Unlike most people, Bree Cullen didn't like to think about her first encounter with her adopive family. It didn't exactly dredge up happy feelings when that encounter included her attacking said family with the intent to destroy them.
But despite that fact, it was almost always foremost on her mind, what with the fact that one of her covenmates took part in the attack with her, and some of her new family were still wary of her.
It was this that Bree was mulling over for the umpteenth time when someone called her name from downstairs.
"Bree!" Emmett bellowed. "the Seahawks are playing the Chargers! Get down here!"
In her human life, Bree had never really been that interested in sports. But with Emmett around, it was extremely hard not to be.
She leapt lightly from her recently aqcuired bed and was downstairs in less than a second.
"Who's winning?" Bree asked as she stepped up behind the couch where Emmett was lounging.
"Tied with four minutes left."
"Betting on the Seahawks?"
"Duh! Jasper bet me fifty bucks."
"And you're going to lose!" Jasper challenged as he took his spot on the other end of the couch.
"No way!"
Judging by the previous sports induced brawls Bree had witnessed in her short stay so far, she decided to disappear before she got caught in the crossfire. The last time, she'd gotten thrown in the river because she'd been standing too close. Indestructible or not, Bree didn't feel like reliving the memory.
Deciding she revisited her bad memories enough for one day, Bree searched the house for something to do. She found Alice doing some online shopping on one of the touch screen conmputers. Before Bree could escape or claim one of the computers for something to do, Alice had her seated in a chair by her own computer.
"I ordered you some new clothes. You've got just about as much fashion sense as Bella, so I've gotten you a better wardrobe. You need more than jeans and t-shirts. You need to wear more dresses."
Bree knew better than to challenge Alice when it came to clothes, so she simply thanked her and disappeared from the room before Alice could put her through the torture of more shopping.
A short time later, Edward, Bella and Renesmee arrived, and almost immediately afterward, Jacob, Leah and Seth. As was the usual when Renesmee arrived, the whole downstairs of the Cullen house was full of vampires and werewolves, and their daily sqabbles. Mostly Rosalie and Jacob fighting for temporary custody of Renesmee, when Bella let her go. Eventually, Renesmee made her way over to Bree and held her hand out for Bree to take.
An image of Riley with a depressed expression passed through Bree's mind, along with a worried, questioning feeling.
Where is Riley?
Bree thought for a moment. She hadn't seen Riley since the day before.
"I don't know."
Why not?
"I just don't. Should I know?"
Somebody should. He's depressed. Someone should always be watching over him.
Bree smiled. Renesmee was so wise for being so young. "Alright then, I'll go find him."
Good. Renesmee went off to see Esme.