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A/N: I only got 83 reviews, but whatever. The last chapter kinda sucked, I'm sorry. This is my tenth chapter so...I hope it's awesome! Christmas Part II Enjoy!
Chapter Ten
MPOV
We had to have the presents by nine o'clock Christmas morning. I was at a loss again. All I really knew about Bella was she liked to read. I knew even less about Alice She liked to shop. There was no way I could win this thing.
I decided to go back to the mall. Thank God it was open all night. I went to a bookstore for Bella.
"Hello Sir. How may I help you tonight?" The lady at the counter asked
"Do you know of any important book collectors?" I asked "I'm buying a gift and money isn't important."
"Well," She started "I don't know any, but my manager might be able to help."
"That works."
She walked to an employee room and came out with a very tired-looking man.
"Good Evening Sir." He greeted me "Lindsey tells me you are interested in expensive books."
"Yeah," I said "Can you help me?"
"Sure." He was starting to wake up now "I know one great book dealer, he's extremely exclusive."
"Okay, do you have his number or anything?" I inquired
"I'll give you his card." He handed me a tan slip of paper
"Thank you very much."
"Merry Christmas." Lindsey called as I left the shop
I would call him after I got a start on Alice's present.
BPOV
Alice was determined to win. She hopped into her car and was gone. It was pretty scary to see her at Christmas.
I went back to the shirt store. A new man was at the counter. He kept giving me weird looks. I glared at him and got to shopping. I got Mike and Alice perfect shirts. I probably wouldn't win, but whatever.
As I was checking out the guy slipped a piece of paper with his number in my pocket. I had an idea.
"Excuse me sir." I said in my sweetest voice "I need some help with one more shirt."
"I can help you with anything." He said, clearly trying to be impressive
I grabbed two random shirts that could have fit Edward and held them up.
"Which one of these do you think my husband will like better?"
He was stunned. His eyes flashed to my pocket where his number was.
"Uh...umm...I...I don't know. Whatever you think is better."
"I think I'll get his somewhere else." I was trying so hard not to laugh "Happy Holidays."
I started laughing as soon as I was out of the store. I flicked the paper with his number into the trash.
APOV
I would win. Nobody could stop me. I went into a jewelry store and came out with two bags, and a huge credit card bill.
JPOV (Jasper)
They ran out the door at lightning speed. Alice was a force to be reckoned with. Mike was just nervous and extremely shocked. He didn't think he would win. Bella was bored. This was turning out to be the best Cullen Christmas Contest ever.
I turned to face the group.
"Seriously, why didn't anyone get me a present?" Emmett was whining, at least it was better then the poem thing.
"Did you buy anyone in your group a present?" Edward asked
"No." He responded meekly
"Then you get no presents." Edward replied triumphantly
"Whatever." Emmett grumbled sending waves of defeat at me
"This is way weird." Felix commented
"I thought Volturi Christmas's were strange." Alec agreed
"What do you guys do for Christmas?" I asked, honestly curious
"Aro likes Christmas carols." Felix said, clearly remembering something painful, I was getting a lot of negative emotion off him
"Lots of Christmas carols." Alec said in the same, dead tone
"And Christmas trees." Felix added
"Lots of Christmas trees."
Their expressions were enough to make everyone laugh. Emmett was rolling on the floor for effect.
"It can't be that bad." I got out in between laughs
"Think of Alice's enthusiasm for Christmas time twenty." Felix said, dead serious
That shut us up. Alice was very bad. I don't think I would be able to stand Aro. I can barely stand Alice, and she's my wife.
"I understand you completely." Emmett said, remembering an extremely painful Christmas
"I wonder how much longer we have to wait for them?" Rosalie thought out loud
"Not too much," Edward answered "I can hear Alice's thoughts driving down the road."
I waited and then I heard her car speeding down the drive. She burst in the door holding two presents wrapped in shiny, gold paper.
"Bella will be here in five minutes." She said fiercely "Mike will be twenty."
She furiously stuffed the presents under our huge tree. I sent waves of calm at her.
"Alice?" I asked "Are you okay?"
"I'm better now." She said as she kissed my cheek
"How was shopping?" Emmett asked innocently
"Fine." She answered in the same sweet tone "Don't even bother asking, I'm not telling you what I got them."
