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I should warn all of you now who read The Lost Nobodies, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - After Life, Race to Immortality, Vampires on Waverly Place: Twilight Version, The Animal In You,The Clash of Vampires, Even Monsters Have Souls, Ever Wondering Mind, Love of Royalty and Breaking Dawn: The Missing Twin...
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Chapter TWO
~Edward Cullen~
Finally, after an hour or so of running, I made it to my family's large home on the outskirts of New York. Bella had been sleeping peacefully in my arms ever since, so I didn't need to fear of frightening this little human girl of how fast I can run.
I stopped in front of the wraparound porch of our Victorian styled home, and slowed down to a walk when I felt Bella stirring in my cold arms. "Hey there, sleepy head." I cooed; again, me and the cooing is an odd combination. Bella yawned, stretching her tiny arms above her head while her mouth formed into the shape of a tiny "o". She then rubbed at her doe brown eyes and stared sleepily up at me. "Where awre we?" she asked me groggily.
"We're at my house; you'll be able to meet my family." I told her, giving her a small smile. Her eyes grew wide while she suddenly buried her warm face into my chest. "What's wrong?" I asked her worriedly, stopping my walking towards the front door. "New pweople?" she mumbled. "Are you afraid to meet my family?" I asked her, desperately trying to stop myself from laughing at her embarrassment.
I felt her tiny head nod against my shirt, and I smirked. She's a shy one, that's for sure. "Don't worry, Bella. My family is extremely nice towards new people, and I know they'll love you." I assured her, smiling when she slowly pulled her face away from me. "Rweally?" she asked, hope ringing in her tiny voice. "Of course! Who wouldn't love you?" I asked her, giving her a bright smile again. She giggled, but then her smile disappeared. "What is it now, sweetie?" I asked her concernedly.
"That scwary man..." she trailed off, looking down at the ground. "What scary man, Bella?" I asked her. "That scwary man with the rwed eyes, who took Momma and Daddy away frwom me." she told me, pouting. I stroked her hair and let her cry silently on my shoulder; poor girl. So she did see the vampire who slaughtered her parents. Crap... Great, now she's most likely going to have nightmares from it all. "He didn't lwove me." she mumbled suddenly.
"Well, even if he did love you, Bella, his love isn't worthy for you. You're better than earning that mean man's love, that's for sure." I told her; I felt her smile against my shoulder. "Rweally?" she asked me again, pulling her head slightly back to look at me. "Of course." I told her, returning the smile; I've been smiling a lot ever since I found Bella.
"Now, come on; let's get you to meet my family." I told her, chuckling. She giggled and wrapped her tiny arms around my neck tightly; maybe she doesn't want me to let her go. And, of course, I intend to not let her out of my arms because that's the selfish monster I am.
I strode to the door in several steps, and before I could even open the door, it flew open to reveal an overly excited adoptive pixie fashion-fanatic sister of mine. "Took you long enough." she quipped, narrowing her golden eyes at me. "Sorry, Alice. I wanted to make sure Bella could sleep long enough; she had a rough night." I hissed at her in vampire speeds, rolling my eyes at her.
"I know; I had to see it." she hissed back in the same speed, huffing. "Now, let me see Bella. I really want to get to work." she ordered, extending her arms. "Alice..." I trailed off, silently letting her know that I didn't know if it was the right time to give Bella to someone else - and like I had stated earlier, I didn't really intend on letting Bella out of my arms for more than a millisecond. "Oh, hush up, Edward. It's not like I'm going to hurt her or anything." Alice reprimanded me, waggling her fingers to show that she was still waiting for me to transfer Bella over to her.
I sighed and looked down at Bella, to see she was staring at Alice with awe. "Bella?" I asked her; her tiny head snapped back up to look at me. "I'm going to hand you over to Alice for a second, alright?" I asked her. She pointed a finger over at Alice and mumbled, "Pwixie?" I chuckled while Alice giggled. "Yes, that's Alice - the Pixie." I told her, smiling.
She then nodded, answering my question from earlier, and I transferred Bella into Alice's arms without a big fuss. Alice studied Bella's appearance, then with a quick peck on the forehead, Alice gave Bella back to me. "When the others get back from their hunt, we'll go to the mall to get Bella her things; for now, she's going to have to be in that and she'll have to stay with you. Esme should be out back, tending to her garden, and Carlisle is at work right now." Alice informed me.
I nodded and slinked my way around Alice, entering the home fully. Bella stared at everything inside the house and kept asking me what an object was after she pointed to it. After awhile, Esme came inside the home and came over to where I was holding Bella and showing her the piano. "Bella, this is Esme, my mother." I had to hold in my snickers for calling Esme my mother; she was a mother to me, but sometimes she wasn't. Besides, I was much older than Esme, so it was weird to call someone who's younger than me - in vampire years - my mother.
