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When we went to open the door, it was jerked open, almost falling off of its hinges. And there stood my pixie of a sister-in-law, Alice. I saw a glimpse of worry, pain, and confusion in her eyes. But that look lasted no amount of time. I couldn't be sure I had seen it at all. In fact, I was positive that I hadn't. Now she had a mad look in her eye. It could've easily been that look that I saw when she opened the door. She was dazed and crazy looking. It was a mixture of different levels of excitement and she looked like she was about to burst open like a balloon. I knew that look. It was a look she had when she played dress-up on me. Or when she saw a sale in her favorite store. But it was multiplied. I only saw it on occasions that involved one thing. It could only mean one thing…
"Ohhh, Bella! I have a surprise for you!!!" Oh, no.
2. Sweet Togetherness and Not Having a Choice
Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, NO.
This will not be good. Alice has a surprise. For me. Oh, no.
You may wonder what the big deal is with Alice and her surprises. But if her surprise was for you instead of me, you would be running as far as you could away from her. Far away from this beautiful house. Far from Edward. But I will never leave Edward. I never could. So here I am on the front porch steps of Edward's parent's house. As much as I want to run away from my sister-in-law, I can NEVER leave Edward.
And Alice would never allow my escape. I thought to myself. She would not let me go. I was not joking when I said that she could be ready to handcuff me to a salon chair and dress up my hair for hours on end without being fazed by my screams… And that was the least she would do. I, again, shuddered to think of what her plan for me could entail.
Edward snaked his arms around my waist, seeing my sudden panic. There isn't much about me that he doesn't see. But he wasn't the only one that saw my fear. Or felt it. For right beside Alice- as always- was her husband Jasper. I knew that because of his gift he could feel my fear. And he laughed.
"Oh, so my torture is funny, is it, Jasper?" I sort of hissed the words at him. He deserved it. Alice and her ways are no laughing matter. I could very well run away from all of this, but she would track me down. Better to just go quietly. Maybe I could refuse her plan…But just as I made that thought...
"Oh, Bella, you silly goose. You will just love my surprise. I know you will. I see it. I also saw you on your knees begging…" Sometimes her gift of seeing the future was too much. Always knowing things. She didn't even consider my torture. The torture she would put me through. Ugh. No escape. By this time tomorrow I would be a runway model in Paris. No…
"To answer your question, Bella, I do not think your torture is funny. But feeling your reaction to my very tiny wife is very entertaining…" Of course he would take her side. Always has, always will. Ugh.
"Love, I promise you will survive. You don't have to do anything you don't feel comfortable with-"
"Bells will be just fine. She has tough skin. Vamp skin." Jacob cut off Edward in a loud voice from inside the house. But I heard his small fit of laughter. I have vampire tough skin, but I also have vampire hearing.
I made a sharp, feral hiss to anyone who would listen. Anyone who thought my predicament was funny.
"If anyone cares: Alice has a surprise for me. Think for a second what that means for me. You may never see me again." I knew that that was a little far-fetched, but I was angry and desperate.
Silence.
Quiet.
Not common for a group of vampires and a werewolf. Especially this group. We love loud sounds. Mainly because we are always making them.
The silence only lasted about a second. But it went in slow motion, and several things happened.
Alice made a face that clearly stated that I was overreacting and I would love the surprise she was to force upon me. Well, she didn't add the force part in her facial expression, but it fit my interpretation.
Edward's expression was one that made its way to his face any time he thought about never seeing me again: expressionless. But I saw the anger there.
Jasper just grinned at me- high off of the emotions around him- I was sure.
The inside of the house was filled with quiet as well. That was until Emmett's booming laughter cut through the air.
"Ha HA… You think… Ha… That Edward would… Let that happen?!"
"I most certainly would not."
"Mom will not have a choice." Renesmee replied. I noticed that she had been silent since we arrived. That was unusual for her. AND she answered the way she had at the house. That I would not have a choice. I would've shuddered at this, but it seemed fishy. Something was up. Her expression was a smile so I knew that she didn't have all of the information concerning my surprise. I chanced a glance at Alice and her expression was the same as the one I saw when she first wrought the door open. Worry, pain, and confusion covered her. But, again, it lasted no time at all. And I was unsure- again- that I had really seen it. But my eyes met hers, and the look them did not change. The trouble was evident. She noticed my interest in her eyes, and she filled them with excitement that matched the rest of her.
