DISCLAIMER: I do not own tiwlight, newmoon, eclipse, or any of the associated characters, plots, or settings in the books. Stephenie Meyer does :

Hello. Hope you like this next chapter... Sorry for giving you a little bit of a cliff-hanger, but at least nothing big happened right? right? no? ok. just don't kill me. This one is long, So I hope it makes up for it!

Last time: Carlisle and Edward chuckled at my delight. I went to hug Carlisle, but I banged my hurt hand into the wall in my attempt.

"AH!" I winced in pain and sank to the floor.

"Oh my gosh! Bella! Are you alright?"

"Um. Yeah. I just smashed my hand into the wall. I think I'm fine." They both chuckled at me.

"Well lets get home and tell everyone that you're not too badly hurt."

"M'kay" I nodded at Carlisle. We must have been in that room for a while, because when we exited the hospital, it was extremly dark outside. I shivered, seeing as how I'd forgotten my jacket at the house. Edward must have noticed, becuase he took his jacket off, and draped it around my shoulder.

"But Edward, then you'll be cold." I stopped walking, thinking about the irony of that statement. Edward and Carlisle both laughed while I blushed. All three of us piled into the Volvo, and went straight home. I think I must have fallen asleep in the car -even though it was only a 5 minute ride- because when i woke up, I was tucked in the soft, plush bed, Edwards face inches from mine.

December 23rd.

"Morning Love." He gave me his crooked smile.

"Mmm." I said closing my eyes and rolling over the other way.

"Do you want to go shopping today?" He asked me, I jumped out of bed and backed away towards the wall.

"ALICE! DID YOU BRAINWASH EDWARD?" I yelled out the door, even though I knew if I'd whispered, Alice would hear me.

"No, my sister did not brainwash me, but we still need to go shopping for Christmas gifts."

"Oh, shoot I forgot. What's the date?"

"December 23rd."

"SHOOT! Edward! Why didn't you tell me? Now I'll have to rush!" I said as I started to get dressed. I had no time for a shower, so I piled my hair into an untidy bun at the back of my head, and thew on some jeans and a long sleeved shirt and sweater over top.

"Do I look OK?" I asked Edward, facing towards him.

"You always look beautiful love." He said grinning. I grinned back.

"Thanks." I said, as I grabbed my favorite purse (Alice had now bought me several) and sped out the door. Of course, I managed to trip, but not until I got to the doorway. Edward immediatly caught me.

"Thanks Edward."

"You really should be more careful you know." He said with a chuckle.

I glared back at him. I couldn't help the fact that I was clumsy. We went out the door, and hopped into Edward's Volvo. We were in Port Angeles in a hour. The drive was pretty quiet the entire way there, Edward and I listening to some form of classical music.

When we arrived, it was cold, and windy. Good thing I was wearing a heavy sweater.

"Where would you like to go first?" Edward asked as he opened my door for me and offered his hand. I took it and replied.

"Well, we have to shop for Emmett, Rose, Alice, Jasper, Esme and Carlisle, and then eachother."

"Yes. That will be fun. Shopping for you that is." He said with an evil grin. Oh no. He was going to spend lots of money.

"Edward, please don't spend much on me!" I pleaded.

"Why love? You're worth every penny."

"Just don't. Please?"

"Fine. How about under five thousand?"

"FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS?! ON CHRISTMAS PRESENTS?! FOR ONE PERSON?" I started yelling at him, flinging my arms up in the air dramatically.

"Oh, then what do you suggest as a budget? two thousand?"

"No Edward. I was thinking more like, keep it under one hundred."

"ONE HUNDRED?!"

"Fine. How about five hundred?"

"What? I can't buy anything good for only five hundred!"

"Try." I said with a smile.

"I will, but no guarantees." He said, returning my smile."OK, so who's first?"

"Umm.. how about Emmett? What do you think he'll like?"

"How about a Nintendo Wii? He doesn't have one of those yet."

"OK." I agreed, leading him to an electronics store.

The man inside the store was in his middle twenties. He had unshaven stubble, and was quite... large. The tag around his neck claimed that his name was Nick.

"Hello Nick." Edward said with a smile. "We'd like to buy a Nintendo Wii please."

"You're lucky," Nick claimed, making his way to the back of the store. "This is the last one of our shipment today. Here you go. Would you like anything else? Accessories maybe?"

"Yes please, What do you suggest?" Edward asked, he was always a gentleman. Until Jake came into the picture of course, or Victoria.

"Well, you should get a skin for it, that way it will look cool. And you may want to buy another controller. The console only comes with one after all. And you'll need skins for those too, so dirt doesn't get into them, and you may want to get a sports kit? It includes a tennis racket, baseball bat, golf club, and a steering wheel."

