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5. Changes

Bpov:

I woke to the annoying sound of my alarm clock, was it seven pm already? I yawned as I silenced my clock radio switching it to my favorite station. 'Rock this party by Bob Sinclair' was playing and that was all it took to set of my morning routine. I changed into my tracksuit while doing some lame dance moves. As 'Rock this party' ended 'Hung up by Madonna' started playing. I did a few stretches to the beat of the song trying to get some life into my limbs. As I left my room I turned my radio of.

I was the only morning person in my family. Mom never was an early riser, Alice said she needed her beauty sleep and Dad only got up early to go fishing. I was humming 'Hung up' as I left the house. As I started to jog I had to concentrate on my breathing and rhythm witch was proving difficult to find this morning. It was probably because I got to bed at one in the morning. Alice sure knows how to throw a party. As I finally settled into my rhythm my mind began to wonder back to that said party.

Flashback

As I came home from La Push, Alice rushed me into the shower saying something about only having an hour to make me perfect and presentable. Alice loved to play dress-up Bella. Since it made her happy I didn't make a big deal out of it. As long as she stayed inside the rules, dresses and skirts was a big no, no. This tame she chose some skinny jeans, a white shirt and black high heels for footwear of course.

"Bells remember to put on a robe before we do your make-up, so that there's no make-up marks on your clothes. Rose will be over in a few minutes to do your hair." She said while I got dressed in the clothes se picked.

"Ok Alice, go get dressed. I'll just be a minute. I need to round up the courage to submit myself to your torture."

She laughed. "Are you sure you don't need my help with anything?"

I made a face as if thinking very hard before I answered her. "Yes, I'm sure. I'm a big girl you know. I tie my own shoes and everything." She laughed as she left my room muttering something that sounded like silly girl.

After I got dressed (robe and all) I combed my hair and chose some jewelry. I chose a silver necklace with a matching bracelet and some silver earrings. Without anything else that could buy me some more time, I went to Alice's room. "Finally what took you so long?" She asked when I entered her room.

I shrugged. She was dressed in a knee length black dress with silver high heels and silver jewelry. "You look stunning Alice, Jasper is going to have a heart attack if he sees you in that." I walked over to her dressing table and sat down.

"That's the idea." she said smiling mysteriously as she started on my make-up.

Alice was just about finished applying my make-up when Rose arrived. She looked more like a supermodel from Vogue magazine than a teenager at a birthday party. She made my hair in an up stile and I couldn't disagree with them when they said I looked beautiful. There was no time for chit chat as the guests started to arrive.

We danced, laughed, ate and danced some more. At about eleven pm Alice killed the music to make a speech. Through my embarrassment (thanks mostly to the fact that I didn't like the spotlight) I noticed Rose was standing alone next to me.

"Where's Emmet" I asked. She just shrugged but her eyes were alight and it looked as if she was hiding something from me. Just then Alice played "Sexy by Wright Said Fred" and Jasper pushed in a massive cake. Who was going to eat all of that cake I thought. As the song reached the "I'm to sexy for my shirt part Emmet jumped out of the cake wearing nothing but jeans and cowboy boots.

He danced along to the song and when it ended he grabbed me up in a big hug speaking into my ear. "Happy birthday, Bells."

Everyone had a good time and round about twelve my parents ended the party saying it was still a school night and all. Alice went to see Jasper off and not wanting to intrude on the lip lock that was sure to follow I went to tidy up the kitchen. When Alice eventually returned we cleaned the living room, she was cleaning while doing dancing moves.

"Did you enjoy the party." she asked behind me.

"Of course I did." I gave her a hug. "I have the best sister in the whole world." We said goodnight and went to bed, as soon as my head hid the pillow I fell asleep.

Present time

I've just reached my rock and instead of sitting down I just stood and looked over Forks. It started to drizzle lightly, being Forks and all this was not a total surprise. Not wanting to be caught of guard by a sudden downpour I started to jog home. This time round my mind kept conjuring up the face of a certain bronzed haired, green eyed angel. With the rush of the party I forgot all about Edward and our little encounter on the beach. I still didn't know what it was about him that intrigued me so. I only knew that he fascinated me more now than ever before.

Alice was still sleeping when I returned home. Seizing the opportunity I quickly showered and got dressed choosing my own outfit. I tide my hair in a loose ponytail before I went to wake her. She lay on her stomach her arms curled under her pillow. Her hair was in total disarray reminding me somewhat of a scarecrow.

"Alice, it's time to wake up. Come on sleeping beauty." I shook her shoulder lightly. She stirred slightly turning around.

"What time is it" she asked with her eyes still closed.

"Quarter to eight. So if you don't get up now, Jasper's going to walk around with a scarecrow at his side all day." This got her jumping out of bed and running to the bathroom.

"Why didn't you wake me sooner?"

I chuckled. "Why didn't you set an alarm?" I asked and made my way downstairs to grab some breakfast.

