Sorry I haven't updated since Halloween! I had the WORST case of writer's block for this story! I'd think of one idea, type it up, then I'd either think it was worth crap or I couldn't think of what to put next, so I'd delete it. Also, I kept getting so many ideas for different stories that my copybook that I keep with me at all times when I don't have a computer to work on is almost full now. But I'm back now, so let's get this show on the road!
I don't really think I need to write my disclaimer, but I'll do it anyway. I only own the idea of gideions in this story, the Morwen and Melda families, and anything that involves these families. Anything Twilight related belongs to Stephenie Meyer.
Ch. 7
December 9th
Well, November had gone by without any interesting events. Thanksgiving was normal- except with the addition of seven wonderful vampire friends and loved ones. School was better too. After finding out that their 'precious' son had somehow got alcohol while he was underage, Mr. and Mrs. Parker had yanked Alan out of Forks High and sent him off to some boarding school over in Alaska. Oh well; one less vermin to worry about.
So anyway, Christmas is getting closer and I've already got plans for what to get who. I'm not going to say exactly in case Alice sees this. But I can honestly say that I'm really anxious for Christmas Eve night. We're all planning on heading over to the cabin when the holidays start. I'm so excited!
"Bella! Come on!" Maria yelled as she dashed by my door.
"I'm coming Mare! Chill!"
Well, gotta jet for now. Mare-bear wants to go shopping with me and the other girls. I swear- that girl could almost be worse then Alice!
I snapped the small blue book close and stuffed it under the bed's mattress before I grabbed my jacket and ran downstairs. Mom, Mare, Stace, and Selena were already at the door, and I saw outside the window Rose's BMW.
"There you are!" Mom said as she saw me coming down the steps. "Are you ready to go?"
"Yup!"
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We came back about six hours later, the other girls with at least a dozen bags each. I had already found most of my stuff online, so I didn't have as many. Of course, since Forks doesn't really have any good malls, we went to Port Angeles to do Christmas shopping.
"Come on Bella!" Alice whined as she followed us all into the living room. "The guys aren't here! Tell us what you got Edward!"
"No Alice," I mimicked her voice, clearly bugging her. "I'm not chancing it," I continued as I began to go upstairs, and I felt some kind of probing. "And don't bother trying to see what it is, because you know I'm blocking your power from everyone!" I heard her huff at that, which in turn made me grin.
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"Gosh! I know everything that they can possibly give us on these exams, but that was still a killer!" Stace groaned as we all walked out of the school. All the other students were already rushing off to their cars, eager to get away from the building for the next two weeks. The Cullens, Jake, Selena, my family and I weren't in all that much of a rush.
"Oh come on Stacy!" Emmett said. "That wasn't hard at all!"
"This coming from the guy that can't add two and two together," I joked. Edward chuckled slightly but then his grip on my hand tightened a bit. The next thing I know, I'm yanked away from him and hanging upside down above a pile of snow.
"Emmett! Don't you dare!" I laughed before he dunked my head into the snow. And then I'm upright, sitting in the snow, and I look up and jump out of the way just in time to dodge a flying Emmett, who landed face first into the pile. I looked over to see Connor and Max both dusting off their hands with big grins on their faces.
"Thanks guys!" I laughed as Edward held his hand out to help me up. As I dusted off the snow from my jeans, I turned to see that Emmett had sat up and his face was entirely covered in snow. All you saw were the two gold eyes in the center, looking annoyed at us all. I couldn't help but laugh at it along with everyone else.
"Come on B, we need to go get ready to leave remember?" Con-man said as he threw his arm over my shoulder.
"What 'we'? Mare, Max, and I are already packed, remember? It's you and Stace that need to pack up. After all, you spent all of last night-" I started to say, but Connor quickly clamped his hand over my mouth, but he confirmed the embarrassing story with the blush from both him and Stacy.
"We'll see you guys at our house at six," Maria announced before my siblings dragged me off to the car and drove away.
Every year, my family and I always go to the cabin Mom made up in Canada's mountains. It's the best view, far enough from humans, with plenty of wildlife and the best powder to ski on. We started to bring the Meldas with us when we first met them, and now, we have the Cullens coming with us.
Well, after we got home and Stacy and Connor finally packed up their suitcases, we packed all of them into the trunks of the Mercedes and Dad's white Lamborghini Gallardo. Then we all headed back into the house and started up dinner. Tonight was honey glazed chicken with my broccoli casserole made with mushroom soup, broccoli, cheese, and rice, along with fresh snow peas, and Mom's berry jell-o pie for dessert. Yum!
