Thanks for all of the great reviews! They're really nice. Here's Chapter 5. I hope you like it. It's about shopping. I know, not that exciting. But don't worry, I'm putting up the next chapter right after this one, and that'll be suspenseful. So don't get mad. R&R! No flames, please (that means you, rainkisser).

Shopping

"BELLA!" Alice yelled from downstairs. "ARE YOU READY TO GO?"

"What do you mean?" I said, almost in a whisper.

She was there in a flash. "We're going shopping, silly. What, did you forget?" She obviously didn't take in the fact that I was still lying in bed with Edward.

"Yes."

"Well that's okay! Rose and Esme and I can get you dressed in 30 seconds anyway."

And with that, I was whisked out of Edward's arms and rushed out to Alice's room. Between the three of them, I was stripped bare and changed before I knew what was going on.

And then came the climax of getting dressed. Rosalie opened the window, and Alice threw me out. I screamed as I was falling. Right before I hit the ground, Esme appeared and caught me. Suddenly Edward appeared beside her, with a worried expression on his face.

"WHAT THE HELL?"

"Don't worry, we're just saving time. Do you really think we'd drop her?" Alice said to Edward as she took me and carried me to the car.

"But look at her though. Her face is as white as snow. She's not saying anything."

This was true. I was stunned. I couldn't say anything. I opened my mouth to say I was okay, but nothing came out.

"See?"

"She's fine, Edward. She'll talk in a little bit," Rosalie said as she, Alice, and Esme got in the car. And then we were gone. We'd zoomed off in Rosalie's car faster than I would have thought possible in one. Even Rosalie's.

We were at my house in 5 minutes. I ran inside and got my mom. "Mom?" I yelled.

"I'm right here, honey. I'll be down in a minute!"

When she came down, she was shaking. "What's wrong, Mom?" I asked.

She replied, "Oh, nothing, I'm just a little creeped out about going shopping with vampires."

I laughed. "You know they can probably hear you, right?"

"Oh. Oops."

As we got in the car, Esme reassured Mom, "Don't worry. We don't bite."

We all laughed as Alice gunned the engine.

Once we were at the mall, we went to all the shops. I was forced to try on tons of clothes. I was kind of hoping my mom would defend me. But she agreed with the Cullens. And worse, she didn't even argue to them paying. "They're really family now. They need to pay for your clothes," she insisted. My mom obviously doesn't understand the rules of marriage or engagement.

I have to admit, though, I did have a good time. Eventually, we had gone into every promising shop in all the wings but one. As we went into the last wing, my intuition told me to go back. But I knew I wouldn't have a chance against the 4 shop-aholics beside me. Besides, if anything was going to go wrong, Alice would have seen it and stopped us.

The only appealing shop was called Mickey Finn. Which is clever but also incredibly cheesy. I guess it's supposed to be a metaphor. A Mickey Finn is a drink from the 30's that was used to kill the Mafia. People would invite the Mafia into their homes and give them a Mickey Finn. They would think it was a Cosmopolitan and drink it, and then they'd die. I guess it relates women to Mickey Finns. Can you say corny?

We went in and it was a really good store. It had tons of good clothes. The fashion police quartet was piling clothing onto my arms faster than I could count. When I was ready to drop it all, Esme dropped a miniskirt on top.

"Esme, I don't do miniskirts!" I exclaimed.

"Just try it on, maybe you'll like it."

"Fine."

I stalked off to the dressing rooms. As I was going into one, I thought about Edward. Maybe this miniskirt would obligate him more to change me, I thought to myself. I studied the miniskirt. It was a sexy red, almost the color of blood (ironically). It had the thinnest straps. As I started putting it on, I noticed more and more about it, and I liked it more and more every observation. The collar went down into a V so that it showed my neck and (uncomfortably) a little bit of my breasts. It ended in the middle of my thigh. It was beautiful.

I stepped out of my room and found my way back into the real store, where I found my extended family still shopping. They turned toward me, and their jaws dropped. Alice was the first to speak. "Oh my god, Bella, you're GORGEOUS!" Everyone agreed except for Rosalie. I really don't know what her thoughts were. She was speechless.

"Well, I'm gonna go try on the next thing," I said.

Rosalie finally spoke up. "I'll come with you."

I stood there, stunned. Rosalie wanted to go into the dressing room with me? I was confused. But I went, and she followed me. I felt a sense of danger as Rosalie closed and locked the door to the small, private room.