here's the nxt chapter! come on guys, you're adding me to your story alerts and adding me to your favorites, which is good, but reviewing is GREAT!

quick disclaimer: i don't own any of the songs mentioned in this story!

enjoy! :)

annabelle's POV

aunt alice drove me and cassidy to the mall, and towed us into macy's. we headed for teens, and aunt alice bought cassidy enough clothes until she dies.

she started towards the checkout line, but stopped and turned back to us.

"annabelle, we don't have an outfit for your performance tonight!" she said, and i smacked my hand on my forehead.

"i totally forgot about that!" so, we turned around and bought a nice outft for it: black skinny jeans with a matching jacket, and a soft green T-shirt underneath. we checked out and put the bags back in the car.

aunt alice led us back into the mall's main entrance, when her phone rang. we sat down on a bench in front of the movie theater, and she answered it. but i was too preoccupied to pay attention.

there was a girl directly across the mall from us, with skin as pale as ours, and the darkest of sunglasses. she had a black pea coat wrapped tightly around her, and short blonde hair. she looked a lot like a vampire, with the skin and beauty and all, but she had a pulse.

that's strange. the looks of a vampire, but the pulse and blood flow of a human. i looked to cassidy, who was looking at her, too. we exchanged looks, and aunt alice hung up the phone.

"annabelle, your father says 'hi', and to be careful." she said, putting her phone back in her purse. of course he would tell me to be careful.

"aunt alice, look at that girl over there and tell me what you see." i said, pointing to her. aunt alice looked at the girl for a bit, and looked back at us.

"she looks like one of us." she whispered. we nodded.

"now tell me what you hear." i told her, and she listened closely.

"she has a pulse." she said, astonished. cassidy and i nodded, and she shrugged.

"best not to worry with it now. let's head into claire's, i want to see what jewlery they have." she said, and we went inside.

they had rows and rows of earrings, necklaces, and bracelets. aunt alice was in heaven. she grabbed anything and everything that caught her eye, and soon, the backseat of her car was almost completely filled.

we started walking around, looking for any interesting stores we might come across. but soon, though, we were back in the car and driving home.

when we got there, cassidy turned back to us.

"i'm going home now, i'll see you later, annabelle." she said, giving me a hug and going to her small cabin with all of her bags.

me and aunt alice went inside and sat on the couch.

"hey, girls." grandma esme said, and we waved. the phone rang then, and aunt rose went and got it. a minute later, she came back in.

"carlisle, it's for you." she said, handing him the phone.

"hello?" he asked, and i heard an unfamiliar female voice on the other end.

"that's great! come over whenever you can, we'll be ready for you." he said, and hung up.

"who's coming?" uncle emmett asked.

"the denali's are coming soon." he said, and everyone "yay"-ed and "yes!"-ed. i, however was completely lost.

"who are the denali's?" i asked. everyone turned to stare at me, and then realized i really had no idea who they were.

"they're extended family, they live in alaska." dad said, and i nodded. yay, more people to meet.

"you'll love them, i promise. they're really very nice, once you get to know them a bit better." aunt alice assured me, taking my hand.

i looked up at the clock, it was around noon. i had my performance at 7:30, and i was freaking out. everyone went back to whatever they were doing, and i went upstairs. i got my guitar, and started strumming random cords out of boredom and anxiety.

i started thinking of aunt alice, and what i would sing tonight, and got my songbook out of the desk.

--2 hours later--

i wrote a song about aunt alice! i think she's going to like it. i think i'll sing it at the end, and sing these songs in this order.

butterfly

decode

suddenly i see (the song i wrote for aunt alice)

i put the guitar down and went into my room, where i found aunt rose sitting on the bed staring at me, beaming like she'd just won the lottery.

"what?" i asked, and she laughed and hugged me.

"she's going to love that, annabelle. it fits her perfectly, she'll have to!" she laughed, and i sat down next to her.

"please don't tell anyone about it. i want it to be a surprise for tonight." i said, and she nodded.

"i promise." she must have sensed i was nervous, because she patted my back.

"it'll be fine. you'll do great, i know you will." she promised, and i nodded. she kissed my cheek and left me alone to sift through my thoughts.

well, there's a little chapter about that. i'm singing suddenly i see right now, and i can't stop! you should listen to it, there are videos called "suddenly i see-alice cullen" all over youtube, and you'd think they actually wrote it for alice, that's how much the lyrics relate to her!

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