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~donellys.~
I leaned down to whisper to her ear, "I saw someone who is more terrifying than Lauren and Jessica combined. She is after us and I mean all of us. Male or female, she has her eye on our family." Bella turned around slightly and caught eyes with Joan. Bella looked back at me.
"Don't worry, sweets. She won't get anyone. The Cullens have arrived."
Chapter 7: Cullenized
(Mike's POV)
So here I was, sitting on the bleachers with Jessica by my side. We were watching the videos that the Cullens have prepared and the level of my curiosity shrunk a little bit. Just the tiniest bit. Dr. Cullen was explaining this sickness Bella caught when she and Edward were on a honeymoon in South America—I mean, South America? They are the Cullens and they are rich but wow! If I were to choose where to bring Jessica on our honeymoon, I would pick New York or Vegas or Hollywood or Florida or North Carolina. I had a budget, unlike them. I had a limit and that was the Continental US. I am not as rich as them. Pft!
All those years I was wondering where the hell Edward brought Bella and now the answer was given without me even asking. They went to South America. Could be Mexico, could be Brazil, Peru or where ever. Peru is in South America, right? What ever. Back to when Bella got sick. She had this unknown and very rare sickness and apparently Edward freakin' Cullen was like a former Victim or something like a survivor. Dr. Cullen said that the sickness could not be transmitted by a former Victim and the virus makes you sick for three days. And even more bad news was given to me about their past: They honeymooned for weeks!
So she caught an unknown sickness on their honeymoon? Edward must have transmitted the sickness, Dr. Cullen must be covering him up. I wonder if Ruh-nes… Renmi… their daughter was a honeymoon baby—oh right she's three and they got married five years ago.
At least I was a little bit content. I was sitting near the Cullens.
I looked at the two 'legendary lovebirds of class 06', who were sitting on mono block chairs positioned on an area in the gym floor. They were around their family, Alice and Jasper were manipulating the laptop, Emmett and Rosalie were whispering at each other and last but not the least, Edward and Bella were also whispering a conversation that I very much wanted to hear, so I moved closer. Bella turned her head around to look at someone. I saw that from her arms their daughter was looking at her Daddy Edward with curious eyes and she was sucking her thumb. She was an angel. She looked so adorable and innocent and acted way, way different from how Jenny acted. I always thought, from the moment I saw the kid, that she must be spoiled because she is a Cullen—but apparently I was wrong. She was kind, sweet and polite. I remembered saying her name but I embarrassingly forgot what her name was. Do I have Alzheimer's? Hopefully not
What was her name again? Ruh-nes… Renmi… Ruby…Relee… Rebecca… Remily—certainly did not end with Emily, Lee and it was not Rebecca and absolutely not Ruby. It ended with something that sounded like 'May'. Ruh-nez-may? How did you spell that? All I know is that her second name was Karle, her middle name was Swan and her family name was Cullen.
Bella leaned her head on Edward's shoulder and I saw that his arm was around Bella's waist. The little baby girl stopped sucking her thumb and reached towards Edward, "Daddy," she said in a soft voice that was heard inside the gym because we were all silent while waiting for the next video to play and because I in hearing range. I was not the only one looking anymore. There were several people looking at her too and some pretended not to look or trying to make it look like they were not looking.
Edward removed his arm from Bella's waist and held the kid in his arms. The little girl patted her hand on Edward's cheek as though asking for attention but she was not. Her eyes were wide and curious; she cupped her hands then whispered something in Edward's ear. Edward nodded then whispered something in her ear in return. She smiled then said in a soft and lovely voice, "Can you hold me, daddy?"
Edward chuckled, "I'd love too, if it's okay with your momma here," he nudged Bella. Bella was glaring at him and after a few moments she gave in, handing the baby to him.
Edward whispered to Bella as the next video started to play, he said, "You held her ever since, love, you're always carrying her. It's only fair that her daddy would hold her too."
"You always hold her at home."
"But you hold her longer than me." What did they mean that they always held her? Did she have a disability that made her unable to walk? Was she crippled?
~***~
Rosalie and Alice were sitting on a couch.
"Bella recovered from the sickness rather quickly and she looked like us Cullens," Alice started, "Her skin was white, cold and strong but her eyes were still messed up. Her eye color would change when she started her Vegan diet and her body would not agree with any other kind of food. So, yeah, we Cullens are Vegetarians or Vegans, what ever, oh except for Renesmee!" I didn't look at her that much so I didn't see her eyes. Were her eyes gold in color or butterscotch?
