𝐑𝐄𝐃 • Jane Volturi

𝟎𝟖.

   𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐀 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐏𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐀 𝐔𝐏 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐇𝐄𝐑 house. Even though Edward insisted that he could do it, Cora threatened him and eventually he agreed. She wanted to be the one to see her reaction when she pulls up in Bella's new car. Cora thinks of Bella as a younger sister, even though she was publicly younger than Bella. But she would do anything for the awkward human.

The sound of a loud engine is heard and Bella is already walking down the stairs, slipping on her shoes and heading out the door. Her eyes widen at the sight. Cora Auclair leaning against a very expensive car that's parked in her driveway.
   "Isn't she a beauty?" Bella stares at her in disbelief. Charlie Swan was confused by the loud sounds and walks out, just as confused as his daughter.
   "Hey, Cora... Bella?" Bella points towards Cora accusingly.
   "She bought me a car!" Cordelia smiles sheepishly, ignoring Bella's wide eyes.
   "Well, that was very... generous." Charlie obviously liked Cora way more than he liked Edward, and nobody blames him. Well, Edward blames him, but who cares about Edward?

   "Belle, I wanna see you drive it! Let's go, are you ready?" Bella reluctantly nods, sitting in the drivers seat. She turns on the car, her eyes widening at the rich sound that he engine makes.
   "Not as clunky, hm." She refers to Bella's old beat up truck that Cora couldn't stand. Cordelia may or may have not also gotten this car because she felt bad for what had happened with James..
But as she looks over at Charlie who watches Bella, the vampire feels bad. Charlie probably feels like he didn't get her good enough a gift.

Can't do anything without fucking up.

The drive was slow. It was painfully slow. Cordelia pinches the bridge of her nose, seeing that the car is only going 30 Mphs.
   "You can drive faster, you know. This baby goes up to—"
   "I don't have a death wish." Cora rolls her eyes, glancing out the window and watching the trees slowly inch by.
A moment later they pull up to the house and Emmett runs outside.
   "How's she ride?" Bella squints at him as she exits the car.
   "So you were in on this?" Emmet chuckles.
   "Actually, I was there when Cora bought it. Gift from both of us." Bella smiles to herself, shaking her head before turning off the engine and exiting the car.

   "She drives like a snail." Cora whispers while passing Emmett. Edward appears outside, snatching his girlfriend away from Cora.
   "Chill out, Edweirdo. I'm not going to eat her."
Cora walks inside, running straight for her room so she could change. A beautiful burgundy dress was waiting on a hanger in her room. She would pair it with some black heels and silver jewelry. She doesn't do anything to her hair, she likes it down.
Semi-formal.

Cora waits for Alice to come back with the happy couple. She stands with Esme and Carlisle. They loved Cora being their little girl. Of course, they had Alice and Jasper, Rosalie and Emmett, and now Edward and Bella. But Cora treated them as if they were her biological parents, sometimes even called them mom and dad and it made their dead hearts warm a little bit.

Finally, the happy couple walks down the stairs. Bella shakes her head at the toned down party Alice had promised.
Carlisle takes her hands into his own, smiling softly.
   "Sorry about all this. We tried to reign Alice in." Cora smiles brightly, glancing at Edward before turning her gaze to Esme.
   "As if that were even possible. Happy birthday Bella." You can hear the smile in Esme's voice. She is such a sweet person and has the kindest soul.

   "Thanks—" A flash is seen and the sound of a camera whirring is heard. We all turn to look at Alice who smiles.
   "I found it in your bag. Do you mind?"
   "Way to go, Alice. Snooping through her bag?" Cora jokes as Bella smiles softly, not really caring that she's using her camera or that she looked through her stuff.
   "Dating an older woman. Hot." Edward looks at Emmet with an incredulous look before scoffing.
   "What?"