Bella's POV;;;

"Bella," Alice said in her sweet- distract me from Edward and my life voice.

"Alice, whatever it is, I say no," I replied.

She glared at me, and then at her brother. "You ruin everything for me, Edward. You had to go and make out with my best friend and steal her from me! And you!" she turned on Emmett as he and Becca walked into the room as well, "You stole my other best friend!! Some brothers you are!"

"Ever think that avoiding you was a choice?" Edward asked.

I hit him on the arm. "That is not funny."

"Sorry," he muttered.

Alice glared. "Where the hell is Jasper anyway?"

"He's on vacation, remember, Alice? You've only complained about it for the past like week and half," Becca reminded her friend, walking with Emmett to the couch and sitting down.

Alice pouted. "This so isn't fair. My best friends are taken up by my brothers, my boyfriend and my other best friend are out of town, and I'm all alone. I might as well go hang out with Jessica."

Becca's eyes turned narrowed so much they almost turned into slits. "Down even mention her. You should have been with me and Bella in the bathroom today. She and her little group were talking about us three so badly that even Bella wanted to rip her eyes out and feed them to Jasper and Rose's dog."

"Seriously," I agreed. "Not even Rosalie talked that bad about Becca after the incident."

Becca rolled her eyes. Alice did too. "Rose didn't talk at all. I even asked Jasper, he said she just complained about how her life was so totally unfair for a few days."

Emmett shrugged. Edward zoned out while he played with a strand of my hair. Alice stood there, looking angry. "Why don't you text him? He's probably complaining to Rose or something about how terrible life is without you," Emmett laughed.

Alice glared at her older brother. I saw him recoil a little, and completely stop his laughing. Ha, even tiny Alice frightened him. "C'mon, Alice, Becca, you, and me can go to the mall. Just tonight though….and no more mall for a week at least with me."

Alice's eyes lit up. "Oh, yes," she smiled.

Becca shrugged and stood up. "Alrighty."



"MOOMMMMMMMMMMMMM! WE NEED A RIDE TO THE MALL!" Alice called at the top of her lungs, almost skipping off to go find Esme.

Becca walked after her. Edward kissed my cheek quickly, and I blushed and stood up to follow them.

Alice's POV;;;

Shopping with Becca and Bella cheered me up a little bit. We had stayed at the mall for far more time than Bella had probably intended to, but she tried her best to keep in good spirits. Woooo. My friends were way too nice to me…when they weren't making out with my brothers. I bit my lip, missing Jasper even more at the thought of boyfriends and such. "Why don't you just text him already?" Becca asked. "Or better yet, call him."

"I don't want to bug him!" I insisted.

Bella shifted, her way of rolling her eyes. Becca actually rolled her eyes. "As if you'd be bugging him. He'd probably like start worshipping his phone or something. I'm surprised he hasn't texted you already."

"I'll text him later tonight…that way I probably won't be interrupting anything," I settled.

Becca rolled her eyes again and laid back against my bed. "Where are your brothers?" she asked.

"I don't care," I said, it was my turn to roll her eyes at her.

"But we do," Bella said out of no where.

I glared at them. "You both suck. Like major sucking going on here."

"Ohhh. That sounded dirty," Becca giggled.

I groaned. "Can you please just stop thinking about my brothers for a few minutes?"

"Sure, for about five," Becca smiled.

I smiled back. "Good enough."

So, we hung out for the rest of the night. Well, most of it. Technically it was morning when Becca fell asleep downstairs, and Bella went to Edward's room to sleep. I went back to my room for a while, and then remembered that I wanted to text Jasper. But I also really wanted to go in the hot tub. It was seriously calling my name…and so was the new bikini I had bought earlier that day…well the afternoon of the past day, technically. So, I changed and headed up to the room where it was located, slipping in and just soaking for a few minutes.

And then I grabbed my phone and texted him, just saying hi. He probably wasn't even awake now. I mentally kicked myself, giving up immediently and setting my phone aside.

It vibrated about ten minutes later. My heart skipped a beat as I picked it up.



Hey! I should have known you'd still be awake right now. How are you?

I texted him back quickly.

I'm the only one who's still awake. Bella and Edward and hanging out, and probably asleep. Becca's asleep downstairs, Emmett's in his room, and my mom and dad are out cold . Gah. I miss you

The minute I put my phone down, it started vibrating again. Only this time, he had called me. I smiled as I answered it. "Hey there."

"I miss you too," he breathed into the phone quietly.

"Let me guess," I said, "Rose is in the next room over and if she hears you talking this late…or early, whatever, she is going to have a spazz attack."

"Yea. You know us way too well," he laughed softly.

I giggled. "This is really annoying. You and Rose are away, and my two best friends here are all over my brothers. Plus, it just reminds me of you."

"Rosalie just sits here and complains. It's the most annoying thing on the planet. I miss your ranting."

I wrinkled my nose. "I rant?"

"Yes, but it's enjoyable most of the time," he recovered quickly.

"Yea, okay," I replied, not wanting to start anything in the short time I had to talk to him. "Remind me when you're coming home.

"Next Wednesday. That reminds me, don't you have school today?" he asked.

"Um, yea…I think I'll try Becca's whole coffee thing. It seems to work for her."

He laughed. "Ugh, people were talking about us yesterday again. Bella and Becca overheard them. It was awful, worse than the usual crap they come up with," I rambled out.

"Bleh, don't listen to them," Jasper said, as if it was that simple.

"It's not that easy. How about you hear people call you a whore and a slut and a bitch, day after day, and try not to let it get to you," I complained.

He sighed, "But you and I, and everyone who matters, know that those things aren't true. "

"Sureeeee," I said sarcastically.

"I love you," he said.

It was sort of out of nowhere, but it still made my heart flutter. "I love you too."



"I have to go, but I'll text you tomorrow. That reminds me, why didn't you text me all day? I would've texted you, but I was afraid you were angry at me or something."

"I didn't want to disturb you. You're on vacation, and you're supposed to be relaxing. Your girlfriend probably isn't the person you want to talk to when you're supposed to be relaxing. Especially when that girlfriend is me."

"Alice, I love you, and trust me, I wanted to talk to you. I am relaxed when I'm with you. I'm definitely more relaxed with you than I am on this vacation. Now, I have to go. Text me tomorrow, okay? And I'll call you again later tomorrow night…or the day after. It'll be a Friday night/ Saturday morning so it won't mess up your sleep too much. Oh, and go to bed. Falling asleep in class tomorrow won't help anything."

"Fine, I love you," I said with a sigh.

"I love you too. Goodnight."

"Night," I said before he hung up.

I set my phone aside.

And stayed in the hot tub for another forty five minutes.

Then I went and showered.

And then I wet to bed….with only an hour before I was supposed to get up for school.