I know this took me a while, but I had my finals and after that I took a long nice vacation. Now I am back for good and will try to keep this frequent.

While I was gone I noticed a new rule. If I put a lemon in my story, will it be removed?

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Chapter 4 Cullens

I remember a time when everything was simple. Quiet if you will. Times before this thing called technology exist. Ok that's probably an inaccuracy, technology was always present. It goes hand in hand with mankind. Certainly the current generation wouldn't think that the tools made from rocks and the invention of wheel or the utilization of fire as technology.

But that's not where I was going with this, what I really wanted to say is that I remember a time where there were no machines. Again an inaccuracy lever is a machine and so is pulley and I wasn't alive when they were invented. So I can't remember I time without them.

Ugh…

Sometimes I really hate my mind… I can never turn it off. That's the only thing I miss from being human, the ability to just shut my mind, relax and fall asleep.

Anyway I remember a time when humans were in the "dark", the medieval era. It was perfect and definitely my favorite.

Ever since humans started to advance everyone else had to pay the price.

Now vampires should be careful when they hunt these camera phones, they are a bitch and the speed news travel. That is a threat to us too. In the old times you could rampage through a village and no one would have ever known. They would call it the plague or Black Death or a punishment from god. And when I stepped out of the shadows, I was a goddess, they literally fell to their knees and worshiped me. Oh how I miss the medieval ages!

But the worst thing about the current age has to be the noise!It's everywhere!

Maybe it's not bothering the humans because of their lacking sense of hearing. But my poor ears had to go through so much. Ok lately there have been changes for the better. They try to make their machines quieter.

So how is it possible for me to be in the noisiest thing remaining in this era?

The thing Jasper called a car roared again like it was mocking me. I winced a little. The boy was driving next me like he didn't notice all the noise. Is it possible that humans don't hear that sound? It seems to me that it's pretty fucking loud!

We were driving out of the city for about 20 minutes now, in this truck.

On a first look I dare say that I liked it. It was fade red with big, rounded fenders and a bulbous cab. Yes it runs slower than a snail, but it had something that I couldn't put my finger on. If only it didn't sound like a piece of metal thrown into a woodchopper. It roared again and I barely held a growl back.

"We are almost here." Said Jasper as he turned to a small dirt road, hidden nicely between the trees. I was right, they lived a little outside the town. I guess it is easier to hide away from the prying eyes of humans.

Damn! I am still not sure how the hell he convinced me to go along with it. All I wanted was to go search for the wolves and 30 minutes later I'm sitting in closet space breathing in his sweat scent and on my way to meet the resident freaks of Forks.

We reached a small meadow, with perfectly trimmed grass and beautiful flowers, in the middle stood a house. I'm not sure what I expected to see, but it certainly wasn't this. The house was timeless, graceful and at least a hundred years old. It was painted a soft white, and was three stories tall, rectangular and well proportioned. I could hear a river close by, probably hidden behind the house.

"Wow"

"It's magnificent isn't it?" Jasper stated more than asked as we both left the truck. "And wait till you see the inside. Esme did the whole thing by herself."

I simply nodded and took the chance to finally breathe a little Jasper free air, but instead I smelled a lot of different vampire scents, which didn't help at all. I was already cranky from the torturous ride and now I feel on edge knowing there are 6 possible enemies in the vicinity.

"You don't have to be nervous." He said as we both started to walk towards the porch.

"I am not." it was astonishing how he caught up with my mood changes, especially since I was really careful to have a poker face on at all times.

"Sure, sure." He smiled a little and knocked on the door. I had my shield all around me, ready to protect myself or attack if need be.

After 5 seconds the door opened to reveal a woman near her thirties. She was pale, as all vampires are and had a classic beauty, like a 60's movie star with a heart shaped face, soft wavy caramel colored hair and a small, slender body. She seemed to be just a few inches shorter than me.

The unknown woman had a disapproving look on her face and shook her head slightly. "Jasper, Jasper how many times do I have to tell you not to knock? You are practically family." I tried not to make a gagging face at her last remark.

"Sorry." He mumbled and run his hand through his hair nervously. "But even if the door was wide open, I would still knock."

"I know honey, you are the perfect young gentleman." She smiled widely and pinched his cheek.

