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Chapter 7:

Bella managed not to tell Alice about her relationship with Alice's brother. She and Edward had agreed they would let her know about it together, after all. Bella just wasn't completely comfortable with the occasion Edward had chosen to let, not only Alice but his whole family, know about his relationship with Bella.

It was Edward's father's birthday dinner and Edward had told his family he would take someone with him to the party. That someone was Bella and she couldn't be more nervous with the prospect of already being introduced to his parents. They had been dating for only over a month, after all.

This seemed to be important to Edward, though and Bella was sure his parents would be lovely. She just couldn't help being nervous.

Bella ran her hands down her dress, smoothing the fabric and then looked up at Edward who was waiting for her to finish getting ready.

"How do I look?"

Edward's answer was immediate because she did look extremely good. That black dress she was wearing had all his good parts extremely interested.

"You look absolutely perfect! Plus, if your goal by wearing that dress is to make me painfully hard just by looking at you, you've definitely succeeded."

Bella rolled her eyes at that but couldn't help smiling and enjoying the fact he liked what she was wearing.

"I'm serious, Edward. I want your parents to like me."

"They will, Bella. You don't have anything to worry about. You already know my siblings and they couldn't like you more. The same will happen with my parents, you'll see."

"Your brother is taking his girlfriend – Rosalie – to the dinner, isn't he?"

"Yes, he is." Bella nodded.

"Alice will take Jasper as well, right?

"Yes. That relationship really did work out, hum? Poor Jasper. His under the pixie's influence now. She has all the power over him!" Bella couldn't help but to smile at that.

"Does Alice know you talk about her like that?"

"Of course not. She would rip my head off if she did. And I happen to know you like my head." Edward approached Bella while talking and wrapped his arms around her, pressing her chest to his.

"What head are we talking about here exactly?"

For a second Edward just looked at Bella before throwing his head back and laughing hard.

"Wow, look at that! Vixen Bella has come out to play! I love when that happens."

"Oh well... It's your fault, you bring out the worst in me, I guess. Or the best depending on how you look at it." Edward winked at her, letting her know he thought it was the best.

"You really are beautiful, did you know? Have I told you that already?" Bella smiled at Edward's questions, allowing him to lean in and kiss her deeply.

Needless to say they came incredibly close to arriving late for Edward's father birthday dinner…

Edward's parents' house was in a word: striking. Everything from the beautiful gardens to the house itself was just perfect. Bella couldn't be more impressed and nervous as well.

She wanted this people to like her because she was already sure she would like them.

Edward could tell Bella was extremely nervous and so he smiled down at her while knocking on his parents' door. She didn't need to be nervous. Everyone would love her, he was sure.

Alice opened the door to them, obviously surprised to see Bella standing there besides Edward. Edward had told her he would bring someone with him today but she clearly wasn't expecting that person to be Bella. It had to be a first. Alice always seemed to know everything!

"Bella, what are you doing here?" Alice looked between Edward and Bella clearly not yet understanding what was going on. "Edward? You two came together?"

Edward nodded gesturing for the living room where Bella could see several people were looking at them.

"Let us come in Bella and I will explain everything." Alice jumped slightly almost as if she wasn't aware she was blocking the entrance.

"Oh, yes. Of course."

Alice took a step back and Edward placed his hand on the small of Bella's back, encouraging her to step inside. She did so, smiling nervously at the people in the room. Edward's family.

Edward closed the door behind them and, not wanting to lose any time, stepped closer to Bella again and smiled at his family. All of them were clearly wondering what was going on.

"I know most of you already know each other but… Mom and dad, this is Bella, my girlfriend. Bella, that's my mother Esme and my father Carlisle. You already know Emmett, Rosalie, Jasper and Alice of course." Emmett winked at Bella while his mother smiled widely. It was clear she was about to say something but Alice beat her to it.

"Your girlfriend? Bella is your girlfriend? How the hell did that happen and why exactly am I just learning about it now? Bella?"

Bella took a deep breath facing Alice. She knew Alice would be surprised and would probably know how the hell Edward and her had gotten together in the first place.

"Do you remember that party you hosted? The one that was a masquerade ball?"

"Yes, of course. You disappeared during the party. Both of you did, actually."

"Yes, I disappeared because I met Edward and we started talking and…" Bella decided to leave things at that. No one needed to know what Edward and she did that night after talking.

"You hooked up with my brother the night of my party?"

"Well, I didn't know who he was. I only found out he was your brother about a week after the masquerade when you invited us all to dinner…"

Edward nodded besides Bella and smiled down at her.

"Yes. I didn't know who Bella was either but after the dinner in your house we talked and started seeing each other and things just developed from there. We're in love." Bella and Edward smiled at each other because that was definitely the truth. They were in love.

Alice seemed to ponder that information for a little while before she shook her head and then broke into a mile wide smile.

"That's all so surreal and… Amazing! Just amazing! My brother and my best friend are dating each other! How cool is that?" Before either Edward or Bella could say anything Alice had launched herself at them and was hugging them both.

Bella couldn't help but to laugh at that. She was afraid of what her friend's reaction would be and knowing Alice supported Bella's relationship with Edward was a great relief.

Alice's hug went on until Edward's mother decided to step in.

"If you're quite done now, Alice I would also like to say hello and hug my son and his beautiful girlfriend."

And just like that, with a few simple words and a hug from Edward's mother and a warm smile from his father Bella felt immediately comfortable with them. They welcomed her right in.

Bella really had nothing to worry about.


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