Right, sorry for late-ish update. Had to work over Friday/Saturday, and then study for two tests. (Yes. I have only been back at school for 4 days and I've already got 2 tests to study for.) Back textbooks with wrapping paper (although, at the end of term I'm going to have to rip the backing off.) And addition, it is truly being British over here and has been raining all week. If I wasn't constantly reminded, I'd probably think I was living in Forks with the amount of rain we've had all week. Someone is seriously cursing the last summery days of this year with Rihanna's 'Umbrella', which caused last year to bucket it down with rain...

Sorry about the rant – Disclaimers to Stephenie Meyer/Tomoko Hayakawa, and the next chapter of The Perfect Girl?

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"We're going to have a party," Alice told the boys in the living room.

"What? Why?" Edward scoffed whilst he was reading piano music; he walked over to the piano and flexed his fingers. Alice fumed silently inside at Edward's attitude.

"Bella's depressed because she missed Halloween!" Alice told them, her voice louder so that even Edward who was playing the piano loudly could hear her.

"Halloween is October 31st right?" Emmett asked.

"No wonder she had a pumpkin with her all the time," Carlisle said. Jasper looked up at Alice from his novel. He was listening to her.

"So all we need to do is clean up a bit and throw a little Halloween party." Alice said happily.

"Yeah. Good luck." Edward told her continuing playing his music. Emmett and Carlisle continued to joke about on the sofas.

"Bella does this all the time, don't you want to show her some form of gratitude for cooking and cleaning without complaint for you? Have you seen how much mess the four of you can actually make? It's actually quite surprising how that girl has kept the whole house clean for you." Alice shouted at them. Jasper was unnerved by what Alice was saying.

"Why are you taking her side?" Edward asked her dubiously.

"Because, I really like Bella," Alice told them all. Jasper gasped. Jasper could tell genuinely by the way Alice had said it that it wasn't a joke. Jasper took Edward's piano music and snarled in his ear, "You were saying?"

"Stop acting all perfect to win your girl back," Edward whispered shrewdly, before shouting, "Fine Alice, I'll do it."

Alice then looked at Emmett and Carlisle. Emmett and Carlisle looked at each other and feeling defeat they both said, "Fine."

This time, they worked double hard. The trash was thrown out, the laundry was cleaned properly and the bathroom was shining. Jasper went to the basement.

"Can someone help me get Bella's stuff out from the basement?" Jasper asked.

"I will," Alice volunteered immediately.

"Alice...you haven't seen...you're not ready," Carlisle began to say.

"She says she likes Bella. She has to experience it sometime," Emmett said patting Carlisle's back. There was a piercing scream coming from the basement. Alice returned upstairs with a box and her whole body was shaking.

"I'm sorry that you had to see that," Carlisle said, soothing her. Jasper looked guiltily at Alice. Alice was still hysterical, but she still continued to decorate the house in a Halloween style. Alice was so excited about the party, that she over decorated the living room. She then looked in the living room, she found a few Halloween-like snacks and put them on bowls in the living rooms. The boys looked astounded at the amount of effort that Alice had put in the party. There was no doubt that she liked Bella. She looked at a few outfits that were in a box. An idea struck Alice.

"Carlisle, you can be a ghost, Emmett, a zombie, Edward, a vampire, Jasper, a mummy," Alice commanded holding out each outfit to each person.

"What are you wearing?" Emmett asked apprehensively.

"I'll be a nurse from a war," Alice said holding out one of the last pack of outfits and holding it close to herself. Alice picked up the bottom one and ran upstairs.

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Bella lay on the floor, facing a pumpkin.

"I have to start cleaning soon, or the cleaning problem will become Alice's problem too." Bella considered. She sat up and held the pumpkin in front of her face.

"I'm sorry; I didn't mean to miss Halloween, I'm really sorry." Bella murmured to the pumpkin, "You're more important that my birthday or Christmas, but I couldn't help missing it." Tears were falling gently down her face. The floor opened suddenly. Alice stood outside but then she came cautiously inside and dragged Bella out.

