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a. Cold is to snow

b. Hot is to sun

c. Blonde is to smart

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Edward's POV

She just sat there laughing at my expense. I would have been worried about her laughing to death or something like that, knowing my Bella was a magnet for anything harmful, but I was too annoyed at the moment. Sheesh… whatever happened to the supportive and loving partner?

"You can stop laughing anytime you know," I hissed my arms crossed. Seriously, why did I have to tell her? The single most embarrassing thing to ever happen to me and she tricked me into telling her.

"Too… funny!" she heaved clutching her stomach, her eyes tightly sealed with tears running down her face. Something so mortifying should not be this funny. Deciding to ignore her, very difficult to do, I grabbed one of the many books I had practically memorized and started to read. In actuality I was simply starring at the pages before flipping them, but at least to her it looked as if I had lost interest.

"Sorry Edward, but you can't spring a story like that on someone and expect it to be taken seriously! I can't believe you…"

"Please don't repeat that. I want to just forget it ever happened okay? No more talk about it." The book was now closed and back on the shelf. It was pointless to try and disregard the love of my life anyway.

"But you…"

"No."
"And then…"

"Quiet!"

"And… she thought…"

"Okay! I get it! Please!"

"Huh, okay sorry I'm done." She smiled apologetically at me, softly prying my hand away from my face. I had upon habit pinched the bridge of my nose between my thumb and forefinger unconsciously.

"What happened in the past will now stay in the past okay?" Her soothing words calmed me down immediately, and I pulled her into my lap burying my face in her strawberry scented hair. Sighing, I found myself content…

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"I'm bored," Emmett whined for the umpteenth time this morning. Apparently everyone had run out of ideas as to what we should do today. Carlisle had the day off, deciding to read in his study until we came up with something to do.

"Hmm… how about we go shopping!" Alice squealed. I felt Bella tense in my arms at the mention of spending money. I hated her fetish about saving every penny, never allowing me to spoil her without a fuss.

"I don't think Bella agrees," my chuckles filled the quiet living room while everyone strained to come up with something.

"Besides honey, you already have everything you could possibly want to buy around here," Jasper rubbed Alice's back trying to console her disappointment about not shopping.

Rosalie rolled her eyes turning to Alice, "Then shop somewhere not around here. I am going to go crazy if we don't do something!"

"That's it! Everyone go pack!" Alice jumped up demanding we pack enough clothes for two days.

"Alice what the…" Emmett began just as confused as the rest of us.

"Hurry! I'll get our flight prepared and the hotel situated… hmm I will have to pull a few strings but it should be fine…" She continued planning out loud as she took to the Internet and phone. Unwilling to argue and desperate for some entertainment, everyone went to their separate rooms to pack.

"So where are we going again?" Bella dug through one of the drawers I provided for her in my room, throwing random articles of clothing into a small red suitcase.

"Not sure, but I don't think it's close. We are going by our jet so it has to be in another state," I responded, having completed my packing in all of five seconds.

Bella turned to face me with wide eyes, "JET!" she squeaked, "Since when did you guys have a jet?"

"We keep one for convenience love, it's really no big deal."

"You own your own jet and you call it no big deal?" She scoffed.

"Technically my family owns it, not me, but in essence yes. It isn't like money is an issue for us. I have told you that over and over."

"Just because you have it doesn't mean you have to spend it," her remark was expected as she is the most stubborn person I have ever met.

"Then what else should we do with it?" I asked, eyebrows raised. She looked so cute when she was frustrated, her chin jutting our and hands placed firmly on her hips in defiance. I just wanted to kiss her pout away but knew she would be upset if I interrupted her… then again I do tend to make her forget what is going on.

"Don't you even think about it mister. I see that evil gleam in your eyes," she hissed at me before turning back to her packing.

"What are you talking about?" My innocence would have fooled anyone, except for Bella of course.

"You were contemplating distracting me, and I hate when you do that."

