Hi, I'm back with chapter 2. I got into a bit of a mood and decided to write chapter 2. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight or any of its characters.

Morning dawned bright and surprisingly sunny. I rolled out of bed, grabbed my cell phone, and headed downstairs. Apparently I had slept later than I thought, because Charlie was on his way out the door as I walked into the kitchen.

"Morning, sleepyhead." He drained the rest of his coffee and set the mug in the sink. "Have to head down to the station a little early this morning; will you be all right here by yourself today?"

"Yeah, I'll be fine." I scowled at my phone. "I'm sure Alice will want to see me and subsequently drag me all over the state of Washington." I rolled my eyes as Charlie began to laugh.

"She is a fiery one, isn't she?"

I sighed, "You have no idea."

"All right then, I'm glad you aren't going to sit here alone all day. I might be late tonight though, one of the lieutenants called out this morning and I have to cover his shift as well as mine. Have a good day, Bells." He smiled at me and headed out the door.

I rummaged through the kitchen to find something for breakfast, finally settling on some cereal and toast. I was surprised, as I looked around the kitchen, at how clean and well kept his whole house was. He was a bachelor, so I would assume that he really didn't need to keep the house as clean as he did. Maybe he cleaned it all for my arrival. Or maybe he had a maid. I snorted to myself at the last thought.

I finished up my breakfast and put the dishes in the dishwasher. I walked back to the table and picked up my cell phone, dialing Alice's number.

It rang twice before her excited voice flooded into my ear.

"Bella!" she crowed through the phone.

"Morning Al, how are you?"

"Much better now. How is everything? How's Charlie?"

"He's really good. I'm glad to be home with him. He's so much more tolerable than Renee." Well, that was an understatement.

"Good, good. So I was wondering if you had anything in mind to do today?" I know she wasn't trying not to sound eager, but I knew her too well.

"Well I was about to jump in the shower and then I was thinking of driving to Port Angeles to look for a job."

She squealed. "Oh how exciting! Can I come with you?"

"Of course you can, I would enjoy the company. I have no idea how to do any of this; you know that Renee never let me have a real job, because it would interfere with my school work. I'm kind of nervous and excited for the prospect of a job." I was probably more nervous at this point than anything else.

"Good! You will do just fine. Did you have any ideas of what kind of job you wanted?"

I thought for a moment as I started up the stairs to my room. I really hadn't thought about it, actually. What was I even qualified to do?

"I literally have no idea, Alice. Is that bad?" How was I supposed to get a job when I wasn't qualified for anything?

"Not at all," she placated softly. "There are so many things that you can do, especially in Port Angeles. We will drive around and you can just pick up some applications. How does that sound?"

I sighed. This is why I had Alice. She always knew the right things to say.

"That sounds good actually. I'm going to take a quick shower. Where do you want to meet in Port Angeles?"

"Uh." She sounded a bit reluctant to answer.

"What's the matter, Alice?"

"Well, I'm already about halfway to your house right now. If you hadn't called, I was planning on surprising you." She sounded a little embarrassed.

I laughed. She was still the same Alice. "That's fine. If you get here and I don't answer, just let yourself in, okay?"

"Okay, I'll see you in a bit!"

Twenty minutes later, I walked into the living room to see Alice settled on the couch watching TV.

"Hey." I said as I walked in.

"Hi!" She called excitedly. I hadn't seen her in about 8 months, so I would be lying if I said I wasn't just excited to see her.

She jumped up and threw herself at me, squeezing tightly. She was a good 5 inches shorter than me, so I hugged her tight and lifted her off the ground a bit. She giggled, and I put her back down.

"I missed you, Al! God, you don't know how good it is too see you."

She rolled her eyes. "I think I have a good idea." I huffed at her. She grinned. "But enough of that. Let's hit the road! We have to get you a job!" And she turned on her heel and marched out of the house. I just shook my head and followed.

Port Angeles was a bit of a drive from Forks, but it wasn't too bad. By the time we got into the city it was around lunch time. We drove around for a bit before we saw a quaint looking restaurant named Sofie's.

"Oh, let's eat there, Bella, my treat. I've been there a few times and the food is so good."

I didn't have any objections, and we pulled into the lot.

We walked in and I instantly fell in love with this restaurant. It had a country home feeling, kind of like Charlie's house.

There was a bit of a lunch crowd, so we had to stand for a few minutes before we were sat. As we stood off to the side of the hostess stand, Alice leaned over to me.

"Maybe you should ask for an application while we are here. You never know."

I wasn't so sure food service and I would go together well.

