Ok sooo I got a little behind on this story...but Swing My Way had to be written...sooo this chapter is shorter but I have two more right around the corner...I just decided to post them as I finished each part..
SM owns twilight...I just have a little fun with it.
Edward held my hand as we climbed the tall staircase that led up to the second story level of his parent's home. I inhaled the mouth watering aroma as we continued to walk through the main level, in complete awe with the architectural design in their home, no wall was a perfect ninety degree angle that you find in most homes you would find in Forks. It reminded me of Edwards's condo, each piece of furniture matched perfectly with the drapes and pillows shams, just as if Martha Stewart herself came and decorated it for them.
The walls were adorned with numerous family pictures, I tried to look at each of them as Edward continued to guide me forward. Just like the pictures that Edward had framed at his place, each picture were filled with smiling people, some I recognized and some that I didn't.
There was something soothing about their place that instantly erased the nervousness that I was feeling, I felt it the minute I stepped in.
I looked ahead as we stopped at the entrance of the kitchen, I bashfully smiled as everyone in the room stopped what they were doing, to turn their bodies so they could face us.
"Mom, dad, Jasper," Edward spoke and my eyes fixated on each face as he said their names. "This is Bella." I smiled at each of them as Edward rested his hand on the small of my back. "Bella," he looked at me with his gorgeous green eyes, "this is my family."
I smiled at him proudly, knowing this meant a lot to Edward, never in his whole life did he think he would bring someone home to meet them.
"Bella, welcome to our home." I turned my face away from my love and watched Esme walk towards me. She lifted her arms and opened them wide as she approached me. I didn't think it was possible, but she was more beautiful in person. Her skin was flawless, the texture was smooth and even in color. You would honestly think she was Edwards sister, other then the few wrinkles that creased on the sides of her eyes as she smiled wide at me before she embraced me in to a hug.
"Thank you for having me," my arms slipped around her waist, I relished in the loving hug she gave me, I was welcome here and I wanted to show her my gratitude. She pulled back and for a mere second, I saw Edward as I looked into her eyes.
"I hope you like Italian?" She grabbed my hands in hers and gave them light squeeze.
"It's my favorite," I answered quietly. She stepped to the side, her hand still held one of mine, the other she used to wave over Carlisle.
"Pleasure to meet you Bella," he spoke in a professional manner, he stretched his arm out, holding his hand out for me to shake, while he kept his body a few feet away.
"Likewise," I said as he took my hand into a firm, almost businesslike handshake. He was very friendly but I could see he held himself back, not allowing someone in, as easily as Esme.
"My son has nothing but good things to say about you," he smiled a warm inviting smile, making me feel honored to have met him.
"Your son has nothing but good things to say about you as well." I wanted him to know how Edward speaks of him, I watched his eyes roam over Edward with happiness. It was hard to believe they once hated each other so much, each had so much love and pride showing through their eyes now.
"So, I'm Jasper obviously," I chuckled as he hip checked his father out the way so he could walk up to me.
…He's so cute…
His eyes were almost as breath taking as Edwards, the green in his eyes were more subtle but just as intense. His hair framed his face, the longer wavy strands stopped at his jawbone, emphasizing his strong bone structure, which must be a Cullen trait. He lifted his hand to place mine in his, kissing the skin on hand while Carlisle slapped his shoulder in response to his hip check.
I let out a loud chuckle as Jasper ignored his father and continued to smile wide at me, his cheek dimpled strongly and my cheeks flushed at the sight. "It's nice to meet you Bella." He let my hand go as he looked over at Edward and then back to me. "Edward said you were beautiful but he usually tends to fib a bit."
"Um, thank you," the blush was definitely flashing on my cheeks, the heat penetrating off them could cook the food they were already preparing.
"Do you have any friends I can meet?" I watched Jasper wiggle his brows at me as Carlisle and Edward laughed hysterically together.
…Must be an inside joke…
"These two," Jasper pointed as his laughing father and brother. "They seem to think I need a woman in my life."
He just stood there as the Cullen men continued to chuckle, Esme walked beside him and kissed him sweetly on the cheek. I didn't miss the blush that surfaced on his skin as she backed away, you can see he is very sweet and honestly, I'm completely shocked that he hasn't found anyone yet.
