Preface
Bella's POV
Edward and I walked back from our cottage, taking our time, not running. It felt nice to have his hand in mine, well… wonderful.
We reached the main house, and Carlisle was on the phone. Emmet was sitting on the couch, watching the football game, and screaming "GO! GO! GO!" Rose was staring at him, a disgusted look on her face, and Jasper was sitting at the dining room table, deep in a game of chess with a stressed looking Esme. I wondered if Jasper was doing that. He probably was. Alice ran down the stairs with Nessie, who was wearing a pale blue halter-dress. She came over to me, and I pulled her into my arms. She put her palm against my cheek, and my head was filled with a picture of Carlisle…. She was wondering what he was doing.
Just then, Carlisle got off the phone and called everyone to the living room. When we were all there, he sat down on the loveseat next to Esme, and said, "I bought a space shuttle. One of my old friends built one, and doesn't want it anymore, so…. now we own a spaceship…" he looked at Emmett, who was smiling very strangely, then backtracked, "Of course we can NOT launch it into space…. That would be disasterous!" When he saw that Emmett's face had not changed, he moved onto other topics, mostly about a hunting trip he was planning. But Emmett's face still haunted me. And I new something big was about to happen.