Chapter One: The New House

It's the year 2156. This was Bella's 150th birthday, and my family was finally moving back to Forks, much to Bella's delight. She loved Barrow, Alaska because it was dry, but she had always loved Forks more than any other place in the world. I was 238 years old, and still very happy with my life with Bella.

Our daughter, Renesmee, was full grown, seemingly forever 16. Jacob Black was still with us. He was one of the two left living members of his ancient pack; Seth was the other, and he was living in Ireland. Jacob had decided that he would never leave his wolf side because he wanted to stay with Renesmee forever.

Alice was still living happily with Jasper, and they were in Africa, with the Amazon vampires until the school year started. Emmett and Rosalie were living in Alberta, Canada until the school year in Forks, which started next week. Me, Bella, Jacob, and Renesmee stayed with Carlisle and Esme, not wanting to completely split up the family.

The new house we had just bought in Forks was 80 years old, and painted brown with black trim. It had 5 levels, which wasn't that many in this time. Every house nowadays had 3 or more levels.

Since we had found the house, Bella and I got to choose our room first. Bella found the perfect one on the 5th floor.

"Edward, come look at this room. It's so beautiful and perfect!" She exclaimed, leaning over the rail to look at me, standing 4 floors down. Her face was a perfect painting of joy.

"But it's so far to walk!" I teased, appearing beside her a second later. She turned around to glare at me.

"Don't tell me old age is finally getting to you!" She fake swooned, falling back down into my arms. Her perfect façade didn't last long; she giggled after 13 seconds, opening her eyes and standing up straight again. She pulled on my hand, running down the hall at a human pace.

"Now close your eyes!" I obeyed. "Now follow me… Ok open them in 5…4…3…2…1!" The room that spread out before us was huge and spacious, with two doors at the opposite end. One was a closet, the other a bathroom, I reckoned. I turned to Bella and kissed her softly. She was so excited; I could feel it tingling in her lips.

"Now where should we put our bed? And all of your clothes?" I asked, walking through the room, fighting a grin. Bella whacked me on the back of the head, and I turned around and let the grin loose. Bella had become more and more like Alice over the last century, collecting as many clothes as Alice.

"Well, this one is the closet…" Bella danced into the door on the left. I peered in after her. The closet was about the size of half of our bedroom, and painted dark blue just like the walls in the room.

"It's perfect, isn't it? Now, here is where we could put our bed and our TV could go here and then the couch can go here, and the table here!" Bella twirled from place to place as she described what would go there.

"Where are Jacob and Renesmee going to be?" I asked, grabbing her wrist as she circled the room for the eighth time. Her face was baffled at my question for a second, and then she figured out what I meant.

"Oh, I was going to try to convince them to take the 4th floor, and then Alice and Jasper on the 3rd, Emmett and Rosalie on the 2nd, and Carlisle and Esme can have the extension on the first floor. Do you think they would agree to that?" She was extremely pleased about how well thought up her plans were, and it showed. She was radiating smugness.

"Of course! Now let's get our stuff up here so we'll have a place to call our room by tonight." I laughed and swooped Bella up into my arms and raced down the stairs. Jacob was at the bottom of the stairs, balancing a bed frame on his back.

"Where is our room?" He said, swinging the frame down onto the ground.

"You and Renesmee get the entire 4th floor, we're on the 5th. You guys can bring your stuff up now, but make sure you're done by 5:30. We're going to the airport to pick up Alice and Jasper then." I set Bella down while I talked, and her face became sulky, and her lower lip pouted out. "Bella, what's wrong?" I said then, brushing a loose strand of hair back behind her ear.

"You set me down! I like it when you carry me, it's sweet!" She said, looking at me with pitiful eyes.

"See you later, Jacob." I chuckled as I picked Bella up again, and watched her face become radiant again. We ran out to the moving van and got our bed and couch. Bella took the bed, and beat me up the stairs. She already had the bed frame set up and together by the time I got up the stairs.

