*Wow…you have no idea how many guesses I got on who the person was. The most popular was Charlie, Angela, Jacob and Vampire Edward! Do you guys really want this story to end quickly? Because it'll be a while because I still got a few tricks up my sleeves. Only three people got it right and it doesn't really count because they got at least 5 other guesses included. It's sorta like cheating ;)
**When I search for fanfics to read, I usually look at the amount of reviews the story has then compare it to the words written and how often the person updates. If I'm satisfied, then I read the summary. I do this so I don't have to waste my time reading crappy stories. But nowadays, I try not to judge the story on their reviews…I realize that's not right. That's why I'm usually go on the search engine-it's just easier that way.
Disclaimer: Attention all shoppers. Scratch that. Attention to the shopper who has purchased and returned three already. We're completely out of men. It's not our fault that Edward, Emmett, and Jasper won't love you. They're married already. And we ran out of Carlisles and won't be getting any more in until you're dead. Have a pleasant day!
I DO NOT OWN TWILIGHT. STEPHENIE MEYER DOES.
Chapter 12: Good to be Girls
"Um…I can explain."
I kept my eyes away from a disappointed looking Carlisle as he tended to my wounds.
After my shock in seeing him here, the manager came and kicked both Lauren and I from the store. Thanks to Carlisle, I wasn't taken away by the security guards like Lauren was. Of course, I was still banned for life from that store and wasn't allowed to even show my face in there again.
Carlisle took me to the area near the fountain while he sent Rosalie to take care of Edward for now.
"You don't need to say anything Bella. Alice already explained everything to me." Carlisle assured me. I still felt ashamed for my actions. When I started to think about it, I started to regret my actions and couldn't believe I actually done that to Lauren.
But I was so mad!
"Alice knew this would happen?" I asked in confusion. Then I remembered that she had a vision when she was telling us the game plan. No wonder she wanted to meet at the fountain.
But if she knew about the fight, why didn't she do anything to prevent it? Or at least to stop it when it started to get bad…why encourage it?
"Alice wasn't exactly 100% certain this fight would take place." Carlisle assured me, as if he could read my mind. "Her vision was blurry when it came. The only thing she was certain was the Lauren and the others would be here and she wanted you to see them for the last time…well, before the wedding anyway." he explained.
"Also, I wanted to see Lauren's face when you finally got the courage to stand up to her and teach her a lesson." Alice piped in, walking towards us. My eyes widened as I took in all the shopping bags the little pixie were holding. The sight was hilarious as there must have over at least twenty bags-and I'm not talking about little bags. I was talking about overlarge and overflowing bags.
"Oh my god Alice. There must be-OW!" I winced as Carlisle put alcohol over a wound on my arm. He looked at me apologetically before returning to aid my wound. "By the looks of it, you must have bought the entire Bloomingdale's store." I said.
"Silly Bella. These bags are from Macy's." She said, gesturing to the bags on her right arm. "The bags from Bloomingdale's and in fact, all the other stores on this floor are being shipped to our house as we speak."
"How?" I asked, wide eyed that there was more. Alice sighed.
" We have many connections, Bella. Did you really believe that I would only go to one store? Only one? And in a sale this big?" She lifted her eyebrow at me. "I needed to hit every store before the sale ended. That's why I devised a plan."
"The sale is over?" I asked, surprised. I looked at the clock and realized it ended ten minutes ago. "So did you have fun?" I knew that was a stupid question.
Alice sighed as she got this dreamy look on her face. I could tell she slipped into her own personal world. She was currently healing from a shopping-induced coma.
"It was wonderful. Absolutely amazing. Extraordinary! I felt like I never have before. If I die now…wrong choice of words. If I were to cease to exist at this moment, then heaven wouldn't even compare to this place. This is my definition of heaven. I never wanted that hour to end." She sighed again, eyes sparkling. I forced myself not to roll my eyes at her ridiculousness.
