A/N: Guess what? I was grounded, so that is a good/bad thing. For you, it means I have more time to write and update. For me, I am stuck in my house while there is beautiful weather outside. Anyway, read and review!

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I was ready for the weekend. Yesterday was the last day of finals. I would be graduating in about a week from Monday. I couldn't wait. Renee and Phil would be coming and so Charlie. They would finally get to meet Edward. But today wasn't going to be pleasant. Alice and Rose were taking me shopping to catch up and get me clothes I would normally not wear.

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Alice screamed before pouncing her pixie self on me. It was bad enough I had a headache from staying up really late with Edward.

"Alice, get off my bed before I bite your head off." I mumbled from underneath the covers.

"No chance." Alice said before getting off me and jumping on my bed like a two year old on crack.

"Wakey-wakey, Bella poo." I heard Rosalie call from the door. I was surrounded and I knew I shouldn't have given them both keys to my apartment.

"No," I said quite blatantly from under the covers.

SWOOSH; the covers were ripped out from under me in a matter of two seconds. Rosalie and Alice should have become magicians instead of fashion designers.

I was now left in my sports bra and boy shorts. I had stripped in the middle of the night because it got hot. I was originally in sweats and a t-shirt. I forgot they were coming. But they were my guys and I didn't care. Now, if it was Emmett, I would attack him and duck tape his mouth shut and tell him if anyone found out, I would cut off his favorite appendage. If you can catch my drift.

"Ohhhh, Bella, what happened last night?" Alice asked suspicious.

"Nothing, now give me my covers and wake me when it's noon." I answered grumpily.

"Oh Bella. Those clothes don't look like nothing." Rosalie decided to join Alice's taunting.

"Hey guys, if anything happened that you think would have happened, I would wake up with Edward, you guys would be dead, and I would be naked. Now shut up and let me go back to sleep." I shouted only semi-coherent.

"What if I said Edward was here?" Alice asked like the devil.

"WHAT!" I shouted even louder. No way would he be here at, I looked at the clock, 9:30 in the morning on one of his few mornings off.

"SHIT! You guys wouldn't." I snarled. Now I was pissed at them.

"No, we're nicer than that." Rosalie said.

"But, we are having the guys hang out while we go to the mall. We almost did, but then thought of what compromising position you might be caught in." Alice continued.

"And we were right." Rosalie responded looking me up and down.

"Wait, you're having Emmett and Jasper hang out with Edward?" I asked the inevitable. It's just that when Emmett and Jasper hung out with Mike, before he left me for my former friend Jessica, Emmet scared the shit out of him. But I was a little more confident that Edward wouldn't get too scared.

"Yeah, apparently, they are long lost friends. They were on the football team in high school together." Rosalie said while looking at her nails. I breathed a sigh of relief. But now I couldn't go back to sleep.

"I'll be ready in a half hour." I said to no one in particular while going to the bathroom to take a shower.

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We walked around into stores that had names I couldn't even pronounce. Alice and Rosalie insisted I get something really special, because you quote "Only graduate college once". It was utterly ridiculous.

It was three hours later and they had to drag me from store to store.

"Bella, come on. It's only been three hours." Alice whined at me. She had now battery. It was always go go go. I couldn't do it. I felt like I had run a marathon in record time. I was exhausted.

"I'll tell the guys to meet us at the food court in a half an hour." Rosalie announced to Alice.

"Wait, so they guys are coming?" I asked feeling a happy dance waiting to jump out of me.

"Yeah, they were at Emmett and my place watching the game. I think it just ended." Rosalie stated like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Yeah," Alice chirped in.

We went to Victoria's Secret for the half an hour because Rosalie and Alice wanted to get something special. I just wandered around until Alice and Rosalie were able to shove me into a dressing room.

I hated lingerie. It was lacey and way too over the top. Plus the fact I had no reason to wear it. Alice kept throwing more over the door until I told her I wasn't going to need lingerie for a while.

I was able to exit the store, but not before Alice and Rosalie coaxed me to purchase some dark blue and emerald green panty and bra sets. The green reminded me about Edwards eyes, so I agreed with out a fight.

We walked to the food court and in under a minute, Alice found Jasper and Rosalie found Emmett. But I couldn't find Edward.

"Hey," I said as I sat down at the six person table. I couldn't help but feel sad that I was alone.

Emmett must have realized this, "Bella, don't look so sad, he had to go to the bathroom." He said this with compassion until he started laughing.

"Thanks Emmett, I knew you couldn't be mature for two seconds," I said while Rosalie gave him a nice whack on the back of his head. Emmet just laughed until he saw the pink Victoria Secret bag and his eyes lit up like a Christmas tree.

It was our turn to laugh. Then I felt a hand on my back.

"Hello beautiful." I heard James's creepy voice. Nothing like the voice of my angel.

"Hello James," I said trying to be polite. I felt vomit come up from the back of my throat. I was able to get James's hand off of me politely as I could.

"James, I have to tell you something." I started. James's eyes lit up and then calmed down. I was going to get this over with fast so that I could be with Edward alone.

"I quite." I said. Short and sweet. Just what I was waiting for.

Slap

I felt a burning on my cheek. It stung, James had slapped me. But I was not going to cry with him looking.

Emmett and Jasper stood up immediately with fist clenched. I gave them a look and they backed up a little.

"James, I found a better job fit for me," I told him trying to be sympathetically.

"You're working for someone else now?" James sneered.

"Yes." I responded coolly. I was hoping he would go now and leave my life forever.

Smack.

That was not a slap but a punch. To my right eye. It stung a lot. Then there was a flash of bronze pushing me out of the way and I heard yelling. Then I blacked out.

A/n: What do you think? I know you guys hate cliffies, but the faster you review, the faster I write. So review and you might just get your next chapter Monday. Maybe,

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ETL1901