This is the second chapter of my story…Read, enjoy, and most of all, REVIEW!!!!!
Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight, New Moon, or Eclipse.
Alice's POV
I can't believe Bella agreed to go shopping with me!!! I expected some fight, but she came!!! I am so, so, SO excited!!! I'll buy her a tennis outfit, a swimsuit (a bikini, of course. Edward will love it!), a new pair of sunglasses…….
Bella's POV
I could just see the cogs turning in Alice's brain. I could also see the dollar signs in her eyes. I just know that this shopping trip will take forever…
Later that same day……
We have been to about a hundred stores now. Most of the stores in the mall, if you wanted to know. And all of the shopkeepers, in ALL of the stores, knew Alice by name! She really is a shopaholic.
We also haven't left one store without buying something. It's almost as if Alice thinks the store will disappear if we don't buy something. She has spent at least 50 dollars in every store. It's insane!!
But, we have had a few interesting events in the past few hours. One of them had to do with someone I know……
Flashback Begins (still in Bella's POV)
We were in the store for swimsuits. We had tried on about 30 of them, and Alice had rejected every one. We, I mean I, was just about to give up when I saw Alice freeze. A vision! After a minute, she came to, and she started laughing. "What are you laughing at?" I asked, hoping that what she saw did not have to do with me in a swimsuit. "Well, I just saw someone coming in here to look for a swimsuit," Alice explained, "he will be here in a minute." She suddenly got a devilish grin on her face. She shoved a suit at me and ushered me into the nearest changing room. "Hurry!" she said. "Try this suit on. Quick!!"
In the changing room, I was staring at myself in the mirror. The reflected Bella had a look of complete horror on her face. I was wearing the skimpiest suit that the store had. It was almost like a thong with a two-times-too-small-cup-size-wise bra. It left practically everything showing. "Bella? You done yet?" I heard Alice ask. "N-n-n-ooo" I stuttered. I was definitely NOT going out to show her this one…
"Bella, come out! Someone wants to see you!" Alice said. I was nervous, but tired of her badgering. Besides, I thought, it was probably Angela or Jessica or someone not important who would leave soon. What's the harm? "Okay, be right out!" I yelled. I opened the door and walked out into the store. But instead of who I expected, I saw….
"JACOB?!?!?!?" I screamed. He was staring at me with an almost wistful, no wait, an oh-my-gosh-I-wish-you-were-not-dating-that-leech-and-were-going-out-with-me expression. "Bella? Is that…what are you wearing?" he asked in almost a whisper. I recovered from my shock and decided that I would have some fun. "Yeah," I said. "It is my new swimsuit. Do you think that Edward would like it?" I asked, knowing full well that this would tick him off. He seemed to tense up, and the expression disappeared.
"Whatever." he said, and walked out of the store. As soon as he left, Alice and I cracked up laughing."Alice," I said between tears,"that was pure GENIOUS!!!!" She only laughed harder. "Only thing is, that was supposed to be Mike!"she said, still laughing. "Jacob just walked in before Mike did!" I remembered at that moment that she could not see futures related to werewolves. I laughed harder and thought that we needed to tell Edward this story later. He would love it! Soon, we recovered from our fit and found a swimsuit that both of us liked. (I was NOT going to get the skimpy one!) We paid for it and left the store.
End Flashback
"Alice, are we almost done?" I asked. I was getting tired. It was nearing 6:30. "Yes, she said, we are almost done. Just one more store to go. We walked in. It was a store full of…
"Boating hats and sunglasses?" I asked. "What are you trying to pull?" "Nothing," Alice replied, "We need to get sunglasses and a hat for you so you don't get sunburned." When she put it that way, it made a little sense. "Okay," I said, "but we need to hurry up and get out of here. I need my sleep."
"Okay, okay, it will not take that long, I swear." she said. Problems taken care of, we started shopping.
It has been almost a whole half hour since we came in here. I thought she said only a minute! But, of course, it is Alice we are talking about. I should have known. "Miss Alice," said a store clerk, "We are closing in five minutes. Please make your purchases now." Alice sighed. "I wish the mall didn't close at 7." she said. I, for one, thought it was a great idea.
Alice took her twenty or thirty pairs of sunglasses and ten hats to the checkout counter. "Will that be all?" the clerk asked. "Yes." Alice said. She paid for all of the stuff and we slowly left the mall, piled high with bags of assorted clothes, swimsuits, and other stuff. We reached the car and put the stuff in the back. I got in and put the seat all the way back. I was exhausted! The last thing I remember is hearing Alice get in the car.
I woke up briefly when we got to the Cullen's house. I remembered that I was allowed to stay because Alice had called Charlie earlier that morning and had gotten permission for me to go on the cruise with them. I was staying over at Alice's house until then.
I heard Edward pick me up and chuckle softly." You really wore her out Alice." I heard him say. I groaned. "Hush," Edward said, "You will be in bed in a minute." He took me at lightning speed to his bedroom, where he had set up a bed. "Here you go sweetheart." He said to me as he set me on the bed and pulled the covers over me. He lay down next to me. "Goodnight, Edward." I mumbled, half asleep already. "Goodnight, Bella. I love you." Edward said. I curled up against his chest and breathed "I love you, too." I soon fell into a deep exhausted sleep.
Well, there is chapter 2! I need your input, and if you have any ideas for the next few chapters, please tell me. I would love to have them.