The moment we had finished and the dishes were all cleaned, the door rang. Eager to see everyone, I ran from the kitchen to the door. When I yanked it open, Edward picked me up and began to twirl me around.
"Two whole weeks with you. This cannot be any better!" he chuckled as he set me down. I laughed and pulled him down for a kiss.
"Oh come on you two!" Jake laughed as he stood beside his Volkswagen with Selena. "We've got all Christmas break for you to do that. At least wait 'til we get to the cabin!" I shook my head at him but still pulled back.
"Well everyone," Angelo said. "Let the holidays begin!"
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After a two hours ride on the jet from Forks to the private family mountains we owned and an hour's worth of driving, we finally arrived at the cabin. Well, to us it was our cabin. Really, it is a three story building with enough rooms for almost 2 dozen people. The cabin is placed near the top of the mountain, and we have the best view of the whole area.
When we arrived at the cabin, everyone brought their things to their room. As I was about to go up into mine, Edward came up behind me and grabbed my bag from me.
"Hey there roommate," he whispered in my ear. He wrapped his free arm around me, picked me up, and ran upstairs.
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As soon as everyone was unpacked and had changed into warmer clothes, we had began decorating like crazy. After all, Christmas was only a few days away.
Dad, Connor and Emmett were working outside on putting the Christmas lights up on the roof, Alice, Maria and I were at the staircases, wrapping red and silver tinsel around the railings- with which they were playing around with- and Carlisle was helping Mom and Esme with putting up the lights on the fresh pine tree. Everyone else was down in the garage, getting the rest of the things.
"Hey guys, why don't we have a little music?" I asked as I finished wrapping the last piece of tinsel. Everyone agreed and I walked over to the stereo system- which took up half of the wall with just its actual system- and sorted through the songs.
Rockin' around the Christmas tree
At the Christmas party hop
Mistletoe hung where you can see
Every couple tries to stop.
Rockin' around the Christmas tree
Let the Christmas spirit ring
Later we'll have some pumpkin pie
And we'll do some caroling.
"We're back!" Rose called as she came up with the others and a bunch of boxes filled with decorations.
"I love this song!" Selena squealed as she placed a bag onto the floor beside Jacob. "Jake, can we dance, please?" she pulled her puppy eyes at him. Kind of silly though. He'd do anything to make her happy.
"Sure!" he grinned as he pulled her over to the living room and began to spin her around the room. Max came over and held out his hand to me.
"Come on sis! Let's show these guys how to really dance!" Max said. I laughed and let him bring me to our dance floor and we started to do the jive.
You will get a sentimental feelin'
When you hear
Voices singin' lets be jolly
Deck the halls with boughs of holly.
Rockin' around the Christmas tree
Have a happy holiday
Everyone dancin' merrily
In the new old fashioned way.
I guess the guys outside heard the music 'cause the front door opened and they came in. Next thing I know, I'm spun away from my brother and into Edward's arms. And then everyone's on the dance floor.
--- Instrumental ---
You will get a sentimental feelin'
When you hear
Voices singin' let's be jolly
Deck the halls with baughs of holly.
Rockin' around the Christmas tree
Have a happy holiday
Everyone dancin' merrily
In the new old fashioned way...
As the song finished, Edward pulled away and walked over to the boxes. I tried to see what he was doing but, he kept my view blocked. Then he came back and held his hand over my head. I looked up to see a piece of white mistletoe.
"Happy holidays love," Edward said as he pulled me in for a breathless kiss.
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Well, Christmas Eve is finally here, and we always stick to our traditions; which n this case involves midnight gift opening and pajamas. I slipped into my favorite white fleece PJ pants with purple spots and white spaghetti strapped tank top. I grabbed my purple hoodie with a really detailed heart design in silver on the back and pulled it on so I wouldn't be so cold. (AN: I actually do have PJs and hoodie like that. They're my favorite pieces of clothing I've ever owned.) After brushing through my hair once, I looked in the mirror over the bathroom sink, and then walked out of my bathroom.
Edward turned around just as he was pulling on the blue shirt of the PJ set I bought for him for tonight. When he saw me, his eyes seriously went about two sizes bigger. Then he was at my side and pulled me into a wonderful kissing session.
"You look amazing love," he whispered against my lips when he pulled back.
"So do you," I laughed and pulled myself out of his grasp and to the door.
"Catch me if you can!" I giggled out as he stood there stunned. Then a grin started forming on his face and he crouched down playfully. I ducked out of the room before he had a chance to spring and ran downstairs, with Edward not far behind. When I got into the living room, I found that everyone else was already there.
