Bella's POV:

Once I told Alice and Rosalie what happened they had a look of both shock and bafflement on their faces. "Hmm... Edward really cried, huh? I never even knew such a thing was possible, to be honest." Rosalie said while twirling a piece of her blonde hair.

Alice stared at me for a minute without saying a word. It was vexing me, but before I had the chance to voice my thoughts to her, she spoke up. "What are you scared about, Bella? I don't understand."

I pulled at the ends of my hair, mulling over her question. I answered her slowly, "I guess,I just can't... trust people that easily." I said blatantly, while looking at my half full ice cream carton.

"I can relate to that, Bella. When Emmett first started asking me out, I continuously blew him off. It's not that I didn't like him, I did. It was that 1% of me that didn't want to trust him because I thought he'd hurt me. So I saved myself the heartache, and guarded myself before I really had the chance to fall for him." Rosalie said quietly.

I don't know how, but Rosalie just summed up all my thoughts when she said that. My problem wasn't Edward, my problem was my inane ability to trust people. I took a deep breath and smiled at Rose, "Wow. Rose, that's exactly how I feel. How did you get over that feeling? Weren't you scared?"

"Of course I was, Bella. Who wouldn't be? It's always a risk when it comes to trusting people with your heart. But when you find the right person, you won't act on 'what is right', you'll act on 'how you feel'. Now that I have, I can honestly say that I love Emmett with my entire heart, and I know for a fact that he would rather die than hurt me." She said, while she was talking, her hand somehow made it's way to the left side of her chest, where her actual heart was.

"Agreed. Sometimes Bella, you just have to jump into the unknown and trust that someone will be there to catch you." Alice gave my hand a small, gentle squeeze.

"I know..." I trailed off, thinking.

"Plus, based off of the conversation you guys just had, you can obviously tell that Edward is serious about you too. So you're not in this alone, you have him. He'll trust you with his heart, so you should trust him with yours." Rosalie picked up all of our ice cream cartons and put them in the trash. Then, she returned to the bed.

"Rosalie, you give great advice, you know that?" I chuckled. "Hey, you guys I need to get this off my mind for a while. You mind if we do something... anything?" They both shrugged, obviously okay with anything I chose.

I thought about something we could do that would get us out the house, and then a brilliant idea popped into my head. I smiled brightly at both of them, causing them to look at me suspiciously. "Shopping!" I usually didn't really like shopping that much, but I knew it would definitely keep my mind off of Edward, and both Alice and Rosalie would enjoy themselves. "I've been thinking, maybe I should change up my look a little. No more dark clothes for me."

They both squealed loudly, and Alice attacked me with a massive hug, making me laugh. "Oh Bella! You don't know how long I've been wanting to change your look! Wait, that came out wrong. You're pretty, it's just... um..." She struggled to find the right words to cover her faux pas.

I laughed out loud. "It's okay, Alice. So let's get going, shall we?"

"We shall!" They both replied.

Ten minutes later, we were all seated in Rosalie's BMW. She put the top down so all of our hair was literally flying out the window, but it felt really freeing so I didn't oppose to it. It took about 30 minutes to get to Port Angeles, and another 5 minutes to find the mall, but once we did, Alice and Rosalie went berserk.

They both raced into the mall, dragging me with them. "Okay, the first change we are going to make is: The Hair. I'm thinking, we should take about 6 inches off, add layers, and light brown streaks. What do you think, Rose?" She looked over at her.

Rosalie studied me for a few seconds, then replied, "I agree with everything, but I think we should add subtle side bangs, yes?"

Alice's eyes got wide at the thought. "YES! Bella, you would look totally cute with side bangs!" She clapped her hands together, excitedly.

"Hello! Aren't you guys going to ask me if I approve of what changes you want to make to my hair?" I asked incredulous.

Rosalie let out a long, exasperated breath and said, "Sure, Bella. Do you approve of the changes we will make to your hair?" She made sure to add emphasis to the word "will" meaning I really had no choice because it was going to happen anyway.

"We're wasting time..." I heard Alice mumble.

I thought about it for a few minutes longer than necessary just to piss her off more, "Eh, sure!"

They both glared at me, and walked towards the hair salon. Satisfied, I smiled and followed behind them.

We walked into this "professional-looking" hair salon, and Alice immediately went to this lady that looked to be in her late 30's. She started chatting animatedly with her, and something told me this wasn't the first time Alice has been here.

Rose and I stood awkwardly in the middle of the hair salon for a few minutes. Both, Alice and the lady came over to us. "It's all set! Bella sit down, and let Ms. Verona here do your hair." She led us to the chair, and practically pushed me into it.

"Hello, Bella. I'm Ms. Verona and Alice is a regular client of mine. She's told me exactly what look you want, so just sit back and relax." Her voice was kind, and gentle. I tried to do exactly what she told me to do. After a while of struggling, I finally fell asleep.

It felt like I only got about 5 minutes of rest when I felt Rosalie gently nudging me to wake up. "Get up, sleepyhead. Ms. Verona is done with your hair, you want to see it?" Rose said softly.

"Um, sure?" I said groggily. Rose leaned over the chair to get a mirror, and placed it in front of my face.

