Carlise lead Natalie into the front doors and into the elevator. They stood quitely for a moment.
"There is going to be seven others in the room. And a werewolf. But we pose no threat to your health." Carlise said this meaning to comfort her, but it seemed to have the opposite effect. She lost her cool demenor and strated to chew on her nails. The walk up the hall was spent in complete silence, and right before Carlise put the key in the lock the door swung open. An older woman opened the door and gave a sweet motherly smile. She reached up and kissed Carlise on the cheek.
"I seen you two walking up. Thought I would greet our guest." the woman said and ushered them into the room, "The others don't know about her yet."
"Oh thank you, Esme. I was hoping to catch you all by surprise. " Carlise whisper to Emse.
An other smaller young woman came around the corner.
"What surprise?" she said happily.
The group walked into the room and eight sets of eyes looked at the guest.
"Everyone this is Natalie." Carlise annonced to the room. The first young lady walked up to her and gave her a big hug.
"I'm Alice. And I'm so happy to SEE you!" a blonde young man came up and stood next to her, "This is my mate Jasper." Jasper gave her a friendly handshake and walked away. Another couple came up and introduced themselves. The gorgous blonde was Rosalie and her bear of a husband was Emmet. The last couple to come up looked at Natalie in wonder. Finally the man reached his hand out.
"Hello Natalie. I'm Edward and I can't tell you how realived I am to see you." he held on to her hand from a moment too long, then let go. The woman next to him also took ahold of Natalie's hand and squeezed.
"I'm Bella. Edward's wife. And the baby's mother." Bella let go of her hand and went and hugged Edward. Natalie looked back to Carlise slightly confused.
"Oh Natalie. Do you see that baby?" He pointed to the corner where a little girl was playing, "Shes like you. Half vampire, half human. We haven't encountered many like you. Thats why everyone is so happy to see you. We can now see whats to become of our little wonder ."
"Oh." she looked around the room and they all burst into laughter. Bella walked over and picked up the little girl and brought her over.
"Say hi sweetie." The little girl looked at Natalie and giggled.
"Hi." Natalie said nervously giving the little girl a little wave. The little creature reached out and grabbed Natalie's hand and gave it a formal little shake.
"Hello Natalie. I'm Nessi." she smiled at her and wiggled out of her mother's arms and walked over to the couch and patted the seat next to her. Natalie slowly walked over and sat next to the little girl.
"You are very pretty Natalie. How old are you?"
"Well..I really don't know. I've been only lived for about ten years, but I've been told I look sixteen. So I guess I'm sixteen." Natalie looked down at her shoes in mild emberassment for not knowing how old she even was. At this Carlise out his two cents in.
"Natalie so how did you age? If you have only been alive for ten years?"
"Well I grew very rapidly when I was younger. But after like seven years I just stopped. I've been this size for about three years. " She looked around the room, and made eye contact with the Indian boy sitting in the corner. Nessi seen this and waved him over, he reluctantly got up and sat next to Nessi.
"Jacob, why don't you say hello to our guest? She will help us with me." With this he looked up at Natalie and scowled.
"I'm going for a walk." Then Jacob just got up and left. No one said anything as he slammed the door behind himself. Then Alice piped up.
"So Natalie. What size do you wear? Because I have this beautiful dress that will look just stunning on you! Would you like to see it?" Even before Natalie could answer Alice had run off giggling.
"So your going to be Alice's latest fashion doll," snorted Emmet, "It's okay she does this to everyone. You should be safe." Everyone in the room laughed and Alice returned with a gorgous purple silk gown.
"What do you like Natalie? I think it would make your eyes look amazing! Don't you think so Bella?" she had walked over and set the dress in Natalie's lap. Natalie was gliding her hands over the cold fabric when Alice prosed a formal outing.
"Why don't we all get dressed up and go out for an opera or a play? It would be magical! I can see Natalie looking like a goddess now!" she was already dancing around the room towards her phone going to buy tickets to something interesting. "What do you say Natalie? Up for a tiny make over and a night on the town?"
"Oh. I don't know. I don't want to make trouble." Natalie said looking around the room, looking for any unhappy faces.
"OH! Your not making any trouble. We would have just stayed here all night. Wasting one of our of last days in Italy!" with that Alice grabbed Natalie's hand and ran her up some stairs, and into a massive bathroom, " So If you wouldn't mind showering for me so I may have a clean canvas." Alice threw in some massive fluffy towls and a big robe and last some fruity smelling soaps.
