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A/N: This is my First fan fiction, started on 9/07/10 at 6:17 pm. I hope everyone likes it. Read and review please hehe : ) xx ily
Chapter 4: Unexpected - Bella POV
As I drove to my new work place, I thought about the invitation that I received yesterday from the doctor. It wasn't something I was used to, being invited to parties and get togethers. I thought about the reasons of why people would invite me of all people and well, I came up with nothing. I couldn't understand why I was invited to a party let alone a hospital party but I guess that now I that I was working in a socially high place that I would be included too. That thought made me happy. At least I wasn't going through this alone. Having Hannah and Aaron with me really would help because if I stumbled then they would be the ones to catch me.
Ah how I missed Phoenix and its blistering sunshine. I missed being around my mother and how every time she wanted to do something I was the one that actually wanted to do it. I hated sitting around being lazy and since I always finished my homework the day I was given it, unlike my step-siblings, I had to find something to kill the time with. Of course, my mother was the one to help me with that. Even though my mum had another 3 kids after me she still considers me and only child and treats me like it too. I don't have a problem with that but it was how it was.
My mother reminded me of the party invite I got yesterday. I was going to call her and see if she was free enough to come with me and Charlie would sure like to come. He loved going out to formal meetings and wearing suits were his speciality. I was happy for him. Phil might not e able to come so Elliemay had someone to look after her. If she wanted to come I would have invited her too but the party is on a Monday and I was pretty sure she had school.
I reached the parking lot at quarter to eight so I decided to sit down and just relax for a bit. I would have gotten my laptop out to read some of my mother's emails but it would take too much effort and plus I had forgotten my internet USB thing. I didn't know the technical name for it and because it looked similar to a USB drive I was going to call it USB thing. I worked perfectly.
I wondered if Carlisle and Esme had kids. If they did they'd all be pretty old because I'm pretty sure both of them are close to their thirty's. Even though they didn't look the part the way they moved and spoke gave a clue to what their age was. Both of them had stunning faces and I wouldn't be surprised if they children were just as beautiful.
It was close to 8 o'clock now so I decided to let of my car and head towards the reception to obtain an office. I collected my purse, once again put my phone onto vibrate and put it into my dress pocket that was concealed on the side and took out my laptop bag too. I was ready to leave. I locked up my car and headed towards the entrance.
Once again like yesterday Esme was sitting in the reception area but this time she was a magazine. Business must be slow today.
'Uhm, Hello Esme, it's me again. Sorry to disturb you but I don't know what I have to do.' I said nervously
'Hello dear, it's nice to see you again. Just go in to Carlisle's office, no one's in there at the moment because it's been a slow day today. Rare.' She said slightly surprised by what I assumed was in her words a slow day.
'Thanks Esme.' I left and went to Carlisle's office which was just down the corridor. I knocked and once again I heard a faint 'come in' so I entered.
'Good morning Carlisle, how are you today?' I greeted him.
'Good morning Bella I'm good thanks what about yourself, please sit down I would like to talk to you.'
'I'm good thanks. Thank you.' I sat down on the chair and noticed it was very plush and comfy.
'Now Bella, I take it you got the email I sent you yesterday?'
'Yes, Carlisle oh and that reminds me thank you for the invite to your party. I appreciate it. And for the timetable I'm happy with how it is.' I informed him
'Ah yes the invite. It's my pleasure. Esme begged me to make sure the invite arrived and my kids are very excited to meet you, especially Alice.' So he did it have children and more than 2 probably. Okay well I'm up to meet them next Monday come.
'Thanks I'm excited to meet them too. Well I would like to ask you do I get an office or a desk.'
'Yes, come this way, I thought that maybe you could like this room. It belonged to our last psychologist but unfortunately she caused us many problems so thankfully I had the strength to fire her.'
'Oh sorry to hear that Carlisle but I'm sure you won't regret employing me'. I said to lighten up the mood.
'I'm sure I won't regret it Bella. Now you can open the door and tell me if you would like it. If you don't like it I have another room.' He said worried maybe I won't like it.
I opened the door and I was breath taken. The room was painted with pink and purple tone, the desk and furniture were a maroon colour and the stationary were blue and green. It was the most colourful room I had ever seen.