"You're slow today!"

"Am not! I was carrying the couch remember. You carried the bed frame, so you didn't have to navigate as much as I did." I swung the couch down off my shoulders and slid it into the spot Bella had chosen. The bed was backed up to the mirrored wall, facing out towards the rest of the room. The couch sat diagonally from it, to the left.

Later that week, after Alice, Jasper, Emmett, and Rosalie had come back, school started. Bella and I were the first ones out to the cars, and we decided to take Bella's 3-month old Ferrari. Sadly, cars and their looks hadn't changed much in the past 150 years, so it was basically a far more advanced model of the car I had given her when we got married. I now used an Aston Martin Vanquish. They had started making them again 12 years ago, so I bought one last year.

Alice and Jasper came out after us and climbed into the backseat with grins on their faces.

"Bella, are you excited to be going back to Forks High? Jasper is, and so am I. I wonder if Emmett and Rosalie are excited too?" Alice leaned forward and gripped my shoulder, her eyes sparkling.

"Yeah, it's been so long since I've even seen it, I've been wondering if it still looks the same! I keep thinking Mr. Banner will be there, but them I remember he was 40 when I went there the first time! He's been dead for 110 years!" Bella laughed a light laugh and revved the engine. She was eager to go.

When Emmett and Rosalie came out, Emmett told us to go. They would bring Jacob and Renesmee in the Jeep. Bella squealed and pressed her foot to the floor, sending the car out into the rain. We were at the school in 5 minutes.

"Let's go!" Bella said snapping out of the car. I rolled my eyes and got out, with Alice and Jasper behind me. Jasper had gotten better with our diet, and he was no longer in pain as much as he used to be. We all still he a burn in our throats when we were near humans, but he was much more comfortable with it now.

Emmett pulled the Jeep in right next to our car 30 seconds later, and then all four of them ran to catch up with us.

"I take it Bella was driving?" Jacob said, throwing his head back and laughing. Bella stuck her tongue out at him then returned her focus to the school.

I heard Renesmee behind us. "Jacob, that wasn't very nice! She's the only sane driver in this family, besides me. We've decided to drive like sane people, not crazy chickens running around with their heads cut off." She giggled in a clear, high soprano. Her hand was in Jacob's, just like Bella's was in mine.

For this stay at Forks our last names were based off Jasper, Alice, Jacob and me. Whitlock, Brandon, Black, and Masen. But we were still the Cullens, and always would be; Just not here, not now.

It was like this: Emmett, Carlisle, Esme, and I were the Masens. Then Rosalie and Jasper took Whitlock, while Renesmee, Bella, and Alice took Brandon. Jacob stayed Jacob Black. Alice loved having Bella share her last name.

"Edward, are our schedules the same? I don't want to have to sit alone in any of my classes," Bella's hand tightened in mine. I laughed a carefree laugh, attracting some attention from the other people standing outside the school. Bella's hand relaxed.

"Bella, do you honestly think that I would let you leave my side? No, we have every class together. No need to worry." I turned my head to face the others. "And I fixed it so Emmett is always with Rosalie, Alice always with Jasper, and Renesmee will always be by Jacob. You're welcome."

A low chorus of thank you's came from behind me. They were genuine.

Now we were getting even more stares as we walked into the office. "Edward, do you know what's going on? Everyone is staring…" Jasper's voice trailed off as someone pointed at him. A low hiss escaped from his lips.

I walked up to the desk. "Hello, I'm Edward Masen and this is Bella Brandon, Alice Brandon, Renesmee Brandon, Emmett Masen, Jacob Black, Rosalie Whitlock, and Jasper Whitlock. We're new to the district." I used a low voice to keep the girl in the corner from hearing. She darted out the second Bella's eyes lifted off of her.

