AN: Yes, I know the beginning is choppy, but I didn't what to have to write the entire thing out & explain EVERY little detail. So, here you go. Oh, and people I WILL update as soon as possible, but I am sitting on a massive amount of homework right now & that is the very first thing on my list.

As Edward, Alice, and I came into the kitchen, I heard numerous shouts of,

"Bella!" I yelped and ducked behind Edward as Emmett came running to hug me.

"Aw, come on Bella, I just wanted a hug." Emmett feigned hurt.

"Em-" Alice was interrupted.

"Emmett, one of your bear hugs might not be such a good idea right now." Carlisle said, saving me from immense rib soreness later. I smiled thankfully at him. Em shrugged and went to reclaim his place at the kitchen table by Rose.

After we all ate Carlisle and Esme asked to see me in his study. Even though Alice had showed me around, the only clue I had as to where his study is, is that it is on the second floor. Considering that there are only two floors to the house, my chances of going into the wrong room just decreased by half.

I was standing in the second floor hallway, completely lost when Edward found me.

"Already forgot what Alice showed you?" I nodded weakly. He grabbed my hand and pulled me into a room that I had been staring at for the last five minutes.

"Soooo not fair; I thought it was this one!"

Carlisle's study looked a lot like his office at the hospital, except for the couch, which was replaced by two chairs. Edward started for one chair, and I for the other, but when I was almost there he pulled me down to sit on him. Esme and Carlisle smiled at him from behind the desk.

"Bella, I assumed you know that your father is in prison?" Esme asked sweetly.

"Yes." I responded.

"Carlisle and I have decided to become your legal guardians, if you are all right with that." I got up, ran to the other side of the desk and hugged her. "All take that as a yes?" She hugged me back.

"Yes!" I squealed. My squeal got them all laughing; I obviously wasn't the squealing, girly type.

As I let go of Esme, Alice, who had probably been listening outside of the door the entire time, came dancing in.

"Oh, Bella, it's so great to see that I'm starting to rub off on you!"

"Alice, we weren't done yet." Carlisle stated. Alice looked disappointed and stormed out while Esme developed a confused look, as did I. It suddenly dawned on Esme.

"Oh right!" Carlisle handed her a small box (so he wouldn't have to reach around her to give it to me), and she handed it to me. I took the lid off and inside was a cell phone and a credit card with my name on it. How in the world did they have that already? "A cell phone so we can keep track of you, everyone's number is in there, and a credit card because Alice and Rosalie will want to take you on an endless amount of shopping trips. Clothes, books, whatever you need." I was completely speechless.

"Um…w-wow…thank you so much." I finally stuttered out.

"Don't mention it dear, you two run along now." Esme said as she shooed Edward and me out the door.

"Hey Edward! Jazz and I challenge you to a video game war! Right now! Living room!" Emmett shouted from downstairs. Edward's eyes lit up and he looked at me as if he was asking permission. I laughed and waved my hand to say 'go'. He pecked my cheek before he ran down stairs and into the living room.

I followed slowly after him, but I only stopped in the living room for a minute to watch them playing before I went outside. I climbed up one of the biggest trees in the yard, but only made it a few feet up. I leaned my back against the tree trunk, pulled one of my legs up to my chest and let the other swing down.

I just sat there thinking about my new-fangled (AN: for people who don't know what that means, it means new.) life for about an hour before my new phone buzzed. It was a text message from Edward:

Where did you disappear off to?

Backyard.

About a minute later he was outside looking for me, but didn't see me up the tree. He stopped under the tree I was in and pulled out his phone.

Where exactly?

I pulled a pinecone or acorn or what ever it is called off of a near by branch and chucked it at his head. He looked up at me while he rubbed the spot on the back of his head. When he saw it was me he smiled.

"Have a nice climb, spider monkey?"

"Yes, I did." I turned so that I was sitting on the branch like it was a park bench and patted the spot next to me.

[AN: I forgot to tell you, I made a few tiny, tiny changes in chapter 2, finding out (she is now from Texas, like me), and 3, finally (I changed one word based on a review & your right Kaye, it needed to happen), to help fit what I wanted to do in this next part.]

"How did you make it all the way up here with out help?" he asked when he finally made it up to my branch.

"Is that a hit at my balance problems?" I tried to look offended, but he saw right through it.

"Maybe."

"Well for your information, I loved climbing trees when I was younger. I had a lot of practice when I was back in Texas."

"Actually I was wondering about how you made it up this tree up an injured arm and ribs." I shrugged. The back door opened and Emmett came out and started singing.

"Edward and Bella sit'n in a tree! K-I-S-S-I-N-G! First comes-OW! Rosie that hurt!" he stormed off after her; she had thrown something at him, but I couldn't tell what it was from this distance. He reappeared, "Hey, they wanted me to tell you to come play Twister with us."

"Okay, tell 'em we'll be right there!" I shouted back at him, my accent really coming through. Both Emmett and Edward stared at me like they had no idea what I just said. "What?"

"Jazz, I need a translation!" Em shouted as he once again ran back inside. I just jumped right down from my perch while Edward did this awkward climb to get down.

"I take it your not much of a tree climber?" I asked once I had stopped laughing.

"Um, no, not really. Let's go." He took my hand and led me inside to where everyone was setting up Twister in the living room.