A/N: Woohoo! I'm updating for the second day in a row! This chapter is mostly about Emmett, in NYC, with Jasper, without supervision. Nuff said.
Disclaimer: Why do I bother writing one of these? I don't own twilight or What not to Wear, nor will I ever. sigh
Chapter 3
In which Emmett discovers spinning teacups and the Empire State Building.
Bella POV:
The hotel alarm went off at 7:30 AM. I rolled out of bed and turned it off. I quickly showered and got dressed. I called room service (only because Edward told me too) and ordered breakfast. When it got to my room, I didn't regret ordering it, it was delicious! Just as I was finishing, there was a knock at my door. I ran to open it. It was the same camera crew as the night before, but with one addition. A creepy old guy who was mostly bald and looked slightly deranged.
When we were in the elevator on the way down to the lobby, I asked Bill about the new guy.
"Oh, that's Crazy Frank." He said. "Usually he works in video review, but for some reason he volunteered to be on a camera crew for this episode. Nobody can figure out why. He keeps muttering something about hot blondes."
I assumed it was Rosalie. Edward had told me that she had been in cohorts with Alice. I would have to think of a suiting punishment for her too.
I slid back into the limo and I told the driver the address of the first store that was on the list that Stacy had given to me. It was some boutique with an unpronounceable French name. It sounded like somewhere Alice would shop, thus it was probably expensive.
When we got there, I discovered that I was right. ONE shirt cost 124! (Sorry, I have no tolerance for overpriced clothes when there are perfectly good ones at lower end stores) It was definitely some where that I wouldn't normally shop at. I flipped through a rack of overpriced, flimsy clothes. I came across some shirts with lace and beading decorating the neck line. I had been told to try shirts with more decorations so I took a few and tried them on. I guess Stacy and Clinton did know what they where talking about. I looked so pretty in the tops that I tried on. I choose two of my favorites and bought them. My total came to 247.69 and this was the first store! Then I remembered that Alice and Rosalie shopped like this all the time. I would definitely have to get over my sticker shock!
I looked at the list; the next store was a shoe store. Let the fun begin! It was just down the street so I walked. I savored each step in case I became paralyzed from a fall when I tried to walk in heels.
I nervously walked into the shoe store. It was very up scale. I scanned the displays of shoes. I spotted a pair with a very tiny heel. It was only about and inch and a half high so I figured that I might be safe with that. Just then an employee tapped me on the shoulder. It startled me and I, of course, fell down. The employee helped me up.
"Are you alright ma'am?" she asked.
"Yes, just incurably clumsy." The employee laughed.
"Can I help you?"
"Yeah, can I get this shoe in a 7 and a half?"
"Sure, I'll be right back."
I sat down on a chair and waited. The girl was back surprisingly quick.
"Here you go"
I tried them on and unfortunately they fit. I stood up cautiously. So far so good. I nervously took a few steps forward. Miraculously, I didn't fall. I wanted to jump up and down with joy but refrained because of the death traps on my feet.
I picked out another pair that where slightly higher, about 2 inches. Again I had surprising success in walking. Maybe heels weren't so bad after all. With the next pair, I was a little more adventurous. They were 3 and a half inches high. I cautiously took one step forward, then another, then my ankle rolled and CRASH! I was on the floor.
"Ugh, I think I sprained my ankle!" I could almost hear Edward growling from inside the store. He was, of course, following me today but we agreed that he wasn't to reveal himself unless absolutely necessary.
"Can you walk?" the employee asked me.
I gingerly stood up with her help and put weight on my foot and winced. Sprained ankles hurt!
"I think so." I had much worse injuries by far. This was nothing. I thought of it as endurance training for my change. Edward would be mad at me but I could bear the pain.
"I think I'll just get the first two pairs" I groaned. I was in for a long day.
The next store I went at was a larger department store. And who was there? None other than Alice, Rosalie, Emmett and Jasper.
"Bella!" Alice and Rosalie squealed. I guess they were going to pretend that the just "ran into me" but I knew better. We talked for a little and they "pretended" that they were my "friends" from "New York". I was fuming, first a sprained ankle, now this?
All the while Crazy Frank was drooling profusely in Rose's direction. Once I left and continued shopping Frank stayed behind. The rest of the camera crew seemed to be glad to be rid of him so we left without a second thought.
