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Chapter 10

Saturday

Lulu POV

Finally, I had one day left living like the Cullens before I could change the rules and have them live in a calm and structured environment.

I had no idea what this family did on weekends, surely not schoolwork, I hadn't seen the kids touch their school books once, the whole time I've been here. One thing I was happy about was that Carlisle didn't work on the weekends, which meant he would be here, and when Carlisle was around, the children seemed to behave, not well, but better than they did when I was with them. I had been hoping that this would be a quiet day, where the children would go out with Carlisle somewhere and I would get the day off, but apparently not so.

While the Cullen's have a family games and movie night, they also use Saturday as a family outing day where each week, someone gets to choose where they go. As much as I approved of the idea for them to spend the day as a family, I did not like the idea of giving these frenetic children power over what the family did. I never did this, children needed to learn respect and to obey orders. It was Alice's turn to choose what the family did this week, and after living with her for a week, I had a fair idea as to what we would be doing.

We were all in the living room, waiting for Alice to tell us what we were going to do today.

"Okay, everyone, I've decided that today we're going to go to Seattle and we'll go shopping!" Alice squealed excitedly and clapped her hands. Immediately the arguments began.

"Alice, why do you purposely choose activities that I hate?" Bella asked.

"Bella, its not my fault you hate everything I like, besides, I never do it purposely," Alice said.

"That's o not true, of course you do it on purpose, you love torturing me," Bella whined.

"No, that's not true, I never torture you, just because you have an aversion to shopping and fashion," Alice said. "Besides, you made us go to the theatre last time it was your turn to choose!"

"Yeah, but you had fun, and you said that the comedian was better than you thought it would be," Bella retorted.

"Yes, but at the beginning, I thought it was a stupid idea and you still made us go!"

"But, Alice, my opinion of shopping will never change, you know that," Bella whined.

"I don't care, it's my turn to choose and we're going shopping! Carlisle, tell Bella to stop complaining," Alice turned to her father for support. Bella groaned in frustration.

"Bella, I'm sorry, but Alice is right, it is her turn to choose, so we're going to Seattle, whether you like it or not," Carlisle said.

Bella screamed in frustration and stomped up the stairs to her bedroom and slammed the door shut.
"I want everyone ready to go in 10 minutes," Carlisle said and immediately everyone scattered, getting last minute things they wanted to take. I noticed Alice walk into Bella and Edwards room and on cue, five seconds later, I heard Bella's scream.

"Alice, I am NOT changing my clothes. Get out of my room!"

"I'm just trying to make you look presentable," Alice said as Bella's door slammed in her face. "Fine, look gross, like Lulu," she muttered. She took three slow steps away before Bella opened her bedroom door again.

"Fine Alice, you can choose a new outfit, but I have to approve it," Bella agreed.

Precisely ten minutes later, Carlisle was splitting the children into travel groups and he put me in a car with Alice, Jasper, Renesmee and Jacob.

"Lucky me," I muttered under my breath.

"Are you excited Lulu? You get to drive with us," Alice said enthusiastically.

I didn't answer, knowing that Alice wouldn't like the answer.

"Let's go," I said instead.

"We're taking Jake's car, only because we can all fit in it," Alice said, scrunching up her nose delicately as if she was disgusted by the idea.

"Alice, stop whining, just because it means that you don't get to drive," Jake said.

"But you drive too slowly," Alice complained.

"SHOTGUN!" Renesmee screamed just then as she ran down the stairs as fast as she could.

"Damnit," Alice said. "I'm on the side," She called out.

"Alice, I don't fit in the middle," Jasper said.

"But Jazz, I don't want to sit next to that," she said, looking at me with disgust.

"Alice, you can't catch bad clothes disease," Jasper said, trying to appease her.

"Please Jazz," she pouted, "If you love me, you'll let me sit on the side, please," she begged.

I could see Jasper's resolve crumble in an instant.

"Fine," he grumbled.

"Yay! I love you Jazzy," Alice squealed in delight, and jumped up wrapping her arm and legs around him, kissing him passionately.

We all piled into the car, apparently, I got no say in where I sat.

"Renesmee, I'm in the front seat," I said.

"No fair, I called shotgun," she said pouting.

"I don't care what that is, Get in the backseat now," I said.

"Lulu, Renesmee did call shotgun, it's only fair, and do you really want to start an argument?" Alice asked.