(AN: Thank god for video game crazed brothers!)

"Yes, that sound good. Can the skins be blue or black please? And we'd also like to purchase some games."

"Oh yes," Nick said, carrying the acessories over to the counter beside the Wii. "What type of games?"

"Anything as long as it's not bloody or gory." I said piping up. Edward chuckled, and Nick looked at me strangely.

"Oh, umm. OK. There is this game," Nick said as he brought a game in bright red case off the counter. "And 'Super Mario Smash Brothers Brawl' is always fun. And I like 'Mario Kart', and fortunatly, we have copies of both games." Nick carried the games to the counter.

"OK, we'll take it all thank you." Edward said, handing Nick a gold credit card.

"Swipe it with the stripe towards me." Nick told him. I caught a look at the total.

"FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY SEVEN DOLLARS?" I yelled out. Wow, I had no idea video games were so expensive.

"Yes Bella. It's OK." Edward said, smiling at Nick, and completing the purchase.

We walked back to the car to put the Wii inside.

"Edward, isn't five hundred and thirty seven dollars a little bit much to spend on one Christmas gift?" I asked him.

"No, actually, it's really rather cheap, considering we normally spend around one thousand dollars on each other."

"One thousand dollars?!"

"Yes."

"Oh god. Well, let's get Rosalie over with. What should we get her?"

"A new car?" Edward asked. I looked at him in horror, and he laughed.

"Listen Bella. Rose has been complaining for a couple of weeks that she wants a new car. It really isnt that unusual. What kind should we get her?"

"A pink Barbie style convertible!" I laughed, picturing Rose in a car like that.

"I was actually thinking more along the lines of another BMW, but maybe a M6 convertible."

"I thought she already had that M convertible thing. And besides, what's the diffrence?"

"The M3 is the inferior car. It is a year older than the M6." (AN: Link to picture is in profile!)

(AN: Again, I love my brother sometimes...)

"God Edward, does she really need it?"

"Yes. I'll order it on line so she'll get it on Christmas morning. What colour should we get? Her last one was red... How about baby blue? Or pink?"

"No, I think we should get her on in black. Black on the outside, with black leather interior."

"OK. Whatever you think would be best." He said kissing me on the head. "OK, so now we've finished Emmett, and Rose. What about Jasper?"

"Hmm.." I said, I had no idea what Jasper would want! "Is there anything electronic he wants?"

"He wants the I-phone... but those are so cheap!"

"Cheap as in poorly made, or they don't cost over five hundred dollars?" I asked sarcastically. Seriously, Edward had money issues.

"Fine. Let's go to the Apple store over there." He said pointing to a giant, white, apple shaped sign. He led me inside the store, where everything was futuristic and white.

"Woah." I said, as I covered my eyes, the white everywhere and the lights were blinding me.

"Hello and welcome to the Apple store in Port Angeles. My name is Mark. How can I help you?"

"Hi. We'd like to purchase an I-phone please." Edward said to the man. Mark was short, almost as tall as me. He sort of reminded me of Eric.

"Yes sir, Now would you like the 8G , 16G , 3G, or 10G?"

"Umm.. whatever one is the most expensive." Edward said with a smile in my direction.

"Ah, so you'd like the 16G. Will you be needing any accessories, or anything else while you're here?"

"Well, Jasper would love a Mac. What do you think love?"

"Sure Edward." I said with a sigh. If I objected, he'd just dazzle me into saying yes.

"We'll take the black I-phone, a Black Mac, and what accessories do you have?"

"Well," Mark said, obviously happy of the comission he was getting. "We have two diffrent types of mouses for the Mac, and we have three diffrent plans for the I-phone. Plan one is unlimited calling, texting, and internet use every month, and it's 150 a month. Plan two is unlimited calling, 100 texts, and no internet, and it's 100 dollars a month. And finally, plan three is 100 calls a month, unlimited incoming, 50 texts a month, and no internet. But, it's only 50 dollars. What package would you like?"

"Just give us package one please." I answered for Edward. Considering it was the most extravagant one, I was sure he'd choose it anyway.

"Yes miss. Right away." Mark said as he scurried off towards the back room to pick up our purchases. He came back with two boxes. One was much larger than the other.

"Thank you for your help Mark." Edward said to the salesman as we went to pay.

"No problem. How will you be paying today? Cash, Cheque, or Credit?"

"Credit." Edward replied, handing him the same gold card he'd used for the Wii.

In a few short minutes, we were out of the store, returning the products to the car, before carrying on again.