"Dang!" Emmett grumbled
In a couple minutes mike showed up. One of his presents was just a really big envelope with a red and green bow on it. The other was a huge, three foot tall box.
"What is in the box?" Tanya asked incredulously, as she kissed him
"A gift." He answered
"Really," Emmett started, voice loaded with sarcasm "I never would have guessed."
"It's okay Emmett." Mike said with sarcasm to rival Emmett's "We can help you get past your mental obstacles."
Everyone, including Emmett, laughed.
"Mike," Emmett said as he finished laughing "I think I'm starting to like you."
Bella showed up early. Her presents looked like two shoeboxes.
"Can we start now?" Emmett whined like a kid on Christmas morning
Carlisle looked at his watch "I wasn't going to let you start until 9 am. It's 8:30."
"Come on." Everyone groaned together
"I guess." He chuckled
"Bella. Go first." Alice commanded
She handed the shoeboxes to their owners. Alice opened hers. It was a hot pink shirt that had a crystal ball on it. It read $20 Says I'm Right. We all laughed when we saw it.
"Thank you Bella." Alice squealed as she shoved it on "I love it!"
I looked down and noticed I was still wearing mine. Whatever.
Mike opened his next. It was like Bella got his customized. It was yellow and read Cows Love Me.
Tanya shoved it over his head and stood next to him.
"Now we match." She giggled
"I'm next!" Alice chucked "I hope you love them."
She gave Bella hers. I t was a gold locket. Bella opened it. On one side was a carving of Edward. The other side was Nessie.
"Wow," Nessie breathed "That looks just like me."
Edward and Bella just stared. It was perfect. Bella hugged Alice and Edward fastened it on her neck.
"Thank you so much," Bella sighed "I love it."
"I thought so." Alice giggled "Mike your next."
Apparently Alice forgot to block her mind. Edward started laughing, hard.
"You are a genius." He said to Alice
"I know." She replied smugly "Open it Mike."
He opened it. It was like a bomb went off. Everyone was exploding with laughter. She got Mike a golden cowbell.
"Whe...how...why?..." Mike was stuttering
"Don't you love it?" Alice got out in between peals of laughter
"It's great." Waves of shock and humor were coming off Mike
Felix and Alec just stared.
"This is definitely better than Volturi Christmas." Alec chuckled
"Way better." Felix agreed
"Mike's turn to give gifts." Nessie chimed
"Why," He questioned "Alice pretty much won."
"Don't underestimate yourself." Esme said sweetly "You made it this far, you can still win."
"Okay." He handed Alice hers
She opened it and shrieked "This is amazing!" She hugged Mike "How did you find these?!?!?"
It was a pair of hot pink heels. I didn't get what was so special. Apparently all the girls did. They all crowded in and wanted to hold them.
"Wow," Alice was in shock "Mike is the best shopper ever. Mike you win."
"Wait, wait, wait." Emmett boomed "What if his gift for Bella sucks? This isn't over yet."
He handed Bella her present. If she hadn't been a vampire she would have fainted.
"Mike wins." Bella said. He had given her an original script of "The Merchant of Venice". It even had notes from the actor.
"You know what that means." Mike practically sang
"Oh no." Edward said with a grimace
"I have control for one week." Mike was radiating power
"What's your first order of business?" I asked, laughing
"I know, I know." Emmett was cracking up "We all have to get a pet cow."
"No." Mike answered "It's better than that."
"We all have to get two pet cows?" Emmett was practically on the floor laughing
"Nope." Mike answered smugly "Emmett can't talk all week."
"What?" Emmett asked incredulously "Carlisle? He can't..."
"He can." I answered for Carlisle who was laughing to hard
Emmett gave Mike a rude hand gesture.
Mike chuckled and said "Do you always have to get the last word?"
Emmett nodded with a grin. I could tell that between Emmett and Mike, this was going to be a long week.
Alec laughed and said "I'm glad I got to stay for this."
Emmett glared at him in way that meant he was going to regret those words.
Thank you to everyone who reviewed especially miiluvedward for the idea of the golden cowbell. Tell me what you think. I'm soo excited that this is my longest chapter!! Lucky number ten!! Since I'm in a good mood I'll only ask for 90 reviews.
Happy New Year!
