This is the sequel to CULLENS BEHAVING BADLY – reading that first would be best, but not necessary. This story is fun and silly, no copyright violations intended. All belongs to Stephanie Meyer, at the moment.

Merry Christmas! - or merry advent, whatever, my Christmas present to you is the long awaited squeal to Cullens Behaving Badly- let's hope it's worth it! I haven't written it for a while so it could take a little while to get back "in the swing" (as people say...) anyway, enjoy and please review! xo

Cullens Still Behaving Badly

Chapter 1

Bella's POV

Bella's POV

Smiling I dragged myself away from Edward and dressed in some jeans and a tee from my enormous closet. Then I wandered down stairs to find Renesme, she was already dressed and reading a book on the front steps.

"What you reading love?" Edward asked, shutting the deep blue door behind him.

"Pride and Prejudice!" Nessie smiled back, "Come on! Jake's coming early today." she pulled at my arm.

When we got to the house it was suspiciously quiet and I wondered if the other's were back from hunting yesterday. The house was empty and Jake knocked on the front door loudly, then let himself in.

"Morning," he said to all of us, but swung Nessie around the room in a warm hug, she was fully matured now but I placed my hand on Edward's arm in warning, she was a big girl and knew her daddy's limits though and pulled away.

"Play nice then," I grinned back, "make sure you get yourselves something for breakfast, we're just going hunting for an hour or two. Bye bye," I blew kisses to both Jacob and Nessie, knowing that they too knew exactly what my kisses meant for each of them.

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Edward and I came back, fully refreshed after our hunt. Hand in hand we crossed the threshold onto the Cullen's lawn and a voice could be heard from inside the house,

"Emmett chinked his glass of, special, wine (I don't know how I'll ever get used to that stuff, it was hard enough eating the wedding buffet let alone with that stuff in the glasses surrounding me) and turned towards Edward and myself. It dawned on me that he, as best man, (or partly best man, Edward hadn't the heart to tell Em he only shared the job with Carlisle and Jasper) and needed to make a speech. And, as Em, what ever he chose to share with us, it was bound to make me blush.

"'Dear friends, family,' he said loudly, 'and vampires,' he added, so only those in question and myself, sitting less than a meter from him, could hear, 'as best man,' Edward coughed and shot helpless glances to Jasper and Carlisle, 'am obliged to make a speech for my dear brother and my newest sister today, and I must say, just how happy I am for them.'

"Em's speech was going well, none of the guests had picked up on his vampire comment (thank God mom hadn't or I would never heard the end of it, my new family would be 'erm... a little insane.... I mean...' quote mom) , and even I had struggled to make out the sexually repressed. It was a miracle, but I hadn't even turned pale pink yet for all his efforts, although Edward playing with my fingers under the table was having the opposite effect on my heart rate, 'I have plenty to say about our puppy loving Bella, but first I think I should do the decency of embarrassing Edward first.' from across the room I could see Seth and Billy stiffen but Emmett passed them a wink.

"'Myself and Edward first met way back when I still played with bears,' a chorus of 'you still do' came from every supernatural or Cullen, (including myself – I don't know when I'll get used to being Mrs Cullen!), Emmett corrected himself, "or at least when I still let bears win. As the younger of my adopted brothers, Jasper and I, have quite rightly looked on him as our little brother, and boy is he little.' Emmett added stress to his last words, causing even Esme to giggle softly into her napkin, but my guests to simply raise their eye brows and speculate of Em's precise sexuality... I won't write out his whole speech, I'm just so happy Emmett was trying for us, I knew he wouldn't be the one having any troubles adjusting to me as his new sister but all the same..."

Emmett's clear reading voice (an authentic impression of my own reading voice in actual fact) blurred as it dawned on me just what he was reading – my diary of the year before I changed. Edward seemed to realise just as I did and followed me as we took a few split seconds to sprint into the sitting room but Em was one step ahead of us and had the book out of our reach.

