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Chapter 2 –Nice to Meet You-
The limo pulled into the small town around 12:00 pm west coast time. We drove by the school and I smiled. The school was amazing; nothing like I've ever seen before. Not that I've ever gone to a school before but I've seen them on the television. We then pulled up to s decent looking house about ten minutes from the school.
"Children we here arrived. Would you like it if I were to take your things inside with you?"
"No thank you Ramsey, we can get our luggage on our own."
"Bella you do realize we have four to six suitcases each plus our three to five boxes." Alice was complaining again.
"Alice you alone have ten suitcases and eight boxes." Emmett snapped
"Emmett you know I cant give up clothes easily."
"It's not just clothes it's stuff in general!" I yelled
"Well at least I care how I look; unlike you Mrs. Plain."
"Hey! I like how she looks; then boys don't always stare." Emmett butted in
"Children, children… I will help you with your things, now Isabella dear go knock on the door."
"Yes Sir," Ramsey always took care of us and kept us safe. Considering he's our driver and security guard, it's kinda his job.
I stepped out of the limo and took a deep breath. The air wasn't salty like it was in Greece, which was a major difference. The nervousness started to hit me as I walked down the sidewalk toward the door. I looked back at the limo for confidence and slowly knocked on the door. After a couple of light raps I heard a voice yell, "Coming!" The door got forced open and a grumpy looking man stood behind it and yelled "What?" I shyly looked down at my shoes. "Well? I don't have all day here!"
"Are you Charles Swan?" I asked him looking up.
"Charlie, what's it to you?" he squinted his eyes at me, probably trying to figure out how I looked familiar.
"My name is Isabella. My siblings and myself have been sent here to live with you." He was quiet for a moment just watching me. I held my head high and showed that I have the confidence of any princess.
"My Isabella has a royal birthmark on the back of her neck." I sighed and turned around lifting my hair up to show him my birthmark. It was in the shape of a swan. Emmett and Alice had them as well in the same spot and we've always been told they are our royal birthmarks. I turned and looked at him. He quickly turned and got his glasses and took a second look at it. "Anyone could have that birthmark" he glared
"Καλοσύνη! αλλά δεν είναι όλοι κόρη σας!" (goodness! But not everyone is your daughter!) I said in Greek with complete frustration. A look of shock filled his face.
"Isabella?" he asked like he couldn't believe I was standing right in front of him. I nodded slowly.
"That would be correct." He pulled me into his arms and smiled.
"Αχ όμορφη κόρη μου δούμε πώς έχουν αυξηθεί." (Ah my beautiful daughter look at how you have grown.) He whispered softly into my hair. "Go, get your siblings and come inside. The weather calls for rain." he said with a smile.
2 hours later i had all my stuff put away in my room. Well almost, Charlie had another suitcase and I had 2 more boxes. I had my laptop on my desk when it dinged.
"What was that?" he asked
"That was Alec instant messaging me on the computer." I said simply as I walked over to check the message.
"Who is Alec?"
"Only the best cousin ever."
Alec4one: Baby are you there?
Bella Barbie: Yes, how can I help you?
"He calls you baby?"
"Yeah, he doesn't like Alice so I'm his baby cousin."
Alec4one: Please come visit for the week? Jane would like to see you.
Bella Barbie: I am not at the Palace, sorry. Besides Jane is the last person I want to visit.
Alec4one: Where are you at? France? Ireland?
Bella Barbie: At school
Alec4one: What did you do? Set the chef on fire again?
"You set your chef on fire?"
"Only once, it was funny though."
Bella Barbie: No I didn't set the chef on fire again. My parents just think it's a good idea for us to socialize.
Alec4one: Your parents thinking is never good. Where do you want me to send your car?
Bella Barbie: to the Palace
"He bought you a car?"
"Yeah he bought Emmett a Lamborghini last year and he was buying me a Guardian this year."
"How old is he?"
"18"
Alec4one: I have to go Jane is being a royal pain lol and Demetri is coming over with his new Ferrari.
