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I am so SO SO SO SOOOOOO SORRY FOR THE EXTREMELY LATE UPDATE!

it really wasnt my fault! my laptop has an unkown disorder and doesn't work so it went on a holiday!
and i had to use the computer, which crashed and decided to go on a holiday aswell... it came back three days later, and i still couldnt write because i had exams on that week so i had to revise which was no fun at all! and im really sorry this chapter's quite short, dont worry the next ones longer, waaay longer.

I'm really sorry, i wont take this long to update again.

Chapter 12: The picture

Bella's POV

"…And then Professor M said that while your falling in the air, some of you weight is transferred to air, he said if you keep doing that you lose weight, jumping out of windows keep you fit" We were all listening to his explanation, once he finished we all stared at each other and then burst out laughing.

"Emmett you are so stupid!" I said shaking my head "Emmett, I take that class, our professor is a nut, and you're a bigger nut for believing what he said, weight transfers into air, Emmett you're so funny" Jasper said laughing in between.

"I'm really going to miss you Emmett" I said, trying to sound as if I was serious. "Aww Bella, I'm going to miss seeing you slipping on banana peels too" Emmett said laughing.

"Hey, that only happened once because somebody didn't tell me there was a banana there" I glared at Jasper, "But Bella, I told you there was a banana peel, you were too interested staring at that…that guy you like" I looked at Jasper who was grinning, I remember, Jasper and I were walking to Alice's class, when I saw Edward looking as hot as ever, I just couldn't get my eyes of him and then the next thing I know I was on the floor. That was embarrassing.

"Okay guys time to go" Alice said approaching us, Edward following behind her. Rosalie ran and gave Alice a hug, Emmett ran to me and squeezed me in his arms. "Emmett …cant …breath" Emmett let go.

"Sorry Bella I'm going to miss you, you're my S.F.F.L" I frowned "S.F.F.L?" Emmett smacked his head. "Sister Friend for Life duhh and you call me dum… Jasper!" Emmett yelled and ran over to Jasper; they did that hand shake guys do. "Gonna miss you Em" Emmett actually wiped his face with his hand.

"Emmett you're not crying are you? It's only two weeks" Emmett was trying his best to hide his tears "Bella It's Allergies" Emmett is actually getting emotional, Edward walked over and did that weird hand shake guys do with Emmett, "Emmett, Have fun on your holiday with Rose" Emmett grinned.

"I'm looking forward to that and it's not just spending time with Rosy, I'm looking forward to other things" Emmett wiggled his eyebrows; okay I didn't need to know that. I walked over to Alice and Rosalie while the boys were discussing something about cars.

"Bella I'm going to miss you" Rosalie pounced on me. "Wow I'm going to miss you too, even though it's only two weeks" I heard Rose laughing. "Oh Bella it's not going to be two weeks until you see me" I looked at her puzzled.

"What do you mean it's not going to be two weeks until I see you?" Rose looked over my shoulder and then smiled "It's going to be two weeks and two and a half days" Okay?

"Well Alice there is one person you have not said goodbye to" Rose scolded, Alice grinned "He's scared of me; I cut of all his hair, that's why he's not coming here," Alice said looking over my shoulder, I turned my head around to see Emmett holding Jasper and Edward laughing, Oh Edward your too cute when you laugh!

"Emmett" Alice called, Emmett whipped his head around, looked at Alice then turned around again, Alice stepped forward "Bye Emmett, have fun, happy early Christmas and happy early new year!" Alice said with a grin on her face.

"Merry Christmas and happy early new year…ermm…I hugged everyone...but err… You don't get a hug" Alice pretended she was going to die and gasped while placing her hand over her chest. "It's what…Ahem…what you get for cutting all of my…my…hair off" Emmett gulped.

"Oh don't be like that hug, hug hug hug" Edward, Rosalie and Jasper sang, I joined in, Emmett sighed and gave Alice a big bear hug, it looked like he was crushing her bones. "Emmett, that's…enough…I'm feeling the…love" Alice said, Emmett let go of her and Alice immediately started gasping for air.

"Well everyone bye!" after we all said our bye's Alice and I walked over to her Porsche, she finally allowed Edward to drive it, I'm not kidding we were going to drive all the way to forks since Alice didn't want to take the train, or any other mode of transport and surprisingly she only had three suitcases considering the fact that she left half a dozen of her clothes back home.

"Okay Bella, you can sit in the front with Edward and I'll sit in the back with Jasper" She winked at me, "Okay Alice" I'm actually looking forward to sitting with Edward in the front, although I know he'll be driving, but I'll still be able to stare at his perfect face. Or maybe I shouldn't, he might be able to feel my eyes on him, if you get what I mean.

