Chapter Five: Meeting the pack

Seth and I didn't get back until around five. When we walked into the Cullens house Kassie ran up to me, wrapping her arms tightly around me. "Miss you." She said as I lifted her and held her in my arms.
"I missed you too." I told her, squeezing her tightly and kissing the top of her head. She giggled and I set her back on the floor. Rosalie walked into the room and smiled at me.
"Thanks for letting me watch her. I've always wanted kids but can't have any..." She trailed off, a slightly sad tone to her voice. "So I watch others kids." She said with a smile.
"Well, thanks for making sure she stayed safe. I hope she didn't give you too much trouble."
"She was no trouble at all. We had fun. She wasn't too happy about the nap though."
I let out a small laugh. "She has always hated naps."
"Really?"
"Yep. One time when she was about a year and a half she threw her sippy cup at me and I guess the thing that keeps it from leaking wasn't in right and I ended up with apple juice in my eye."
"Ouch."
"Ya. It wasn't the juice in the eye that hurt as much as it was the cup hitting me in the eye."
Rosalie giggled a bit. "Well lets go gather her stuff and get over to your parents house for dinner. If we are late the boys will kill us because Nessie refuses to let them eat before everyone who is coming is there and the boys hate to wait for food."
I laughed but with the way I saw Seth scarf his food down earlier I believed it. "Ya. Let's go."
Rose and I collected what few things of Kassies were here before we all piled into the cars and headed towards my new house. I had a feeling that Rose and I were going to end up being pretty good friends.
We pulled up outside of the house to find that there were a bunch of cars.
"How many people are here?" I asked, mostly to myself but Rose answered my question anyway.
"All of the pack. There's about twenty of them now. Their girlfriends and such are most likely here as well." She told me wrinkling her nose a bit. I looked at her curiously but she ignored my questioning look. I got Kassie out of the car and turned towards the house to find Seth and Emmett carrying my stuff from my earlier shopping trip into the house.
I followed Rose inside with Kassie in tow. She was walking slowly so I picked her up and she hid her face in my hair. I smoothed her hair against her head as I stepped into the house. It was full of people. Rose was right, there was about twenty people there. Only one was a girl though. I smiled at her as Nessie and Jake came out of the kitchen with a few more people following behind them. I could tell that the girls who followed had obviously been helping cook dinner.
"I'm so glad you're home. Are you ok?" Nessie said, half running over to me.
"I'm fine. It's not that bad." I told her, knowing that she had most likely been talking about the now scab on my head. The fact that I healed quickly had always puzzled me but I didn't question it too much.
"Ok. Well then, I guess it is time to introduce you to everyone. " She said taking one of my hands and pulling me into the crowd of people.
"Everyone this is Alexis." Everyone smiled at me, some stood to introduce themselves.
After I had met everyone we were called in for dinner. I looked around at the large group of people and now understood why the dining room was so large. We all barely fit into the room. We were a bit cramped but everyone but Rosalie and Alice looked to be at home. By the looks of it Alice seemed to have a headache which didn't surprise me with all the noise everyone was making. Everyone was talking and it was even starting to give me a slight headache.
I gave her a sympathetic smile and started to eat. Kasise was scarfing down her food. She had always loved spaghetti.
I mostly just pushed my food around on my plate as I listened to everyone. I noticed how many times one of the people ended their sentence not even half way through. Alice looked around, looking to be in pain. "All these shi-" she started but cut herself off quickly when she saw the glare she was getting from Jacob.
Kassie finished her food and since I wasn't very hungry I excused myself and took her upstairs to get her cleaned up. I laid her down and told her I would be back in a little bit after she was all cleaned up and ready for bed. She looked tired and couldn't stop yawning and rubbing at her eyes.
I quietly shut the door behind me and tiptoed down the stairs. I wanted to know what they were talking about. I stepped as close as I could to the dining room entryway without being seen. I heard low, quiet voices but was unable to make out what was being said. One of the floor boards creaked and the talking stopped instantly. I knew that they had heard me so I walked into the room, a small smile on my face.
I looked around the room, all eyes were on me and it was starting to feel quite awkward. "Just came to say good night to everyone. It's getting late and I have my first day of school tomorrow. So good night." I lied easily, not wanting to seem like I had been trying to spy on them.
Everyone replied with their good nights before I quickly left the room, running up the stairs. I let out a soft sigh of relief as I shut me bedroom door behind me. Kassie was already asleep, snoring lightly. A smile hit my lips before quietly walked over to my desk, opening my laptop. I had not checked my email since I had been here and I knew I probably had a ton of messages to reply to.
I pulled up my email and found that I had ten new messages, five of which were from my best friend Damon. I had known him since the beginning of my freshman year at high school, before I was home schooled. We still talked pretty much every day, though he now lived in Italy. He was a year older than me, though he had always looked closer to seventeen or eighteen to me.

I replied to all my other friends emails before opening the ones from him. I had told him everything before I had left for Forks. We always told each other everything and though it made my parents who had raised me look bad this was no exception. The first four of his emails were pretty much the same, just in different words. I had to read over the last email a second time before his words managed to stay in my mind.

'Lex,

I am still so sorry to hear about your parents. They were always so nice, no one would have ever guessed. I am worried about you, I haven't heard from you which is odd because I normally talk to you everyday. How is Kassie doing with all of this? Are you settling in okay? Oh, I also booked a flight out there the minute I heard where you were going to be so that I could be there for you and so that I could see you and see how much Kassie has grown. Plus it might be a good place for me to move to as I am wanting to move back to the states. Please let me know how you are doing. Also, I should be there on the 12th.

Lots of love,

Damon'

My smile grew big. I hadn't seen him since Kassie was about three months old so it had been over two years. My heart was racing with excitement. I quickly looked at the calender and saw that today was the 11th. That meant he would be here tomorrow. I sent him a quick email saying that I was fine and I could not wit to see him before rushing out of my room and back down the stairs. I had forgotten that everyone was over and when I hit the dining room entryway all eyes turned on me, that didn't make my excitement lessen any though.

"Nessie, Jake. I have a friend coming into town tomorrow. Can he come here for dinners or even stay here if he doesn't already have plans?" I asked, my voice filled with excitement. I could see Seths face fall slightly and Jake became tense like my dad would get anytime I talked about a boy, it was a protective tense and it made me smile a little. Even though Jake was my biological dad he was not the one who I called dad yet, I didn't know if I would ever call him that. Nessie hesitated a moment before a smile lit her face as well.

"Of course he can. We would love to get to know your friends." She said, her voice was calm, but I could hear a little bit of excitement to it. She seemed to be happy that I was in such a good mood, that I was actually excited. I knew that even if Jake wasn't happy about it he would give in to Nessies wants, he always seemed to.

I was all but jumping with joy. I ran over to them, giving them each quick hugs. "Thanks." I told them before going quickly back up to my room. I quietly opened the door to my room, trying not to wake Kassie. She was still fast asleep as I shut the door. After changing into my pajamas I sent Damon another email, letting him know if he had no plans to stay somewhere he could stay here. Once the message was sent I knew it was time to get some sleep. I had a long day tomorrow and i was going to need some sleep.

~Hope y'all liked it. Guy #3 will be getting introduced in the next chapter which I will post as soon as it is written. So hopefully I will get the next chapter up tonight or tomorrow. Anyway, enough of my rambling. Let me know what y'all think.

~Sammylynn