Visiting Renee

Let me begin by saying I have never been to Florida (or even the US – I'm from South Africa) so some of the details (hotel names/ location etc) may be incorrect. I apologise for this in advance. If anyone does notice something is incorrect but knows the correct name/place please let me know so I can change it. Please could someone let me know what the average speed limit is there and by extension how fast can the average car go at full speed – in SA we work in kilometres so I'm not sure what the equivalent miles would be.

Disclaimer: Its all Stephanie Meyers

Renee POV

I would finally get to meet some of the other members Edwards of family and I was buzzing with excitement. Bella and Edward had decided to come and visit me in Florida for a week to take a break from all the Wedding planning and I was naturally thrilled and when she had called me back an hour later to tell me that his siblings had decided to come along, well...that was an unexpected bonus. I was interested in the people who had made such an impression on my daughter, and I knew from my conversations with her she was practically smitten with them.

I had planned to get to the airport with plenty of time to spare but after realising half way there that I had left the stove on and had gone back to turn it off I was running late.

I rushed through the automatic doors to be greeted by five of the most dazzling people I had ever seen. I mean I don't normally notice things like appearance but with the Cullen's it was hard to miss and right there, nestled between them was my daughter.

"Mom!" she called running forward to give me a hug

"Bella, darling, I'm so sorry I'm late! I left the stove on and had to go back to turn it off."

"It okay." she said laughing "at least you remembered it was on."

She pulled away and began the introductions. "Mom, you know Edward'"

"Nice to see you again"

"Likewise."

"And I believe you met Alice a few years back with my clumsy stairwell incident." my daughter continued, blushing slightly.

"Hey, Renee!" Alice called excitedly.

"And this is Jasper." The tall blond male nodded to me pleasantly. I noticed he was holding Alice's hand.

"Emmett." Bella continued, indicating the large rather imposing guy who was standing to Bella's left next to the supermodel material Rosalie who was introduced to me next.

With introductions over we made our way out to the car. The weather, much to my annoyance had turned cloudy. Murphy's Law: if people are visiting a place known for its sunshine it will undoubtedly be cloudy from the moment they arrive, I thought to myself. I was pleased Bella reminded me of his family's size otherwise we all would have had to squash in my priaz. As it was I had borrowed my husbands 'family car' and we all fitted rather nicely. I watched them get in. Emmett immediately took the front seat after an annoyed look from Rosalie, he was the largest though so it made sense.

"Renee, mind if I drive?" I turned to look at the pixie like Alice began to hand her the keys. "No!" called Bella upon seeing what I was doing "Alice, my mom will drive." she said firmly. I glanced at her in surprise – "Bella, I don't mind." I assured her. Bella opened her mouth to reply but before she could the keys were out of my hand and Alice was in the drivers' seat. I briefly wondered how she had gotten there so fast but pushed it to the side as I watched my daughter stomp around the car to stand by Alice's window.

"Come on Bella, I'm the best driver here and you know it." whined Alice as Bella tried to grab the keys. I noted that Alice had included me in her statement despite having never seen me drive. "Fine!" Bella muttered in defeat "but lets just keep below the speed limit, okay?" she begged

"Just get in the car." Alice said tiredly, dodging Bella's request. I saw her glance at Edward before resignedly getting into the back seat. Edward followed to sit on her right side while I sat on her left. Rosalie and Jasper sat in the two middle seats.

As soon as we had speedily pulled out of the parking bay I watched as Alice applied more pressure to the accelerator, gently nudging it over the limit. After a moment we were flooring in and I was more than a little worried by the speed. I saw Emmett turn to glance at Rosalie who seemed to stiffed and sit a little straighter. I was about to say something about the speed when Alice suddenly slowed down and turned to glare at Edward before giving me an apologetic smile 'I just love speed." she explained. I heard Bella cough pointedly and got the impression I had just missed something.

Once I had assured myself Alice was not about to try break the land speed record again I turned to Bella and we began discussing recent happenings in our lives.

Too soon the car came to a stop and looking out of the window I saw we were outside The Palms hotel. I had offered that they al stay with me but they had declined. Bella however had, as I expected, agreed with enthusiasm.

Alice glanced at me again as we began to climb out the car and I saw Edward frown in my peripheral vision, again I got the feeling I was missing something. He whispered something to Bella who also glanced at me before replying. They continued their whispered conversation as the porter unloaded their luggage, of which, I noted, there was a lot given it was only a week long trip, but then again Bella had said Alice had a thing for clothes.

I watched the Cullen's as we entered. They seemed to automatically spit into pairs: Alice with Jasper, who had his hand lightly on her back, Rosalie with Emmett both of whom, though not touching, appeared to be subconsciously aware of the others presence and Edward with Bella who had their arms wrapped around each others waists. I was starting to think there was more to these groupings than near convenience

We went into the air conditioned lobby and Alice made her way to the front desk. People turned to stare at the Cullen's and I saw Bella shrink into Edwards arms, flushed slightly; embarrassed by the attention. The others though ignored it as if it happened every day and given their appearance it wouldn't surprise me if it did.

Alice wandered back over to us holding six keys which she distributed among them. I noted Bella also got a key and was please they considered her so much a part of their family that they took it as second nature to include her. The porter led us to the lift and took out a key card, swiping it before pressing the top button – we were going to the penthouse? Bella had mentioned they ha d money but were they really that loaded?

The doors opened and we entered. The room was large, spacious and tastefully decorated, there were three rooms leading off the lounge. I watched as Alice directed the porter with the luggage as to which bag went to which room. Once she had left we moved to examine the rooms. They were all decorated individually but had a general theme of white and cream colouring throughout they also each had a master size en suite bathroom. Counting quickly I realised they were short two rooms but none of them seemed phase by this. "Alice and Jasper will share the one room and Emmett will sleep on the couch." Edward said immediately, as though following my thoughts. He smiled

"No way!" called Emmett indignantly from next door "I'm sharing with Rose!

"Don't you think we should try to leave at least one hotel room intact?" Edward teased, his eyes twinkling with amusement as I listened in confusion, not understanding their banter – "leave one room in tact?"

Emmett and Rosalie entered the room, Rosalie seemed annoyed but Emmett could see Edward he was only teasing

"Besides, that's what they have insurance for." he returned. besides what?

Everyone else was grinning along with Edward now, including Bella. I made a mental note to ask her about it later

"Ooh, I have an idea." Alice chirped in excitedly "Why don't Rose and I stay together? We can do a girls night?"

Jasper let out a growl at this and I looked at him in surprise, Alice however didn't seem to mind.

"I agree with Jasper." called Emmett. I had now officially given up trying to understand this conversation – I was clearly missing some information here and I never heard Jasper say anything for Emmett to agree with.

Eventually Alice, eyes still twinkling took pity on me. "Oh Rene, you poor dear, you look utterly lost. Let me explain…"