call for a cab or something. I've never had to do that, but I've seen it happen a million times."

"When have you ever seen that done? And in a town this small?" Alice looked doubtful.

"I haven't lived here my whole life. I actually just moved here a few weeks before you guys came down." She simpered, "I used to live in Arizona."

"Really? Too far from the ocean for my tastes." Alice giggled, "Here are your clothes."

"Ah, I'm doing the walk, then." Alice chuckled, before bending down to pick her puppy up. She walked out her bedroom door and called over her shoulder.

"I'll be downstairs when you're ready!" Sigh.


"Okay...so why are we here again?" Bella looked around cautiously. She wasn't sure, but whenever she went out in public, she felt like someone was waiting in a corner or hallway for her to walk by so they could tackle her. Not a nice feeling. "And if it's possible...can we leave as soon as possible?"

"Bella, hush." Rosalie turned around and practically burned the brunette with her glare. "Alice enjoys shopping. So suck it up and follow."

"Right." Bella huffed, her shoulders slumping. She looked once at Alice, whose eyes were glittering while she looked at the store fronts. Awwww... She stood straighter and couldn't help but smile. Not when she looked that happy. "So which store first, Ali?"

The pixie spun around and smiled blindingly at the taller girl. She began to bounce on the balls of her feet, her cheeks pulling back so far, everyone was a little worried that her face would break into two halves, or her mouth would break open.

"What? What's got you so...like this?" Rosalie made a height motion with one arm, her sister-in-law still bouncing around like a child on a sugar rush.

"Bella, what did you call me?" Golden eyes were locked onto confused brown ones.

"Uh...Ali?" Bella blushed a little, "I mean, if you don't like...you know what? I don't care if you like it or not...which is clearly not the case. You're jumping up and down like a Mexican Jumping Bean, I doubt you dislike it."

"And you're right about that!" She stopped bouncing, pumping her fist into the air with a small 'Yay!', and then going to throw her arms around her tallish best friend. "I'm so happy now!"

"Why?" Bella chuckled, letting her hand rest on Alice's head lightly, "It's just a shortening of your name. Two letters less."

"I know, but it's a nickname! You took it upon yourself to call me something other than my name!" Alice seemed to vibrate against Bella's side with all the pent up energy she had. "Oh my god! I'm so buying you something today!"

"Err...why? I don't need anything." Bella looked at Rosalie, who had a smug smile on her face. "What is that look for?"

"Oh, nothing." She flicked her blond hair over her shoulder before grinning at her and, with a sway of her hips, sauntered away. "Good luck getting out of her buying you something, though."

"Hey, wait!" the brunette shouted, "How do I deal with this?"

The blond kept walking, waving her arm over her head in a dismissive way. Bella bit her lip. Shit. She didn't like people putting attention on her, much less spending money on her. Even hard earned money.

"Don't worry, Bella." Alice giggled, hugging her arm now. "I'll take it easy on you...for now. Now come along. We've got bikinis to buy."

"Oh god." She cast a worried look at Alice, who just smiled and pulled her into one of the stores. "You said easy."

"This is easy." The pixie's eyes flashed, and then she pulled her over to the overwhelmed racks of different bathing suits. From bikinis to one pieces, in every color and shade in between, there was something. One glance at the price tags had Bella backing up. "Where are you going?"

"To a cheaper store!" Bella spun around to leave, only to feel a firm arm on her shoulder, fingers digging in. "Don't do this to me!"

"I can and will do this to you. Now, don't raise your voice at me, lady." Bella was spun around and pushed into a chair that was conveniently placed near the racks Alice was going to be searching. She would always be in view. "Now be still. I'm looking for some for you, and some for me."

"I hope for overcast weather." Alice shot her a glare, and Bella flinched.

"Don't hope for that! That means that I won't be able to surf then!" She tossed something at Bella, who caught it clumsily. She looked at it, and blushed. A bikini top. "You'd better start praying and sacrificing small animals for Sun and great waves!"

