Heya everyone. Im going to appologise in advance for thsi chapter, sorry it is so short, but i honestly didnt know what else i could write. having a tiny bit of writers block, but im working on it.
Anyway, im not going to babble, ill let you read this short chapter ( sorry again :( )
Naomi's POV.
"What do you want for Christmas?" Jake asked me one day while we were sitting on the sofa in my living room watching TV. I had never had a boyfriend for any occasion in the year so I wasn't use to other people outside my family buying me stuff.
"I don't know. something pretty?" I said, but it sounded more like a question than a suggestion.
"That's going to be hard, because there is nothing as pretty as you." he said before he kissed my cheek.
Everyone in my family had learnt to accept Jake now because he made me happy, but dad was still refusing to show any signs of liking Jake and I didn't know why. From what mom has told us about dad when she was human Jake and him were very similar. I knew that my dad had felt a lot a lot stronger about mom than Jake did for me, but that was obvious. Dad had spent the first 80 years of his life alone while everyone else around him were in happy loving relationships and when he found mom, he found his reason for being on this earth and she felt the same for him and I'm pretty sure that they still feel that was now even after being together for nearly 20 years. I knew that Jake didn't feel that way for me. he was only human after all and there was only so much emotion that the human body can take. If a human felt about their partner half what vampires feel for their mates then I am sure that they would inevitable explode. I didn't want Jake to explode.
"What do you want?" I asked not knowing what I could buy him either.
"I don't mind either. You know the sort of stuff that I like as well." He said smiling at me. Great, now I really did have no idea what to get him. Why did men have to be so difficult!
After Jake left that evening I went on the internet to try and find him something. I decided in the end after hours of looking that I would buy him something big like a DVD. Jake did like the program "Mock the week" and I did see a DVD with all different episodes on. Basically Mock the week was a show where comedians sit around and take the piss out of the news in the week. It was quite funny, but Jake thought it was hysterical. i bought the DVD for him, but I knew I would have to buy some thing else for him, but I would have to look again over the weekend because I wanted to go to bed now.
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Esme's POV.
It was coming up to Christmas now and I was struggling to think of something that me and Carlisle could get for the girls. Everyone else was simple. Rose and Alice we would get clothes and shoes for, Emmett and Jasper liked video games and Edward would be happy with CD's and music while Bella we could buy books for. But Naomi and Elizabeth were a little harder to buy for. I wanted to get them something that they would use and they would remember. May be we could send them away for a week. We had a number of different properties all over the world, so finding somewhere for them to stay wouldn't be a issue. I looked out of the window in the living room. It was late, about 2 in the morning so it was dark outside anyway, but the black clouds and the pouring rain made it even darker than it was. I new that we were all use to this weather. We had to be, as going out in the sun wasn't even a option for us because of the way that out skin reacted to sunlight, but the girls didn't react the same way that we did to the sun. the way that my skin and everyone else's reacted was obvious, but the girls only sparkled a little bit, and it was only noticeable if you really looked at them, so maybe they could go somewhere where there is sun.
I knew that I would have to ask Bella what she thought about the idea, as they were her children, but I think she would be ok with it.
Bella had recently bought a small flat not to far away from the house because the school needed a address in case they needed to get hold of her and it would certainly raise some eye brows if she gave the same address as several of her students. Bella was at her flat, finishing off some of the touches that she needed to make the flat look like a home. Not that she would be living there very often. I picked up my coat and headed out the door. I knew that no one would be about at this late hour so I decided to walk it. It didn't take me long to get to my daughters flat. I buzzed the buzzer that would let her know that there was someone at the door.
"Hello?" Bella asked sounding confused at who would be calling at this hour.
"Hey sweetie. Do you mind if I come up?" I asked.
"Of course Esme." The buzzer sounded again, letting me know that I could go up.
When I got to Bella's flat, she was in the middle of painting her living room.
"Hey Esme. Are you ok?" she asked as she walked over and gave me a hug.
