Hidden Kisses At Midnight
Chapter 9
The weeks had gone by so quickly it was all too amazing to Elise. Her parents were working with the council to have a meeting with the Cullen family and every time they talked about it at her house it was always so tense. She and Edward worked in the school library and lunch time to finish their project that came out wonderful and they received an A on it. Every night since their meeting at the docks they met there. It was the highlight of Elise's day to meet with Edward on the docks at midnight. She always felt a little bad about sneaking out every night on her broom, but then she thought about how stubborn and unreasonable her parents were being about the situation. She would expect that behavior from her mother, but never from her dad.
Landing at the docks Elise looked around not seeing Edward at all. She took a seat on the bench they spent most of their time on and waited in the darkness. There was a gust of wind and she pulled her coat around her body tightly while looking out into the darkness and suddenly she saw a white figure making its way towards her. She smiled when she saw him walking towards her. Standing she walked towards him too and was immediately in his arms. Snuggling into his warm chest she inhaled.
"Someone is excited to see me?" he joked as he ran his fingers through her hair. Elise simply laughed as they made their way over to the bench. Elise sat on his lap and placed her head on his chest and listened to the silence.
"So I hear a meeting date has been set." She said as she faced him.
"I was told when I got home. We are all supposed to come." Edward said.
"My parents won't let me, but I hear my sister is coming." Elise spat angrily at the fact they didn't think she was mature enough to attend the meeting, but of course they invited Liz and the entire meeting had nothing to do with her.
"Let's not talk about that." Edward said before pressing his lips to hers. Elise loved the feeling of his kisses. They were always cold, but there was something about them that made her feel complete. Elise wrapped her arms around his neck and smiled.
"I want to meet the rest of your family." She then said when he ended the kiss.
"The rest of them?" he questioned.
"I really do." She said happily.
"Want to go now?" he asked.
"Aren't they asleep?" she asked.
Edward then laughed, "You forget, we don't sleep."
"Yeah…" Elise then laughed as well. "I don't know why I keep forgetting that one. So we can go now?"
"Of course." Edward pulled her into his arms and carried her to his car. Elise laughed the entire time before he sat her in the passenger side of his car. Truthfully this had been the first time Elise had ever been in his car. She put on her seatbelt when he started the car and without warning it was like they were flying. Elise gripped onto the door and Edward turned to her with a smirk. There wasn't much time for a response because they were in front of his house.
"It's beautiful." Elise said as she exited the car. She felt Edward's arm loop around her waist and they walked up to the house. Entering the house all Elise could do was look around.
"Elise!" exclaimed a voice and Elise turned to see Alice coming toward her.
"Hey!" Elise said happily. Elise let Edward lead her into the living room with Alice following behind them. In the living room Elise saw a man and woman she had not seen before. The man young with blonde hair an the woman who looked to be older, but still very beautiful.
"Elise these are my parents Carlisle and Esme." Edward said politely.
"Wonderful to meet you Elise." Esme said with a smile.
"A pleasure." Carlisle said.
"Hi." Was all Elise managed to say.
"Take a seat." Esme said in her kind voice.
Elise felt Edward pull her to a couch across from Esme and Carlisle. Sitting down Elise felt his arms that stayed around her. She looked around the living room for a moment before a voice spoke and she looked to see Carlisle looking at her.
"So…I've actually been wanting to talk to you to see if we can know how this council meeting is going to go." He said.
"Well…" Elise started. "It's an emergency meeting since they only do two a year and the second was nearly a month ago. You will be questioned by fifteen council members."
"Fifteen?" questioned Carlisle.
"There are ten junior members and five senior members. Your best bet is to appeal to the senior members since their votes are worth more, but the junior members are just as important." Elise explained. "My dad is a junior member."
"How do you think we will do?" Esme then asked.
"I really can't say." Elise said with a frown. "I know for sure my dad has planned to vote against you all and a few of his friends are already decided also, they are very big on tradition. I've tried to talk to him about it, but he just says it is none of my concern."
