Edward

I had never seen Rosalie so upset in my life. And Rose was prone to many temper tantrums. I felt bad about the whole situation too, but with the way Kendra was, it was bound to happen. But no one felt more guilty than Bella.

I was babysitting Kendra for the day, and so I invited Bella with me to go to the park near town. She agreed because she hadn't ever met Kendra before. When we did get to the park Kendra decided to play a game with Bella. This game was more like torture for Bella.

Bella is not the most athletic girl, but Kendra had no knowledge of this and thought that playing tag with her around the playground would be good fun. So when Kendra decided to run towards the fire escape pole and Bella tripped and pushed her down. Kendra needed five stitches and had sprained her wrist.

"Rosalie, I am so sorry," Bella apologized again. No amount of apologies was going to fix this though. But I didn't dare say that to her and make her feel guiltier.

Rosalie's snort was the only reply from her. Kendra didn't care about the situation at all though. In fact, she thought that it was exciting. After the shock of falling and getting the stitches and cast, she was convinced this made her a 'big girl'. "Auntie Bella! Look at my stitches!" Kendra squealed.

Bella gave her an exasperated look, but tried to smile. Her queasiness wasn't helping the situation either. But Rose was taking a secret pleasure in Bella's obvious discomfort. "Th-they're cool," Bella managed to say. She looked away quickly.

Kendra began to pick at her stitches. "Don't do that, Ken," I ordered her quickly.

Kendra frowned and crossed her arms. "Fine. Mommy can we have ice cream?"

Rosalie sighed. "You can ask daddy when we get home. He doesn't know about your stitches yet, so I promise he'll want to buy you ice cream."

"Okay! Daddy will think these are so awesome."

I resisted the urge to face palm. Nothing ever seemed to faze this girl! It irritated and amused me.

When we pulled into the driveway, I could hear my family wondering why we were all so late, and why Rose was with us. Of course, they caught the scent of the hospital on all of us and the scent of Kendra's stitches and put the pieces together. But what surprised me was that Alice didn't know.

Emmett was outside in a flash. "Daddy look at my stitches! Mommy said you would buy me ice cream if I showed you. I like the stitches but the doctor said I had to keep my wrist in this thingy," Kendra exclaimed.

"How-?" Emmett began.

"She was playing with Bella, and Bella slipped and pushed her off the play set," Rosalie answered.

Bella looked like she was going to make a run for my Volvo. Not that I blamed her. I would too if I had hurt two vampires' pride and joy. "I am so sorry, Emmett. It was an accident," she apologized.

Instead of accepting, or even getting angry, Emmett burst into laughter. Everyone understood why Emmett would find this situation humorous, except for Rosalie. Well, she knew why, but certainly didn't agree that it was funny.

"You would!" Emmett said in between laughs.

Bella turned a lovely shade of chartreuse when Alice joined Emmett's laughter.

"Um…" Bella wasn't quite sure how to respond.

"Daddy," Kendra interjected tugged at her fathers' jeans.

"Yeah, kid?" Emmett finally stopped laughing.

Kendra sighed as if her dad was an idiot. "Do I get ice cream or not?" she demanded.

"Whoa there princess, where are your manners?" Emmett teased leading her back inside the house.

Bella seemed totally mystified by the situation, but went with it. "Is he mad?" she asked in a whisper.

"Not at all. In fact, his reaction made Rose cool down a bit," I replied, trying to soothe her.

Bella nodded, and followed my small pull into the house.

We entered the house and found Kendra bouncing on the couch. "SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS!" she yelled at the TV.

"Absorbent and yellow and porous is he!" the TV called back.

Bella smiled at the bouncing girl. She had admitted to Kendra being quite the handful, but still thought she was adorable. Most thought that as well. The only person who had had a true dislike of Kendra was the realtor who sold us the house, Stephanie Johnson. Of course, Kendra deserved that one.

"Here's your ice cream, princess," Emmett said sitting it on the coffee table and placing a kiss on her cheek.

"Thank you, Daddy!" Kendra exclaimed dropping down to sit on the couch. Emmett sat next to her loyally and watched Spongebob with her. Rosalie joined them quickly. "Mommy, can I have a Spongebob themed room?" Kendra asked.

"This summer we'll start on it," she replied almost automatically. But that was the way things worked. Kendra asked, and she received. I never really had a problem with it though, it was what Rosalie had always wanted, and it made her happier. Not to mention Kendra brought a little less monotony to all of our lives. Everyday was different.

"Thank you, Mommy," Kendra said sweetly.

"Of course sweetie," Rosalie said kissing Kendra's nose. She giggled in response.

It was amusing to watch Emmett, Rose and Kendra. They were like a family inside of a larger family. No one minded it either. We all had our seclusion at the end of the day, it was just that Kendra was added into Rose and Emmett's.

"Auntie Bella!" Kendra called to Rose's dismay.

Bella looked nervous again, but replied anyways. "Yeah, Kendra?"

"You should come and watch Spongebob. It always makes me feel better when I'm sad."

Bella blushed a little and smiled. "Well, I guess I should watch it then." She moved towards the couch and sat next to Emmett. Much to her discomfort, I decided to go to the kitchen to observe.

"Auntie Bella, when are you going to live with us?" Kendra asked innocently. Emmett smirked and Rose just rolled her eyes.

"Hopefully soon," Bella answered.

It really amazed me that Kendra didn't blame Bella for anything that had happened at the playground. If anything, it sounded more like she appreciated Bella for doing that. She couldn't wait to get to school and show her friends what had happened. It was always interesting reading the mind of a child.

