Chapter 12
"Bella's House"
The rest of the walk continued in silence. We made it to Edward and Bella's small home. From Seth's early description of the home it was a small cottage, however from the looks of things additions were added to the house. The house expanded all around. It was a two level home, but not as big as the Cullen's mansion. There was a small driveway in the front coupled with an oversized garage that from the look inside held a silver Volvo, and a black Volvo – same cars literally in different colors. Sitting just outside the doorway sat a really big yellow jeep. Around the ground of the house was similar to the Cullen's area, nothing but trees and bushes all around. Although the ground was still cold of the winter, small areas showed promise for flowers. The front entrance was curved wooden door looked to be made out of oak. Once inside the living room was the first room we entered. An oversized white couch sat in the center of the room, similar to one at the Cullen's house. The walls were slightly covered in antique paintings. A fireplace stood a few feet in front of the couch. There was no TV in the room which made sense, family was enough for them. Around the corner lead to a hallway which Bella explained was Jacob's room. I was not surprised by knowing that Jacob lived there. Seeing the way Jacob looked at Renesmee, he was attached to her. Upstairs was the kitchen that wasn't really all that filled up with your typical household appliances. Just a few items like a microwave and a blender sat on the countertop. The next room over had a long black dining room table. Next she led me down the hall to show me Renesmee's room. Her child's room was painted in your typical pink colors. The room looked to be about half the size of the living room. It had nicely drawn pictures of the scenery on the walls, a small self painting of Bella and Edward and Jacob. Several collective antiques lay around the room. They looked to be as old as the early 1900s. Her bed was made out of a light honey brown wood with a canopy that flayed overtop the big bed, giving it a dim view of the bed itself. The other side of the room held several shelves of books. The books were not your typical children's books. Some titles from Wuthering Heights to Emily Dickson's collective poetry sat on the high shelves. A big desk sat nearby. On it sat several stacks of weathered notebooks and journals. Paints and charcoal crayons also laid on top of the desk as well as a half finished scenery of the front of the Cullen's mansion. Finally the last stop of her tour led me to her and Edward's bedroom. Upon entering my head started to hurt a bit. I shook it off, trying not to be rude to Bella. The room was painted a beach scene layout. Colors of blue, sandy tan and light golden yellow covered around. The bed was a big white king size that sat in the corner. On the other side of their room also sat a huge collection of books. Some titles I guessed were Edward's. Bella's collection of books was easy to spot. Her reading tastes matched mine almost from the letter A down to Z. She gathered my attention and pointed to the 2 double doors that stood to the right of me. Glancing at her and the doors I became suspicious as well as curious. There was a mixed expression upon her face that showed neither excitement nor fear. I walked over and opened the 2 double doors and my mouth hit the floor. It was their closet. In astonishment layers and layers of clothing hung along the side walls. Several dressers filled the back walls. I walked in gasping for a moment, and then took a look at the clothes on Bella's side. Some of her clothing was definitely beyond any affordable price that I could manage. Some designers – I knew and I didn't know. I looked back at her and saw that what she was wearing was definitely not Designer in any way. A pale white floral t-shirt and khakis is what she had on. I ran my hands through some of the fabrics. Some were a deep silk, others were cotton. I came upon one outfit that made me laugh out loud. I pulled it off the rack and walked towards Bella. She looked at me with confusion.
"Uh if you want to borrow that, you –" she started to speak. I held up my hand to cut her off.
"This. This outfit here. If I ever catch you in it, I will maul it to shreds because this definitely not something I want to see you in." I said with a laugh while holding a pink heavy satin gown in my hands. Soon she started to laugh right with me. Suddenly we had a full blown laughing fit right there in the closet. A few minutes later we heard footsteps running to our direction of our laughter. Looking up I saw Edward and Seth masking the same look of both worry and amusement.
"What's funny?" Edward asked slowly taking a step to Bella who still held the pink dress. Seth looked more confused. I walked over him and shook my head.
"Don't worry about it. I will explain it later." I said in between giggles. Seth nodded and looked at Edward.
"Crazy girls." A thought ran through my head.
"Don't I know it?" Another voice spoke. Shaking my head I asked Bella if there was more to see. She shook her head no. After that we gathered ourselves to head back to the other house.
This time the walk back to the mansion wasn't as long as it was to get us to Bella's house. Again we walked in silence. I continued my short glances to Seth who still looked lost in thought.
"I have to tell her soon. She has to see it and I hope she understands. Why am I besides Leah the last one to do this? But at least mine isn't a baby."
I looked at him confused. Being at war with him self was definitely not a sight I liked to see. Feeling that I needed to break his anxieties once again I nonchalantly slipped my hand into his, giving it a small squeeze. He looked up in surprise. He looked at our hands then back at me. The face of war was no longer there but a shine in his eyes. The movement erased it all for him and I was glad.
"She's warm. I felt her hugs but nothing like this. She really is warm. I've got to tell her soon and fast."