Oh well. As long as Alice was happy, this trip wasn't completely wasted.
"Even the others got all the items. I was worried that Emmett would just play around and end up messing the plan up, but after the many threats from me and Rose, he followed orders and everything went without a hitch…well, except the fight involving you of course." My eyes widened as realization hit me.
"Oh no! I forgot all about the jacket!" I cried in despair. I was too busy fighting to pay attention to the jacket. And that was what started everything.
I started to feel pathetic because while everyone had to go to all the stores to get dozen of things, all I was in charge of was a jacket-And I couldn't even get that. The jacket must be long gone by now.
"Don't worry. I got it while you were punching Lauren's face to a pulp." Alice winked, holding up a dark red shopping bag. She handed it to me and I slowly took the jacket out.
The thing that caused everything.
" I want to give it to you. You definitely deserved it." She told me, smiling widely.
"I get to keep it?" I asked, surprised. I had a feeling Alice always planned that I would get this jacket. She dressed me in a black tank top with an intricate Japanese flower design on the bottom corner and dark blue skinny jeans with stripped converse. The jacket matched perfectly with my outfit.
"Oh and here. Wear this." She put a beautiful black jade bracelet on my wrist and I couldn't help but stare at the beauty of the necklace. The details on it reminded me of the sea.
"Thank you Alice." I told her, smiling. " But you really shouldn't have spen-"
"No! I bought that solely for you. So just stick with the thank you and let it be." She interrupted, glaring playfully at me. I smiled and nodded.
I then noticed the window of one of the stores behind her and felt like crying at my appearance. The scratches and bruises on my body were luckily hidden by my clothes and I could tell by the cream that it would definitely hide the scar there until it was fully healed.
But my hair was…indescribable.
I 'm pretty sure that all the bed-heads I had in my existence would never look as bad as my hair does now. It was completely frizzed out and going in many directions. It was beyond tangled and I swear that it was three inches shorter.
It was completely ruined. And I wanted to cry.
" Here." Alice noticed me looking at myself and tied my hair up into a loose bun. I looked back at the window and was amazed that my hair looked almost acceptable.
"Thanks." I whispered to her.
" You're welcome. Don't worry, we'll go to a salon soon and fix you up back to 100%." Alice assured me.
" Anyway, when I saw you and Lauren fighting, I was so proud at what you did to her. You completely turned her into that disgusting thing you humans eat. What was it? Ah, I remember. You turned her into mince meat. And all you got was a few scratches and bruises. And I'mextremely happy that it all started over your jacket! In the words of Emmett, I'm proud of ya little sis!" she told me, wiping an imaginary tear away.
"But I feel guilty about it. Now." I added. Instead of Alice, Carlisle responded.
"We're not saying what you did was right. But due to the situation, we understand why you did it." Carlisle said gently. "There, all done." he finished putting cream on my cheek and put his medical stuff away.
"Oh Carlisle. I forgot to ask what you were doing at the mall in the first place. How did you get here so fast?" Now that I thought of it, Forks is far from Minnesota and even as a vampire, Carlisle wouldn't have been able to came here that fast.
"Esme and I had already arrived here a while before you kids came. We decided to surprise you all and wanted to let you all shop since there was a sale. And we were sure Alice would-well, be Alice." Both Carlisle and I chuckled as Alice pouted.
"What about the hospital?" I asked as soon as we stopped laughing.
" I asked for a day off. Well, more like days off. So that means I have the rest of this week off to relax and just stay with the family. It wasn't that hard to get since I haven't taken a vacation in a while. Especially since I worked a lot of hours with little rest. It pays to not be able to sleep." He winked at me.
"That's great. So Esme is here as well?" I remembered Carlisle mentioning the both of them being here.
"Yes I am." We all turned back to see Esme, Rosalie, and Edward walking towards us. Esme held Edward in her arms as she looked at me in concern. "Are you sure you're alright dear?" She asked as Carlisle gave her a kiss on the cheek and Edward one on the forehead as welcome. When Edward saw me, he impatiently reached his arms toward me.