Something was definitely up.
What confirmed this was the fact that Edward didn't seem to notice her troubles. Neither did Jasper.
If Alice was worried about something it was sure to be on her mind. She would most definitely be feeling it. So Edward would read the problem in her mind, and Jasper would sense it in her emotions. But they just grinned at Renesmee. I looked at her and she was hugging Esme and Carlisle- who had just come from inside. What mother would I be if I didn't smile too at this moment with her grandparents? So I smiled. I was surprised that it was not forced onto my face. Surely I would have to work at my smile, knowing something was troubling my pixie, but my smile was true. Who wouldn't smile at Renesmee? She was so beautiful and unique.
All thoughts of my Alice were washed from my mind. For this moment.
The three of them broke from the hug, all smiling, like the rest of us.
"I missed you, Renesmee. Even though I saw you yesterday…" Esme adores Renesmee. And not only because her name made up half of Renesmee's.
"I, too, missed you very much." Carlisle spoke with kind and loving words. His adoration of my daughter was not any different than anyone else's. Not that he had a reason to feel differently. If it weren't for him, I would not have her.
"Not as much as me. Nessie! You are late! Nessie!" Of course Jacob would use her nickname. I had become used to it, because he always used it, and he was always where she was. Except for when she went home with us during the nights. The rest of the herd followed him out of the house- bounding through the door and onto the porch.
"Sorry, Jakey, it took forever to get mommy and daddy off of each other to go hunt." The whole family gave Edward and me knowing looks. Then we all busted into fits of hysteria.
"It would take the hands of more powerful beings to get them off each other."
"They are so cute, though."
"You are fighting forces in nature trying to do that, Ness. I forgive you for being late." Jake would never hold something against her. It was against him to do that. He loves her too much to blame her for anything.
It took me this whole conversation to notice, but Rosalie was nowhere to be seen. That was odd.
But a lot of things were odd today.
"Where is Auntie Rose?" Renesmee asked. Of course she would notice Rosalie's absence. They were almost inseparable. Even more inseparable than Renesmee and Jacob. And no one could top that.
"Oh… Um… Well Rose-"
"Rosalie is-"
"Oh she will be right-"
"Auntie Rosie had to go for a run. She needed to do some hunting. She will be back soon for sure." Alice responded. She was the only voice in the sea of voices that sounded sure and confident. She knew something- and not because of her future-seeing.
Ah, Rose. Since Renesmee's birth, Rosalie has been so happy to have her around. She loved her as if she were her own daughter…
No one in this family had more trouble with what we were than Rosalie. She wanted to be human. She wanted to have children. She wanted to cry. She wanted to eat ice cream and not throw it up. She wanted to grow old. Well, maybe Rose wouldn't want the wrinkles to her beautiful face- she would never want that. But still, she wanted to be mortal. Her one wish was that she was human. But that was a gift that no one could give her, though we all wished we could- especially me. It was an impossibility.
I wanted nothing more than for Rose to have the one thing she wanted. I wish I could give it to her. But I cannot.
"Oh. Well… alright." We could all see the disappointment and sadness on my daughter's face. We hated to see her so upset. She is our light; she brightens us all.
"Believe me she wanted nothing more than to see you, honey-"
"It will take her no time at all to get back here to you…"
Again it was Alice that broke through our voices to ensure Renesmee. And- again she sounded so sure of her answer. It very well could be because she had seen a vision about Rose, but I didn't think so. Something was going on. Something…
"It's okay, Auntie Alice. I know she is okay. Auntie Rose would never just leave and not come back." Renesmee was cracking a smile now. We all saw through her brave face, but decided not to say anything.
Obviously Emmett wanted a topic change. He also noticed that the front porch was too crowded. Hey, why not blend the two…
"Hey, let's go inside the house now, guys. There will be all the time in the world to just stand outside and do nothing. Let's go inside and do nothing." By the end of his speech, Emmett was smiling hugely. He was happy with his little joke, though some of us didn't get it at all. He spoke a different language sometimes. Emmett language; belonging to Emmett Planet. But we all love him. He is just a large, muscle-full teddy bear.
