Sorry ya'll...I know it has been months since i last updated this but i've been busy and haven't had time to update. Now since i have added much more since where i last left off imma gunna post it in sections so to keep my faithful readers up-to-date. Hope you all enjoy it! R&R! Thanks!

Chapter 29

Alice and Rosalie returned back home after three and half hours of a shopping spree in Arizona. There were not much great places to shop at in Forks that suited Alice's or Rosalie's fashion taste because it was too casual and not designer brand. The clothes that were sold in Forks were too drab for them. Alice had an eccentric fashion style that only she could pull off, while on others would look odd. Her eccentric fashion style fit her unique personality. The girls felt rejuvenated after that therapeutic shopping trip which was so desperately needed after all the tragedy that had happened to their family recently. Rosalie felt much better than she had in days as her new purchases had replaced her formerly morose mood becoming a somewhat peppy and optimistic attitude. They shopped in such excess that humans would call it "shop till you drop". Rosalie and Alice received odd looks from the humans that passed them by when they saw how much bags the girls were carrying out of the stores. It helped to have super-strength because the bags felt quite light to carry around. Being eternally young had its advantages, such as you would not worry about outgrowing your clothes which meant they could be kept for a long time. Though, over the decades the Cullens had to learn to adapt with the constantly changing fashion styles of the times or otherwise it would be a dead giveaway that they were immortal. No on could guess that any of the Cullens have been around for several decades or centuries depending on which member of the Cullens you were referring to when they were wearing clothes that is commonly worn in the 21st century. The Yellow Porsche pulled into the garage speedily parking snuggly between the Vanquish and the Hummer. Alice shut off the engine and they exited the vehicle making their way to the trunk to grab their many bags of purchases. Nothing could ruin Alice's or Rosalie's pleasant mood after the shopping trip they had. It was wrong to fill the pain both of them felt from the loss of Edward with shopping, but it was better to dwell on something happier than something that was gloomy. For them nothing is better than materialistic joys of shopping, just the purchase of clothes could brighten any downcast day.

Alice and Rosalie made their way out of the garage and entered the hallway that led to the kitchen and Carlisle's study den. The house was still silent. Alice could hear the slightest rustling of movement throughout the house and this deeply concerned her since the house was just as it was when they left nearly three and half hours ago. Rosalie was not fazed by this at all for she was too content with her shopping purchases and too busy thinking about trying them on again for the fun of it. Alice hoped this mourning period would not last too long because it pained to see all her family members so somber when they should be finding a way to celebrate Edward's life not grieving over something that had already happen. Though Alice had premonitions, she was not able to turn back time and do her damn best to be sure that Edward would still be alive because there were some things that were even out of her control. Alice and Rosalie carried their bags up the stairs as the stairs squeaking slightly from their footsteps and the sound of the bags rustling against each other echoed through the silent household. They headed to their own bedrooms.

Alice dumped the bags on her bed and so lost in her own thoughts and still caught up in her giddiness from shopping that she failed to notice Bella sitting in the chair in the corner of her room with the darkness shielding her from being seen. Normally, Alice would have realized that immediately, but she was too preoccupied to pick up on that detail. Bella remained in her position not even moving the slightest as she watched Alice meandered around her room.

Bella felt too isolated sitting in the family room even though she was being supervised with the Cullens excluding Carlisle, Alice, and Rosalie doing alternate shifts every couple hours. Emmett and Jasper were watching Bella, but then decided it was too dull and left the room abandoning Bella without a care. Bella desperately needed Edward by her side because as much as the Cullens were trying to help her it was not soothing the pain she felt from being alone for such a long time. Edward would help assure her that no matter how difficult the newborn process was that he was right by her side as she went through this. All she wanted was his arms around her holding her and murmuring loving words in her ear. Her heart ached for him. Edward had chosen the most inopportune time to take a prolonged hunting trip to Alaska by himself. Now she realized all the luxuries of sleep that humans had helped to kills much time because Bella didn't have a clue of what to do to pass the hours that she would sit staring aimlessly off into space lost in her own thoughts. Her books were back at her house, but Bella couldn't return because she would be endangering her father's life being around a human in her fragile and precarious state. She though it would be rude to burst into Carlisle's study and ask if she could look through is books to find something to read. Bella was not an artistic person, so her only pastimes were reading or doing homework. People would call her boring because she didn't do any extracurricular activities or had any hobbies. Bella was not much of a social person either but she would occasionally call up some of her friends to see if they wanted to catch a movie. Unfortunately, now that she was a vampire, Bella was not allowed to see any of her human friends any more which left much time to pass. Sighing, Bella brought her knees to her chest hugging them.

