Alice, Bella said that she didnt want her birthday to becelebrate d.

Why do you have to be so

difficult? I sa id to Alice as we walked out the front door to go to scho ol. Today was Bellas birthd

ay. September thirteenth. Sh es eighteen y ears old today .An age I wou ld never be. A n age I never

made it to. Be lla didntwant to celebrate her birthday. As usual, Bel la didnt do t hen o r m a l , h u

man thing. Most humans loved birthd a y s a n d presen ts.If I wasn t in her life, s he would pro

bably love he r birthday.Th e only reason she didnt wan t to celebrate i t was because shewas turnin

g a year older than me. She had a horrid f ear of gettingo lder because I couldnt get ol der with her. I

couldnt grow andchange w ith her. She w ould get older and older an d I wouldfore ver be sevente

en. Her physic al appearance would continu e tochange as I stayed the s ame. But her mind, her per

sonality, her warmth, and all the other t hings that I l ove about her wouldremain the same. She

would still ha ve those same, mesmerizing, chocolate bro wn eyes. Eyes that I always g ot lost in. And

althoughI als o wished that we could stay the same forev er together, th atmeant doom ing her to a f

ate that she d id not deserv e and so Iwou ld just have to suffer in silen ce. Her soul a nd her future

aretoo import ant. We cant change what i s supposed to happen. Iwant her to be nor mal. As norma

l as Bella can possibly be. If thatmeans stay ing with her a s she continue s to grow old, than that isexa

ctly what Im going to do. I would gladly s tay with her a s sheages. Sh e would alwa ys be my Bell

a. She would always be bea utiful to me. Inside and out.Well, she is just going to have to deal

with it Edward . This is her ei ghteenth birth day. This is a big day. It sh ould be celebr ated.Shes onl

y going to tur n eighteen onc e. Alice said back to me,int errupting my reverie.But a party Alice! Y

oure already pushing it by b ringing the gif tyou bought he r to school. Yo u already kno w hows shes

going toreact when she sees it. This is he r day. Even th ough she does ntwant to cele brate it. I still

want her to be happy today. E speciallytoday . And Bella isn t going to be very happy ab out this. But I

cansee Alices point. She will only turn eighteen oncePle ase, Edward. Please, please,

please, Alice pleaded.