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Chapter Two

Bella Age: One

Year: 1996

"Dada! Dada! Dada!" Bella squealed as Emmett threw her lightly into the air.

Rosalie was in the garage working on another car and couldn't help but smile when hearing Bella and Emmett playing. She was a little worried that Emmett wouldn't grasp on the fatherhood as well as he had. She was also afraid that Bella wouldn't take well to either of them, but she hoped it was irrational since Bella had done so well with the other members of the Cullen family. She even liked Edward even though he could barely stay in the room long enough to make any sort of impression.

It has been five months since Rosalie, Emmett and Bella moved into the new cottage. Well, not so much as a cottage more like a small mansion in the middle of the forest, it was just a little smaller than the main house. The biggest differences were instead of eight bedrooms their home had four and instead of being all white, this one was tan with rock finishing around the garage and around the door and window right above it.

As you walked in, you saw a stair case directly on the left wall leading up to the second floor where three of the rooms were, there was a cat walk like hallway that overlooked the living room. Beside this staircase on the first floor there was a big living room decorated with a dark teal sofa on wooden legs that was facing the fireplace wall. Next to the sofa was a light teal love seat and in-between was a black end table. There were dark wood floors all throughout the house. Across from the living room and stair case was an office space and a connecting bathroom.

As you walked towards the back of the house was the large, white kitchen. The appliances were state of the art, for this time. And the dining room was openly connected to the left of the kitchen. Upstairs was Rosalie and Emmett's room that was decorated in various shade of red. A connecting bathroom added a bonus for the married couple.

Bella's baby room was across the hall and was decorated with light yellow walls. Her crib was white and had her dark grey baby blanket was folded neatly across the side. The changing table was adjacent and was also white with the padding being grey. Down the hall was an empty spare room that would be Bella's as she out grew her small one now.

In the basement was a rec-room and another bedroom and bathroom. This was Rosalie's dream house, she designed it with Esme and decorated according to her and Emmett's taste in mind. Bella didn't have much say, so the spare room is bare for her to put her own taste on it.

Rosalie rolled herself out from under the car and went over to the built in sink area to wash the grease off her face. When she was done she walked out to the backyard where Emmett and Bella were still playing. The smile on Rosalie's face felt so natural and genuine. She was worried that Bella would notice big differences between herself and her adopted parents. But looking at the two loves of her life, Rosalie knew that would not be a problem.

Bella looked almost identical to Emmett. She had dark brown hair and light brown eyes just like him. She and Emmett were almost the same person, at least right now. Everything he did she tried to replicate. She was just starting to walk by herself so trying to keep up with Emmett should have been a challenge but they were so in sync that Emmett knew when to slow down for her or if she was getting irritated with walking he was guilty of just picking her up.

Even though she looked almost like Emmett, her nose and mouth resembled Rosalie's to anyone who didn't know Bella was adopted. When Bella would get sassy with a toy or even her father Rosalie saw herself show up in Bella. Rosalie shook her head, knowing that that sounded like bullshit since Bella wasn't theirs, but it was the complete truth to Rosalie. Bella looked like theirs and acted like such that it seemed natural for their life to end up like this.

Emmett threw Bella in the air one more time but Rosalie cut in and grabbed her before Emmett could.

"Hey!" Emmett laughed out as he watched Rosalie swoop Bella into her arms and start tickling her. He never thought he would ever get so lucky to have a family with Rose. He loved her even more than himself and this little girl made him and Rosalie feel complete. He loved that the other family members loved Bella just as much as they did. Well, except for Edward.

Edward told Emmett right before they moved into this house how being around Bella made Edward very uncomfortable and to lessen the awkward and almost painful encounters Edward opted to stay away as much as he could. Emmett told Edward the same thing Jasper and Carlisle told him, it will get easier. This seemed to have fallen on deaf ears. The longest Edward was in the room with Bella was just in passing.

Rosalie, being the more overprotective of the couple, didn't want Edward near Bella. At all. She felt that it took her this long to have a baby, she wasn't going to risk losing her anytime soon. Emmett understood this as well.

Esme and Carlisle spoiled Bella even worse than Rosalie and Emmett, if that was possible. Carlisle already helped the new parents with setting up a college fund for Bella. Even though, she really wouldn't have needed it, it was nice to be as normal as possible for Bella's sake in the long run. The Cullen's really took a liking to Bella.

Alice had already had plans to take Bella to Paris when she was older, it helped since she already had a vision of it happening and wasn't going to let that change. Alice was responsible for Bella's oversized closet filled with clothes that would last until she was five years old, maybe even longer. Alice took her unofficial godmother role very seriously and wanted Bella to be pampered. Jasper, being the unofficial godfather, had bought Bella boxes and boxes of books. These books ranged from preschool to college, he wanted her to be well versed with literature.

Rosalie and Emmett had no qualms with anyone in the family for wanting what they did for Bella, in fact they encouraged them. The only condition was that Bella had to be taught to value and cherish each item. Sure she was only one now, but in a few years' time they wanted her to understand that she was not born with a silver spoon in her mouth and everything and everyone had a rightful place and if you wanted something you work for it.

Emmett wrapped his arms round his wife and daughter and kissed their foreheads. He was so happy in this moment. Rosalie and Emmett both knew that raising a child is difficult, especially if the parents are vampires and the child is human, but they were ready to take this on. They were ready to raise a family.

"Edward you can't be afraid of her forever." Carlisle softly advised.

Edward sighed and kept trying to read the new music sheet he bought. He was getting pretty fucking tired of hearing everyone tell him that he needed to relax or not worry about being around that human. For some odd reason that bundle of baby loved Edward and he wasn't too keen on that.

"Carlisle, I'm not afraid of her. I just…" he couldn't tell Carlisle that he didn't like Bella, but he couldn't lie either.

Sighing, Carlisle got up from the couch in the living room and set his paperwork on the coffee table, "Edward, she is just a baby. She really does like you and maybe if you just softened just slightly—"

"I don't want to talk about this. I want her blood. Is that what you want to hear? I don't want to want to drain her, but it's an urge I have to fight." Edward all but growled and threw the music sheet down.

"Is it harder for you with her than any other human? Can you read her thoughts? I never really asked, but maybe if you just looked into her mind things would become easier?"

"No, I can't read her mind." Edward avoided the first part of Carlisle's question.

"You can't? At all?" Carlisle sat back down on the couch.

"Nope. I haven't since she came here. I don't know why, but I think that infuriates me more than wanting her blood."

"Back on that subject… is her blood harder to fight against than any other human?" Carlisle had multiple theories running through his head by this point.

Edward paused. He didn't want to confess to Carlisle that Bella's blood smelled sweet, very sweet and was hard to ignore.

Carlisle took Edward's silence as his answer and smiled slightly, "Keep me posted if that changes. But for now, just try to ease into her life, which could help." He stood up and started to walk out of the room, but stopped short, "She really is a sweet girl, and you might find that you like her."

Edward huffed as Carlisle left him alone.

Edward didn't think he could ever like that human.

So, this is a little shorter than I wanted it to be, but Edward just really didn't want to talk this time. This was a building chapter, I wanted to show how Rosalie and Emmett are with Bella and that is basically going to be how their relationship with her is going to be in the future. They are a very close family. And Edward... oh Edward. He may be a little darker in this story but he is also very stubborn... but I find that endearing :)

Alright, what did you like most about this chapter? Is there something you are really hoping will pop up in the future or something you wanted addressed in this chapter? Even though I have 95% of the story already written doesn't mean that I can't add some stuff in :) Just let me know!

On that note, thank you so much for reading and I can't wait to hear what you thought :)