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BubblyPhantom: They returned to the mall-
SewMuchBetter: MAKE IT MORE INTERESTING, PLEASE!
BubblyPhantom: They skipped to the mall….
SewMuchBetter: Let's try this…..
The eight vampires plus Bella and now Carlisle and Esme, returned to the mall in Edward's Volvo-
BubblyPhantom: That's no different than what I said!!
SewMuchBetter: SHUT UP!
…in Edward's Volvo, with Bella stewing silently in the back. They cruised around the parking lot (on cruise control) trying to find a decent parking spot.
"Edward! Edward! There's one right there!!! Dammit Edward!" Emmett cursed at him from the backseat.
"It was too far, Bella could have gotten cold!" Edward retorted, spinning the steering wheel once more.
"Are you whipped, Edward? Do you kids still use that word? Whipped?" Carlisle asked from the back, back seat.
"Hey, how far did you go with her?" asked Esme.
Edward blushed. Like a girl selling brownies at a bake sale.
Bella looked pissed, but was quickly calmed by Jasper. "We would've gone farther but Edward keeps bringing up the whole 'I could kill you' s************************************."
"Chicken!!!" Jasper called from the back. Laughter filled the back of the car that Edward was driving in the snow in Forks in the United States of America on Earth….
"Its not that hard!" Emmett said, chuckling. Even Bella had joined in now.
"That's what she said!!!" Alice exclaimed.
"What did she say?" Carlisle asked, clueless.
"****************************…." Rosalie muttered even though everyone could hear her.
"Edward, dear, just find a parking spot," Esme said.
"Okay."
Five minutes later in the mall……..
"That's it??? You gave up that quickly?" said Bella.
Flashback
"How old are you?"
"Seventeen."
"How long have you been seventeen?"
"A while."
"Okay."
FLASHFORWARD
"I remember that day fondly," said Edward leaning down to meet Bella's eyes. She gazed up at him. " I love you."
"If you love me so much then why didn't you get me a present?!?!?!?" She slapped him and walked towards Alice who was buying a snow cone.
"Alice, you don't eat snow cones!"
"But I'm hungry!"
"No!" Bella gave up, exasperated. Edward took Emmett, Carlisle and Jasper to finish up some last minute shopping. But before heading off to Forever 21, they skipped merrily around the Christmas tree hand-in……..hand. (A/N: what you think we were gonna say???) They pranced down the mallway to the doors. They paused for moment to soak up the atmosphere of the store, which quaintly had a very absorbable atmosphere. Some cheesy musical music started playing in the background.
"I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!" Emmett shrieked and began to jump up on Edward, who responded by pushing him to the flo.
The Boys are Back!
The Boys are Baaaaaaaaaack!!!
As if on cue, the men (vampires? Manpires?) strolled into the story with a fan blowing their hair back and stepping in time to the music. The cashiers and assistant managers' mouths fell open at their sheer beautosity.
"Okay guys, battle plan!" Jasper had them huddle around in a rectangle. "Edward, stuff for Bella, Carlisle, stuff for Esme, Emmett….an update on your wardrobe! STAT!"
"What are you going to do Jasper?" Edward asked, genuinely curious.
"I already got my Alice stuff, I'm on top of it guys…" He smiled smugly.
"That's what she said…" Edward mumbled.
"Hey! Aren't you supposed to be the mature one?" They all enjoyed a hearty laugh (even though they don't have hearts) until a loud gasp broke up their good spirits…Christmas spirit that is.
"What the hayell are you filthy blood-suckers doing here?" it was a familiar voice, but not at all friendly. Because they weren't friends. Because they didn't have anything in common. But they would share an occasional frappacino from Starbucks every other Tuesday (Except for the last Tuesday of every month). It was Jacob.
Edward stalked over to him, angrily. "What are YOU doing here?"
"I'm buying Bella a Christmas present!"
"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…." The vampires and the rest of the shoppers gathered around them to watch the smack down. Emmett had popcorn.
Edward growled.
Jacob growled.
Jasper growled.
Emmett munched.
"Hey…hey…Emmett?" Carlisle asked hesitantly.
"Yeah?"
"Can I have some of that?"
"You guys can't EAT!!!" Edward shouted at them.
"Leech."
"Mutt."
"Emmett!" He just wanted to be included.
"Dracula."
"Hairy."
"White."
"What?!?!? You Bein' racist now!? Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeell na! We gonna start some s*********** up in this hood!"
"I challenge yo vampire a***** to a smack down!"
"Na, na, I'm gonna show ya'll how we do it up in Forks yo! We ain't got no smack down! Oh an allabye! We gots ta have sing off!"
"Okay...I'll do it if we can stop talking like this…" Jacob responded.
They shook…….their hands that is…..