A/N: Sorry i took so long to update. i had to study for finals Ugh! anyways we had a snow day so i thought i would catch up.

I got one reveiw last time. ONE! i wasn't expecting much from that chapter anyway but PLZ review for this one. i think it is good enough 4 reviews.

there are qoutes in this chapter from an IM conversation w/ on of my friends:

Friend: "You're a naked elephant!"

Me: "Yeah, well, you're the banana that I step on!"

As I walked out to my car, a rusty red pickup, I decided to give up boys for good. This excluded Jasper and Emmett, of course, who were Alice's and Rosalie's boyfriends. They were both like brothers to me.

I finally made it to the house and knocked on the door. Alice answered, took one long look at me, and spoke.

"He dumped you, didn't he?" she said with an apologetic look. I nodded and started to cry.

"That bastard," she murmured as she took me into a hug. Through my tears, I saw Rosalie, Emmett, and Jasper come into view.

All of them live in the same house. Esme, Alice's mom, decided to run a boarding house a while back, 4 years ago to be exact. Alice met Jasper shortly after, and he immediately moved in. Jasper dragged, literally, his sister, Rosalie, to the house, too. Soon Rosalie met Emmett, who did the same thing as Jasper except that Emmett was an only child so no siblings were involved. The group still had their parents. The parents still visited every once and a while. In fact, everyone stayed with their parents all summer because Alice and her parents went on a vacation. Alice just got back a week ago.

Rosalie, Alice, Emmett, and Jasper were some of the most beautiful people I had ever met. Alice had short spiky black hair. She was small and very perky. I kept trying to convince her to do the pep squad, but she never listened to me. Jasper had honey blonde hair and was tall and lean. He was always calm. The perfect antidote to Alice's liveliness. Rosalie had to be the prettiest of them all. She had long wavy blonde hair. I never felt pretty in her presence. Emmett was big, muscular big. He could scare anybody, but really he was soft and sweet. It is no wonder their so beautiful because their parents are also very pretty. I have met them many times.

I was still sobbing as Alice led me to the living room. Esme came in and gasped.

"What's wrong, Bella, honey?" Esme asked concerned. I loved Esme. She was like the mother I never had. Renee, my mom, died when I was young so I was forced to move from Phoenix to Forks to live with my dad, Charlie. I loved Charlie. He knew how to leave me alone, but also gave me plenty of attention. He was a great father.

"Mike just broke up with her," Alice answered Esme's question.

"Well, Bella, Mike is an idiot for letting you go. Any guy would be lucky to have you," Esme said. I just nodded.

I cried for what seemed like hours. Finally, my eyes went dry and all was quiet. That was when I realized I was sitting on the couch with my face on Alice's chest. I blushed and looked up.

Everyone was looking at me with concerned faces. Even Carlisle was home from the hospital. He was a doctor there.

"Sorry you guys had to listen to all that," I said

"It's fine. We're your friends," Alice said. I smiled.

"Group hug," Emmett said. We all got into a giant hug.

"Do you want to sleepover?" Alice asked.

"But tomorrow is the first day of school," I said.

Esme spoke this time. "Don't worry. We'll get you to school on time. Do you have all of your stuff?" I thought about it. I had put my school stuff in my truck earlier today to be ready, and Alice could loan me some clothes and bathroom supplies.

"Yeah I have all I need, but I don't want to intrude."

"Bella you're always welcome here. You're not intruding," Jasper finally spoke.

"Okay I'll stay, but I have to call my dad."

"Yay!" Alice squealed. She had a wide grin on her face. "And after school tomorrow we can cheer you up by going shopping!"

I laughed. "You know me too well, Alice," I said sarcastically.

"Fine, we'll skip shopping," she said.

I called Charlie, and, at first, he opposed, but then I pleaded. He must have heard the sadness in my voice because he asked what was wrong. I just told him it was about Mike. He allowed the sleepover at that because he knew he didn't want to be near me when I cried.

I went to Alice's room and saw that everything was already set up. She was sitting on one of the sleeping bags. I went over and sat on the other sleeping bag.

"So, we can't stay up late because 1) we do have school tomorrow and 2) we have to pick Edward up from the airport," Alice said.

"Edward? Who's Edward?" I asked confused.

"He's my half-brother."

"You never mentioned a half-brother."

"Yeah, well it never seemed important." I looked at her expectantly. She continued. "Well, before Carlisle met Esme, he was married to some other girl. That had a little boy named Edward. Really soon after (when Edward was only 1 month old), Carlisle met Esme and it was love at first sight. Carlisle felt bad about it at first, but then he found out his wife had fallen out of love with him. The divorce was quick, and Carlisle and Esme were married by the time Edward was 6 months old. Esme had me soon after the marriage. Edward is about a year and a half older than me and a few months older than you. We will all be seniors this year." She looked at me and continued. "Anyways, his mom just got a new boyfriend and is moving to India. He decided to come and live with us. That was the meeting I went to this summer. We were planning. I almost feel bad for Edward, but we talked a lot so I know he really liked Carlisle. I told him all about Forks. I even told him about you. He said he couldn't wait to meet you."

I blushed. "I wish you wouldn't have done that, Alice."

"Why not?! He is very nice and handsome."

"All the more reason. He definitely won't like me. He's too nice."

"He sounded very interested."

"He was faking. Besides, I just lost a boyfriend. I am not going to hurry into a relationship. In fact, I've sworn off guys all together except Jasper and Emmett, of course.

"Bella, that's crazy! You and Edward would be so great together. Won't you at least be friends?"

"I don't know, Alice. If he's as good as you say he is, I should stay very far away from him."

"That doesn't even make sense."

"It doesn't have to. It makes sense to me."

"You, Isabella Swan, are the most stubborn person I have ever met," Alice sighed in defeat, for now. I knew Alice and I knew she would not let this go.

"Well, you're a naked elephant!" I shouted randomly. (That was line one.)

"Yeah, well, you're the banana that I step on!" She exclaimed. (That was line two.) We both looked at each other and started to laugh.

"That was so random. I don't know where it came from," I said in between laughs. We were finally calm, and we laid down in our sleeping bags.

"Good night, Bella. I will make sure you and Edward get together."

"Good night, Alice. Give it a rest."

With that I went into a peaceful sleep. I dreamt of what I thought Edward would be like. He would open a door for me when I was ready to walk through it. He would be very sweet. He would always ask if I wanted to do something before we did it. He never called me hot or sexy only beautiful. The list went on and on. I really liked this dream Edward, but I am scared of the real one.

A/N: i hope you liked it!!! now REVIEW!!!!!

I am betting many of you *cough sifu hotman (my friend's nickname) cough* are wondering how the divorce then marriage went so fast. well its a fanfiction so i can do what i want. also i wanted to make sure all of them were in the same grade. And for proof of this as a possibility one of my family members got divorced and it only took 2 months!!

anyways have a great day and REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!