When Sunday came I decided to go to Seattle. Although I wasn't sure if my truck could take the trip. It was the perfect day, it was cloudy and a wind had picked up that would have most stores empty. It was a sit in and laze day.
When I walked down stairs, Charlie was already glued to the tv.
"Good morning, dad." I said cheerfully.
"Good morning, Bells." he returned. "You look full of glee, today." he added.
"Yes I am, it's the perfect day to shop." I walked to the living room and sat on the couch. "I want to go buy some new books...and a few gifts." At that moment some one was already in my room.
"To Port Angels. Right?" Charlie asked.
"No, they don't have what I'm looking for."
He frowned. "Seattle?"
I nodded. "If it's ok with you, of corse." then I got an idea. "But I won't be going alone."
He raised a brow. "Who will be going with you?" he asked interested.
I smiled. "Allice and Edward." I said hopefully.
He thought about it, rubbing his chin. "Ok, but don't spend too much money."
"Ouch, dad." I said rubbing my chest.
"What?" he asked.
"You're putting money restrictions on me?" He blinked. "It's my money, but I am not going to spend it stupidly." He rolled his eyes and I smiled. "Thanks dad, I'm going to get ready."
When I walked into my room Allice was sitting perfectly still on my bed. She smiled as she saw me walk in, I smiled back.
"So you wanna go shopping?" she had a shine in her eyes I had never seen before, and realized she got the wrong impression.
"Yes, but not for cloths." I said, she pouted.
"Then what are you shopping for?" she asked.
"Books, and stuff." I said a little embarrassed. "I can't have a shopping spree like you, I haven't saved up enough money to last me a life time. Can you imagine ten years from now, things will be stupid expensive."
She rolled her eyes. "You are a boring shopper." she rested her head on one of her arms. "So I will shop for you." she said grinning widely.
I groaned.
"What?" she asked. "You have horrible fashions." She said pointing to an ankle long skirt
"But I like my stuff, it's comfortable." I said quietly. I was a little hurt, she insulted my fashion sense.
She stood up and walked to me. "When I'm done with you, you will look amazing."
"I don't want to look the part just yet." I said. "It's easier being me and making others believe I am human, than look like I am not." She rolled her eyes. "Have you ever heard the goths talk? It's like hey are on to you guys, like they know. It's creepy."
"I know," she said. "But they can't prove it with out proof. They could assume but never know the truth." She had a point.
"Ok then." I said and I looked at the time. "What are you waiting for. Go get your brother and a big car, if you have one."
"Why do you need a big car?" she asked, then froze. She had that same blank expression as before. I already knew what was happening. When she came back, she smiled. "Oh, I see. You are one bad vampire." she said pointing a finger at me. "I'll be back." and she left.
I went back downstairs with my bag in hand to wait for Allice and Edward. I sat in the couch. Charlie and I didn't speak, some game was on and when a game was on we didn't talk, or he wold throw a little fit.
Less than five minutes later Allice was at the door knocking. When I opened the door and she saw me, she frowned. "Bye dad." I said and closed the door. "What?" I asked looking at her innocently. I had put on some lose jeans and a bright green long sleeve that had a big bright pink heart in the middle. I did it mostly to annoy her. "I love this out fit!"
She shook her head and when I looked to see what car she had brought along, my jaw dropped.
It was the biggest truck I had ever seen. It looked more like a diesel. I only recognized the Dodge symbol.
"I thought these weren't suppose to come out yet?" I heard Charlie say from behind me. He was in awe also. I turned to look at him. "I just stepped out to say good bye." he said and smiled.
I took Allice by the arm and headed toward the truck. When I got to the passenger door, Edward opened the door for me and jumped down. He smiled at me.
"I think the little princess needs help getting up." he said.
I scoffed at him. But he gave me hug and before I let him break it, I jumped us both into the truck safely. I smiled at him and sat in the middle. Allice was already in.
"Lets go." she said excitedly. I waved good bye to Charlie and he waved back.
"So why does a vampire need a big truck?" Edward asked me rubbing my cheek. I blushed. "What are you going to buy?"
I swallowed, I might as well tell him before he looked into Allice's thoughts. She giggled and he turned his attention to her. Too late, I saw his face turn into a frown.
"Why do you need that for?" he asked curious. I blushed.
"I get bored sometimes," I shrugged. I saw him look at Allice again, I knew she was explaining to him. I sank into my seat. I was wondering if he would get mad at me and refuse to let me go back to La Push with Charlie.
He looked down on me and smiled. "You sly little girl." he grabbed me and held me in a tight hug. I took in his scent my mouth watering. Despite it all, I liked being this close to him. It gave me some sort of reassurance, that I could control my self around him.
He let go and sat up straight putting his arm around me. I leaned my head on his shoulder and he leaned his head on mine. I felt him close his eyes. I knew why.
Allice was going too fast for him to keep his eyes open. She looked at me.
"Let's buy your stuff first, that way we can leave them in the store while we go shopping for cloths." She smiled.
"Poor Edward." I said.
"Why?" she asked.
"Because, I didn't know we were going to go cloths shopping, if I knew that I would have just had him stay home." I held his hand gently in mine.
"He'll be fine. He wanted to come as soon as he found out we were going out." she rolled her eyes. "He has it bad for you. You should see Jasper, it's getting hard for him to control his own feelings."
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"Well, Jasper has his gift, like I have mine and Edward will have his." she paused.
"Well what is it?" I asked my curiosity rising.
"He can control the emotions around him. Lets say he is in a room full of angry people, he can send out a wave of calming emotions to settle them down. It's good when we have our meetings and we get angry. He can calm us down just like that." She snapped her fingers.
