A/N: I was dying to write a Twilight fic, so of course, I dropped everything and got started right away. Thanks for reading, and here it is! I was very curious to see how this would turn out, so don't be mad if I got something wrong.

IMPORTANT! BELLA HAS ALREADY MET EDWARD BLAH BLAH BLAH! She's at his table, meeting his family for the first time. And, EVERY ONE IS A VAMPIRE! The backgrounds are slightly changed.

BPOV

I was at Edwards table for the first time. It was the day after we had our first lunch together, and here I was now, about to meet his family. There was the beautiful blond, the big dude, a happy but the tiniest bit shy guy, and last, was the very shy girl with spiky hair who would not meet anyone's eyes.

"Bella, this is Rosalie, Emmett, Jasper, and…" Edward introduced then paused slightly but continued as if he hadn't. "And Alice. Guys, meet Bella Swan."

"Hey Bella." Rosalie greeted happily.

"What's up?" Emmett joked excitedly.

Jasper just nodded his head and smiled.

Alice, on the other hand, gave the smallest of nods, and turned her attention back to her tray of food. Edward sighed and gave an apologetic look.

I smiled and waved to them all, saying, "Hey. It's nice to meet all of you."

"Edward talks about you all the time." Rosalie gushed as me and Edward sat down, me across from Alice, next to Jasper, who had Emmett on his other side. Edward was to the left of Alice and Rosalie.

"Really?" I glared at Edward.

"Yeah huh. Like, always." Emmett joked again.

"It's like a never ending string of Bella this and Bella that. Not that we're sick of you." Rose reassured.

Alice turned quickly to Rosalie, whispering something like, "I have to go, see ya." Alice got up swiftly and left. She did all this in less than ten seconds.

"Sorry bout Alice. She's a little on the shy side." Edward jerked his head in the general direction that Alice had went.

"More like a lot." Rosalie sighed unhappily. "We can't really get through to her. She'll talk to us like, ten minutes out of the whole week. Not much fun from her. I wish we knew why she was like this…she won't open to anyone, not even Esme. Mostly, if she talks to any one, it's me. Maybe cause I'm the closet she has to sister but…I don't know."

"Who's Esme?" I asked curiously.

"Oh, she's just our adoptive mother. Her husband is Carlisle." Jasper explained.

"Yeah, I remember him." I nodded, thinking of the short time I had spent in the hospital after my near death experience with Tyler's car.

"Yeah, he's the best." Emmett agreed.

"Anyway, it's something that happened before they adopted her. She joined us when she was ten…she's been with us for eight years." Edward commented.

"We've all been here since we were eight…though we're all the same age, she just got here a bit after us." Rose added as we got up from the table.

"Oh. So, has she always been like this, or did she used to talk with you more, and then pull away?" I asked confused a bit.

"Well, we were ten when she came, she was ten…." Edward thought for a moment. "I think she's always been like this. I mean, if she was already shy to begin with, then something happened to her that made her like this…she just got worse. She only leaves the house for school…Carlisle and Esme never like to force her into anything, because she gets upset easily too. Put under too much pressure…"

"And she cracks. Brings on so many tears it makes a water fall look crappy." Rose finished and the other three nodded.

"Oh, that's so sad." I sighed.

"It is." All three of them agreed at the same time.

APOV

"Bella, this is Rosalie, Emmett, Jasper, and…" Edward introduced then paused slightly but continued as if he hadn't. "And Alice. Guys, meet Bella Swan."

"Hey Bella." Rosalie greeted happily.

"What's up?" Emmett joked excitedly.

Jasper just nodded his head and smiled.

I nodded briefly to Bella, happier to look down at my tray of untouched food. Bella murmured a greeting, then she and Edward sat down.

I don't do well with people. Not since…I shuddered and made myself stop thinking about it. I turned to Rose and whispered quickly, "I have to go, see ya." I stood and left the table silently, heading for my locker.

Once there, I tried to control my breathing, which had been acting up since Bella sat down. I knew they were talking about me, and blushed, though I couldn't even hear them.

I couldn't help it. Even since Carlisle invited me into his family when I was ten, after that horrible day, I couldn't help but be shy. I rarely even talked with Rosalie, who I was just like before the incident. Though it's, true, the person I spoke most with was Rose. Meeting strangers didn't help at all. I would get all jittery and nervous, and have to leave the room.

I thought about skipping out for the rest of the day. I never have before, and the other's did it so many times…

My mind made up, I rushed to the nearest door, stepping into the bright sunlight, suddenly remembering a line from my favorite book, The Outsiders, when Jonny said to Ponyboy,

"Stay gold Ponyboy. Stay gold."

A/N: Hey everybody! Lol, did you like it? Hate it? I wasn't sure how this would turn out...you could say I winged it...and the line from Outsiders...I had to read that last year, and I just thought of it when I wrote the last part, so I just put it in. Thanks for reading, please review!