A/n; Oh hey people :) I said last time that it was a long chapter but...it wasnt :( I thought it was, then I posted it and it was actually quite short. So! Im gonna try do longer chapters! :D woooo! Italics is the last few sentences from last time, then its the new chappy
Cullens come into the picture in this chapter guys! :3
:) Also, Im gonna make Rosalie a bit more accepting of Bella, but not totally.
Thank you the first 2 reviewers; SagaObsessed for a great review that made me smile, and Lain Alastair for another lovely review :)
Disclaimer: Dont own it. :(
BPOV
"Well you can leave her alone, and dont even think about coming back," What Edward said caused me to sigh in gratefulness, thanking the almighty that it was finally over. But I looked up at James before he turned to leave, and the look in his eyes told me he wouldnt be listening to Edwards warning.
I sat there, frozen, from the look James had given me as he turned to leave, eventually running through the dark trees, out of sight. Oh crap. This is all I need right now. Not that I knew what was gonna happen when I got down here anyway. I dont think I should've been kicked out anyway, it wasnt even that bad, the thing I had done.
"Hello?"
I flinched at the intrusion into my thoughts. I looked up at this 'Edward' guy, who could've potentionally saved my life. But he could easily kill me instead. I slowly turned towards Edward from my spot on the dirty forest floor. Ugh, my arse hurts like a bitch. He put out his for me to help me up, but I flinched away from him. Would'nt you? I mean, I was just running for my life. He looked at me saddly, slowly pulling his hand back to his side. I smiled at him apologetically, whilst getting up. Wow. He's quite tall. I was only five or so feet tall, whilst he was around the six foot mark. I brushed off all the dirt and leaves off of my little white flowing dress that was getting dirty and tatty. I decided to start off the conversation, "Well, thanks for saving me from that asshat, but I really got to get goin' on my way," I said, turning around and slowly walking away, hoping he would'nt decide to kill me or anything. Before I could take more than five steps away from him, I felt something cold and firm wrap around my wrist. I jolted slightly, not expecting to me held in place but a vice grip.
I turned, finding a hand on my wrist, atached to an arm, then Edwards body. His face looked slightly distraught. He looked a bit sheepish, but let go of my wrist, slowly righting himself. He cleared his throat, "Urm, would you like to come and get cleaned up-" He was cut off by a another beautiful voice, shouting his name. "Edwaaard!" I turned around, seeing a little girl. She looked elfin in appearance, with black hair, she had a short hair cut, but It suited her. Whilst thinking this, I only just realised that she was running straight towards me, and didnt have time to react before she ran into me and through her arms around me to hug me.
I fell to the ground, with the little pixie girl still hugging me, "Bella! I knew you'd be here!" Huh? I scrambled to my feet, trying to right the girl at the same time. She stood aswell, and started literally bouncing in place. "Ughh, hi?" I said to both of the vampires, who were just staring at me. It was making me a little uncomfortable. "What?" They looked at each other, before the girl started to speak, "Oh! sorry! Im Alice Cullen, very pleased to meet you Bella," Alice said happily, putting her hand out for me to shake. I shook her hand, unsure whether or not I should trust these seemingly harmless vampires. "This is my brother, Edward, but Im sure you've already met." She smiled slyly at me. Edward looked at his sister a little frustrated then turned back to me, "So, as I was saying before Alice beat you to the ground, would you like to come and get cleaned up?" Before I could reply, Alice had already grabbed my hand, dragging me through the thick brush of the forest. "Ofcourse she wants to! She's been running God knows where for the past three weeks," That sounded good, getting cleaned up, I mean I probablly stink. But what Alice said confused me. She had said I'd been running for the past three weeks, but how would she know that?
"How do you know that?" I said to her accusingly, she shot me a nervous glance, then opened her mouth, but closed it again. She motioned to Edward, but I dont know what for. I was suddenly picked up by two strong arms, and looked up to see it was Edward. "Hey! I can run you know!" I said angrily. He looked at me for a second, before taking off into a fast run, following Alice.
I was starting to feel sick, sure, I could go at this speed, but only If I was the one running. Not the one being carried, which is what I am now. Edward started to slow down, so I looked up to see that a massive mansion was coming into view. I was looking at it in awe. It had white painted walls on the outside, with wall length windows, and I'd say there were maybe three floors to the mini-mansion. "You live here?" I asked, slightly stunned. Edward had slowed to a walk, because we were only a little ways away from the house. He looked down at me, smiled slightly then spoke, "Yeah, its quite big, but there are seven of us-" I shreeked slightly, scared at the prospect of going into a house with seven vampires. "You cant expect me to go in there! Not after what I just went through!" I said anxiously, trying to get out of the cradle of his arms. "Its not like we're going to kill you, Bella," Alice said before she walked into the giant house. Oops. I think I offended her. She'll get over it, maybe. Edward stroked his hand across my cheek, getting my attention immediatly. "We're not going to hurt you Bella. Do you even know where your going? you could probably stay a while until you get yourself sorted out."
