New Life
Life is so different when you never have the need to sleep. It's almost like one day never ends. I have so much more time now to spend with Edward instead of sleeping. Rosalie is still upset that I am a vampire, but Alice and Edward keep telling me she will eventually change her mind. I'm not sure if I believe that.
Alice and I are going shopping today. She insists that I try on at least five outfits. I have never really enjoyed shopping, but I don't want to ruin Alice's fun. I don't get out to often, but since I just went hunting Edward barely allowed me to get out today.
"Bella! Come on," Alice said from downstairs.
"Coming!" I replied.
I grabbed my purse and nearly flew down the stairs. Alice was waiting for me in the driveway. We hopped in her yellow Porsche Turbo.
"Are you ready?" She asked.
"Yup," I answered as I buckled my seatbelt.
She stepped on the gas and we flew out the driveway. Alice turned on her radio, flipped through the stations, and settled for a song playing called, "time is running out," by Muse.
We arrived at the mall shortly. Alice parked near the back end of the parking lot so she would have less chance of someone door-dinging her car. I was really nervous when we got there. I kept picturing myself killing some innocent person. I could tell Alice saw the same thing. I decided to try to think about everything else besides blood. I trusted myself since Carlisle said I was very good at avoiding temptations and getting out of control.
We walked though the food court and I was glad the smell of food was so strong. I still haven't quite gotten used to the staring eyes, but I chose to ignore them. Alice walked toward a store that looked expensive. They had some very high fashion clothes and some casual clothes. I walked toward the more casual clothes while Alice flipped through the others.
Alice already had three outfits when I was still working on putting together one. I flipped through more clothes until I had two outfits. Alice had four.
"Are you ready to try them on?" I asked.
"Sure," she said a she grabbed another shirt.
We walked toward the dressing rooms and Alice asked the clerk for two dressing rooms.
"Come out and show me your outfits after you put them on," she said.
I went into my dressing room and tried on the first outfit. It was a little bit too much for me, but I knew Alice would love it. It's not that I didn't like the outfit on me. I just didn't like it when people stared at me so I tried to dress as casual a possible so I would blend in. I walked out and Alice was already standing there in a gorgeous outfit.
"I love it! I'm buying it for you if you don't buy it yourself," she said.
"I'll buy it myself," I muttered.
"What do you think," she asked me.
"It's lovely on you," I said.
"Let's try on our other outfits," she said enthusiastically.
We tried on the rest of our outfits and I ended up purchasing two while Alice got three. We went to five other stores and I ended up getting four outfits total while Alice got five.
We sat on a bench for a while and talked when I noticed an awful smell. I looked around and from the corner of my eye I saw a tan teenager with short black hair standing in front of a store. I couldn't believe my eyes. Was it really him? And if it was should I talk to him? But if I talked to him he would know the Cullens broke the treaty when Edward bit me. I wanted to talk to him so badly. Why was he here? Of all the malls in the world, why was he at this one? And how did he get here? Our new home was nowhere near Forks.
I looked in his direction and saw that it really was Jacob Black. I could tell that Alice was seeing the future and the future was probably me talking to him so she immediately got up.
"We should go," she said. "It's getting late."
She was right. It was getting late. Edward was probably worried, but what about Jacob? I got up and we grabbed our bags.
"I want to talk to him though. I know it's probably not the smartest thing to do, but I haven't seen him in a while," I said.
"I know, Bella. But what about the treaty?" she said.
We walked back to the car silently. All I could think about was Jacob.
"Thanks for taking me Alice. I had a great time. It was nice being able to go in public again," I said.
She laughed, "Anytime."
When we got back, everyone but Rosalie was waiting for us in the front room.
"How was it?" Edward asked.
"Fun," Alice and I answered at the same time.
"I had a great time," I said.
"What all did you get," Esme asked.
Alice and I showed them what we got. I spent part of the night thinking about Jacob. I could tell Edward already new about Jacob. Edward showed me a new song that he was writing on the piano. We spent almost the whole night together listening to him play the piano and he tried to teach me how to play.