Chapter Four - How To Shop

APOV

"Um…Alice, how…exactly do you, you know…shop?" Jane asked.

"Oh. My. Gosh." I started to get lightheaded. "Jane….catch me." I fell over.

"Alice!" She screamed. "Carlisle, come here!" I heard him by my side immediately.

"Alice what's wrong?" He asked.

"She….doesn't know….how to….shop." I sat up. The house erupted in laughter except for me.

"A…Alice, it's okay." Carlisle stood me up and hugged me. "That just means you're going to have to go out for longer to teach her. Plus, if she likes it, then you will have another shopping partner besides Rose."

"Oh." I sighed. "I guess I overreacted. A little."

"Yes," Jane was still laughing. "A lot." I glared at her.

"Listen, I know you're new and all, but you are a girl. Shopping is not something to take lightly." I hissed. "It is vitally important."

"Um, okay, are we going to go then, or are we going to stand around forever?" She struggled to contain giggles.

"Let's go. Now!" I snarled, grabbing my purse off the bed. She followed me to my Porsche.

"Where are we going?" She asked lightly.

"The mall, we'll try to get every one in the northern part of Washington before the end of the week…."

"Whoa, um, Alice, let's take it easy at first." She cut off my plans.

"Fine." I sighed.

We drove to the mall in Seattle. The first store we hit was a clothing store, my favorite.

"Okay, pick out things you like and than I'll show you how to shop, my way." I smiled. She sighed and walked over to the first few racks. I pretended to look around but I was watching her future, making sure she wasn't going to try and kill anyone.

"Alice, I'm done." She called over and hour later. A walked over to her. Her eyes were bright. The contacts I gave her were working great, not showing any red.

"Okay, show me." I squealed. She walked into the dressing room and came out with a pinkish-red low cut top on. It was very cute and totally something I would have picked out. (AN: See profile for links to clothing pictures)

"Jane! I love it!" I said.

"Really?"

"Yes, it look great. Go try on some more!" She tried on clothes for a half and hour straight. We ended up with an absolutely adorable blue – rose patterned strapless dress, another strapless dress that was solid blue, and many other items.

"So…. Did you like it?" I asked. She seemed to have fun all day long – it was almost midnight.

"Yes!" She squealed. "I loved what I got and had fun picking it out. Shopping is extremely easy. I can't believe what I've been missing."

"Tell me about it. Now do you understand my reaction?"

"Yes." She laughed. "I can't believe I made fun of you. I'm so sorry."

"It's fine, you didn't know. You're better than Bella. She hates going, I hope that once Edward changes her she'll change her point of view." I vented.

"Bella doesn't like it?"

"No she hates it. She'd rather read and be with Edward."

"So, about her; if the subject is off limits, then stop me, please. But about her and Edward, like, is he ever going to change her?" She asked. I smashed my lips together.

"I don't know. Yes. They're getting married sometime in early September or late August. I'm doing the wedding, then they're going to go on their honeymoon and Bella should come back with white skin and red eyes." I explained.

"Wow. They're getting married. That's big."

"I know. I'm really excited about it, but Bella not so much. Edward's proposed and everything, and she said yes, but she's really shy. The fact that she agreed shows just how much she wants Edward to change her."

"Okay, I'm not really following you now. Edward and Bella are getting married and Edward changing her, what do they have in common?"

"Carlisle was going to do it after graduation, but she wanted Edward to do it. Something about being linked by venom or something like that, anyway, Edward wouldn't do it unless they were married. So they are getting married."

"Okay then, I get it now." She smiled.

"Jane, I'm really glad that we can be sisters rather than enemies. I think we'll get along wonderfully." I said.

"Thanks Alice, I'm glad too. You are a wonderful person, so are the rest of you. I am really sorry that I ever tried to hurt your family."

"It's alright, you really didn't have a choice…." I started.

"But I did. I could have left and said, I didn't want to stay, but no. I chose to be a murder. Kill, kill, and kill. Respect Aro. Respect Marcus. Respect Caius. Respect only them, only the Volturi and no one else."

"Jane, Chelsea held you to them. You weren't bound anywhere else, therefore you didn't know any different." I tried to comfort her.

"Alice, thank you, for seeing the good side of me and not all the bad."

"Jane, I didn't ever think it was possible for you to have a good side until today. And now I can't help but to see every side of it. You are a good person and you will do wonderfully in our family."

"Are you just being nice, or are you serious?" She asked.

"I'm serious. Trust me, I'll always tell the truth from the beginning."

"You are wonderful Alice, truly a blessing to everyone who knows you." She said as we pulled in to the driveway.

"Bella will be at her house now. Edward spends the night there so you won't see him until the morning."

"He spends the night….what about her dad. Do they…." Her eyes widened.

"No, no, no!" I laughed. "Bella only wishes. Edward won't push his self-control that far. And Charlie doesn't know Edward is there. Edward waits until Charlie's asleep then goes through the window."

"Oh, sorry, for jumping to that conclusion," She apologized as we got out, hauling our bags with us.

"Don't worry about it. Any person would think that." She laughed. Alec walked out to meet us.

"Let me help." He said, taking half of Alice's bags and half of my bags.

"Thank you." I smiled.

"Any time, how was it?"

"Wonderful. I got so many clothes!"

"Good. Man, you should see the place. I was talking with everyone while you were gone, and Emmett gave me a grand tour of the house. It's better than the castle." He said.

"Thanks Alec." Alice laughed, "But I think you might be exaggerating."

"Psh, heck no. This place isn't stone!" We laughed.

"I'm glad you had a good day." I turned to Alice. "What do you do during the night's? Do you pretend to sleep?"

"No!" Alice giggled. "We don't act that human. Emmett and Rosalie, you probably won't see them at all, they stay in their rooms most of the time. Jazz and I will probably hang out downstairs or somewhere. Carlisle will be in his office and Esme will be all over figuring out how to do your rooms."

"Wow. You have a busy family. In Italy, we did nothing really. Just sat around."

"Well then, welcome to a whole new life!" Alice said enthusiastically.

AN: !!! Chapter Four is done!!! Sorry it's been so long. I want to thank

xxxMe Myself and Ixxx for all of her help and ideas on bringing Alec back into the story more. Hint hint. ;) Thanks for reading and please review if you have time.