Seraph

109

"Please?" Jacob asked for the hundredth time.

"No," Rosalie responded.

"Oh, come on! Pretty please? With a cherry on top?" Jacob persisted.

"Jesus, just do it, please!" Edward groaned, "He's determined just to keep asking until you cave. I know you wouldn't, so it's really just going to annoy everyone else in the house. So, please! Just let him see your garage!"

"Why should I care if he annoys you?" Rosalie asked with annoyance.

"She's actually taking immense pleasure out of telling him no," Jasper noted.

Rosalie gave him a playful glare, "Ruining my fun, now you know what's going to happen."

"Rosalie Lillian Hale, you let that boy see your garage!" Esme ordered from the opposite end of the house.

Rosalie exaggeratedly sighed, "If she didn't know I enjoyed telling him 'no' so much, I probably could've been able to do it indefinitely. She would've assumed I was just really particular about who I let in." She finished as she tossed a pillow at Jasper's head in annoyance.

"He'll get a kick out of it," Bella said as she followed the two to the garage.

"What's so special about the garage?" Seth asked.

"Torture chamber," Serafina answered seriously before returning to her coloring book with Renesmee. The boy stared at Serafina, his mouth slightly agape as he contemplated whether she was serious.

Esme entered the room and shoved Serafina before turning to the boy. "It's not a normal garage anymore. Rosalie outdid herself. It's a fully functioning high-end auto body shop at this point," she explained.

"There's even a children's corner for Serafina to do her arts and crafts," Edward muttered lowly.

Serafina didn't think and reacted quickly by chucking a pillow straight at his head. He didn't have time to react when he heard the slight whistle of the missile blowing towards himself. When the impact was made, Renesmee couldn't help but giggle.

"Daddy, you missed the catch!" she pointed out.

"Your tia is very sneaky sometimes and didn't give daddy a chance to catch," Edward explained with a small smile before glaring at Serafina.

"No, your daddy just sucks if he can't cheat. Isn't that right, Demonia?" Serafina asked as she gave Renesmee some tickles until she agreed, "There, see, even Demonia agrees."

Before Edward could argue, the front door opened, with Emmett holding it open for Leah. "Hey everyone, we're back!" Emmett yelled.

Leah seemed a bit stiff, as she typically was whenever she entered the home. The only one she was truly comfortable with was Emmett, but even that was somewhat limited. She naturally gravitated toward the man and vice versa if she didn't think about anything. But Leah didn't want to take things too quickly. If she noticed the closeness, she would immediately pull herself away. But that was becoming less and less.