Chapter 10

The first stop we made in Port Angeles was Rosalie's dorm building. She dragged both Alice and I inside to get our fake ids. Minutes later we exited the building with two fresh and legit looking Ids. Alice was beaming as she pocketed hers. I wasn't so sure. I knew for a fact that if Charlie found mine or even heard about it I would be grounded for the rest of my life. I slipped mine in my back pocket before following them towards the guys. We were leaving Emmett's jeep in the parking lot and just taking Edward's car for the rest of the day.

I sat in the middle between Alice and Rosalie in the back of Edward's Volvo. I grabbed my best friends hand as Edward drove. She grinned at me before squeezing my hand.

"Excited?" I asked.

"Very, and I still have no idea why we're here." She laughed. I looked up front to see Edward smile in the mirror and Emmett turn around in his seat.

"I figure we should go ahead and tell Ali-baba here what we're doing today." He rubbed his hands together excitedly.

"Oh yay!" Alice giggled taking her hand out of mine and clapping her hands together. "So, tell me!"

"First we're stopping at a tattoo shop…" Rosalie stopped so Alice could squeal. She didn't disappoint. "Then we're going to stop somewhere for lunch…"

"And tonight we're going to be catching a Jasper and the Wolf Pack show!" Emmett cut Rosalie off getting to the best part of the day or at least that's what Alice would think was the best part. I wasn't sure they were going to tell her about being able to meet Jasper or not. I figured everyone wanted that one to be a surprise for her.

Alice took the next couple of minutes to voice how excited she was about our plans. My poor ear drum suffered greatly but it was worth it to see her that excited. I couldn't wait to see her face when she actually got up and close with Jasper Whitlock.

"So, Alice. What do you have in mind for your tattoo?" Emmett asked after a few minutes into the drive.

"It's a surprise." She smiled confidently. "Oh and Bella's getting one too." My eyes widened at that.

"Excuse me?" I choked out. There was no way I was letting a needle that close to my body for that long. I looked at Alice who just rolled her eyes at me with a smile. "There is no way I'm getting a tattoo, Alice. This is your wish…not mine." Alice set her lips in a pout and batted her eyelashes. "So not going to work for this!"

"Oh, Bella. Would you live a little? We're getting matching ones in case you're worried and I promise it will be hidden so Charlie won't see it." She winked then started chatting with Emmett about something leaving me to stare at her in amazement. My best friend was really something else. No words could describe that girl.

We pulled up to a tattoo shop moments later and Alice was basically bouncing in her seat. Edward got out and opened the door for her taking her hand and helping her out. My heart sunk just watching them together. He was so sweet to her…he was everything I wanted him to be. I had to remind myself that this was all my idea. That this is what I wanted.

"Bella, are you getting out?" Rosalie's voice pulled me out of my thoughts. I shook my head and blinked at her before sliding out of the backseat. Alice and Edward had already gone inside and Emmett wasn't far behind.

"Are you sure this is a good thing?" I asked skeptically.

"What? A tattoo?" Rosalie asked as we started walking towards the entrance.

"Yeah and the Id."

"You have to stop worrying so much. Live, Bella. Alice is sure doing it." Rosalie said patting my shoulder. I took a deep breath and nodded. Everyone was right. I did need to stop worrying so much.

Walking inside I found Alice already talking to a large guy covered in tattoo's. He was looking at her Id as she rambled off about something. I felt nervous before he handed it back to her with an ok. She looked back at me and pointed. The large man asked for my id before giving me the same ok.

"This is crazy." I whispered as we waited for the guy to get ready for us. Alice was going first. The tattoo was still a secret. The only person who knew what we were getting was the large man about to ink up our clean skin. I had always wanted a tattoo but I didn't think I wanted one just yet. I figured I'd get something small one day, something that could be easily hidden and something I had given a lot of thought to. This was definitely not how I thought this experience would go.

"But, doesn't that make it so fun?" Alice smiled from next to me.

"Oh, yeah sure." I nodded absentmindedly.

Edward was standing on the other side of the room looking at the pictures on the wall of past tattoo's the artist had done. He had his hands stuffed in his pockets.

"This is where I got my first tattoo." Rosalie told us, causing both Alice and I to look at her.

"You have a tattoo?" I asked.

"Sure do." She nodded standing up and lifting her shirt and pulling down her pants a little. Right on her hipbone was an amazing tattoo of a lily. "My grandmother's name was Lillian. She passed away when I was seventeen from a heart attack." She said that's when I noticed Lillian was written in script above the flower. "She raised me until I was fifteen, which is when I moved to Forks with my Mom." Rosalie told us.

"That's beautiful." I told her.

"Thank you." She smiled as she covered the tattoo back up.

"Alice? You ready?" The large guy I heard Alice call Greg spoke out pulling us from our moment. Alice nodded and looked at me before going over to Edward. Edward smiled down at her and nodded.

"Come on, Bella!" Alice smiled before walking into the back. I quickly got up and followed the three of them. My leg started bouncing in nervousness as soon as I sat down. Alice laid down on a thing that reminded me of the doctor's office. She smiled as she pulled up her shirt and I realized that the tattoo would be in the same spot Rosalie's was. "Don't look so freaked out, Bells!" She laughed as Greg put the stencil on her skin. Alice hopped up and looked at it in the mirror making sure that I didn't see what it was. She nodded before laying back down.

The buzzing of the needle was the reason my nerves sky rocketed. The fact that Alice kept yelping and I could smell blood…didn't even phase me. It was the noise that freaked me out the most. I wondered if it felt as bad as it sounded.

Edward held Alice's hand as Greg finished up the tattoo. He kept looking at me but would quickly look back at Alice. I sighed deeply wishing we could be friends. It's not like Alice would mind.