He rolled his eyes at her antics and cleared his throat pointing me with his eyes. The woman then turned to me and just for a second she froze and her eyes widened in recognition? That's not possible, I'm certain that I never met her before.

She smiled at me even more if possible. "And who do we have here?"

She studied me quickly with gentle yellowish eyes and a huge smile that didn't waiver even after she saw my eyes.

"Bella this is Edward's mother and the most talented chef I ever met Esme Cullen. Esme this is my new friend Bella Bianci." He certainly uses the word friend loosely, we literally met a second ago and he considers me a friend?

Since she is obviously the matriarch of the coven, I tried to give her a smile as warm as I could manage.

"It's so nice to meet you Bella!" Before I could comprehend what was happening she was hugging me. She smelled odd, like flowers, fresh soil, a mixture of human food, lilac, vanilla and a lot other smells mixed. Well it shouldn't come as a surprise she obviously has a habit of hugging random people.

"It's nice to meet you too, mam." I awkwardly hugged her back, I am not a hugger.

"Please call me Esme." She finally stepped out of my personal space.

"Bianci? Sei italiano?"

"Nato e cresciuto."

"Benvenuti a casa nostra umile!" she opened the door and gestured inside.

"You both speak Italian?" asked Jasper before I could decline the invitation.

"Bella here is from Italy. Couldn't you tell from her surname?" Jasper just shook his head for no.

"And Esme has one of the best accents I've heard from an American." I can kiss ass if I have to.

"You are too kind dear. Now both of you come inside. Jasper I made you lasagna." His stomach growled at the mention of food and his cheeks flashed a little bit.

"Sorry." He mumbled.

"Actually.. I should go." They both frowned. "I don't like showing up unannounced and I only came to introduce myself." I could tell by the look in Esme's eyes that I wasn't going anywhere, anytime soon.

"Ignore her, she is just really shy." Jasper added. Thanks friend.

"No, I'm not shy. I really don't want to be a bother."

"Nonsense! You are Jasper's friend, you are not bothering anyone." she grasped my hand, before I made a run for it. Smart woman, I was really close to bolting.

"No really it's ok. I'll just visit some other time?" or better never!

"No, no you are not leaving yet, you have to meet the rest of the family." Damn it! This will probably take all day!

"Watch out Esme you will scare her away, I had a hard time convincing her that you guys won't gang up on her." Jasper said jokingly.

"I wasn't scared." I glared at him. "It's called self preservation. Most vampires aren't friendly to visitors and attack at sight whoever enters their territory unannounced."

"It's ok honey you will see for yourself that we are not like most vampires." she said smiling kindly at me.

"I can already tell. You seem really friendly." But I really don't want to waste my time here. "But I don't want to be rude and intrude." She shook her head no.

She then gave me a little smirk. "Come inside honey, we don't bite." Jasper chuckled and I just rolled my eyes at her little pun.

The inside of the house was not what you would expect when visiting a vampire home. It was very bright, very open and very large. It looked like the whole first floor was massed together into one giant room, there were no smaller rooms except the kitchen and what looked like a dining room to my right. To my left stood a wide central staircase, I went past it and into the wide room, or should I say area? It is too big to be considered just a room. Everything in here from the carpets to the ceiling was a shade of white. Everything except me, I really stood out in this room with my black combat boots, black tights and black leather jacket.

The whole back wall had been replaced with glass, beyond the glass wall there was a wide clearing that reached a river and behind it stretched the forest. Standing in here I felt like I was outside.

"You were right." I told Jasper. "It is magnificent"

"I usually am" he said grinning at me.

"You have a very beautiful home, Esme. Did you really do all this by yourself?" she was really talented.

"Thank you dear." She smiled pleased. "Yes. I always loved designing houses, but restoring and renovating old ones is my favorite. Trying to give a modern look without erasing the past glory of a house is a privilege." The way she spoke about her passion, made me respect her. Then I remembered her lifestyle choices and it was all gone.

"Jazz!" a deep male voice came from the top of the stairs, the boy jumped startled and put his hand on his chest.

Just then a big muscular man with dark curly hair appeared next to him, laughing loudly. He looked about 19 or 20 years old and had an intimidating physic, about 6' 5'' with muscles that belonged to a body builder. What was less intimidating was his face, which held a dig smile and the boyish dimples that appeared around it.

