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A/N: I'm going to be alternating between Pov's (Points Of View). Sometimes it might be in Esme's Pov and sometimes it might be in Bella's Pov but its easier for me to write that way because I don't write first person Pov's very well. Just thought I'd let you know about the changes from chapter 1 going into chapter 2. Oh and by the way, just another little tid-bit for you guys. I'm more likely to update faster when I get reviews because they motivate me and help to get me through writers block. :)
Emotionally Broken
Esme's Pov
Alice and Bella along with Jasper went upstairs somewhere while I glared at my two youngest children well youngest by appearance anyway. "You two come with me, Emmett you stay here and call your father. If he dosen't pick up then leave a message and he'll call you back when he can but don't keep calling him because he could be really busy at work especially when its so close to christmas. Fill him in on what we know and tell him I'll let him know when I have the whole story." I told my eldest son and he nodded.
"Will do Mom, give'em shit." he replied and I swatted his arm. "Emmett Cullen language and I intend to." I scolded him but smiled and shook my head.
Rosalie, Edward and I went out into the woods until we were out of hearing distance before we stopped. "Now, what made the two of you think you could bring this human girl home with you?" I hissed and Edward hung his head while Rosalie looked both angry and sad.
"They were going to do the same to her as Royce King did to me and I couldn't let that happen, I'm sorry but I just couldn't and then she told us how she had nowhere to go and Alice begged me to bring her home with us. She told me that you and dad would be totally fine with it, if I'd known otherwise I would have never brought her home but I can't see the future and its not my fault Alice told me it would be fine when it isn't. I'm sorry mom." Rosalie apologized and I sighed.
"Its okay, this wouldn't be the first time your sister has pulled this little stunt of hers. Now, what do you mean she had nowhere to go?" I asked.
"Oh well, she was kinda vague but from what I could tell she was telling the truth. She said she's been in group homes most of if not her entire life and she explained that she would rather die than go back to one and since she's eighteen she decided to leave the one here in Forks and never look back. Apparently she was born here too but hasn't lived here since she was an infant, she never mentioned anything beyond that but I think she's had a rough life." Rosalie explained and I nodded.
"Okay, anything about her parents or if she has any to speak of? Any family, friends, anything?" I asked and Rosalie and Edward both shook their heads.
"No but she did say something that confused me deeply. When Rose asked if she had been trying to get herself killed, she said that she wasn't trying to get herself killed but if those guys had killed her she told us they would've been doing her a favor. She said and I quote 'I wasn't trying to get killed but if I had been killed they would've done me a favor, its not like anyone would miss me'." Edward spoke up and I gasped at what this girl had said.
"What? Why would she say something like that, what could possibly be so horrible that she'd want to do what... I did? My god, this poor girl." I wondered aloud and they shook their heads.
"I don't know." they both said at the same time and I nodded before my phone rang and I answered it.
"Emmett sweetie, what is it? Wait, what? Emmett slow down you're not making any sense even to me. She what? Oh you have got to be kidding me, O-okay we'll be right there." I hung up the phone and looked at my other two children in complete and total worry.
"You two had better hope the volturi don't show up or find out about this because if they do we're all screwed! Home. Now." I growled at them and they just stood there gawking at me.
"Did I stutter? GO HOME! Now!" I hissed and they took off toward the house and I shook my head.
I had to call Carlisle and tell him to come home because we had a major problem and we needed him.
"Carlisle honey, we have a problem." I told him when he picked up, "Yes love, I know Emmett filled me in. This Bella girl figured out our secret, she knows about us. The question is how I mean we've always been so careful. I'll be home soon Esme and then we can talk about this more okay? I'm leaving now so I should be home in... ten minutes, maybe less. I'll see you soon, I love you." he replied.
"Okay. Carlisle I love you so much, I'll see you when you get home." I said trying to keep my voice even before I hung up.
I ran back to the house to find all except Jasper and Carlisle screaming at each other, Rosalie was screaming at her sister and Emmett was screaming at Edward while Bella was curled into a ball in the corner by the staircase and Jasper was trying to calm everyone down without much luck.
