Chapter 14 – RPOV
I was so happy that Savannah had enjoyed coming to my work. It gave me something that I could talk to her about, that we both had a passion for. The pictures from her shoot were amazing; she looked stunning, and as everyone repeatedly told me when they came into my office where I had put a framed copy up: she looked just like me. I had also brought home a blown up copy for her to put in her room, after showing it to Emmett: which he loved and said the exact same thing. Alice had also gazed at it in admiration, whereas Jess had just been Jess; regarding it with scorn and contempt. She'll come round soon hopefully.
Savannah had also come around after my rather uncalled for burst of emotion in the car on the way home, and she would actually talk to me now like I was a human being. She had also been extremely excited about what a certain person had said about seeing her shoot. Heidi Klum had come in for her interview, and seen on my desk the picture of Savannah...
"Rose who is that girl in the Louis Vuitton shoot?" she had asked as Kate went to get her a cup of coffee.
"Oh that's my eldest daughter Savannah Karlie," I replied smiling at the picture on my desk.
"She is beautiful. You're going to have a hard time keeping hold of her! I can just see the faces of other designers when they see that you've got probably the most gorgeous model at the moment," she had told me as her coffee arrived.
I had recited the whole of the conversation numerous times to many people, and it made my heart swell with pride each time.
But, today was the day we had Bella coming round. Savannah had been with us for a week and we had one more left before she went back after her trial. Emmett and I already knew we wanted to keep her, but she did have a say in the decision as well. I just hoped she would want to stay with us. We would have the blood tests soon, but I need to focus on the present, and that is the fact that none of the girls are fed or dressed and Bella is coming in half an hour.
"Girls, come and get something to eat quickly," I called into the living room where they were all watching the television, although I must admit that Savannah didn't look too thrilled to be watching a re-run of a children's program.
"Coming Mummy," Alice replied and the television was turned off.
"Can I have some hot chocolate?" Jess asked.
"Sweetie, go and get Daddy to make that. I know its Saturday, but he's still in bed at nine o'clock," I said and she ran up the stairs shouting for her father.
"Right you two, what do you want? And remember Bella will be here in half an hour," I reminded them as we walked into the kitchen.
"Mummy, can I have a pain au chocolat please?" Alice chirped.
"Of course darling, I'll put them in the oven now. Do you want one Savannah?"
"Yes please," she replied smiling at me before Alice grabbed her hand and dragged her to the table.
A bleary eyed Emmett then came into the room yawning, with a pleading Jessica attached to his leg.
"Please Daddy, I really want one," she whined.
"Go on Em," I encouraged.
"Fine I will if you let go of my leg. Does anyone else want one?"
"Yes please!" the two sat at the table chorused.
"There you go, it'll do you good. I've made a cup of coffee which is on the side there," I told him before turning to Jess, "Sweetie do you want a pain au chocolat too?"
"Yes Mummy."
"Um, yes what?" I asked as she ran to sit at the table.
"Yes please," she said sarcastically.
"Jessica don't," Emmett warned and she rolled her eyes.
"I mean it missy," he responded, picking up his cup from the island in the kitchen.
As the doorbell rang a fully dressed Savannah and Alice flew down the stairs.
"Bella!" Savannah exclaimed as she opened the front door.
"Sana!" Bella responded and they hugged each other tightly.
"Thank-you for having her over today Mrs McCarty," Miss Macey said before turning to get back in the car and take the other children to various places.
"Savannah, bring Bella in and then I can shut the door," I told her and they did: talking constantly.
Despite that fact that it was summer, the fact that it was England overruled all that to make it cold and rainy today.
The two of them had stopped talking and Bella was looking around in awe, reminding me of when Savannah first came into the house.
"Mrs McCarty, your house is beautiful and huge," she told me.
"Thank-you darling, I'm glad you like it, and please call me Rosalie or Rose: Mrs McCarty is much too formal and makes me sound like an old woman," I replied.
"What so you don't like being Mrs McCarty then?" Emmett said in mock offense.
"No, I love it, it just makes me feel too old and sophisticated," I replied kissing him.
"Um, PDA," Savannah said laughing as we broke away.
"Children these days," Emmett said.
"Hey, just because we don't run around with dinosaurs doesn't mean we're not as amazing as you were as children," Savannah told us smiling.
"Cheeky!" Emmett responded, but he was grinning, "Karlie, why don't you show Bella your room and I can see Alice is dying to meet her."
Our daughter nodded and looked as if she were about to pull Bella up the stairs when she turned to me:
"Uh, Rosalie do you want me to take my shoes off?"
