A/N First of all to all of the wonderful people putting this story on alert, thank you. I'm going to do my best to update at least every other day, so I don't keep you waiting that long.

Also I own nothing except a credit card statement that could probably rival Alice's and my own fantasies of Edward's talented hands.

Chapter 6

BPOV

I woke up to the ringing of the alarm on my phone at 5:00, after sitting up I began stretching thinking that I had never felt this relaxed in my life.

I'm also pretty sure that had to be the best nap I had ever taken.

Usually, I'm all over the bed, but not today.

I start thinking that I will have to remember this and possibly use it for future reference.

As I stood and was making my way in to the bathroom, with my bag of toiletries, the memories began washing over me.

Oh shit, I began hyperventilating, how in the hell am I supposed to face him next Saturday for my first lesson.

I just know that everything will be written all over my face.

Charlie always tells me not to ever bother trying to play poker, that I'm an open book.

Just great, all of that tension that I had worked out of my body, thanks in no small part to my Ipod and mental pictures of Edward and those amazing hands of his was back.

Maybe I need another round just to ease the tension. "No, Bella" I mentally yell at myself, that is a bad, bad, idea.

After a nice, long, hot soothing shower, I throw my hair up into a messy ponytail, shrug on my jacket and make my way downstairs.

Charlie is already up and has his coat on waiting on me.

I beg him to take the beast, but no he wants to take the cruiser.

"Wonderful" I mumble, knowing that he heard me. "Let's just add some more to my humiliation for the day.

"What's that?" he asks. I'm pretty sure that he heard me anyway.

Silently we make our way to the diner, did I mention that one of the things that I love most about Charlie is that he doesn't feel the need to interrupt quietness with stupid conversation?

Once we're seated at his usual table, he asks what I'll be having.

I mumble something about not really being hungry tonight and will just stick with the spinach salad.

"Something wrong Bells?" he asked, just as I was about to launch into more tales of not feeling well, the bell over the diner door rings.

Since I am sitting with my back to the door, I take no notice of who walks in, until their footsteps stop at our table.

"Chief Swan" I hear. Ugh, that voice, I know that voice.

I feel my face immediately begin to overheat. I know that it must be redder than the catsup bottle sitting on the table.

I look and immediately I'm staring into the most beautiful eyes that I have ever seen.

"Bella, so nice to see you again" he states simply. "This is my brother Emmett." "Emmett, this is my new student Bella, and I know that you know her dad, Chief Swan."

For some reason he said the last part through gritted teeth, I don't understand why my dad being police chief seems to be causing him such distress. Angela, said that he keeps to himself too much to get into any trouble.

"Hi" I croak out, "nice to meet you Emmett." "nice to meet you too Bella," "I bet your ears have been burning all afternoon, because you are all everyone has been talking about since you left."

Edward quickly elbowed him in the ribs, "damn dude, watch it with that". Emmett bellowed. I immediately decided that I like him, he's like a huge teddy bear.

"So boys" Charlie says "What brings you two to the diner? I don't think that I've ever seen you two in here"

I notice Edward start scanning the blackboard menu before he answers.

"Esme, asked us to pick up some of the berry cobler tonight. It's her favorite."

Once again Emmett starts laughing so hard that I'm afraid he's going to hurt himself. Edward just rolls his eyes at him.

"Well," he says, I guess I had better get it and take it home. "Esme, really wants this for dinner tonight." "Chief Swan" he said and then he said that he would be seeing me next Saturday for a real lesson.

I nodded and said goodbye to the guys.

Emmett then stopped and he said "Oh yeah Bella, we heard that you're going shopping with Alice tomorrow" "Good luck with that and don't let her kill you, we like you. You can stay." He chuckled all the while Edward was pushing him out the door.

As we left the diner, I could just see the wheels turning in Charlie's head even though he didn't say a word.

"What?" I snap. I didn't mean to but it had just been such a trying day and I was finally hitting my boiling point.

"Well, I was just kind of wondering, why they came into the diner to get that cobbler that Esme just had to have for dinner and left without getting it."

Damn, he doesn't miss anything. I had to admit that I was curious about that myself.

When we got home, Charlie went straight for the fridge and the Vitamin R to settle in and watch the game.

I made my excuses to him about being tired and since I knew that I was going to be in for an exhausting day tomorrow I just wanted to hit the sack.