"Now Alice. God, what on earth will we get her?" Alice was a extremly hard person to shop for. She already had every piece of clothing she wanted, already owned her dream car, and had basically everything else she could ever want.

"I think we should get Alice a goldfish. Then she will have a captive audience. She can talk to it as long as she wants to about whatever she wants to."

"OK, good idea." I said as I dragged him over to the pet store. This time, I was pleased to see that a girl my age worked there. Good, I was beginning to think that Port Angeles only hired young, nerdy boys.

"Hello, welcome to Petsmart. How may I help you?"

"Well...Amy," I said, squinting my eyes to see her name tag. "We'd like to buy a goldfish please."

"OK, sure. Come right this way."

Amy led us to an area completly surrounded by fishtanks. There were at least 150 diffrent species of fish.

"Here are our goldfish." She said, ponting to ten small tanks in the corner. "Choose whatever one you like, and then I will bag it for you."

"Thank you Amy." Edward said with his famous crooked smile. The poor girl never stood a chance.

"No...problem..." She said as she made her way to the front, wobbling a little bit.

"Edward Cullen! I thought I told you not to do that to people."

"Sorry love. I can't turn it off. It's a natural thing. Now pick out a nice goldfish for Alice."

I ended up picking out an all black goldfish with bulging eyes. I chose it because all of the other goldfish were swimming lazily around the tank, but this one was buzzing around excitedly, and he reminded me of Alice.

"Will you also be needing an aquarium?" Amy asked us, after she's caught the fish in a small green net.

"Yes please. Top of the line." Edward's answer didn't suprise me at all.

"Sure. Please come right this way." Amy led us back to the middle of the store, where there were dozens of fishtanks and toys, food, and plants.

"Wow. You guys have everything." I said as I stood there in awe. Edward and Amy laughed.

'What would you like?"

"Go ahead Bella." Edward gestured to the shelves upon shelves of fish supplies.

"Oh, Umm.. OK. Can we please get this aquarium, these plants, and these pink rocks? We'll also need a light, thermometer, filter, and food."

"Wow. You're a fish expert." Edward told me, wrapping an arm around my waist.

"I've been through a few." I explained as I blushed. Amy either didn't hear us, or was completly ignoring us.

"Will you be needing anything else?" She asked with a smile.

"No thank you. We'd like to pay now please."

"Sure." Amy said as she led us over to the counter at the front of the store. "How will you be paying?"

"Credit Card." He said, handing her once again, the gold plastic card.

We were out, and putting the fish in the car in a matter of minutes.

"Esme and Carlsile?" I asked Edward. I truly had no idea what to get them.

"We can just get Carlisle a gift card of a large ammount to Chapters, and Esme, well, let's check the jewlery store. She collects glass figurines."

"Wow, I didn't know that." I said as Edward led me towards the store. The temprature inside was much cooler than any of the other stores. I looked around while Edward guided me towards a large display case.

"What ones should we get her?" He asked me, gesturing for me to pick one.

"I don't know." I said, and then something caught my eye. There were little figurine girls. All of them had dresses, all were extremely beautiful, and all had names. I saw a 'Bella', an 'Alice', and a 'Rose', but I couldn't find Esme. Edward saw what I was looking at.

"She'd love those." He said kissing me on the head. Asking the saleslady to come and get them for us. While he did I looked at the girls more closely. It was kind of creepy. They all looked exactly like us. The 'Rose' figure had long, blonde hair, topaz eyes, pale skin, and was wearing a very expensive looking red dress. The Bella figure had shoulder length brown hair, and chocolate brown eyes, and of course, pale skin. This doll however, was wearing a simple light blue summer dress. The 'Alice' doll, looked the most alike it's name. It had short, spiky black hair, with topaz eyes, pale skin, and a huge smile spread across her face. She was wearing an elegant, yet informal dress in pink. Before I knew it, I was being usured away by Edward back to the car.

"Well, that's all of our shopping love. I'll go and pick up Carlisle's present while you're asleep, and I'll order Rose's after that. They are going to love their presents!"

"That's great. I hope they do."

"Bella, do you think that you could wrap these? If you do it, we can say that you're sleeping so they can't come in. Please?" I nodded my head. "Please just be careful." I nodded again.

Joy. Christmas wrapping. Well, this would be an adventure.

Woah! There you go. One looooong chapter. But, it was the most fun I've ever had writing a chapter. I liked picking out all of the presents. Oh, and I just realized, If you live in the states, you probably haven't heard of Chapters. It is basically our 'Barns and Noble.' Anyways, I hope you liked it, and seeing as it is like, the longest chapter ever, (took me 3 hours to write, edit, etc.) maybe you'd like to review?

thanks as always!!

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