Previously: I walked up to the big wooden door and held my breath. I slowly brought my hand up to the door and knocked.
The door creaked open and someone that seemed very familiar but not Edward answered. "Hello, may I help you?" he asked.
Bella's POV:
I smiled as I recognized the man's face, very pale, blond hair, and very handsome. "Are you Carlisle?"
He nodded, "Yes I am, I'm sorry but do I know you?" He asked politely, a confused smile planted on his face.
"No, I'm new here. I'm Bella Swan, uh, my Dad Charlie was your friend right?" I asked as I put my hand out to shake his.
His grin was big now, he firmly shook my hand. Very tight grip I might add seems like he does a bit of working out. "Charlie Swan is back in town huh? Wow, seems like its been forever since I've seen him! Last time I saw him was when he and Renee left while she was pregnant…..with you I'm assuming. Well, come in, come in! Family of Charlie is family of ours!" he backed away a few steps and motioned for me to come in.
"Thanks," I said smiling as I walked on in. The inside of the house was just as beautiful as the outside if not better.
"Very nice house you have by the way." I said to him as he grabbed my jacket from me. "Thanks."
"You're very welcome. So, what brings you to the Cullen house?"
"Well," I said getting a bit quiet, "Did Edward or Alice tell you about a pen pal project from school?
He nodded, "Yeah, they both mentioned it; Alice told me a lot more about her pen pal than Edward did though."
"Well, Edward was mine! We've been talking a lot since then and I sort of wanted to surprise him…..he doesn't know I've moved here." I was giddy with excitement as I said it out loud. I was in Edward Cullen's house! Screw 90 percent chance of meeting him! More like 101 percent!
"I'm sure he'll like that. I have noticed him on the phone a lot more recently……he's hardly ever on it, now it's hard to get him off."
I blushed, "Well, I guess that's my fault."
He shrugged, "It's no big deal. As long as he's happy, so am I."
I was just about to respond when I heard a booming voice come from what I'm guessing is the living room. "Jasper you suck! Why the hell did you just beat me? That was uncalled for Mr.!"
I heard another male laugh.
"Stop being such a sore loser Emmett. Jasper won fair and square, it's not his fault he's better than you." My heart stuttered, that was Edward.
I heard the guy—who's name is Emmett?—mumble a response so low I couldn't hear.
"Well Bella," Carlisle said quietly so they wouldn't hear my name, "I'm going to go in the kitchen with my wife Esme." He said motioning to a door leading towards the kitchen. "If you need anything feel free to ask. Feel free to stay for dinner as well. Oh, and when you talk to Charlie tell him we all say hello." He told me then turned around to head towards the kitchen. I don't know if it was just my ears but I could have sworn I heard him mutter to himself, "I can't wait to tell Esme Charlie's back!"
I chuckled and took a deep breath as I made my way to where I heard all the voices. I made sure my footsteps were real quiet so they wouldn't hear me coming. Once I got there I saw the back of three heads, they were all facing towards the television with great intensity. The one are the right had short brown hair, the one of the left had curly blonde hair, and the one in the middle had the perfect messy bronze hair.
It seemed like were at an intense moment because they all seemed to lean forward without even noticing. So, being me, I chose that moment to interrupt. "Hey!" I said, louder than a normal hello.
They all jumped and dropped there controllers…..but Edward didn't just jump….he sort of, well, fell off the couch completely and was now lying on the ground.
"Whoa, who are you!?" The big guy asked me? I took an educated guess that this was Emmett. Edward had given me an idea of what his friends looked like and said Emmett was very big and dark haired, while Jasper wasn't as big and had blonde hair.
Edward was still on the floor and Jasper and Emmett were staring me down. I blushed but said confidently, "I'm Bella. Bella Swan."
"Bella?!?!" I heard Edward literally yell from the ground. That's when he decided to jump up and look at me. "Bella?!?" I nodded and he ran closer to me. "Wow…" he poked me on the forehead. "Wow! You're really here! I thought I hit my head a bit too hard."
I was cracking up but managed to choke out, "Oh shut up," and give him a big hug.
"Wait," he said pulling away, "Why are you here? You live in Arizona."
"No shit Sherlock, not anymore though. My dad and I just moved here." I told him smiling.
"And you didn't tell me?" he asked pretending to pout. This is perfect! This is exactly how I imagined him! Funny, cute, polite, everything that he seemed like from the phone and text conversations.
"Surprise, told you I had a good one."
