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Oh yeah, I'm on a roll with this story! I have the idea for the next few chapters going through my head as we speak (well, as I write, but you know what I mean), but I have so many ideas going through at once, some of my brilliant ideas may fall through the cracks in my 13-year-old head. So with that said, just know that the next few chapters that come out, there could be some parts that were supposed to be in the story, I just forgot to add them :D. I'll let you all know if and when that happens though, so don't worry. Ok, On with the show...

Previously

"Hi! Let's go to the mall!"

"Alice, I don't really feel up to it. Besides, did you forget? There's no mall in Forks."

"No, I didn't forget; that's why we're going to Port Angeles, silly! And too bad, I'm already outside.

I heard her honk her horn. Yep, she was there alright. This was going to go horribly wrong, I just knew it.

I groaned and went to get my purse. I told my parents where I was going, (they had no problem with it, since it was Friday, and they absolutely ADORED Alice,) and then I trudged down the steps, and out the door, in no hurry to leave the confines of my house.

Alice was parked in the driveway, sitting on top of her yellow... Wait, is that...?

"Alice, what Kind of car is that?" I asked.

She began rubbing the hood delicately. "A Porsche 911 Turbo," She answered lovingly. The Cullens were rich. The Cullens were freaking rich; that was the only probable explanation I could come to.

"Wow." That was my brilliant response.

"You like it?" She asked, "It was a gift from Emmett and Edward last year."

"Yeah, I do!"

She squealed. "Okay, get in. It only takes me an hour to get to Seattle, and I want to see if I can get you to Port Angeles by 7!" I looked at the digital clock. (Porsches have digital clocks, right?) It was 6:47. She wanted to get me there in less than 15 minutes? Crap; they liked to drive fast as well.

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The first few minutes of the drive were actually quite peaceful; she didn't make a peep. But after a while, I began to realize that good things didn't always last.

"So," she began, "have you noticed how Edward looks at you lately?"

"Oh, so now you decide to tell me his name."

She shrugged. "You already knew."

I sighed. "No, I haven't noticed. Why?"

"I think he likes you."

"Really? I don't," I assured her.

"Oh, but I have a feeling that somewhere in the near -very near- future, he'll admit it," she said.

"Oh," I replied, not meeting her stare. It scared me how she didn't need to keep her eyes on the road.

"He seems very protective of you," Alice continued.

I looked up now. "Well, if he really is protective of me, he sure has his work cut out for him." She looked at me, confusion obvious in her eyes. "I'm a danger magnet," I explained.

"I can see that," she said between her giggles.

"We're here!" she cried.

I looked out the window. "Where are we going to first?" I asked her, trying as hard as I could to sound excited.

"Dress shopping!" She sang. Crap. After a few minutes we turned into the parking lot for a store with a really long, hard to read French name, written in cursive, making it even more difficult for me to read. Since it was French, though, I had a pretty good idea on how much money we were going to spend.

As soon as we walked into the store, Alice went on a rampage, throwing clothing item after clothing item onto me. She ended up making a stack that went over my head within the first five or ten minutes we walked into the store. I had more stuff in my hands at the moment than I did in my closet, my dresser, and the dirty hamper all together. And I'm not over-exaggerating.

I was right. More than a thousand dollars in dresses (although 800$ of that were Alice's, but technically it was all hers, since she insisted on paying) were spent, and had us walking out of the store with more bags than we had arms. Alice was having no problem, though. I kept dropping mine, and eventually Alice just sighed and picked up my bags, handing me two. The sad thing was, though, she had more things than I did in the first place.

After about three different stores (with all the same results) I finally spoke up. "Can't we do something else now?" I asked.

"You mean like get pedicures and manicures? Sure, in fact, that's the next thing on the list!" She was beaming.

"No, I didn't mean something like manicures and pedicures, I meant something more like, I don't know, going to the book store maybe?"

"Aw, but that's not on the list!" she whined.

"You. Have. A. List?" I growled. I felt like lunging at her, but then I heard a voice from behind me, officially stopping me for the time being.

"Bella!" It was Jacob Black from school. I waved at him, and turned back around to face Alice. "You're lucky," I hissed and stalked away to greet Jacob. I heard Alice snicker from behind me.