"Hello Esme. Don't worry, I'm fine." I greeted as I grabbed Edward, slightly wincing at the pain in my left arm, and cradled him towards me. "What did you get up to?" I asked, giving him a kiss on the forehead.
" Wha happen to wu?" Edward asked ignoring my question, gently touching the wound on my cheek. It was vain hope that he wouldn't noticed my disheveled state at the moment. I rubbed his back, trying to soothe him.
"I fell." I replied simply. No need to tell him that I fell on top of Lauren or that she was the reason I fell in the first place. I didn't want to worry Edward about the fight. God knows what he'll do if he sees Lauren-especially if he's still a baby. No, if he was a vampire. Call me crazy, but for some reason, I had a feeling that it would end up badly.
"Weally?" he asked incredulously, raising an eyebrow at me. Crap! How pathetic. I couldn't even fool Edward as a baby. I had to admit though, it is highly unlikely that I would get this many cuts and bruises just from falling down. I shuddered as I thought back to the way my hair looked without the bun.
" Um…yes. I fell. I fell down the uh, the stairs! Yes, the stairs. I was walking, trying to look for the jacket and silly me, my foot caught something and I ended up rolling down the stairs." I started to feel sorry for myself-even I knew that I must've sounded stupid right now. "But I'm okay. No broken or sprained bones or anything." I assured him.
"Ok…" Edward let it go. But I could still tell that he didn't believe a single word I said about the 'falling down' lie.
"Did you have fun with Esme?" I asked him, trying to change the subject. Edward suspicious look disappeared and he instantly grinned.
"Uh huh! I wa pwaying bwocks wit momma and den I saw Wosie. She come and pway wit us too. I as were wu are and she say dat wu were busy, but come laer." Edward informed excitedly. We all smiled as he bounced in my arms.
"Den laer, my tummy gwoled so momma and Wosie by me ice cweam." Edward made a 'mmm' noise while licking his lips. We all laughed at his adorableness.
"Dessert before lunch?" I asked, raising an eyebrow at a sheepish-looking Esme and Rosalie.
"He's my baby. I couldn't help but give him everything he wanted." Esme defended, giving Edward a small kiss on the head.
"You know you're spoiling him. Keep this up and he'll end up being a bratty wild child when he grow up." Carlisle joked.
" Oh hush up!" Esme teasingly slapped Carlisle's shoulder. "You'll always be my wild child." she said to him sweetly and gave him a kiss on the lips. The rest of us smiled at their playful banter.
"So what else happened?" I asked, directing my attention back to the baby in my arms.
"Den we went shopping and saw a stroller. Momma say we shod by cusp wu mite be hawing a hawed time holding me all ad time." Edward continued, now playing with a loose strand of my hair. "Den I star missing wu and I cwy." He had such a sad look on his face that cradled him closer to me, comforting him.
"It's okay. I'm here now." I whispered to him, kissing away a tear that fell on his cheek. The others were talking among themselves, trying to give us privacy. "Did you know I missed you too?"
"Wu did?" he asked, wrapping his tiny arms around my shoulder.
"I did. I missed you bunches." We smiled at each other and Edward started laughing as I blew raspberries on his cheek.
Rosalie came up to us and smiled. " We eventually got him to stop crying when we took him to the toy store." She held up nine shopping bags that I never noticed before. " As you can tell, Edward pretty much bought out the whole store.
"Carlisle was right. You guys are spoiling him." I said, staring wide-eyed at all the bags. Edward grabbed his stuffed lion and hugged it with one arm while his other arm was still around me.
" I have to say though. My favorite toy is hands down this one." Rosalie held it up and I laughed when I saw what it was. A Count Dracula action figure.
"Nice." I complimented as she put it away.
