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Bella – Wednesday – Surf Competition: Key West Day 3

"Amazing. As always." Bella nuzzled into the pillow that was lying on her lap, arms wrapped around it as her eyes were glued to the flatscreen. "Dad, I want to surf with the big kids."

"Bella, I don't think you have the coordination for that type of thing, sweetheart." He patted the top of her head, "Leave it to Ali, alright? I don't think she'd want you endangering yourself out there even if you could do it."

"No fun." She pouted, cheeks pink. "I just think...it would be cool to try."

"As long as Leah's with you." He chuckled, "Just don't break your neck out on the baby waves, you hear me?"

"Yeah, dad. I hear ya." She focused now on the pixie on the screen who was simply flying through that wave. She was owning it out there, as predicted and expected. Bella watched the way Alice would maneuver on her board, and committed it to memory in hopes to be able to apply her new-found knowledge to her own skill. "Hmm..." Bella's eyes caught the expression on her love's face as she was surfing... "Odd."

Alice

"Good Lord." The tiniest Cullen growled, "Do these people not know what the hell they're doing?"

"What's the problem, Surfer-Ali?" Rosalie came up to her sister, ice cream cone in hand. The rapidly melting treat was dripping down the girl's hand, but she didn't seem to care. "What's wrong?"

"Didn't you see the lineup? I was out there with Jane. That isn't the issue. The issue is the fact that aside from us, there were three intermediate pairs surfing alongside us!" She ran her hands through her black hair, growling, "One of them almost ran into me, arms flailing and all!"

"Maybe we should talk to the judges." She grasped her sister's small hand and was going to lead her to the judges table, when an unwelcome figure materialized in front of the pair.

"Hey, Alice. Rosalie." The redhead smiled sweetly, "Having fun out here?"

"Not in the mood, bitch." Rosalie shoved the girl aside and pulled Alice along to the judges table as they had originally planned. The redhead tilted her head and spotted the male members of the Cullen Five. She sauntered over to them and smiled, laughing at a clearly stupid joke that Emmett had said a few moments prior to her walking up to them.

"Hey, boys." She settled between Emmett and Jasper. "So..."

"Oh, I think I hear Rosalie calling!" The bear spun around after snapping at his brothers and marched over to the judges table. When they arrived there, the three of them sighed in relief.

"God, I don't think I've ever felt this way about someone. I feel like...I want someone to run her over with an ATV or something."

"That makes five of us." Alice hissed, crossing her arms over her chest. "Let's get the hell out of here! I am going to talk to Bella again!"

The pixie danced away from them and toward the car they'd all come in. When she reached it, she spun around and shouted at her siblings, "Hurry the fuck up!"

Alice – Thursday – Surf Competition: Key West Day 4

"Thanks for making time to come out and see us, daddy!" Alice giggled, hugging her father tightly, "I am so happy right now!"

"I'm glad. We would have come by and watched you before, but we needed to seriously get at least some work done." Carlisle wrapped his arms around his youngest child and sighed, "How is the competition?"

"You mean the people? They're...tolerable." She wrinkled her nose, "If a redhead by the name of August or something comes around, ignore her, please."

"What do you mean?" Esme's brow furrowed, "Ignore a girl?"

"She's trying to get into little Ali's pants. Even though that job has been permanently given to one Isabella Swan of Forks, Washington." Jasper snorted as he laughed, "But seriously, the redhead is crazy. Don't believe anything she says."

"I'll keep an eye out." The blond father looked terribly uncomfortable and on high alert. It wasn't every day that their children disliked someone, and it was never without cause.

"Be careful out there!" Esme cupped her hands over her mouth and shouted at her children, all of whom waved at her. "Oh, my babies are all grown up!"

"That's right." Carlisle put an arm around his wife's shoulders. "Time has definitely flown by for us and our family, hasn't it?"

"That it has." Esme sighed and leaned her head against her husband's chest, "We should have more children."

"Why don't we wait for Rosalie and Emmett to have their child? That way, we don't have to go through the emotional roller-coaster again, and we get to spoil our grandchild rotten?" He grinned, "I rather like the idea of doing that."

"Sounds like an plan." The green eyed woman nuzzled into her husband, sighing in contentment. "I am really excited for the baby."

"I think everyone is." A shrill voice piped up behind the couple, making them both jump. Carlisle turned his head to look at a redheaded girl, her blue eyes staring him down. 'Jesus, this girl is scary...'

"I'm sorry, who are you?" The doctor released his wife and eyed the redhead as she walked around to stand in front of them. She curtsied, and Esme bit back a snort. She did it completely wrong, and Esme's upbringing was beating the girl into submission in her head.

