Kay, I'm back! Sorry it took so long, but I had a sleepover at a friend's house, I went out of town, and I kept writing this chapter over and over again because it didn't feel right. Tell me what everyone thinks! Luv ya all!

Alice left, and went to get Esme to keep me company. I actually enjoyed having her around; Esme was a very generous and loving person, that I could easily love right back. It was very easy to start up a conversation with her, on any subject. She was a very intelligent woman as well.

We had managed to have a conversation about Carlisle's job as a doctor, Edward's temper (which apparently he had, just not around me –okay, scratch that, he just hadn't had a temper around me as of lately. - ) and Alice's obsession with shopping before Alice came back, with the news I had been waiting all night to hear. Bless her.

"Thank you, Esme," she said, smiling at her adoptive mother in every way that mattered.

"The pleasure was all mine, Alice; Bella is a very lovely girl, and you tell Edward to be nice," she told her before getting up off the couch with me, and leaving the room. Alice glided –with such gracefulness that she could have made even the most talented ballerina cry her heart out, - and came to sit next to me, in the spot that Esme had been sitting in earlier.

"I have the information you've been craving," she informed me.

"I have not been craving whatever you're about to tell me," I answered stubbornly, crossing my arms over my chest. But I caved in quickly. "What information??"

She chuckled. "Your information about Edward's behavior."

My eyes basically popped out of my skull. "Tell me!" I pleaded.

"Alright, alright," she said, motioning for me to calm down. "He was thirsty, that's all. And when you were alone, he realized that." I knew she was editing, but didn't press any further.

I rolled my eyes. I knew that what she said could be partly true, just not the whole reason. "Speaking of Edward, when will I be able to see him again?"

She seemed to be hesitating. "I don't know…." The way she said that sentence made it last longer than is should've. "But not anytime soon, I hope."

"Why?" I asked. I was angry now. Why did she hope I wouldn't see Edward soon? Well I had news for her: she wasn't going to stop me from seeing him. And I would see him. No matter what.

"Because, Bella. I don't mean that in a bad way, it's just… aarhgg!" she was flustered. "I don't mean it like that, it's just that he didn't realizewhathewasdoingand-" Okay, she was talking way too fast.

I cut her off. "Alice, it's okay. I get it." I really didn't, though, but I'd play along with it at the moment. I tried not to think of sneaking away to see him, because I knew she would see it. At least Edward wasn't lying about her being able to see the future or something. That reminded me…

"Alice, can you really see the future?" I asked suddenly.

"Yes." Huh. That's pretty dang cool, if I do say so myself.

"Can Edward really read minds?"

"Yes."

"Everyone's…?"

"No."

"Who's can't he read?"

"Yours." That made me feel happy, although I didn't know why.

"And does Emmett really have super strength?"

"Yes."

"Is he the one that made that huge hole in the Gym wall?"

"Yup." She popped the 'p'. "On accident, of course," she added after a few seconds.

That's all I needed to know. I knew Edward wasn't lying when he told me all this, I was glad to get a second opinion. You know, to prove things to myself. At least they both weren't lying to me, I knew that for sure.

"And I have just one more question." She groaned, but nodded.

"When can I go home?" It sounded rude; I just wanted to know when I would get to tell Rose what happened.

"It depends…. Do you want to go home?" she was sad, I didn't want to say I did, but in truth, I kind of did…

"No, no!" Dang, I knew she'd win this anyways. "It's just that… I wanted to tell Rose something," I answered truthfully.

"Oh." She shrugged, and hopped up from the couch. "I'll be right back; it's time for your check-up," she told me before leaving the room and dancing down the hall. To get Carlisle, I presumed.

I sat there for another moment, not sure what to do while I waited. Then I decided to let Rose know what her boyfriend did. I took out my cell phone, and texted her. It was a lot harder than I thought it would be with one hand. I guess when you're doing it one-handedly without realizing it, its fine, but as soon as you really can't use it… well…

Rose-

U will nevr guess what ur bf did 2 me.

-Bell

I sent the message, and waited for her reply.

Bell-

Ur right, I wont. Wut did em do?

Rose-

I rolled my eyes.

Rose

Broke my hand… and arm… every bone. :(

Her reply came almost as soon as I pressed send.

Bella-

OMG seriously?? I'm gonna kick his butt. Kk?

I laughed at that.

Rose-

Plz do

-Bells

Bella-

Kk, gaut it

-Rose

Alice came back as soon as I pressed the send button, dragging poor Dr. Cullen along with her. "Hi, Carlisle," I called to him, waving with my good hand.

"Hi, Bella," he replied, smiling warmly at me. "Ready for your check-up?" I nodded, and he sat down in front of me. "You know, I don't even know why I need to do this; you're going to be fine," he told me very low. I laughed.

A few minutes –or hours, I really don't know which- passed, and Carlisle was done, and told me that I was going to be fine, and that I was free to go to school Monday. I hadn't even thought about that!

Alice, who had been standing in the corner, watching us during the whole check-up, came to sit in front of me, in the spot that Carlisle had been sitting in just minutes ago.

"Well, now that I know that you're going to be fine to go to school tomorrow, let's shop!" she chirped.

I groaned and shook my head, but she wasn't taking a 'no' for an answer. She grabbed my hand and yanked me off the couch, and out to her car. Once inside, she started the car, played with the radio a bit, and then took off down the slim little road. It was the first time I had seen how long the drive from the main road to their house was.

Once on the main road, I turned to her. "So what are we shopping for?" I asked.

