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I acknowledged him but I couldn't bare to look at him, so I kept my eyes on the ground, finding the patterns on the linoleum rather interesting. The silence was almost deafening.
He cleared his throat again.
"And um this is Tanya, my fiancé" he said, somewhat awkwardly.
Now he had my full attention. Fiancé? I thought she was his girlfriend.
My head shot up and my eyes immediately came to focus on the person standing slightly behind him. A women. No fucking shit Sherlock. Just by looking at her I came to one critical conclusion, she was everything I wasn't, looks wise anyway. Her mentality was yet to be known.
She was beautiful, I'll admit but everything about her screamed fake. She was strawberry blonde, tall and her legs went on for miles, she looked to be quite young too.
Her skin was orange, literally.
Someone obviously spent to much time in a tanning salon.
She was very skinny, wearing a mini skirt, with one of his button down shirts on, which was very close to falling of her and showing her boobs.
They already looked like they were having a hard time enough as they were, trying to stay in her bra. Yeup, definitely plastic. I was finding it hard not to tell her we were having dinner, with children present no less and not at a god damn club. Hussy.
When I was done with my scrutiny, I realised everyone was waiting for me to answer.
I cleared my throat first. "Nice to me-et you" my voice braking on meet. She looked me over once and narrowed her eyes, seemingly content with how plain I was, before looking me straight in the eyes and smirking.
"Pleasure" she sneered. I cringed, she smirked again seeming to think I was intimidated by her but her voice was so high-pitched and very girly I could feel my IQ dropping just by being in the same room.
I didn't say anything and neither did anyone else. I could feel the palpable tension in the room, you could almost cut it with a knife.
I looked around the room avoiding the two people in front of me. There was no way I was going to say anything more. I looked towards Esme and Carlisle, hoping they'd say something. No such luck.
"Momma, we're ungry" Delilah whispered, thinking she'd get in trouble for saying something, as no one else was.
I couldn't be more relieved and by the looks of it the same could be said for everyone else.
Each person in the room released the breath they'd been holding, including me after her little outburst. The tension was still there, just not as blatant as it was.
Esme spoke first.
"Okay, well why don't you all go in the dining room and grab a seat, dinner is almost ready" she said, smiling.
"Well I get Delilah" Alice said, before taking her out of Carlisle's arms and leaving the kitchen, with Jasper trailing behind her.
"I've got Cameron" Rose said, taking him from Esme's arms and following Jasper.
"But Rosie, I want to hold him" Emmett begged on his way out. Carlisle followed them, shaking his head at his son.
"I'll help you with dinner Esme" I said quietly. I looked up at her, begging her with my eyes to let me help. I couldn't sit in there with them just yet.
She nodded her head and smiled, accepting my pleas and turned to the other two still left in the room.
"Edward, why don't you and Tanya go join them" It wasn't a question.
"But-" Edward said.
Esme cut him off with a hard stare. He looked down before nodding and leaving the kitchen with Tanya bringing up the rear.
I couldn't blame him, Esme was a force to be reckoned with and could be scary when she wanted to.
"So what are we having for dinner Esme?" I asked her.
"We're having Chicken Teriyaki with brown rice. Macaroni cheese for Emmett and the twins" I smiled, Emmett was as much of as the twins were "and a Salad for Tanya" she said, checking the Mac n cheese in the oven.
"Salad for Tanya? " I asked, although I wasn't very surprised, she looked like someone who only ever ate rabbit food.
Esme laughed.
"Apparently, she's on a diet and doesn't eat anything that has fat in it. So no meat either. No idea why, the girl looks like she could use a little oil in her diet, speaking of which" she stopped what she was doing and turned around to look at me.
"I didn't do it" I said, holding my hands up. It was an automatic response, growing up with the Cullens, someone always got in trouble for something, specifically Emmett but you could never be too sure.
She laughed again.
"No silly, I meant look at you" I did as I was told and was a little confused, did I have something on me. "You, missy are too skinny" she said shaking her head.
I blushed.
Having to look after the kids and working at a magazine company had taken its toll on me. I no longer ate as much as I use to and was well aware of how much weight I had lost over the few years since I had lived in London.
Dropping from a size 10 to a size 6 in clothing.
"No matter, that can soon be remedied" she said before turning around and pulling the Mac n Cheese out of the oven.
I started cutting up the things for Tanya's salad. She had specified exactly what she wanted in it and how she wanted it cut, Esme told me while I was shredding the lettuce.
I asked Esme, if Tanya wanted any dressing or anything, she said no because Tanya had said they weren't good for her 'figure' and full of calories.
