A/N parts of new moon are used to set up the story. the characters belong to Stephanie. I just used them. hope you like it.

Losing A Sister

"Today is gunna be great" Alice thought with confidence as she and Edward made their way to school.

"She is not going to be happy that you are making such a fuss. I know you don't get that but she hates it almost as much as you love doing it to her. The only reason she allows this is because she knows she can't win, and you guilt her into it" Edward said growling the last part. He hated that she did it to his Bella, who had the biggest soft spot for all his family, not just himself. It warmed his dead heart to see how much his family (minus Rose), had taken to her. Even Jasper, who had trouble around humans, was happy to have her part as of the family.

"Oh please! She loves us, just not the money we spend on her." She thought as they arrived at Forks High School. "She really needs to get over that, it's just a part of being a Cullen" she said as they got out of the car, and waited for Bella to arrive. Edward just shook his head smiling at the thought of having her as a Cullen, but quickly pushed the thought out of his mind.

"You know that won't happen Alice." He said nudging her shoulder playfully as they waited. Both knowing Bella would be a few minutes. When she finally rolled her ancient truck to a stop they both smiled but Edward didn't move. he just watched her; she was just so beautiful to him. Alice on the other hand was extremely excited and couldn't wait to give her, with the gift she now held in her tiny hands. She danced over to the approaching Bella, and smiled up at her extending her arms and said "Happy Birthday, Bella"

"Shh!" she hissed at the small vampire in front of her, while checking to make sure no one else heard her.

"Do you want to open your present now or later?" Alice asked still not taking notice of her mood. They two made their way over to Edward, who had yet to move.

"No presents" Bella mumbled. She really wished someone had listened to her.

"Okay… later, then." Alice finally registered the mood her best friend was in, and she just couldn't see why. Alice had no memory of her human birthdays and didn't get why Bella didn't like hers. Having the people you love celebrate your presents in their lives seemed wonderful, but her family didn't age so birthdays didn't happen.

Once they reached Edward, Bella's funky mood was temporally forgotten. She was with the man she wanted to spend forever with. He took her hand and smiled down at her asking if he could wish her a happy birthday, but she said no. Her bad mood returning at the fact that she was now older than him. One step closer to being like her Gran, just as she had been in her dream. It was at this point that Alice voiced her question as to why she hated birthdays.

"Everyone is supposed to be nice to you today and give you your way, Bella. What's the worst that could happen?" she asked not 'seeing' anything bad happen to her.

"Getting older." Bella finally said out loud. She wanted to be with Edward, but not if it meant being so much older. She wanted to be like him, and his family; Immortal.

As silence filled the air between the three of them, each thought of what it would be like to have Bella as one of them. Alice had seen it many times and in many ways. Edward saw her in a white dress, saying I do. Bella saw herself right next to Edward, looking like she belonged with gold eyes, as they smiled holding hands among the rest of the Cullens.

Alice broke the silence by asking what time Bella would be over at the Cullen's. Bella staying true to form, simply replied

"I didn't know I had plans to be there."

"Oh, be fair, Bella!" Alice complained. It was the first real birthday since Emmett in 1935. "You aren't going to ruin all our fun like that, are you?" The entire family was looking forward to it. After a small argument and Edward interfering to keep the peace, they agreed that Edward would have Bella at the house at 7 for the celebration. "Sounds good. See you tonight, Bella! It will be fun, you'll see." She said grinning up at Bella before kissing her cheek and heading off to class.

Bella tried to get Edward to change his mind, but it was no use. She was going, and she would enjoy it. Alice would see to that. She was so excited about being able to put on a party for Bella. In fact the whole family was willing and ready to celebrate with her, even Rosalie, who was still not happy about the human in the family.

The house was abuzz with activity as everyone tried to get everything ready for Bella.

"Hey Em, you wanna help me string the lights?" Jasper asked. He wanted to get away from all the floral going on in the house.

"Sure, I'll race ya." Emmett said taking half and racing out the door with Jasper hot on his heels. They were done with their task within five minutes, despite the many Japanese lanterns Alice had bought to light up the drive. They headed back inside the house to see who wanted to go hunting. Jasper hadn't been in a few days, and spending the night in the same room as Bella would be much easier if he weren't as thirsty when she arrived. Rosalie, Emmett and Carlisle went with him while Alice and Esme stayed and got the rest of the house ready.

Baking a cake is not an easy take for a vampire, but the two of them managed. The hardest part proved to be the waiting for the cake to bake and then cool. While waiting they went out and bought crystal bowls to put the thousands of pink roses Alice had bought to add color and festiveness to the white house, they also bought many, many candles to light up the room, all pink of course, and crystal plates to go with the cake that they had made. They moved the table to near Edward's piano, covered it with a white table cloth, added more flowers in their crystal bowl and the presents, then went to frost the cake, with pink frosting. Everything was perfect. Alice and Esme had just finished setting things up when the rest of the family arrived back.

"Wow, this looks great." Jasper said going to stand by Alice. She was so happy that he had to be close to her.

"Thank you." She said smiling up at him. "They'll be here in about 5 minutes. Why don't you all go and change. This is a party after all." She said as they all scattered to change, returning just in time to hear Bella and Edward turning up the drive. They listened as Edward reassured her that everything was going to be fine. Esme and Alice smiled happily at Edward being as happy as he was, and it was all do to Bella. She had helped to bring their family closer together. She completed the family and they all knew it. Even Rose was starting to get over the human thing, after seeing how happy he was with her. As Bella and Edward made their way in they all shouted "Happy Birthday, Bella!" Esme hugged her and kissed her forehead. Carlisle put his arm about her and Emmett taunted her, while Rosalie just watched. Alice stepped forward to take Bella inside and to the table with the gifts while Jasper smiled and kept his distance, not trusting himself fully. Bella complained, but opened her gift from Emmett, Rose and Jasper. It was a stereo that Emmett was already installing in her truck. Next was the gift from Alice and Edward, it was small and flat, and changed all their lives.

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