Disclaimers to Stephenie Meyer and Tomoko Hayakawa.

Sorry for not updating in a long time.

I had loads of homework, including coursework which is like a term paper or whatever and 30% of my GCSE is coursework so I hope I did well.

Also, my mum got me all ten seasons of FRIENDS. Oh yes, I love that TV show, it's so good. I'm up to the episode where Rachel won't go to Ross and Emily's wedding in London. (Although we know she does).

Anyway. Enough with my life. On with the story.

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"Hello."

"Hello, is that Edward?"

The voice of the woman on the other end froze Edward's blood.

"Your call cannot be taken at the moment so please leave a message after the beep!" Edward rushed down the phone.

"I know you're there, Edward," the woman said slyly.

"Hey Auntie, I heard the answering machine go so I thought I'd pick it up and talk to you," Edward lied sheepishly but smoothly.

"Nice save. How's Bella doing?"

Edward looked over his shoulder and saw Bella frowning at the rose coloured dresses that the bridesmaids were trying on.

"Um, she's doing great."

"You do know I am standing outside the window and I can see Bella frown at the prospect at wearing a dress."

Edward dropped the phone. He turned around to the window and saw Auntie. He quickly hung up the phone and ran to open the door.

"Hello Auntie, this is unexpected," Edward said whilst blushing a deeper and deeper red. Auntie gave him an appraising look.

"I know," she said warmly. She gave Edward her coat and walked into the living room. Bella was unaware of why people looked so shocked. She turned to face her Aunt.

"What are you doing here?" Bella asked.

"That's not very lady-like, what have the boys been teaching you? Now repeat after me, 'hello Auntie, how are you?'" Auntie said her gaze not dropping once.

"Hello Auntie, how are you?" Bella repeated obediently.

"Good. I'm fine, how are you Bella?" Auntie asked.

"Great. So why are you here?"

"Angelo was David McCarthy's brother-in-law," Auntie stated whilst watching with amusement Bella's jaw drop.

"I'm cousins with Emmett?"

"Bella, try to keep up," Auntie reprimanded whilst walking closer to the dress that hung loosely on the hanger on the door. Bella watched Auntie smooth out the dress and then smile widely at Bella.

"Bella, I cannot wait to see you in this dress, it will be like a dream come true," Auntie sighed. Bella stood up quickly.

"This dress? Are you kidding?" Bella said with a wide smile. That was only the start.

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"This is bad," Jasper muttered, his ear pressed against the door. Carlisle, Edward and Emmett all had their ear pressed on the door.

"Really bad," Carlisle muttered.

"I guess we got so absorbed into our personal lives that we forgot why Bella was here," Emmett sighed.

"I guess I was too busy falling in love with her to realise that she wasn't exactly a lady," Edward said quietly. Emmett bit his tongue as he tried to stop himself laughing.

"What's up, Em?" Edward hissed.

"You and Bella, no way," Emmett whispered whilst giggling.

"Why, what's wrong with Bella?" Edward snarled.

"Nothings wrong with Bella," Carlisle said quickly.

"It's just that," Jasper started.

"Bella is way out of your league," Emmett finished.

"My league? Please, no one is out of my league," Edward stated.

"If you hadnt noticed Bella has become more of a babe than a freak recently," Emmett told Edward.

"Bella's always been a babe, havent you noticed?" Edward hissed.

"Well, yeah. But guys at cool are starting to talk about her, you know, being good-looking," Carlisle said.

"Saying?"

"Since the Christmas dance, they've been saying that maybe they'd like to hang with Bella. She's becoming more of a lady, and she is the heir of the whole computer-thing-bob her dad invented, and whatever Auntie has will be shared between Bella and Emmett, so that has them interested too," Jasper explained.

"Basically you have to up your game, she could be in love with anyone else."

"Hmm.."

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"What do you mean you refuse to wear a dress to a wedding? What do you want to wear, jeans? Bella is this how the boys taught you? I am going to have a serious talk with them." Auntie fumed. Auntie and Bella were in Bella's redesigned room, standing as far as possible from each other and yelling at each other.

"Auntie, I don't like dresses. I don't want to be a lady. I want to be normal." Bella screamed.

"You can't ever be normal; ever since you were born you were expected to be thrown into the higher social class of the US." Auntie tried to explain in a calm tone.

"Then, I quit. I just want to Bella, Auntie, accept that," Bella said softly.

"Except that?" Auntie mused.

"No, Accept that," Bella said pronouncing the syllables and walking out of the room. Auntie sat on the sofa in Bella's room and held her head in her hands.

Edward opened the door expecting to see Bella. He saw Auntie sniffling into her hands and walked over to her. He handed her a handkerchief.

"Here."

Auntie looked up at Edward and saw the handkerchief in his hand. She dabbed at her eyes, her make-up barely ruined and her mascara not even smudged. She put the handkerchief back into his hand and curled his hand around it.

"Thank you, Edward."

There was an awkward pause.

"Auntie, why do you want Bella to be a lady so badly?" Edward asked. Auntie looked up at him and patted a seat next to her. Edward sat down beside her. Auntie took both of his hands and put them on his lap. She held them softly.

"10 years ago, Angelo passed away, leaving me in this world alone. Bella was only 7 then and didn't understand the pain I was going through. She caught me crying with a picture of Angelo in my hands. She came over to me like you did with a handkerchief and wiped my tears.

'Don't cry, Auntie,' she told me and I smiled at her naive thinking.

'Even ladies must cry now and again, but when ladies cry their tears are like gems,' I told her. She laughed and told me that she wanted to be like a lady, like me, and that I was her biggest role model. Ever since that moment, all I've ever wanted is Bella to be a lady, like me. I guess people change through time." Auntie gave a small smile. She let go of Edward's hands and made her way outside.

A few seconds later, Bella walked into the room, her face covered in tears.

"I never remembered," she sobbed, as Edward made her way to her. Edward held Bella in his arms for a long time.

Well, at least none of the boys at school could experience this on a daily basis, Edward thought snidely.

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Haha, I hope you Friends devotees noticed the little quote from Friends. If not, then read again. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, review. If you do, review anyway.