Hello my fellow Twilight fans, hope you are all well =]

Chapter 4 is now here…YAY haha. It would've been here sooner but I had a few things to do…such as I have finally read Stephanie Meyer's Midnight Sun, which is posted on her website. I thought it was amazing, even though it is the leaked, unedited version. I also had a little case of writer's block, but that allowed me to do some A Level work…and sorting out University stuff too!

Right also, haven't done a disclaimer so…Every character that I use related to the Twilight Saga are all owned by Stephanie Meyer. All characters that I create, are mine.

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Chapter 4

Bella POV

The clock in the living room had just struck 9am. I was finishing putting my belongings into the few boxes that littered my room which were slowly being taken down to the front porch, waiting to be loaded into the Cullen's car when they arrived. I only just realised how little I personally owned. My clothes had gone perfectly into two boxes, along with my bed sheets. The rest of my stuff from my desk and walls had gone into another box. I clutched my blanket close to my chest, and then slowly placed it into another box. My blanket had turned from a rich blue to a dull, faded blue. This was because of how many times I had fallen asleep with it, cried into it, been wrapped in it. This was the last box that needed to be moved to the porch; I placed it just outside my door and then faced the wooden door with the 'Bella's Room' sign attached to it. I slowly pulled the sign from the door and placed it in the box. This was no longer my room; it was just an empty room with a bed stripped down to the mattress, the cover folded on top and an empty desk. The room looked as if it had never been lived in, waiting for the new child to move in. This room had been mine since I was 10; it was mine and felt weird leaving it. I took one final glance out of the window to find a black SUV driving down the driveway. I looked closely and found that Carlisle was driving with Esme in the passenger's seat once again. They pulled up and climbed out of the car to be welcomed by Rachel. I walked away from the window, and put my hand on the door knob, I took one last glance around my room. I hoped I would never have to come back. They had kept their promise, they had returned for me. I left the door ajar and picked up the last box and carried it to the first floor.

My foot hit the last step on the stairs and I was stood staring at the open front door where I could see Carlisle and Daniel loading my boxes into the car. I had hoped to see Edward and Alice again today but they apparently had not come along. I felt disappointed that Edward had not come; I was hoping to see him again. I sucked in a deep breath and started forward until I was out of the front door.

"Bella…have you got everything now?" Rachel asked, tears forming in her eyes. Oh no…If Rachel was going to cry, then so was I.

"Yeah I think so…" I said as I handed my box over to Daniel to be loaded.

"Hi Bella, you ready to leave? Edward, Emmett and Alice are getting the house ready for you" Esme asked. Oh so that's where Edward was…

"Yeah…" I said, my voice wavering.

"Kids!" Rachel shouted into the house. "Come say goodbye to Bella!" With that, 10 children came bounding from all directions and formed a long line, in age order…just like they usually did. I hugged every single one of them, they saw me as their big sister and now I was leaving. Lastly it came to Rachel and Daniel.

"Bye Dan, thank you for everything." I could feel the tears sliding down my cheek.

"Have a good life Bells, remember to visit though" We pulled each other into a long hug. I moved onto Rachel.

"I'm going to miss you so much Bells. Remember I'm always going to be here. Day or night." Rachel said. It was nice to know that I could always come back, but hopefully that would never happen.

"Thank you Rachel, for everything. I love you" And I did. I pulled her into a hug. Rachel was now 64, an old woman. I knew she wouldn't be around forever. I owed her everything.

"Well then Bella, shall we go?" Carlisle asked, coming up behind me and putting a hand on my shoulder and turned me towards the car. He opened the back door and I climbed into the plush leather seats and pulled across the seat belt as Carlisle closed the door. I quickly push down the window so that I could wave goodbye. Esme and Carlisle climbed into the front and before I knew it, we were leaving. I pushed my arms out of the window and waved goodbye. I watched as I passed the iron gates where I had sat for so long. I closed the window up and stared silently out of the window as the fields passed by, tears streaming down my face.

"It should only take about half an hour to get home Bella" Esme said sweetly. She turned the radio on, as if she knew that I didn't feel like talking. I hummed along to the familiar music that filled the car and before I knew it, we were pulling up to a huge house…wait, house wasn't the right word. More like mansion.

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We pulled up right outside the porch and there was a huge guy waiting on the doorstep. As soon as Carlisle had killed the engine and stepped out of the car. His face broke into a huge smile.

"Carlisle where is she?" He bellowed, sounding like Alice. Ah…so this must be Emmett then.

I slowly unbuckled my belt. It was now or never. I pulled on the door handle and opened the door, pushing it open and stepped out onto the gravel. It was only then that I realised his true size. Although he was 18, he was at least 6ft 5 and had short, curly black hair. His muscles were…well huge!

