Chapter 11 – SPOV
I was trying to make her life as difficult as possible, and it was working I think. She is trying to be my mother, and I know that is what she is, but she left me. It's not like I can just forget about the last fourteen years of my life, and that I saw her I would run into her arms shouting "Oh Mummy dearest, I've missed you but I'll forget you left me here and I will love you forever more!" Really, I swear that's what she actually expected. Emmett seems cooler though. He told me to call him Emmett and hasn't enforced himself upon me, monitoring my every move like she does.
Last night, I woke up wanting a glass of water, so I tried to remember my way to the stairs in this giant mansion, but ended up outside their bedroom where the light was still on. From the inside I could hear the sounds of Rosalie crying and Emmett comforting her. This is good; if she learns to hate me as I hate her then I can go back to life as it was. But if I went I would miss Emmett and Alice, so I don't know what or who I want in my life. The only definite is Bella, oh and Alice and Emmett. If I could just get rid of her and her other sneering daughter then my life would be pretty much perfect. But that's not going to happen anytime soon.
My train of thought was interrupted by Alice bursting into the room.
"Jessie's gone to her singing lesson which I refused to have, so do you want to come in the garden with me then we can play dressing up," she said excitedly.
"Sounds good, let me just get dressed quickly," I told her and she nodded, closing the door behind her as she left momentarily.
I went to my bag and opened it. Nothing in here would impress Rosalie or Alice for that matter, so I walked over to the large, imposing wardrobe in hope that there was something in there. Sadly there wasn't, but as I turned around I screamed.
"Alice! You nearly gave me a heart attack, and I told you I'd be out in a minute!" I said recovering my wits.
"I know, but then I realised that you may not have anything to wear so Mummy told me to give you this; which I chose," she said adding the last part hastily.
"Thank-you, it's gorgeous," I said relieved that the outfit wasn't all from Rosalie.
"I'll leave you now, but I'll be back in a minute," Alice said skipping off once again.
I quickly changed into the outfit Alice had left. I was wearing denim shorts, with a flowing baby pink top that was perfect for the hot weather.
"You look amazing, so come on," Alice said breathlessly as she ran into the room and grabbed my hand.
I swear this child is always hyper, no matter the time of day or weather. I was dragged along till we reached her room. This was the first I'd seen of it since getting here.
Inside the walls were different shades of pink and on them hung various pictures of Alice, Jessica, Emmett and Rosalie. The bed looked big enough to sleep ten, let alone this tiny girl, and the covers were white; emblazoned with little pink fairies. On one wall was a door which led through into Jessica's room, but I had no desire to go in there. As I stood in the doorway and looked, she had run to a large walk in wardrobe on the other side of the room.
She emerged triumphant with a Louis Vuitton collar and lead set, supposedly for Amber whom I had met last night. She was a small golden retriever puppy with hair that was pretty much Amber coloured. You could see that she adored Alice as much as anyone, but today we were apparently taking her for a walk.
I had never been a dog lover, due to the fact that when I was two we'd gone for a walk in the park and a giant Alsatian jumped on me: knocking me over and creating my fear of dogs.
"Amber, we're going for a walk!" Alice shouted as we walked outside onto the large patio.
Suddenly Amber came flying round the corner and I ran back to the safety of the house as she skidded to a halt right before Alice.
"You're not a huge dog lover then?" Emmett asked coming up behind me and making me jump.
"Um, no not really. I had a bad experience with one when I was little, and I've always been wary since," I admitted.
"I understand, but you will learn to love Ammy. She's a lovely dog, and Alice will spend the best part of a day playing with her.
"Daddy, are you coming for a walk too?" Alice asked turning around and seeing us both there.
"Yes Ali-Bee, then we can go and show Savannah the park," he told her as she jumped up and down excitedly.
"Otherwise you would be walking up and down the patio," he whispered to me, "Rosie doesn't like the girls out of her sight, so they can't go down the garden or outside the front of the house without her permission."
That seemed stupid, but he just shrugged at me; realising what I was going to say.
"Alice you get Amber's walk collar and lead on, then we can go," he told her before turning and shouting, "Rose love, I'm taking Savannah and Alice out for a walk with Ammy."
"Ok, just remember to hold Alice's hand when she crosses the road, and don't let either of them out of your sight," Rosalie shouted back.
"Yes ma'am," I muttered sarcastically.
As we walked, Alice ran ahead with her dog, so I got some time to speak to Emmett alone.
"So, what do you work as?" I asked as Alice screamed in excitement.
"Alice baby, some people are still trying to sleep, so turn the volume own a bit," he said before turning to me, "Well, I'm a banker, but I won't bore you with details."
"Sounds fun. Okay, what's your favourite colour?"
"Blue. The colour of Rose's eyes: you?"
"Red, the colour of love, the colour of my favourite jewel," I clarified, "What's your full name?"
"Emmett Horatio Marcus McCarty."
"You're kidding! That's mental! Who's your favourite singer?"
