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They all rapidly settled into a routine.

It seemed that things between Bella and Edward were happening much faster than between Angie and Carlisle. It wasn't a mystery to the telepath why her relationship with her mate hadn't taken the same path as her sister's and Edward's. For once, it wasn't because Carlisle thought as himself as an unworthy monster, but because he was way too old and she was way too young. They belonged with each other and they belonged to each other, but they weren't a couple yet. Not that kind of couple anyway. And that didn't make any of them happy. But Carlisle, even though they had never spoken about it, knew waiting was the right thing to do. And as much as she knew it too, Angie didn't like it one bit. "Unfair, was what it was."

No matter, the four of them settled into the seemingly same routine. Every evening they would appear in their mate's bedroom, lie down next to them and stay with them while they slept until morning, when they had to leave. Carlisle left for work, Edward came back with the Volvo to drive them to school. Angie would "have lunch" with Alice and Jasper. Bella would stay with Edward. And then he would drive them back home. And repeat.

Of course, Edward knew how much it bothered Angie that she couldn't be with Carlisle, really "be" with Carlisle, but he had been smart enough so far to never mention it to her. And Angie was grateful for that.

As was usual on weekends, Angie stayed over at the Cullen's house. She didn't have all the responsibilities Bella took upon herself and she felt bad for not feeling bad about that. So usually, Bella would stay at home and clean, cook, do the groceries, finish up her homework and spend some time with Edward without Charlie knowing about it, of course.

But finally, this Saturday, Edward was taking Bella to his house, to meet Esme and his siblings. Bella didn't see much of Alice or Jasper the way Angie did. She stayed alone with Edward and had never really met any member of his family.

All morning, Angie kept telling them not to cook for Bella. "She'll probably eat before coming here, she knows you guys don't eat," she told them. She was standing on Carlisle's left. He was cutting small pieces of chicken and had his back turned to Emmett and Esme.

"It's fine," Esme, who was grating cheese, looked up and smiled at her, "we're also cooking for you."

"I told you, you don't have to that." Angie had asked them many times to let her cook for herself but they always refused. "What if you cut yourself?" Carlisle had told her. And they had been cooking for her ever since, and every time there was way too much food for her to eat on her own.

"It's just a good excuse for us to use the kitchen," Carlisle said before he placed a kiss on her left temple.

"We've been using the kitchen for over a month now," Rosalie muttered. She was standing at the other side of the counters, holding a bowl of salad in her hands. She had this unhappy look on her face, the only face Angie had ever seen Rosalie with, and she wasn't trying to hide her annoyance. "Is she even Italian?" she asked, sighing over the Italian opera that had been playing in the kitchen for about an hour.

"Her name is Bella," Emmett replied.

"We're not… actually…" Angie started to say but she stopped the second Rosalie turned around and gave her an irritated look.

"I'm sure she'll love it no matter what," Carlisle said.

"Bella's never been too picky with her food… She'll eat anything."

"Yeah," Emmett chuckled. "Even dirt, I heard."

"Where did you hear that?" Angie asked.

Emmett didn't have the chance to reply as Rosalie sighed again. "Urgh, get away from that," she said. "Here comes the human."

Esme's smile grew bigger and she put the grater down on the counter and walked towards Edward and Bella as they entered the room.

"Bella, we're making italiano for you," she said.

"Oh, mmh," was Bella only answer. She was obviously uncomfortable.

"Bella this is Esme," Edward introduced.

"Buongiorno," Bella said.

"Molto bene," Esme replied with a chuckle.

"Hey Bells," Angie greeted her sister.

"Ange."

"I hope you're hungry," Esme said.

"Yeah, absolutely," Bella nodded.

"She already ate," Edward told them.

"I told you so," echoed in Edward's head from Angie's mind.

The next thing they heard was the bowl shatter in Rosalie's hands and its pieces falling on the floor. Instinctively, though more by discomfort than by fear, Angie stepped closer towards Carlisle. She put her left hand on his back and he lifted his arm to let her slid by his side. Her right hand came to rest on his chest as he placed his arm possessively around her waist.

"Perfect!" Rosalie said, giving Bella a nasty look.

"Yeah, because… I, it's just, I know, I know that you guys don't eat so…"

"Of course," Esme immediately intervened, "it's very considerate of you."

"Just ignore Rosalie, I do," Edward said.

"Yeah, let's just keep pretending that this isn't dangerous for all of us," the blonde vampire continued as Emmett came by her side.

"I would never tell anybody anything," Bella said.

"She knows that," Carlisle replied which made her look up at him. That's when she saw them. Actually "saw" them. Carlisle and Angie, in each other's arms. She doesn't know why the image "bothered" her. Not that it did bother her. But it did make her feel something for a few seconds, something she couldn't identify. Did she feel protective towards her little sister? Did she want to grab Carlisle by the shirt and yell at him that if he ever hurt Angie she'd kill him herself not that she actually could? Yeah, she wanted to do all that.

"Yeah, well, the problem is that you two have gone public now, so…"

"Emmett," Esme cut him off with a disapproving tone.

"No she should know," Rosalie said, not hiding her anger.

Bella gave the blonde vampire a funny look. "I do know," she said. "Angie's been coming here every weekend for weeks now. I'm not stupid, the possibility of my little sister actually becoming your dinner didn't just cross my mind."

"Bella!" Angie shouted, astonished by her sister's unusual rudeness.

"It's fine," Carlisle said as he looked down at Angie and gave her a small smile. "She's right. This is more dangerous for you than for us."

Bella's very brief bravery was already gone and she felt bad for having insulted them the way she did. "I didn't mean… Not that, you would, it's just…" she stuttered.

"It's only natural," Carlisle smiled. "Thinking this way. It's your survival instinct. I wish Angie had one," he tried to joke.

"Hey!" Angie frowned and tapped his chest with the back of her hand.

Carlisle chuckled before he kissed her forehead.

It was so weird for Bella to watch this. She had known for weeks now that they were together but actually seeing it was different.

"Hi Bella!" a happy female voice said as two other vampires entered the kitchen. "I'm Alice," she introduced herself as she walked up towards her, "but you already knew that," she said as she hugged her.

Everybody was surprised by the vampire's action. Strangely, Edward seemed more uncomfortable than Bella.

"Alice, what are you…" Edward started to say.

"It's okay. Bella and I are gonna be great friends!"

An awkward silence settled in the room.

"Sorry," Carlisle said, "Jasper is our newest vegetarian, it's a little difficult for him."

"It's okay Jasper," Alice said. "You won't hurt her."

"All right, uh, I'm gonna take you on a tour of the rest of the house," Edward said before he gave a look to his siblings and turned around, taking Bella with him.

Emmett chuckled "You're sister's a badass," he said, surprise clear in his voice.

Angie raised an eyebrow. "My sister? A badass? You mean, the girl who hurts herself with the racket every time she plays badminton?"

Emmett laughed. "All right, maybe not badass then. But sassy."

"Clean this up. Now." Esme ordered Rosalie, pointing at the mess that was at the blonde's feet.

Angie's phone rang, alerting her of a new text message.

"Is everything okay?" Carlisle asked.

"Yeah, it's Emily. She wants me to come over tonight. I told her I'd help her with our English assignment…"

"You can't go," Alice whined. "We're gonna play baseball tonight!"

Angie chuckled. "You really don't know me, do you?"

"It's fine," Carlisle said. "I'll come by after."

Angie smiled and nodded. "I know," she said. "So, how much of this Italian food do I have to eat?"