"I beg to differ. You, love, tend to enjoy my distractions. Besides since when were you the mind reader?"

"I can't read your mind silly, I just love you," she smiled wrapping her arms around my waist, "So I can tell what you are thinking by your facial expressions and eyes."

"And what are my eyes saying now?" I played along, my arms encircling her small waist.

"They are saying you want to carry our bags downstairs and tell Mrs. Nutcracker that we are leaving," she claimed matter-of-factly before giggling and skipping out of my room.

I shook my head mumbling to myself, "She has definitely been hanging out with Alice way too long."

Having heard me, Alice called out, "I resent that Edward Masen!"

Once I had our luggage waiting with the others, I went up to talk to the crazy herself. In an attempt to prepare myself, I listened in on her thoughts.

'These people are insane! And evil… order… need order! NO! DEVIL!… obey me!' Pulling my mind out of hers quickly, I rubbed my temples in an attempt to regain control. Her mind was a mess, and I was most certainly refraining form entering it from now on.

"Mrs. Nutcracker?" I knocked softly on the door. Ungraceful shuffling, and a few grunts later, she opened the door glaring.

"What?"

"It's time to leave so…" but she cut me off.

"Leave! Oh my! Just a moment!" She scurried back into her room, appearing a few minutes later with all of her bags by her feet. "Okay well it was nice… actually no, you're family is evil and disorderly! I am pleased to know I can finally take my leave!"

She pushed past me dragging her many bags along with her. Apparently she thought she was leaving now for good. No matter how much I wanted that, unfortunately it wasn't true. Whatever, at least she was packed and making her way downstairs. I could leave the explaining to someone else.

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"No you are not going home, we are just going shopping!" Alice explained slowly to an infuriated looking Stacy.

"I demand you tell me where you are taking me! If you plan to kidnap me and hold me for ransom on some deserted island, I can guarantee that you will regret it!" This lady called us insane? Where did she get a deserted island from?

"Listen here Nutter Butter," Emmett had one foot on the stairs, facing Mrs. Nutcracker while leaning forward on his propped up knee, "We wouldn't want to kidnap you if you had the key to happiness in a world full of death, pain, and suffering. I would rather be eaten by ten wild grizzlies, not that I couldn't take them, than be on any deserted island with you okay? So no, we are not going to kidnap you. Although, I can't say the same for the whipping man. He seems to be highly displeased with you, so I would watch out." He grinned at her coyly, winking before hauling as much of the luggage as humanly acceptable out to the jeep.

His speech had the desired effect, as Mrs. Nutcracker stood stunned, eyes wide. Jasper supplied her with enough fear to shut her up.

"So where are we going Alice?" Bella inquired from her spot on the couch hesitantly. Her forehead was creased with worry lines at the prospect of another shopping trip.

"New York!" She exclaimed, her mind racing with the endless possibilities, "Manhattan Mall, here we come!"

The drive down to the Port Angeles airport went by fast, considering I was pushing 120 in my Volvo, Emmett's jeep and Alice's Porsche not far behind. This time Emmett and Rosalie were stuck with Nutty, much to their disappointment.

Upon our arrival, we were met by the pilot who would be flying us to New York. Unfortunately, we didn't have enough time to have our cars sent there too so we would have to make due with the rent-a-cars Alice had acquired for us in Manhattan. Decidedly, that is where we would spend the majority of our time since Alice wanted to shop at every store in the Manhattan Mall.

My family, along with Nutty and a few cameramen assigned to accompany us, piled out of the cars and into the jet. It had a black and white themed interior with suede seats. It was complete with a fridge stocked with beverages, a bathroom containing a small shower, and a bedroom at the back of the aircraft. We all situated ourselves in the front sitting area of the plane while Alice gave instructions to the pilots.