"Emmett!" Esme gave him a slight push on the shoulder, which he probably didn't feel at all. "How many times did I tell you not to scare Jasper?" she looked angry.

"I wasn't trying to scare him!" he argued, but his eyes had a glint that said otherwise.

Esme saw through his lie too. "The next time I am taking away ALL of your games."

Emmett pouted like a little child. "But.."

She cut him off. "Apologize to Jasper. Now!"

"Sorry Jasper." He muttered.

The whole scene was so bizarre and comical. The sight of a big man like Emmett intimidated by a small kind woman like Esme was too much and I couldn't help but chuckle.

That brought Emmett's attention to me. "And who do we have here?" he asked, smiling again as if the previous dispute never happened.

"Bella this is my idiot son Emmett. Emmett this is Bella, she is visiting and dropped by to say hello." fortunately she didn't call me Jasper's friend. I'd hate for that to be how this people identified me, Bella Jasper's friend.

"Well, hello then, Bella" he put out his hand and I shook it. "Hello Emmett." I couldn't help but smile back at him. His good nature seemed to be contagious.

During our hand shake he tightened his grip on my hand and smiled mischievously at me, I smirked and put more strength in it too.

He broke it off. "Good you can handle yourself, but we'll have to check that super strength of yours with an arm wrestle." I can say that I like Emmett he is straight forward and easy going, maybe a little dump too.

"Have we met before? You look familiar." he wondered out loud, before I accepted his challenge.

"I don't think so."He looked as if he was trying to remember and gave up almost immediately. I frowned, that was weird. First Esme and now Emmett too. Although Esme had more tact and didn't comment on it, she too looked like she recognized me, when she first saw me.

"Well Bell, you couldn't pick a better time to drop by! Jazzy and I are going to have a gaming marathon!" he exclaimed happily.

"When did I agree to a gaming marathon?" pondered Jasper, frowning slightly.

Emmett looked like a confused child "But I thought you and Eddy-boy are fighting?"

"Exactly and we have to talk. I don't have time to play with you."

"Com'on man! Why bother? We all know that the most action you are getting tonight or any other night is coming from this baby." He said smirking mischievously and pointed to a console under the large flat screen TV.

Jasper blushed and Esme came quick to his rescue. "Emmett!"

"I'm not teasing!" he huffed. "Whatever man, you are going to miss out. I pulled out some classics! Don't come back crying for a repeat, when you hear how awesome tonight was. Let's go Bell!" he gave me a gentle push towards the couch in the middle of the room.

"Huh? Me?" I said bewildered. "I haven't played before. I mean I don't play games."

He froze, with a shocked look on his face. "You have never played a video game before?" I shook my head no and he just gaped at me with his mouth hanging open, like I was an alien. I don't get what the big shock is. I might look like a teenager, but I am vampire. What self-respecting thousand-year old would spend his days playing video games?

"Emmett, close your mouth, that's not polite. And not everyone is a man-child like you playing video games all day long."

"Dude did you come out of cave or something?" still hard to accept that I haven't played video games before.

"Kind of." I decided to mess with him. Esme saw right through me, and simply raised an eyebrow.

"Really?" Jasper asked his face full of disbelief.

"Yes, but I was in a grave not a cave." Emmett nodded his head in excitement, wanting me to continue. Esme had an are you kidding me face on.

"I was trapped for nearly 200 years, because of a curse that can't be broken. I only got out because every one thousand full moon I can go and..."

Esme interrupted. "She is joking Emmett."

"Oh bummer…" he said disappointed.

"Now where are the girls?" she said moving towards the stairs.

"They are playing dress up." Esme put her hands one her hips and raised an eye-brow at him. "They said something about how soon school is starting again and having nothing to wear."

"ALICE! ROSALIE! Come downstairs." She yelled. No answer.

"It's ok Bell, I am going to convert you!" Emmett whispered with the biggest grin and moved to the coffee table, he picked two plastic boxes and showed them to me.

I picked one in random. "Tekken! Sweet! You will love this series." He went to the TV and hooked and unhooked some cables.

"Girls?"

