Disclaimer: I don't own this story. Stephenie Meyer does.
Bella's POV:
Our kiss was cut short by a very jubilant Alice's squeal. "EEEEEEEEEEEKKK!! I'm so glad we got that mess out of the way! I'm so happy for you guys!"
Edward put his arm around me and pulled me against him. "Thanks Alice" he replied looking happier than I'd ever seen him.
"We have to go shopping!" cried jumping up and down.
"Why?" I asked.
"To celebrate! Plus you have no clothes, but even if you had your old clothes they wouldn't fit." She stated looking me over. This was one of those times where I was very glad I couldn't blush.
I really didn't want to go shopping…but I didn't have any clothes. I reluctantly said, "Fine Alice, I'll go with you, but we can't take to long and I have to pay for my own things."
"No" she stated simply.
"No what?"
"I will take as long as I want and I vehemently refuse to allow you to pay!" she said grabbing my hand and dragging me out of Edward's reach.
"Hey!" We both protested at the same time causing me to smile in spite of my current hostage situation.
"Now Edward, I know you want to spend time with Bella, especially since you love each other and all that, but unless you want her wearing the same thing everyday…or naked all the time than see needs to come with me." Alice reasoned.
Edward got a wicked glint in his eye. "You know, I really wouldn't mind if Bella had no clothes at all. I bet the view would be fantastic."
I heard laughter all through the house as I playfully smacked Edward upside his head.
Before I realized what was happening Edward had me pinned against the wall. "Bella that hurt." He whispered faking a hurt expression.
"Meet me down stairs in five minutes." I vaguely heard Alice tell me.
I was drowning in Edward's topaz, smoldering eyes. "Sorry?" I offered breathless. I could see the passion building in his eyes and it was intoxication. He pressed up against me so that I was trapped between the wall and him. I could feel every contour, every curve of his magnificent body. He leaned forward and led a trail of kisses starting from the crook of my neck leading up to my ear. He whispered into my ear with his lips barely brushing my skin, "I love you Isabella." I was too dazzled to speak. Edward trailed his hands down my arms, sending shivers through me, and rested them on my waist, while nibbling on my neck. I moaned in pleasure. I couldn't take it anymore; I was going to explode if I didn't feel his lips on mine again. Apparently Edward felt the same way because in the next second his mouth crashed against mine hungrily. I wound my fingers through his hair bringing him closer, if that was possible. After a moment Edward pulled back slightly. "Alice is getting impatient. Maybe you should go now." I knew he was right, but I was very reluctant to leave him. I nodded mutely, to dazed to think straight, and stumbled my way down stairs.
In the car Alice was chatting away happily. I was a little bit frightened of her eagerness to take me shopping.
As soon as we pulled up to the mall Alice rushed to my side dragging me into all her favorite stores. She went down every aisle and to every rack pulling off item after item thrusting them upon me.
"Here, go try these on." She demanded, handing over the next pile of clothes. I unwillingly went into the dressing room and tried on everything, every time coming out to show Alice. She would nod or shake her head, depending on whether or not she liked it and if we were getting it.
An hour later we were still shopping.
Another hour later we were still shopping.
Another hour and we were still shopping.
After four and a half hours of pure torture I had eighteen huge bags stuffed to the brim with every type of clothing imaginable. I was even forced into Victoria Secrets.
"Alice! I'm not going in there!" I refused.
"Oh yes you are." She replied. I could tell by her thoughts that she wanted to buy certain items for a specific reason. cough Edward cough
"Alice I don't need anything from there." I wasn't entirely comfortable doing this with her.
"It's not for you it's for Edward." She said calmly, forcing me into the store. After many more arguments we left…with me caring two rather large bags from there.
"Can we please leave now?" I whined. I didn't want to give her another chance to force me into anymore embarrassing stores and I was really starting to miss Edward.
Alice sighed heavily. "Fine Bella, ruin all my fun." She grumbled good heartily. I knew she missed Jasper too.
When we arrived back at the house Edward helped me carry my bags to my room. He caught me catch him eyeing the Victoria Secrets bag and he looked away from me like a kid caught with his hand in the cookie jar. I couldn't help but chuckle. As soon as I had put everything away Emmett strode into the room with a big grin on his face.
"What is it Emmett?" I asked.
"Alice said there's going to be a thunderstorm tonight!" he answered bouncing on the balls of his feet.
Edward immediately perked up, but I didn't see the big deal. "Really? We can have a baseball game tonight?" Edward inquired excitedly.
"Yelp!"
"Can someone please tell me what the big deal is?" I was thoroughly confused. I mean, it's just a thunderstorm.
"You see Bella; we can only have a vampire style baseball game during a thunderstorm because when we hit the ball and run into each other it sounds like thunder." Emmett explained patiently.
"When's the game going to start?"
"Alice said the storm comes at eight."
"Okay!" I was excited to see my first vampire style baseball game.
The next three hours seemed to just drag by. I was anticipating the game and I could tell everyone else was too.
But finally…the time came and we all ran to a huge clearing in the woods. Carlisle split everyone into teams. Carmon, Elizear, Irin, Tanya, Kate, and Carlisle were on one team, while, Jasper, Alice, Emmett, Rosalie, Edward, and I were on the other team and Esme refereed. My team was in the field first.
We spread our selves out in the field with Alice pitching. Tanya was at bat. She hit the ball over everyone's heads with a deafening crack, but Edward easily ran and caught it. Out number one. We quickly got two more outs than it was our turn to bat. I got a double and then Edward hit a homerun, making the score 2:1, with us winning.
I thought I was doing very well, considering this was my first time ever playing baseball. I was really enjoying myself. I loved my family, they were absolutely hilarious. The guys would argue over every little thing, making Esme break them apart. Then if they won the argument they'd brag like five year olds. The game continued for a couple more innings in much the same fashion. The score fluctuated constantly and whoever was winning at the time apparently had bragging rights.
During the fifth inning I started getting a bad feeling. I can't describe it, but it's like I just knew something bad was going to happen…and soon, very soon.
"Hey guys!" I called out. Everybody stopped what they were doing and turned towards me. "I have a very, very bad feeling."
Edward was instantly by my side. "What do you mean?" concerned colored his tone.
"I don't know how to explain it. I just know something bad is going to happen, like in the next few minutes." I was getting frantic. The feeling was starting to become overbearing. "Can we go? Please?" I begged.
"Sure Bella. It would be unwise to ignore this. It may be another power of yours showing itself." Carlisle agreed, much to my relief.
We all turned to leave, but it was too late. James, Laurent, and Victoria all entered the clearing at that precise moment.