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Yeah! Alex's POV! How does she feel about all of this? The truth will be REVEALED! AHHHHHHHH!
Teehee, I'm strange...
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Chapter 10
Alex's POV
I collapsed onto the bed in the lavender room. No, it was my bed now. And this was my room.
So much happened today and it's so hard to process it all. First I was heading back to the foster home and now I was back to the Cullen home to stay. Esme and Carlisle are my parents. Alice and Rosalie are my sisters.
It all started at the foster home.
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"Alex, I have something I have to tell you."
Carlisle was looking right at me. What did he want to tell me? He enjoyed my company? Just goodbye? His expression gave nothing away. He had a perfect poker face.
"Well..." he began. Get on with it! I shouted in my head.
"How would you like it if Esme and I adopted you?" he asked me.
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Carlisle and I sat in the Mercedes. I was exploding with joy. This was my dream come true! I was getting adopted into a loving home and best of all, Esme and Carlisle's home. I was surprised I wasn't bouncing up and down on the seat.
"Now, Esme doesn't know about this, so we aren't going to bring in the suitcases right away," he told me.
"She doesn't know?" I asked, confused.
"That's right. It was a surprise for you and her," he replied.
"Cool," I said.
He laughed. "Very cool."
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"Alex, get up!" Alice yelled. "We are getting ready to go!"
I stood up and smoothed down my hair.
"Wait!" She yelled, holding her hand in front of me. She looked me up and down. I guessed that she was inspecting my outfit. I was wearing my Point Loma shirt, skinny jeans, and navy flats.
"Very cute," she said, looking impressed. "Let's go."
Alice, Esme, Rosalie, and I walked over to a red convertible.
"Whoa! What and awesome car!" I shouted.
"Isn't it?" Rosalie said.
"It's YOURS?" I asked, my jaw dropping down.
"Heck yeah," Rosalie said, flipping her golden hair over shoulder.
"Wait 'till you see my yellow Porsche!" Alice whispered to me.
Rosalie sat in the driver's seat with Alice in the passenger seat. Esme and I sat in the back. She wrapped her arm around my shoulders and I rested my head on hers.
"I've never ridden in a convertible before," I said as we began to drive off.
I ended up LOVING it. The feeling of the wind in my face and my hair flowing behind me was exhilarating.
The ride was about three and a half hours long but it was never boring. I watched the scenery and all of the others cars with their envious drivers whoosh past.
The shopping itself took longer than the drive. We shopped in almost every store in the entire city of Seattle. Alice, Esme, Rosalie, and I each had at least seven bags each. It was getting hard to carry them. It was getting late and I was close to falling asleep standing. I yawned.
"Don't tell me you're bored," Alice said, putting her hand on her hip.
I rubbed my eyes. "Not bored, just tired."
Alice frowned.
"Why don't we finish up at this jewelry store, Alice, and then head home?" Esme suggested.
"Alright," Alice sighed.
We walked into the little jewelry store and Alice went right up to the jewelry counter. I saw chairs over by the window and sat down. Esme walked over and sat down next to me.
"You know, if Alice had it her way, we would be shopping for a few more hours," she whispered to me. I laughed.
"I'm tired, too," she continued. "I'm also not the biggest fan of shopping. Ask Bella. She' s the one in the family that hates shopping THE MOST."
That reminded of something I wanted to ask Esme.
"Esme, speaking of family, um... I don't mean to... uh, pry, but I was curious about... your family." I paused. I didn't know how to put this in the right words.
She chuckled. "I had a feeling that you would ask about that," she said."Well, Carlisle and I are married. But instead of having children, we decided we would adopt children. Rosalie, Emmett, and Jasper are nineteen and Alice and Edward are eighteen.
"What about Bella and Renes... Nessie?" I asked, confused.
"Well, Edward met Bella in high school and got married when they
graduated. They adopted Renesmee."
"Oh," I said. "That makes sense. But, are Emmett and Rosalie dating? And Alice and Jasper?"
"Yes, bur since they are not technically related, it's ok. Well, Jasper and Rosalie are twins, but they are not dating each other," she said.
"Aww, they're twins? Well, they look like twins," I said.
Esme laughed. "Yes, they do."
Well, that cleared up a lot of confusion. I was still curious about the gold eyes, though. Maybe it was a unique genetic trait. But all of them having the same color eyes? And along with that, all of them having pale skin and EXTREME beauty? It did leave me wondering, but it didn't matter what they looked like. They took me into their home and loved me. That's all that matters.
Alice and Rosalie walked over to us. Alice was holding a bag with little white boxes inside.
"What did you get?" I asked her.
"You'll see.." she sang.
With our bags in our hands, we left the store and headed home.
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Yea! Shopping is fun! But what was in the white boxes? Questions, questions...