So I had this all ready to go on Saturday, then when I went to post it, I couldn't find it. It was lost in my computer and all I had was the beginning. So I had to start over, I liked the first version better, but there's not much I can do about that...ENJOY

March –

"Are you sure you have to go?" Rose asked for the hundredth time. Alice was going to stay with Cynthia and her aunt for the week.

Alice rolled her eyes, "I'm only going to be gone for the week. I haven't seen Cynthia since I moved here. I miss her."

Alice was right, she hadn't seen anyone from her old life since she came to stay at the Cullens more than a year ago, it was only right that she goes.

"Couldn't you go some other time? I mean spring break? Come on we could have gone on a road trip or something fun." Rose said trying to get Alice to change her mine. They had been going at this for hours now. I just sat on the side and watched.

"Esme and Carlisle told me I had to get straight A's to go visit her. I worked hard and did it, for the first time in my life. This is my reward; anyway Cynthia's spring break is this week to so we can do more together."

"I bet LA sounds better than Seattle" Rose said and playfully punched Alice, "If we both drove we could make it there in a day. Bella can be our navigator and tell us where to go. It would be fuunnn!"

Alice stomped her foot, "For the last time, I am going to go see my little sister and nothing you say can change that. We have all summer to go to LA or a road trip or whatever you want to do!"

Rose and I jumped back, Alice never got mad like that. I mean Rose had been pestering her for awhile, but she never got mad at us, her friends. She was always the happy go lucky one.

Rose shook her head, "Consider this subject dropped" and got up and went into the bathroom.

Alice looked at me confused; I just shrugged not wanting to get in the middle of it. I quickly tried to change the subject, "So you're driving down there right?"

Alice nodded, "Yeah I'm leaving at like 9:00 tomorrow morning. I still wish you were coming with me Bella. You have been my friend throughout so much and I really want you to meet Cynthia, I think you would really like her."

I gave her a fake sad smile, "You know what Renee said, she won't let me go because she doesn't want me driving with you for that long." The truth was that I was happy that I couldn't go, it's not that I didn't want to meet Cynthia or anything it was that from what I had heard about Cynthia I didn't like.

Alice had told me how she was addicted to pot for awhile and has spent a couple nights in jail for theft and other minor offenses. Supposedly she had cleaned up her act but she still scared me.

Alice nodded, "Stupid adults, I lived the majority of my life without adults and I turned out just fine."

"But look at our sister" I mumbled under my breath, hoping she didn't hear me.

"What did you just say?" she said defensively. Apparently she had.

"Nothing, just nothing. Forget about it."

"No! What did you say?"

"It's nothing; just forget I ever said anything"

"No you said something about my sister didn't you?" she said pointing her finger at me "Didn't you?" I didn't respond. The new angry Alice scared me. "That's why you don't want to go to Seattle with me. You don't like my sister."

"I never said that!" I said defensively, "I've never even met her"

"It was implied!" she screamed, "I told you she's better now, she is doing really well in school and she has been sober for four months now!" I didn't know what to say, I was shocked. Alice paced back and forth, "Do you think that just because we are sisters I will make the same mistakes?"

I smiled, "Of course not! You to are two different people, you are in a good place right now and everyone around you wants you to succeed"

She let a small smile crawl across her face, but it quickly changed to a frown, "But Cynthia can't succeed?"

"I never said any of this!"

"But you believe it don't you and so does Renee!"

I struggled for the right words, Renee and I both agreed that Cynthia probably wasn't the best person, but maybe she really was turning her life around, like Alice had said she could be a good person.

"See you can't even answer!" she yelled. I slowly backed away, but she followed me pointing and screaming.

But the door burst open and Edward rushed in, "What's going on here?" she shouted. I rushed to him and he hugged me.

Alice breathed heavily and turned towards the window, "Just get out of here" she mumbled. Edward turned my face to look at his and gave me a tight hug, I breathed in his wonderful sent. Alice turned to look at us and screamed, "I told you to leave!"

I jumped back, but then quickly rushed out of the room, Edward following behind me.

"Do you mind explaining?" he asked sensitively when we were alone in the hallway.

I fell to the ground, outside Alice's door. "It's like I don't even know her" I cried, "I've never seen her so angry or defensive"

Edward sat down next to me and pulled me onto his lap, stroking my hair. Rose came out a couple minutes later and mouthed something to Edward, but he shoed her away.

I blubbered about Alice to him for hours, until I couldn't anymore. I looked into his beautiful green eyes, "Why are you always here to comfort me?" I asked.

I smiled my favorite smiled and shrugged, "Because I can think of no place I would rather be."

I just about died, I wanted to kiss him, but decided on a hug and a small kiss on the cheek and I swear that he blushed a little bit.

He stood up and helped me to my feet, "Do you want to go get something to eat?"

I smiled but shook my head. "Right now, I just want to go home, can you drive me?" I said truthfully.

He looked disappointed, but nodded. "Anything for you"

My face turned bright red and I swear my heart stopped. How was he so perfect and why were we still just friends, we didn't act like it.

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The rest of my spring break was uneventful; Phil was traveling with his baseball team which left Renee with Cole. She also had to work so I had to watch him during the day. Usually I would bring him over to the Cullens and watch him there with Alice, Rose and Esme, but Alice wasn't around to drive me. So I stayed at home.

