Title: In Need of Rescue

Chapter 7: Shopping

Edward's POV

(italics means they are talking in vampiric)

I sighed as I locked the door. I felt bad leaving her locked in one room when I had the whole house for her to explore but crime rates were high right now and I didn't want to take a chance of her being killed because someone broke in. Not to mention James and Victoria were still against me because they thought I had killed their pet. I never once touched their pet and I most definitely didn't want Bella to get involved. The sun was starting to peak over the horizon. I try to stay in on the nights I don't have to work but in this case I had to go out and get the supplies needed for Bella.

This was a spur the moment purchase so I had no necessary supplies for her. If Alice hadn't come over, I wouldn't even have had food for her.

I put on my sunglasses, which allowed me to see a lot better during the night. Alice pulled up in a yellow Porsche. I walked outside and went to the car; she rolled down the tinted windows to show her face looking out. "Hop in!"

"A new car?" I asked, scanning it. It suit her personality quite well.

She smiled, "I couldn't help myself. It can go from zero to two hundred in three seconds!" When vampires took over, the speed limit both in cars and on road was the first to change.

"Does Jasper know we are meeting up?"

"Yeah, I think he has come to accept that we are going to meet up anyways. I keep trying to tell him that we are only good friends but whatever. I didn't know he felt so strongly about you until we had to move out."

"I always knew but didn't think to say anything."

"Anyways, where do we go first?" Alice never missed an opportunity to go shopping.

"I need to get a cook book, some food for her, a freezer, a microwave, and fencing material." I said.

"You're going to spoil her." Alice said as we drove off.

"Probably." I had to agree, this girl deserved the best after where she came from.

"As long as you keep with the rules."

"I know." Alice had to learn about the rules the hard way. I already knew the rules, seeing as how I'm a guard at one of the biggest human farms.

Alice turned a corner as she smirked, "Has Tanya come over recently?"

I rolled my eyes, I had been somewhat seeing Tanya from the Denali coven for six years now. She wants me to have her move in but I can't do that. She's annoying. I only started to see her because I was tired of always being alone at my house while the rest of my family had their mates. I had no one. So Tanya started to come over so that we could talk. Then before I knew it, I had given into her wish to be with me. I couldn't believe the first time I did it.

Alice was mad, no more than mad, she was livid at Tanya for pushing me into such a thing. Alice knew my views on that more than anyone else. After a year or so, we all just grew to accept it. I wanted to change the subject; it was still something that we didn't talk about much. It happened, that was all they needed to know.

"I also need clothing but I figured the Worlds Best Pet Fashion Expert could help me on that one." Alice really was a pet fashion expert, she was proclaimed that title five years ago and since then her ego has boosted when it came to fashion.

Alice acknowledged that I didn't want to talk about it as she kept with my change in the conversation. "The W-B-P-F-E is here! I will measure her when we get back and then I will find something for her to wear. So you said you got her at the farm?"

"Yeah, the human farm that I work at."

She shook her head.

"What?"

"A farm? They treat them like crap and you realize how stupid they are? I mean she didn't even know what stairs were. She won't live long; the humans from there never live long because of the horrible nutrition. Not only that but you support that place by working there and by buying from there. They need to be closed down."

"I told you, she intrigued me."

"Because you can't hear her thoughts." Alice said as if I have said it a thousand times, "I don't understand you."

"It's hard to have to hear everyone's thoughts all the time. This way I can have a human at my house and still have peace and quiet."

"Why didn't I see you getting a pet?"

"I was debating it for a long time. The ones in her group are planning something, it was clear that I had to get her out of there soon before I turn them in."

"That's your job though. You read their minds and tell the vampires when they are planning something."

"Yeah and her group was planning something for the following week. Not to mention I can't hear her thoughts, the higher ups were going to remove her and…" I couldn't think of what could have happened to her. I couldn't lie to them; one of the vampires there could tell if anyone lied, no matter how good of a liar you were. I had to get her out of there before they decided what to do with her, which could have even mentioned running tests on her to see if they can figure it out and perhaps give her over to the cops so that they can decide what to do with her.

I had to sign a form saying that I would bring her back once in a while for them to run certain tests, I told them fine as long as Carlisle is the one in charge of that. If I had left her there it would most likely have ended in her death. Carlisle would make sure nothing happened to her though.

"You are such a softy when it comes to humans."

"That's me!" I laughed then remembered back to the way we used to be. "You used to be like that too."

She sighed, "We all used to be like that. I guess we just went along with the crowd."

"Remember when we used to go to high school all the time?"

She chuckled, "I remember it like it was yesterday."

"The time Emmett and Rosalie were caught in the boy's bathroom together?" that happened often.