"Come on Bella," Alice said brightly and pulled her into the downstairs bathroom. Bella noticed that all the curtains were drawn for some random reason.

"Take a bath and when you finish you have to put these on," Alice ordered Bella which Bella silently obeyed.

"Put these on?" Bella said looking at the clothes Alice had given her.

"Yes. Now go bathe."

"But...!"

The door slammed. Bella ran the hot water and added some bubbles for a soothing effect. She stripped and sat in the bath. She gazed around the bathroom. It was sparkling to her surprise. She didn't really expect that the bathroom would be like this. She was happy to take a bath, but she wasn't really in a mood to take one. After a while of letting the warm water sink in, Bella scrubbed herself. Then she was done. She pulled on the outfit that Alice had given her. It was some kind of dress that was jagged at the bottom. She opened the bathroom door. There was a lighted pumpkin every foot from each other. Bella followed them, and after 3 pumpkins she saw a boot with a post-it on it saying, 'put this on.'

Bella followed the pumpkins and there was another boot. After a few more pumpkins there was a pointed hat. Okay, Bella was dressed like a witch, but how did this help her?

The last pumpkin was next to the living room door. Bella opened it carefully and peered inside it was dark. Then out of nowhere, Jasper appeared with a candle in his hand, he beckoned Bella closer and Bella walked closer.

"HAPPY HALLOWEEN!" Alice, Jasper, Emmett, Edward and Carlisle yelled together. Bella was so happy that she her eyes were welling up.

"We're sorry that we didn't realise," Jasper said apologetically.

"We've decided to have a late Halloween party," Alice smiled. Bella was astounded at the amount of effort they had put in to make it so eerie and Halloween-like.

"Let's pretend its still October 31st," Carlisle said handing her a broomstick to make her outfit look more authentic, "and have fun together."

"Look at Edward's hard work," Alice told Bella pulling her gently forward. For a while as she walked slowly forward she could only see candles then as she was close enough to see, she could see that Edward had turned their bright living room into a dark, scary graveyard. Pumpkins lit the area fractionally, and Bella was in heaven.

"Bella's happy," Emmett said, putting his arm on Edward.

"That was worth all the hard work," Carlisle said to Emmett. Emmett couldn't agree more. Bella lay in front of the pumpkin and daydreamed.

"Thank you Bella for the party," the pumpkin told her.

"It wasn't me, it was my friends," Bella told it.

"You sure have nice friends."

Bella snapped out of her daydream. She saw Alice and Jasper. Carlisle and Edward were fighting over food and Emmett was staring at his reflection. Bella looked at the pumpkin. She must be going mad; the pumpkin didn't talk to her...

"Hey Bella, if you don't come, I'm gonna eat all the food!" Edward exclaimed.

"Leave her alone, she's having a good time," Alice scolded Edward. She walked over to the far corner and sat on the floor by herself. She was joined by Jasper.

Jasper curled into a ball next to her and put his head in his arms.

"Alice," he whispered. Alice turned to face him, and he continued on, "Thanks for doing a great job, Bella's really happy."

Alice couldn't believe what Jasper was saying to her.

"I'm sorry for being horrible this morning."

"I don't care if you don't shower for a month."

Alice had said what she was thinking without realising it. Jasper and Alice looked at each other's eyes. Alice blushed and looked away. Jasper still stared at her. Alice could feel Jasper still looking at her and was determined to keep looking away. Alice finally gave up and looked at Jasper again. Jasper smiled and kissed Alice on the forehead. Alice was screaming internally in happiness.

Little did Jasper know, Carlisle and Emmett saw him kiss Alice, but they decided to bring up the topic later, after Alice had gone home.

Bella hid inside her Halloween world, she was in heaven. She was celebrating something that meant the most to her.

"Hey, Bella! Cook us something – we've ran out of food," Edward told Bella. Bella simply smiled at hid in a life size coffin. Edward became frustrated, but Jasper restrained him.

"Let her have a good time, then she'll be able to cook for us in the future," Jasper whispered sneakily into Edward's ear.

"Fine." Edward said, beaten. He was happy that Bella was happy.

Bella was in her happy place.