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Chapter 10 By: Megan Cullen

Shopping with Alice was one of the strangest experiences ever. I brought my own money along, it was by chance I had it in my pocket, but Alice wouldn't let me pay for a thing. We had been to three stores already and only shopped for pants so far. Alice is a bit of a theme shopper. She said we would look for shirts next then anything else. She wasn't buying too much, because she knew I would be guilty if she paid for that much.

"I think we can start looking for tops now," Alice was saying to me, "I saw a couple cute ones in the last store. Do you want to go back?" I was already tired of shopping and of every store we had gone in.

"I don't think so Alice." She only shrugged and guided me to the next store. We lugged our three, half full bags into the store. A pop rock song was blaring inside that I didn't recognize. Alice went straight over to the t-shirts. I dutifully trudged after her. Alice's hands were running along the fabrics but she paused; her hand hovered over a green top.

"This will look great on you!" she exclaimed, "I saw you wearing it." Alice quickly found my size and showed it to me. The bottom started a very dark green, almost black and the shirt color faded all the way to the V-neck top where it was lime green. Also coming out of the bottom corner was a white tree or vine the crawled up through three shades of green. "It'll go perfect with your eyes. I'm getting it for you." I sighed, there was no stopping her. It was a cute top anyway. I found two shirts I liked and Alice found too many, most for me but a few for her. I had a maroon one with a scoop neck that also went low in the back and a grey T-shirt with an intricate design in the middle. We purchased what we found this time I insisted on paying for something. Alice only let me buy the two shirts I had found. I was glad to leave the store because the music was getting hard to tolerate. After a moment of walking I realized Alice was taking me in the wrong direction.

"Alice wh-"

"I need to talk to you." I nodded because she sounded really serious. I was going to ask where we were going but what ever. With that tone something must be up. She led me back to the small parking lot we had our car in. Alice then led me past the lot and into a small, lightly wooded, park. No one was around on such a cloudy day so we ran though it. At the end was a small street with quaint houses. It was dark, old, and bright at the same time. I followed Alice down one-way road and into a faded green house. She had the key to the door and we made it inside without a problem. All the curtains were closed so the inside was quite dark and also dusty. It looked as if it hadn't been used in a month or so. The large couch in the room to the left of the door was covered with a sheet. Alice led me to the kitchen which was painted white and had dark wood cabinets. From there Alice took me up a flight of steep stairs. At the top was a small hallway with four doors. One was ajar and I could see was a bathroom. Alice went into the second door on the left and I went in after her. Alice was over at the window pulling back the blinds. When she lifted them light poured in and the room became incredibly bright. It had beautiful yellow walls. There was a king sized bed under the window. It looked incredibly inviting with its fluffy white comforter and yellow pillows piled high. I probably looked a bit freaked out since her tone had scared me. Was something wrong? Was she mad at me? Alice went to sit on the bed. The foot and headboard on it were elegantly designed wood. I assumed the room was the master one because it was large with a big bathroom attached. There was a dresser under the window andpictures and a bookshelf on the wall opposite. The bathroom and bed were also opposite each other.

"Sorry, you look a bit freaked. I didn't mean to do that. It's nothing bad really don't worry." I relaxed and waited for Alice to continue. "It's about Edward." O no, does she know too? "I'm worried, he's been acting strange." She was waiting for me to say something. What the feck am I supposed to say?! 'Well Edward and I dated when I was human and it got to the point where I loved him. I think he bit and changed me but I don't remember. He left me there and I didn't see him for 66 years. He now knows who I am and was.' I'm sure that'll go over well! I sat down on a chair in the corner of the room. I didn't want to sit on some random person's bed. It wasn't very comfortable, there was no cushion, but I could manage.

"Well, could you tell me whose house this is first?" A smile spread across Alice's face, it even reached her darkening eyes.

"Well Gill this is actually Jasper and my house." I raised my eyebrows. "We bought it so that we could have time alone away from the family if we needed it. We use it for mini vacations. This is our room." Well thank God she didn't break in or something! "I love this room; I love this color on the walls." She motioned for me to sit with her on the bed and I was happy to oblige. I sank a little in the mattress upon sitting; it was an incredibly soft bed. I sat with my legs crossed facing Alice and she waited for me to respond to her comment about Edward. I sighed because there was no avoiding it.

"I think I know what's been bothering him." Wait a second how did she know it had to do with me? Did Edward say something? Whatever, I have to tell her. It'll be nice to not have so many secrets. "It has to do with me; we used to know each other." She saw something in a vision didn't she? Well than she's going to know that we more than knew each other. "I knew Edward when I was a human and he was a vampire. We dated." Alice's eyes widened just a little.

"Wait a second. How old are you?"

"I've been a vampire 66 years, since 1941." Her eyes widened again. "What?"

"That's when Edward went through his rebel thing. He left Carlisle for a while and none of us know where he went. Carlisle and Esme were so worried… Does that mean he was with you that whole time?"

"I don't really know if he was with me the whole time, he never told me he was a vampire. He was with me that whole summer; I was changed the day before I would have gone home and back to school." I shifted on the bed not sure weather to tell Alice everything.

"Did Edward change you then? Did he bite you?" That I still don't know.

"I'm not sure. I don't remember who bit me. I mean how many vampires could have been around though? I don't know what happened but he was with me before I was bit." She was shocked.

"Does he know who you are then? Has he talked to you about it?"

"He knows who I am, he found out yesterday. He said he needed some time to thing or something like that. No, he hasn't talked about it yet."

"Do you think he bit you?"

"That's what my logic is telling me but I don't really know."

"Do you remember what happened at all?" Too many questions!

"Some of it I do. Edward and I had been going out since the first day of summer really. I was in the woods with Edward the day I was changed. I forgot we were in Canada if you wanted to know. It was probably going to be the last time we saw each other for a while. We talked and Edward said he would come back to my home in South Carolina with me. The last thing I remember as a human was looking into his eyes. One of my cousins found me a few hours later in the same woods and I was a vampire." I lay back on the bed. I was relieved to have told Alice, she was really becoming a good friend. Alice moved and put my head in her lap. For a vampire she had quite a soft lap. She stroked my hair for a few minutes before saying anything.

"I know what it's like not to know what happened to you. I don't remember anything from my human life. It really sucks when you can't remember. Edward was gone almost all of 1941 he left in like March and came back in November. We had no idea where he was or what he was doing." We were both silent for a while, just enjoying each other's company.

"Alice did you have a vision about something, is that why you took me here?" I looked up at Alice. She looked even prettier from below. Her chin and jaw looked very defined. She looked down at me.

"I had a vision. Not about talking to you but about you and Edward," she said. Alice paused and I waited for her to tell me the vision. "I saw you and Edward; you don't need to know because it might not happen."

I took on an exaggerated whining tone, "But Alice! I want to know what's going to happen too!" She laughed.

"You'll see when it happens." Damn it! I don't really know how to use other vampire's gifts. I've done it but that's when I'm in danger or when I first touch them. I really want to know. "Let's see what we can do about what you came here for. Then we can deal with the Edward problem." Well I wasn't calling it a problem but the name suits it, The Edward Problem.