A new story that I'm slowly working on. I hope you enjoy.

Summary: Jasper, Edward, Emmett, and Christopher left to travel Europe and go to college leaving behind Ambrosia, Bella, Alice and Rosalie. When the boys return the little high school girls they left behind aren't the same anymore. They've all changed, maybe for the better yet maybe for the worse. As the boys start to discover what the consequences were of them leaving, they also discover what it means to be a family.

BPov

It's been eight years since I've seen them. It's also been eight years since a lot of things. My brother, cousin, and two of their friends left eight years ago for Europe where they would be going to college. My family and friends suffered deeply from them leaving, especially all of us younger girls. We all had changed considerably, especially Ambrosia who is my cousin though I view her as a sister. Ambrosia, though we call her Amby as a nickname for her, went through the worst change of all and has some scars, emotional and physical, to prove it. Yes we were all affected but I was a little resentful about my brother and my close friends leaving yet can you blame me if you knew what has happened in the last eight years? Anyway today we would be picking Emmett who's my big brother and looks a lot like me with curly brown hair and chocolate brown eyes; Emmett also has these dimples that make him look harmless, Jasper who's Amby's big bro, looks almost exactly like her and is my cousin, then there is Christopher who is not related to any of us (yet but Amby has had a crush on him for a long time so we shall see what happens), and finally Edward. Edward was Alice's big bro and was, maybe still is, my crush. Ambrosia was a little excited but didn't show it, out of all of us she was the best at keeping her emotions hidden. Rosalie was pissed off that they had the nerve of coming back home, after everything we've been through. Alice, that lovable pixie, she was excited to see her brother and friends again but was slightly hurt with them coming back after all these years.

"Ambrosia Sophia Whitlock! Get your little emo ass down here now!" Alice yelled. I laughed quietly, Alice was a dictator when it came to being on time and fashion. A few seconds later I could barely hear Ambrosia's quiet footsteps coming down the stairs, Ambrosia was known for being quiet and sneaky, she could almost pop out of thin air she could be that quiet. Amby had dark black hair, which was the total opposite of her brother, and had neon blue highlights. Her eyes were similar to Jasper's, an almost cold calculating ice blue. Amby was the skinniest of us all, sometimes we could see her ribs, though she was pretty strong. Today she was wearing black skinny jeans, a loose fitting blue t-shirt, a long sleeved hooded jacket, her regular black Converse, and her hair was in a high pony tail.

"You know, I hate it when you call me emo." There was a hint of mischief in her eyes so we knew that she was just joking. We smiled at her, it was rare that we saw her good side.

"Whatever. Let's just get this done and over with. We are supposed to meet our parents at the airport in thirty minutes and it takes an hour to get there." Alice whined a bit. We looked at her then rolled our eyes. Amby looked at all of us, shook her head and grabbed her keys out of her pocket to her car. Amby has a Saleen S7 Twin Turbo, yeah it usually cost a pretty penny but Amby was able to get a really good deal.

"I'll get us there with fifteen minutes to spare."

True to her word Ambrosia drove way over the speed limit and got us there in fifteen minutes. We all looked around and found our parents, Ambrosia and I watched as Alice and Rosalie hugged Carlisle and Esme, who were Edward and Alice's parents and amazing people at that, but then they surprised us by taking me and Amby in hugs as well. I spent the rest of the time thinking about different things. I felt sort of bad for Ambrosia and Jasper because four years after Jasper left their mom died in a car accident, then only two years after that Jim, Ambrosia and Jasper's father, got remarried to a bitch named Tanya. Tanya and Ambrosia fought constantly whenever Amby went down to visit her father in Forks, which is where all our parents live though Alice, Rose, Amby and I live in a house in Seattle. Finally my brother's plan arrived, Alice was bursting with excitement, she was the innocent one so she had no reason to be resentful or to have changed at all so she was jumping for joy at the prospect of seeing her brother and long time crush Jasper Whitlock, who is also Ambrosia's brother if you haven't figured that out. I was excited to see my brother, Emmett who may look like a building on steroids but really was a lovable teddy bear and on some occasions was a five year old stuck in a twenty five year old's body. Rosalie has had a crush on my brother and was excited to see him even though she wanted to rip their throats out.

"I see them!" Alice bounced up and down, she looked like a pixie it was actually quite funny. Alice ran up to the guys and started chatting excitedly to them about everything. We all walked up to the guys, although Ambrosia hesitated and walked behind the rest of us. It was sad to see that she didn't want to see them but then again I could understand. All of a sudden I was lifted up in this huge bear hug.

"Jelly Belly!" Emmett screamed in my ear. I laughed lightly as my big bear of a brother swung me around in circles.

"Emmy Bear put me down! I can't breathe."

Emmett laughed and set me down, I swayed a bit only to be swept up again in a hug by someone I knew all too well. I stared up in his bright green eyes for who knows how long, all I knew was that he was finally home.

