Alright, this is my first story ever on this site, so be nice :)

I've written a few stories before, but I really wanted to get this one out there for some feedback.

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Disclaimer: I don't know why we always have to write these, I mean, I know that Twilight doesn't belong to me xD. Just the idea, and Marie :)

Chapter 1

"Come on Bella! We're gonna be late if you don't get your ass down here right now."

That was my best friend/roommate, Alice. We've been friends since our first year in high school.

"HURRY UP YOU SLOW POKE. Everyone's waiting downstairs!"

"Okay, okay, I'm coming. Just relax."

It was 8:00am on a Saturday morning. I should be asleep, if only that darn little pixie hadn't woken me up. About a month ago, Alice signed us all up for a volunteer program at the local orphanage. We were suppose to bring a kid home and be 'parents' for a month, and as much as I didn't want to go, I just could say no to Alice, especially since this meant a lot to her. The orphanage had been Alice's home since her parents died in a car accident until she went to college. She decided to drag the rest of us along, telling us that there would be a ton of kids in there, so they needed as many people as possible. Of course, I knew that this was also a little scheme she had in order to spend more time with her not-so-secret crush, Jasper.

Our little group consisted of Alice, Jasper, Rosalie, my brother Emmet, and I. Rose and I had been friends since as long as we could remember. Jasper and Emmet started hanging out with us around the same time we met Alice. At first Emmet and Rose didn't get along very well, always trying to embarrass each other, but on our first Valentine's day in college, Emmet finally confessed his feelings for Rose and as far they've been inseparable since then. Unlike the rest of our friends, the 5 of us stuck together even after graduating from college, continuing our Friday movie night tradition.

"Hurry Emmet! Drive faster!" Alice started shouting as soon as we climbed into Emmet's jeep. The orphanage was actually only a 5 minute walk away, but we were all too lazy to walk over, so we had Emmet pick us up on the way there.

As we pulled into the parking lot, I could already see a bunch of people waiting outside. We walked up to the lady at the counter that was placed at the entrance of the orphanage.

"Hi, we're here for the Adopt an Orphan program?"

"Of course, All you have to do is write you and your partner's name on this line, and your contact information on the line under it. Afterwards, you can go into the playroom and there will be a person there to help you."

"Uhh, partner?"

"Yes. Oh, if you don't have a partner, there's a waiting room inside, we'll partner you up with someone as soon as possible."

I looked over at my friends. Rose and Emmet making out on one of the benches that were lined against the wall of the building, and Alice And Jasper had already filled out a form and gone inside to find their 'child'. Great….who am I suppose to pair up with? I sighed as I walked into the waiting room. There were a few elderly women who looked like they were in their late 60's chatting animatedly at a table in the room, a group of young boys that were playing a game of poker at another, and 2 girls who were probably around the same age as me, except their faces were cover with a thick layer of make up and their clothes made them look like they were on their way to go clubbing, not to volunteer for an adoption program.

I made my way over to an empty table and took out my tattered copy of Wuthering Heights and started reading it for the 100th time. After a while, a few more people walked into the room. I was almost up to my favourite part of the story when I was interrupted by a nasally shriek.

"OH MY GOSH! Edward! I like totally didn't know that you were like, coming here today! What a coincidence. We're like totally meant to be together. You know?"

I got up from my seat, and stormed angrily across the room to find a more quiet place to read. But I was stopped by someone as I walked towards the door.

"Oh, there you are beautiful. I've been looking all over the place for you. What are you doing in the single's room?"

I looked back to where the voice was coming from and my mouth fell open. In front of me was the most handsome man I had ever seen. He had alabaster white skin, and his hair was a beautiful bronze-brown colour. I stood there gapping at him, probably for longer than I should had been staring. I shook my head and brought myself back to reality. He was wearing a pleading look on his face. I was mesmerized by his emerald green eyes.

"Uhh, Sorry sweetie, I was just, ermm… looking for a place to read my book."

"It's okay honey, I already signed us up, lets go get our child now." He said as a huge grin spread across his face.