Being too caught up in her own elations from her major shopping trip with Rosalie that it was rare to every catch Alice by surprise or off her guard, so the moment she took in her surroundings around her bedroom she felt the presence of someone in her room which made her slightly panicky and uneasy. She remained quiet making barely a sound as she lowered herself into a defensive crouching position ready to attach this unknown person. Alice waited a couple minutes to see if this unknown person would reveal themselves first or if she would have to make them talk. Otherwise if they didn't respond, Alice would be prepared to attack them because you could never take everyone who approaches you has friendly or kind intentions because people usually stayed away from them and those who came up to them were daring and brave souls. Some of these people were just purely curious of them and asked them odd questions then left or some followed them from afar trying to understand and learn about them from their movements or just stared at them with an expression mixed with fear and slight repulsed. Minutes passed by with only silence. Alice became edgy because she thought it was an evil vampire intruding into her house to stealthily attack the Cullens. "Who's there? Reveal yourself now!" Alice growled menacingly into the darkness of her room.

Alice's tone frightened Bella, who was hiding in the corner of the room, as a chill went through her body for that tone sounded cold and ruthless something so foreign to her. After all the time she had spent with Alice, Bella was not used to that cold, ruthless killer tone, instead she was accustomed to a sweet melodic tone Alice typically talked to her in. "It is only me, Alice," Bella replied softly with a small inkling of fear in her voice.

Sighing in relief, Alice got out of her defensive crouch and stand normally scanning her room to locate where Bella was. "Bella? Where are you?" she called out into the darkness of her room. "Why are you hiding out in her my room?"

"Jasper and Emmett did have of their watch duty then decided to head out and wrestle a bit because they were getting bored just watching me do absolutely nothing for hours just mopping around and lying on the couch as I stared at the ceiling blankly. I was feeling lonely. I miss him, Alice! I wish I could fall asleep and dream about him because it royally sucks right now to not be capable of sleeping. He could really comfort me right now." Though Bella was hiding in the shadows of her room, Alice could make out a figure sitting in the corner of her room hugging her knees tightly to her chest as she was slowly and rhythmically rocking back and forth. Ever since her transformation into a vampire, Bella had been acting very unusual and mopping around the house like a zombie as if not completely in control of her movements as her feet continued to keep moving beneath her.

Alice gulped. Though Bella didn't directly mention Edward's name, her just saying "him" brought back feelings of deep sorrow that she felt for the loss of her dear brother, Edward. It killed her to lie to Bella's face, but this was for her own good especially given her current precarious state of mind as she endures this painful newborn process. "Edward didn't leave intentionally like he has done once before not too long ago, but he had planned this long hunting trip a week before any of us knew that you had transformed into a vampire. I mean I had a vision of something like this about a week back but it didn't believe it would actually happen, so I was taken by surprise when I realized that for once my visions could not be altered. I didn't want anything like this to ever happen to you because I personally know what it is like to be transformed against your own will. Don't blamed Rose for this because she didn't intend to do this to you it was purely an accident. We warned you to be cautious when going in the woods and to venture alone in the forest especially late in the evening. Bella, it is your own stubbornness that sometimes gets you into trouble. But since we can't turn back time, as we move on with the future all we can do is take one day at a time like taking baby steps during your newborn phase." Alice wanted to encourage her but also reassure her that no matter what has happened that Bella had to be strong and determined during this phase.