"This is amazing Edward, I can't believe it's yours!" Bella's voice was full of awe as she took in her surroundings. I simply kissed her hair allowing her to explore our setting thoroughly with her eyes. Luckily, Nutty had been pretty quiet during the ride. According to Emmett's thoughts, he had told her another story about the Whipping Man stalking his prey all the way across the world, always watching their every move to see if they were being good.

I watched Bella stare out the window at the many clouds we flew through silently. Once again I found myself in need of her thoughts.

"What are you thinking love?" I whispered in her ear, kissing her cheek softly.

"Marshmallows," came her reply. Interesting… wait what?

"Marshmallows?" I wonder if I could even keep up with her mind if I was allowed access.

"Yes, sleeping on marshmallows."

"May I ask why?" This beautiful girl was quite strange sometimes.

"Well the clouds look like giant marshmallows, and very soft. I was just wondering what it would be like to sleep on the clouds," she smiled up at me before turning back to the window.

"I think you were born to sleep on the clouds love."

"Umm… thank you I guess?" I smiled at her puzzled face.

"What I mean is angles sleep in the clouds, and you are my own personal angel," her eyes grew soft at my words, leaning in to kiss her…

"Spare me the pain! This is cruelty! PDA!" Emmett screamed covering Rosalie's eyes as if it were something not fit to be seen.

"Shut up Em, " Bella grumbled, her face turning a slight shade of pink.

"We will be landing in a few minutes. Welcome to New York Cullen party," the speakers announced just as the clouds parted to reveal one of the most popular state in the US.

"Woo Hoo! I love New York!" Emmett's loud voice boomed just as the plane touched ground. A limo awaited our arrival, prepared to take us to our hotel. We had booked nothing less than the best of course, which did not go without complaint about spending too much money by Bella.

"Love please just enjoy yourself, money really is not a big deal and if you are going to be a Cullen you need to get used to that." My eyes pleaded with her to agree and drop the subject from now on.

"Okay, sorry, it's just not how I was raised."

"I understand love."

Alice had rushed us out of the hotel as soon as everyone put away his or her belongings. Mrs. Nutcracker refused to accompany us to the mall of course, instead bolting herself in her room. It would be much more pleasant without her.

"Mall time!" Alice screamed once we entered the large shopping structure. For hours we all traveled from store to store in this amazing city buying everything to Alice's fancy. Emmett, Jasper, Carlisle, and I were the official bag holders while Rosalie and Alice dragged Bella into every agreeable shop. We only stopped once to feed Bella, and then were off again.

"Alice can we pleeease stop now! I can't feel my feet and we have been shopping all day!" Bella collapsed onto a nearby bench looking thoroughly tired out. I felt even more sorry for the cameramen who had to chase us through the crowds with the heavy equipment.

"That's enough Alice. I won't let you kill my fiancée because of a shopping extravaganza," giving my sister an admonishing look, I dropped the bags I held and gently rubbed my love's feet.

"Okay that's enough for now. It's only eight so I was thinking we could leave our stuff in the limo and go to the Common Ground," she suggested, her pixie eyes shinning in enthusiasm.

Bella looked at her future-sister-in-law in confusion, "What's that?"

"A popular club. It has good music and class. Both you and Edward will really like it," she answered steering us towards the exit.

"I guess I will manage if I get some caffeine," Bella fought her drooping lids.

"Starbucks it is," Alice strode out the door quickly. Somehow we found a drive through coffee shop for a quick stop before heading off to this club. The thick liquid smelled atrocious as I passed it to Bella. How on earth humans could drink that nasty stuff was beyond me. Then again I may be slightly biased, being a vampire and all.

"Mmm…" came her satisfied sigh once the mixture of caramel, chocolate, and coffee ran down her throat. The limo driver quickly took us to The Common Ground after our short pit stop.

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The club was in no way what I had expected. You could tell it was very popular by the many bodies bustling in and around it, but it wasn't like one of those places where you couldn't move an inch with out some drunken idiot rubbing against you. This place had more class and elegance to it. Now I understood why Alice made us all dress so formally to go shopping.