This time a door opened and a bell like voice answered. "I'm sorry Esme but we are having a bit of a crisis here. Half of Rosalie's wardrobe is destroyed!"

"You can deal with it later."

"Later? You clearly don't grasp the seriousness of the situation Esme!" Came another female voice, this one sounded angry.

"Girls please come down, we have a guest." Said Esme patiently. I felt pity for the woman, playing mother for a bunch of immature teenagers ought to be maddening.

"A guest?" asked the first girl. "I didn't see anybody visiting.."

"Ugh! Maybe it's one of the dogs!" growled the other girl. "Isn't it enough that she makes us roll the red carpet for the human, now we have to socialize with his pets too?" I immediately took a liking to this girl, she was bitchy and she was the only one sane enough to see how outrageous it is to willingly socialize with a human. She obviously dislikes the werewolves too.

Esme was about to reply, probably to defend the human, but the other girl beat her to it. "When have you ever been anything but a bitch and plain rude to Jasper? If that's you rolling the red carpet, I sure don't want to see how the unwelcome you treats people."

"WAIT!" I could hear their voices much closer; they were probably at the top of the stairs. "I am not going down there! You people may be able to afford your clothes to reek like a dog but I can't burn any more clothes!"

Esme was about to say something but she cut her off before she could. "I am perfectly able to socialize from up here Esme! I will hear and comment whenever my input is needed."

"Weird Jasper's car is in the driveway and I can only hear one heartbeat." Said the other girl.

"Seriously?" Shrieked the bitchy girl and if Jasper couldn't hear her before he could now. "You brought us down here to greet Edward's flavor of the month? Isn't it enough that we run around the forest all day long to make sure he won't end up being that redhead's desert? He is the reason I have no clothes! Now you want me to come and greet the stupid human?" Jasper looked terrified at the end of her rand.

"Rosalie Lillian Hale, I am sure a raised you will at least basic manners. Now come don't here and apologize to Jasper! And you wouldn't be out of clothes if you used that magical machine that… um washes clothes, instead of burning them." there was a stare down going on.

The girl, Rosalie, huffed in defeat. "I am not apologizing."

"Yes you are! And you are apologizing to our guest who I never said is human or werewolf."

"Oh the joy we finally have another one of our kind as a visitor!" I am not sure if that was sarcasm or not.

Esme looked at Jasper and then me. "I'm sorry on behalf of my daughter, she is… stubborn." Esme was a good diplomat. Well I guess she had to be, to keep 4 hormonal teenage vampires at bay.

Emmett was chuckling to himself. "Babe, just come down. And give me some credit too! You are hurting my ego when you say that the sole reason you are out of clothes is a gay boy! I did a lot of ripping too." He smirked.

"Ugh, I didn't need that visual again." Said Jasper and wrinkled his nose in disgust.

Just then the two girls came in view, both looking at Jasper, the brunette with pity and the blond one with a death glare. "What did you say human?"

"Nothing." Mumbled Jasper and looked at his feet.

"Rosalie!" exclaimed both Esme and who I guess to be Alice.

"So what he walks in on us and gets a free pass?"

"Maybe you and Emmett should stop doing it in public places." Pitched in Alice.

"I had erased that from my mind." Said Esme looking like she was having a headache.

"Passion is…"

Esme interrupted her, she looked close to having fumes come out of her ears. "If you even look at each other sideways in there, I will hunt you down and kill you." Ok I no longer consider Esme a harmless woman. "This applies to everyone! Keep it out of my kitchen!"

"Sorry." whispered Rosalie.

Rosalie didn't look one bit sorry. I really like her, she obviously held her ground against all the others and openly dishes the human. Snarky, bitchy, hot and taken, too bad she really is my type.

She was really beautiful too, with stunning features, a statuesque physic, around my height 5'8'' or an inch taller, wavy golden blond hair that reach halfway down her back and her eyes didn't have the same yellowish color the others had, they were black, probably from anger, but it still won her a few points in my book.

The other girl, Alice, was the exact opposite of Rosalie. She was beautiful too, but an entirely different beautiful. Rosalie looked more like an ice queen and Alice… Alice looked like an angel. Maybe it is because her hair are pitch black and it makes her look even more pale than she already is, or maybe it's the way her hair is around her face like a spiky halo. Anyway her hair barely reached past her ears and her eyes had the same yellowish tint as Esme's and Emmett's. But where the others looked that they could be intimidating if they wanted to, Alice looked more like a fragile doll. She was tiny, like a pixie, barely 5' feet tall and had the body of a dancer.

