Bella:
"Right, so firstly we need to get decorations, I'm thinking a green theme, then we need to get our outfits, then we need to get a cake, oh, and we need some food and refreshments…" I tune Alice out then, just 'mhmm-ing' whenever needed. Alice has decided my party is going to be on Saturday, which is two days from now, and my birthday is tomorrow. So, we're having a rush trip to Port Angeles to buy everything. "…and you're gonna need to go off and do your own thing while I get your present…" Alice continues.
"Wait, Alice, I was going to make a cake!" I interrupt.
"I said about buying a cake five minutes ago! Are you even listening to me?" Alice huffs, glaring at me instead of looking at the road. I have no idea how she passed her driving test.
"Yeah, but I needed some time to process what you were saying." I grin at her, earning an eye-roll and another huff.
As soon as we're out of the car, Alice is marching so quickly towards the shopping centre that I have to do a weird part jog part run thing to catch up with her. She heads straight to a shop filled with party decorations, stating how if we start clothes shopping now, we'll get pre-occupied. I think she means she'll get pre-occupied, not me.
"You know the green theme? Don't we have enough green in Forks already?" I tentatively question, since Alice can get pretty crazy sometimes.
"Hmmm…that is a good point…" Alice mumbles, tapping her chin in thought.
"It is?" I'm a little shocked, actually.
"Yep! But what other colour theme could we go for? Orange…too bright, yellow – no, hmm, what about blue?" Alice speaks to herself while wondering through the shop and looking for decorations. "Yes, blue." Alice decides, and then begins to pick up about every single item in the shop that's blue.
"What decorations are we having, then?" I ask, since she already has a pretty big bundle.
"Well, every party has to have balloons, then there are some banners and streamers. It's gonna be great! Oooh, we should get some fireworks!" Alice squeals, running off to another aisle in the shop.
"Fireworks? Don't you have to be 18 to buy them?" I ask Alice.
"Oh, damn. I'll just call mum." Alice takes out her phone, and calls her right then. "Hey mum…yeah, we're good…no, Bella hasn't had an accident…ok…ok…so, anyway…yeah?...back to what I was calling about…could you buy some fireworks…yeah, fireworks…why? for Bella's party…thank you!...love you too, bye!" Alice looks back up to me, grinning, before resuming shopping.
Why does everyone always assume I've had some sort of accident? I'm not that accident prone…ok, that's a lie, but still!
Alice pays for all her haul after much protest from me, and we move on to the next shop.
Once all the important party things are bought, Alice drags me into some clothes shops, insisting I need a new outfit for my party. I try on countless dresses, before Alice says the dark blue one looked best.
Then, I'm shooed away, since Alice needs to get my birthday present, apparently.
I go to a cake shop, to get some decorations for the cake I'm going to make. My mum offered to bake me a cake, but she's not the best with cooking. Basically, the last time she tried to make a cake she set the oven on fire. I have no idea how it happened, but me and dad have kept her away from cooking ever since.
Shortly after, I meet up with Alice again, and we head back to her car. She's hiding my present from me, between the countless other bags she's holding.
"On Saturday I'll come by to help you set everything up, ok?" Alice asks as we drive back to Forks.
"That's fine with me." I nod for confirmation. "Oh, how are Esme and Carlisle doing?" I ask, since I haven't heard much about them lately. Everyone seems so unsure as to whether or not Esme will take back Carlisle.
"Dad's been sleeping in the spare room since mum found out, but other than that I don't really know. They haven't kinda…since they found out, they haven't spoken much. I think what they need is to just have one big argument to get everything out in the open." Alice replies.
"Yeah, maybe that'll happen soon." I say back. If I was in Esme's situation, I probably would have screamed, shouted, and kicked Carlisle out. But I suppose it's harder for her, since she has children with him, and has been with him for so long.
Alice drops me off at my house, and I go inside to see my mother and father sat next to each other in the living room, cuddling up together. Most children would probably find that gross, but I think it's sweet they're still so in love.
"Hey, I'm back." I grin as they jump a little and put some distance between each other. I feel like the parent, who's caught their child with their boyfriend or girlfriend. I snicker a bit.
"Hey sweetie, did you have fun shopping with Alice?" My mum asks as I take a seat in a chair opposite the sofa.
"Great, the pixie dragged me around so many shops!" My parents love Alice almost as much as I do.
"She's helping keep you in shape, Bells." My dad jokes.
"Yeah, and she's doing a good job of it!" I joke along with him.
"Have you heard any more about Esme and Carlisle?" Mum asks me.
"Alice said they're sleeping in separate rooms and not really talking." I relay the information to her.
"It's going to be hard for them next week." My mum comments cryptically.
"What? Why?" I ask.
"It's their silver wedding anniversary." My mum says sadly. "25 years." She adds after seeing my puzzled look.
"Oh…I really hope they're ok." I mumble.
We return to watching the TV, but after 10 minutes I excuse myself to go up to my room. I hang up my outfit for my party, before getting ready for bed. I know it's early, but shopping with Alice really does tire you out.
*******LLB*******
"Happy birthday, Bella!" A voice says, though I'm still mostly asleep.
"What?" I mumble from under the covers. The covers are pulled away from my eyes, resulting in a blinding light making me not see anything.
"Bella, it's your birthday!" The voice, that I now recognise as my mothers, says.
"Oh, right." I rub my eyes and stretch while sitting up. I don't feel older.
"Here's your present from your father and I!" My mum says, handing me a nicely wrapped up package.
"Thank you." I smile at her, a bit more awake now. I open the package to reveal a box inside. I open up the small sized box, and see a charm bracelet inside, with a couple of charms already attached. "Thank you so much!" I grin at my mum and dad, getting a little emotional.
"Your dad suggested the bell for one of the charms, since he calls you Bells." My mum admits, and I look over to my dad to see tears in his eyes.
"Thank you so much!" I fix the bracelet around my wrist, and look at the other charm. It's a deer, like Bambi (my favourite film, and my favourite animal). "It's perfect." I add, admiring it on my wrist.
"We're glad you like it." My dad says, so I go over and hug first him, then mum.
I get dressed in jeans and a dark blue long sleeved top, and keep on the bracelet. I really do love it a lot. It probably cost a lot, and I know my parents aren't the richest of people. It really means a lot, especially the charms.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY BELLA!" Alice shouts once I opened the door to her. Edward is standing next to her looking both amused and scared at his sister.
"Thank you! Look what my parents got me!" I grin and show Alice the bracelet, who looks at it closely.
"Wow, that's so pretty!" She grins at me, before we walk over to her car.
"H-happy bir-birthday, Bella." Edward says to me on the way.
"Awww, thank you." I smile at him, and then see none other than Cowboy in the car. Every day this week he's travelled to and from school with us. And, since Edward opened up to me about what he wants to do when he's older, we've been getting closer.
"Happy birthday, Miss Bella." Cowboy turns around and tells me.
"Why thank you, Mr Jasper." I reply in my best Texas impersonation. I'm getting better, I swear.
When we arrive at school, we all head to our first lessons. Angela wishes me a happy birthday at the start of English, and we talk a bit about my upcoming party. Even though I initially didn't want a big party, I'm actually quite looking forward to it.
A/N: Looking forward to the party tomorrow? :D
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