Author's Note: I am back! Hey everyone! How you doing? Excited? I hope so. :) Here is the second story in the Growing Up series. I hope you love it. Now, I may not be able to update often, school is starting soon. But I will try my best.
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Prologue
Birthday Girl
(Isa)Bella's POV
Date: September 13th, 1966 (Bella's designated Birthday) Physical Age: 8
Didn't you love birthdays when you were little? I did. There was presents and cake and presents and singing and presents and games- and did I mention presents? I loved presents. Unfortunately, almost no one celebrated birthdays in my family. Mom, Dad, and my older siblings didn't exactly remember when their birthdays were, so they didn't celebrate.
Adriana, Melissa, and I had no idea when our birthdays were. I wasn't even sure how old I really was. Anyway, Adriana hated that we missed out on gifts every year. That really sucked. So, she decided she was going to have a birthday. She picked a date(April 17) and make it her birthday. Surprisingly, it worked. Probably because Adriana was a bit of a prima donna. Just sometimes... when around other people.
Well, because it worked so well for her, Melissa and I did the exact same thing. I picked September 13 and Melissa picked January 8. The dates had meaning to us, not that our family our family knew what it was. And we were not going to tell them. They supported us(they always did) in this. I loved them for that.
So, today was my birthday. We never made a (very) big deal about it. I already got a few presents, but I was still waiting for the rest. I wondered if they had something planned. I heard Mommy talk to Alice and Jasper earlier today, but I couldn't hear what they were saying. Richard distracted me.
Anyway, so I was in the living room. Messing with the piano. Everyone else said it was Edward's piano, but I didn't see his name on it. He wasn't the only one who played it. Well, I didn't really play it as much as I just mess with the keys. But uhh...I could play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Sort of. The right hand part. I was working on the left hand part. Edward was helping me. He said I just needed more practice.
Since I had nothing better to do...
"Twinkle, Twinkle," I sang, playing the first four notes.
"Little star," I continued, playing the next three notes.
"How I wonder," I sang playing the next four notes.
"What you are," Melisa sang entering the room. She waved at me and sat down next to me with a big smile.
"Hey sissy!" I greeted her. She smiled at me.
"Hey! So how has your birthday been?" she asked.
"Awesome! I wonder what they have planned," I said.
"Well, we're about to find out because Mommy told me to tell you to get dressed. Ally-gator and Jazzy pants are taking us somewhere," Melissa said. I laughed a little at her nicknames for Alice and Jasper. And got excited over the news. 'Yes!'
"Yay!" I exclaimed, getting down and running to my room. Melissa followed me.
"What are you gonna wear?" Melissa asked. I looked at her as I climbed up the stairs.
"Does it matter?" I asked. Even after living with Alice for, like, forever, I still didn't have much of a passion for fashion. I just didn't see the point in it. I look at outfit my slightly shorter sister was wearing. I loved that I was taller than her. She was wearing a (bright) red, yellow, and green dress with a flower pattern that went well with her slightly tan skin. Melissa was a couple shades darker than me or Adriana. She also had pink leggings and yellow boots on, which I thought clashed but whatever. A green head band kept her long hair back and helped it frame her oval face and sky blue eyes. Someone was colorful today.
"Not to me. You know Alice will kill you if you don't look good," Melissa said. We entered our room.
"Why does it matter? We're little kids! And you look like a kindergartener painted you," I responded. Melissa shrugged.
"I like my look; it's the new trend. And like you said; we're little kids. So we have to do what they say. That includes looking our best. Even if we don't see the point in it," Melissa replied. I rolled my eyes and walked over to the closet. I looked through my part of the closet. Alice recently went shopping, so I had new stuff in here.
"How about this?" I asked. I grabbed a fuchsia short-sleeved dress with white swirls. I held it up.
"I like it," Melissa said. She walked over to her drawer. She looked though it for a few moments, before pulling out purple stockings.
"Here." She said throwing it to me. I caught it. I looked at my shoes. I grabbed my Mary Jane shoes, then I walk to the bathroom to change. After changing, I looked in the mirror.
My pale skin didn't clash with the fuchsia blouse, which was good. I sometimes had trouble finding finding clothes that went well this my skin tone. Melissa's stocking were comfortable and matched my shirt perfectly. I ran my fingers through my medium brown hair, shaking it out. It reached to the middle of my back. I styled it with my fingers, so it framed my roundish face well.
"How do I look?" I asked. Melissa gave me a thumbs up.
"Where are we going?" Adriana asked for the billionth time. How did they stay so calm?
"I'm not telling you. It's a surprise," Ally said. Adriana crossed her arms. She got stuck with the middle seat. Melissa called the window seat, and it's my birthday, so I automatically get one. Adriana had her curly red hair brushed back in a pony tail, which allowed her round face and dark green eyes to be seen without her hair getting in the way. A pink dress and white stocking were what she wore, along with white boots.
After a few seconds of silence, she started poking me in the arm, saying 'Bella' over and over.
"Ally, Jazzy, did we have to bring Adri? She's being annoying," I complained. Adriana huffed and hit me! I hit her back. Then she hit me. Then I hit her back. It continued on like that.
"Stop it you two!" Jasper said. Adriana and I stopped quickly. Jasper could be scary. I loved him(he was my big brother!), but he could be scary. It was quiet for a few moments.
"Does she have to be here?" I asked again. Adriana looks really offended.
"Bella, think about this: how annoying would she be if we didn't take her?" Alice asked. I thought about it. Yeah, Ally had a point. That would be so much worse.
"I am not annoying!" Adriana yelled. Melissa finally joined the conversation.
"Yes, you are," she said.