"Bella had the basics of a Cullen. As Alice said she had strong and cold white skin. She did recover quite quickly and after that she needed a major make-over. Bella was already very beautiful and very kind but after being initiated to the family by getting sick, we needed to improve her and make her an official Cullen," Rosalie said.
"First of all Bella desperately needed a change in wardrobe. Her clothes were fine but not all her clothes were flattering," said Alice.
"We then started her make-over and it was very, very enjoyable. I would never forget it, even if I lived for hundreds of years," Rosalie said and they both laughed.
Bella's Beauty Make-Over
"Is this necessary?" Bella whined as Alice was making her sit down on a chair– was that chair for a salon?--in front of a mirror inside the biggest bathroom I have ever seen. There were two chairs opposite the chair Bella was sitting on. On the counter were numerous products and materials. The reflection in the mirror revealed Rosalie holding the camera with one hand and holding the camera stand on the other.
"Yes Bella, this is necessary," Alice replied taking her seat on one of the chairs. "And why is it necessary?" Bella narrowed her eyes. She was wearing a black robe and a black towel was rolled around her hair, "You're a Cullen. You just recovered from sickness and now you will be pampered!"
"Ugh!" The camera zoomed in to show a close up of Bella. Her eyes were definitely different. They were like a dirty-red-orange. It was like her chocolate brown eyes mixed with a red-orange color, you could see that the red-orange was more dominant and there were little specks of brown, or was it black? I was uncomfortable just looking at it.
"Come on, Rose. We are going to start. This is so exciting!" Alice squealed. The camera zoomed out and then it was like the camera was being shaken, all I saw was a blur. "Let me put the cam on the stand first," Rosalie said. The camera was now still then Rosalie joined them sitting on the other chair.
"Let's see, we start with the scrub then we would do your nails then we would nourish you skin with a mud bath. Maybe we could put a massage in for you too, Bells," Alice smiled. She got two containers from the counter and handed one to Rosalie. "We are going to give you a salt scrub, okay?"
Alice grabbed Bella's leg and rested it on her own leg, Rosalie pushed the sleeve of Bella's robe then both of them started putting an amount of the scrub on her skin. "This is so embarrassing," Bella said, "Why do I have to be filmed?"
"You're going to thank us for this, Bells. And we like taking videos or pictures they store memories. And the video is necessary because Edward wanted proof that you're okay and we're not hurting you. I mean, why would we hurt you? What does he think of us? You're our sister Bella and Cullens are tight with family," Alice rambled, "I mean, doesn't he trust us? I can't believe that he won't trust me, me, Alice Cullen, his closest sibling!"
"Well, there are lots of reasons for him not to trust you too much Alice," Rosalie informed her, "For instance, you cheat when we play games, you stole his room once and transferred all his things to the garage—"
"I do not cheat!" Alice snapped, "…well not all the time and not mostly just sometimes and don't forget, he's my partner in crime and together we are two master minds. We cheat together, that's why you guys get pissed when we are on the same team because Edward and I are geniuses."
"Well you do have a point but we call dibs on him first and Edward doesn't like cheating that much. You know our dear little brother, who is too old fashioned, too much of a controlled gentleman."
Bella laughed, "Yeah, he is too much of a controlled gentleman." The others laughed too. "I mean, seriously Bella," Rosalie started, "You should have seen him with our dear cousin, Tanya. She was obsessed with him and she followed him around. Our poor little Eddie was scared to death! Then Tanya cornered him and he said 'I'm sorry Tanya, you are great and I appreciate you fancying me, but I do not have the same feelings for you, I'm sorry.'" Rosalie said it quite fast, probably mimicking how Edward said it. All of them laughed even harder. Even the audience laughed. A few moments of silence followed.
"This is so unnecessary," Bella complained as the two were rubbing the mix on her skin.
"This is very much necessary Bella," Rosalie gave her a serious look, "So don't bother complaining."
"You just recovered, Bella. Your skin is not hydrated; it's kinda rough and even a little cracked. We are going to do the same thing three times a week for two weeks. We are helping you Bella, so shush," Alice said with a slightly exasperated voice. Bella huffed and looked down.
"We were under the same treatment Bella. Even the boys," Rosalie said trying to cheer the two up. "Yeah, what she said," Alice smiled. Bella nodded, "Sorry."
"Oh, it's okay Bells. We know that being pampered is not your type and that's only because you… had a lot of responsibilities in the past and you're not used to being pampered. You are a Cullen now and we are just trying to make you happy, okay?" Alice gave another smile.
"So the boys went under this too?" Bella giggled.
"Oh, don't even go there. They were bigger sissies than anyone we know," Rosalie replied.