"Alright, all finished." Greg declared. Alice didn't hop up like I expected her to. It seemed like all of that pain had taken a lot out of her. Edward had to help her off the table. She winced as her shirt fell over the fresh wound. For some reason in that moment I thought of Alice's mom and how she was going to kill me if she found out I let her baby get ink on her precious skin.

"It's perfect!" Alice said with as much enthusiasm as she could. I wanted to know what it was but she refused to let me see. "Your turn. It's not so bad, Bella." She said as I stood up and she took my seat. "Edward will hold your hand." Edward and I both widened our eyes when Alice said this.

"You don't have to…" I told him as I fidgeted with my hands. Greg had to set up for my tattoo so we had a few minutes to wait.

"It's fine, Bella." He sighed running a hand through his hair. "Just don't break my hand." He joked. I let out a nervous laugh before Greg said he was ready.

I wasn't allowed to look at the stencil like Alice had. She made sure Greg didn't let me see until he was completely finished. I swear I heard Edward's bones break as I squeezed at his hand during the process. I declared right then and there that this was my one and only tattoo.

While Greg was stabbing me to death I looked over at Alice. She had her head back against the wall and her eyes closed. She looked to be sleeping. This day was already taking so much out of her. I knew she wouldn't have it any other way, though. This is what she wanted to be doing.

If we had our way Alice would spend the next couple months in bed, just hoping that the longer she rested the longer she had to live…I knew that wasn't true. No matter what…the ending was all going to be the same. Alice wasn't going to make it through this. She deserved to be able to live a full life like so many of us take for granted.

I was able to think my way through the rest of the tattoo. Edward's voice had been what brought me out of my thoughts.

"You were so brave." He whispered in my ear causing shivers to run through my body.

Alice stood up and we walked over to the full length mirror together. I couldn't stop the tears from running out of my eyes as I saw our tattoo's for the first time.

Resting on my hip bone was the words Never Alone followed by a heart and an A written in script. I almost cried when I saw that Alice's was exactly like mine except she had a B after her heart.

"It's perfect, Al." I laughed through my tears as I reached for my best friend. I hugged her tightly before releasing her and looking at my tattoo again. It was perfect. It meant so much to me. I knew that it was permanent but I also knew that I wouldn't want anything else on my body. She was my best friend and I would proudly sport that tattoo for the rest of my life.

"I want you to have a piece of me the rest of your life…" Alice whispered causing me to sob loudly. "And I wanted to have a piece of you when I…" She couldn't finish because we both started crying loudly and hugging tightly.

"Thank you." I said as I was able to stop crying loudly and could actually speak.

"You're welcome." She smiled. Edward handed us both tissue's before we walked out of the back and out into the front. Greg told us how to take care of the tattoo's and gave us a paper full of instructions.

"How much?" I asked him as I reached into my front pocket to get out my cash.

"Already paid for." He told us.

"What…how?" I asked confused. I hadn't seen Alice pay for it and I sure as heck hadn't paid…I looked behind me to find a grinning Rosalie.

"It's a gift." She smiled before taking us both in her arms. "Not let me see." She said after pulling away. Alice and I happily showed her our tattoo's. "Those are amazing, girls." Rosalie said wiping at her eyes. She had even teared up a little.

"Thank you." Alice and I chimed together.

"Alright, let's go get some lunch." Emmett boomed clapping his hands together loudly. We all agreed on where to go before climbing back into the Volvo. I couldn't keep the smile off my face as I thought about my new tattoo. Sure, it was pretty illegal to get a tattoo as young as I was without parent's consent…but it was totally worth it. It was mostly worth it because it was something I got to do with Alice. Something that I would cherish for the rest of my life.

After leaving the tattoo shop we made our way to Emmett's favorite restaurant. I wasn't even sure the name of the place as we sat down at a table. Rosalie and Emmett ended up just ordering for everyone since none of us could decide what we wanted to eat exactly.

"So, what time is the show?" Alice asked after the waitress left our table.

"Six." Edward answered for her.

"What are we doing until then?" She asked.

"Just hanging around." Edward shrugged. Emmett laughed before Rosalie elbowed him in the side. Alice shook her head with a smile before taking a sip of her water. I bit my lip as I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket. I realized that it was time for Alice to take her meds.

"Al, did you bring your bag?" I asked her in a whisper.

"Yeah." She nodded. "Ugh, do I have to take them? They make me so tired…" She groaned realizing why I was asking.

"Please…" I started to beg.

"Fine, Mom." She snapped before opening her bag and taking out her pill bottle. She popped the pills before taking a gulp of her water to wash them down. "Happy?"

"Thank you."

After lunch we didn't get back into Edward's Volvo, instead we decided to walk to the next place. Alice didn't know but it was time for us to go meet Jasper and the Wolf Pack. I was feeling extremely nervous as we made our way to the hotel they were staying at.

"What are we doing here?" Alice asked as we walked through the front doors. I just smiled and grabbed her hand.

"It's a surprise." Edward came up from behind us taking Alice's other hand.

"Another surprise?" She giggled. Edward let go of her hand and went up to the desk to talk to the lady. She nodded in understanding then called someone on the phone telling us to wait in the lobby. Alice slumped down in a chair, she didn't look as excited as before as she closed her eyes again. She needed a nap or at least a few minutes to rest without everyone around. I was about to tell Edward this when Jasper walked into the lobby. I looked at Alice and shook her when I noticed her eyes were still closed.

"What?" She asked opening them.

"There's your surprise." I smiled pointing over to the handsome blond that had just walked in. Alice turned her head and let out a loud squeal when she spotted Jasper Whitlock.