"Oh sweetie could I say yes. It's just that I have a case of OCD and I can't bear the thought of people traipsing through my house in shoes that have been goodness knows where," I said apologetically.
"That's my Rose for you," Emmett said elbowing me gently.
The two girls ran upstairs after Bella had slipped her shoes off and I could hear Alice's excited voice as she was introduced to her sister's best friend.
"Alice honey, calm down or you'll have an aneurism," Emmett called up in an amused tone.
"I'm just so happy Daddy. I wish everyone was as happy as me," she squealed.
"Goodness, a world full of Alice's," Emmett said shaking his head at the idea.
"Mummy," Jessica whined from behind me.
"J, if you tell me you're bored and don't know what to do I don't want to hear it," I told her seriously.
"But Mummy I am," she complained.
"Well angel, let's see what there is to do: you can watch the television, play with Alice, play in the playroom, draw a picture, find Tinkerbell, read a book, or play a game. Whatever you want to do," I replied.
"Fine then," she sulked and stormed upstairs.
"What's gotten into her recently? She's so argumentative and acts like - and I hate to say it but its true - a spoilt brat," Emmett asked.
"I think she's just jealous that Savannah's here and Alice is so good at welcoming anyone into the house, whereas Jess has to be the centre of attention all the time," I replied running a hand through my long hair.
"It's got to stop. She has to realise the world doesn't revolve around her and she's not the only one in it," he said and I nodded in agreement.
"You go and speak to her then and I'll retrieve Ali so the poor girls can catch up alone," I told him and we ascended the stairs together.
I knocked lightly on Savannah's bedroom door and got the call that I could come in.
"Girls, I'm sorry to intrude but I just came to get Alice and check you were all right," I told them.
"We're good thank-you and I wanted to say that I loved the way you've done up Sana's room," Bella told me.
"Thank-you darling, I'm glad you like it," I replied, thinking that Bella really was a lovely child despite what she had said on the first day I met her.
"I love it too Rose," Savannah said quietly and I turned to look at her, "Sorry I never said so when I first came but it's perfect for me."
"It's a pleasure baby," I said kissing her forehead which she accepted instead of pulling away as she would have done before, "Now, come on Princess let's leave the girls alone shall we?"
"Can I come back later though Mummy?" Alice asked with her puppy dog eyes.
"Of course you can, but I have a treat waiting downstairs," I said taking her hand.
We left the room and I shut the door gently behind us.
"Mama, wait here a second, I want to get something then we can go downstairs," Alice told me before she ran into her room.
I stood there and waited, but I heard the voices of the girls in the bedroom and listened for a bit:
"Sana, they're lovely people, and besides you I've never seen someone as pretty as Rosalie," Bella said.
"I know, and I'm so grateful they have taken me in," Savannah replied.
"But you're not sure about Rosalie right?"
"Yeah, I wasn't until she told me her story in the car on the way back from her company, and now I just want to be her daughter and call them Mummy and Daddy like the twins do. I want to be a part of their family Bells, I really do, but I don't want that to happen without you," Savannah said and I got to hear no more as Alice ran back out.
"Mummy, I have it now," she said holding up her box of makeup.
"How did you guess we were going to do something like that?" I asked my observant daughter.
"Because I'm your daughter and you're my Mummy," she replied giggling.
"You know me too well Alice Esme McCarty," I said shaking my head.
Downstairs I had got out a new range of makeup that had been sent in for me to try, and who better to try it with than my fashion conscious daughter?
We were setting up our own little boutique when Jess came down the stairs followed by Emmett. She looked like she had been crying but he looked like their little chat had been worth it.
"Would you like to join in Jessie," Alice asked sensing what had happened.
"Yes please," she said quietly.
Later that day when everyone (including Emmett) had had a makeover and Bella had returned to the home, I was left alone with my eldest as Emmett put the younger two to bed.
"So, did you enjoy today?" I asked
"Yes, it was great, and thank-you for having Bella over; I really appreciated it Mu-I mean Rose," Savannah told me blushing at her mistake.
But I was so happy. She had nearly called me 'Mum' and to know that made me immensely happy.
"It's a pleasure sweetheart, I'm just glad you are happy and that I know you're safe," I told her.
"Yeah, it must be a relief to know where I am now," she joked, "It's a relief to know where my parents are too though. I've wondered for fourteen years of my life, and now no matter what happens I'll know where you are," she told me before getting up and hugging me goodnight before leaving to go to bed.
They say the simplest things make you the most happy, and in this circumstance it was true. I was so happy right now that even the incessant rain wasn't going to dampen my mood.
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