Disclaimer: All the lovely characters in this story belong to Stephanie Myers. I am borrowing them for my entertainment, and of course yours.
"So, how did you two meet?" I questioned Rosalie as soon as the boys left for the living room. Apparently they were going to claim the TV before everyone else got in. Emmett saw no problem leaving three girls alone in the kitchen, which I found a bit strange. Usually he didn't so much as introduce me to his girlfriends, and now he's perfectly fine leaving me alone in a room with her to interrogate her?
"At the local coffee shop," she answered grabbing three wine glasses. She lazily set one in front of Alice, followed by setting one in front of me. Alice wasted no time filling the three glasses. "I'm actually not sure why he even bothered with me. I was such a bitch to him," she was being completely honest with me. Emmett had already told me how he had meet her, I just wanted to see if she was going to lie about it, and make it seem like some romantic things you would only read about in books. "He tried to buy me my coffee and I refused. He came back to that stupid coffee shop every single day until I caved and let him buy me a cup." A bright smile graced her lips. I could practically see her eyes light up as she told the story and I knew I didn't have to worry about Emmett. She loved him like he loved her.
"Was it love after that?" I took a small sip of my wine and crinkled my nose pushing it away from me. I wasn't much of a wine drinker, and when I did drink wine it was white, never red. I've learned red wine is bitter, where as white wine is sweeter.
"No." Rosalie was leaning against the counter. "It took him a month to get me to agree to go on a date with him." I arched my eyebrow silently asking for the story. This part Emmett had never told me. "Emmett was very… dedicated. He came to the coffee shop every single day for one month. He bought me a coffee every single time and I put up a fight always losing. Somehow he just got to me, and when he asked me out to dinner, at first I said no. Then he reminded me that he's only keep bugging me until I said yes. I told him he could take me out for lunch. And so, he did. After that we kind of just fell into each other." While Rosalie was telling the story I realized she didn't want to give away the details, at least, not all of them. It was something so meaningful to her she wasn't comfortable sharing with a complete stranger, even if the stranger happened to be his sister. We stood in silence and Rosalie and Alice sipped their wine.
"Oh, I think that's Esme and Tanya," Alice announced hearing a car pull into the driveway. "You're going to love Esme, Bella." Alice grabbed my arm dragging me from the kitchen with her. Alice was acting as if we had known each other for years, not like we'd just met. There was something about that, which was strangely comforting. Emmett was right; Alice and I were going to be good friends. In time I think Rosalie and I would become great friends as well.
"I see you girls managed to get the wine," an older woman announced picking up the bottle. She looked as if she were in her early forties; her hair was an almond color and fell into perfect little ringlets. I can only pray that when I'm her age I look as good as she does. She was aging like a fine wine.
"Haven't you learned anything yet? The wine always finds me," Alice said with a chuckle. "Esme, this is Isabella Swan. Bella this would be Esme."
"So we finally meet the famous Isabella Swan. You know Emmett talks about you like he raised you?" She questioned wrapping me up in a hug. I went stiff for a moment wondering what I was supposed to do before I awkwardly wrapped my arms around her. It was so unfamiliar to me to meet someone who hugs when they've only just met. Don't people usually start off with a handshake? I know I always do.
"He kind of did," I admit with a laugh. Emmett talked about me like he raised me because, for the most part, he did. Sure, Renee and Charlie taught me right from wrong, lectured up, punished us, rewarded up. They parented us. Then, Renee died and it was like Charlie died with her. He didn't care – to put it in the simplest of terms. After that, it was Emmett and I. That was it. At least that's how it felt. Emmett was, and probably always will be, my rock.
"How is dinner coming along?" Esme questioned walking into the kitchen without a second thought. "Alice introduce her to Tanya for me." For the first time I looked at the woman standing in front of me. She resembled Rosalie in more ways than one. She had the same long blonde hair, long gorgeous legs, ice blue eyes, and a figure any woman would kill to have. Alice rolled her eyes giving Tanya a sickly sweet smile. You could only tell the smile wasn't genuine.
"Bella, Tanya. Tanya, Bella," Alice said keeping it short and sweet. "You and I are going to be good friends. It's like I can see the future. We'll go shopping together, get our nails done together, maybe even go clubbing." Alice started pulling my back to the living room giving me no time to chit-chat with Tanya. Something about that didn't upset me.
"See the future, can you?" I teased naturally.