"Good night Bells" " I'm sure that I will gone in the morning when you get up." "Me and Harry are going to try our luck again tomorrow" "I will leave some money on the table, in case you see something that you can't live without. Have fun and be careful."

Once upstairs I could finally breathe. It truly had been one strange day. I decided to just brush my teeth and call it a night.

Once I had gotten situated in my favorite blue tank top and matching sleep pants, I realized that I had left my window open the whole time that we had been gone, man Charlie would kill me if he found out.

I closed the window and jumped in bed with the remote to my ipod in hand.

I turn it on for a little background noise and the first song that came on surprised me.

It was one that I had heard before, but I know that I had never downloaded.

It was called "Brown Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison.

I had to boot up my laptop to find that out.

Where in the hell did that come from?

I fell into a deep sleep after listening to the song several times.

All night long it seemed that I kept having the same dreams playing on a loop of green eyes, sex hair and a sideways smirk.

When I awoke I noticed that the sun was shining it was too bright for Forks; That may just be because that the sun almost never shines in Forks.

I get up to make my way downstairs for my morning ritual of pop-tarts and O.J. with my mind still playing the dreams over and over again.

"Damn Bella" I said "you'd think that you have never seen a hot guy before get a grip."

It appears that now that I had let my hormones out to play for a little while, they were refusing to go back in the cage.

I was about to go get in the shower when my phone rang.

I groaned knowing at once who that had to be. Note to self give her her own customized ring tone.

I'm thinking maybe Material Girl.

As I suspected, once I answered I heard the squeeling that I was already learning to dread.

"Good morning Alice." I said.

"Hi Bella, I'm so glad that you're already up."

"That means we can get an even earlier start than I had counted on."

"Look" she continued "Go ahead and get your shower, I'm on my way."

"Don't worry about getting your clothes together, I have already picked something out that will be perfect."

"Hurry up, I'll be there in a few minutes."

I think that I sort of growled that I would leave the door unlocked and that I would be upstairs and to go ahead and come up; wondering the whole time if I could catch some debilitating disease in the next few minutes.

Nope, I don't get that lucky and reluctantly headed to the shower.

I had just made it out of the shower and managed to get myself bundled into my favorite robe, when I saw this little bolt of energy running up my was literally bouncing off of the walls, in four inch heels at that.

Damn, I can't even stand upright in something like that and she's going marathon shopping in them.

I begin to wonder if I can get a dose or two or whatever she's on.

Immediately I have to jump out of the way to avoid being hit with the clothes that she sent flying my way.

"Here" she said "Go get dressed in this, don't worry it's nothing too scary"

"We'll start you out with baby steps" "before you know it, it will become second nature to you."

"No offense taken" I mutter.

She didn't seem to notice and pushed me out into the bathroom for me to get dressed.

The whole time that I was changing she was spouting stuff out about hurrying up, that we were losing time and that she still had to do my hair and my makeup.I guess somehow she managed to get the huge suitcase that she had packed past me.

When I walk out into my room, I notice that it had been converted into a beauty salon.

There were hair dryers, curling irons, flat irons, hot rollers, and various items of torture that I can't even name.

There were also more jars, boxes and compacts full of makeup than you would find at the Macy's counter.

"Alice" I whined.

"Just trust me," she said. "We're not going to make you over, just enhance some." "you're so naturally beautiful it's not going to take much."

Que the blush again.

After about 30 minutes she said that we were done and she was right.

The differences were subtle, just some lip gloss, mascara, and little brown eyeliner on my lower lids.

She blew my hair dry and just let fall in its natural curls, then she sprayed with something that she said would bring out the shine and I was done.

I found myself very grateful for her hard work and I told her so.

She actually looked like she might cry and then stepped up to me and hugged me.

With that she declared that it was time to go and I couldn't help myself her enthusiasm was contagious.

I found myself getting excited right along with her.

I grabbed my phone, my keys, the money that Charlie left me and followed her outside.

I think that my jaw dropped when I saw the vehicle we would be driving today.

"A bright yellow Porsche, was apparently our transportation.

I just looked at her and she giggled, "because it's fast silly."

We made it to the mall just as it was opening and I'm pretty sure that we set some kind of record for the fastest trip to Seattle.

Once we made out way into the mall, she pulled a flow chart out of that massive bag of hers. Seriously a fucking flow chart, are you kidding me?

