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On with the story…
BPOV
We arrived to a beauty salon I'd never heard anything about, but it was supposedly very famous. There were women everywhere, but Alice went to the girl behind the counter and asked for Tony. They told her to wait, and so there I was, sitting with Alice in nothing but silence.
"So…have you seen Edward?" Alice asked suddenly. I wish she hadn't, thought. I didn't really want to talk about it.
"No, not after you talked to him," I sighed.
"Bells, don't be sad!" Alice pleaded, rubbing circles with her hand on my back, "he does remember you!"
"Yeah? You said 'Bella' and he didn't even look at me!" I said frustrated.
"But that's because he gave up," Alice explained. I raised an eyebrow, clearly confused.
"What?"
"You see, when we left, every time someone said 'Bella' he would turn around and started getting crazy. It was really scary," Alice laughed, "But then he understood you weren't there, and kind of gave up, so that's why he's now immune to the B word."
"Yeah, of course he gave up. He's dating Tanya now," I muttered.
"I know; it's frustrating. She's a complete bitch!" Alice yelled. Everyone turned to look at her, so he mumbled a "sorry".
"Alice Cullen!" a male voice yelled. It had a slight Italian accent.
"Tony!" Alice squealed and ran to the man. He had piercing blue eyes and his short red hair was as smooth as Rosalie's. I wondered where Rosalie was.
Flashback
"I'll be right back, okay?" Rosalie said was we got out of Alice's car.
"Where are you going?" I asked curiously.
"Um…somewhere. I'll be quick, I promise," Before I could say anything more, Rose ran to the other side of the road and kept running. Unfortunately, Alice dragged me into the salon before I could see where Rose was headed.
"Where do you think she's going?" I asked as soon as I felt the warm air fill my lungs.
"I don't know…" Alice thought for a second, "But she'll be back; c'mon."
End Flashback
"Bella, come meet Tony!" Alice motioned with her hand towards the man.
"Hey," I said as I approached them.
"You must be Bella Swan!" Tony laughed, "Eddie's lost girlfriend!"
Thanks, I thought, I appreciate it, "Yeah, I guess I am."
"Oh, look at your hair!" he exclaimed, "So pretty!"
"Um…thanks," I mumbled. I didn't really take much care of my hair, but I liked how it was.
"So, what shall I do for you today?" Tony turned to Alice smiling.
"Let's talk inside, please," Alice whispered. I think she thought I wasn't listening, but obviously, she was wrong. She turned to me, "Bella, could you wait here, please? Rosalie will be here soon, I hope."
"Sure," I mumbled. Alice hugged me, squealing and followed Tony towards his office. I guessed he was the boss.
I sat and started reading a magazine. Soon, Rosalie came running inside, soaked.
"What happened to you?" I asked, standing up.
"Rain," she said angrily, "Stupid rain! Look at my hair!"
"Calm down!" I tried to stop her.
"Laura!" Rosalie yelled as she walked noisily to the counter.
"Yes, Miss Hale?" The woman who I guessed was Laura stopped attending the woman she was talking to and turned her complete attention to Rosalie. She and Alice seemed to be really popular around here.
"I want to see Justin, please," Rosalie requested.
"Of course, of course," Laura answered nervously, "I'll go get him."
She went through a door behind her and Rosalie smiled happily and sat down. I was very confused. Rose and Alice just came here and they'd be attended immediately, and not by the normal girls working here, but they asked for someone else; someone who seemed important.
Tony came out of the room Laura had entered.
"Rosalie! Long time no see!" Tony smiled at her. I noticed, however, he was dressed differently.
"Justin!" Rosalie smiled back. Justin? That was Tony! Oh, maybe that's his middle name.
Rosalie stood up and walked to Justin or Tony, whoever he was. They kissed on both cheeks.
"Oh, hold on a sec, Rose," Tony/Justin said looking at me, "The clean-up girl has arrived, I think."
I felt myself blush a deep scarlet. Tony/Justin started walking towards me, but Rose put a hand on his shoulder.
He stopped and looked at her quizzically, "What?"
She slapped him playfully on his arm, "No, silly! She's Bella!"