We quickly exited the limo gazing at the place of Alice's choosing that none of us had anticipated. This unique little pub had large bay windows that opened to reveal cozy suede banquettes, antique mirrors and exposed brick. Upon entrance, magnificent crystal chandeliers, and old school board games lining the walls under old-fashioned candlelit lamps met us.

A worker who was dressed to match our surroundings led us into another room marked VP. I heard my sweet Bella take a sharp intake of breath once she was met with the many dark oak shelves lined with leather-bound books making this Victorian-esque east village pub so quaint I felt as if I was back in my human days.

"You like?" I was broken out of my revere by Alice, standing in front of her shocked family with a satisfied grin.

"This is amazing Alice," Carlisle approved as he looked through the many books.

Another worker came up to us with a bright smile on her face. Politely, I smiled back before following Carlisle's example and running through the many books.

"Hello, my name is Kayla and I'll be helping you folks out this evening. This room is yours for the remainder of the night, and if you go through the doors to your left you will find yourselves in the dance room. The walls are all sound proof so if you choose a more quiet night out, the dance floor will not bother you," I heard the smile in her voice as she spoke. I almost thought she was pretty nice before her thoughts invaded my mind.

'Damn he is one fine piece of machinery! Wow, maybe I can convince him to let me give him a tour! Although once we hit the private study upstairs, I'm sure I can convince him to stop and play. Mmm oh yes I will so tap that,' her mind was full of confidence obviously thinking she was so beautiful and tempting. I couldn't really say since no one could ever spark my interest besides my beautiful Bella. This Kayla girl's thoughts only succeeded in pissing me off.

"Would you folks like anything to eat or drink?" I could feel her staring at me and refused to turn around.

"Yes, I would like something," came Bella's sweet voice.

"What?" Suddenly the girl's voice grew stiff addressing my love. Bella suavely strode over to me, wrapping her pale arms around my waist possessively.

"I would appreciate it if you kept your eyes off my fiancée otherwise I just might have to poke them out. You wouldn't want that would you?" Bella was glaring at the girl while everyone stared at her in shock…except for Alice.

"I-I umm… wasn't… well if that's all I am just uhh going to leave now," She actually looked frightened by my innocent Bella, although she wasn't acting so innocent at the moment.

Bella grinned and winked at the girl, "Good choice." With that, Kayla practically ran from the room screaming 'so not worth it' and 'psycho b' I her mind.

Once we were left alone, my family's eyes still laid on Bella causing her to grace us with one of her signature blushes.

Emmett broke the silence, "Damn! You go girl!" His comment hit the spot, making all of us laugh.

"I'm so proud," came Rosalie's comment, further surprising us.

Bella simply thanked her in reply before pulling me over to one of the many book shelves that gave this place the feel of a classic library in a 19th century mansion. My siblings all took off to the dance floor while Carlisle, Bella, and I settled down with a good book. The small fire crackling in the far corner set the mood easily allowing us to get lost in the world of fantasy.

Mrs. Nutcracker's POV

Stupid show, stupid devil people, stupid sin. Grr this is unacceptable! What parents let their children fly across the country whenever they want! My parental instincts roared inside, knowing I could be doing so much better raising these selfish, rude children.

I refused to be apart of their rendezvous, instead locking myself away from them in this hotel room. What was I supposed to do now? I have been sitting here for hours doing nothing! They are so bad mannered! They should have asked me what I wanted to do and done it gratefully! These people were evil! Plus, they just left me here with that whipping man coming after me! I could feel the hair standing up on my arms at the mere thought of that thing. It's all Emmett's fault. I am positive evil forces possess him.

Earlier I had attempted to take a nap, but I was plagued by the evilness of this Cullen family! Can you believe I had a dream about vampires! Yes! And as proof that an evil family surrounded me, the Cullens were the vampires! My body shook remembering them chasing me with whip cream cans.