Something hit me, I watched him glare over at Edward and something screamed out Alice. "Um, I may have a few." I didn't want to put him on the spot, even though I was shouting internally...take my sister out and fuck her until she forgets about my Edward.
Edward finally stopped laughing, giving me the, who would you set him up with look, and walked over to me.
"I don't know if Jasper here could handle your friends." And within seconds, Edward and Carlisle were laughing at Jasper's expense, this time I couldn't help but chuckle along with them.
"Thanks Bella," Jasper jokingly slapped my arm, "you're supposed to be on my side here."
"I am," I continued to laugh along with everyone, Esme now joined in as well. I felt welcomed and loved within the first five minutes of meeting them all, I sat on one of the chairs at the island as his family finished up with preparing dinner.
I was a guest in their house, they refused my help whenever I offered, forcing me to sit back down and to sip my wine they poured out for me. Jasper and Edward were right in there, rolling up their sleeves, washing and cleaning whatever pots and pans came to them.
Once everything was ready, they allowed me to carry in a dish to the dining room, I placed the bowl of salad in the middle of the full length dining room table. The room itself was probably the size of my parent's main floor, the table beautifully decorated with a beautiful gold table cloth and white china ware.
Edward pulled my seat out allowing me to sit down before he tucked me in, he sat in the chair next to me but the table was so long, both of us could literally stretch our arms out and we barely touched fingers.
His parents took theirs seats at the head table where Jasper sat across from Edward and I. Dinner was absolutely delicious, Esme's lasagna was to die for, layer after layer of noodles and her home made meat sauce had me practically licking my plate clean.
The Cullen's were amazing to be around, we laughed and joked as if I had been with them for more than a day. They included me in every topic, when something was brought up that I wasn't aware of, one of them would stop to inform me.
Every once and a while, Edward would look my way to give me quick wink, or smirk, or one time when no one was looking, a air kiss.
…God I love him…
Carlisle got up once everyone was done, insisting the ladies sit down while the men cleaned up. I couldn't ignore the way he walked behind Esme and kissed her and whispered thank you, causing her to giggle as if they had just started dating.
If I saw my parent's act like that I think I would drop dead from a heart attack, I can't even remember the last time they even touched on another.
But it was Jasper who caught my attention the most, you don't meet a lot of guys that are as educated as he is and still have the ability to be genuine and down to earth. He had this way of drawing you into his coversations, even with gruesome details of the O.R, you still felt calm and wanted to know more, to sit and listen to him talk for hours and hours.
As the night progressed, I knew I wanted to set him up with Alice, not for the purpose of getting her off my back. He was handsome, he was funny as hell and now I was sitting in their living room, watching and listening to Edward on the piano and Jasper playing in tune with him on his guitar. Goosebumps surfaced over every inch of my body as they both serenaded Esme, Carlisle and myself.
I sat on the love seat right in front of Jasper, his voice ripped right through me, allowing the words to cause a tear to slip down my cheek, the intensity that he sang was surreal. I glanced over to Esme, like me, she too had tears running down her face, Carlisle stepped behind her and simply rested his hand on her shoulder.
Jasper and Edward both ended the melody together, the room was quiet until they stood up and did some secret man shake.
Edward patted his brother's back and turned his body towards me. "Did you like it?" He scooted me over, wrapping his arm around my shoulder as we sat together on the love seat.
"How could I not," I simply answered, wiping the residue left on my cheek.
He intertwined our fingers and leaned in to whispers in to my ear. "That's my mom's favorite song since we were young."
We both looked over to her and she was still tearing, her fingers sweeping the tears that were still falling. She looked over to us and she smiled, chuckling as she sat up straight. "I'm crying like a baby." She stood up and straightened her skirt with her hands. "Does anyone want some coffee or tea," she clearly wanted to take the attention of herself.
I barely took a breath, when all the men shouted out yes. She looked at me and I nodded at her as my confirmation. She turned to leave the room, so I slipped my hand out of Edwards and followed her in to the kitchen. I stood at the island as she went in to their walk in pantry, her arms filled with everything she needed.
"Can I help you with anything?" I asked her as she struggled to hold everything in her arms, the can of coffee was slipping from her thin arms, so I slid beside her and grabbed it.
