Chapter 3

Bella and i stood there for what seemed like forever, our arms wrapped around each other. No one moved for so long, i was such a shock when the living room clock toll. Alice looked down at she watch and saw that it was almost 2.

"I really hate to cut into this amazing moment, but Ally your party is in 5 hours and your not even dressed yet" i laughed a little and was surprised when Bella laughed as well.

"Same old Alice" she smiled.

"Alice my party is at 7, if its only 2 why should i start getting ready now, its not going to take me 5 hours to get ready." Bella laughed again.

"Thats what you think, is she making you dress up?" Bella asked me, Alice looked at her and smiled. "You will be a while, want me to keep you company.?" i nodded.

"Great!" Alice smiled. "It's been so long since i got to take Bella shopping, we better get going."

"Uhh, Uh-Oh" Bella and i said together. The whole room started to laugh. Alice just stared at us.

"Go get out of your PJ's" Alice ordered and i figured i should listen, so i ran up the stairs and put on the outfit that was sitting on my bed figuring that Alice had left it there for me. I grabbed my favorite shoes and started back down stairs, as i turned to hall to the stairs i heard people talking i stopped and listened.

"So do you think she likes me?" Bella asked in a saddened voice.

"she likes you" Edward assured her.

"how do you know?" there was silence then she laughed. "oh"

"she's not really sure what she thinks about the vampire thing, but shes happy to know the truth, and she wants to get to know you. She thinks she understands what happened, and understands why you left her to Esme and Carlise." then the voices became so low i couldn't hear what he was saying. "she also is wondering why we aren't talking any more." i heard Edward say loudly as he looked up the stairs at me.

I smiled back to him. "Hey?"

"Hi there" Edward smiled.

"Can you like hear my thoughts or something?"

"Only the ones you are willing for me to hear" he looked confessed when he said this.

"oh?"

"it always bothered Edward that he couldn't hear my thoughts," Bella told me.

"And i think that you have like some kind of filter, i can only hear what you want me to hear." he explained.

"Umm..Oh and all that stuff you just said you think i wanted you to hear that?"

"you must have, i can't hear that yours thinking now"

"umm, oh"

"Come on down just stand there with your month hanging open we have to go" Alice said running down the stairs behind me. I started down the stairs again, Bella gave Edward a kiss and followed Alice and i out the door.

"So, what have you been up to lately Alice?" Bella asked when we were in the car.

"Not a lot, Rosalie and i have been working on Ally's birthday party for over a week now. I can't wait"

"Alice its my birthday shouldn't i be the one who can't wait?"

"Maybe but you aren't showing it" she smiled at me in the mirror.

"I've had more important things on my mind" i said looking out the window.

"why do you call her Ally?" Bella asked Alice quietly.

"she didn't like that we had the same name. Since she thought we were sisters all this time. she wanted something different, but Esme didn't have the heart to change her names so we just called her Ally"

"Why sixteen year?" i asked from the back seat. I had been thinking about this all morning, and i really wanted to know. Shes my mother but i don't get to meet her until im almost an adult.

"Pardon?"

"Why did you have to wait sixteen years?"

"I didn't want to" Bella turn in her seat so she could see my face. "I wanted to come back the day i was strong, i had a lot of energy and i wanted to be with you, but Edward didn't think that was best. You were a baby, and he thought i should wait a few years to get stronger around humans. When you were around 6 we came back and we were standing in the trees, we hadn't told anyone we were coming." she took a deep breath. " we watched as the door opened and i saw you come running out of the house, you were in such a rush to go where ever it was you were going, you took a big step off the porch and fell. It was all i had in me not to run to make sure that you were alright. You started to cry and it broke my heart, but the smell of your blood sent me crazy and i ran. When i finally stopped Edward took me in his arms and explain that if i was going to raise a child i had to be strong enough to stand blood" her face looked so sad. I reached up and took her hand.

"It's ok mom" i said. This was the first time i had called her mom.

"it's wasn't to me. I knew that i had to get stronger, because you were my daughter and i would be able to see you before you were old. So i enroll in medical school, i had always hated blood when i was a human, but i had to be strong, it wasn't hard at first just doing text book work, nothing hard. And Edward had done this all before so he helped me. I had gotten through almost my first year when we had our first 'hands -on' assignment we had to deal with our first patients, mine was a little girl. She had Cancer and the doctors needed me to help take blood to do some tests. I knew this was the real test to see if i could keep going in this field i had to figure out if i could stand blood this close. She looked up at me and smiled when we walked in. 'hi' her smiled was so big. 'Hello, my name is Bella, we just need to take some blood ok?' she smiled up at me. 'yup' she was such a good sport. The nurse stuck the needle into her arm and the blood started to flow, once i caught the smell i have to leave the room. I went to the washroom, i stood in a stall i cursed my self. 'Come on Bella, think about Alice, you need to do this for Alice. Its just a little blood Bella you can do this.' i told myself that i would finish school. I would become a doctor and i was see you."