Rosalie's POV
When we "ran into" Bella, I officially met my stalker, Crazy Frank. He just followed us around like a dog and was dripping drool all over the place. I decided that I needed a bigger wedding ring so that people would get the message that I was already married. Emmett was also being a pest and not improving my mood. Finally I burst.
"Emmett just leave me alone! Here!" I shoved a wad of money in his hand. "Go amuse yourself! I'm sure you can find something to do in a city this big! I have a stalker to get rid of and I don't need your help!"
Emmett's POV
I shrugged and walked to the subway station. Rosalie is always in a bad mood when she is being stalked. I studied the map of the city trying to find somewhere to go. The Coney Island train was leaving in five minutes so I decided to hop on that one.
15 minutes later, the train arrived at Coney Island. There were flashing lights and little kids with balloons all over the place. The smell of greasy fried food wafted through the air. I had to hold my breath the smell was so overwhelming I had to hold my breath. The smell of cotton candy had stuck out in the midst of all the other smells. I had loved cotton candy when I was a human and was seriously contemplating buying a stick just so I could smell it when I saw them,
THE GIANT SPINNING TEACUPS!!
I eagerly found the first ticket booth I could and bought 25 tickets. Then I waited in line for 10 minutes to get on the giant teacups. Most of the kids in line were 6 and under so I looked really out of place, but I don't care, I was going to get to sit in a giant spinning teacup!
Finally I got to the front of the line where a pimply, greasy teenaged boy was collecting tickets and looking quite bored. He held out a hand as if that could stop me from going on the ride if I wanted to and said,
"Uh, sir, I think your just a little to big to go on this ride."
I grabbed the kid that was behind me and pulled him to my side,
"But this is my little brother! I have to go on with him, he gets scared!" I pleaded.
The kid was probably 8 years old and was squirming. When he escaped my grip he said,
"Who the hell are YOU? You're not my brother! I don't even have a brother! And I'm NOT afraid of teacups! Ugh!"
The boy left dragging what seemed to be his little sister with him. As he walked away he muttered something that sounded distinctly like "freak".
The ticket taker sighed and motioned me in,
"I don't feel like dealing with another crazy today. You can go on."
I hopped up and down like a little kid and ran to the nearest teacup.
I spun the teacup around as fast as I could without using my vampire strength or speed. I probably could have got the thing spinning at a good 300 mph if I had free rein. I would so have to get one of these! I went on the ride 15 times and then I gave my extra tickets to a little girl in line for the Ferris wheel. I went back to the train station and looked at the map again. Where to next? What was something that I always wanted to do in New York? Then it hit me, King Kong reenactment.
I rode the train back to the shopping district of New York set in finding Jasper. I needed a partner in crime. I called Jasper and on the second ring he picked up.
"Jazz, where are you? I've come to save you from the wrath of Alice."
"Jasper!" said the annoying pixie voice that is my sister Alice."I saw Emmett calling 10 minutes ago. Put the phone on speaker."
Jasper sighed and did as the pixie commanded.
"Now Emmett, I will tell you where we are and let you take Jasper on two conditions. One, the city had to remain standing and you two have to be back by 9 PM, NO EXCEPTIONS!"
"Damn! I hate when you answer my questions before I ask them. It's so annoying."
"By the way Emmett, if you manage not to blow the city up, I'll buy you your spinning teacups for Christmas." She bribed. "But you have an 85 of doing so, so if you don't I will be utterly surprised."
"I'll try my best Alice!" I declared as I saluted her mockingly, "Common Jazzy, lets go!"
I dot death glares for calling Jasper "Jazzy" but I didn't care. We are going to have so much fun!
Jasper and I got on a train and headed towards the Empire State Building. The train ride was quite lengthy so to pass the time Jasper and I messed with the emotions of the other people on the train. For instance, Jasper would make everyone feel really anxious, afraid, nervous and panicked. While he was doing that I would spurt out random made-up facts like,
"Did you know 30,000 people die in train wrecks each year?"
Or,
"47 of trains have a mechanical failure that could cause them to crash."
