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Hello again my loves!

I hope the first chapter was good enough for you guys.

I bet that the person in the elevator isn't who you thought it was!! immaturely sticks her tongue out

Indulge you curiosity, loves, with Chapter Two!

Chapter Two

BPOV

I was humming a soft tune to myself when the doors opened and my jaw dropped.

"Bella?" The woman asked.

"Bella, is that you?" She asked again.

My mouth was hanging open still, so I quickly composed myself and answered. "Yeah, it's me." I told her trying to stifle a laugh.

There standing in the elevator, with bags from just about every boutique in Italy, was Heidi. I wondered how she knew it was me standing there since she probably couldn't see around any of the bags piled in front of her face.

"Well, are you just going to stand there sweetie, or are you going to help a fellow woman in need?" Heidi asked, stepping out of the elevator, her bags teetering dangerously.

I couldn't hold it in anymore… I had to laugh. "Is there anything left in the stores?" I asked her as she set down her bags on a nearby couch. "I mean, seriously, you have the rest of eternity to shop. Why buy everything right now?"

"No Bella, you don't understand!" She whined looking at all of her bags longingly. "The world today uses computer and technology for everything. I want to be able to go to a mall while they still have them! Internet shopping is so boring."

Heidi smiled at me as though she has just explained how to do an impossible Calculus problem.

"You remind me so much of..." I trailed off. I still wasn't able to say any of the Cullen's names without feeling intense pain.

Realization dawned on Heidi's face.

"Oh… right; them." She said, drawing out the "them."

"Yeah, them." I sighed. I wondered briefly if I would ever get over this aching pain. I had healed slightly in the time that I had spent with Jacob, but that was another story for another time.

"So, Bella… what were you going to do before you ran into little old me?" Heidi asked trying to dispel the awkwardness that usually came with the subject of the Cullen's.

"I was going to go into town to get some breakfast and then I think I have the rest of the day off since we aren't expecting any visitors today." I told her as she picked up most of her bags from where she had set them down at.

She looked up me as soon as I said that I was going into town with a gleam in her eye that I knew all too well. She started bouncing of the balls of her feet; her assetsbouncing right along with her. Heidi smiled a huge smile before shoving the rest of her bags at me and pulling me towards her room. I really didn't feel like fighting her right now because I knew that I wouldn't get breakfast if I did, so I obliged and followed Heidi's bouncing form through the marble halls. We were getting a few looks from a few vampires we passed on our way to the room. But I couldn't blame them. A bouncing, giggling Heidi was definitely something to behold.

When we reached the end of one of the corridors, Heidi pulled me into a room that was definitely not hers. She waltzed over to a large armchair in the corner of the spacious room and dumped her bags in it. I followed suit, placing the bags I had next to the others before looking around, trying to figure out where we were.

Looking around I saw that the place was not a room, but a large closet. It actually looked like the inside of a Dillard's or Belk's. There were racks upon racks with hanging clothes. Most looked like they still had their original tags on them. Two of the walls were covered in shelves housing hundreds of shoe boxes and hat boxes. There were enough shoes to rival Imelda Marcos. (A/N: She had the largest shoe collection in the world I think. Correct me if I am wrong!) And then there was the purse and accessories wall! Holy crap! I never thought I would see this many bags before.

"Heidi, what is this place?" I breathed looking around the room with—I am sure—what was a shocked expression.

I looked over at Heidi who was rapidly unloading her shopping gains onto the coordinating racks at vampire speed. When she paused to examine a top, she answered me. "This is my closet. The ones provided in the rooms are much too small to accommodate my wardrobe." She told me, smiling.

"Wow." And it kept repeating in my head. Wow, wow, wow… just wow. She had a collection of clothes that could easily surpass all of the Cullen's closets put together. Alice may have just been beaten out of the top spot in my "Shopaholics" list.

"Here," Heidi called to me. "Put this on." She tossed me a cute grey sweater dress with a mock turtle neck.

"Isn't this yours though?" I questioned as I examined the dress. It was made of cashmere and it was from Ralph Lauren. It looked as though it would come to about mid thigh on me—which wasn't that bad considering some of the things Heidi had forced me into over the last few months.

"It is too small for me. I saw it and thought you might like it. It just kind of screamed "Bella!" at me when I walked by." She shrugged nonchalantly, examining her extensive shoe collection. "So I got it for you!" She giggled grabbing a shoe box off of the one of the middle shelves and a set of silver bangles, silver stud earrings, and a simple silver chain off of her jewelry rack.

Heidi appeared in front of me in a flash, causing me to jump slightly. I swear I would never get use to their super speed.

"Alright B," She told me, calling me by the pet name she had made up for me a few weeks ago. "I want you to put these on and then we will head out, get you your breakfast and then you will be getting a much needed wardrobe makeover." She smiled brilliantly, flashing me all of her glistening, deadly, teeth.

I groaned as she thrust the other things into my hands before pushing me towards the changing room that looked like what use to be a bathroom.

"Don't worry sweetie, you will get the last say in most of the things we pick up but you willbe getting some new things, I can guarantee you that much." I could hear the excitement in her voice. It couldn't hurt to humor her for today I guess. I mean, what else was I going to do? Wallow in self pity? Yep, sounds about right. Maybe some girl time would be good for me and help keep my mind off of him for a little while.

