Author's Note: I do not own Twilight. Twilight and all of the characters are the creation of Stephenie Meyer. No copyright infringement is intended.
Sorry I haven't updated in a while. School is back in session and I've been busy with another Fan Fiction story I have in the works (it's HP-ish) and my new YouTube videos. I will try to update as soon as I can but please expect bigger gaps in-between update times.
UPDATE AS OF 11-27-11: If you've already read this chapter and just so happen to be looking at it again, I changed what the outside of the house looks like and some of its layout… and that's pretty much it.
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Whoa.
That was all I could say.
Whoa.
I thought the Cullen's house in Forks was extravagant, but this house was amazing. It seemed larger, almost. The exterior was tan with grey stone pillars, and it was tall. I could tell it had three floors. The roof was triangular, which made it different from the house in Forks. Large windows were near the door, and it looked like the living room was in there. The windows took up two floor levels, but windows on the side of the house showed me that there were rooms on the second floor, so the living room just had a high ceiling. Everything I saw was beautiful and absolutely breathtaking.
"Wait until you see the inside," Esme whispered in my ear.
The inside. I've fallen in love with the home and I haven't even seen the inside yet.
I grabbed my duffel bag and helped Esme grab some of the suitcases from the trunk of the Mercedes. Carlisle walked up the stairs to the front door, unlocked it, and went inside. I lugged one of my suitcases and my duffel up the stairs. Entering the house, I took in the living room. The large windows definitely brought a little bit of light into the room, even though it wasn't that sunny out. A black grand piano sat at the far wall in the room. I was guessing it was for Edward...
The couch was black and it looked like it could seat about fifteen people. It was massive!
The wall space that wasn't window was white and had a few decorative pictures hanging on the wall.
The coffee table was black with a glass top. A plasma screen TV sat in front of it, and it was not against the windows.
"Look at the TV!" Emmett bellowed, coming in the front door. He lifted me up off the floor. "Emmett, put me down!" I squealed. He walked over and plopped me down on the huge couch. It was extremely comfortable.
Unfortunately, I had to get up and bring in suitcases. I placed my duffel and the suitcase I brought in by the stairs and ran out to get some other suitcases.
"I think we've got it from here, Alex," Carlisle said. He did hand me one of my many suitcases, though, and I wheeled that inside. Alice was taking my bags up the stairs to my room, I was guessing. I turned right from the living room, and the staircase was there. If I would have walked forward from the living room through the archway, I would have went into the dining room, which was connected to the kitchen.
"Wait for me, Alice!" I shouted and carried my suitcase up the stairs as quickly as I possibly could. Alice turned down a hallway and entered the lone door in the hallway. I followed behind her. I opened the door to my room and...
Oh. My. God.
The room was absolutely huge! It seemed to have a purple and black theme. The headboard of my bed was black but had a purple comforter, purple sheets, and purple pillows. The walls were lavender colored. I smiled at that. A black futon sat at the wall next to the door, on the right. The bed was directly across from it at the far wall. By the right wall was a black desk with... a MacBook sitting on it.
Carlisle and Esme spoiled me.
"Oh my gosh!" I said. This room was absolutely amazing.
Alice poked her head out of a doorway. I was guessing it was my closet.
"There's more," she giggled. I walked over to where she was. It was my closet.
This closet had to be twice the size of my other closet in the house in Forks. It seemed like it went on forever...
Alice grabbed my arm and pulled me to another door. What else could there possibly be?
She opened the door and my question was answered.
A bathroom. My own personal bathroom.
There was a large Jacuzzi bathtub in the corner. There was one sink with a lot of counter space. A large mirror covered the space. Next to the door on the right was a big shower and, of course, the toilet.
"Wow," I murmured. "This is absolutely incredible."
"Do you love it?" Esme said. I turned around and saw her standing in the doorway.
I gave her a hug. "I love it."
The three of us walked out into the closet. I saw that all of my suitcases were already here.
