CHAPTER 4
That day I rode with Alice instead of Edward. Our conversation went somewhat like this:
Me : Hey Edward
Him: Hey Bells, ready to go?
Me: Um, listen, I'm going out shopping with Alice if that's ok with you.
Him: Uh, shopping? Since when have you been interested in shopping?
Me: (on the defensive) what do you mean? I'm a girl! Girls shop. So I'll be going then.
Him: (curious) fine then, bye Bells.
Me: Bye
And out of the blue I have no idea why, but I hugged him. I HUGGED HIM! Quickly, but still. I didn't bother looking back to see his expression as I ran to Alice as fast as I could.
As I approached Alice she was grinning broadly, her pearly whites on display. "Well Bella, quite the little minx aren't we today!" I had no idea what she was on about so I decided not to ask as I got into the car.
What happened after is too hideous to even describe, it involved countless hours behind curtains stripping and squeezing my way through endless droves of too tight garments. Then came the beauty parlour. I don't know how women go through the parlour much less plastic surgery. I screamed my way through a body wax and slept through my hair cut and colouring. Alice had to hold my head up for the most part as the beautician maneuvered her way past the hemp I sadly called hair.
Finally at my place, the moment came for me to appraise a good day's work as Alice covered my eyes with her little hands and lead me towards the floor length mirror in my bathroom. Slowly as darkness left and light descended I looked into the mirror and nearly toppled backwards in the skyscraper heels Alice had dressed me in. Thank God she was there to catch me or God knows I probably would have had to be sent to the hospital with the commode stuck on my head.
The woman in front of me was absolutely stunning, mesmerizing and I fell into a trance. How she and I could be the same person I would never know. "See! All this was right there! Under the goofy glasses and the sweaters and the jeans, this bombshell was vying to break free! All she needed was little bit of help from Moi!" She was fanning herself in self appreciation as I grinned at her oh so Alice mannerisms.
"But um Alice, I hope you aren't expecting me to go to school in an ultra mini skirt, halter and um… stilts." Alice just laughed at me like I was silly, "Of course not Bella! You can be so silly sometimes. This side to you is going to be revealed at the party at La push next Friday, and it's going to help you nab some hottie and help Edward see what's been in front of him all along." My jaw dropped open.
"What do you mean Allie? I'm not trying to make Edward jealous or anything. I genuinely want to get a boyfriend so I can move on with this stupid obsession I've had for Edward for so bloody long." Now it was her jaw that dropped.
"What? So this isn't a ploy to catch his attention?" hearing this I laughed. "Attention? Alice, even if I walked naked in front of the guy I wouldn't catch his attention. He just doesn't see me that way. He sees me as the best friend I've always been, and I intend to remain that way for his sake." Alice rolled her eyes in one exaggerated motion as she got up to dig through the pile of clothes dumped on the bed as she said "Oh, I see what's going on here. So you think Edward isn't head over heels in love with you, you think he doesn't see you in that way. Well then, you're bloody damn wrong Bells." She tossed me a dress as she hunted under my bed. "Wear that to the party instead, it'll attract the right kind, boyfriend material. And these." She said as she handed me the pair of bright purple pumps she insisted on buying.
"It's an LBD FYI, little black dress. That's what they are referred to in this day and age. I'll come over to do your hair and makeup before the party k?" she grabbed her bags and like the whirlwind she is swept out of the room leaving me flustered in her wake. I don't think I'll ever get used to that.
Later that night I tried on my clothes as I practiced walking in the heels. They weren't as huge as the ones prior, but they still were freaking huge compared to the converse I usually wore. I looked pretty good, not slutty thank God. I have no idea why Alice put me into that mini, it gave me shudders just thinking about it. She probably wanted me to be the center of attention until Edward somehow realized his undying love for me and came to my rescue playing knight in shining armour. Alice sure has a wild imagination.
The dress hugged me in all the right places as the heels made me look almost graceful for once, that was until I actually started walking in them. The dress had a collar and showed just the slightest hint of a cleavage, oh God I'm going way above my head here.
This plan had better work, if not, I'm probably going to take up Sanyas somewhere in the Himalayas, seeing as to the fact that I'm such an epic fail as a teenage girl.