Natalie just looked around and then sat on the toilet alittle overwhelmed by the whole thing. She was sitting there a few minutes before Lady Gaga started to pump out of the bathroom speakers. With this she started to take off her jewlery and shoes. When she finaly got her high tops off her walked over to the shower and started the hot water. The steam soon started to fill the bathroom and she finished unclothing and hopped into the steamy shower. For awhile she just sat under the hot water and cleared her mind. Just wondering what she had gotten herself into, and if it went sour it was only her fault. But under the hot water those thoughts just melted away and she started to sing along to the music and be happy. The soap was really fruity and made her skin tingle and this just made her even happier. Then there was a smal knock on the door.
"Natalie? Hey we are leaving real quick to get the boys thier suits. We will be back in about an hour. Bella is going to stay her since Nessi is asleep. Okay?" Esme said from outside.
"Oh okay. Well I just have to finish up in here. So tell Alice I will be all ready for her when she gets back." Natalir heard a small laugh and then Esme walk away.
Natalie finished washing her make up off and was done. She shut off the water and grabbed the big fluffy robe and started to dry her hair. By now the room was completely clear and her hair was almost completely dried. She was just about to leave the bathroom when the door opened and she heard everyone come back in. Natalie opened the door and peaked out. She caught Alice's eye and she flitted over to her.
"Now that your all clean we can start!" Alice grabbed Natalie's and lead her into her room. All across the bed was set up with make up and tons of different styling tools. At the foot there was atleast a dozen different pairs of shoes and the dresser was covered in jewelery. Alice sat Natalie in a chair in front of the bed and started to work.
"So do you ever flat iron your hair? Or do you always leave it natural? I love the curls, but I think you would look amazing with a sleek do." Alice then ran over to her dresser and pulled out some lacy panties and a pretty strapless bra, " You might want to put these on. We are going to start getting dressed soon." She threw the under wear at Natalie.
"These are very sexy. I don't know if I would feel very comfortable." Alice sat back down and took her hands.
"Honey, sexy is only a state of mind. You don't feel sexy because you dont think sexy. So I want you to go put these on and strut around." Alice squeezed her hands and gave her a smile. She got up and left the room so Natalie could put the underwear. Natalie just looked at the under wear and then figured what the hell. She slipped slowly into the lacy black panties and put the bra on slowly. She walked over to the mirror and admired her butt and boobs, before Alice knocked and walked in.
"See? Don't you already feel sexier?" Alice giggled and pulled Natalie back to the chair. She started to flat iron her hair and make light conversation. Nothing too important, just the beautiful sunsets, how she hid her sparkle in the really bright light, and other girly stuff, and then in a flash she was done, "So I'm done with your hair and if I don't say so myself it looks amazing!"
Natalie looked over at the mirror and it did look really amazing. Her black curls where now long wavy beautiful waves that framed her face perfectly. She ran her fingers through her hair and admired the silky feeling it had. Her make-up was equaly stunning. Alice had used a dark purple to make her eyes pop, her lips a matching shade of deep plum. Alice then walked over to the dresser and found a big black clip with purple gems and used it to pull back her hair on one side.
"Ready to put the dress on?" Alice was standing behind her with the dress. Natalie nodded and took the dress from her and slipped into it and had Alice zip the back up. The dress fit her perfectly, it had an amazing sweetheart neck that made her boobs look great and it hugged her every curve making her look alot older than sixteen. Even Alice did a double take, "Now for shoes my pretty." Alice grabbed a pair of sky high black heels and gave them to Natalie.
"These are kind of high. I don't know if I can walk in them. I've never really walked in heels before." Natalie said as she sat down to put the heels on.
"It's okay you will get use to them quickly. And if not I will have Jasper walk you, so you don't fall." Alice smiled and helped her to her feet. Natalie wobbled alittle but gained her balance. She was slightly afraid to walk but took a few steps anyways. It was alot easier than she thought it would be and she started getting more and more confident.
"It's not that bad is it?" Alice said with a giggle, "You can go out there while I'm getting ready." And in a moment Alice disappeared into her huge closet. Natalie looked at herself in the mirror one last time and walked out of the room.