A/N

I started to write this as an outtake but Alice really wants her say.

I know that there are a lot of people out there that don't really care for Alice, but she and Edward have such a special relationship I think that it's important.

I promise to keep it relatively short.

Oh and of course, I own none of this, duh. If I did then the sex wouldn't have been blacked out in the books and there would have been a whole lot more of it.

Chapter 9

APOV

Saturday already, really?

It's been a busy week with all of my online classes. I know that I should be going to school, but with my short attention span I have a really hard time in structured settings.

Fortunately mom and dad realized that and agreed to let me take classes online. As long as I'm getting a degree they are happy.

I'm really lucky, I know this.

I have the best family that anyone could ever ask for.

My parents love us unconditionally and all that they want for us is to be happy. It doesn't matter what we want to be, if we were garbage collectors and we're happy then they are happy.

No impossibly high standards to live up to; my brothers and I are not expected to be president or surgeon general.

I have known since I was six years old that I was going to be a fashion designer. It's just what I have a knack for.

My parents have even agreed to help finance my first line once I graduate from college.

My brother Emmett is going to be a college football coach.

He says that he is going to be the next "Bear" Bryant or maybe Joe Paterno.

I'm not sure who they are or were, but can tell they must be legends with the respect that Emmett shows when he speaks about them.

My other brother Edward is a musical genius.

I know lots of girls think that there brothers are geniuses but mine really is. When people talk about Edward they use words like prodigy and savant.

He can hear a song once and immediately play it back perfectly if not even better than the original.

He graduated from Julliard school of music with a masters degree at the age of 22.

I was so excited when he moved back to Forks immediately after graduating, my family was complete again.

At least I thought it was until I noticed that Edward is miserable.

I don't know if he even knows that he is, but I do.

He's not the happy, carefree person that I grew up with.

Edward and I always had a special relationship; It seems that we have always been in our own little bubble when we are together.

We usually know what each other are thinking and can communicate without drives the family crazy when we do that.

Even though there are three years between us, it's like we're twins.

He is my fiercest protector, my greatest supporter and my biggest cheerleader. I can honestly say that there is nothing on this earth that he won't do for me.

Trust me when I say that feeling is quite mutual.

It was when I noticed that he wasn't playing piano with his usual passion that I decided that I would make it my mission to find out what was missing and fix it.

I have yet to figure out what was going on with him and as I sat this morning shopping online for a handbag that I had been craving, it hit and dad are totally devoted to each other, even after 25 years of marriage, they are like two teenagers.

Sometimes they get so out of hand that it really is sickening.

We have to beg them for our sanity to get a room.

Don't get me wrong, we are thrilled that they are still so in love, but there are mental pictures that kids don't need.

I am with Jasper and have been since 8th grade. We are a perfect fit.

He keeps me grounded with his laid back nature and I bring to him my enthusiasm for everything.

We're going to get married after we both graduate from college.

He doesn't know this yet but I do.

We're not into a lot of P.D.A's, we try to be discrete, but it's obvious that we are very much in love.

Then there's Emmett and Rose.

Let's just say that there's nothing discrete about them.

Rosie is Jasper's twin sister and she and Emmett have been joined at the hip as long as Jasper and I have.

Those two are the reason that we have all resorted to wearing earplugs when they are together.

Thank God that my parents aren't prudes, they've always been very open and accepting of our sexuality.

They understand that we are going to do what we are going to do.

There are never sideways glances or embarrassing comments.

I told my mom the day that I lost my virginity to Jasper, that it was going it was going to happen that night.

She just gave me condoms and hugged me and told me that she loved me.

The next week I was on The Pill.

All that they ask is that we're safe.

So that leads me back to Edward.

To my knowledge he is still a virgin.

I'm still not sure why that is, but I'm sure he has his reasons.

I mean seriously my brother is a god. Don't get me wrong, he's my brother and I don't want to think things like this about him. But the designer in me can't help but see that he is an amazing looking man.

I know for a fact that girls have been trying to hand in their V-cards to him since he was in 8th grade. He is too much of a gentleman to do that, but I can't understand why he has never had a girlfriend or even a regular friend with benefits.

Edward is lonely. He is ready for someone in his life.

I don't know why it has taken me so long to realize that.