"Hey! Do you want me to call Edward and he'll give you the massage," Alice laughed.
Shopping for Wardrobe
"Hey!" Alice said to the camera. Her background showed that they were inside a mall now, "Rosalie and I are going shopping for Bella's new wardrobe. Shopping is against Bella but she can't make me stop shopping," Alice laughed. Rosalie walked up beside her. Who was holding the camera? It was quite obvious that the camera was being held because it wasn't really still.
"Yeah," started Rosalie, "so we are here in the mall going to shop for Bella's new wardrobe and a few stuff. So first, we go to Victoria's Secret. You can't wear clothes without any underwear," Alice laughed. There was a deep, booming laugh and it made the camera shake, "Nice one babe, I'm so looking forward to this."
Rosalie rolled her eyes and Alice smiled. Rosalie motioned for the person to follow, "Come on, Em. Let's go." So it was Emmett holding the camera…
They entered Victoria's Secret and Alice went to talk to the manager there and pointed to the camera. The girl was a little hesitant but then nodded. Alice must have asked permission to film inside. Wait did she just bribe the manager? I swear I saw her give the employee a roll of money. Rosalie was already holding a basket and they went throwing numerous items inside it. Rosalie approached a manikin. The manikin was displaying black lacy lingerie with a few patterns on it, "We should so get this," Rosalie threw the lingerie in the basket then Alice squealed.
Alice ran to another area of the shop and Rosalie and Emmett were hot on her heels. She held out a set that was made of something I thought of as denim. The set was more revealing than the black one. My eyes widened.
"We should get this, blue is so her color and Edward likes Bella using blue," Alice beamed.
Rosalie laughed, "Yeah it looks cool and that will certainly make Edward happy."All three of them were laughing very hard now.
I was annoyed and I looked away from the screen. Bella was hiding her face on Edward's shoulder and Edward was shaking his head, both of them obviously pissed. The other Cullens were laughing, except for the baby girl whose eyes were drooping. Most of the people were laughing, the teachers were laughing too. I looked around and noticed that Jenny had a confused look and her parents were having a little argument: Lauren was glaring at Tyler and he held up his hands and apologized to her.
I looked back at the screen.
They were now paying for the clothes and the scene was cut.
Alice and Rosalie were now back to their house, all the clothes were sorted out in front of them on the floor. I scanned the clothes and found out that the underwear was not displayed. Bella was sitting down on the chair; her eyes were narrowed on the display in front of her.
"Bella, as a Cullen you need to learn how to wear heels," Alice said with a serious voice and expression. She was holing out a pair of cream-colored stiletto heels with a few metallic stud designs on it. Bella sighed.
"Don't worry Bella," Rosalie reassured her, "You won't be using heels all the time. You are still free to use you're sneakers and flats."
"We just want to teach you how to wear heels. We are also going to help with your movement. You are the clumsiest person I ever saw and I don't want to see you fall on your face on occasions when using heels are necessary." said Alice still looking at Bella with a serious expression. Alice got a bag and handed it together with the shoes to Bella, "So go and change okay?"
Bella nodded and got the bag and shoes. The video skipped to show Bella now wearing a cream top and dark skinny jeans, she was wearing the stilettos. Alice and Rosalie walked beside her.
"Remember, Bells, heels first," Alice said, "Now that you're married to our dear brother, have the name Cullen, looking like a Cullen, now all you need is to learn how to move like a Cullen."
"You need to wear the heels everyday for a week then you're back to having freedom," Rosalie smiled. Bella walked and the first steps were a little wobbly but then she started to get it.
"I remember Emmett wearing my heels," said Alice while keeping an eye on Bella, "When I caught him he just finished coming down the stairs."
"Yeah, poor heels…" Rosalie agreed, "Poor two-thousand-dollar-heels."
"You mean when Emmett was running away from Alice?" Bella asked taking a few more steps.
"Yeah," Alice replied with a sour voice, "He was just too heavy and he broke my shoes!"
"At least he paid for it," Bella said, trying to comfort her. "Yeah, he did pay for it and he even bought a new pair," Rosalie smiled.
Alice rolled her eyes, "Yeah he did pay for it, but do you know where he bought the new pair?" Bella and Rosalie shook their heads, "It wasn't even new."
"Where did he buy it?" Rosalie asked her eyes filled with curiosity. Bella was still walking around but was not looking at the floor but was now looking straight at Alice.
"Ebay," Alice said with a laugh. They started laughing then Bella slipped, falling down on her butt. She quickly got to her feet and laughed again, "Are you okay, Bella?" Alice was anxious. She started to walk towards her.