We about to walk out when suddenly, I felt a set of nails digging into the skin of my arm. "Ouch! What the hell?", I turned around to face the blonde girl who had just been talking.

"You SLUT! Get away from my Edward!" She screamed at me, her nails digging even deeper into my skin. I cringed backwards, bumping into Edward, as she called him. He wrapped his arm around me as he looked over and saw the girl's nails in my skin.

"Lauren. Get. Away. From. Her." He growled, glaring at the girl. She dropped my arm at once, and backed away from us. "This isn't over, bitch.", she spat at me before returning to her seat.

As soon as we were out of the room, Edward took a hold of my arm and started examining it. "Are you alright? I'm so sorry about that. She just won't leave me alone." He looked up at me, his eyes filled with concern.

"No worries, I'm fine. I'll probably get a few bruises, but knowing me, that's not very uncommon."

"I'm really sorry, I didn't think that she would actually try to hurt you…"

"It's okay, seriously." I smiled at him assuringly. "I'm Bella" I said as I brought my hand up to shake his. He grinned at me and return the gesture, "Edward, Edward Cullen."

"Well, nice to meet you Edward, but I need to get going" I said.

"You have other plans?"

"Well yeah, I need to find a partner for this program. That was kind of the whole reason why I was here" I smiled at him.

"No!" he blurted, "You can't go back in there, Lauren will try to hurt you again. I'll be your partner."

"It's alrigh-" I was cut off by him, "Nope, come on, lets go sign up." He said as he ushered me over to the counter.

"Back again are we?" the lady at the counter said while handing each of us a form. I smiled at her, she was so friendly. "Thanks." We filled out our forms, and headed to the playroom. There were at least 20 kids inside. Alice was right, they did need a lot of people.

"Hi, I'm Angela, are you here to pick up your new 'child'?"

"Yes." Edward and I said in unison.

"Alright, just take this survey, and I'll try to match you up with a child that'll hopefully get along better with you...Unless of course, if you already see someone that you like."

Edward took the survey, and we walked over to a table. I quickly scanned the paper. There weren't a lot of questions and they were all multiple choice. I looked up at the children running around the place. Most of them were shouting and laughing, but in the corner of the room was a little girl. Once glance at her and I already knew that she was the one I wanted to take care of.

"Edward.."

"Yes?"

"If you don't mind, one of the kids has already caught my eye.."

"Oh? Okay then, lets go tell Angela."

We walked over to Angela, and I pointed out the little girl in the corner. Angela smiled and walked over to bring her over.

"Marissa, this is Edward and Bella. They want to take you home for a month." The little girl's ocean blue eyes grew wide. She was adorable. Her short, curly, brown hair had been tied into 2 ponytails, and she was wearing a navy blue spaghetti strap dress with a puffy-sleeved white shirt under it. "Really?", she whispered in a angelic voice, "For real?"

"Yup, for real. You can stay with them for a whole month.", Angela smiled warmly at her. Her face broke into a huge smile. I bent down so that I was the same height as her. "I'm Bella, what's your name?"

"Marissa, but I like Marie better."

"Well then, welcome to the family, Marie."

"Can I call you mommy?"

I paused for a second. Did I want her to call me mommy? Would it make it hard for her to leave when our month was up? I glanced over at Angela, and she nodded slightly.

"Of course you can sweetie", I said as I spread my arms open. She ran over to me and gave me the biggest hug someone her size could give. I loved her already.

"Is he my new daddy?" Marie asked, pointing at Edward.

"I guess he is.. in a way." A small smile crept onto my face. I gave Marie a quick peck on the cheek before handing her over to Edward.

"Hi Marie, I'm Edwa-" I was cut off by Marie, "Daddy, can we leave now?" her eyes staring right into his as she spoke. We all laughed at her impatientness.

"Just give us a minute honey, I need to give your mommy and daddy some information about you.", and with that Angela walked into another room and appeared again with a folder. Marissa's name was written across it, Marissa Elisabeth Halifax. It suited her perfectly.

Alright~

First chapter finished :)

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