I am terribly sorry for not posting a new chapter in so long! My life has been hectic as! I have been struggling to put sport, school and my social life all in order so I have time for other leisure activities!

Well anyway, on with the story I hope I can make up for the time I have wasted! Again sorry, really!

Also, I have removed the last two authors note because I hate getting halfway through a story and finding them, so just to make it easier!

But first to answer some people's questions from ages ago!

This one is from penny-e -

Q. - Is Renee a vamp or not?

A. - No. Renee isn't a vampire. But she is friends with some and Bella's father is a vampire, and Renee keeps in touch with him. So she has her contacts.

The next one comes from twilight-fan01 -

Q. - When will Bella become a full vampire?

A. - Bella will become a full vampire once she reaches a certain age but that will be revealed later in the story! I don't want to give away part of my story!

If you have anymore questions please ask them! You may ask not to be named if you would like! So read and review!

Now ENJOY!!!

Chapter 9 -

Bella POV-

An entire week passed before my mother called me back. When she did her answers shocked me! She told me that she had asked around and she had been told that they had to be vampires. I thought she was kidding but then she told me that she was serious, the Cullen's were full vampires!!! I was scared shitless by this fact but a part of me was curious, I mean how can they go to school and be around humans? How is their dad a doctor?? Do they have powers like me? Are they a threat?

I thought about asking Rose and Alice about all this but then I realised that I needed to act normal around them to show them that I didn't know or suspect a thing. I was nervous because I had to act fully human for once in my life. Normally I could make fast movements but now I risked them finding out what I am.

Alice POV-

Rose and I had been waiting the whole week for Carlisle to tell us he had found something out, and still nothing! I was starting to get annoyed! Whatever Bella was she was not fully human, this much I knew! I was curious to know what she was but my patience was starting to wear thin. Carlisle never takes this long with research!

Rose POV-

The saying curiosity killed the cat is a popular one, and it's going to apply to me soon if Carlisle doesn't find something out about Bella. We had spent the whole week keeping an eye on her but she acted normal. Going to school, hanging with friends, making out with guys, going through boyfriend after boyfriend! I was starting to think that Alice and I had imagined what we saw! She didn't appear to be any different to the humans.

Carlisle POV-

I spent all my free time making phone calls to all my friends seeing if they had ever heard of this before. I had tried not to use my last resort as I didn't want to put the Swan girl in any danger with the Volturi. But it seemed I would have to call my old friend Aro after all as no-one knew anything about what she could be. I was dreading making the phone call but I felt it was the only way I was going to get some answers to my numerous questions. I called Aro's number and heard the dial tone, my stomach doing flips as it rang, than I heard his all too cheery voice and knew it was now or never for my answers.

(Italic - Aro, Bold - Carlisle)

Hello.

Hello Aro my good friend.

Why Hello Carlisle, it has been too long my friend.

Yes it has Aro, I was wondering I have some questions that I need answers to. I was hoping you might be able to help me out.

Ask away Carlisle I would be happy to help in anyway.

Have you ever heard of a girl named Bella Swan?

Ahhh, you've met our dear Isabella I see. And you are wondering what she is? Tell me what alerted you to her?

You know of her?! Well I haven't Alice and Rosalie have. Yes I certainly am wondering, are you able to inform me? There was an incident at school that I assure you only Alice and Rosalie noticed, due to our sight, of Bella moving inhumanly fast!

Why of course I know of her Carlisle, her mother was the wife of our good friend Rolandi! She is half-vampire, half-human. She continues to age until she reaches the human age of 18, which I believe to be a year away. At that point if she has found a mate she will naturally, as she is more vampire than human, mature into a full-vampire. She has some wonderful talents, her father assures me. He speaks to her mother frequently, getting constant updates on dear Isabella. Well do not fret about her she is no danger to you or your family, but I have been informed that she knows what you are, so be weary of her and show her you can be trusted.

Rolandi?! How did this happen? I never dreamed anything like this could happen! Is her mother a human or vampire? A halfing, eh? Wow! I will keep an eye on her I assure you Aro. Are you sure she is not a threat? How can you know for sure, has she killed anyone before? How does she know what we are? We will do our best to appeal to her good nature and welcome her warmly.

We didn't either Carlisle, we were shocked when he told us! Her mother is human. I assure you she is no threat, she is harmless. Or so she thinks, her powers are still developing but she is more powerful than she knows. She has never killed anyone or anything she has an aversion to human blood, can't stand the stuff. When she was born all she wanted was blood but she refused to drink the human blood we provided. She was a stubborn little thing, so we fed her animal blood hoping that maybe your alternate diet could maintain her health, and she happily drank it so she will most likely become a vegetarian in you family. She saw something Alice and Rosalie talking to one another and moving too fast for humans so she called her mother. Her mother called Rolandi and he informed her of what she needed to know to tell Isabella. You would be wise to stay on her good side Carlisle, for she had a slight power accident when she was younger. A young child was bullying her and I will not repeat what she did but she was incredible. Never have we heard of anything like her, she didn't kill the boy nor injure him but she did things that will haunt him for the rest of his life!

Are you sure she is safe Aro? I mean after what you just told me ….

She has learned to control herself fully now and has no memory of what she did, so she can't remember what she did to the boy or how she did it! She is harmless if you heed my previous warning!

We will take her under our wing Aro, she will stay safe and in control with us watching her I assure you!

Very well, I have a meeting to attend to now so if that will be all Carlisle I will bid you farewell until we talk again.

That is all Aro, thank you for your help it is much appreciated! Good-bye.

My pleasure Carlisle, you should come visit us soon and bring Isabella, her father would love to finally meet her in person! Farewell Carlisle.

I heard the line go dead, and I let my thought wander. This was big news and this is a matter I need to inform the whole family about. It's time for another Cullen family meeting!

Alice POV-

I didn't understand I had had a vision of Carlisle calling Aro, which meant he was getting the answers we wanted but why had he called a full family meeting! There must be something big going on because we never held meetings unless it was urgent and important news!

I could hear Edward playing his piano downstairs, he was so different at home. He played his part as the school player and acting all cool at school but he let his guard down at home and let us all see the real him. He was a kind, caring, sweet guy who enjoyed reading, playing the piano and listening to classical music. If only he knew what I had seen in my visions of him and Bella.

She seemed to also put on the player act at school, I had accidentally seen a vision of her tripping down her stairs at Charlie's house in a pair of baggy old sweats! This was definitely not the Bella everyone else saw. She was a mess but she seemed so happy and content, well until she fell that is!

That is when I decided I needed to get the two of them out of their shells and show each other what they were really like! Edward needed to see the shy, clumsy Bella and Bella needed to see the kind, caring Edward.

But this plan had been put on hold after the incident at school! I was tempted to continue due to the visions I had of Edward and Bella being together, they looked so happy and in love. But I needed to know more about Bella first!! Edward wanted Rose and me to get close to Bella, but we really wanted to be her friends, not Edward's pawns. I heard the sound of someone slamming there hands down on piano keys! Whoops, I forgot to block my mind from Edward, stupid mind-reading brother!

Alice!!! I heard him call angrily.

Yes, darling brother of mine, I said feigning innocence!

Don't try that with me Alice! He said, appearing in the doorway to Jasper and my room.

What's wrong Edward? I asked, curious to what he was really mad about. Then I got a vision of Jasper sprinting up and crouching down defensively in between Edward and I, his back to me. He was growling really loudly and a showdown was going to take place in our room.

Edward, why do I see Jasper getting angry and defending me? I asked nervously.

I saw an evil grin form on his face, as he started to speak.

Because ……………

Cliffy!

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