Chapter 15
(EPOV)
It's been a couple weeks now, since we moved. The girls have been busy running their spa. They made a lot of money during their grand opening. The babies are walking now. When Bella said they grow faster than a human, she wasn't kidding. Esme and Alice are now pregnant. It's really hectic lately. Bella and I haven't had time alone in a long time, so I am planning a trip to Paris. Carlisle and Alice have been doing the planning and she has no clue about it yet. I am planning on giving her the tickets for Christmas, which is coming up in a month. Today though, is Thanksgiving. All the girls have been cooking since early this morning. The pack is coming over to celebrate with us. The men are in charge of setting up the tables and watching the kids, what fun! NOT! Oh well, the girls have been hard at work. We installed 4 ovens in the kitchen that is off of the common room. We needed more, since we were feeding the pack. Bella went out and bought 3 dishwashers too. No one wanted to wash dishes all night.
"Ok boys, we have all day tomorrow to go get our trees. We need 8 trees. The common room will be the biggest. Who is going with?" Carlisle asked. Everyone said they were going. "Sam, can you get a truck or two from the rez? All the girls are going black Friday shopping tomorrow, so they will be taking the cars. Sue and Leah asked if they could watch the babies tomorrow, so we have all day. From what Alice said, they are hitting all the malls in Seattle and surrounding areas." We all laughed. Typical Alice. She wanted to get most of the shopping done tomorrow, but we know that every weekend till Christmas, they will shop. Bella has been getting into the spirit of shopping, and I was happy. "Everyone just pulled up!" Bella yelled over the intercom. We grabbed the babies and went downstairs.
(BPOV)
"Dinner is ready!" Everyone sat at the tables. My family surprised me by sitting down and eating. They could eat human food, but choose not to. There is no nutrition in it, or so they say. Edward says it smells nasty. Carlisle said grace and I watched as everyone dug in. It was so funny watching the pack eat. Everyone was carrying on a conversation and it sounded like an auditorium. Edward heard me and started out laughing. Everyone at our table looked at us like we were crazy. "Just carrying on our own conversation." Edward told them. They shook their heads and turned back to their food. When we were done eating, we got up and brought out the dessert. We made 30 pumpkin and apple pies. All the guys say on the couches watching the game. We had to kitchen cleaned up in no time and went to join the guys. It felt good to have everyone together for the holiday. I ended up falling asleep in Edwards lap.
I was rudely awoken by a very annoying pixie jumping on my bed. "Wake up Bella! Time to shop!" I loved my family but sometimes they can be annoying. I looked over at the clock and saw that it was only 2:45. "Alice, why the hell are you waking me up this early? I still have 45 minutes to sleep!" She giggled. "I tried to stop her!" Edward said laughing. I growled and they laughed louder. "Your not dressed yet?" Rose said coming in. I growled again. "Unlike you guys, I actually sleep. Now, can you get out so I can get dressed?" They laughed and ran out. "20 minutes and we are leaving!" Alice said over the intercom. "What time is Sue coming for the kids and Chloe?" I asked Edward. "They will be here for 10. We are going for the trees today, so you all need to pick out the lights and decorations. Make sure you get a lot of lights and decorations for the outside and plenty for the inside." Always wanting to be creative for the holidays. I went into the closet and picked out a pair or black skinny jeans and a purple sweater. I turned around to find Edward holding up my knee high zip up black boots. He loved seeing me in them. I went in and brushed my teeth and hair and then applied my makeup. We ran downstairs and everyone was waiting. Edward helped me into my coat handed me my purse. "Ok girls, time to head out!" Alice yelled. I gave Edward a kiss, took the keys and ran. A couple months ago, Edward and I bought an SUV. Shortly after, everyone else followed. For once, we could get a lot more shopping done. We drove to the mall in Seattle and parked. There were lines everywhere. Thank god most of my shopping was done online. Since none of them were in any condition to run, we stayed in the parking lot. Esme got out of the car and handed me a muffin and hot chocolate. Shortly after, it was time to shop. We watched everyone run in. Rose started laughing at them. As soon as we got in there, we split up. A couple hours and many bags later, we took them to the cars and went inside for some lunch. "How is your shopping going?" Esme asked me. "It's going pretty good. I had to practically beat some lady just to get the last of something I wanted, but I'm actually ready to hit some more stores!" They all laughed. "How about we hit another mall, or do you want to go to Toys R Us?" I thought for a second. Let's go hit Toys R Us last. That way we can have the guys come and get the bags." They all agreed. We went to 2 more malls and our SUV's were jam packed. I pulled out my cell and called Edward when we pulled in Toys R Us parking lot. "Honey, we just pulled into Toy's R Us parking lot and we need you all to come get the bags when we are done." He laughed. "Well hello to you too baby!" I giggled. "Sorry! I miss you and love you! Now, can you all meet us in about an hour? I would put the stuff in the truck, but it's already overflowing!" He sighed. "How much have you spent already?" I laughed nervously. "So far today, I spent almost $50,000.00. I know it's a lot, but it was worth it." He said "Baby, I don't care how much you spent! As long as you are having fun, I am happy. Now, to answer your question. Yes, we will be on our way as soon as we put the trees up." Shoot, I knew I forgot something. "Bring Sam's SUV. We still have to go for the decorations! Sorry honey, lost track of time." I heard everyone laugh. "You might need a bigger truck to be on the safe side." Alice came over to the truck. "They need to go rent a truck and bring it over. We have to mark the bags and then we will have room to get the decorations." Edward heard it all. "Ok baby, we are on our way with a u-haul and markers. Love you and see you in an hour!" I hung up and faced everyone. "I can't believe I forgot to get the decorations! There should be a 24 hour holiday store near here. We have plenty of time." We all walked in. 2 hours later and 6 carts each, we got out. We saw a huge u-haul and our guys waiting. They ran over and helped us with the carts. They looked at all the carts and busted out laughing. "Have fun shopping ladies?" Carlisle asked. We all looked at each other and answered in unison "Hell yes! We aren't done though. This is just the beginning." We spent the next hour tying the bags and marking them so we knew who's was who's. When it was finally done, the guys followed us to the Christmas store.
When we got to the Christmas store, we bolted for the doors. Edward and I spent another $10,000.00 on decorations. He shook his head and walked to the truck. A couple minutes later, everyone else walked out. "Time to eat!" They realized they forgot to get me dinner. Everyone decided to head home, while Edward took me to get something to eat. On the way home, I stopped off at Wal-mart. "For someone that didn't want to spend money, you sure are spending a lot!" I blushed and hugged him. "It's Christmas time, my only other time to spoil the kids and everyone else. Plus, I wanted to spoil us for once." 2 hours and 30 bags later, we were on our way home. Edward had to drive because I was so tired. When we got home, he carried me up to bed. "Don't worry about the stuff. We will get everything out when you wake up."