"No, I'm not," Adriana insisted.
"Yes, you are."
"No, I'm not."
"Yes, you are."
"No, I'm not."
"Okay, that's enough. We're here," Alice said, stopping Melissa and Adri's fight. I looked out the window. I was so caught up it the fight, I didn't notice my surroundings. Oh. My. God. It was a carnival.
"Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, a carnival! I love carnivals!" I gushed. I unbuckled my seat belt. Alice opened my door and I got out fast. I loved carnivals. The rides, the foods, the games, the shows- I loved it. Loved it. Loved it. Loved it.
"Are we big enough to ride the big kid rides now?" Adriana asked. Last time we came, there was a lot we couldn't ride because we were too short. But we're taller now! Adriana especially; she was tallest out of us three.
"Well, Melissa may not be tall enough," Alice teased. I giggled. Melissa was shortest one and we never let forget it. Last time we measured, she was only 3 foot 10. That was a whole five inches shorter than me.
"Hey! At least I'm still growing. You're only a foot taller than me, and I'm eight," Melissa pointed out. Alice frowned. She got you there, Ally.
"Let's just go inside," Alice responded. She grabbed Melissa's hand and my hand. Jasper got Adriana.
"I just want to state for the record that I am not short. Everyone else is just freakishly tall," Melissa said. I giggled again.
"You're just making it worse. And that's not true," I told her.
"No, I'm not. And it's all in your point of view, my giant little sister," Melissa replied. I giggled again, and this time her joined me. We entered the carnival.
"Look a fun-house! Can we go in?" Melissa asked. We had been here... a while. We had ridden three rides and played four games and won three prizes. It was awesome. Best carnival ever. Ever!
"You can go in. Jasper and I will wait outside," Alice said. Melissa grabbed Adriana's hand and my hand, and pulled us to the fun-house. I didn't remember agreeing to go in there, but I must have.
The fun-house started with funny mirrors. The ones that make you look really fat or really tall. There was a lot. And a lot of people. The mirrors were funny. I laughed the entire time. We looked so weird!
After the mirrors comes this big spinning disk. The one you get on, then it starts to move and you get thrown off because it was spinning. But the walls were padded, so it didn't hurt. I sat in the near center with the other kids. Adriana moved on; she wanted to find the barrel of fun, this big spinning barrel. It was really hard to get through without falling. Melissa got on with me.
"This is so much fun!" I exclaimed after I got thrown off completely. I started to get up. A blond girl next to me, heard me.
"I know! I love fun-houses," the girl said. She looked a little older than me. I decided to see if she wanted to be friends.
"Hi! I'm Bella," I introduce myself. The girl got up.
"I'm Anna," the girl said. She and I walked toward the next part. I looked back and saw Melissa get on the spinning disk again.
"Are you new here? I've never seen you before and I know all the kids in town. At least the ones my age," Anna said. I shook my head.
"How can you know all the kids?" I asked, stepping into the barrel. After falling twenty times, I finally make it across by crawling.
"Simple silly. From school," Anna said. I reached out my hands and helped her out.
"I don't go to school yet," I told her. She looked at me surprised.
"Really? You look old enough," Anna said. I shrugged. We continued to the shaky stairs. They moved up and down and side to side. I almost fell a lot. Anna and I helped each other out.
"It's my birthday today," I told her. We continued to walk. Then bam! This burst of air hits us. I got so scared I screamed. So did Anna. I broke down laughing at her face. Anna laughed too, probably at me.
"Well, happy birthday! Are you going to start school soon?" Anna asked. I shrugged.
"I don't know," I told her. We hit the end of the fun-house, right before the slide. We stopped and waited a little.
"You should. School is really fun. The teachers are awesome. They teach you stuff like the ABC'S and how to read," Anna told me. I was about to say something, when I remembered that humans my age weren't as smart as me.
"That sounds cool," I said instead. She smiled.
"And recess is the funnest time ever! There's jump rope and games and slides and swings. Really, you should come," Anna said. I nodded. She slid down the slide and I followed behind.
"Well I got to go. Bye!" Anna said. I waved bye.
"Bye!" I said, running to Jasper, Alice, and Adriana. Melissa still hadn't come out.
"Have fun?" Jasper asked. I nodded and took my purple dolphin from his hands.
"Totally!" I answered.
"Blow out your candles and make a wish." Esme said. I thought carefully. What did I want? I didn't know what to wish for! I already got everything I wanted. 'Oh, wait! I know.' I took a deep breath and blow the candles out. I wished to make new friends. I loved my family, but I wanted to make new friends.
"Now can we eat the cake?" Adriana asked. I laughed and Esme said yes. She cut Adriana, Melissa, and me a big piece of cake. Chocolate cake. My favorite. I had seconds. Hey, it was my birthday. I could pig out.
I looked over at my gifts. I got a new book(Wuthering Heights) from Edward, a bracelet from Rosalie, a comic book from Richard, a cute white beret from Alice, a (half size) guitar from Jasper(he said he was going to teach me how to play it), and monopoly from Emmett. I got Mommy's, Daddy's, and Eric's present earlier today. They were in my room.
I finished my cake. Afterward, I took a shower, brushed my teeth, changed into my pajamas, and had Rosalie brush my hair which got unbelievably tangles at the carnival. I should have put it in a ponytail. I liked having my hair brushed. It was soothing. Anyway, I kinda dozed off in Rosalie's room, so she carried me to my room and tucked me in. I woke up a little when she set me down.
Rosalie left the room. I made myself comfortable in my bed and held my teddy bear close to me.
I loved my life.
AN: That's the beginning. Did you like it? Were you disappointed? Were you not? Tell me, please. That's it for now.