I start going through my mental catalog of the girls that I know.

Nope, not one of them is worthy of the gift that is my brother.

There's this one girl, Tanya, that has been throwing herself at him, since I met her.

She's a beautiful girl, but in that too obvious way. I use her as a model for my designs quite a bit, because she is perfect for them, but if she makes Edward uncomfortable one more time, I'm going to pull every bit of that dyed strawberry blonde hair out of her head.

So now that I'm pretty sure what his problem is, I have a mission to fix it.

If only I knew where to find the girl.

While I was contemplating if I should ask Emmett if he knew any girls that would be good for Edward, I heard a horrible noise coming from our driveway.

I look at my watch and realize that it's 10:30 and that Edward has a lesson now.

I guess that it must be someone's dad dropping their little princess off.

I look outside to see and the first thing that I notice is this red monstrosity of a truck.

Is that thing even street legal, I wonder.

No one is getting out, so I just continue to watch. Hey it's my house and I have the right to see who's here. Don't judge.

After about five minutes of nothing, the door opens and she steps out.

I'm thinking that she is too young to be a mom to someone old enough to take piano lessons but I also know that Edward doesn't take older students.

I'm getting more and more curious by the minute.

Who is this girl? She must be Bella, Edward's newest student, but I'm shocked.

She is just standing outside looking scared to death, well since I'm apparently the welcoming committee, I had better go introduce myself and bring her in.

I walk outside and get my first good look, I can't believe what I'm seeing.

This girl is beautiful. Not in an obvious way, she looks innocent.

The first thing that I notice is her hair. It's long and thick, a beautiful shade of brown and even a few red highlights. Hmm we need to brings those out.

Her eyes are chocolate brown and it looks like that you could drown in them. Her face is heart shaped with flawless skin. She's not wearing any make-up, but she almost doesn't need it. Just a little to accent.

Her lips are an almost perfect shade of pink, yeah just a little stain would do it.

I'm sure that she has a cute figure hiding underneath all of those layers.

Wait, I haven't even introduced myself and I have given her a makeover.

Oh well, that's what I do. Again, no judging.

Fashionably speaking she's a disaster, hoodie, ripped jeans, and Converse sneakers, oh well that's easy to fix.

I start making my way to her and I can't help but feel bad for her, she looks absolutely terrified.

"Hi, you must be Bella," "I'm Alice Cullen, please come in."

Once we're inside I notice her blush and that it seems that she bites her bottom lip, when she is nervous.

She begins to admire the house, oh Esme is going to love her.

"Mom" we have company, I yelled.

"Bella, this is my mom Esme" "Mom, this is Bella, Edward's new student"

You have a beautiful home, Mrs. Cullen" "Thank you so much Bella," I'm glad that you like it and please call me Esme."

Mom was practically gushing, I wonder if she is thinking what I'm thinking.

"I need to get back to the kitchen" "Alice, please show Bella, into the music room, I'm sure that Edward will be down in a minute."

I'm so excited that I can actually feel my body humming.

I just know that she is exactly who Edward needs.

I don't know why I know this, but I do. Most people say that I'm very intuitive about things like this and maybe I am.

I can't help but hug her, I really hope that I don't scare her, I already feel that it may be her that can complete my family.

"Bella, I'm so glad that you're here" "I just know that we're going to be best friends."

She just blushed again and started biting her lower lip again. I try to make a point of toning it down, for now at least.

I lead her into the music room and waited for Edward with her.

Once I saw him coming down the steps, I couldn't wait for him to get an eye full of her; he will never know what hit him.

I couldn't believe the luck here, the second he saw her I saw it in his face.

His eyes literally lit up while he was watching her bite her lip. He couldn't help himself and for the first time since he had been home I saw that famous crooked smile of his.

Then there was her reaction to him; I heard it before I saw it.

I heard her try to catch her breath. Then I saw her face, I swear the look on her face was pure bliss.

If there was ever a case of love at first sight, this was it.

I was about to begin introductions, but Edward beat me to it.

I watched them for a couple of minutes before either one of them realized that I was still in the room. I think that my giggle gave me away, but I couldn't help it. I was just so happy.

I decided that maybe it was time to make myself scarce. I get up and start dancing my way out of the room, yes dancing, did I mention that I was excited.

