(Esme's POV)
Annie's peaceful breathing made me smile and I reached out and brushed a curl from her face. A long day in the car seemed to wear her out. I'd packed a few coloring books and children's books so she didn't get bored. It worked pretty well, but there was nothing we could do about her continuous bathroom stops. I'd been worried the first couple times and asked Carlisle if it was normal for a young child to have to go so much. He'd assured me she was fine. I loved every moment of it. We'd stopped at a hotel so she would sleep comfortably. She informed us she'd never stayed at a hotel before in her life and she'd been so excited it took forever to get to sleep. I cringed when Carlisle hit a pot hole and she shifted in her sleep.
"She's going to be waking up in a minute anyway." He chuckled at me and I rolled my eyes.
"Maybe so, but I'd rather wake her up gently not roughly." He nodded at that and drove a little more smoothly up our new driveway. As soon as we pulled to a stop in front of the two story country house, everyone was out on the front porch. Alice opened the back door and started to wake her up. Carlisle was immediately at my door opening it for me. I smiled and took his outstretched hand, always a gentleman my husband. Annie blinked tiredly at Alice before a slow smile stretched across her face and she reached for her. Alice unbuckled her and hugged her tightly.
"Alice!" Annie squealed.
"Hey sweetie we missed you." Alice chuckled and Annie peered over her shoulder and gasped when she saw Rose and everyone else. Jasper left the reunion and pulled Carlisle to the side.
"I got a call back." He whispered low so Annie didn't hear. My stomach dropped and I saw Carlisle's jaw tense and he nodded. Rosalie looked over at us for a second before taking Annie from Alice.
"You want to come see your new room?" She asked. Annie hesitantly nodded and they headed inside.
"Esme, why don't you go with them? We'll be with you in a minute." Carlisle kissed my cheek and I followed after the others. Alice hooked her arm through mine as we climbed the front steps.
"Don't worry. Everything is ok." She whispered. Carlisle and Jasper had been calling and looking up information on Annie to see if she had any living relatives. I'd been trying not to think of it. If she had family we would have to turn her over to them, it was the right thing to do. But it was hard thinking of it. I'd wanted a child for so long and to just have one come into our lives and then be taken away, it would be hard to handle. We climbed a flight of stairs to a long hallway lined with several doors. We'd planned for mine and Carlisle's room to be next to Annie's. I pushed my negative thoughts aside and smiled when Emmett took Annie from Rosalie and placed his hand over both of her eyes when we stopped in front of one of the closed doors.
"Hey!" She whined.
"This is just to make sure you don't peek." Emmett chuckled and dropped a kiss to the top of her head as Rosalie pushed the door open and stepped aside for him to walk inside. The bedroom was painted a light purple with a darker purple sponged over it. There was a twin sized bed with a green bedspread and a white canopy over it. There was a book case filled with many children's books and a mini table with a tea set and stuffed animals on the mini chairs around it. The last rays of sunshine were coming in through the floor length window, casting an orange glow across the room.
"Alright, now you can look." Emmett removed his hands and Annie gasped, hands flying to slap across her mouth. Her eyes were wide and shocked as she took in everything. Emmett stood up and wrapped his arms around Rosalie's waist.
"What do you think?" Alice asked after she spoken for a minute. She swiveled her head and around to look at us.
"Is this… all mine?" She asked unsure.
"It is." Rosalie nodded. A huge smile broke out across her face and she flung herself at my legs, them tight and looking up at me.
"Thank you!" She squealed.
"Honey you should thank them, they put it all together." I motioned to Rosalie and Alice and she let go to do the same to them. After hugging everyone in the room she ran to the toy chest to see what was inside. Within a minute she had Rosalie and Alice involved in a tea party and wearing a plastic tiara and wearing a blue princess dress over her jean shorts and t-shirt.
"Where's Edward?" I asked, realizing he was nowhere in sight.
"We were so busy working on the room the past couple of days we completely forgot about food." Emmett answered sheepishly. "He left about an hour ago with a list. He should be back soon." At that moment Jasper and Carlisle joined us.
"Jasper!" Annie jumped up from her spot and ran over to him, grabbing his hand and attempting to drag him deeper into the room. "Come play with us." Jasper sat cross legged next to Alice and smiled amusedly as she tried to teach him how to hold his tea cup. I hurried over to Carlisle's side, curios and nervous at the same time. He smiled and curled his arm around my waist.
"Does she-?"
"Everything's fine." He interrupted me and kissed my nose. "She has an uncle in New York. He's in prison for rape." I felt my mouth drop and he rubbed my shoulder. I saw Rosalie's jaw tense and she wrapped her arms tighter around Annie sitting in her lap.
"So… she's ours?" I asked.
"Yes, as long as Alice's vision is real." Carlisle nodded.
"It is." Alice spoke low enough so Annie didn't hear. "And I've been seeing even more to make sure."
"What have you seen?" Carlisle asked a little hesitantly.
"I'm not telling. You'll have to wait and see." She smiled smugly.
"Alice that's completely unfair." Emmett grumbled.
"Where's the fun if you know what's coming?" Alice rolled her eyes and held her cup up when Annie offered her more 'tea'.
"Yeah Alice." Carlisle looked at her with a raised brow and she turned defensive.
"I can't help it." Jasper wrapped his arm around her waist and kissed her forehead. She immediately calmed and leaned against him. We all hung around Annie's room with her for a while. Edward returned with a welcome present for Annie. Emmett rolled his eyes when he toted in a grey stuffed horse that was just as big as Annie.
"Don't you think she has enough stuffed animals?" He asked when Annie grabbed it and hugged it so tight I was surprised the stuffing didn't pop out. Carlisle and I left the room to start fixing Annie dinners. The past few meals she'd eaten were fast food and I really wanted her to have a meal that didn't come from fast food place tonight. I settled on chicken, macaroni and cheese with steamed broccoli. I'd heard that children didn't much like vegetables but I was pleased to discover that Annie liked a good variety of them.
"So," Carlisle wrapped his arms around me as I stirred the noodles in a pot. "How are you enjoying taking care of Annie?" I smiled and leaned back against him.
"Very much." When I looked back at him he nodded and smiled.
"So am I." He tightened his arms around me and we stood there for a few moments. He stayed with me while I finished making dinner. I set up a tray to take up to Annie when he wrapped his arms around me once again, pressing a kiss below my ear.
"What do you say about taking a late Valentines trip, after Annie gets settled in?" He whispered against my neck. I was having a hard time getting the words out. With the way he was making me feel, I wanted to jump in his arms and leave right now. But I knew I couldn't possibly leave Annie right now.
"That sounds amazing." My voice sounded higher than normal to my own ear. He chuckled and reached around my waist to grab the tray and lifted it carefully over my head.
"I have a few places in mind." He said heading towards the hallway.
"Want to share?" I asked excitedly. He looked over his shoulder and winked at me.
"Nope." With that he was gone in the blink of an eye. I shook my head but smiled at his playfulness. My husband could be a big kid sometimes.
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A/N Alright don't hate me! I know it's been a while and this isn't a long chapter. I'm really going to start moving along to when she's older. That's when it's going to get good. Let me know what you think and expect another chapter soon!