I don't own Twilight.

Ok, so many people guessed right about Jacob :D but mike? Mike, yeah like Bella would let that bastard be her date. As for the song, I'm not saying anything until the chapter, but I will say that it's Taylor Swift ;)

BPOV

"Tilt your head back more," I instructed. He obliged, opening his mouth. I threw the popcorn at him, landing in his mouth.

"Score!" Jake said, chewing and swallowing.

I laughed and tossed more popcorn in my mouth. "Thanks for flying in on such short notice. It means a lot to me."

"No problem, Bells. When are Alice and Rosalie coming back from lunch?" Jake asked.

"I'm not sure. They're with Jazz and Emmett, so it might take awhile," I answered.

"So about this whole 'pageant' thing, what happened to your old date?" He asked.

"Er, things weren't working out," I lied.

"Bella..." Jake said in a suspicious tone.

"Alright, Edward cheated. OK?" I burst out, hiding my face. I felt him hugging me.

"It's gonna be fine. You two just need some time, right?" He comforted me. "He'll have to talk to you sometime."

"I know. Can we not talk about it now?"

"Sure." He let go of me. "Waitttttttt. Alice is dressing me?"

I laughed. "Yup. She wants you to come with us shopping so that we'll find the perfect tux. She hasn't seen your new haircut, either. So she has a bit to work with," I said, ruffling his newly short hair.

"And this 'complimenting your dress' thing?"

"Yup. Needs to be perfect so I win." I said smugly, remembering I'm not gonna be bothered with frilly ruffles and glitter everyday anymore.

"And what do you get when you win?"

"Money, obviously. 10k to be exact. I plan to use that to finish my schooling and if there's anything left over, a new apartment maybe."

"Why don't you use the money left over to get a new car. Seriously, Bella. I know you live in the big apple and everything, but can't you at least update your car? You've had that piece of junk since we were in high school!"

"I'll think about it." I said.

"Darling!!! We're homeeee!!!!" Alice's voice rang throughout the apartment. She poked her head in my room. "Hi Jacob! Haven't seen you in a bit. I didn't think that you would be over here so soon, but that gives us plenty of time to pick out the perfect tux to match Bella's dress. It's so pretty! Have you seen it?"

"Someone's a little hyper," I joked.

"So I had 2 coffees, so what? I need all that energy for shopping. Bella, Jake, get your pretty little asses ready and we'll go to fifth avenue!" She said before skipping off to her room. I pulled on my recently acquired high tops Jacob insisted I get as a present from Billy, and pulled my hair up into a ponytail.

"Ready?" Rosalie asked.

"Yup.'' Jake answered. We all emptied the apartment and walked off to fifth avenue.

**

"Bella, what about these?" Alice asked, tossing me a pair of silvery stilettos.

"No way Alice, 6 inches?!"

"Yeah, Emmett would win the bet if Bella wore those," Rosalie said.

"What bet?" I asked.

"That you'd fall flat on your face when you make your 'grand entrance'. Emmett bet 20 bucks you would. Jasper bet you wouldn't," Alice explained.

"Remind me to thank Jasper and punch Emmett," I said to the both of them.

"How many shoes does Bella need to try on? This is complete and utter boredom," Jake said.

"Well, would could hurry up so I could get to work on finding your tux," Alice said.

"You girls take your time," Jake said with a smile before returning back to staring at the walls.

We tried on at least 50 pairs of shoes before I found one that I was completely comfortable with, yet met up to Alice and Rosalie's standards.

"Jacob's turn!!" Alice said when she paid for her new shoes. We walked down 5th avenue when Alice dragged us into saks fifth avenue.

"OK, your tux needs to be the perfect shade. Obviously basic black would compliment Bella's dress." Alice pulled him into the men's section.

"Have fun you two," Rosalie added. "We'll just get a drink."

"What?! You cannot leave me with this... this... evil little pixie!" Jacob said as Alice began throwing several jackets at him.

"Sorry," I said, walking out of the store. We stopped at starbucks for frappuccinos.

"OK, Bella. Spill," Rosalie said as we sat by a fountain.

"Spill what?"

"It's obvious you want to get back together with...him."

"Alright. Well I was hoping to talk to him sometime after the pageant. Give myself a week to think things up, then confront him."

Rosalie nodded in approval. "Edward's planning the same thing. So you won't be so stressed out with your mom and all the commotion that'll come up next week."

We dropped the subject and decided to walk back to Alice and Jacob.

I heard my phone ring. "Hello?"

