Hello, hello! Next chapter! It is not as long as the last one, clearly, but I hope you like it anyways!

Just to warn you: It will probably take a while for me to update again, because exams are coming up next week and I really need to start studying.

Maybe I'll post some chapters about Maddie's past to keep you occupied. ;-)

accounting professional: Nope, Jasper is not allowed to spank his siblings. He may ground them, though.

TM Twilight Girl: Oh, Thank you! And a big YES: Carlisle told her to behave while he is away. If she gets in trouble with her siblings, she gets in trouble with him, too.

And I just cannot let the Carlisle in my story be calm and patient all the time. People like that drive me crazy, actually. So he gets angry from time to time, but calms down after that.

Another YES: Somebody else will get spanked. Dundundun ... maybe even two somebodies, because I don't like Edward too much *evil laugh*

patz13: School? Yes :-)

Gina: Maddie might get in trouble with Rosalie as well. I haven't written it yet, but I probably will.

Saturday was supposed to be cool.

They all headed to Seattle for a nice, long shopping trip. Rose was finally allowed to drive again, so the girls took her car, the guys rode in Edward's. A little quarrel took place before that though; Edward didn't want to ride in Emmett's 'monster truck', Emmett didn't want to ride in Edwards 'toy car'.

But they settled it by vote (Jasper was on Edward's side) and were on their way.

Alice had chosen a mall where she wanted to spend the day and insisted on spending the whole day there.

Rose liked shopping with Alice for a very simple reason: They both were interested in fashion and Alice always knew where to get the newest styles and stuff. But Maddie was a whole different matter. Shopping was always starting to bore her after a short while; too bad Alice shopped from opening time until closing time.

Besides, fashion was something Maddie wasn't really interested in. She liked to be comfortable, that's it. And since she was supposed to be thirteen, there were a lot of clothes she wasn't allowed to wear anyways. Or shoes ... she could never wear the fuck-me-heels Rose was so fond of. Rose did not dress like a hooker, she was classy, but still ... these shoes, ugh.

The boys spent their time at the same mall, of course, but in different shops. They loved, for whatever reason, the camping supply store. As if they would ever need flashlights that worked without batteries or sleeping bags. And then they would spend time at the book store, music store, game shop, or at the jeweller's where Jasper and Emmett purchased little, expensive gifts for their wives.

"Oh, this is so cute! I'm going to get it for you." Alice beamed and took a blouse from the clothes rail.

"No! I don't wear blouses, Alice! And it's ugly," Maddie said, eyeing the piece of clothing with distaste.

"You wear blouses every day. And this one is pretty," she replied while looking it over.

"I don't wear them because I like them; I wear them because I have to," Maddie clarified for Alice. Hopefully she'd understand and put that piece of shit back.

"Where is the difference?"

Maddie groaned. "I hate it."

Alice really couldn't care less if anyone liked the clothes she picked out. She buys it, you wear it, she throws it away and buys something new - the circle of life in Alice's world.

"There is only a thin line between love and hate," Alice remarked and continued to look around for more clothes.

"No, there is a six-lane highway between love and hate. And this blouse is definitely on the hate side, Alice." Maddie clearly did not like it when somebody picked out clothes for her, her closet was full of stuff she wouldn't even want to touch. Esme and Alice had their own idea about how Maddie should dress. At least Rose got her - most of the time anyways.

"Oh!" Alice eyes suddenly got as big as saucers, then she pushed the hideous blouse into Maddie's hands. "Okay, take it back, I found something way prettier!"

"Ugh." Maddie walked back to the rail and put the thing back. The moment she turned around, Alice was standing in front of her, holding a dress up on Maddie to see if it would fit.

"That's perfect. I'm going to get it for you. You need new clothes."

"I don't need new clothes!"

Alice looked her up and down, then said, "Pardon me." Then she cleared her throat and added, "you desperately need new clothes." Maddie was wearing her favourite pair of light blue jeans and a purple hoodie, what was wrong with that?

"But this is pink ... or something!" Maddie tried to explain why she didn't want that dress.

"It's called salmon-coloured," her crazy pixie sister corrected.

"I'm not a fish!" she whined, then quickly scanned the store for her other sister and called, "Rose!"

Rosalie marched over to her two sisters, carrying a pair of black leather pants and two vests in her left hand. "Yes?"

"Make her stop." Maddie pointed at Alice.

"Let her have some fun, Maddie, all right?" Rose told her with a little smile.

"I wanna have some fun, too."

"Then take a look around and pick some clothes, that's what we are here for anyways," Rosalie explained.

Maddie sighed. "Fine."

Rose started to walk away, but turned around again to say, "And stay close."

Stay close. They were freakin' vampires; with their speed everything was close.

After twenty minutes Maddie felt absolutely bored. She did not like the shirts and skirts in this section, that's why she decided to take the escalator up to another floor where jeans and t-shirts were sold.

Maddie got excited when she saw some really cool t-shirts and wanted to scan through them to find the right size for her. But her fun did not last long, because somebody grabbed her roughly by the wrist and spun her around. Rose did not look too happy. "I told you to stay close! That means, stay were I can see you and do not wander off!"

