A/N and disclaimer at the bottom! Also all pics on my website just go to my profile to get the link!
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BPOV:
I silently followed Alice up the stairs. My mind was thinking about the beautiful creature down stairs. I had never met anyone like him before. His hair and eyes. The way the set of his jaw was. Oh god.
How could he be single? Maybe, Emmett was joking with me. Emmett always joked. Yup, he was pulling my leg and I was falling. I would get back to him for that later, because Alice had just opened the door and was saying something that I didn't quite catch.
Alice led me into a big room on the third floor. It was a wonderfully large room, that was all white. It suited her, with all its fluffiness. There was a king bed in the middle of it and there were many throw pillows on it.
Someone closed the door behind me and I turned around to see the tall beautiful girl, Rosalie was standing there smiling at me. What was up with her smile? It looked almost devious.
I turned around to find that Alice was in the closet. Which was very large. It even had glass double doors.
"Bella," I turned around to see Rosalie walking towards the large mirror and dressing table (that was crowded with make-up and other torture devices). "Come sit here. Me and Alice will have you beautied up in less than 10 minutes." She smiled at me.
Ten minutes? All I needed to do was change my clothes. I was about to tell Rosalie this when Alice came bouncing out and yell/scream/talked "I FOUND THE PERFECT THING," Seeing the startled look on my face she continued normally. "Bella, I didn't think that your fashion sense would be like this!" She held up a blue off-the-shoulder sweater, and a pair of jeans.
"Um, Alice those are not my clothes." I said, confused. Then I remembered that one of the volunteers that I had became friends with was also a fashion journalist. She was always trying to get me to dress better. San was going to pay for changing my clothes in the future, if I ever saw her again!
Then – how'd my clothes get set in the closet so fast? And I thought that my room was on the 4th floor. So why were my clothes in a closet on the 3rd floor?
I asked this to Alice and Rosalie, and they smiled.
"Bella, I know that it seems that you were only down there for a few minutes. But we stood there for a good 20 minutes. The maids took your things up and set it for you. As for which floor are we on? Bella I reassure that we are on the 4th floor. Didn't you hear Alice say that?" Rosalie said to me, still smiling.
I looked over at Alice and she smirked, like she knew something that I didn't. Then she turned to Rosalie and said, "Nope, Bella was too busy thinking about Edward."
I blushed crimsoned at her words. Alice and Rosalie took one look at my face and burst out laughing.
Then Rosalie chocked out between fits of laughter, "Don't, worry – gasp – Edward and you – laugh – are on the same – gasp – floor! You – can do – what ever you – want without – getting caught!" Then she fell to the floor again as I turned redder as what she said sunk in.
"You guys! I was not thinking about Edward. And Rosalie. We would never. I hardly know him. You hardly know me!" I said somewhat shouting whispering. I was afraid that Edward had come up and was listening to us.
By now Alice was finally standing up and Rosalie's laughter had died down.
Rosalie sat up and said, "Please, call me Rose. I don't want you to call me Rosalie. That's for outsiders. And your not an outsider." She smiled, and I smiled back at her. But don't think that I had forgotten about her remark earlier.
"Okay Rose. You know what you said before? Well I think that I could say the same about you and Emmett." I smirked as Alice tried to hide her laugher and Rose looked like she was going to kill someone. She turned to glare at Alice, than took the clothes out of her hand and shoved them to me.
"Bella, go change. The faster we get this over, the faster I get to kick Emmett's butt." Oh, so that's the person that she wanted to kill. Aw, I didn't want him to get hurt because of me.
I walked to the bathroom and turned before walking in. "Rose? Promise you won't hurt Emmett. He didn't say anything. I just guessed. But I think I was right by your reaction." I giggled and ran into the bathroom.
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When I stepped outside, Alice and Rose gasped.
"I can't look that bad, can I?" I sighed to them. Oh god. Why? Couldn't San find someone else to torture? Rose looked shock then came over to me and gave me a quick and small slap. It didn't hurt, but it startled me.
"Bella Swan. Never and I repeat NEVER say you don't look good." She looked pretty mad so I just nodded my head.
"Good, now lets get to work on you hair." She took my hand and steered me towards the over following dressing table. She gently pushed me into the soft chair and took a dryer and started to comb and dry my hair at the same time. When it was only partially damp, she started to pull some bits of it, twisting it around her fingers. It hurt but it was okay. Finally she sprayed something into it. The scent was too strong and I had to fight not to faint. Ugh. What was she doing with me? I had my eyes closed the whole time so I didn't know what had just happened. I had only felt her. I opened them to see 2 things:
1) My hair looked like I had just stepped out of the shower. IT had the curly wet hair look. It looked pretty actually.
