A/N: There's to hoping a double chapter will make up for such a long wait.
3rd Person
Bella followed Esme to the kitchen. Esme dumped a bunch of fruits and yogurt into the small Ninja blender. Esme never had the opportunity to make human anything, and she honestly loved that she could now. Plus, she thought, how badly can you mess up a smoothie? She dumped some ice in it.
Bella sat at the island and watched Esme as she cut up fruit and dumped them in the blender. When Esme was done she stuck a bendy straw into the smoothie and put it on the counter in front of Bella. Bella took the cup into her small hands and looked up at Esme slowly. She never had a smoothie before and didn't know what to expect. She sipped the smoothie quickly.
Mmmm. Bella couldn't help but say as she tasted it. It was delicious. It was sweet and thick.
"How did you make the juice get thick?" Bella asked quietly, looking up at Esme in wonder.
Esme sat down on the stool with a smile.
"When you add the ice it gets thicker. Plus fruits are thick and not runny like juice."
Bella nodded a content look on her face.
"Bella, would it be okay if Alice takes you shopping today?" Esme asked worriedly. "It is winter and you don't have a lot of winter clothes."
Bella looked up at Esme, slightly fearful. What if Alice hurt her? Or what if James comes and hurts Alice? Would James find them?
"Are you okay?" Esme asked worriedly, and a little startled. "What's the matter?"
Bella's hands trembled.
"You will be safe with Alice" Esme tried to reassure.
"What if James hurts her?" Bella said in a small voice.
Esme frowned at the amount of fear in Bella's voice.
"James is far, far away and can't hurt you anymore" Esme said seriously.
Bella shook her head.
"Alice is a big girl; she can keep you and herself safe." Esme promised.
Bella didn't believe Esme, but nodded. If James comes Bella would go with him, so no one would get hurt. She had already decided this as she continued drinking her smoothie.
Back in her room Esme told Bella she would wait for her to be ready downstairs. Bella dressed in thick leggings, thick socks, jeans, a long sleeve shirt, and her sweater. She was cold in the house, but it was even colder outside, Bella thought. She walked down the stairs slowly, her sock covered feet barely making any noise.
"I'm ready" She said, looking up at Esme.
Esme smiled down at Bella in front of the door. Alice walked towards the door. Bella looked up at her fearfully. Alice got down to Bella's size with a smile.
"Are you ready to go?" She asked softly.
Bella looked at Esme before nodding. Alice helped her into her sneakers and coat. Alice pulled on Bella's ear muffs as Bella pulled on her gloves. Alice pulled on a trench coat so she wouldn't look weird walking outside in the snow. Alice stretched her hand to Bella and Bella hesitantly took it.
"Okay sweetheart." Esme said softly with a smile. "Alice has your medicine for lunch time. And I'll take good care of Salt while you're gone, I promise."
Bella nodded and walked into the cold with Alice. She was glad Salt would be watch by someone as nice as Esme. A violent shiver passed through Bella despite her layers of clothes.
"This is my car" Alice said pointing to the yellow Porsche. "But we're taking Esme's car because it is warmer"
Bell nodded as they walked over to a white car. Alice helped Bella get strapped into her seatbelt before making her way to the driver's seat.
"Do you like music?" Alice asked looking back at Bella.
Bella looked up at Alice with wide eyes.
"Maybe you didn't listen to a lot of music. I'll put on some music and if you don't like it tell me"
Bella nodded in relief. Suddenly the car was filled with "Baby, baby if you seek Amy tonight. Is she in the bathroom is she smoking up outside". Bella listened as music played during the long drive to the mall. She wasn't sure if she liked music yet even though it played for a long time.
"Okay Bella" Alice said with a big smile.
Alice got Bella out of the car. Bella noticed how happy Alice looked.
"It is only 10:00. We will go get lunch around 1:30. That means we have 3 and a half hours to shop before you eat."
