A/N: Hiya! So thank you to those people who reviewed my Bella/Emmett 'Brother' one-shot. You guys were very encouraging :) This is what I hope will be a fun story about the Cullens in the mall. Who knows how long it will be? Okay, I have two really important things to say before you read so PRETTY PLEASE read this first!

1: This is intended to be a funny story. I'm not saying it came out as a tragedy but I think it came out a bit boring. You have to understand that I'm not really into writing the really crazy comedy stories. You know, where Emmett's a two year old and Alice is on speed? YOU KNOW THE ONES! Anyway, I promise this will get better with later chapters.

2: I'm an Australian, therefore I know nothing about the distance between Forks and Seattle, American malls or stores and pretty much anything like that. Let me know if I do something wrong, by all means, but please be considerate. Just warning you.

Edward wasn't there when I woke up. I felt a pang of annoyance, though I'd already known it would happen. I glanced at the alarm clock beside my bed. 8:14. I inwardly cursed myself and tumbled sleepily out of bed. The Cullens would be around to pick me up at 8:30, and knowing them, not a second later. We were headed to Seattle to check out the new mall. I had to marvel at their interest. Surely they'd seen more than their share of malls throughout their long lives? But they still seemed genuinely interested. I trudged down the hall with my bathroom bag to take a quick shower. Usually shopping with my pixie-like best friend was a monotonous chore, but this time all of the Cullen 'children' had agreed to come and I supposed that would be an interesting affair. I wore my regular jeans and a plain tee shirt; nothing fancy. Once I'd blow dried my hair I had just enough time to wolf down some breakfast and brush my teeth before I heard a knock on the door. Like I had suspected, just on 8:30. I skipped down the stairs, jacket and purse in hand, and greeted them at the door. Alice's face was a definite stand out from the crowd. She wore an expression that I could only compare to the look on my mom's face when she won a backstage pass to see Bon Jovi.

"Hey guys," I smiled, closing the door behind me and locking it.

Edward took my hand as we walked down the steps to their two cars. Emmett, Rosalie, Alice and Jasper all piled into the Jeep and Edward opened the door for me to get into his Volvo.

"See you guys there!" Alice called excitedly. I groaned inwardly. I was starting to take back my optimistic feelings about today.

"She'll behave," Edward soothed me, as if he could feel my exasperation.

I laughed lightly, "It's times like these that I think you actually can read my mind,"

Edward grinned, "Oh, I wish,"

The rest of the drive was fairly quiet, not that I minded. There didn't seem to be such a thing as an awkward silence between Edward and I. I counted this a very good thing, as it was a long drive. Of course, Edward and his family drove like maniacs so the drive wouldn't take too long.

A while into the trip (I estimated halfway) the Jeep indicated that it would be stopping at the petrol station. Edward followed them in to top up. I got out to stretch my legs while Edward filled the pump. Suddenly, two large hands grabbed me from behind. I yelped as they lifted me and kicked any part of the man I could get. I looked to Edward for help but he was just rolling his eyes.

"Calm down, little sister!"

I groaned as Emmett set me down.

"You scared the life out of me!" I complained.

"You really think Edward would let anything happen his precious?" Emmett simpered, making a ridiculous face.

"Edward, we're swapping Rosalie and Jasper for Bella," Alice chirped, taking my hand and leading me to the Jeep.

"But-" I started, but Alice cut me off.

"But nothing," she said, "We want to spend some time with you, too!"

I looked back at Edward helplessly and he threw me an apologetic smile. Rosalie and Jasper stepped out of the Jeep looking a little worse for wear. I couldn't blame them for their irritated looks, a car ride with Emmett and Alice surely wasn't fun.

Emmett ran ahead and held open the passenger door for me with an elegant sweep of his arm.

"Milady," he said pompously.

I heaved myself into the huge thing and strapped myself in (it had taken a lot of practise but I'd finally gotten it).

Emmett filled the tank while Alice went in to pay and then we were off again. As soon as the engine roared to life, music blared through the stereo. I didn't recognize the loud and obnoxious rock song. I clamped my hands to my ears. Emmett turned the music to an acceptable volume.

"Oops, sorry," he teased, "I forgot we have a delicate human on board,"

The rest of the drive consisted of human jokes, car games and singing. Edward gave me a questioning look as I got out and I gave him a 'don't ask' kind of look.

The new mall was grand. It almost looked like a little city in itself. Alice gave a squeal that spelled 'impending doom' and I was very much regretting I'd come. Again, Edward took my hand and we followed the group inside the enormous glass doors. Immediately we were assaulted by 'GRAND OPENING SALE' signs of every colour, flocks of teenagers and squealing children. We were on the bottom floor, and looking up I could see there were at least five more. Alice took the lead, pushing through crowds to get to the directory that stood by a gigantic fountain.

"Alright guys, let's meet here at this fountain in 4 hours." Alice instructed after some consideration of the map.

This time my groan was audible, "You can shop for 4 hours?"

Alice gave me a 'duh' face and I kept quiet.

Immediately, Alice and Rosalie headed to some clothing store. Alice tried to drag me along but I slipped behind Edward and hid.

"Fine, but I'll get you soon!" she warned. I shuddered.

The remainder of studied the map for something interesting. I pinpointed a bookstore on the third floor. Emmett wanted to go to the Apple store to try an iPad and Jasper and Edward seemed to just want to trail along. We headed up the escalators to the second floor.

Alright guys, so what did you think? Love it? Hate it? Oh well, you're getting another chapter whether you like it or not. Feel free to leave constructive criticism but please remember that this is a light hearted story, not Shakespeare. Righty-oh, next up we have a confrontation in the Apple store!