Pft! What figure?
I finished cutting up the salad and Esme was just waiting for the rice to be cooked.
"So," Esme started "How are you holding up sweetie?"
I laughed humourlessly.
"So far, I'm doing fine, ask me while I'm out there, I can assure you, you'll get a completely different answer" I said bitterly.
"Well, we had no idea they were going to be here tonight, we thought they were going to fly in next week" Esme said, shaking her head. "I'm sorr-"
"Don't Esme, you don't need to apologise, I don't blame anyone for this" I said cutting her off. She didn't have to apologise, she'd done nothing wrong.
"Are you going to tell him?" she asked.
"Tell him what?"
"About the twins" she said looking concerned.
"I…..I don't know" I said throwing my hands up and running them through my hair, a trait I picked up from Edward no less.
"He's not stupid so I wouldn't be surprised if he's figured it out already , I just, I don't want the twins to get hurt because if I tell him, I'll have to tell them and they'll want to know why their father is with someone else and…"
I couldn't finish, the tears were making it hard for me to.
"Oh Bella" Esme said before rushing over to me and pulling me into her embrace, stroking my hair.
"And I c-can't not tell him because he deserves to know but h-he hurt me so much, I just d-don't know if I can and it's all my fault" I sobbed.
"Shhh , It's okay, It's okay Shh" Esme said, trying to comfort me.
She held me a little before holding me by my shoulders and lifting my chin up so she could see my eyes.
"You're right he deserves to know, but it's his own fault, not yours, he broke your heart and now he'll suffer the consequences, just remember no matter what, the whole family are behind you and we'll always be here for you and the twins" she said, releasing a few tears of her own before hugging me again.
"You're a strong girl Bella, you'll figure this out" she said.
She released me and wiped away her tears and mine, before placing both her hands on my cheeks and kissing my forehead.
"Thank you Esme" my throat sounded a little raspy, I cleared it before continuing "You and Carlisle have always been there for me and the twins, even when I asked that you not tell Edward anything"
"Bella, you don't have to thank me, you've always been apart of this family and we weren't too happy with that son of ours, when he told us about Tanya. I'm not to fond of her anyway" Esme sniffed a little towards the end. Showing her obvious disdain towards Tanya.
I laughed a little. "Neither is Rose, by the looks of it" I said.
Esme full out laughed this time.
"I pity the girl, Rosalie is a force to be reckoned with and when she first found out who Tanya was, Emmett had to restrain her from pummelling the girl and Edward. Jasper was holding on to Alice who was laughing her head off "
I laughed.
Rose had made it very clear when she called me and told me about how much she hated Tanya and said and I quote:
'When I see that home-wrecking bitch, she's gonna have my foot shoved so far up her ass and I'll castrate Edward for you"
I laughed so hard then, thinking she was just kidding. She wasn't.
"Okay, well this rice looks ready so we better get out there before Emmett starts whining." Esme said, putting the rice in two separate bowls.
I laughed. "I imagine my son is no different" I picked up the salad and the macaroni before following Esme out to the dining room.
Everyone was sitting at the table, Carlisle and Jasper were having a discussion as were Alice and Rose, bouncing the twins on their laps. Emmett looked bored and was sucking on a spoon. Edward was watching the twins. Shit. And Tanya was trying to get his attention.
They all stopped what they were doing when we walked in. I kept my eyes down as I put the salad in front of Tanya. Esme had already put the rice down and went back to get the Chicken.
"Finally, I'm starving" Emmett said as I put the Mac n Cheese down on the table, he reached out to grab some but Rose slapped his hand away.
"Emmett wait until everyone sits down and the twins get theirs first" she scolded him. Everyone chuckled.
Emmett pouted but did as he was told. Pussy whipped.
I went back into the kitchen to grab the bread basket, the drinks and the twins sippy cups.
After putting everything on the table I sat down next to Rose, who had Cameron on her lap and Esme sat down at the bottom of the table.
To the left sitting next to Rose was Emmett, and Carlisle was sitting at the top of the table, next to him was Jasper, then Alice who had Delilah on her lap and Edward then Tanya. There was an extra chair to the right of me.
"Okay, so Emmett do you want to say grace? " Carlisle asked him.
We all looked at him incredulously.
"Are you serious?" I asked. Jasper, Rose and Alice snickered while Esme covered her mouth. Surely he couldn't be.
"HEY!" Emmett yelled indignantly, clearly offended.
"Okay, okay, sorry I asked" I smirked, snickering as well.
