The book twilight, its sequals and characters do not belong to me. They belong to Stephenie Meyer.
I hope you like this one, it is still pretty dry because I needed to set it up more.
Perhaps Alice had seen this coming. I knew for a fact that Rosalie and Emmett were meant to be spending a week away together, and that Alice had planned another shopping spree in New York. When we arrived in Edward's Volvo at the Cullen's family home, I saw Carlisle's Mercedes in the driveway, along with Alice's little yellow car, Emmett's jeep and Rose's red convertible. The drive there had not been awkward at all, considering there was a girl in the backseat who we had never seen of heard of before this day. The three of us chatted amiably about the advantages of living in Forkes for Vampires – overcast days, plenty of game and nobody was the wiser. By the time we were driving up the long road to the house we were chatting about the finer points of Vampire baseball. We pulled up beside the other cars and entered the house.
Carlisle and Esme were waiting for us just inside the doorway. Carlisle looked steadily at Edward. Esme, however, smiled brightly.
"Welcome to Forkes," she shook Lillie's hand, "I am Esme,"
Carlisle stepped forward, "I am Carlisle." They shook hands.
"It's very nice to meet you. I have heard so many great things about you and your family here. I hope I am not intruding at a bad time or anything," Lillie said, smiling a brilliant smile.
"Not at all, my dear. Come in and meet the rest of my children." Carlisle gestured into the large family room, where I was sure the rest of the Cullens were waiting.
Edward stayed with me in the entrance hallway. I looked up at him. He was smiling down at me.
"I saw into her mind. She is so good," he held my hands, "she wants to be a nurse. Always has and doesn't want to give up on that hope. And her mind is always moving, like a string of flashing bright colours or sunlight skipping off a moving lake."
I smiled, perhaps a little bit jealous, "She has such a pretty voice,"
He gave me a crocked smile, "She knows. She tries not to use it too much, the dazzling that is. I think she tried to hypnotize that man out of smoking, I think. Her mind skips about a lot I can't hold down one thought to another."
He laughed as he pulled me into the family room.
"And you all you can do is read minds," I teased.
Introductions had already been made by the time we stood beside Lillie, facing the family. Edward perhaps had thought she needed an ally but what I saw suggested otherwise. I saw Alice entwined in Jaspers arms, her eyes out of focused, as though she was having a vision. Jaspers eyes were on Lillie, studying her in a strategic way. Emmett had a giant toothy grin on his goofy and Rose didn't even look bored. Lillie was already asking who owned the big red Jeep Wrangler and the BMW M3 convertible.
"My foster father in England owned a mechanics for when the special European sports cars needed to be fixed." Lillie was saying to Rosalie, "He showed me a thing or two when I was growing up. I could never grasp the minute details but I could probably fix a normal car or two."
Alice untangled herself form Jasper and danced her way over to me. "Dinner time for the human," she announced and pulled me towards the kitchen.
The Cullen family home now had a small kitchen which was always stocked with food for me to cook and eat myself, or to eat whenever anyone else tried to cook. There were a few cupboards where Esme had stored precious China which was never used. The windows had lace curtains on it and it looked exactly like a kitchen from a 1950's handbook for How to make your husband happy. On the stove, there was a giant vat of spaghetti and a spicy tomato sauce which I could smell warming.
"Alice, who cooked this?" I asked, eyeing the pasta suspiciously. It didn't look bad, so I was going to guess it wasn't Emmett or Jasper in an attempt to feed the human.
"I did. I saw this meeting as soon as she saw you two," Alice explained as she led me to a chair and sat down, "I made extra because Lillie needs to be fed, though I am not entirely sure how her system works." I watched as Alice scooped a monstrous amount into a bowl for me. I suddenly realised how hungry I was. Edward and I had never gotten my greasy lunch today. I speared the first noodle and put it into my mouth.
It tasted fantastic, "Alice this is great." I exclaimed, "But didn't you have a trip to New York to go on?"
"Well, I was about to leave and then a skipped out on reality with that little vision of mine. And besides, it was fun making pasta. I did it at human speed just to see how you do it." Alice laughed.
I ate a bit more. "So what is happening in there?"
Alice sat on a chair opposite me and smiled, "Lillie is currently telling her story and then she will ask permission to belong here as part of the family."
"And what will the verdict be?" I asked through my dinner.
"Unanimous yes," Alice smiled, "she comes from the same part of England Carlisle originally did. He is going to teach her nursing and midwifery and she will follow him into medicine. She is also going to help set up a mechanics shop with Rosalie for women only. I can also see her shopping with me, well us." Alice then paused, "She has no clothes now, doesn't she?"
"I don't think so." I answered. I then lost myself in thought. There was going to be another Cullen, one even more unique then that which I was to become. She had no scent whatsoever and she didn't drink blood. Her eyes were the green of the chlorophyll she consumed. She didn't lust after my blood. My presence would not trouble her.
"Alice?" I asked.
"Hmm?" she answered, her golden honey eyes turned to mine.
"In any of your visions, have you seen if I will have a power?" I asked. I had never thought about that part of the transformation before. I was more concerned with the idea that I would spend eternity with Edward and the Cullens.
She shook her head, "No, in all my visions I have not seen a power. That doesn't really mean anything though. You could have one"
"Okay," I finished my pasta and Alice washed up the bowl and fork at lightning speed, "I thought you were doing human chores at human speed today?"
"The meeting is almost breaking up," she said and led me back to the living room.
There, Lillie was being hugged by Esme, who were surrounded by Emmett and Jasper, both with wide smiles on their faces. I could tell what they were thinking. Lillie's hunting skills would be legendary, especially since she could sneak up on them without them sniffing her out. They were already discussing when to take her hunting, even though she would never actually eat anything.
"Thank you so much, everybody," Lillie was saying.
Edward came up to me and wrapped his arms around me, "Were going to move our room" – my heart fluttered at the plural – "to the bigger upstairs common room. Lillie is going to have our old room."
I smiled, perhaps more shyly than Edward expected. He raised an eyebrow at me.
"Our room?" I whispered.
He laughed and kissed my cheeks, "Such a coy bride you are,"
The next day, after the bedroom changes were made during the night, the nine of us agreed to go to the mall, to set up bank accounts for me and Lillie. We were both allotted allowances from the earning of Alice's stock market investments. He with held my account though. A wedding present, he had whispered in my ear.
Everyone adored her. She was going to start school at Forkes High as a second cousin of the Cullen family. Yet another surreally beautiful Cullen would be stalking those hallways. I laughed as I had though this on the drive back home. This Cullen would perhaps eat something…
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