"Hey! Did we miss the party?" I turned and saw Emmett and Jasper walking towards us. Both of them each went to their wives and took their bags from them.
"Carlisle, Esme, what are you doing here?" Jasper asked, grabbing the last bag from Alice.
"I got a week off from work so Esme and I decided to see what our children were all up to." Carlisle answered.
"That's great! The whole family together again." Emmett said. "Cool. Count Dracula." He commented looking inside one of the bags. He looked around the mall for a minute before his eyes met mine. He smiled.
" Hey Bells! Did you know what we heard?" He told me. I turned pale as I could guess what it was. " There's a story going around the entire mall saying that you got into a little trouble. It apparently involved you and a fight-"
"Flight!" I quickly said, giving Emmett a warning glare. He and Edward gave me a confused look as everyone else started to quietly laugh. " Yes Emmett, I fell down a flight of stairs. But don't worry, I'm okay." I told him slowly, silently communicating with my eyes that I didn't want Edward to know about it.
"Oh…oh! Okay. Yeah, you fell down the stairs. You being clumsy and all." I was grateful that Emmett played along with the charade.
"Where did you boys go?" Esme asked as Carlisle wrapped his arm around her.
"We were busy dealing with all the shopping bags and making sure they got home alright." Jasper told us.
"That's all you did?" Alice said, lifting an eyebrow at her husband.
"And we might have visited the stadium as well." Emmett confessed. " That place was so huge that I could just imagine myself playing football there."
"Imagine? You did play football there." Jasper scoffed. " And the idiot here ended up damaging equipment and some of the bystanders nearby."
"Emmett…" Esme scolded while Rosalie smacked him in the head.
"Ow! Tattletale!" Emmett glared at Jasper. " It was an accident and I said I was sorry." Emmett said, rubbing his head. "And don't worry, I paid for the damage."
"What should we do now?" I asked, looking at the time. It was almost lunchtime.
"Why don't you girls and Edward looked around and do more shopping? Emmett, Jasper and I will put these bags in the car." Carlisle suggested.
"Yeah, you girls go shop while us guys-" Emmett wrapped each of his arms around Jasper and Carlisle " Will be doing guy stuff."
We all agreed to meet back at noon and I watched as the guys walked away. I blushed as my stomach started growling. I didn't realize how hungry I was.
"Let's get something for Bella and Edward to eat." Esme suggested.
We went to the food court and sat at on of the tables as I ate my order of a burger and fries with a strawberry milkshake-which I shared with Edward. Edward was sitting on Esme's lap since I was eating. She fed him some corn chowder.
As Alice and Rosalie talked about some of the clothes they got and what we should do next, I looked around the court and noticed the mural on the wall.
" It's a picture based on the painting by Georges-Pierre Seurat." Esme told me when she noticed where I was looking. "It's called 'Sunday Afternoon on the island of La Grande Jatte'. Say 'aww'." Esme told Edward as she spooned more chowder into his mouth.
"It's beautiful." I told her as I studied the image. It gave off a calming quality.
After we finished eating, we decided to just stroll around. Because of the sale, some of the stores were closed so the employees could organize and fix any of the mess left behind.
"I really liked the red halter top you got." Rosalie told Alice as we walked. They were still talking about the sale and were now comparing the clothes they got.
"Yeah, it would totally match the mahogany pants you grabbed or the cute black miniskirt Emmett got." I held my laughter as a mental image came to mind at that last part. " What about that yellow spaghetti strap dress with the light blue and white flowers?"
"That was adorable. Oh! What about the cerulean strapless mini dress with the sexy black sling-backs. That would look great on you, Bella." Rosalie pointed out.
"Ooh…they would also look gorgeous with the silver high heels. What about the aqua blue purse? You know, the one with the black buckle not the leopard print one?"
"It would definitely go well with the dark forest gown that Jasper bought." Again, a mental image came to mind. "Add it with those emerald ear rings I have at home and you'll be ready for the runway."