"What the - ? I am still at the same store! What's wrong with you?"

"You are coming with me," Rosalie commanded and wanted to pull her sister along with her, but Maddie did not move.

So Rose turned around and said, "Madeline, I told you an hour ago that we would eventually get to this section. There is no reason for you to just wander off on your own."

"But I was bored down there."

"I don't care. Come along now." Rose held out her hand for Maddie to take.

Woah, no way! Rosalie really wanted to take her by the hand like a toddler, just because she walked off? !

"Can you just stop treating me like a child? I won't get lost, you know."

Rosalie sighed and tried a different approach. "Maddie, I am aware of that. But you have to understand that we are responsible for you here. What if one of these clumsy humans gets hurt and you smell the blood? We might need to get you out of here, but that would be next to impossible if we don't know where to find you."

"So I am allowed to go to school but not to walk around a store? That doesn't make sense. At all." Maddie tried to reason.

Rosalie's patience snapped. "You are here with me and I want you to stay close, is that so hard to understand?"

"Yes, it is!" Maddie nearly stomped her foot in frustration.

"Just do as I say. Now come," Rose said exasperatedly.

"But I wanna stay here! I don't like it down there," Maddie whined. Rosalie hated whining, but still, Maddie thought, she had to try.

"Alice and I want to look at the dresses downstairs. When we are finished, we can go up here and you can look around as long as you wish. Just be patient."

When Maddie did not say anything, Rose just pulled her along to meet up with Alice again.

And in the end they really went back to the jeans section where Maddie could choose whatever she liked.

But when they got to the next shop, it was exactly the same pattern again.

"Rosie?" Maddie asked after half an hour of sheer boredom. "Can I go to the games shop?"

"No," Rose answered without looking away from the dress she was holding up.

"Why not? I bet Emmett is there."

"You can call him and he can pick you up here, but I don't want you to walk there on your own."

"It isn't far."

Rosalie tore her eyes away from the dress to glare at her sister. "I said No!"

"Rose, I am not a baby. I don't want Emmett to pick me up here; I will walk to the stupid shop myself." Maddie huffed and turned around.

"No. you. won't." Rose words made Maddie turn back around.

They stood there and glared at each other.

Rosalie must have thought about going home early if Maddie did not behave herself, because ...

"No!" Alice yelled and stormed over to where her sisters were standing. "We will not leave early, I will not allow it! There are still seven more dress shops and we haven't even looked for shoes yet!"

There was a short silence before Rose said, "Fine, we'll stay. But you explain to your sister why she cannot walk around on her own." Then she moved away to look at more dresses.

"Daddy will give you a bare bottom spanking," Alice said with a meaningful look in her eyes.

Huh.

Actually that was a good reason to not wander off.

"I'll stay with you," Maddie whispered in defeat and hung her head.

"Over there is a couch, sit down until we are finished," Rose said and pointed at something to Maddie's right, then continued to go through clothes.

So Maddie trudged in the direction Rose had pointed to and spotted the dark blue velvet couch. Well, at least she would be comfortable while being bored.

And then something happened that made Maddie's day. A boy around sixteen walked around the corner with an older woman, probably his Mom, and told her he'd wait for her over there until she was done shopping.

'Over there' was the couch Maddie was currently sitting on.

"Hey," he said and smiled at Maddie, flashing his straight, white teeth.

"Hi," she answered and gave him a small smile. He looked hot. Dark blond hair, piercing blue eyes and you could definitely see that he was in good shape.

"Are you taking a break from all the shopping or are you, like me, waiting?" he asked Maddie and sat down next to her.

"Waiting. My sisters are addicted to fashion, and I am not," she admitted.

"I just got my license, so I drove my Mom here and now I have to wait, too," the boy explained and made Maddie curious.

"Cool, what kind of a car are you driving?"

"My mom's Range Rover. Oh, by the way, my name is Daniel."

"I'm Maddie, nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you, too, Maddie. Sooo ... do you come her often?" he asked, clearly feeling attracted to her.

"No, not really." She shrugged.

"And what school do you go to?"

"Oh, you probably have never heard of it; I'm not from around here."

"Interesting, so were do you come from?" he asked, his eyes bright with curiosity.

"Forks."

"Never heard of it," the boy, Daniel, admitted.

"Believe me, it's better that way."

He laughed. "So, since we are both waiting .. how about we go grab some coffee?"

Leave it to Alice to ruin everything.

"This is perfect, so perfect!" she hollered and appeared in front of Maddie, a midnight blue top in her hands. "You so have to try it on, like, right now," she added, pulled Maddie up from the couch and dragged her over to the fitting rooms.

"Stop that!" she whispered fiercely and Maddie ... well, Maddie did not have a clue what the pixie was talking about.

"Huh?" she asked and looked confused to say the least.

"You are not supposed to talk to strangers."

"You must be freakin' shitting me ..." Maddie turned around, ready to go back to the couch and chat some more with Daniel.

"Believe me, it is better that way," Alice said and she sounded sincere.

