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The man walked over to me and held out his hand. I looked at it for a few seconds and then looked at him. He smiled reassuringly at me so, with a sigh, I took it. He grasped my hand firmly and released it when I shivered. His touch was ice cold. He became preoccupied with a clipboard.

"Sorry, who are you? Sorry to ask again. I'm Bella." I said, slightly embarrassed and scared.

"That's a beautiful name, I'm guessing short for Isabella?" I nodded. "I'm Carlisle Cullen. I'm a doctor and we came home to find you passed out on the floor."

I flushed. "We?" I asked, looking at my hands.

"Yes. I have three sons, Emmett, Jasper and Edward, two daughters, Rosalie and Alice, and my wife is Esme. All my children are all around your age, actually."

"You seem a little young to have teenagers." I said, looking at his perfect face. He was easily one of the most handsome people I'd ever seen. "Sorry, I don't mean to be rude."

"You should stop apologising so much," He laughed "they are all adopted."

"That's really sweet of you and... Esme." I smiled at him, almost forgetting his wife's name.

"Its the least we can do. Now, we need to find out how to get you back home." He smiled. Tears automatically sprang to my eyes.

"I can walk." I assured him.

"No. You are very badly injured; you will have to rest at home for a while. You have some broken ribs, toes and ankle plus a big bump on the head and bruises and cuts covering every inch of your body. What happened to you?"

I avoided his look and stayed silent. He came and sat on the edge of my bed and I knew I had to say something.

"I fell." Yes, that was the best I had. He didn't look like he believed me but he accepted it anyway.

"Well, you can stay here for a while. A few days and then I'll take you home." I shuddered internally at the thought of what Phil would do to me. "You'll be on crutches for a while."

"Oh, okay." I said.

"Would you like to meet my family?" I was suddenly nervous. He laughed at the expressions that had creeped onto my face. "I'll protect you." He grinned. I sighed and swung my legs out of the bed. He held two crutches in front of me and slipped my arms through and, with his support, stood up. I realised I wasn't in my old clothes, I was in sweats and a shirt that looked really nice. He noticed, of course. "My daughter, Alice, dressed you and through your old clothes away. They were covered in blood and mud and they were ripped everywhere."

I just looked away, knowing I was bright red at that thought. Carlisle helped me downstairs and called his family doing so. I went down to see a beautiful woman with caramel coloured hair waiting at the bottom of the stairs for me smiling. When we reached the bottom, Carlisle carefully let go of me, making sure I was steady, but still stayed at my side.

"Bella, this is my wife, Esme." Esme came to me slowly and held out her hand, I took it.

"Its lovely to meet you Bella." She said, placing her other hand on top of mine and smiling. Her voice were like bells, it was almost melodic.

"You too." I smiled back. She was like a princess from the fairytales my mother read me when I was younger. But suddenly, there was a girl next to her. She pretty much appeared out of nowhere, almost like she had inhuman speed. I shook that thought and looked at her properly. She was very small with spiky black hair and the same golden eyes as Carlisle and Esme. I was about to say hello when she pulled me into a hug. I saw that Esme was looking very surprised and disapproving at the same time. She held me with strong arms that felt like stone... She spoke, while pulling away, with the same breathtakingly beautiful voice but in a higher pitch than Esmes.

"Bella, I'm Alice. I know we'll become great friends."

I smiled at her. "I'm sure we will."

Standing behind her was another stunning man. He had honey blonde hair that was curly and framed his face perfectly. He kept his distance but smiled and said;

"Hello Bella. I'm Jasper." I smiled at him again and was about to speak when a man and woman came in the room, capturing my attention. The man was huge, like a bodybuilder. He had curly black hair and a girl holding his hand. She was, beyond breathtaking. She had long flowing hair, a figure that any girl would kill to have and the most beautiful face I've ever seen. I guessed this was Rosalie and either Emmett or Edward. The man stepped forward.

"Hey! You woke up! At last. I'm Emmett." He said grinning at me.

"Hi Emmett," I looked to the girl "So you must be Rosalie then." I smiled. She returned the smile and held out her hand I took it.

"Well then you must be Bella. How are you doing?" She asked in a stunning voice that could have sent anyone into shock.

"I feel a lot better, thank you for everything." I addressed everyone. "I didn't mean to intrude. You can ask me to leave anytime – I honestly don't mind. I feel awful about doing this to you and-" Alice held her hand up.

"We don't mind at all. We're glad to help." She told me smiling at everyone else.

"Don't you worry, Bella. But will your parents be worried? Do you need to call them?" Esme chimed in.

"Uh, no. I was meant to be staying in a hotel for a week or so." I made up quickly.

"Oh, okay. Well, do you need anything?"

"I'm fine thank you. I'm just a little thirsty. Is there any water?"

"Certainly. I'll just fetch Edward and he'll show you around." I nodded and waited where I was. Everyone, aside from Carlisle, had dispersed from the room. Esme walked in.

"He'll be here in just a second. Do you mind if we leave you until he gets here?"

"Not at all. Thank you, again. I appreciate it so much." She smiled, kissed my forehead and took Carlisle's hand. He smiled back to me and left with her. I sat down on the chair behind me, taking my arms out of the crutches and looking at the hallway I'd first come into. One of the doors opened and a man, holding a glass of water, walked out. That was when I first saw him and that was the moment I knew I held an unhealthy interest in him. It happened so quickly I didn't know if this was all just a dream. He looked at me and something seemed to click in me. I don't know about him, but then again, how could someone like me ever get someone like that. I was short with mousey brown hair and chocolate eyes, average. Maybe even below... He was tall with bronze coloured hair and a strikingly angular face. Like everyone else, he had the same golden eyes and pale skin. He smiled a crooked smile at me and walked over. It took effort, but I managed to change my gaping expression to a smile. He held the glass out to me and I took it eagerly. I gulped some down then smiled up at him, he had a strange confused expression now.

"Thank you." I said smiling.

"No problem Bella. My name is Edward." He said in a velvet soft voice holding out his hand.