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disclaimer: i wish i own twilight, but unfortunatley, i don't.
At lunchtime I sat with Alice and her boyfriend Jasper. She informed me that they had been going out for a month and before they were best friends. We chatted about various things when Alice brought up the subject of shopping.
"So Bella, do you like shopping?" she asked enthusiastically. I shrugged and Jasper politely excused himself to go and do some homework. As he left he shot me an apologetic look and I wondered just what I'd let myself in for.
"I don't mind shopping for books and music" I replied. Alice stared at me in disbelief.
"What about clothes shopping Bella? Don't tell me that you don't like..." she trailed off as the look on my face told her everything.
"Sorry Alice. For me, clothes shopping is torture. I just try and make do with what I have for as long as possible." I explained. Alice shook her head sadly.
"Bella, Bella, Bella. What am I going to do with you?" Alice sighed. She was quiet for a moment, which I realised was very out of character for her. Then she was back to normal hyper Alice mode.
"Bella, you have to come for a sleepover tonight. I can take you shopping and then we can go back to my place and I can give you a makeover and we can watch movies and-" the bell rang drowning out her words. "- so can you come? She finished breathlessly. I nodded. I could argue my point later when I wasn't going to be late for class.
The rest of the day went smoothly and before I knew it I sitting in the back of Charlie's police cruiser on the way to the Cullen's. He had been fine with me going over for a sleepover, glad that I had made such a good friend on my first day at a new school. After a while we pulled up outside a large house. It was huge and had flowers growing up the walls and gave me the impression of a fairytale palace.
"Wow!" I breathed, grabbing my overnight bag. I waved goodbye to Charlie and rang the doorbell. I heard footsteps running towards it and it was flung open by Alice.
"Hi Bella" she squealed loudly and then hugged me rather tightly.
" hi to you too, Alice, but I can't breathe!" I gasped. She let go quickly and giggled.
"Sorry Bella. Come in and meet my mum." She said, leading into what looked like a living room. There was a woman sitting on the couch with a sketchpad in her lap.
"Mum" she called. The woman looked up.
"Bella, this is my mum, Esme. Mum this is Bella. She's my new best friend." I smiled shyly at Alice's mum.
"Pleased to meet you Mrs. Cullen."
"Bella, please call me Esme." She said smiling at me. I nodded. Esme seemed lovely and I couldn't wait to get to know her better.
"Come on Bella. Mum said that she'd drive us to the mall in Port Angeles and it closes in 6 hours so we'd better hurry." Alice squeaked as she dragged me out to one of the many cars parked out front. We got in the car and we were zooming along the road to Port Angeles. All the way Alice chatted about random things and every once in a while, me and Esme managed to get a sentence in. Sooner than I thought we arrived at the mall. I groaned and Esme looked at her daughter.
"Ok. Alice – remember that there are such things as coffee breaks and toilet breaks. I don't want you to call me and tell me that Bella's fainted due to lack of food. Call me if when you need to be picked up. Have fun girls."
Me and Alice got out the car and waved as Esme left . then Alice turned to me.
"ready for some serious shopping Bella?" I didn't even get the chance to reply before she dragged me into the torture chamber that was the mall.
The first shop we saw was Topshop and Alice headed straight for it. Once we were inside, she immediately started grabbing stuff and placing them in my arms.
"Um, Alice, what are you going?" I mumbled. She chucked a dark blue shirt onto the pile.
"You are going to try these clothes on Bella. You really need a new wardrobe." She stated as if it was obvious. I shook my head.
"Uh, no way Alice. I don't even have that much money on me."
"Bella. I don't care. You try them on and if they fit then I will buy them for you. No biggie." I knew what she was doing. If she bought them for me then I would have to wear them to make it up to her. I sighed, knowing that I was fighting a losing battle and trudged off to the changing rooms.
This was repeated in every single one of the clothes shops that were in the mall. Thankfully, Alice had remembered her mum's plea about food and toilet stops and by the time we were sitting in a cafe I realised that I had quite enjoyed the whole shopping thing. Alice arrived at the table with the coffees and sat down amongst the hundreds of bags we had ended up with. I looked at my watch.
"Oh my god. Alice, the mall closes in half an hour. You'd better call your mum before we get locked in." Alice nodded in agreement.
"Yeah I guess I had. Did you enjoy yourself Bella?" she asked me.
"Surprisingly yes after a bit." I admitted. Alice squealed. "Yay! I knew I could convert you!" then she grabbed her mobile from her handbag and dialled her mum's number.
"Hey mum, its Alice.... yeah we're finished... half an hour...you can't? Ok... bye mum."
She put down her phone.
"Right, so mum's is busy with a client somewhere so my brother Edward is going to pick us up. Is that ok?" she asked. I nodded and we quickly sipped the rest of our coffee before grabbing all of our bags and heading out to the car park. We sat down on a bench and five minutes later a shiny silver Volvo parked next to us.
"Bella, come on. That's Edward." I picked my bags up and made my way over to the car, only to trip over my feet and fall. I closed my eyes, bracing myself for the feel of cold hard floor. Instead a pair of strong arms caught me and set me back on my feet. "Thank you" I muttered, looking up and I found myself staring into a pair of intensely green eyes. My breath caught in my throat and I could feel my cheeks heating up.
"Are you ok?" he said, his beautiful velvety voice laced with concern. I nodded.
"Yeah, I do that a lot. I am naturally clumsy." I replied. He chuckled.
"I'm Edward, by the way. Alice's brother."
"Bella." I stuttered. He smiled a crooked grin and I just about melted under him. I smiled shyly back and went to put my bags in the boot of the car.
I walked round to the side and saw Edward open the door for me. I looked up, surprised, and got in.
"thank you" I said graciously. Then he got in the driver's seat and Alice, who had been putting her bags away whilst the exchange between me and her brother had taken place, sat in the back next to me.
On the drive back to forks I realised three things.
1. Alice never stops talking!
2. Edward Cullen was different from all the other guys I have ever met.
3. Edward Cullen was three years older than me, so even if I wanted something to happen, it couldn't. Could it?
right, so i tried to make this chapter a bit longer.
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