Right I'm sorry about all that complaining haha. Lets move on….
Chapter Seventeen - Making It Official.
I fidgeted impatiently, twirling my fingers around the blue biro. The clock read half past two so where were they? My legs shook under the desk with excitement.
"Chill out" whispered Josh lowly as he placed a hand on my leg to keep it still. I smiled nervously but continued fidgeting aimlessly and watching the door and clock simultaneously.
"Where are they? They said half two, maybe it didn't go right - maybe they changed their mind." I could feel my heartbeat speed up at the thought and I knew Josh heard it too.
"Shh" he soothed, "you know they would never change their mind." I sighed; I knew that they wouldn't change their mind but I still got nervous. I had been through this what felt like a thousand times before, every time I got excited and hopeful but this time I was so desperate for it to go right, for my family to be my family. Today was the day when everything would be finalised, and I would officially be a Cullen, well an adopted Cullen. I had not thought it would be possible as the home tends not to want children over the age of sixteen to be adopted as we are almost legally adults, but Carlisle, apparently, has connections. And no doubt a big fat donation check.
I tapped my fingers on the desk in a piano like manner. The butterfly's were there in my stomach, although I knew that it would be alright I was always the pessimist.
"What if someone else stole me first?" I breathed sadly as the clock struck twenty five minutes to. I heard Josh chuckle lightly at my comment and he took my nervous hands in his rubbing them to calm me down.
"No one else want you Lexis" he joked. I growled and pushed him playfully in the shoulder. He raised an eyebrow and his hands flew forward tickling my sides furiously. I giggled madly, swatting his hands away.
"Miss Masen and Mr Cullen pay attention!" shouted the teacher, bringing us back to reality. I noticed the whole class was staring at us. Ooops. "Now what was the answer?" The teacher raised an eyebrow and smirked superiorly.
"Two thousand, four hundred and fifty four kilo joules" we answered simultaneously. Her mouth dropped; she knew we had not been paying attention and that we did not have our calculators out. Of course, she didn't know that Josh could multi task easily and found complex mathematical calculations easy. As for me, well I can read Josh's mind and steal the answer that way - she definitely didn't know that.
"Right well ok. Pay attention." I smiled sweetly at her before returning immediately to watching the door and bouncing in my seat. Josh took my hand and squeezed it encouragingly, he knew how nervous I was and how the small gesture would comfort me endlessly. I breathed out and starting counting slowly in my head, I decided if I got to one hundred then I could start worrying again.
I didn't have to wait long, just as I counted twenty six there was a knock at the door. I burst out of my seat and squealed in anticipation.
"Miss Masen!" frowned the teacher and I blushed at my outburst but didn't sit down. The door opened to reveal Rachel who gave me a grin and a thumbs up sign. I squealed again and ran forward, engulfing her in a hug. Taken back my forwardness, Rachel chucked uncomfortably until I removed my arms from her waist and smiled sheepishly. I knew that everyone found it hard to comprehend the change that had overcome me.
"Sorry Mrs Dawson" smiled Rachel, "is it ok if I borrow Alexis?" Mrs Dawson snorted,
"Please. Have her." I rolled my eyes at Josh who was laughing silently to himself.
"Thank you," said Rachel politely as I brushed past her into the hallway.
"Alexis?" called Esme as she opened her arms welcoming. I cautiously let her wrap me in a hug, "It's all sorted dear. Your officially part of the family. Not that you weren't before." I smiled shyly, unsure how to act around her now that she was my legal guardian.
"Thank you" I whispered. She hugged me tighter and then finally let go when Rachel arrived.
"So Alex lets go finish of the paperwork shall we?" said Rachel happily. I grinned widely, unable to keep the smile of my face.
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"And this is your room" concluded Esme, after feeling the need to give me another tour of the house I had been literally living in for the last few months. My mouth dropped when I saw the room though; it had been decorated beautifully in green and gold. A large king sized bed, which hadn't been there before, dominated the room and was piled with lush pillows of various shades and a large golden throw at the foot. The floor was the same oak as before but it now had a huge sheepskin rug, making it feel more cosy.
"Wow. It's amazing" I breathed. I never thought Esme would be able to design a room which was so 'me'. It wasn't too feminine, there were no frills or pink, and yet it had a distinctively female feeling and there was a gold template of flowers on one wall. Green had always been my favourite colour, mainly because it matched my eyes and suited my copper hair colour, but also because it was so fresh and clean. "I love it" I smiled giving Esme a small hug.
She seemed happy by my gesture and emotional about the whole thing.
"You have a whole new wardrobe through that white door" she laughed, "Alice couldn't resist and I for one wasn't going to be the one to rein her in."
