The next morning was a hectic one. Carlisle had already been gone by the time I woke up. The entire Cullen family was sitting around the television in their new living room when I went downstairs. Night must be a terribly boring time for a Vampire. What is there to do when the rest of the world is asleep? Rosalie had decided to make an appearance that morning. Edward was the first to stand up.

"Bella Baby", he whispered in my ear as he gave me a hug. "Good morning sweetheart."

"Bella, I'm glad to see you're here and in one piece" Rosalie said kindly. What a surprise. I wasn't expecting any kind of welcome from her.

"Are you hungry, Bella dear?" Esme questioned.

"Not really. I'm still a little queasy from yesterday."

"Ok not to worry. Whenever you're hungry, you just let me know." Esme was just about the sweetest person I'd ever met.

"Thank you Esme." I replied with a smile.

The rest of the morning passed nicely. We all sat around the television for a while, watching (and mocking) soap operas. Then Edward decided to give us all a mini piano recital. His music was so beautiful. It put me in a trance and drew me into tears every time he started playing. This morning's recital consisted of Edward-compositions only. That was fine by me. His music could beat any composer's. After we finished listening to Edward, Emmett suggested that we all go outside and play kick ball. Unfortunately, I was not looking forward to this, seeing as how I was coordinationally challenged. Edward promised that he wouldn't let me get hurt. I hoped he would stick to that promise. I was sick of hospitals by now.

As we walked outside, I could feel the coming of a storm. This reminded me of a time a while ago, when I had gone out with the Cullen family and played baseball with them. Because of their extra strength, Vampires could really only play sports during a thunderstorm. The idea behind this was that hopefully the neighboring residents that were human would believe that it was the thunder that was making such loud noises. In reality, it was the Vampire either hitting a ball with a bat, kicking a ball, etc. Even though that one day had brought along a vicious hunter and his family, the memories of the baseball game were pretty cool. I hadn't done anything too serious to injure myself, but I also had Edward with me, with just made everything better. When we finally arrived in a meadow, far away from the rest of society, Emmett made the first move.

"Ok, who should be captain?" Oh gosh, I had thought. I'd be picked last id Edward wasn't a captain. Though the Cullens loved me and were very welcoming, they knew of my challenge with coordination.

"I'll be one" Edward volunteered. This was a relief: I would be spared the embarrassment of being the last player picked for a team.

"Count me in then" Alice also offered. So it was settled, and we began picking teams. Alice went first and chose Esme. Edward followed, choosing me, which was not surprising to anyone. By the time we were finished, my team consisted of Edward, Emmett and I, while Alice's team was made up of Esme, Rosalie, and Alice herself. Before we could continue, Rosalie started complaining about how the teams were unfair. She argued that each team should have only one boy. Therefore, we traded Emmett for Esme. Soon enough, we started playing.

Seeing as how there were only three players on a team, we only had a pitcher, a catcher, and one outfielder. Unfortunately, my team was in the field first, and I was given the position of outfielder. Emmett was first to kick for the other team. It had been a while since I had played a sport with the Cullens, and I had forgotten the mega-strength they had. He kicked the ball with such force that just the wind alone that it created was enough to knock me off-balance. I went tumbling over, catching myself with my palms. I could feel the grains of sand dig into my skin and prayed to god that there would be no blood. If I was bleeding, I was in trouble. I was surrounded by five Vampires who had a hard enough time resisting my scent as it was.

Quickly, Edward ran over, telling the other to walk in the other direction. They obeyed, knowing that Edward was the only one with enough control around me to behave himself and not do anything worth regretting. Edward bent down on one knee and took a look at my hands. No blood – thank God for that.

"I'm really just perfectly fine, Edward. I think I'm just a little off-balance today, that's all."

"Bella Baby, you really should try to be more careful" Edward smiled at me. Taking my hand in his, he pulled me up and held me in a hug. After a minute, he waved the others to come back. When they started making their way towards us, I could see that something was wrong.

"What is it?" Edward asked immediately.

"Alice saw something", Rosalie answered.

Alice, like Edward, had an extra sense that she acquired during her change from human to Vampire. She could see into the future. Alice stood as we watched her, pressing her fingertips to her temple – clearly trying to look for more information.

"I see people – humans. And there's also sunlight. It will be here in eight minutes. We need to get away from here before they catch us in the sun. They're curious – there're four of them. They want to know what all this noise was."

Alice removed her fingers from her head and looked back up at us. We knew what we had to do, for the same thing happened to us last time, except then, there were Vampires after us; not humans. Taking both of my hands, Edward pulled me up onto his back. The others had already started the run back to the mansion. Seeing as how I did not have super Vampire speed, Edward would have to run while carrying me. He started making the journey, and I kept my eyes tightly shut as I felt the wind fly through my hair. Usually when traveling Edward-style, I would begin to feel sick. This time, however, I felt almost – powerful. It was such an odd sensation. It was definitely one that I didn't feel often. I enjoyed it while I could, making sure to keep my eyes closed for fear of losing my fearless persona. When Edward finally slowed down, I slowly opened my eyes and saw that we were stopped in the middle of the path, stopped by the four humans. A mother, a father, and their two children. All four were smiling brightly at us. Unfortunately, I knew this wasn't going to go over well. Not many people are used to seeing someone travel at the speed a Vampire can on foot. I waited for their first words.

"Are you two from around here?" The man asked us, looking genuinely interested.

"Actually, my fiancée and I were just trying to find a place for our wedding. You see, there's a very nice meadow just outside of the path that we were considering. It's very lovely, if you would be interested in checking it out."

Edward's eyes flickered to the picnic basket the woman was carrying, obviously assuming that they were trying to find a decent place to eat. The woman spoke next.

"Oh congratulations. You two definitely make a lovely couple."

Through my nerves, I could feel my face turning red. This wasn't the first time someone had commented on how wonderful Edward and I were as a pair. I also like how Edward was referring to me as his fiancée. It felt very different. It almost made me feel older – about five years older than I really was – eighteen.

"We actually decided to come out here to find a nice relaxing place for a picnic with the kids. I have the day off from work, so I decided that would be nice." The father looked down at his two young children with pride.

Nervously, I though about if they would ask what the noise was. Fortunately, they seemed like they wanted to move along on their trip.

"Well, it was nice speaking to you, and I wish you the best of luck with your wedding." The woman smiled at us, clearly looking like she meant every word that she said.

Edward and I said our "thank-yous" and after they were clear out of distance we started walking again, but at a slower pace, of course. My heart slowed down after a while and I took a deep breath. Trying to hide the fact that your supposed finance was a Vampire was very hard work. Walking hand in hand, Edward and I finished the journey, warning the others of the humans that lurked just outside of our current surroundings. Hopefully, they would not be curious and come looking for other signs of people. Jasper would be returning home from his hunting trip soon, and I was not prepared to have someone killed and put on Jasper's conscious. He was new to the Vampire thing, and self-control didn't come as easily to him as it did to the others. I just prayed that everything would stay as smoothly as it had so far.