By the time we finally arrive, Alec is already waiting for me.
I quickly skip over to him and throw my arms around him, hugging him tightly. "I missed you. Look what I got."
I hand him my new mobile phone excited. "Isn't it beautiful? And look what I can do."
I take it from him again to show him the pictures Alice and I took.
"Can you show me how it works?", he aks me curious.
I nod and hand him the phone I got him. "I will later."
"Don't forget your bags", Alice reminds me, stepping out in the hall with all our shopping bags at all. It are so many that I almost can't see her behind them as she's just as tiny as myself.
I take the half from her and hand them to my twin who immediately carries them to me. Since Alice didn't have her car with her, we take a taxi to the Cullens house. Sure we could have run but with all the bags it would have been too complicated.
The closer we get to their home the more uncomfortable I get.
In Milan with Alice I could have defended myself if necessary but here I am defenseless.
As soon as we arrive Alice mate Jasper comes out to greet her. He gently wraps his arms around her and places a loving kiss on her lips.
I quickly turn away as jealousy wells up in me. I wish I had a mate too or just a man who loves me as much as the Cullen men love their wifes.
"Alec, Jane", Esme appears on the front porch, greeting us warmly. "Welcome to your new home."
Carlisle steps besides his wife. "Please come in and make yourself at home."
Alec pushs me forward lightly when he notices that I am about to growl at that hypocrite. As if we were welcome here, we never were anywhere specially not with him.
I ignore Carlisle as I follow his wife in the house, Alec and I'd have to call home for at least the following century.
Esme leads us upstairs and down the hall before stopping in front of a door.
"This is your room, Jane dear", she opens it to let me in.
I take a step inside and look around.
One wall consists solely of glass while the other three are painted in a dark red. The white funiture stands in a nice contrast to it. The best thing is the huge book shelf though. It is filled with hundreds of books in several languages.
"It's really nice", I turn to Esme, thanking her politly. "But where is the closet?"
"Alice meant you would need it", she smiles when she opens a door.
Behind it was a huge walk in closet. A huge grin spreads on my face. "I never had such a big closet. I'll never be able to fill it."
"Never say never when Alice is around", the older woman laughs. "She already claimed you as her new shopping victim."
"That's okay", I shrug. "Shopping with her was quite nice to be honest."
"You are the first one to say that", Esme chuckles. "Even Rose hates to go shopping with Alice."
"I am not like others", I just reply as I place my bags down.
"I can see", she nods, smiling again. "Would you like to see your room too, Alec?"
"It would be a pleasure", my brother answers politly.
She leads us out of my closet and into the room across from mine.
Alecs room is very similar to mine just that his walls are painted in a deep blue instead of red.
He thanks Esme who than leaves us alone to get settled in.
I take my time unpacking first the clothes I got for Alec and than mine.
My brother made himself comfortable on my bed, watching me as I unpacked.
I knew we would have to meet the rest of the family the second we go downstairs. I wasn't very happy about it.
"You know I'll do my best to protect you, right?", he asks me gently.
"I know Alec", I sigh, placing the last dress in my closet. "I just really don't want to be here."
"Maybe it won't be all that bad", Alec tries to comfort me. "I mean you enjoyed shopping with the fortune teller, you said so yourself."
"I never said that I had a problem with all of them", I shake my head. "I just dislike the shield, the mind reader and him."
"Come on", he gets up. "You can handle Edward, you know how to keep your thoughts hidden from a mind reader."
"Fine", I sigh as my twin leads me downstairs.
I can smell the werewolfs before I see them.
They really stink, it's so disgusting I immediately stop breathing.
The Cullens as well as their mutts are all waiting for us in the dining room.
"Thank you for joining us", Carlisle gets up as we enter the room. "We would like to introduce you to Jakob Black and his pack."
I let my eyes wander over them, slowly stepping closer to Alec.
Sitting next to the half-vampire is Jacob who apparently is her mate and the leader or as they call it Alpha of the pack. Than there are Seth who seems not much older than Alec and me and his older sister Leah. While the girl seems even more angry about Alec and me being here than Jacob and Bella, her brother is smiling at us brightly.
"There are rules", the Alpha gets , glaring at us. "You are not allowed to enter the reservation in La Push. And you are not allowed to attack humans or shapeshifters. In case of questions or problems, you come and talk to me, Leah or Seth. There are other shapeshifters out there that won't keep from killing you on the spot."
"Our mission is to make sure that you are not dangerous for our kind", my twin nods politely, placing his hand in my shoulder. He must have sensed my anger at that dog for talking to us like that. "It is very helpful that you are willing to cooperate."
"We are not doing that for you", Leah spits at my twin angry.
I am just about to jump at her when Alec wraps his arms around me, holding me back. "Sister I warn you, control yourself."
"I won't let that stinking dog, talk to you like that", I hiss at him, trying to get out of his grip. Unfortunately it's useless. I am just not a fighter, I can't even break free from my brother and he is five minutes younger!
"Will you give up already?", Alec asks me annoyed. "You are behaving like a spoilt kid."
"You are a spoilt kid!", I snap at him. "I am older than you!"
"Really, Jane?", he lets go of me, rolling his eyes. "I am not having that discussion with you again."
"Just shut up", I push him away. "There is nothing to discuss anyway. I was the first born and the first to be changed too."
"You may be older but therefor I am more mature", Alec grins at me.
"That's so not true!", I scoff at him.
Somebody clears its throat to get our attention.
I turn towards the person and realise that it is Carlisle himself. "I am sorry to interupt you but I think there are more important things to talk about right now."
"You have no right to tell us what is important and what not", Alec turns towards him as well.
Now it's my turn to hold my brother back. I am not worried he could attack Carlisle physical but that he could say something he regrets afterwards.
"I am sorry if I offended you", he apologizes. "My family and I would just like to tell you our rules now. I soon have to leave for work."
I roll my eyes at his words but nod. "Enlighten us than."
"We would love you to feed on animals as long as you stay with our family", Carlisle explains us. "You are not allowed to use your gifts unless someone attacks you. Nobody here will attack you and we expect you to keep from it too. In this house we are treating each other with respect that counts for you too. I hope you will accept our rules."
We both nod, accepting the rules at least for now.
With all that said, Alice gets up.
"Come on, Jane", she grabs my wrist. "I want to tell you all about our next shopping trip while going hunting."
"I am not hungry", I protest loudly but let her pull me outside.
Being over two thousand years old, I have enough inside into human nature or rather vampire nature to know that I have no chance to change her mind about hunting anyway.