We loaded our suitcases in the back and got into the car, "Forks here we come!" Alice said excitedly.

"Oh wait, I forgot we can't go to forks looking like this" Alice jumped out of the car and went to the back, she got out four red Christmas hats and gave one to everyone,
"Put it on" Alice put her hat on, and we all followed, "Great now were ready!" Alice screamed, I know I definitely will enjoy the next eight hours

(A/N: And I know you guys might be thinking eight hours from California to forks? And by car as well, I didn't really do any research on how long it takes or how to get from California to forks, so I'm sorry for any misunderstandings)

During our journey, Alice made us sing jingle bells god knows how many times, Edward and I talked a lot! And I mean a lot! I liked it, as Edward said 'it's our bonding time' it was, we both had been quite busy, but this holiday is going to be the best holiday ever, with a little help from Alice, I'm going to make sure Edward knows how I feel and with any luck he might actually feel the same way,

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"Bella!" Charlie, my dad shouted as soon as I got out of Alice's Porsche, he squeezed me tighter then Emmett, "I missed you" I heard the engine behind me roar followed by a few snickers, "I missed you too dad" I said returning the hug, he let go and went to the car to unload all of my things, which was just one suitcase,

"Alice, Edward, Jasper, it's good to see you guys again, it feels like hell without you kids running around" Alice grinned, Edward chuckled "Good to see you too Charlie"

"It's been long" Alice replied, we quickly said bye to the others and walked inside the house and up to my old bedroom, I opened the door; the room looked exactly the same before I left.

Well it was cleaner, and tidier but everything was exactly where it was before, "my room looks exactly the same" Charlie grinned.

"Well what did you think we were going to do to it" Charlie shook his head "life's just not the same without you kids" Charlie was staring into space again. I remembered something important then. "Where's mom?" I asked.

Right on cue I heard the front door open and then my mom shout "Bella…Bella!" I ran down the stairs, tripping on the last one, I fell onto the floor, I heard laughing "Bella you haven't changed a bit have you" I stood up and gave my mother a hug.

"Bella honey I missed you, I was at the Cullen's, Esmé and I were thinking of having a little welcome back party, just a small gathering, I'm so happy your back!" Renée said talking so fast. "I missed you too mom" Renée let go of me.

"Now that you kids are back, it'll be like the old times, oh and I'll be excited to hear all about the new relationships formed…" Renée winked at me. Okay Renée knows I like Edward, she's like my best friend, I have to tell her everything, but one thing I hate about moms is that once they hear something they just have to go and tell someone else.

"What relationships?" Charlie asked, "Friends Charlie" Renée winked at me. "Oh okay Well Bella I'll see you soon, I have to go to work" I chuckled as my dad put his police hat on and raised his hand to his forehead "See you later chief Swan" I shouted as Charlie shut the door.

"Now Bella, Tell me everything… Has Edward been protecting you? Oh my god! Are you too together? Are you being safe? Made any new friends!" Renée said that all so fast.

"Edward doesn't need to protect me I can take care of myself, and no we are not together yet! And yes I've made two other B.F.F.l's" Renée looked excited.

"Tell me all about it" I sighed and went on telling Renée all about Emmett and Rosalie…

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"Hi Miss Whitlock, great to see you again!" I shook Jasper's mom's hand, who just pulled me into a hug what is it with hugging today?

"Bella, It's been too long" I grinned "yeah it has" Jane, Jasper's mom, and I continued talking about grades and stuff like that, then I went on to see Esme, who was sitting at the end of the kitchen table, I took a seat and sat down next to her.

"Hi, Esme it's been long since I've talked to you" Esme smiled. "Bella Honey it has been long, how are your studies dear?"

"There fine, how have you been, where's Carlisle?" I looked around I didn't see him today, "He's outside with Edward and Jasper and your father and I'm fine" I looked outside and saw that Carlisle, Charlie, Jasper and Edward were all talking, I couldn't get my eyes off Edward though I could only see his perfect bronze hair which looked even more tousled than usual, I got lost in my thoughts, I didn't realize I was now staring outside when Esme touched my hand, I immediately turned my head around to face her.

"I told you one day your friendship will turn into something else" she was now laughing slightly. "Well not yet, were still friends" Esme looked worried.

"But you love him right?" I nodded, it was just too hard to lie to these Cullen's, "Well than dear what are you waiting for, go and tell him, you have been friends with him for so long, and I know my son, he definitely loves and respects you, I raised him well" I looked out of the window, Edward was laughing at something Charlie said, I can hear his musical laughter, tempting me to just go over there and…stay strong Bella.

