Esme
Emmett wanted to help. That couldn't be a good thing, but I knew if I didn't let him he'd cause trouble. "Why don't you get me the powdered sugar, butter, milk, and vanilla?" I suggest. Emmett gets me everything I asked for and I make some frosting for the cookies. Then I put it into bowls and get out the food coloring.
"Ooh, can I do that?" asks Emmett.
"Emmett, let Bella do this part. She's the cook," says Edward. I put the food coloring in the frosting to make red, green, yellow, and blue. I left some of the frosting white as well.
"Now what?" asks Alice excitedly.
"We decorate the cookies," I say. Soon we were almost done and only had a few more to do. I could tell that Emmett was getting bored. Alice was enjoying herself as she made her cookies designer in a way. Edward seemed indifferent about it. I sigh heavily; I was getting bored too.
"Bella, are we almost done, I'm bored," complains Emmett before hitting his hand down on a butter knife causing the frosting to catapult off and onto Edward's face. I couldn't help it, I had to laugh. Edward scowls at me and I tried-unsuccessfully-to calm down enough to apologize, but then Alice and Emmett were laughing too and suddenly Emmett had red frosting on his face. Edward was laughing as he held a red spoon in his hand.
Suddenly Alice's eyes widen before she glares at Emmett. "You wouldn't dare," she growls. Suddenly her face was yellow just like Edward's. Alice wasn't very happy about that. I was still laughing when suddenly Edward kisses me placing his hand on my cheek. When he breaks the kiss I was momentarily dazzled.
"Blue is a very good color for you," says Edward whose finger tips were now coated in blue frosting.
"This means war!" screeches Alice pulling me over by the fridge. I noticed that her shirt was now stained with white frosting. I glance over to where Edward was and notice Emmett placing a colander on Edward's head while he had a sauce pan on his own head. He was also handing Edward a cookie sheet and was holding one himself. Alice opens the fridge and pulls out a carton of eggs as well as a bowl of leftover spaghetti.
"They are so going down," says Alice with a wicked grin on her face. She hands me the spaghetti. Edward and Emmett were armed with flour and frosting. My last thought was Quil and Embry are going to kill us for this. And then the food fight began as Alice nailed Emmett with an egg. I will never be able to tell you how the cookies survived the food fight, but I can safely say that the rest of the kitchen did not.
"What happened in here?" demands Quil causing us all to jump and turn to look in the doorway of the kitchen. Quil and Embry were both standing in the doorway looking around the kitchen. Quil looked angry while Embry looked surprised.
"Hey Quil and Embry. How'd patrol go?" I ask.
"We can't even leave you home alone for a few hours can we?" demands Quil.
"Is that a rhetorical question?" asks Emmett.
"Emmett totally started it," says Alice pointing at Emmett.
"It should have never been started. Clean this mess up," says Quil.
"No problem. We'll have it done in 5 minutes and 43 seconds," says Alice confidently. Then they were on the move. I begin the count in my head and at exactly five minutes and 43 seconds the kitchen was clean. Alice looks at Quil and Embry with a grin on her face. "All done." Edward chuckles and Emmett laughs.
"Thanks," says Quil before walking out.
"The kitchen is clean, but I wish I could say the same about ourselves," I say looking down at my soiled clothes. Suddenly I was in the Jeep again and Edward was driving down the road. "What the-?"
"You can shower at my house, Love. Esme wanted to give you something anyway," says Edward.
"I have the perfect outfit picked out," says Alice happily.
"Who knew a food fight could be so much fun?" says Emmett cheerfully. Once to Edward's we go inside. We get the door closed and hear Esme gasp.
"Look at you four! What happened?" demands Esme.
"We had a bit of a food fight while trying to decorate cookies," I admit blushing slightly. Esme sighs heavily.
"Well go get cleaned up," says Esme in exasperation. We go upstairs and Alice agrees to let me shower first and offers to help me get the food out of my hair. Soon I was clean, but when I look in the mirror I find that the food coloring had stained my face blue! I groan and cover my face with my hands.
"What's wrong?" asks Alice from the shower.
"My face is blue!" I groan. I could hear Alice's tinkling laugh coming from the shower. "It's not funny!"
"Yes it is," sings Alice cheerfully. I roll my eyes and go back to brushing my hair. By the time Alice and I get downstairs Edward was playing piano. Emmett was nowhere to be seen. As I got further into the room I notice Esme reading a book on the couch. I decide to sit next to Esme and allow Edward to play his music.
Alice seemed to have other plans. She skips over to the piano and sits down next to Edward before hitting random keys. Edward wasn't happy as he grabs Alice's wrists and growls at her. "Oh don't be like that, Edward. You don't scare me anyway," scoffs Alice as she jerks her hands free.
"Don't fight you two," chastises Esme. Then she looks at me and gasps. "Bella, what happened to your face?" She was clearly concerned. Edward was immediately at my side looking at my face.
"It's from the blue food coloring in the frosting," I explain laughing. Esme was instantly calm, Edward was not.
"Are you sure?" asks Edward.
"Yes. It's happened to me before. It'll be gone by tomorrow," I promise. Edward kisses me softly.
"Okay, Love," says Edward. I smile and Edward relaxes next to me.
"Bella, I wanted to show you something," says Esme.
"That's what Edward said," I say.
"Did you tell her everything?" asks Esme.
"No. She only knows what she said," says Edward solemnly. Then Esme was gone and back just as quickly. She was holding a box in her hands.
"This was my mothers and I want you to have it," says Esme as she opens the box. Inside was a beautiful silver necklace, with three sections connected to angel wings. Two of the sections had sapphires. (See image on my profile) "It was given to my mother by her mother. Passed to the oldest daughters for generations."
"It's beautiful, but…"
"But nothing. You're like a daughter to me," says Esme.
"Alice and Rosalie are more your daughters than I am," I whisper.
"Edward is technically my first son and you are his girlfriend. I want you to have it," says Esme.
"I agree. Esme has already given Rose and me stuff," says Alice.
"Thank you, Esme. It means a lot to me," I whisper as I take the box and touch the necklace. It truly was beautiful. I decide to put it on. Edward sees what I was doing and helps me.
"It suits you," says Edward. I look at Esme whose eyes were shining as though she wanted to cry, but she had a smile on her face.
"It's beautiful," says Esme I hug her tightly and Esme hugs me back.
"Thank you, it means a lot to me that you would think of me as a daughter. Especially since you're like a mother to me," I say with emotion. Esme sobs and hugs me tighter. There were no tears, but I knew she was crying on the inside.
End Chapter
A/N: Thanks for reading. I know it's a tad short of 1500, but I felt that this was a good place to stop. I'll put the picture of the necklace on my profile ASAP. It's an anime picture and you might recognize it if you watch DNAngel. You might not though. I thought it was really pretty and I couldn't think of anything else. Sayonara. =]