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Now on to the story.
Disclaimer: Stephenie Meyer owns Twilight.
Chapter 25 - A Welcome Surprise
BPOV
I opened the door and walked inside, finding the house to be dark and far too quiet, considering the number of cars in the driveway.
I felt like I was in a bad horror movie, the kind where some unsuspecting girl walks into a quiet house only to have some scary person jump out at her.
I sighed to myself. Well, at least I had some idea of who might jump out at me.
I carefully made my way to the kitchen, and just when I turned on the light, multiple voices yelled, "Surprise!"
I jumped and nearly dropped the bags of groceries I was carrying.
After glancing around the room and seeing my dad, all of the Cullens, and Rose, my eyes landed on the last person I expected to see here.
My mother.
I quickly set down the bags and ran over to her, and threw my arms around her.
"Oh, my gosh! What are you doing here, Mom? And where is Phil?"
My mom gave me a small squeeze and answered, "To answer your first question, I'm here to see you on your first day of teaching. It's a very important day and I didn't want to miss it." She let go of me and stepped back, smiling. "As for your second question, Phil should be here any minute. He wanted to drive up here, and I wanted to fly, so that's what we did."
"How did you get here from the airport? Did you drive a rental?" I asked.
She shook her head. "No, I didn't get a rental car. I called Rose yesterday and told her what we were up to and she and her boyfriend came out to get me."
I turned around to face Rose and Emmett. "Boyfriend, huh? I thought you two weren't ready to put a label on whatever it is you guys have going on?" I questioned with a grin.
Rose shrugged her shoulders. "We changed our minds. We're officially together," she said casually.
I narrowed my eyes at them. "We will be talking about this little revelation at another time, but for now, I've got other things to think about." I turned and greeted the rest of the Cullens and then asked everyone to please wait in the living room while I excused myself to go put the groceries away.
"Would you like some help?" a velvety voice asked.
I gave Edward a small smile and said, "Sure."
It took a few minutes to put things away because I kept having to show Edward where things went, but I didn't mind. We had both had a good day and had gotten along, and I didn't want to ruin it by getting mad at him over something stupid.
Once we had finished up, we walked to the living room, and just as we entered, we all heard a car pull up into the driveway and honk the horn.
At the sound, Rose stood up and ran over to the window, her eyes wide and full of disbelief. Before anyone else could react to her bizzare behavior, she was running out the door like a maniac, squealing like a kid on Christmas.
After the rest of us had made it out the door, we found out why.
Phil was standing with Rose clinging to him, right next to her Cherry Red BMW M3 Convertable.
We all walked over to them after she had let go of him, to find out what was going on.
"I must be dreaming, because there's no way my car is really here," she said in awe.
"You're not dreaming, Rose. It's really here," replied Phil.
She turned and looked at him. "But how did you get from my house?"
With a smile he told her how I had mentioned that she was living here with me, and that she had been thinking about moving here for good, and how she wished she had her car here. When my mom wanted to come here to surprise me, he suggested bringing Rose's car up here while they were at it. So, he did. Phil called Rose's parents and got their permission to go get it from their house and drove it up here for her as a surprise.
By the time he was done explaining things to her, she had tears in her eyes. She hugged him and my mom and thanked them over and over again.
"I really appreciate you doing this, but why?" she asked them.
My mom smiled at her and said, "Rose, we've thought of you as a daughter ever since you and Bella became friends. You practically lived in our house with us. We just wanted to do something nice for you because that's what family does."
"Bella might have been the reason we came up here for a visit, but we weren't going to neglect you either. Like Renee said, you're family. Just do me a favor and promise me you'll continue to keep it in top condition, okay?" Phil chimed in.
Rose nodded. "Of course I'll keep it in good condition. This car is my baby. So, thank you again. For everything."
After a few more thank you's from Rose, and an introduction from Phil, we continued on with our planned celebration, but with a few more people than we originally planned on having.
We had a lot of fun. We ordered a few pizzas, played some board games, chatted, and just overall had a good time.
My mom and Phil were going to be staying for a few more days, so Rose and I were looking forward to that.
At first.
For whatever reason, my mom became convinced that Edward and I would make the cutest couple, and in her own words, 'would do everything she could to get us together.'
And as for Rose's newly found unhappiness, Phil has decided that as Rose's 'adoptive' father, it's his job to get to know her boyfriend and make sure he's good enough to be with her.
Charlie found all of this amusing, while Esme was on my mother's side, and Carlisle...well, I had no idea what he thought of all of this, but after he tried to help me out at the famly dinner, I had a feeling that if I needed his help with anything, he'd try.
Only time will tell if I'll end up needing it.
A/N: So what did you think? Good? Bad? Okay?
I got a little stuck while writing this chapter, so I really hope it turned out alright.
Also, Happy Veteran's Day. If you know a veteran, or someone still in the military, thank them for all they are doing or have done for their country. I'm not sure if it's just a holiday celebrated in America, but even so, EVERY person who serves in a military should be thanked. My younger brother is a US Marine, so I'm dedicating this little note to him and all of his Marine brother's. Semper Fi.
On another note, I'm a big fan of Supernatural, and tonight is the 200th episode and it's called Fan Fiction. I think its supposed to be a musical. I can't wait! :)
See you soon!