Ok, so to let everyone know where I'm at on Twilight, because I'm re reading it to figure some stuff out, pretend that the whole Cullen baseball game and James, Victoria and Laurant meeting hasn't happened yet. Be patient with me. If any of you have suggestions or if I'm doing something wrong, let me know.
Alice, Tammy and Bella walked into a clothing store. Alice happily pulled Tammy's arm into the juniors section. Tammy was small in size and had told Alice that it was hard to shop for herself because she was stuck in the middle of kid and teen sizes. It was sometimes embarrassing for her because she weighed 90 pounds¸ and it looked weird for a teenager who was 17 year old to be trying on something like a pair of kaprees from the kids department.
"That is no problem at all! We'll just find you a nice dress and everything will be ok!" Alice replied happily.
Even though Tammy was glad that Alice and Bella were not making fun of her, her eyes went wide as Bella asked. "A dress? But Alice isn't it too cold for a dress?"
"I agree with Bella. It's way too cold for a dress. Shouldn't I wear some nice jeans…"
"NO!" Alice widened her eyes but then a thought came to her. "You know what…that might be able to work actually. We'll get you some nice jeans and a cute top to go with it! Plus we'll get you shoes…"
"Aren't these ok?" asked Tammy pointing down at her snow boots. They were still muddy and she felt bad for getting mud on the floor. "The sales people won't like this. It's a good thing they don't have a carpet floor."
Alice shook her head "Absolutely not! What kind of impression would you give Derek if he saw you in those on your date?"
Tammy shrugged "I don't know. He sees me all the time in these at school. I just have these, a pair of converse shoes and my running shoes for gym."
Fashion has never been Tammy's thing. She never really followed the crowd on what was in and what wasn't. She always went by what she thought looked good and once in a while she did get good complements about her clothing. Although, being a teenager, she did get paranoid about what she wore and sometimes felt weird or left out if she didn't follow what girls wore. Like back in her hometown, she saw girls wearing blow the ankle socks, flip flops, and carrying purses around. Here since it was always cold, the only thing she had to worry about was wearing too bright color clothes. It seemed like blending in with dark color clothes was the thing to do.
"Well then we'll just have to get you some new shoes to go with your outfit" smiled Alice.
"Ah…Alice… I only have enough money for an outfit. I didn't think I needed to get…"
"It'll all be on me. I'm also buying Bella an outfit for her date with Edward."
Bella's eyes widened. "W-w-what? Alice you don't have to. I-I don't think Edward and I are going anywhere special this weekend anyway. "
Alice ignored Bella and began looking around and gathering up clothes that she thought would look cute. "Alice I'm serious! I don't need an outfit!" Bella angrily responded.
Tammy glanced at Bella. "Wow Bella must really hate shopping."
"Alice!" Bella gritted her teeth together.
Tammy raised her eyebrows. She had never met anyone who hated shopping. Tammy loved to go shopping with the few girlfriends she had back home. Even with her taste in style they still had fun and some of the girls did have her taste too. She never met anyone like Alice either, someone who was very stylish and into fashion. She did find this a little entertaining and tried not to laugh.
Alice walked up to Tammy with an armful of clothes "Here you go Tammy. Now go try those on!" She turned to Bella "And don't think I've forgotten about you Bella!"
Tammy laughed "I'll see ya in the Fitting Room Bella." She tried to walk-or see where she was going with the pile of clothes in her hands as she headed for the dressing room.
Bella waited till Tammy couldn't hear them. "What are you doing Alice? Edward told me about what Carlisle said!" She whispered harshly.
Alice frowned "Oh, Bella not you too!"
"This could be how she finds out about you guys." Bella angrily said.
Alice rolled her eyes "Bella, trust me this isn't how she finds out. She finds out through someone else who I can't see."
Bella gave her a funny look "What?"
"I swear you and Edward are really made for each other. He's about as paranoid as you are." Then she muttered underneath her breath "I can't believe the things I do for him either."
Bella barely heard that and before she could ask Alice anything else, Alice came with an armful of clothes and handed them to Bella "Alright Bella, your turn. And don't you dare try and sneak your way out of this!"
Bella sighed and walked towards the dressing room and walked right into the doorframe of the Fitting room. "Ow," She grumbled and walked into the Fitting Room. She made her way in "Tammy?" She called out. "Why did Alice give me so much? I'm going to trip on my own two feet again!"
Tammy opened the door that she was in and saw that Bella was about to fall over with all those clothes. She ran towards her grabbing some clothes "Here, let me help you."
Bella smiled "Thank you. Alice goes a little overboard sometimes."
Tammy laughed "Is she always like this?"
Bella nodded her head "You don't know the half of it. Usually it's me she's trying to try on new clothes and accessories. She treats me like a Barbie doll."
Tammy nodded her head "Ah, I see. And that's why you hate shopping right?" She walked towards the dressing room that was next to hers.
"HWhat makes you say that?" asked Bella following her.
"From the look on your face when Alice mentioned that she was buying you clothes." Tammy hung the clothes from the hangers in the room.
