Angel || Garrett

Chapter 11

Everyone was quiet. They waited for some kind of reaction from the two but nothing came. They just stared at each other and after a minute staring they stopped and both looked away.

The air in the room was weird. A bit tense and awkward. Everyone had expected maybe a bit more from them.

But after a moment of silence Carlisle broke the silence by speaking up.

"Now that we are all here I want to thank every single one of you for coming. We are all so incredibly happy and thankful. I know leaving your homes wasn't easy, especially when you know we are going to be against Volturi."

"We don't ask you to fight and we hope it won't come to that." Edward continued after Carlisle.

The Cullens explained a bit more details to Garrett and after some time everyone had parted into some smaller groups to talk. Garrett was talking with Carlisle, Edward and Bella.

(Eve's POV)

The couple who came with Garrett walked up to me. The woman had long gorgeous blonde hair and she was in every way very beautiful. Next to her stood a tall muscular man with short hair and a playful but kind smile.

"I'm Rosalie and this is my mate Emmett." The blonde woman introduced herself to me.

"It's nice to meet you both. I'm Eve."

"I have to say I love your outfit." Rosalie said with a smile on her face while looking at me up and down.

"Thank you." I smiled at her.

Emmett shook my hand tightly and grinned. "Thank you for coming."

"I'm happy to help." I answered.

"So you found your mate?" Emmett gave me a teasing grin.

When the couple saw that I didn't get all smiley and shy about it like they had thought, Rosalie smacked the back of her mate's head before taking a step closer to me.

"Would you like me to show you around the house? Of course if someone hasn't already done that."

"That would be nice." I accepted her offer with a smile.

Rosalie started to lead the way away from the living room when Emmett stopped us.

"Eve!" Emmett called after us, making us turn around. "Sorry." He apologized.

"It's okay Emmett. You're fine." I gave him a small smile reassuring him that no harm had been done. He grinned widely and walked off.

"So I heard from Carlisle you were living in Paris." Rosalie spoke while we were walking around the house.

"Yes. The city was beautiful but it feels nice to change the country." I answered.

We stepped out onto a balcony that was on the other side of the house and leaned against the wooden railing looking out to the forest.

"So Garrett?" She questioned with a smile on her face.

"I guess so." I shrugged.

"How do you feel about it? I saw how you two reacted and how you reacted when Emmett asked you about him."

"I don't know what to feel." I answered truthfully. "I have been alone for so long and finding my mate never really crossed my mind."

"And now that he's here?"

"Now that he's here it's complicated."

"You just have to take one step at a time and get used to each other and being around each other."

"I guess so." I was silent for a while before I spoke up again. "What if I feel like I don't want a mate?"

"Well the fact is that in one way or another you two are being pushed towards each other and your mate bond will become stronger and stronger."

"How do you feel about all of this? About the Volturi coming here?" I decided to change the topic.

"I hope we don't have to fight. But I would do anything for my niece." I could see from her expression that she wanted to ask something but she needed to first figure out how to ask about it. "How are you feeling about this? You were in the Volturi after all."

"I really don't know what to think but I'm a little worried because... well let's just say me and the Volturi didn't part in good ways. I basically betrayed them."

Rosalie looked at me wondering if I would continue.

"Maybe someday I'll tell you my backstory." I smiled.

"And maybe on that day I'll tell you mine." She smiled back.

I don't know why I could talk to Rosalie about such personal topics so easily. She was just so nice and I felt like she understood me although I felt that our backstories were completely different. It felt like we had known each other for years.