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BPOV

If I were still human I would've been terrified of the way Alice drove. Indeed, Sue, Leah and Emily were looking very pale as she weaved through the traffic at top speeds.

"Alice," I began, looking apologetically at the humans, "maybe you should slow down."

Alice gave me a shocked look. "Are you crazy, Bella? The mall is only open for another twelve hours! We need to find a wedding dress, three bridesmaid's dresses, a dress for me and you could do with a new wardrobe as well."

"I don't think that's necessary…"

Alice only drove faster.

Ever since Charlie and Sue had announced their engagement a couple of days ago, Alice had been planning the wedding with enthusiasm. She had already chosen a date and venue for them (one month away at the Cullen home), and sent out the invitations. It wasn't going to be small. At least the bride and groom were impressed.

We arrived at the mall within twenty minutes and Alice zoomed into a parking spot with perfect precision and climbed out of the car in the same second. I hopped out lightly, while the humans and wolf stumbled out of the doors. Emily was clutching her stomach.

"I think I'm gonna be sick," she groaned, leaning against the car.

"I'll drive on the way back," I reassured her hastily, ignoring the glare I received from Alice.

Alice tapped her foot impatiently and we followed her inside.

We were dragged into shop after shop, leaving each one with a new shopping bag, yet I didn't think we'd bought anything wedding related. Finally we followed Alice into a shop with fluffy white wedding gowns on display in the window. We'd barely stepped inside and Alice was already pulling dresses from the racks. She steered Sue into the changing room, hidden under a pile of white frills and lace, while I waited outside with Emily and Leah.

After a couple of minutes, Alice held back the curtain and Sue emerged in a puffy white dress which, in my opinion, made her look like a marshmallow.

"I don't know…"

Alice looked disappointed and pulled Sue back inside.

Over the next three hours we saw Sue dressed in a wide variety of white silk, satin, chiffon, lace, glitter and diamonds. Alice was getting more and more frustrated by the minute and was muttering things like, "absolutely no fashion sense," and, "I'll show her giant snowball."

We bridesmaids were getting so impatient that we actually cheered when Alice found a dress we all liked, gaining a glare from the saleswoman. The dress floated around Sue's ankles like some sort of exotic flower, and the hem was lined with tiny diamonds. The arms began just below her shoulders and ended in bell sleeves, also studded with diamonds, at her elbows. She really did look beautiful.

"I can't afford this," Sue fretted in disappointment, admiring the dress in the wall mirror.

"Don't you worry about that," said Alice, pulling out a shiny black credit card, "it's on me."

She ignored Sue's protests and headed straight for the cashier.

She handled the box delicately as though it were some sort of rare treasure, and led us from the shop, only to take us right next door to find our bridesmaid's dresses.

She found matching dresses in pale gold satin for us, and gold shoes to go with them. That only took three hours. I was beginning to wonder how many dresses there are in the world; I must have tried on the majority of them at least.

I thought that would be it. I was crazy to think so. It was getting dark by the time we were done, and we walked back to the car under boxes of jewellery, clothes, shoes, and various other items, not all of them wedding related.

I opened the driver's door of the car and slid into the seat. I tried shutting the door, but Alice's hand shot forward, holding it in place.

"What do you think you're doing, Bella?" she asked me sweetly.

"Alice, you got your way on the way here, but I'm driving us home."

Alice scowled at me.

"If you don't let me drive, Alice, I swear I will…" I didn't have to finish. Alice had a vision of what I would do to her closet if she didn't let me drive and instantly sped around to the passenger seat, growling angrily.

I had barely started the car and Alice was already fiddling with the radio.

"Oh! I love this song!" she squealed and started singing along brightly.

"Take me on the floor (dadada da dadadada)
I can't take it any more (dadada da dadadada)
I want you, I want you, I want you to show me love
Just take me on the floor (dadada da dadadada)
I can give you more (dadada da dadadada)
You kill me, you kill me, you kill me with your touch"

Alice was halfway through the second verse when her eyes went suddenly blank and a hiss escaped her throat.

"That's just what we need!"

"What's wrong?" I asked urgently.

In reply, she switched radio stations to a news broadcast. "…the second murder this week, bringing the count up to seventeen related deaths. Police are now suggesting the case may have a link to the recent Seattle murders last year. Similar evidence has been left at the scenes, but there are still no suspects…"

"Another newborn?" I asked.

"Two," Alice clarified, "As if I don't have enough to worry about with the wedding plans, and now this!"

"What's going on?" demanded Leah from behind me.

"Newborn vampire attacks nearby," replied Alice.

"You should warn the rest of the pack," I suggested. I could tell Leah hated taking advice from me, but she nodded grudgingly and scowled out the window.

"Are the Volturi going to interfere?" I wondered.

Alice just growled quietly. "They'd better not!"

I dropped off Sue, Emily and Leah at Charlie's house before driving to the Cullen home. I pulled into the enormous garage and ran into the house where Edward was waiting for me at the piano.

"Did you have fun?" he teased, pulling me into a hug.

I groaned. "Yeah, fun. Hours stuck in a shopping mall with Alice. Could it get any better?"

He chuckled just as Alice entered the room. "Edward, did you hear about the newborn attacks in town?"

"Yes, I read about them a couple of weeks ago. Have there been more?"

Alice nodded seriously. "Seventeen in all. If this gets in the way of the wedding plans I am personally going to hunt them down myself!"

Edward frowned. "And the Volturi?"

"Nothing yet."

"Good. Let's hope it stays that way. You will be keeping an eye on them, right?"

"Of course," Alice muttered absently. She was obviously thinking about something else.

Edward laughed. "Don't worry Alice. We'll make sure they don't mess up the wedding. You don't need to worry about it."

I laughed with him. Of course my sister would be worried about the wedding! Bloodthirsty newborns, she could handle fine. Volturi coming to town, no problem. But mess up Alice's plans for a wedding and they would regret it for eternity.