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Nicky woke up with a sudden gasp, she had a very unpleasant nightmare. She had flashed back to running in the woods, but instead of escaping, her dad found her. The rest, the rest is worse then you could imagine. She got out of bed and walked slowly over to the door. She had to wear Alice's PJs until they could go shopping. They were planning on going shopping tomorrow.

Nicky walked down the stairs and knocked on Esme's door.

A guy with blond hair opened the door, and Nicky took a few steps back, surprised. She had no idea who he was. She had never seen him, and why was he in Esme's room? Esme walked through the door and smiled at the small girl. "E-may?" Jasper had taught her Alice, His, and Esme's names. It turned out she called Alice 'Awice.' Jasper 'Japer' and Esme 'E-may" She had learned a bunch of words and their meanings.

Esme led Nicky into the bedroom. Tears were streaming down her cheeks. She didn't like the things that were happening, although she loved having someone care. She thought she was gonna wake up on the cold floor again, and none of this would be real. "What's wrong?" Esme questioned. Guessing it was something like a bad dream or she fell out of bed. Nicky just looked up, not knowing the name of what had just happened. This was not a happy word, and Jasper had left it out.

"Did you have a bad dream?" Esme asked. That made sense, as it was a dream, and not a good one. Nicky nodded and rubbed her eyes. "Bad dweam E-may." She repeated in a tired voice. She had gotten really tired in a matter of minutes.

Esme nodded and felt bad for her, her memories may have been faded, but she remembered waking up to a bad dream. Yeah, she was 3, but her birthday was in 1 month, so everyone referred to her as 4. And one of the worst things to a child was to get nightmares every night, but the best thing was to have someone there for you. Nicky yawned and about tripped on Alice's PJs.

She looked at Carlisle though sleepy eyes, not knowing who he was. She still wondered why he was there, and who he was. Esme lifted the child on the bed and watched her eyelids flick, trying hard to stay awake. "That's Carlisle." Esme smiled and and covered the toddler. "Carwile." Nicky tried before yawning loudly.

Nicky curled up in a tight little ball and fell asleep easily. "Who's that?" Carlisle asked watching the little child. He had came in wondering why there was a human in the house, but knowing his children, he honestly didn't want to know. "Nicole, or Nicky. Alice and Jasper said she didn't have the best life and she ran away from home, and Jasper found her in the woods when he went to hunt." Esme explained. Carlisle nodded, understanding.

"No E-may!" Nicky hid under their covers as Esme pulled the curtains open. The sun brightly peeked through the clear glass, and landing on the bed. It was a rare day in Forks that the sun peeked out behind the constant cloud cover for once. Esme sighed and looked at her. Nicky's chocolate hair was a mess and her green eyes were red, begging for sleep. She was annoyed though, wanting to sleep more.

"You have another hour." Esme sighed. That would mean Nicky had 12 hours total of sleep. To any vampire, a minute of sleep was a lot, 12 hours was more than enough, but people said children need 12 hours of sleep, including naps. She guessed Nicky wouldn't be having a nap today or anytime soon if the child slept like that. Nicky nodded and pulled the covers over her head really fast, trying to go to sleep fast enough to get more time.

Nicky felt something lift her out of the bed and carry her before she realized it was Jasper getting her out of bed. "No Japer! Sweep!" Nicky yelled, looking at the bed. She was still a bit tired. "Is it possible for a child to sleep more than you?" Jasper laughed. Nicky dragged a pillow and blanket as Jasper walked down the stairs. The cover followed lazily across the floor. She kept a sour look on her face the entire time.

"NO JAPER! SWEEP!" Nicky yelled, holding onto the blanket and pillow tighter, not wanting them to drop out of her grip. Alice looked up from her book on fashion to find a sour look on Nicky's face with a cover and pillow following Jasper, who was carrying her. "What are you doing to that poor child?" She laughed. Jasper smiled brightly, "Getting her out of bed."

"AWICE! HEP!" She yelled, desperately wanting to try to sneak away and sleep. Alice just smiled and told Jasper to put her down, the kid looked as if she was going to kill him. Jasper did so and Nicky glared and pouted, wanting to wake up on her own. "Sorry Nicky." Jasper couldn't help but smile. Nicky smiled and hugged Jasper before letting go and running to the kitchen, trying not to slip.

It truly seemed like she was part of the family, and she had 4 more family members to meet.

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Every chapter should be longer now because I am going up 200 words every chapter. The last chapter was 700 words, this chapter is 900 words.