Sarah was not surprised with Alice's timing. As soon as she was done with dinner and had cleaned her plates, someone knocked on the door. Sarah's face involuntarily grew into a grin as she went to open the door. She hardly had time to greet her guests as Alice flung herself onto Sarah.
"This is going to be great Bella! You must let me paint your nails as Rose does your hair." Alice was overly excited and nearly ripped Sarah's arm off as she tugged her to the couch. Sarah got a word in as her friend rambled on about deciding on a nail polish.
Alice pulled out a shimmering blue nail polish and began working on Sarah. "See, I wanted to get you a pink one that came highly recommended, but I knew you would kill me if I did so I asked for the least girly girl nail polish they had."
Sarah smiled at her friend, the pixie was shaking in excitement. "So they pulled down a range released last month, I wanted to ignore them, last month?" Alice scoffed at the thought. "But this was one of them, and so I agreed and bought it."
The pixie finished on Sarah's nails and demanded she try it with the new heels she had bought for Sarah. Rosalie sat down next to Sarah as she gasped at what Alice had brought.
A whole bag, full of very hazardous looking heels. Sarah nearly broke her rule not to swear.
Rosalie simply laughed at her displeasure as Alice made her try on every single shoe in the bag. All of them matched the polish perfectly.
After a few moments, Sarah frowned. "Why are you needing so many shoes to match this color?"
"Well, nail polish lasts for a few weeks. I didn't want to have to find another color that you would agree to, finding that was painful enough."
The pixie rolled her eyes as if it were obvious, but Sarah was still confused. "I need to wear this polish for weeks?"
"Obviously Bella. I'm not having you wearing anything that I didn't pick. It will ruin what I have planned for your outfits. The school will be so jealous."
It was then that the girl finally caught on. "You're going to dress me for school?"
This was when Rosalie bent over laughing, her platinum hair hiding her face. Alice simply looked to Sarah with a penetrating gaze. "Yes. Now go upstairs and take a shower. You- we need to eat."
Rosalie stopped laughing at the mention of dinner. Sarah knew the real reason why but refrained from commentating on it as she headed upstairs. Alice is so bossy. She thought it might lead to a reason to hate the pixie, but it didn't.
Once Sarah was done with her shower and dressed in a tracksuit, suitable as pajamas or casual wear, she headed back down. She was surprised to see both Alice and Rosalie sitting at the table with a plate of food in front of them. Both had clearly faked eating anything. There plates were dirtied with remnants of food, but by their smug smiles Sarah could tell.
She gave Alice a wink as she took to her seat and ate the food her vampire friends had prepared. It wasn't terrible, so she ate it happily. The vampires seemed relieved and went about cleaning their mess. Once they noticed Sarah was done Alice whisked her off upstairs and sat her on the bed.
Alice's eyes glinted with mischief. "Okay. Truth or dare. You first Bella."
Sarah groaned, she didn't want to talk about her life, well, 'Bella's'. "Dare."
Alice was disappointing by this, but continued on. "I dare you to climb up and down the stairs three times without falling or tripping."
The girl froze, she was so clumsy in this new body. There was no way she could do that. She sighed realizing this was Alice's plan. "Alright, truth."
"Why are you in Forks?" Alice eyed Sarah carefully, not wanting to miss a moment of her reaction.
Sarah grinned, she knew this answer. "Well, my mum married a guy," She mental slapped herself for forgetting his name."He plays baseball. So I left to stay with Charlie."
Alice frowned. "Your mum kicked you out?"
"No, I left myself. Renee's happy with him, I wanted them to enjoy their time together." Alice nodded accepting that answer.
Sarah went to ask Rosalie truth or dare but Alice interrupted her. "Do you like it here though?"
The brunette sighed, giving in to Alice's questions. She eyed both of them, smiling. "I do now. I've made such great friends."
great was insufficient. It was a miracle. They were miracle friends. Sarah had never had such people in her life.
"Thanks Bella. I love you too." Alice pulled Bella into her arms, knowing full well how she felt. They loved each other, even though it had only been a few dfays. But neither Alice or Sarah could find anything to fault in each other.
Sarah noticed Rosalie sitting awkwardly as the two hug. She grinned evil and pulled Rosalie into the hug. She did not resist.
~%~%~%~
Sarah called Jacob on Friday, wondering if he wanted to come over for dinner. He agreed and so Sarah was nervously preparing for the dinner.
She had cleaned her room and the rest of downstairs three times. She had checked on the roast twice. When she went into the bathroom to get ready, she chastised herself. This wasn't a date, she knew she shouldn't fuss so much.
There was no point though, Sarah looked over her outfit many times. By the time Jacob arrived she was overly ready.
"Hey. Come in, I rented us a movie." Sarah opened the door and gestured inside.
Jacob was dressed in a figure hugging shirt. Sarah's eyes inspected him hungrily.
'He's so young,' Sarah criticized herself. Jacob sat down and the brunette sat at the couch opposite. There was a worry that they wouldn't find anything to talk about but of course Jacob saved the day.
"My dad is going crazy at the moment. He wants me to start hanging out with Sam and his group." Jacob's words confused Sarah. It was too early for any of them to be wolves, right?