"Renesme Carlie Cullen!" I shouted, "where did you find that?"

She shrugged, flopping her perfectly curled hair over one shoulder, "You didn't object that I was reading it earlier, I did tell you what I was reading..." she trailed off.

I turned to Emmett in accusation, "and why may I ask, did you chose to encourage this and read it to the whole family?"

"Why did you expect so little of my speech?" he came back but I stared him out and he cracked, "well it would be unfair not to?"

"How much did you read?" I asked bluntly.

"I skimmed some more but Nessie didn't get anything good," Emmett replied with his head bowed.

"Give it back now," I said sternly, thanking my lucky stars that Nessie hadn't read anything good.

He grinned back at me, "But Edward next to me, he is all I ever wanted and all I'll ever need, he's so dreamy and...." he mocked me picking random lines of my messy life book.

I grabbed for the little book and looked for back up from my 'dreamy' Edward but it seemed he was enjoying it.

"Please, Emmett, at least not with Nessie around." I begged.

Em's face lit up, "So I get to read it!"

I agreed smoothly, "but remember our little arm wrestle, yes that one ten years ago, you can read it but no comments may be made as to my personal life..."

His face fell a little, "We should really ask Carlisle about a rematch," he grumbled, "where is he anyway?"

"Ten years ago," Edward suddenly said, then with a small scream, "oh God, not ten years ago!"

I shrugged my shoulders then a card took my attention on the coffee table, it was a really nice table. We'd got it 10 years ago in Forks; actually Esme thought she'd got it 11 years ago in Forks but Emmett had bought this as a replacement... then I realised what Esme told us she'd be doing 10 years ago from now – I snatched the card from the table and read it.

Hello darlings,

Sorry only to leave a card but I didn't think Edward would ever let us go if we told you we were going. Carlisle and I planned another break, not sure how long, this time we'll be checking the papers. Same rules as last time. All our love,

Esme and Carlisle.

"Huh," Edward snorted from over my shoulder, "I don't think they've left us all their love judging by the king-sized bed in their suite the last time they went away..."

"Shush!" I tutted, then drawing back my shield I added, please, under 10's in present. Edward grinned back at me.

Alice and Jasper ran out from where they had quietly been listening to my 'fascinating' diary in the corner to read the letter. After a few split seconds Jasper cleared the atmosphere and Alice's eyes glazed as she saw forward, "Nothing much to worry about," she shrugged her shoulders, then turned, "although Bella what was the problem with eating my buffet at the wedding?"

I edged carefully, "I don't really remember..."

"Excuse me, whatever excellent news you guys are discussing I haven't the foggiest what you're talking about." Jake whined.

"Oh sorry," I apologized, knowing Nessie didn't know the story either, "Have you heard about the time Emmett swum the county finals naked? Or the time we had a war? Or when we nearly killed the a college teacher? I don't know if you're heard how we found out Alice and I were related, or about the day Jasper cross dressed. You've probably been told about when Alice got high though..."

Jacob and Nessie nodded in unison.

"Well they all happened 10 years ago, the last time Esme and Carlisle went on holiday." I finished, I could hear Emmett laughing quietly to himself just at the memory of Jasmine.

"Whatever the rules were I don't time they were very good then!" Jake snorted.

I presented to look upset, "Jake, the only real rule was that I was in charge!"

Jake rolled his eyes and flipped onto the sofa, "So what do we do now?"

"Same things as we were planning on doing today." Rose said icily to Jake, looking up from her magazine, "I'm going to the sales."

"But babe!" Emmett whined loudly, "We'll be back at school at Monday – can't we have some parent free fun today?"

"But Emmy, this sale's one day," Alice replied quickly, "and you usually find a way to have 'fun' at school anyway."

"Alice, you can go to the sale next time. Em's right, we should all do something fun. Nana and Poppa might be back by then anyway." Nessie decided, nobody would argue after that, because even though she was now fully grown, Nessie had the power to charm the rest of the Cullens.

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