2) Rose was reaching for some make-up
I got up and stepped away from her. She looked confused and somewhat hurt.
"Bella, don't you like it?" she asked me trying to look happy but there was some hurt in the sound.
I shook my head and pointed to the make up. "Make-up makes you wrinkle faster." I gave her.
Alice hopped up next to me. "Really? I didn't know that. Huh." She sounded surprised.
I nodded my head and told her that a lot of people didn't know that. Then she lit up and said that lip-gloss wouldn't go anything. She was right, and I was bullied into wearing some soft natural looking gloss.
I really did look pretty but they didn't need to know that. I had this weird feeling that this would be a normal thing from now on, and if I told them that I liked it I would be stuck forever.
Alice and Rose stepped back and looked at me like an artist looks at a master piece. I strike a pose for them, making us all laugh.
"Well, that was pretty good for 15 minutes. What do you think Rose?" Alice turned to Alice and waited for an answer. Rose smiled and said that it was time for dinner now.
I stepped out of Ali – my room and looked around. This floor was smaller than the rest of the floors and there were about 3 more doors up here. One had a beautiful cursive E carved into it. I turned and found that my own door had a cursive B on it.
"Let's go down?" Alice smiled at me and I followed her down the spiral wooden stairs.
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We walked into the dining room, which like that house was large and grand. I liked it.
There were 3 empty seats left. Carlisle was sitting at the head of the table and Esme was to his left. Edward was on the right. Next to Esme was Emmett and Jasper was at the end of the table. The three empty seats were next to Emmett, Jasper, and Edward. Rose and Alice took the seats next to Emmett and Jasper, leaving the last non-taken seat next to Edward.
I smiled at him as I sat down. Then I remembered something that I had forgotten to tell these people before I moved in.
"Um, I am so sorry. I forgot to tell you. I am a vegetarian. I am so sorry. I should have said so before. I truly apologize." I was feeling so horrible. What if they had created some sort of meat-y feast for me?
To my astonishment they all started to laugh. Esme looked relieved. Alice looked up and told me, "Bella, we too, are vegetarians. Esme was worried that YOU wouldn't like it here!" Then she added as an after thought, "Um…you do eat egg in bread and cake, and stuff? And drink milk?" I nodded and told her, "Yes, but not omelettes or egg alone."
Edward looked at me when I said that and I was hyper-aware of his eyes looking at me. He leaned over and my heart started to go faster than normal. Stupid heart. At least the blush hadn't come yet.
Esme clapped her hands and a few servants (figures) came and served us our food. I could still feel Edward's eyes looking at me. Oh, god! Was he trying to make me hyperventilate?
Emmett yelled out in joy and started to dig in (literally) and the others started to converse with the others. Suddenly I saw Edward reach out a finger towards me. The laughter and chatter ceased on the table. Emmett's eyes were glued to Edwards' fingers, his fork halfway to his mouth. It would have been funny, if the beautiful man next to me wasn't about to touch me.
I breathed in, and Edward pointed to my neck and said, "That's beautiful. Where did you get it?"
I swear I heard everyone let out a breath. In disappointment?!? I looked down to see what he was pointing at. It was a small blue teardrop pendant that I always wore. It was one of the few things I had left of my old life. I told him so, and continued to tell him about the other necklace I had that I only wore on special occasions.
I was blabbing and I knew it. Why would he be interested about what I had left of my family? I stopped abruptly and said, "I am so sorry. You don't really want to listen that all of this do you?"
He looked surprised then chuckled.
"You apologize too much. And I could listen to you forever and never get bored." He grinned at me, and the grin was somehow lopsided. How do you grin lopsided? Well whatever it was, he looked hot. I had to refrain myself from jumping him. Breathe Bella, Breathe!
Alice came to my rescue, god bless her! She sent me a knowing look that I should have been afraid of.
"So, Bella. I know that today was a rainy day and all but how do you like California, so far? School doesn't start for another 2 weeks and I wanted to go to beach with you sometime." She smiled.
Esme piped in, "That would be wonderful. All of you should go. It would be a very good way, and tomorrow Bella, the Edward can give you a tour of the house. The others have to go volunteer after 3 tomorrow. And knowing Alice she'll take you to the beach in the morning."
Alice grinned, and Edwards green eye's flashed. There was happiness and something else in there. He quickly fixed his face into a mark of calm and cool.
Soon the food was all gone and I yawned. Let-lag. I yawned again as the thought came into my mind. Carlisle saw me and said, "Sorry Bella, we forgot about jet-lag. Go to sleep."