"I know, right? What about…" I could stand to listen more so I just tuned them out and focused to talking to Esme and Edward about their mother-and-son bonding they had earlier.
"It wa so much fun!" Edward told me as Esme mentioned them playing games at the Children's Corner. Apparently, two minutes after I left, Esme arrived to watch over Edward.
"It was so adorable. We decided to play 'Hunt the Lion'." Esme told me. " I would hold Edward's stuffed lion away from him while Edward 'hunted' it. He was so cute as he prowled around. He even growled a few times!"
"Aww…" I cooed at Edward and giggled hard as Edward gave a playful growl in response.
I wished I could have been there when it happened, but I was glad that Esme got her bonding time with Baby Edward.
"Look there!" Esme pointed to a flower store nearby. "Let's look in there."
We left Rosalie and Alice-who probably didn't even noticed that we left as they were looking at jewelry- and went inside the store.
It was a light and bright place which smelled wonderful due to all the flowers. There were some I recognized and others that looked exotic.
I put Edward on the ground-on the part where it was clean and had a carpet- so he could crawl around and play with the flowers on the ground. He grabbed a daisy and started pulled the petals from it. I reminded myself to pay for that before we left.
I looked around the store and it felt as if I was at the meadow. I closed my eyes as the song 'Imagine' by John Lennon and performed by David Archuleta came on.
Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...
…
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
I hummed along with the song as Esme examined the roses.
"Do you know that all flowers have a special meaning to them, dear?" Esme asked as she showed me a white rose. I knew she had a garden at home so she was probably an expert on them.
"Uh huh. I know that the white rose means 'innocence' while the yellow roses mean 'friendship'. And the red ones mean 'pure love' of course. I remembered my mom telling me this when she was in her 'planting phase'.
"Very good, Bella." Esme said, smiling at me. She reached over and picked up an unfamiliar pink flower and held it up to me. " This is a Carnation. It means 'pride and beauty'. It makes sense, this flower is definitely one of the most beautiful here."
'Just like Rosalie'. I thought. I couldn't help but compare this flower to Rosalie. Like the flower, Rosalie was one of the most prideful people I knew and without a doubt, the most beautiful in the world.
"What's this one?" I asked, picking up another pink flower, but this one was strange-looking.
"That's a Gladiolus. It means 'strength of character'. It's usually given to a person of whom you admire and respect." Esme told me. Carlisle came to mind. He was definitely a person to admire and respect based on all the good he had done over the years.
"And this one?" I asked, noticing a very pretty lavender flower. I picked it up and smelled it.
"That's a Larkspur. It stands for 'levity'-meaning lacking of seriousness." Esme said, smiling at the flower. I smiled at it too as I knew the perfect person this flower matched.
My silly brother bear, Emmett.
"And these two?" I asked again, picking up one purple flower and one pink flower which looked like a rose with a yellow bud.
"The purple flower is called an Anemone. It's supposed to help soothe someone's nerves with tranquility." Jasper was the perfect match for this flower. He also helps calm others around him. "The pinkish yellow flower is the Lisianthus. It means 'outgoing nature'." Due to her own outgoing and fun nature, this flower definitely fit Alice well.
"This is a chrysanthemum, right?" I asked, picking up the beautiful yellow flower. When I was about five, it used to be my favorite flower.
"Yes it is. The meaning for this one is quite simple. It means, 'sun'." Esme said. I automatically knew who this flower was.
Jacob. My own personal sun.
I tried to ignore the sad feeling of knowing that Jacob was out there somewhere, running away from Forks because of me. I kept the tears at bay when I remembered him and was sad that my best man would most likely miss my wedding.
I slowly put the chrysanthemum back, hoping the pain wasn't showing on my face. I turned away from it and saw another flower.
"Isn't this flower used in weddings?" I asked, twirling the delicate white flowers between my fingers. I winced as I said 'wedding'. Other than Jacob, I still wasn't used to the fact that I was going to get married soon.