"OK, Bella, I'm going to leave now, enjoy your lesson and come find me before you leave, we have so much to talk about."

"Uh yeah sure, see ya Alice"

Damn, I wanted to stay and listen so much, but as I was thinking about the best way to do that without being intrusive, Edward got up and shut the double doors to his music room.

Crap, he knew what I was up to. That's the problem with knowing someone too well.

I decided to go see mom, and maybe get some of her thoughts.

When I walked into her office, she was just sitting in her chair with a smile on her face like she was daydreaming of something beautiful.

God I hope it's not dad.

"Yes dear" "is there something that I can help you with?" she asked with that same smile still on her face.

I was about to tell her what I was thinking but she was already there.

"Yes, she is just about perfect isn't she? She said; I knew that she didn't really expect an answer to that.

"I wish that she were a little older though, her age could cause problems for them, but I'm sure that they will get through it."

Yeah, now I see where I get my intuitiveness from.

"I think that they are going to need a little push though mom."

"She is so shy and you know how Edward gets around girls."

"Don't worry" she said "you'll think of something, you always do."

She gave me a little hug as I made my way back to the music room.

I decided that it wouldn't hurt anyone for me to listen in for a little while.

I stood next to the doors and heard the piano, the song was something familiar that I couldn't quite put a name to, it was kind of sad but very beautiful. In other words it was perfect. It was my brother.

Then he started talking to her and I mean really talking; he was asking her things about passion and emotions; what music really means to her, anything just to hear her speak it sounded like.

I could hear her speaking back, but couldn't make out what she was saying.

Obviously my brother liked what he was hearing and then he switched tunes, this time to something much lighter, happier.

I heard him quit playing and start talking about "homework" that he wanted her to do. He wanted her to keep a list of songs and her emotions that she felt when she heard them. It sounded ridiculous to me, but it also sounded like he wanted a peek into her soul and if that's what wants then that's what he's going to get.

I'll make damn sure that there are some of his favorites on that of a sudden I heard his piano bench scrape against the floor letting me know that they are getting up.

He muttered something about having errands he needed to go run and about him helping her find me.

"What the hell" I wondered. He almost never leaves the house, let alone has

errands to run.

I waited on them to open the doors and quickly grabbed Bella.

I was well on my way to a plan, now. I knew what I needed to do and exactly how I was going to go about it.

Once Edward made it to the door after grabbing his coat and keys he turned around and said goodbye to Bella, I gasped as he winked to her.

I couldn't help it, I didn't even know that he knew how to wink.

I've never seen him try to flirt before.

As I was looking down to try to seem oblivious to the things going on around me, I saw it.

I swear I wasn't looking, trust me I'm going to need brain bleach for this, but I couldn't help seeing it.

There my dear brother stood with a very obvious problem.

I wonder if dad will spring for some therapy that I desperately need goodbyes were said I started pulling Bella into my room, part one of "operation makeover" was about to begin.

Now I know that quite obviously Edward liked what he saw in her, but next time he saw her, she was going to take his breath away like he had done to her.

First things first, wardrobe.

I mean the clothes she was wearing were fine if she were going hiking.

I already could tell that this was probably a uniform to her and that's going to change.

Once we reached my room it began, I started going through my closet like I was possessed. I'm pretty sure that she thought that I was.

I had to get an idea of what colors would be great for her, I needed to know which styles were going to work. I want her to be comfortable but a knockout at the same time. I knew that I had to get her to try some things on so I could get a better idea of what her figure was like under all of those layers.

I started throwing things at her, demanding that she try them on immediately.

I began tossing bags and shoes and jewelry to her, telling her what went with what.

I noticed that she had finally stripped down and was about to start putting some of the things on.

"My God, Bella" "Where on earth did you get that underwear, Grannie's Secret?" That is so not going to do. Shopping trip stat.

She has an adorable figure and by all that is holy she is about to start showing it off.

"Um, Bella" "What are you doing tomorrow?"

"Nothing that I know of" she muttered.

"Good, I will be at your house at 11:00"

She looked at me as if she were in shock but didn't argue.

"What do you have in mind?" she almost whispered as if afraid of the answer.

"We're going to the happiest place on earth" I explained "You know, the mall."

She just groaned.