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Chapter 8- Shopping Part One
EPOV
Alice, Emmett, Jasper, Rosalie, and I were waiting in the reception area of the castle for Bella and her friends to come down when they started grilling me.
"Where did you go last night?"
"Who was the girl you were with?"
"Is she pretty?"
"Is she a human?"
They bombarded me with questions so fast if I was human it would have been hard to tell who asked what, being a vampire I still had trouble, but by the way the question was asked or which question it was I was able to figure out who had asked what.
Before I could answer though they each started answering for each other.
"Of course she's pretty. Edward's got taste in beautiful woman."
"Well, suppose he doesn't."
"Emmett I resent that." I interjected having to stick up for myself, but they continued on as if they hadn't heard me.
"What do you mean, is she human. Edward wouldn't be with a human."
"I bet he was with a vampire or something."
I was about to yell at all of them when a cough caught all our attention.
"Have we interrupted something?" a bell like voice asked.
My family and I turned to see Bella and her family looking...different, but in a good way. Maybe, it was because they were not wearing all black or white like they usually did..
Julian wore blue jeans with a striped red polo shirt while Damascus wore black jeans with a green, stripped button-down. Noel had put gel in her short hair styling it with spiked tips. She wore blue boot cut jeans, with a black shirt that had a picture of a cat, and said, "I'm Purrfect".
Lara had her dark hair curled and combed running down her back. She wore a light yellow blouse, with a knee-length white skirt, and yellow sandals. Bella, however, looked dazzling.
Her naturally wavy hair had been straightened and was held in a pony-tail. She had on black skinny jeans, with converse all-stars gracing her feet, and a red hoodie with a thick, black belt to top it off.
I'm pretty sure that Alice was also drooling over Bella's sense of style. No matter what though, they all seemed to be glowing in their own ways.
"No, you didn't interrupt anything. We were just heading out to the cars," Alice answered walking towards the front entrance.
Julian and Noel followed Alice and Jasper since they were riding with them. Emmett and Rosalie were going in their own car while Lara, Damascus, and Bella would ride with me in my Volvo.
I didn't mind giving them a ride, but around Damascus I got the feeling that he was dangerous. It's not that it was only him though, they all seemed to be hiding something or giving off weird vibes. That much was obvious, but Damascus seemed to be hiding the most.
I also got the feeling that he was watching me now. More than he usually pays attention to me. What had happened within the time they were changing to cause Damascus to scrutinize me so?
Could he possibly have found out that Bella and I had talked together last night?
I pondered this thought as I led them toward my car.
Entering the mall with Bella, Damascus, and Lara confirmed what I thought.
They were different and gave off their own auras. This you could tell by the way that people stared at them, not me, as we entered. Usually if I went somewhere with humans I would be the only one stared at.
I sighed with this new thought and attracted the curious stare of Bella, who was walking behind Damascus and Lara as they headed towards where Noel, Julian, Rosalie, Jasper, and the rest of them were waiting.
"A lot on your mind?" she asked, so low that Lara and Damascus didn't hear.
I just nodded and hoped that the expression I had on my face let her know I would elaborate later.
"Hey, you guys!" Alice's giddy shout reached our ears taking over our attention.
"Well, Rosalie and I want to go to the designer store on the other end," Alice began talking about their plans before we even reached fully them, "and Noel said she would come. While Jasper, Julian, and Emmett go to the mens department or something. So what are you going to do?"
She rushed it all out in a jumble of sentences her hyperactive bouncing already setting in.
"I'll go with you," Lara said.
"I'll go with Julian and the guys," Damascus answered looking slightly ticked at the idea of going with Emmett and Jasper.
"I'm going to the bookstore and from what I saw it is the opposite direction from where you guys are going," Bella stated.
"Hey, Edward isn't the music store in the direction of the bookstore," Alice began.
I nodded and Alice finished,
"So, I guess you and Bella will go together and then we can meet up in a few hours for dinner."
"Sounds perfect," Bella said as she began to head in the opposite direction, "You coming, Edward?"
"Yes," and I turned to walk away not missing the stares I received from Julian and Damascus. I wonder what that was all about.
BPOV
Edward being the gentlemen he was decided to join me in the bookstore first.
"So what were you thinking about?" I asked him as we walked down the aisles filled with dozens and dozens of books.
"You all seem to give off auras different than those of regular humans. That and the fact that Damascus kept shooting me weird looks, including the one that he and Julian gave me before I walked off with you." he answered.
I giggled as my finger came to a stop on a paperback classic. The Scarlet Letter.
"When I finished dressing, I was wandering the hallways, and Damascus stopped me. Apparently, he wanted to know what I did last night. I told him that I was enjoying the rain and sunset," I continued, "he of course being Damascus was suspicious and wouldn't let it rest at just that. He thinks I was with somebody last night."
I looked at Edward and saw that he was intrigued with what I would say next.
"That of course is absurd because last night I was meeting with a new person. Not just anybody," I finished.
I pulled The Scarlet Letter out and asked Edward,
"Do you know what this is about?"
'Of course," he replied taken by surprise by this random question.
"If you cut out the part about the baby and forget what happens after, what are you left with?" I asked him, watching the confusion in his eyes grow.
"All you have is a married woman who committed adultery and was made to wear the scarlet cloth with A on it," Edward answered my question none-the-less.
"Exactly," I said, "but what if she did it because she was in love with that man. Would anything be different?"
Edward was silent for a long time so I finally cut in,
"This is irrelevant let's just finish getting what we need."
Edward looked at me a question in his eyes. I shook my head "no" letting him understand that I wouldn't answer anything related to what we had just been talking about.
We walked in silence for the next bit. Edward following as I walked up and down the aisles picking up the books I wanted when I saw them. Wondering if Edward realized that I never answered the question about the auras we give off.
Finally, I was done picking my books and headed towards the cash register.
A man, probably in his early twenties and quite handsome, with dark hair and lighter skin than most Italians stood manning the register. When I put the books up he smiled at me,
"A fan of classics I presume."
"Why would you say that?" I teased giving him a coy smile as he did the whole bar code thing with the books I selected.
Which happened to be: Wuthering Heights, Romeo and Juliet, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and last but not least The Scarlet Letter.
He gave a laugh at the realization I was teasing him,
"That will be $16.78."
I was pulling out my money to pay him, but Edward's hand reached out to stop mine,
"Let me pay for you."
I looked at him ready to deny, but stopped cold when I noticed the steely look in his eye. The wanting to pay for me was the effect of the gentlemanly upbringing he had, yet the steely look that had recently appeared in his eyes was caused by something else.
"Sure."
I would find out why the look appeared, but not if I made him grouchy by not allowing him to pay for me.
We left the store soon after that and took a slower pace as we headed towards the store where he could buy his sheet music.
"What's wrong?" I asked him.
"He was flirting with you," Edward answered.
"So..."
"You flirted back,"
I giggled,
"Does that make you angry?"
"No, it's just...ugh"
Edward finished frustrated.
"It's not as if I am more to you than a friend," I continued.
"Yes, you are my friend, but...," he went on.
"What, would you like to be more?"
"Not exactly...,"
"Good. Besides even if that man had asked me to see him again I would have said no."
Edward stared at me the steely look gone, but now his eyes were masked. Or was there a hint of rejection underneath?
"Let's hurry up getting my sheet music."
And then he walked ahead of me as if he couldn't stand to be near me right then.
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