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Tuesday September 15th, 2014
When I opened my eyes, I found Carlisle smiling down at me.
"Good morning." I said smiling at him. "What time is it?"
"It's just about seven. And I was just leaving. But I thought I would say good bye before I left." I looked at him fully and saw that he was dressed for work.
"Aw. You're so sweet." I said reaching up and kissing him.
"And so are you." he said kissing me back.
I got up and went into the bathroom. I quickly got dressed and we went downstairs together.
"Is it time for Forks again?" I asked grinning.
"Yes. Jasper got her to go downstairs." he said.
"Oh well. Then I guess I'll go all the way out to the garage to say good bye." I said.
I said good morning to the others and followed Carlisle out to the garage. Bella and Edward were there too.
"Bye." I said.
"I'll see you later, take care. Do not get into any trouble while I'm gone. No injuries." Carlisle said and I chuckled. "I'm only human. I can't guarantee that I won't get injured."
He smiled lovingly at me and we kissed before he and Edward left.
When they were gone Bella and I went back inside. "You guys are so adorable. Just skip he engagement and get married." she said in a low voice.
"I wish." I said chuckling.
I got my daily cup of coffee and sat at the table, where Noell sat looking at her muffin, and sipping her coffee. From the living room, I could hear "Fixer Upper" from Frozen. It must have been Emmet with Karissa and Noah. Those two loved Frozen. Angel and Will were into it, too. Paul just watched it because his brothers did. But I had a feeling he loved Olaf just as much as the rest of us.
"Hey." she said looking at me sadly.
"Hey Noell."
"I'm sorry about last night." she said her eyes shifting to her untouched muffin.
I grabbed one off the plate. "It's okay Noell. Don't feel bad about it."
"I felt like I was out of control. I know it was wrong of me to act that way. But…" she stopped and looked away. She wiped her hand across her face. I guessed that she had started crying again.
I got up and hugged her. "Don't feel bad. You're okay." She sniffled and cracked a small smile.
"Thanks Annabelle. Jasper kept telling me the same thing. So did Edward and Carlisle. You guys are truly the best."
"Thank you." I said.
"You're welcome. And thanks for helping with my room last night. I don't think I would have been able to do it myself."
"It was no problem at all. There were a few things I left though. I didn't know if you wanted them. Maybe you can go back and get them?"
"I can. The police said I had a few days to go through their things. I don't know what my parents left me and what they didn't. I'll just take my stuff out of my room. And a few pictures and albums. Not much else."
"Maybe we can do that later today. We can take one of the guys with us."
She finished her coffee and pushed the muffin away.
"Thanks so much. That would be nice. I need to call my cousin and let him know."
"I'll leave you to it then." I said standing and taking our cups to the kitchen.
I went upstairs and almost collided with Bella.
"Oops, sorry Sis." I said.
"Come on. You've got like two hours before Anatomy. Let's fix up Mom's room! We've got to get things ready for Andy." I smiled and followed her to the guest room by my room.
I opened the window and let the fresh air come in. We made up the bed, and set up a bassinet next to it. We put the sheet on and put a blue and white blanket with little teddy bears over it. Bella had stitched his name along the bottom.
"It's cute. I like it." I said as I cleaned the dressers. I was a perfectionist when it came to cleaning things. I wanted everything to be absolutely spotless.
I hoped that Noell's call to her cousin would go okay.
Noell POV
My life had literally done a one eighty on me. One moment and had everything, the next, nothing. The horrible pain in my heart would always be there. I would never see my parents again. Never hug them, never kiss them. Never be able to tell them I love them ever again. All because of a cruel, heartless person who thought it was acceptable to break in to people's houses and kill.
I was lucky to have met Annabelle and her family. They were all so sweet and understanding. So giving, and loving. They all had big hearts, and didn't seem like the type of people that would hurt anyone.
And I felt so grateful because they had taken me in without thinking twice about it.
I went to my room after Annabelle had left and picked up my phone that someone had put on my bedside table.
I called my cousin Robert to tell him. Though I knew he wouldn't care. His Mom would, but he didn't care when it came to family. He was a spoiled brat with literally no heart. Well, that's what I thought anyway.
He picked up and answered.
"What do you want Noell."
"You really need to work on your manners. And by the way, you still owe me for the damage you did on my car."
"Whatever. I'll get it, when I get it. Is that all you wanted?"
