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Sarah's going to NYC soon! So, this'll be the last post for...a while. I'm not exactly sure how long! Enjoy! (AND if anyone watched Gavin and Stacey season 1, tell us where I put the quote in!)

Nia

Yep, I am leaving for NYC from Wednesday to Sunday, and then it will be time to catch up, so updates will be limited for a while! But fear not, we will do our best! And because we love you all so much, we decided to write an extra long chapter :). Enjoy!

Sarah

I smiled at Edward as we walked back to Emmett's jeep. He was carrying mine and his back pack, and was starting to sweat a little from the weight.

"Are you sure you don't want me to carry it?" I asked again.

He shook his head. "No, I'm fine."

He hiked the bags up again, and I stopped asking: he was too much of a gentleman.

Emmett had pulled out all the stops to please Rose this time: he had his backpack on his back, and was carrying Rose in his arms.

"Show off." I heard Jasper mutter.

Jasper was feeling utterly emasculated, because tiny Alice was springing forward, carrying his and her bag.

"Come on Jazzy, catch up!" She called lightly from ahead.

"Of course, dear." He said loudly. "Wouldn't want you to be attacked by any squirrels now, would we..." He said under his breath.

I chuckled, but gave no other indication of having heard him.

Soon enough, we were in the Jeep, driving towards home, and I was sitting securely on Edward's lap.

"Ah, civilization!" Rose sighed.

Alice leaned over Rosalie, pressing her nose against the window. "Ooh, the mall! Pull over for a sec, will you Em?"

Emmett grumbled, and did not oblige.

"Emmett, she said pull the damn car over!" Rosalie growled.

Emmett looked worried for a second, but Jasper jumped to his rescue.

"We'll go to the mall once you guys are nice and cleaned up – I'm sure you don't want to walk into Prada wearing" - he gagged over dramatically - "hiking boots!"

Alice's tiny frame shuddered. "Drive on, Emmett. Drive on!"

Emmett did as told, and kept going. I laughed lightly and rested my head on Edward's chest. I closed my eyes lightly, and before I knew it, I drifted into a light sleep.

"Bella?" I heard a voice whisper. "Get up beautiful, we're home."

I shifted slightly before opening my eyes. The voice hadn't lied, we were home. I groaned, realizing what this meant. Unpacking, doing laundry, and then re-packing everything once again for school. I couldn't believe it. In a matter of weeks we were doing to be heading off to College. Our independent skills were going to be put to the test. No more parents to tell us from right and wrong, no more mothers to pack us lunch or do our laundry, no more dad's to chase the boys away. This was the ultimate test to show us if we were ready to face the real world.

I was terrified.

"Bella?" Edward said gently. "Bella, come on, you need to get out of the car."

I sighed, and heaved myself off his lap and stumbled out of the Jeep, Emmett catching me.

"You shouldn't let her roll outta the car, Eddie boy. She could break her pretty little head." He said jokingly.

"Mhmm, my priddy liddle head..." I said sleepily, wiping my mouth.

"She's not getting anywhere, is she?" Jasper said tiredly. We were all exhausted – but that's what you get for staying up late eating marshmallow.

He got out of the car with Edward, and with Emmett carrying me over his back, they took mine and Alice's luggage out of the car.

"Alee's luggage?" I said confusedly.

"Don't worry, Bella. You need your sleep. When you wake up, you'll probably find you'd rather be asleep." he joked.

I heard Charlie at the door greeting the boys, but I was drifting further and further into sleep. I felt Emmett lowering me onto the bed, and I heard Edward whisper an 'I love you' in my ear, before I was completely pulled under.

"Belly! Jelly Belly!" I heard a high pitched trilling in my ear and rubbed my eyes, squinting against the early morning light. "Wakey wakey rise and shine! Hang your knickers on the washing line..."

"Alice?" I said sleepily. Was I dreaming her?

"Yes, Bella. I stayed over last night." I could smell acetone, and I wrinkled my nose against the smell.

"Don't remember..." I said, shifting positions so that I was on my stomach with my face pressed into the pillow.

"That's cause you slept all through yesterday and last night." She said, giggling impishly. "I did your laundry and started packing your case, though."

"Thanks so much, Alice." I said gratefully. Goodness knows what she had packed in my case, but I was grateful all the same.

I opened my eyes.

And there was the little pixie in her sweats, painting her nails.

"Go get dressed," she ordered me. "Rose is coming over later, and we need you to be packed by then. We're having a girly day!"

"But what about you?" I said grumpily, hauling myself out of bed.

"Did mine before we came – you know I rarely wear the same thing twice."

I nodded. "I s'pose so. I'm going in the bath."