"I'm partial to The Killers, you?"
"Definitely Beyoncé, Pixie Lott and Katy Perry," I told him, "Your turn to ask questions."
"Who is your favourite actor?"
"A million percent Taylor Lautner! You?"
"Rose McCarty. Your favourite film?"
"She's been in a movie?" I asked ignoring his question.
"Yeah, worked alongside Leonardo Di Caprio. It was a pretty amazing film," he told me.
I nodded.
"So Savannah, what do you think of your room?"
"Please can you call me Karlie? It's as much my first name as Savannah which is usually only used when I'm being told off. Everyone at the home calls me Sana, but that's their name for me. I want you to call me Karlie," I said to him.
"Okay then Karlie, we'd better be turning back now, or Rose will have a major stroke because she thinks we're all dead," he said gesturing for Alice to come back.
"She's a touch overprotective if you don't mind me saying."
"Yeah, she never got over loosing you. And, when the twins were born she went into post-natal depression as she still missed you, which meant she didn't see them until they were about six months old. She's scared she'll lose everything dear to her like she lost you," he told me seriously.
"Daddy, Daddy, Daddy!" Alice shouted spinning in circles.
"What am I going to do with you Ali-Bee?" he said shaking his head.
"Looove me!" she replied.
"Okay missy, I'll race you and Karlie back to the road. But you must stop there or Mummy will kill me," he said as she nodded.
"Who's Karlie?"
"Savannah, she told me I could call her Karlie instead," he said winking at me.
"Can I too please?"
"Of course, I wouldn't deny you the pleasure," I told her happily.
She smiled before shouting:
"Ready, steady, go!"
"You little munchkin get back here!" Emmett said running after her.
As he caught up he picked her up and threw her over his shoulder.
"Put me down Daddy!" she screamed whilst laughing.
"Not until you say sorry for cheating missy!" Emmett said tickling her.
"S-sorry!" she burst out and he put her on the ground where she promptly fell over.
"Dada, you've got my clothes dirty now," she said indignantly.
"Oh dear, it'll mean another outfit then. Come on slow coach," he said turning around to find me walking.
Picking Alice up off the floor and giving her Amber's lead he took her hand in his then with his other hand he grabbed mine and we all started running across the vast expanse of greenery.
We all arrived back at the mansion out of breath but happy. Rosalie met us in the foyer.
"Darlings, we're going out for dinner tonight, so I know Alice wanted to play dressing up; but you can only do so until you need to get ready," she told us as Emmett wrapped his arms around her.
"Come on!" Alice shouted to me, and I looked to see her halfway up the stairs.
We reached the top and instead of taking a left for her playroom we turned right into Emmett and Rosalie's room.
"Mummy said we could use her old outfits which are at the back of the wardrobe," she said opening two large cupboard doors to reveal a walk in wardrobe that put the one in Sex and the City to shame.
At the back I saw numerous outfits that looked less neatly put away then the rest. It was clear these clothes weren't worn anymore, by anyone but Alice.
"Right, I want you to put this on as I find shoes," she ordered.
"No way, if I'm putting this on you're putting something on as well!" I told her.
"Fine, find me something please," she requested.
I pulled out a very short pink dress which would probably look more like a maxi dress on Alice's tiny frame as she handed me a black clothes bag.
I opened it to reveal a stunning blood red dress with the most intricate patterns ever. I looked at the label and sure enough saw that it was vintage Dolce & Gabbana. I gasped at the beauty of it.
"Come on, put it on," Alice instructed from where she was unzipping the back of her dress.
I quickly stripped down to my underwear and the stepped into the gorgeous dress. The silk clung to my body perfectly and I bent down to allow Alice to do up the line of tiny pearl buttons at the back. Once she was in her dress which dwarfed her she grabbed me some black patent Christian Louboutins and I willingly put my feet into them.
Together we strutted up and down the wardrobe, posing like we were on a catwalk and giggling uncontrollably.
"Girls," Rosalie's voice came from outside the wardrobe and we stopped, "It's time to get ready to go out and... oh! Savannah you look beautiful."
I blushed; probably turning the colour of the dress as Alice exclaimed:
"Doesn't she look like a princess Mummy?"
"Yes darling she does, and so do you. But Savannah; you're stunning. I remember when I first wore that dress."
As she said that she disappeared before coming back with a photograph in a silver frame.
In it she was on the red carpet, the wind blowing her hair perfectly, and her smile probably causing the entire male population to sigh. The dress looked beautiful on her, accenting her curves and contrasting perfectly with her sun kissed skin.
"Mama, is that you?" Alice asked.
"Yes baby it is," Rosalie replied.
"But Mummy, it looks so like Savannah, I mean Karlie are you sure it's you?" Alice questioned once again.
The scary thing was that she was right. The picture was looking in the mirror and finding my eyes a slightly lighter shade of blue.
Is she starting to like Rose? Please review! Thank-you, XxX