He rolled his eyes. "No, you're not"
I down right laughed this time.
"Emmett say grace please" Carlisle said, shaking his head at me. I shrugged. What? He smiled before looking down and closing his eyes. I did the same and everyone else followed.
"Dear Lord, we thank you for the food we eat on this fine night, prepared by my lovely mother Esme"
I opened my eyes to look at him, I noticed Jasper, Alice and Rose had done the same. Already I knew where this was going.
"I also want to thank you for watching over Jelly Bean and her Jelly Babies for us on the plane and making sure they didn't crash and also for my little brother Edward and his whor-fiancé"
He was too late, we knew what he was going to say. I covered my mouth as did everyone else, except for Edward and Tanya who were glaring at him. The twins still had their eyes closed
"And thank you lord for my father and my beautiful fiancé Rosie and my little sister Alice and her fiancé Jasper, who are getting married soon. Thank you again God, for all this food. Amen. I'm hungry now lets eat" he finished before piling some Mac n Cheese on his plate.
And that's why you never let Emmett say Grace.
Everyone was looking openly at him now.
I laughed out loud before covering my mouth and looking down at my plate. Jasper's and Alice's shoulders were shaking with quite laughter and Rose was hiding her face in Cameron's hair. Esme and Carlisle were shaking their heads.
Emmett, oblivious to it all was already eating, he looked up realising no one else was eating.
"What?" he asked.
"Amen" I said shaking my head.
"Amen" everyone else said, still laughing a bit. Then they began putting food on their plates.
I looked over at Alice who was having a silent conversation with Delilah.
"Is she okay?" I asked.
Alice looked over at me before saying "Yeah, she just wants to come and sit on your lap"
"Okay" I said, as she set Delilah down who walked around the table to me. I pushed my chair out a little, so she could fit.
I picked her up and sat her down on my lap before grabbing her a plate and putting some Mac n Cheese on it. I showed her the plate.
"Is that enough for you sweetie?" I asked, she nodded her head.
I set it down in front of her and gave her a spoon. She dug right in. Poor baby, I didn't realise how hungry they really were.
I turned to Rose who was doing the same for Cameron. Rose had always wanted her own babies but decided on getting married first, she was content enough with the twins anyway.
I was a little busy watching the twins, that I hadn't touched my plate yet.
"Isabella" Esme said, her tone reprimanding. Crap, what did I do.
"I didn't do it, I swear" I said, looking over at her.
"Oooh" I heard Alice and Emmett chorus, Jasper and Rose laughed.
"Oooh Momma, are you in trouble?" Delilah asked, looking up at me from her plate.
"Remember what we were talking about, you have to eat" Esme said disapprovingly, shaking her head at me.
"Oh" I blushed and looked down at my plate. I picked up my fork and heaped some rice on it. I looked over at Esme who nodded her head in approval.
For a while no one said anything, content with eating their food. I poured some juice for the twins into their sippy cups.
Carlisle spoke to Tanya first.
"So Tanya, Edward here has told us that you work for a modelling agency?" he asked.
"Yes, actually I do." she said, condescendingly.
"Oh okay" Carlisle said before continuing to eat his dinner.
Snob. I wanted to smack her a new one, I looked over at Rose who looked like she did too, if she weren't holding Cameron, she would've by now.
"So you model?" Esme said after a while, Tanya looked ate her as if she were stupid. "What exactly do you model for or who I should say?"
"Oh, well I don't work for one company, I'm a hot commodity" Rose and Alice scoffed. Where as I was wondering how she actually knew that word "I work for who ever offers the most for my services, sometimes, Car companies or catalogues. I use to work for playboy about two years ago, but I quit" she said as if it were no big deal.
Hah. Figured she was a bunny. Emmett was looking at her intrigued. Better not let Rose see you looking like that. She'll rip you a new one Em.
"Are you sure? Because I use to have a subscription for them and I don't remember you?" he said doubtfully.
"Of course I'm sure" she said at him, not to him. I wasn't the only one aware of this.
I leant over and spoke to Rose quietly in her ear. She looked murderous.
"Sweetie, just calm down, you can kick her ass when the kids are in bed but not yet" I said.
She huffed before looking at me and nodding her head.
Edward spoke this time.
"So Bella, what was it you use to do in England?" he asked me.
Honestly I was shocked, this was the first time he addressed me since our inept greetings earlier this evening. Then again, I wasn't any better, I still hadn't looked directly at him all night.
I looked at him, or rather his hair and was about to answer before Tanya said something.
