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I don't know why I keep apologizing for taking so long. I guess it's because I want to update more often, but don't have the time for it.

At first I wanted to make this longer, but now I just want to get it out there, so this is shorter than normal.

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The blood in the freezer was there because Elisa was Bella's singer.

She had told us about the visitor that was almost attacked upon entering this very room. She never told us who it was, or which of the vampires who had been close to attacking.

Bella smiled at me when she released Elisa and walked over to my side. "We were out of milk that time as well." She whispered before she joined Edward at the table.

CHAPTER TWELVE

Renata POV 27 November

As I and Heidi made our way over to Bella's house the Rossini couple had already left with Liam. We entered the house and found everyone on the couches, talking about old times.

Heidi shot me a knowing look. We both knew everything about "the old times". Bella told us a lot when she was still human, and then when she had changed she told us even more.

She had been worried that she wouldn't remember anything about her family, friends and the father of her child after her change, so she told us everything she wanted to remember, only to have us tell her everything after her change.

We didn't have to tell her anything, she remembered it all.

She went to speak with Aro about her memories, he seemed to think her shield protected her mind and her memories. At first she was clueless, "what shield?", but when he explained that he still couldn't read her mind, and Jane tried to use her power on her, she realized that she actually had a power.

Even after everything that happened to her she still loved them all. Time and time again we've heard stories about the Cullens, and I could understand that she was happy having them here, close to her again.

Though we all knew what happened when they first arrived, we'd seen Bella throw herself into the administrative work she usually had, plus taking some of ours, only to kill the pain. She has done it many times before, but this time was by far the worst. But finally she's happy.

Amongst the stories of the Cullens we've heard of Alice's shopping sprees and Rosalie's cold behavior. These were the main reason for me tagging along on this trip. I wanted to know them after what Bella told us.

The Cullens ended their little talk and soon all girls, with the exception of Bella, were in the garage, deciding who would drive which car.

Somehow I ended up with Jane and Alice in Bella's Ferrari, while Rosalie, Heidi and Renesmee took her Porsche.

Jane and Alice discussed different designers and seemed to go along pretty well. The scary looking girl wasn't so scary with her brown contact lenses. Since we don't share Bella and the Cullens diet, our eyes are red. To blend in with the humans we wear contacts, mostly brown ones since they're the best cover, but Heidi insists on her blue ones, making her eyes go a lovely shade of purple.

The morning passed quickly, and soon we stopped so that Renesmee could get her lunch. Miss "I-don't-know-what-I-want" finally settled on pizza, just like always.

By then I had seen what Bella meant by crazy-shopping-pixie. Alice was a force of nature when she entered a store, and in the end she'll probably end up spending more money than the rest of us together. She almost ran from store to store and never took the time to just relax. If someone could make shopping an Olympic sport it would be Alice.

I could see some Alice tendencies in Renesmee. Being used to shopping with Nessie, it wasn't so hard to follow Alice. Though the two of them are very different when it comes to certain things. And those differences raised loud arguments between the two of them.

Like when Nessie wanted to enter H&M. Alice almost threw a fit stating that it was a low-budget store, and there is no way she'll follow Nessie inside.

Alice came out of there carrying three bags, Nessie came out a few minutes later with the widest grin on her face, clearly she was proud after she won against her aunt.

The rest of the morning was spent in designer shops only, and now we all relaxed while Nessie ate.

Conversation flowed smoothly around the table. Heidi, Alice and Jane discussed which stores they were going to later, Nessie ate while keeping up a nice conversation with Rosalie about the wedding.

Rosalie didn't seem so happy about it. I heard her mutter under her breath something that sounded like "another Bella, another human giving up their life for a vampire when they can have everything."

As Aro's personal body guard I'm used to standing by the side and simply observe what's going on. I can never get away from observing, from watching other people interact.

And from what I've seen Rosalie really is a cold bitch. She hasn't smiled since we left Volterra, nor has she complimented anyone or anything. But if I go deeper there is something more. It's not just the ice queen, but the hurt little girl.

I don't know what happened to her, she seems almost depressed, but she still has no reason to snap at us. We haven't done anything to her.

Rosalie's first smile came sometime around two in the afternoon. After that she seemed to lighten up a bit. But never enough to break the ice.

After a few more shops Alice decided we had one more left.

Renesmee and Jane went off in there own world as soon as we entered. Alice and Rosalie went to look at some dresses in the back of the shop. Heidi and I just looked at each other and started picking out some cute outfits.

A few minutes later we stood in front of the desk, checking out.

Finally! My mind screamed out as we exited the store. It's not that I don't like shopping, I love it. But it's still uncomfortable to be around so many humans unless they're dinner.

Heidi and I were ready to go home, it seemed like Rosalie wanted to go back as well. So the three of us took our bags and went out to the two cars we had used to get here.

But were the other three coming? No. Alice, Renesmee and Jane were still in that last shop we went into.

We were about to go back inside when raised voices was heard from a distance.

"No, please don't! You can't go in there! NO!" I recognized it as Alice's voice.

"We're going in. This is one of the best shops in this whole town!" Renesmee said. I instantly knew which store they were about to enter. I stopped the other two and told them what I knew. For the first time this day Rosalie giggled.

"Renesmee! NO! You can't go in there! It's like committing fashion suicide!"

"Remember that dress you thought looked nice?" Renesmee sounded smug. I knew exactly which dress she meant.

"No.. No no no! Don't say it! Please no!" Alice sounded as if she could burst out crying any second now. "You don't buy clothes that another person has worn before. You just don't. I.. I-I don't know you!"

I burst out laughing. If I'd been human I would have cried. The sight was hilarious. Jane stood, glaring at Alice was glaring at Renesmee who just smiled.

"You said you loved that dress. Does it really matter that someone else wore it before me?" Nessie asked in her soft voice, pleading with Alice to come with her.

"Please let me go! I don't want to go in there." Alice sobbed as Jane dragged her inside with her and Nessie. By then the three of us laughed like hyenas, clutching our stomachs and breathing hard.

We never entered the store, but we waited outside until the girls came out of there, and for the first time that day Alice didn't have a bag with her, but she didn't seem to be too traumatized by the experience.

End note: I have already started on chapter 13, and we're on a break from school next week so if everything goes OK I might be able to get it out there pretty soon.

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/Ottilia