I felt guilty and opened my mouth to say so, but I yawned instead. Cue the laughter. Only it was soft, like they didn't want me to get startled out of my sleep.
Edward got up and said, "I'll take you up. I was going to go to my room anyways." I shrugged, secretly happy that he was coming up too. Alice and Rose shared a look, and turned to me to give me a look. I turned away before they could. No need to make it easier on them.
We walked up the stairs together. It was a nice silence. We both knew that the other was thinking and it felt good, just being with Edward. We finally reached the top and turned to look at each other.
I was unsure of what to do. Back at the hospital, San would come and say good night to me before she would leave. But Edward wasn't a nurse. Apparently he also didn't know what to do.
"Well, g – good night, then." I stumbled over my words. He didn't reply so I reached for the door handle. Before I could open it Edwards pale hand was holding mine. It was so warm, and there was another electric shock. He brought it to his lips. My heart was beating so fast I thought that it was shut down. Did I want him to kiss it? I started to blush, and was sure that this was going to be my record. 3 seconds and a blood red color. Good job, Bella! Not.
He dropped it suddenly and straightened up.
"Good night Bella. Sleep well. And if you have anything you want, help yourself to it. Tomorrow I'll tell you everything to know about the Golden State." He smiled a beautiful smile as his velvet voice made the words sound like music.
I nodded not trusting me to speak. He smiled and opened the door to my room. I walked in, and he closed the door for me. What a gentleman. I walked into the closet and gasped.
It was the size of a medium room, and jam packed with clothing! Even San wouldn't have been able to fit this much into 3 bags. I turned and found a note written in beautiful cursive writing:
Bella,
I hope that you don't mind. Rose and I kind of went shopping for you when we found out that you were coming. Sorry, but we figured that you were the type of girl that hate's shopping. Please don't hate us!
Love,
Alice
P.S Just so you know the clothing you are wearing is something me and Alice chose!
Love,
Rose
P.S.S If you didn't already look, go to your bed. Your PJ's are there!
I growled at the piece of paper, and was about to go down to beat them up, but another yawn came out of me. I sighed knowing that I would fall asleep here if I didn't move. Might as well, get changed. I walked over to my large white king bed and looked at the green top, and green short shorts. I sighed as grabbed them. I looked around that room and found another door. Bathroom! I walked in and stood in shocked.
It was so big for one person. I checked it to make sure that there were no extra doors. Okay. So this is my bathroom, I told myself. Well, then.
I quickly stripped and put on the clothes. I noticed that the shorts were a bit darker than the shirts. It still looked good so I walked back to my bed.
I lay down and thought about today. It was…fun. I had met some very interesting people, and they didn't treat me like a 5 year old. That was a plus. Plus they were all nice and beautiful.
My mind started to wander and I heard a sweet melody start to play. It was so beautiful, I loved it instantly. It was a perfect lullaby. I fell into a deep sleep listening to the sound to the piano.
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EPOV:
I walked Bella, up the stairs and waited for her to say something. I didn't know what to say and she didn't either. Finally she stammered out, "Well, g – good night, then."
It made my heart beat speed up. She turned around and started to open the door. As if my hand had a mind of its own, I grabbed her warm hand in mine. I felt the electricity travel into my veins. Without thinking I brought her hand so I could kiss it.
My brain kicked in then, and I let her go, my hands feeling empty instantly. I smiled at her and said softly, "Good night Bella. Sleep well. And if you have anything you want, help yourself to it. Tomorrow I'll tell you everything to know about the Golden State."
When Esme had said that I would tour Bella around I had almost hugged her. Almost. I had to buy Esme a gift or something sometime soon.
While I was thinking this I opened the door for Bella, and she walked in with a smile at me. I closed it behind her, knowing that if I didn't I would go in after her.
I walked into one of the other rooms on this floor, and sat down at the piano. When she had walked into this house, there was this weird feeling in me. I wanted that feeling on some type of evidence. A melody had started to form in my head.
Putting my fingers on the keys I started. It was a lullaby. A lullaby for the beautiful girl in the room next to this one. Bella's lullaby.
Perfect.
Tomorrow would be fun.
I smiled at the thought.
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A/N: okay I don't know why no one is replying. Oh, there are plenty of Alerts and Favorites, but no reviews. It hurts kind of. Oh well, I like this story so I am gonna do it no matter what. Once again pics on my website. BTW, right now Chapter 3's pics are not up...sorry about that...something is wrong with the website...
Disclaimer: Nope, I don't own Twilight or anything. However I do own this laptop, this plot, and San!!! =D