Bella was about to respond but realized that Tammy hadn't changed out of her original clothes at all. "I see that you're procrastinating on changing."
Tammy gave Bella a funny look, looked down at herself and then laughed "Oh! No, I was about to change into this shirt that Alice picked but I heard you call my name so I opened the door and saw that you were about to fall with all those clothes." She took the rest of the clothes that Bella was holding and hung those with the rest of the clothes.
Bella blushed "Yeah, I'm not the most graceful person ever."
Tammy smiled "Don't worry about it. Nobody is, trust me. I have my moments and if that doesn't help, look at it like this, if it's in front of strangers, you'll never see them again."
"And what about people you know or like in a small town like this?"
"Well…" Tammy thought "Chances are they'll forget and if they don't, well more than likely, something embarrassing will happen to them too. And you'll be able to have a story over them."
Bella was a little surprised by her. She could tell that Tammy was the kind of person who didn't care what others thought of her or let embarrassment get the best of her. She wished she could be like that.
"This is getting a little awkward." "I'll let change." Tammy shyly said.
"She's shy too." Thought Bella. Bella nodded her head. "Maybe Tammy isn't so bad after all. She isn't what Jessica and Lauren make her seem."
Tammy looked at her clothes in her dressing room. She wasn't exactly sure about some of these clothes. They didn't exactly say winter. "Sigh. Ok, here we go." She picked the first long sleeve which was blue green and tried on one of the new pairs of jeans.
Alice waited happily outside of the fitting rooms. "Come out, I would like to see what you look like."
Tammy was the first to be done since Bella took her time changing. Alice observed her as Tammy walked in front of the mirrors. Tammy smiled "I like it."
Alice nodded "I do too but that says casual for hanging out and school. Not date."
Tammy frowned a little. "Oh," "I really did like this."
"Try on a different top but leave those jeans on." Alice ordered and then she shouted "Bella, I know you're in there so you better come out with one of those outfits I picked out for you!"
They heard Bella sigh heavily and walked out in a navy blue strapless dress that went a little past Bella's knees. "Alice when am I going to ever wear this?" asked Bella.
"For one thing Prom, or you can wear it somewhere it on a date with Edward if he took you somewhere fancy." Winked Alice.
"Alice is right. That really is a cute dress. I like how the top part is heart shaped." Replied Tammy pointing at the dress.
"You're going to get it aren't you Bella?" asked Alice.
"No, Alice I don't think so." Bella muttered.
Alice's face fell and Tammy gave her a confused look. "Why not?" Alice demanded.
"Bella you should really get it. It looks really nice and…"
"I said no." Bella stubbornly said as she stomped her way back to the Fitting Room.
"Why is she so difficult?" Thought Alice who put her hands on her hips.
"I don't know why she doesn't like it. It's really pretty. At least she has a reason to buy the dress. I would if I could. And I don't think Derek is taking me somewhere that special and fancy. It's only a first date after all." Thought Tammy. "Come to think of it, I don't know anyone who's ever had a first date with someone at somewhere fancy except maybe rich people…"
Alice whispered "She's just being a little difficult. I'm going to get that dress for her whether she likes it or not."
Tammy smiled and nodded "I won't say anything to her." She walked back to the Fitting Room to try on another shirt.
Another few minutes later, Tammy came out with a purple v keck shirt that did look lovely. Alice smiled liking the shirt and realized that purple was Tammy's color. She also noticed the V came down really close to her breast and with the right bra, the outfit could work out nicely.
Alice smiled "I like it. Do you have any pushup bras?"
Tammy blinked "Any what?"
"You know pushup bras. If you wear one with this outfit, you'll have a nice cleavage. And…" She noticed that the sleeves were a little long and up to Tammy's thumbs so she folded them nicely around her wrist. "You'll have to roll your sleeves like this."
"Uh…I don't own a pushup bra. Isn't it a little too much on showing my boobs?"
"You're not showing him your boobs. You're just giving him a little preview and there's nothing wrong with showing a little cleavage. How did you last this long without me?" said Alice.
"I'm not sure," Tammy laughed a little. Even though she was a little uncomfortable, she was slightly amused by how Alice was. She was really starting to like her more and more."I don't know I would just wear a nice shirt, some jeans and tennie shoes on my dates."
Alice gasped "Tennie shoes! Well it's a good thing I'm here! With this outfit, we can give you some nice boots and it'll work perfectly."
Tammy nodded and then Bella came out with another outfit on and having an annoyed look on her face. She had on a frilly blue shirt that was short sleeved and jeans.
"I think that'll look better in a skirt. A long black skirt." Tammy said before Alice could say anything.
"Oh great, another Alice!" Thought Bella.
"Yes defiantly!" replied Alice. "Maybe in slacks, yes defiantly in slacks. This doesn't suite well with jeans."
"I do like the top and I think it looks fine in jeans." Replied Bella.
Tammy shrugged and Alice said "That shirt will come in handy take that."