Bella nodded even though she had no clue what Alice was talking about. She assumed Alice meant they could shop and then eat. She didn't know about all those numbers.
"The first thing we're going to get you is new coats because we still have 2 months of winter."
Bella held Alice's hand as they crossed the parking lot and walked into the mall. It was emptier than usual because it was Wednesday and most people were at work or at school. Bella looked around at all the stores and everything everywhere. She was in awe because she had never been in a mall before. She had never seen so many things in one place. She followed Alice into a store.
"This store is called Winter" Alice said. "They change it every season"
Season? Bella thought confused, but she didn't say anything.
"Good morning" The woman at the checkout counter said.
"Morning" Alice said.
Alice headed to the girls section. Bella automatically saw a coat she thought was pretty. It was long and brown; the hood was fuzzy around the edges. Around the waist area was a belt that clipped in the front and there was a cat on it.
"Do you see anything you like Bella?" Alice asked.
Bella looked at Alice with worry as Alice took her coat off.
"You can have anything you want" Alice told her. "If you like it and they have your size, you can have it, I promise."
Bella looked at the coat again and then back at Alice.
"Will I get in trouble?" She spoke quietly.
"Not at all" Alice said with a smile.
Bella didn't know if she believed Alice, but she was starting to like her. She showed Alice the coat she was looking at. Alice smiled.
"This is a very pretty coat" Alice said.
She grabbed one from the middle and checked the size. When she saw that it was Bella's size she put it over her arm.
"Okay, it's yours. Let's get one more coat and some gloves, scarves, and ear muffs."
Alice picked out Bella's next coat and Bella loved it. Two coats, 15 pairs of gloves, 5 scarves, and 8 pairs of ear muffs later they left the store. Bella wanted to hold one of the bags so Alice gave her the bag with the gloves, ear muffs, and scarves.
Alice and Bella shopped until Alice's hands were full and Bella had two bags. They headed back to the car and stuck everything into the trunk.
"It's already 2:30" Alice said as they went back into the mall. "Do you want to get McDonalds?"
"What's a mick donal?" Bella asked curiously.
"Did you ever eat out?" Alice asked surprised.
Bella shook her head but didn't say anything about it. Alice noticed the frown that appeared on Bella's face as opposed to the content look that was there when they shopped.
"Well I think you will love it." Alice said.
They went to the food court and to McDonalds.
"I'll get you a hamburger, I think you'll like it" Alice said.
Bella watched Alice as she ordered for her. A little while later Alice had a red box in her hand with a yellow smiley face. They sat at the table and Alice gave it to Bella.
"Are you going to eat?" Bella asked curiously.
Alice shook her head with a smile. Bella looked at her and noticed she had the same color eyes as Esme and Renee. Maybe that's why she liked her. Bella opened the box took out her food slowly. She ate very slowly and then took her medicine when Alice gave it to her.
"I like eating here" Bella finally said.
Her lips twitched upward, almost into a smile. Alice beamed at this. They continued shopping. Around 5:30 Alice said that they were done shopping. Once again Alice's hands were full and Bella now had three bags.
"Did you have fun?" Alice asked as they got in the car.
Bella looked at Alice in the front seat.
"Yes" She said quietly. "But my feet hurt now"
"I'm sorry" Alice said softly.
Bella looked up at Alice in surprise. No one had ever apologized to her; she usually apologized for doing something wrong.
"No, I'm sorry for complaining." She said quickly.
"Don't ever be afraid to tell anyone if you are in pain, or anything" Alice said softly.
Bella didn't answer. She almost fell asleep during the drive but they got home faster than she could fall asleep. They left the bags in the car. It was already 7:30.
"They boys will bring up the bags for us" Alice said.
Bella nodded. She didn't know why they couldn't do it on their own, but she wasn't going to ask. They walked into the house and straight to the kitchen, after taking off all the outside clothes. Bella sniffed the air and her lips twitched again, it smells good.
