Chapter 9: Idea

Alice's POV

I saw it last night, in Bella's face every time she would order a shot. She was heartbroken, and even though I had only seen that expression once in junior high and once in 11th grade, I knew it immediatly. We weren't best friends for nothing.

I was laying on the couch curled up on Jaspers lap as he absentmindedly played with my hair as we stared at the tv.

I was every where but in that room as I thought about what I needed to do to make my Bella feel better.

Shopping...yeah, that was outta the question. That would probably make her feel worse. We could always go on on of our girl dates. We hadn't had one of those since college-it had been to damn long.

But Bells was always busy, going on talk shows to talk more about her upcoming book. The book that she always used as an excuse as to why she couldn't go out with me. It was always, 'Oh Al, I really do want to, but I just got a crazy twist for the plot and I need to run it by Jess before I start writing it.' or 'Oh! Ali I wish I could but I'm at a great part in the chapter and I really shouldn't stop now!'

Which was bull, because I knew all about her dreams and how since they've stopped, she hadn't had one good idea come to her.

I rolled around some ideas in my head for a while before something finally dawned on me.

"Hey, Jazzy?" I said sweetly, looking up at the love of my life through my lashes.

"Yes baby?" He asked, still watching the tv.

"Isn't Edward coming to town soon?"

That got Jaspers attention.

"Yeah, he'll be in tonight, why? Wait, you're not planning on leaving me as soon as he gets here, are you?" He asked playfully.

"I would never," I teased back, kissing his jaw. I sobered before saying, "I was just wondering. I'm worried about Bella. I know you saw the look on her face last night. I have a bad feeling something serious is wrong with her..."

"Ali, I wouldn't mess with Bella about guys. You know how she is."

"I know Jazzy, but I haven't seen a REAL smile from her in months. That's not normal, even for Bella. I just think if she gets out of the house every once and a while to do something FUN, she'll start feeling better."

Jasper looked at me pointedly but knew not to push it. "Sure, hun, whatever you say."

With that he dropped a kiss on my head and turned back to the movie.

My mouth twisted the way it always did when I was deep in thought.

I had an idea and I knew exactly who I needed to talk to.

Bells will be smiling again in no time.

A/N: So there you go people! Talk about our mysterious Eddie! There may be a couple more chapters before he's actually introduced into the story, but it's for the best. But Ali has a plan and I think it may the best she's ever come up with ;)

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