Once Upon a Dream

Chapter 4

The next morning brought Morticia much turmoil. What had that dream last night meant? She never saw any people in her previous dreams so why see someone now? And why Bella Swan? Why was she seeing her at all? 

She was pondering this as she began to make herself a cup of coffee when Tony stomped down the stairs in full uniform. He was shocked to see her up and in the kitchen so early.

"Hey, kiddo. You're up early." He said as he went to grab a cup for himself.

"Uh, yeah. I couldn't sleep last night." She muttered to herself as she leaned against the countertop, gazing outside the window.

Tony chuckled, "I'll bet. You were probably so excited about this weekend and all the trouble you and little Alice Cullen will get into."

'Oh, that's right. The slumber party.' She thought to herself as she took a sip from her cup.

"Uh, yeah. Alice is really excited to play Barbie, I guess." She muttered quietly, unsure about how to continue the conversation. 

It was still so weird to have Tony as a father figure. In her reality, she didn't have an uncle named Tony but rather an aunt named Linda on her mom's side who she barely spoke to because she lived so far away. 

But, for some reason, Tony seemed to have the same mannerisms as her dad back home did. Her father always used the same coffee mug and always sat at the end of the table with his back to the wall just like Tony. Come to think of it, he even scrunched up his nose when he was confused too. 

Speaking of facial expressions, currently, Tony's expression could resemble a cartoon lightbulb moment.

"Oh, I just remembered! Chief Swan told me yesterday that his daughter is moving in with him! Isn't that great?" He said cheerfully. 

Morticia quickly put on an excited persona, "That's awesome! I bet Chief Swan is so happy!" 

'Everything is going according to plan then,' She thought to herself happily. 

"But that's not the best part! She's moving in at the beginning of  September, right before homecoming, Isn't that great? Who knows, maybe you guys will be best friends just like you used to when you were little."

Outside Morticia was smart to keep her smile and cheerful demeanor but on the inside, she was freaking the fuck out. 

'WHAT? She's moving in this soon? Edward just got slightly used to my delicious smelling ass and now he's gonna have another singer's scent shoved down his throat. Oh, this is so not good. I need to call Alice, ASAP.' As soon as the thought entered her head, the landline began to ring on the wall beside her. 

'Man, I almost forgot about these things.' She chuckled as she grabbed the receiver. 

As soon as the phone reached her ear, Alice's cheerful voice greeted her.

"Don't worry about it. I told Edward about the change in plans and we'll discuss a game plan on Friday." 

Morticia sighed,  "Thanks Alice, you're a lifesaver, literally. Yeah, let's discuss it Friday."

Alice giggled then replied, "just a heads up, you don't need to drive to school today."

Morticia furrowed her brow in confusion, "What do you mean?"

"Take a look out your window in 3....2....now." At that moment a horn honked just outside the kitchen window. 

Morticia turned to see a very familiar Volvo, with its even more familiar driver leaning against it.