Emily's Nightmare20
Something was going on, except no one would tell me what it was. I mean, I noticed that everyone was acting different. I would say that the biggest hint that something was wrong was that Bella actually came on the trip with us. Bella Cullen actually went on a trip that involved shopping.
We ended up taking a plane to New York and staying at the loft that Alice and Rosalie owned. Rosalie and Alice debated the whole way there on which colors would go great with my dark brown hair. What scared me the most was the fact that they both agreed on cutting it shorter. Bella didn't even try to be a comfort, because she was sulking.
Did you know that New Yorkers partied on Thursday night? After the party ended, we stayed up the whole night, playing card games and watching movies in out pajamas. It was actually fun, I couldn't remember the last time I had this much fun with my sisters. When morning came, Alice practically dragged me out of the room, I wasn't going peacefully.
The place we where going was called Le Parlor de Midi, The Midnight Parlor, and it was one of those places where you had make an appointment six months ago. Apparently Alice and Rosalie came here often because they where greeted by the lady at the front desk, like they where friends. The hairstylist, Christophe, came and inspected me. He made me sit, stand, twirl, smile, frown, think, and be sad before he gave Alice and Rosalie his opinions on color and style. The only good thing that was coming out of this was that Bella had to do it too. It was a surprises for her when Christophe asked her to do the same things and talked style with Alice. She didn't quite get it, till he sat her down and started to spray her hair, but by then it was too late. As for me, well I my hair ended up being five inches shorter, except for some strands of hair that ended with my face, like very long bangs. Christophe also highlighted my hair with a dark blonde color against my protest, but when Alice and Rosalie weren't looking, he promised me that he would use the kind that would wash out in three months. 'You're hair is too beautiful for any other color' he had said.
Another sign that said my sisters where distracted was when we where walking to a store and there was a sudden movement in the shadows. Bella had grabbed my hand as if to pull me back, Rosalie and Alice both stiffened, until they noticed it was a cat. When I asked about it, they ignored my question and talked about something else, but I could see their eyes roaming to the shadows.
It took Alice forever to pick what she wanted from this one designer store that Bella and I ended up leaving them at that store and go shopping on our own. We shopped at modern non-high designer places like Abercrombie, H&M, Hollister (against my protest) and we even went into Macy's to see what they had. It was actually interesting, getting to see what Bella would prefer. It's also interesting to see how many times she jumped when every there was any quick movement or when her phone rang. Most of the time it was Edward, once it was Alice, another time Jasper, they all wanted to know the same thing, but I didn't know what that thing was.
The rest of the trip was the same thing. Nervous glances here and there, jumping at the slightest movement. Not just from Bella, but from Rosalie and Alice too. I was never left alone, except in my room and even then someone had to be in the loft with me. I tried to overlook all that and have fun. I went to the movies with Rosalie and Bella, Alice was only a few blocks away, shopping. Of course, the one rule that I was given was that I wasn't aloud to drink any alcohol, ordered and declared by Esme, even though I was eighteen and my fake drivers license said I was eighteen. It also said my name was Eryn Michelle, but oh well.
We came home late Friday, we would have stayed till Saturday, but I had testing the next day. I was so gratefully that we had finally come home; I don't know how long I could have lasted shopping with Alice. Bella immediately disappeared to the one she shared with Edward and Rosalie disappeared to Emmett's. I could only imagine what was going on, but for the sake of my well being, I decided not to.
It was pretty late, near nine, so it wasn't like I could go outside and do something. So I sneaked of into my room and got online. I made an exasperated sigh when I say my inbox. I don't check it for two whole days and it's already overfloaded. Most of them where forwards that my friends send, even though I told them not to send me anymore, another one was Liana, asking where I was. April emailed me a picture of her little brother, who's three, dressed up as a fireman. Rebecca sent her new masterpiece, a picture of two beautiful humming birds, a green and blue one and a light purple and blue one, fluttering around a pink flower. She wouldn't say where she got her inspiration from, just that 'Two different, yet similar creatures, surrounding the same purpose,' whatever that meant. The thing that surprised me the most was that I had an email from Matthew. I wonder how he got my email address. Liana probably gave it to him. I thought as I scanned the contents. Pretty much it said that he wondered where I had gone, how siked I was for testing tomorrow and if I knew the Our Father. Of course I knew the Our Father I used to say it before I went to bed when I was little.
Every once in a while Edward or someone came up to check up on me. I have no idea why, and they wouldn't tell me. I finally gave up and told them I was going of to bed. That seemed to settle them down a bit.