A/N I'm so happy with the response this story has had! Almost 5,000 views and 76 reviews *happy dance* Check out mariarose27 and her story 'Through Jasper's eyes' its really good! She is totally in love with Jasper, so I mentioned him a lot more that I usually would, just for her!
Disclaimer: The wonderful Stephenie Meyer owns Twilight and I am obviously not her.
"Time to meet the family, love." Edward said, I sighed, I was nervous, "Don't worry, they don't bite." He chuckled; I hit my arm lightly as we walked downstairs to meet the rest of the Cullens. I stumbled down the last step and I heard a loud, booming laugh. I rolled my eyes, typical Emmett. Edward held my hand as we walked into the sitting room. I felt six pairs of eyes on me. I blushed; I didn't like all this attention. My blush was followed be Emmett's laugh and Edward's growl. I stared down at my feet, blushing more than I ever thought possible. Suddenly, I felt a wave of calm crash over me. I looked up and smiled gratefully at Jasper. He caught my eye and chuckled.
"Thank you," I mumbled,
"It's my pleasure, darlin'" he replied in his southern accent. I giggled, and Edward pulled me to the remaining sofa. He squeezed my hand and looked around at his family.
"This is my girlfriend Bella, she wanted to come and meet you," he introduced me, Esme smiled at me warmly. I returned the gesture. Before I even had time to blink Alice was directly in front of me,
"You look okay but you seriously need a shopping trip. I can tell that you and I are going to be best friends." And with that she pulled me into a hug. Jasper shot me a sympathetic smile; I just rolled my eyes – which earned a laugh from Emmett, again. A couple of seconds later, Alice's gentle arms were replaced by Emmett's muscley arms. He picked me up and span me round. It was a bone-crushing hug. I gasped for air,
"Emmett…I…can't…breathe," I finally choked out; he laughed at set me on my feet next to Edward. Edward pulled me to sit next to him,
"Well, he definitely like you," He murmured, quite enough so only I could hear. I smiled.
"Hello, Bella, it's very nice to finally meet you in person after reading and hearing so much about you," Carlisle said, I blushed,
"Thank you, but I'm not entirely the same as Isabella Swan in the books." I said, ashamed, they would like me anymore. Jasper quickly picked up on my emotions and must have silently notified my darling Edward because he was rubbing soothing patterns on my back. I smiled; again thankfully, at Jasper he was so considerate.
"We didn't expect you to be the same, sweetheart, Edward loves you the way you are and so do we," Esme said, kindly. I felt tears come to my eyes at motherly gestures. She was the kind of mother I'd always wanted but never had.
"Thank you." I said, before the tears overcame me. I managed to smile, to show them I was happy, before Edward led me out to his Volvo.
"Time to go home, baby," he said, lovingly. I followed him and got into the car. The window was rolled down, so I looked out of it as we sped to my house. Edward was silent leaving us in a comfortable, not awkward, silence. I was grateful for that; I didn't really want to talk. I was missing having a mom around, not having a girly night or mom advice about having boyfriend. Maybe, I'd have to go shopping with Alice soon, to take my mind of Renee. We were pulling up at Charlie's before I'd even registered that we'd left.
"Bella?" Edward asked, smiling gently,
"Yes Edward?" I answered, getting lost in his beautiful eyes.
"I was wondering if you wanted to come out with my family tomorrow, to watch a game?" he asked, I gasped, anything but baseball. He looked at my expression and knew immediately what I was thinking.
"Not baseball. We aren't in Forks and Alice doesn't see James or any other vampire." He said, quickly. I nodded,
"In that case, I would love to come!" I said, enthusiastically. He smiled and kissed my nose,
"I'll see you tonight." He said, meaning when Charlie was asleep. I nodded and kissed his cheek before leaving the comfort of his car to dash through the pouring rain to my house. "This is going to be a long evening," I said to myself, I heard a musical chuckle,
"Tell me about it!" I heard Edward's familiar voice say. I ran to the kitchen window to see Edward driving away. Crap, he heard me! I blushed. At least we both knew we could live without each other. To take my mind off Edward and the Cullens I began to make Charlie's dinner, lasagne, his favourite.
A/N Sorry it's a bit boring, it's a filler chapter, but you know short and sweet! There will be drama/action in the next few chapter and Edward POV!
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