"I have to go unpack my belongings, and then I'll come help you," Alice said. She waved and danced out of the closet.
"Do you want my help?" Esme asked.
I smiled. "Go unpack your belongings. I can start. I have an idea for organization that hopefully Alice will approve of..."
Esme chuckled and kissed my forehead. "Have fun," she said, and then walked out of the room.
I grabbed one of my suitcases and opened it. Inside was some of the few summer clothes that Alice let me keep. I decided that on one side of the closet I would put my spring and summer clothes. I would organize by item and then by color. On the opposite side of the closet I would put my fall and winter clothes with the same item then color organization.
Hopefully Alice will approve. Well, she's probably already seen my plans...
I started taking clothes and other things out of my suitcase. In the back of the closet was a very large shoe rack where I placed all of my shoes. Two mannequins also sat back there. A note was taped to one saying they were meant to hold jewelry. It explained the two bars sticking out from the sides. I guess they were for bracelets...
After I had gone through two suitcases, Alice walked in.
"Yes, I do approve of you system," she said. "It's very clever."
With the two of us putting away everything, organizing the closet went quicker than if it was just me organizing everything.
After Alice and I were done, we headed out into the room and Parker was sitting on the futon.
"Hello ladies," he said.
"Hi Parker," I replied.
Alice looked at me. I noticed her eyes were darker. "The family is going hunting, well, except for Parker," she said.
I looked over at Parker and, sure enough, his eyes were like bright rubies.
"We should be back in about forty-five minutes. It's going to take extra time to survey the land," Alice added, and then walked out of the room.
Parker smiled his amazing grin. "Hmm... alone for forty-five minutes..." he murmured. I looked at his face. He slowly moved closer to me and connected our lips. This kiss lasted longer than our first. I broke to take a breath but Parker quickly reconnected our lips. My hands moved up his chest and wrapped themselves around his neck. I ran my tongue along his bottom lip and he opened his mouth. My tongue swirled with his. Suddenly, he moved away from me and sat on the futon.
"That's enough for now," he whispered. I nodded, biting my lip.
He sighed. "You don't know how much more I want to kiss you."
I sat down next to him and ran my hand up and down his leg. "I really want to kiss you more, too," I whispered. He smiled at me and I couldn't help smiling back.
For the rest of the forty-five minutes, Parker and I set up my new MacBook. We laid on our stomachs on my bed. It turns out Parker did not know how to use a computer. It wasn't really surprising, however, since he had been in that cave for almost his entire life.
That made me think about one question.
"Uh, Parker," I began. "How old are you, not physically, but... uh... in years?"
He chuckled. "I had a feeling that you would ask me that," he said. "Physically, as you can tell, I am seventeen. However, I am actually twenty-two years old."
My mouth hung open. "You're twenty-two years old?"
He nodded. "Really, there's nothing wrong with the two of us... being together. If you didn't know, your brother Edward was over one hundred years old when he met Bella."
I laughed. "Now there's an age difference."
Parker chuckled and nodded.
We sat in silence for a few moments.
"So, hybrids stop aging too? Nessie is going to keep growing..." I began.
"Until she reaches about seventeen physically, or when she's about eight years old," Parker said.
"Wow," I muttered. "What a quick childhood..."
I was tempted to ask Parker about his childhood, but I didn't in case it was a touchy subject for him.
So with that, we went back to using the computer. I managed to switch my iTunes account and library over to my new laptop. I showed Parker YouTube and we watched funny videos until Rosalie walked in.
"Hey little sis and her boyfriend, we're home," she said. I blushed and Parker just chuckled.
The three of us walked down stairs and everyone was in the living room, all together. It reminded me of my birthday party and the group picture. Everyone together, everyone happy. I hoped nothing split up our family again.
Home sweet Astoria.
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Aww, Alex is so happy. Her family is all together and it fills her with joy.
Well, sweetie, not everything can remain picture perfect forever.
Just remember that.
Oops, was I talking to myself? Lo siento... ; )