"My name is Autumn." She smiled cheekily, "I'm a friend of your daughter, Alice."

"Huh. She's never mentioned you." He lied, smiling.

"Ugh. Typical." She curled her finger through her sausage curls, wrinkling her nose in distaste. "Well, I am friends with her. I've been out here watching them surf every day."

"That's...nice of you." Esme bit her lip.

"I was wondering, though, why they don't attend the after events." She was mad-dogging Esme and Carlisle, and the doctor shook his head.

"My children don't like the after events they've had here." He looked past the redhead and saw that his son Edward was running to the ocean with one of the Volturi sons, Demitri. They were the last pair for the day to surf. "If you'll excuse us."

He dismissed her, and the girl clenched her fists.

Bella

"You were amazing out there, baby." Bella cooed over the phone, cuddling into the blanket that surrounded her, "I wish I could see you surf in real life."

"You got to see me surf for two whole weeks!" Alice giggled, "Silly main-lander."

"I remember that. Best two weeks of my life!" The brunette was going to keep talking, when Alice started to holler angrily.

"NO VIOLET! OUTSIDE! POTTY OUTSIDE!" The pixie yowled over the line, and Bella felt a little bad for the puppy. "I'm sorry, baby, I have to take the dog outside and clean this...up. Can I call you tomorrow? I'll keep texting you tonight, I'm just really tired."

"Yeah, that'll be fine, babe." Bella chuckled, "Don't kill Vi. She didn't mean to mess on the floor. You were too busy flirting with me."

"That's right. I should materialize you here to clean this up." She snorted, "Anyway, good night, baby. Til tomorrow."

"Til tomorrow." CLICK.

Sigh.

"Is it just me, or are our conversations getting shorter and shorter as the days go by?" Chocolate eyes glanced over at the dog bed that hadn't been moved from the corner of her bedroom. Holmes... "Shit, I'm lonely."

She grabbed her laptop and flipped it open, clicking the internet icon open. When it was open, she searched various ad websites. When she hit Craigslist, she almost cried. She picked up her phone and dialed the number on the ad, breathing in excitement.

Bella – Friday – Surf Competition: Key West Day 5

"Alright, let's hit it, Leah!" The brunette 'main-lander' shouted as she ran out her front door and down to her parked and freshly washed Lamborghini. When she was a few feet from it, she had to stop and admire it. It was a beautiful car, it really was.

"Did you wax it?" The amazonian friend crossed her arms over her chest, impressed.

"Yeah. Wasn't too hard." She grinned over her shoulder, "Lock the door?"

"Mmm." Leah spun around and locked Bella's front door, jogging over to her friend, who was still ogling her own car. "You know, if you want, you can marry it."

"Really?" The brunette raised a brow, "Like I'd ever do that. Or even want to do that. What I want...is to see my girlfriend behind the wheel of this beast."

"She will be. Give her some time." The tall native climbed into the passenger's seat and crossed her legs, "Let's go before I decide to not go!"

"Err...okay." The shorter girl hopped in and powered the beast on, moaning inwardly at the purr of the engine. She buckled her seat belt and put the car in reverse, backing out of her driveway and onto the street.

The drive to the surf shop was very short, and when they pulled up to the plaza, Leah was bouncing in her seat. She'd never been into this shop, only to ones that were on the reservation. Bella couldn't help but chuckle at her friend's excitement.

"Let's go in."

Alice

"Hmm..." Alice bit her lip in thought, eyes unfocused as she tied the back of her bikini top. She shook her head slightly, ridding herself of the mental cobwebs and sighed. "I need to do something."

She sat down on the edge of her bed and thought back to her whole life. What was something that she'd seen that always broke her heart? Animal abuse. Child abuse. Human trafficking. Starvation. Homeless families. Sickness.

She fell back against her bed and groaned. She needed to do something about how she felt right now. A knock on her bedroom door made her look up slightly, before her head fell back and Esme came in, a cup of something steaming in her hand.

"Chocolate?" She offered her daughter the cup in her hands, frowning when her daughter didn't even glance up again. She didn't take the cup. "Honey? Is something wrong?"

"The world is wrong." She whispered before sitting up quickly, making the older woman jump slightly. "I think...we should surf for charities."

"Is that what you want to do?" The mother was a little happy with what her child had said. She and Carlisle had been considering talking to their children about surfing for charities when the U.S. National Surfing Competition came up.

"Yes." She looked right into her mother's eyes. "I will talk to everyone about it. By the time the U.S. Competition comes around, we should have enough of a following to earn enough money to get charities and out-reaches jump started."

