A/N: Thank you for the few reviews I've gotten. I won't ever go away for that long again, but I was caught up in school, sports, travel, and my job.

Also, I'm sure some of you probably noticed that Edward singing the 'Mickey Mouse' song wasn't very Edward-like for him, and you're right! But there was a reason he sang it. You'll find out in this chapter!

And…Does anyone have any other better ideas for my summary? One reviewer wrote this:

Oh my gosh I can't wait for more! When I first read the synopsis, I assumed it would be a cheesy, happy story. But it sounds so wonderful -- please update soon!!

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P.S. It's crazy! I know. I don't own the Grand Floridian! Who woulda thunk it? ; )

"Magic"

Chapter Two: "Hell in a Suitcase"

I was asleep, and my mind whirled from one color to the next, which surprised me. I usually had…more prophetical dreams, if you will. But never just a slab of Crayola in the middle of my mind. But, my dream was a lot more soothing and relaxing then what came next.

"Bella!" A high pitched voice screeched. Yet, it couldn't be called screeching, for the sound was too, too beautiful.

I had expected Edward to wake me up, but obviously, that wasn't the case.

I rolled over on my side, letting out a weak sigh. "Urmmph," I mumbled.

I tipped my face to the pillow, so it engulfed my mouth completely. I figured Alice might take this as an 'I'm-not going-to-get-up' look, so she might leave. But my mind must have been altered for the worst from the cloud of drowsiness that hung over my head. I would have realized, had I been fully awake, that Alice was a vampire, and vampires always take a challenge.

"Bella!" she whined. "Pul-leeze! We have too much to do today, and we don't need your lazy attitude ruining everything."

I shook my head, trying to clear my thoughts as fast as I could. "Where's Edward?" I tried to raise myself up on one arm. "What do we have to do today?" My jaw felt like a hundred pounds.

"Bella," She scolded, and I could hear her voice slightly marred, a hint that she was shaking her head. "Don't you remember anything Edward told you last night?" She was backing off a tiny bit, and that was probably because she was relived that I was speaking full sentences.

I tried thinking back to yesterday, but I drew a blank. The cloud hung over my head, weighing it down still.

"I don't remember anything." I admitted.

Alice sighed.

"Edward…singing the 'Mickey Mouse' song?" Alice whispered slowly, into my ear. I wasn't sure when she had reached my side, as my head has dropped to the pillow again, in defeat.

I jumped up then, probably realizing what had happened a few seconds to late. My feet, bare and freezing against the cold, hard floor, weren't steady on the wood yet. I staggered a little to the side uneasily, but to my surprise, I caught my balance against the nightstand with my outstretched fingers.

"Florida," I breathed slowly.

Alice's face turned up into a little impish smile. "So he did sing it for you, did he not?"

I watched Alice's face with curiosity for a moment, then my face turned down into a frown.

"You made him sing it, didn't you?" I accused angrily. I wasn't sure why it irked me so much, that Alice had told Edward to sing it for me. Maybe it was because I had thought that Edward was going crazy. The entire idea had bugged me the entire night, and I was basically relived that we wouldn't have to send Edward away.

"Yeah," Alice murmured as she shuffled quickly through my drawers, obviously in search of some Alice-approved clothes. She frowned. "You have absolutely no decent clothes."

"Uh huh." I was used to Alice's fashion criticism. It no longer registered in my mind as an insult.

"Edward wasn't happy that I forced him to sing the 'Mickey Mouse' song, but I asked him nonstop and eventually convinced him that you'd like it." She sat down onto my bed, most likely giving up her 'What Not To Wear' episode of the day.

"Interesting." I still wasn't fully awake, and couldn't quite engage in a proper conversation yet.

Alice rolled her eyes. "Hurry up!" She urged me. I gave her a annoyed look, then walked over heavily to my dresser.

"What are we doing today?" I asked as I picked out a pair of dark jeans. I looked into Alice's divine, elf-like face.

Her pink lips turned up into a little smirk. "Shopping."

I moaned.

