Friday night at the Cullen House
ESPOV: "Alice! Come help me make dinner sweetie!" I called up the stairs. "Sure thing Esme!" I heard Alice say from over my right shoulder. "We need to make enough spaghetti for eight people, and then have enough room in the garbage for our six portions!" I told her with a giggle. We set to work and with our speed had the table set and the spaghetti sauce simmering when Carlisle walked in the door at six o'clock. He came into the kitchen, pecked my cheek and made a b-line for the simmering sauce on the stove. "No, no, no! Wait until our guests get here!" I chided him. "You don't even like spaghetti Carlisle!" Alice chimed in. "I know, I just wanted to try it." He said slowly backing out of the kitchen.
BRRRIIINNGGG! "Alice run and get the door please! Seat them in the foyer and I will join you shortly." I said to Alice as she ran to the door. I heard Alice usher in our guests and I heard their voices clearly as she lead them into the foyer. "Carlisle go entertain our guests please!" I said pointing to the kitchen door. "Yes, dear." He replied.
Within three minutes I had everything ready for dinner, I put the stove on warm to heat up the bread and joined our human party in the foyer. Carlisle stood when I entered the room and said "Charlie, Bella I would like you to meet my lovely wife Esme." "Wonderful to meet you Esme. Carlisle has said a lot about you." Charlie said taking my hand gently. "That's odd! He really only mentions your name!" I said shooting Carlisle a meaningful glare. Through the introductions young Bella did and said nothing in my presence. I tried pulling her out of her shell for a while and she only responded with silence or short answers. All the while I kept an ear out for dinner to sound ready. "Excuse me everyone, I must check on dinner." I said standing and making my way to the kitchen. I stirred the sauce.
"Edward, Emmett, Rosalie, jasper. It's time for dinner. Please slowly come down here." I said quietly knowing they can hear me. I heard the soft thudding of four pairs of feet coming down the stairs. All of a sudden I heard young Bella's heart beat pick up. I walked into the foyer to see Bella with her mouth wide open staring intently at Edward. So this is what made Bella's heart start pumping so fast!
"Interesting." I muttered with a smile on my face. "Time for dinner everyone!" I said brightly. Everyone stood and followed me into dining room. I noticed how for the rest of the night Bella sat quietly eating without looking at anyone else around her.
For the rest of the night her heartbeat was slightly higher than it should have been. Alice was very bright and friendly to Bella throughout the night, as was Emmett. Rosalie just showed how hostile she really was all night long. Edward's reaction to Bella was just one of mild disdain.
After dinner Charlie led Bella to the front door and we all said our goodbyes. After Charlie's cruiser pulled out of the drive Alice started singing "I have a new friend! I have a new friend! I have a new friend!" over and over and over.
"Carlisle what happened to Bella?" I asked later that night in his office. "Baby you know I can't tell what I found during the examination. Doctor-patient confidentiality." He said slowly. "You know the whole family will find out sooner or later. I know Edward already has eyes on Bella, and Alice saw that Bella is going to be her best-friend in a couple months." I told him.
"We should just let the cards fall where they may because if we don't things may get real sticky real fast." Carlisle warned. "Alright. We can try and rein Alice in but I don't think she will listen at all." I warned Carlisle with a chuckle. Carlisle just sighed and went back to work. I bent and kissed his cheek before walking out the door and down to our room. I spent the rest of the night thinking about the young brunette who I knew would have such a big impact on our lives very very soon.
BPOV: I sat on my bed when Charlie and I got home and just thought of how interesting the dinner with the Cullen's had been. I did notice that all six of them did not once touch their spaghetti. When Alice hugged me as we entered the house i noticed she was freezing to the touch.
Edward looked like he had a huge headache all night long. Jasper looked like he wanted to punch something since the first second he saw me and Charlie.
Rosalie looked like she wanted to chew my head off before i even walked throught the door. Emmett just looked pleasent the whole night through. Carlisle and Esme were the perfect hosting couple.
Carlisle and Charlie spent all night long talking about their jobs. I think they even started telling each other horror stories about each job.
I spent my time watching how Edward acted throughout the night. Every now and then he got a speculative look on his face, like he was thinking on a really tough problem. "He has the most beautiful eyes." I thought to myself getting ready for bed.
I stepped into the bathroom to put some ointment on my cuts before bed. I could not stop thinking about the mysterious Edward Cullen all night long. Even as i got an ice pack for my wrist, even when i lay in bed thinking about my first day of school tomorrow. I thought about those dark honey eyes rigt up until i fell into the deepest sleep i have ever hade since Phil and Renee started beating me.