"That is a great idea, sweetheart." the mother couldn't help but hug her child. She was such a passionate girl, and she was very happy...so very happy, that her daughter wanted to help people in her own way. "Your father and I will start calling charities. Are there any in particular you want us to call?"

"You don't have to call anyone really. I'm going to make an announcement at the Finals of this competition." She grinned, thrilled. "That should definitely start a wildfire."

"Oh, I knew you were going to be my most compassionate child!" She cheered, grasping her daughter and running out of the room, Alice laughing as her mother carried her.

Bella

"This is it." The 'main-lander-slash-surfer' placed a gentle hand on a sunshine yellow shortboard that had a thick white stripe running up it's length in the center, with a yellow star dead center. "It's perfect."

"You know, I would say something along the lines of 'are you crazy? You just started surfing a few weeks ago!' but since I've actually seen you in action...I've gotta say that I would personally carry the thing to the beach for you if you asked." Angela guffawed, scaring a boy who had been looking at boardshorts. "Is this it?"

"No. I want another." She looked around again, and turned to Angela, "Where are the fish?"

"Oh, over there." She pointed to a small section that was closed off. "We actually just got some new ones recently. Beautiful boards in there."

"This is my fish right here." Bella squealed girlishly, much to her friend's amusement, when she put her hand down gently on a fish that had a picture of a sunset on a beach. It didn't have the tacky palm trees they typically had, and it was just...beautiful. "God, this is perfect."

"Should I break the total to you gently, or should I just...say it quickly to get the pain over with?" Angela chuckled, looking over at the boy who began to ogle the three girls.

"Just give it to me straight, doc." Bella flicked her hair over her shoulder and snorted. She just pulled a Rosalie! The boy who was watching them swooned a little, and the brunette didn't understand. "Is he okay?"

"He's just star struck, leave him alone." Leah laughed, "It's not every day you see a hot girl buy an equally hot surfboard."

"I hear that." Angela agreed. "You'd be surprised by how hard it is to sell these things. Anyway, you're total is...eight hundred and fifty for that one." She pointed to the yellow shortboard, "And that one is a whopping six hundred dollars."

"So my total is one thousand four hundred and fifty dollars." Surfer-Bella grinned, "I got that. Ring me up, babe."

"You got it." The braided brunette ran to the counter and began fiddling with the money machine and blinked in confusion, and then thumped her forehead. "Bella, I forgot."

"What?" She was rubbing the yellow surfboard longingly.

"Alice came by the day she was leaving, and gave me money to hang onto for you." She pulled out the envelope with the crisp eight hundreds. "Do you want it?"

"No." She pursed her lips, smiling slightly, "She's buying my shortboard for me, like I bought her blue one for her."

"Ah." Her cashier friend nodded in agreement, "I like that plan. The difference will be six hundred and fifty dollars."

"Leah, are you alright?" Bella looked at her amazon friend, noticing how she was eying a shining jet and charcoal black shortboard. The amazon had once told her that she'd only ever used hand-me-down surfboards, and never actually had a new one. "You like that one?"

"Err...It's nice." She shrugged, as if indifferent. "Well, are we almost ready to go?"

"Angie, ring that one up for us, too?" Angela's jaw dropped. Hell, Bella may as well buy all of the damn surfboards in her shop! "Please?"

"Bella, no, I really-"

"Shut up, Leah. How much do I owe you now?" She reached into her bag and produced her wallet, taking out the slim black card her mother had given her weeks before.

"Uh...one thousand...six hundred and...twenty five dollars." Angela was a little...she didn't know how to feel about Bella buying three surfboards in one day, one of which was not for her, but she was getting...one hell of a sales commission.

"Come on, Bella, really, I don't need it." the amazon was trying to convince her friend to not buy her a surfboard that was this expensive, but of course, she wasn't listening.

"Leah, if you don't be quiet, you are walking home." She whispered to her friend, whose shoulders dropped instantly.

Angela was handed the black card, and she charged it, the approval coming in instantly. She pulled the receipt off the machine and handed it to Bella, watching the girl shove it all into her bag.

"Do you guys want help to take the boards out to the car?" Angela was still eying the boy who was still gawking at the future Cullen. "I'm sure sparky over there won't mind helping."

"Sure, thanks for volunteering!" Bella turned to the boy, grinning hugely. The boy blushed darkly and turned his eyes down to the floor, "You'll help us, won't you?"

"Y-Yeah...I guess." He sighed.