As she was skipping down the last few steps of the staircase, she turned her head, her eyes met mine, like Esme her eyes widened in recognition and then she tripped.

Unfortunately she didn't have the grace of a dancer, or a vampire! It's the first time I see a vampire trip. It would have been really funny to see her fall, but Rosalie had quick reflexes and saved her the humiliation.

It looks like Alice tripping wasn't a regular occurrence because everyone stared at her surprised. The small silence was soon broken by Emmett's booming laughter. Jasper joined, I thought that as a person who falls down more than often, he should have more compassion. Alice stared at the floor and looked mortified.

Rosalie cut short their laughing fit with just a look. She then turned her hard gaze on me, luckily I manage to keep a straight face during the whole trip thing, but she kept glaring. If she recognized me, like the others did, she gave no sign. "Did you think this was funny?"

"Hilarious." I said with a poker face and not even an ounce of humor coloring my voice.

"I approve." She said with a small smile and moved past me, grabbed a random magazine and sat at an armchair.

Approve? I was confused, I glanced at Emmett but he too looked like he had no idea what just happened and shrugged his shoulders.

Esme cleared her throat. "Bella that's Rosalie and this is Alice."

Rosalie didn't even bother to look interested and Alice… Alice was staring at me, creepily. She didn't blink or breathe, she was slowly coming closer to me. I tried not to stare back at her, because she had a crazy twinkle in her eyes.

Then it hit me. Alice can see the future! What if she is trying to use her power on me? I didn't feel any attacks on my shield, but was once more on full alert. Ready to fight or run.

Jasper broke the awkward silence. "I'm sorry for laughing earlier Alice, I know how it feels." She completely ignored him, she was a 100% focused on me. "So… Did you have a vision?" Damn it. Did she see something about me?

Yet again no response from Alice.

Jasper looked between me and her puzzled. Emmett paused holding two controllers in his hands and had a look as if he was finally putting two and two together.

I had no idea what two and two could be. Is this some kind of signal? Are they going to full out attack me?

"What is going on?" wondered Jasper "What's wrong with Alice?"

"Jasper dear, why don't you come into the dining room? You should be hungry."

Esme is trying to get the human out of the way. It's a trap. I have to get out of here. Or I could just kill them all. My only worry is Emmett, I am not sure if I can take him down physically and if he has a power that he can use against mine, then I am in trouble.

Jasper started to move towards Esme slowly, all the while giving Alice worried glances. Esme had a big smile on, Emmett was smirking and even Rosalie was giving sideway glances.

What the hell is going on here?

Alice stopped moving all together. She then took a big breath and leaped at me.

I was right! I fell to a crouch and jumped sideways avoiding her and moving away from Emmett at the same time.

Again she jumped after me. Surprisingly no one else came after me, they all just watched the scene unfold. So if this wasn't an all out attack, then what was it?

I avoided Alice again and again, we kept jumping around for a while. Her coming at me and hitting random objects in the process, the couch, the wall, a lamp, a painting and me avoiding her.

I was about to get out of the way again when Esme surprised me. "No! Not my Qianlong vase!" Behind me stood a small coffee table, with an expensive looking vase.

In the few seconds that I was distracted Alice grabbed the chance to catch me. She hit me hard in the chest and we both fell back.

I tried to put my hands around her throat to keep her away from my throat, but that's not where she was heading.

She was hugging me?

Her hands where around my middle and her face was between my breasts.

"Will someone please tell me what is going on?" I barely heard Jasper.

I was preoccupied with the weird girl who was now purring and rubbing herself all over me.

I made a final attempt to escape, by moving a little backwards, but as soon as I moved my hands away from her neck she found the chance to move up on my body and now she was nuzzling my neck.

Unfortunately that last movement knocked the table and I heard a loud crash next to me and a loud NOOOO from Esme.

I won't introduce the wolves yet. But I have an important question, do u guys want Jasper to have feelings for Jacob or some other wolf? Or should I just keep it J/E?

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