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Chapter 10 – Surprises

Andria's POV:

Edward was waiting patiently in the chair while I made some finishing touches on my hair. I turned around and faced him.

"What do you think?" I asked.

"You look amazing no matter what, Andria," he said as he rose from the chair and walked over to me. He turned me around to face the mirror and placed his hands on my shoulders.

"All men say that to get out of trouble from telling the truth," I said as I smiled at him.

"Yes, but I'm not trying to get out of trouble. I honestly think you look amazing, no matter what," he said smiling. I leaned against him and touched my hand to his.

"Alice is going to be wondering what is taking us so long. Let's go, darling," Edward said and then led me to the front door and out to his Volvo.

The drive to the Cullen residence was quiet; I was worried to be around Edward's family after pouring my soul out to them last night. Edward placed his hand on my thigh. His thumb traced small circles on the black fabric of my pants.

"No one is going to be upset with you about last night, Andria. We understand, all of us, Rosalie, Esme, and Jasper even more than the rest of us. Jasper felt everything you felt last night."

I gave Edward a weak smile and stared out of the window. Maybe he was right, but it was more likely that he was just trying to calm my nerves.

I pushed my negative thoughts away as Edward killed the engine and opened my door. I stood and straightened my grey cashmere sweater and pushed my hair back from my face. He held out his arm and we walked into the house. We were greeted with smiles and hellos. Edward sat me down in a chair and stood beside me.

Everyone gathered around as Alice began to flit around handing out gifts. I watched as everyone opened all of their presents, making sure to take lots of pictures. Alice finished opening hers and brought over a rather large pile of boxes and set them at my feet.

I looked at the Cullens. "This is too much. You shouldn't have done this," I grumbled as Alice shoved a small box in my hands.

"Shut up and open them, Alexandria." Alice said as she flitted back to Jasper. "That is from Rosalie and Emmett."

I unwrapped the box and removed the lid. My heart skipped a beat as I looked at the most stunning set of earrings I had ever seen. The medium sized flawless diamonds were surrounded by dark blood red rubies. "Thank you very, very much. These are gorgeous Rosalie, Emmett."

Emmett smiled and pointed between Alice, Esme, Rosalie, and Renesmee "It was all them."

I laughed as I reached down for the next box. It was flat and rectangular. I untied the ribbon; inside the box was a necklace.

I studied it for a moment and then realized that it matched the earrings Rosalie and Emmett had given me. Small diamonds started by the clasp and slowly increased in size until they reached the middle and largest diamond, which was encircled by small rubies.

"That's from Jacob and Renesmee," Edward mumbled to me. I smiled at them and said thank you.

I picked up the next box. I opened it and saw a pair of strappy gold stilettos. "They're from Jasper," Edward whispered in my ear, laughing.

I held up the shoes and raised my eyebrow at Jasper. "Jasper?" He pointed at Alice, a smile lighting up his normally troubled features, and I laughed.

Alice shook her head at me and handed me a heavy, large box. "This one is from me," she said with a huge smile on her face.

I gave Alice a questioning look but removed the ribbon and paper. I opened the top and my mouth fell open. Edward held the box while I removed the floor length blood red chiffon dress. It was strapless, with intricate gold beading criss-crossing the bodice of the dress. The dress had ruching to where it hit my thighs and then softly flared into a pool of fabric at my feet.

I held the dress to my body and then stared at Alice. "It's gorgeous," I said, barely above a whisper.

Alice smiled and helped me put the dress back in the box. Then she handed me an even larger box than the one the dress had come in. It was heavier too, so I sat back down.

"This one is from Carlisle," Alice stated. Carlisle smiled at me as I opened his gift. My mouth fell open again as I pulled the black fur coat from the box. I glared at Alice.

"You planned something, didn't you?" I asked as Edward took the coat from me.

"Open Esme's gift and you will find out." Alice winked at me.

I looked down at the remaining present. It was a small flat package, very light. I slipped my finger under the paper. I stared at the solid white envelope for a moment and then opened it, inside were two tickets. I pulled out a ticket. I looked at it, and then back at the Cullens.

I looked back down at the contents in my hand, a ticket to the Swan Lake Ballet in New York City. I pulled out the other slip of paper. It was a plane ticket to New York. I felt the tears well up in my eyes as I looked at the gift in my hands.

I looked at Esme and locked eyes with her. I sat the tickets in the chair behind me as I stood up and leapt into Esme's arms. I smacked into her stone body, knocking the air out of my lungs, but I didn't care.

"Thank you, so much," I said emphatically into her shoulder after I regained my breath.

She let me go and I was embraced by Alice. "Thanks, Alice. It's wonderful."

"I knew you would love it; we leave Wednesday. The show is the day before New Year's Eve," she said as she let me go. "We'll put your dress and things in my bathroom until we leave. I'll pack them to take with us."

I nodded and then turned around and hugged Carlisle, Emmett, Jacob, and Renesmee. I stared at Rosalie for a moment wondering if she would accept a hug from me and then gave up my internal battle and flung my arms around the blonde. She awkwardly hugged me back and then smiled at me.

The internal battle to hug Jasper was worse; I glanced at Edward, he nodded. If he thought it was safe then I didn't care. I wrapped my arms around his shoulders. "Thanks," I said.

"You're very welcome, Andria," Jasper said through closed teeth. He didn't hug me back but stayed stock-still. I let him go and backed away a few steps.