"Esmwe?" Bella asked me, staring up at me for a second before looking back at Esme. "Hello, sweetheart." Esme greeted her kindly, waving at her. Bella giggled and waved back. Then, Bella motioned for me to lean down - which I did - and then cupping her hands over her mouth, she whispered in my ear, "She pwetty." I chuckled along with Esme; we could hear her no matter what, thanks to our keen vampire sense of hearing.
"Thank you for the compliment, Bella." Esme thanked Bella, smiling brightly. Bella blushed from being caught, but she nodded back at Esme. "Alright; where's the little munchkin?!" I heard Emmett boom from outside; again, I could hear him perfectly. Esme and I groaned in unison, while Bella looked at us, confusion written on her face. "Here comes the rest of the cavalry." I mumbled, while Esme laughed.
Seconds later, Emmett came bursting in from the kitchen back door, with Jasper and Rosalie following behind him. Emmett bounded into the living room, and Bella squeaked from seeing his tall stature, and buried her face in my chest for protection. "Emmett, stop making so much noise. You're scaring poor Bella." Esme scolded the certain loud vampire, glaring murderously at him as if daring him to so much as make more noise that'll frighten Bella further.
"Oops; sorry. Didn't mean to scare the little girlie." Emmett apologized, though judging from the smirk on his face, he wasn't truly sorry. "So, where is she?" Rosalie asked excitedly; from her thoughts, she was excited about a little girl in the home, one which she could baby and pretend as if she was her own child. "She's right here." I told her, looking down at Bella, who still had her face hidden from everyone. "Come on, Bella; the rest of my family wants to meet you." I whispered to her, hoping that would encourage her to look up.
Inch by inch, Bella lifted her head and looked at everyone who was surrounding her. "That's Emmett," I began, pointing to Emmett who gave Bella a goofy face; Bella immediately giggled adorably. "And that's Rosalie." I continued, pointing to my blond sister, who smiled at Bella. Bella also smiled back at her. "And that's Jasper." I then pointed at him, who looked stiff slightly, but gave Bella a strained smile. But, oblivious as ever, Bella smiled back at him, waving.
"Can I hold, Edward?" Rosalie asked me gently, looking longingly over at Bella. Bella seemed eager to be held by Rosalie, so I handed Bella off to her, where Rosalie immediately and carefully cradled Bella in her arms. Bella stared at Rosalie's face and hair, and murmured dreamily, "Pwetty." That sent Rosalie's smile in oblivion, where she kissed Bella's forehead.
"Alright, alright; I know that we all want to take turns in getting to know little Bella, be we need to go to the mall and get all of the stuff she needs." Alice interrupted, skipping over to Jasper's side before she began dragging him away to the garage. Rosalie handed Bella back to me, then she grabbed Emmett's hand and dragged him after her, ignoring his complaints of not wanting to go shopping.
"Oh, I need to go get some food for her too. Will you be okay on your own, Edward?" Esme asked me while she grabbed her purse and everything. "Yeah, I'll be fine, Esme." I assured her, smiling. She smiled back, and after nodding, she left the house, where I heard her taking my Volvo.
"So, what should we do, Bella?" I asked her after I set her down on the couch and giving her little stuffed bunny - which I had completely forgotten about until now. She hugged her stuffed bunny to her little body, then shrugged indifferently. "Do you want to watch some TV?" I asked her, to which she nodded eagerly. I laughed and turned on the TV, changing it to some kiddy shows and waited for her to decide on which channel to watch.
While Bella was watching "Spongebob Squarepants" or something like that, I called Carlisle. "Hello, Edward." Carlisle's voice came from the other end of the phone. "Hi, Carlisle. Can you check something for me?" I asked him. "Let me guess; you want me to look at medical records of Isabella Marie Swan?" he asked me, chuckling. "Uh, yeah; how did you know?" I asked him confused. "One: Alice already told me about Bella coming home. And two: it's you, Edward. I know you would worry over Bella's health issues if she has any. I'll try to find her records and see if there's anything wrong with her." Carlisle explained.
"Thanks. And, Carlisle, there's something I need to tell you about Bella's parents." I began, sighing. "You're going to tell me about how you think Bella's parents were murdered by a vampire, right?" he asked, guessing correctly again. "Alice told you?" I asked him, chuckling. "Never bet against the physic, Edward. But, yes, she did tell me that Bella's parents had been drank from a vampire - she just couldn't see who it was. We'll discuss on how to deal with this mysterious vampire when I get home, son. Right now, just stay by Bella; she has gone through something traumatic and since you're the first person to find her, I believe she'll grow attached to you, seeing you as her savior. It's best to comfort her in her time of need. And, later on this week, we'll go back to her house and gather some of her family items before we'll have to inform the authorities if they already haven't found out about their deaths." Carlisle explained to me, sighing in between at times.
I told him I would follow his advice, and we later hung up on each other; I returned to Bella's side to see her still watching her kid show, and that's what I did until Esme came back to the house first. "I didn't know what to buy for Bella, for I didn't know what she'd like to eat. So, I sort of bought every food known to children." Esme told me sheepishly after she was done carrying in the twenty-fifth bag into the kitchen. "Esme, did you leave anything for the other families that have kids?" I asked her incredulously, raising my eyebrows at her.