"You said they would be okay with this, you lied!" Rosalie screamed in Alice's face, "How could you let this happen?!" Emmett screamed at Edward.
"ENOUGH!" I screamed and everyone stopped screaming, "Whenever you're finished screeching at each other we can talk about this rationally. First of all, I want to know how she found out and I want to know right now because nobody has ever figured out what we are so quickly which means one of you aside from Rosalie and Edward failed to act human around Bella. So I know it wasn't Emmett because he was the one called me and your father to let us know and I don't think Jasper would have done this because he knows more than any of us about the consequences which leaves you Alice." I told them all firmly and Alice gulped.
To my suprize it was Bella who spoke up, "Nobody slipped up mrs. Cullen, I guessed and I just happened to guess right plus I kinda put the pieces together. You all have the same golden eyes, you're all as cold as ice to the touch and extremely pale, inhumanly beautiful and graceful. When I got here earlier Emmett, Jasper and you appeared in a blur of colors like someone pressed fast-forward on the northern lights. Its 2am and none of you look even the slightest bit tired, when Rosalie saved me earlier she literally growled like a lioness at the guys and not very many humans can growl like that and make it sound so realistic. Nobody let it slide that you're all vampires mrs. Cullen, I figured it out on my own I would never tell anyone but please don't be angry with them for something I did. I promise I won't tell anyone but if you need to kill me to keep me quiet then I understand and willingly surrender, if I must die to keep such a loving and caring family safe then so be it. I refuse to let your family be punished for my mistake when all of you are so lucky to have the loving family I never did but have always wanted and if I can't have a family like this thats fine but I will not ruin yours." Bella explained and I gasped.
My gasp was an echo around the room as all of my children gasped at how selfless this young woman was to willingly give up her life just so we could remain a happy family, she was ready to die for nearly complete strangers just to save us from the volturi.
"Uh-" I paused to clear my throat, "Bella sweetheart, I know you wouldn't tell anyone and I'm not really angry with anyone. I'm more worried than anything about you believe it or not. Honey why would you give up your life so willingly for us, I mean I know better than anyone how unpleasant human life can be but... Is there nothing in your life worth living for?" I asked and she nodded.
"Yes, I suppose hoping that I'll find a family and parents to love me the way you love Alice and Rosalie and Edward, Emmett and Jasper. Yes I suppose thats something worth living for but nobody wants an emotional basket case with extreme abandonment issues like me, my parents Renee and Charlie never wanted me. They shipped me off to every group home across the entire country and back and then had the nerve to say they loved me, yeah they loved me alright just not enough to keep me. Don't you see, I'll never be loved or cared about so who would miss me if I were to die or get killed? Atleast if I give up my life for all of you then I die knowing that even if I never find my happiness, someone else still has their happiness because of me." Bella explained and it felt like somebody had reached into my chest and ripped out my unbeating heart.
"Oh honey. I see a beautiful young woman who is brave, truthful and unselfish. A woman who has had her heart broken and who has been hurt and tossed around like she dosen't matter but thats not fair because you Bella, honey you do matter. I've barely known you twenty-four hours and I already love you as if you were my own child, sweetheart I'm so sorry that your parents didn't want you but if they couldn't see you for the precious gift you are then I must apologize for sounding so cold but they don't deserve you. Bella you are a gift, a very precious gift because you are selfless beyond what I have ever seen and loving and caring and a very beautiful young woman who deserves better than the cards fate dealt you. Nobody is going to kill you but when Carlisle gets home we're going to talk about this and if you'd like, I'd like it very much if you'd stay with us as a part of this family. Now that dosen't mean that you have to become one of us, if you choose to stay human we can and will make sure that you live a long and happy life but... if you want you can choose to become like us... to become a vampire. The choice is yours, we wouldn't dare force you into anything that would make you unhappy because we all know from personal experiance how that feels, so stay with us as a human and live out your life in happiness or as one of us and be happy for eternity or nither. Regardless of what you choose we will accept it even if its not something we would have chosen for ourselves." I explained and shot a warning glance at Rosalie when I said the last part.