"Why a bikini?"

"Oh, I don't know. You just look like the kind of girl that would look good in a bikini. But if we don't find a good one, maybe I'll let you get a tankini"

I rolled my eyes at that. After our conversation about the bikini she was thinking of –which apparently was going to be blue, no matter what, - we didn't talk much on the way to the store. But, then again, it couldn't have been too hard for her, since it only took ten –maybe less- minutes to get to the store in the end.

"We're here!" she cried when we parked. I had a strange sense of déjà-vu.

The store she took me into was a sort of beach shop; it had everything, from surfboard to tiki torches (which apparently we needed.) After we picked up everything we needed for that, we began searching for the perfect bathing suit for me. She said she wanted a blue suit for me, and she stuck to that. Apparently, 'blue was my color.'

I didn't know why she didn't just use her super power to see into the future and see which bathing suit she would end up getting me.

"Because, silly," she had told me when I asked. "You nor I haven't decided which suit you're going to end up with, so I can't see anything at the moment!"

She began flinging suits at me, at least ten different ones, ranging from bikinis to one-pieces, and sent me to the dressing room.

The first one, the one piece, was 'horrible and didn't compliment my figure.' The second one was a tankini, and it was 'cute, just not exactly what we were looking for.' And the compliments and complaints for the next several suits ranged between those. Finally, she stopped me on the seventh bathing suit.

"Perfect!" she cried. "It's just what we've been looking for!"

I had opposite feelings for the bikini she chose.

Sure, it looked cute when it was still hanging on the hanger, and it may even have been absolutely adorable on anyone else, but most definitely not me. It was a tiny thing, blue and sparkly, with a very cute little pink butterfly on the bottoms.

I tried voicing my complaints, but her final decision wasn't being changed. She loved the suit on me, and we were getting it. I tried asking if we could at least get me a skirt or something to go over the suit, but she said no to that too. But, luckily for me, on the way to the counter she spotted an adorable little skirt and cover up that matched my swimsuit perfectly, and just happened to be my size, so of course she grabbed it. She had me try it on, and I actually liked it; it was a cute mix. At least the skirt was going to be able to help my fear of people actually seeing my legs a tiny bit. Not a lot, but this was as good as I was going to get with Alice.

I was still curious as to why we needed all this stuff.

"Oh, you'll find out Friday," she told me every time I asked. I really didn't think I was going to make it to Friday, seeing how I absolutely despise surprises, but I just figured I was going to have to trust her on this one thing. Because if you think about it, it may not be the brightest idea to bet against a future- seeing pixie on anything.

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Alice took me to school on Monday, and the first thing I noticed when we got out of the car was Rose yelling at Emmett about something.

"Alice," I said to her, and she was currently trying as hard as she could not to laugh about something as hard as she could.

"Yeah?" she voice was shaky, and she had her mouth covered, but you could definitely tell that she was laughing about something.

"What's up with Rose and Em?"

"He's" –laugh- "Currently be-" –laugh- "ing yelled at" –laugh- "By Rose" –laugh- "about your" –laugh- "arm!" I was just surprised she actually made her whole sentence out. I couldn't help but start laughing at that too, especially when Rose punched Emmett in the arm. That caused us to start launching into a full fit of giggles, laughs and the whole bit, and also causing everyone outside the car to turn around and give us They're-crazy looks before continuing on their way.

It took us forever to be able to get out of the car after that… it was just too hilarious!

Once we actually were able to stop laughing and get out of the car, the entire parking lot had emptied out and the first bell had already rung. As soon as we walked into the classroom the late bell rang as well, and the teacher told us we got lucky and that next time it happened he wasn't going to let us get away with it.

The day –as well as the next few days up to Friday- passed by much slower than I particularly enjoyed. But, eventually, we made it to Friday, and I was finally going to be let in on the secret of what was happening after school.

"Okay, about the party," Alice began as soon as I was in her car. A party, huh? So that's what it was. "We're going to need to go down to La Push right now, you know, to set up for the party." Great. A beach party, that's why we got all of that stuff, now I understood.

After going to her house and getting all we would need for the beach party, we headed down to La Push.

Once there, Alice began to let me in on the theme. "Okay, so we're aiming for a Hawaiian feel tonight, so while I set up the tiki torches, you set up the table for the food… over there." She pointed to a nice spot in the sand. I nodded, and we went our separate ways.

It took me forever to get even one of the legs up, because by the time I had gotten that one leg up, Alice was already done putting the tiki torches up, all lined up perfectly on the shore, lit up, all the way on the other side of the beach. When she saw my struggles, she sighed and came over to help me.

"Having trouble?" I blushed and nodded. "Well, for the record, Bella," she began, bending down and pressing a button on the side of the table, and the legs shot up. "This is one of those tables where you push the button and the legs pop out on their own." I blushed harder as she began to put the table upright.

"Oh, well, in any case." She was back to her old bubbly self again. "Edward and Emmett are coming down to set the rest of the stuff up, so we're free to go." She escorted me back to the parking lot, and into the car. "Now it's time to go get ready!" Oh, no.

Kay I hope everyone liked that chapter, I did!

But, for the record, I would just like everyone to know that I may be coming out with a one-shot soon, based on a dream I had, And before anyone says anything about it once it comes out, it was not me who came up with it, it was Emmett, or was it Jasper? Yeah, it was Jasper since he was the one who told Emmett it would be funny to launch a rubber goldfish out of a toaster at Jacob's head… Random… okay, anywho, REVIEW!