Bella Barbie: When isnt she? But I suppose. Tell everyone I love them, love you Alec
Alec4one: love you too beautiful bye
Alec signed off and Charlie gave me a weird look. "How much family do you have?"
"Umm… 2 uncles, 1 aunt, and 10 cousins. Well close cousins, and I really only have 9 cousins because Afton married Chelsea and that's how he's my cousin, and my Aunt Didyme died or I would have another Aunt."
"Wow that's a lot of family, hey how about we get something to eat?" I walked with Charlie down stairs to the kitchen.
"When you see my face hope it gives you hell, hope it gives you hell." Emmett was singing and I laughed since he wasn't the best singer.
"Hey Emmy, what's up?"
"It's Family- Funday- Monday, remember you, me, Ali eat dinner together,"
"Oh, I'm sorry that I didn't forget, I was about to see what you wanted." Emmett frowned.
"Right...Pizza?"
"How about Eclipse" Charlie offered
"Eclipse?"
"Only the best Pizza place in town now come on."
We arrived at Eclipse and had gotten seated rather quickly. At the table next to us was a boy about my age with Bronish- brown hair with a family of blondes except for the women. I blushed as I saw him watching me. He had the most beautiful piercing emerald eyes I ever saw. All of sudden someone covered my eyes "Guess who…"
"Hmm… well it could be a number of the hot guys that are staring at me …" The boy was sitting in hearing range and I heard him choking on his Coke.
"Awww… Bells you take the fun out of everything." He uncovered my eyes and everyone was laughing at Emmett's pouting face. That's when the boy walked up.
"Hey Charlie, my family and I are sitting right there and we were wondering if you would like to combine tables and join us." he asked Charlie. Charlie nodded and that's what we did. Emmett sat down next to the blonde girl. It was funny to watch; Alice was flirting with the blonde boy and Emmett was trying to flirt with the blonde girl. I sat next to the boy with the amazing green eyes.
"Cullens, these are my children Emmett, Isabella, and Mary. Children this is Doctor Cullen, his lovely wife Esme, and their children Rosalie, Jasper, and Edward." Charlie had a proud smile on his face while Rosalie, Alice, and I scowled.
"Hello... please call me Bella"
"And call me Alice! I absolutely despise Mary" Alice said quickly.
"I'm Rose" Rose smiled. We all ate in a comfortable silence when I decided I wanted dessert.
"I'm going to go get dessert, would any of you like anything?" I asked politely
"Oh, oh, me, pick me!"
"Yes Emmett"
"Okay are you ready for this because I think you may want to write this down."
"Just tell me Emmett."
"Fine, I want a triple chocolate fudge ice cream sundae, with chocolate sauce, chocolate sprinkles, 5 chocolate Hershey's kisses, oh and… a chocolate covered cherry on top."
"Geez Emmett…. Anyone else want anything before I go get Emmett's chocolate mountain?"
"Strawberry sundae for me Bells." Alice said
"Caramel sundae for me please" said Rose
"Oh that sounds good same here" said Jasper
"I'll come with you"
"You don't have to Edward"
"I want to" he got up and walked with me to the ice cream parlor part of the restaurant.
"Well, well, well, isn't it my main man Edward with a pretty girl."
"What up D?"
"Nothing slow up in here tonight."
"Well I think Bella and I could help"
"When you're ready."
"Go ahead Bella"
"Okay… we'll take a Triple chocolate fudge ice cream sundae, with chocolate sauce, chocolate sprinkles, 5 chocolate Hershey's kisses, and a chocolate covered cherry on top." Dylan gave me a look saying 'holy crap'! "Then we'll take a strawberry sundae, 2 caramel sundaes and…" I looked over to Edward.
"And 2 chocolate chip cookie dough thrillers."
"You weren't kidding! How you gonna eat all that?" he said as he gave the people our orders.
"We're not my brother, sister and I joined Edward and his family for dinner."
"Who gets the extremely chocolate one?" Edward started laughing
"You know Bella that's going to get peoples attention."
