A/N: I'm back! I'm taking the follows, favourites and reviews I have so far as a good sign and continuing on with this story the way it is. Was a little stuck when typing down this chapter, but I managed to work it out in the end. :) So Enjoy!
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Chapter 5: Meeting the Cullens
None of the Swan kids moved as they heard the Cullens approach their house, until EJ snapped them out of it.
'Guys quick! Move around! Do something! Don't just stand like statues. The Cullens have full vampire senses!'
That snapped everyone out of their daze as they pretend to do something while having their mental conversation.
'Why do they have to have a house closer to ours?'Mason wondered.
'What are we going to do now? They're already suspicious of us!'Mia said.
'Lilly can't you just, you know, send them away?'Allie asked.
'I can only compel a person one at a time. It won't work.'Lilly explained.
'Guys, calm down! Remember what mom said. We do nothing. We act like this is just a regular visit. I really hate to say this, but it means welcoming them in and talking with them.'EJ declared.
'Do we have to?'Mason whined.
'No other choice. They're right in front of our house.'EJ said.
'Who wants to go deal with them?'Lilly asked.
'I can go. I can put my acting skills into good use now.'Allie volunteered.
'Mia, don't forget to disguise yourself. Nessie's not here.'EJ reminded.
'Oh, that's right.' A few seconds later, Mia's eye colour was the same as it was in school. Allie also made sure to give her a heartbeat.
Right after that the doorbell rang.
"I wonder who could be here at this time." Allie wondered out loud, although it was an act because she knew the Cullens can hear her. "I'll go see."
She opened the door and pulled off a surprised but welcoming façade. "Oh, hi there. What brings you guys here?"
Carlisle stepped forward. "My name is Carlisle Cullen. This is my wife Esme. I believe you know my kids from school, Emmett, Jasper, Alice, Rosalie and Edward."
It took a lot for Allie not to break out of character. "These five? Of course I know them. They're the talk of the school, being the new kids and all. My name is Allison Taylor, by the way. And not to be rude or anything but that doesn't explain why you guys are here."
"Well we also have a house in this area. We decided to do some exploring and we stumbled upon your house and got curious. After all, there aren't many houses around here." Esme explained in a genuine, kind voice.
Allison found it hard not to give a insincere smile to Esme. "Well, what can I say? My family and I are real nature lovers. So would you guys like to come inside?"
"We loved to." Carlisle said as he and his family stepped inside the mansion.
"This is a really nice home." Alice complimented.
"Thanks, the contractors really did a good job with this." Allie said, smiling at her own private joke as it was her and her family who redid the entire place from it's cabin form. "How about I give you a tour around?"
The Cullen family nodded at her offer and she took them to the living room to where the others were. "Here we have the living room and these are my other siblings, EJ (who raced to get a cap from his room while Allie answered the door), Mason, Lilly…" She said pointing to each of her siblings in the room. She then pointed to the girl in the kitchen. "And Mia. Guys these are the Cullens. You already know five of them and these two are their adopted parents, Carlisle and Esme."
"Nice to meet you." Mia said from the kitchen.
The others just smiled (fake smiles of course) and nodded.
"And the two others, Nessie and AJ, are out for a while. Won't be back till later."
"Woah! You guys have a wall filled with tv screens!" Emmett exclaimed looking at the sight in front of him.
"Well, we figured having more tv screens is lot better than having seven people arguing over what to watch." Mason answered casually.
Edward internally groaned as he heard Emmetts' thoughts on getting more tv's for their house. He's going to have to keep an eye on his brother for a while.
Allie noticed Carlisle looking observing Mia in the kitchen as she prepared some food. The raven-haired girl quickly grabbed his attention with a clap. "Okay, so moving on with the tour. This way."
Allison continued to show the Cullen family the different rooms in their house. She then reached to Bella's room upstairs. "And this is our m-." Cough. "Sisters' room."
"Sisters'?" Alice questioned. "I thought we've seen all your sisters rooms."
"Well this is our oldest sisters' room. Her name is Isobel." Allie said, making sure to pronounce her name clearly. She decided to give little connection to Bella Swan as possible. "She goes to college and she is our legal guardian."