"Great! Now, take the Fish out and wait by the black sports car." Bella gripped her yellow shortboard and watched happily as Leah, lovestruck, hugged the black surfboard to her chest. "Come on, Leah. Thanks, Angie! See you at the beach tonight? There's a bonfire set to be fired up."

"Definitely! I'll even rope Jessica, Micheal and Eric." She beamed at her friends, "Hope those boards are what you were looking for!"

They said their goodbyes and Leah laughed aloud at the boy who was helping them. He was gawking and drooling over the Lamborghini. Bella carefully placed the towels down on top of the car and placed the yellow and black boards down first, tying them down. She then placed her fish on top of those, mindful of the fins, and tied that one down, too.

"This is your car?" He held his hands in front of his pants.

"Yeah. My mother bought it for me." Bella smiled at him, "Thank you for your help."

They climbed into the car and when it turned on, the boy's eyes widened.

"How do we look in the car, by the way?" Leah asked as they were backing out.

"Amazingly...hot." He blushed darkly.

"Thank you." She giggled, waving when Bella floored it out of the parking lot, kicking up dust as they went. "You know, you should invest in a roof protecting pad. They sell some in nonslip, that way we won't have to use a towel. It was only supposed to be a temporary fix."

"Yeah. I'll search for one and buy it asap." She chuckled, "Now? To the beach!"

Alice

"Do you guys feel like star-gazing tonight?" Alice looked over at her brothers, who were cuddling on the sofa, gazing into each other's eyes. 'Gaaayyyyy.'

"Star-gazing? That sounds amazing for such a clear night." Rosalie's face was ashen, blue eyes watering. "I could use some fresh air."

"Then, we are most definitely going." Alice wanted to cry for her sister. She must seriously be suffering at this point. She'd had morning sickness most of the day, on and off. Alice shuddered as she thought of what had happened at the grocery store earlier. They had been in the bread section of the store when her blond sister paused, her face turning green suddenly.

Right before Alice was going to ask if she needed to throw up, Rosalie kicked off one of her shoes and barfed right into it. Of course, when she glanced at her shoes, she cried. She had to wear nice closed toe boot wedges, right?

Alice, being the good, understanding sister she is, took the girl shoe shopping after that. They ran around the more expensive stores to look for replacements for the shoes she'd barfed in, but the girl's hormones wouldn't let her enjoy the shopping itself. She had cried, bitched out workers, and threw shoes at Alice when she would show her what she thought was cute.

"Should I dress warmly?" The blond sniffled, "Because I don't know...Emmett hasn't let me outside since we came home."

"Just bring a blanket with you. I'll go set up some chairs for us in the yard." The pixie smiled gently before rushing out of the living room, putting out lawn chairs for whoever was going to come out and enjoy the clear, starry sky with them.

Bella

"Damn, weren't the boards amazing?" Bella threw her head back and laughed, her chest swollen with joy. "I can't wait for tomorrow to surf with them again!"

"Well, I'd hate to be a party pooper, but the bonfire is starting soon. We should head over soon." Leah strapped their boards to the roof of the car and climbed into it, "It's going to be a few miles farther down the beach. Just go down to access twelve."

"Alright." Bella turned the car on after climbing in, and grinned, "We've gotta let Angie come out with us tomorrow to try those boards out."

"I agree. She could most definitely appreciate a smooth ride like those." Leah's eyes lit up, "Oh, I think your dad is coming out to the bonfire tonight."

"Oh?" The brunette hadn't known her father was going...

"Yeah. Mom and Billy invited him over for it, and he's bringing Leslie over." She waggled her brow suggestively, "I often wonder if he is going to marry her."

"It's a given now. I haven't been cooking dinner, I haven't been home...I feel really bad about that." She sighed, "But, Leslie has been staying over at the house more often, and when I get home, he's already eaten, and there is always left overs for me in the fridge."

"So she's taking care of your pops. I like her already." Leah grinned.

"I do, too." The girls smiled hugely at each other.

Alice – Saturday – Rest Day 1

"Hello?"

"Hey, baby! I miss you!"

"Bella! How are you, baby? I miss you so much, too!" The pixie giggled. "I wish I could see your face in real life, baby. I wish I could kiss you."

"I'm doing really good! I've just been around with Leah and Angela, hanging out. Oh, I went by the surf shop, and Angela handed me eight hundred dollars cash. Is there a reason she gave me money that you didn't tell me about?" The brunette sounded very upset.

"B-Baby, eight hundred dollars was a lot of money for you to spend on me...I just asked her to hold onto it for you in case you ever needed it." The tiniest Cullen bit her lip. "I love my surfboard baby, and you know I'm still using it, and it was always the thought that counted for me, baby."