I have nothing against shopping. Really, I don't. I enjoyed shopping trips to the mall with Renee in Phoenix. As long as I paid for my purchases. Alice always insisted buying me over-priced dresses and jewelry, which always made my guilty and nervous.

"Please," I begged. "Let me buy my own things for Florida."

Alice shook her head slightly. "Nope. You only have fifty dollars saved up, and that won't even be enough to buy you a bathing suit bottom. I'm paying."

I groaned, but pulled out a long-sleeved, blue shirt and trudged off to the bathroom, mumbling protests as I went on.

I stepped carefully into the shower, letting the warm water once again unknot the tension in my back. Maybe I could convince Alice that I had enough clothes for Florida. But my hopes were thrown out the back door when I remembered the only summery thing I had brought to Forks was my sleeveless, white laced shirt, and I doubted Alice would see one measly shirt as enough for Florida.

I sighed, and sluggishly walked into the room. Alice had taken the responsibility of throwing every Alice-approved-Florida outfit into my worn-out luggage.

Which wasn't much.

"Bella," She grumbled, her eyes dancing back and forth from mine to the luggage on the ground. "Why really have to get a move on. You really don't have much stuff for a warm climate." She paused. "I thought you like the warm weather. Why don't you have millions of spaghetti-straps and shorts?"

"Urmm…when I came to Forks, I didn't really expect my vampire boyfriend's family to take me to Florida…So I didn't pack any of my usual Phoenix clothes. I thought the tang tops and shorts would just be a reminder of what sun I was leaving…"

Alice widened her eyes, as if she was in shock. "Always plan ahead, Bella!"

I rolled my eyes, and grumbled some insult that wasn't even true.

Alice ignored me and swiftly grabbed my shoulder.

"Let's go!" She half-shouted.

Leading me out of the house and into her car, she went over the list of things that would be appropriate for Florida, and not appropriate. I tried tuning her out, but eventually got the gist of the information she was throwing on me. Basically, I had to let her pick out my clothes.

"Alice," I murmured as I watched the healthy, over watered trees of the wilderness flash by my window.

"What?" She asked calmly. The car began to slow a little bit because we were coming in closer range of the mall.

"Where's Edward today?" I twisted my head a little so I could look at her.

"Oh." The car slowed to a human's speed. "He's with Emmett and Jasper."

When I raised my eyebrows a little, she responded quickly.

"They're waiting at the mall. Actually, though, the guys are all buying things too." She had a little gleam of mischief in her eyes. "But they won't take half as long as we will with our shopping."

"Then why did we go later?" It didn't make sense to me. If we were to take a longer time shopping, we should have gone first…

"Because I couldn't get you out of that damn bed!" She fumed.

I looked at her closely, seeing if she was being serious. By the way her lips turned up slightly, I guessed she wasn't.

I smiled at her slightly, then turned my head back to the window. We were in the mall's parking lot, and it was very crowded. I blur or colors surrounded us as Alice made her way through the car infested maze.

Alice finally found a decent spot and turned abruptly to claim it. But she was cut off by a man in his early thirties who had a scowl on his face. Alice, thought, being the vampire of the two, easily overtook him, and won the spot.

The man was obviously yelling a string of large profanities and his eyes looked very angry. But as soon as he caught sight of Alice and her inhuman beauty, all seemed to be forgiven.

I rolled my eyes quickly, but that didn't escape Alice's notice.

"I can't help it, Bella." she told me playfully.

"Right…" I muttered as we walked into the mall. I noticed how people seemed to look at her in awe, as if they couldn't believe they were allowed in the women's presence. I chuckled slightly. Alice seemed completely oblivious to the attention she was getting, but once I thought it over, I found that she was used to it.

"So…" Alice looked like she was mentally calculating something. "Where to first?" she asked nobody but herself. I grimaced a little, trying to make sure Alice didn't notice.

Alice turned her head to the side, so she could stare me down with her deep, golden orbs, even though she was so much shorter than me.

"Listen, Bella. Just let me have my fun, okay? I really don't understand why you hate shopping so much." She ran her fingers through her black pixie cut.