"Bella! You have to see Jake! He actually looks kind of hot!" Alice said on the other line.

"OK, we're walking into the store." I slid my phone shut and we walked off to the men's section. We found Alice standing outside of the fitting rooms.

"Ooh! Good you two are back!" Alice greeted.

"Yeah, and abandoned me," Jake said as he walked out of the room. "Does it look good?"

I studied him for a minute. The jacket and pants fit him perfectly and his dress shirt was basic white with a royal blue necktie.

"You were right, Ali," Rosalie commented. "He doesn't look 18 anymore."

"And what is that supposed to mean?" Jake snapped.

"Hey, don't be such a grouch. That's Bella's job," Alice snapped.

"Hey!" I retorted. "Come on, le's just pay for the stuff and head back."

Jake changed back into his regular clothes and paid for the tux, and we took the subway back to our apartment.

**

"Jake, wanna stay for dinner?" I asked.

"Sure," Jake answered.

"What do you wanna do?" I asked, looking at the time. 3 o'clock.

"I shall educate myself in your taste of music, my dear friend. Let's see how bad your playlist is," Jake grabbed my remote and hit play. 'Love story' by Taylor Swift came on.

"Since when did you like country?" He asked.

"Secret pleasure. I just like her songs," I answered truthfully. "I must've left it on last night when I fell asleep."

He nodded as he hit next. Good Charlotte began playing.

"Nice Bells. Country and alternative have so much in common," Jake commented.

"Stop making fun of my tastes in music!" I laughed. We spent the rest of the afternoon going through my ipod, him criticizing my various song choices and watching random videos on youtube.

"What hotel are you staying at?" I asked while he hung out at the kitchen. I grabbed the spaghetti from the shelf.

"The summit," he answered. "Good thing I have off on school or I wouldn't be here."

"Thanks again for doing this," I repeated.

"No problem, Bella. But aren't you sure you don't want to ask him? Maybe confront him at least," he said, trying to persuade me.

"I can handle this, Jake. Alright? I'm sure I want you to be my date and not him," I lied to myself.

"Sorry, I'll drop it, OK?" He said rubbing my back.

I nodded and continued stirring the pasta.

**

"Bella, what do you want to do for the rest of the night?" Alice asked when I got back from dropping Jake off at the hotel.

"I'm up for anything, I guess."

"Let's go to the movies," Rose spoke up.

"Great idea! There's this really good movie that came out, and I totally wanna see it!" Alice said. "It's called, 'The confessions of a shopaholic'"

"I can see how it relates to you" I added with a giggle. I changed my clothes and into a flowy blue blouse and light jeans.

"Ready?" Rose asked, popping her head in my room.

"Yup, almost," I said, applying one coat of lipgloss and wiping off the rest of the silvery shadow I put on.

"I taught her well," I heard Alice say.

I rolled my eyes and grabbed my bag. "Let's go."

EPOV

"Edward, me and Jasper are going for a movie," I heard Emmett say.

"I'll be here," I said weakly. I didn't bother turning around to look at him.

"Edward, don't beat yourself down. Talk to her. She'll understand," he said. He just knew what bugged me, didn't he?

"What if she doesn't wanna talk to me," I asked, remembering Rosalie's words and her text.

"It's worth a try," he mumbled.

"I'll come, OK?" I said, sitting up on my bed.

"Good. A guy needs to get out once in a while," Emmett said with a small smile. "Be ready in ten minutes."

I stood up and ran a hand through my hair. I looked like a hobo. I shaved the stubble on my chin and changed into a black shirt and jeans.

"Ready?" Jasper asked.

"Yeah," I said. We took the bus to the movies.

"Which movie?" Emmett asked.

"Taken," Jasper said.

"Definitely," I agreed. We bought the tickets while Emmett bought popcorn.

"Bella, over there!" I heard Alice's voice. I whipped my head around and saw them walk into one of the movie rooms.

"Dude, come on," Jasper said behind me. I brushed it off and we walked to meet up with Emmett.

Sorry for the last chapter, some people didn't like it :( But I will promise you, they get back together :D And just incase if you were confused, 'love story' wasn't the song.

And for the sequel, can you PLEASE give me some ideas? I'm not all that creative unfortunately. You know what my dream is? I've always wanted this story to get like really popular and have like a thousand reviews, but sadly, that's not gonna happen :( The next chapter's probably gonna come out tomorrow, so review please!

Now if you excuse me, I have to serve apple cider to nuns.