Chapter 126
"Sounds perfect" Alan muttered as he looked away from her whilst the two were walking down the hall, his stomach deciding at that very moment to announce its presence as it growled loudly… not that it would have mattered even if it had not been loud, the vampires would have heard it just as clearly as if it had roared loudly.
"Hungry huh?" Alice asked teasingly, a slightly lighter tone in her voice as she walked alongside him.
The mansion was large enough that it took almost an entire minute of simply walking slowly to get from Alice's room to the living room when they were talking an walking at the same time, the conversation switching from what they were going to do today and the downed atmosphere of the meeting that was now not even an entire day away, simply hours and into light hearted teasing as Alice chidded him about not eating enough.
Finally arriving before the living room door, Alice went first as she opened it and entered inside, Alan following swiftly behind her as he entered the room and looked around, the entirety of the Cullen Coven was around him, Rosalie and Emmet were seated at the living room couch whilst Esme seemed to be in the open Kitchen at the back of the room, clearly still cooking whilst Carlisle was seated at the head of the table, already waiting for Alan.
Jasper and Edward were seated a bit farther away on the single couches, Jasper reading some kind of book that appeared to be in spanish, making it that Alan couldn't quite understand what the book cover said, his spanish had never been his strong suit whilst Edward seemed to just be in his own thoughts, looking at the floor from where he was seated, his brows scrunched up and eyes narrowed at seemingly nothing but the thin air.
"Ah, good morning Alan. I hope you slept well?" Carlisle finally spoke as his head turned towards Alan as soon as he entered the room, that same calming deep voice that almost instantly seemed to make whoever heard it start trusting the man, it was in a way relieving and also concerning to Alan.
'This guy… it's almost like his voice has magical properties or something.' Alan thought to himself as he felt his own emotions inside of himself calm down as soon as he heard the voice of the man, it was certainly an experience.
'I'm not… gay right?' Alan thought to himself for a single instant before he shook his head lightly at himself.
'No. Definitely not, I'd know if I was… I'm not… I'm not…' Alan muttered inside of his own mind before refocusing once more on the man seated at the head of the table.
"Yeah, slept perfectly, thank you for your hospitality once more mister Carlisle." Alan replied as politely as he could towards the man who he knew for a fact could have simply decided to not help him at all and yet he had clearly been trying to find a solution to his problem whilst Alan had been dead asleep.
Carlisle gave a nod, a small gentle smile appearing on his face, only further enhancing his unnaturally handsome face.
"It's alright, you're a friend of Alice and any friends of hers is also one of mine. I'm just doing the least that I should do, considering that It wasn't your fault that you ended up in this situation. Anyone would have helped." Carlisle said softly as he shook his head, clearly not even trying to take any sort of claim to the help that he had given Alan.
'Any person would have? Yeah, tell Joanna that.' Alan thought inside his mind however outwardly he simply gave another grateful nod towards the man, not wanting to push if he didn't want to take the gratitude for the help.
Before Alan could speak another word or even sit down at the table, Esme Cullen appeared from the kitchen as she was cleaning her hands with a cloth.
"Good morning Alan, I made pancakes. I hope you're okay with that? I could make something else if you want?" Esme asked as she greeted him in a soft almost motherly voice as she walked closer to him.
Turning to face the woman, Alan gave a nod of his head before opening his mouth as he spoke.
"No, that's quite alright Ma'am. Pancakes sound awesome right now actually and yeah uh… good morning." Alan replied as he lifted his hand and scratched the back of his neck.
Alice chose that very moment to smirk as she patted his back, her eyes seemed to almost twinkle in amusement as she looked at him.
"Awhh, are you embarrassed? You always do that when your shy, it's cute y'know?" Alice said in a light almost giggling tone, clearly referencing to him scratching or rubbing the back of his neck.
Turning his eyes towards her without even moving his head, Alan gave her the meanest side eye glare that he could.
'I'm already struggling to deal with your parents here, I'm not used to this shit and you're making fun of me… ah damn it.' Alan thought to himself in slight light-hearted annoyance before turning his gaze back towards Esme who was motioning for him to sit down near Carlisle.
Giving a nod and deciding to stop hesitating any longer, Alan walked and quickly sat down at the table near Carlisle before pulling the chair up a bit closer and getting comfortable and then before he could even turn to Carlisle and start the conversation about what they would be doing at the meeting later in the day, he found a plate of perfect pancakes already placed before him.
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