'Wow.' I said simply. Carlisle sensed that I liked and murmured something like 'I'll be in my office if you need me' and heard the door close.
I unpacked my laptop and other various objects like my phone and placed them on the table. I sat on the bright wheelie chair and turned around it. I looked at the time and saw that it was nearly nine. Time moves pretty quickly. I looked in the drawers and found some keys. They locked the other drawers and, when I got up to try it, the door too.
I left the office after I attached the keys to my key ring that consisted of my car and house keys and went to find Esme. I decided to start a conversation with her to spend some time to get to know her and her family a little bit.
'Hello Esme. I was bored so I decided to come and talk to you for a little bit.'
'Hello Bella, dear. Thank you for coming I was getting very bored and this will kill some of our time.' She started to giggle quietly.
'Yes well I would like to know you a little bit and then I'll talk about myself after you.'
'Okay well, my name is Esme Anne Plat Evenson Cullen. Yes I know it's a handful but people just call me Esme Cullen. As you know I am married to Carlisle Cullen and have 3 children. The oldest of mine is Edward. He's very handsome, aged 25 and I'm sure you'll like each other very much. He's single by the way. Then there's Alice. She's 23 and short and small but full of energy. I've never met anyone like her. She's married to Jasper Whitlock. Their children are Clare, Beau, and Jessie. Clare and Jessie are the girls and Beau is the middle boy. What a cute boy he is. My third and youngest child is Emmett, aged 20 and once again a boy. He's married to Rosalie Hale who is also 20 and has 2 kids, actually twins. Their names are Bree and Riley and they're 2 at the moment. Our whole family lives on the one road and we are all living next to each other on one side. We are basically neighbours and family put together. We are very close and nothing can separate us. Now that reminds me of the party. Firstly did you receive the invitation I assume Carlisle sent to you via email?'
'Yes, thank you for that.' I answered short and sweet.
'Good that means Carlisle was telling the truth, but that's a totally different story. Are you going to join us?'
'I believe I am, because my sister wanted to come when she read the part that mentioned family is invited too. '
'Great! That means I will get to meet your parents and brothers and or sisters, correct?'
'Well, is it okay if I tell you a little about myself and then answer your question?'
Of course dear, continue.' She motioned.
'Here goes. My name is Isabella Marie Swan. I was born in Forks, Washington on September, 13 1998, which now makes me 21 now. My parents are Renee Dwyer and Charlie Swan. When I was about 1 year of age my mother took me away from Forks to Phoenix, and divorced my father because she disliked the coldness of Forks. My mum works as an author and write picture books or short novels. She remarried to a guy named Phil Dwyer hence the last name. Phil plays ball for a living. She had 3 kids with him. From oldest she had Aaron who is about 2 years younger than me. Then Hannah who is 3 years younger than me came. And lastly Elliemay who is 11 years right now. They are like my best friends I never had in school. They are everything to me and I don't know what life would be like without them. My dad still lives in Forks and works as the Chief of Police there. I don't think he plans on moving but every time we had a break he, Renee, Phil and Elliemay would come over for the 2 weeks we had off from uni. So I still got to see them both and I loved it. I think Phil gets a little jealous because mum still hugs him every morning and treats him like a best friend. She has the right to do that and to tell you the truth I don't really like Phil. To answer your question, Aaron, Hannah and I will definitely come. I'm trying to get my mum to attend as well but I'm not sure she will. I'm going to call my dad as well to tell him to come. This is big for me and I want them to meet the people I will be working for, for what I hope will be a long time.'
Esme just sat there in deep thought. She finally spoke.
'Well, call them now so I can reserve all the seats. No one is here and I think you'll want to make sure there are enough seats.' She suggested.
'Okay, I'll be right back.' I went to my new wonderful office and took my found my phone right where I found it. First I dialled Charlie's number because I know the conversation won't be long.
'Hello Charlie?' I greeted him.
'Hey Bells, how are you? I miss you heaps!' he exclaimed.
