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I pull up at my parents' home at four in the afternoon. Feeling Jennifer's taps my arm as I park the car.
"It's big," she signs as she looks on with amazement.
"I know." I stop and grin. "We still have a little time, would you like to see the horses?"
"Horses?" she signs and even mouths the word.
I bite my lip in hopes they could be her saving grace. "Yes, my mom runs a stable, come on."
Jumping out of the car and going around to her side, I help her with the door. I smile when she takes my hand for the short walk to the stables.
"Here we are! This is my horse." We move over to where Crumbly is. "Hi boy," I say petting his long face. "If you want, I can arrange some lessons?" My eyes drop down to see Jennifer nod.
"Eddie!" Gets screamed so loud, Crumbly lets out a loud nah, as he kicks his door, which in turn scares Jennifer.
"Alice!" says a harsh voice. "Drop the volume, before the horses break out to get away from you!" the unknown voice says as I calm Crumbly down.
"Eddie," Alice says in a whisper and I turn giving her a displeased look.
"Alice," I say as she leaps into my arm.
"Alice..." the same voice says and slaps the back of Alice's head.
"What?" she says pulling away from me and I look to see a girl that's around Alice's age, but looks about three inches taller than my five foot even sister. The girl looks my way, pulling down her sunglasses and then looks back at Alice.
"You just knocked this kid on her ass!" I look at Jennifer and see she's next to the girl, looking a little shocked as the girl wipes the dirt from her pant legs.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm Alice," Alice says chirping away. "This is my friend Bella," she explains pointing at the girl. I look Bella's way, seeing she's dressed in black. The makeup she has on is black too, along with the dark brown eyes and hair gives off the vibe she's into goth, not Alice's normal style of friends.
"I can't wait to take you shopping, Jen, we're going to have such fun when I dress you up!" I groan and rub my face, the last thing Jennifer needs is for Alice to treat her like she's a fucking doll.
"Alice, the same applies to Jen, you dress her up, she gets to dress you up, and I'll make sure she picks the good stuff, my kind of stuff, and then she can do your make-up!" I look between Alice and Bella. Alice seems to have paled and is pouting, but Bella is just grinning at her evilly.
"Nice to meet you, Jen, anyone hassles you at school, you let me know and that includes the crazy ass pixie here." She holds her hand up, and Jenny surprisingly high fives her.
"Bye, Alice," Bella says as she sways her hips back and forth.
"Wait!" Alice yells. "Why don't you stay for dinner?"
Bella chuckles dramatically. "Are you trying to give your 'rents a heart attack? They weren't that pleased I was here to begin with." I frown because why wouldn't they be pleased? My parents love everyone.
"Edward, I thought that was your car. I'm so glad you and Jennifer made it," my mom says with a smile that drops when her eyes land on Bella.
"Oh, you're still here?" she asks and I can hear the phoniness in her voice.
"I seem to be," Bella says winking at my mom. "Alice just invited me for dinner!" My mom seems to force the smile on her face to stay.
"You have, Alice?" My mom asks making me wonder what the hell is going on with this girl.
"No worries Mrs. C, don't get your panties in a twist. I've heard about your food, and that's not something I would like to experience. Beside, there's a party I would much rather go to than being stuck at the Walton's," Bella bitches out. I glare at her in disgust. Where the hell does she get off taking that tone with my mom.
"If you were my daughter!" my mom says giving Bella the stink eye.
"Good thing I am not your daughter," Bella says interrupting her. "This has been such fun, we should do it again. Bye," Bella says again walking away.
"Mom," Alice says looking upset.
"Alice, enough, we'll talk about this later," she says and then turns back to me looking down at Jenny who's shyly moving behind me.
"Hi, I'm Esme," she says holding out her hand, but Jenny just drops her head.
"Come on, why don't we all go into the house," I sooth out knowing that little conflict scared Jennifer. My mom slowly stands and I know by the look on her face she feels rejected.
Taking Jennifer's hand, we walk behind my mom into the house. I smile when I see my dad. I drop Jennifer's hand and hug him. "Welcome home, Son," he says hugging me back.
"Dad, this is Jennifer or Jen," I say moving out of the hug and bringing Jenny up next to me.
"Hi, Little One," he says kneeling down to her. "I'm Carlisle." He holds out his hand and Jennifer shyly takes it.
"Jen, do you want to come and play a game with me or we could watch some TV?" Alice asks and Jennifer looks to me for guidance.
"It's up to you, Jenny, you can go with Alice or you can stay with me." Her small hand holds mine and I know that means she's staying with me, not that I mind.
"Come on, I'll show you around," I say smiling at her.
I give my parents and Alice a small nod before walking away with Jennifer.
My parents' home is split into four floors. The basement is where the laundry room and home gym are. The ground floor is the living room, kitchen, dining room, my dad's office and a small half bathroom. The first floor has a study, music room, two guest rooms and a full bathroom. The second floor holds Emmett's, Alice's and my room, we all have our own attached bathroom. The last floor is our parents' floor; thankfully every room has been sound proofed.
