I stared out the window of Alice's yellow Porsche 911 Turbo. The car bugged me. I never understood why you would choose to sit in a dumb car and travel at this turtle pace over running and getting that adrenaline kick that I loved. The radio began to play a horrible song that I now recognized as Party Rock Anthem as Alice spoke up.

"So, I totally need some new shades... and some new sandals!"

I sighed as Bella looked at me and giggled. Rosalie sat in the passenger seat and stared forward with stern eyes. Her face was pulled into a pout, and I was sure that she was thinking ways she could somehow escape this shopping trip, as was I.

"Come one guys!" Alice whined. "Today is gonna be such a fun day!"

"I'm sure it will be," Bella reassured, "We are just tired, once we get there I'm sure we will liven up."

"You better," Alice said, "It's Janey's first shopping trip and I want her to have fun!"

Janey? I flinched when I heard my brother's nickname for me and that sent me back to worrying about Alec and his strange behaviour. We finally arrived at the mall, and Alice parked swiftly. As the four of us walked into the mall, I caught a whiff of unpleasant smells. The odor of the teenage boy walking in front of us, the sickeningly sweet scent of the bubblegum being chewed by the 7 year old girl sitting on the bench, the revolting smell of the oily fries sizzling in the food court, and so much more. The only upside to these smells were that they completely covered the delicious scents coming from the humans all around us. The others didn't seem to react to the smells however, they were probably all accustomed to it.

We walked into a large clothing store called H&M and Alice and Bella began sifting through the clothing on the racks. Rosalie simply stood against the wall, arms crossed and face still pulled into a pout. Deciding that Alice and Bella were better company for me, I began to mock their actions, pretending to look through a rack of multi-coloured, floral skirts. After a few minutes of doing this, I saw that the other two had pulled a few items off the racks and were headed to the fitting room, so I grabbed a red t-shirt and hurriedly scampered after them. When I arrived at the fitting rooms, they had both disappeared into their individual rooms and a line had formed at the entrance. I took my spot in line when my nose caught the scent of something familiar and non-human. I sharply turned my head around and hurried toward the origin of the scent. As I passed through the doors out of the store, Rosalie looked up at me in alarm, shrugged, and looked back down, examining her blood-red painted nails.

I was running now, pushing humans all around me out of the way, and I heard a few complain, "Hey, watch it lady." I didn't care. I had finally matched that familiar scent with someone I had met earlier today. It was Mason's scent, and I weirdly wanted to see him again. I continued running as the scent became stronger and stronger until I was sure that Mason had to be only a few steps away when I heard...

"Janey!"

I sharply swiveled around and saw the smiling face of my brother, Alec.

"But... but..." I was at a loss for words.

Alec chuckled, "What's wrong? Aren't you happy to see me?"

"Well yes, but..." I sniffed. The scent of Mason was still unusually strong so I looked around me once more. He was nowhere to be seen.

"Do you smell another vampire here?" I asked.

"Well, I smell Alice, Bella and Rose, but they are pretty far..." Alec paused, "Wait, why aren't you with them?"

"I thought I smelled someone," I frowned, "But he isn't here."

"Who?"

"Mason."

Alec looked at me with worried eyes, "You sure Janey? I don't smell anyone else here."

Was I going crazy? I could still smell the scent of Mason clearly.

"What are you even doing here Alec?" I inquired."

"I got bored." He shrugged, "And I came here to find you guys."

"Its a girls day Alec," I teased, "The whole point is that it's just for girls."

He seemed insulted. "Fine... I'm going back to the house."

And with that, he was gone. I frowned. Why was Alec acting so weirdly today?

I started walking back to the girls, following their scent, and noticing that Mason's scent had now disappeared. I found them in a little accessory boutique, Ardenes. They smiled at me and I continued mocking the actions of "shopping" without really looking at what I was doing. My brain was elsewhere. Today had been such a weird day, with Mason disappearing, Alec acting uncharacteristically strange, and then showing up at the mall? And where was that Mason-like smell coming from?