Chapter 1: To the Mall!!

"Get up!!!" I awoke to the sound of my roommate screaming in my ear. She bounced onto my bed and shook my shoulders. "C'mon Bella! Time to wake up! There are places to go, things to see, stores to shop at! Get up!" I pulled my covers over my head, already anticipating her next move. Unfortunately, Alice was strong. She yanked the covers out of my hand and shoved them off the bed.

"Alicewassamattawithyou?" I grumbled with my face pressed firmly into my pillow.

"There's a shop at the mall that I have to go to!" She pressed. I heard her scoot over closer to my stomach.

"Oh no, Alice" I warned, "Stop, don't even think about it!"

She just giggled evilly and started tickling me. "Get up! C'mon Bells, I won't stop until you come shopping! Give up!" She tickled me harder and I burst into a fit of loud maniacal laughter.

"Alice, stop!" I complained between fits of giggles, "Please Alice, alright I'll come!" As soon as I said these words she ceased her attack. I wearily opened my eyes to see her grinning from ear to ear.

"Your clothes will be neatly on your bed when you get out of the shower!" She smirked. She knew she would win. She always did.

"Fine," I grumbled quietly. "Alice, I swear, one day when I'm older you will go in here to wake me up and I will not be here."

She pouted silently before breaking into a wide grin, "No you won't" She smirked, "You love me too much!"

I mumbled incoherently under my breath. Of course she knew I wouldn't leave. Alice could see the future, making it near impossible to surprise her or threaten her. It also made it hard to surprise her with her birthday gift. "Okay, Alice," I sighed, "I'll get dressed and ready, I'll meet you in the car."

She squealed, "Yippee! Bella, you're the best!" I smiled to myself. Sure, Alice was annoying and hyper and pushy, but that's why I loved her. We had been like sisters forever and never really broken into a real argument. I might have tried hard to show it, but I loved my sister-like, future-seeing, high-off-air roommate. I couldn't imagine life without her. "Rose will be here in twenty minutes," she said thoughtfully, breaking me from my reverie, "she had to stop for gas." She put the clothes on my bed, smiled warmly and skipped out of the room. "Now get your butt out of bed and don't even think about trying to sneak in a few minutes!" She warned me from outside my door, "Remember, I see all!" She giggled before I heard the front door slam as she made her way to where Rosalie's car would undoubtedly be in the next ten minutes or so.

I swung my legs off the bed and bounced up. No matter how hard I tried to lie to myself, I really was a morning person. But, if Alice knew, she'd have me shopping at three in the morning. I skipped over to the bathroom, only stumbling twice. I stripped off my pajamas and felt the warm water on my skin. Showers always start my day well. Something about the hot water against my back just wakes me up completely and helps me begin my day calmed and untroubled. I poured shampoo into the crevice in my hand and lathered it into my hair before stepping back under the jets of soothing water and rinsing it out. I did the same with conditioner and wove my fingers through my long hair to make sure it was untangled and soft.

Satisfied with the texture of my hair I stepped out of the bathroom, gripping the counter as I cautiously stepped out, careful not to fall on the slippery bathroom floor. I picked up my fluffy white towel waiting for me on the counter and wrapped it around myself. I took the smaller towel and wrapped it around my hair which was dripping water to form a puddle onto the already very wet floor. I opened the door. The first thing I noticed was the outfit she left me.

It was… not unlike the other outfits she'd given me, you could say. She had given me a black halter top, a white mini skirt and black Gucci pop bamboo flat pumps. I put on a blue laced bra and then pulled the shirt over my head and slipped on the mini skirt over a pair of Victoria's Secret underwear that Alice had bought me on our last mall excursion. Last but not least, I squeezed my feet into the half size too small shoes. I also did the clasp on my sterling silver tiffanies necklace. Next, I did my makeup. Normally, I wouldn't bother, but last time I had to get a mall makeover because Alice said I was looking "a tad plain" as she'd put it. I chose colors that went well with my outfit and ties a white ribbon into my now dry and slightly wavy brown hair. On my way out I grabbed my "hysteria Gucci purse" with the taxicab yellow accents. After all getting ready was finished, I left to the parking lot where Alice and Rosalie were talking animatedly and blasting Flo Rida's "Low".

"Hey Bella!" Rose greeted me, pushing an astray strand of her perfectly wavy blond hair out of her eyes.

"Hi Rose!" I greeted her back as I slipped into the back of her ostentatious red BMW. She raised the volume on the music as Alice and I greeted each other. We switched off belting out the lyrics to the different songs that came on the radio and waved our hands in the air, out the top of the BMW convertible. This earned us a series of honks and waves, as well as a few kissy faces from men in other cars. One guy even tossed a piece of paper that I guess had his phone number on it, but instead of catching it we let it fall into the street. We ignored the strange men and kept singing our songs until we pulled into the mall parking lot.

"We're here!" Alice sang as she bounced out of the car and began rocking back and forth on the balls of her feet. "C'mon! Hurry up!" She quirked, trying to rush us.

"Calm down, Alice," I laughed, "We're coming, we're coming!"

I smiled to myself, this was bound to be an interesting day