"Alice, I don't know. I doubt I would be a very good waitress."

She raised her eyebrows at me.

"No one said you had to be a waitress. You could be a hostess. Even you could do that," she winked at me. I sighed.

"Fine. If this ends horribly, I will blame you."

She just smiled at me and shoved me towards the hostess stand.

The hostess, her name tag said her name was Angela, looked very flustered when I approached. When she saw me she sighed.

"I know the wait is kind of long, I'm sorry. I will get you a table as soon as I can."

I quickly waved her off. "No, I don't mind about the wait. I was just wondering if you had any applications around? I'm looking to get a job."

She stared for a moment before her face broke out into a smile.

"Of course we do! You have no idea how much we need the help right now. This is peak tourism season right now…" She continued to ramble as she rifled through the hostess stand looking for the applications. I glanced back at Alice, who apparently had been eavesdropping, because she had a large grin on her face. I looked back at Angela who had finally retrieved an application.

"…and we are ALWAYS understaffed for lunch, I mean just LOOK at this place. We could use another hostess badly. Here you go. You can fill it out while you eat and give it back to me on your way out." She smiled at me and I thanked her and turned to walk back to Alice. But Angela called me back.

"Oh and your table is ready."

We followed her though the crowded dining room to a booth against a window. As we waited for our server, I started to fill out the application with Alice's help. She had had quite a few jobs in her day and she understood what they were asking me better than I did. She was telling me what I should put down for my hourly rate when we heard a throat clearing.

Our server was tall, blonde, and very good looking. He smiled down at the both of us before introducing himself.

"Hi, I'm Jasper, I will be your server this afternoon. Can I start you off with some drinks?"

I looked over at Alice, waiting for her to order first like she always did. But when I looked at her, I was met with the most amusing sight I had ever seen.

Alice was staring at our waiter with a dreamy, glazed over look on her face. I almost laughed right out loud at her. But, being a good friend, I covered for her.

"I'll have a diet coke and she will have an unsweetened iced tea."

Jasper looked over at Alice for a moment, concern on his face, before he glanced back at me and smiled. "Sure thing. I'll be right back with those."

As he walked away, I turned back to Alice with an amused look on my face. She was watching his retreating figure with a silly grin on her face. I decided to burst her bubble.

"You okay there, Al?" I poked her arm.

She seemed to snap out of her trance and smiled at me. But a look of sheer horror spread across her face.

"Oh my God, Bella. I just stared at him like an idiot! He probably thought I was mentally challenged. Oh, God this is horrible. He was so good looking and he will probably never look twice at me now because I just acted like an idiot!"

I tried to contain my laughter at her, I really did. But I couldn't help it. Her face had turned bright red and she was glaring at me now.

"Oh don't look at me like that, Alice. I'm sure that he barely noticed. I'm sure that he has already forgotten by now. Stop worrying so much and when he comes back with the drinks, don't look at him like that."

She looked worried calmed down considerably. We looked over our menus and had decided before he arrived with the drinks. When he appeared, he smiled at me again and glanced at Alice before a smile spread across his face at her too. Apparently he was relieved that she was actually a functioning human being.

"Have you ladies decided on what you are going to have for lunch?"

Alice, seemingly having regained her confidence and brain function, ordered her chicken fried chicken eagerly, batting her eyelashes. Jasper looked sufficiently charmed with her and smiled wide. I giggled to myself. Having seemingly remembered I was there, he turned to me and I ordered simple cheeseburger and fries. He glanced again at Alice before he left.

"Nice save," I complimented her. She giggled quietly and just shook her head.

Lunch passed without any more problems and pretty soon we were on our way out the door, after Alice left Jasper a handsome tip and wink. I handed the completed application to Angela, who, now that the lunch rush had died down, looked a bit calmer.

"I'm sure someone will call you within a day or two, we really do need the help. See you soon!" I smiled and nodded and followed Alice out. As we made our way to her car she suddenly had a very devilish look on her face.

"Well I don't think we have to look around for jobs anywhere else, I think you have this one in the bag."

I was wary as to where this was heading. "Okay…"

"So I was thinking we should kill some time," she paused for dramatic effect, "And go shopping!"

I groaned but laughed. "All right."

She squealed in delight and jumped into her car. As we pulled out onto the main drag in Port Angeles, she looked over at me and smiled.

"You know, I really hope you get this job. The employees are all so attractive."

I rolled my eyes at her. "Yes, Alice. I'm sure they are all as attractive as our waiter was."

She looked over at me and winked. "I'm sure they are, Bella. I'm sure they are."