Chapter 3-Sneaking Out

Thank you for all of the wonderful reviews for chapter 2. As you may have guessed, this chapter is where Bella sneaks out for the very first time. I hope you enjoy it!

It was eight in the morning and I was on my way to Edward's house, just outside of Forks. The sky was dark and full of rain clouds. 'If Charlie catches me, I will be soo dead,' I thought to myself as I pulled into the Cullen's long driveway. Edward was standing next to his silver Volvo, and as soon as he spotted me he smiled. I parked my truck next to his Volvo and walked over to Edward.

"You escaped?" Edward asked.

"I hope," I replied. "Billy and a few guys picked up Charlie to go fishing this morning."

"Perfect! You ready to go hiking?"

"Yes, but on one condition!"

"What is the condition Bella?"

"You carry me all the way up the hill this time!"

"Deal, but we have to be back here by four so you can try on some of Alice's wardrobe."

"Aww," I whined.

"We need Charlie to think that you went shopping, remember." Edward grinned. I slung my arms around Edward's neck and kissed him quickly before jumping into the passenger seat of Edward's Volvo.

"I missed you," I said as I did up my seatbelt.

"I am so sorry that we were caught," Edward apologized. "I listened to Charlie's thoughts and from what I heard, he was daydreaming about pizza."

"It was not your fault! We were both a little too preoccupied to notice anything."

"True," Edward laughed. It took nearly twenty minutes to reach the hiking spot in Edward's Volvo. We unlatched our seat belts and met at the front of the car. "Get on my back," Edward said simply.

"Well the closer the better," I whispered in his ear as I mounted his back with little effort.

"What are you doing? Trying out new methods of seduction?" Edward laughed as he started to run. I did not reply, but closed my eyes and held on tight.

"Are we almost there?" I asked a minute later.

"Open your eyes and you tell me," Edward replied. I did as he said and found that Edward had already stopped running.

"We are alone, aren't we?" I asked.

"Yes," he replied softly in my ear. I jumped off his back, flung my arms around his neck and milked the moment for all it was worth. For the first time Edward did not hold back, but let his emotions control himself.

"I needed that kiss," I giggled after pulling away from Edward.

"I know you did," he replied calmly. I grabbed his hand we sat on the grassy forest floor.

"How much time do we have," I asked Edward.

"Seven hours, and a peanut butter sandwich," Edward laughed. With these words, he pulled a sandwich out of his back pocket.

"An Edward's ass sandwich," I corrected.

"No…I put the sandwich in my pocket when we got out of the car."

"Well then, it better taste good."

"I may be a vampire, but I'm not a complete idiot! Anyone can make a peanut butter sandwich!"

"Well…I doubt that blondes have enough working brain cells to store that kind of information," I joked.

"I agree, but that is kind of mean!"

"I know, and yet…I don't care!" Edward kissed me again for a few long moments and then we started to talk. Our seven hours seemed to run by us and before I know it, we were walking into Alice's room.

"I will be downstairs if you need me, have fun!" Edward laughed.

"This is going to be so much fun!" Alice exclaimed. "I'll give you a manicure when we finish picking out clothes for you!"

"Great," I mumbled sarcastically. In a very long hour, Alice had managed to fill seven large shopping bags with some of the most gorgeous, and exotic clothes and shoes in her closet.

"You will look amazing in these!" Alice exclaimed. "Now…for your well deserved manicure." I groaned and whined while Alice gave me a professional looking French manicure.

"Why do you have to give me a manicure?" I asked.

"First of all," Alice replied, "You look amazing with this manicure, and second of all this is fun for me!"

"Are you done, then? I have to go!"

"Yes, I am done. I will put all of your bags into your truck. Edward wants to see you downstairs for a minute." I walked down the stairs to find Edward waiting casually at the door for me.

"We'll have to do this again sometime," Edward whispered into my ear.

"Yes," I agreed. Edward cupped my face in his hands and touched his lips to mine. I did not want this kiss to end, but I heard a clicking noise from behind me. I turned and Emmett was standing with a wide grin spread across his face. Emmett was holding a camera.

"You drive home Bella, I have some bear tackling to do." Edward grinned and as Emmett started to run, Edward followed. By the time I got to my truck I noticed that the shopping bags took up most of its interior space.

"Great," I whispered.

"If you do not come to school in one of those outfits tomorrow, I will not be happy." Alice warned me.

"Don't worry Alice," I replied. Although I actually had no intention of wearing these clothes, I knew it would make Alice happy. By the time I got home, it was six o' clock. As I walked through the front door laden with clothes, I heard Charlie laughing.

"Were you forced to leave every store in Port Angelis with a ton of clothes?" Charlie asked.

"In a matter of speaking…yes," I replied. Charlie grabbed a few bags from my arms and carried them to my room.

"I thought you didn't like clothes shopping Bells!"

"Neither did I, but there were a lot of sales and I needed new clothes anyway."

"Okay then. I ordered Chinese food."

"Great," I exclaimed as I placed my share of bags on my bed and followed Charlie to the kitchen. The table was laden with my favorite Chinese foods. General Tau chicken, sweet and sour chicken balls, egg rolls and steamed white rice. "This looks great dad! Thanks!"

"So…your shopping trip went well then?" Charlie asked.

"Yes…very well!" I replied happily.

"Well, you seem much happier today then you were yesterday."

"I am. The…shopping trip was exactly what I needed to calm down." I could tell that Charlie was not entirely convinced, but he said nothing about it. Right after supper I changed into my pajamas and after shoving the shopping bags off my bed and onto the floor, I lay down to sleep. I dreamt that I had just turned eighteen and Edward proposed to me. "Together forever," I whispered in Edward's ear.

I hope that you enjoyed this chapter. The next chapter will be called "The Clothes from Hell".