AHH! finally an UPDATE! It's been a while! I hope none have you had/ have given up on me! I hope you enjoy this chappie! I'm going to start woking on the next one very soon. So don't worry i won't leave you hanging for too long again!


Alice opened the door, I had only been to her home once, but the visit was a very pleasant, very vivid memory. I had never felt that at home in my entire life, and now here I was reliving that feeling.

"OH! Bella! Thank GOD!" Alice trapped me in a tight hug; I couldn't believe that such a tiny person could harbor such strength.

"Alice," I choked, "Can't breathe…"

"OH! Sorry!" she squeaked and released me immediately. She put her hand on my bare arm, "You're freezing! Come in right away, before you catch your death!"

I smiled and stepped into the house. The warmth had an immediate effect on me, I had no idea how cold I was until then. I closed my eyes and welcomed the warmth and the wonderful aromas of the house. Renee stepped into the hallway, she ran and hugged me even tighter than Alice had.

"Bella, sweetheart! I've just put some soup on the stove. Come, are you hungry? You must be, spending all day walking around. Thank heavens Edward found you, I can't bear to think that you could still be in the streets, by yourself. My, the very thought of it makes me shudder… Enough talk, we must get you into a change of clothes! Look what you've done to your pretty dress. What did you do? Fall down a flight of stairs?" I opened my mouth to answer but she cut me off, "Never mind how you did it. Come now, first you eat then a bath and to bed!"

Renee was such a vivid spirit. Always speaking her mind... I was always fond of her. She, being my nurse, was like the mother I never had. Just as Alice had been the sister that my real mother had never given me. I heard a loud footsteps coming from upstairs.

"Is Emmet home?" I asked Alice as we made our way to the kitchen.

"Unfortunately," she replied grimacing. I laughed; I could understand why Alice would be annoyed by Emmet. He was just so…Bold. I had only met him once or twice but in the short times spent together he was always making jokes and teasing everyone around him. It was strange, I couldn't see how Alice could possible be related to him. They were opposites, physically and in personality. For one thing, she was one of the tinniest people I had ever seen, and Emmet was one of the biggest. And for another, she was one of the daintiest people and Emmet…Well he simply wasn't "dainty" at all.

"Here we are." Renee announced, as she pulled out a chair for me to sit in and went straight for the bowls and cutlery. She set the table and served us succulent looking minestrone. The smell of it made my stomach grumble; I thanked her and began to eat. Alice sat facing me and also started eating. She swallowed her first mouthful, and waited for her mother to exit the room.

"What were you doing with Masen, Bella?" She whispered.

I almost choked, "Nothing! He was just helping me home." I didn't want to tell her anything…Not yet anyway.

"Mm. You know you can tell me anything, Bells. And anyway he is such a gentlemen, not to mention handsome." She winked,

"Well…He is handsome…And a gentlemen," I agreed, "but believe me he was just helping me home that's all." I was really, really bad at lying.

"Suuuuure." Alice rolled her eyes. I put another spoonful in my mouth, it was amazing.

"Wow, this soup is great. Who made it?" I commented attempting to change the subject,

"I did. Renee only said that she had put it on the stove… Not that she had made it…" She laughed, Renee had never been the best cook, and I'm surprised my mother ever even hired her as a nurse…I guess it was because she was so loving and motherly… Minus the cooking and cleaning parts of motherhood, of course. And it had worked out beautifully since Alice and I got along so well and Charlie, (Alice's dad) was a gardener at the estate.

"Now back to Edward Masen…"

"Let it GO Alice, please!"

"Fine…" She sigh, "But this conversation is only presently at a pause… It will resume very soon. Believe me!"

I giggled at the determined expression on her pixie like face.

We went to bed immediately after I had taken a nice hot bath. I was exhausted and my feet were on fire! I made sure that Renee would not tell my mother of my whereabouts, she understood and obliged to my request. As I crawled into bed I realized that I would be alone tomorrow, everyone would be working… Although I didn't mind, perhaps I would take a tour of the park, maybe read a book… I didn't care; I felt so care free at the moment, more so than I had in a long time. I began to lie down and I was asleep before my head hit the pillow.

I woke up the next morning fully rested from a dreamless night. Alice was getting changed behind the screen. She poked her head out "Morning sunshine!"

"Mmm, morning…" I croaked, rubbing my eyes groggily. She emerged in her work clothes.

"I'm going to work today…Are you sure you don't want to come?"

"No!" I practically screamed, not wanting to face my parents. "Alice, please! Don't tell them I'm here!"

"Have you lost you mind? Of course I won't! Anyway, I'll be back here at 1 o'clock, so find someway to amuse yourself in the meantime…Everyone's out already. Sooo…I'm not exactly sure what you can do for fun, maybe you should just go back to sleep. It might get a little boring."

Oh Alice, I knew exactly what I was going to do. I grinned to myself, thinking of spending 4 whole hours with Edward. She walked…No- correction- danced out of the room.

"Breakfast is on the table if you're hungry," she told me and with that she was off.

I jumped out of bed as soon as she was out the door. 4 hours with Edward. I couldn't waist any time! I washed my face and tried to brush out my hair, which stuck out in all different directions. Finally I decided to put it in a long braid, it looked decent enough. I looked at myself in the mirror. I needed something nice to wear… I started rummaging through Alice's wardrobe. Did she ever know how to sow! All her dresses were so simple, yet so stylish. I picked a delicate looking pink one and held it up against my body. I laughed in spite of myself; there was no way I was fitting into this! Or into any of her clothes for that matter… I sigh, what could I wear? Then I thought of Renee, we had the same body shape, it would be perfect!

As I walked to her room, I thought about how strange it was. The fact that both Renee and Charlie were both average height and that their two children were complete opposites. Alice was petite while Emmet was basically a colossus. I opened the door, the sun was shinning brightly, and it illuminated all the wondrous paintings that surrounded the room. In the corner were a massive wardrobe and a mirror, as well as a small screen. The vanity was really very pretty; it was decorated with a beautiful vase filled with fresh flowers, and a hand made cloth, that was intricately designed. I went straight to the wardrobe and began to pick out different dresses, again all made by Alice; thank God. I found one that I particularly liked. It was a gorgeous light blue and went to my ankles; a white ribbon was tied at the waist, it was quite plain, yet it was suiting. I tried it on. I was delighted with the blue. It looked amazing with my dark brown hair. The short sleeves were perfect; I knew it was going to be a hot day. The dress did not go rigidly outward from the waist down, like I was used to, on the contrary, it was very comfortable and flowy. I loved the feeling of not having itchy crinolines rubbing against my legs. I spun around admiring it, I was so free to move my feet! I was great! With a final turn, I pretty much skipped out of the room, feeling slightly giddy and very, very happy.


Wick, i hope you caught the colossus word i slipped in for you! lol!