"Yes sweetheart im fine. I was just thinking about what I could get the girl for Christmas and I was wondering if it was ok with you if I sent them on vacation for a week." I asked. I knew that before I even told Carlisle about this I would have to ask Bella first. She was their mother after all.
"Oh Esme, that would be a wonderful idea. Do you think it would be ok if they asked some friends to go with them. I mean, I don't know how the girls would get along if they had to spend a week with each other." Bella laughed. I knew that Naomi and Lizzie loved each other, but I could see Bella's point about asking them to spend a week with each other would be a stretch.
"That's a great idea. Ill just buy a group ticket and they can take a few friends with them." I said.
"You do realise that Naomi is going to take Jake if she is allowed to take someone." Bella pointed out.
"Yeah, but they are a couple now" I said. I knew that Edward wouldn't like the idea of Naomi and Jake being alone with each other for a whole week, but I could deal with Edward.
"Are you sure you are ok about Naomi and Jake going away together. It's a big step." I said, actually thinking about what I had suggested.
"I think it is a great idea Esme. If I had been given the opportunity to spend a week alone with Edward when we were dating, I would have jumped at the chance. Anyway, it isnt me you have to worry about. Edward is the one who is going to have a hissy fit about this" she said laughing.
"Yeah I know he isn't going to be too happy about this, but he is becoming to protective of Naomi. He needs to let her live her life and do things for her self. It is the only way that she is going to get through life." I said. I had always been protective of my children as any parent would, but I strongly believed that parents should allow their children some freedom so that they could live their own lives. And it wasn't as if Naomi and Lizzie were children anymore. Technically they are in their 20's. they were adults and Edward has to learn to let his babies live their own life.
"We have a few weeks before Christmas yet, but I do want the girl here Christmas morning, so do you think that they could go the week after Christmas?" I asked.
"Yeah Esme that sounds great." She said smiling.
"Ok Bella. Well im going to go now and let you continue painting. See you later sweetie." I said as I left the flat.
By the time that I got back to the house it was half 3. I knew that the girls wouldn't be up for about 4 hours yet so I had time to look at the prices of holidays. Carlisle was working nights in the hospital, but he would be home about 5 so I could tell him what I wanted to get the girls this year.
We had a number of different houses all over the world, but I didn't want the girls to go far, so I checked the availability on one of the houses in southern France. Even though it was still out house, we rested it out to people for vacations and stuff. The house was free the week after Christmas so I decided to book it out for them. Hope fully the weather shouldn't be to bad in the south of France. It was right next to the Mediterranean sea, so it would be nice down there. out house was inland quite a bit. I think it was a hour away from the beach, but there was a really beautiful lake about 20 minutes from the house.
Just as I finished booking the house, Carlisle walked through the door.
"What are you doing sweetheart?" he asked as he walked towards me.
"I didn't know what to get the girls for Christmas, so I thought it would be nice if we sent them on vacation for a week. Somewhere with sun, I know the rain is getting on their nerves here." I said as Carlisle stood behind me.
"Do Bella and Edward know about this?" he asked while he played with a strand of my hair.
"Bella knows, I went over there to ask her an hour or so ago. I haven't spoken to Edward about it yet, but I think he will be ok with it." I said hopefully. I hadn't mentioned that I was going to ask the girls if they wanted to ask some friends to go with them.
"Just make sure you tell him Esme. You know how protective he is of the girls." Carlisle said before kissing me on the head and then walking away to his office I assumed.
Edward had gone hunting tonight, and I knew he would be back just in time to get to school so I would have to wait to ask his about it when he got in from school.
I wanted this to be a surprise, so I didn't do anything more about it because I knew the girls would be up soon. I shut the computer down and went back into the living room and read for a while.
Apart from the fact that it is incredibly short, what did you think. I promise that the next chapter will be longer ( well atleast i will try to make it longer). you know what to do if you want a nice long chapter off me. review. does that ring a bell for anyone :P.
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