Maybe.

I slipped on the dress and the jewelry before retrieving the shoe box. Thankfully it wasn't anything unmanageable. It was a pair of grey oxford booties. They had a heel but since the booties laced up, hopefully they would stay in place. I had been getting better at walking in heels but deep down inside, I was still the klutz I always was.

I slid the shoes on and grabbed my previous outfit and walked out of the dressing room. Heidi was at one of the mirrors putting in colored contacts so that her vibrant red eyes wouldn't stand out as much. She turned when she heard me come out of the room and smiled.

"I did good." She congratulated herself. I set down the shoe box and other clothes in a pile in the corner before dropping the contents of my other purse into the bag she had given me. Once I finished, Heidi grabbed my arm, linking it with hers, before she pulled me out of the room and down the hall, chattering about all the places that she wanted to take me into. I listened half way as I let my thoughts wander to happier things.

I thought about Charlie, Renee, and Phil. Were they okay? Did they miss me? I thought about Jake and the rest of the friends I had made in La Push. As my thoughts wandered, I found myself inching my way towards the vault in my head of my locked up thoughts; the ones that I didn't want to revisit. I had stored all of my memories of the Cullen's in here and I so desperately wanted to open the vault door and let myself remember and spend a few moments with him in our meadow. But it was too painful and I didn't want to chance losing those few precious memories.

"… and Dior just got a new shipment of evening gowns that would be perfect for one of Aro's extravagant parties. Oh! And Oscar De La Renta has some gorgeous suits and formal wear that you could wear for one of those tours that we have to give to guests! You would look positively smashing!" Heidi rambled on as the elevator doors opened and we strolled out and into Volterra.

We ended up stopping at a little café near the mall. I got a latte and a pastry while Heidi flirted with a guy that was sitting near our table. I had to chuckle at her antics as she gave the guy a fake number. He obviously wasn't going to be getting any tonight from this blonde bombshell.

After my breakfast, we headed towards the mall. Heidi went on a clothing rampage, shoving me into a dressing room and thrusting outfit after outfit into the small room. I managed to survive four hours of torture before Heidi declared that I had enough clothes to get me through the next week or two. I don't know how she figured that since she bought me about thirty complete outfits. I was going to complain about the price but Heidi shushed me saying that the Volturi had been around for a very very long time; and being around that long, the money tends to accumulate. Apparently they had a nearly endless bank account.

We had to call a few of our friends come to help carry the bags there were so many! When Demitri arrived, he simply rolled his eyes at me before grabbing a load of bags and returning to the castle. Heidi told me that this was quite common when she went shopping. She definitely had a tendency to go overboard.

We made our way back into the castle through the main entrance and right past the turret room. When we passed by the two oak doors to the turret room, Aro stuck his head out.

"Bella?" Aro called.

"Yeah?" I asked turning around after telling Heidi to go ahead to my room to drop off some of the bags in my room. It probably wasn't the best idea though; my old clothes would probably end up being turned into ashes in the corner of one of the furnaces.

"Bella, we have some guests coming in tomorrow from a ways away and I would like it if you were there to greet them, bring them back to the castle and give them the standard tour. And don't worry, they know they are to behave." He told me with a wink.

"Of course Aro." I told him. I hadn't given a tour to anyone in a while after my last guest took a snap at me when he thought I wasn't looking. Thankfully I was able to stop him with my power before he could get to me.

Aro chuckled recounting what had happened too.

"Well, their plane lands at twelve thirty tomorrow and you will be taking the limo because there are a few of them coming." He told me, going through the check list of what I needed to know. "Oh and I would like you to ask Heidi to help you pick out a nice outfit since she has done this before and knows what type of attire is appropriate. I trust you Bella and I would like you to keep in mind that these are some very old friends of mine and I don't want to jeopardize our relationship, okay?" He questioned, raising his eyebrows at me.

"Sure, sure. It will not be a problem." I assured him.

His ruby eyes sparkled with happiness. "Thank you Bells! Oh and please stay alert; I do not want a repeat of last time. And considering that there are going to be multiple vampires in the car with you, I want you to be extra careful in everything you do. Remember, we aren't sure how long your power can protect you for and I don't want to lose you." Aro smiled at me pulling me into a hug.

I returned the hug lightly and pulled away.

"Thank you Aro. I will come see you tomorrow before I leave." I told him. "In the meantime, I have to go find an outfit and I am sure Heidi will be all but burning my previous wardrobe."

Aro chuckled before nodding, dismissing me.

I grabbed my bags before skipping off towards my room, happy that Aro was finally giving me something to do again. Depending on what limo he let me use, I would probably get to drive. That definitely brightened my outlook even more!

I opened the door of my room waltzing in to search for the "perfect outfit."

A/N: Alright so I hope you liked that. For all of you who might be wondering, YES, I do know what Bella's power is. YES, you will find out soon. And, YES, you will find out why Bella is in Volterra with the Volturi soon too!

Tell me your thoughts; I can't read your mind like Edward can!

I will probably update sometime within the next week it just depends on how much time I have to write!

Cherette