The Cullen's

I yelled from the top of the stairs "are we taking the car or running?"

"Jade you don't need to yell I can hear you if you whisper and would probably be better taking the car its raining" he replied

I went back into my room took out my ¾ length black jeans my flat black shoes and a tight black t/shirt throwing them on the bed before I nipped in for a proper shower and remembering to dry my hair I put it up in a high pony and pulled on my little leather jacket, and headed downstairs, Robert was sprawled on the seat watching football he had his jeans on and a black shirt hanging over them,

"We going im starving?" I asked throwing his car keys at the back of his head, he spun and caught them before they hit him,

"One day Jade I swear I will hit you with those, can you not just hand them to me like a normal person?"

"Nope cos you're not a normal person" I laughed, before I knew it he had me in his arms and was putting me over his shoulder "right trouble lets go" he said through his laughter,

He put me down at the side of the car and flitted round to his side, we drove there in silence and when we stopped at the turn off I looked round at him, He leaned over and took my hand in his

"Jade will you be careful tonight please, I know they probably mean no harm but just in case, do as I ask for a change please" he looked into my eyes and I nodded he stroked his other hand down my cheek and I leaned into his cold touch "thanks honey, right lets go shall we" he kissed the other hand he was still holding and then we headed down the drive,

The house was magnificent it was 4 stories high and pure white, the gardens where huge and I could hear a little river somewhere,

there was 2 other vampires standing at the door with the ones earlier from school, Robert stopped just in front of the house and was at my side before I unclipped my seat belt, I took his hand and got out the car standing behind him a little, I had never seen so many vampires in the one place, I felt Robert give my hand a gentle squeeze and I tightened my grip if I had been holding another human hand they would be screaming in agony by now, I followed him up stairs to the house, one of the other vampires stepped forward,

"Robert, Jade, im so glad you agreed to come, I am Carlisle this is my family as you have already met and this is my lovely wife Esme,"

Robert shook both their hands I leaned round him and shook their hands as well before pulling back slightly behind my brother, I noticed Edward and Jasper there and I smiled at them, Robert pulled me round slightly but kept his hand tight on mine,

"Jade this is the Cullen's, you know Jazz and Edward, this is Emmett, Rosalie and Alice" I smiled at them and stepped back in to my brothers chest, they all seemed friendly but I had seen Robert in his bad mood and I didn't fancy my chances with all of them, even with Robert protecting me, Alice stepped forward she was smaller than me but she had a huge grin,

"Jade would you like something to eat and I will fill you in on our family and you can tell me about yours"

I looked up at Robert, "its fine honey I will be close by"

Alice took my hand and pulled me into the house it was just as nice inside as out, we passed through a large hallway and the smell of the food was amazing, I noticed Esme was already in the kitchen putting something on a plate for me, Alice pulled me down to the table and sat beside me her legs folded up on the seat, Esme place the huge plate of chicken, mashed potatoes and veg down in front of me it looked and smelled amazing,

"thank you" I whispered she smiled at me and touched my hand "your very welcome dear I hope you like it" I lifted some of it on my fork and placed it in my mouth it was great, I finished my plate and sat back in my seat, Esme handed me a glass of milk and a slice of cake to finish, It was better than some of the fancy restaurants Robert had taken me to "Esme that was amazing I hope you will invite me back for dinner again" she smiled a lovely smile at me, it reminded me of my mum before Robert left

"You can come back whenever you want honey" I smiled back at her,

Alice was still sitting staring at me, "Now you're done, do you want to go to my room and spill on your handsome brother?" I laughed at her and looked at Esme "its ok honey Robert is just in the next room"

I stood up and Alice clasped her hand into mine she walked with me in the sitting room where Robert was sitting with the rest of the family talking about our lives and theirs, he stopped when I walked in and I moved beside him, Alice was still holding my hand,

"Im going to Alice's room is that ok?" I asked quietly, Robert smiled and nodded "yeah honey I will just be down her if you need me, ok" I smiled at him and then Alice had me out the door,

"Jade my room is on the fourth floor, do you want to walk up those stairs or will we run?" I smiled at her

"run if you like im pretty full anyway" she lifted me carefully on her back and flew up the stairs we arrived at her room and went inside she had tons of pictures hanging up everywhere and a huge white leather sofa facing out of a window wall into the forest, she flitted to the unit and then to the sofa motioning for me to sit beside her, I walked over and sat down she scribbled something on a piece of paper

(If we write they can't over hear us is that ok with you?) I nodded and she beamed her smile at me again

She wrote something else down, (now dish on him is he single? how old is he? do you think he would like me?)

