Chapter 2

my father look at my mom, "What time will they be here?" he asks her.

"Soon i think. Edward called and said they were leaving around 7"

"i guess we can start soon. Why don't you go get everyone and meet in the dining room?"

i smiled, put my plate in the sink and ran to the living room. Emmett and Jasper seemed so into the show they were watching,so i ran up and hit the power bottom on the T.V.

"ALICE LYNN!!" Emmett yelled.

"What?"

"WHAT? We were watching that"

"So, its time for the family meeting, I'm 16 today remember"

"Oh ya" Jasper looked over at Emmett and winked. Then before i could even think they were tickling me.

"Happy Birthday Ally" Emmett laughed.

"Stooooooooppp, stoop it... leet me goooo" i yelled between laughing. "This. Isn't. Fair. Two. Against. One"

"Whats two against one?" Rosalie asked standing in the door way.

"They are tickling me Rose help"

"Ok" she smiled and joined in. Just then Alice was standing next to the couch trying to find her way in to.

"MOM!!" i yelled hoping that she could help me.

"Oh guys come on. Its her birthday leave her alone." mom said hands on hips. They sighed and stopped.

Emmett helped me up, and smiled. "So your 16, i guess i have to fess up today don't I?"

I grabbed his hand and smiled "YUP!!" Now my brother is a big guy and if he didn't let me there would be NO way i could pull him but he has a super soft spot for me.

In our dinning room that we never use there is a long table with six chairs. One at each end which is where my parents each sit, then three on each side. I sit next to Emmett and look down at the table. Carved in the most beautiful writing was the name Bella which is my aunts name.

"Ok" i start, "Eight years ago i asked Emmett why his skin was so cold, and he told me he would tell me when i was 16. so my first question is why do you all have cold skin?"

Dad looked around the table and smiled. "I guess i will answer this one." he took a deep breath and settled him self on the table. "You see Alice I'm not sure if you will really understand or believe us but if you are sure you want to know i will tell you."

"I'm Sure dad, why wouldn't i believe you its not like you guys are like Vampires or something." I laughed thinking that they would all join in, but no one else laughed so i stopped. I looked down the table to dad. He kept a straight face. "You, you, your kidding me right?"

"No dear were not." mom smiled.

"You see Alice, i was born in London in the 1640's when the myths of vampires and witches were peoples real beliefs. My father was a paster, and he held regular hunts for witches and such." Dad cleared his throat and looked to see if i am watching. "As my father got older i was excerpted to lead the hunts. I was smarter than him and i stood in the shadows one night and watched once i spotted one i went home. The next day the villagers gathered at the sewer where i had seen him. We waited and saw an old and weak vampire. When he noticed us he called to the others, we begin to chase him, being so weak he turned to fight us. He got me and left me bleeding in the street, but i knew what happened to anyone who was bit, so i crawled to a cellar, three days later i knew what i was." my mouth open i stared at all of the beautiful people sitting around me.

In the last few year i had started to notice that none them had aged, but had i really lived in a house full of Vampires for the last sixteen years. I guess there were so many signals, they never ate always told me they had already ate or something. And they all left for days at a time every few weeks to visit uncle Edward or a friend, the cold skin, the golden eyes, the amazing strength, and there were no beds in any one else's rooms. How could i have been so dumb, all of these signs staring me in the face for the last sixteen years and i hadn't really noticed.

Dad cleared his thoart to make sure i was paying attention. "knowing what i was now.. i...i. I couldn't take it. I tried to kill myself but failed. I didn't want to feed off people. I'm not even sure how i survived so long, then one day when i was in hiding far in the woods, a heard of deer past in front of me. With out thinking i attacked the animals. With in days i was back to full strength maybe this was a sign that i didn't have to be a monster. Now i had endless time on my hands i started to travel, to study. I became a doctor traveled to the US and became a doctor at a hospital in Chicago, during the time of the Spanish influenza. There i met a young woman her husband had died and she and he son were dying, some how it seemed as if she knew what i was, and begged me to promise i would do everything in my power to help her son Edward. Even though i didn't want to i was tired of being lonely and i changed Edward."

so uncle Edward was a vampire too. "Edward and i traveled together all of the world, till we met Esme, who had tried to kill her self after she had lost her baby."

"Carlise and i started to think Edward could use a mate, so to speak. We found Rosalie in England she had been so beaten, we were sure if she would make it." Mom smiled.

"But Edward and i didn't click like that we were good friends, then one day i was hunting when i found Emmett in the woods he had been attacked by a bear and i knew i need to save him. So i brought him home and Carlise changed him" Rosalie took Emmett's hand.

"And i was in an hospital, my family had thought i was crazy because i could see the future, thats where i spent must of my life, i don't really remember the day i was changed." Alice smiled.