"You're eating it Bella?"
"NO, I mean of course not, my brother is eating that he has this crazy obsession with chocolate."
"Wow okay then well the total will be $25.75" I started to go into my purse for my wallet when Edward said,
"Let me get this Bella,"
"But it's my brother with the chocolate mountain."
"Still I want to get this," he got out a credit card and gave it to the boy.
"Sign here." Edward did "And a server will be out in a minute."
"Thanks D."
"Wait yours was the first done, 2 chocolate chip cookie dough thrillers"
"Thanks man" He took them and we walked in the opposite direction from the group. "I hope you don't mind I ordered this for you."
"Are you kidding? That's my favorite but I can only get my chef to make for me when my parents weren't around. We weren't exactly allowed to have ice cream, candy, chips, cookies, actually we weren't really aloud to have junk food or sweets only healthy food. But Gronda didn't agree with my parents and whenever he could he would get us some sort of sweets."
"You had a chef?" he asked.
"Um yes. My mother and her husband are quite wealthy."
"And Gronda is your chef right?"
"Yes"
"Really well I'm finding this fun hmmm… how do you feel about a game of 20 questions?"
"Okay but we each get 10 questions and we go back and forth."
"Deal but I want to go first."
"Okay"
"Okay what is your favorite color?"
"Green," I blurted out without thinking and blushed "what's yours?" I asked quickly
"Brown. what is the most listened to song on your I pod?"
"Welcome to the World by Kevin Rudolf, what is your favorite sport?"
"Basketball, what's yours?"
"Soccer, what's your favorite quote? I know it's silly but I want to know."
"It's not silly and my favorite quote is 'the extinction of dinosaurs was no accident. Barney came along and they all committed suicide.'" I started laughing. It was just so funny. "Okay then what's your favorite quote?"
I blushed "Parents spend the first part of our lives teaching us to walk and talk and the rest telling us to sit down and shut up." That made him start laughing; his laugh was so musical.
"You speak differently then most people and you have a heavy accent. Why is this?" he asked. I blushed and shyly looked away.
"How about we stop for tonight?"
"Alright. I don't want to be falling asleep on my first day of classes tomorrow." He walked me back to the table where everyone was getting ready to leave and we said goodnight. When we arrived back to the house I turned on my instant messenger.
Demetri Volturi: Are you coming to visit soon Bells?
Alec4one: No she's not coming
Demetri Volturi: Why not?
Bella Barbie: I'm in school
Heidi-luv: Did you set the chef on fire again?
Alec4one: lol that's what I asked
Bella Barbie: No I didn't
Demetri Volturi: What did you do?
Felix-da-man: Are we having a party here or what?
Heidi-luv: No Bella's not visiting because she's in school
Felix-da-man: What did you do Bells?
Bella Barbie: Nothing it is just time for us to socialize is all
B-Ball Star: Bella?
Demetri Volturi: Who are you?
B-Ball Star: Edward, who are you?
Demetri Volturi: What's the name say, Demetri Volturi, Bella's cousin.
Bella Barbie: How did you get my instant messenger?
B-Ball Star: Emmett
Alec4one: How do you know our cousin?
Plainy Janie: Quit interrogating the kid guys. Bells did say she was going to school, this must be one of her new friends.
Alec4one: How long have you been here?
Plainy Janie: the entire time
Felix-da-man: so who's the kid?
Bella Barbie: I have to get off. goodnight I will call you all tomorrow
Demetri Volturi: good night Bells, have pleasant dreams.
I signed off quickly; hopefully Edward didn't recognize Demetri's name. I haven't even been here a full day and my family is already involved. It seems that we all stay in the World News. Either Demetri crashed his car. Which happens often. Or Felix got drunk at a party. which also happens often enough to get annoying. We get boyfriends/ girlfriends, which puts us in the news. Car races, cough, cough, Alec and Demetri, and many faces just wanting to get our picture. I have to put my guard up, I cant get to close to anyone. Even if that means staying away from Rose, Jasper, and most of all Edward.
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