Ok so this is my next chapter. Thanks to everyone who reviewed!! I love you guys!!
Tell me what you think, Bella gains some confidence this chapter so yeah (she can't spend every waking second with Edward...yet anyway).
BPOV
The rest of the week passed by in a blur. I spent my mornings at school in Edward's presence; he blatantly refused to sit with anyone else. I was getting to know him better but I knew that he was just being polite and when next Tuesday came around he would find some click to join. The rest of my time was focused entirely on work and the Little Miss Beauty Pageant. Alice had been in contact with me at least twice a day, most of the time reminding me not to forget where I was supposed to be and when and that she had all my outfits for the events arranged. Saturday was looming and I was getting nervous. Today was Friday and I was beginning to have doubts on how I was going to pull off the whole charity event. I was jolted out of my thought when my mobile started buzzing. It was Alice, again.
"Hey Alice, what's up?" I refrained from adding a now to the question.
"Stop freaking out, tomorrow will go fine, remember I'm the one that's organising it, you just have to show up, please don't forget that part, and then welcome everyone and get the competition started. After that you can mingle with all the contestants backstage and help out anyone who's in need." She sounded so confident...and energetic.
"I know Alice, of course I won't forget to show up, and anyway, I got to go now so I'll catch you later?" I wanted to get her off the line, no doubt she would call back in an hour or so like she had been all morning.
"Ok Bella, it's just that I worry about you" I smiled.
"Thanks Alice, bye" I hung up quickly. I loved Alice but she was getting to be just a little bit too much sometimes.
I reclined back in my chair, when suddenly the door opened and in walked Alice. I almost fell out of my seat.
"Hey Bella, long time no see" She was practically bouncing off the walls. "And by the way I don't appreciate you hanging up on me" She smiled at me with a grin I hadn't seen before.
"Alice why are you looking at me like that, and why are you here?" She was approaching my desk and looked to be sizing and measuring the whole room with her eyes.
"I'm your new secretary" She squealed, jumping for joy. I opened my mouth, but no sound came out. After I few seconds I cleared my head.
"Really?" She just nodded and squealed some more.
"Isn't this fantastic, I can help you out and redo your office and buy you a whole new wardrobe and organise all your files and we get to spend every day with each other" I was only now just starting to comprehend the enormity of the situation. Alice was going to take over my life.
"C'mon Bella, let's go shopping now and then I'll drop you home so you will be all fresh and bubbly tomorrow" She latched onto my wrist and proceeded to drag me out of my office.
"Alice, wait, I have to work, you have to work, I'm not going home" She paused and glanced at me.
"Well you're the boss and you can't exactly fire yourself and what do you mean you're not going home?" I inhaled sharply as Laurent walked by and proceeded to undress both of us with his eyes. He hadn't yet confronted me about the whole, security issue, and I secretly hoped he had just forgotten about it.
"Why hello Ladies" he purred, apparently trying to be seductive. "Now Isabella, you haven't introduced me to your stunning friend" He was reprimanding me, what a jackass.
"I'm Alice, and you are?" She extended her petite hand and he grasped it for longer than was necessary.
"Laurent" he smiled at her, I rolled my eyes. He noticed, uh oh.
"Bella, could I please see you in my office sweetheart, its important" I glared at him, but could not refuse even if he did, shudder, call me sweetheart.
"Actually, I was just about to take Bella out; I think she's earned a well deserved break. What do you think Laurent?" Oh God, Alice was flirting with him and was now looking up at him from beneath her eyelashes.
"I... yes, I think she does deserve a break" He smiled at Alice before striding off. I can't believe that that actually worked. Alice was a lifesaver.
"Thanks Alice, now I have to get back to work." I started heading back towards my office but Alice stopped me.
"Oh no, you're not getting out of it that easy" She dragged me to the elevator and we went to the car park. I followed her as she made her way toward a yellow 911 turbo. My mouth fell open.
"You like it?" She beamed as I nodded slowly, taking in every inch of the car, it was beautiful.
"Rosalie, that's Emmett's girlfriend, is really good with cars, she finetuned this beauty to perfection." Alice got into the driver's side and I slid into the passengers.
"Alice, who's Emmett?" I was confused; did I know this Emmett person?
"Oh, you haven't met him yet, he's friends with Jasper"
"Ok, cool" She made it sound like I was going to be seeing a lot of them soon.
"So why are you not going home?" Damn I thought she had let this drop.
"Well, because it's easier to work at the office than it is at home, in fact, my office is more like a home than my apartment is." I shrugged and watched the buildings fly by at what I was sure was an illegal speed. Glancing at the speedometer I realised we were going 90 miles/hour. How the hell was she managing that in this kind of traffic? I focused my attention on the road and realised Alice was a maniac driver, zipping in and out of all lanes of traffic.