"I will tell him…when it's the right time" Esme laughed "The time is now dear, He has more trust in you then his own mother"

"What are you talking about? You're his mom! He doesn't have that much trust in me" Esme laughed and got up and started walking towards the fridge. I followed her.

"Do you remember this Bella?" she asked pointing to a picture on the refrigerator, I remember this picture, "Esme this picture was from eight years ago" Esme looked at the painting "Memories Bella, this picture means so much to me and if I remember correctly it should mean a lot to you too." I stared at her, not having a clue what she was talking about. "You must remember, Bella, how can you not?"

I concentrated, staring fixedly at the picture in an attempt to remember. From somewhere in the distance, I heard Edward's voice and then in the back of my brain I heard the voice of a much younger Edward. I concentrated on that voice in my head whilst still staring at the picture on the fridge, and then it all started coming back to me...

"Mom! Mom!" The eight year old Bronze haired boy ran down the stairs clutching onto a piece of paper. "What is it dear?" His mother Esme asked pulling him onto her lap.
"Mom…I painted a picture!" The bronze haired boy said proudly, "Wow dear, let me see" His mother reached for the paper but the boy snatched it away.
"No mom, I have to show it to Bella first!" His mother gasped but then smiled at the little boy, kissing his cheek.
The bronze haired boy ran out of his house, and towards the woods, the boy ran tightly clutching the paper, He finally saw Bella and shouted her name "Bella!" The Brown haired girl turned around to see the little bronze haired boy.
The little boy smiled proudly and looked at his paper "I painted a picture and I want to show you Bella" The girl smiled "Let me see" The green eyed boy handed Bella the paper, On the paper there was a picture of a rainbow of all different colors and underneath It, was a boy with bronze hair and emerald eyes holding a girl with dark brown hair and brown eyes hand underneath that, it said 'friends forever' in the bronze boy's messy handwriting the words weren't even spelt right. The little boy was so proud of his work. "That's you and that's me! I painted it all by myself, do you like it?"
The brown haired girl pointed at herself in the picture "Why do I have a big head?" She asked, the little boy looked confused and looked at his picture, "No Bella Its okay… look" The bronze haired boy pointed at himself in the picture. "See I have a bigger head so it's okay" The brown haired girl smiled.
"I painted this picture because I had a dream when you said you didn't want to be my friend and you wanted to be friends with Sarah and Emma and you never talked to me and when I woke up, I was sad so I painted this picture because we are going to be best friends forever" The little boy put his arm around Bella,

"Edward we are always going to be best friends!" I said out loud talking over Esme."Edward was such a gentleman when he was younger, you too were so cute!" I was now leaning on the kitchen counter. "Sometimes I feel as if Edward has changed and gone far far away" Esme looked out of the window, staring at Edward,

"But Esme he has gone far away and he has changed" I said clearing the obvious, Esme turned her head back to me "I don't believe that, he will always be close to my heart and Edward may act like he has changed but I know my son and deep down he is still loving and caring" Esme looked around the kitchen,

"Tell me more! About Edward when we were little" I said leaning against the kitchen counter whilst Esme was cooking, Esme smiled, "So many memories where do I start…Well there was this one time… When Edward wanted to make a strawberry milkshake" I remember this one, we were nine and we didn't know how to work the blender, or how to make a strawberry milkshake, we ended up making a big mess.

"And there's the stain" Esme looked up, I looked up, there was this faint pink stain, that must have been the strawberry but where was the… "And there's the bigger mess" Esme said looking at the other side of the ceiling, in the end we couldn't make a strawberry Milkshake so we got Alice to help us make a chocolate Milkshake. Which was much worse.

Alice came bouncing in the kitchen wearing her Christmas hat and holding two bowls.

"Mom, Bella as you guys know, were all playing Secret Santa! So you have to choose a piece of paper from the bowl and you have to get the person on the paper a present for Christmas" Alice held out two bowls. "Mom, the adults, since Carlisle thinks were still 'kids' and were not mature enough to play with the adults, pick from this bowl and Bella since there's four of us kids we have to pick from this bowl but were going to pick our's later, so it will be fare" she winked at me. Secret Santa, sounds like fun. But that also means shopping!

"Okay Alice I'll pick, I hope I get myself, I saw this diamond necklace the other day and it will match perfectly with my new top!" Esme reached into the bowl and opened a piece of folded paper.

"Yes! Darlings excuse me I have to go and have a little chat with Jane" Esme walked out of the kitchen "Okay bye mom!" Once Esme was out of the kitchen Alice grabbed my hand and we both snuck upstairs without catching anyone's attention. Alice shut the door, sat next to me and stared in my face smiling, reminding me of Emmett.