"What? Yeah, we are all gonna live forever, but I see nothing wrong with the porch. Though, yeah, dude, it is all scrunched up here…" Jacob was the first to enter the house, on whim of his new claustrophobia.
In a matter of mere seconds, we were all in the house and sitting in chairs, on the floor, and some of us were just standing up and bouncing up and down. Alice.
"…Bella…"
"No, Alice-" I was cutoff by Rosalie bounding in the door with a huge grin.
"Nessie! Oh I missed you even-"
"Even though I saw you yesterday." Emmett, Esme, and I stated.
"Well, yeah. Oh, Ness, how was your night? Did you have pleasant dreams? Were they bad? You must tell me-"
"My night was fine. My dreams were fine…" She said that part while looking at Jacob. Such a teenage mind, she had. "… They were not bad, and I don't feel like sharing-" Renesmee's cheeks were even redder than her usual blush by the end of her explanation. Such a teen…
"Why won't you share with us, Ness?" Jacob jokingly asked her. No doubt he knew that he was the star actor in her dreams. Edward knew this too. This is why they both looked at him at exactly the same moment.
"Oh, please, do not involve Edward, you two." I said really fast. I needed to save him from this. Or save Jacob from the father of his imprinted.
"Well if your dreams were about the family dog, I would rather be spared." Rose was still not happy with Jacob. She didn't like his smell. She didn't like his attitude. She didn't like his imprint with her little angel. And she most definitely didn't approve of his blond jokes. I couldn't help the smile that formed on my lips, and I wasn't the only one.
"Auntie Rosie… Ha ha… leave Jakey alone."
"Okay, honey, but only if he sits in the dog house, and doesn't show himself again. Ever. As in, forever and ever. And longer…" Rosalie ended with glaring at Jacob, a smirk playing at her lips.
"Aw now why you wanna be like that, Auntie Rosie?" Jacob was walking on thin ice using Renesmee's nickname for Rose- and in a sarcastic tone.
"Auntie Rosie is gonna kick you sorry-"
"…Assie." Emmett cut Rosalie off with another of his jokes. He finished her sentence with a made-up word. Rosie rhymes with his twisted version of ass. Rosalie bounded over to Emmett and gave him a quick kiss- then went back to Renesmee's side.
"There is a child present, please do not use that language. Apologize to each other. Now." Esme kicked herself into mother mode. I knew that mode- I was just too chicken to rain on my own angel's parade- even though she deserved a good rain...
"But he-"
"Well she-"
"That isn't fair-"
"Come on. She start-"
"Apologize. Now." Esme was in extreme mother mode- even though Jacob was not even remotely close to being her son- she claimed him, as she did with all of her adopted children. I could never go that far into mother mode. But she had been the mother of Edward, Alice, Jasper, Rosalie, and Emmett for over fifty years, so she had loads of practice. I couldn't even imagine being their mother…Renesmee was enough for me. Always. But that is just because I love her so much.
"I am so sorry, Auntie Rosie, for my being such an a-" Jake was cutoff by Rose's equally insulting attempt at an apology.
"Dearest, Jakeyeyeyeyeyey, I am so, so, so very sorry that I told you that your smell was insulting to me and you do not have the right to be anywhere near my a-"
"You never said any of that-" Jake began, but was overlapped by Edward.
"She was thinking it."
Everyone began to laugh uncontrollably. Especially Emmett. I swear the house was shaking from his booming laughter.
It took a few minutes to get everyone settled. Rosalie and Jacob were on the verge of ripping each other's throats out- literally. Emmett and Jasper were laughing to the point that no one could stop them. Jasper was feeling the different ranges of emotions and it was making him emotionally unstable. Emmett was just being Emmett. Carlisle and Esme were trying- along with Edward, Renesmee, and me- to get everyone settled. Where was Alice?
The moment I started to wonder, she exclaimed above us all.
"You will all cease this in two seconds!" She was vision girl so she was correct. It was mainly because we were shocked that someone so small could make such a loud fuss. But we all knew how Alice could be. Full of surprises. Full of surprises. Damn.
"Bella, it is time you know what is in store for your future. Your surprise-filled future. Well, surprise-filled for you." Alice was grinning wildly. This wasn't good. No one would interrupt her now. But I would try…
"Alice-" I began in a begging voice- only to be cut short by both Renesmee and Alice stating simply:
"You will not have a choice."
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