Time Brings Roses (old)

Chapter 5

The Cullen house was beautiful.

It was deep in the woods and had many windows, almost as if they welcomed people observing their lifestyle. I felt my mouth drop as we pulled closer and Rosalie let out a soft chuckle.

Before Rosalie put the car in park, Alice was already opening the passenger door for me.

"I'm so glad you came! This weekend is going to be awesome, I can already tell!" she said excitedly, practically pulling me out of the car.

"Alice, give her some room to breathe." Edwards calm voice called out from the house.

Alice just rolled her eyes and pulled me into the house. I looked back to see that Rosalie had my bag, and was slowly trailing behind us.

"We have to introduce you to Carlisle and Esme, their really excited to meet you!"

We walked through the living room and I stared in awe. All the decorations looked expensive and posh. I felt scared to touch anything.

"Hey Autumn." Emmett called from his spot on the couch. He and Jasper looked lost in whatever was on TV.

"Hi Emmett, Jasper."

Jasper gave me a side wave and I chuckled slightly.

The kitchen was just as polished as the rest of the house and I wondered how they kept everything so clean. There were no stains on the counters or even marks on the stove top.

There were two people standing at the kitchen island, and I could only assume that they were Mr. and Mrs. Cullen.

"You must be Autumn! I'm Esme." The woman, Esme, said holding out her hand. I took her hand and nodded, "Yep, that's me."

Esme's hands were cold, it was weird. Actually, they more I thought back, Alice and Rosalie are cold to the touch too. Maybe it ran in the family? Or maybe they-

No Autumn that's stupid, they are probably just cold, this house does have a lot of windows. Maybe they just don't have good insulation here.

Yeah, thats gotta be it.

"Clarke has told me so much about you, and the girls talk about you a lot too." Esme said, pulling me from my thoughts.

"You seem to be quite popular in this household." Dr. Cullen laughed.

"I'm Carlisle, it's nice to put a face to a name."

"It's nice to meet you two, and thank you for letting me stay this weekend." I smiled, I wanted to be as polite as possible.

Esme laughed, "You're welcome to stay whenever."

"Come on Autumn, let's go to my room!" Alice said, dragging you out of the kitchen and towards the stairs.

An art piece in the stairwell caught my eye and I stopped in my tracks. A large frame hung on the wall and inside was about one hundred graduation caps.

"Whoa." I whispered, looking closer at the caps. The caps started with lighter colors and made its way to darker colors. It was really beautiful, in a weird kinda way. I wonder where they got all the caps.

"Autumn, you coming?" Alice called from the top of the stairs.

I blinked and turned to look at her, "Oh, uh yeah, sorry."

I rushed up the stairs and followed Alice into her room.

The room was white, like most of the house, and she had rosy curtains hanging over the three windows in her room. There were a few quick sketches taped on her wall, they looked rushed, but still beautiful. She had a few articles of clothing scattered around the room along with random pairs of shoes. Alice was digging around at her vanity and I stood in the center of her room. Even though the room was slightly messy, it seemed almost empty.

"Alice, Bella is here." I turned to see Rosalie leaning up against the door frame.

Alice perked up and rushed down stairs.

"You look lost."

I frowned and looked around the room again.

"There's no bed in here."

I looked at Rosalie and she gave me a confused look. She walked over to a covered couch and pointed to it.

"Alice has a futon, she doesn't like a bed taking up her floor space."

"I guess that makes sense." It still was kinda weird. The futon had at least a week's worth of clothing on it. If she slept on it, it wouldn't have that many clothes on it.

Jeez Autumn, you're thinking too much into this.

Rosalie laughed and grabbed my hand, and pulled me towards the vanity. I felt my face flush.

"Sit down, I want to do your hair."

I sighed and sat, letting Rosalie take my messy hair out of the ponytail it was in. I closed my eyes as she ran her fingers through my hair. It was nice, just the two of us, it was calm.

The silence was ruined by Alice and Bella walking in, Bella complaining about someone named Jacob.

Rosalie sighed and rolled her eyes. So much for our peaceful moment.