[Bella's POV]
I held my new book to my chest as we walked. I was looking for a western style store that I thought Jasper might like more than the store's Alice normally took him too. I saw a store called Buckle across the walk way.
"What about there?" I pointed the store out to Jasper. He nodded changing our course so we were heading to the store. His hand slide out of mine as we walked into the store. He roamed the store slowly looking at each item before moving to the next. I trailed behind watching him shop. His head tilted to the side as he held up a cream colored button-down.
"What do you think?" He held the shirt out for me to see. I looked it over trying to imagine it on him. I smiled but I'm sure he could feel how I really felt about it.
"I won't lie. I don't like it, but if you like it you should get. The important thing is that you like how it looks and feels." Jasper nodded placing the shirt back on the rack.
"Let's look at darker colors shall we?" He moved over to where the store seemed to keep the darker shirts they had. He picked out a few shirts. After he checked out we roamed the mall a bit.
"Esme thinks I need to pick out things for my room, but I have no clue where I should start. Any ideas?"
"We could try PB Teens. They sell bedroom stuff, and if you don't like the stuff there we could go to PB. Which is just the adult version." He nodded.
"Willing to help me pick stuff out? Maybe give some ideas for the guest room Esme's making for you?" He was smirking. "Not that you heard me say that." I laughed.
"Okay sure. You can also take everything you find out back to Esme."
We laughed together as we walked to PB Teens. The store was mostly empty. A cashier greeted us as we walked in and asked us if we needed help. Jasper told her we were just looking and that we would let her know if we needed anything.
Jasper let me drag him to the back of the store where I saw a bed. It was a loft bed with space under the bed for a tv and a built-in bench seat and shelfs. I sat under the bed and relaxed. Jasper raised his eyebrow then started taking a closer look at the bed.
"You like this?"
"Yeah I think its cool. You could put fairy lights down here with some curtains and a tv, and make a nice little reading den. Of course you would need a lot of soft blankets and pillows." He nodded as I spoke looking around the small space.
"What color curtains?"
"Navy blue."
"Anything else?"
"Not really. I think it would be nice like that." He nodded holding out a hand to help me up. We roamed around the store for a while, but nothing seemed to stand out for Jasper.
"Let's look at that other store you mentioned." He took my hand in his again as we made our way out of the store. I stayed close to his side as we made our way though the crowed mall.
I tried not to think about the feeling of eye's watching me as we walked. People always watched the Cullen's. How could they not? The whole family was unnaturally beautiful, and graceful. The watchful eyes must have been looking at Jasper and it was just my unease making me feel them. Even so I stepped just a little closer to Jasper's side. His arm wrapped around my shoulders pulling me flush to his side in response.
"Are you okay, Bella?" He leaned down to speak low so that only I would hear him. I nodded not trusting me voice to stay steady. He sighed looking around.
"You know I can feel your unease, right? What is it? The crowd?" He kept looking around, but started leading us out of the mall.
"Really don't worry, Jasper. Let's just go to the store." He looked unconvinced, but nodded anyway. We walked quicker than before. Jasper seemed to be in a hurry to get me out of the crowd.
When we reached the store Jasper let go of me shoulder and took me hand instead. He lead us though the store looking to see if anything caught his eye. We stopped at a large wood desk painted a deep blue. Jasper smiled before taking a closer look at it. It seemed to be made to hold a computer set up. I saw a soft looking chair a little ways away so I went over there to sit while Jasper shopped.
He picked out a black spinning chair to go with the desk. Before going to find an employee. I watched from my sit as he spoke to the girl while pointing out the things he wanted. She nodded before walking him to the check out counter. They laughed before Jasper handed her his card. He filled out some papers before turning and walking towards me.
"I think that's all I really need for my room. Unless I missed some important human thing?"
"No you have all the stuff you really need. Anything else would just be for personal flare."
"Alright. I'll call the other to see where we should meet up with them." He pulled out his phone while wrapping his arm around my shoulders again as we left the store. Before he made the call his phone lit up with a text. He huffed a bit before opening it.
"Alice's says to meet them at Forever 21." I nodded letting him guide me. The feeling of eye's on my back returned as soon as we entered to main part of the mall again. I felt my shoulders tense up at the feeling. Jasper glanced at me before pulling me closer. He turned his head a little to look behind us.
"I don't see anything that stands out right now, but I'll keep my eye's out. Don't worry, Bella." I nodded trusting him to see things better than me. He increased our pace just a little. I could just see Em over the crowed. He spotted us and made his way toward us.
"Hey lil sis! Did you have fun with Jazz?"
"Yeah!"
The boy's met each others eye's Em's brow raised, and I felt Jasper shrug. Em nodded moving to my other side. He wrapped him arm around my waist and we head toward the rest of the family. Safely between my bear of a brother and Jasper I forgot the feeling of eye's on my back.
"Bella!" Alice raced over taking me from the boy's once she saw me. "Let's go clothes shopping!" She was dragging me into the store before she even finished talking. I laughed grabbing Esme's hand on the way and she in turn grabbed Rose's letting Alice drag all of us along. We all shopped for the next few hours. Alice picked out a whole new wardrobe for each member of the family not including Jasper who got out of it because he shopped for himself earlier.
We went from store to store picking out clothes. We wound up ditching the boys, and going to Soma for bras. We walked out with seven sets each. When we got out of the store Alice sent Jasper a text for where to meet us. I could feel eyes on me again. I walked close to Alice and Rose while we walked.
"Bella, are you okay?" Esme looked over at me.
"I'm fine. I think I'm just nervous, because of the news. I haven't been out of Forks since, and the pack has been guarding my house." I shrugged.
"The pack?" Rose asked.
"Yeah. I've known Sam and Jake for a while, and I thought they should know about what happened just incase. Sam set up a 24 hour guard." They shared a look.
"Bella. How bad is this guy?" Alice moved closer to me as she spoke.
"Everyone is taking a lot of precautions. Charlie only let me come over to your house because I told him Carlisle would be staying home this time."
I saw Carlisle walking to meet us with Em and Jasper in tow. Rose met with them before they got to us. She had a quick conversion with Carlisle before walking back over to us.
"Did you girls have fun?" His question was met with a course of yeses. He laughed hugging Esme and kissing the top of her head. "Alright let's head home. We can use the same groups when we came."
Everyone nodded and head out toward the parking lot. We split into the two groups when we got to the lot. The trip back to the house seemed to take twice the time that the trip there took.