"The time Jazz played with the kid's emotions to get them to act out in class for my amusement."

"When Esme was called into the principle's because they thought Jasper was depressed and was hurting himself." I laughed but Alice only chuckled and then stopped. "Did I say something wrong?" We had all joked about that afterwards. It was the only way to make Jasper feel better about having to explain himself.

"He's been depressed lately."

"Jasper?"

Alice nodded, "Yeah, he hasn't been himself lately. He goes into these random mood swings where he gets mad at everything and I got a call the other day from his work because he didn't show up. When I asked him about it, he said he had to get out of the town for a bit and be alone. He told me that it wasn't my responsibility to know where he was 24/7. He knows it's illegal to leave the town borders but he has been doing it anyways. I'm wondering if he wants to get caught. "

I noted how she switched to our original language but didn't say anything. It was okay to speak like this as long as you were in a car or somewhere that was private. "Maybe you guys should move." I said. "We have been here since vampires took over almost sixteen years ago. Maybe you guys should move and try a different place."

"Yeah, I thought about that but I know you guys won't follow us. Everyone else is happy here."

"We can still talk on the phone and you can come back in five years or if everyone misses you guys too much, we can all move out there." Back when vampires first took over, vampires were moving all over the place and changing humans whenever they felt like. It was a way for them to make sure all family and friends stayed with them forever. Then the rule was passed that you had to stay in an area for five years at a time. We all had papers that we had to keep with us; they were almost like pass ports. They gave the papers out when the rule was made. It had everything on them and if you were ever caught without the papers then they are allowed to kill you on the spot, thus not allowing vampires to randomly change humans.

"What if he's meeting another girl?" Alice asked suddenly.

"Why would you think that?" I asked back.

"He already thinks we like each other. What if he thinks he is getting back at me for something I never did?"

"He would never do that. Besides you can watch his future and see what he does."

"Yeah but what if he does it on a whim? I can't see that just like I didn't see you getting your pet today. It's been bugging me more because I didn't see you get your pet…what if there's other things I can't see?"

Alice parked her car in front of the pet store, she put her head on the steering wheel. "Alice look at me." I said to her.

She looked over at me with sad eyes.

"He would never and I mean never do something like that. It's true that he sometimes thinks that you and I like each other more than we should but deep down he knows it's not true. You forget that he can sense our emotions. He knows you would never do something like that. He wouldn't risk losing you just to go out with another female. He's not that type."

She smiled, "Thanks." She reached over and gave me a hug. "Now what did you need?"

"Soft food. She doesn't like the kibble." I said.

"Spooooiled." Alice sang out as we left the car.

"I don't spoil her too much." We had to switch back now that we were in public. If you don't speak vampiric they assume that you were just changed and haven't learned it, thus it's illegal to have you around.

"Soft food and no kibble? Sure."

We walked inside as Alice grabbed a cart. She went down the cans aisle. She picked out canned pastas, mixed vegetables, fruits, and other cans of random foods.

"I have to buy some for my girl." She said as she went down the aisle with kibble, picking up a bag. It was really disturbing that we buy food for humans in dog food bags.

We walked down the freezer section and I stopped to look at the items. "I should get ice cream once I have a freezer for her. Humans like ice cream."

"Yeah, if they are spoiled."

"Whatever." I said as we walked off. We saw a huge cage with several humans in it. They were sitting around and talking. They were playing different games and toys. "I wish we could go back to old times."

"Not this." Alice muttered walking off. She would often refuse to bring me to a pet store because I would continually talk about old times.

I followed her as she picked up different toys.

"I think this will keep some attention."

We checked out, I spent a good three hundred dollars, Alice spent one hundred fifty.

"That's it?" I asked.

"She already has most of her stuff."

We then went to the appliance store and got a freezer and a microwave. I was able to take the microwave home with me but the freezer had to be delivered. All homes already had refrigerators because that was where blood was kept. It had to be refrigerated at all times.

We went to a few craft stores so that Alice could get more fabrics. She really was considered the World's Best Pet Fashion Expert. She had many rich cliental come to her for new and odd clothes. She had her basement filled with fabrics of all colors. She always loved fashion so the fact that she could dress others in whatever fashion she desired was enough to make her swoon. Whenever she got out of the house, she always got stopped by someone to tell her how great her works was. There was even a sign on the outside of the store that read, "Get your fashion where Alice Hale gets hers." I always laugh when I see that sign. They give her a huge discount for shopping here and allowing them to use her likeness on their board.

We got home later in the night as we set everything down on the floor. I went straight upstairs with Alice. "You scared her a lot yesterday so try to act less like…you." I said as she just let out a hugh. I opened the door to her room slowly so that I didn't scare her. I realized I didn't have to worry about that, she was fast asleep on the bed. "Bella." I whispered coming toward her. "Wake up." I touched her shoulder.

