Chapter 10: the shopping experience.

B.P.O.V

"BELLA" Alice screamed at me. Ok excitedly called to me she was already buoyed up at the thought of shopping and the joy she would experience dragging me around the stores. "Hurry up, I'm coming up there and so help me if your aren't ready, dressed nicely to go." I grimaced knowing I would not be dressed nicely enough to satisfy Alice. My comfy jeans and a plain overworn hoodie was not Alice's idea of appropriate clothing. "What? Why haven't you changed? Grrr. I told you to dress appropriately. What part of this is appropriate?" I glanced down at what I was wearing again, I knew better then to argue. I sighed defeated and threw my cupboard doors open. Alice squealed happily and dove in pulling out countless tops and jackets and skirts.

"Um Alice" I interrupted her tentatively, when she was in the dress Bella up mood interrupting could be scary.

"What?"

"If there are plenty of sales to be racing off to, shouldn't you just pick me out something so we don't waste anymore time?"

"Hmm" she pondered "Put this on and do not be slow" she threw a printed t at me and a woollen jacket. "While you put those on, I will pick out shoes."

I groaned thoroughly defeated knowing this shopping trip would be nothing short of torture. All positive feelings lost now, they would return later but the idea of Alice dragging me store to store after this little power trip was terrifying.

"Shoes. Put on your feet now. Then can we leave. Please?" I grabbed the shoes she thrust at me. They were not as awful as I had imagined. I had imagined high heels or something equally inappropriate for the vertically challenged me. Instead they were my favourite pair of converse. I sighed in relief. That relief was short lived.

"Yes be relived I gave you those shoes but you are going to need them." Alice grabbed me by my arm and raced down that stairs dragging me behind. I sighed again.

"Where are off to?" Edward interrupted as Alice was just about to pull me through the door.

"As if you don't know" I snapped. My patience was almost gone and he had the nerve to laugh me. I glared and he only laughed harder.

"Alice had plans to torture you"

"I do not. I am taking her shopping and myself. I am going to school with her as you already no" Alice argued for herself. While I argued because I could

"No need to sound so gleeful."

"Urgh. I am getting the car Bella be ready to leave. Or I will torture you." I shuddered I knew Alice would. Then I remembered I could make Edward suffer too. He promised to make it up to me when I helped him pack. He would come shopping. Having Edward around could make things more interesting and would help keep Alice under control. Well it was probably wishful thinking that Alice could be kept under control. I smiled up at Edward in what I hoped was an evil smile.

"What is Bella?" my evil smile must have worked.

"Well remember your promise? About me helping you with your packing and you saying you owed me?"

"Yes" Edward looked confused and a little worried. "What is it Bella? You know I hate that I don't know what your thinking"

"Well" I started smiling again "You will be coming shopping with us." He looked shocked and ready to interrupt me, or refuse me. "You promised. You are coming and then you will be debt free. Til next time anyway" he groaned in defeat. Very similar to how I responded before when Alice dragged me downstairs. "I am sorry." I whispered "But I cannot face it alone, she is already overly excited"

"It's ok but if this shopping trip goes for over 3 hours you owe me. That is not negotiable." I froze at his stipulation, there was a very limited chance this shopping trip would be under 3 hours. I would be lucky if it was 4 hours. Then again owing Edward wouldn't be that bad. Edward was fun, some of the best times I had ever had growing up was spending time with Edward.

"Alright" I sighed at him looking up to see the evil smile I had been attempting on his face. He laughed at me then suddenly grabbed me, I squealed as he threw me over his shoulder and raced out the door when Alice was waiting ready to honk the car horn.

"I should have known you would come" Alice declared "However, I don't care all I care is that we are missing precious shopping time. You strapped in Bella? Good Let's go" we flew down the driveway and raced off faster then I liked.

E.P.O.V

"Another store, Alice?" Bella sounded so exhausted. I lost track of how many stores we had been dragged to. I stopped counting after 15 but we had passed 20 long ago. The bags we carried was extreme I had already raced back to the car once to load the boot.

"Yes more. Relax it is the second last store."

