Why Me?

Drabble Four: Alice Attack

"Bella!"

I froze. It was that tone of voice... It was loud... and high pitched... and it sent shivers up my spine. I turned my scared gaze toward Edward who was sitting next to me on the piano bench. He gave me a reassuring smile, but I could see the laughter in his eyes. He obviously had read Alice's mind and it wasn't a good thing for me... because he liked it.

She was there in an instant, complete with a huge smile. She took my hand in both of hers and started to bounce up and down. I could tell by the gleam in her golden eyes that it was going to involve me trying something on...

"Come on, Bella! Hurry!" she said as she pulled me out the door. I sent one last look at Edward who just waved good-bye. Alice lead me to Rosalie's glossy red convertible. Jasper was already in the driver's seat and the ostentatious car was already on. I rose and eyebrow as Alice almost threw me into the backseat. He read my confusion.

"I'm coming to keep Alice's spending frenzy in check." he told me as he swung the car out of the makeshift garage. I struggled to put my seat belt on as the wind whipped at my face. Then, Alice started to tell me about what she had in store for me.

"I was looking through Cosmo Girl magazine yesterday, and there was this absolutely adorable outfit that one of the celebrities was wearing and I just had to get you into it. So, I researched on the internet, and happens be that there's a great store that has everything in Seattle, and oh, Bella, I had to take you there!" she told me, her voice speeding really fast. I heard about half of it, and ended up nodding in response.

Suddenly, we were there. I was trying so hard to hear what Alice was saying to notice that the drive just flew by. Then again, when you ride with vampires that like to triple the speed limit, one can get confused too.

Jasper got out of the car leisurely but Alice bounced out, without even opening the door. She started to pull me out of the backseat as soon as I unbuckled, and then drug me toward the glass double doors of a huge shopping mall. A shiver of fear went up my spine. Now, I was in for it.

People would stare at us conspicuously, watching with either interest or just plain disarray. I could understand their responses. After all, it's not everyday that you see two gorgeous people dragging an almost too ordinary girl down a shopping mall.

I could hear Jasper trying to tell Alice to stop dragging me so obviously. Alice listened every now and then, but she would usually just re-grab my arm and drag me to another designer brand store. I was in and out of so many different pairs of clothes that I felt dizzy. Alice would throw the clothes on me, then stare at it deciding if it looked good or not, then she would pull it off and repeat the process. Poor Jasper had to sit patiently for us to come out of the dressing room. He also ended up carrying all the bags that Alice would gain.

It was all a routine now. Scan the racks, grab the clothes, drag me to a dressing room, throw clothes on me, drag me back out of the dressing room, a quick swipe of a clear card, all bags dumped on Jasper, and yet another series of dragging me across the mall to another overly priced store. And all I really did was stand in for the mannequin.

I heard Jasper mention a thing here or there about buying too much, but then Alice would turn those oh-so-evil scorching eyes on him and then stick her lower lip out in a pout. He gave in quickly almost every time. Goes to show you, even vampires have to pout to get their way.

Finally, I heard the thing I had been wanting to hear since we set foot into the mall.

"It's getting late. We should take Bella home now. Edward is going to want to see her again." I almost rejoiced when Jasper told Alice that. She did her evil vampire pout in protest.

"But Jasper! Just three more stores? Please?" she asked him. He seemed to hesitate for a moment. My inner self was cheering on Jasper to say no, and just take me home. But of course, I didn't have telepathy, and Jasper wasn't the one who could read minds, so he gave in to his persisting girlfriend. (Wife actually, but that's not important.) And, sadly, I was yet again drug around the mall.

My luck was against me till a minute till eight. The cell phone that Alice carried around buzzed and she whipped it to her ear. I watched her as she listened for a moment then started to protest again. I could tell that it was Edward on the phone. After about a minute of endless protesting, Alice sighed in defeat and snapped the phone shut. "Okay," she said quietly. "We can go home now." I smiled while the inner me jumped and celebrated with joy.

We were home in thirty some-odd minutes and Edward was waiting for us on the porch steps. I almost laughed at the way he grinned when we pulled up. After we were parked, Jasper and Edward almost literally had to dig me out of the backseat from how many bags there were. Alice just smiled and trotted inside.

"So," Edward started after we had gotten all the bags inside Alice's room. I was going to leave most of them there while I took a few home with me. "Did you have fun?" His eyes gleamed with suppressed laughter.

I gave him an unamused grin and told him, "Just warn me next time she gets one of these crazy ideas."

End

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Lesson of the Day: With all caution, avoid vampires with dangerous spending abilities. It can get messy. Fast.

Kaytoko