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CHAPTER THIRTYEIGHT

(JPOV)

"Where are your brothers?" Danielle asked me, after we'd bought the shoes.

"They finished clothes shopping."

"Already? Wow. I haven't even started."

"I know." She shoved me playfully and the three of us headed over to misses to look for clothes. Esme found many things she liked, but Danielle only found a few. "Why don't you two go on ahead? I'll meet up with you later."

"Okay Esme. Thanks again for everything." We left Nordstrom and headed back to the shopping center. We went in store after store and Danielle bought several pairs of dress pants and a few blouses. I noticed that she checked the prices on everything she bought and didn't spend over $100 on one item. She picked out some jewelry, but it was all inexpensive sterling silver. I watched her carefully, thinking about possible presents to get her in the near future.

After a couple hours of shopping, Danielle needed a break.

"I heard there's a good Italian place here, if you'd like to eat lunch there."

"That sounds good." We headed to the restaurant. We ordered Pizza Margherita to "share" and she got a side salad. Our server tried to sell us some dessert, and I could tell Danielle wanted some, so I told her to order the tiramisu for dessert. She said everything was delicious, and she was stuffed.

We met up with Esme at Barneys New York, where the ladies shopped some more. Most of the guys around where obviously bored and didn't want to be there, but I was happy spending time with Danielle, even if that meant shopping. She held my hand when we walked around as I carried her purchases for her. They bought some more stuff though and I could carry it, but it looked suspicious, so I took an arm-full of packages back out to the car, while Esme and Danielle looked at more shoes. When I got back, Esme had a couple more shoeboxes, but Danielle was empty handed.

"Well I think we're finished here, don't you Danielle?" Esme asked.

"Yeah, we hit all the stores I wanted."

"Alright." She pulled out her phone and sent texts to Edward and Emmett, telling them we were leaving. The three of us headed out to the car.

"Where are Edward and Emmett? We can't leave without them?"

"Oh, we're not going home yet, Danielle. I just meant we'd leave this shopping area and go to another. Is that okay?"

Danielle looked at the trunk which was overflowing with packages. "Sure, sounds fun."

We headed over to Rainier Square. I sat down on a couch by the dressing rooms while they shopped. Danielle found a purple, one-shoulder formal dress. "This would go perfectly with my new shoes!" she acclaimed.

"You're right. We'll get that for you, Danielle." They packaged up the dress for her, with matching earrings.

"Wow. Thank you, Esme."

"No problem, dear. I'm just glad to have another woman shop with me." They giggled.

Danielle walked over to me, "You doing alright?" she asked as she sat down next to me.

"I'm doing better now," I said as I gave her a quick kiss. "I can't wait to see that dress on you," I whispered to her. We cuddled while Esme shopped. When she finished, she sent me to look at men's clothes while they went to a "woman's store." I had already seen a sign for a lingerie store, so I figured that's where they were going. I didn't really want to shop any, so I sat down on a bench by the men's clothes and waited for them to return. They were gone for a little while, but returned with big smiles and several packages.

We then went back to Pacific Place and stopped in a Starbucks where Danielle got an orange cream soda and a pastry. "Man," she said to us, "I think I learned n the meaning of shop-till-you-drop today." We grinned at her.

"I'm ready to go home, if you are Danielle, "said Esme.

"Yeah, I had a great day, but I'm a little tired." We went back out to the car, where Edward and Emmett were waiting for us. "Did yall have fun?" Danielle asked them, as she and I got in the Suburban.

Edward nodded and Emmett exclaimed, "Hell yeah! I found some hot young things. Woo boy! They didn't make them like that when I was young!"

"Oh wait, Esme! I didn't buy any school supplies!"

"You're right. Where would you like to go?"

"Um, is there a Target nearby?"

"A Target? Is that really where you want to go?"

Danielle nodded, "Yeah, I always buy school supplies there." Esme drove to the nearest Target.

"Is this going to take long?" asked Emmett from the backseat, "Can I stay in the car?"

"I'll be quick," answered Danielle. Esme and my brothers stayed in the car while Danielle and I went in. We headed to the back of the store where Danielle quickly picked out a purple lunch box, thermos and backpack, as well as paper, spirals, pens, folders and anything else she thought she'd need. She picked out basics, but I convinced her to get fancier stuff; I knew she was just trying to save money and she didn't need to. After she got everything, we went up front and checked out and made it back to car in 22 minutes.

Edward looked at his watch, impressed, as we got back in the Suburban. "Did you get everything you need, Danielle?"

"Yes, I did. Thank you for stopping Esme."

"Not a problem, dear." She started driving back to Forks, while Danielle yawned, and leaned on my shoulder.

"Do you want to lie down? I can move upfront, so you can have the bench to yourself."

She shook her head, "Please stay." I couldn't refuse that, but I was worried my hard shoulder was uncomfortable to her. "Edward? Could you get me the hoodie I bought today?" I thought. He rummaged around some bags and passed it to me. I offered it to Danielle, "Maybe you could use this as a pillow?" She smiled at me and folded the hoodie up and placed it in my lap, then laid down, with her head in my lap. Wow.

"Didn't you want to talk to me about something?" Danielle asked. Emmett and Edward froze and Esme was curious.

"We can talk later, Danielle." She nodded and closed her eyes. Great, now Esme's curious. I bet she thinks I'm going to ask Danielle to be my girlfriend. I saw Edward nod out of the corner of my eye. And I am, but really we're going to talk about sex. Well, I'm going to try. God. I stroked Danielle's hair as she relaxed in my lap; she wasn't sleeping, but I could tell she was worn out after a full day of shopping.

By the time we made it back to Forks, Danielle had fallen asleep. I carried her to her room and took off her sneakers before setting her under the covers of her bed. As I let go of her though, she mumbled, "Stay." I froze, not believing I heard her correctly. She mumbled again, "Please."

"Okay, I'll stay." I let go of her and took off my own shoes, then got into bed with her, holding her while she slept.