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CH. 2 Sleepover:

When Thursday came I didn't think much of it when the Volvo was waiting for me outside the store. Edward rarely came into the store on the days he drove me since he was easily annoyed by Mike.

Although hearing the music thumping surprised me. After seeing Alice in the driver's seat I was given an unspoken explanation. I was a little worried why she was here though instead of Edward. My first thought was that Victoria was near by.

"Alice," I called, not even sure if she could hear me over the loud music even with her vampire hearing. I stood outside the car not willing to get in when it was so loud.

"Sorry," She beamed and turned down the radio and I slid in. As soon as the door was shut she started to drive.

"Alice, not that I'm not happy to see you, but where is Edward?" I asked as I put on my seatbelt. Her driving was actually scarier than Edward's. I focused on her rather than the blurred road.

"He and the guys left earlier for their hunt. Carlisle got off early so they decided to go now and will be back earlier on Saturday." She answered and looked quickly away. I glanced out the side window and shook my head. I wasn't sure if I was more hurt or pissed off that he left early and without saying good-bye.

"You see if I didn't see you disappearing on Saturday, he wouldn't want to be back so early." Alice explained. I shook off the guilt trip she tried to lay on me. Even if that was the case he should've talked to me rather than left Alice to do it.

"So what, him not telling me himself or so much as a good-bye is suppose to be a punishment or something." I snapped angrily.

"No, of course not." Alice sighed then glanced at me. She frowned and muttered something under her breath. "He is coming back, Bella. I promise." I nodded slightly but didn't answer her. "Is that why you won't let Jacob go? Are you still afraid that Edward's going to leave again?" She asked softly.

"Isn't that just what he just did?" I huffed. But her question made me think about it. Maybe that was why I was holding on to Jacob unconsciously. Now, I was feeling guilty.

"No. I told you he's coming back. Are you alright? You don't usually get this upset when he goes to hunt?" She looked worried.

"Usually he gives me a kiss and tells me that he's going. He should have told me himself he was leaving earlier," I grumbled.

"I don't think he realized you would be this upset." Alice sighed. "Well, this is going to put a damper on the sleepover. How can I cheer you up?"

"What sleepover?" I asked in a bad mood now. Alice looked guilty at first I thought she was going to ignore me.

"Well, the next two nights you will be at our house." She tried to sound cheerful.

"Why can't I stay at my house? I doubt Charlie is going to let me stay over on a school night." I raised my eyebrows as I noticed she was clearly driving towards her house already.

"Safer. Plus it will keep Edward from overacting knowing you're safe with us. Esme already asked Charlie and he is fine with it." Alice told me. "Come on, a sleepover will be fun. We can watch Chick Flicks, have makeovers, and we can go shopping on Saturday. I got my Porsche and I can't drive it here, but I can drive it somewhere else."

"You know most people ask someone over for a sleepover, not kidnap them." I joked despite my mood. "Besides, I have something I need to do on Saturday."

"I can't let you do that. I promised him when he gave me the Porsche." Alice shook her head.

"I'm an adult, I can decide for myself. What was the Porsche? A bribe or something to babysit me?" I frowned. She didn't have to answer, she looked guilty.

"Unbelievable," I muttered. My anger flared again that he bribed her to watch over me like I was baby.

"Can't we just have fun, us girls? It isn't babysitting; I enjoy spending time with you." Alice gave me a puppy dog look.

"Then ask, rather than demand." I sighed; I knew I wasn't going to win this.

"Bella, come to my sleepover, pretty please," She overplayed it a little. I couldn't help smile despite my mood.

"Fine, I enjoy spending time with you too." I wanted to be on her good side anyways. "Look, since you take bribes I will make you a deal."

She looked sideways at me with a questioning look. She pulled to the side of the road and turned in her seat.

"Bella, do you know what that mutt…Jacob thinks in his mind purposely for Edward to hear." She asked.

"I know how he tortured him with images of me when he was gone. He promised not to do it again." I answered, I was still irritated at him myself for doing that.

