A/N: This chapter is a special Christmas Flashback and regular chapters will start again after my Christmas Break is over!

Bella's 13th Christmas

Christmas at the Cullen's house was always an exciting event and this year was no different. The house was decorated with tons of tinsel and every Christmas decoration imaginable. Under the tree was a medley of large no doubt expensive gifts for everyone to open and the house was full of cheery vampires and a newly teenage Bella.

The days leading up to Christmas consisted of almost everyone trying to bribe Alice to look into the future and tell them what they were getting for Christmas. Everything was as it usually is during the month of December. Well that is until Alice suddenly transformed from her usual happy self into a gloomy and grumpy person stomping around the house all day.

It was getting pretty bad that at one point Jasper was following her around asking what was bothering her, looking pretty desperate. She wouldn't tell anyone what was bothering her and if you asked her she would snap some sort of insult at you. Everyone was getting worried, especially Jasper, and Christmas was getting closer and closer.

One day while Bella was in the kitchen she saw something weird in the trashcan. It was ripped out picture from a magazine of the sweater that Jasper was planning on giving Alice for Christmas. Someone had drawn a big X over the sweater and stabbed the picture multiple times with what appeared to be a pen or pencil.

"Oh wow," Bella muttered. She quickly threw some paper towels in the trash to thoroughly cover up the picture before walking into the living room to find everyone gathered in the room looking worriedly at Alice who was looking pleadingly at Bella which surprised everyone because it was the first time she had showed any emotion other than gloominess in a week.

It took Bella a minute to figure out what Alice wanted. Once she did, she slumped down into a chair and glared at Alice.

"Absolutely not. No way, Alice," She declared.

"Oh please, Bella! I don't have the heart," Alice pleaded. Bella rolled her eyes and threw back her head.

"No. It's not my responsibility to tell Jasper-" she covered up her mouth before she could accidentally reveal anything else.

"Tell me what?" Jasper asked.

"Nothing," they both said in unison and his eyes narrowed. Alice continued her pleading stare until Bella reluctantly conceded,

"Fine. Ugh."

"Thank you Bella! You're the best," she cheered as she bounced out of the room leaving everyone staring at Bella including Jasper, who's stare was rather intense, and Edward, who was snickering from already reading Alice's mind.

"I don't suppose you'd like to tell him for me?" Bella asked Edward and he shook his head smiling.

"Tell me what?" Jasper repeated. Bella glared at everyone else and they all filed out of the room except for Emmett who cocked an eyebrow in anticipation.

"Dad, go away."

"No, I wanna hear this."

"Dad if you don't leave I'm gonna tell Mom what you got her for Christmas." Emmett's eyes widened.

"You wouldn't."

"I will. Oh Mo-" she called before being cut off by Emmett.

"Fine, fine. Gees," he muttered as he left. Jasper looked at Bella expectantly and she suddenly changed her plan.

"Hey Jazz, wanna go for a car ride?"

"Um-"

"Come on, it'll be fun," Bella said not so excitedly. She stood up and put on her coat.

"Uh, okay, I guess," Jasper said standing up. Once they were in the car he asked, "Where am I going?"

"The mall," she replied.

"Why?"

"You'll see," Bella said, trying to sound elusive. At the mall, Bella walked Jasper to Alice's favorite jewelry store.

"You know, I bet Alice would love something from in there."

Jasper's brow furrowed. "I already got her that sweater though."

Bella cleared her throat. "Yeah, about that...Alice hates that sweater."

"What?" he demanded.

"Sorry, Jazz." There was silence for a long moment before he asked,

"She really doesn't like it?" Bella nodded and he sighed.

"Why didn't she just say so?" Bella shrugged. "Well, I'll just buy her something else." That's just what he did. he picked out a very pretty gold necklace and had it wrapped at the mall.

They came home with the gift to find a much happier Alice who was clearly pleased when Jasper tossed the package that the sweater was wrapped in into the trash. Bella rolled her eyes but was reasonably pleased. A Christmas disaster had been avoided and the Cullens had yet another cheerful and wonderful Christmas.