Chapter Four
College Shopping
RPOV
Everyone was planning on going so, everyone piled into my Cadillac and we were off to the mall. When we got there the guys went their separate way, while the girls headed off to the closest store. We all agreed that if we picked out something that Alice didn't like or want to get, she got to pick something she liked out for us. While we were in the store Alice went around to every rack and started plucking off shirts, bottoms, and dresses off and handing them to us. By the time we were done, everyone had about five to ten bags for themselves. We put our bags in my car and headed back in to find the guys.
They were in Hollister, looking at jeans and tops. Alice skipped to their side and started pulling off clothing one after another and throwing them at them. While she was tending to them I walked over to a rack and pulled off several pairs of jeans, some shoes, and a few tops. Alice walked over to me with a dress, a cardigan, and some more tops. I didn't really like the dress but I took it and pulled some sweat pants off of a rack and put it on my pile. She just shook her head and skipped away. I picked out a few more things and went and checked out. After that I went over to help Ej. This was my time to help him since Alice was off helping Dad, Uncle Jasper and Emmett, Aunt Rosalie, and Mom, she still didn't trust her. I pulled off some sweatshirts and t-shirts, some jeans, and a few button up shirts and handed them to Ej. After everyone was done we all put our stuff in the car and went back inside, we will be making a lot of trips by the way this is going.
The girls went to a shoe store while the guys headed to a sports shop. Inside, Alice started setting box after box in front of us, telling us to try them on. Sometimes I would stand up and get a few boxes for them and myself. After that was all done we had a total of twenty boxes of shoes for each of us, plus five boxes of shoes for each of the guys. We gave the bags of shoes to the guys and headed off to do the rest of the stores.
By the end of the day we had filled the car to the top, of course we couldn't forget Carlisle and Esme, so there were a few bags in there for them. It was so full, we had Esme come and pick up some of the guys. When she got there in Emmett's jeep it was well past eight-thirty. We still had one more stop to make so we unloaded some of our bags. She took Jasper, Edward, Ej, and Emmett home so we could finish.
We stopped at Target to get some school supplies. Bella and Rosalie headed off to get the basics, notebooks, folders, pens, pencils, and everything else while Alice and I went to get bedding and accessories for our dorm. By the end we had gotten Rosalie red rose bedding and the rest of the set, Bella ivory bedding and the rest of the set, Edward light blue bedding and the set, Jasper a navy set, Emmett a grey set, Ej a green set, Alice got a light purple and pink bed set and the accessories, and me a red, black, and white set with the accessories. Alice insisted that she get us all new luggage and no one could stop her, they all matched our bedding.
We got home around midnight. Everyone was just sitting in the living room watching sports. Alice skipped into the room and threw the guy's bed sets at them. It was late so, Ej, Mom, Dad, and I all said goodnight and took off out the back door back to the cottage. When we got there Ej and I took a bath after Mom and Dad went to their room. After we were done taking our turn in the shower we headed off to bed.
In the morning we all stated to pack our bags. Before we could officially start we had to determine what cars we were going to take. Mom was going to take her Ferrari, Dad was going to take his Volvo, Emmett was taking his jeep, Rosalie was taking her BMW, Alice was taking her Porsche, Ej was taking his Viper, I'm taking the Cadillac, and I let Jasper take my Corvette. Since we all knew what car we were taking we were able to start packing. We all helped each other; Alice went from room to room making sure we brought everything she wanted. It was a good thing Emmett and Jasper made a driveway that led back to our cottage because we had so many bags. We took turns bring our cars back so that we could fill them once we were done. Dad was first because he could pack faster. All of his bags took up the back plus, the back seats, Ej was second, he filled his trunk and the passage seat since he didn't have a back seat, Mom was next, she too filled her trunk, back seat and passenger seat, I was last and I filled my trunk, the way back seats were folded down, plus the second row of seats, I had a few bags of Alice's in there, and I had a few bags like my purse and back pack in the passenger seat. After everyone was done packing we decided that we should go hunting before we left in the morning.
Mom, Rosalie, Alice, and I stayed close to home with Esme and Carlisle while Emmett, Edward, Jasper, and Ej went further north to find some grizzly. After we jumped the river, we came across a pack of elk. Mom took down the biggest in the herd while Rose and I got some of the bigger doe. Alice, Esme, and Carlisle got the smaller ones. The one I took down was easy and once it was down I sank my teeth into its neck and the warm liquid soothed my dry throat. After we got home, the guys got there a little more than half an hour later. Emmett was disappointed because Ej got the biggest one. Everyone just laughed.
The next morning Alice had all of our outfits picked out. For herself, she had a pair of white skinny jeans, a black, long-sleeved, turtle neck sweater with a red belt, and red pumps, for jasper she had blue jeans, brown shoes, and a white button-up shirt, Rosalie had a black tub-top dress that was form fitting and it came to her knees with a pair of black peep-toe stilettos, Emmett had a grey button-up shirt with a black, grey, and white sweater vest, jeans, and brown shoes, Dad had just a navy t-shirt, jeans, and brown shoes, he refused to wear what Alice picked out, Mom had a grey sweater dress that had a neck line that gapped open and black flats, Ej wore jeans, brown shoes, and a navy sweater, and I had on skinny jeans, pumps, and a black blazer.
We said our goodbyes to Esme and Carlisle and left to go to school. It took about half an hour because of the way we drive. We left around eleven-thirty and got there around noon so, we were one of the first people there. The place was huge. I was so excited that I literally was jumping up and down. This was going to be fun!