"Thank you," she smiled at me, her eyes thankful, I knew she didn't want to ask for help, even though we both knew she needed it.
She turned and pulled out the coffee maker, grabbing the pot and filled it full of water, pouring in to the machine as I filled the kettle for the tea that Carlisle wanted.
"So Bella," her voice caused me to have unexpected butterflies in my stomach, I was nervous all of the sudden and I was scared to find out why.
"Yes Esme?" I looked over at her and she stood a head of me, holding her hand out for me to grab.
I felt a sense of relief at her kind gesture, I stretched my arm out and placed my hand in hers. She looked at me with her warm green eyes and guided us down the hall, away from all the loud men behind us.
She held my hand the whole time we walked, up the stairs and into the room that was clearly used as a library. The dark wood panels accented the walls in a dark cherry finish, thousands of books, neatly filled the shelves there.
You would think I would be nervous, being pulled in to a secluded room but I had nothing to fear, I liked Esme and I could only hope she liked me back.
She let go of my hand as we approached the brown leather couches that faced one another in the centre of the room, a small square coffee table sat in between them.
She insisted I sit, so I did, watching her as she gracefully walked over to the far wall and pulled out a book from one of the shelves. How she walked so perfectly in stilettos amazed me, she sat down beside me and placed the thick blue bounded book on my lap.
I looked down at it, the cover was worn out and the binding was ripping apart, evident from the many times it had been opened and closed. I lifted the thick cover and opened the book to see the first page, to see two little boys. One with the familiar colored bronze hair hugging the other boy, who was half his height, curly blonde hair with the recognizable dimples.
"Awe they were so cute," I smiled wide as I continued to flip through the pages. Esme sat silent beside me, a few times she would point to a specific picture and tell me about it, but she watched contently as I looked through the whole book she gave me. "Thank you for showing me that." I looked over at her as I closed the cover.
"I just thought you would like to see how they were when they were growing up." She patted my knee with her hand. "Nothing has changed with them, in all the years they have always kept that bond." She looked deep in to my eyes, her body leaning a bit closer to mine. "Bella, family is important to us and anyone that comes into this family needs to know that."
"Esme I..."
"Bella I'm showing you this because I hope that you will have one of these books of your own one day." I wasn't sure what to say, I stayed quiet as she began to explain.
"I haven't seen the happiness in Edwards's eyes in a long time." Her eyes were becoming glossed over, her voice cracked at the end. "I just want to say thank you."
"Esme I didn't do anything," I spoke to her as she grabbed my hand in hers.
"You're wrong, you're everything to him and I just hope you see that."
I quickly learnt how beautiful Esme truly was, her sons were her first and most important priority to her and I wanted her to know that I too, had his best interests. "I do and I want you to know he is everything to me too."
Her mouth opened as she was about to respond but she closed it to smile wide as she looked over my shoulder.
"Umm, the coffee isn't going to pour itself." I turned around to see Edward leaning into the room from the doorway.
"You have hands Edward," Esme joked, as she stood up from the couch, placing the photo album down from where she stood.
Edward laughed at her response as I stood up to join her, Edward grabbed my hand as we made our way back to the kitchen. I felt accepted from Esme, she continued to look over at us with a loving smile and just as we entered the huge kitchen where the other Cullen men were, she gave me a secret wink.
We spent the rest of the night around the kitchen table, they pulled out the monopoly game and god, I will never play monopoly with Edward again. He becomes so involved in the game that you wouldn't know he was the same person.
The second you land on his property, he screams out what you owe him before you have a chance to place down your playing piece. Needless to say, he won the game but I'm pretty sure most of us gave in, since he owned all the reds, yellows, greens and threw hotels on all of them.
I sat back and enjoyed the view since I was the first one out, loving how his family played along with his childish ways. His laughter could make anyone in the room laugh and there he was, playing in front of me, the little boy from the photo album.
By the time the monopoly game ended, it was half passed ten. I needed to pick up my car still so we decided to call it a night. Esme and Carlisle, both gave me a hug as we left, I internally giggled as I noticed the way Carlisle opened up to me.
I turned to wave at them as we stepped down the front steps. "You come back now," Esme blew me a kiss and I reciprocated one back.
