CPOV-PreTwilight:
I stood admiring the new Mercedes Benz S-Class range. I had decided that our upcoming move to Forks, Washington deserved a new car.
Although money was no object, I wasn't about to max out on a completely outrageous and flashy sportscar. It would be bad enough that we had bought a very large and expensive house on the outerskirts of the small town - our family was sure to be hot gossip already.
Of course it wasn't as if we wouldn't have caused gossip if we had been living in cardboard boxes. Most humans viewed us as physically beautiful and appealing which caused enough attraction, without flaunting our wealth as well.
Eventually, my presence had been noted and the overly-eager salesman descended. 'Interested in the new Mercedes, sir,' he said, not really bothering to differentiate whether he meant it as a statement or question.
I sighed softly and put on my 'persuasive vampire' face. I wanted some good extras and a great deal on this car.
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I laughed freely as I floored my new car. A small pause and the five-speed gearbox kicked in and the supercharger spoolled. This was the life, I thought giddily. The speedometer arched gracefully past 140 mph.
I started to understand why my boys liked their cars so much. The speed was exhilirating and it had been too easy to get a good deal from the young salesman. I had got two thousand dollars off the price, the finest leather seats at no extra cost and an engine uprgrade. I had no doubt that Rosalie would want to give the engine a bigger boost, not that I had a problem with that, I thought with a grin.
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'Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek! The Mercedes S55 AMG!!' Rosalie squealed as she flew out of our house. She looked just like Alice in the midst of a shopping sale, I thought and Edward, walking out of the house at a much slower pace, smirked. Rose had already pulled up the bonnet and was mumbling something about a effeciency capacitron or something.
Edward joined me by the driver's seat, 'Not bad, Carlisle. How did you go?' As if he couldn't tell, the massive grin stretched across my face gave it all away.
'Good, I think. Two thousand off the price, the leather interior and an engine upgrade,' I said gesturing to the inside of the car and the engine.
'Engine upgrade? Psssh, I'm going to get this baby running up to 180 mph, at least!' Rose called from somewhere within the engine triumphantly.
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Esmé and I had decided to drive up to our new house in Forks a few days before school finished for the children. Esmé had wanted to oversee the renovations and I had an appointment with the CEO of the hospital, but we both desired the time alone.
Pulling out of our driveway and on to the highway, I grinned at Esmé as the car embraced the horsepower and the extra boost Rose had given it. Alice had 'seen' ahead and assured us that there were no policemen on the stretch of highway we were travelling that night. Both she and Edward had flinched when it seemed the vision extended to include some of the…activities that Esmé and I had planned during our time alone.
The trip should have taken at least the night but we made it in two hours. However it wasn't until the first rays of sunlight that we emerged from the car, hair ruffled and buttons mismatched. We giggled at the sight of each other and I reached down to give Esmé a kiss.
Most of the furniture had already been moved to our new house but was still covered in plastic or in boxes. We walked through the house, making mental notes of what needed to be done or bought. Finally we ended our tour in what was to become our new bedroom. Esmé looked up at me with a devilish glint in her eye and pulled me down to the plastic covered mattress.
Over the next three days, Esmé and I greatly enjoyed christening each room, nook and cranny of our new house. We guiltily looked at the mess we had created in the living room. The children were supposed to be arriving that afternoon.
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It was lunchtime on the last day of school and I was bored. Not that I wasn't always bored but I was significantly more bored knowing that I had mere hours until I was free of this hell trap. I perused the thoughts of my siblings.
Emmett was wondering if we had time for one last hunt before we left for Forks. We were leaving this very night and wouldn't arrive until late this evening. It was a good idea, who knew how long it would be until our next hunt in Forks.
Rosalie was examining her nails and imagining that sometime during the drive that Emmett and her would make a synchronised stop for gas. She wondered whether it would be dark enough for them to… I cut off her thoughts there and shuddered. Couldn't they keep it in their pants for one night?
Jasper was now desperately trying to control himself as Rosalie continued to imagine the adventures she and Emmett would have tonight. He reached over and grabbed Alice's leg, squeezing tightly on her thigh. Poor Jasper, I knew Rose and Emmett's thoughts… It was getting too much for Jasper, I didn't want to imagine what was going on in Rosalie's head.
'Rosalie,' Jasper and I hissed under our breath at the same time. She looked up surprised and then scowled. Emmett watched our exchange and looked quizzically at Rose. She smiled and whispered in his ear their plans for tonight. This wouldn't help Jasper, now the lust was radiating from both of them. Luckily for him, they decided to cut lunch short and headed off somewhere, I didn't want to know.
Alice, who had been quite for most of lunch, suddenly groaned. 'Oh, Esmé! Not my wardrobe! Gross!'
I peeked in her head and left it just as quickly. Apparently, they were exploring the house, and each other. We all shuddered.
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A/N: Okay so this took a bit of a different direction from what I hoped/was expecting. I hope you liked it, I'll be posting more soon. I know for cert that it'll only be a 8 or 9 chapter story! Any way, review - let me know what you think!
Courtney x