He was right. I didnt know where I was going, or what I would do even if I did. I looked at him and mumbled for him to put me down. He did slowly, steadying me so I would'nt fall over. I nodded my head reluctantly, and followed him inside the mini-mansion.
They were all staring at me. I was fidgeting in my seat, because my wings had been contracted for too long, and were'nt fully healed yet. I looked at them all, as they looked at me, occasionally looking towards one of thier family members. "Well? Is'nt anyone going to introduce themselves?" I said, quite rudely, but they had it coming, I thought. One of them looked at his partner, them began to speak to me, "Yes, sorry. Im sure you are'nt very comfortable with us all standing around you," He motioned for all of them to sit down. They all did so without questioning him. This was the leader, I gathered. "Im Carlisle Cullen, and this is my wife, Esme Cullen," He hugged the women next to him to his side, as she showed me a motherly must be Esme.
Alice was practically bouncing where she sat, with a lanky blond male smiling at her adoringly, trying to calm her down by pushing slightly on her shoulders. She stopped bouncing and smiled at him. The blond male looked towards me, and smiled, "Im Jasper, and this is my wife Alice, but you already knew that," he said. I smiled at him, and felt relaxed by him. I looked towards the burly brown haired male, with his arm wrapped around the most beautiful women I had ever seen. She caught my eye and smiled a little, but she didnt look as happy as the others about my being here. "Hi, Im Rosalie, and this is Emmett, my husband," Once Emmett heard his name he looked at his wife and smiled happily before turning and getting up to come over to me. I shrank back slightly, but he grabbed me out of my seat and hugged me tightly. Too tightly. "Cant..breath!" I gasped out. Emmett looked alarmed, then quickly let go of me. I fell back into my seat, rubbing around my shoulders where he had squished me. There'd be bruises. Great. "Im sorry! I was just...giving you a hug," He looked sheepish and a bit sad, so I smiled at him reasuringly to let him know it was fine.
He smiled like a little kid, then spoke, "Well hey, anyway. Welcome to the family Bells!" My head snapped to him quickly, as everyone else looked a bit anxious, "What do you mean? Im just staying until I get better, thats all," I said confusedly, standing up, I turned to Carlisle, "Is there somewhere I could maybe take a shower, if thats alright with you, that is?" He nodded slowly, then pointed upstairs. "I'll show her, Carlisle," Alice said, grabbing my hand and walking me upstairs.
"I have some spare clothes if you want, and I can show you to a guest room or something-" I cut her off, "Alice, how did you know I had been running for my life for three weeks? And why not try help me before now?" Alice looked back at me, resigned. She turned around again facing away from me as she spoke to me, "We didnt help you before now because I already knew that you'd get here safely, I wasnt sure if it would change but in the last week or so, I saw that you would arrive safely, because I can see the future," She said, sighing as she looked back again at me. I didnt really know what to say, so I just nodded.
She dragged me into one of the many rooms, and pulled me onto a bed. I assumed this was Alices' and Jaspers' room. I turned to look at Alice to see that she was rummaging through what looked like a giant walk in closet. "You can wear this," she said, flinging a little white summer dress at me. "Thanks...I think," I said, before standing up, I walked over to Alice, who still had her back turned, looking in the closet, looking for who knows what. "How do you all know James, anyway?" Alice immediatly stopped what she was doing and turned to face me, "We'll tell you whatever you want to know after you get out of the shower, but please, dont leave us. I can tell that your going to be important to all of us. Especially Edward." She said, taking my hands into hers, "He's been alone for such a long time Bella, please dont leave." She said, giving me a puppy dog look, I was slightly shocked, "I cant say I'll stay, because I dont know that yet, but I will stay for a week or so, to get better and stuff. Now can I go take a shower?" I said to her, she looked at me, then suddenly smiled, and started rushing me into a room that was atached to the bedroom. I presumed it was the bathroom. Before she shut the door, she spoke, "Hurry up, we all have stuff to talk about." she said, as she turned to shut the door she said "I know we'll be great friends Bells." Then she shut the door.
What a strange family. But nice, they all seemed friendly enough, I just hoped it stayed that way.
A/N: I hope that was longer than the last one, Im not sure cause my thing Im using to write doesnt have word count :( but yeah, tell me what you thought of the Cullens, and Alice, cause Alice is my favorite Cullen. :D I should update the story once or twice a week, but you know how life is, it gets in the way :) Please review! Just click that little green button below :D Reviews make me happy :)