"Oh yes. That one is called Queen Anne's Lace. This meaning is also simple. 'Sanctuary'." I knew immediately that this flower was perfect for Esme. Without her, the Cullens wouldn't have a home. Esme was the very heart of everything and everyone's sanctuary.
"Did you know that each of these flowers represent a different family member?" I told Esme which flower was for each person and she nodded, agreeing with me. " I have everyone except Edward though. Could you help me pick out one that represents him best?" I asked her.
"Of course, Bella. What about this one?" Esme held up a daffodil. " This one is of course, a Daffodil. It means 'chivalry'. Or maybe you would like the Orchid, which stands for 'exotic and long lasting impression'. You can even go with the cream rose, which to put it simply means 'perfection'." Esme suggested. I looked at all the flowers and though they were beautiful, they just didn't seem right.
"There all beautiful Esme, but there not exactly right." I told her, apologetically. I started looking around, holding the other flowers like a bouquet, until I accidentally bumped into something.
"Whoops! Sorry…" I looked around and noticed that I bumped into a flower bed. I looked at them closely and my eyes widened as I recognized them.
Plucking one out, I went to Esme and asked her what flower it was to make sure. When she saw the flower, she smiled at me, laughing a bit.
"Oh dear. That's a Freesia. And coincidentally, that also happens to be your scent." Esme said, looking at the freesia.
"Yeah, Edward told me. Do you know what it means?" I asked. Something about the flower gave me a good feeling.
" It means 'innocence'. It's also a flower that is usually associated with babies and infants." I smiled at the description and joined the freesia with the other flowers.
"Due to the current situation, I think the freesia would fit Edward just well." I told her smiling widely. I looked at my tiny bouquet and but frowned when I noticed that something was missing.
"I think you're missing something, dear." Esme told me gently. I looked at her confused, then turn back to the flowers.
"I don't think so. I got everyone. Rosalie, Carlisle, Emmett, Jasper, Alice, you, and Edward. No one in the family is missing." I told her. She gave me a sad smile.
"Wait here. I know exactly what is missing in your bouquet." She left to find what I was missing. While I waited for her, I checked on Edward and saw him playing with the petals on the floor. When I saw him sneeze when he got too close to a lily, I picked him up and settled him near a sunflower. He started picking at the seeds and laughed as a butterfly landed on top of it.
"Here it is." I turned back to see Esme holding a red, sorta island-looking, flower. It was the most strange of all the flowers, but I think the uniqueness added to the beauty of the flower.
"What is that flower?' I asked as Esme handed it to me.
" This is an Amaryllis. As you can tell, it is one of the most unique of all the flowers. It means 'radiant beauty, inside and out'." She told me. I looked at her confused, silently asking why she gave me this. "Bella, the reason why you're bouquet looks unfinished is because you forgot one family member. You." Esme told me. I looked at her surprised.
" I didn't think that I was counted as a family member." I told her. Truthfully, I always saw myself as the 'outsider' of the family. The vampires and me. The human. I knew I would never fit in.
"Bella." Esme spoke slowly, gently taking the flowers from me slowly and rearranging them. " From the moment Edward fell in love with you, you were already a part of this family. We all love you and we want you to know that you mean just as much to this family as any of us do. Remember that." Esme said, giving me a kiss on the forehead.
I smiled and looked back at the bouquet. Even though it was one of the strangest looking bouquet I had ever seen, the flowers seemed to go together and it worked. It was very beautiful.
"Bewa!" I turned to Edward and saw him crawling towards me. I walked to him and picked him up. He gave me a kiss on the cheek and handed me a beautiful pink flower. "Fo wu Bewa!"
"This is beautiful, Edward. Thank you." I took the flower and looked towards Esme to explain it.
"That is a Peony. To put it simply, it means 'I love you'." She told me, smiling at the both of us. I couldn't take it after that. Tears started to fall as I looked at the beautiful flower.