"Probably a street sex worker" she mumbled, snorting into her food. She may have said it quietly but I still heard her, everyone else was silent so they heard too. The only ones that didn't were the twins, thank god.
I glared at her, she looked up and smirked at me. I wanted to slap it right off of her mug.
I heard Emmett whisper "This is going to be good"
I smiled sweetly at her, I could see Edward looking at me from the corner of my eye.
"Well, actually I use to work for Vogue UK, one of England's top fashion magazines and now that you've mentioned it, we ran an editorial a few months ago on street workers around the world, and I swear I saw you in one of the photographs, which is probably why you look so familiar" I said, innocently.
I was bluffing but she didn't need to know that.
Jasper and Emmett snickered around mouthfuls of food, where as Alice and Rose laughed their heads off. Carlisle was hiding his laughter in his hand and Esme's lips were mashed together.
If looks could kill, I'd be pushing up daisies repeatedly from the look of extreme hate on Tanya's face. I smiled at her sweetly but spoke to her with my eyes. Watch what you say, bitch.
She huffed and stabbed a piece of lettuce with her fork, before sticking it in her mouth.
I looked around an noticed everyone was still recovering from their laughter.
"Okay, well is everyone finished?" Esme spoke after clearing her throat. A chorus of 'yes' went around the table.
I looked down at the twins and asked them the same. They both nodded their heads.
I gave Delilah to Emmett and wiped her mouth, then doing the same for Cameron before giving them their sippy cups.
I helped Esme and Carlisle take all the plates and things back to kitchen. Esme, pulled dessert out of the fridge and I grabbed the ice cream. She had made Chocolate German cake. Yum.
I did the twins bowls first, cutting them little pieces of cake and giving them a small scoop of ice cream. I took their sippy cups into the kitchen to rinse them out and full them up with milk.
I came back and grabbed Delilah from Emmett, who wasn't allowed his until she was in my arms. I took my seat and sat back down with her in my lap.
Esme cut me a pretty big piece of cake, I knew I wasn't going to be able to eat it but I'll try my best.
It was a quite until Carlisle asked me how the flight was.
"Um good I think?" it came out as a question.
"You don't sound too sure there" he stated smiling.
I laughed. "That's because the twins and I were asleep for the whole flight"
Everyone laughed quietly except Tanya, but that was to be expected.
By the time everyone was finished, the twins were almost asleep.
"I think it's bed time for the twins" I said looking down at both of them.
They both shook their heads.
"No, momma, we're not tired yet" Cameron said, yawning as he did so. Leaning forward, almost falling of of Rose's lap. Everyone laughed.
"Are you sure darling?" I asked, he nodded his head but his eyes were slowly drooping shut. I laughed again, before standing up.
I had Delilah on one side and bent down to pick Cameron up from Rosie's lap. She kissed his forehead before standing up and doing the same to Delilahs.
"Do you want some help?" she asked. I shook my head.
"No it's fine I got them" she nodded before sitting down again. Everyone stood up and came to kiss their foreheads, whispering goodnight in their ears.
I smiled at everyone before turning around and walking to the stairs. Before I left the dining room Esme had told me, we were sleeping in my old room.
I use to stay here so often that Esme gave me my own room, re-decorating it herself for me.
By the time I made it up the stairwell the twins were fast asleep.
The door to my room was already open, thankfully.
I stood in the doorway and looked around, it still looked the same except now there were two queen beds now, one for the kids and one for me. There was still a big flat screen tv on the other side of my room with two armchairs in front of it. In one corner of the room, were my old easels and things like that. I use to love painting but I never really had the time in England. My bookcase and computer were in the other corner.
I walked to the bed with the multi-coloured quilts and cushions. It was obvious that bed was the twins.
I positioned them both in the middle of the bed before removing their shoes and tucking them in under the blankets.
I stroked their hair before kissing them both on the foreheads.
"Goodnight my babies, forgive me" I whispered. I stood up and turned around to leave but someone was standing in the doorway.
"They're beautiful" Edward said.
"They are" i said, turning around and looking at them before turning back to Edward.
"Bella, i...i think we should talk" he said, i could see him running his hand through his hair.
"I don't think now is such a good time Edward" I said, before trying to walk pass him.
He stopped me by grabbing my arm before I got too far, "Well, when exactly will it be a 'good' time?" he asked.
I looked him straight in the eyes for the first time tonight and said:
"We haven't spoken for four years Edward, It wouldn't hurt for you to wait a little longer " before pulling my arm from his hold and walking back towards the stairs.
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