"I want to call him and talk to him, so I can convince him to cut his hunting trip up in Alaska with the Denali coven short. I cannot keep on going like this and try to be strong when he isn't by my side. Edward made my life so much more amazing as he shined in the dull, pitiful existence of a life I had before I met him." Bella said as her voice began to show her desperation. Bella would go mad if she never saw his gorgeous face or got to hold him again. She would rather die than live without him. He was the only reason living was bearable.

Feeling guilty as she elaborated a reason of why Bella couldn't reach him, Alice explained calmly moving towards Bella slowly, "You are not able to get any service where the Denali coven is because it is hundred of miles away from any nearby towns that have service. The reason the coven lives that far away from civilization is because it makes hiding from humans easier in their remote region that is almost impossible to locate by humans. There is very little electricity only enough for the basic, necessary usages. The Denali coven prefers to be hidden away in a remote location for it provides a myriad variety of animals for their periodic hunting trips."

It seemed that the elaborate lie seemed believable and in response to this Bella exclaimed, "Damn it! I can not keep going like this! There has to be a way to reach him! I'll even go up there by myself if it comes to no other possibilities."

"Bella, it is not safe for you to take any sorts of trips especially to somewhere as far as Alaska. You're making such wonderful progress and it is only been less than a week. If you keep this up, at this rate your newborn stage will be the shortest I've ever seen any person go through. We have to make sure we see you through this stage without having to worry about you being put in situations where you could possibly be a threat to humans. Living the lifestyle that we do, that means we have to keep a low-profile and not raise too much red flags with any suspicious activity.

Bella rose from the chair and walked towards Alice. Then, Bella replied surly getting a tad annoyed with everyone limiting her because they are worried about her safety and to keep a low-profile, "Bullshit! I have made barely any progress within a week. The only reason you won't let me go out by myself is not because you're concerned about my general well-being, instead you're too worried about keeping everything under a low-profile so you do not have to re-locate to another place. I'm sick and tired of being treated like a damn baby!"

"Bella, I need you to calm down now! You are just having some difficulty with this newborn stage and adjusting to it that you're letting your frustrations and anger get the better of you. All of us are deeply concerned about you and we want to help you by supporting and assisting you through this intricate phase. Once, we are certain you are prepared to face the outside world, then we can allow you to go out but stay close by and we'll still keep a watch on you for your own safety and overall well-being," Alice reiterated soothingly without a trace of irritation in her voice. She paced her hand on Bella's arm to help calm her jittery, restless state. "Maybe it would help if you did something to help keep your busy, so you wouldn't be mopping around the house miserably. How about a movie marathon? We have a wide selection of movies to choose from."

Alice was determined to rid Bella of her mopping completely that this temperamental side and mood swings would dissipate as Bella would become her normal self again. Bella did not have many hobbies besides reading and last time Alice entered Carlisle's den which was had a mini-library there was not any books that would not spark any interest in Bella. Since vampires didn't sleep, a movie marathon for a couple days might be exactly what Bella needs to get her out of her zombie-like state of mind.

She answered indifferently. "Sure. Whatever."

Trying to act as peppy as she could, Alice did her best to maintain her usual bubbly attitude letting no emotions of sorrow or anger show. "Awesome! We're going to have a blast, Bella! We can watch it on the plasma television in the family room, but first you need to pick out fifteen to twenty movies that you'd want to watch."

"I don't care what movie you choose, Alice," she insisted. Bella wasn't too picky when it came to selecting movies, whatever movies there were she would watch.

"No, I want you to choose because if the choice is mine then they'll be majorly romantic comedy and then some classic movies such as Dracula." It was funny to vampires to watch movies about vampires because it looked so fake to them and give 'em a good laugh, which was needed every so often when things were glum.

Bella groaned. "Please, Alice, I want you to pick out whatever movies you want to watch. I really do not have any particular preference. I will be sitting in the family room waiting for you." She began to move towards the door exiting Alice's bedroom and down the stairs to the family room. Alice felt that this as a good start to help Bella return to her normal self.