"Bella, this is Emmett. Our other son" Esme introduced him. All of a sudden he was charging towards me. My eyes widened like a deer in the head lights. All of a sudden, I was lifted from the ground and spun in a huge circle.

"Welcome to the family sis." Emmett said, after placing me back onto the gravel, a cheeky smile appearing on his face.

"Um…thanks" I said, looking towards the ground as my face turned a bright red.

"Emmett, where are Alice and Edward?" Esme asked, and as if on que, Alice appeared at the door.

"Bella! How was your trip?" She asked dancing forward.

"It was good thanks." I replied. "Esme you have a lovely home" I said, feeling impolite that I had only said a few words.

"Thank you Bella but remember, this is your home now too" A smile appeared on my face. "Come on, Alice and I will show you your room. Emmett, help Carlisle with the boxes. Where on earth is Edward?" Esme said many commands at once, sounding just like a mother should.

We walked into the hallway and I was truly amazed. The walls were a creamy light brown which matched perfectly with the wooden floors which I assumed ran through all the corridors. There was a coffee table next to the door which held a phone and a photo frame which contained many photos. I walked over and saw that there were many pictures of Emmett, Edward and Alice over the years but it was the one in the middle that caused a lump to rise in my throat. It was a family photo with Carlisle and Esme sitting next to each other, with Emmett and Edward behind them and then Alice kneeling in front. They were all laughing together. This is what the perfect family looked like. I felt Esme come up beside me and she placed her hand on my shoulder.

"Don't worry; we're going to get a new photo." Esme said. "Come on, your room is on the third floor" I slowly turned around and made my way up the stairs, attempting to take in all the detail while listening to Esme talk.

"Now, mine and Carlisle bedroom is on the second floor, along with a bathroom and Edward's piano room and also Carlisle's study." As we walked passed the doors, she pointed them out. "This is Emmett's room and this is Alice's." she continued. Walking up another flight of stairs, we finally made it to the third floor. "This is Edward's room and finally, this is yours." She said, stopping outside a closed door.

I moved forward and opened the door. It swung open to reveal a huge room, painted blue with a large, double bed in the middle. I walked in, stepping onto the warmth of the cream carpet. I turned around to the window, which was from the ceiling to the floor and led out to a balcony. I turned back around and looked behind Esme and Alice. I saw two doors.

"It's amazing. I love it Esme" I said.

"This is your new wardrobe, I hope you don't mind but I guessed your sizes and filled it for you." Alice said bubbling. "I have this thing where I can like…guess the future"…Alice was mad, I swear. I was already beginning to feel that I could fit in here. "Oh this is your bathroom; it has everything you'll need." Alice said smiling.

Alice and I set about organising the boxes that were starting to arrive from the car, curtsey of Emmett and Carlisle. I still could help wonder where Edward was…Esme was annoyed that he hadn't come and said hello to me yet. I could hear some commotion from the hallway and raised voices. Alice and I looked awkwardly at each other, then before I knew it, she had run over, grabbed my arm and we were running through the house and I couldn't help but laugh. She really was pixie like.

"Alice –" I was cut short by Alice shushing me. We slowly crept down the stairs and stopped just out of view.

"I don't care Tanya. I said we're over. I've found someone else!" I heard…Edward shout. So Edward had a girlfriend? Well why shouldn't he…he's very cute. I felt a twinge deep inside my chest. Why did this information hurt? It wasn't like Edward would ever pay attention to me…plain old Bella.

"Who's this someone else then? What's her name?" A girl, who I assumed was Tanya said rather loudly. Her voice was like silk, I tried to imagine what she looked like but kept drawing a blank. Their argument continued, getting rather loud.

"Bella" Alice whispered. "That's Edward girlfriend…well I guess ex-girlfriend now. I had a feeling this was coming"

"Do you know who this new person is then?" I whispered back, slightly regretting asking this. Did I really want to know?

"I have a feeling who it might be, based on his actions and body language around her. I mean, not like he has spent a lot of time with her but I think that they may be perfect for each other." We were having a whispering conversation on the stairs. I wanted to stay and listen to the rest of the conversation or argument, whatever you wanted to call it between Edward and Tanya but I knew this would be wrong. I didn't have long to wait before Tanya stalked past Alice and myself while sitting on the stairs. Tanya seemed unaware of our presence as she yanked open the door and stormed off.

"This is not over Edward!" She screamed before getting into her car and driving off. Edward slowly walked towards the door, also unaware of our presence. He slowly shut the door with a click and heaved a sigh before spinning round. His eyes widened as his eyes locked on us sitting on the stairs.

"Alice…Bella." He said, shocked. "I'm sorry you had to hear that" He looked down.