"Hi" I said Alice's smile too big for her face turned into a grin "Here's our bowl and I'm making sure Edward gets you!" What! No "Alice as much as I want him to get me, I don't think that's a good idea" Alice stopped from whatever she was doing.

"Why?" She questioned "Because…it's Christmas, and I want to have fun and actually wondering who my secret Santa is" Alice looked at me, then smiled "Fine Bella, have it your way" I looked at her in shock "Have it your way? Alice what's going on?" Something's up, Alice never agrees with anything I say!

"Well Bella, Were having a small get together celebrating that we are back at home and-" I cut her off "No I mean what's going on with you, you never agree to anything I say" Alice smiled. "Nothing is the matter with me Bella, maybe it's just you" Alice shrugged smiling innocently.

"If this is some sort of idea of yours that you will use against me in the future Mary Alice Cullen it stops right here!" Alice looked at me "Wh-wh- wha-what! You think I'm just being nice to you so I get my way when it comes to Monday!" Alice stopped realizing she said something she shouldn't have.

"What about Monday?" I asked curiously, terrified as to what will happen, if she let me get my way then that means something big is happening on Monday.
"Now Bella, before you do something that I don't think you'll regret later let me just tell you that Jane, Renée and Esme are coming too" Alice held her hands in the air backing away, looking terrified.

"Where are we going?" I demand to know, it better not be where I think it is. "Okay it-It's a place ca-called forks sh-" I held my hands to my face "Don't say it Mary Alice, Don't say the S. word!" Alice gulped.

"We-were go-going to th-the ma-mall" She said the M. word, She said the M. word! Oh my god I cannot believe she said the M word. That is low, Alice locked the door and got two cotton buds and stuck them in her ear as fast as she could, wise girl.

"The Mall! Alice and you didn't tell me! I can't shop for more than eight hours, I'm not like you, I don't like shopping…ugh I hate saying that word," I was pacing back and forth, you must be thinking 'it's just the mall big deal' well you don't know Alice at all, getting my way all those times, this means nonstop torture!

I screamed, I literally screamed, no way on Earth am I going shopping with Alice "Alice I can't come!" Alice removed her ear buds "Whoa, I'd like to hear that again what was that you're not coming?" Alice laughed "Oh Bella you have to, your mummies coming and so is mine and Jaspers it's a girl's day out, if you don't come then you're not a girl" I looked at Alice.

"I am a woman not a girl!" I looked away "Girl… women, same thing isn't it?"

"No Alice there not!" The door opened "Alice I just can't go" Edward and Jasper came rushing in, Jasper holding a pencil and Edward holding an empty plastic bottle holding them up as weapons. "We heard a scream, are you guys okay?" Jasper asked, Alice shook her head and sat on a bean bag

"No I'm not!" I said sinking my head in Alice's pillow "She's terrified of Monday" Alice said "What's going on, on Monday?" Edward asked "Shopping! From 8 till 10 in the evening and little miss 'I can't go' doesn't want to go!" Alice screamed, Edward groaned. "Don't say the S. word!" I shouted, I heard continuous laughter, from the one and the only who laughs sooo much at other people's misery, I lifted my head. "Shut up Jasper!" I threw the pillow at him.

"Aww you can stay home and hang out with me" Edward suggested generously, I gave him a thankful look but Alice threw another pillow at him. "Edward!" She commanded.

"Sorry Alice…Bella you must go with Alice I can't help you" Edward said in a robotic voice. "Good, Bella you have to come! And we won't take no for an answer, even if that means dragging you on the floor" I looked at Edward for help, but he just looked as terrified as me. After moments of silence, the blonde decided to talk.

"So…let's get on with the secret Santa thing…Alice?" Jasper asked turning to Alice. Alice's face brightened as she got the bowl from her desk.

"Okay everyone gather around" Alice said motioning for us to come, we all gathered around the bowl. "Okay everyone write your name down on this piece of paper" Alice handed us each a piece of paper, I wrote my name and folded the paper and tossed it into the bowl, the others did the same "Okay now I mix!" Alice stuck her hand in the bowl and shuffled the pieces of papers around.

"And now we pick, who wants to go first?" Jasper immediately stuck his hand in and picked out a piece of paper, he looked at the name written on the paper and smiled, Alice decided to go next.

"Yes!" She screamed but then folded her paper, Edward decided to go next. "I got the perfect gift!" Edward looked at his paper smiling, hmm I wonder who he got, now it was my turn.

I reached for the last paper and opened it, I smirked, so this is who I get, oh, this is definitely going to be a lot of fun!

Sorry for the cliff hanger, well it wasnt really a cliff hanger lol

who do you think got who? Review please, and I'm sooo sorry for the late chapter. and im sorry its short