I grabbed my wash bag and stumbled my way into the bathroom. The shower was a haven where I could properly wake up; the water was warm and relaxing and there wasn't such a glare.

Soon enough, Alice was banging on the door. "Come on, Bella! You've been in there for an age!"

"Ugh!" I groaned. I turned off the water and wrapped a towel around my frame. I noticed there was a pile of sweats on the counter.

"Thanks Alice." I said, rolling my eyes playfully.

"No problemo Bella Dellasito." Alice chirped.

"Hey Alice Malicia-," I tried ending the word how she had, but I was unable to. "What ever you said....when is Rosalie coming?" I asked.

"She should be here any minute. She's probably packing up all her things. Uh Bella?" Alice said. Once I was fully clothed, I opened the door.

"Yeah?"

"When did you buy this?" She asked, holding up a red laced bra. My cheeks instantly started to burn.

"Uh, my mom got it for me for Christmas." I lied. Alice laughed.

"You expect me to believe that 'Back in the day Renee' would buy you a sexy red laced bra?"

"Back in the day Renee?" I asked, laughing.

"Yeah, like, no sex until you're married? That's totally Renee's style." Alice shrugged. Before the conversation could go any further, the door bell rang. Alice leaped from the floor and ran downstairs. I heard the door open, followed by a squeal from Alice. I didn't bother going down, knowing they would be up in a matter of seconds.

"Bella!" Rosalie called. " We need your help!"

I ran down the stairs, only to find my entrance filled with six big suitcases.

"Geez Rose! Did you pack your whole room?" I asked.

"No, only the essentials." She said. I was sure it wasn't the case, though.

"Where are we going to put all this?" Alice asked.

"Basement." I replied. I took a bag and brought it down to my basement. Rosalie followed, behind her was Alice. Alice stopped at the stairs.

"Hey guys, look at this!" She said, she placed the suitcase face down, and held it there. Alice leaped from the top of the stairs and onto the suitcase, and soon she was coming down the stairs. Once she reached the end of the stairs, she fell on the floor, laughing hysterically.

"Whoa Alice, I think you might be up for a Darwin award." Rosalie said, rolling her eyes. A goofy smiled spread on Alice's face. I laughed and walked up the stairs.

"What do you guys want to do?" I asked.

"Dunno." Rose shrugged.

"Bella!" Alice gasped. Rosalie and I stopped mid stair and turned to Alice. "Do you still have those old photo albums?" She asked. Old photo albums? Hmm..

"Oh yeah! They are in my library!" I said. We all ran to my library, and memory served right, the photo albums were there. We each pulled out one of the albums and brought them in my room. Once they were all carefully placed on my bed, we sat around them.

Rosalie picked a book up and opened it to the first page. We all gasped at the first image we saw. Grade three class picture.

"Oh my god!" Alice squeaked. I looked at each and ever face in the picture. There was little Alice in the front, smiling brightly at the camera. Next to her sat Jasper Whitlock, holding up two fingers behind Alice's head, and making a silly face. Up on the second row, Rosalie stood flawlessly in the middle. She looked perfect, but a little annoyed. Which was no surprise because by the looks of it, she was trying to push Edward away, who was trying to get in front of her. And then on the last row, I stood. But not looking at the camera. I was too busy looking down at my brand new and already stained dress, thanks to Emmett. Emmett stood next to me, smiling almost as brightly as Alice was.

"Oh my god! Look at the clothes we're wearing!" Alice gasped.

"Whoa, grade 3 and the Bad Boys are already starting to ruin our lives." Rosalie said, rolling her eyes.

"My poor dress..." I whimpered wistfully.

"Oh hush, it wouldn't fit you now, anyway." Alice said dismissively.

"Guess not..." I amended.

Rosalie was smirking, holding the second photo album away from us.

"What is it?" Alice said curiously.

"Bella's in the nuddy pants!" Rosalie chuckled.

"I'm in the whut?" I said. Did she just say what I thought she'd said?

"Bella's nakey!" Alice screamed, looking over Rose's shoulder.

"Guuuuys!" I squealed, looking at the seven-year-old me in the bath.

"Bella's nakey!" Alice continued chanting, while Rosalie sang,

"Sexy...everything about Bella is sexy..."

"Bella's naked?!" Came Edward's voice from the bottom of the stairs.

Emmett's booming steps thumped up the stairs. "Oh boy, I gotta see this!"

Emmett, Jasper and Edward catapulted themselves into my room, only to find me fully dressed, hankering after the offensive picture.

"I thought you said she was naked?" Edward said, confusedly.

"In the picture," I clarified, making a grab for it and succeeding. I ripped it up. "Thank God."

Emmett picked up a tiny piece. "I've got the booby!"

Rose smacked him. "Emmett, get your hand off Bella's boob!"