"...sure." Bella sighed, leaning her head back against the support beam behind her. The soft clicks of the plastic hangers hitting each other was pretty much all she could hear, until she heard that nasty metal grinding on metal sound. Alice had shoved a bunch of the hangers together, away from what she was currently looking at. "How is the search going?"

"Fairly well. I already have three picked out for you." Bella's head shot up, and she adopted a panicked expression while leaning forward. "And four for me."

"H-How many do we need?" Alice pursed her lips, pausing on a pretty pink one, before turning her calculating amber orbs to her friend. She was still on a high from Bella calling her 'Ali'.

"Twenty." Bella blinked, not saying anything as she leaned back in her chair. She ran a hand through her hair and looked up at the ceiling. "Each."

"Why do we need so many?" Bella was on her feet instantly, going to her friend and putting her hands on her shoulders and gently shaking her. "WHY?"

"Bella, you're calling attention to us." Alice gently reminded, prying her friend's hands off her shoulders. "You haven't seen the surfing competitions, have you?"

"No. Never." Bella shook her head, still unable to grasp why a person would need twenty bathing suits. "Why?"

"Alright...for this competition, there will be nine days of surfing. Nine. That's nine suits alone. Then, at the after events, we wear different bathing suits than the ones we'd worn to the competition. That's just the way it's always been. Sure, the La Push kids won't do that, because they're mostly made up of boys, and one girl...but if they could afford to do this, they would." She tilted her head a little to the side, "And you are a part of our troupe. Sure, you don't surf, but you're still a part of us. A part of me. I want you to be represented."

"That's...awfully sweet of you, Ali, but-" Alice squealed and threw her arms around Bella again. She just chuckled and hugged the girl back.

"There you go again, calling me Ali!" She stepped away from Bella and handed the girl five bathing suits she had in her left hand. "Here, these are for you to try on. I just want a basic idea of what you're comfortable in, and what styles you look good in, and what size. I'm not worried about colors or patterns, I can figure that out myself."

She pulled Bella to the changing rooms and pushed her into a room with her five bathing suits, "Now try each one on. I want to see all five, so don't take them off until I've seen them on you. I'll do the same. We meet out here in two minutes!"

She jumped and walked into the room next to Bella, and shut the door.

Bella sighed as she kicked her shoes off. Of course she'd be roped into trying skimpy stretchy fabric to be shown off at the competition. Jacob is gonna freak.

She pulled her shirt over her head and dropped her pants. She looked at her panties and her bra and chuckled. Of course they didn't match. She shook away those thoughts, and pulled her bra off. She disentangled the first bikini top she could, pulling it on. A string bikini in a forest green color. Hmm.

Once it was secured, she reached for the bottoms, holding it awkwardly between her clenched thighs as she tied it on the left side, and then the right after lifting it up a little. She shook her hair out and looked at herself in the mirror. The dark color set against her skin did wonders. She looked good, oddly enough.

She sighed as she touched the skin of her stomach. She wasn't fat, but she wasn't exactly stick thin and taut, either. She was soft, because...well, she didn't do sports. The only exhilarating thing she'd ever done was take Holmes to the park while on a dog scooter. Three scared cats, a knocked over trashcan and a bruise on her leg later, she threw the scooter into the closest business trash can, never to be seen again.

She turned and tilted her head up to talk to Alice over the wall between them.

"Alice, are you done?" She could hear a slight shuffling, before Alice's dressing room door opened. She took one last breath before opening her own door and walking out, looking at the floor in embarrassment before looking up at Alice.

Her jaw had dropped open, and her golden eyes were glued to Bella's form. Bella wasn't much better. The small surfer looked...amazing.

Her small frame was covered by a dark blue bikini that hugged her tight, fat free body. Bella blushed, and let her eyes drop to the carpeted floor.

"That...that looks amazing. We're taking that one most definitely." The pixie spun around and entered the changing room again, shutting the door softly before throwing the lock home.

