NOW THAT ELENA KNEW THE BIG CULLEN SECRET SHE SPENT MOST OF HER TIME AT THE CULLEN HOUSE. of course she didn't forget about her other friends, she still hung out with them like normal. elena felt happy, loved.
"is she even italian," rosalie spoke grumpily, causing elena to stop slicing the tomatoes and throw her head back in laughter.
"her name is bella," emmett responded to his significant other, putting kale into a bowl rosalie had in her extended arms.
"i'm sure she'll love it no matter what," carlisle chimed in, trying to spread some positivity. elena hummed in agreement, leaving the sliced tomatoes on the cutting board for him to use.
she wiped her hands on a cloth, and circled around the kitchen island to get out of their way.
"oof get a whiff of that. here comes the human," rosalie spoke with a hint of sarcasm and amusement, elena watched as all their heads snapped up.
esme took a quick glance at carlisle, smiling brightly she walks up to bella who had just walked into the room with edward by her side, "bella we're making italiano for you,"
"oh mmm" bella gives the older woman a small smile and glanced up at edward.
"bella, this is esme, my mother for all intensive purposes," edward introduces the two, elena snickered as emmett waved with a cheesy smile and big knife in his hand.
"you've given us an excuse to use the kitchen for the first time," amusement came from carlisle.
"i hope you're hungry," esme adds in.
"yeah absolutely," bella nods, swaying her body slightly.
"she already ate," edward almost immediately spoke.
the sound of glass shattering filled everyone's ears.
elena sighs and rolls her eyes, "drama queen,"
rosalie ignored her and steps away from the glass, "perfect."
emmett sighs, walking around the island to attempt to calm his partner down.
"yeah- it's just- because i know you- i know that you guys don't eat-" bella tries to explain, with a apologetic look.
"of course, it's very considerate of you," esme gives rosalie a look.
"just ignore rosalie, i do," edward attempt to comfort the girl standing next to him.
"yeah lets just keep pretending like this isnt dangerous for all of us," emmett lightly slaps rosalie's shoulder signaling for her to calm down.
elena felt kind of bad, if rosalie felt this way towards bella then she must feel the same towards her. she is human after all. she didn't want to put her friends in danger, she couldnt care less about her own life.
"i would never tell anybody anything," bella shakes her head, assuring the family.
"she knows that," carlisle caressed his wife's arm, looking back at his daughter.
"yeah the only problem is, you two have gone public now, so-" emmett chuckled.
"emmett," the older woman turned to him with a stern face. elena just watched the whole thing go down, afraid to make a sound.
"no, she should know. the whole family will be implicated if this ends badly." the blond woman took a step towards bella, crossing her arms.
bella throws a quick glance at elena for the first time since she got there.
"badly, as in," she looked between elena and rosalie, "elena and i would become the meal,"
the black haired girl's mouth dropped, she couldn't believe she just heard that. everyone chuckled at the statement causing bella to look down.
elena turned her head as she heard something walking on the trees.
"hi bella," the petite girl walking through the window says, "i'm alice" she walks up to bella and gives her a hug with a smile. she was followed by the tense blond.
elena noticed jasper standing tensely next to rosalie, she walked over to him and put her hand on his shoulder trying to calm him. he turned towards her and gave her the smallest smile, showing his gratitude.
"mmm you do smell good," alice giggles, causing elena to stifle a laugh.
"alice, what are you-" edward shakes his head with a embarrassed face.
"it's okay, bella and i are gonna be great friends," alice dismissed him quickly.
a short silence was shared between the family, edward looking between his family and stopping at jasper. i slip my hand into his cold one, squeezing slightly for comfort.
"sorry, jasper's is our newest vegetarian, it's a little difficult for him" carlisle explains to bella.
"it's a pleasure to meet you," the dirty blond man swallows the knot in his throat.
alice turns towards him and reassured him, "it's okay jasper, you won't hurt her,"
"alright, uh i'm gonna take you on a tour of the rest of the house," edward says, obviously bothered and embarrassed by his family.
"well i'll see you soon," alice smiles at bella.
"okay," bella awkwardly responds.
the pair walk away from the kitchen, edward rolling his eyes at the family.
"i think that went well," carlisle turns to the rest.
"clean this up. now," esme sternly looks at rosalie and points at the broke bowl on the ground.
elena chuckled and turned her body towards jasper's, "hi"
"howdy," he smiles, "sorry for leaving you, alice wanted me to come along just in case, you know,"
she gives him a warm smile and shakes her head, "don't worry about it, i was helping with the food anyway, which by the way i cant wait to taste,"
"seems like you'll be the only one eating," jasper chuckled.
"i'm completely fine with that," she responds.
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i've lost a lot of motivation but i do want to finish writing this book.
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