Tammy actually had fun modeling for Alice. Especially this one dress Alice picked out for her. It was black and had a purple that had thin straps, a purple bow and a couple of pretty flowers at the right bottom side and it went a little past the knees. Tammy twirled in it and smiled in front of the mirror.
Alice laughed and enjoyed at how Tammy was making this more fun than Bella. When Bella walked out with a casual blue dress, Tammy motioned Bella "Come Bella, look twirl and model for Alice!" Tammy did another twirl and did a pose. Alice giggled.
Bella awkwardly spined in a circle once and looked down. Tammy replied "No, you gotta loosen up. Be free and twirl!" She did another spin on her socks and did it gracefully.
"I don't know if I can." Said Bella. "Without tripping anyway." She muttered the last part.
"So? Just try it come on it's fun!" Tammy giggled.
"Yes, come on and try." Pleaded Alice.
Bella sighed, closed her eyes and did one little spin around in a circle. When she opened her eyes, she saw that she wasn't on the floor. Tammy smiled and laughed "See! You did it!" "Even though it wasn't a big twirl but yay!"
*The Cullen House*
"Alright get set, GO!" shouted Jasper.
Emmett and Edward kneeled on the ground, leaning against a stump outside their house arm wrestling. It was tied and Emmett was determined to win. This was also a way to get Edward's mind off of the girls.
"You're losing your touch Emmett." Edward grunted.
Emmett smiled "It's all about strategy little brother."
Their arms had barely moved at all. Jasper waited patiently as he watched his two brothers fight. Carlisle was at work, Esme and Rosalie were inside watching TV.
Both Jasper and Emmett tried to keep their thoughts away from the girls so Edward wouldn't think about Alice or Bella and especially Tammy. Edward had been pretty mad when he came home and gave Jasper an earful about finding out that Tammy was sketching him and Alice for their Anniversary. It took a while to calm down and that's when Emmett challenged Edward to an arm wrestling contest.
"I'll win one way or another." Thought Emmett.
"Could Rosalie have that show on any louder?" Thought Jasper. He shook his head.
Edward could hear Rosalie's and Esme's thoughts which was ruining his concentration.
"I swear they're always doing something stupid. Couldn't they do this away from here? Ha. None of these actresses are any prettier than me! Although, I do like her outfit…"
"Boys will be boys. Oh she's cute. Sigh. These movie stars today, it's become a popularity contest."
Edward smiled a bit but then right before he could get back to concentrating on the contest, Emmett pushed Edward's arm down and broke the stump in half. "HA! I win!"
"No fair Emmett! I want a rematch!" shouted Edward.
"No way! You lost Edward." Smiled Emmett.
"Why don't you up the steaks a little?" Smirked Jasper. "That might make it more interesting."
Emmett had a big smile on his face. "Hell yeah!"
Edward laughed. It was times like these he missed. He hadn't really bonded with his brothers in what seemed like a long time. He was now spending his time with Bella and now… there was that history project with Tammy. He shook his head when he saw Alice's vision of them laughing together tossing rocks.
"Are you alright Edward?" asked Jasper.
"Come on Edward what do you say to raise the steaks?" Emmett smirked and crossed his broad arms over his chest. "This is going to be great."
"Look, I cannot let that vision come true." Sighed Edward.
Both Emmett's and Jasper's face fell and they both moaned. Emmett wined "Oh geez. Again?"
Jasper sighed "Come on Edward do you really need to bring this up now?"
"Yeah, you're really ruining the mood on this contest." Replied Emmett.
"Look, I have to know that you two aren't going to go near her after today. Jasper I know you heard me at lunch today." Said Edward.
Emmett looked at Jasper. Jasper replied "Yes, I did Edward and I already heard enough earlier about the sketch."
"Yes, and we ….
"'can't let her come into our lives ….'" Mimicked Emmett he then said "We get it Edward. We know she's not one of us and will never be one of us and she can never know about us." Emmett was getting very irritated by all this Tammy talk. "I'm beginning to see why Rose hates the talk about Tammy. It's getting old. This is exactly what happened when Edward was interested in Bella."
"I am NOT interested in Tammy!" hissed Edward.
"Whatever¸Bro." replied Emmett.
"Maybe he just sees her as a friend." Thought Jasper
"No way! I don't see her as a friend. She's ok for a human but that's as far as it goes." Lied Edward.
"You know it won't be good for you to be friends with her. What good would it be? Eventually we'll leave from here and won't return for a long time. And if she ever wanted to see you again after a few years she couldn't since we never age." Replied Emmett.
"Who said I want to be friends with her?" asked Edward.
"I'm just warning you…"
"I know what to expect!" Edward snapped.
Emmett and Jasper sighed and shook their heads. Edward didn't have to read their minds to tell that he aggravated them to the point where Emmett didn't want to arm wrestle anymore and Jasper didn't want to deal with any of it anymore.
"Sorry," replied Edward.
Jasper rolled his eyes and nodded his head. "Looks like I better find Alice a new present."
Emmett swatted his arm in the air "Whatever, Edward. Sigh. Maybe Rosalie is done with the TV." The last thing Emmett wanted to watch was a girly movie again.
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