I burst out laughing and she glared at me

(Is that a no then?) She wrote looking at me with a sad expression,

I lifted the pen from her hand and wrote down the details,

(He is single; he is only 31 and im sure he likes you and just in case this is his cell 554345698)

I handed her the paper back, she looked at it and a huge smile came over her face,

"will you help me?" she whispered I nodded my head and sat back in the sofa, we spoke about her interests beside my brother and mine, I told her about our lives and she told me about the Cullen's how Emmett and Rose were married and Jasper, her and Edward were brother's and sister kind of and anything else I asked her, we could hear laughing coming from down stairs and shouting,

I looked at Alice and she smiled "they are watching baseball and discussing the way we play it" I smiled "Robert plays it but he has to tone it down with my kind so he hasn't been able to play in ages, properly that is" she smiled

"well we could do that soon I think our families are going to get on great" I smiled back at her and I was starting to feel a bit better about being here my nerves were almost gone, she took my hand and pulled me towards a door in the far end of her room it was a huge bathroom with a huge closet attached to it, she pulled me through the piles of clothes pushing things up against me and shaking her head then pulling something else out,

"Alice what are you doing?" I asked as she held a deep blue skirt and a lovely little white top against me smiling "im just seeing what would go with your style of hair, what do you think of these?"

I looked at them "they are lovely" she folded them over a seat and started going through the other stuff, we must have spent ages trying things on and changing outfits it was good to do girly things for a change,

I only had Bella as a good friend but she was more into books and I quite liked trying on new clothes, I noticed that most of the clothes still had the labels on them, but by the end of the night I has two bags of new clothes that Alice said I could keep, I tried talking her out of it but I was wasting my time,

I let out a yawn and looked at the time it was just after one, "Alice I think I need my bed now"

she smiled and lifted up my bags swinging me up into her arms at the same time she flew downstairs and put me down just outside the living room, I could still hear Robert laughing and joking with the others he hadn't seemed this relaxed in well, in fact I don't think he had ever been, I walked in and went to sit beside him on the couch he wrapped his arm around me and I snuggled into his side "we'll go shortly honey ok" he whispered into the top of my head,

"ok no rush im comfortable here" I snuggled tighter into his shirt and closed my eyes, I could still here them talking away, Carlisle was asking him if my blood bothered him at all, but he said no he could hardly smell it now, in fact he thought I smelled more like him than a human,

I heard Robert ask if my blood bothered them but no one answered so I had presumed they had shook their heads"

I felt sleep coming and I was sure I felt some one put a blanket around me but I wasn't sure I could still smell Roberts scent so I knew I was still tucked in beside him,

I opened my eyes and looked around me, everything looked strange, this wasn't my bed or my room, I sat upright, there was clothes folded on the bottom of the bed with a huge towel, I looked at the time it was just after 6, "Robert" I whispered out,

The door opened and Esme walked in "morning honey Robert is away hunting with the others he said he was always hunting alone so they thought it would be nice for him to hunt with company for a change, they will be back shortly, and do you want breakfast first or a shower?" I looked at the clothes

"Shower then breakfast please" I tried to smile but I felt a bit uneasy waking up in a strange bed and my brother not here,

Esme smiled and left the room, after my shower I got dressed into the clothes on the bed it was the ones Alice and I were looking at last night I pulled on the skirt and top and put my hair up, I noticed my bag sitting at the foot of my bed it had my toothbrush and school books in it, Robert must have nipped home, there was a flashing text on my phone, I flipped it open

**if your up before I get back don't panic they are ok they are good people have some breakfast I wont be long**

I flipped the phone closed and slipped into my black flat shoes and wandered out the room, I noticed I was only on the first floor so I walked down the stairs and headed in the kitchen, Esme turned and smiled at me, "you look lovely Jade, Alice was right, I have made you pancakes is that ok?" I smiled at her she was so much like mum, I missed her, before I knew it a tear had slipped from my eye and had rolled down my cheek, Esme was beside me in an instant taking my face in her hands

"Jade honey you ok? Robert will be back shortly" I smiled at her

"I wasn't thinking of Robert you just reminded me of my mum" she let go of my face and pulled me up into a tight hug

"Jade honey, im sorry I cant bring your mum back but you can be my adopted daughter if that helps and whenever you want a hug you just come straight to me ok" she kissed the top of my head and for some strange reason I felt the need to hug her tightly back she just stood holding me and I like it, eventually I pulled away and she kissed my forehead "now honey breakfast time" she scooped 3 huge pancakes on to a plate and handed me a knife, the jam and syrup were already out on the table, for a vampire this woman sure knew how to cook,

I was just finishing the last bite when the others piled in through the door all laughing and slapping each other on the back, I jumped up and ran into Robert's arms, he wrapped them around me lifting me of the ground and kissing me on the cheek

