Chapter 3:
Bella’s POV
The next few days came and went. It was soon time to go. Edward wasn’t looking forward to this, to say the least. He believes that this will be no help at all. We haven’t talked much about it. I tried that night, but instead, he decided to distract me a different way.
We walked into the living room right before we were supposed to leave. Carlisle wanted to talk to us beforehand. Everyone was already there when we got there. “Okay,” Carlisle said. “There’s not a lot I want from you. Just try not to hurt anyone or anything. Try to seem like your civil. We’ll all meet down at the hospital. Okay?” We all nodded. No one dared talk, we tried to avoid Carlisle these past few days. “Good.” We started to walk outside. “And for God’s sake, do not give away the secret!” I shook my head slightly. That was the most obvious of rules. ‘No, Mr. Therapist, we’re not crazy because of some deep physiological problem. Turning into a vampire just does that to you.’ I’d rather not have the Volturi waiting at the front door.
Five minutes later, we were all sitting in the waiting room. Well, most of us. Jake and Ness weren’t here yet. We all took separate cars. I was about to ask Alice when they would get here, but I was interrupted before I got the chance. Just then a lady with badly dyed blonde hair walked in the room. She was thin and didn’t look very old, only around 20. She didn’t look up at us when she walked in. She was studying a paper on a clip board.“Hello, my name is Amanda. Dr. Andrew is running late.” She said it as if it was the hardest thing she ever had to do. “If you want, you can sit in his room I guess. It’s room 13B.” She looked up at us and looked down again. Suddenly her head shot up again, her eyes on Emmett. She looked him over quickly. “Unless you want to stay here. I mean, isn’t it nice and cozy in here?” Subtle. I saw Edward shudder slightly next to me; whatever she was thinking, I didn’t want to know. Esme stood up, smiling sweetly.
“Thank you, Amanda. I think that we’ll go and check out the room.” I could tell Amanda tried to hide her disappointment, but she failed miserably. Edward grabbed my arm lightly and pulled me up, clearly needing to get away from her thoughts. I saw Jasper grab Alice, too. They were out of the room first. I watched Emmett get up. He was smirking, clearing enjoying this. Rose put her arm around his lower back claiming him. She smiled lovingly at him, knowing that Amanda was watching. I could tell on the inside she was screaming at him, but in the outside you would think she could never be mad at him. Emmett smiled down at her, not taking his eyes off her afterwards. I looked over at Amanda. She was glaring at Rosalie. I prayed she wouldn’t get Rose upset later. Well, more upset.
The room was a lot like a conference room. There was a large, oval table with twelve chairs around it. The walls were a light, sea green color. I sat down next to Esme. She smiled softly at me. Everyone sat around the table, Edward beside me.
Ness and Jake still weren’t here when a man in around his forties walked in the room. His hair was dark brown with a touch gray. “I’m sorry I’m late. My meeting went longer than planned.” He shook our hands as he went around the table, starting with Carlisle, then Esme, me, and Edward. He tried to shake Rose’s hand, until she glared at him. He shook Emmett’s hand, and then Alice and Jasper’s. He sat down next to Jasper. “My name is Dr. Andrew. I am your family therapist. I believe that in order to help you, we have to get to know each other. Our likes and dislikes, our pasts, everything.” Oh, great. “Is everyone here?”
