Heads turned and eyes stared as Bella and Tristan pulled into the Forks Mall parking lot. They have the nicest cars in the whole town and everyone knew it. It was cloudy, like it always was in Forks so the sun didn't shine, which is a good thing because if someone saw them in the sun, they might have gotten like an aneurysm or something. Not a nice thought. All of the Brooks got out of their cars. Tristan was by Bella with his arm snaked around her waist in a second. Jason did the same with Elizabeth and the younger looking vampires made gagging noises and rolled theirs eyes.

"If you guys wanted to make your kissy faces and all that we could have just stayed at home." Vincent said, annoyed and slightly embarrassed about his elder siblings' behavior.

"Or you could have just stayed home and NOT make kissy faces!" Kristen giggled.

"I like that idea the best." Aiden agreed.

Tristan turned around and made a 'cut it out' motion to the kids. They all stuck their tongues out at him and rolled their eyes. As if they were going to listen to him anyways.

"Tristan, get your hands off me." Bella commanded as she pried Tristan's arm off of her waist only to have it come worming back with double the enthusiasm.

"Why? You know you like it." He waggled his eyebrows.

" There are little children present." Elizabeth pointed out as they entered the building.

"Thank you for pointing out the obviously obvious." Jason mocked her. She punched his arm. He kept a manly face for a second and then let it down and whimpered, "Ow."

"Hey! I am older than all of you guys!" Aiden argued.

"No you're not. You're only ten," Jason bugged him.

" Can I just remind you that I am turning eight thousand three hundred and seventy three this year?" Aiden said indignantly.

Elizabeth squealed in delight, " Bella, isn't that just the cutest top you have ever seen?!"

Bella smiled. Elizabeth said that every time they went to the mall. " Yes. It is Liz. You should buy it and then admire it on yourself for a few days and then throw it into the back of your closet like you do with every other piece of clothing that you buy."

Elizabeth sighed and rolled her eyes. "What is the fun of going to the mall if you can't buy anything, Bella? Gees, what is wrong with you?"

Bella giggled softly in response. " Okay. How about, I take Elizabeth shopping and then you guys can go to the arcade or whatever."

There were mumbled agreements from everyone except Aiden. " What do you think I am Bella? Ten?"

Vincent leaned over and yelled, "Race you there!"

Then Aiden and Vincent were zooming off at human pace towards the arcade. Jason shrugged his shoulders and ran after them, followed by Kristen. Tristan lingered for a few moments.

"Bye Bella." Then he leaned forward, puckering his lips and expecting a good-bye kiss from her.

"Tristan, are you alright? What are you doing? " Bella asked giving him a look that suggested that he was mentally unsound.

"Waiting for you to give me a kiss good bye!" He replied.

Elizabeth began to impatiently tap her foot. Then she shoved her hand in his face and said, " Yeah, well that is obviously not gonna happen so me and Bella will just be going now." Elizabeth linked her arm through Bella's and walked into the store she saw displaying the shirt that she had made a fuss over. " He is sooo cute sometimes isn't he?" Elizabeth asked rifling through the racks.

" Um…do you need a CAT scan?" Bella paused and looked at her sister.

" No. I am perfectly fine. Thank you very much!" Elizabeth replied pulling a shirt off of the rack and draping it over her arm. "It's just he adores you! It is really cute."

"Same with you and Jason."

"Yeah but I don't mind kissing Jason. You shouldn't mind kissing Tristan. We all know that you like him as much as he likes you."

They sifted through the clothing quietly for a few seconds when all of a sudden, Elizabeth let out a gasp and grabbed Bella's arm. " Oh my gosh, Bella!"

Bella looked around, bewildered. " What? What happened?"

"We should so go to Victoria's Secret."

A pause.

" Are you sure you don't need a CAT scan?"

"Yes. I am perfectly sane. Don't you need some bras or underwear or anything?" Elizabeth asked desperately.

" I don't wear underwear that has a string going up my butt." Bella said in an 'as a matter of fact' voice.