"Morning to you to honey, you should sleep over more often normally im ducking out the way of car keys" I smiled at him and buried my head into his neck, he squeezed me again before placing me on the floor,

"well thanks again you guys it was a good night and Esme thanks for looking after trouble for me but I guess we better get sorted for school" Esme smiled at me "she was no trouble she was an angel"

I smirked up at Robert who playfully snapped at my nose, the others started laughing at me, I walked over and picked up my bag, Alice grabbed me by the hand and spun me round

"Wow girl, I told you, you would look good in this" she said pointing to my outfit, I smiled at her

"Robert can Alice come over tonight and I can show her my clothes?" Alice looked at me and I winked she looked round at Robert, "if she would like?" Alice beamed

"I would like very much" I smiled

"Good you can come straight from school; I walked over to Esme and hugged her again,

"Thank you for a lovely breakfast Esme|" she patted me on the back "well you will be wanting this then since you enjoy my food"

I looked at the little brown bag "it's your lunch" "oh thank you" she smiled and I went and stood beside Robert, "right trouble lets go" we headed out the house and into the car,

"Well what do you think?" I asked as we pulled away from the house,

"They are nice people, Carlisle asked if we would like to join them" he answered looking at me instead of the road,

"By we, you mean, you, would you like to join their family?" his frown appeared and he pulled into the side of the road

"What do you mean by that?" he asked still staring at me

"What you said, they wanted us but you're the only vampire not me"

"no I said us because that is what they asked, they know you will join me one day but until then they are happy for you to stay with them as well as me instead of us being alone, and do you think I would even have brought it up if it was just for me" he was getting a bit angry now.

"well you have been alone for so long without your kind and I wouldn't blame you if you wanted to" I could hear the low growl in his chest and I felt him grab my hand, I turned to look at him his face wasn't angry as much as it was hurt

"Jade have I not swore to you, time and time again that you're my life that I will never leave you ever and that I don't care how many of my kind appear if they don't accept you then they don't accept me, you're my kid sister and I love you" he leaned over and kissed my cheek resting his cold forehead against my face, I lifted my other hand up and stroked his hair "im sorry I know you will never leave me, and if you want to joint them its fine with me and if you don't that is also fine with me" I heard him inhale deeply then he looked up at me "ok baby we'll talk about this later, lets get to school ok" I nodded and he started the car again,

We arrived at the school just before the rest of the Cullen's did, I saw Bella heading for me she looked as though she was on a mission,

"Where did you get that from I don't remember seeing that in your wardrobe?" she motioned her hand up and down in front of me "It wasn't in my wardrobe Alice gave it to me, I will introduce you to her"

She looked at me then at the new kids heading in our direction, Alice stopped beside Robert and looked round at me,

"Alice this is my best friend Bella" Robert looked at her "not to mention her partner in crime" Bella blushed a little "its not my fault Jade keeps getting caught out by you, god you would think you had special hearing or something" I laughed at that knowing that was exactly the reason I kept getting caught,

Alice stretched her hand out at Bella and shook it. The two of them seemed to be getting on just fine, the rest of the day passed uneventful, even Alice coming over to mines after school was a success, Robert had spent most of the evening chatting to her, they seemed to be getting along perfectly, Robert had even asked her out for a hunt on Friday night, which I thought was kind of twisted, but romantic,

I had made plans with a few of my friends that if Robert was going to be out Fri night, we were going to have a party at Tyler's house as his parents were out, I had discussed this with Robert at lunch on Fri afternoon, he didn't seem to pleased but he wasn't giving up his date with Alice either,

"I don't see your problem Robert im 18 I can go out if I want" I snapped at him from my seat in the canteen

"Im not saying you can't go out im only saying please don't drink to much"

"I never do, that was only that one time and my drink was spiked" I protested

"Jade it has been more than once so don't start the spiked drink crap again, or so help me"

I leaned over the table away from prying ears, well I knew the other vamps at our table would hear but that didn't matter

"listen Robert your not my father and if I want to have a drink I bloody well will and if you were able to drink you would be doing it as well so back off before I show you my anger sunshine"

He sat up away from me and glared at me,

"She can stay at mine tonight Robert if you want since you will be going out" Robert looked at her

"I don't think so Bella, I want her home where I can keep an eye on her, I will just cut my evening short"

I noticed Alice flinch at that, I was about to start in on Robert again when Jasper leaned over the table

"How about I give Jade my cell number then when she's ready to come home I will pick her up and take her to ours where you can collect her?" Alice and Robert both smiled at the same time

"right fine, whatever, god im not a child, but if that's what it takes then so be it but I wont be drinking" Robert gave me his annoying yeah right look and turned and whispered something to Alice,