It was that love that sent me to Carlisle's office when we arrived back at our home; thankfully Alice captured Bella and took her on a shopping trip. Little damage was done by Laurent's bite and it didn't scare me like it had Bella.

"Well, Edward, nothing seems to be occuring due to the venom. " That was obvious. We had no running blood within our bodies. Carlisle released me with a pat on the back and a tender smile, leaving me to do as I wished. Jasper and Emmett were already playing a rather intense game of Halo when I went downstairs.

"Hey, Edward! Come join my Squad! Jasper is single-handedly taking me down!" I chuckled and plopped on the floor next to them, taking up Rosalie's abandoned controller.

BPOV

I was only vaguely surprised when Alice whisked me away on an all day fashion trip, telling me as we piled into the car that Edward would be fine. Rosalie had joined us as well, talking quietly about what sort of dresses we should look at.

"Are you sure he'll be okay, Alice?" I asked for the fifth time as we walked into Dilliards. She sighed and rolled her copper colored eyes, the chipper mood from moments before fading slightly.

"Fine, Bella. Carlisle let him go with nothing more then a warning. I popped in there just before we left. You should've came too. He was half-naked." And, I was sure if I was still a human, I would've been flushing a bright shade of pink.

"Oh, look at this!" Alice exclamined, pulling a black and green number off it's rack as soon as we got off the escalator. She held it up to my body while Rosalie nodded. I could only imagine what they were saying. My gift was tugging at the corners of my mind. Edward was practically raging in his excitement, Jasper was still the same old Jasper, and Emmett was filled with thoughts of anger.

"Feels like the boys are having fun." I muttered lowly as they shoved me an changing booth. Alice remained silent. Rosalie gave a gasp of shock.

"What do you mean by 'feels' ?" She asked, ducking inside along with Alice. I quickly explained that I could tell where and what our kind or people close to me were feeling. To give an example and told Alice she was feeling unsure. That feelings soon gave way to surprise.

"That really is her gift, Rose! Amazing." The two eventually dropped the subject and we traveled to Clarie's after purchasing the dress they said looked marvelous on me. I didn't believe it. What were they dressing me up for anyways? There were no other dances, as far as I knew, and the family had nothing special planned; I could feel no excitement. But, even that was flawed because they were all good at hiding things like that.

A few hours later...

"Come on...we've been to every store in this mall, bought thirty different outfits and accessories to match. When can we go home?" I wasn't tired like my normal, mortal self might have been, but bored with seeing the same places over and over, avoiding the patches the sunlight that flitered through the skylights, and hearing the loud jabbers of people passing by.

"Sure, Bells, right after we get you a new car." Rosalie smiled, making me jump in surprise. She had called me Bells instead of Bella. It was new from her. Then the other half of her sentence hit me.

"NO! No cars!" I shouted as they towed me out to the parking lot holding at least twenty different bags. They agreed and slowly drove me home. The house was different feeling when we pulled into the nearly invisible driveway, a tense atmosphere clouding the whole place.

"What's up with everybody?" I asked when we walked up to the house. Rosalie and Alice looked at each other then set the bags down on the porch.

"We're going to go hunting, Bella. Be back soon!" Then they were gone before I could say I wanted to go too. ROlling my eyes, I opened the door.

"Hello, Isabella." Edward purred from near the piano. I turned only to spin, my back to him; he was completely naked.

"Ge- what are you doing, Edward? Don't we have a room for that?" I teased, dashing up the stairs and locking the door. His clothes were in a pile in the middle of the floor.

"Bella, come on! Let me in!" He whined through the door, his shadow pacing across the floor. I giggled and opened the door only to see an angered expression on his face. I opened my mouth to ask but he gently pushed me aside and dressed so quickly his hands seemed to blurr even with me new vampire eyes.

"We have company. Stay here." He commanded, rushing out the door. I followed, my chest filling with fear. What other enemies did we have? My question was answered moments later when I spotted our guests, lounging on the living room couch.

"Hello, Edward. Bella."