Edward shoved past Carlisle, not caring if it was rude or not. He wanted Bella safe. This problem was almost over and Bella would see this problem if she wanted. As long as she was safe. And he would make that happen.

He quickened his pace out the door then sped like lightning through the forest making it to Bella's house in a matter of seconds. He smiled and knocked lightly on the door. It opened quickly and Bella's eyes filled with excitement faded. She knew why Edward had returned so fast, and she frowned at the thought.

"Bella, Love, there is one small problem." He grinned, "Small enough for you to see." Bella's eyes brightened with even more excitement, and Edward enjoyed that. But would be cautious at all times.

They reached the house in a matter of seconds, after Bella had left a note on the refrigerator, telling Charlie she would not be home to make dinner. She laughed hopping off of Edward's back. And kissed him on his cool cheek. Thanking him for the opportunity she rarely had. To see the "danger" that she was in for. They entered the house after a matter minutes, detailing every part of the way this would work out. How they would act. Bella nodded after almost every sentence.

As they approached the kitchen, Edward held onto Bella's waist firmly, warning her and himself of what might happen. Carlisle smiled, while introducing Bella to the two kids. Bella greeted them happily, and Edward smiled along with her.

Manny smiled and nodded at the girl that walked in with Edward. He thought this girl was very plain, and that it stood out against the seemingly perfect people that surrounded him. He grinned slightly, thinking of what great food the girls could be preparing. After all, they must have amazing cooking abilities.

Frida smiled and waved at Bella, watching her face closely. Her intuition flickered. They were together, Edward and Bella. It was obvious because of the way Edward held onto her waist. But it also seemed like he was protecting her. And he was looking straight at Manny. Did he really believe Manny wanted to hurt his girlfriend? She frowned a bit, turning to her friend.

Edward glanced over at Frida and Manny reacting to their thoughts quickly. He let go of Bella's waist just slightly, and she noticed. She turned around and smiled happily toward Edward, as if he were mistaken something. He grinned back, warning her that things still could happen. She frowned in disapproval.

Bella giggled as Manny and Frida gasped at Esme, Alice, and Rosalie's cooking. They marveled the decorated food, "Yeah, they are great cooks." She smiled at Rosalie, as she frowned. It lightened her mood a bit, and Rose grinned back.

Edward led Bella for the couch, away from the strangers. But Bells refused. She looked up at Edward, her face pouting to stay and meet the kids. Edward sighed in defeat. And walked Bella toward the empty chairs left by the fancy table and sat down, waiting for Manny and Frida to start the conversation. Bella smiled.

Manny, in the middle of devouring a cupcake, started talking. He realized that this was rude, but the food was just so good. He wondered how they could be that good at cooking. They couldn't have that much experience, could they? "So, are you guys all a family? I mean, you don't look related." He started, looking at all of the people one by one.

Frida ate some spaghetti as fast as she could, downing it in less than a minute. She sighed and sat back, satisfied. She tried to pay attention to what Manny was asking the two people. She smiled at them as politely as possible, and picked up a cupcake from the same plate Manny just had.

Edward hissed under his breath in suspicion of the question. Bella attempted to elbow him back, but only hit the hard stone chest he had. She covered her pain that came. And answered the question as casually as she could, "They are," she looked at each of the Cullens individually confirming her statement, "and they are very kind." She smiled at the two kids, and then walked over to Edward's seat to sit on his cold lap.

She looked up at him, and he smiled, kissing her on her forehead, she giggled, "They also have experience with," she nodded at the food and laughed, "almost everything."

She looked at the two kids waiting for their reaction patiently.

Manny laughed. "I noticed. This cupcake is asombrar." He remarked, taking another bite of the delicious pastry. He thought about what he was going to say next breifly, then leaned over to whisper to Bella. "I don't think your friend likes me." He whispered, eyeing Edward carefully. He noticed Edward's expression change, and he shrunk back into his seat, munching the cupcake thoughtfully.

Frida sighed, having been left out of the whisper. She ate some more spaghetti, this time off of Manny's plate. She chewed it slowly as she thought about what they'd do when these people found out about Manny's El Tigre powers. She slurped up a noodle, not bothering to wipe her face afterwards.

Bella giggled joyfully at Manny's remark, "He's very superstitious." she shrugged, "And very hard to read," She looked up at Edward, "especially times like these." Bella scrunched her face up in disapproval of Edward's usual behavior.

Edward chuckled, changing his serious look into a more playful one, "Bella." he kissed the top of Bella's head quickly, she grinned, and watched as Frida ate without a word.

Bella frowned, "What's wrong?" her eyes looking into Frida's lonely expression.

Edward lowered his head and whispered what Frida was afraid to say, "She likes the boy." he murmured softly, and looked up at the two normally.

Manny looked behind him and threw a glance in Frida's direction. He turned and gave Edward a confused look. "What? You were looking at Frida. You're not insulting her are you...? I'll..." He cautioned, reaching for his belt buckle. But he thought better of it and slumped his shoulders.

The attention on her made her uneasy, so Frida got up and stretched. She walked over to stand next to Emmett. She looked up, smiling. "Hi!" She exclaimed, laughing.

Bella's head shot up before Edward could reply, already having his mouth opened about to back himself up, "No, no." Bella started carefully, "He told me that she looked lonely to him as well. He wanted to help." She smiled kindly at Manny and Frida, as she walked over toward Emmett.

Edward nodded at Bella's defense and replied back to Manny quietly and calmly, "Yes I agree to that." He looked down at Bella for a second then glanced at Carlisle, telling him that this would be a good time to tell the two kids what they knew about them. Carlisle nodded in approval, and walked calmly to the chair next to Bella, and sat down casually as possible.