"He does more than that. He also imagines you with him, being happier and able to have his children." Alice told me. "Edward will never tell you this himself. I only overheard him talking to Jasper and Carlisle about it. He has been wondering if Jacob would be better for you in that sense and if he should step aside."

"What?! You told me he wasn't leaving." I started to get alarmed and angry with Jacob, for causing more problems that I didn't need at the moment. Saying good-bye was getting easier by the minute. Alice shook her head furiously.

"He wouldn't. I will stake all my clothes on it. But since you won't say 'yes' to marrying him it does have him questioning things if you will change your mind."

"I can't say 'yes' since he's requiring it and didn't technically ask." I grumbled.

"I can't blame you. He did horrible job there, even Emmett's worst proposal was better than that. Esme and I both yelled at him for it. But are you saying you would say yes if he asked instead of making it a demand?" she asked with a mischievous glint to her eye.

"I'm not sure anymore. I used to think Renée would disown me for it, since it went against everything she ever told me." I admitted then changed the subject. "I need an hour in La Push. It will probably not even take me that long." I told her.

"Bella, I don't know, I can't see you when he is there. It doesn't just worry Edward, but me too." Alice frowned.

"Please, Alice. In and out, I promise. I really need to do this. Look I will even go shopping with you or do makeovers with you afterwards without any complaints. Even set a certain time to be back by so you'll see me coming back." I pleaded.

"Edward is going to be angry and take back the car." She groaned.

"I won't let him do that. Even if he does, I'm sure Jasper will get you another one." I tried to copy her puppy dog eyes.

"Ugh! No complaints about shopping. I can buy you whatever I want?" she asked. I nodded. She closed her eyes for a minute. "If anything happens it's on you. And you need to do one more thing for me." she started up the car again.

"What?" I asked nervously.

"I'm getting you your own cell phone. No complaints. We should've given you one a long time ago. That way if you need one of us or we need to get a hold of you we can. You will bring the phone with you into La Push and keep it on. You will also take the Volvo into La Push so we don't chance the truck breaking down." She glanced sideways at me.

"Thank you, Alice." I smiled. I think this is the first time I won with her.

"I hope I don't regret this. I hate not being able to see the ones I care for." She gave me a pointed look.

"I have to do this, Alice. Last time, I swear." I crossed my heart.

"So what color will you like for your toenails or should I decide?" she asked as she pulled into the garage.

"I thought you decided on shopping." I smiled in relief.

"I did. Nail painting is part of the sleepover." She smirked bounding out of the car to a bright yellow one, a new addition to the vast collection of cars in the garage. She ran her hand over the smooth shinny paint. If she was trying to make me feel guilty, it wasn't working.

"You can choose. What color am I doing yours?" I followed her out of the garage. She stopped and looked confused.

"If you're doing mine than I get to do yours." I smirked. "Too bad your hair is not longer, I could braid it."

"You can braid Rose's," she smiled evilly entering the kitchen.

"I value my head where it's, thank you." I shuddered.

"I'll leave your head and just take a hand." A musical voice spoke up. My head sharply turned to the kitchen counter where Rose was standing smirking.

"Rose," Esme admonished.

"I'm just joking. But no one is touching my hair." She said firmly.

"Did you get the movies?" Alice asked. Rose nodded pointing to the table. Alice went over to look at them.

"Bella, sweetheart, I'm happy that you can spend some girl time with us." Esme came over and hugged me. "I got you mushroom raviolis from that restaurant Edward said you liked." I couldn't help but smile and return the embrace.

"I do, thank you. Thank you for having me." I said politely.

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A couple of hours later I had freshly painted red toenails, and we finished watching Legally Blonde, which was funnier than I thought it would be, when Alice insisted on it. I yawned and stretched from my seat on the couch.

"Want to watch the second one?" Alice asked getting up.

"Alice, she needs her sleep remember." Esme spoke up softly but firmly. She turned to me. "Edward's room is all set up for you, dear. Your bag is there too."

"Thank you. Have a good night." I tripped going up the steps. I heard Rose snicker and I blushed hurrying up the steps.