I ended up sitting in the backseat behind Jacob, next to Jasper, who, because he was so tall, took up most of my space, so I was squashed against the door.

We had been driving for half an hour and the whole time it was either Alice singing, or Jasper and Jacob arguing about sports teams.

"Jacob!" I screamed. I noticed how fast he was driving. He was at least 40 m/h over the speed limit. Alice called this slow? I thought to myself in shock.

"What?" he asked.

"Jacob, drive the speed limit or I will call your father," I warned.

"Fine," Jacob grumbled and he slowed down to the speed limit.

"See Alice, now we're going slow," Jacob complained.

"We'll never get to Seattle if we go this slow," Alice whined.

I had to listen to Alice complain for 15 minutes until we had to stop at the service station to refuel and we all got out to stretch.

"I'm going to the bathroom, I'll be back in a minute," I informed them.

"Don't hurry back, we'll be late enough as it is," Alice mumbled under her breath.

I walked into the bathroom, and in an effort not to annoy Alice, to much, I hurried and was out within two minutes. When I walked out, I couldn't see the car or them, so I assumed they had finished and parked around the side in the car park. When I went around the side, I couldn't see them any where. I narrowed my eyes and almost growled in frustration. They had driven off without me.

I was in a state of shock and disbelief. I immediately grabbed my mobile phone and called Carlisle.

"Hello," Carlisle answered almost immediately.

"Carlisle, it's Lulu," I said.

"Oh, Lulu what do you need?" He asked.

"Your children have driven off and left me at a service station," I huffed.

"Lulu, I'll be there soon, which service station are you at?" He asked me.

"It's one on the highway," I said.

"Okay, I'll be there as soon as possible.

"Thanks," I said and snapped the phone shut.

I went inside, out of the freezing cold and sat on a chair.

Carlisle must have been close, because he arrived in little over 15 minutes.

"Lulu, I am so sorry about this," he apologised profusely, It was difficult work, trying to fit us all in, but eventually, Rosalie sat on Emmett's lap in the front passenger seat While Carlisle drove and I was in the back with Bella and Edward.

By the time we got to Seattle, it was past midday. We found the others at the meeting place we had settled on before we left.

As we approached them; Bella, Edward, Emmett and Rosalie all started laughing and hi-fived the others.

"Good one guys," Emmett said.

"It was wasn't it?" Jacob said.

"Yeah, but then we got stuck with her, you couldn't at least wait until half way, that would have been more fair," Rosalie complained.

"Children, I would like to talk to you before we go any further," Carlisle said in a disappointed tone.

"Daddy we're so sorry, please let us stay! I don't want to miss out on shopping," Alice begged.

"I am very disappointed with you, you should know better than to drive off without Lulu," Carlisle reprimanded them.

"Daddy, she was making Jake drive so slowly, we would never have gotten here if we drove at the speed she wanted us to," Alice whined.

"Alice that is still no excuse to drive away and leave Lulu at the service station. I want you to apologise immediately, all four of you," Carlisle ordered them.

"Sorry Lulu," Jasper, Jacob and Alice apologised.

"Renesmee, you too," Carlisle said in a warning tone.

"But, I didn't do anything," Renesmee groaned.

"Yes, but you could have called me and stopped it from happening," Carlisle said.

"And be called a tattle tale for the rest of my life?" Renesmee asked sceptically.

"Renesmee Carlie, I want you to apologise right now or you'll be going to bed early for two nights," Carlisle threatened her.

"Fine, fine, I'm sorry," she said.

"Now, today, we're leaving at 4:30," Carlisle said.

"Carlisle, I don't see how that is a punishment," I said, I couldn't believe that Carlisle thought, leaving half an hour before the shops, but Alice was not thrilled at all.

"What! Dad, that is so unfair. Why am I the only one being punished?" She screeched.

"Alice, we all get punished, we have to listen to you complain the whole trip home because you missed out on half an hour of shopping," Edward told her. Alice just glared at him and immaturely poked her tongue out.

"It wasn't even my idea," she grumbled under her breath.

"Alice, give it up, I know for a fact that it was all your idea," Carlisle said.

Every single second we were in Seattle, we were being dragged into different stores until Alice's watch said 4:30 exactly.

I could see exactly why Bella hated shopping with Alice. If I thought Alice was excited and hyperactive at home, it was nothing on how she was when we were all shopping. I had no idea how Carlisle managed to afford all the stuff that was bought today alone, and from what I'd seen, Alice went shopping every day, and Esme had to replace the pile of things that were broken when the boys fought.

