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Rosalie POV

I had planned on spending the next morning in bed, asleep. Those plans where quickly trodden on when Alice bounced into my room at 7:30 in the morning, fully dressed and ready to go shopping. What I want to know is how Alice was awake, dressed and at our house so early. Of course, if she had stayed... uh-uh, that's not something I want to be thinking about right now; it's far too early... Ewwww... Jasper's room is right next-door to mine.

I was half-way to falling back into a peaceful sleep when Alice started jumping on my bed and pulling at the covers, determined that I was going to get out of bed and into the bathroom, immediately. So I grudgingly agreed and tiredly dragged myself out of my warm cosy bed, just to be knocked back into it by the force of the overly cold air, Oh, it's so good to be home! NOT.

After several tries, I finally managed to get out of bed and to stay standing. As soon as I stayed up, Alice grabbed my hand and pulled me into mu ensuite bathroom.

"Whoa, Alice, What do you think you're doing? I am perfectly capable of getting myself ready for the day, thank you very much!" I ranted as I towed her back towards the door. "And don't you dare be back in the near future, it'll take me at least half an hour to do my hair!" I said as I shut the door.

45 minutes later (I decided to test my limits) I emerged from my bathroom; hair washed and straightened, Make-up applied, now just to choose an outfit- "ALICE! What are you doing in here?!?" I screeched as I turned to my bed to see the pixie like girl sitting cross-legged on it. "I came to help you choose an outfit!" She chimed, oblivious to the hate that was now seeping from every pore on my body. "Get. Out. Now." I said menacingly. Suddenly Jasper was at my door, and he quickly assessed the situation and came further into the room and yanked her off my bed and out of the door before I got a chance to say another word.

I shook my head wondering how on earth Jasper had ended up with this girl, I mean, he is so quiet and reserved but she... she is just... well, she never stops. She's always babbling about something or other, and it was only when she started talking shoes that I actually started listening.

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6 hours later. Yes, 6 hours. We shopped for 6 hours solid. I think I'm starting to enjoy Alice's company. She could shop for all of eternity. That is of course, if there were enough designer products for her to buy. Now we were back at the house, in the living room with Jasper laughing at him as he got all wound up about the score of some game in the TV.

"What are we gonna eat?" Alice suddenly shot; the question was clearly directed at Jasper.

"Shush! I'm trying to watch the game!" Jasper hushed her.

Alice 'humphed' and pouted in Jasper's direction although he was completely ignorant of this as his eyes were carefully trained on the screen. While her eyes were trained on Jasper, I managed to sneak out of the room un-noticed and into the kitchen.

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"No Alice, She won't want to go." I heard Jasper whisper.

"You don't know that Jazzy, she might want to go. It's not really a party – it's more of a... gathering." Alice argued back, also in a whisper. "Anyway, be quiet, the door's open."

"Something smells good, Rose" Jasper voice called, suddenly louder. He was clearly unaware that I just heard their conversation.

"That's the point, Jazzy." I answered sarcastically opting to use Alice's pet name for my brother.

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Half an hour later we were still sitting around the table completely stuffed.

"Thanks for dinner, Rose. It was really nice." Alice said.

"Yeah it was" Jasper added, "Where did you learn to cook like that anyway?"

"Don't sound so surprised, Jazz. Actually, one of my friends in L.A. owns a restaurant. It's one of our favourite places to hang out and she taught me some stuff." I responded somewhat haughtily, a little wounded from the fact that he sounded so shocked. I was also a little miffed that they were trying to have a private conversation earlier, which clearly involved me, and hadn't told me about it. Yet. So I decided to change the subject, "So, how did you two meet, I'm not sure Jazz ever told me." I directed the question at Alice.

"Oh! It was a Saturday night, at a-"

"Gathering! It was a gathering of people?" Jasper cut in then sounded unsure of what he was saying. He was clearly trying to stay clear of my least favourite word – party.

"A... gathering was it? With people? Sounds familiar, kind of like I heard someone say that exact word earlier. Maybe when Alice and I were out perhaps? Or maybe it was on the TV? I can't remember. Maybe you can Alice? Or you, Jazz?" I was looking at them while I said this, closely analysing their reactions. Alice didn't even blink in surprise, she was, without a doubt, a much more skilled liar than Jasper, who flinched, blushed and looked away from me, at the floor. "Jazz, you'd better tell me" I said, malice oozing in my words.

"Oh, alright, I wasn't going to mention it because I thought you wouldn't want to come, but there's a little get-together tomorrow night, you know, just a few friends, a few drinks... just a bit of a laugh." Jasper said, still not catching my eye.

"Is that all? I'll come, I don't mind. Jazz, why didn't you think I'd want to come?" I'm not sure who was more shocked at my answer; me or Jazz, who was now watching me with shock clearly written across his face whereas Alice looked positively overjoyed. She was literally bouncing up and down.

"Oooo! This is going to be soooo much fun! It's going to be really great, Oh my god, you can meet the rest of the group, Bella and Edward, Tanya, Kate... Oooo! I'm so excited!" Alice squealed.

Yeah, it sounds like great fun...

A/N: Sooo, there's chapter 3... Sorry it took me a while to update, school kinda got in the way a bit... But, yeah. I HOPE to update again next weekend. Hope you liked it!