I reached his door and felt around for a light switch. Once the room was lit, I turned to the couch assuming that was where I was going to sleep. I was surprised to see the room rearranged and a huge new four posted bed was added to the room. This had been planned more than I thought in annoyance. I walked over to the bed shaking my head.

My bag was sitting on top of the golden comforter. I reached in and pulled out my toiletry bag and my clothes for bed. Glancing around his room made me miss him more. I turned when there was a knock on the door. Alice entered and she headed to one of Edward's drawers. She pulled out a t-shirt and brought it back to me.

"Here, it smells like him, maybe it will give you pleasant dreams." She smiled gently. I blushed at the dreams part and wondered if I should warn her about my bad dreams. "Don't worry you will not get any tonight." She saved me from asking.

"You've seen me get them." My face burned in embarrassment. Her eyes looked slightly sad as she nodded.

"Has Edward seen that?" I had kept them from him on purpose. I knew he would blame himself then never leave my side at night if he knew.

"No, I blocked them from him," she answered. "There are tissues in the nightstand drawer if you need them."

She walked out of the room and I headed into the bedroom to change. Edward's t-shirt was soft against my skin and it did smell like him. I placed my things back in my bag.

I sighed and opened the drawer to get the tissues figuring Alice wouldn't have told me if I wasn't going to need them. I glanced in the drawer and a small black velvet box caught my eye. It was about the size of a ring box. My fingers brushed at the soft texture, I was curious to see what was inside of it. I guess I shouldn't be surprised if it was what I thought it was. I bit my lip for a moment longer then grabbed the tissues and closed the door.

I settled down in the bed and tried to get comfortable. After tossing and turning I got up again. It took a few moments before I found Edward's Debussy CD and started it before climbing back into bed.

I still tossed and turned during the night in the big bed. Luckily though, I didn't have any nightmares. I kept trying to figure out in my head what to say to Jacob to end things, but not hurt him too badly. I wasn't sure if it was possible.

To get my mind off that, I tried to imagine myself getting married to Edward. Imagining what it would be like walking down an aisle to him on Charlie's arm in a white dress. Maybe it wouldn't be as bad as I thought. Although I could imagine Charlie wouldn't be happy about it, even if Renée would be. As I thought about getting married my eyes would drift to the drawer that contained the infamous box. Twice, I opened the drawer to immediately shut it again.

When I woke up in the morning I was tired and cranky. Esme making me a big breakfast did cheer me up some though. But by lunch I was irritable again.

"Can we skip the rest of the day? Someone told me once that it was good to do that every once in while?" I muttered quietly at the table rolling an apple in my hands. I knew Alice could hear me as she pretended to flip through a magazine. The rest of my lunch sat untouched in front of me.

"I guess that will be okay." She closed her magazine as the bell rang. "We need to go to Port Angeles anyways to get you a phone."
We both stood up and instead of heading to class we went to the parking lot. She pulled out of the parking lot and headed out of town. I shrugged off my jacket, it was warmer and just overcast today. I reached over and turned down the heat too.

She made it to Port Angeles in record time and found a Radio Shack. I followed her inside and she went directly to the display.

"What color do you want?" Alice asked looking at one of the most expensive phones with all the bells and whistles.

"I don't need anything fancy." I looked at one of the cheaper phones, there was even one there free with a plan. It was definitely in my budget. I looked above at the plans.

"Bella, I, or should I say the family, is getting you this phone and you will be added to our account. Don't worry about the money. It's cheaper to add you to ours anyways than getting your own plan." Alice told me as she signaled for a sales person.

"Alice, that phone still looks flimsy for me. I think I should get one of the sturdier looking ones." I pointed to one that was in the middle." I gave in about her paying before arguing about it, since I knew I would just be wasting my breath.

She looked at a phone thoughtfully for a moment then shrugged. "If that is the one you really want."

"May I help you, ladies?" a college aged boy came over with his black hair slicked back and hands in his pockets. His blue eyes darted between us both, lingering on me. I looked down to see if I spilt something on my shirt.

"Yes, Max, we would like this phone here in blue?" she glanced at me when she mentioned the color and I nodded.

"Just the one phone today?" he asked as he glanced at the model number.