Alice left the room and dashed down the stairs past the foyer and down into the basement. Flipping the light switch on, she ambled towards the back wall that held multiple rows of shelves containing movies that were both old and modern. She had the titles of movies in mind as she scanned the shelves for them and within fifteen minutes Alice had twenty-five DVDs. The ones she chose provided a wide range of variety so there would be none of them that were actually the same in any way. Some of the movies in the big pile included Breakfast Club, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Confessions of a Shopaholic, The Devil Wears Prada, A Midnight's Summer Dream, Maid of Honor, Sahara, Failure to Launch, The Princess Bride, Pretty Woman, Sleepless in Seattle, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Meet the Parents, Meet The Fockers, An Interview with a Vampire, Pride and Prejudice, Becoming Jane, Shawn of the Dead, Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Alice wanted to select movies that would help to cheer up Bella. She walked out of the basement towards the family room, where Bella was seated holding the remote.

"I'm back with a wonderful variety of movies!" The big stack of DVDs were delicately balancing in Alice's arms didn't tilt or sway as if about to fall onto the floor, instead it stayed perfectly still even though it towered over her head. Bella noticed Alice had put the titles of the DVDs in alphabetical order. Alice gracefully ambled to the table in front of the couch and gently put the stack of movies onto the table without the DVDs moving an inch from its spot. Bella knelt on the floor and scanned the titles of the movies considering which movies she'd want and wouldn't want to watch. Surprisingly, Bella had not seen many of these movies only a couple of them including Pride and Prejudice along with the Princess Bride.

Alice observed Bella as she scrutinized the movies, it seemed that Alice chose an excellent selection because from her facial expression Bella hadn't seen majority of the movies because she had to read the back of many DVDs. "We can watch it the movies in alphabetical order or you can pick the movies that you want to watch in the order you want. Either way I don't mind," Alice said, as she reclined comfortably against the comfy couch and stretching her feet to rest then gently on the table while admiring her gorgeous pedicure.

"I am not picky of the order, so we can watch the movies with the titles in alphabetical order. We will get through all of the movies because well we don't sleep or have to worry about feeling sleepy at all which does come in handy when having a movie marathon with your best friend," Bella replied with a warm smile. It had been a long time Alice had seen her smile during the time she had been in this house for almost a week. Parts of the normal Bella was breaking through the surface it wouldn't be long till she would be her usual self.

Alice shifted over on the couch to allow space for Bella to sit. "Alright sounds good to me. Pop in the first movie in the stack and let's start this movie marathon! We'll make our way through that huge stack!"

Bella picked up the first movie placed in the large stack and removed the DVD from the cover then slid it into the DVD player on the shelf unit right under the big plasma television. Bella grabbed the DVD remote putting it next to the television remote on the table and sat down on the couch in a comfortable position. Everything was perfect though there was thing missing: popcorn. Unfortunately, vampires didn't have a need for eating because they only needed a liquid diet of blood, though they could eat food if they had to pretend to appear human if they were getting any suspicious looks from people around them. Food was not delicious as it used to be when they were humans.

Alice and Bella remained in the family room for almost two days as they flew through the pile of movies. Suddenly, the morose and gloomy environment that was all around them was slowly fading away. The girls laughed and chatted briefly during the movie as they thoroughly had a great time hanging out which they had not done in awhile.


This will be soon wrapping up as i am doing the final parts of this story which i have been working on for over a year and plan to end it soon. I've had a blast working on this as i have come up with intriguing plot twist that are completely different from the plotline in the books. I have taken a completely different turn as how i am ending the story instead of how i was going to end it when i started this writing project over a year ago. Hope you all like how the story finished up. I plan to work on other fanfictions even when i have completed this one. There will be more fanfics from me in the future when i have spare time. Thank you all for those who have read this story and those who have bee so patient even though it has taken a while for me to update this.