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I swiveled on my heel and dashed back in the store. I didn't stop until I reached the very back.

"Bella, what are you doing?" Rosalie asked when they came over to where I was hiding, peeking out from behind a shoe rack.

"Go look who's at the pretzel stand across the hall." They walked out looking confused. When they saw Charlie, they ran back to me.

"Oh my God!" Alice whispered loudly.

"Go distract him!" Edward instructed, also whispering.

"What? Are you trying to kill us?" Rosalie wasn't whispering this time.

"You won't die! And anyways, if he sees Bella, she'll be killed." He crossed his arms.

"Fine. What's your plan?" Alice asked grudgingly.

"You go talk to Charlie, and I'll sneak Bella to the other side of the mall." Edward explained, shooting looks over at Charlie, who was eating sugary pretzels and drinking beer.

"What do we say? And he might get mean." Alice complained.

"Just talk about anything. And he won't get mean, he isn't mean to anyone but me." I told them, speaking up for the first time since I'd started hiding.

"Fine." Rosalie grumbled. They went out and started talking to him.

"Are you ready?" Edward stuck out his hand.

"Sure." I took it, and we waited until Alice and Rosalie shot us a quick look and made Charlie turn the other way.

Edward lead me out the door and to the right, we didn't stop running until we reached the very end of the mall, in front of the movie theater.

"Okay....we lost him." I gasped between pants. Running across a busy, jam-packed mall really takes a lot out of a person.

"He didn't see you!" Alice and Rosalie ran up to us a few minutes later.

"Okay, good." Edward thanked them, and we sat on some benches.

"So, let's go to the Formal Wear store!" Alice grabbed Edward and I's hands and dragged us inside, Rosalie tagging close behind.

"Edward, go with Rosalie and look at suits. Bella, come with me so we can look at dresses." Alice assigned us all locations before towing me over to the Juniors area.

"Why are you buying me such fancy stuff?" I asked as Alice handed me dress after dress.

"Well, don't you think you should look good for your date?" She asked, handing me another dress.

"What date?" I asked, alarmed. No one had informed me of a date.

Yet again, I don't know a lot of things when Alice is around.

"Oh, I heard Edward ask Emmett, Jasper, and Carlisle for advice on taking you out tonight." She said simply, leading me over to a dressing room.

"Really? Edward wanted advice on me?" I asked incredulously before Alice pushed me in the dressing room.

The first dress was short, red with black glitter. It looked a little....dark before, but now that I was wearing it, it looked a lot better.

I stepped outside, and twirled around for Alice.

"Amazing! But not good enough for a first date." She advised, pushing me back in the small room.

The second dress was strapless, blue and brown, and flowing all the way to my ankles.

"Ooooh! You look sexy." Alice put her hands on her hips and looked me up and down.

"Really? I don't think so, Alice." I wrinkled my nose.

"Bella, you have total cleavage!" She complimented loudly, drawing the attention of a group of boys next to us.

"Alice!" I yelled, whacking her arm. She giggled.

I got back into my clothes, and when I came out, Alice was waiting for me.

"Edward is going to be so-"

"Bella, we have to go." Edward and Rosalie dashed up to us.

"What? Why?" I asked, straightening up.

"Look at who just went to go look at a tux." He said in a low voice.

I peeked over the clothes rack to see Charlie browsing the aisles.

"Crap!" I muttered under my breath.

"Okay, let's go." Rosalie gave me her jacket, and I put the hood up before being rushed out.

"Alice, did you cut off a voodoo priest in traffic?" Rosalie asked angrily.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Alice demanded.

"Because; I'm starting to think we have some serious bad luck. Look who just came in." She pointed to the doorway, where Jessica came in.

"She has a point, Alice." I turned to her.

"Whatever, let's just get you out of here!" She spun us in the opposite direction, only to see Charlie come out of the store.

"Okay, we're stuck." Rosalie practically started hyperventilating.

Charlie blocked our back, and Jessica blocked our front.

Perfect.

"Okay, Edward, take Bella into the food court. I'll stall Jessica, and Alice can stall Charlie." Rosalie pushed me and Edward to the left, into the food court.

"Where do we go?" I asked under my breath.

"Just hide!" He sat me down at a table, and took the seat in front of me.

I hid under my hood as Rosalie and Alice's separate conversations trickled to my ears.

"Jessica, I heard people saying your nose is fake down at Claire's." Rosalie feigned anger.

"Chief Swan, there's some kids in the movie theater smoking." Alice said, sounding believable.

I looked up just in time to see Charlie and Jessica stomp past each other as they headed in different directions.

Alice and Rosalie waited until they disappeared before rushing over to us.

"Wow, that was close." Rosalie plopped down next to me.

"Definitely." Edward answered warily.

"I don't think I'm in the mood for shopping anymore." Alice whined, crossing her arms.

"I never thought I'd live to see the day." I joked on our way out to the parking lot.

The drive home was silent, we were all wary and on-edge from Charlie and Jessica.

When we got there, it was still noise-less, but a voice broke me out of my silent trance.

"Bella, can we talk for just a moment?"

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WOAH.

Who's voice do you think it is?

I KNOW!!!!

Go look at Chapter Nine, who was the last person to talk? That's who's voice it is!

And I got an idea when I started PM-ing with "BronzeHairedMystery".

Whichever reader reviews with the MOST descriptive evaluation of the story, I'll send you THREE PARAGRAPHS of the next chapter I'm working on!

I gave her a preview, and she LOVED it!

YOU COULD BE NEXT TO GET AN EXCLUSIVE SNEAK PEEK!

But....

I hope you enjoyed it!

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P. S. Here's my challenge for you, my Edward & Bella: The Icy Romance readers: (Other than the sneak peek part) send me a review and tell me who your favorite character is, and why!