Chapter 22

It was Saturday morning, the day I was going to meet the Cullen's. I was going to have a busy weekend, with Edward today, and I had planned to meet Jake tomorrow.

I paced my room nervously, deciding what to wear, then rethinking it. I had no idea what to do. When Edward came to get me, I was no where near ready. I had had my shower, but I was standing in a towel staring at the clothes in my closet. I heard him approach behind me.

"I have no idea what to wear, what will I wear?" I asked him. I turned to face him, the panic clear in my eyes. The funny thing is, I was panicking in case they didn't like me, not that they would want to eat me.

"Just wear something that you feel comfortable in," Edward suggested, lying on my bed.

"I am not wearing my sweats, Edward, be realistic." I sighed. I searched through my closet again for the third time. I decided on my new white dress, and white gladiator sandals. I grabbed my cell and shoved it into the hidden pockets in my dress. They were really handy. "How does this look?" I did a little spin to show him.

"It looks perfect, you will be fine." I nodded and turned to examine myself in the mirror again. "In fact, Alice already knows that you are going to be best friends."

I nodded again. I let my hair go naturally wavy and put a little mascara and lipgloss on. Edward's phone started ringing and he answered it. "Yes. Uh hu. I know I told her. See you soon." He looked at me again. "That was Alice, she said you look brilliant and you will get a lot of compliments, so wear that."

I looked at him as if he was crazy. "How could Alice possibly know that?"

"She can see the future, remember?"

"Oh." I walked towards the door. "I'm ready if you are?"

"Sure."

I nervously stumbled towards Edward's car with about as much grace as an elephant on skates. He caught me every time and I was grateful for him. I sat in Edward's car, scared for my life as he raced towards his house.

"Stop looking so scared, I'm in complete control," he said, looking at me.

"Keep your eyes on the road!" I screeched.

"Bella, I will be able to tell if there was a car coming, no need to have a heart attack." But to calm me, he looked back at the road.

All to soon, we were at the house. It was a moderately sunny day today, and sun was shining into the glass house. Edward came round to my door, opened it for me, and gave me his hand. I accepted it gratefully and got up. We walked towards the door, him easily, me clumsily. But before I even reached the steps, the door flew open and there was a blur. The next thing I knew there was rock solid arms around me. The person stood back and I looked at them, dazed. It was Alice, the short, pixie girl.

"Bella!" Her voice rang out like a wind chime, as delightful as a songbird. "I'm so glad to finally meet you! I've been seeing this day for so long!" She sighed happily.

"Alice," Edward said gruffly, "I warned you about this."

She laughed and grabbed my hand. "Come on, Bella. Ignore grumpy pants over there. Come inside and meet the rest." She started skipping towards the door. "I love your outfit by the way," she winked at me.

I giggled and followed her inside. My worries had vanished at how friendly Alice was. I could really tell how much I would love her. I gasped as I looked around. Everything in here was beautiful. There was a crystal chandelier in the middle of the room. To my left, was what I assumed was a living room, with a 65" T.V. on the wall. To my right, was a little sitting area and a platform where a black glossy grand piano sat. Straight ahead of me was a doorway, and to the right of that, twisting stairs that were made of glass. All throughout what I could see, were the most beautiful ornaments and pictures decorating the rooms. My jaw dropped and my eyes were wide in amazement and I continued to look round in awe. Alice continued to drag me towards the door next to the stairs. She looked back towards me and grinned.

"They are all in the kitchen , I'll show you."

At the mention of kitchen my stomach growled. I had forgotten to get something to eat before I had left. How stupid of me, I thought. They don't eat.

But upon entering the kitchen I saw 5 vampires working out how to cook something.

The big burly vampire, Emmett, was trying to figure what to do with a teaspoon he had in his hand. It looked ridiculous, the tiny little spoon in his huge hand. He looked down at it then simply flicked it over his shoulder and out the back door which was wide open. He looked round to see if anyone noticed, and saw me giggling. He put his finger to his lips and motioned for me to keep quite, smiling. I nodded then looked round at the others.

The woman I had never seen before was a blur at the cooker. She seemed to know what she was doing. She was moving a frying pan, then flipping something.

The blonde man that I had never seen either, was carefully measuring out chocolate chips. He was being precise and accurate, taking his time, although I am sure he could have done that at lightening speed. He must be Carlisle, the doctor, I though.

A blonde girl was mixing a batter. She had the bowl under one arm and her other hand was mixing it so fast that the stuff in the bowl started to fly everywhere. She looked down, disgusted, at her clothes. A bit of the mixture had got on her and she looked at it like it was mud.

