Chapter Ten: Edward's Family.

Bella could feel herself breathing hard. Edward was about to show her something else-she could tell. Edward picked up two of the sparkly hoops, and waggled his eyebrows at Bella suggestively.

'Do you know what else these are used for?' Edward asked softly.

'No.' Bella shook her head, panting in anticipation.

Edward drew the hoops up towards his ears, and then clicked a hatch. The next thing Bella knew, Edward was wearing the two hoops as earrings. He looked beautiful.

He started to sway from side to side, laughing in a low voice. Bella joined in, and picked up another two of the hoops to attach to her own ears. They were both laughing and swaying about for a while when Edward suddenly became serious again:

'I want you to meet my family. Be warned: They are a motley crew.'

Bella's breath was taken away by this proposal. She could sense a marriage approaching, she could sense it!

Edward turned on his heel (literally, he was a few inches taller than he usually was) and headed back into his shack. Bella followed, puffing away at her asthma inhaler at the effort. He pulled hard at a handle on the floor, and a trapdoor opened. He beckoned for Bella to follow, and then led the way down a ladder into a cellar.

Bella stared down the stairs, decided that climbing would be too much effort, and found it easier to simply fall through the trapdoor, despite the fact that she had no idea how far she would actually fall.

Luckily for her, the depth was not extensive, and she thought that all things considered, she was very graceful. Her legs were up over her head, and she noticed several pale faces staring at her. One of the males pointed at her and started to laugh. He looked as though he were about ten years of age.

'Mommy! Mommy!' he whined, and pulled on the skirt of a really tall and thin woman. 'She's fat!'

The woman looked really embarrassed and smacked her son lightly on his hand.

'Do not point out such embarrassing truths about guests, Emmett. It isn't polite.'

Another boy, who looked about twenty rushed at Edward in a fury. He was gaunt and was wielding a can of deodorant. He brandished it at Edward.

'HOW DARE YOU BRING OUTSIDERS IN HERE?'

He then promptly sprayed into Edward's face.

'Ooowwwwiiiieeee!' screamed Edward.

Emmett picked up a tiny twig and threw it at Edward.

'Here, you big girl! Use this on Jasper!'

Edward recovered, and pointed the twig at Jasper, who was hyperventilating and scraping his foot against the ground like an enraged bull that is about to charge.

'Avada kedavra!' Edward shouted, and made swooshing noises to indicate that he was imagining that green light was erupting from the end of it.

Jasper's eyes widened with shock, although nothing was actually happening. He started slapping himself in a panic, and ripping off his shirt, squealing.

'Stop, STOP! Jasper, Lachlan! Settle down!' The mother was screeching and trying to stop the fight.

Bella was just glad that her beloved won.

'Sorry about them,' the woman said to Bella breathlessly. 'I'm glad Lachlan brought you here. We wanted to show you a sport we play.'

Bella held her breath in excitement. Her face turned really red, until she realised that she couldn't actually hold her breath for more than a couple of seconds.

The mother, Edward, and the brothers all pulled up chairs. Edward turned to Bella and said:

'For now, Bella, we knit! You will not be able to cope with this.'

Bella watched as the family started knitting furiously.

Author's Note: If it takes a while for me to post new chapters, don't worry! They're coming. It's just that I get a bit tied down with uni, work etc.