"Yours was nice, too!" Bella threw over her shoulder as she turned and entered the changing room again.

Alice leaned against the door of the changing room, trying her best to not hyperventilate. Her breaths were coming in quick, shallow strokes, and she couldn't shake the feelings she had.

'She was fucking amazing in that bathing suit! How the fuck...' She shook her head again, swallowing down her accumulated saliva. 'Fuck, I almost... No! Don't think that, Alice! If you do, you won't be able to leave this changing room without relieving the pressure!'

Alice gasped, wondering whether or not Bella would lend her the inhaler in case she happened to stop breathing.

She yanked her bathing suit off and moved to the next one. She heard a soft grunt from the room next door and she clenched her thighs together. 'Fuck.'

She thought back to the way Bella looked in that forest green bikini and... 'Oh god... her shoulders were so...ugh, and that stomach! So soft looking!'

'And those thighs...oh god...' Alice bit her lip when she felt a little damp where she wished she wouldn't. 'Ah...that might put a damper on trying on more bathing suits...'

"Bella!" Alice tried to not make any embarrassing noises as she talked to her 'best friend'. It was starting to become clearly apparent that she was going to break out of that zone quickly into 'crush' and possible 'summer fling'.

Wait. 'Summer fling? Is that what I think about Bella? That she's just a summer fling I'll forget about when the competition is over? That's not right...' Alice growled and ran her hand through her flattened hair. 'Fucking shit...'

"Yeah? Alice?" Bella called over, and Alice smacked her forehead. She'd gone off into her thoughts without realizing that Bella had called back to her. "You called me, right?"

"Yeah, I was wondering if you wanted to hit up some other stores now? I can find what we need in a flash. I already got an idea of what would be good for you." She cringed at what she'd said...but it was close enough to the truth, wasn't it? Hell, if she wasn't so inclined to make Bella show off her luscious form...she would have the girl wear sweaters, jeans and a heavy overcoat.

"That sounds great!" There was a small crash, and a yelp.

"Bella!" Alice almost sprinted over to the other girl's changing room, but stopped herself when Bella called back to her.

"I'm fine! I'm okay!" She laughed aloud, much to Alice's surprise. "I tripped on my shoes."

"Silly Bella." Alice leaned against the wall that separated both girls and sighed, "What will I ever do with you?"

"I think the better question is 'what would you do without me?', Ali." The girl laughed, not knowing just how she'd struck her friend. Like a hammer to her chest, the air left her lungs, and she nearly cried. Just what would she do without the beautiful, clumsy, lovable and adorable Bella Swan? What would become of her when she and her family cleared out for the next competition?

"That is...definitely a better question." She bit her lip to keep from crying. She sighed aloud, thinking for a few minutes. 'I've got two and a half weeks or so before we leave. I have to make the best of those two and a half weeks. No matter what happens in the end, she has to have good memories with me.' "Ready to go?"

"Almost. My jeans are fighting with me." Alice felt a small thud against the other wall, and she laughed, imagining Bella hitting the wall while trying to shimmy her jeans up her thighs. "Shit, these things..."

"I'm going on ahead to find more bikinis, Bells." She gathered her bathing suits and walked out before Bella could whine or complain, and found the best ones for the both of them. She knew, after looking at Bella's body in a swim suit, that she would look amazing in all of them.

When Bella came out, tugging a shoe on, she snatched the other five bathing suits and went to the register, surprising the cashier. She just smiled her famous smile, and dazzled the girl behind the counter.

"W-Will this be all?" Bella's head snapped to where her pixie friend went. "Did you find everything that you needed?"

"Why, yes I did!" Alice giggled, "Thank you for asking."

"This is a lot of bathing suits...any particular reason you needed this many?" The girl raised a brow before beginning the scanning process for each item. She had to take alarm tags off of all of them, so it was an even longer process. Her talking to Alice wasn't helping the situation. "Nobody has ever come in and bought so many."

"Oh, I'm a surfer that's participating in the competition next week." Insert irresistible smile here, "Do you watch the competitions?"

