Okay so Finley Girl gave me the bestest idea but I will not tell you muahahahahahahaha that's getting old. Anyway muahahahaha sorry Austin Powers (Dr. Evil) is catchy!! HUHAHAHA!

"Hey Cassie, do you want to go shopping? I need to get new jeans mine are getting a bit tight." I called to Cassie. It was the day before my birthday. School was going well and I had fallen into routine of going to school, eating supper with the 'guys' then either watching a movie or doing some other fun thing with them.

"Yeah sure! Let me get Shane." She ran off. She and Shane had become great friends of mine. Eric was mostly gone or staring at Cassie (who he was currently dating) so we didn't talk much. Cassie ran back with Shane.

We drove to the nearest mall and I dashed to the jeans section. I don't know why but my jeans which were normally just a bit tight had turned so tight I couldn't breathe. I chose my regular size hoping my jeans had only shrunk. I came out of the dressing room and Shane shook his head.

"No they look tight." He said.

"But they're my normal size!" I protested.

"Maybe it's the freshman fifteen." Cassie suggested.

"NO!!!!" I exclaimed.

"Here." Shane thrust a pair of jeans at me. "They're the same size but they look a bit bigger." I tried them on and he was right. I took some of those and went to the food court because Shane and Cassie insisted I get them something to eat. When they came to meet me they had bags with them birthday gifts no doubt.

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"Happy birthday!" everybody yelled when I walked in. Ugh, I hate parties but it was nice of them so I went with it.

"Thanks guys." I mumbled.

"Let's have cake." Eric suggested and cut me a huge slice of cake. I surprisingly ate it all. After cake they gave me presents: Shane gave me a beautiful pair of earrings, Cassie gave me boots and Eric gave me a black but very stylish (if possible) parka.

"Oh, thanks guys!" I hugged Eric, then Cassie and then kissed Shane's cheek.

"Bella?" I heard a familiar voice at the door of the rec. room. I turned to see Rosalie standing with a birthday present in her hand.

"Rose! What are you doing here?" I hugged her.

"I was visiting Edward and then I had to fly back here to Seattle so I thought I'd drop by." She handed me the present. I opened it to find a pair of jeans from Alice, a CD from Emmett and Rose and a wonderful diamond necklace from Edward.

"Oh thanks Rose!" She stayed for a while and we chatted. Once she had left I typed a long E-mail to Edward thanking him for everything.

As the days past his e-mails became shorter and shorter until they were just brief one liners. I asked him about it and he just said he was busy and didn't have time. I believed this for a while but then they almost seemed angry or forced. I had decided to go to Boston to meet Edward as a surprise because I thought it would be good for our relationship and I had some things to discuss. So a week before Christmas break started for Edward I got on a plane and flew to Boston.

Ok so Bella's B-day! The next chapter is super intense!

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