"What will they do if most of the vote is against us?" Edward then asked.
"No idea." Elise said. "I've tried to find out, but no one will let me know. They won't let me come to the meeting at all, but they are allowing my sister who doesn't even live in the area attend."
"Do you think you can get your sister to talk to them?" Esme asked.
"She will always side with them, it's the type of person she is." Elise simply said with the distaste at the tip of her tongue.
"Thanks for what you could tell us." Carlisle said.
"You're welcome, I'm trying to help." Elise said.
"Thanks for it." Esme said.
"Here let me show you more of the house." Edward said as he stood and helped Elise from the couch.
"Nice meeting you." Elise said happily before letting Edward lead her up stairs. When upstairs they walked down a hall and into a room. Elise looked around and turned to Edward who closed the door behind him and walked to her where he wrapped his arms around her and kissed her. Elise had never felt him put so much passion into a single kiss and she wrapped her arms around his neck. Edward then stopped the kiss and Elise looked him in the eyes. "Your family seems nice."
"They are." He said as he led her to a leather couch where he sat and pulled her onto his lap. Elise found her head on his chest like they had been at the docks. She starred out across the room and suddenly she became terrified at the ruling of the council. She had no idea what they would do if they ruled against the Cullens and if so what would happen to her and Edward. "You are worrying." He whispered.
"I'm scared of what the council might do." Elise then said turning and looking at him. Edward kissed her lips quickly.
"Don't worry about it." He then kissed her again with burning passion. Elise allowed him to lay her down on the couch as he continued to kiss him. Her hands ran up his shirt over his cold hard chest. She then removed them and started to unbutton his shirt until it was open and his chest was bare above her. She felt his hands tangle in her hair as he continued to kiss her and suddenly the kisses became very rough and she could hear a growl erupt from his chest and quickly he moved away and was now standing on the opposite side of the room. Elise was out of breath when she sat up and looked at him. "I'm sorry." He said at once.
"For what?" she asked unaware of what had just gone wrong.
"I let myself get out of control." He said as he started to button his shirt back up. Elise stood and walked over to where he stood and she kissed him quickly.
"I'm sorry for letting you get out of control." She said and then smiled. "I liked it though." She giggled and allowed him to wrap his arms around her. "I better get home." She whispered.
"Yeah." He said softly against her hair.
The two of them exited his room and made it outside to his car. Elise reached into the car where her broom was. She walked over to Edward and kissed him once more time. "See you at school." Elise then got on top of her broom and flew into the darkness. When she made it home she landed on the ledge next to her window softly. She slipped into the room where she walked and placed her broom in her closet.
"So where have you been?" asked a voice that made Elise jump. The lights suddenly came on and sitting on her bed was her sister Liz.
"Out." Spat Elise as she closed her closet and took off her jacket.
"Mom and dad won't be happy to hear that you have been sneaking out." Liz said as she stood from the bed. Elise folded her arms and bit her tongue to keep from saying something she would seriously regret.
"Whatever." Was all she managed to say. "Why are you here anyway?"
"The council is being called in preparation for the emergency meeting and they want me to stay here with you since of course the last time they were gone you let a vampire into the house." Liz said with distaste as she shook her head.
"I can take care of myself." Spat Elise.
"Doesn't look like it to me. You have been letting vampires into the house and now you are sneaking out. I wouldn't say you could take care of yourself." Liz walked closer to Elise and grinned. "I'll be watching you to make sure you stay out of trouble little sis."
"I'm not staying here with you. I'm going to see about stay at Tara's place." Elise snarled. "Now if you will excuse me I would like to go to bed."
Liz walked over to the door. "Alright, goodnight little sis." Liz then quietly exited the room. Elise was so angry she could barely contain herself. Why had her night been ruined? She had a wonderful night with Edward and she comes home to find Liz there ready to make her life a living hell, but she wasn't going to have it.
A/N: Alright people I really do want you to review!
