"Bella, I need to speak with you." Great, my mother wants to speak with me, again.
"I've been thinking over the past few hours," this can't be good, "and I've decided that there isn't a point in moving here. You're going to get into trouble no matter what, whether I'm here or not. And you have people who will take care of you." She nodded in Edward's direction; he was still standing in the doorway.
Okay, so she isn't moving to Forks… "But wait, what about Phil's transfer?"
"I begged him to try to get a transfer, and he managed it. But the people in Florida want him back."
"I see."
"We're leaving the day after tomorrow."
I was kind of disappointed, here my mother was, leaving again. I didn't even get to spend any time with her. Then I had an idea.
"Why not you come shopping with Alice and I? We had a big shopping trip planned in Seattle for earlier today, but obviously that got postponed."
"Oh Bella, I don't want to intrude."
"You won't be, Alice'll love it!" It was true. The more the merrier.
"Okay then, but if Alice won't like it…"
"She will. Alice never will pass up an opportunity to shop."
"You sure I won't slow you down?"
"Alice has shopped with me while I was still human, we'll manage."
"Okay, I look forward to it!"
"So do I. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to get some clothes." I pushed past her to get to the stairs. I heard light footsteps following behind me. To light to be human. Edward.
"So, you're going on a shopping trip after all."
"Yep."
"Looking forward to it?"
"I wasn't lying when I said that. I get to spend some quality time with my mom before she goes back to Florida."
"Sounds like fun."
"Yep." I grabbed several pairs of clothes and stuffed them in a plastic bag. "Come on, I should probably tell Alice what's going on tomorrow."
"If she hasn't seen it already."
"If she has, then I'll explain why." I bounded down the stairs.
On my way out, I hugged Charlie, Phil, and Mom. I was really beginning to enjoy this.
The car ride to the Cullen's house didn't take very long. Edward and his need for speed.
I flew up the stairs, desperate to find Alice. I ran into something on the way up.
"Gosh Bella, what's the rush!" Alice giggled.
"I wanted to see you."
"Does this have anything to do with the vision I had shopping with you and your mother?"
"It has everything to do with that. You are taking me and my mother shopping tomorrow, before she goes back to Florida."
"Cool!"
"Did I hear something about shopping?" Rosalie said from down the hallway.
"Yes, you did, I'm taking Bella and her mom shopping tomorrow."
"Can I come?" I was a little surprised. Rosalie wanted to go shopping with me and my mother.
Alice was shocked too, but quickly recovered. "Why of course."
"Count me in too, you girls will need some more supervision than just Bella's mother. It'll be a girl's day out!" Esme said from the bottom of the stairs.
What had started as a simple shopping trip with just me, my mother and Alice had turned into a four-vampire one-human shopping spree. And, surprisingly, I was okay with that.
"And, while you girls are frolicking in the mall, I'll take the boys out to hunt before school starts." Carlisle said, sticking his head out of his office.
Emmett's head appeared out of his room. "Hunting?"
Jasper came out of his study, "Cool."
Edward just beamed from the bottom of the stairs.
"But we'll have to hunt as well." Alice pointed out.
"We'll go the day after tomorrow, or maybe tomorrow night," Esme said.
Alice shrugged, showing that she was okay with that.
Suddenly, the next two days were booked.
Alice had the four of us out of the house by seven. I had already called my mom using the new cell phone telling her that we were on our way.
Alice and Esme sat in the front of Alice's Porsche. I sat in the middle of my mom and Rosalie in the back.
The drive to Seattle had never taken so less of a time. I know Alice pushed the limits. Surprisingly, my mother didn't mention anything.
Shopping was…wow. That's the only word to describe it. After your conventional shopping with clothes, shoes, makeup and the works, we stopped to "feed the human" only this time, that wasn't me, it was my mom. She was obviously enjoying herself.
I could just hear Edward's voice in the back of my head, She's like you, she has no sense of self-preservation whatsoever. He had mentioned it before we left the house this morning. He was right. Here my mother was, shopping with four vampires. One of them newly changed. Had it not been me and my dislike of human blood, she probably wouldn't be here anymore. Nor would any other human, for that matter.
But, thank goodness, I didn't like human blood. I could stand the smell of it, it just didn't smell anywhere near appeasing to me. Rabbits and dear smelled way better.
After lunch, Alice took us to a special store that did custom made T-shirts.
Rosalie got a black shirt with white lettering that read: "Is it a sin to be this beautiful?" on the front. Then, on the back, it read: "Not in my book." Rosalie would be Rosalie.
Alice got a red shirt with black lettering that read: "I see live people." We all laughed at that one, even my mom.
Esme got a blue shirt with navy lettering that read: "Trust me, I've been there and done that." On the back it read: "I even attempted suicide once." I was kind of shocked that she could even talk about her suicide attempt like that, but that was over half a century ago.
My mom got a white shirt that said in black lettering, "I'm part albino, really." Only I knew the extent behind that one, so I was the only one who laughed.
I got a black shirt with silver lettering that said, "Don't worry, I don't bite." On the front, on the back it read: "Much." Alice really loved that one.
Once we were done with the shirts, we all got customized hats with our names on them.
We wore them all the way around the mall, talking about cool bumper sticker sayings.
I had never had so much fun in my life! I can't even remember the last time I had so much fun. Before I met the Cullen's, life couldn't get this fun. Of course, it was a loose term of the word 'life'.
I remember saying about a year ago that I didn't relate well to people, period. And yet, here I am, having the time of my 'life' with vampires. I related to them so easily, way easier then any other person. It was like I was born to become one of them. Like I was born to be a vampire.
We stopped when the malls closed. The ride home was very talkative. Mom kept thanking Alice profusely for buying her so many things. I for once didn't complain and thanked Alice as well.
I asked Alice to drop us both off at Charlie's. I'll walk over later.
Before I knew it, I was waving goodbye to Alice's Porsche.
"Oh, Bella! I had so much fun today!"
"I did too, Mom. I've never had so much fun."
"You belong with them, it's like you were meant to be with them."
I smiled, I had thought that only hours previously.
"You stay safe Bella."
"I'll do my best."
We walked into the house.
"You girls have fun?" Charlie asked from the kitchen.
"I've never had so much fun in my life!" we replied in unison.
Charlie and Phil laughed.
I stayed through dinner, eating nothing myself.
My ears perked up when I hear the sound of an all-too-familiar car in the driveway. Edward was back from hunting.
Figured you might need a ride.
"I'll be back tomorrow to see you off." I said.
"Bye Bella, have a good night."
"I will, either piano lessons or hunting."
Then, I walked out for Edward to greet me at the door.
The girls hunted during the night. I had never done so before, and it was pretty cool.
The next day, I saw my mom off after a very emotional goodbye. She promised to visit over spring break, and even over the summer.
Now, it was back to school.
I had been in Forks a year now. And here I was, happier than ever.
A/N: So, was it good? The story isn't over yet! Can someone say, double climax?