"I promise," I smiled at the two people that I hoped would be my in laws one day.
"Shot gun," Jasper ran to the door of the car, smiling a wicked smile at me.
"No fair Jasper," I walked up to him and pushed him out of the way.
"Hey get lost," he pushed me back and like children playing, Edward had to jump in as a parent, breaking us two apart.
"Bella he did call it first," he kissed me on the cheek, causing a wide smile to spread on Jasper's face. "But she's my girlfriend, so jump in the back." He patted Jasper's back as he walked to his side of the car.
Jasper jokingly rolled his eyes at me, before he pushed the front seat forward and jumped into the crammed back seat. The drive seemed shorter this time, the whole time Edward and Jasper, reevaluated their monopoly game. Edward gave Jasper pointers for next time and I just stared out to the full moon that glowed beautifully in the sky.
Edward pulled into my work parking lot, my car still sat on its own in the darkened lot. He stopped the car and we all got out, Jasper stretched his body from sitting in the tight back seat.
"It was nice meeting you Bella," Jasper opened his arms to give me a hug.
"Nice meeting you too," I threw my arms around his shoulders, for a quick hug, he smiled as he sat in the front seat of the car and closed the door shut to give Edward and I some privacy.
I wrapped my arms around his waist, resting my head on his chest as we walked together to my car. He was warm compared to the fresh breeze that chilled my exposed legs, he rubbed his hands on my arms causing the friction to rid my goose bumps.
"My mother said she loved you," he placed a soft single kiss upon the top of my head.
"Well I think she is amazing so you can tell her I love her back," we both stopped at the driver's side door of my car.
His hands snuck around to my back, pulling me towards him into a strong embrace. He lowered his face to mine, and kissed me goodnight. We weren't ready to end our night, our kiss deepened as our feelings spread to one another.
Today brought our relationship even closer, first to wake up to him and express our love for one another. I wanted him to know he meant everything to me, I held his head with my hands, pressing him closer to me, allowing our kiss to lengthen.
His necklace sat around my neck, a symbolism of his love for me, the thoughts of it only fueled my kiss further.
Before I knew it, I had pushed him against my car, he pulled away and broke our kiss with the sexy sound of his chuckle.
My chest heaved as I fought to breathe in the fresh air, if we weren't alone, I would take him in the back seat of my car. But I knew Jasper was waiting, so I leaned in with a smile and kissed him gently on his reddened lips.
"I'm going to miss you," I brushed away a strand of hair that was falling down on his face.
"I'll miss you too," he kissed the tip of my nose.
"Why don't you come tomorrow night?" I asked him knowing I was going to his club with the girls and he refused to join.
"It's a girl's night," He scrunched his nose at the idea, he was already planning to head back to Seattle tomorrow night.
"I want you there," I looked up at him as he held on to my hips.
"I know but…"
"But your coming, no if's or but's." I smiled the, I won so give up, smile.
He knew I defeated him, he shook his head at my persistence.
"Edward?" I played with the seam on his jacket.
"Yes Bella?" He asked.
"What do think about Jasper with Alice?" I asked him and it was clear to me that he had contemplated that already, his smile widened and I knew we were on the same page.
"Can you bring him tomorrow night?" I began to jump in one spot, not able to hide my excitement.
"He hates the bar though," he looked back to his car where Jasper was, then back to me. "I will try but it won't be easy."
A squeal escaped me as I crashed my body against Edwards, throwing my arms around his neck. He stood up straight, lifting me off the ground as he hugged me in a bear hug, I kissed his neck as he lowered me back down.
"Goodnight Edward," I stood on my tip toes and kissed him for, the hundredth time today, I gave him a peck and then another, making it a hundred and two.
"Goodnight Ms. Cupid." He poked my stomach with his finger, his laughter filled the silent lot as I hit him playfully on the shoulder.
"Shut up," I unlocked my door and opened it wide. "Just make sure he shows up and I will take care of the rest."
"Yes Ms. Cupid," he winked as he walked backwards to his car. Jasper waved at me from the inside of his car, and I smiled like an idiot knowing what I had planned without him knowing.
If everything went as I hoped, and I will do everything to make sure of it, my cupid arrow would be hitting Jasper and Alice, smack dab in the ass.
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