"How do you think I felt when Angela said that you gave her money to hold onto for me? I felt like you didn't...that you didn't appreciate it at all. I bought it for you because I love you, but then you went and did this?" Bella grunted. "I hope you know that the money is long gone. I've already spent it, so you're 'in case you ever need it', has flown out the proverbial window."

"Bella, what did you spend it on?" Alice's golden eyes narrowed. "Please don't say you spent it on something dumb."

"That's exactly what I did." The brunette giggled, "I was going to buy a lioness and name her Rosalie, but thought that wasn't a dumb enough idea. I paid a welder in town to construct a shark cage for me. Cheapest material, of course. I even threw in an extra five hundred for him to leave big holes in it."

"Not funny! Not funny!" Alice shouted, face turning red. "What in the hell is going on with you? What if something comes up and you need money?"

"Like what? A hurricane? Already dealt with that. Car breaks down? I've got insurance and roadside service. Emergency money in case I want to take my girlfriend out on a date? Ha! She's not even here!" Bella whined, crying. "You know what...I need to go. I'll talk to you later."

"No, baby, wait!" Alice was flustered, confused, and certain that the love of her life was hurting. "Baby, please!"

CLICK.

"F-FUCK!" Alice snapped her phone closed and brought her arm back as if to throw it. She brought her arm down and sighed harshly. "What the hell was that, Alice?"

Bella – Sunday – Rest Day 2

"Hello, sir, I'm just calling to ask if today would be a good day for us to meet?" Bella leaned against the counter in the kitchen, her finger twirling in her waved hair. "Yeah, that would be great. I'm on my way over."

"Oh, Forks. Yeah, just on the other side of Washington." The brunette grinned hugely, "You can expect me there by noon."

Her front door opened and closed, and Bella glanced up from the floor to see Leah, waving at her from the doorway of the kitchen.

"Yes, I understand. Thank you. Bye." With a snap of her fingers, her phone closed, and waved at her friend. "Feel like taking a trip with me?"

"Oh? Where to?" The amazon was curious now. "And what for?"

"I'm heading over to Everette. I'm going to pick up a puppy." She gushed, "I need a furry friend. This being alone is total bullshit."

"Hey, think we can teach your puppy to surf?" Leah perked up, eyes bright. "I could totally dig that!"

"Let's do it!"

Rosalie

"Okay, so what you're telling me is...Bella hung up on you last night?" The blond crossed her arms over her chest, sighing aloud. "And that she was upset at you."

"Yes!" The pixie's face was swollen from crying, and she was still crying. "I-I mean, we didn't even fight, she got after me for giving Angela eight hundred dollars, which was how much my board cost, and then she got upset and ….I don't even know!"

"Then, maybe next time, you'll let someone buy you something without a fuss." The blond raised a perfectly manicured brow, "She bought it for you as a token of love. Why you would go back on that, I have no idea."

"I didn't want her to run out of money when she'd need it. That's all that was on my mind." The tiny surfer whimpered. "I love her, and my surfboard."

"Maybe you aren't exactly...grasping what happened." Rosalie adjusted herself on her seat on the bed, "You've met her mother, haven't you?"

"Of course I have." She sniffled, "What about her mother?"

"She is a baby making doctor. She is probably as well off as we are, if not more because she actually works every day." Blue eyes were trained on troubled golden ones. "Money is not an issue for Bella."

"She had a job before-" Rosalie laughed at that.

"She had that job to spoil her dog rotten. That was what her job was for. It had nothing to do with her mother, or her or you. It was for Holmes that she got and kept that job. She also liked having something to do." The blond wrinkled her nose, "As if she wants to sit indoors and crunch numbers all day. She went to college so if in the case something ever did happen, she could work her ass off as an accountant and earn money quickly."

"But..." Amber eyes watered quickly.

"No buts, Ali. What you did wasn't wrong per se, but it was still pretty bad." She chuckled at her sister's indignant expression, "Don't pout. You know you would have been the exact same way if Bella did what you did."

"I would be so angry at her if she was to ever do that to me." She groaned, falling back onto the bed. "I'm such a hypocrite."

"But a cute hypocrite. She loves you, you just need to stop being...whatever." She laughed and stood up, waltzing out of the bedroom, hands on her tummy. "Stop being silly!"

Ah, living a life of double standards. It's great. Anyway, thanks for reading, and I hope you guys can help me come up with kick ass Roller Derby names! Because I want a rockin' name. Something fierce, sexy and awesome.

Namaste!