"A damn good one!" he said, "Wow, I can't believe I'm actually meeting you! I might add, you're even cuter in person." He smiled a crooked smile that instantly made my insides melt…and of course my face redden.
Emmett then spoke up, "You are really cute, he wasn't lying!"
"He never shut up about you. Bella this, Bella that, that's all we heard day and night! I swear, I went to bed thinking how awesome Bella was from listening to all his stories." Jasper exclaimed coming over, we were now in a sort of circle.
I blushed at Jasper's comment but laughed, "Thanks Emmett." I turned to Edward, "You talked about me? Enough to make someone I've never talked to dream about me?"
"I couldn't help it." he told me with a slight shrug as if it was obvious he would be talking about me.
I blushed even more, "It's so nice to meet you all! When my dad called and told me we were moving here I practically screamed!" I ranted. "Okay so wait a second let me take a guess, you're Emmett," I said pointing to the dark haired guy, "And you're Jasper, right?"
"Correctimuno!" Emmett exclaimed, waving his hands in the air.
Jasper came over to me and stage-whispered in my ear, "You'll get used to him, I'm pretty sure there's something wrong in his brain but any time I mention it to his parents they say that he will be eventually be sane. Not sure I quite believe that."
"Hey, hey, hey!" Emmett complained, "There's nothing wrong with me. My Rosie just says I'm special!"
I laughed but nodded, "Okay Emmett, I believe you." I winked at Jasper and Edward though.
They doubled over in laughter. Wow, these guys were great! "Take a seat," Edward said motioning to the couches.
"Thanks," I said making my way over to the one that had been sitting at before. "So, what are you guys playing?"
"Gears of War," Jasper said shrugging, "I'm the one to beat at this game! Even Emmett can't beat me." He smiled like he was proud of himself.
"Play me?" I asked him, feeling a bit cocky.
One of his eyebrows rose, "Are you really challenging the master?" he asked. Wow, he didn't sound like a geek at all. (In case your wondering folks, that's called sarcasm.)
"Bella, he really is the best, unless you wanna get your ass whooped, don't even bother trying." Edward told me, trying to warn me.
I shrugged, "I wanna try, I used to play this game a lot with my ex." Aka Justin, he was a total gamer and I learned a lot of about video games from going over to his house.
"It's your funeral." Jasper said, setting the game up for two players.
"Dramatic much?"
"As always." Edward whispered.
I smiled as the game started. I was leaning in the chair, anticipation filling my every move. Jasper was really good at this. Didn't mean I wasn't.
As of now we were tied, it was the last round too, whoever could get the next point would win. I honestly think I had quite a chance. I was concentrating and biting my lip so hard that I wouldn't be surprised if it started to bleed.
Edward and Emmett were completely silent and the only noises heard were that from the game, our breathing, and a low mumble from the kitchen. Esme and Carlisle I'm assuming. If it had been Alice and Rosalie, they would have been in here by now. I don't think they even knew I was here.
There was about thirty seconds left in the game and we still tied. Just one more point! There was a bead of sweat lingering on my forehead. No wonder they call him the master.
A smile spread across my face as I saw my last way to win a point. Jasper saw it too…but I got to it first!
I threw the controller down on the couch and jumped up as Emmett and Edward cheered me on.
"Who's the master now?" I exclaimed loudly.
Jasper did a sigh-laugh thing, sort of a combination between the two. "Have to hand it to ya Swan, you've got skill."
Edward was just about to say something when I heard a loud, high-pitched voice yell, "What's up with all the noise down here?! Rose and I are trying to practice some meditation techniques we learned in health class! So, could you please shut the hell up?
"Alice!" Edward whined. I stifled a giggle. He did not just whine! "We have company, could you be any ruder?"
She was glaring daggers into Edward. "Emmett and Jasper don't count as company! They are here every second of every minute of every—"he pointed to me and finally Alice tore her eyes away from his and towards me. "Bella?" She asked, confused.
I nodded and waved, "Hi Alice."
"Oh my gosh!" She screeched and leaped towards me to give me a huge hug. "I thought I was seeing things!"
"Don't worry about it," I said smiling as I looked over her head to Edward and winked. "You're not the only one."
Edward's answering smile made me go weak at the knees.
A/N: Well there ya go! Sorry for the long wait. I'm not going to waste my time or yours to explain since I've already put up an authors note. Hope you liked this chapter, I'll get the next one up soon! PLEASE REVIEW!
Oh and just a side note, I've never ever played Gears of War, so for any of you gamers, I'm really sorry if I completely messed it up lol.