Once I saw my reflection, I was instantly awake. I looked so different. A Good different. My hair was a lot shorter than before, but it was still pretty long and ended right below my breasts. Instead of the dark brown - almost black hair that I was so used to, I had brown hair with lighter brown streaks running through it. It made my eyes look more hazel rather than their true chocolate brown. The layers framed my face perfectly, and the side bangs created a bit of edginess to the look.

"I'm speechless. I love it, guys. Thank you... so much." I don't know why, but I felt like crying and throwing my arms around Ms. Verona.

"It's no problem at all, Bella. I'm glad you like it." Ms. Verona said, while giving my hair one last look over to make sure nothing was out of place.

"You really like it!" Alice said, smiling brightly while jumping in place.

"It's amazing Alice, and I couldn't thank you guys enough!" I said truthfully.

"Okay, Step #1 is complete. The next step is: The Clothes! A personal favorite of mine. Let's get going!" We quickly paid them, and left.

I lost track of how many stores we'd gone in after the first 10. I pretty much let Alice and Rosalie get me whatever they wanted because anytime I'd say something they chose was too flashy or revealing or expensive or just plain colorful, they'd give me a look that said, "Be quiet, or I'll force you."

We were just leaving Victoria Secret, when Alice said, "Okay, I think we're done for the day. Let's go home." I started cheering, while jumping up and down. Alice rolled her eyes and walked towards the exit, and Rose laughed at me then followed behind Alice.

By the time we got home, it was already dark outside. All three of us came stumbling into the house, the weight of all the bags made a huge impact on our balance. We walked into the living room, and only Emmett and Jasper were there. "Hey guys, where is everyone?" I asked, while switching one bag to my other hand.

"Mom and dad are in their room, doing god knows what. And Edward is upstairs asleep." Emmett answered, while coming up to Rosalie and giving her a cocky grin before leaning down to kiss her.

"Bella! You changed your hair!" Jasper noticed, while putting a casual arm around Alice.

Guys, always stating the obvious.

"Yes, Jasper I did." I chuckled.

"Don't you just love it, Jazzy?" Alice said, while looking up at him.

"It suits you, definitely." He looked down at her and gave her a quick peck on the forehead.

"Well, we have to get these bags upstairs. Could you guys get the rest of the bags from the car, and bring them up to Alice's room?" Rosalie knew they would comply so she was already headed towards the stairs.

"Okay!" They said obediently and rushed out the door.

We all got settled into Alice's room, surrounded by tons of different brands of bags. "Okay! Let's start picking out our outfits for Monday!" Alice was already riffling through the different bags, before she was even finished speaking.

"Alice today is Friday. We still have a couple more days before we have to go back to school." I told her.

"It's never too early to pick out your outfit, Bella." Alice said, while laying a grey blouse next to some light wash skinny jeans.

"Guys, I'm curious as to how people will react. What do you think they will say?" I asked.

"When you say "people" do you really mean Edward?" Rosalie smirked at me.

"For your information, Missy, the word "people" is a general term, meaning Edward is included. I didn't mean him specifically, I meant everybody." They both chuckled.

"You are extremely defensive, Ms. Bella." Alice observed. She was throwing different pieces of clothing around the room, and a red shirt landed on my head.

"I'm not defensive!" I yelled, while removing the shirt and chucking it at Alice when she laughed at me.

"Whatever you say..." She sang.

I grumbled to myself. I can never win with Alice, and it wasn't fair. Twenty minutes later, she said she had found the perfect outfit that looked "too cute" on me, her words not mine. "Bella, you are going to look amazing in this outfit. Make sure you keep it straightened out in the passenger seat when you drive home tomorrow morning so it doesn't become wrinkled, got it?"

I mock saluted her then said, "Ma'am, yes, ma'am!"

Rosalie smiled at my silliness and said, "Okay everyone lets go to sleep, I'm so tired." We all changed our clothes to our pajamas and brushed our teeth. Then, Rose went and turned off the lights.

Not thirty minutes later, I was almost asleep when I saw the door open slightly. "Edward, what do you want?" I heard Alice's tired voice ask.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Alice. I didn't mean to wake you. But since your up already, can I talk to Bella?" Edward's voice asked in a low whisper that I had to strain my ears to hear.

"She's asleep right now, she was really exhausted. So I don't think that's a good idea." Alice let out a huge yawn and rubbed her eyes.

Edward let out a frustrated grunt, and sighed. "Fine, whatever." Then, he turned around and left.

I heard Alice mumble, "Brothers... so strange," before she closed the door and jumped back in bed, causing all of us to bounce.

I wondered what Edward wanted to talk about. I decided to give him a chance because I really did like him, a lot. I would tell him that I wanted to be with him on Monday, and hope that I wouldn't get burned in the process. But until then, silence had to be my best friend because I don't think I could tell him that as early as tomorrow, I'd chicken out, no doubt about it.


A/N: Sorry for the delay, but hey at least it's up right? Which POV should I do next? Bella or Edward? The next chapter will take place at school on Monday, when Bella finally tells Edward how she feels towards him! Hopefully, that chapter will be up tomorrow, if not then Tuesday definitely :)