A Denali and a Swan

The Cullen's

It's a new day! Man I slept the best I've slept in a long time. No nightmares. Huh weird. Anyway I just got dressed in a pair of jeans and a black t shirt. Man I'm still getting use to being in civilian clothes. I stick my long hair in a bun. Thinking about getting it cut short soon. Just thinking about it anyway. I get my black waterproof timberland boots on and make my way downstairs. Bells is already in the kitchen at 7 making breakfast. "What ya making Bella? It smells good!" I say. "Your favorite! Sausage, scrambled eggs and pancakes! Hope you enjoy! Here's a cup of orange juice with no pulp for ya too!" She sets my breakfast down at the table. "Where's pops? He leave for work already?" I ask and she nods. "Left about an hour ago. So what did you have planned for today?" She asks. "I was hoping my favorite sister would help me get to the car dealership downtown and I could get that nice white Ford f250 truck I saw a flash of in the parking lot when Alice flew me home. Speaking of which...do they all drive like a bat outta hell?!" I wonder? She starts laughing and says "That's definitely the Cullens way of driving for you and yea I'll drive you down there and we can get you a truck. Dad bought me Billy's old truck. It's old but it gets me where I need to be. Edward wants to buy me a new car and I just want my old truck." She pouts. "If Eddy boy wants to buy you a newer safer truck with air bags I'm all for it." I gently smile at her and she scowls at me for not agreeing with her. I chuckle and finish my breakfast. "Let's go Bells!" And she drives me to the car dealership. Man compared to the Cullens driving she drives like a turtle! But we got here safe that's all that matters I guess.
After the grueling process of buying a vehicle, I buy my truck. "I'll meet you at home Bells! Thanks for driving me!" I yell at her as she waves at me and gets in her lump of a truck and idles out of the driveway. I change all the buttons on the radio to stations I like then blast some Nickleback on the radio and pull out but not near as slow as Bella. I get home in good time and shut off my new baby. I'll have to get some nice Ford seat covers and a steering wheel cover. I get out and ask Bella who's watching mtv if she wants to play poker with me. We used to play with Moms old boyfriends but they never stuck around. Bella was never any good at keeping up a poker face though. She'd always have a tell, a little smirk when she got something good. "Sure let's play! I'm going to beat your ass! We playing for pretzels like we did as kids or real money?" She asks. "Let's play for pretzels I don't want to break your wallet" I laugh. She sticks her tongue out at me and we play and talk like in the good old days. I try not stuffing myself with pretzels too much, knowing that we are going to the Cullens house for supper soon. When we're both out of pretzels, her because she lost to me of course, and me because I can't stop myself from eating the pretzels, we decide to get going to the Cullens. I hand her the keys to my baby since she knows where she's going. "Not a scratch on her ya hear?" I give her a stern look and she rolls her eyes and says "You're truck'll be fine. Let's go! I want to see Edward." We get in and I pick on her. "Twitterpated!" She looks at me funny and asks "What the hell does that mean?!" "Oh come on you don't remember watching Bambi and how when you're in love they call that "Twitterpated"?" I ask. She just laughs and calls me a child! "I'm not a child! I'm 21 years old damn it!" "CHILD!" She laughs and pulls on a long dirt lane. "Ugh Bells you're not taking me into the woods to kill me are you?" She laughs "No you big baby we're going to the Cullens house. They like their privacy is all." "Oh ok" I shrug and hop out when she pulls up and puts it in park in the driveway of this big beautiful house! Alice comes running out squealing "You're here! You're here! Esme made your favorite Ember! Bella told us you really like eating Parmesan crusted chicken with mashed potatoes and broccoli!" "That sounds delicious Alice!" I smile and hug her. We make it in the house and a dark haired woman with a beautiful heart shaped face smiles at me. "Welcome to our home Ember. It's so nice to meet you. I'm Esme, Edward's mother." "Hello, it's nice to meet you too and thank you for welcoming me into your home and for making supper! It's smells delicious! I can't wait to taste it." Esme smiles warmly at me. She definitely has a mother figure persona. As she ushers me in the living room I see this giant man child excitedly come barreling over and gives me a giant bear hug. "Hi I'm Edward's brother Emmett!" He puts me down and pats my shoulder "Let's play Mario cart! I'm gonna kick your ass!" "Your on man" I say as he jumps over to the couch after setting the Xbox up, handing me the controller. "This blonde bombshell beside me is my girlfriend Rosalie by the way!" Emmett boasts. I smile politely, "Nice to meet you Rosalie." I remember Bella telling me during our poker game that Rosalie is Edward's sister and doesn't like people very much. Bella included. And anyone who doesn't like my sister I'm going to be wary of. Rosalie smiles at me, which totally surprises me, "It's nice to meet you too. I think you should beat Emmett's butt at the game. His ego needs knocked down a peg or