Mom was in the kitchen making pancakes. Dad passed me in the hallway kissing the top of my head. He grabbed his gun belt as he left for work. "Morning Bells, did you enjoy the party?" Mom asked as I entered the kitchen.

"It was great you should have seen Emmet after he jumped out of the cake." I said as I helped myself to some pancakes.

She laughed. "I did, who'd you think helped him into it? You've got a great bunch of friends you know."

I nodded in agreement. "They certainly are one of a kind" Alice said as she entered the kitchen. She looked nothing like the scarecrow I saw twenty minutes ago.

"Have you girls made any plans for the weekend yet?" Mom asked as she joined us at the table. I shook my head because I had a mouth full of pancakes.

"Not yet, Why?" Alice asked.

"Doctor Cullen and his family are new in town, so your father and I have invited them over for dinner Saturday night. I was thinking you could invite your friends over too since their son are the same age as your group". I almost choked on my pancakes.

I didn't think a dinner would help Edward make friends, if it was a personal choice to be rude to the students in school. Alice was nodding enthusiastically probably already making plans for activities we could do that night.

"Mom maybe you should invite Billy too, he's probably tired of junk food by now". Alice said as I got up to clean my plate.

Would Edward even come to the dinner? If he did would he be the bad ass or would he let his guard down like he had at the beach? I stood next to the counter waiting for Alice to finish.

"I should have thought of that, thanks Alice. Enjoy your day girls." Mom said, already heading for the phone. Alice stood up to clean her plate and not soon after that we left for school.

Alice drove us to school in her Porsche, she loved this car. I thought the canary yellow was a bit over the top, but at least it was fast. She was still jabbering on about the dinner, I wasn't paying much attention. I was thinking about Edward when suddenly I spotted him next to a silver Volvo as we entered the school lot. My imagination this morning didn't do him any justice. He looked even more beautiful than the image my mind conjured up. When Alice parked the car we had to run to be on time for our first class, leaving me no time to think about Edward anymore.

At lunch I noticed that Edward wasn't in the cafeteria. Where was he? Did something happen to him? I was only vaguely aware of Alice inviting Jasper, Emmett and Rose to dinner. Jacob's class was running late so no one noticed my lack of attention. When Jake finally arrived he joined our table after her bought himself some food.

"Hello Jake, dinner at my place Saturday. I think my mom already called your dad." He smiled at me.

"Sounds great, hey Blondie I've got a new one for you today." Oh no, here we go again. Jacob was always looking for new blonde jokes to torment Rose with and she would insult him with anything she could think of. They were actually great friends. Jacob almost strangled a guy last week who called her a dumb blonde.

"Why is there an empty bottle of coke in a blonde's fridge?" Rose just looked at him. "It's for the guests that don't want to drink anything." we all laughed even Rose.

"You know Jacob for such a big head you seem to have a very small brain." We all laughed again Emmett's booming laugh was so much louder than ours that it sent a new wave of laughter around the table.

After lunch I noticed Edward's silver Volvo was still in the lot, as I walked to Biology. He was still here. Suddenly I couldn't wait to get to class. He was already seated at our table staring out of the window. The sun was playing in his hair coloring it almost golden. He didn't look up when I took my seat next to him. As I got my books out I heard his velvet voice.

"Hello Bella how's your day so far?" he asked staring at me. Were his eyes always that green? He smiled suddenly showing all his teeth, it was breathtaking and sent my heart racing.

I smiled back before I answered him. "Busy, Alice slept in so we were a bit rushed for time."

"Who is Alice?" he asked just our teacher walked into the class.

"Finish your sketch's please". The teacher instructed us and we both started on our work.

"Alice is my sister." He nodded still sketching.

"Do you have other siblings?" he asked. What was with all the questions today?

"No, but Emmett and Jasper are like the big brothers I never had. Jasper is Alice's boyfriend. Rosalie is his twin sister and my and Alice's best friend. Emmett is her boyfriend and Jasper's best friend." I said before he could ask. "Do you have any brothers or sisters?" I asked regretting it almost as soon as I have said it. Edward tensed up balling his hands into fists so hard his knuckles turned white.

"I'm sorry; you don't have to answer if you don't want to." I finished my sketch and by the time Edward finished his he was relaxed again.

"I had a brother. Alexander. He was two years older than me." He said looking at me. There was pain in his eyes and I was about to reach out and comfort him when the bell suddenly rang.

How much loss did he go through and what happened to him that he that made him think that he should keep everyone at a distance?

"Have a nice day Bella" he said as he walked out of class.

"The same to you" I said a little too late but I think he heard because he nodded his head before he walked out the door.

As I walked to Gym I knew one thing for certain. Edward needed a friend now more than ever. I made up my mind that I was going to be that friend that he so desperately needs.

Even if he didn't want to be my friend, I was going to be his friend.

A/n I had to type this twice thanks to my mother who deleted the original one. I stayed up till 1:15 am to give you this chapter so I hope you enjoyed it.