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Chapter 3

Shopping

I had been living with the Cullens since that fateful day with Charlie. Since then life had been uneventful, so much so that I was sure it could never last, with me trouble is never far away. As Edward had once said I was a magnet for it.

On this particular day - only 6 days before the wedding- I was sitting alone in the Cullen's vast sitting room reading my battered copy of Wuthering Heights, it was so quiet, it was unusual for me to be alone.

At the very moment I was thinking about how strange it really was that Edward and Alice were no where to be found, Alice bounded down the stairs grinning madly, Edward in tow.

I stood up placing my battered book on the Cullen's spotless white sofa, and walked over to where Edward was standing, grinning his irresistible crooked grin.

He enveloped me in his strong cold arms, and I sighed in contentment. It was then that Alice chose to speak up and interrupt the moment.

" Bella, " she sang in her beautiful sing song voice " We are going shopping! "

I inwardly groaned and grimaced at the beaming Alice.

" Do we have to Alice? We've already been shopping 10 times this week " I whined. " We already have dresses and decorations and we've hired a florist and a caterer and-"

Alice cut me off with a triumphant exclamation of " But we've yet to buy the tuxedos!"

With that she danced toward the door, keys in hand.

I thought of my impending doom and with a strike of inspiration, I came up with an out.

"Can't the boys shop for their own tuxedos?" I asked a gleeful Alice who's expression changed to one of disbelief, obviously at my question., before saying

" Can you imagine what would happen if we let Emmett buy his own tuxedo?" she asked me.

And I could, at that moment I got a very disturbing mental image of Emmett in an orange suit with purple pinstripes and to top it all off a lime green bow tie.

I shuddered and understood what Alice meant, I sighed defeated before being hit with yet another bout of inspiration.

" Well can Edward at least come with us? I'm sure that he could give us some valuable input." I said trying to coax Alice into letting me bring along my own personal angel.

She looked visibly disappointed but after a moment of silence she pursed her lips, gave me a disapproving look and sighed. " Alright bring Edward if you must."

I must have looked visibly relieved because Edward looked at me and chuckled, before leaning down and whispering in my ear that he would be with me the entire time. His cold breath tickled my ear and I shivered.

Edward scooped me up in his arms, and before I knew it we sitting in the back of Alice's Porsche and I was strapped in. 'How does he move so fast' I thought utterly disoriented by the speed at which he moved.

He snickered at my bewildered look. I would never get used to the speed.

With Alice's driving we arrived at the mall in Seattle in record time. Alice was visibly excited and was dragging me through the mall's glass doors in mere seconds.

I focused on not tripping while I staggered behind Alice. When we stopped I looked at the store sign only to see that we were standing in a humongous and highly priced store. I knew that we would not soon be leaving my own personal hell also known as the mall.

Alice dragged me to the mens section with Edward following lithely behind. Alice then began flitting around the racks grabbing numerous suits and placing them in Edward's waiting arms.

It was not until 6 hours later that Alice had finally decided what to buy. We had decided that Edward would wear a black suit- since I loved the contrast to his flawless alabaster skin - Emmett and Jasper would both wear gray suits and Carlisle would wear navy blue.

We made our way back to the cars, with Alice holding numerous shopping bags and Edward pulling me alongside him. On the way home Edward sat in the front with also, due to the staggering number of bags occupying the backseat with me.

By the time we arrived home I was exhausted. Edward carried me from the car to our room, where he laid me on the bed. I fell into a deep and dreamless sleep.

I awoke only a few hours later, to find Edward lying next to me gazing lovingly at my face.

My breathing quickened and he saw that I was no longer asleep.

" Love, it's still early, are you sure you don't want to sleep longer?" I realized that it was still dark outside, but now that I was awake I was sure that I would not be able to go back to sleep.

" Yes I'm sure I would never be able to fall back asleep now."

He pulled me closer, and I breathed in his indescribable scent. He pressed his lips gently to mine, and as always I tried to push his unnegotiable boundaries, and for once he let me push them.

I kissed him passionately, my head filled with dizzying thoughts of him,.I pushed my hand through his soft bronze hair- his most human feature- His hard cold lips pressed against my soft warm ones. I broke away for the inescapable breath, before turning my face back to him, he kissed me softly before saying that we had pushed our boundaries far enough for one night.

I sighed but relented and snuggled against his cold, sculpted chest, and waited for sleep to come once more.

He then began softly singing my lull-a-bye, his voice sweet and perfect. As I drifted toward sleep the last thing I heard was him saying that he loved me, and with those final words I drifted into a peaceful sleep.

AN: Yay! Some nice useless fluff, there's a plot but it doesn't really get interesting until some more characters come into play. It's coming soon though so don't worry. I'm sorry I haven't updated in so long! I'm not dead. I promise to try to get my chapters up faster. Thanks for sticking with me.