"Bewa…no cwy." Edward said, looking worriedly as he wiped my tears away. I kissed his hand and shook my head.
"Don't worry. These are happy tears. Thank you, Edward." I told him, giving him a bright smile. He returned it and then focused his attention to my bouquet.
We all went to pay for the flowers. All in all, we had to pay for twenty-six flowers. Eight from my bouquet, one peony, and the rest of the flowers Edward ruined and destroyed.
After we had a bathroom break-we also had to wash the pollen form our hands-we met up with Alice and Rosalie again.
"Hi guys! Ooh…those flowers are gorgeous!" Alice exclaimed when she saw them.
"Did you guys buy anything?" I asked them.
"Yes. We bought a ton of jewelry and accessories." Rosalie said, holding up a small bag.
We decided to go to Barnes and Noble-of which is the only store that I was very excited about from the very beginning. We looked around the store and I bought many classics- Othello, Hamlet, and Wuthering Heights (replacing the tattered copy in my room). I also bought 'Bite me if you can' by Lynsay Sands. It was about vampires, but it looked very interesting.
I wasn't surprised when Alice bought 'Confessions of a Shopaholic'. She said that she saw the movie, but never read the book. She wanted to see how they compared. She even bought the entire series.
I was surprised when Rosalie got 'Twin if Fire' and 'Twin of Ice' by Jude Deveraux. She said that Deveraux was one of her favorite authors of all time. Esme got many cooking and gardening books. I was excited about the booking books because the recipes all looked very delicious.
Lastly, Edward seemed to love the books. He bought many of the children's books, his favorite being 'Where the wild things are'. I had to admit, that was one of my favorites when I was young also. It sort of made me curious about the movie that they made of it.
After we finished shopping, we went out and decided to see a movie.
We decided on watching 'Iron Man 2'. We got many snacks for me and Edward. But after ten minutes into the movie, we started to run out of snacks-Edward really has a sweet tooth- and Edward started to get fussy. When he started to cry, saying that he wanted to go, we had no choice but to leave the theatre. I knew we should have seen that kids movie- 'How to Train your Dragon'.
Just then, we saw the guys come as they walked toward us.
"Hello girls. What do you have there, Bella?" Carlisle asked, as they stopped in front of us. I explained what it was and what each flower stood for.
"Why do I have the pink flower?" Emmett whined.
"It's not pink. It's lavender." I corrected.
"A pinkish lavender." he pouted.
"Carlisle has a pink flower also." I pointed out.
"Well, he's okay with his flower. Besides, he's more into his feminine side." Emmett said.
"Emmett…" Carlisle warned. Emmett smiled innocently at him.
"Oh just deal with it you big baby." Rosalie said, hitting him in the head. "The flower matches you perfectly."
"So what did you boys get up to?" Esme asked, trying to calm everyone down.
"We were at a shop, looking at watches, when Emmett got us kicked out for falling on the merchandise and breaking fifty percent of all the items there." Jasper answered, rolling his eyes. Esme turned to scold Emmett.
" I said I was sorry and that I would pay for all the damages later." Emmett said, quickly.
Alice came up to me then and silently asked for Edward. Confused, I handed him to her and although he was fussy about it, he unwillingly went to her. She then turned and handed him to Carlisle.
"Sorry Edward, but I think it's time for us girl's to have some real girls time. I think it's best if you go with the guys and have some guy time with them for now." Alice explained. Edward looked at me and immediately started crying. Loudly.
"AHH! BEWA! I WAN BEWA! AHHHH!" He started to wail, pushing at Carlisle's arms to get to me. We all tried to comfort him, telling him that he couldn't come with me.
"Edward…Edward. Please stop crying." I grabbed him from Carlisle and gently bounced him, whispering him with soothing words. He cried into my shoulder while the others continued to calm him. I sat down at one of the benches and held him there. I waited till the crying subsided and then I faced him towards me.
