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This chapter is dedicated to extreme0avatar for a really fantastic and wonderful review that made me feel fantastic.

And especially to xMrsPeteWentzx for helping me pick out the right outfit for Bella, it took about half an hour to get it perfect!! Thanks hunni!!

The outfit that is chosen in the end including the coat and shoes are on my profile.

The song is Welcome to My Life- Simple Plan because it kinda describes Bella's situation so far.

Chapter 26

I wasn't dressed to Alice standards because Edward had luckily stood up for me, followed by everyone else. Alice was trying to hurry me out of the door but I was still glued to Edward. Eventually she dragged me away, Rose was coming too. Alice shoved me into the passenger's seat and Rose sat in the back. We were going to Bloomingdales, Alice's third favourite shop in NYU. Saks and Macys were her top two. Alice parked a block away. I was pretty good at getting around now without help. At the hospital they weren't sure if I would be but I had good strong muscles from my years of being on the track team, which I had been told I could no longer do as it would move the metal pins around and make my bones un-repairable. So no more track team, it was a blow and I would always remember beating Edward even in heels! I was going to miss my teammates. Alice dragged me inside the front doors and was met by the familiar sight of the Little Brown Bags. I had three at NYU; well I did unless they'd been taken for evidence.

Alice pulled me into the elevator to the women's clothing level. As soon as the doors opened, Alice flew out and started going through the clothing racks. Rose rolled her eyes and linked arms with me, for subtle support. I leant against her slightly and smiled at her gratefully. Rose and I walked around a few feet away from Alice, not wanting to get in her way, we'd probably get severely told off.

After an hour of following Alice around two floors of Bloomies, we came to the fitting rooms. Alice shoved me in a cubicle and threw about a hundred items of clothing over the top, I felt like it was raining with them. She hadn't even allowed us to carry anything and I was even more surprised than usual at her weight lifting abilities.

'Bella,' Alice dragged out my name into about four syllables. 'Hurry up!' she snapped the last bit. I groaned. I slipped on a blood red shirt with ¾ length sleeves and a little mid-thigh length black skirt, I hated the skirt it was too tight but the skirt was alright. I walked out to be judged by the experts.

'What do you think?' I asked twirling around to give them a full view. Rose chewed her lip and shook her head.

'No, too tight with the sleeves but the skirt is alright,' she commented.

'No, the skirt is the worst the colour doesn't match her skin tone and the shirt forces her cleavage too much for a trial,' Alice said.

I sighed; this was going to be a long day.

'What about this combination?' I muttered exhausted. I was wearing a little black dress and a white jacket. Alice's face screwed up and Rose shook her head and flicked a finger at me, signalling for me to go back in and change.

'Damn, I really thought that would work!' Alice said to Rose as I shut the door.

'Try the white Larissa Shirta and the Sutton Studio Skirt next,' Rose shouted to me. I took off the dress I was wearing and then I looked around my still crowded dressing room and flipped through the skirts that I had laid out. I found it and put in on quickly. Then I went through the skirts and found the skirt that Rose wanted me to wear and slipped it on.

I must say I rather liked the outfit. The skirt was knee length and simple, thank god! The shirt had ¾ length sleeves like before. I opened the door and stepped out. Alice grinned and Rose nodded her head.

'Good, its clings well, not too slutty and not too bland,' Alice complimented and giggled.

'Alice, it's for a court case, not going out. Bella, are you ok with wearing that? You need to be comfortable,' Rose asked concerned. Alice grunted and folded her arms.

'Yeah, I like it. But I kinda need a coat and shoes to go with it,' I admitted as my wardrobe was nothing special. Alice frisked off in less than a second after I'd said that. Rose stood up and pulled me against her. My legs were killing me. I pushed all of my weight against her, she hardly faltered. Rose picked me up and placed me gently in a chair. She slipped off my shoes and pulled up the hems of my jeans. She inspected the stitching.