"Of course I do!" The girl grinned, "Which group do you belong to?"

"The Cullen Five. My sister is actually running around here in the building somewhere..." Alice turned around to look out the doors, missing the predatory look the cashier was sending her unsuspecting body. She licked her lips, running her tongue over her top teeth before looking away quickly and scanning more items. Alice accidentally bumped into the counter and her bag dropped off of her shoulder, things spilling out of her bag. "Oh, damn."

She bent over to pick everything up, getting on her hands and knees to pick everything up. Bella rushed over to her friend's side and helped her stuff her bag again, smiling sweetly at her little friend. When they stood up, the cashier glared at Bella harshly. The brunette visibly flinched, and Alice noticed it.

She looked between the cashier and her best friend curiously, trying to piece things together. She pursed her lips for a second, and shrugged. They were leaving the store soon anyway.

"Alright. Everything's been scanned." The girl giggled, "Your total is-"

Bella stopped listening at that part. The guilt of knowing how much money her friend spent on her would eat at her heart and other vital organs. She did, however, pay attention to when Alice was handing the cashier her plastic card.

The cashier purposefully brushed their fingers together, and Bella felt a flood of jealousy at the small act. She grit her teeth together and strode closer to where Alice was standing, throwing her arms around her tightly.

"Oh? Bella?" The surfer smiled widely, touching her arms fondly, "Is something the matter?"

"No...just felt like a hug, I guess." She turned her chocolate eyes to the cashier, who was almost bending Alice's card in her hand. Alice looked up and her face turned from happy to furious.

"Hey! Watch it!" She struck like a cobra, taking her card away from the woman, "I only have three of these things!"

The cashier was shocked that Alice would react that way, but printed out the receipt and handed it to her quickly, not wanting to anger the pixie further.

You don't fuck with Alice Cullen and her shopping. Some bitch is gonna get slapped.

"Come on, Bella. We've got other stores to destroy." Alice half dragged the brunette out, curious but not too curious, as to why her friend had clung to her the way she did. She normally didn't initiate public displays of affection... "So what happened in there? I'm normally the one that starts the hugging."

"Er...like I said. I felt like a hug was in order." She blushed lightly, pink dusting onto her cheeks, "Let's go..."

"Right." The surfer held her free hand out and when the taller girl took it and followed, she was overjoyed. "What next?"

"I think a nice cardig...Rosalie?" Bella turned to look in the direction her best friend was, and saw Rosalie grinning at them from the other side of the wide street, followed by two police officers, and her arms cuffed behind her back. "What did you do?"

"Nothing you wouldn't have, Ali." She winked and struggled a little, making the police officers grumble before laughing and letting them half drag her away. "Just come get me at the 'station' when you get the chance!"

"Maybe I should leave you there!" Alice guffawed, throwing her head back, "Oh god, that's too funny!"

"Um..your sister just got arrested...shouldn't you be worried?" Bella's eyes followed the police officers warily, "I mean...what do we do?"

"Give them enough time to figure out what her bail is. That's all. It was probably something small. She never goes overboard." Alice rolled her eyes, "I wonder what she did this time."

"Maybe we should follow her?" Bella looked torn between continuing their day together, or going and helping the blond.

"No, she'll be fine. This has happened before, and to tell you the truth..." She leaned closer, whispering in the brunette's ear, "I'm surprised she lasted this long."

She leaned back, standing straight with a smile, "Besides, they won't let her go until they figure out what the bail will be. That probably won't be until tomorrow morning, knowing all the surfers in the area. So, as I was saying, a nice thin cardigan would probably be best for you. I know the winds can get a little chilly for people who aren't used to beach weather."

The taller girl just nodded and followed like a puppy.


More on Bella and her family... You don't mess with Alice and her shopping! And Rosalie has been arrested. What has she done, and to whom? You'll have to wait until tomorrow to find out, now won't you? ;) Thanks for reading!

Namaste!