I saw him inhale and smile, he had been holding his breath. I turned my attention to Edward. He closed the distance between us and wrapped his arms around my waist. He kissed the top of my head.

I could have stayed that way forever, wrapped in Edward's arms; it was perfection. But nothing is perfect, even though I believed Edward was; so when Edward took a step back I sighed involuntarily.

He smirked at me. I looked at the pile of red and green wrapping paper on the floor and began to pick it up. Edward quickly stopped me.

"Wha…" I started, staring at him.

He held my hands in his and I gave him a strange look. "You could get a paper cut, stop."

I chuckled at him, but stopped gathering the paper, and watched as he quickly gathered it up into a ball.

He smiled wickedly at me and winked, then threw the wad of paper at Emmett, hitting him square in the back of his head. I started laughing with Edward as Emmett turned around.

"You, me, backyard," Emmett threatened, pointing his finger between Edward and himself.

Rosalie rolled her eyes and sat down on the piano platform. "Okay, Jasper can be the judge and referee," Edward said as he followed Emmett out the back door. Jasper jumped up from the couch excitedly.

I stood in shock. "They're serious?" I asked staring at Alice.

"I'm afraid so," she said, as she grabbed my coat and led me out the door behind everyone else. My anxiety was building. Edward and Emmett were really going to fight over a paper ball? I shivered and quickly put on my coat.

I couldn't focus my eyes on anything, and kept looking between Edward and Emmett. I felt a wave of calm wash over me. Jasper was standing beside me, closer to me than ever before.

"Don't be nervous, they won't actually hurt each other. Besides, Edward has the upper hand on Emmett. While Emmett is stronger, Edward can hear thoughts. He sees every move Emmett will make before he will make it. It makes Edward an excellent fighter."

I stared up at Jasper in amazement and tried to swallow the lump that was forming in my throat. I felt the wave of calm hit me again. "You're making this difficult for me, Andria," Jasper said, looking down at me.

"Sorry," I mumbled. I tried to calm myself without Jasper's help as I watched Emmett and Edward facing each other in the open yard. I took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. Jasper smiled down at me one last time and then headed out into the field to stand between his brothers.

Alice replaced Jasper by my side. She was calming, but not as calming as Jasper, with his extra abilities.

"Jasper could stop them before anyone got hurt, but they won't. Edward is going to win," Alice said, bouncing with excitement.

"Ah, come on Alice," Emmett called. "At least give me a fair shot, bro," he said to Edward.

"It is fair, you're stronger and I can read your mind. I think that's an equal fight." Edward finished his sentence just as Jasper moved from between them and Emmett lunged for him.

I covered my eyes. I heard Alice chuckle and then she pulled my hands down. I kept my eyes closed.

"Oh for goodness sake, Alexandria, watch them. Edward is an incredible fighter," Alice said.

I opened my eyes very slightly as I watched Emmett throw Edward up into the air. I grimaced as I prepared for Edward to hit the ground in a crumpled heap, but he landed gracefully on his feet and in a flash had lunged at Emmett and tackled him. They rolled around on the ground in a blur.

Then Edward was on his feet with Emmett right behind him; they were a blur as Emmett grabbed Edward and they were once again wrestling on the ground. Edward pinned Emmett to the ground and slammed his head down.

I heard Edward's ferocious growl and I jumped, gasping. His head snapped to me, as did Jasper's and in an instant Edward was at my side. He was gentle as he carefully cupped my face in his hands. "Did I scare you, darling?"

I didn't have to answer, I could feel my body shaking from head to toe. He searched my eyes and then pulled me to his chest. Alice smiled at me as Jasper came to stand next to her. I felt the calm hit me again and I sighed.

"Thanks Jasper," I said.

"No problem," he said as he watched me cautiously.

"Why did you growl?" I asked Edward as I titled my head back to look at his face.

Before he could answer me, Emmett did. "Because I said when I was done with him I was coming after you." I could hear the rumble of Edward's growl growing inside his chest. "I was only joking though, I would never hurt you Andria. My brother overreacts about some things, mainly you, though," Emmett said as he clapped Edward on the shoulder.

"One day, I'm going to whoop you, bro." Emmett sauntered over to Rosalie.

Edward stopped growling and laughed at Emmett. I tried to smile, but it was getting darker and colder outside. I shivered against Edward's equally cold skin. He let go of me and ushered me back inside. Edward made me sit beside Jacob with my coat on so I could warm up.

The rest of the evening was spent peacefully in the living room. Edward played Christmas songs on the piano, and eventually I fell asleep on the couch.

When I woke up Edward was sitting on the floor in front of me with his back facing me. I slowly reached out to touch his shoulder. He leaned his head back and I ran my hand through his hair.

"What time is it?" I asked.

He turned around to face me, and my hand slipped to rest on his shoulder. "It's only one in the morning," he said as he stood and picked me up in his arms.

I laid my head against his shoulder as he flashed up the stairs and to his room. He sat down on the couch and we laid down. I twisted in his arms so I was facing him. He brushed my hair away from my face and kissed my forehead.

"Go back to sleep, Andria," he whispered softly.

I nodded, already drifting in and out of sleep. "Love you," I mumbled as I snuggled into his marble chest.

His arm wrapped around my waist. "I love you too, Alexandria."