Chapter 10: Moving In
"Do you have anything with you that you would like to bring in with you?" Esme asked, her motherly attitude always warmed me whenever she spoke.
"Yes we do. We have backpacks with us that contained our essentials, but before we decided to encounter you, as we didn't know whether you would turn us away, we hid them out in the woods underneath a fern tree." I replied. Those bags contained our laptops, phones, and anything else that was of use to us before we left Seattle.
"Do you want to go and fetch them while we sort out your rooms, we have spare furniture and objects that you could use." We nodded in thanks to Esme, she was a true mother to her family, and I greatly admired that about her.
"Yes Esme, and again, thank you for this amazing opportunity." And with that, we left to fetch our bags.
As we raced through the woods to our destination, I could feel that Dany and George were ecstatic, and it felt infectious as I too felt the same.
"We did it!" Dany exclaimed, "We finally found our family!"
"Do you find it okay that you are going to be 'adopted' by Jasper and Alice? And what about you George, are you okay with Rosalie and Emmett being your 'parents'?"
"We wouldn't want it any other way." They replied in perfect unison. We started to slow down as we came closer and closer to our destination, and there in front of us, amongst the billowing trees, was the fern, great, ancient, towering over us. This was the tree that we had hid our things under.
As we dug through the dirt that piled in front of it, I thought about how gracious they were to adopt us, and how lucky we were that they wanted to take us in, guide us and mentor us. We uncovered our bags, and re-traced our steps lithely back to the house. They were waiting for us.
"With the help of everyone, the rooms are furnished and have been set up for you, they are your own now. Alice told us what your favourite colours were based on us making a decision to ask you what they were." Edward told us, he sounded happy and enthusiastic.
"Pale blue for Antony, Purple for George, and Sapphire for Dany." Alice gleefully said.
"Thank you Aunt Alice!" I called as I went to find my room, I heard a small giggle erupt from Alice's lips at what I had called her. It was at the end of the ivory hallway on the third floor. I walked in, and I was gobsmacked at what I saw.
I saw my room, it was perfect, and maybe calling it perfect was an understatement. I could hear Edward laugh downstairs as he told the rest of the family what our reactions were, Jasper was helping him too as he told them what we were feeling.
Is there no privacy in this house? I thought, directing my question at Edward. I could hear muttering coming from the living room two flights down, they were purposefully speaking in hushed tones to not alert us of their subject matter.
"Nope! Get used to it!" Emmett called up, answering my unspoken question.
The pale walls where stunning as the light hit it in several places, bringing a sense of serenity but, then again, that could just be Jasper controlling my emotions. There was a large oak bookcase standing against one of the walls, but it was empty, there was a desk and comfortable looking chair beside it. There was a bed for me, but what was it for? I don't sleep, keeping my thoughts clean, I told myself that it was for reading and reading only. There was a sleek black sofa lined against the glass wall that overlooked the woods, along with a golden lined carpet sweeping across the floor.
I pulled out my laptop and phone, and placed them on my desk that was provided for me. I wanted to look around and see what else there was to observe. I waltzed over to the first door I saw, to find a quaint bathroom, why would I need that? Is it supposed to be a prop for if humans ever visited? I closed the door with care, and walked over to the other door that was present in my room. The second door, lead to a walk in wardrobe, it was… well sized? Like the bookcase, it too was empty.
"I need to get some clothes. Guess I'll have to go shopping." I quietly declared. As soon as the words left my tongue, I heard thunderous footsteps rush into my room, Emmett maybe? I prepared to look up at him, but when I turned around, there was no giant, there was however, a small pixie standing in front of me. Alice could make that sort of noise under graceful footfalls? I was shocked.
"Did I hear you right, or am I getting old?" She joked.
"I need to go shopping Alice." I repeated slowly.
"YES! LET'S GO!" She shouted, so full of joy.
"DANY! GEORGE! COME ON! YOU ARE COMING SHOPPING WITH US TOO!"
I didn't know why, but I felt… okay with being Alice's new project, I bet she could make me look cooler.
"First time for everything." Edward whispered in amusement as we all walked down the stairs.
"I need clothes anyway, and books, why not let Aunt Alice have some fun as well. It's the least we can do to say thank you." I told my new father.
"You are going to buy books?" Bella… mum asked in sudden interest.
"Yeah, do you want to come with us mum?" She nodded with a shining smile carved into her face. I started to think that I could freely call them by family names. Carlisle appeared, and handed each of us a shiny black credit card.
"You'll need these now if you are part of our family." He said, smiling at us, smiling with becoming a common theme in this household. After that, we left the house to go shopping with Alice… fun.