This took only seconds before he started again, "But us Cullen's have also put a lot of thought of what you two might be hiding." He grinned cautiously, "We will not harm you. But we just know what you are hiding." He nodded at Manny.

"Edward," Carlisle paused him with his glare; Edward stopped and look down at Bella's curious expression toward Manny and Frida, clueless.

Carlisle continued, "I will take care of this." He pursed his lips into a perfect line.

"What? Hiding?" Manny asked, glancing around the room at the other people. "Did we do something wrong?" Just in case, he threw his most innocent face at Carlisle quickly, then looked back to Bella. He realized that Carlisle was going to be doing the talking, so he turned to face him.

Frida tugged the Emmett's pant leg. "Hello? You hear me? I said... 'Hi'." She complained, looking up at him with confused eyes.

Carlisle waited until Manny calmed down, "No," he stopped hoping that would calm him even more, "but we've come to suspect that that belt of yours is something special." he traced his hand through the air to point at the belt Manny was still gripping onto.

Edward interrupted this part of the conversation, "Don't worry Manny," he reassured, "El Tigre is safe with us. We'll protect Frida from anything in this world that can harm you guys." He grinned politely. His tone emphasized "El Tigre" with his experienced Spanish accent. Edward knew that Manny could take care of himself; but Frida was his biggest concern.

Alice pranced over and leaned over Bella, "EVERYTHING will be safe!" she mused happlily, her eyes closed and made her smile look more comforting.

Jasper was at her side pulling her up from Bella's shoulders now, "Yep," he grunted as Alice flew into his arms, "don't worry a bit." Alice giggled as Jasper hugged her closely then loosened his grip free.

Emmett, kindly looked down at Frida. He smiled in a bit of embarrassment, not noticing the tugs she attempted at. He unfolded his large arms, and opened them up, as if asking for her to jump into them, " Oh! Hi there!" his tone was playful, "Sorry about that, I didn't notice you there." He laughed as politely as he could. His arms collapsed to the sides of his legs, making a big slapping noise, "What can I get for ya?" he pursed his lips after asking.

Jasper's eyes rolled, "You might have to excuse HIM." he eyed Emmet, "He's simply obnoxious." Jasper laughed as Emmet grinned back sarcastically.

Manny froze at the mention of El Tigre, taking his hands off of his belt as a reflex. He looked around, smiling nervously. "You're... Not partners with Sartana, are you? You wouldn't hand me over...?" He asked anxiously, peering around with wide eyes. He might be able to fight them off, but he didn't want to take any chances. But how did they learn of his being El Tigre? It was completely impossible. He hadn't talked about it accidentally, had he? He cringed away from that thought, still looking around at all of the people.

Frida grinned at the now irritated Emmett. "Man, you're really TALL. I feel like a midget." She smiled, bending way backwards to emphasize his height. She was barely paying attention to the conversation Manny was having with the people, and didn't know that they had figured out his alter ego.

Edward laughed out loud. But Carlisle stopped him abruptly, "No need to be so bothersome Edward," he looked back at Edward, and Bella gave Edward a glare as well , he shrugged them off, "of course, he's just a kid. And kids can make mistakes. We are not to harm you. But to protect you." He nodded toward Frida, staring up at Emmett.

Jasper was grinning now, "Hey Ed, don't be such a bothersome kid." Edward glared at him and Jasper slumped back looking back at Alice.

"Carlisle's right Jasper," he said teasingly, "Kids make mistakes. I wouldn't try fighting us." He stated with a smirk.

Manny smiled, relieved. "Um, so I guess you wanna see me as El Tigre?" He asked, looking directly at Carlisle now. He wasn't sure still if this was going to be a good idea. Of course, people didn't ALWAYS tell the truth. He knew that firsthand of course, having a super villain for a grandpapi. But he wouldn't let these people know that until the time was right. Maybe White Pantera, but not Puma Loco.

Frida sighed when Emmett didn't respond, and sat down next to Manny once more. She saw his hands on his belt buckle and gasped. She leaned over to him. "Dude, what are you doing!" She hissed into his ear.

"They already know I'm El Tigre, okay? Just calm down, Frida." Manny pleaded, pulling back and looking into her eyes. His eyes begged as well as his words, and Frida submitted.

Frida couldn't help but calm down when she saw the desperate expression on Manny's face. She shrunk back, looking at Rosalie now. She marveled at her perfect features silently.

Carlisle's face stayed the same, friendly and calm, "We already know, no reason to prove it." He smiled kindly, "Everything is your choice, none of it is ours." He encouraged Manny to do what he wanted with his eyes and leaned back against his chair.

Manny looked at Frida for support. When she nodded, he knew what he had to do. He walked to the center of the room, took a deep breath, and spun the belt buckle. "EL TIGRE!" He exclaimed with a loud roar. He stood there grinning and watching the other's faces closely.

Frida smiled at the familiar yell; it comforted her to know that her friend was now willing to protect her if anything happened. She doubted anything would, but she knew that El Tigre could take any one of these people with his hands tied behind his back. She grinned, walking to stand next to Manny.

Emmett took a step forward, glancing back at Rosalie, smiling, "I sure can't fight this kid." He commented sarcastically.

Carlisle gave him a long glare, and Emmet shrugged back by Rose, "Boys, they're kids." He felt nervousness strike Manny, and he turned back to face him.

Edward smiled happily at the "excitement" going on, "C'mon Carlisle, you should tell him." Edward encouraged, "By the way-"

Edward leaned back in his chair as Jasper took his line, "Nice costume ya got there kid." He said teasingly. Alice gave him a glare, and Bella looked up at Edward begging him to stop.

Manny glared at Emmett, lowering his eyebrows. He knew these were all jabs at him, and his back straightened. He could easily bring this joker down. It would only be a matter of seconds, then to grab Frida and run away... But he cleared that thought quickly.