Esme and Bella story. friendships form, and it all started from adoption...

Esme POV

Me and my husband Carlisle are going to adopt... We were vampires, and so we could not have our own biological children. It was an unfortunatey, but I was still happy.

"are you ready my love?" he asked me and i smiled up at him.

"why wouldn't i be? we're going to adopt a child, and i'm going to love and nuture it all i can." i said and he pulled into the adoption place. he parked his nice, black mercedes in the front and we both got out. i was so excited i was jumping up and down. carlisle gently set his hands on my shoulder and chuckled.

"calm down love. i don't want people to think you're crazy." he said and we smiled. he gently pecked my lips, and i leaned into his chest. he chuckled and took my hand, leading me into the adoption place. we walked up to the front desk and we smiled.

"hello... we would like to adopt a little girl." i said and the man smiled. he looked me up and down and carlisle growled under his breath from what it sounded like. i rubbed his lwer back and i felt him lean into my hand.

"sure folks, right this way." he said and he led us into a big room filled with the little girls. we followed him and he opened the door. all the little girls saw us and they giggled.

"wow..." i said and carlisle chuckled swinging my hand.

"there are children from 2 to 10 in here. older girls are in the next room." the man said and he left. we looked around the room and there were definately a lot of girls.

"carlisle there are so many... i want to adopt them all!" i whispered in his ear and he chuckled.

"i know my love but only one for now." he whispered back and we smiled. we looked around and there was a little girl in the corner, crying and covered in a blanket with ratty clothes on. i ran over to her immediately with carlisle following me.

"hi there little girl... i'm esme..." i said quietly and she whimpered at me, squirming away from me.

"shh it's ok sweetie..." carlisle said and he gently rubbed the little girl's head.

"me bella..." she said and she leaned into me and carlisle. she had dark chocolate brown eyes, and brown hair. she was very skinny and was dirty.

"you're coming home with us..." carlisle said and i looked at him questionly. i really want this little girl but he sounded really concerned...

"love?" i whispered.

"she's bleeding. her leg." he whispered and i finally caught a wiff of the blood... we both stood up picking this little bella up and she whimpered. we ran human pace tothe adoption office and signed the papers quickly.

"love are we going home or the hospital?" i asked andshe screamed.

"no! no hopita!" she screamed and i rubbed her back soothingly. we found out she's 2 years old, so she won't speak much...

"it's ok sweetheart." carlisle said and she whimpered. she cuddled to me. "we're going to the h-o-s-p-i-t-a-l esme." he said spelling out hospital and i nodded. he pulled into the parking lot of the hospital, and bella whimpered.

"it's ok bella..." i whispered and she cuddled. we brought he in and she hid her face in my chest.

"i need a room. ah ha!" carlisle said running into an empty room near by. i followed him in there and he started to grab the stuff he needed. i gently put bella down on the bed and she screamed.

"shh shh bella it's ok..." i said and she cried, screamed, and was gripping my shirt. carlisle rubbed her back and showed her a lollipop. she saw it and she reached out for it. it was a dum dum and she kicked her feet. she stopped screaming and crying, so we gave her the lollipop and she sucked on it.

"mmm..." she said and we smiled. carlisle gently took the blanket away and we gasped. she had a gash on her leg and we frowned. carlisle started to stitch up the gash and she screamed.

"no!" she screamed and carlisle stopped.

"sweetheart shhh... it's ok i just need to sew it up. i won't hurt you." he said and kissed her forehead. she held my hand and i gently squeezed her hand. she nodded and carlisle sewed up the gash and she cuddled, sucking her lollipop. carlisle finished and he smiled.

"all done bella." i said and she looked at her leg. she nodded and we smiled.

"bella would you like a new toy for being so good? i have a toy for my really good patients in my office." carlisle said and she looked at us confused.

"what toy?" she asked and we gasped.

"you don't know what a toy is?" i asked and she shook her head. we picked her up with her blanket and went to my husband's office.

"a toy is something kids play with, and they're very fun." carlisle said and she cuddled to my giving carlisle the stick to the lollipop. he gently took it and threw it out.

"toy." she said and she out her thumb in her mouth. i swayed back and forth to see if she'd fall asleep. carlisle went in his cabinets and took out a barbie doll that was a mrmaid. bella saw it and she held her hands out. carlisle handed her the barbie and she patted it's head, hugging it.

"you like the barbie doll?" we asked in unison and she nodded, cuddling to me holding her blanket, and her barbie doll. we left the hospital, and we drove home.

at the cullen residence

bella was still up and she was cuddling to me. we decided to take her shopping tomorrow for clothes, but we tonight, she could wear one of my shirts or carlisle's. we had a few food items in the house so it's not too bad. she cuddled to me and she held her barbie.

"let's give you a bath bella so we can get you all nice and clean." we said and she smiled.

"bath!" she screamed and she cuddled. we laughed and ran upstairs in our vampire speed. she squealed and laughed when we got upstairs.

"was that fun?" i asked and she giggled.

"fun!" she said and i gently stood her on the floor in the bathroom. we had a huge bathroom with a jacuzzi in it, and the bubbles. she made wide eyes at the tub and walked over to it. i gently took her hand she smiled at me, setting her barbie mermaid down. i gently took her shirt off and she wiggled out of her shorts. she had a diaper on and she pointed to her diaper, sucking her thumb.

"yes sweetie ik." i said and smiled. i took her diaper off and she giggled.

"tickly!" she said and she patted her stomach.

"you're ticklish aren't you?" i asked her and she nodded. i threw her diaper out and she ran to the toilet getting onto it. i smiled at her.

"potty." she said and i nodded. she finished going potty and i helped her clean herself and wash her hands. i gently sat her in our jacuzzi tub and filled it with the water she splashed the water and i cleaned her all up. she was all cleaned after about a half hour of washing her. she had pale white skin, and was actually very short.

"all done my baby bella." i said and i pulled her out of the tub and wrapped her in a towel.

"hi love." carlisle said coming in with a diaper and one of my shirts. it was just a plain blue tshirt that i wore around the house.

"hi carlisle." i said and he pecked my lips and bella's lips. she giggled and wrapped her arms around his neck.

"daddy.. mommy." she said and we smiled.

"we love you bella." we said and she giggled.

i had a feeling i would get attached to our little bella.