I am so sorry this has taken so long to get out. I have been super busy now that summer classes have started. Please forgive me!
Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight, blah blah blah…Oh how lucky Stephanie is!!!
BPOV
I was so nervous. No, nervous is an understatement. I was petrified. Not only would I be on an airplane with Edward, again, I would be on said airplane flying to meet the rest of his family. It was the night before we were to leave and I was currently sitting in the middle of my bedroom floor staring off into space. My suitcase was on my bed, lying open with nothing inside besides on lonely sock that ended up landing in there after I threw it over my head while I was in my digging craze. I had successfully tossed every single item of clothing I own all over my room. At the current moment, all of that was forgotten while I sat spinning in my panic. I didn't even hear my bedroom door open.
I heard someone gasp as they took in my room. I slowly turned around to see Alice standing there with her hand over her mouth and her eyes wide. I watched her eyes slowly scan my room and then land on me. I tried to give her a smile but it kind-of came out as a grimace. She shook her head slowly emphasizing her disappointment in me but the only reason I didn't immediately break down into tears is because she had a small smile tugging at the corners of her mouth. I really took the opportunity to look around my room while Alice just stood there staring at me. Wow, look at this place. There were shirts hanging from my fan. There was even a bra hanging from my blinds. As I surveyed the room, Alice walked over to my suitcase, looked in, and then turned back to me.
"Well, see you are almost done packing" she stated as she held up my lonely sock.
I immediately blushed. She walked over to stand in front of me and reached for my head. "I think maybe you'll want this one also, seeing as they go together" she told me. I wasn't quite sure what she was talking about until I saw her hand reappear from my head holding the matching sock to the one in my suitcase. It must have landed on my head and in my shock, or what I would call my catatonic stage, I never noticed that I had a sock on my head. I couldn't hold it in anymore and immediately fell over laughing. Alice joined in and we had a great and much needed long laugh at my expense.
"Come on" she said while grabbing my hand. "I know exactly what you need" We exited my bedroom and made our way down the stairs to the kitchen. She grabbed her purse from the entry way and set a bottle of wine down on the counter that she produced from her purse. She opened the bottle while I retrieved two glasses and we made our way out to the couch in the living room.
"So, Bella, what did they name the natural disaster that hit your room? I hope they came up with a cleaver name for it, like Typhoon Dolce, or maybe Hurricane Versace" she asked with a giggle.
There I go with blushing again. "I don't know what happened. One minute I was trying to pack and the next thing I knew you were pulling a sock out of my hair" I told her with an exasperated sign. "I don't know why I am so nervous about meeting your family. I just want to make a good impression and not make a fool out of myself. Which I guess is saying a lot because I know I will anyway."
"Oh Bella, you won't make a fool of yourself. And I know my family will love you" she patted my hand.
"But Alice, you have never seen me in the winter. To say that ice/snow/slush and I are compatible is a harsh understatement. I think I spent more time on my butt back home in the winter then I did standing. It was embarrassing then and I wasn't even trying to impress people" I informed her.
"Bella, you know you don't need to impress anyone. Just go and be yourself, I know they will love you just as much as Jasper, Edward and I do. I promise. Ok? Just relax!" she told me with a genuine smile.
"Ok, I will try" I reassured her with the best smile I could muster.
"Great, that's what I like to hear" she bounced in her seat. "Ok, so you sit here and try to calm your nerves, drink up, that will help and I will go up and pack your bag for you" Before I had a chance to argue, she grabbed her purse and a bag that was sitting by the front door that I hadn't noticed until now and ran upstairs. I sat my glass on the table and stood to make my way upstairs. I wasn't just going to sit by while Alice packed my suitcase for me, what am I five?!
"Isabella Marie Swan! Don't make me come down there! Now you sit that cute little butt of yours back down on that couch and drink your wine! I got this covered!" Alice yelled from upstairs. I slowly sank back down to the couch. How did she do that? Strange, scary little pixie!
I had finished my first glass of wine and was working on my second when I heard Alice skipping down the stairs with a huge grin plastered on her face.
"Alllll done!" She sang, clapping her hands together, looking like she was dusting her hands off.
"That was really fast. How did you pack that fast? What did you pack? I questioned.
"Oh, don't you worry about any of that. Everything I packed is perfect. Trust me, I know what I'm doing. I'm a pro!" she smiled and winked at me. "Now, don't you go ruining all my hard work by digging through to peek either. As a matter of fact…" And like that, she was off like a light and up the steps again. She came down, lugging my suitcase behind her. "I'll just take this with me and then you won't have to worry about it again until we get to my parents house."
"Alice, you don't have to do that. I am more than capable of taking my own luggage" I informed her, a little peeved. I wanted to know what exactly she packed me and she knew it. She patted my shoulder and turned around to leave taking my suitcase with her.
"See you tomorrow. Love ya" she yelled over her shoulder, as she made her way out my front door.
All I could do was stare after her, my jaw on the floor. After I got over the shock that was Alice, I picked up our wine and glasses. I finished my glass with one big gulp and put the glasses in the sink. I grabbed a glass out of the cupboard and filled it with water. I knew that if I didn't drink any water after I drank wine, I would wake up with a headache. That's all I needed. To be stressed out with a splitting headache. I washed up the glasses and put them in the strainer. I padded my way upstairs. I was starting to get very tired. I don't know why wine does that to me but it does. At least I will get a good night's sleep after all. I did feel a little bit more relaxed, I wasn't sure if it was the pep talk Alice had given me, the wine or both but it helped. I was out like a light as soon as my head hit the pillow.
Ok, so I was thinking that I would get to the Christmas but this chapter had a mind of its own :) I will work really hard to update again within the next couple of days because, well, you guys deserve it for putting up with me :) Please let me know what you think about this chapter and I am still up to ideas on what you think the Cullen's should do during their Christmas break. It doesn't necessarily need to be celebration stuff. It could just be stuff you would like to see Edward, Bella and the gang do while they are visiting. Thanks guys. You all rock the house :)