The blonde boy, was staring at me. He was making me a bit uncomfortable, but he continued to stare. He must have sensed that I wasn't happy, so he looked out the window, his jaw tight. Alice skipped over to him and whispered in his ear. He nodded and gazed down at her, lovingly.

I didn't know what they were making, but whatever it was, it smelled delicious. My stomach growled again as I smelled the food. This made all of them look up and stare at me.

"Sorry, my stomach is crying out for food," I said, cringing.

The woman I didn't know, walked slowly over, and opened her arms. "I'm Esme!" She then proceeded to pull me into a tight hug. I breathed in deeply, and discovered she smelt amazing. She pulled back and smiled at me warmly. "If you ever need anything, you can come to me." She beamed at me and went to stand beside Carlisle. She gave out a motherly vibe, and it was so wonderful to feel that she cared.

"I'm Carlisle, as you probably know." He stood forward and shook my hand. I nodded at him.

"Hey, baby brother has a girlfriend at last!" Emmett lumbered forward and put his arm around his neck. "And she's a looker too, good catch. Welcome to our disjointed family!" he said to me, lifting me up in a hug. My legs dangled in the air before he set me back on my feet. He smiled at me and then stood back, while slapping Edward in the back. Edward rolled his eyes at him.

"Come on, Jasper, you're fine, you won't hurt her," Alice said quietly. She wasn't quite enough for me not to hear though. Jasper moved slowly, keeping his eyes on me at all times.

"It's nice to meet you, Isabella," he said stiffly. He then moved quickly back to where he was standing and seemed to let out a deep breath.

"You can call me Bella, if you want," I told him. He nodded curtly.

"It's ok, you done fine," Alice said soothingly to him, rubbing his back.

Everyone turned to look at the blonde girl, Rosalie. She sighed.

"Hi, I'm Rosalie. Welcome, or something like that." She didn't look at me when she said that. Esme frowned at her and Edward growled. She just turned back and kept working on what she was doing before.

"I hope you're hungry, Bella. We have quite a treat for you here!" Esme laughed.

"I'm starving actually," I smiled.

"Why would you come to a house full of vampires and not eat anything?" Rosalie said bitterly. She didn't even try to lower her voice.

"I forgot, it's not many places I go and I can't get food," I told her. She scowled and started ferociously mixing again.

"It will be ready soon. Edward, why don't you give Bella a tour of the house?" Esme suggested.

He grabbed my hand. "I'll show you my room."

Emmett laughed. "Typical boy, always the first place to show your girl."

Edward chuckled at him and led me up the stairs. I was excited to see his room. This was where he spent a lot of his time.

"It's in here," he said. He held open a door. I quickly went inside.

"Wow…" The first thing that caught my eye was Edward's music collection. I ran my fingers along the spines of CD cases, Cassette cases and Record cases. There was such a vast collection of music here. My eyes were then drawn towards the little sofa bed against the wall. Next to it, was a guitar and a keyboard. "You sure love music." I turned to him, smiling.

He looked embarrassed. "Yeah, have I not said that? It's usually all I talk about." He explained when I shook my head. "I must have been too distracted by you."

I heard a very loud laugh coming from downstairs, it sounded like Emmett.

"Ignore him, he's just glad he has a good reason to tease me now." He looked pained when he said it, as if that's all he's been getting.

"Bella! You're breakfast is ready!" came a voice from downstairs.

"If they make you too uncomfortable, just say, ok?" Edward told me.

"Why would I be uncomfortable?" I wondered out loud as I walked down the stairs.

I should have realised why I would have been uncomfortable. I was sitting at their never-before-used kitchen table with 7 vampires watching me eat. Not just watching actually, staring. I had a high plateful of chocolate chip pancakes with chocolate sauce and they all stared, watching me eat. Alice was the most fascinated.

"How can you eat that? It tastes rotten," she said, screwing her petite face up.

"Actually, it's really yummy," I remarked, my mouth full of food. Emmett laughed again, a sight I was getting used to. He laughed a lot.

"Well, I'm glad you like it honey. I've always wanted to use that kitchen!" Esme told me happily. "I never thought I would get the chance!"

I nodded as I worked my way through the layers of pancakes. I wanted to eat it all, so I wasn't being rude.

"You don't have to eat it all, Bella. They made far too much." Edward glowered at them.

I finished my last bite. "It's fine. I just won't eat for the next week or two. I'm stuffed." I grinned.

Rosalie's smile faded. I think she wanted me to not finish it, so they would be disappointed. That wouldn't happen.