"Edward." I sighed. Then I realized that he left me and wouldn't give me a second glance just because I was a little girl. I stood up straighter and hugged him back quickly breaking our hug, ignoring the sparks I felt. "It's nice to see you again."

"Bella, I've missed you." I wanted to tell him that I missed him too, I wanted to tell him how much I liked him, how much I cared for him but nothing came out. So I just smiled at him and walked over towards Christopher. It was not that awkward like it was in the past whenever Christopher and I would hug, it was now like Emmett and I hugging. I talked to him for a little while before walking over to Jasper who looked worried. It looked like he was searching for something, or someone.

"Bella, where's Amby?" Jasper asked after pulling me into a hug. I had to fight back a few rounds of laughter as I noticed that Ambrosia had crept up right next to me.

"Jazz, Ambrosia is right here." I waved my hand at my cousin. Jasper's eyes literally bugged out of his head once he saw his 'little' sister.

"Amby, that can't be you! What happened to the girl who was practically Alice's twin? What happened to your short hair? Or your dresses?" Jasper asked in almost a dazed tone. Ambrosia snorted and rolled her eyes.

"I grew the fuck up big bro." Jasper about passed out, as well as all of the other guys. Ambrosia has never cussed, well the guys have never heard her cuss anyways.

"Okay, we must have hit the Twilight Zone or something because I don't remember Ambrosia being this way." Emmett said being serious.

Esme and Carlisle walked up to us, smiling. I immediately knew that they were up to something.

"Jasper, Edward, Christopher, Emmett, could you please get your bags while we talk to the girls?" Esme asked. Once they were out of earshot Esme turned to us. "Listen girls. We were wondering if, since your house is big enough, if you would let the boys stay with you until they find a place of their own?"

Before Ambrosia could interrupt like I knew she wanted to Alice bounced up to Esme.

"I would love to have them stay with us! So would Rose, and Bella, and Amby!"

"Thank you girls so much! I'll go tell the boys, don't worry Carlisle drove Edward's Volvo so they can drive that to the house." Esme hugged all of us then went over to Carlisle who was talking to the boys. Oh and if you were wondering, yeah the Carlisle we were taking about was in fact THE Carlisle Cullen. Famous surgeon, richest guy next to Donald Trump, most handsome man alive right now, and probably the most humblest person you'll meet. Yep, that's my best friend's father for ya. Anyway after Esme told the guys what was going on and then left with Carlisle following right behind her. I looked over at Ambrosia, she and Alice were having one of their freaky silent conversation things that they had and I could tell that Ambrosia was pissed. I went over to Rosalie who didn't look really super pissed but slightly aggravated. We decided to walk over and help the boys with there luggage.

"There is no way in hell I'm letting any of those neanderthals anywhere near my car." I laughed at the fire in Ambrosia's voice as we loaded all the guys luggage in both Edward's Volvo and Ambrosia's Saleen. It was hard not to laugh watching Christopher, Ambrosia, Rosalie and Emmett fight over the simplest things. After thirty minutes of them arguing Jasper stepped up and calmed everything down. Finally we were on our way to our home, Amby slammed her car door and blasted her Paramore CD at a volume that most people wouldn't be able to stand. Fifteen minutes later we arrived back at our home, which was amazing. It was a classic three story house with an attic and basement as well, on the outside it looked like an old Victorian house but on the inside it was modern and chic. Ambrosia had the third floor all to herself, it was big enough for six people but Ambrosia needed it, the second floor had six more rooms so we were perfectly fine with her needing her space. The attic was used as a library and the basement was used as a movie theater/game room.

"Wow, this place is pretty cool." Emmett said getting out of the Volvo.

"Yeah, Rose and Alice designed it. They have their own interior design store or whatever you want to call it, Simply Adequate is what they call it."

"What do you do little sis?" I grabbed a few bags and began to walk up the porch.

"I'm a teacher for Seattle Private school, English to be exact. I also write in my spare time."

By the time we got to the door I could hear Ambrosia arguing with Christopher once again, not even thirty minutes in and they were already fighting like a married couple.

"What about Amby Bambi?" That was Emmett's favorite nickname for Ambrosia, he always used it before we left.

"Odd jobs, she's still in college right now." I answered vaguely. It was slightly true, Ambrosia worked as a waitress sometimes depending on when the restaurant needed her and other times she would be going to classes. Ambrosia was studying to become an analyst well that was her term, she was studying human behavior, psychology, and all different kinds of things that has to do with the human mind. Once she was done with college I knew she was going to be asked to teach and since she was probably the smartest person in the world, at least to our family, she would no doubtingly be asked by the police and maybe even the FBI to help solve cases.