Elizabeth rolled her eyes. " Well then don't buy those! Please Bella! I wanna go!"

Bella knew why of course: for Jason. The whole family knew about what they were doing upstairs at night but didn't really care because they knew that Jason and Elizabeth were meant for each other and that they are really over centuries old but stuck in younger bodies. Bella sighed. " Alright. But if I hear any thumping and earthquake like movements we are never taking you shopping again."

" Ok Bella. I promise we'll be quieter." She paid for her clothes quickly and walked giddily out of the door and into Victoria's Secret, Bella trailing behind her.

Bella sat on a little stool that they had in the store and hummed to herself, not wanting to look at any of the lacy, silky, satiny contraptions that they sold at this particular store. Elizabeth then appeared by her side and they spent another hour looking at clothes in other stores.

" I think that we should go pick up the guys and Kristen now." Bella suggested.

" That would be a good idea. Who knows what kind of trouble they are getting themselves into? I don't think it was a good idea to let them go unsupervised." Elizabeth shuddered at the idea of what they could be doing.

" What are you talking about? They have Ja- wait, no. Um…what about A- nope. Um… well, I mean they do have Kristen looking out for them."

They picked up their pace and made it to the arcade in two minutes. Jason and Tristan were wrestling on the floor and Vincent and Aiden were cheering them on. Kristen had her hands on her face, hiding them from her view. The other few people in the arcade stared at them too.

" Tristan! What are you guys doing?!" Bella scolded.

" We were only wrestling. No harm done." Jason answered, getting off of the floor and helping Tristan to his feet.

The girls rolled their eyes and Bella took Kristen's hand in hers and said that they should go now. There were a series of complaints but in the end, they were heading home. Aiden was talking about Tristan and Jason's wrestling match the whole time they were in the car. When they got home, Bella was happy to see that Aaron's Lexus was parked in the garage.

" Hey Aaron." Bella greeted when they walked into the house. She gave him a hug and pecked him on the cheek. He returned the gestures politely.

There was a series of greetings directed toward him and Kristen jumped on him and yelled " Daddy!" He laughed and held her.

Bella exchanged pleasantries with him for a few minutes then went up to her room to listen to some music. She had quite an extensive selection that she had accumulated over the centuries. She popped in a random CD into her expensive sound system and lay down on her couch. Soon she fell asleep, which is strange because vampires don't sleep.

Bella is a unique vampire. She is a vampire but still maintains some of her human qualities. She still blushes and she also sleeps and sometimes-when she wants to, when she is nervous, she'll trip on something and her eyes are still the same chocolaty brown that they were before she was changed. She hated and loved those things about herself. She hated those traits because she saw them as imperfections but she loved them because they were the only things that she had left of her human life.

Morning dawned too quickly in Bella's opinion. She wanted to sleep some more. She rubbed the tired sleep away from her eyes and got up at a human pace.

Bella and the other Brooks, not including Aaron who is at work, sat down by one of the randomly placed patio tables close enough to the elementary school. Bella sat in the grass, lying down on her back and Kristen sat playing with her soft brown hair. Elizabeth sat in Jason's lap and Vincent and Aiden sat there, bored. Tristan sat next to Bella trying to pry a kiss out of her.

" Come on. Just one and I promise to leave you alone." He cooed.

"No!"

"Please?" he begged with puppy dog eyes. Her hard exterior melted away for a second and she gave him a kiss.

"Why do you keep bugging her Tristan?" Kristen asked.

"Would you rather I bug you instead?" he replied.

" You already are…" She replied playfully.

"Am I?" he rounded on her and tossed her into the air a few times. Kristen giggled madly.

The bell rang for the high school scholars and they had to leave.

"Bye guys. Pick you up after school, alright?" Bella said to the kids.

" Bye Bella!" Kristen said happily and gave her sister a hug before they left.

(A/N: I have NO Idea where the elementary school is so I'm just gonna say that it is next to the high school for writing conveniences. I know it's kinda weird to have a high school next to an elementary school but I need them to be!)