"Oh. Well we would love to meet your other sister." Esme said smiling.
What she and the other Cullens didn't know was that downstairs a certain animal shifting hybrid and a mind manipulation hybrid had a strong urge to come up and tell them to leave Bella alone, only to be held back by a telekinetic hybrid.
"Well, she finishes very late today so I don't think there will be time to meet her." Allie lied.
Carlisle frowned, as if he could detect the lie, but just said. "Oh well, maybe next time."
'Yeah right, there is definitely not going to be a next time. Not while we're here.' EJ thought, his eyes narrowing.
Just then Lillys' phone blinged, indicating that she got a message. That kept her from glaring at the stairs as she rushed to her phone, thinking that it was Embry texting her. She read the message and her eyes widened. She immediately raced up the stairs before her brother and sister-in-law could stop and joined the group. As she approached the Cullens and Allison she walked to Carlisle postioning herself so that she could only face him and not the rest of his family. "Well it's been great having you guys here, but it's getting late. You guys should probably head out now, this is the time where the animals love roaming around and they're not really friendly." She said, mainly to Carlisle, her eyes turning purple. Allison was the only one who noticed this and raised her eyebrows in confusion. Carlisle nodded, his eyes having a far away look.
"You're right." He said. "We need to get going now."
"But Carlisle-" Rosalie started to whisper, thinking that the two Swan girls wouldn't be able to hear, but Carlisle cut her off.
"We should leave now." He said, not in a forceful tone but enough that there was no room for discussion.
Rosalie was clearly pissed off at leaving when they didn't get the chance to find out more of this strange family. Edward was confused, as he had looked into his adopted fathers' mind and saw that it was cloud in purple. He looked at Lillian, whose eyes have returned to their normal colour. The rest of the family was non-chalant as they left the house.
"It was nice meeting you all. I do hope we meet again." Esme said in a kind motherly tone that once again, no one could hate.
"Let's see." EJ said, having no trouble keeping any hint of malice out of his voice.
The Cullens then left the mansion. As soon as they were at a safe distance, they all ran back to their house except for Carlisle and Edward.
"Carlisle, are you okay?" Edward asked.
"What do you mean?" Carlisle asked.
"Back at their place, there was only the colour purple in your mind." Edward explained.
Carlisle tried to think about it, but couldn't come up with anything. "I don't know, Edward. Honestly, my mind went blank for a minutes which has never happened before. I'm going to look into it when we get home." He said before he ran back.
Edward took one last look at the mansion before him, before he joined his family.
The Swan kids waited till all the Cullens left before speaking. "Did you really use your power to manipulate Carlisle into leaving?" Masen asked, overhearing the conversation and knowing the signs of his sisters' ability all too well.
"I thought we agreed we were going to be civil towards them." Allie said.
"We did promise Bella we wouldn't use our powers on them." Mia pointed out.
"I don't know what you guys have a problem with this. She saved us from the prying eyes of the Cullen family." EJ said, now feeling relieved.
"I also saved us from a disaster." Lilly said, holding up her cell phone. "Mom just texted me telling me her class ended early and she is on her way home as we speak. And there are worse ways to kick them out, right Masen?"
"Yep." Masen said, thinking of the possible plans. He kept his mind open, allowing his siblings and his wife to look in on the plans causing them to raise their eyebrows at him.
"All of them are worthy of being in the Swan Chronicles." Allie commented.
"I just can't believe they came by. The nerve of them!" Lilly ranted. "They do their best to isolate themselves from everyone so why can't they isolate themselves from us?! And why do they even have to come here of all places at this time?! They could go to Alaska or China or even the Forks, the scene of the crime!"
"We can't spend our time questioning the whys and hows of things." Mia said c
Soon, Bella came home as well as Nessie and AJ. Luckily, the Cullens didn't come by again, but that didn't mean the three of them didn't notice the seven new scents around their house Obviously, they knew who it belonged to, but none of them brought it up, not wanting to ruin the movie marathon night.