Pick Me - Chapter 1

"Are you sure they'll even like me?" Bella's eyes shifted towards Edward from the passenger seat. His emerald colored eyes gleamed with excitement and happiness as he flashed her his charming crooked smile.

"Of course, Bella." He said before he leaned towards Bella and gave her a gentle peck on the lips. A light blush stretched across the girl's face - like always when he kissed her. "My parents are accepting of everyone, even..Mary Alice." Edward scrunched his nose in disgust as if someone had just told him something horrible or he got a whiff of a sewer.

At that, Bella rose an eyebrow. "Mary Alice? Your..baby sister, right?" Edward nodded. She was the only one of his family Edward hardly ever mentioned. If he did have to talk about her, it was brief and usually ended with him in a bad mood. Something Bella didn't understand. What was so wrong with Mary Alice? Bella's brow furrowed in confused, and she was about to ask Edward why he showed such distaste towards his sister when he spoke up.

"We're here!" Edward exclaimed as he pulled into the driveway of a massive house. Her put the car into park, and began to climb out of the car when the front door of the house swung open, revealing a grown woman.

"Eddie!" Exclaimed the woman as she rushed outside, and down the steps to the driveway. Bella stepped out of the car and looked up at it in amazement. When she looked over at her fiance, the woman's arms were wrapped tightly around him. Bella chuckled at the sight.

"Uuuugh! Mom!" Edward groaned. "You know not to..call me that. Can you let go now?" The woman laughed softly before releasing him. Bella laughed as well then took in the woman's appearance. Her copper-colored hair matched Edward's perfectly, and when they both looked over at Bella, she could also see the similarities in their facial structures and their eyes. "Mom, this is Bella...my..fiance," he said with a silly grin, as if he were a teenager who had found his first love. "Bella, this is my mother, Esme."

By the time he had finished, Esme and Edward had met Bella in front of the car. Bella held out her hand, but was instead pulled in for a hug. "Yay~ Another daughter!" Esme squeaked out happily, causing both Edward and Bella to chuckle.

"It's a pleasure to meet you too, Mrs. Cullen." Esme pulled away; her smile vanished from her face and her eyes seemed serious. Bella flinched at the sight because she knew that look. She was about to be scolded. She shut her eyes and prepared herself...

"Don't call me Mrs. Cullen. It makes me feel old. Esme will do just fine." She then patted Bella's head and turned towards Edward who was grinning. Bella slowly opened one eyes, peeking out at the mother and son. "What's wrong with her? She looks like I was about to beat her or something..." Esme mused as she took Edward's arm in her own and began to lead him off towards the house.

"But Mom, I need to get our luggage!" Edward protested, but Esme easily brushed it off.

"You and Emmett can get it later. Right now your siblings want to see you, and meet your lovely fiance."

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Once inside, Bella was lead into the family room. Her eyes widened at all the things in it. A large, grand piano, a 72 inch plasma screen TV with every game system currently out, a huge couch, large enough to fit an entire football team - and not a high school football team, a major league football team, they're bigger..right? Bella's eyes scanned over the room in utter amazement. Not only did it have the best stuff on the market, but the decor was absolutely beautiful. It gave off a homey feeling that reminded Bella of her mother's home back in Jacksonville, Florida.

"Bella, let me introduce you to the others." Esme interrupted Bella's thoughts. The first one that Esme motioned to was tall, slender-looking blond. She was lounging on the couch with a Cosmo magazine, though she didn't look very interested in. "This is my oldest daughter, Rosalie." The blond's eyes shifted towards Bella, and she suddenly felt uncomfortable. The blond's held her gaze for moment before looking back to her magazine. The next one was a large man sitting on the couch a few inches from Rosalie, an Xbox controller in his hand. Bella's eyes shifted towards the TV screen to see what he was playing, and of course...it was Call of Duty: Black Ops. That explained the sound of gunshots and explosions, Bella concluded. "This is Emmett, Rosalie's husband." The man turned his head and flashed a large smile in Bella's direction.

"Bought time you two got here! I've been waiting forever!" He exclaimed in a booming voice. At first it made Bella wince, but she knew she would eventually get used to him. After all, she was going to be in Forks for a while - several months in fact.

Outside, the sound of a car's engine could be heard, then the sound of two car doors being shut. Faintly, Bella could hear chatting between two people, before finally they came into her view. One was a tall blond male who was probably a year or two older than Esme. Bella assumed it was Edward's father, Carisle, and the other...

She was unlike anyone Bella had ever seen. She stood at 4 foot 11 inches, her eyes were golden, and her hair was short, black, and styled in spikes that went in every different direction. Her eyes were almond shaped with golden caramel color that swirled around black pupils. Bella stared at her for a moment transfixed until the girl looked away from the man and towards Bella. Their eyes locked from across the room, and Bella felt butterflies flutter around in her stomach. She felt the young woman's eyes rake over her body, taking in her appearance, and she suddenly felt as though she should have worn better clothes because the girl before her was dressed in all designer clothes. A knee-length, black pencil skirt, 4 inch black high heels, and a white button up blouse.

"Bella, this is my husband Carisle," Esme began, Bella hadn't even noticed she had moved beside Carisle. She had been to busy ogling the pixie-looking girl beside him. "And this is our youngest daughter, Mary Alice."