As we neared Seattle I started to worry. Nothing stops Rose and Alice, so what will shopping be like?! Alice screeched to a halt in the parking lot and jumped out as did Rose. Emmett and Jasper were over by them in a flash. i stepped out of the car and Alice told us, "Ok boys, you can go do what you want until Rose calls you and tells you otherwise!" she then turned to me, "Bella, this is my only rule, listen to me and no one gets hurt." Rose leaned towards me and whispered " I would follow that rule at all costs!" I nodded as i gulped.
As we walked into the mall the boys took off and disappeared into the dark ibis of a video game store looking for more games for Emmett's Wii. Alice turned to us and asked, " Should we get our outfits or shoes first?" as soon as she asked this she said " Nope! We will get clothes first!" Rose shook her head and whispered something about Alice being crazy. Alice drug me into a store, no doubt designer. She ran over to a rack of clothes and started throwing, what seemed to me, random articles of clothing. Luckily for me Rose came to my rescue and said, " you go get a dressing room and i will take the clothes." I nodded and headed over to the front desk.
the girl that was waiting for me was fake EVERYTHING! fake blonde hair, check! fake nose, check! fake smile, check! fake nails, check! and just about everything else was also fake! "Um, hi..." i said. "Hi! how can i help you?!" she asked. well," i looked at her name tag, "Well Brittney, I need a dressing room." i said. "Oh, well i sorry your not allowed to take more then five articles of clothing into the fitting rooms at a time.: she said. as if on cue Alice walked over and said, "Oh! I see you've met my friend Bella, Brittney!" she said. "Oh hello Ms. Cullen!" Brittney stuttered. "there wont be any limit to YOU and your friends clothing amount." she said. Alice grinned and said "I thought so!" she pushed me into the fitting room and threw me some clothing.
I sighed. "Bella there is no need to be so querulous!" Alice and Rose giggled at Alice's use of our vocabulary word, which in fact meant being grumpy. I pulled on a pair of jeans and a camisole. On top of that I pulled on a cardigan. I walked out of the dressing room and spun around for them. "Brilliant!" said Alice grinning her blinding, yet very beautiful smile. "Hey! You don't suck at fashion! You just need to be given PROPER clothing!" said Rosalie smirking. "Har Har!" I said sarcastically, but I was grinning. This was the most fun I had in, well, forever!
If I was going to stop being so depressed I needed to change my look just a TEENSY bit. After I showed off a dress, some shorts and a baby-doll shirt, three more pairs of jeans and t-shirts Alice decided that we had enough clothes from that store, which I later found that I was in love with that store. Alice paid and we grabbed our bags. Alice ran into the other store and I couldn't help but giggle. Rose called Emmett and said that if they were done, we would appreciate their help. I walked over to the dressing rooms were Alice already had a mountain of clothing that I was to conquer. I sighed, grinning and shook my head and said,"Alice your a force all our own!" she grinned. "I know!" Rose came in with Emmett and Jasper, who were carrying our three very LARGE bags. I walked into the dressing room and pulled on a pencil skirt and a blouse and showed Alice. That was the routine for the next outfits, which happened to be, a pair of skinny jeans and a sweater, a semi formal skirt and a t-shirt, four more pairs of jeans with sweaters. Then Alice gave into letting me buy some cute but comfy navy blue sweatpants and a gray sweatshirt. We paid for that and went to the next store. When I walked in I realized I was getting a make-over. I sighed, Alice would force me to do it anyways so I might as well to it willingly. I plopped down into the chair. Mean while Alice old the hairdresser what was t be done to me. I closed my eyes and tried to understand why the Cullen's were being so nice to me. After I had failed to come up with with any idea other than they actually WANTED to be my friend I decided to get some rest. The lady who was named Karen, had put some red highlights in my mahogany hair, plucked my eyebrows so they were now just delicate but still had a pretty shape. And she had transformed my nails to a beautiful french manicure.
After that we went to a shoe store and Alice started getting tons of shoes boxes. I took off my comfy and SAFE gray sneakers and sat on the chair that just happened to be in the middle of the mountain of shoes boxes that Alice was hidden under. She had me try one several pairs of flats, a pair of sandals, some boots, and to my horror three pairs of stilettos. She bought all of the shoes I tried on!
By this time is was starving and Jasper and Emmett decided to go put our bags in Emmett's jeep and Rose's M3 BMW. Alice, Rose and I went to the food court and they went to go get Chinese and I got a salad and a milkshake. They were finished by the time I had sat down. The boys were back by the time I finished and we had two hours until the mall closed. Emmett wanted to see the new Transformer movie and so did Jasper so they left and Alice turned to us. " Do you guys want to go see a movie?" she asked. "Sure." Rose and I said. Alice and Rose wanted to see Maid Of Honor. I panicked. How was I going to do this?! I couldn't watch a romance! It would send me to tears, reminding me of Edward! So I just nodded and said, "Ya! I wanted to see that one too!"
As soon as the movie ended we walked out of the mall and I tried quickly to wipe my tears away but before I could Rose and Alice noticed and asked, "Bella? Whats wrong?" I turned to hem and said, "Do you want to know why I had no friends when you moved here?" I sighed. "Well its a sad, pathetic story." I said. Alice said, "But he is the reason your you." she noticed my confusion and she sighed. "Bella I believe we too have a story to share with you." I nodded. We met the boys at the car and Rose informed them on what was happening. Alice and I got in the car and Rose got in and speed off as fast as a race car driver, maybe faster. And we soon were in the Cullen's drive way. They ran into the house and I got walked into Alice's room. We put our pj's on and met the boys in the living room. We plopped down onto the beanbags and I took a deep breath. "I'll warn you,this story is sad and it still affects me....... we were in 9th grade when he," I stopped and tried to keep the dam up to hold in the pain and tears. "when he, Edward, left........."