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What Edward doesn't know can't hurt him.
Bella's POV
For the first time I woke up without Edward next to me.
Where was he?
I stretched and sat up in the bed. I quickly made it, and went off to find a shower. I definitely needed one. I saw that Alice had places some of my clothes in the bathroom. I grinned. I was lucky to have such a great best friend.
After I was all ready, I skipped down the stairs to find Edward.
"Edward?" I called out.
"Right here," He walked in.
He looked dead. You get what I mean.
"Where is everyone?" I asked, looking around.
"Hunting," He mumbled.
I walked up to him and wrapped my arms around him.
He went rigid and pushed away from me gently.
"What's wrong?" I frowned.
"Bella, we need to talk,"
I froze. Those words scared me. I felt pain in my heart. I knew what was coming.
"Bella, we live in two different worlds," Edward started.
"We're like star-crossed lovers," I whispered.
"See. You get it," Edward gave a small smile.
"I get that you're a jerk if that's what your wondering," I grimaced.
My mind flashed back to the day he asked me to be his girlfriend. I was right from the start. I wasn't pretty enough or good enough for him. I never was.
"Bella, I'm sorry," He took a step towards me.
"I'm sorry too. For believing we had something special. For thinking I was good enough for you." I said, as tears began to fall.
"Don't cry," He said, touching my cheek.
"Don't touch me," I turned around and walked out the door.
I was secretly hoping he would come after me, but another part of me knew he wouldn't. I didn't know where I was going, but I really didn't care either. I heard a car coming down the road, but I didn't care. Vampires suck.
"Bella, hop in," Alice called out.
I got in the passenger seat.
"Why are you doing this to me?" I whispered.
"It's not me. It's all Edward," She frowned and sped off.
"Where are we going?" I asked.
"Back to our place because you need to get your things,"
"Alice, I'm going to miss you," I half-smiled.
"Bella, listen to me, you won't have to miss me," She laughed.
"Huh?" I was confused.
"I'm going to see you every weekend,"
"How?"
"I'm going to go "hunting," but I'm going to do it here in Forks. I'm going to tell everyone I want to hunt alone, which they'll agree to. They know how much this is going to affect me. When they put you up for adoption, I'm going to anonymously adopt you, and I'll buy you an apartment." She grinned.
"You're the best friend ever," I smiled.
"I've already talked to this apartment owner, and he's very kind. I think you'll like him a lot, Bella."
"Thank-you, I didn't want to have to be adopted by random people," I laughed.
"Bella, you can't tell anybody. If Edward finds out, I'm dead," She laughed noticing the irony.
"I won't," I promised.
"We have a few days before they arrive so we can decorate your apartment," She squealed.
This was the Alice I knew. For this moment, it felt like nothing had changed. Deep inside I knew everything had changed. Maybe change was good.
I woke up to Alice shaking me.
"Did I fall asleep?" I asked groggily.
"Yeah,"
I noticed we were at her house.
"Wait here, Bella. I'll get all of your things," Alice said.
I nodded. When she disappeared, tears began to fall. How could he do this? I'm going to be okay. I went through my parents' death. I think I can get through a break-up. Bella, be strong. I wiped the tears.
"I don't need him," I lied to myself.
Alice was back really quickly with everything.
Thankfully vampires were strong.
We began to drive to the other side of town.
Before long, we pulled up to this beautiful apartment building.
I gasped.
She grinned.
She put the car in park, and I helped her with my stuff.
We have to put on an act because normal people couldn't carry all of this like a vampire can.
A young guy maybe in his early 20's greeted us with a smile.
Cute guy.
"Are you the land lord?" I asked.
"Nope, I'm his son. He had to run over to his other apartment building." He laughed.
"Oh, I'm Bella," I reached my hand out to shake his.
"Brian," He shook my hand.
He led us up the elevator to the top floor.
"Pent house?" I looked at Alice.
"Of course," She grinned.
We followed Brian in and he handed me the key.
I took it all in. It was huge.
