Night at the Cullen's

PART 2

We all knew we would probably be waiting a while for Carlisle to come home from the hospital, so we found ways to entertain ourselves. Alice and Jasper were sitting on the love seat that was placed in the left corner of the room. Alice was holding Jasper's hand and telling me how excited she was that I was sleeping over and how I'd better stay up past 9:30, the whole time she spoke Jasper focused on her and only her. Meanwhile Emmett and Rosalie sat on the love seat to the right of Edward and me. Emmett had his arm around Rosalie while she fiddled with her necklace and stared out the window, Emmett stared at Monopoly as if trying to concoct a game winning strategy out of thin air. Esme sat on the couch next to me and Edward she looked lonely without Carlisle. Edward had his arms wrapped around my shoulders and held me close after a few minutes he got up and went to the piano he played random keys until his fingers found it, the lullaby, my lullaby. We all sat in silence and listened to Edward play.

An hour later we heard Carlisle pull up and Esme was up and at the door before Carlisle even turned the engine off. He was at the front door in a flash he kissed Esme and hung up his coat and said hello to all of us. "Sorry to keep you waiting, it seems that my work never ends, but I'm glad you didn't start without me," he said smiling "Let's play." That was all Alice needed and within seconds she was up and moving furniture so that we could have room to play on the floor. Emmett was setting up the game and shuffling cards, Jasper was the "banker" and Emmett must have said something funny to him because while Jasper was handing out the right amount of money for us to all start with he began to laugh which was something Jasper very rarely did.

We all took spots on the floor around the board and Alice eagerly passed out all the game pieces. Rosalie was the horseshoe, Jasper was the iron, Alice was the ballet shoe, Emmett was the boxing glove, Esme was the dove, Carlisle was the heart, Edward was the piano and I was the flower. Edward handed me the dice first. Everyone stared at me as the dice rolled out of my hand and before it even hit the board Alice blurted out what number and sure enough it did. I was smiling now and as Edward wrapped me in the nook of his arm I knew this was exactly were I was supposed to be.