BPOV
I was still pretty tired the next morning when I woke up, and I lost even more energy when I remembered my promise to Alice about going shopping with her. She was so excited though, and I couldn't bare to tell her I changed my mind. Edward tried to convince me that she would completely understand. Alice seemed to know that Edward would try to talk me into staying home because she stormed into the room, threw me over her shoulder, and ran outside to her car before Edward even knew what had happened. A satisfied smile crossed her face when she looked into the rearview mirror and saw Edward yelling and storming angrily back into the house.
"Alice, you didn't have to do that…I was going to go with you." I said feeling bad for Edward.
"Yes I know you were, but Edward can still be very persuasive and I didn't want to take the chance of him changing your mind." Alice replied.
"So, what are we going to be buying today Alice anything special?" I asked casually.
A surprised look crossed Alice's face which she quickly covered up. "Now what makes you think we would be buying anything special?" She asked.
"Nothing, I was just wondering if you had something particular in mind that you were looking for." I said noticing a smile crawl across her face.
"Nope, nothing special in mind." Alice said to casually.
We soon arrived at the mall and made our way in and out of different stores. In no time at all we each had a hand full of shopping bags, all of which had been paid for by Alice.
"Alice, I think we have enough clothes. Don't think you we should be going?" I asked her.
"Soon Bella, there is one more thing I need to check on before I leave." Alice smiled as she said this.
"What else could you possibly have left to buy Alice?" I asked her, but before I could get an answer I heard a familiar voice yelling my name.
"Hey Bella."
I turned towards the voice calling out to me and smiled when I saw Jacob Black walking toward me.
"Bella, you talk with Jacob and I will go finish up my shopping okay?" Alice asked anxiously.
"Yeah, that sounds fine." I said still watching Jacob.
"Why did she leave?" Jacob asked when got closer to me.
"She wanted to finish some shopping before we went back to Forks.' I said.
"How have you been Bella?" Jacob asked with concern.
"Well, I have been better I guess." I told him.
"Yeah, Billy told me what was going on. I am so sorry about all of this; someone like you doesn't deserve something like this." Jacob said sadly.
"Thank you Jacob…so how have you been?" I asked him, now feeling slightly awkward.
"Oh the usual, just roaming around with the rest of the pack." Jacob said smiling.
"That sounds like fun…I don't get to do too many fun things anymore, I am so tired all of the time." I said absently.
"You could always come and visit me Bella. We always had fun together; I miss hanging out with you." Jacob said smiling.
"I miss hanging out with you too, but I don't think I would be too much fun many more. Besides, Carlisle says that if I am outside a lot I could get sick and that could really complicate things." I said sadly.
"Carlisle…your doctor is Carlisle Cullen?" Jacob asked taken aback.
"Yes." was all that I could say.
"What happened to your other doctor…if I would have known those leeches were the ones taking care of you…" Jacob started but I cut him off.
"Jacob…please don't. The Cullen's have been so good to me. Now that Carlisle is my doctor he is able to keep an eye on me more closely because I am always at his house. This way, if anything starts to change he will see it right away." I shot back at him.
"Bella, you can't still think that those bloodsuckers really care about you. They abandoned you. I never would have left you." Jacob said starting to get angry.
"Please don't do this anymore Jacob. I am to sick, and too tired to argue about this anymore. The Cullen's are my family and I love them. They except me and the people I choose to have in my life. I know you guys can never be friends, but please don't criticize them anymore; they have done more for me than anyone I know. Besides, they have all accepted the fact that I wanted to keep you as a friend and the least you could do right now is accepted that they are a part of my life." I said calmly.
"I'm sorry Bella. It's just hard to know that I love you so much, but can never have you for myself." Jacob said sadly.
"Jacob, I love you too and you have been the greatest friend I could have asked for. All I want is for you to accept the fact that Edward and I really do love each other and he will do anything for me." I said feeling bad.
"Having you as a friend is better than not having you at all." Jacob replied with a smile.
"Thank you Jacob." I said happily.
"Sure thing Bella, but I should get going I will talk to you soon though okay!" Jacob said giving me a hug.
"Alright. Bye Jacob." I said returning the hug.
As he was walking away I saw Alice walking towards me in the distance carrying a huge black bag.
"Bella, you smell like dog." Alice said laughing.
"Thanks Alice." I said annoyed. "What on earth is in that bag?"
"Oh nothing." She said smiling.
"I am going to find out sooner or later Alice so you could just tell me now and save me the trouble of trying to find out on my own." I said returning her smile
"Ha, and how exactly do plan on finding out if I don't tell you?" Alice asked confused.
"My secret weapon…also known as Edward." I replied confidently.
"Oh yea, I almost forgot about him. I will just have to take extra care of hiding my thoughts from him." Alice said carefully.
"Come on Bella, let's go home." Alice said laughing at my expression.
"Fine.' I said frustrated,
The ride home went by rather quickly. We were soon pulling into the drive and I was happy to see that Edward was standing on the porch waiting to greet me.
"He really needs to lighten up; you were only gone for one afternoon. The way he acts it's like I took you for two years." Alice said staring at him.
Alice parked the car, was outside grabbing her bags, and then running into the house before I had unbuckled my seatbelt.
"Why was she in such a hurry?" Edward asked me confused.
"She is trying to hide something from me I think." I told him.
"I wonder what it is she wants to hide." Edward said interested.
I just stared off in the distance wondering to myself what exactly it was Alice was so intent on hiding from me. Sooner or later I was going to have to find out.
A/n: Hey guys, I know I promised that the chapters would come up faster, but I forgot I would have homework. I am not sure I like this chapter but here it is. I hope you all enjoy it. I will get the next chapter up as soon as I can. Thank you for being patient. Please Review and let me know what you think.