"How is that relaxing? Or comforting?" Bella asked

"Stop complaining, all the places we have been have been great for you. There is more to get though. Not everything was perfect for school." I grabbed Bella's hand to let her know she wasn't suffering alone. She smiled and mouthed sorry no matter how many times I had told her not to worry she had apologised a lot for pulling me along.

"Second last store" I joked with her "You should be happy. Most girls as far as I am aware are supposed to love shopping"

"Not this girl" she sighed

"Bella, over here. I have clothes for you to try on." Her sigh got louder after Alice's announcement.

"One more store after this. Just remember Alice's form of torture for you is almost over. I still get to torture you later" I smiled at her she fled. I waited patiently for Alice to finish fussing over Bella in one of the dresses she had selected. Wow was the first thought that went through my mind when I saw her reflected in Alice's thoughts. All reasonable thoughts were gone from my mind when she actually stood in front of me. The dress was a shade of blue that was so stunning on her skin. A dark blue and if my heart beat it would be going at a 100 miles an hour.

"Well?" Alice asked me twirling Bella on the spot.

"Beautiful" was all I could say Bella blushed and I lost my train of thought all over again.

"Definitely getting this dress Bella and the other one in this shade, the more dressy one. If this casual one has Edward non-verbal imagine what effect it will have on everyone else" That startled me. Me non-verbal? Bella in that dress surrounded by other boys? Um. "Bella. You will not be putting that dress in the cupboard and leaving it there. If you aren't careful I will be dressing you everyday" Alice warned obviously Bella had planned on never wearing the dress.

"Don't worry Bella, Emmett will never let you out the house in a dress that makes you look that good." My attempt to calm Bella did not exactly work she blushed furiously and Alice stamped her foot angrily.

"Bella will be wearing that dress and any other item of clothing I pick out for her. Emmett be damned." Alice raged and Bella slowly started creeping back to the change room. Hoping I believed to escape the store. Alice continued to rant about her right to dress Bella regardless of what Emmett wanted.

"Can I have a coffee? Or some form of caffeine" Bella pleaded.

"Sure. You can hardly survive on nothing but Alice's enthusiasm for the rest of the day. Food for you." Alice pouted as I dragged Bella from the store to food court.

Alice continued to pout when I pushed Bella into a chair and walked off to get her something to eat. Alice then pouted and bounced impatiently in her chair as Bella ate her burger then when Bella ate her fries and the pout was replaced while Bella drank her coke with a frown.

"Come on" she whined "I want to shop."

"We only have one store left Alice. Can't we skip it?" Bella begged.

"Oh no we can't. this store will be fun. This store will be…"

"Alice is Victoria's Secret really necessary?" I asked. Bella again blushed liked crazy.

"Alice. Nooooooooooo"

"Yes. Yes. YES." Alice and Bella bickered.

"Alice. Not only will Emmett want to kill you. Rosalie will if you return her with a bag of Victoria Secret's stuff."

"Ha" she laughed at me. "They can want to kill me, they will be angry at me but after a week or so I will be forgiven"

"Alice please?" Bella begged

"Please Alice." I begged. I did not want to be dragged into that store. After my experience of Bella in that gorgeous dress I did not want to repeat the experience of imagining her in Victoria's Secret.

"Alice I am tired and I want to go. I think you have you already spent enough to put most celebrities to shame. Besides how many 15 year olds do you know that would wear Victoria's Secret. The whole idea of this trip as you told me was to get our wardrobes ready for school. Am I right that lingerie is not school worthy clothing? D you agree Edward?"

"Most certainly." I looked down to hide my smile at Bella's attempt to dissuade Alice I knew that if our eyes meet we would have a very angry Alice because we would laugh uncontrollably.

Alice got up threw her chair backwards and stalked off to the car. Muttering about silly idea of what constitutes a wardrobe.

We got home. I drove this time. Alice was to wrapped up being furious with us both. The moment we arrived home Bella and I burst into laughter. The hysterics lasted for a good amount of time. Til Rosalie demanded to be filled in when Bella did we began laughing again. The anger that crossed her face was priceless then she raced away to yell at Alice.

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