"Be quiet, mister. Just bring Bella in so I can have her pick her favorite foods." Esme told me, rolling her eyes. "She's probably going to pick all of the junk food." I mumbled, chuckling while I left the kitchen to get Bella from the living room. "Bella, are you hungry?" I asked her after she looked up at me. Just before she could answer me, her tiny stomach growled loudly. "I'll take that as a yes." I stated, chuckling while I reached over and picked her up. "No!" she cried when I began walking away. "What is it, sweetie?" I asked her, frowning; I hope I didn't hurt her.
"Bun-Bun!" she exclaimed, pointing back to the couch; whoops. Forgot her little toy. Chuckling, I walked back over to the couch, picking up her toy and showing it to her. She immediately snatched it out of my hands, and snuggled it to her face while I walked back in the direction of the kitchen. When we entered the kitchen, she stared wide-eyed at all of the food. "Now, you have to tell us which of these foods you like Bella." I informed her after I stopped in front of the unloaded foods.
She squirmed a bit in my arms, and I set her down on one of the barstools in front of the islands, and she stood on the tip of her toes to place her hands on the island counters, staring at all of the foods. She hummed to herself, before she began pointing to the cereals first, choosing the ones she likes. The ones that she didn't pick, Esme placed them on a separate counter. Then, Bella began picking out her favorite fruits; again, Esme took away the ones she didn't pick. When it came to some of the drinks she got, Bella chose most of them - the regular milk, then the chocolate milk, and then some of the juices. Finally, when it came to vegetables and after all of the other foods were picked or set off to the side, Bella picked the last of the vegetables that she would eat - which wasn't a lot.
"So, what would you like to eat for breakfast, Bella?" Esme asked her; I looked over at the clock to see it was about eleven thirty in the morning; damn. Bella's with us for that long? Where did the time go? Bella tapped her chin, before she pointed to a brand of cereal she had chosen earlier, along with the milk, then the orange juice. Esme nodded and sent me off with Bella into the dining room while she prepared Bella her breakfast.
While Bella had been eating her cereal, the others finally arrived back to the house. "Honey, we're home!" Emmett called out jokingly, before I heard a quiet smack! followed by a quiet, "Ow..." I smirked and looked up from Bella who was sitting on my lap while eating her breakfast, to see the four enter into the dining room. "Heyo squirt." Emmett greeted Bella once he sat down next to us. Bella looked up and waved at Emmett, her little cheeks stuffed with mashed up food.
"When she's done eating, Edward, I'm giving her a bath. She looks a little grimy while wearing her pajamas there." Alice told me, giggling. "Alice, she looks perfectly fine." I argued. "Edward, look at her really." Rosalie told me; so I did and looked down at Bella closely. Sure enough, her bare feet were dirty on the bottom, while there were some dirt on her pj bottoms, and she had small dirt smudges on her face that appeared to be hidden thanks to her hair. "Oh, I see." I mumbled, frowning at myself for not noticing just how dirty little Bella. "Don't start blaming yourself, Edward." Jasper muttered to me; oh right. He'll be able to sense me reprimanding myself.
"Sorry, Jasper." I muttered back.
At this moment, Bella's spoon had accidently missed her mouth and the cereal landed on her top, to which Emmett snickered at. "Kiddo, food's meant to go into your mouth, not for you to wear." he informed her, chuckling. Bella looked up at him and scowled, before she scooped up some more food - a tiny amount though - before she flung it at Emmett's face. Now, he had wet cereal pieces on his face, along with some milk dripping.
We all laughed at the sight of him, while Bella giggled. Emmett sighed and mumbled, "Guess I deserved that," while he grabbed a napkin and wiped off any trace of cereal on his face.
After Bella finished her breakfast, Alice took Bella from me while I cleaned up her area. "Say "bye bye" to everyone, Bella." Alice told her. "Why?" Bella asked, tilting her head while she pouted. "Because I'm going to give you a bath and make you all squeaky clean, and you won't see everyone for a bit." Alice told her. "Oh; bye bye!" Bella cried to us, waving her tiny. We laughed and waved back at her, just before Alice disappeared with her.
"We've barely known that squirt, and already I love her." Emmett stated, laughing. "Me too." Rosalie inputted, smiling brightly. "I can already sense that she's grown very attached to Edward." Jasper said, nodding to himself. "Well, I did find her in the woods by herself." I said, smiling.
"I hope we get to keep her." Emmett stated, sighing. "Emmett, she isn't some pet." Rosalie scolded him, glaring at him. "I know she isn't; I just don't want to give her up; would any of you want to give her up?" he asked us, raising an eyebrow. "No." we answered immediately. "My exact point. Maybe during tonight's meeting, we should discuss on keeping Bella with us." Emmett suggested, smiling his dopey grin again. "Agreed." I said, sighing.
Eh; this chapter seemed like a filler to me.
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~*Lady Lily of Darkness*~
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