A/N: I apologize for such a short chapter. I had typed this up last night and meant to post it but I forgot. So here's an extra long chapter for you lovelies.
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A Lost Bet
Shop Til You Drop
BPOV
"So, Bella I want you to try on this, this, and this." Alice hands me a dark blue t-shirt polo thing, a spaghetti strap tank top, and a pair of jeans. She shoves me in to the dressing room and stands in front of it tapping her foot. I quickly dress in vampire speed and walk out of there with the outfit on. Rosalie walks up with a couple of shirts for Emmett and smiles at me.
"Great outfit Bella, I think you should get it." I groan and look at myself in the mirror. I do look good in it. And Edward does like the color of blue on me. I feel my lips turn up in to a smile.
"It really does look good, doesn't it?"
"Bella, everything looks good on a-"
"Person with your figure." Alice cuts Rosalie off when a girl walks in to the area. Rosalie frowns. Humans always ruin the fun. She thinks to herself. I glare at her.
So did I ruin the fun when I was with you guys shopping? Rosalie stares back at me with her eyes wide open. "N-no, sorry Bella. I forgot you can hear my thoughts." Rosalie says quietly so the humans won't be able to hear. I shrug my shoulders.
"Water under the bridge." I say and turn around to change in to my clothes. Alice glares at Rosalie for a few seconds as I come out and I smile to the both of them. "Seriously, water under the bridge. Let's get over it. We're somewhere new, we're starting over. Okay?"
Rosalie breathes a sigh of relief and gives me a quick hug. Something I've hardly experienced before. "You really are a sweet girl Bella. I know why my brother was so fond of you."
"Thanks, Rose, and so are you. Just in your own way." I wink at her and she chuckles. "Is it okay if I look around here myself? Or do you guys have to throw everything at me?" Alice winces.
"Bella... your taste in style..."
"I meant for Edward." I smile at Alice and she shrugs her shoulders.
"If you must. Come on Rosalie let's go look at stuff for ourselves." She emphasizes the last word and I just shake my head. It's not fair that I have to be dragged out of my house away from my husband to go shopping for myself. It's not right. Edward deserves to at least get something... I look around the guys section trying to find the perfect thing for Edward to where. It seems like he has everything.
I spy a sweatshirt that look like it would go well with Edward. He was talking earlier about how he likes hoodies. I look at the color selections. The one that I think he'd like is the grey one. It's a zip-up, not a pull over so he can go running in it if he'd like. I look at the tag more to find it's a vintage style hoodie. I smile to myself. He'll like it. I grab it and turn around to find Alice and Rosalie right behind me, with their hands on their hips.
"You're not going to get that, are you?"Alice asks me. I nod.
"Yes, it's something that he'll like, not what you'll like." I say and tuck the hoodie closer in my arm. She shakes her head and smiles.
"Fine, whatever you say. Let's get out of here? We still need to get books!" I laugh as we walk over to the counter to pay for our purchases. I whip out the card Edward had given me after we got married. I still feel a little guilty using it. But hey, my clothes were all on sale. At least I know Alice is thinking about my money issue.
We all pay for our purchases. Alice got an outfit for herself and then an outfit for Jasper. Rosalie got an outfit for herself and a couple of shirts for Emmett. We walk out of the store with the bags in our hands. A couple of guys were eyeing us from the campus courtyard. They were thinking some nasty stuff, before they whistle at us. We laugh.
"It's the good thing the boys aren't here with us." Rosalie says as we walk in to the bookstore, that is like five stores down from Gap.
"Yeah, the poor college boys wouldn't have even seen it coming." Alice says and winks.
"I'm pretty sure Edward would have taken off before they whistled." I say still shaking out the image in my head.
"Aw, poor Bella, she has to share Edward's pain." Alice says pouting. I snort.
"What's that's suppose to mean?"
"That you have to share his pain in knowing what everyone's thinking."
"I don't know what everyone is thinking, only when they think about us is when I really notice." I confess. "So, I'm not entirely like Edward. I tend to tune out the static."
Rosalie smiles. "Well, that's good. I wish I had that power of yours though."
"What? The freeze thing?"
"Yeah, sometime I wish I could use it on some people."
"Like who?" Alice chirps up.
"Oh, I dunno, maybe a very annoying vampire who likes to go on shopping sprees every chance she gets?" I burst out laughing as Alice's face falls. "I'm only kidding Alice." Rosalie adds and she walks by her to look for her books. Alice looks at me with a pouting lip.
"I can't believe she said that." I stop my laughter and wrap my arm around her shoulders.
"It's okay, Alice, I still love you." She smiles and we walk together to find our books.
"So, what classes are you taking, Bella?" Alice asks as I look for my books.
"I have take Writing 5, and then I'm taking a First-Year seminar. I don't know the whole major thing is confusing. All I know is that I'm taking Writing 5, Writer's At Work, and Writer's on Writing."
"Three classes?"