"We need a car charger for it and we will browse the skins to see if there is one we like. Oh, and the phone is going to be added onto Carlisle and Esme Cullen's account under Bella. Esme, should've called in earlier for the okay." Alice answered as she pulled my hand to a display unit. Max headed back towards the counter.

"I can't take you anywhere without a boy checking you out. It's almost worse than when I am with Rose." Alice giggled as we looked at the skins for the cell phone.

"He wasn't checking me out." I muttered glancing behind us. Max caught my eye and grinned, then walked into the counter he was trying to round. His associate started to laugh. I bit my lip and turned away to not laugh out loud.

"I bet that he asks you out before leaving," Alice giggled.

"I know better than to bet against you." I shook my head before rolling my eyes. Maybe I could go wait in the car. Alice didn't need me to finish up.

"Come on you, chicken." She pulled me to the counter by the hand.

"Find anything you liked?" Max asked as he had a box and cord package out on the counter. He was doing something with the phone.

"Nope, we are all set for now." Alice answered.

"Alright here is the paper work. I need Bella's signature here. Your number is here." He pointed out the spots on the form. I signed the proper spots.

"Do you need me to show you how to use the phone?" He asked glancing at me in a way that made me uncomfortable.

"No, thank you. I'm sure I will be fine. If I have any questions I'm sure my boyfriend will help me out." I replied with a smile. I watched Max's smile wavered a bit. The other associate snickered and looked away.

"I will just ring you up and you will be all set then." His voice no longer contained any enthusiasm. Alice handed him her blank card.

We were almost to the door when I heard the other associate speak.

"I told you she would have a boyfriend. Stick within your league, dude." He was laughing.

"Shut up," Max whispered loudly.

When we were out of the store Alice broke out in bell like laughter.

"I guess I could have bet against you. He didn't ask me out." I told her as I opened the passenger door.

"That's because you crushed him before he had the chance." Alice slid gracefully into her seat.

"I didn't. Well at least not on purpose." I shrugged innocently.

"Here, let me see the phone." She held out her hand and I dug it out of the bag.

She plugged it into the charger and then started tapping away at the buttons.

She handed it back to me a few moments later.

"All our numbers are in there." She started the car up.

"Thank you, Alice, this was nice of you." I played with the buttons to check it out.

"It only makes sense for you to have one." She pulled out of the spot. "Where should we go next?" she looked eager.

"If it's all right with you, maybe I can go to La Push now." I looked sideways at her. She pursued her lips then let out a heavy sigh.

"Okay, the sooner the better I guess. Just an hour, right?" she turned onto the highway.

"Yeah," I nodded.

During the drive I got lost in thought. I wasn't looking forward to this. The closer the time got the more worried I was that I was going to hurt Jacob.

"Bella," Alice's voice broke me from my thoughts. I looked up and got the feeling that she had been calling me for awhile.

"Are you okay?" she asked looking concerned. I shifted uncomfortably under her stare.

"I'm fine. Can you at least pretend you're watching the road?" I asked.

"We are already at the border." Alice gave me a strange look. I looked around and blushed slightly.

"Oh, I guess I can take it from here. Thank you." I moved to open the door to move to the driver's seat. Alice got out too.

"I'm going to wait here for you. No arguing, please. Edward won't be happy already with you going to La Push." I rolled my eyes and nodded. I slid into the driver's seat and pulled back on to the road. Alice disappeared from sight, but I knew she was still there.

A/N: Yes, I still included the kidnapping…uh sleepover. At least she didn't run away from Alice this time. If Edward can bribe Alice, why not Bella. Fair is fair.

I know some expressed concern about the Cullens becoming human. I have seen them become humans before, but this story isn't like any others I found. The title of this story does have relevance that is my final hint.

Up next is Jacob.

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Preview:

"Bells, I heard a car, but it was too quiet to be the truck." He wiped his hands on his jeans and stood up.

"I'm borrowing Edward's car, today." I told him with a shrug. He narrowed his eyes darkly.

"Jeesh, it's only his car. Don't tell me you're afraid that it's going to suck all the oil out of all the other cars in La Push." I joked.