This chapter actually didn't really exist until a few seconds ago… You can skip it if you want, I just want to put it in to give the peeps in Alaska some more depth. And fluff. Ths is gonna be a short one.

Chapter 6 (or Chapter 5 ¾): Life in Denali

Denali, Alaska, 2003 (Bella is just turning 16)

"Come on, Bella! We know you'll like it……" Tanya said slyly in a sing-song voice. Ugh. I would certainly not.

'Have fun' my ass.

They call doing that fun?! I mean… Tanya and Kate I would expect to go to something like this…. But Eleazar, Irina and Carmen as well!?! What was the world coming to?!

"No!" I cried out to the other side of my heavy wooden door. I would not go, and neither would they make me. I do not go to things like that, and they know it! Heaven knows that after a year of living with me they should know my likes and dislikes….

But no. Here Tanya was, trying to get me to go with them to a…

pastry convention

On one of her insane whims. My lord, woman. Could they at least want to go to something they could actually do?! I mean, they can go, but are they actually going to get anything out of this?!?! It's FOOD, for Christ's sake!! FOOD.

THEY DO NOT EAT FOOD.

FOOD IS ALSO CALLED HUMANS/ANIMALS TO THEM.

Gosh.

Half and hour later I was in the car. And we were making out way down to s convention centre in Anchorage.

Did I mention how much I hate my life at this moment?

The five of them jumped out of the car looking as happy as 8-year-olds on Christmas morning.

Even Eleazar looked excited, and he was the calm collected one in this family!

"Come on, Bella!" Kate called out as she pulled on my hand towards the centre's door. I rolled my eyes.

Trying to sound enthusiastic, "That's ok, Kate!" I pulled a smile, which probably looked like a grimace, onto my face, "I wanna go look around myself!"

Carmen and Eleazar handed us our tickets to get in.

Kate looked unsure, "Are you certain, Bella? I mean… We wouldn't want to lose you… Or to make you feel left out…"

"No! No, I'll be fine!"

"She will be fine, Kate…" Irina said, giving me a smile, "We'll meet back here at 3, ok Bella?"

"Sure, sure," I said to them, "I'm just going to go wander around!" I said, starting to walk away, "…Or go sit in the car…" I mumbled to myself after I was a while away from them.

"I HEARD THAT!!!" Tanya called out.

"WHOOPS!!!" I turned around and shouted out, smiling widely now, "DID I SAY THAT OUT LOUD!!!"

I kept on walking into the throng of humans. They still smell disgusting; I could just keep my gag-reflex under control now.

That was one of Irina's reasons why I should go to this ridiculous thing, to help keep my 'talent' under control.

I walked around the humans, thinking I fitted in just finely, for I looked reasonably average.

I thought wrong.

Great.

A human boy was attempting to talk to me. Just peachy.

"Hey…" The pathetic boy said, giving me what he attempted to be a seductive smile. I smiled back, a little. I just wanted him to go away…

"My name's Cody, what's yours?" He said, slightly touching me. Can you say EW? He smelled gross, and his hand felt like it was burning through my shirt. I yanked my arm out of his reach.

"And why should I tell you my name?" I gave him a sweet smile. He gave me a disbelieving look. I guess this guy wasn't turned down much.

"Umm…" He trailed off, looking quite stupid.

"Exactly. Now leave me alone, I think I see my boyfriend coming…" I lied flawlessly. He narrowed his eyes.

"I don't believe that you have a boyfriend…You're just trying to blow me off…" Perfect.

"W—What?" I asked, making my eyes go wide. I spoke slightly louder now, attracting a crowd, "You don't think I'm pretty enough to have a boyfriend?!" I said with a small wail at the end.

"That is NOT COOL, man!" This one random guy called out with his girlfriend.

"Yeah!" The random guy's girlfriend called back, "That was just mean! Look, you made her cry, and she's the prettiest girl here! What's your problem, retard!"

Just then my cell phone rang. I pulled it out, and it was Alice. I whipped it out.

"Alice…" I whispered just loud and fast enough for her to hear, "Get one of you brothers NOW…"

"Hey Bella!" Emmett cried cheerfully out on the other end of the phone, "Alice said to call you just now, so I did!"

"Good, now I need you to act like my boyfriend and yell at this annoying guy for me, ok?"

Emmett roared with laughter, "Sure, sure! I can do that!!"

I went back to my normal voice, my whole conversation with Emmett taking only about 5 seconds, "Hi Honey!!!!!!" I said, then gave that Cody a dirty look, "Will you yell at the mean guy for me!! He doesn't know how to take rejection," I said angrily, I sweetly held the phone out for Cody and whispered to people, "My boyfriend is very protective, and he just hates when people make me cry…" I said happily, "Did I mention he's a wrestler?!" Cody paled. This was fun!

Long story short; Emmett made Cody cry.

A lot.

It was awesome! I had lots of fun retelling the story to my family as we walked from the centre to the car 2 hours later…

"See, Bella?!" Kate said, "We told you that you would have fun! What did we say!!?"

I rolled my eyes.

"Yes…" Carmen said with a happy look in her eye, "I liked the part where we laughed at the humans and their silly 'piping' tools so spread on frosting…" Eleazar snickered. I looked on, amused, at their childish antics.

Later that week, we went to the museum. It was hilarious to watch Kate or Tanya argue with the tour guide when they would tell us wrong information. I mean, they would know, considering all of Tanya, Kate, Carmen, Eleazar and Irina had lived in that time period…

And Carmen's narration of the Tudor history was just amazing. And Eleazar, his knowledge on Napoleon was just… awesome. It was hard to believe that I would seem this way to some other vampire in a few centuries was mind blowing…

Living with my new family was they only way I knew how to. I mean, sure, the girls couldn't give very up-to-date dating tips and fashion advice, but hey, they were my family. And I always had Alice to chat with if things were that pressing.

Life was perfectly fine.

Maybe things were a little boring at night… But I had Edward to talk to.

Everything was going to be Ok.

Ok, so maybe that wasn't short… But still….

You all should be HAPPY. I'm tired all the time, my hair is coming out, I'm barely eating, I really should be doing my homework… But I still make time to write…. Ok, I shouldn't guilt trip you… Writing is relaxing…

And don't worry… the Cullens will magically pop out of a hole in TWO more chapters. Which means in Chapter 8, they shall be back!!! And be prepared for fluffy-ness to come. I haven't figured out what that climax and stuff is gonna be, so… I'll just have to throw in random fluff to make you all happy until I can come up with a better idea for the 'crisis' dun dun DUNNN Oh, and I'm going to the doctors and stuff this week, and I have my PP, so you'll either be denied updates or they will come in ubundance. I don't know. Well just have to wait and see…

Xxoo

--Smurf

ps, "If you choke a smurf, what colour does it turn?" it turns no colour. Its lack of oxygen would just cause it to stay the same colour, but we would flail a lot…

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