Author's Note: This story will start out slow, like I said. Be patient, guys, and bear with me. In the beginning, I'm just going to build Bella and Edward's relationship. So…stick with me guys! Thanks!

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight.

Chapter 2

"Jazzy?" I asked, peeking inside the room.

Emmett, Edward, Jasper, and Alice were all on their stomach on large floor of Jasper's huge room, with textbooks spread out in front of them and scribbling away. I could tell half of those books belonged to Alice and Jasper, who had so much homework these days.

I felt bad asking my brother for help when he obviously was very busy.

Still, Jasper looked up when he heard me calling him.

"What's up, Bella?" he asked.

"I need help in Algebra," I said hesitantly.

"Uh…" Jasper looked down at his own Pre-Calculus homework.

"It's okay if you're busy," I said quickly.

Jasper looked bothered.

"Come in, Bella."

Jasper glanced at Edward, who had invited me inside. He smiled in relief when Edward nodded at him.

"Thanks, Edward," Jasper said, turning back to his paper.

"Huh?" I wondered.

Edward smiled, sitting up. "I'll help you. Bring your book over here, Bella."

I smiled gratefully. "Thanks, Edward."

"Let's see…" Edward studied the problem I needed help on. "Okay. Look. You need to get x by itself, right?"

I nodded.

"So what you do is you subtract 2x from this side, and subtract 2x on the other side," Edward said, writing it out on my paper as he explained. I loved the way he wrote so elegantly and beautifully. Although my handwriting wasn't horrible, it could never compare to Edward's.

"Bella?"

I blinked and looked at him. I realized that he was staring at me. He looked amused, as though he knew my thoughts had drifted.

"How do you expect me to teach you if you don't pay attention?" he teased.

I smiled, embarrassed. "Sorry, Edward. But I was listening."

He raised his eyebrows.

"I was!" I defended myself.

"Fine," Edward said, fighting a smile. "What did I say?"

"'This side then equals 5x'," I quoted him perfectly. "'And this side equals two hundred. You divide by five on both sides, and you get forty as x.'"

He chuckled, shaking his head. "You have excellent memory, Bella. But do you get it?"

"Yes," I said, grinning. "Thanks, Edward."

"If you need help with anything else, don't hesitate to ask."

I nodded before slipping out of the room.

By five o'clock, I'd finished with all my homework and was studying for a history test when there was a knock on my door.

"Bella?" Alice asked, peeking inside. "You done?"

"Yeah," I said, slightly distracted as I looked for the answer to a review question.

"Studying?"

"Mm-hm," I said. "Alice? Who invented fireworks again?"

"China," Edward answered as he entered behind his sister.

"Oh, yeah," I murmured, writing it down in my notes.

"Ugh, you're such a know-it-all," Alice said, nudging him.

"It's not my fault I'm smarter than you are," Edward said. He dodged her elbow neatly, grinning mischievously.

"What do you want?" I asked, slightly annoyed.

"Uh-oh," Alice teased. "Cranky Bella's back. The side of Bella that always comes out whenever someone interrupts her studying."

"Leave her alone, Alice," Edward defended me. "It's good for her to study. It'll be easier for her to survive high school."

Alice raised her eyebrow at him, but didn't say anything.

"Dinner's ready, Bella," Edward told me. "We're eating with you guys today. Do you mind?"

"Of course she doesn't," Emmett said, entering my room.

I let out a shriek of frustration. All three of the Cullens looked alarmed.

"Uh-oh," Emmett said. "Is it that side of Bella again? The cranky one?"

"Yup," Alice answered, laughing.

"GET OUT!"

Edward managed to close the door behind him carefully as he and his siblings escaped my room, laughing.

I groaned as I went back to looking for the answer to another question.

There was another knock on the door, and Jasper peeked in.

"Come on, Bella," he said. "Dinner."

"Wait."

"Come on, Bella, you can always study later," Jasper urged. "Esme's here too. She'll be eating with us tonight."

I looked up. "Esme's here?"

He nodded. "So come down and greet her."

I frowned. "Who's the one that signed the Magna Carta?"

"King John of England," he responded easily.

I wrote the name down on my notes, then set down my pencil.

Jasper and I descended the stairs quickly, and entered the dining room.

"Hello, Esme," I said as politely as always.

"Hello yourself," Esme said, smiling warmly at me. "I heard you shouting earlier. What was that about?"

Alice and Emmett stifled their laughter by clearing their throat and coughing. Edward merely smiled.

"Alice, Em, and Edward were bothering me while I was studying," I admitted. "I got annoyed."

Esme laughed. "Oh, I see. Well, you three shouldn't have bothered her while she was studying."

"Sorry, Bella," Emmett said, grinning at me widely. "Now come on, sit down. Let's eat."

I sat between Edward and Jasper, like I usually did. Today's menu was roast beef and mashed potatoes.

"It's delicious, Renee," Emmett said, shoving down his food quickly.

"Oh, thank you, Emmett," Renee said, looking fascinated by the way he ate.

"Oh, Emmett," Esme said in dismay. "Have I taught you no manners?"

He didn't respond.

I had no appetite. My thoughts kept drifting to my history book upstairs, and the next question: When was the Magna Carta created?

I couldn't remember the answer, and it was driving me absolutely crazy.

"What's wrong?" Edward whispered as the others became engaged in a conversation on where Emmett was going to college next fall.

"I…nothing."

"Tell me," Edward said.

"When was the Magna Carta created?" I whispered.

He smiled amusedly at my question, then answered, "Twelve-fifteen."

I felt much better now that I had the answer.

"…move to New York?" Esme's question towards Renee caught my attention.

"I don't know," Renee mused. "Charlie thinks it's for the best, but I don't know… Forks is where we both grew up, and I don't really want to leave…"

"But we have no choice," Esme said. "New York is Charlie and Carlisle are, and the fact that we're separated is getting ridiculous. Emmett is graduating in a month anyway, and he's going to Harvard to study law. Harvard is in Massachusetts; we can easily see him if we all move to New York."

"Well…" Renee nodded. "You're right, of course. We'll talk about it more with them, eh?"

By this time, I was dozing off. The shock of this afternoon's events was starting to take effect, and I leaned against the back of my chair, exhausted. My eyes started closing, and without meaning to, my head fell onto Edward's shoulder.

He didn't seem to mind. He merely grinned when I started snoring delicately, attracting everyone else's attention.

AN: So…how was it? Let me know! Thanks, guys!