"Wow, thats amazing. So you did it? You became a Doctor?" i asked.

"i sure did. And it was the hardest thing i have ever done. But i need to see you again so i did it. Do you understand why we waited so long?"

"so you wouldn't kill me? That kinda makes it clear. I wouldn't want to kill my child either." Alice pulled the car into a parking spot in front of the mall. I got out of the car and gave Bella a hug. "I love you mom"

she looked as if she would cry. "I love you too Alic...Ally. So Alice what are we looking for?" thank god she asked i was kinda scared to.

"Well, the theme is like bell of the Ball, so we are looking for the most Perfect dress" Alice lead us throw the mall to this store full of the most beautiful dresses in the world. We walked in the door and Alice grabbed a sales woman. "we are looking for..."

"So i guess your use to this huh?" Bella smiled at me.

"Sorta, but i don't think anyone can get use to Alice's shopping, but its fun. I always leave here with millions of new clothes." I laughed as Alice showed the Sales woman all of my sizes.

" i remember shopping with Alice. I hated when she spent money on me but she loved to do it."

"Wow, i love when she spends money, but i guess because it has always been my money too." i looked over and saw Alice walking with this huge pile of dresses, that must have to sales lady under it. Bella laughed this beautiful laugh.

"same old Alice"

"ALLY... Get over here" i groaned and walked over to the dressing room. She handed me about five of the dresses the lady was holding.

"Here let me take these" Bella told the sales lady. I tried on every dress in Alice's pile but none of them suited me, to mine or Alice's taste.

"Stay in there i will find the prefect dress" Alice promised.

"Mom?"

"ya?"

i stepped out of the dressing room wearing this strange purple and blue dress that sat alright in all the wrong places. I looked around the store to make sure Alice wouldn't hear me, when i stopped my dress.

It was a beautiful light blue dress, about knee-length, strapless, with a dark blue band around the waist. Usually anything with a bow i look away but my eye was on THIS dress.

I put my finger up to call mom over. "right over there above the jeans" i whispered. "do you see the blue dress, the one with the blue bow?" i guided her eyes till she nodded.

"Wow, thats beautiful"

"could you grab me one?" she smiled and headed over.

"I know that one of these is going to be the one." Alice said coming back smiling.

"Oh and how to you KNOW ?" i asked her, clearly joking.

"I had a vision of you saying OMG it's prefect" she winked. I laughed and stepped back into the dressing room. The first of this pile was pretty, it was black with a bright pink band around the waist, it had a sort of puff to it but not too much.

"This one can go in the maybe... the black one" i yelled to Alice. I pulled it of and put on this satin red dress. It was sort of low cut in the front, halter, with a mermaid skirt. This one i really liked but, i wanted the blue one. I heard talking outside the dressing room.

"Alice, theres a Sale over there on sliver jewelry, go see if theres anything have would go good with Ally's hair." i heard mom voice.

"Good idea Bella,"

"Ok hun, hears the dress, but lets give Alice credit if she takes it" she smiled. I agreed and stepped back into the dressing room. I pulled the dress up and zipped it, the bow formed a high waist that showed off my thinness. I smiled at my self in the mirror and turned to make sure that it really was prefect. After about five spins and almost a thousand full body checks i knew that there was nothing wrong with this dress.

"OMG it's prefect" i yelled.

"I knew it," Alice said back. "Which dress? Come out and show us" walked out of the dressing room and she looked me over. "it is prefect" she smiled. "where did you find it?"

"over above the jeans, it was screaming to me. I'm sorry i know you wanted to pick the dress its jus..."

"Ally, hunny. You have to wear the dress, as long as you like it i like it...and i really do like it."

"Then lets getting it, im tired of trying on dresses." i signed. I changed and we paid for the dress. Thinking we had took forever i searched my purse for my cell phone. The numbers 4:30 flashed when i flipped the phone open. We still had two and a half hours to do hair, make-up, and whatever where else Alice needed to do.

"i picked up a pair of shoes and some 'bling' when your were paying" Alice smiled, jumping with excitement as we walked to her car.

I stopped in my step to look at her. "Don't ever say bling again... Promise?"

"if you say so, it was cool when your mom was your age."

"Know it wasn't" Bella laughed. "Bling never was and never will be cool" this time we both laughed, and Alice stuck her tongue . The ride home was quiet, but i knew that was only the calm before the storm.