"Now, this is where we are" she said and then she began pointing out various shops that were "musts".

I became dizzy just watching her, so I decided to go with the flow, pun intended.

I couldn't help but notice that most of the things that she was buying were not even her size, I had to wonder what the hell she was up to.

After about three hours of this, I tried to call her on it, but she just pouted and said "Please just trust me Bella."

Finally, she agreed to stop so that we could grab a bite of lunch.

I was done for, just exhausted and I tried to tell her so and at that point she pulled out that damn flow chart again and began what appeared to be her taking inventory of everything that she had bought that day.

She then sighed, I think that it was more for show than anything, "We just have to make one more stop and then we will be done."

"It is the most important stop of the day though, so please just bare with me please Bella."

Aww shit, when she pulled out the little girl voice, I couldn't argue with her so I decided to pull on my big girl panties and deal with it.

If I had known what she had in mind, I probably wouldn't have been so quick to comply.

As we walked up to the store with the familiar pink and white sign, I had officially reached my limit.

"Oh, hell no Alice." I growled.

"But Bella," she was begging now "you have all of these wonderful clothes, but it doesn't matter if you don't have the right things to go under them."

I couldn't for the life of me decide why she was so worried about my underwear.

I mean I know that they're not fancy or anything, but they do the job and it's not like anyone ever sees them anyway.

I'm about to give up and go with it and I guess she could tell because she instantly starts pulling me inside. How can someone so tiny be so strong anyway?

After about an hour I was loaded down with everything imaginable.

There were beautiful push-up bras in every color of the rainbow.

I had to admit, if only to myself, that they made my breasts look fantastic.

There were matching boy-shorts and thongs also, in wonderful satins and lace. I had never worn a thong before, but Alice insisted and promised that they were much more comfortable than I thought.

I had also picked up several tank top and boxer sets to sleep in.

I had to admit that they were really cute, and almost was ready to concede to Alice, that this was kind of fun.

Almost, but not quite.

The final item that she insisted that I have, I was not even sure what to do with.

It was a truly beautiful corset. Royal blue in color and made from a rich satin.

I tried to argue about this, because honestly, it confused me.

It was something that maybe a woman would wear on her wedding night and since I didn't foresee that in my near future. I kind of thought that it was too extravagant.

She just gave me a little grin, sort of like she knew something that I didn't, and brought me a matching blue thong and dared me to argue with her.

After that we finally started making our way back to the car.

I was beginning to think that there would be no way to pack all of our purchases in that tiny car of hers. Somehow she made it work though and I think that I was discovering that you should never bet against Alice.

Finally we made it home, and Alice helped me unload my haul.

I swear to God that I thought that Charlie was going to have a stroke just from looking at my mountain of packages.

He knows I'm not that girl, and gives me a weird look.

Damn, I wonder what he's thinking.

Once he sees all of the pink and white bags he starts stuttering something about needing to check on a problem that he thought he heard with the cruiser and high tails it out of the house.

As we're unpacking the bags, I notice that she is organizing them into some system that I can't quite decipher but I let her have at it.

"Uh, Bella" she said. "Yeah Alice what's up?"

"You're out of school Friday right?" I said that I am and ask why.

"Well, me and Rose are planning a spa day that day and we'd like you to come with us. I just know that you will love each other."

"Uh, I don't know Alice." I said. "I just spent a considerable part of my savings and I'm pretty sure that Charlie will never let me near his credit card again."

"That's ok silly." she giggles, "this one's all on me."

I try to argue with that but she just blows me off saying that we are going to have such a great time.

Then she suggests that we make a sleepover out of this since I'm just going to be coming back the next day anyway for my lesson with Edward.

"We'll order pizza and watch some movies and let Rose tell you some embarrassing stories about her and Emmett."

Once I promise that I'm in she starts her bouncing again.

"Well Bella, I better go now" she said and starts rambling on about having so much to plan and such a short time to do it in.

She then said that she will pick me up Friday morning and not to worry about packing my things, that she will do it when she gets here.

Once I hug her goodbye, I collapse.

I am utterly spent.

I'm kind of nervous about spa-day and what kind of torture she might have planned for me, but on the other hand the thought of sleeping in the same house as Edward is kind of doing funny things to my girly parts.

Instantly I was asleep, I woke up the next morning to that bright sunshine again, with memories of green eyes and blue corsets running through my dreams.