A/N Thank you all so very much for the reviews means a lot! Read on. I shall ramble on some more at the end.
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The wind blew my hair in every direction as I ran down the beach to Carlisle, who waited for me. His beautiful smile broke out across his perfect face when he saw me.
"Finally. Where have you been, Love? I was worried." He said as I ran to him. He caught me in his arms, and held me close, before pulling away.
"I was down there, with them." I said, pointing to the three people that were now running toward us. He followed my gaze, and his smile grew even bigger. I smiled too.
"Mommy! Daddy! Look what we have for you! Look! Look!" I opened my mouth to say something, but I couldn't make a sound.
"Annabelle, wake up. It's time to go." Time to go, no! I was awake. I was, wasn't I?
"Come on, or I'll get Alice in here. I love you, little sister, but you have to wake up." I was going crazy. I had to be awake. I looked up at Carlisle who seemed to be saying something, but I couldn't hear him. I only saw his lips moving.
I opened my mouth again, but still, nothing. I felt someone shaking me, and I gasped, my eyes flying open.
"Finally, ready to go?" Alice asked. I looked over and saw that Carlisle wasn't there. "He went to get you food. Now, lets get you dressed in to something comfortable." Bella said pulling my suitcase open.
I nodded, and she handed me a blue hoodie, with a white long sleeved shirt, and blue jeans. I went in to the bathroom, and took off the dress, feeling a lump rise up in my throat. It was only a dream. It felt so real, why? Why did it have to be a dream? I really wanted that to be real. I would always remember the smile Carlisle had when those three children called him 'Daddy'.
Maybe that was a sign of some sort. That made me smile a little. I quickly got dressed, and as I removed the bobby pins from my hair, I couldn't help replaying our first kiss in my mind. It had been perfect, and I really wanted to do it again. But I wouldn't push it. I would wait for another one. I think I was already becoming addicted to him. Which was normal, right?
I combed my hair with my fingers, letting it fall down my back in waves. I really didn't want to do much with it, we were walking a lot today, and it was bound to get messed up.
I walked out just as Carlisle came in with Emmett. They carried an assortment of foods in their arms. Jake came running in, his hair damp, with a huge smile. Nessie followed him, looking half asleep, but happy. As soon as Emmett saw me, he grinned. "Kissing a cradle robber, are we?" he teased.
I shook my head. "Shut up." I said, throwing a pillow at him. "Feisty." Emmett said laughing. "Emmett, let her eat." Carlisle said as he walked toward me.
"Good morning." He said, kissing my forehead.
"Good morning, what time is it?" I asked, stretching. He chuckled.
"Almost ten. Alice was kind enough to wait an extra hour until she all but threw me out of the room so she could wake you up."
I laughed, "Alice will be Alice." I said sitting down on the bed to eat. Nessie sat next to me, nibbling on a muffin.
"I think we should start shoe shopping first." Alice said, leaning against the door, her hands full of lists, and her purse. "I don't care, I just want to shop." I said finishing my muffin and reaching for my orange juice. Carlisle sat next to me, playing with the ends of my hair.
I drank,, and leaned back against him. He rapped his arm around my shoulders and just held me there. We waited for Ness and Jake to finish eating before we left.
Five minutes later, we were walking out of the hotel. It was cloudy already, but it was still nice and warm. Carlisle and I held hands as we strolled to the first store.
"Just let me know when you want me to save you from Alice, and I'll kidnap you." He whispered as we walked inside. "I will be sure to let you know."
"I will be sure to keep her occupied so she won't." Alice said, heading for the dresses. "Oh, no way! There is no way I am going to—"
"You will wear one of these, Ms. Swan, I know you will." She said tapping the side of her head. Stupid future seeing Pixie. Edward chuckled.
"Don't worry, Bella had the same problem." He said smiling at Bella who was picking out some blouses for me to try on.
"I thought Bella had it bad. But I think you might have it ten thousand times worse. I swear, she's never been this excited to shop, I can't control my emotions." Jasper said.
"Shut up Jazzy, Annabelle, go try these on." Alice said, pushing me toward the dressing rooms. "I better be getting paid for this, Alice Cullen." I mumbled as I grabbed the pile of dresses and headed for the door.