'I'm good thanks dad. I wanted to ask you something. Next Monday my new employer, Dr Carlisle Cullen is holding a formal party for all the employees and family. He invited me and I wanted to see if you wanted come. To let you know I'm going to see if Mum wants to come too but I don't think I want Phil to be there because between me and you I don't like him.' I told him.
'Well Bells, firstly, I'll be honoured to attend but I would like to come on the Friday so I can get ready under you and Hannah's supervision and be acceptably formal. But about Phil please make sure he doesn't come. I want to spend time with my daughter and step siblings alone, but your mum can come if she wants.' He teased.
'Sure dad that's okay about Friday, and about mum I'll call her now, See you dad.' And with that I hung up.
I dialled Renee's number and waited for her to pick up.
'Hey mum you there?'
'Hello Bella, what's up?' she asked.
'Mum I wanted to invite you to my employer's formal party on next Monday but I wanted you to know that please whatever you do please don't bring Phil. I want this to be special and well frankly Phil doesn't fill that category well.' I said honestly but nervously.
'Oh bella of course I'll come and I won't let Phil come. Is Charlie coming?'
'Yeah I just got off the phone with him. If you want come on the Friday so if we need anything we'll go shopping.' I told her I didn't elaborate on the details of the conversation. I didn't think that would have been a good idea.
'Shopping' she squealed. 'Sure Bella I'll come on Friday, see you then honey.' And then she hung up.
I went back to Esme to tell her the good news.
'Esme, my mother and father are coming but Phil isn't so he's staying with Elliemay because she's got school.' I told her.
'Well that's a pleasure to meet your mother. She sounds like a nice person and I'm honoured to meet both of them and your step-siblings. I can't wait!' she squealed just like my mother. And just then Carlisle came in.
'Bella if you would like, you may go now. You can take his week off to get ready then come on Monday to the party, not work, at 6 in the evening. It seems like we're not going to need you. For your office we're just going to bring in some more chairs, papers, and a printer. If you would like we can also bring in some more stationary like rulers, pens, paper etcetera.' He said kindly.
'Thank you Carlisle, that's very nice of you. I'd like that, thanks.' And then I farewelled both and planned to see them next Tuesday.
As I drove home, I thought about how much I knew about Esme and her family. She was very excited about meeting Edward and I don't see why. Ah well I'll meet him on the night.
The next day
When I woke up I noticed it was Wednesday. Today was the day that Aaron and Hannah didn't go to school. We'd clearly told the principal when we first started that we wanted Wednesday to ourselves. They agreed that that was okay.
I woke up and made some pancakes and got the maple syrup out. When Aaron and Hannah came down they looked happy. I was happy too.
'So Hannah, today we should go shopping right?'
'Yes Bella, I've got it all written and memorised but if I forget it, I've got it in my planner right here.' She got here phone. Hers was similar to mine but she liked the colour green so hers was that. Green. As I got eating and the others started to eat we didn't say anything. We finished and put all the dirty plates in the dishwasher. We went up and got ready for our day. I wore a long sleeved top that was pink with my skinny jeans and a pair of black ballet flats. Hannah was wearing a knee length pink dress with white polka dots. It had ruffled sleeves and fitted her perfectly. Aaron decided he'd wear a button down tan coloured shirt and a pair of blue jeans. We left in Hannah's car because it was a 4 wheel drive and it would be big enough if we bought a lot of things. I brought my purse and phone with me.
The first stores we entered were Equip and Supre. They sold a lot of jewellery and accessories. Aaron decided he would wait outside on the chairs. I bought 5 pairs of earrings and matching necklaces and rings. Hannah bought 4 pairs of earrings and separate rings. The necklaces she bought were $2 each so she bought 5. When we finished our jewellery hunts, we went on to accessories. I bout 3 new purses each different sizes and styles. They all had different sized straps and different colours. Hannah bought one new purse and new 3 new tights. I didn't need any tights because I already had heaps at home. I bought new hair pins and clips just to be on the safe side. Hannah decided she didn't need any hair clips and pins.
