Chapter 12: Flirting with an ice-cream cone
BPOV
As promised, we let Alice drag our unhappy behinds to the mall in Port Angeles. Carlisle had, to our delight, forbidden her to take us farther away.
Alice drove and Jazz sat in the passenger seat next to her. Emmet had Rose sitting on his lap and was enjoying it very much. I sat next to Edward.
Suddenly, the crazy vampire pixie turned on the music full blast. I was temporarily deafened, but Edward was thoughtful enough to cover my ears. Every vampire except Alice winced in pain. I could only imagine how Jasper felt.
Finally, after a few threats and death-wishes, Alice lowered the volume and I recognized the lyrics of "Check yes Juliet" coming from the front.
Don't sell your heart Don't say we're not meant to be Run, baby, run Forever will be you and me.
Alice and Rose's beautiful voices united with the lead singer's deep bass, creating a perfect harmony. I sat in silence.
By the time we got to the mall, I had been scarred for life. Between Jasper's jokes and Emmet's insinuating comments, I was sure I would never be the same again.
We entered Ralph Lauren and five minutes later Alice had ten bikinis for each of us to try on. The guys quickly selected some swimming trunks and we quickly got into the dressing rooms.
"Ready?" Alice said.
"Ready!" Rose and I echoed.
The three of us stepped out of the stalls and looked at ourselves in the mirror.
Rose was wearing a strapless blue bikini, looking as gorgeous as ususal. Alice looked absolutely adorable in a cute little red bikini. Me? I had a purple bikini so tiny I felt bare naked.
I had to admit, me looked pretty good.
"We look hot" Rose said, smiling.
"Yes you do" Emmet answered, staring at his wife in awe.
Jasper let out a low whistle and Edward gave me a hug.
"Well, I usually don't go with first choices but I'll make an exception this time" Alice said, twirling around.
It was decide, we quickly paid and got out of the store.
Suddenly, Alice's face went blank.
"Alice? What was that all about? I couldn't see anything except ice-cream!" Edward said.
"Nothing, just some random vision about a kid eating an ice-cream cone" Alice shrugged, unfazed.
Edward let it drop, Alice obviously didn't wanna talk about it.
"Speaking of which, would you mind going with me to the food court? I'd like some ice-cream myself" I said, suddenly hungry.
Alice quickly whispered something to Jazz. He smiled. Those two lovebirds…
In the end, Alice and Rose decided to wait for us at Victoria's Secret and the guys decided to come with me.
Something was off, though. Emmet and Jazz talked in whispers all the way to the store.
EPOV
We entered the food court and headed towards the tiny ice-cream store.
Suddenly, Eric Yorkie's perverted thoughts were being shouted at me. I growled. He was thinking about Bella.
She looked even better than usual today; she had let Alice dress her in a denim mini-skirt and a red shirt. After all, it was summer.
But, where could Yorkie be? I decided to just ignore him, Bella was mine.
We reached the store and Bella ordered a large chocolate cone. Eric's thoughts were getting louder by the second.
I turned in their direction. There he was! But, what in the name of heaven was he doing dressed as an ice-cream cone?!
Suddenly, I had an epiphany. Yorkie probably worked part-time at the mall on Saturdays to earn some cash. Yeah, that must be it!
Emmet and Jazz grabbed my arms.
"Edward, this is what Alice saw. Don't overreact, OK?" Asked Jazz in a whisper.
Uh-oh. That was not a good sign. I nodded curtly, but they didn't let go, just to be safe.
"Hey, Bella" Yorkie said, purring? Oh my God. That was so disturbing.
"Hi" Said Bella, creeped out.
"So, what's a pretty lady like you doing hanging out in the bad side of town?" OK, now that was just plain weird.
Emmet and Jasper were having hysterics. So was I.
"Um, Eric, we're in a mall" Bella pointed out gently, stifling her laughter.
"Well, smart, aren't we?" Eric drawled out.
Was the guy drunk? No, I couldn't smell alcohol in his breath. Probably just insane.
Jasper sent a feeling of lust Yorkie's way. I snorted. Like he needed any more!
I hit Jazz on the back of the head.
"What was that for?" He whispered.
"You know why" I hissed. Emmet laughed.
"So, Bella…" Yorkie pressed closer to her, forcing her to put her back against the wall "… wanna go out to dinner today? We could have a little fun afterwards"
I growled. Jazz and Emmet held me back. Yorkie wiggled his eyebrows.
He put his face closer to Bella's and put his arm on her waist. Bella shot me a desperate look, but there was nothing I could do.
Eric –that thing- started to raise the corner of Bella's shirt.
That was when I snapped.
My hands were suddenly on Yorkie's neck.
"Touch her and you die" I growled. The idiot started to turn blue. Bella clutched my arm and I let him go.
"We should leave now. Let's go, Emmet! Jazz!" Seconds later they stood behind me.
We quickly left.
As soon as we were out of that vile scum's sight, I beat my siblings to pieces. They deserved it. Besides, it wasn't like they could get hurt, anyways.
We went into Victoria's Secret.
"Hey, what's with the name?" Bella asked "I mean, what is Victoria's secret? I've always wondered, you know?"
OK, Bella's thought processes were amazing.
"Well, Bells, I guess her secret was what she and James-y there did every night. If you know what I mean…" Emmet smiled.
"Weird, disturbing mental image in my head. Thanks a lot, Emmet!" Bella said.
We laughed.
Alice skipped out with eight bags hanging from her arms. She sighed happily.
"I love Victoria's Secret!" She squealed. Rose came out after her with three bags in her hands.
She handed them to Emmet.
"Rose…" He complained.
"If you wanna see me wearing them, you gotta carry them" Rose said. Emmet sighed.
We left the mal and headed home.
