"Hello?"
"He did it!"
'Who did what, Lex?"
"Emmett told me the truth."
"Finally! Took him long enough, what was your reaction when he told you he's a vampire?"
"I told him I already knew, I told him I had figured it out after the accident."
"You filthy little liar, you." Samantha says with a laugh.
"Yeah, well, it's not like I could tell him, 'Yeah I've known since last year when you guys first moved here, as a matter of fact, I'm the one who swiped at you.' He'd have a heart attack, if that's even possible."
"So then I'm assuming you told him that you're a Lycan?"
"Um, I was going to but when I opened my mouth to say it, I told him I loved him instead."
"Holy shit, you're in love with Emmett?!"
"Well yeah, I'm in love with him, I just hadn't realized it until that very moment."
"And what did he tell you?"
That he loves me too."
(SQUEALS!) "I'm so happy for you and Rosalie owes me money."
"Do you and her always bet on my love life?"
"Pretty much, yeah. This time the bet was on your reaction, I told her you would take it very well, and she said you would go screaming into the night."
"How much did you win?"
"$100.00 and a shopping spree."
"Damn, woman, what if you had lost?"
"Yeah, right, how could I if I already knew your reaction."
"Fine fifty of that is mine."
"Deal." Sam tells her best friend.
"Look I got to go my mom just got home, I need to tell her what happened. Emmett invited me to go to his house tomorrow, will I see you there?"
"No, I'm going to Seattle with my parents to see my grandparents this weekend. I'll see you on Monday though, text me if something interesting happens."
"Okay, bye."
After Alexis hung up, she went downstairs to tell her mom the good news. Elizabeth was very happy for her daughter, she told her to be careful though, something could still happen.
"Mom, don't worry everything is going to be fine."
"I hope so."
As Alexis was telling her mother, Emmett was beaming when he walked in the house. He went straight up to Esme, he picked her up off the floor and spun her around causing her to laugh.
"I take it everything went alright?"
"Better than alright, Esme, she loves me!"
Esme smiles at her adoptive son and hugs him, "Oh, sweetie, I'm so happy for you. I know that you and Alexis will make each other very happy."
Rosalie walks in and hits Emmett in the shoulder, "Thanks a lot, Emmett, I just lost a bet with Samanatha. I thought for sure your girlfriend would go screaming into the night in terror."
Emmett laughs, "Well sorry to disappoint you, but she didn't. As a matter of fact she had already figured it out by the time I told her."
"I'm not surprised, your young lady is quite intellegent." Carlisle says as he walks into the room.
"Yeah she is, oh I invited her over tomorrow to come meet you, Esme, if it's alright?"
"That would be perfect, Edward is bring Bella over tomorrow as well, having her cousin here may ease Bella a little bit." Esme tells Emmett.
"I can't wait to get to know Lexie better, Emmett, she seems so cute and sweet!" Alice gushed
"And I'm not drawn to her scent as much as I am to Bella's." Jasper observed, "I'll just have to remember not to piss her off, she a little spit fire, that one."
All the Cullens laugh.
The next day Emmett shows up at Lexie's house around ten in the morning. He called her the night before and told her that he wanted to pick her up early but not too early, he wanted to spend as much time with her as possible.
Emmett had barely gotten out of his jeep when Lexie came bounding out of the house and leaped into his arms, kissing him squarely on the mouth. He smiles into the kiss and picks her up, hugging her a little bit tighter.
"Are you ready to go, Babe?"
"Yep, oh wait I forgot something," Lex ran back in the house and comes back out with a bouquet of flowers.
"Went to the florist this morning and picked these out for your mom, you think she'll like them?"
"Oh, yeah, she'll love them."
They get in the jeep and drive out to Emmetts house, once they get there, they sit in the jeep for a bit.
"Nervous?"
"Not really."
"Good." Emmett says then leans over and gives Lexie a kiss on the cheek.
He gets out of the jeep and notices that Edward and Bella are already there. Walking around to the passenger door, he helps Lexie out of the Jeep.