"Yeah, I'm okay. I just lost my balance due to laughing to hard," Bella continued to laugh.
"Edward's coming!" Rosalie warned.
"Quick, don't let him it!" Alice replied. Rosalie rushed to the door and locked it. "Hey you girls okay? I heard someone fall, you okay Bella?" Edward's voice said through the door.
"Yeah I'm okay Edward and why do you think I was the one who fell?"
"I just knew," He laughed, "Alright I'm leaving now."
"Don't come back!" Alice shouted then turned to Bella, who was walking around the room with ease.
"Congratulations Bella, you are officially Cullenized." Both Rosalie and Alice smiled.
~***~
"We will show the slide show later," Alice announced with a laugh. Everyone seemed to be laughing, even me. Me and Jessica stood up and approached the Cullens.
"So did Bella wear the denim one yet?" Emmett asked Edward, he had a mischievous grin on his face.
Edward smirked at him, "That's for me to know and you to never find out."
"Oh, I know that it's possible she wore it," Emmett smiled even wider. Edward rolled his eyes
The baby girl was now in Bella's arms and she didn't look sleepy anymore, she was playing with Bella's hair. "Hey guys!" I greeted them. They looked at me and smiled, Rosalie just raised her eye brow at me.
"There's food there," Jessica pointed at the tables, "if you guys want to eat. There are a few Vegan and Vegetarian friendly dishes too."
"I forgot Renesmee's bag in the car," Edward started to stand but Rosalie stood up first, "I'll go get it and I don't mind," She smiled and held out her hands for the keys. Edward gave her the keys and gave her a small 'thanks'. Rosalie walked out through the doors without replying.
I got a chair and positioned it near Edward and Bella's chair then I sat down, Jessica did the same. Jessica smiled at Bella, "She's so cute, you know? Your baby girl. Congrats to you and Edward." Jessica eyed the little girl in Bella's arms, "Can… Can I… May I hold her?" Jess hesitantly asked.
Bella and Edward shared a look and Bella whispered to the baby's ear, the baby nodded and smiled at Jessica, "Sure Jess, you can hold her," Bella replied.
"Position your hands properly, like this," Edward instructed Jessica and Jessica happily followed. Bella then gave Ruh-nes-may to Jessica. "Carful she's heavy," Edward cautioned.
Jessica was smiling brightly at the baby girl then she started smoothing her hair. I turned to Bella, "I'm sorry but what's her name again? I kinda forgot all I know is her second, middle and family name." Ugh, I feel so embarrassed to ask her. It was embarrassing to forget the little Cullen's name. I'm such a douche.
Edward chuckled. I narrowed my eyes at him. What was wrong with him? He just shook his head. Bella cleared her throat and smiled at me, "Her name is Ruh-nes-may Karle Cullen we call her Ruh-nes-may."
"Uh, how do you spell her name?" I am such an idiot.
"R-e-n-e-s-m-e-e C-a-r-l-i-e," Bella smiled.
"That's an interesting name." So it was spelled as Renesmee Carlie not Ruhnesmay Karle. To be honest her name was nice, it was unique. "How did you come up with the name?"
"Well, I mixed the names of my parents with the names of Edward's parents"
Okay I was still confused. Edward turned to me, "Renesmee was taken from Renee, Bella's mother and Esme, my mother. Carlie was taken from Carlisle, my father and Charlie, Bella's"
"Oh, okay," I looked away. My face was feeling hot. I am so embarrassed, duh mixed the names of the parents. Why didn't I get the first time?
I looked at Jess carrying Renesmee. She was cradling Renesmee in her arms, was humming to her and was rubbing her nose to Renesmee's. Renesmee was looking at her and she was back to sucking her thumb.
"Here you go," Rosalie was back. She handed Edward a Swiss Army backpack. "Thank you, Rose."
"You're welcome, my dear little brother," Rosalie smirked.
Edward opened the back then handed a white tupperware to Bella then he gave her a small expensive looking silver fork which looked like it was for a kid but had a design that made it look like it used to belong to the royal family.
"Please let go of me," Renesmee said not looking at Jess at all, she was eyeing the tupperwear in Bella's hand. "Oh, Okay," Jess replied and placed Renesmee down on the floor. Renesmee smiled at her, "Thank you, you can hold me again later."
I thought that Renesmee was crippled but fortunately she wasn't she quickly walked towards Bella. Edward placed the bag down and picked Renesmee up, letting her sit down on his lap. Bella opened the tupperware and handed it to Renesmee together with the fork. Renesmee eagerly got it and smiled at her mother. She began to eat.