"Yeah, then it gets annoying when he tries to do it for his own personal gain." Edward said. He hadn't fallen asleep. His eyes were still closed though.
"Come on now, Edward." Allice said. "You need to give him a break once in a while. You don't see him when we are alone." She shook her head. "It's cute, but he hates it, simply because it's not like him to be that close to anybody. He does love me, but he expresses it in his own way, and when you influence him, he gets mad."
"But you like it." It wasn't a question, he knew she did.
She nodded and smiled. "But I wont tell him that, it would crush him."
When we got to the mall in Seattle it wasn't that crowded. The wind here was a lot colder, Edward shivered as he jumped off the truck. I wished I could hold him and make him warmer, but that would be time wasted.
The first store we walked into was a BMX bike shop. The attendant, a boy my age, walked up to Allice and I. He had a big grin on his face.
"How may I help you ladies?" he asked.
Allice answered. "We are looking for two bikes, one in a red color and the other in black."
"Well we have the Subject in black, it comes with 2 axle pegs for the back tire." he led us to the back of the store where I saw a nice shiny black bike. I liked it. I sat on it and it felt good under my weight. Easy to move and pick up. "You like it?" I nodded and smiled.
"How about the red one?" Allice asked.
"We have this red Mischief that also comes with two axle pegs. It also comes in silver." I got off the black bike to look at the red one. There was an identical silver one next to it. I liked the way the silver one looked better.
"I'll take both of them." I told the guy. He grinned at us. I looked around for Edward and found him looking at some bikes as well. I liked to see the shine in his eyes like if he had found a toy he really wanted. Then a thought accrued to me, maybe as a child he never had a bike. After all he did spend most of it in a bed. It made me feel sad.
After we purchased the bikes and told the guy that we would be back to pick them up we went to Best Buy. Edward quickly went to the gaming section, mature as he was, he still liked video games.
Allice and I went to go look at the tv's. I saw a nice little twenty seven inch flat screen. I thought Billy would like it a lot if I took it to him. It was all in my plan to keep going to La Push. What man would not like to watch tv on a brand new flat screen? Once anyone found out Billy had one of these, his house will be known as 'game night, hang out.'
I was proud of myself, everything was going as planned. All I needed to do was wait until Jacob shifted, that day would be a grim day.
I purchased the tv, and told them I would come by later to pick it up, Allice was gushing.
"Ok. First I want to take you to Forever 21. They have the cutest little dresses I know will look good on you." Edward held my hand and rolled his eyes at her. "Then I want to take you Ambercrombie, they have really good jeans. And when I buy you your first outfit you are going to change into it. Even if I have to force you into it."
"What's wrong with what I am wearing now?" I asked.
"Look at your self, Bella." She said. "Even Rosalie would burn that off of you."
"Fine." I said. "Torture me." I looked at Edward and he just smiled, he too was going to get tortured.
Two hours later and twenty full bags, we were done. Allice had spent way too much money on me. When I walked back into the bike shop I was wearing some tight fitted jeans and a magenta colored blouse that complimented my breast quite nicely. I liked the look an Edwards face the first time I tried it on. Boys will be boys.
Edward and Allice took the bikes, I took the tv. I am happy to say that the bikes, tv, and bags fit in the back of the big truck, even if the bikes took most of the room.
When we got into the truck Allice looked at me. "Now don't you like what you are wearing better?" she asked.
"Yes, I must say that I do." I looked over at Edward and smiled.
"I like it too." he said and gave me a kiss on the cheek.
When we got back to Forks I asked Allice to drop us off at the edge of the forest. She smiled as she drove off, I knew she already knew what I had planned.
I picked up Edward. "Do you trust me?" I asked him.
"Should I be scared?" he asked.
"Well, technically yes." I said.
"Then I trust you." he smiled.
"Ok, hold on tight." I said and took off running.
When I stopped we were at the base of a mountain. A small water fall was here leading to a stream that turned into a river lower down the slope. The air up here was a lot colder and I saw him shiver.
"Come on, I want to show you something I found on one of my hunts." I led him to a crack in the rock that turned into a cave. It was a lot warmer inside.
"Why is it so warm?" He asked.
I pulled him deeper into the cave, light from above leading the way.
"It's beautiful," he said as he caught sight of the scene.
"This mountain is full of underground hot springs. I thought you'd like to se them." I sat on a rock close to one of the springs. He joined me and hugged me.
"I love this place." he said while putting a strand of lose hair behind my ear.
I blushed. This was one of those intimate moments, that made butterflies in my stomach.
"Edward," I blushed. "I love you."
"I love you too." He kissed my lips with so much passion it scared me. I wasn't sure if I should let this happen. I was so afraid of actually having to hurt him.
"How about we go for a swim." he suggested.
"Um...no, Allice just bought these cloths, I can't ruin it now." I shook my head.
"Who said I suggested leaving our cloths on?" he said giving me his half smile. I blushed.
"I would love nothing more than to see you with out your shirt on, but I will have to decline. I don't want you to catch a cold. It may be warm in here but it's not out there." I smiled. "I care so much about you." I said.
"I know, Love. But you can't protect me for the rest of my life."
"I can try." I said. "I will try." I intertwined my fingers with his. "At least until that day comes."
He leaned in and kissed me. "When that day comes I'll be ready." he said.
"When That day comes. I will try to make it as painless as possible, and I won't leave you alone."
I didn't want to leave him alone, not like I was. When he was done with me, he abandoned me in a warehouse outside of Phoenix. I remembered the pain I went through, I remembered how I almost went crazy. I didn't want Edward to go through that alone.
"Bella?" he said. "Can I keep you?" he asked.
I put my hand to his cheek and smiled. "You can keep me," I said.