I knew that it was impossible for vampires to be real, but it was a sure sign that the Cullens are evil, Evil, EVIL!! I am forced to endure a whole other week with them! Impossible! I will surely die first.

"UGH!" I screamed, falling back onto the sinfully soft bed.

A quick rap on the door caught my attention. "Mrs. Nutcracker, are you alright?"

I groaned again, it was the stupid cameraman. Ignoring his comment, I put on a pair of walking shoes and a shawl, and shoved past him in the hallway with my bible in hand. It was dusk, but I knew there were some lamps in the central park that would provide enough light for me.

"Ma'am, it is growing dark outside. I advise you not go out in Manhattan this late because it isn't safe," he said as if he were actually trying to warn me of some great danger. I knew though that he was just corrupted and wanted me to suffer sitting in this hotel forever. How could Manhattan, New York possibly be dangerous at night? Ridiculous.

"I am fine. Although if you are that scared of the dark, then you can stay here," I scoffed entering the elevator. If he was that scared of darkness, he obviously needed to find Jesus.

I quickly made my way out of the hotel and walked to the Central Park. It was kind of pretty at night, the soft glow of the moon along with the sound of crickets singing their song of nature. The crickets were still evil though.

I simply wandered around the different paths throughout the park aimlessly. Not a soul was out here, making it peaceful in the dead quiet. I wondered why no one came out here at night? There must be a lot of people afraid of the dark.

Seeing a suitable bench, I settled down on the corner of 110th and 5th street. The man made pond was not far away. I could hear the soft buzz of the streetlight above me. It flickered once, before turning off completely. Well that was just entirely unhelpful. I was just about to find another bench when it flickered back on again. Good, cause I liked this spot. There were enough trees around so that one wouldn't be able to se me until they were about a few feet away. It was nice and secluded here in Central Park at about ten o'clock at night in Manhattan. How peaceful.

Prying open my bible I began to read the Psalms. Hmm where did I leave off… oh right, Psalms 36:

An oracle is within my heart

Concerning the sinfulness of the wicked

There is no fear of God

Before his eyes.

For in his own eyes he flatters himself

Too much to detect or hate his sin.

The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful;

He has ceased to be wise and do good.

Even on his bed he plots evil;

He commits himself to a sinful course and does not reject what is wrong.

A chill went down my spine, but I wasn't cold. The passage I just read wasn't helping at all. Suddenly it seemed too quiet, too dark… As if trying to prove me right, the lamp above me cut out again. I could barely see my hand in front of my face through the diffused spark of the moon.

Listening carefully to my surroundings I thought myself to be alone, but then I heard it. I held my breath to make sure, never taking my eyes of the word evil in the book lying upon my lap. The sounds of air rushing in and out of lungs filled the silence, except… it wasn't me breathing. My head snapped up at the sound of a twig snapping.

"Hello poppet," said the dark figure smiling devilishly in front of my wide eyes…

Alice's POV

I ran into the room where my father, brother, and future-sister-in-law were still reading their books. Jasper was by my side immediately begging me to tell him what was wrong, Emmett and Rosalie right behind him.

"E-Edward," I breathed frozen. His head shot up, searching my mind for the trouble. I was unable to speak and had never been more appreciative of his power than right now.

"Stacy, corner of 110th and 5th in central park," he said coolly, explaining the trouble to the rest of the family.

"Let's go," Carlisle ordered immediately. We all dashed out of the room, Edward carrying Bella so as to not slow us down. No, we never liked Mrs. Nutcracker, and yes she was an idiotic pain, but that doesn't mean anything she could ever do would turn us into killers. If we ignored my vision, then it would be just as bad as if we drained her blood ourselves.

There you go people! Hope you liked it! I decided to change it up a bit… add some blood curdling suspense!! Don't worry, my story will still have some laughs… but I hope you liked the switch for now!!

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