Alice and Rose both borrowed PJ sets; one from me and one from Maria. Alice was in a pair of cotton candy pink pants with black and white swirls on them and a black long sleeve shirt with a bright pink heart in the center that I've seen Maria buy, but never wear. Rose, meanwhile had a sleeveless top and pants set made of red silk with a matching long jacket over it.
Maria was dressed in a set just like Alice's, but all in baby blue and white and instead of a heart, it was a reindeer on her shirt. Meanwhile Stacy, being the crazy person she was, had a PJ short set that were neon pink with rainbows all over them, and a pair of fuzzy rabbit slippers. She looked like a three year old, but it was still really cute. And Selena was wearing a nice nightgown that was lavender color and reached to her knees. There was an elegant butterfly design at the end on the neckline and another at the top of the slit on the left side of the skirt.
The other guys were all dressed very similar to Edward, but in different colors; green for Jasper, brown for Max, black for Connor-what else is new?- and grey for Emmett. Of course, for Jake he was only in a pair of red shorts, since he would have been way too warm. Mom, Esme, and Stella were each wearing a long cotton nightgown; Mom in emerald green, Stella in violet, and Esme in a tan beige. And Dad, Carlisle, and Angelo were all in those checkered looking pants and long sleeved shirts; Angelo in black and white, Dad in blues, and Carlisle in greens.
"There you are!" Alice exclaimed at Edward and me. "Come on, it's gift time!" She tugged on my arm, pulling me over to the only love seat couch left, with Edward as well. Then she gave us each a small copper glass. In mine was ice cold eggnog, and from the smell of it, there was blood in Edward's.
"Merry Christmas everyone!" Dad said as he raised his glass to us, his other arm wrapped around Mom. "Merry Christmas!" And then we started to unwrap the gifts.
Here is what I got for everyone; a large portrait that I made of the whole Cullen family for Carlisle and Esme, a Charlotte Russe denim jacket with a detailed 'A' on the right side for Alice, three new sweaters from the Gucci line for Rose, the complete series of Rush Hour movies for Emmett, a military jacket from the actual army for Jasper, a new book for music for Edward, a pair of hoop earring with her name inside them for Maria, a pair of low cut neon pink pants with a bright green tank top and red high heeled boots, more painting supplies for Mom, and a cookbook that Dad's been looking for a long time.
I wound up getting a black Via Spiga coat from Alice and Jasper, a brand new copy of Weithering Heights from Rose and Emmett, a pair of brown winter boots from Mom and Dad, new guitar strings from Carlisle and Esme since my last ones broke the other day, a package of my favorite water lily scented soaps and lotions from Maria and Max, a new Within Temptation backpack from Stacy and Connor, a new set of repair tools for my bike from Jake and Selena, and a heart shaped diamond charm for my charm bracelet from Edward.
"It was my mother's," he said when I opened the box. I hugged him and kissed him on the lips and let him take my hand so he could place the charm on my bracelet. It went between the brown wolf charm Jake made me two years back for my birthday and the elegant 'M' charm Mom and Dad gave me when I became a member of the Morwen family.
"There's one more thing that we have for all of you," Carlisle said as he stood up after all the gifts were opened. I looked over to Edward confused, but he just smiled and nodded to his father. I looked back and saw that he along with Esme had eleven small boxes in their hands. They gave one to each of my family members and me, the Meldas and Jake. I shrugged, but opened the tiny parcel in my hands, like everyone else did.
Each of us had received something with the Cullen family crest. All the girls- except me- had a simple chain with a pendant the size of my family crest, while I received a charm for my bracelet. The twins and Jake all received a wristband like Edward's, and Dad and Angelo both received pins.
"In these past few months, we've came to consider you all as family; daughters, sons, brothers, and sisters," Esme said to each of us.
"Of course, there are some of you that we had a bit of a harder time with, but still," Emmett said as he looked over to Jake, who just laughed and lightly punched him in the arm.
This had really been the best Christmas that I have ever had, and I will cherish it forever.
Well, I hope you liked this chapter. I've been working on it since 8 this morning, and it's almost 9 pm now. 13 hours work! WOW! (:0 Anyway, I really hope that you liked this.
In case I don't update again before Christmas, and I probably won't since this is my Christmas chapter, I would like to wish you all Merry Christmas, and for those of you who don't celebrate Christmas, then Happy Holidays to you all!
Please R&R! Thanks!
Nancy (aka megamatchmaker)