"No it isn't. I was calling to let you know that… um…" I stopped and took a deep breath.
"My parent's died."
"Well that sucks. Guess you'll be living in a hotel right?"
I gritted my teeth. I knew this was a bad idea. "No, Rob, as a matter of fact, I found people who are helping me with all of this. Something you don't know how to do. I'll talk to you later."
"Whatever." he said and I hung up. Stupid Robert and his lack of manners. I guess I knew why that girl from Florida had rejected him. He never said what her name was. But apparently she had gone to high school with him for a while before moving away to be with her family. He said that she was his kind of girl, but she had a boyfriend already. And apparently she had quite a strong arm. I guess she had punched him and dislocated his jaw. It took her boyfriend to put it back in place. Whoever she was, she sounded awesome. I wish I knew her, so that I could thank her for showing my cousin just how much of a jerk he was.
I sighed and was about to go downstairs when someone knocked on my door.
"Come in." I called.
The door opened and the tall blond girl came in.
"Hi Noell."
"Hi Rose. I got it right I hope."
"Yeah you did. Do you need anything? Belle told me what she got from your room. So I thought you might need some new things. I'm going to the store with her. Would you like to tag along? We're going to leave when you both finish Anatomy."
I smiled. They truly made me feel welcome and I appreciated it.
"Yeah. That would be cool. Thanks."
"Of course. Annabelle's downstairs if you want to take your computer to do Anatomy together."
"I'll be right there. Thank you."
"Anytime." she smiled and walked out the door. She was the beautiful one. She was tall, and breathtakingly beautiful. She looked like a model. All of her family was beautiful, even the men. They had quite a gene pool. Even the cousins were beautiful. And I smiled as I thought about Annabelle's feelings towards Edward's older brother, Carlisle. they would look perfect together. They complimented each other fabulously, I just knew it.
I grabbed my computer, and my anatomy book. I went downstairs and found Annabelle in the living room, her computer on the coffee table. Baby toys were on the other end of the sofa.
"Hi ready for class?" she asked.
"Yeah." I said sitting next to her.
The tall blond guy with the scars came in and sat across from us.
"Alice kicked me out of our room." Jasper announced.
"Why?" Annabelle asked as she logged onto her student profile. I did the same.
"You know how she gets when she's looking up fashion trends. So she said I had to come down here and babysit you. She said something about how you college girls get when you learn about body parts, or something like that.
Annabelle erupted in to laughter. "Alice will be Alice. Well you're welcome to watch. I might need your help. You know me and organs and such."
"Oh I know." Jasper said smiling at his little sister. I could tell they absolutely adored her. They were so close to her. I mean don't get me wrong, they were all close but I could sense that there was something about her that was different.
Anatomy went by without incident. Cameron was a huge help with the lesson. He was going into being a doctor like Emali. Annabelle was going to be a nurse just like me. Though Emali had Anatomy on Mondays right after bio. She was trying to finish early. She had a crammed schedule.
When class was done Annabelle and I put our things away and we left with her two sisters. Bella said she'd stay back and help with the kids. They had so many extra hands, they didn't ever seem to have trouble finding a babysitter for their niece and nephews. Jessica was a close friend of theirs. But they treated her like family. Her daughter was so adorable.
At the store Alice insisted on buying me new clothes and toiletries. Those I let her get for me. But the clothes? I couldn't. Annabelle laughed when Alice tried getting me half a rack of very cute blouses.
"Noell here's the thing about Alice, you can't say no to her. I learned that early on." I laughed. "Okay, okay Alice, but not all of those."
"But Noell honey, you need all of these. You need fresh new clothes everyday. I don't let any member of my family wear the same clothes three times. Twice, okay, but three times is pushing it. And then it goes to Good Will. They love me there. So please please please?"
I laughed at Alice. She was awesome, and so giving. And absolutely fashionable. I had noticed that when Annabelle had picked me up. She wore nice clothes.
"Okay, okay. Just because you said please." I said as she squealed and got Annabelle to help her.
We came back with bags of stuff. Alice said she'd organize my closet and I didn't object.
Annabelle gave me a tour of the rest of the house and I was impressed by the size of it. Four whole floors, including the huge basement where there was literally every game console you could think of. Along with a theater and a small room off the basement that was a music room and a recording studio.
"That's where Edward records his piano compositions when he comes back from work." Annabelle said.
"Oh wow!" I said looking at all the neat equipment and instruments they had.