"Hey, Jacob," I greeted him.

"Hey, guess what I just found out!"

"What?"

"I found out that my dad and your grandpa are fishing buddies. That means we're going to be able to see each other alo-" Alice walked up then, causing him, for some bizarre reason, to cut short on what he was saying, and they just glared at each other. No talking, no movements from either one.

"Um, so yeah, Alice this is-" she put her hand up, cutting me off.

"We already know each other," Alice sneared.

"Unfortunately," Jacob sneared back.

"Come on, Bella," Alice hissed, and began towing me along back to her Porsche.

"Bye," I called to him, and let Alice lead me back to her car. Jacob just stood there, his hands clenched into tight fists.

"So, you wanted to go book shopping?" Alice asked me when we were in the car.

"Yeah..."

"Alright, we can do that." She screeched to a halt in front of a Barnes and Noble. I went to get out, but she just sat there, her hands balling up into tight litte fits around the stering wheel.

"Aren't you coming in?" I asked her.

"No, I'll catch up in a bit. I need to speak with someone at the moment," she hissed through clenched teeth. i shrugged out of the car, and shut the door.

"I'll meet you around the corner when you're done." And with that, she disappeared from my line of sight.

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I was very happy with my purchases. I replaced my old, ruined copy of Wuthering Heights and I got my own copy of Romeo and Juliet. I got a few others as well, but these two books were my favorite out of all the books (which ended up being seven books, including those two) I had purchased.

It was dark now, I realized, as I turned the corner and went around it to meet up with Alice so I could go home. It wasn't really dark; it was light enough to find my way without trouble, but still dark nontheless.

Alice wasn't where she promised to be. This got me worried. Maybe I was just going down the wrong way? I retraced myself, back around the corner, to find myself in the exact place that Alice had promised to be. Now I was really worried. I went back to the place where I was, and decided to walk a little further. I kept on walking, and walking, not finding Alice or her yellow Porsche anywhere down any of the streets. I had been walking forever, or is seemed that way.

Eventually, I walked into a place where the buildings were all the same shape and color. All of the windows on all of the buildings were sealed tightly. I really didn't think I was in the part of Port Angeles meant for tourists to see anymore. I began hearing light footsteps from behind me then. Still walking, I slowly turned my head to see if it was Alice; it wasn't, it was two men I didn't recognize. And they were following me.

I sped up. They did too, but they always stayed at least ten steps behind me. I kept on walking. I zigged and zagged all through this part of the town, but never once did I loose them. I thought about 'accidentally' dropping my purse, but what if they were something worse than robbers...? I kept on walking; it was really dark now.

I took out my cell phone to see what time it was; it was dead. I was really scared now, and I still hadn't found Alice.

I saw an alley out of the corner of my eye, and got an idea on how to loose them. I quickly steered myself into the alley, thinking I lost them, but they were soon following behind me again. I saw the end of the alley, and I started to head towards it. I was about to reach them when about four more men appeared at the far side, and began to head towards us.

"Hey, guys! What took you guys so long?" one of the men from the second group asked.

"We had a little problem that didn't want to cooperate," replied one of the men from behind me.

I wanted to scream, but I couldn't get enough air, and my throat was really dry all of the sudden.

They were ganging up on me now. "Hey, gorgeous," the one who spoke first before said to me.

"Don't touch me," I croaked. My voice cracked.

"I wonder what she looks like with her hair down," another said.

The one who looks like he was in charge grinned devishly. He moved his hand from my arm and to my ponytail. I felt a tear escape one of my closed eyes.

OOh, that was a really meeeeaaaan cliffhanger.... sorry 'bout that, it was just getting too long! I promise I'll get in the next chapter by Thursday, Friday at the latest. Then i'll have all summer to write! Yay!

Ok, quick note: Somewhere during the three weeks Edward wasn't at school, Jacob got his wolf form. Bella doesn't know, nor will she know, until later on in the story. There's no treaty line, but there is a treaty, stating that the Cullens can't kill anyone or turn anyone. And blah-de-blah, you know the rest hopefully.

And Alice was going to go talk to Carlise, about running into Jacob in Port Angeles. You'll find out why she wasn't there to pick Bella up in the next chapter. And let's just say that she is distracted easily when it comes to certain people...

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