It took a while but soon we got everything in all the guys new rooms. Alice and Rosalie were happy to be able to decorate the rest of the unused rooms and got to work immediately. I got to work with dinner, knowing the way my brother could eat I cooked up a storm making a lot of favorite dishes for everyone. I heard Ambrosia yell and then her run up to her room, I instantly got mad at whoever made Ambrosia upset. I asked Alice to watch all the food, once she said yes I went up the third floor where Ambrosia spent most of her time when she wasn't working herself to death. I truly loved what Alice and Rosalie had done with her place. Although Amby loved fire, Alice and Rosalie had decorated all of her rooms in ocean blue themes and calming affects that really helped Ambrosia calm down. Her bedroom had light blue walls with dark cherry wood floors and had dark blue carpets scattered all around. Ambrosia had bean bag chairs, chairs that hung from the ceiling, and regular office chairs, it was good for her to have them because she could never sit still and was always going from one place to another. Ambrosia had a walk in closet (she didn't want one but Alice forced her), a room where she could paint and listen to her music, she had her own bathroom, this place was Ambrosia's sanctuary. I heard sobs coming from Ambrosia's room and ran into it. There Ambrosia sat on her bed crying clutching her stuffed animal her mom got her when she was young.

"Amby what's wrong?" I asked as I sat down next to her. Something that Rosalie, Alice and I all had to remember is that even though Ambrosia comes off as a young strong woman, we still realize that deep down Ambrosia's just a little girl who's lost. Ambrosia's been through the most over these past few years and we've all learned how to help not just her but ourselves as well.

"Why! Why do they have to stay with us!" Ambrosia screeched.

"They have no place else to go, they need a place to stay." I tried my best to explain. Ambrosia looked up at me, her eyes no longer that cold calculating blue but a lost sky blue. I was the only one that has ever seen Ambrosia vulnerable, Alice has once but Ambrosia only let down her walls for me every once in a while.

"But Christopher isn't being nice! He's always trying to start fights with me! And my own brother doesn't even recognize me!" I wrapped my arms around Ambrosia's tiny waist and held her for a few seconds as she cried. I hoped the guys wouldn't be here for long, it was taking a toll on Ambrosia more than she let on.

"Maybe if we told them a little bit of what happened, then they'll be nicer to you." I suggested.

"Just a little, I don't need there pity." I smiled a little, Ambrosia's fire was back.

We got up and I checked her wrists, they were clean except for her scars and the ones that are healing so I told her to wash up and then come down for dinner. Ambrosia asked if she could wear her pajamas to dinner and I told her that she could. Amby would never tell anyone but she was a huge fan of the TV show GLEE, she had pajama bottoms and a huge tee-shirt that had all of the characters on it. Alice, Rosalie, and I always watched the show with her and we've never failed to miss an episode. Whenever Ambrosia has had a rough day she usually puts her pj's on and then locks herself in her room drawing random things. Ambrosia took her time, getting into the shower and just trying to relax. I ran downstairs and rounded everyone into the living room.

"Okay listen up, I hear that Christopher has been trying to start arguments with Ambrosia and we won't be having that as long as you guys are living here." I went into 'teacher' mode as Alice and Rosalie liked to call it, basically I talked to them like I would be talking to an unruly student.

"Oh come on Bells, I'm just trying to have some fun with her." I glared at Christopher.

"Bullshit." I stood up. "Ambrosia's been through a lot these past few years, she's gained strength and you wouldn't believe all of the crap she's been through. You guys being here is taking a toll on her more than you know it. Jasper, that girl up there is your sister no matter how different she may look. If you knew what she's been through then you too would change drastically. Now since we don't know how long you guys are going to be here all I want is for you guys to get along with Ambrosia."

The air was somber, Jasper got up and then asked if I could forgive him. I told him, as well as Christopher that it wasn't up to me but Ambrosia was the one calling the shots about forgiveness. I could feel Edward's eyes on me the whole time but I chose to ignore this fact. Ambrosia came down a few minutes after words and Emmett got up and bounced over to her, he looked like Alice when she was about to go shopping.

"Oh my gosh! Amby Bambi, I didn't know you liked GLEE!" Ambrosia looked at Emmett for a few seconds then smiled a little.

"Yeah, it's my favorite show! I've never missed an episode."

"You're so lucky! We've only seen a few of the shows but I absolutely love the show!" For a few seconds Ambrosia looked over at me seeming to ask what he was on, I just shrugged. Ambrosia then had an idea.

"How about after dinner we have a GLEE marathon!"

"That's brilliant Amby!"

Alice, Rosalie, and I all readily agreed, Edward and Jasper said they were in but I had to glare at Christopher until he gave. Dinner was ready by then and we all dug into the feast I prepared, with Alice's help of course. There wasn't much serious talk, everyone was chatting happily about odd things that didn't make sense but at the same time it made sense to us. Soon our dinner was over, Ambrosia ran upstairs and got her DVD collection then came back down. We all arranged the seats around to make things comfortable, Ambrosia sat in the middle so she could explain everything to the guys in case they got lost. We got through all of the episodes before Ambrosia finally passed out, it was at least one in the morning and I knew that Ambrosia needed some sleep. Jasper offered to carry her up to her room and I let him, he needed to get back into brother mode. I hugged everyone, just barely missing Edward, and then went to bed myself. My last thoughts were of how today was a stressful day and how I hoped that I wouldn't have any nightmares of the last eight years.

Hope you liked it!