Once again, I don't own Twilight. Before we begin I'd like to clear up some stuff. In the next few chapters Bella's age will be five years old. She doesn't know about vampires yet, so the Cullens are going to tell a couple of white lies to Bella to hide their vampireism (Hey! It could a word!). That's all!

EPOV

"Hi guys!" We heard Bella's cheerful voice when she came home later that day. I immediately rushed towards the front door, swept her up in my arms, and placed little kisses on her tiny nose. She giggled. "I missed you too, Eddie!"

Normally, I would cringe at that hideous nickname, but coming from my angel's sweet lips, well, it's not so bad. Now, coming from Emmett…

I gave her my famous lopsided grin that she loves. She giggled again. Esme took Bella from my arms.

"Hello, baby," Esme murmured to Bella.

Bella's grin brightened tenfold when she saw her mommy. "Hi, mommy!" Suddenly, Esme's eyes widened when she kissed Bella's tiny hand.

"Baby! What happened to your arm?" Esme grew frantic. Pretty soon, the whole family was behind her. I rushed up to Bella to see what was wrong with her arm. What I saw made me angry. Bella had a purple bruise the size of my cell phone on her upper arm. Around the edges it was yellow. I growled. Whoever did this to my angel was going to pay.

In fact the whole family was in an uproar about this, except Carlisle. He was more focused on getting her bruise cleaned up.

Rose:" What happened? Bella, don't you shrug at me! Bruises like that just don't form on your arm for no apparent reason!"

Emmett:"Did some perv try to touch you? Is that why you have a bruise on your arm? Did he try to drag you away?"

Jasper:"Does it hurt, darling? Do you want me to make you some chocolate pancakes to make you feel better?"

Alice:" You're not going to be able to wear short sleeves for a while! That's just not fair! I bought you a new summer wardrobe based solely on short sleeve tops! Dammit, when I find what caused you to have this repulsive thing on your arm, I'm going to…" I should stop there. She's saying some things that are very not appropriate for young minors, such as my sweet angel for example, to hear. I guess she didn't see this coming. If she did, she wouldn't have let Bella leave the house this morning.

Me:"Angel, what happened?"

Bella looked at us with a tired expression. "I don't want to talk about it, okay?" She whispered.

We all looked at her, worried. "Please," Bella said, her bottom lip trembling. We relented.

"All done," Carlisle announced happily. Bella's bruise was now covered in Neosporin with bandages around her upper arm.

"Thanks, daddy," Bella smiled at him.

"No, problem, princess," He kissed the top of her head.

Bella grimaced. "What have I been saying to you people? My nickname is not princess! I would never want to be nicknamed something as gross as…princess." She puckered her lips like she tasted something vile. We laughed.

"Hey!" Emmett boomed. "AREN'T WE SUPPOSED TO TELL BELLS SOMETHING? SOMETHING IMPORTANT?" We winced at his voice and the remembrance that we had to tell Bella that the Volturi are coming. Well actually, we're going to tell her that her uncles and cousins are coming. The only tricky part is convincing those human killers to agree to this.

Bella sighed. "Emmett, one of these days people are going to post your picture in every auditorium in the world with the words 'NOT ALLOWED' at the bottom. Emmett pouted. We laughed again.

After everyone calmed down, Carlisle spoke. "Bella, your uncles and cousins are going to be staying a while with us. We don't know for how long. They arrive…tomorrow." Bella looked happy.

"Awesome! Where are they from?" We froze and looked at each other. We didn't' expect her to ask this question. We just thought she'd let it go.

"Umm…"

"Well…"

"That's kind of hard to explain…"

"Huh?"

"Uhhh…"

"Well… t-they move around a lot…"

"I LIKE TACOS!"

We glared at Emmett. Rose hissed at vampire speed, "We don't even eat tacos! Why the hell would you say something like that?"

"I just thought that I'd break the tension!"

"Oh, for the love of Fred!" Alice hissed.

Bella stared at us, waiting for an answer.

"They're from Mississippi, hon." Rose said, hurriedly.

"Oh," Bella said, blankly.

"Are you guys okay?"

"Yes…"

"Sure…"

"You bet!"

"Of course…"

"Never better!"

"We're fine, why do you ask?"

"HELL YEAH LITTLE SIS!"

Again, we glared at Emmett.

"It's just…you guys are acting…funny. Like your hiding something from me." We all laughed nervously.

"Angel, we'll always tell you the truth no matter what." Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Okay…" Bella still looked unsure.

"Everything is fine, dear," Esme smiled warmly at Bella.

Bella smiled back and shrugged. "Okay, well I'm going to get a bath." And with that, she skipped off. As soon as we heard the bathroom door close, we relaxed.

"WELL! I SAY THAT WENT PRETTY GOOD, DON'T YOU GUYS THINK?"

"EMMETT! SHUT UP!" We all yelled at the same time.

You have to excuse the mistakes and blandness. I just got back from driving school. I had to sit on my butt for EIGHT HOURS listening to the guy talk about the dangers of driving under the influence, texting while driving, and the horrors of driving! I just went to the class to learn what's going to be on my driver's test and the route. Ugg! You know what will make me happy right about now?

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