Sarah smiled and fiddled with her nails. "I'm sure it wouldn't be too bad. Maybe you could take over
Bella's POV
"I was driving, driving, driving down the 101
Singing 'California Dreaming' at the top of my lungs
Unaware, not a care
And then he appeared
Thought he was winding down his window just to say 'hello'
But he started cussing at me, saying I'm going too slow
Then he yelled "Go to Hell"
And flipped me the bird
Is it really that bad?
Really that bad
I don't think it's really that bad
Come on, get with it
If you only think of things that you haven't got
You could have it all and still never have enough
So don't worry (don't worry), be happy (be happy)"
'Bella' had such a lovely voice. I was singing all the songs on the radio as I made dinner. Alice would be picking me up soon.
Charlie was coming home but later, so I put the food in the microwave as the next song played.
"What we gotta do right here is go back, back to the top.
I love the way you make me feel
I love it, I love it
I love the way you make me feel
I love it, I love it
Say, I'm thinking 'bout her every second, every hour
Do my singing in the shower
Picking petals off the flowers like
Do she love me, do she love me not? (love me not)
[One version:] I ain't a player, I just crush a lot (crush a lot)
[Another version:] I ain't a player (I just play her, I just play her)"
A knock on the door startled me out of my concentration. I rushed to get it open, nearly tripping over my feet again. Gosh 'Bella' is so clumsy.
I swung the door open with slightly too much force. "Alice! Hold on, let me grab my stuff."
Alice and I were having a sleep over. She mentioned something about facials. "Okay Bella. Need any help?"
I shook my head and dashed inside. My bag was on the table in the kitchen. I grabbed it along with my plate of food. I hoped Alice wouldn't be too disgusted by it.
"Ready!." Alice was leaning on the car. When she saw me she smiled and held it open for me.
I chucked my bag through the back and slid carefully into the car. Alice was around in her seat within seconds. It startled me of course so I hit my head lightly on the roof.
"Sorry! I forget sometimes. I won't slip up again, sorry I scared you."
I chuckled and shook my head. "It's perfectly fine Alice. Now let's stop talking so I can eat."
Alice begun driving and seemed to suddenly realize the food I was holding. She scrunched her nose in disgust before quickly composing her face.
As I chewed my food I tried to get my words out. "Hey, at least you don't have to eat it."
Alice chuckled and shook her head slowly. She was driving so incredibly fast.
Unlike 'Bella' I didn't actually mind this. I leaned back to look out the window as I continued to finish off my meal.
~%~%~%~%~%~
Alice seemed hesitant as she led me through the house. I tried not to notice. We made our way inside, Jasper was waiting at the base of the stairs, along with Emmett. They stood in a line.
My eyes narrowed, what was going on?
Both of them wore composed faces, but I could see in their eyes they were wary.
I began to turn, voicing a question. "Alice what's going-"
And then the most glorious boy emerged from the top of the stairs.
I froze, my mind going blank. "Bella this is Edward. Edward this is Bella."
Something about Alice's tone yelled teasing, but I hardly took that in.
My breathing raced, my heart sped-up. I knew they could hear it and my face turned a bright crimson.
Something nagged at me- telling me I shouldn't be blushing. But I was too busy looking over the boy.
The boy standing there was godly. Beyond godly. His eyes were a creamy butterscotch, his hair a symphony of copper and brown. His muscles were sculpted to perfection, not overly done like Emmett's.
But still.
He was hot.
Edward was hot.
I turned to Alice. My mouth opened to say something but all that happened was an odd choked sound. Alice's face lit up. "Let's go to my room Bella. We can start on your make over."
I nodded automatically. My eyes returned to look at there god again. But he wasn't there. Neither were Jasper or Emmett.
"Where did they go?" My voice was desperate. I wanted to see the god again.
Alice giggled. "They went out hunting. And don't worry, no one is in the house."
My mind was still distracted by Edward. Edward. "How did it go? Is he okay?"
"He's having difficulties, but he will be fine on Monday. I can see it." There was a shimmer behind her eyes, she wasn't telling me everything.
But again, my mind was being difficult. Edward, I would get to see him again on Monday!
I chastised myself, what am I doing? I am supposed to love Jacob! Edward is a stubborn jerk. Forget him Sarah.
"Come on Bella. We don't have all day." Alice grabbed my arm and pulled me upstairs.
~%~%~%~%~%~
My lips tasted like strawberries. Alice was humming some song as she painted my nails a bright pink, the kind that 'Bella' hated. "You know, Jasper's cute Alice. From what I know he's a great guy."
"You have to explain to me how you know all this stuff. Like, exactly how much, do you know?" She moved onto my next foot. It was relaxing to be here with Alice. She was always so lively, bubbly. She made anyone at ease
I snickered and shook my head. "That's for me to know, and you to never find out." Alice pouted like a child.
Would it be possible to tell them the whole story? About my old life? No. My old life, it's not something I want anyone to know.
"Well. I think it's time to watch a movie. Whatya' want for dinner?"
Alice pushed off her chair, cleaning her stuff up before she headed downstairs. I followed, careful not to smudge my nail polish.
She flew around the kitchen, it was clear she didn't know what she was doing. I chuckled and went straight to the fridge. "It's fine Alice. I'll make dinner. Go find us a movie."
The pixie grimaced. "Sorry, tell me if I can help with anything."
I nodded to Alice reassuringly, and began working on my dinner.