"Oh, so you're the new family that moved into the old Jameson house. Welcome to Forks! I heard that all of you were adopted and well, anyway! Here are your schedules. These two are for Jasper and Alice, these two for Jacob and Renesmee, these two for Emmett and Rosalie, and then these two are for you and Ms. Bella. You all seem to share classes. Have a good first day!" She seemed very cheery for a receptionist.

Bella and I walked to our first class, English, hand in hand. Bella was oddly withdrawn now, holding something back.

"Bella, what are you thinking? Your shield is up, I can't tell. Are you worried about something?" I asked her, squeezing her hand. Her lips barely moved as she spoke.

"Edward, there's something wrong. People are staring and pointing, and I've heard the word Cullen 3 times. They know who we are, and that's why they're avoiding us. It's just got me really confused!" We sat down side by side in English, at a twin desk in the middle of the room.

For the first time in many years, I actually listened to the thoughts of the people around me. Especially the girl; the same one who had been in the front office. Her thoughts were jumbled. What's with those people? They creep me out! And that boy, he looks like the one Granddad showed me in the picture of his father's graduation! But that would be impossible…what did Granddad call them? Oh yeah…The Collins or the Cullens…The Cullens! That's what it was. That is such a weird name, Cullen. I wonder what their names are.

Now she spoke aloud. "Hi, my name is Celli. What're your names?" She held out her hand, and rubbing her hands together to make them warmer, Bella shook it. Celli still flinched at the temperature.

"Well, my name is Bella Brandon, and this is Edward Masen. We just moved into town. We're loving it so far." Bella grinned, showing her pure white teeth. I rolled my eyes and poked her. She instantly closed her mouth.

"Oh, sweet. Where are you guys living at?" She pulled her chair over and sat down. Ms. Fillingest, our English teacher, had decided to give us the day to get to know each other.

" I think the house is most commonly referred to as the old Jameson house. Our foster-dad works at the hospital, so it's not that much of a drive for him." I said, brushing Bella's hair back again. It always fell out of place.

"Wow, that house is huge! I mean, it has 5 levels. Most of the houses here only have 2. I live in the really old house. It's way back in the woods. My mom bought it because of all the windows and because it had a grand piano already. The original owners, from the early 2000's, left the piano there. My granddad called the house the Cullen house. Have you heard of it?" Celli's eyes were innocent, but still suspicious.

Bella's breath caught and her eyes grew narrow, but her voice was still cheery. "You're the only people to live in it since the 2000's? Wow, that's such a long time. Where's it at?" She was searching, trying to see if it was our old house. I wanted to know, too.

"It's right of the highway, about 10 minutes from school. Yeah the other people that lived there left because it was supposedly haunted or something." I laughed quietly. So that was the story Carlisle had told the hospital. Very creative.

The bell rung then, and Bella raced out of the room. I followed her close.

"Edward, she knows who we are and she lives in our house! I know I was the one who wanted to come back, but this is dangerous. I actually think we should move away!" She glared at someone who pointed at her. They instantaneously dropped their hand.

We walked into biology, and Bella momentarily forgot her anger and squealed in delight as she realized the tables were the same, and that ours was still open. I followed her over and sat down. "Is that what you really want, Bella? To leave so soon after we've come back? You know the second we leave you'll just want to come back again." I leaned back into the chair and relaxed. We were watching a movie today.

"Yes, I know, but I would be able to endure. I just don't want us to be found out! You know what? I think I'll do some research." She pulled out her laptop and opened it. Teachers nowadays never used paper anymore; they always had us take notes on our computers. So it looked like Bella was simply taking notes.

She typed in our name on the search engine, and then chose Forks, Washington when the search engine asked her for city and state.

The first thing that came up was a picture of Bella, Renesmee, and me, sitting on our old couch in 2007. Renesmee was the size of a 5 year old, and Bella was grinning widely. How had somebody gotten a picture of us?

But what really shocked me was the caption. Edward, Bella, and Renesmee Cullen, the resident Forks immortals. I gasped in synchronization with Bella. Who had posted this? And most importantly, how had they know we were immortal?