"It's fine…I'm going to call Jasper." Alice sung and skipped off to the kitchen. I stared after her and her bizarre behaviour. Who was Jasper? I'd have to ask. My eyes looked back to Edward who was also staring after Alice. He looked tired as his eyes were surrounded by dark circles. He walked forward and offered me his hand to pull myself up on.

"Alice, Emmett, Edward, Bella!" Esme called. "Lunch is ready" Wow…time had flown by. I didn't realise that it was now nearly 1pm.

"Come on, I'll explain over some lunch" Edward said…still holding onto my hand. Touching his hand made me feel happy. Of course, I knew he had eyes for someone else. This made me unhappy, the fact that Edward wanted a different person. Was I jealous? I mean, I had only known Edward for 2 days yet; I wanted him to want me. I knew that this was a ridiculous thing to wanted, he was my now my brother! But the part of me that wanted him kept saying 'he's your adoptive brother. No blood relation. It's fine'. But which part of me did I believe?

Esme had laid out a magnificent lunch. It was completely covering the worktops in the kitchen. There was everything you could think of.

"Oh there you are Bella. I hope you're hungry." Esme said, using her motherly smile. I had only just realised my hunger, I had skipped breakfast, nervous about being picked up by the Cullen's. As if on cue, my stomach released a rumble, causing all eyes to fall on me. I could feel the blood rushing to my cheeks, I lowered my eyes to the floor, letting my hair fall in front, shielding me from the staring eyes.

"Well now, everybody grab a plate and load up" Esme said, as Emmett dashed forward, grabbing as much food that he could fit on his plate. I laughed along with the others as we watched him acting like a child, as if the food would disappear if he didn't eat it immediately. The thing that made us laugh harder was when he turned around as said…

"What... I'm a growing lad!" His facial expression even like an innocent child.

I collected the food that I wanted and sat in between Edward and Alice for dinner. Alice was busying reading a fashion magazine, Emmett was stuffing food down his throat, and Esme and Carlisle were talking in the kitchen, waiting for the kettle to boil. Edward was…staring at me.

"So you and Tanya…" I started, not knowing what else to say.

"Tanya and I are over. If she can't accept it then that's her fault. Tanya and I have been on and off for about a few weeks but I just can't take her mood swings anymore and plus, I want to start High School without the problems of a girlfriend that window shops a lot!" Edward exasperated. (For anyone who doesn't know, window shopping is when a girl has a boyfriend, but still looks for other people to date or vice versa). I felt sorry for him; I hadn't even met Tanya for more than 10 minutes and could tell she liked to argue.

"I understand but it must be nice to have someone to care for you, in a non-family kind of way. I mean…I've never had a boyfriend. Who wants to date the girl from the Orphanage? Nobody." I sighed. Edward reached forward and wrapped his arms around my shoulders, pulling himself towards me. I laid my head on his chest and breathed in his scent.

"I'd love to have met you sooner." Edward whispered.

"Bella!" Alice and Emmett shouted, running into the room. You can so tell that they are related. "Can we go and finish unpacking your room now?" What had they eaten to make them so hyper-active?

"Um…sure" I said, bemused. "You joining us Edward?" I asked, hopefully.

"Yeah, I think I will" My favourite crooked smile appearing on his face.

We made our way up the stairs until we reached my bedroom. Boxes scattered the room and Alice became speedy, organised Alice. She set Emmett about setting up the TV and DVD player that was to be in my room. Alice was taking two of the boxes and organising my clothes that I had brought from the Orphanage and my bedding, putting them into draws. I had new bed sheets now because I had a double bed, which secretly, I was looking forward to sleeping in. I had the task of sorting out how I wanted my desk to be arranged.

"Bella, where shall I put this?" Alice asked, holding something up that I couldn't see properly out of the corner of my eye. I turned around to see her holding up my blanket.

"Oh, can you lay it over my bed please?" I asked politely. She did as she was asked, not asking why I wanted to keep the tatty, faded blanket.

After my room was sorted out, Alice decided that we should have a movie night to celebrate my arrival. We all plonked onto my bed while Alice ran around the house, collecting popcorn and a selection of DVD's that we could watch. She arrived back in my room in record time…I think she had literally run around the house. Alice ironically put 'Alice in Wonderland' on the TV and we settled down. Alice and Emmett had similar personalities. They both laid on their bellies next to each other, with their heads resting on their hands, with their eyes glued to the screen. Edward had his head resting against the headboard as did I. The movie passed and another one was in it's place, I could feel the days event's catching up with me, as my eyes started to droop. I rolled over onto my side, and accidently snuggled my head into Edward's side, which earnt a low chuckle from him.

"Goodnight Isabella" Edward whispered, as his palm slowly stroked my head.

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