Edward visited a couple of times to make sure I was okay and, as he said, 'talk with people my own age'.

The week passed slowly, but it passed. Edward picked me up on the day Alice came home.

We all waited for her in the living room, Edward and I on one couch, Rose and Emmett on the other and Jasper waiting for Alice in the chair.

"Esme are you sure she said seven?" Jasper asked impatiently as he looked at his watch. It was now nine, two hours after Alice had told Esme she would be home.

Esme nodded with a worried look on her face, "That's what she said."

Edward patted her shoulder. "Don't' worry Esme. She's just running late, there was probably a lot of traffic" Edward assured her.

Alice was her daughter, it didn't madder that they weren't blood relatives, but Esme loved Alice like a daughter. She gave Edward a weak smile.

"Did someone try calling her?" Emmett asked.

Jasper held his phone in the air, "Eleven times, she never answered."

"Oh, how'd I miss that?" Emmett muttered under his breath.

"It was probably when you were attached to Rose's face!" Edward laughed. Rose blushed and turned her face so that no one else would see.

"Well at least I have someone to make out with!" Emmett stormed.

Edward shook his head, "I'm waiting."

"On what?" Emmett badgered, "Are you gay?"

Edward rolled his eyes and pulled me closer, "Are you kidding me? AM I gay! If anything that you be you"

"And yet, I'm the one with the girlfriend"

Rose let out a tiny laugh, as she watched Edward's face become frustrated, but before he could say anything Esme cut in, "Boy's that's enough! Let's just get along here okay!"

"Yes Esme" they said in unison.

"Good" she smiled, "Now, I'm going to the kitchen does anyone want anything?"

"Ooo I want some French fries and a coke, oh and some chips with that too and a hotdog" Emmett ordered.

Rose slapped him, "She's not a waitress Em!"

Esme smiled gently, "It's alright I don't mind, I'll make enough for everyone." And with that she was gone.

Emmett made sure she was gone and then leaned closer to Edward, "Seriously dude, what are you waiting for?"Edward did some kind of hand motion, Emmett got it. "Dude, it's been a year and a half, you have to make your move!"

Edward rolled his eyes, "No duh! Do you really think it's best to be talking about this right now?"

Emmett looked at me, "Oops, sorry bro."

I looked back and forth at them confused, but before I could ask Jasper spoke up.

"Where could she be?" he wondered out loud, "She's never this late." He grabbed his phone and started to dial a number, which I assumed was Alice's, but before he finished the front door opened and in walked Alice. She was talking on the phone with someone. "ALICE!" Jasper said relieved.

He got up and ran to her, she ignored him and just kept talking. It was totally unlike Alice, she would usually drop anything for Jas. It was weird.

It seemed like hours until she finally hung up the phone, we all sat there dumbfounded.

"Jas" she said with fake enthusiasm. I wanted to slap her, what was going on.

"Alice, I missed you so much!" Jasper smiled, "What took you so long?"
She let out a low sigh, "I'm sorry guys, I had a late start and then there was an accident and it took me longer than expected, I should have called." But every word spoke out of her mouth was cold and fake. It wasn't the real Alice.

"Damn right you should have called!" Emmett joked. Everyone laughed, but Alice, she jumped back, it was just unlike her.

"Ignore him" Jasper comforted her, "We're just glad your back." She nodded but didn't say a word.

"Foods done guys" Esme called from the kitchen.

"Score" Emmett boomed as he hopped over the couch. We all followed.

We all sat around the big dinning room table eating our French fries, hotdogs, chips and pop, joking around and having a good time. But Alice was different. She wasn't joining in on the conversation. She was intertwined with her cell, texting.

Something that she had once told me was a waste of time and money, she thought that people should just pick up the phone and talk in person. I guess that changed.

Everyone finished and wandered back into the living room. Alice and I were the last ones in the kitchen.

"Alice, I'm sorry" I mumbled.

Her head shot up and for the first time that day I thought I saw a glimpse of the old Alice. She smiled slightly, "I forgive you, we're sisters through anything and we're bound to fight once and awhile. But we will always be friends right?"

I smiled, "Right" I took a deep breath and said what I regretted not saying last week, "Cynthia will do great things just like you, she is capable".

Alice smiled and hugged me, "This is the reason that we will be friends forever".

I laughed, "Friends forever".

Little did I know that, that may never happen, as soon as we joined the others in the living room she was the same as when she came home. She was ignoring everyone and kept texting someone. And it continued like that, every time that I was with Alice. It was like she was more interested with her phone than me.

Emmett once joked that she was having a secret affair threw her phone and tried to take it to read her texts and she got defensive. She wouldn't let anyone touch her phone. Stupid cell phones.

The school year finished and summer flew by. I spent everyday over at the Cullens, but most of the time it wasn't with Alice but Edward or Emmett and Rose.

Jasper was always with us too, but he always seemed sad. Alice and him had never officially broken up, but they might as well have been. Alice ignored him all the time.

I tried to figure out what was going on with her, but she never admitted anything was different. She began driving to Port Angeles to see other 'friends' who we never met.

At the time I didn't realize it, but as I look back, this was the start of me loosing her. This is when I began to loose my best friend.

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