Chapter 2

When I pulled up into Alice's long driveway, she heard me, and came outside.

I got out of my truck, and hugged her. "Happy Birthday, Alice!!!" I said.

"I could say the same." She said after I let you go. She looked at my face. "What happened?" She asked, touching my cheek lightly.

"Okay, first, my birthday was yesterday, and I just fell." I said. We walked inside, and sat on the couch.

"Well, just because it was your birthday iyesterday/I doesn't mean anything. You still get to celebrate!"

"Alice!" I groaned as she ran upstairs fast. When she came down, Jasper, Rosalie, and Emmett where following her.

"Bella!" Emmett exclaimed. He hugged me tightly.

I laughed. "Hey Emmett, nice to see you, too." He laughed, and put me down.

I sat back down on the couch, and Alice handed me a small box wrapped in silver paper. "Alice, it's your birthday, and I told you I didn't want anything." I sighed.

"Well, you're not winning this argument, so just open it." She said back.

"Fine, but then you're opening your present." I said, and pulled out the bow wrapped in pink paper, and gave it to her.

"Okay, okay, just open it!" She said, bouncing up and down, and smiling wider than ever.

I carefully tore off the paper, and inside was a plain white box. I took the tape off, and lifted the lid. I gasped.

Inside, there was a beautiful charm bracelet. I took it out, and gently held it in my hand. On the charms, were little words. I read them out loud.

"Love. Faith. Life. Trust. Friendship. Family." I whispered as I saw each charm.

"Oh, Alice, this is beautiful!" I threw my arms around her neck, and hugged her tightly.

She was laughing. "I knew you'd love it!" She said.

"Okay, now it's your turn." I said putting her box back in her hands.

She opened the paper, and tore through the box. She gasped.

She pulled out the purple shirt I had seen her looking at last time we went shopping. I also bought her a few more items of clothing that she pulled out, and gasped at.

She hugged me back. "Bella, I love them so much! How'd you know?"

"I saw you looking at them last time we were in Port Angeles." I said. She hugged me, and I hugged her back.

Emmett joined in on the hug, and we looked at him until he sat back down. "Sorry." He muttered.

I laughed, and both me and Alice sat back down, too.

Carlisle, and Esme walked in, and hugged me. "Happy late birthday, Bella." Esme whispered in my ear. I smiled at her.

Alice helped me put my bracelet on, and then we went upstairs so that she could try on her new shirts. We walked past a room with an open door. I had never seen this room before.

"Alice? Who's room is this?" I asked as we passed it.

"Hmm? Oh, that's Edward's room. We were cleaning it sense he's coming back tomorrow. He going to be at my birthday party."

"How come I've never met him?" I asked. We were in her room now, and she went into her closet to change. She spoke through the door.

"He's been in Chicago with his real mother for the last few months, and before that, he didn't live with us. He lived in Seattle, going to college there, but he's done with school for now." She said, and came out.

I knew that all of them were adopted, but I didn't think any of them had gone back to their real parents. Alice had been adopted so young, she didn't remember hers. And she had no need to see them.

I looked at her shirt. She had put the purple one on, and it hugged her body perfectly. She twirled around, and I admired it. "That looks perfect." I said. She smiled, and went to go try another one on.

"You know, Edward is our age. Maybe you'll like him." She said. I snorted.

"Alice, even if I did like him, I have a boyfriend." I said.

"Bella, Jacob is not right for you. I know you don't love him. I see it in your eyes." She said as she came out in the blue shirt.

"Alice, your wrong. I love him very much." I lied. Well, I used to love him very much, but then he became a drunk.

"Yeah, right. You're a terrible liar." She said.

I sighed. "I like that one, too." I commented on her shirt.

"Thanks." She walked back into the closet. "Bella, I really think you should find someone new. And like we all really believe you fell, and that's why you cut your cheek." She said sarcastically.

"I did fall." I said, and crossed my arms over my chest. It was true. I had fallen, but it's because Jacob had pushed me. She just didn't need to know that part.

She walked out of the closet in a very pretty pink shirt. She put her hands on my shoulders. "You're not telling the whole story, and I know it." She said, and walked into the bathroom. She shut the door, but we continued talking.

She knew me so well. Alice always had a way with knowing things.

"Alice, I have a boyfriend, end of story." She came back out of the bathroom, and sighed.

"Fine, I won't bring it up again tonight, but it's not the end of this conversation." She said. She had her normal shirt back on now.

She sighed, and went into her closet to put her new shirts away.

When she came back out, she smiled. "How abotu you spend the night over here? We could have a slumber party!" She squealed.

I giggled. It was her birthday, so I agreed.

"Alright, what movies do you have planned?" I asked, and she grinned slowly. I laughed again as she pulled me downstairs.