"Be right back, Bella," Alice smiled.
"All right," I grinned, not wondering where she was going.
She shut the door behind her. Seconds later, I heard her car speed off.
"Would you like help hanging your stuff up in the closet?" Brian grinned.
"Sure, thank-you." I smiled.
Man, I had a lot of stuff.
He showed me the closet.
"Daaaaaang," I laughed.
It was a big walk-in. Vampires sure don't settle for anything less.
We began hanging stuff up.
"You sure do have a lot of clothes," He laughed, breaking the silence.
"I know," I laughed.
"And shoes," He said looking at the pile.
About 20 minutes later, Bella walked in with breakfast.
"You rock!" I laughed.
"I'll finish putting your clothes away while you eat, and then we can go shopping?" Alice questioned.
"Of course," I laughed.
"Brian, there's plenty. Help yourself." Alice smiled, and disappeared into my closet.
"So do you live in town?" I asked Brian.
"Actually I live in the house next door. I watch over the apartment most of the time since my dad watches over his other building mostly." He explained.
"Gotcha," I smiled.
That was about the end of the conversation. We finished eating, and Alice was done. I went to grab my phone and keys.
"Alice! My phone. I left it in Canada." I gasped.
"No worries. We need to set you up with a new phone contract anyway," Alice said.
"I'll talk to you later," I said as Brian left.
"Okay, I left my phone number on the counter if you need anything," Brian smiled.
"We need food, furniture, a laptop, a car, a credit card, and a new phone," Alice said to herself.
"Won't your parents notice all of this on their credit card bill?" I asked, worried.
"Nope, I set myself up my own account," Alice said.
Alice was always ahead of the game.
"I don't want to go back to school," I remembered.
"All covered, there will be a tutor Monday through Thursday from 7 a.m. to noon," Alice laughed.
We arrived at a furniture store that was a few towns ago. Forks was so small it didn't have much.
About 2 hours later, we had purchased a bed, a table and chairs, a couch, a chair, two side tables, a dresser, a couple of lights, this pretty comforter and sheet set, home theater tv stuff, a bookshelf, another chair, a few plants, a standing mirror, a desk, and a swiveling chair. They were going to drop of the furniture at 5.
Next up, was the electronics store.
We bought some speakers, two flat screens, a stereo, a GPS for my new car, some books, quite a few blueray DVDs, and a laptop.
"Alice, this is costing a lot," I gave her a concerned look.
"Bella, this is going to be hard, so we need to make you feel at home," She smiled reassuringly.
The only phone store we had seen was AT&T, so we walked in.
We set up a new contract and I got an iPhone.
"Hi, I'm Mark, and I'm your new AT&T representative," The service guy said.
"Hi, I'm Bella Swan," I grinned.
He got me the latest iPhone, and I turned it on.
O Contacts. Life is hard. Time to start all over.
Alice saw me looking at the contacts. She took the phone and entered her number. I gave her a small smile. I waved good-bye to Mark.
We found a car dealership down the road. I decided on a Ferrari California Sports Car. I thought it was pretty cool looking. After we had purchased it, I followed Alice back to Forks. We dropped my car off at the apartment, and I got into Alice's yellow Porsche. We drove to the local bank and set me up an account. I also got a VISA Credit Card set up with them.
"Bella, use it as much as you'd like," Alice said pointing at the credit card.
Finally, we made our last stop at the local grocery store. We filled a whole cart with all the necessities. We drove back home. We took everything to my apartment in six trips. We put all the food away and set everything up. We heard the doorbell ring. It was the furniture delivery guys. We showed them where to put everything. Once everything was set up, Alice gave them $50 each since I didn't have any cash on me. We thanked them and they left.
"Bella, darling, I'm afraid I have to leave. I know it sucks that I can't be with you on your first night here, but I need to go home. If they come home early, they'll come looking for me. I will talk to you later. Text me if you need someone to talk to." Alice said kissing my cheek and leaving.
I'm alone. It's surreal. I didn't think this was going to happen.
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