two" she and I both laugh. "I'll try my best." As Emmett and I play the game, I notice Edward walk in waving at me and takes Bella to another room. A man with curly blonde hair and gold eyes comes and sits next to me on the other couch. Now that I think about it all the Cullens I've met have gold eyes? "I'm Jasper! I hope you kick Emmett's ass. He thinks he's top notch at this game." He rolls his eyes and smirks. I laugh and try focusing on the game. Emmett's good that is true. But I'm better and fly past him on my cart as Luigi and him taking second place as Donkey Kong which I find hilarious since he kind of reminds me of a big monkey. I start laughing and Emmett pouts that he lost. Alice comes from the kitchen and sits on Jasper's lap. So they're together. Rosalie and Emmett are together too. Huh. I know that they are adopted and not really siblings but I can't help but find it a bit odd. But who am I to judge? A blonde man with golden eyes comes in and kisses Esme. He must be Carlisle. "Hello Ember, it's good to meet you! Sorry I'm late. I'm just getting back from my shift at the hospital." "No worries Carlisle. It's good to meet you too. And thank you for welcoming me into your home." Esme and Carlisle both smile at me and invite me to the kitchen for dinner. Esme calls for Edward and Bella and the rest of the Cullens/Hales to come for supper. Everyone sits and we pass food around as a family style gathering. I pile my plate with mashed potatoes and broccoli and 2 slices of parmesan chicken. Everyone makes small helpings on their plates and starts shifting their food around on their plates. Weird. I start eating and man is it ever delicious! "This is a wonderful meal Esme! Thank you for cooking!" I compliment her and continue to shovel food in my mouth. "Slow down the food isn't going anywhere you pig!" Bella teases me. "Isabella! No name calling please!" Esme scolds Bells and I can't help but chuckle and stick my tongue out at Bella. She does the same and we both get chided. "Eat your dinner and stop teasing each other girls" Esme chuckles. We all finish eating. Well Bella and I ate. I noticed no one else really ate. They just played with their food mostly. Weird. I insist on helping Esme clean up but Esme insists that I go sit in the living room and talk with the others. So I graciously thank her and go sit by Rosalie. She's reading a car magazine. Never judge a book by its cover I guess. Didn't think she'd be into cars but that's cool. "Most people think that way. That I'd rather do my makeup rather than work on a car." Rosalie says. "Oh. Did I say that out loud?" Everyone laughs and says "Yea you did!" "I'm so sorry Rosalie. I was thinking out loud apparently and I really hope I didn't offend you." I apologize. "It's fine Ember. Really." She smiles at me. Huh. Maybe she's not as bad as Bella thinks.
After learning that Rosalie loves cars and art, Jaspers into History and Alice loves anything fashion and art, and Emmett loves his video games and Rosalie, Esme comes in and I ask what she enjoys doing? "I enjoy taking care of my children but also love architecture and build houses. I built this house myself" she informs me. "That's cool. Your house is very beautiful. I wish I had a house this nice, Esme. So Carlisle, what do you enjoy doing?" I ask. "I enjoy being in my office studying books and research." Carlisle tells me. "So you're a book worm like Bells?" I ask. "Most definitely!" Emmett shouts and everyone chuckles. I look at the time and realize it's late. We had been talking for quite sometime. It's 9! "I'd like to get home to see Dad before going to bed so I'll see you all at the wedding! Not tomorrow but the day after right?" I wink at Alice and Bella. Knowing it would rile the pixie up. "Yes and you had better be on time too!" Alice scoffs. "I'm teasing you Pixie." I'll see you later. Come on Bells." I look to Bella. "Coming!" She kisses Edward goodbye and we walk to my truck. Alice yells "I'm not a pixie!" And I can hear Emmett and the others laughing. I drive us home and we walk in the house Dad wakes up from his recliner and offers us pizza. I thank him but decline and sit and tell him about my evening. Bella says goodnight and goes to her bedroom. Once he knows she's upstairs Dad asks, "So what do you think of the Cullens?" "I like them for the most part. I just find them a bit odd. But what is normal in this world? As long as they don't hurt Bella again they're good in my book Dad." Dad grumbles a little but nods and says "Well ok." I say "good night Dad" and make my way to my room. I undress and lay down in bed in just my boxers and a white beater. I can't help but think about the Cullens. They don't eat. They have golden eyes. I mean who has golden eyes? No one I've ever met has that's for sure. Eddy boy acts as if he can hear my thoughts? When they hug you it feels like you're hugging a boulder almost. A very cold boulder. Cold. All of them that I came into contact were cold. Billy use to tell us stories when we were kids. Bells never paid much attention to his stories but I loved listening about the Quileute tribe legends. Bella was only six but I was nine. I could remember the stories he told well. About the tribe being descendants from wolves. About the cold ones. The Cold Ones. No freaking way! That is impossible! They're just stories. It can't be true. Right?