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We made a point of arriving at our new home like any other family making a big move. We arrived alongside a large removal lorry, hired without the helpful, yet human, removal men. The new house was in a secluded clearing a long way out of town, but still the road which led us to it had several other large properties on it with neighbours who would doubtlessly be on the lookout for us.
The town we were moving to was called Wendle, on the outskirts of Calgary. It was small, but less friendly than Forks. Due to the vicinity of Calgary it was missing much of the small town-ness, and acted as a commuter hub, rather than a place in its own right.
The house was beautiful, maybe 1920s or 30s, big and square with bold features, built of white stones so there was no need to paint it. Esme had decorated it in our signature white colour scheme, so it felt like home as soon as we opened the door. There were 3 floors, the ground floor was split into just two rooms, a spacious living room, with Edward's piano already in situ in the large window to the West of the building. The other room was a cavernous kichen, which included a long dining table and games area. The first floor had six rooms which were split between Carlisle, Esme, Jasper and Alice, then the second floor was being left to Edward and myself, and of course Ness. She claimed the most distant room on the floor as soon as we arrived, and with that was gone with her Ipod and a copy of Jane Eyre.
"So Bella, have you finished unpacking yet?" Only Alice could think I would be finished already, only 20 minutes after we'd arrived. Even at Vampire speed I still couldn't see how she got so much done so fast.
"No, I'm still trying to work out how I want to arrange the room, and I haven't even found my clothes yet..." I trailed off wondering how on earth I was going to be ready to start school in the morning.
"You mean everything's still sitting in cases! It will wrinkle!" Alice rushed off immediately to find my wardrobe, one which she guarded with as much care as her own these days.
"Can you find the rest of Edward's stuff too?" I called after her. Edward had taken some things with him when he left Denali ahead of us a few days ago, but most of his clothes and music had come with us today.
I looked around our new room. It was larger than the one in the mansion back in Forks, I supposed because our room there had originally only been meant for one. The classic white colour scheme was the same, but this time instead of the gold colours which had been used on the upholstery and carpets everything was rich shades of blue.
I knew I should really stay and help unload the lorry, but having missed my husband unbearably for the last three days I decided it was time for a visit, relying on Alice to deal with my wardrobe, and most likely the rest of my stuff (she would be delighted I was sure) I excused myself and set off at a run through the trees to Edward.
I could reach the town house in about 3 minutes on foot at full vampire speed. Esme had chosen our locations well, and the forest our main home was in encroached almost to the back door of the town house, despite the fact this was a much more suburban area. I paused to take a look at the house and saw it was much more modern than Esme's usual choice, but looking around most of the houses were identical copies of each other. None the less it was a pretty fifties house, painted a tasteful shade of green, very in keeping with the area.
I listened, and heard Edward upstairs listening to music in a room at the side of the house. He wasn't expecting us for several hours yet, but we had left a little earlier than expected as I had wanted to surprise him. I was still the only one who ever managed to do that. I crept up the side of the house, and slipped into the room, finding Edward on the bed with his eyes closed and headphones on.
"Guess who?" I laid on the bed next to him with my hands over his eyes.
He smiled and rolled over to look at me as I moved my hands to the sides of his face. "That might have worked, if you just didn't smell so damn good Love." We kissed and lying next to him I felt whole again. The three days we were apart had been long to me.
"Missed you."
"Missed you too, you're early." He scowled a little, playfully, before he smiled and continued. "I'm glad."
"So, is this your room, or our room?" I looked around us. The room was done out much like our old room in Forks, but was much smaller and contained very little of Edward's vast music collection. The bed was the dominant feature, which for people who didn't sleep was perhaps a little unfortunate.
"Always our room Love. I thought it might be useful, to have somewhere a little more private just for us." I thought of our daughter back in our other home and understood where he was headed.
"So this is our little love nest then?" I was thrilled, the dominant bed suddenly making so much more sense.
"Hello Bella!" Emmett made me jump as he greeted me from elsewhere in the house and then laughed loudly.
"He will not always be here." Edward restrained a grin as he pulled me towards him and kissed me firmly on the lips. "Hmmm, I've missed my wife..."
I heard Emmett and Rosalie leaving the house, probably to go and help the rest of the family with moving. I felt a bit bad for a moment, until Edward distracted me again.
"So, have you met the neighbours? Are they scared yet?" I was joking, but really that was why they had gone ahead of us, to be seen and meet some people, begin creating the lie.
"We have, I should say I have, Rose and Emmett have been busy with their little project, I've hardly seen them." He sat up a little and carried on. "Everyone I've spoken to seems to be quite comfortable with our story, I've made a point of being out the front, washing the car and doing the garden, you know, to see and be seen."
The story was much as we had decided at that first meeting. Rosalie was Carlisle's sister, who had recently moved home to Alaska with her new husband and his brother. When Carlisle had moved his family for work she had decided to come too as they were each other's only family. Edward and I had met a few months before when he had first moved to Alaska, and we were dating. The only scandal I could imagine may actually set tongues wagging would be Jasper and Alice, but then maybe not.
"Actually I think we've chosen quite an easy location here." Edward continued. "We're not in Forks anymore, most of the people I've spoken to have only moved here in the last few years themselves, we're just more newcomers. Nobody has actually been that interested."
"Hopefully the same will be true tomorrow when we start school, maybe we can blend into the background a bit." I still hated the thought of being the centre of attention if I could at all avoid it, and was not really looking forward to tomorrow.
"You? Never." Edward pulled me towards him and ran his hands down my shoulders, then down my sides and around my waist. I grasped my fingers into his hair and pulled his lips to mine.
"Did I say I liked the bed....?" I murmured around his kisses.
"It was implied, Love." We both laughed as we settled in to enjoy my first night in Wendle.
A/N – I know it's all been a bit fluffy so far (but then I always liked a bit of fluff), but things are about to get going a bit more in the next couple of chapters. Please review if you have time, all input welcomed.