"WHAT?" Charlie appeared at the door, purple in the face. "Who's hand is on my daughter's chest?"

Rosalie keeled over laughing, and I said slowly. "In the picture, Dad. Don't worry, we've got it covered."

His mouth opened and moved angrily for a few seconds, then he shut it and returned to his normal color. "Er...erm, carry on then..." He walked out awkwardly.

"What are you guys doing here?" Alice said angrily, speaking up for the first time. "I said specifically that this is girl day!"

"Well...the door was open..." Edward said, turning red.

"You guys left my door open?!" I said, turning to Alice and Rose. "Goodness knows what could have gotten in!"

"That's what I was hoping..." Rosalie said under her breath. I glared daggers at her. "What? I like the squirrels, okay?"

Everyone had been taking the mickey out of Alice since we'd left camp about the squirrels she was so fond of. And even though, by now, she should realize that we were just doing it for kicks, she continued squealing like she was being attacked.

"No! Not the damn squirrels!" She sobbed.

I raised an eyebrow. "I thought we were talking about the guys being here?"

"Oh..oh, yeah." Alice said, in a squirrel induced daze. "Yeah, why are you guys here? Go off and play basketball or something!"

"But-" They all began protesting.

"No! Don't wanna hear it!" Alice said authoritatively. "Go, go, go!"

Edward kissed me chastely on the lips, and then the boys trooped downstairs and back out of my front door, closing it with a slam.

"Well then," Alice said. "What do we do now?"

Rosalie laughed mischievously. "We have more nakey-Bella pictures in this album..."

"Rose!" I groaned.

Rosalie, Alice and me were in my living room, saying goodbye to Charlie and Renee. The girls had already said goodbyes to their parents, and now it was time to say bye to mine.

Renee hugged me tightly around the waist. "Be a good girl."

Charlie stepped up towards me. "Now Bella, you're going off to college. And I feel like I should be giving you some sort of protection."

"What is it Dad?" I worried.

"It's something new we've developed at the station...it's a rape alarm."

"A rape alarm?!" I said, alarmed – no pun intended.

"Yes. You put it in your coat, and it lets off a high pitched bleep when you're about to be raped." He said, simply.

"I see..." I said vaguely.

"What the hell?!" Rose hissed in my ear.

"Right, let me show you how to use it..." Charlie began.

"No!" I shouted. "Er, no, I think I understand how to use it-"

"No, Bella." He cut me off. "If you go off to college and get raped and I hadn't shown you how to use the alarm, I'd never forgive myself. But if I show you how to use it and you go off and get raped anyway, I'll be able to sleep easy."

Alice snickered, but hid it cleverly as a cough.

"Er, right, Dad." I said, watching him walk into the kitchen.

Five minutes later, my father was walking back into the room. "Okay, I've got the rape alarm on. Attack me."

Alice laughed freely now, as did Rose.

"Attack you?" I said nervously.

"Yes, attack me." He said firmly.

I approached him, and punched him lightly on the arm.

"Oh come on Bells, put a bit of wellie into it!" He said, frustrated with me. "Alice, you show her how it's done."

Alice approached him, like the tiny doll she was... And smacked him clean across the face!

Suddenly, a loud alarm started beeping painfully in my ears, while Charlie held his face.

"That's it, Alice. And see, the rape alarm works!" His voice was muffled by his hand.

"Er...okay..." I said, accepting the tiny button and its wire around my waist.

"We'll miss you, Bells." Charlie said, tapping me lightly on the shoulder.

"My baby girl," Renee said with a watery smile. "All grown up!"

I blushed. "I'll miss you guys."

I hugged them gently, and then the girls and I started lugging our cases out on to the front lawn where the boys were waiting in Emmett's Jeep.

"We'll start putting them in," Emmett said, jumping out of the Jeep with the guys.

Once all of our cases were up and in the boot, we all started piling in. Again, I was sitting on Edward's lap.

"Alright honey?" He said, hoisting me up.

"Of course I am," I said sloppily. "I'm with you..."

Emmett drove around the corner, and Edward leaned forward and kissed me...

Then, a loud beeping filled the car and everyone covered their ears.

"What the hell is that?" Edward said, indicating my chest, where the noise came from.

"Oh..." I sighed. "It's just my rape alarm."

BAHA The Rape Alarm! You gotta love Nia and the shows she watches. xD. Anyway, we are Very sorry for the long wait for this chapter! I was in NYC, and then I got sick, and then I finally decided not to be lazy and write a bit, after like, 200 years. And once I was done, Nia got right to business! So finally this chapter is out. And now... They are off the College! Woo! Got any idea's you want to share with us? Cause we'd love to hear them! Got any questions? Ask away!

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