The next store we entered was Ally. It sold all sorts of clothing and we weren't buying clothes only for the party. This was necessary shopping. Aaron went towards the male section and we stayed in the female section. I found a cute t-shirt that had a picture of Snoop Dog. It was all over blue. I took that. Then when I looked in the dresses I found a mini skirt that had 3 levels to it. It was a hot pink colour with small flowers and butterflies on it. I decided I wanted it. I wanted a knee length dress and I found a professional one for work. It had ¾ sleeves with a belt on the waist it was a dark purple and it was a perfect fit on me. I was done here and so were the others.
Hannah bout 5 dresses. All were a different shade of green but different styles. The first one was like mine and had a belt and ¾ sleeves. The second one was strapless and striped white and gold. The 3 had very thin straps and was white with a bubbly body. The fourth was a long silk dress, back less and was shirred on the chest area and the fifth was a long one, strapless, and clinged to her body. She had a great taste in clothing. Aaron bought a very sleek suit. It was black with very thin white strips and underneath was a white button down shirt. He also decided to buy shoes and they also were sleek and shiny.
We decided to enter Target to see if they sold nice high heels. I found some cut ballet flats. They were a brown colour with a nice bow in the middle. For the heels I found two pairs and Hannah told me to buy both since me and here were both the same size. 7. Aaron bought a pair of jeans and khaki pants, some button down shirts and some t-shirts. We finished but decided to go into the music and book section. I bought a new book called 'The Plan' and 'Sometimes'. The both seemed interesting so I took them. As for music, I found the new 2010 hits and bought that.
We left for a shop called Pretty Boutique. They sold dresses and suits so Aaron was okay with coming with us. I found the right dress for the party and 2 others. The first one was long and strapless. It was a dark red colour and it shined in the light. It had a flower that started from the top right side and extended what seemed like the stem of it to the bottom of the dress but it didn't have one stem it had 3. The second dress I wanted anyway had black straps and chest. From there is extended to the ground but with tan material and it seemed beautiful. It had levels like the mini skirt I bought earlier and it was pretty. The third was a normal knee length dress that was strapless again. It was a yellow colour but it wasn't a bright yellow it was sort of tan yellow. It had ruffles from the waist towards the knee and it was a cute evening dress.
When we completed our clothing area, we moved on to makeup. Hannah took me to a shop I had gone into and told me to enter. I found a nice 100 piece makeup set and told her I wanted it. She agreed it was a must have as it had all the important stuff like mascara, eye liner, blush, eye shadow, lip stick and gloss but I had to find 2 more separate items that I liked. I found a 5 colour eye shadow with metallic colours and a nice lip stick that would match my dress. When we were done we went to the car put all our makeup purchases with the rest in the trunk and moved on. On the way home I told them that Renee and Charlie were coming too and needed to go shopping on Saturday. Hannah said she would take them and me and Aaron could do whatever we wanted. Me and Aaron said that going to a big park and have some fun there and then eat at a fancy restaurant. I said it was okay.
The rest of the week flew by and when Saturday came I was excited. Renee and Charlie were here already and were ready to leave with Hannah for some necessary shopping.
Out of the things that I bought, I decided to wear my mini skirt and new –shirt and wore white knee length tights under the skirt. I wore one of my new heels and got Hannah to do my hair and makeup for me. When I looked into the mirror I saw what she had done. She had straightened my hair, pulled up half of it and gave me a side fringe. The makeup was some foundation, mascara, eyeliner and pink eye shadow and lip gloss. I didn't mean to brag, but I think I looked pretty. I giggled and gave Hannah one of my tight 'I love you' hugs. She kissed me on the cheek and left with Renee and Charlie. Aaron took me to the park in his hot car. We spent the whole times talking about how exciting our scholarship would be and what we were going to wear to the party. Aaron really understood me. He just sat and listened and didn't laugh at my comments. He was a true gentleman. Then we got onto the topic of relationships.
Not once in my life did a date go well. Most of mine were a onetime then over type things which sometimes hurt but by now I was used to it. I had met one guy called James and let's say he had more than a date on his mind. He tried to rape me but, of course Aaron was there for me. He stopped him, knocked him out then called the police.
When the day was over I decided to head for a shower and go to sleep. It was 8.30 at night and Hannah and my parents weren't here yet. That surprised me as that would mean Hannah convinced them to buy the whole store. Ah well. Let them have their fun I thought to myself and immediately dozed off to sleep.
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