She led me upstairs. We went to my room where Alice had just finished with my closet.
"Alright. Let me know if you like it, if not feel free to reorganize it as you see fit. Now if you excuse me I must go and fix your room Annabelle. You need to exchange some of your clothes for some new things I got you."
"Thanks Ali." Annabelle said hugging her sister.
Alice smiled and skipped out of the room, shutting the door behind her.
I opened the closet and gasped. Clothes hung neatly from wall to wall. On the floor boxes of shoes were stacked in rows. And the shelves above the racks were piled hi with more clothes. I ran over to my dresser and peaked in the drawers. How had she done all that so fast? It was impressive.
"Do you like it Noell?" Annabelle asked looking hopeful.
"Like it? I love it! Your sister's amazing."
"She is." she agreed.
My phone rang suddenly from my bed. I grabbed it and answered without looking at the display.
"Hello?"
"Noell sweetheart, it's Aunt Mila." I sighed. Robert must have told his Mom.
"Hi Auntie."
"Is it true?" she asked sounding choked up.
"Yeah, yesterday." I said feeling a lump in my throat. Annabelle opened my window and looked out giving me some privacy.
"Oh my…"
"I know. It was so sudden. I'm supposed to go back to the house later today to get the rest of my things."
"Where are you staying sweetheart? Do you want to come up here for a few days? I'm sure your cousin wouldn't mind."
"Oh no, Auntie. I'm staying with one of my friends and her family. They're so sweet."
"That's wonderful sweetheart. Are you going to have a funeral for them? Or just a burial?"
I froze. I hadn't thought about that.
"I think… maybe just a burial. Nobody's out here but me. And you guys are in Florida so…"
"Nonsense sweetheart, I'll come down. No promises about Robert though. He's so into his friends and…"
"I figured as much. But I would love it if you came to help with the arrangements Auntie. You're my only family."
"Of course. I'll take the next flight out and stay at a hotel nearby. And I want to meet the family. Understand?"
"I'm sure they'd want to meet you too Auntie. Let me know when you're going to get in."
"I will. I'll call the airlines. See you soon sweetheart."
"Bye Auntie."
"Good bye."
I hung up and looked over at my friend. "My aunt Mila's coming. Possibly my cousin."
"That's nice, when?" she asked.
"My aunt will call when she gets her plane ticket."
"Okay. Do you want to wait until she gets here so you can both go and get your things from your house?"
"I think that would be best, you don't mind, do you?"
"No of course not. It's supposed to be for family anyway."
I felt so relieved now. I would have help. And I couldn't wait for Auntie to meet them.
It was just nearing four PM when she called me and told me she'd in at seven. She said she would rent a car and pick me up. Annabelle gave me the address and I gave it to my Aunt.
By then Edward and his brother were home.
"How are you doing Noell?" Carlisle asked me when he saw me. Annabelle was nearby talking animatedly to Leah.
"I'm doing better. Thanks to everyone here."
"I'm glad to hear that." he said as Emmett ran by wit Seth right behind him.
"Boys." Annabelle called sternly from where she stood, still talking to Leah.
Emmett looked sheepishly at her. "Oops, sorry Belleroo. I'll stop. Seth MarioCart yeah?"
"You're on." they went downstairs and Carlisle excused himself and went upstairs, probably to his study.
Annabelle had told me she had called him to tell him that my aunt wanted to meet everyone. So when seven came around, they were all in the living room waiting.
Carlisle and Annabelle sat together working on a crossword puzzle. They were so flirting, and it was so obvious that he liked her.
At eight thirty the doorbell rang.
Carlisle went and got it and came back with my aunt.
"Honey!" she exclaimed. I ran forward and embraced her. I saw Carlisle go back and sit next to Annabelle.
"Hi Auntie."
"Hi sweetheart. You look great." Annabelle smiled and said hello.
"And you must be Annabelle, the girl Noell told me about. You are such a sweetheart for bringing her home with you. I am so glad you invited her to lunch. Or I would have lost her too." Auntie hugged her and then she pulled back and looked at the rest of the family.
"thank you." was all she said and they all nodded smiles on their faces.
As she looked at Annabelle she got this look of pure surprise on her face.
"Oh my gosh. It's you! You're the young lady who brought my son home that time he had his jaw dislocated. You came with…" she trailed off and pointed at Emmett who looked away grinning.
"Him. You're that Annabelle!"
Yeah, I was surprised too!
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