'It's a bit pulled and stretched, there's a bit of blood. I'll have a word with Alice and try to make her let you relax,' she countered. I sighed; Rose pulled out a couple of wet tissues and cleared the blood away. Rose then pulled the hems back down and slipped her sneakers back on. Rose gave me a sorry look and sat beside me, rubbing my hand.

Alice ran back in carrying at least 15 shoe boxes and twenty coats.

'Let's get this over with,' I sighed, Rose pulled me to my feet and slipped into the first coat, a dark blue number with gold buttons. It looked odd and I wasn't very keen on it.

'No thanks,' I said tiredly as I shrugged out of it. Alice's face fell but she quickly put on a bright look and handed me the next coat: a beige trench coat. It was very, very tight and I took it off again, shaking my head.

This was also going to take a long time.

'I like it, the black compliments the white shirt,' Rose grinned. Alice shrugged.

'It seems too bland,' she retorted. I shook my head.

'It's a freaking court case, not the red carpet,' Rose countered. Alice glared at her.

'I don't want her to look like a complete tramp, Rosalie, unlike you!' she hissed. Rose gasped.

'Well I'm a mechanic, not a fashion designer gone wrong,' Rose growled. Alice's eyes narrowed.

'You slut!'

'You whore!'

'Bitch!'

'Asshole!'

'I cannot believe you said that!' Alice shrieked.

'So did you!' Rose shouted. Alice lunged. I stepped in between them.

'Stop it; we are in the middle of a department store, Bloomingdales. So shut up the both of you, I need an outfit but I need my two sisters to get along, ok?' I scolded them. Rose hung her head. Alice bit her lip.

'Apologise,' I commanded them. Rose looked at Alice her face laced with guilt.

'I'm sorry; I don't know what came over me. I didn't mean it,' she whispered.

'I'm sorry too. You're my joint favourite sister and a great mechanic and fashionable to the max. I'm really very sorry!' Alice replied, her voice was repentant.

'Right, well I like this coat, so I'm getting it. You both agree it goes with my outfit, right?' I said after a couple of silent minutes. They both nodded.

'Shoes, then?' I asked. Alice brightened up immediately and picked up about ten boxes and laid them out in front of me, I sat in a chair and just waited for them to fuss around me.

I must have fallen asleep because the next thing I realised was Alice and Rose gushing about something. I pulled my head up from my shoulder and looked down. On my feet were a pair of gorgeous pair of ankle boots. I sat up straight.

'Oh.My.God, they're gorgeous!' I squealed. Alice and Rose looked up and giggled.

'I want to marry them!' Alice gushed. Rose laughed and fell on the floor laughing.

'I love them. I love them. I love them. I love them. I love them!' Alice squealed, stroking them. Rose burst out into a new fit of giggles and began to roll around and beat the floor with her fists, tears falling from her eyes.

'They're so cute,' I whispered. Rose slowly composed herself and sat up.

'They're perfect for everything, even the court case,' Rose said, breathing hard as she tried to get her breath back from the laughing. I grinned at her. Alice pulled the shoes off of my feet and placed them in the box. She stood up and Rose grabbed all of my new clothes.

'Oh and Bella,' Alice said, biting her lip, 'I kinda already bought some other things for you while you were sleeping.' I glared at her, but shrugged. She looked taken aback.

'Oh, Bella, are you feeling alright?' she whispered. I gave her a look and stalked off to find Rose. She had just finished paying.

'I don't want to see the total,' I said, covering my eyes as she put the receipt in the bag. Rose laughed. Alice paid for the shoes and we walked out. I walked behind Alice and Rose who were chatting about some new style that I wasn't up to date with.

A body barrelled into mine and pulled me aside, I tried to shout out but a soft gentle hand covered my mouth.

'Now we don't want any of that, do we?' a voice said huskily in my ear.

OHMIGOSH. Another cliffy, what a surprise and a half. I'm very mean!!! But you know you love it.

BTW I now know what is going to happen in the last four chapters and the epilogue. So I have a plan for the first time ever!! Go me!

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Love you all incredibly so much,

Beth 'Intense and Suspenseful' Cullen

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PS. Both this chapter and the last one were kinda filler chapters. Sorry, guys!!