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-Alice's POV-

"So. What would you like to do today?" I asked.

"Um...i don't know. What do you want to do?"

"I asked you first."

"Maybe so, but I still have no idea what to do."

"Well, there really isn't much to here anyway."

"You can say that again."

"How about Port Angeles. They have cute shops we can look around in, and we can stop by the bookstore. They actually have a great selection."

"Sounds good to me. But there is one condition."

"Okay. What is your condition?"

"I'll go with you to Port Angeles, if, you promise to drive the speed limit."

"Hmm. You drive a tough bargain. But, I'll do it for you.

"Good. Let me go change and brush my teeth."

And with that, she quickly went up stairs. I heard the rustling of her taking off her clothes and them landing on the floor. She walked over to her closet and started sliding the hangers around while talking to herself.

No. Slide. Definitely not. Slide. Whoa, why do I still have this awful shirt? Slide. I think not! Slide. Slide. Slide. Ugh!

She was so unbelievably cute. I wish I could just go up there and tell her that she looks beautiful in anything. Finally she decided on an outfit and ran into the bathroom to brush her teeth. I heard the little scrubbing noises cease after a minute, and she was downstairs before I knew it. She was wearing a nice, simple grey hoodie with blue jeans. Yup, beautiful.

I kept to my promise and drove the speed limit, so it took about an hour to get to Port Angeles. I found a parking spot in an alley under a light that would come on when it got dark. We got out and headed for the sidewalk. I was about to ask her which shop she wanted to go into first, but then her warm hand wrapped around mine. I looked over at her and smiled, and she blushed as I entwined our fingers.

Instead of asking her, I just pulled her into the nearest shop door. It turned out to be a Native American store, run by Billy Black. The stench of wet dog was everywhere, so I knew the La Push pack had been here recently. I hadn't seen them in a while, and figured I should give Leah a call one of these days.

We looked around, fingering cute little one of a kind nick knacks, dream catchers of every color, paintings of every size. I saw Bella pick up a small dream catcher with a tiny wooden carved wolf hanging from it. She smiled then put it back. I made a mental note to come back for that one later, I'll save it for a birthday present for her. We looked through pretty much everything in the store, and before we knew it, and hour had gone by.

For the next few hours we went from shop to shop, fiddling with things and making each other laugh. We would hold hands part of the time, and I enjoyed every second of it. Finally we ended up in the book store. Bella wanted to get a few books for herself, so we split up and went on a hunt for them. I found The Scarlet Letter, and a Sherlock Holmes book, then went back to find her. She was in the back reading the book she had picked up. I watched her for a minute or so, then quietly came up behind her. I set the books on a nearby table, and wrapped my arms around her waist.

"What are you reading?"

"Romeo and Juliet." She said as she leaned back against me.

"Good book." Was all that I could say. I was too busy taking in her sweet scent.

She looked down at my hands and put her hand over them like she was looking for something. Oh! I let go of her and grabbed to books from the table.

"Here you go."

"Thank you." She said as she kissed me on the cheek.

-Bella's POV-

When we checked out, the sun was setting. As we walked back to the car my stomach growled so loud that Alice heard it, which made her giggle.

"Are you hungry?" She asked.

"Starving actually."

"Well then, I will see to it that you get some food."

"Oh, really?"

"Yup, and I have a nice place in mind that I think you will like."

The place turned out to be a cute Italian restaurant called Bella Italia. Now it was obvious why she wanted to bring me here. We were seated by a pretty waitress who couldn't take her eyes off Alice, but I was glad that Alice never even looked in her direction.

"What can I get you to drink?" The waitress asked.

"Is Coke okay, Bella?"

"Oh, yeah."

"Two Cokes please."

"Coming right up."

I picked up a menu and started to look, when I noticed Alice was just sitting there.

"You going to take a look at the menu?"

"No, I'm not hungry."

"Alice..."

"Yes...?"

"Are you really not going to eat?"

"Don't let that stop you. Order anything you want."

"Alice, I swear. You didn't eat lunch with me so have to be hungry by now. We've been out for hours."

"I promise I'm not hungry. Now chose what you want, she'll be back soon."

I could tell she didn't want to talk about it. Maybe it was because we were here, or maybe she is just in denial and doesn't think she has a problem. I'm just worried about her. If she is starving herself, she needs to stop...and I wasn't going to let this go easy. But I knew this wasn't the time nor place to talk about it. I reluctantly gave up and started looking at the menu again.

"It all sounds so good. Any suggestions?" I asked.

"Mushroom Ravioli. Delicious."

"I'll take your word for it."

As we sat in silence waiting for the waitress to come back, I took the time to observe her. She was so still, like a statue. Sometimes it looked like she wasn't even breathing. Her perfect posture as she sat still in the chair, with her small hands crossed in her lap. We locked eyes, and for the first time today, I noticed that her eyes were darker.