"Edward and Bella are already here."
"I didn't know Bella was coming today too."
"Yeah I found out last night, sorry I forgot to tell you."
That's okay, Baby, It's just my cousin." Lex assures him.
They go in the house and the first thing they notice is the smell of food cooking. Following the scent, they see that everyone is in the kitchen, including Edward and Bella.
"Hey everyone we're here," Emmett announces, as they come into the kitchen.
Bella turns around and smiles at the sight of her cousin, "Lexie, it's so good to see you, so you Emmett finally told you I see."
"Yeah, but I figured it out the day of the accident, I was just waiting for Emmett to feel comfortable enough to tell me himself."
"That was very, kind of you to wait, Alexis" Carlisle tells her.
"Oh no problem, it was the least I could do, and please call me Lexie. My goodness where are my manners, Alexis Hale, Mrs Cullen, but you can call me Lexie."
Lexie extends her hand to shake Esme's then hands her the bouquet of flowers, "Thank you Lexie, these are lovely and you can call me Esme. We were just telling Bella that we are making italian for lunch, I hope you're hungry."
"Oh absolutely, I love italian." Everyone smiles.
"In the meantime, I'm going to show Lexie the house, we'll be back later."
With that, Emmett leads Lexie out of the kitchen. They all start to comment that she is so small and cute and how perfect her and Emmett look together, despite the height difference.
Emmett shows Lexie the entire house, eventually taking her to his bedroom where he show her his sports memorbilia he has collected over the years and the collection of music, currently he too is into hard rock. Lexie notices that there's no bed in his room and he goes on to explain that vampires don't sleep, which she thought was odd. It must be something exclusive to his type of vampire.
As Lexie looks around his room, she notices that he has a Xbox 360, she challenges him to play some video games. For the rest of the morning all the rest of the family hears are shouts coming from Emmett's room as they play video games and Lexie beats Emmett at a lot of the games, especially the racing games.
Once lunch is ready, they head downstair, the dining room is already set, and Bella and Edward are waiting for Lexie and Emmett. The family made Caprese Stuffed Chicken with a nice salad and garlic bread, and for dessert Tiramisu. They all sat down and anxiously waited for Bella and Lexie to try it, when Lexie took a bite she moaned.
"This is so good, I've never had this type of chicken before. What do you think, Bella?" Lexie asks.
"Yeah this is really good, I've had this before, but this is much better than I have ever tasted, thank you for making this for us."
"Yes thank you."
Bella and Lexie enjoyed their lunch and light conversation with the Cullens. The Cullens ask them questions about where they're from and what their lives were like before they moved to Forks. They ask Bella how her mother was and if she was enjoying living in Jacksonville and they ask Lexie how her mother was enjoying being principal at Forks High.
"Oh she likes it a lot, she's been principal since we moved here when I was 14."
"And what brought you to Forks?" Alice asks.
"Mostly my uncle Charlie, see my dad is in a coma back in Beacon Hills and my family thought that my mother and I were spending too much of our time looking over my dad since his condition hadn't changed. See we never left the hospital, we basically lived there and everyone thought it was unhealthy. So my uncle Charlie convinced my mother that we should move to Forks, but every summer we go back to be with my dad."
"Oh, I'm sorry." Alice says, feeling bad that she had asked.
"That's alright, you didn't know, and besides I have all the confidence in the world that my dad will wake up, when his body is ready."
"What happened if you don't mind me asking?" Carlisle asks.
Lexie goes on to explain what happened and that she wouldn't be alive if it hadn't been for her father, Emmett takes her hand and kisses it.
"Well, I'm thankful that your dad saved you and I'm going to tell him once he wakes up."
"Thank you, Baby."
After lunch, Bella and Lexie offer to do the dishes, but Esme wouldn't hear of it, so each couple go their seperate ways. But before they leave, Alice gets a vision that there's going to be a thunderstorm the following day and that they are going to be playing baseball. Emmett becomes excited and immediately invites Lexie to come watch him play, of course she agrees.