"Of course I can," she joked back. "You don't want to know Tanya, she's a royal bitch," Alice, informed me making me raise an eyebrow. "She's our crazy cousin. Just trust me on this one, don't get to close to her." Alice warned. She stopped in the living room where more people had joined the boys. Rosalie had joined Emmett watching the game, Jasper and Edward were talking about something next to the bookshelf, and Tanya walked right past us joining Jasper and Edward.
"Bella, this is Carlisle," she said pointing to the man. Carlisle was the oldest one with the blonde hair. In my head I was trying to figure out how old he was, because he looked to be in his mid forties, surely he was not old enough to have three grown children.
"Bella," Carlisle shook my hand. "Nice to meet the sophisticated young woman Emmett raised." A smile graced his face as he glanced back at Emmett. "What did you study in college?" Carlisle questioned me obviously wanting to know more about me. Apparently he liked to know the people he would most likely call family. Emmett and Rosalie were perfect for one another, and I think everyone knew it.
"I studied literature. I want to work in a publishing office editing books." I explained. Carlisle shook his head giving me his complete attention. "I'm actually going to apply to the publishing office here in town as soon as I get settled in." The publishing office is something that has been here in Forks for years. It's the only major office we have in town, and I have no clue why they decided to set up here and not in Seattle.
"Dinner!" Esme walked out of the kitchen grabbing the remote shutting off the TV. "We're all going to have to squeeze around the dinner table, but we'll make room."
"You had to shut it off at the best part?" Rosalie complained getting up without a fight. I followed Alice into the kitchen trying to cling to someone in the croed of people. "Bella, do you watch sports?" She asked trying to make small talk.
"Well... when I'm with Emmett I'm forced to. Other than that not typically," I answered her honestly. The only time I ever watched sports was with Emmett, or when my roommates in Arizona wanted to watch them. I wasn't much on sports. "Emmett tells me your love of sports is something that connects you two so well," I said faking his deep voice making Rosalie and Alice give little giggles.
"They're way to into sports for my liking," Alice whispered in my ear making me laugh. I may have only known her for a few hours but it felt as if I'd known her my entire life. "You're sitting next to me." She pointed to the chair next to Edward. I gave a slight blush for some reason unknown to me as I took my seat.
"Emmett tells us you love Italian food," Esmé announced.
"It's my favorite. What else has Emmett told you about me?" I questioned cautiously. Emmett told people a lot of stories about me, most of the time he told the embarrassing ones. Alice gave a small smile revealing my fears. He'd told them, terribly embarrassing stories of me.
"He told us one time you knocked yourself out playing tag," Alice said like it was the most casual thing in the world. I blushed 50 different shades of red in one moment. I heard Carlisle and Edward both give little scoffs, obviously trying to hold back laughs. "Although he never told us how you managed that one."
"I think I was 15 or 16, and I was hanging out with friends. So we decided it would be a great idea to play tag," I started the story figuring it was better to get it over. I could tell she probably wasn't going to drop the subject. "I glanced back for one second to see where the person chasing us was and when I turned back around I hit my face on the swamp cooler. I knocked myself out, broke my nose, and gave myself a concussion." I watched Tanya's jaw drop slightly. "Accident prone," I said taking a bite of the food.
"That's great," Alice said shaking her head. "I once fell down the stairs, but that's about as bad as it's ever gotten for me."
"Don't you even lie," Edward spoke up. I watched Alice's eyes narrow at him, as if she was silently warning him to shut up. "Her story tops yours," he said trying to hold back his own laugh. "So, we all went down this lake in when we lived California. It was Lake Tahoe. Anyways, it's Rosalie, Alice, Tanya and me. So we're all down at the lake, and I go off to get us all food, Rosalie take the story," he said making Rosalie give a devilish smile.
"So Edward leaves and it's Tanya, Alice, and myself, and we notice these hot guys arrive. I think they were like three years older than us, anyways, Tanya, and I are swimming with two of them, and Alice fixing her top. So the third guy goes to talk to Alice, and they're having a full on conversation, and then like fifteen minutes in she drops the towel getting ready to get into the lake and the guy just turns bright red and says: Do you know you put that top on backwards? It was the funniest shit ever." I erupted in giggles. Her story did beat mine.
A/N: I think dinner went over pretty well. What do you guys think? Posting two chapters because I feel like it. Let me know what you guys think of this chapter. c: