Love Story • Edward Cullen

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I slowly made my way downstairs as Edward helped me. I have to admit that it was ‌hard since my leg was bending at a weird angle. Why didn't Carlisle do anything about it? Oh well! Halfway down the stairs, I stopped as I looked at Edward.

"What if they don't like me?" I whisper, even though I know they can all hear me.

"They'll like you, Vecky. They've all been excited to meet you." He reassured me. I gave him a small smile and continued down the stairs.

I let out a yelp as I lost my balance. Edward screamed in shock as I fell down the stairs. I lay there for a minute as I felt the whole family rush over to find out what happened. Edward rushed to my side.

"Vecky, are you okay!?" Edward said. I slowly got up off of the floor and looked into his piercing eyes, which were filled with worry.

Wow, he's so hot. I can't believe he is my mate! I thought as I twirled my hair with my finger.

"I'm okay, Edward. Just tripped a bit." I said as I giggled. In all honesty, that hurt so bad. I am on the verge of tears because of it. Carlisle came up behind me as he put his hand on my shoulder. I started blushing.

"Vecky, are you sure you're okay? You took quite the tumble! Your heart rate is quite fast right now, too." he said, concerned. I loved how he was concerned for my well being. It showed that he cared about me.

"Don't worry about that! That just happens sometimes, I guess..." I giggled and blushed. Carlisle stepped away from me and joined the rest of the family.

"Anyway," Edward clapped his hands, ‌"Vecky, it's time for you to meet everyone!" He said excitedly. I looked at all the flawless vampires and felt myself grow shy. What if they hated me? What if they killed me right here? I took a deep breath as I pushed these thoughts away. It didn't matter if they didn't like me as long as I had Edward by my side.

One vampire from the group stepped forward and shook my hand. "Hello dear! My name is Esme. As Edward would say, I am his mother for all intents and purposes or something like that. I can't remember the line!" She gave me a warm smile, and I stared at her in response. I liked Esme, she was nice, but she was married to Carlisle! I liked Carlisle... Ugh, I can't believe that I don't have a chance with Edward's dad.

Edward heard my thoughts and deeply frowned. He reminded me of the grinch when Christmas was around. I gave him a reassuring smile as I pretended like Edward's "father" was not the hottest person I'd ever met. Esme stared lovingly at Carlisle and I held back a gag. That should be me, not Esme. Fuck you, Esme.

"It's nice to meet you, Esme!" I say while smiling. Esme had warm eyes and I could tell that she was filled with love. It felt kind of nice knowing that she liked me and was happy for Edward and me. She was also kinda hot...

A short girl with a spiky pixie cut came up to me next. If I was correct (and I know I was), this was Alice. As she announced earlier, she could see into the future and saw my arrival. I smiled at her as she danced up to me.

"I'm Alice, but you already know that! I'm so happy that we are meeting officially. Welcome to the family!" Alice beamed at me. Although I liked Alice, she was very energetic. I felt like if I were to be around her for hours on end, my brain would explode–but in a good way. Just as quick as she came up to me, she left again. She took the arm of her husband, Jasper, and watched me with excitement. Once or twice I saw her eyes gloss over as she entered a vision, but she always came out of them smiling. That was an admirable trait of hers–to be happy almost all the time. I guess that's what it would be like if you couldn't remember any of the pain from your past life.

Everyone introduced themselves after that. I didn't pay that much attention since I was staring at Edward the whole time, but I did at least catch everyone's names and their reaction toward me. Everyone was excited and nice to me, but I noticed there was one person who was cold and kind of rude. That was Rosalie, the same person who threw that tv at me. I don't know what I did to her to make her dislike me, but it made me ‌sad.