"Oh. My. Brad Pitt!" Tony/Justin exclaimed, bringing a hand to his mouth, "I can't believe it! Well, okay, I can; she's way to pretty to be a cleaning girl."
"She is," Rosalie agreed. Okay, my cheeks were probably the color of a fire truck now.
"She's Eddie's lost girlfriend, isn't she?" he asked. Okay, so he definitely wasn't Tony, unless he had a bad memory, which I doubted.
"Yeah," Rosalie responded. Why did everyone call me 'Eddie's lost girlfriend'? Oh, right. Alice and Rosalie's fault, no doubt.
I went to them and we started talking. I found out he was actually Justin, and he was Tony's twin. Rose went with him to fix her hair and I waited patiently outside, reading.
Rosalie came back first, her long hair in soft waves cascading down her back. She looked amazing; but again, when didn't she?
"You look wonderful, Rose," I complimented when she sat down next to me.
"I know, right?" she was beaming and ran a hand through her soft hair. She stopped, looked at me and continued, "I'm sorry. I meant thanks."
I laughed, throwing my head back. Rosalie hadn't changed when it came to her looks.
"Where's Alice, anyway?" she asked, looking around, "I asked Justin, but he said Tony didn't mention anything."
"I don't know," I answered truthfully, "She hasn't come out at all."
We waited silently for Alice to come out. Rosalie waved to a few girls passing by, whom I didn't know.
"Bella? Rosalie?" A high-pitched voice I could recognize anywhere said.
"Alice? Where are you?" I asked turning around to face where the voice had come from, but she wasn't there.
"Alice?" Rosalie echoed.
"Okay, just don't laugh, or anything, promise?" Alice's voice was low.
"Promise," Rosalie and I said at the same time.
"Alright…" suddenly, Alice came from behind a magazine.
Oh, my gosh! She was the girl sitting next to us. I hadn't eve seen her! She wasn't Alice anymore. Okay, I won't exaggerate, of course she was Alice, but it was hard to recognize her.
If I hadn't seen her eyes and heard her bubbly voice, I wouldn't've noticed her
Rosalie didn't hide her thoughts, and exclaimed, "Alice, what happened to you?!"
Alice had cut her long, silky hair and had it now spiky. It was so short, I wondered what Alice thought of that. She always liked – I should say loved – her long hair.
"I know I look weird–," Alice started, but I cut her off.
"You don't look weird," I said, trying to encourage her, "You look different, and we were surprised, that's all."
"Why did you do it, anyway?" Rosalie asked, "You had so beautiful hair."
Alice flinched, but shook her head, as if she were fighting a thought away. Both she and I looked at Rosalie as if it were obvious why Alice had cut her hair.
"Oh," Rosalie whispered as her face started showing she was understanding, "You did this for Jasper."
Alice turned her gaze to the floor, "Well, not exactly for him, but rather for the fact that he's coming and probably doesn't even want to see me."
"He wants to see you! He really does!" Rosalie insisted, but I knew she didn't know what else to say.
"How do you know?" Alice's voice was trembling slightly, "You said he doesn't talk about it. He might even hate me!"
We headed back to the campus, but on the way, Rosalie spoke.
"Alice, do you expect Jasper to not recognize you?" she asked.
"Well…yeah," Alice answered.
"Don't get mad, or anything, but he will recognize you," Rosalie said each word slowly, and bit her lip.
"Why do you say that?" I asked.
"Honestly, Bella, look at her!" Rosalie said exasperated, "She has her hair super short, OK, but look at her eyes. When Jasper sees her, he will obviously recognize her eyes."
Suddenly, the car came to a stop with a loud screech, sending me to crash into Rosalie's sit. Ouch, it hurt.
I wasn't the only one injured, for I looked at Rosalie and she was glaring daggers at Alice.
"What the hell is wrong with you?!" She yelled.
Alice's eyes, however, were fixed on something out Rose's window. She had her eyes wide open and the light started creeping closer.
That's when I felt it. It felt like a dozen knives crossing my body, and then I felt numb. It all went black in that instant.
So, there it is, guys! Sorry for taking so long, but I wrote everything in class, in notebooks and it took me AGES to get it on the computer. So, please review!