"and i was changed by three woman on the side of the road i was a caption in the army and the woman took me to fight and train young vampires, then one day..."

"Oooh, i want to tell this part" Alice smiled into Jaspers eyes. "i had seen a vision of a family, two young couples and a young man, i a big house, and i knew that i had to find them. But in my vision when i met them there was a man with me, then i had a vision of a man with blond hair and dark eyes, walking into a diner. So i went to the diner and waited for him."

"I had grown tired of my life and i left trying not to feed, i was in Philadelphia, it was raining and i was not use to being out during the day yet so i ducked into an almost empty diner. I stood in the door way. She hooped down from a stood in the counter and came walking up to me." Jasper looked at Alice and smiled. "You've kept my waiting a long time" he said in his best impression of Alice, "the only think i could think of to say was 'Sorry ma'am'"

"Then Jasper and Alice, came and found us. And we were a family, we moved from city to city making sure to leave before anyone knew anything. After a few years Carlise found a job at a hospital in a city called Forks." Rosalie explained.

"I guess i should explain another part of our conversation. I haven't really told Carlise or Esme about this yet but.." Carlise looked questioningly from Emmett to me.

"OH you mean the 'Ally your just like your mother you wont give up till you get what you want' part?"

"Umm ya that well.., when we moved to forks Edward met this girl, a nice girl, but she was human and well Edward wasn't. Their relationship wasn't safe and Edward put her in danger when ever they were together and he tried to leave but that didn't work either, she loved him, and we could all tell that Edward loved her too. One day they had a fight and she left. And it hurt Edward, but i wouldn't let him kill himself. But he wanted the feel of destruction so he joined the army." Emmett sat up and glanced out the door way. I looked but didn't see anything. "it was dumb and im not sure why he did it, but one day he sent us a letter and told us about this man his captain his name was Keith. And he had married the girl Edward loved..." Emmett stopped.

"Bella," Alice said. I looked at the table where the name was written, and ran my finger over it. "Keith and Bella were having a baby and Edward swore that if anything bad happened to Keith he would find a way home and take care of Bella. He was very happy when he found out that Keith would get to go home to his coming baby and wife, but he was called out for one last run, and he didn't come back" i sobbed at this.

Emmett patted my shoulder. "when he got home, their General called all of the men to come to a bar to meet Keith's wife Bella. Edward wasn't sure if he should go, what he would feel when he saw her again. He brought her to see the family."

"and she went into labor. She was going to have her baby and we would all be there for her, she started to freak out about the whole thing." Esme laughed, sort of sadly. "thinking that she would never be able to raise a baby. She called us into her room right before the delivery and made us promise that if anything ever happened to her we would take care of her baby. We signed all the forms and made it official."

"Then the labor started and Bella had stressed her self so much that she went into shock, i delivered the baby but i wasn't sure if Bella would make it. We pronounced her dead but Edward took her and tried to change her. We weren't sure if she would make it so we took the baby and raised her as are own." Carlise smiled at me.

"we were sure if you would understand so we waited to tell you" Emmett said.

"So, Bella.. is my mother?"

"Yes thats right. Edward called us a few weeks later and told us that she had survived the change. We figured 16 years would give Bella lots of time to understand her strength and get to met you" Esme explained. "Do you understand?"

"Ya i think so. I understand that you are all not really brother and sister, your like boyfriend and girlfriend right?" Emmett nodded. "And Edward and my mom were in love but she left him and got married to me real dad, but he died. And then my mom almost died giving birth to me. And Edward changed her."

"yes" Esme smiled.

"and im going to get to meet her today?"

"Thats right" the musical male voice was not one i knew but it sounded as if i should. I turned to look at the door way. I didn't know the people standing there. There was a man with bronze hair, he seemed very young only a few years older then me, the woman standing next to him had the same chocolate brown hair as i did. She stood tall face looking down, what i could see of her face looked older but not by much, maybe only a year or two older that Esme.

"Are.. you...Bella?" i asked to woman, i carefully stood up from where i sat. staying hidden behind Emmett's shoulder.

She looked up and smiled, i took a step around Emmett so there was a clear path between me and the woman. "Yes i am" her voice was so beautiful it matched her perfect face magically. I hesitated, softly gripping the top of Emmett's chair. I gave it a few more moments thought.

I looked around the table at my brothers and sisters, my mom and dad, even if they weren't really i would always think of them as my family. Alice, Emmett and I made a connection we nodded to each other as if to said that everything was going to be ok. Edward smiled at this as well. I looked to him, he smiled back, understanding my holding back, but i could only do that for so long. I smiled at Esme to make sure she understood i would always consider her my mom. She laughed and nodded to Bella. With that i knew that everything was safe and i let go of the chair and ran to Bella. I wrapped my arms around her waist and began to cry, holding on to her i understood everything she had always thought.