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"Are you alright, dear?" Esme asked as I wandered aimlessly around the house, eventually flopping onto the new horseshoe-shaped lounge. It was a dark chocolate colour, and extremely comfy.

I sighed. "Yes, I think. They can be so cruel."

Her soft but musical laughter filled the huge, front room. I guessed she knew what I was talking about. She zipped to my side, sitting with me. "You don't know what the occasion is, do you?"

I raised an eyebrow. "I don't suppose you'd tell me?" I asked hopefully.

Her smile was sympathetic. "Alice made us all promise we wouldn't tell you until we got to the beach."

Suddenly, I heard Alice growl from the top of the stairs. Esme's hands flew to her mouth, and I smirked.

"The beach, hey, Alice? And would that be while Nessie disappeared down there just now?" I spun on the couch to face her. Analysing her face, I realized I shouldn't have known a single, minor detail about this.

"Esme," Alice growled, but it was only half-hearted. No one could ever be angry with Esme.

"Sorry, Alice," Esme apologized. "I…am going to leave you to it, now."

She disappeared, leaving Alice to face me and my curiosity. I grinned at her, and she sulked at the top of the stairs. But, I couldn't stay on the couch for long, her heart-breaking expression triggering some instinct inside. I threw myself off the couch and up the stairs in a forty-sixth of a second. She continued to sulk silently in my arms.

"It's not fair," Alice mumbled, breaking the silence. "You weren't supposed to know anything."

I laughed. "It's okay, Alice. I know you want it to be a surprise, but it didn't ruin anything. I still have no clue, unfortunately."

That wasn't exactly true. I could now guess that Edward hadn't gone hunting with Em. I bet they were both down at the beach, just like Carlisle, Jasper and Rose.

She sighed. "I guess."

"Tell you what," I said, trying to lift her spirits. "Let's go shopping for Renesmee."

That did it. She perked right up, an exhilarated grin on her face. "Now you're talking!"

We zipped down to the garage, and Alice gasped. Her yellow Porsche was missing. Her eyes faded, trying to see who made the decision to take it.

She growled, her eyes becoming focused again. "We'll take her BMW, then."

"Rose took it?" I asked.

She nodded. "Emmett, maybe, but the plan was Rosalie's."

We climbed in, the leather smelt strongly of vampire. I flicked on the radio, turning it to a CD. It was Edward's type of music: classic.

"So, what are you thinking of getting Nessie?" Alice asked as she reversed from the garage, and then turned to car around to drive down the long driveway.

"I'm not sure. She seems to like blue," I said, remembering her room.

"Like her father," Alice chirped.

I rolled my eyes. My phone buzzed in the pocket of my jeans. I grabbed it, and glanced at the number. "Is everything okay? What happened?"

"Mum, stop worrying. You'll go prematurely grey," she joked.

"We all know that won't happen," I replied.

One fantastic think about this life; we never have to age.

"Can you please put Alice on?"

"Okay."

Alice held her hand out for the phone; she'd heard everything. Phone calls weren't so private with vampires around.

"Yes?" Alice asked into the phone.

Mum can still hear, can't she?

I smirked as Alice replied. "Yes."

Well, we've kind of come across a problem down here…

I blocked my ears for their sake, and hummed loudly. I could hear a whisper of their words, but I tried not to listen. All I caught was ribbon, cake and 'stupid wolf'.

Something jabbed my side, and I looked to see Alice rolling her eyes at me. I grabbed the phone, and stuck it back in my jeans.

"Wait, aren't we going shopping?" I asked as she spun around, zooming back toward the driveway we'd left not so long ago.

"Looks like plans have changed," she said, grinning. "It's time to celebrate!"

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"This is stupid," I muttered as Rosalie and Alice did my hair, and my makeup, as they always insisted that they had to do.

"It's what we are supposed to do, as sisters." Alice had said once.

"There," Rosalie murmured quietly. "You look wonderful."

"She always does," Edward's voice replied.

"Edward!" Alice screamed. "Get out!"

I heard his chuckle, and the whisper of his feet down the stairs. Alice gritted her teeth and mumbled something unintelligible.

"Stand," Alice commanded.

"Yes, ma'am," I replied, smirking.

She was still upset that Edward had seen me early. I still didn't know what it was that was going to happen.

"Look." Rose pointed to her huge mirror.

"Wow," I breathed to both of them. "Thank you."

I took in the girl in the mirror. Her gold eyes were brought out by mascara and faint eyeliner. Her dark hair was piled up into a ruffled bun with curls escaping here and there. The dress, was, well, absolutely stunning, to say the least. It hugged the right places, and flowed to the ground gracefully. It was a strapless piece, and seemed to be just perfect for me.

"You like it?" Alice asked eagerly.

"Of course," I replied.

Alice grinned, and Rosalie smiled sweetly. I turned to them. "Can we go now?"

"I suppose," Rosalie replied.

She had warmed to me over the years, and we were almost as close and Alice and I. Almost.

I followed them down the stairs as soon as they'd finished getting dressed. Alice had changed into a beautiful, crimson cocktail dress that had a diamond-studded belt to wrap around her frail waist. And Rose had slipped into a silver number the was a one shoulder, floor-length dress. It suited her perfectly.

"Come on!" I urged as they carefully slipped into the car, whereas I'd jumped in.

Rosalie laughed at my impatience, and Alice, well, she couldn't wipe the grin off her face. It seemed to take up the whole bottom half of it.

"Okay, okay." Alice was almost impatient as me as Rosalie bailed full speed down the driveway in Emmett's massive Jeep.

"You're going to love this!" Alice almost screamed.

I raised an eyebrow. "It'd better not be massive."

She grinned bigger. How was that possible? "Massive? Oh, no. No, no. Of course not."

I laughed once, taking that as confirmation that this would be enormous.

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