"This house is amazing," Jennifer signs to me clearly impressed with it.
"It's been in my father's family for years. It used to be a boarding house for a school," I tell her as we make our way back down the stairs and head to the living room.
"She's not that bad!" Alice yells making me frown.
"Alice, she's been here for two years, two years, and she's been suspended from school three times, arrested at least five times, and has just about upset everyone in this town."
"She didn't do half the stuff she was arrested for and she was never charged with anything. As for the times she was suspended, that was because she failed to attend school. I have to say I agree with Bella in saying that was stupid, and quite ironic!" Alice yells back.
Never have I ever heard Alice yell back at our parents.
"This whole talking back is because of her, and I can tell you one thing, Mary Alice, it will stop now!" My mom is clearly in her calm mom mode, and for me, that always meant I was in deep shit. "Now explain about the fight. We all know she was the one that started it. Then to top it off, it was her first day back to school," my mom demands of Alice, as the standoff is almost toe to toe in the middle of the living room.
I am taken back when Alice rolls her eyes. I would never have rolled my eyes at my mom. That would've been a life sentence in this house.
"Why can't you give her a chance?" Alice asks, before anyone can say anything and she runs out of the room in tears.
"Mom," I say calmly and she looks at me then down to Jennifer and shakes her head at me.
I look to Jennifer, who's just looking at floor, biting her lip. I curse in my head knowing that any kind of conflict makes her withdraw into herself.
"It's okay, honey," I say into her ear and she just looks at me sadly.
"I need to..." my mom says pointing the way Alice went and I bob my head, and watch her leave.
"Come on, let's see what my dad is cooking." Jennifer looks up more like she's checking to make sure my face matches my voice.
I chuckle and start walking with her as I talk. "Alice's friend Bella, where she may have been rude, but she was right, my mom cannot cook. She once cooked fish pie, whatever that is, but there was no fish, or seafood of any kind, that we knew of, just some funky vegetables and some weird red sauce." Jennifer covers her mouth. "You can laugh, it's funny now, but we were all sick for days." I feel pride when she gives me a little smile.
"Hi, dad. We are here to help, and scope out what mom has touched." My dad chuckles looking at us.
"Shush now, and she's touched nothing. I thought we shouldn't let Jen eat her food, well, not on her first night anyway." I chuckle again and look at Jennifer who seems to be relaxing.
"How about you two make the cookies?" my dad asks and I look down at Jennifer who's smiling with her eyes sparkling. Looking back at my dad, I grin nodding at him.
I grab the ingredients we need, and start to make the cookies. Feelings of relief flood me as I hear her little giggles as we fool around making the cookies.
"That's our last batch out of the oven," I say holding my hand out for a high five; Jennifer giggles and hits it.
"Come on, we can watch some TV, now," I say to her.
"Hey, hold it!" My dad yells and I look at him. "The mess, Edward?" I look at the counters seeing they're covered in baking goods.
Before I can say a word, Jennifer has grabbed a cloth and happily cleans the counter.
"Mom, Dad, your favorite son is here!" Emmett yells.
I look at Jennifer seeing she looks a little worried of the loud voice, but I give her a wink telling her it is okay.
"At least you know I'm their favorite, Em," I say as Emmett walks in with a tall blond.
"Sure you are," he chuckles hugging me.
"Edward, Dad, little Cutie Pie, this here is my babe. Babe, that's Edward, my big brother, his kid Cutie Pie, and my old man." I shake my head at Emmett's odd introduction.
I feel Jennifer tap my arm and I turn looking down at her. "Her name is Babe? Like from the book?" I bite my lip as she signs and shake my head no, but stop and tilt my head. Maybe it is her name, after all Emmett's last girlfriend was called Bambi.
"Hi, I'm Edward," I say as I hold out my hand to her.
"Rosalie, but please call me Rose."
I give Jennifer a side look and she bites her lip to stop herself from laughing.
"Okay, what did I miss?" Emmett asks looking between Jennifer and me. "I've been trying to learn that hand talk, but I get all mixed up," he carries on.
"She thought my name was Babe," Rose says rolling her eyes at him.
"She did? See, I told you it would be a great name for a kid!"
I shake my head at Em, but he crouches down to look at Jennifer.
"I'm Emmett, but you can call me anything you like. Okay cutie pie?" Jennifer smiles at him and nods.
"Now, my big brother is mean and said I couldn't hug you unless you were okay with it, so can I hug you?"
Jennifer looks to me then to Emmett as she bites her lip. After a minute of thinking, she nods and holds her fingers close together.
"Just a small hug?" Emmett asks her and Jennifer nods in conformation.
He wraps his arm around her smiling. "Welcome to the family."
He lets her go and she walks back into my arms.
"Dinner is ready," my father says and I wink at Jen, picking up some of the empty plates and taking them to the dining table.