"Edward. You need to understand that you can't always be around me. You need to spend time with your other family members. Do you understand?" I asked him, as I wiped his face with his towel. Rosalie handed me a tissue and I let him blow his nose.
"I-I wan wu, B-B-Bewa." He said brokenly, tiny sobs coming from him. I held him tightly and rubbed his back.
" I know, sweetie. I know." I told him. Truthfully, I didn't want to leave him neither.
"Edward," Alice said, sitting besides us as she laid a hand on his back. " Bella and us girls need to go to a salon because Bella really needs to fix herself up. Look at her hair. Also, she'll be able to relax and she definitely needs that after the figh-flight of stairs she fell down earlier. Do you want Bella to feel better?"
Edward took a peek at me and after a moment, nodded his head. "Good. Also, you should spend more time with the guys. You haven't spent much time with Carlisle or Jasper. You should let them have this time." Alice added.
After much thought, Edward slowly moved from me and gave me a small sad look. " I sowy Bewa." he said, not meeting my eyes.
"It's okay, Edward. I understand." I told him, giving him a smile. He gave me a kiss on the cheek before turning and raising his arms toward Carlisle.
" Okay, up you go." Carlisle said as carried Edward in his arms. Edward held onto Carlisle's neck and looked at me, still looking sad.
"Bye Bewa." Edward said, waving at me as the guys left.
" I'll see you soon. I promise." I called to him, waving at him back. I felt my throat close up as Edward's tiny figure slowly disappeared. I missed him already.
"Don't worry. I miss him too." Esme whispered to me, putting an arm around me. I nodded and us girls went to the salon.
The people greeted us and immediately took us in as soon as Alice showed them her black unlimited credit card. Rosalie and Esme went to get their nails done, while Alice took me to get my hair done.
"Honey, what happened to your hair!" One of the hairstylist named 'David' squealed as Alice took it out of its bun.
"She was the one who was in the catfight at Bloomingdale's." Alice explained. David looked at me with a surprised look, but then smiled.
"Ooh…I heard about you. You did a fine job against the other gal. I saw her being dragged away and whoo! She was a mess! Her friends-two girls and a boy- left with her." he told me. I was relieved that I wouldn't have to worry about bumping into Jessica or Mike today.
"So what are we doing today?' David asked, fingering a strand of my hair.
"Her hair is currently dark brown with auburn highlights in a long layered look, but I was thinking about changing it to a medium brown with red on top and black brown underneath." Alice instructed him.
"Oh, that would look nice! I can tell that she can match any hair color-even blonde! So do you want to change the style or keep it layered?" David asked.
"I want you to give it waves and make sure there's a shine afterwards." Alice told him. He nodded and quickly started. I was startled when felt someone grab my feet and looked to see someone massaging it.
"Don't worry, Bella. Just relax." Alice assured me. I gave her a smile and closed my eyes as they put cucumbers on my eyes. I relaxed and cleared everything in my mind, thinking about only Edward.
I hated to admit it- and I'll deny it if anyone, especially Alice, found out- but I'm really glad that we went to the Mall of America.
Thank you, Alice.
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*Okay people, I'm thoroughly exhausted. I have bad news-well, for me. Instead of this Saturday, I'm going to the Mall of Asia next Thursday. Yeah...my parents just told me because they were busy and said next week would be better. This sucks. But...you guys are so lucky. You know why? Because that means I'll be able to update one more chapter before I leave. And you know what chapter is coming up ....
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NEXT CHAPTER: BABY EDWARD POV
Yeah, it was unanimous. You ALL wanted Baby Edward POV so you got it. You guys so are so lucky that you won't have to wait over a week for it. But, I will be updating that chapter on Tuesday-I need time to write it and make it good. So yeah...so lucky for you but I'm still sad my trip got postponed :(
*Anyway, please review and you'll get a small sneak peek of the next chapter!