It was so funny to watch everyone start rocking back in forth in the fetal position and jump 10 feet every time the train hit a bump. One guy started running up and down the aisles yelling,
"THE WORLD IS COMINIG TO AN END! THE TRAIN IS GOING TO CRASH AND WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!"
Then Jasper quickly changed it up on them and made everyone feel super hyper. Everyone started to get all jittery and couldn't sit still. On lady must have already have had a LOT of caffeine because she got up and started acting like a chicken.
We were having so much fun messing with peoples emotions that we didn't even relies when we got to our stop. Luckily, there was a loud, automated voice that announced that we were arriving at the Empire State Building. Jasper and I jumped off and ran off the train. When we got back to street level, there it was, the Empire State Building. Time for our reenactment!
Jasper and I took the express elevator all the way to the top. They have REALLY bad elevator music. It was the longest 5 minutes of my life. Finally we reached the top. They had big windows and you had a great view of the city. We snuck into a service door that we assumed lead to the top. We climbed up the numerous stairs. There was a hatch above on the ceiling that said "restricted access" so of course we opened it and sure enough, there we were, on top of the Empire State Building.
I turned to Jasper and asked,
"Ok, now that we're up here, what so you want to do?"
Jasper grinned evilly and started to climb the metal antennae that is on the very top of the building and I followed suit.
"Hello New York City" I called in my booming voice. People on the street noticed and were looking up and pointing. Jasper and I spent 15 minutes on top shouting random things. We even attracted two TV stations. Then are fun was cut short when a police man opened the hatch and busted us.
"You boys are going to have to get down from there!"
"Yes sir!" we shouted.
Once we got down. The police man looked at us and shook his head disapprovingly.
"You Hooligans have got yourselves in a heap of trouble. You're going to have to come downtown with me."
Jasper and I fallowed him meekly. I was already planning on how to explain this to Rose. She was going to be TICKED. We got handcuffed and put in the back of the police car.
"Jasper, you call Carlisle, I'll call Rose, Okay?" I whispered.
"Got it." He whispered back.
The police man was none the wiser because that conversation took less than a second and was too soft and too low pitched for him to hear. Ah, the beauty of being a vampire.
When we got to the jail they gave us our one free phone call. I called Rose apprehensively knowing how mad she'll be at me for getting arrested again. On the first ring she picked up.
"Emmett, why does my cell phone say I am getting a call from the New York City Police department?" Asked a very angry Rosalie.
"Well you see, Jas-"
"I don't even WANT to hear it." Rosalie cut me off. "Ask someone else to bail you out of jail!"
"I knew you'd say that. Jasper is on the phone with Carlisle." I heard Rose growl and then she hung up.
25 minutes later Carlisle came to bail us out of jail, again. He bribed the police main to let us off without having to come back for a trial and stuff like that. That was probably illegal, but what police man could resist ownership rights to their own donut store and free donuts for 10 years?
Bella's POV:
I stumbled back to my hotel room at 3:30. My ankle was killing me and I couldn't walk any longer. When I opened the door I found a very angry Edward looking back at me.
"Um, sorry?"
"I can't believe you sprained your ankle and then continued to shop for another 4 hours!" he sighed with his fingers pinching the bridge of his nose.
"Do you want to have Carlisle fix me up?'
"Yes, let me call him."
Edward's POV:
I dialed Carlisle's number and he picked up almost right away.
"Carlisle, Bella sprained her ankle and then walked on it for 4 hours. Can you come and patch her up?"
"Yeah, I'll be there in a half an hour. I have to bail your brother's out of jail again."
"What did they do this time?"
"I don't know and I don't think I want to." With that he hung up.
I sighed and shut the phone. Then I ran out to the hallway and got some ice for Bella's ankle from the ice machines.
When I got back Bella asked,
"So who did what this time?"
"The usual, Emmett and Jasper got arrested again. Probably something stupid that was Emmett's idea."
Bella laughed. I spent the next 20 minutes telling her of Emmett's and Jasper's other misdeeds and then Carlisle arrived with his black medical bag in hand. It took him about 2 seconds to put a brace on Bella's foot.
"There that should do it."
"Thanks Carlisle, its feeling better already."
A/N: I've decided that I WILL do a sequel. So keep any ideas coming. I'm glad for any suggestions. :D
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