To avoid any mishaps like this morning, Carlisle and I travelled together, and the kids played a big game of scissors, paper, rock to decide who would travel with 'the old slow people' as Emmett called us.

In the end, Renesmee, Jacob and Edward were driving with us, while the others drove together. I was glad that Alice wasn't in the same car, because I had a feeling she was going to complain about missing out on half an hour, and this made me almost; feel sorry for her siblings travelling with her.

Everyone in this family liked to drive fast apparently, so I was quite surprised to see that Carlisle Renesmee, Jacob, Edward and I were the first home. I had kept an eye on the speedometer the whole time Carlisle was driving. When the other children still weren't home 45 minutes later, both Carlisle and I knew something was up.

"Edward, where are your siblings?" Carlisle asked as if Edward had any clue.

"I honestly don't know Carlisle," he said in a completely genuine voice.

Just then, I heard a car speed up the driveway. They took their time to walk inside and when they did, they were all laughing and mucking around as if nothing unusual had happened.

"Why did you take so long?" I asked immediately.

"We drove the speed limit," Rosalie snapped at me.

"Rosalie Hale, drop the attitude now young lady," Carlisle said sharply. I was thoroughly shocked; I had not heard him speak in that tone or raise his voice with the children the entire time I had been here. "I told you strictly, no more shopping after 4:30," Carlisle said.

Did he think they snuck back to the mall to shop? I thought.

"Dad, we didn't shop," Alice said.

"Alice, does it look like I was born yesterday? I know my own children well enough to know that they found a loophole in my order. What excuses to you have now?" Carlisle said.

"You only said we had to leave at 4:30, there was nothing about no more shopping," Alice said, slightly smug. "So we left Seattle and went to shop in Tacoma."
"Alice, I have given up trying to reason with you. When I told you we were leaving at 4:30, you knew that I meant no more shopping. Now while I am used to you finding loopholes and doing what you want, it doesn't change the fact that I am very disappointed in you." Carlisle said. I was happy to see that the children looked guilty, including Rosalie. "Now I want all of you upstairs and in bed now, no 'buts' and no arguments. Are we clear on this?" Carlisle said.

"Yes dad," all eight children said.

"Good. Upstairs to bed, all of you, now," Carlisle said.

All of the children did exactly what they were told and I didn't hear another noise from anyone all evening.

Bella POV

We were all huddled in Alice's giant closet, in another 'planning session' as Alcie called them.

"Alice, maybe we pushed it a little when we left her at the station," I said softly.

"Yeah maybe," she admitted.

None of us were in the good mood we expected we would be and to top it off, Jasper said that the smugness was rolling off Lulu was immense. Not to mention we all hated it when Carlisle was disappointed with us. We all knew he wasn't totally happy with what we were doing, but we might have gone too far when we decided last night that Alice, Jasper, Jake and Renesmee would drive off without her. Of course, we knew nothing would happen to her, Alice and the others had parked the car a few miles up the highway, parked the car and ran back to keep an eye on her until Carlisle came and picked her up. We had seen them hiding, not far away, and we knew for a fact Carlisle had seen them watching too, so none of us really got why he was so disappointed. We kept the promise we made about her not getting hurt, but this fact didn't make me feel any less guilty.

"Bella, stop it, you're making my head hurt with all the guilt," Jasper complained.

"Sorry," I said apologetically.

What are we going to do next week?" the ever eager Emmett asked. "You know, once she's made up some dumb rules for us to follow."

Alice told us the rules she had already seen Lulu enforce and we managed to come up with something to counter each one. By the end of our meeting, I was actually eager for the week to come.

Esme POV

Today was the last day I had to be tortured by boredom, and the last day until the McClain's would be able finally have some fun. I already knew exactly what rules I was going to enforce and change but the thing I was most excited about, was the opportunity to actually do something! I had asked Gerald last night if I could have permission to get his house repainted, he had at first declined, saying it was too much on my part, he eventually agreed after some I convinced him that it was what I loved to do.

On Saturday's the McClain's had a family day like we did at home, only their family days were exactly like the rest of their week. Boring. We played a board game and I read out loud to them, and finally, in the evening, they were permitted to watch an hour's worth of television before bed.

When I 'went to bed' that night, I was actually quite excited and eager for the next day, unlike every other night here where I was only looking forward to one thing, Carlisle.

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