"I don't hate shopping." I sighed. "I just….I….Never mind. I'll behave." I didn't feel like explaining this to her; she definitely wouldn't understand.

Alice paused for a short moment, then seemed to approve of my words.

"First off," she said. "Bikinis."

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Time seemed to slow. Hour, after hour of browsing, debates, and credit cards. I was completely in my own world. I blocked out all the numbers Alice was racking up after the first two stores we emptied. It was torture, to know that she made me even lesser for Edward.

Alice had finally decided that we'd have enough things for Florida, and it made me wonder once again about how long we were staying.

"Okay." Alice grinned. "We're finally done."

My heart was pounding in my chest, and I was sure Alice could hear. "Do we get to see Edward soon?" I sounded like I was ten years old, and wanted to see my new crush.

"Yeah…" Alice wasn't paying attention that much I could tell.

I waited, but she kept on walking to the mall's exit.

"Alice!"

"Oh, um, the boys are at a sporting goods store right now…" She trailed off.

I pouted. "So when?"

Alice looked at me, irritated. "Half an hour. We're going home to first."

I groaned in frustration. This was getting too hard. Seeing Edward for an hour was difficult, and not seeing Edward for at least five hours while doing my least favorite thing in the world was just plain Hell.

"Oh, shush, Bella. I'm a fast driver, remember?"

We had reached the high, modern doorway out of the mall and into the parking lot. Alice swung open the door, and my hair flew back in the breeze.

"Oh, that reminds me," she said after assessing my hair. "I meant to do your hair."

I tried to stay calm, but a feeling inside of me said that I had to fight back….

"Uhhh," Smooth, Bella. I kicked myself inside. "How about we get my hair done at the hotel? You wouldn't want my hair to get messed up from sitting in an airplane chair too long…" Take it….Take it….

She paused, and looked at me curiously, her timeless eyes searching my average ones for fraud.

"I never thought of that…"she murmured. "Since when have you become so fashion savvy?"

"I guess you're rubbing off onto me."

She let out a quick sigh, and unlocked the car that stood out from the rest of the parking lot. With a quick Beep! Beep! I crept into the passenger seat, Alice taking care of our purchases.

She slammed the trunk down quickly, yet even I could hear her graceful hands in that swift motion.

Alice climbed into the car, and smoothly maneuvered us and our cargo out of the maze and onto an empty road, perfect for vampire driving.

As we picked up speed and made our way to the house, I thought of something. Something important.

"Alice?" I breathed suddenly. "Does Charlie have any idea of the fact that I'm going to Florida with you for most likely the entire summer? Does he?" I was nearly screeching.

"Well…Edward….ahh….I'm not quite sure. Ask Edward when we get home."

"Oh jeez, this can't be good," I muttered to myself. "Not good at all."

"Don't worry, Bells, I'm sure Charlie won't mind if he knows that Carlisle and Esme are going as well."

"But," I stammered. "He hasn't been very…welcoming to Edward lately. And, knowing me, I'm almost positive that I will let something loose….like, the fact that Carlisle, Esme, you, Jasper, Emmett…will all be in separate rooms than me and Edward."

"Honestly, Bella, would you really let something as big as that squeak through your teeth, would you?"

"I can't be sure of myself these says…" I blushed.

"Well, just have Carlisle talk to Charlie. He's always very persuasive when it comes to humans."

"Okay." I glanced out the window, and we were pulling into the Cullens driveway.

"Edward's home now, right?" I begged.

"Yes. We have to pack, so don't get too involved."

"What else do we have to pack? I have my entire wardrobe here, and vampires, I'm sure, can pack their entire house in less than a minute. Correct me if I'm wrong."

"Bella, Bella. You've obviously never been on a vacation with the Cullens before." She smiled, remembering, and opened the door to the car. I

"I can't say I have."

She knew that.

"Well, let's just say, we Cullens get very excited when it comes to traveling." She smiled knowingly.

"What-" I started as I stepped out of the car. But as I looked at the house, and as my jaw dropped, I understood completely.

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