She rolled to her other side, mumbling something about walking with a buffalo. I honestly didn't know she knew anything about buffalo.

Alice stiffened a chuckle. "You know how to pick them out."

"Be nice." I warned. "Bella wake up." I muttered slowly lifting her up.

Bella screamed from the sudden shift and slapped my face. She then grabbed her hand and held it to her. She hurt her hand more than she hurt me. "oooow." She cried out.

"Let me see." I said as I took her hand and held it in my cool grasp. "It might swell a little but nothing broken."

Alice then spoke up, "Don't get too attached now. You know the rules." She always had to harden up when she was around humans; the reason is a story for another day though.

"I know." I glared at her. Was I the only one left out of my family that still cared for humans? Now that I got Bella, Esme and Carlisle were the only ones who still refused to get a pet. They still hate the thought of drinking human blood still.

Bella kept looking at me then at Alice.

"Come on make her stand." Alice said impatiently. She loved to dress up other's pets. She would get very fidgety while waiting.

"Stand up Bella." I said. Bella nodded and stood to her feet. She was used to her name change now and it hadn't even been a full day. "She's going to measure you just stay still." I said to her.

"Okay." She said. She stood their as Alice quickly measured her out. I was sure Alice was going too fast for Bella to keep up. Bella would try to move her head but by the time it went to the left, Alice would have already circled her three times.

"Done." Alice said. "Give me full leeway and I won't make you pay." She said to me as she stuck out her lower lip. She loved full leeway when it came to fashion.

I laughed, "What? Being a part of your family doesn't mean anything to you?"

"It helps but I have a few fashions that I have been dying to try." Alice said to me.

"Go for it." I told her. I could already see some of the pictures forming in her head. I decided not to think about the ridiculous things she was thinking about.

"See you later!" Alice bounced down the stairs and I heard her leave the house. She was excited for this.

Bella stood still not knowing what to do. She yawned as she sat back down on the bed.

"Come, I have food for you now." I told her as I walked out. She followed as we walked down the stairs and into the kitchen. I pulled the microwave out of the box and put it on the floor, I didn't have counters nor cupboards right now. I grabbed the can that read, 'Pasta.' I opened it up watching it slop into a bowl. It smelled awful.

Bella sat down at my small table watching me in amusement as I tried to keep my nose away from the congealed pasta.

"This stuff looks nasty." I put it in the microwave and read the can. A minute and thirty seconds. I put that in and watched as it spun around the microwave. I then looked up at Bella who was staring at the bags. "I got you a few different foods. We will try them all out and see which ones you like the most." I told her.

"Alright." Was all she said. I had to remember that she wasn't allowed to talk to vampires in the farm. She didn't want to talk much now.

We heard a small explosion from the inside of the microwave. I opened it quickly to see red sauce all over the inside of the microwave. I groaned, I forgot a lid over the top of the bowl. I grabbed the bowl and put a fork in it. I walked over to her and placed it down in front of her.

She stared at it. "What is it?" she asked.

"Canned Pastas. I think it said they are raviolis." I wasn't a chief, I had no clue about food. I hadn't had it in over a hundred years.

She smelled it, "It smells good."

"At least one of us thinks so." I said to her.

She grabbed the ravioli with her fork and bit into it releasing a scream.

I got overly anxious at that, what was wrong? "What happened?" She seemed to take deep breaths. "Are you okay?"

"Burnt my tongue." She chuckled at herself. "It's hot."

"Blow on it then." I sighed, I should have known.

She finished up her food while I was in the other room watching television. She walked in and yawned. She sat on the couch away from me. I felt bad, knowing that I would have to break her of that habit soon enough. It was a bad thing for humans to do.

She curled up on the couch, with her feet on the couch. I had to bit my tongue this once. I didn't like feet on the couch. She fell asleep like that as I had to resist the urge to complain about the feet on my couch. She smiled as she was asleep.

Emmett was coming over later today to help me put up a new fence. I had already called Jasper to invite him over to help. He was debating it. For now, I let Bella finish up the rest of the night on the couch.

She seemed to enjoy it and while I didn't want to admit it, I enjoyed her company a lot more than I wanted too.

This was what my family was afraid of.

That was a long chapter…hope you guys liked it! Sorry it took me almost two weeks to put this up, my class is very very hard. This Saturday is my boyfriend's and my anniversary! Four years with my first and only boyfriend! =) But we can't see each other for two more weeks…tis sad.

Also, I was thinking of putting up a story for the different terms used in fanfiction because I had someone ask me about one of my terms used in my author's notes. Would anyone be interested if I did that or has it already been done?

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