"What? They're hard and long." Alice shrugs her shoulders.
"You're going to get bored easily." I shrug my shoulders and found the texts for my classes. "So your majoring in English then?"
"Yeah. What about you?"
"Human Behavior and other wonderful Psychology classes.." She smiles and holds up her text books. "I like to learn about the way you guys think."
"Your majoring in Psychology?"
"Yup."
"Weird. I would think you'd choose fashion or art."
"Nah, besides they don't have a Fashion Major." I laugh as Rosalie comes up.
"Rose, what are you majoring in?"
"Engineering Studies." I chuckle.
"Should have known." We all go up to the counter to check out. A boy who looks to be old enough to go to Dartmouth smiles at us. Which one should I ask out, first? I growl.
"Do you think Edward would want me to get his book for him?" Rosalie and Alice get the hint and smirk.
"I don't know hun, Edward might want to get his own books. He'll probably go with the rest of the guys."
"Yeah, Jasper wanted to get his own texts." Alice smiles as the guy's face falls. They're taken, then. I laugh as Rosalie flips her hair. It's almost as he can read his mind.
"I know! Emmett was adamant about getting his own books as well." Rosalie hands over her card with the hand that holds her wedding ring. The guy gulps.
"Are you guys all going to school here?" He asks, his voice shaking a little. We all smile.
"Yes, are you?" I ask. He smiles a little, taking in my charm.
"Uh, yeah. I guess I'll be seeing you guys around? What dorms are you staying at?"
"Oh, we're living at home." Rosalie puts in. His face falters again as he hands us our bags.
"Nice meeting you." Alice says, and we walk out of the store laughing once again. This day isn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. "Hey, Bella are you hungry?" I look at her in confusion and Alice bursts out laughing.
"Oh, I forgot, you don't eat anymore!! This is so cool. We don't have to stop to feed you anymore!" I laugh it off and we continue down towards Alice's car.
"Thanks. Glad to know me getting changed wasn't a memorable experience." Alice winces and I smile to show her I'm kidding. "Can we go home though? I'm pooped."
"Okay, okay. Fine. But tomorrow we're traveling to NYC." I stop dead in my tracks.
"Alice..." Her eyes glaze over as she gets a vision. She gasps.
"Bella don't-"
"Alice freeze!" Alice stops in mid-sentence. Rosalie stares at me in shock.
"What did you do that for?"
"I just needed to think. Alice will get over it. I can't believe she's going to take me to New York City! I mean seriously, this girl has to slow down!"
"Bella, you aren't human anymore. You don't need to sleep. She's going to take you down to NYC and you just have to deal with it. I did for the longest time."
"But you like shopping. I don't. I'm pretty sure I'll ruin Alice's fun with my grouchiness."
"Bella, please, unfreeze Alice and we'll negotiate."
"You'll do that for me?"
"Yes, and for the sake of my sister being frozen at the moment." I look over at Alice.
"Okay, Alice." Alice comes back to life.
"- even think about it!"
"Sorry, Alice. I already did." Alice glares at me. "I know, I promised but I really needed to sort things out in silence... Well, not silence but with out you hearing." Alice relaxes and nods.
"So?"
"So, can we wait another week? Maybe a couple days before school starts? It'll be like a tradition?" I suggest. Rosalie shakes her head.
"How about we wait a few days Alice, you don't have to wait that long. But Bella and I aren't up to shopping right now." Alice frowns but nods.
"Fine, I'll wait a few days. Let's go home?" We all nod and hop in her car. I touch Alice's arm as she starts to drive.
"Alice?"
"Yes?" She drags out the 's'.
"I'm sorry about freezing you."
"It's okay. I didn't feel a thing. It's pretty cool once you think about it. I wish I was conscious about it though." I chuckle. Wow, her moods really change quickly.
"Good, I'm glad you're not mad at me."
"Oh, I could never be mad at you." She says and squeezes my hand. Rosalie leans up in between us.
"And I could never be mad at you either Bella. Just please, don't freeze me?"
"I can't make that promise but I'll try."
"I have a question." Alice looks at me and a nod for her to continue, "Why do you always say 'freeze' when you want someone to freeze. Isn't it just the movement in your hands that make me freeze?" I think about that for a few seconds. My hands do move in the direction of the person that I want to freeze...
"Hmm, I guess I'm going to have to try that out when we get home. Alice and Rosalie both smile.
"I know who would be a perfect victim." Rosalie says smugly. "My husband probably wants to be frozen again." I laugh at Rosalie plotting.
"Yeah, when we get home just think about freezing Emmett so when you see him and you move your hands like you do... may you'll freeze him with you saying it." I nod again as Alice turns up the radio to "Girls Just Want To Have Fun". We listen to that song and belt out all the way home.
A/N: Thank you for reading!! Please review! It's Prom tomorrow, so I don't think I'll post up for a couple of days. But Please give me some feedback. I'd really appreciate it.
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