"I really need to walk this off now," I laughed.

"Oh, then you won't want any cupcakes then," Esme said sadly.

"Oh, I would love a cupcake, just a bit later. And I could take the rest home for my dad, or bring one to school tomorrow," I suggested.

Esme's eyes lit up. "Great! I'll get a tub for you and give one to you just now, if you want one in Edward's room."

"Yeah, 'cause no one wants to walk in on you on Edward doing anything." Emmett raised his eyebrows suggestively. I blushed and Edward scowled again.

"Here you go Bella!" Esme handed me a gorgeous cupcake with blue butter icing on top.

"Wow, this looks gorgeous!" I told her.

She beamed as I put my finger in the icing and licked it. "Mmmmm."

"Right, Bella and I are going upstairs, where she doesn't need to be stared at any longer," Edward said to the rest of them. I got up and waved at them, then followed Edward upstairs.

We got to his room when Edward whispered, "I want to show you my favourite spot."

I looked at him curiously as he put his arms around me. He took me to the window and jumped out and up.

It's safe to say I screamed as I really wasn't expecting that. I very nearly dropped my cupcake. When Edward put me down, and I opened my eyes, I saw we were on the roof. It was quite flat with only a gentle slope.

"This is your favourite place?"

"Only when it isn't raining. But I think it will be my favourite place to be with you." He lay against the roof and dragged me on top of him. I put my cupcake to his lips so there was icing on them. I then bent down and kissed it off.

"Mmmmm, icing Edward," I giggled. He laughed and made me kiss him more. Soon I fell to his side and we lay there, talking about everything and anything. At one point we just lay there staring at each other. We were like that until we were rudely interrupted.

"Well, well. Edward has got himself a girlfriend. At last. I was starting to think you were gay or something." I looked up to see an angry girl staring down at us. Edward groaned and put his hands on his face.

"Go away," he told the girl. She laughed, a deep and evil laugh.

"No."

She picked me up and stood me beside her. She grabbed my throat, slightly choking me.

"Don't touch her!" Edward growled and went to push her out the way.

"I wouldn't do that," she said lazily. "I have her throat. One touch to me and it's Bye Bye Bella."

My eyes were wide. She knew my name, and I didn't know how.

She looked me up and down. "Brown eyes, brown hair, pale, nowhere near interesting," she stated. She threw me to the ground. "Why does he even like you?" I wasn't sure if the question was aimed at me or was it rhetorical.

She lazily strolled over to Edward and put her arms around him.

"It's not too late you know, you can still have me," she said softly. He pushed her back in disgust.

"I thought we were over this, Jenna," he hissed. "I told you never."

She feigned hurt. "How could you hurt me like that, Edward? I thought we had something special!" Her face snapped back into a devilish grin. "Or not."

Another figure came and hurled past me as I clutched my leg. When this Jenna person pushed me, I had hurt my leg. It didn't draw blood, but I could already see a giant bruise forming.

"Jenna! I told you not to come here!" Yvonne snarled, her blonde hair flowing. "You were supposed to meet me in Port Angeles."

"But I heard Edward was in town so I had to pay him and his little chew toy a visit," she said innocently, batting her eyelashes. How she could look so innocent, but call me a chew toy at the same time I will never know.

Jenna was quite a small girl, a vampire of course. She was wearing a black corset top with a red bow on it. She teamed it with a frilly black skirt and fishnet tights. She had extremely high heals on, they must have been 8 inches high. She had light brown hair with streaks of blonde in it, which was in tight curls. She had heavy dark makeup on her eyes with bright red lip stick. She had a crazy glint in her eye that really made me nervous.

She looked back at me and showed her pointed teeth, making me cower back.

"Yvonne! How could you lead her here!" Edward asked her.

"I didn't mean it! I didn't think she was smart enough to put the pieces together!"

"I am shocked and offended at that comment, how dare you," Jenna simply stated. She seemed really laid back, which was a strange trait.

I slowly stood up and edged over to Edward, as I was suddenly aware that I was on the same side of the roof as Jenna, but the other side from Yvonne and Edward.

"Don't move." Jenna moved to right beside me, blocking my path.

The next thing I knew, Alice was beside Yvonne. "Don't even think about it," She warned Jenna. Edward's eyes went wide with horror as he saw the scene that was inside Alice's head.

"Too late," Jenna said sweetly.

Then she pushed me off the roof.

I think I got carried away and wrote a bit much. Thank you to everyone who has reviewed so far. Please tell me what you think of this chapter!