"Alice, slow down, you're going to get us both killed!" I shrieked gripping the seat tightly with both hands.
"Relax Bella" She faced me, taking her eyes off the road.
"Alice! Eyes on the road, hands at ten and two!" I was starting to hyperventilate. Not soon enough she zoomed into a parking space outside a large mall. I breathed a sigh of relief that we had made it.
"I'm driving back to the office" She simply inclined her head and jumped out of the car. I followed slowly behind her as she danced towards the entrance.
After a few hours of pure hell, Alice and I emerged with bags, and bags of shopping. I had at least ten bags on each arm and Alice had twice as many as I did. We loaded them into the back of the car and I held out my hands for the keys.
"Awwww, Bella, I thought you were joking. You can't be series are you?" I smiled.
"Hand me the keys Alice" She sighed and fished them out of her bag, placing them firmly in the palm of my hand. I grinned, besides my Ferrari; I had never driven another car. How exciting! I thought it was best that I didn't inform Alice that I was about to go joyriding in her sweet ride. Besides, she was sitting beside me so if anything went wrong she could take over. I inserted the key into the ignition and heard the car purr to life. Adrenalin was pumping through my system, I hadn't felt this excited in a long while. I sped out of the car park like a lunatic. Alice was right, this car was perfection. It was so zippy, I could just ease in and out of traffic as if it wasn't there. We arrived back at the office within ten minutes.
Alice had a look of pure terror on her face. I couldn't help but burst out with laughter. Once I regained my breath I noticed that she was glaring at me.
"Bella, you are insane! Worse than me if that's even possible" I nodded biting my lip to stop myself from laughing.
"What on earth were you thinking? And why are you laughing?" She was still glaring at me, but I could see a smile tugging at the corner of her mouth.
"I just wanted to open her up" Was all that I managed before I had to bite down, preventing the laughter that was bubbling in my chest from bursting out. I noticed she was grimacing from trying to stay mad and not laugh at the same time.
"Bella..." She had to take a deep breath; she was having a lot of trouble not laughing. "We are in the middle of New York City and you want to open up a car that is able to reach over 200 miles an hour?" (I'm not really sure about this, we use kilometres in Australia)
"I had an itch that I had to scratch" For some bizarre reason this comment set her off and she exploded in hysterics, setting me off. It took us a few minutes to calm down. We were still randomly bursting out in laughter every couple of minutes. We exited the elevator arm in arm with huge grins on our faces. We had now stopped laughing and sobered up.
"If you get a speeding fine I'm happy to pay it" I shrugged as we entered my office. She flopped down on my couch and shrugged.
"Don't worry about it, I'm friends with a few coppers in the district and usually get my fines waved." I smiled at her.
"How often do you get a fine Alice?" I was smirking at her and she wouldn't meet my gaze. "Alice, c'mon you can tell me" I coaxed her.
"No, I don't think so" She shook her head back and forth and stood up leaving the room. She paused at the door and turned back to me, acting like her usual animated self again, sweeping her eyes once more around the room.
"What's your favourite colour?"I answered her quickly.
"Emerald Green" A large smirk spread across her face and she nodded and murmured something that sounded like "of course".
"Why?" I asked quickly.
"Oh, no reason" She answered still smirking.
Laurent walked in just as she was leaving. I internally grimaced. He shut the door in Alice's face. Yikes!
I sat down in my chair behind my desk, and peered at him, maintaining external confidence, while inside I was wondering what the hell he was going to do. He strolled up to my desk and leaned on it towards me.
"How can I help you Laurent?" I asked seriously watching as he smiled, then pushed off the desk and walked behind me.
"Honey, I'm the one who gets to ask the questions here" He had his hands on the back of my chair and was whispering in my ear. It gave me the chills, and not in a good way.
"Now, you've been avoiding me lately, why?" I gave him a dumfounded look and acted dumb.
"What are you talking about Laurent? Why should I have any reason to avoid you?" I added extra emphasis onto the word you to try to flatter him; hey it worked for Alice. He chortled and bent closer to me, kissing my neck lightly. He went too far. I shoved my chair back; it smacked him in the chest, face, and knee and ran over his foot landing him on the ground. Standing up, I walked over to him.
"Don't you ever and I mean ever touch me again or you will get it! Now get the hell out of my office before I kick your ass. Oh wait too late! I just did, get out!"I was screaming and Alice opened the door, checking if I was alright. I saw her expression change from shock to amusement. He stood up and I knew what was coming, he was going to hit me. I faced him, strong and defiant waiting for the moment he would raise his arm so I could kick him where it counts. He stood and I could see the flames in his eyes, he turned on his heal and stormed out. What was that? I turned back to the door and realised that not only was Alice standing there but two security guards. I was starting to love having Alice around; she sure did come in handy.
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