"Esme" Bella said happily.
"Sweetie, I missed you so much"
Esme turned from the stove and swept Bella into her arms. Bella stiffened for a few seconds in surprise. Slowly she wrapped her arms around Esme's neck and hugged her back. The only other person that ever hugged her was Renee. Bella suddenly felt very loved and she loved the feeling.
"Did you have fun with Alice?" Esme asked when Bella was back on her feet.
Bella nodded. "We got lots of stuff and I ate Mick D-donals" She said smiling even though she didn't remember the name of the place.
"McDonalds" Esme said with a smile. "Was it good?"
Bella nodded.
"Did you remember to take your medicine?"
Once again Bella nodded.
"Good. Alice is going to help you clean up for dinner, it's nearly ready."
Bella followed Alice to the bathroom on the first floor where she washed her hands and dried them before going to the dining room. Bella climbed onto the tall chair with a small yawn. A few minutes later someone walked through the dining room. Bella's heart sped up when she saw that it was Emmett, the biggest guy in the house. He smiled at her as he went towards the living room. Bella willed herself to calm down as Esme came in with a plate.
"Enjoy" Esme said, putting a glass of juice down by the plate.
Bella ate, unaware that she was even hungry, until there was only half a plate left. Esme made mashed potatoes, chicken, and corn. Once again Bella left juice in her cup for her medicine.
Upstairs Bella bathed and Esme brushed her hair when she got dressed in her pajamas.
"Look" Bella said when Esme was done brushing her hair, gesturing to her night gown. "It's the sponge from TV and his snail."
Bella loved her nightgown because it had her favorite cartoon on it, not that she had seen many cartoons.
"I see, SpongeBob." Esme said with a smile as she sat Bella on her bed.
"Is this what a real snail looks like?" She asked gesturing to SpongeBob's snail.
"Almost. Snails are very small and darker." Esme said, but Bella looked at her in confusion. "I'll show you a picture tomorrow, promise"
Bella nodded as Esme place a pill in her hand.
"I'm missing one" Bella said in confusion.
"The other one is a sleeping pill, Carlisle wants to see if you can sleep without it." Esme explained.
Bella took the other pill and swallowed it with her juice.
"What was that one for?" She asked curiously.
"Anemia" Esme said with a frown.
"What anem-em-anemia?" She asked, having trouble pronouncing it.
"Your anemia is when you don't have enough iron in your blood"
"I thought iron was only for clothes" Bella said lying down.
Esme covered her with her new SpongeBob comforter.
"There is another type of iron that goes inside your body."
"How do I get anemia?" Bella asked still pronouncing the 'e' wrong.
"It from when you don't eat enough of the right food"
"Oh" Bella frowned, dropping the conversation. "I like my new blankets"
She snuggled deeper in them as Esme put on NickToons again.
"I like them too" She smiled, leaning down and kissing Bella's cheek. "Good night sweetheart."
"Goodnight"
Bella lay on her bed watching TV.
"Ger" The green alien yelled at the other green alien.
"Sorry Zim" The nice alien, Ger, said.
"Invader Zim will be right back" The TV said.
Soon Bella had watched a whole hour of TV before her exhaustion set in. Without her medicine she drifted to sleep. For the first time in a long time she didn't have a nightmare. Instead she dreamt she was with the green aliens, trying to take over.
A/N: Once again I hope this chapter makes up for the gap in updates. Also I hope no one is disappointed in the story, it is moving slow, I know. I also know that Bella seems younger than 8, which will be explained later on, maybe in the next chapter. Also, I know how Bella's mind is supposed to be, so I don't really know how to write in her view. Lastly, yes the Cullen kids are in school except Alice (because she was shopping) and Edward because at the present time he is having trouble controlling his blood lust caused by Bella. Whose POV should I do next? Try Bella, 3rd person, or the next person she is going to try and get comfortable with?