Kendra chattered away while Bella listened intently. If it weren't for the incident earlier, Rosalie would have probably liked Bella more. Kendra had been away on a school field trip when I first brought Bella over. So when I told her about Ken, Bella was shocked, and irritated. She thought that we were going to change Kendra, but I had to explain that was not the case.

When I had told Kendra about Bella, she had to meet her right away. If someone new was going to be joining the family, Kendra had to approve. It seemed like she had to approve anything that we did nowadays. One time, she didn't want Carlisle to go to the hospital so she threw a fit. Carlisle didn't stay home, much to our dismay, and we were left with a grumpy Kendra. This child was so spoiled.

Once it was five o'clock, I had to drive Kendra to ballet. She demanded that Bella come too, so Bella hopped in the Volvo with me and we drove off to Port Angeles Dance Academy.

"How long have you been doing ballet, Kendra?" Bella asked.

"Almost a year! Ms. Laura says I'm very good," Kendra replied proudly.

Bella smiled. "I used to do ballet, but I don't think I was very good."

"Do you want to dance in our class?"

"Um, I don't think I remember ballet very well," Bella said sinking lower into the seat. I grinned at her reaction. Kendra was going to be the death of her.

"Maybe I can teach you! We have a dance room in our house," Kendra chirped excitedly. We had a dance room put in a couple months ago for Kendra to practice. As soon as she finished her homework, she was up there working on her ballet and tap routines. Dance had become her passion (if a seven year old could have one).

"I don't think that would be a good idea… I'm not very graceful."

Kendra sighed. "Okay…"

Finally we pulled up to the dance studio and Kendra hopped out of the Volvo. Bella and I followed her and walked her to the glass doors. It was routine on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and sometimes Saturdays. Despite how much time it took on Kendra's part, she adored dance with all her heart. Plus, it was an easy way to make friends for her.

When we entered the studio, Kendra ran off to put her point shoes on with her friends. It was ballet night, so Ms. Laura was teaching.

Bella and I took a seat before Ms. Laura approached us. "Hello, Edward," she greeted me politely.

"Hello," I said, smiling at her. She was very young and very kind. I liked her a lot because I knew she loved teaching ballet. It wasn't about the money.

"I'm sure you know about the recital coming up, the girls haven't stopped talking about it," Laura laughed.

"I know Kendra is excited. She's always practicing now," I said.

"Well, we decided on the costumes last week." She pulled out a catalogue and flipped to the right page. After folding it, she pointed to the costume. It was a dress that was ripped at the bottom with blues, greens and browns. The costume was appropriate for the dance they were doing; Earth Song. The costume next to it was for their tap routine. It looked like a bright red guitar. There was one sleeve that had "guitar strings" and the leotard part was printed with the picture of a guitar. "I need the check on Monday with Kendra's size. I hope they aren't too expensive, but the girls really wanted them." Laura obviously had no idea how much money we had.

"Yeah, I'll have Carlisle bring it Monday."

"Thanks so much!" she chirped before going to warm up with the girls.

Bella smiled. "Oh, ballet…" she sighed. "I kinda wish I had stuck with it."

I smiled. "Maybe Kendra can teach you."

"Haha," she laughed sarcastically. "I was thinking that maybe if I stuck with it I wouldn't be so clumsy."

I chuckled. "I doubt that."

Bella stuck her tongue at me.

When Kendra's dance practice was over, she eagerly removed her point shoes. She massaged her feet and sighed in relief. "Those things hurt…" she muttered.

"Oh yeah, I hated those," Bella said buckling her seatbelt.

"I know! They aren't that bad for the first few minutes but dancing in them for two hours I want to burn them."

Bella giggled.

"Oh! Guess what!" Kendra exclaimed.

"What?" I asked.

"Kaley thought my stitches were so cool!"

Bella stopped smiling. I just shook my head. "Did you show everybody?" I asked.

Kendra nodded. "Yeah! They all thought they were so cool! Except Traci. She looked really pale when she saw them."

"Well, they aren't exactly pleasant to look at," I said.

Kendra shrugged. "I still think they're awesome."

I grinned. There was no changing Kendra's mind.

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The lights dimmed, signaling that the recital was about to begin. Everyone took their seats and waiting in anticipation. Kendra's ballet class would be going first, then the rest of the ballet classes. After that, the tap classes. Then there was an intermission and we would probably be leaving before the hip-hop and jazz recital started.

The spotlights on the stage flipped on and Kendra was alone on the stage. She had a solo to start the dance. After about a minute of her well practiced solo, the other girls in her class joined her on the stage. Everyone cheered when the girls were finished. Rosalie looked so ecstatic for Kendra. The only thing that she was even close to annoyed about were the stitches that were still visible and the brace that Kendra's wrist was required to be in.

The tap routine was phenomenal as well. It was a lot more modern than the ballet routine, which was to be expected. Kendra wasn't the center this time though. It didn't bother her at all, however. She was completely happy with being the ballet star. I did wonder if she would enjoy the hip-hop class that we signed her up for. It was for her birthday, so she didn't quite know it yet.

When the recital was over, we all took Kendra out to a small Italian restaurant. She looked a little ridiculous because she was still in her tap costume, but she didn't care. It was just her and her spaghetti.

By the time we all made it home, Kendra was asleep in the Volvo. Rosalie unbuckled her and took her up to her room.

This girl was going to do great things.

A/N: Hi! I am SO sorry it took so long :/ Real life gets in the way of everything... But, I saw the new Harry Potter movie :D It was amazing! Go see it if you haven't! Thanks to all the people who favorited me, put me on alert and most of all, reviewed! Shout outs!

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