"Alexis!" shrieked a high pitched voice: Alice - speak of the devil. There was a pitter-patter of little feet running up the stairs and Alice bounded into the room throwing her tiny arms around my neck. "Alexis we're finally sisters and I was so worried if you would like your wardrobe because I can't See your reaction - oh but it was so exciting designing the room with Esme when I was working blind - I kind of knew you would like it anyway though because it is gorgeous. We're watching a movie tonight if you like? Or maybe eeek make over time? I have this amazing new dusty green eye shadow that would look gorgeous on you and you could wear that green dress I got you - no that wouldn't work because we're not going out. Ahhh manicures and facials maybe? Yeah this will be so much fun. Bella never lets me do manicures and Rosalie doesn't like them because they break when she's doing whatever she does to cars - I'm so glad to have you as a sister now! Yay! Is that ok?" I nodded dumbly, unsure of what I had just agreed to. She bounced up and down happily then grabbed my hand and pulled me downstairs. Everyone was stood around the living room.
"Alexis" grinned Bella as she gave me a hug, "how are you feeling?"
"Happy" I laughed as I was past around to hug the whole family. Everyone seemed happy that I was finally here to stay. I was unsure why; I didn't think it would be that much of a deal to most of them, but even Rosalie looked excited.
Alice ran forward and put a DVD on. Then my evening of 'fun' began. I was made to watch two chick flicks followed by an intense manicure and exfoliating session. Then I was give plates full of delicious food which I couldn't possibly eat all of. I managed as much as I could out of politeness as Alice watched me with disapproving eyes as I slurped my spaghetti and got tomato sauce round my face. This 'forced' her to redo my entire face with an oat like face mask. It got to about three o' clock in the morning and I was sat, rather grumpily, with the porridge like mixture covering my face and neck. To make it worse Josh and Emmet walked in and went into fits of laughter when they saw my face.
"What the hell is on your face?" howled Emmet. Alice scowled,
"It is an all natural exfoliating face mask" she said.
"What has she done to you?" laughed Josh, causing him to get a whack from Alice. I pouted my lips at him,
"You try and stop her."
"Stop Alice?" he laughed, "I don't think that's possible." Alice smiled smugly, "but could you take it off now Ali because Alexis should go to bed for an hour or so. She tired herself out today with all the drama."
"I'm fine" I said, although as he said it I could feel my eyelids drooping, "I shouldn't have to sleep 'till the weekend." I yawned, my body betraying me. Josh raised an eyebrow as I tried to disguise my yawn as a cough; I wanted to spend time with Alice - despite her annoyingness I had had fun.
"Nope" said Josh, "now take that stuff of her face." Alice scowled but went to get a hot towel and water.
Five minutes later all of the 'face mask' was off and my skin did feel revitalised. The warm towel had make me feel ridiculously relaxed and I knew I was ready for a sleep. Josh scooped me up in his arms and carried me upstairs. He lay me down and the huge soft bed and I squirmed to get under the covers. Chuckling, he tucked me in and brushed my hair back from my face.
"Night Lexis" he breathed against my forehead. My heart sped up as I realised his lips were against my head. Oh god he's so tempting, I wanted so badly to feel his lips on my own.
"Please don't do that Josh" I whispered.
"Do what?" he asked, confused.
"Kiss my head."
"Oh" he mumbled and I could hear the disappointment in his voice, "ok." My eyes flew open as he turned to leave and I grabbed his hand so I could explain.
"Josh. It's just you tempt me too much" I whispered, letting the blush take over. He furrowed his brow.
"I tempt you?"
"Errrm yeah?" He smirked, and lent forward, brushing back my hair
"What do I tempt you to do?" he breathed in my ear. I shivered involuntarily, suddenly finding it hard to breathe.
"Tokissyou" I muttered quickly but he caught every word and took my head gently in his hands.
"Like this?" he asked seductively before pressing his cold lips gently to mine. My lips shook as I pressed back gently. Slowly, he deepened the kiss and I felt his tongue push softly on my lips asking for entrance. I quickly obliged and opened my mouth wider so he had better access. He quickened the pace as it got more passionate, making me go light headed with euphoria. I gripped his black hair and pulled him even closer. All too soon, he ended the kiss and lent back to look at me with lust clouded darker eyes. Did I had this effect on him? He smiled and kissed me gently on the forehead. "Goodnight Alexis." I lay paralysed as he left the room. I touched my lips, tracing the outline as I smiled.
It was strange this feeling. Not the lust, not even the love that I could feel building up inside of me - I had felt them both for a long time without realising it, but the strength of trust I felt for this man. I had never felt more vulnerable and yet I didn't care because I trusted him with all my heart. Wow. I was so lucky.
There was a bang as the door was thrown open again and Josh stood breathing heavily in the doorway. His hair was a mess and I instinctively knew he had been worrying about something; he had a habit of running his hand through his hair when he was nervous or worried. My breath caught in my throat - was he regretting kissing me?
Within seconds he rushed over and I once again felt his cold lips on mine.
I sighed in content. I could get used to this.
The End.