"I'll go in with you." Rose said jumping up from a chair to follow me.
We spent at least an hour in that one store. The nice sales lady helped me a few times. She spoke some English. Her name was Rosa. Pretty name, I thought. Carlisle, Emmett, Edward, Jasper and Jacob were submitted to the torture of holding our bags. But not once did they complain, well, except for Emmett.
"Rose, I thought you loved me. Why are you making me hold your bags? This is torture!" "Emmett, if you love me, you'll hold them. I mean, look at Jacob, Edward, Jasper and Carlisle. Do you see them complaining?"
Emmett grumbled his response, and we walked on to the next store. We went to six stores before lunch. We would have probably not gone to lunch if it weren't for the fact that Jake and I were starving.
"How many stores are left?" I asked before taking a sip of my lemonade. "Only 15 more." Alice said leaning back in her chair.
"Fifteen?!" I squeaked. "Alice, I love shopping, but even that sounds like a lot." Nessie said.
"You are all party poopers. Don't any of you have any sense of fun?"
"Fun, like the group?" Emmett asked. I choked on my lemonade, and spit it out. Emmett got a kick out of that and started cracking up. Carlisle rubbed my back as I coughed.
"Are you okay?" He asked me as I cleared my throat.
"Peachy, Carlisle, what happened during Emmett's transformation? Was there some malfunction in his brain when he was changed?"
Rosalie snorted, "I asked him the same thing, Belle." "And…?" I asked.
"As far as I could tell, there was nothing wrong. It must have happened while he was still human." Carlisle explained.
"Hey. Just because my brothers may have dropped me on my head while we were wrestling, that doesn't give you the right to make fun of my malfunctions." I used the next thing I said as an advantage.
"Emmett, would you let me make fun of them, if I let you call me Mom?" I knew I would regret it, because knowing him, he'd slip up in public before I graduated.
His head snapped up and he looked at me, a huge grin on his face. "Seriously? You would let me call you Mom?" "Positive." "Noone else?" He asked.
"Noone else." I promised. "Deal. Annabelle is the only one who is allowed to make fun of my malfunctions, besides Rosie."
"Well, damn! And here I was about to make jokes about them." Jasper teased. "Jasper Hale." I warned.
"Sorry, Mo—I mean, Bellers." I glared at him, "Bellers?" I asked.
"Yeah. Bellers. Do you like it?"
"Yes, Jasper. Alice seriously though, can't we go back to the hotel? Didn't you want to swim?" I asked, hinting at our earlier conversation.
"Yes, but shopping is—" "Alice, you can do more shopping tomorrow." Carlisle said. "Fine." She grumbled. We stood up, and headed home, after Jake took all the leftovers.
Carlisle took my hand and we led the way back to the hotel. People stared at us as we passed. I looked up at Carlisle with a frown.
"Why are they staring?" I whispered.
"I don't know." He said as we walked through the doors. "Pool time!" Alice said jumping up and down. Jasper put an arm around her shoulders to stop her.
"Ma!" Emmett shouted. I glared at him as we went up in the elevator. "What, Emmett."
"Can I borrow fifty dollars? Please?" I huffed. "Emmett, I don't have fifty—" "Then I'll just ask Dad then." He interrupted me.
"Alright then." I said.
"Mom?" Emmett pushed on. "What?" I said as we stepped off the elevator and headed to our rooms.
"I love you, Mom." I looked back at him, tears stinging the back of my eyes.
"I love you too, Emm." I said as he hugged me. Emmett grabbed Carlisle a few seconds later, squishing us in to a group hug.
"I love you too, Dad." Emmett said, grinning. I laughed, sniffling.
That was the highlight of my day.
A/N So, what did you think? This chapter is split in to two, so, don't worry, there's more. It should be up by tomorrow afternoon, or early Monday! Thank you all for reviewing, it means so much! 25 reviews already, wow! I hope I can reach 50 before my 15th chapter! Think we can do it? I hope so! Love you all! Virtual chunky chocolate chip cookies for everyone! Until Monday…
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