A/N I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING! I AM CO-WRITING THIS STORY WITH TWILIGHTELENA

They both just looked at each other. Bella was just a normal teenage girl right?

"Look you want what's best for the child right?" Carlisle asked.

"Yes…"

"So just leave her here. She doesn't trust anyone but my son. If you take her away from here she'll be shut down and scared of everyone who comes near her. No one will adopt a girl like that. Let her stay here."

"All right Dr. Cullen we will make a deal. Bella can stay here for this week. Next week someone is going to drop by unannounced to check on her. If everything is good then she can stay here but if not we will take her out of here."

"Thank you."

The two walked out.

"I've never been happier that we have a physic in the house." Carlisle laughed. He walked over to Edward. " Is she all right?" Edward just nodded. He looked at Bella who was rocking back and forth with her eyes squeezed shut. Her shield pulled all the way around her.

"Shhh it's ok. You're safe now, just relax."

Bella opened her eyes and looked around the humans were gone.

"No one is going to hurt you. Trust me. It's ok. You're safe."

Bella slowly started to let her shield down.

"Good girl. It's all right now."

Edward continued to soothe her until her shield was gone.

"I don't want to go with them."

"You won't have to. I'll make sure of it."

Bella nodded.

"Now, there is something serious we need to discuss."

"My parents." She whispered.

"Yes, are comfortable with that?"

"No, not really."

"What if I just ask you a few questions and you answer yes or no?"

"Ok…"

"Was your change the same time of their attack?"

"Yes."

"Are your parents dead or are they newborns."

"Dead…"

"Would you like to do something special for them?"

"Can we bring them back to life?"

"No, I'm sorry. We could have a funeral for them."

"I'd like that."

"Good. Do you know what your parents would have wanted?"

"All I know is they'd want to be next to each other. They were so in love."

"All right. I'll handle everything."

Carlisle walked away.

"Are you ok?" Edward asked.

"Yes, I'm sorry I used my powers in front of them. Sometimes I just can't help it."

"It's all right. As you get more comfortable here, you won't feel the need to use it all the time."

"I do feel comfortable…around you anyway."

"That's a start."

"Emmet and Rosalie still scare me."

Edward chuckled. "They scare everyone."

"Esme is nice though…"

"Yeah, she's a great mother figure. Maybe you can work at trusting her a little bit."

"How?"

"Well most of us are going hunting this weekend. Esme was going to stay here. You could stay with her."

"How long will you be gone?"

"Just the weekend. We leave Friday after school and then come back Sunday night."

"That's…That's a long time…"

"Don't worry you'll be safe here. You can use that time to get closer to Esme too."

"Ok…I guess. "

"Don't worry, everything will be fine."

"I hope so."

"I know so."

Edward gave her a small smile. She smiled back. Trusting him was easy, trusting the others….now that was going to be hard but she could do it…couldn't she?

Friday came quickly. Everyone left right after school so Bella had to go home alone. She didn't mind, it gave her time to think. As she stepped inside she could smell fresh baked cookies. She smiled and went into the kitchen.

"Hi Esme." She said shyly.

"Hey sweetie. How was school?"

"I didn't break anything." Bella laughed.

"That's good to hear. Are you hungry? I'm making some cookies."

"Sure."

Bella took the cookie from the plate and bit into it. "Wow, these are really good."

"Thanks, you want to help me make more?"

"More? Vampires don't eat."

"I know."

"And I can't eat all those cookies on my own."

"I know they aren't for you. They are for the sick children at the hospital. I sometimes make some cookies for them it cheers them up."

"Oh that's really sweet."

"They love it. So do you want to help?"

"Sure my mom and I used to always make cookies together."

Bella's eyes filled with tears. "We always ended up making such a mess….it was so fun, even the cleaning."

"I know you miss her Bella. It's ok to cry you know."

"I know…I'm just scared that…that I won't stop….Anyway uh…let's make some cookies."

Esme knew she wouldn't speak about her parents anymore so she let it go. Together they started to make the cookies.

"Hey Esme want to know what color looks really good on you?" Bella asked.

"What's that?" Esme asked.

"White."

Gabriella threw flour on her. Esme gasped.

"Oh yeah well you look good in white too."

Esme threw flour on her as well. They both giggled.

They continued making the cookies, then Esme helped Bella with her homework. Once everything was done they cuddled up on the couch and turned on a cheesy romantic chick-flick movie. During the movie Bella fell asleep. Then she suddenly found herself back in the woods…

(A/N this part is written by TwilightElena)

There she was walking through the forest with her parents. They went on a hike and had gotten lost. They were able to find their way out but someone stopped them. Or something…This creature had incredible speed and it moved before any of them could see anything. The next thing she knew her mother was on the floor bleeding from her neck. She blinked and her father was on the floor. She knew whatever it was, was coming after her so she took off running.

Bella tossed and turned as she began to breathe heavily. She was having a nightmare.

The creature was behind her and it finally caught her. His icy hands going around her waist to hold her in place. She struggled and was able to break free. "wha-what are you?"

"awww are you scared of me?"

"No." she lied.

"You should be…" with that said he took a step towards her but he watched her run. The chase, it was the best part about the kill. Although this one smelt really good, maybe he would let her live… just so he could feed on her again.

Bella was running and running, her heart pounding in her chest. She didn't know if he was behind her but she didn't stop to look. She heard a branch snap and she knew she was in trouble. She quickly turned around and walked backwards to see if anything was around her. She turned back around and tripped over a loose tree brand cutting her leg.

"ah…." He could smell her and he wasn't going to waste that precious blood. He sped over to her and grabbed her leg despite her protests. "Just hold still…" he bit into her leg and moaned. Her blood tasted amazing.

"No! Let me go! Get off me!" she screamed afraid. She didn't like this one bit. She struggled but nothing happened. If anything she was growing weaker and weaker as he kept drinking from her blood. Soon she felt some sharp pain in her leg and she knew something about the bite had changed. Her head was swimming and she felt so dizzy. She couldn't stay awake anymore when all of a sudden the creature holding her leg just dropped it. He winked at her and then took off running. She couldn't move. She could only feel pain. She curled up into a ball, tears streaming down her cheeks. She rocked herself back and forth willing her body to sleep but it couldn't. She had to stay awake to make sure the creature wouldn't come back.

(A/N the rest is mine)

"NO! NO! NO! GET AWAY FROM ME GET AWAY FROM ME!" Bella screamed in her sleep. Esme shook her.

"Bella, Bella wake up it's all right you're safe."

Bella shot up and screamed. Cold arms hugged her. She screamed again.

"Bella, Bella shhh it's all right. It's only me." Esme's soft voice told her. She calmed down and turned to face her.

"Mommy…" she whimpered. "Mommy…"

"I'm here baby. It's all right. It was just a scary dream. You're safe now. Nothing can hurt you."

Esme hugged Bella and rocked her. Bella felt soothed and safe in Esme's arms and fell back into a deep sleep.

"Mommy's here baby girl. I'm going to protect you and keep you safe I promise." Esme whispered.

"I love you." Bella whispered back.

"I love you too."

Esme knew at that moment Bella trusted her. She knew Bella had allowed Esme into her heart to be the mother figure she needed. She only wondered now if she would trust the others as easily?

A/N next chapter some Edward and Bella fluff. For updates and sneak peeks on my future work fan me on facebook here: .com/pages/Hopelessromanticgurl/122036234528562