So, it has been a while but I'm actually studying for a huuuuge exam that I have Friday :( (lawschool student yay :( :p little fun fact: you know in Belgian Law it is considered incest for adoption siblings to be together? :p dirrrty stephenie meyer ;) )
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Chapter 4 the try-out!
EsmePOV
A week ago, Suzie suggested that we'd have sort of a trial run with the McCarthy kids to see how Edward would cope. Emmet and Alice would come over today with Suzie to play with Edward and to get used to us. Besides maybe adopting the McCarthy's whe were still thinking about adopting the Hale childeren too. Edward and I met them a couple off times when whe went with Carlisle to the hospital to make sure they didn't feel lonely. It reminded me a lot about how we used to sit besides Eddie.
According to Suzie, the biggest problem would be Edward, but if we were sure he could handele it, and if we could afford 4 extra mouths to feed, there wasn't any reason why whe should not adopt all 4 off them. Offcourse money wasn't an issue, and Edward claimed he wasn't either, but we wanted to test it out anyway, because it would be a big change for him.
Suzie had advised us to adopt them all at once, so they would only notice a one time change in the familystructure. But since the Hale's were still in the hospital, the tryout nly included the McCarthy's. I was glad Carlsle had especially taken the day off, because I was quite nervous. It felt like taking a parenting exam or something. Sure, Edward turned out great, but he was a gifted child of his own, and we were with more parents than childeren at the time. And maybe we just had been lucky and we where in fact terrible parents. Oh gosh, I was doing it again, I really had to stop second-guessing everything for crying out loud! This was what I always wanted, remeber. Breath in, breath out, zennnnn…
From the corners of my eye I saw little Eddie hopping around nervous himself. It probably was the most exciting thing that ever happened in his 4 year long life. Carlisle on the other hand was trying to act cool about it, but failed miserably, when he already started to call Edward Emmet.
When they entered at first, it was a little awkward. Alice was sound a sleap when Suzie put her in my arms and Emmet and Edward were looking at each other shyly. Carlisle greated Emmet and he cheerfully said hello.
I could see why some people would consider him a handfull, as he was quite big for his age. His sister on the other hand was realyrealyrealy tiny for her age.
To my suprise Edward got over his initial shyness quite rapidly and asked Emmet if he wanted to play with his racecars. Suzie and my eyes met. My look was one off utter spurise while she looked as if she was saying "I told you this would work!". Carlisle went with the boys so they didn't had to walk the stairs alone to get to Edwards toys, whilst Suzie, Alice and I went to sit in the dining room.
"She is beautifull…", I mutterd more to myself than to Suzie.
"You should see her eyes, she has the most pretty silver eyes I've ever seen."
"She is quite small, don't you think? It's like holding a doll in your arms. Only this one can talk and eat and play and all other kind of fun things!"
"Actually, I've never heard her talk befor. I think she still needs to say her first real words… All she ever does is say "Oooh" and than points her tiny little finger." (ME: this is actually what my 1 and a half niece used to do :) )
"Really? That's kind of late isn't it?", my thoughts already trailed off, and I pictured my husband and I teaching her er first words. We never got to do this before, as Edward was already speaking a bit when he got here. Then an other thougth popped in my head, one I didn't think of for ages. The thought of having a little girl with brown hair and brown eyes which would have the same timide personallity as I had when I was a child. It was the thought I used to picture, when I pictured what my own daughter would look like. Ofcourse, this angelic little girl had black hair instead of brown, and silver eyes appearently, but the fact she wasn't much of a speaker must mean that she was a quiet girl right?
Suzie thought different, as her experience told her that childeren who start late with talking usually became people who could talk for hours. Didn't matter, I would love her anyway…
Suzie and I talked for a while, and I got to know their partens died in a car accident. Emmet took it suprisingly well, I was told, but he had a very optimistic and over-all happy personallity. Just when we were about to go search for the boys who still hadden't returned, little Alice opened here eyes.I gasped when I saw the beauty off them.
"Uh?", she said, looking quite confused.
"Hi, babygirl, I'm Esme, and who are you, uh? Who are you?", I said in a childlike voice which made her giggle.
She patted my hands with her little hands, as she brabbeled some strange unexisting words. She didn't sit still for a second. So much for a timide child. But she was still adorable…
All of a sudden the little todler pointed her finger in the air. Confused Suzie and I watched her, trying to understand what she ment but all she said was "Oh!?".
Just at that moment, we heard some loud sounds in the hall. When I opened the door Emmet rushed in on hands and knees with one of Eddie's cars in his hands.
"VrooaamVROOOAAM!!"
Behinds him came Edward copying every move that Emmett did, and after that, too my suprise, Carlisle craweld in the same way.
"Oh sorry sweety.", he said, while not even bothering to get on his feet. I laughed, as Alice started bouncing in my arms when she saw her brother.
Imediatly when Emmet heard her squeel, he stood up and took her in his arms. Edward came to peek around his shoulder.
Carlisle looked a bit sad he had to stop playing with the cars, but he was as curious about little Alice as Edward had been.
"Helloow Awice…", I heard my son say to my suprise. Emmet seemed a good influence, or something like that.
Carlisle came to stand besides me and wispered something in my ear, what exactly seamed to be what I was thinking, "We are soooo adopting those kids…"
Hoped you liked it, at least 3 reviews until the next chapter :) !! because last time i only got 1 :( love you all though ;) !!
Oh yeah, I have a question :) do you know why I always have to search my stiry, it is never on the first page of the sit :s OH and I rated the story T because it seamed more fitting, am I right? And I am searching a story that I once read here, but I don't know anything about it anymore besides the fact it was post BD, and bella had convinced the family to iv an entire week without much money, so edward took a job at a tatooshop and Rosalie as a babysitter…
