The Cullens' home was big. No, it was huge. Alex knew she had never been in such a large home. The whole house was roughly surrounded by windows. It was beautiful considering how green it was outside. It gave Alex the illusion of being outside despite the fact that she was indoors.
"This is the living room," Alice pointed out the living room.
"Hello Alex, Carolyn," Carlisle acknowledged as he walked gracefully into the room.
"Hello Dr. Cullen," Alex greeted politely.
"Please, call me Carlisle," he said, leading everyone into a large massive dining room. In the middle of the dining room was a massive table set for eight.
"My family should be down soon," he said, leading Alex and Carolyn to seats. Alice sat directly in front of Alex.
"Would anyone like some refreshments?" Carlisle asked scanning the table.
"I'll have some juice please," Alex asked, hoping not to be any trouble.
Alex was looking around the room when she noticed two people had walked in. One was a blonde and she was so beautiful it made Alex want to crawl under a rock or put a sack over her head. The man beside her was large, muscular and intimidating, he also made Alex want to crawl under a rock but for different reasons. It took everything she had not to let her jaw drop.
Because like Carlisle and Alice, these two were also perfect, gold eyes and pale.
"Rosalie, Emmett, you're late," Alice demanded, pointing for them to sit.
"That would be my fault," said a man from the doorway. He was blonde like Carlisle but his hair was curled slightly. He had gold eyes as well but he seemed to be uncomfortable in his settings. He sat down beside Alice and took her hand and kissed it.
"This is Jasper," she pointed out.
"Pleasure to meet you," he said in an accent that clearly wasn't from around here. Alex couldn't help feel self-conscious around so many good looking people. She knew she paled in comparison to everyone at this table.
When Carlisle returned he had several glasses and he was accompanied by a woman with caramel colored hair and of course gold eyes. Why wasn't Alex surprised this woman had gold eyes as well.
"This is my wife, Esme," Carlisle announced proudly, as he pulled out a seat for her. Alex was surprised to see such an act but appreciated it at the same time.
After a few minutes of silence, everyone began eating. The meal was steak and potatoes with vegetables. The food was so good, it made Alex's mouth water. She had never had such a good meal in her life. Once the food was gone, everyone sat in the dining room for a few minutes. During diner, Alex had learned that Rosalie and Emmett were recently married, Jasper and Alice were engaged and they had another brother called Edward who had recently been married to a woman named Bella.
Once Carolyn and Alex were in the car, Alex stared out the window, watching the trees pass. Before Alex knew it, Carolyn was shaking her awake because they were home.
Alex trudged upstairs and threw on pajamas, and without as much as brushing her hair, collapsed into bed and fell asleep.
***** The Next Day *****
School that morning went by quickly. It wasn't until after lunch that Alex became nervous about her new gym class. She wasn't sure why she was so nervous as she enjoyed gym class. Yesterday she had been disappointed she couldn't participate.
Olivia had shown her where to change into her gym clothes and went to join the class.
After gym class, Alex was getting ready to go home. She felt nice after having taken a shower to get rid of the sweat. She stepped out of the the change room just as a boy stepped out the the boys change room. She ran directly into him. As she almost fell back, he grabbed her and pulled her back up. She looked up at his face to apologize and her heart went crazy. He had thick dark brown hair, dark eyes and was clearly Native American. His expression was full of awe and happiness. But his features did nothing but bring her mind back to Drake.
Logically, she knew this boy was a far cry from Drake. This boy was handsome, young and perfect. She'd never seen anyone so perfect. Unlike the Cullens' he was a different kind of perfect. But the logical part of her brain was squashed by the part of her brain that was seeing the dark hair, eyes, size and the fact that he was touching her. She pushed him away and began running, despite how hard her legs were shaking.
As she rounded a few corners, her breathing evened and her heart slowed to a healthy level. She felt bad for running away like that because she knew without looking that he was crushed by her reaction for some reason.
She made her way out to her godmother's car and climbed in.
"Are you okay?" she asked, taking in Alex's flushed face.
"Yeah, we had gym class," Alex explained, not telling her about her reaction to that boy. Alex knew if she explained that, she would have to explain about Drake and she would rather not explain that, she would much rather try and forget it all.