"Why are you so determined to make this day suck, huh?" Maddie demanded; she was finally enjoying herself, but was obviously not granted to do so.

"Okay ... this boy wants to get to know you, Maddie. He wants to buy you a coffee at the shop around the corner, but the moment you two leave the store, Emmett will see you, go all crazy on him and then he'll end up breaking his nose."

"What? !" Maddie could not believe what she just heard ... apparently she was surrounded by a bunch of fruit loops.

Alice just nodded.

"Why does Emmett see me anyways?" He was supposed to be with the guys, having a lot of fun unlike Maddie.

"Rose told him to come pick you up and take you to the game store."

"Aww, she did?" After Maddie gave her so much backtalk, Rose would still want her to have a good time, that was really sweet of her.

"Yes, and now stay here and try this on!"

"But you only used this as an excuse to pull me away from that guy," Maddie said, looking utterly confused.

"No. This is perfect, so try it on," Alice said and waited, but her sister did not move. "Chop-chop! Emmett will be here any minute, and I won't let you leave without showing me how much you like this top," Alice added and grinned like a Cheshire cat.

Dear Lord.

When Maddie was done playing Alice's personal Barbie, she saw Emmett talking to Rose.

"Emmett!" she called while skipping over to him.

"There you are, Tiny, let's go!" he laughed, threw her over his shoulder and marched out of the store.

Finally! Now she was able to have some fun.

"Let's get this one," Maddie said and held up a PS2-Game.

"Mad, we are shopping for the Xbox, not the PS2."

"But the PS2 is way better than the Xbox."

Emmett was scandalised at his sister's statement. "Is not!"

"Is too!" she retorted.

They glared at each other, until Maddie laughed.

"Ha, I won!" Emmett grinned from ear to ear.

"So?"

"We'll buy Xbox games," said Emmett and shrugged his shoulders.

"You know what? We could do both ... it's not like we have to choose, right?" Maddie smirked.

And so they didn't. Carlisle would have fun with the credit card billing.

"Madeline, please get ready in about two hours. Edward is taking you to school." Jasper had walked downstairs to inform his sister.

"Sure," Maddie replied without looking away from the screen - she and Emmett were playing a racing game that they had purchased at the mall.

"You two have been playing for the last seven hours, are you aware of that?"

"Sure," Emmett and Maddie said in unison, still not looking at their brother.

Jasper wanted to head back upstairs, but then he remembered something ...

"Madeline?"

"Hmm?" she asked, still staring at the screen, tongue poking out of the corner of her mouth - she did that every time she needed to concentrate.

"Did you complete your homework?" Jasper queried.

"I'm busy right now," she answered distractedly.

"But you have surely started to do your homework?"

"Jasper, please, I am so beating Emmett right now. Come back later if you wanna chat." That came out a wee bit rude, underlined by a wave of annoyance towards Jasper.

Jasper walked purposefully over to his two siblings and pulled the plug from the console.

"Aww man!" and "What the fuck?" were the direct reactions to that.

"It is Monday morning and you haven't done your homework yet? !"

"There is still time!" she tried to reason with him.

"Grab your books and bring them down here," Jasper ordered. He could not believe that this little brat would spend all weekend playing around and not sparing a single thought about school.

"And I'll do that because ...?" Maddie looked at her brother with big eyes, waiting for him to explain.

"So I can help you finishing it. Now go."

"What about Emmett? He hasn't done his homework either." Maddie used her thumb to point at her older brother next to her.

"Go upstairs, Madeline."

She sighed and decided to do as she was told.

The moment she was out of earshot, Jasper addressed Emmett, clearly not pleased with his brother.

"Emmett! What kind of a role model are you?"

"Hey, I am not the role model brother, I am the cool one," Emmett corrected while stretching out on the couch.

"We were left in charge, Emmett, we need to make sure she completes her exercises. How can you just sit here and play racing games with her?"

"Well, we hadn't played that game before," he replied in a meek attempt to justify them playing instead of doing homework.

"Go upstairs and do your homework, Emmett."

Emmett laughed out loud. "What did you just say?"

"Go upstairs. Children are easily diverted, so I don't want you near her while she is doing her homework." It was bad enough that Emmett had kept his sister from doing her homework by playing with her; he could at least leave now and let her concentrate in silence.

"You better not say that in front of her, she hates to be called a child," Emmett informed his brother and went looking for his wife.

Jasper and Maddie sat at the dining room table, doing English, Maths and Geography homework. Jasper had promised her that, if there was still time after they were finished, she and Emmett could play again.

"All done!" Maddie said after finishing the last of her maths exercises.

"That was it?" Jasper asked skeptically.

"Yup."

"All right then," he said slowly. "How about you get changed now and then you may play your new game again until Edward takes you to school."

"Yaay! Thanks Jasper!" she said cheerfully and headed to her room.

TBC ...

Actually, this chapter was longer than it is now. There was a lot more Jasper, but then I didn't like that part anymore. So I'll change it a bit and put it in the next chapter. Just to give you a hint what next chapter will be about: Jasper is very upset with Maddie. Why? You may guess :-)

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