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Written by Soldier. An original story.

I had Plans … and Lots of Them

As the Volvo turned out of the driveway, it made it's way down the highway leading to port Angeles. I had plans …and lots of them, I thought to myself again, what shall I start with first.

"You know he told me it was his birthday today," I said to Alice, who perked up quite a bit.

"Oh, I know." she giggled. "He says he doesn't want us to make a big deal about it, but that is not how I roll."

"Oh, that's not how you roll is it" we both laughed. "What do you have in mind?" I smirked. Alice's eyes locked with mine.

"Your birthday was…" she trailed off. "But were going to get Edward back. You know your birthday, well even though I made it seem like it was all me. Deep down Edward really wanted you to have a birthday party. He didn't want me to tell you and all, but you know I had to tell you. I think we should celebrate his. What do you think?"

"I don't think Edward would appreciate it." We were quiet. "Alice?" I started. "How old will he be?"

She smirked deviously. "One hundred and six." My eyes widened. That was a lot. Alice only smiled and went back to driving.

We pulled off the highway and turned onto Mellis street. Stores lined both sides of the road. We pulled into the parking lot of one of the stores. Alice pulled up front and I got out. She went around the back of the store with the car and as I turned to face the store, she was standing there. I smiled and we walked into the store.

"I already got you a present to give to Edward, I need to get one, and we need an outfit, for you of course." She raised her shoulders high and grabbed my hand. She led me into the store. First she went over to the watches. "This is the one I want, she pointed to the brown and gold one in the glass case. She smiled. I examined it closely. It was a beautiful watch. One of the clerks came by. He didn't look older then 17. He had auburn hair with lots of freckles. He was all cheeks. Of course, attracted as they all were, he went to Alice in "lovish" mode.

"Can I help you miss?" Came a surprisingly low voice. Alice turned around and smiled.

"I would love to purchase one of these watches. Can you get this one out for me?" She pointed her dainty finger to the glass case. The boy stood there motionless, staring at Alice. "There isn't a problem, is there?" she said sweetly. The boy shook his head and walked away.

"Dazzling runs in the family, huh?" I said to her shaking my head. "Why did you do that. He is probably traumatized. All thanks to you." I smiled, she knew I was joking.

"Bella, that boy is a creep, okay?" her voice was stern. "Let's just say I know what may have happened." I didn't argue. You do not argue with Alice. The boy came back with another girl. She wore her blond hair in a ponytail. She smiled when she saw us and opened the case.

"Who's the lucky guy getting this?" She handed Alice the watch and she examined it closely.

"It's for my brother, it's his birthday." she replied. I'd like to buy it now. With her right hand she pulled a gold credit card out and handed it to the woman. She smiled and ran it through the register next to the watches. Then she put the watch into a fancy case and wrapped it in a box. The box then went into a bag with a logo, and then into Alice's hand. Alice smiled politely and I followed her outside. We walked along the street, We got to the next store. As we walked inside the smell of perfume was in the air. The clothing was minimal, though we were in a very large store. Alice went up to the cash and whispered something to the man standing there. He looked over at me who was browsing on the "sale" rack. He quickly looked away, nodded and left behind a door. Alice smiled and leaned back onto the cash table. The man came out with a hanger covered in a white cloth. Alice raised a finger in a "come" motion. I walked over to where she was standing. The man handed me the hanger and told me that the third change room was available. I smiled. Alice and I walked over to the rooms.

"You are going to look stunning," she said a bit to loud. One of the other shoppers looked over.

I ducked into the room and quickly changed, I stepped out and looked in the grand mirror on the back wall. There, I saw something beautiful. I was wearing a shiny silver dress. The neck line almost reached my belly button and there was a band across the high waist. Alice sure does know what's best. The dress was short though. It didn't even reach my knees. Though it was spectacular.

"Thank you Alice," I said.

"Any time."

I got changed into my regular clothing. I put the dress on the hanger when I noticed the price tag. $6000 (US). My jaw dropped. That was twice today. I got out of the change room frazzled.

"Alice?" I looked around she was looking at some clothing. "Alice, you can't buy me this," I said sternly.

"Why not?" her voice was annoyed.

"It's too expensive. I would never be able to pay you back. Besides if charl-" she cut me off

"It's a gift then." she commented. "And you can't deny gifts. Plus. I want you to wear it for dinner tonight.

"dinner?" This was the first time I heard anything about dinner.

"You know, after lunch, not quite midnight snack."

"I know what dinner is, Alice. You mean Edwards birthday dinner?"

"Yes, that's the dinner I mean. Edward, you and I are going to dinner." She said. Alice didn't ask me to go to dinner, she told me I was. I scrunched my nose up.

"Alice, I love you and all, but you have to stop spending money on me." I looked out the window. I saw someone. Someone I recognized. Someone I tried so hard to get out of my head. My knees started shaking. The person looked into the store and saw me. He stopped dead. At that point I was so frozen with fear as to what would happen next I almost fainted. The person smiled an evil grin. His dark eyes were frightening to me. He turned around heading for the door. His hand reached the door. The little bell ringed through the store. Alice looked to where I was looking. I could feel her straighten up. This was not part of my plan.

A/N: Ooooh, Who could it be? Find out in the next chapter. HA! Made it very suspenseful. Na na na na na na.