The contents seemed to be slices of different kinds of fruits: strawberries, kiwi, banana, raspberry, orange and mangoes. There was no cream mixed to it, it was just pure fruits.
"You guys are lucky that you can make a kid eat fruits," Jessica said. Edward and Bella smiled, "She doesn't seem to like candy that much and she doesn't like instant or fast food. If we wanted to feed her mashed potatoes, we needed to cook it from scratch and not use the instant ones," Bella said.
"Wow. She doesn't like the taste?"
"Yeah, and sometimes even the smell."
"She must be very healthy then. She's not Vegan like you guys right?" I asked.
This time Edward was the one who answered, "Yes, she isn't Vegan but she does eat what we eat."
I remembered one of the triple dates we had back in high school. Bella used to shove food in his mouth and in their wedding day, they shoved cake in each other's mouths, "If you're Vegan then why is it that you ate meat in the past or anything else that was against the Vegan diet?" Take that Cullen; you might just be making the whole Vegan thing up. Ha ha
"Well," Edward started, "We Cullens still can eat meat, dairy or poultry but we prefer not to because it will make us feel uncomfortable and it will make us feel sick, but sometimes we can bear it. Our Vegan diet is very strict but since we can still consume non-Vegan food, I myself prefer the term 'vegetarian' and not Vegan."
"Then why use the term Vegan?"
"Ask my other siblings. My parents, including Bella and I prefer the term vegetarian."
"Okay…"
We chatted for a few minutes with both Edward and Bella and the other Cullens. It turns out that they moved to New Hampshire a few months after the wedding then they had several trips including Phoenix, North Carolina, Oregon, New York, Canada, England, France and Italy. When I asked about their schooling they said they were home-schooled and I wondered how can you be home-schooled if you're already in a college level? Then it turns out that they learned through their trips and that they talked to numerous teachers and they had books lots and lots of books—not to mention their dad who is the Dr. Cullen.
Then someone interrupted us.
Joan
"Hey, my name is Joan Clapp," extending her hand towards the Cullens. They all cautiously looked at her extended hand and Rosalie glared at it. Emmett then cleared his throat and was the first to shake her hand. "I'm Emmett Cullen," he said with a cheery but measured voice. Did they know that she was interested in them or were the Cullens really like this? I knew that they were quiet at first and cautious but I never saw them this cautious. It was like they were handling a bomb and deactivating it.
Joan shook his hand then turned to shake Jasper's when Rosalie said, "I'm Rosalie, Emmett's wife and Jasper's twin. Thanks for asking." Joan blushed and moved her hand towards Rosalie. Rosalie just stared blankly at her. At least she wasn't glaring.
Joan seemed embarrassed then moved to shake Jasper's hand, "I'm Jasper, and this is my wife Alice." Jasper didn't shake her hand but motioned to Alice instead. Joan shook Alice's hand, "I'm Alice, nice to meet you," she smiled. Joan smiled back, she relaxed a little bit. She then moved towards Bella. Bella shook her hand and smiled, "I'm Bella, and this is my husband Edward and our daughter Renesmee. You must be the coach's daughter."
Joan smiled and relaxed even more, "Yeah that's me."
She looked at Edward and he just nodded at her. Renesmee took one last bite at a mango then she gave the container and fork to Edward and he put it away inside his backpack. Joan took a seat beside me and Jess and all of us went silent.
I cleared my throat, "Well you know that I'm Mike and this is Jessica, so hi again."
Joan smiled, "Hi," she was looking at every single one of the Cullens and the Cullens were looking doing different things. Edward and Bella were fixing Renesmee's dress, Jasper and Alice were looking at the others in the gym and Emmett and Rosalie we looking at each other.
Two life savers then arrived.
Angela and Ben
"Hey guys, do you mind if we join you?" Ben asked.
The Cullens smiled at them, "Not at all," Rosalie said. Since when did Rosalie be so nice to a non-Cullen?
Edward and Bella moved there chairs and Ang and Ben sat down, claiming our spot beside them. Renesmee reached for Angela, "Hey there, baby girl," Angela hugged her. Renesmee smiled and kissed Angela's cheek. Ben stroked Renesmee's hair.
"Big Ben, Auntie Angewa." Renesmee clapped her hands. We all laughed, except for Joan. She looked like she was planning something—something sinister. Ben gave Renesmee a hug and the little girl giggled.
"What's her name?" Joan asked. I answered, "She's Renesmee R-e-n-e-s-m-e-e." She must have been confused too about the spelling, like the way I was. If she wasn't then at least I told her the spelling.
Joan grinned, "Can I hold her?"
~*~
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