I am so sorry about the huge wait for this chapter! I tried to make it long to make up for the huge delay! I am getting used to the load of GCSE work I am getting and I have not had a minutes break from work!

I hope you enjoy it! Bella is 4 years old throughout the whole of this chapter.

Christmas Day

Emmett PoV

We had gotten the little squirt loads of presents, well; Alice, Esme, and my Rosie had gotten her loads of presents for her from the rest of us. We had wrapped them up last night and they were now piled up under the Christmas tree. Presents for everyone else were in little piles around the room, by the fireplace, in front of the TV, next to the couch, and in my special stocking. I liked stockings so years ago, my Mum, Esme, had bought me one that everyone put my presents in each year.

Alice had helped me to buy a beautiful necklace for Rosalie. It was silver with a very small and dainty chain and it had Rosalie engraved on one thin strip of silver. I was scared of holding it, it looked so delicate.

Rosalie had bought my presents for everyone else, because I was so bad at picking them.

I walked down the hallway, past Bella's room-to-be, past Carlisle's study but, just before I reached mine and Rosalie's room where Bella had been sleeping, the door creaked open. Bella saw me and jumped out of her skin, looking terrified.

"Hey squirt," I said, grinning.

"Hello," she said, shyly, but soon she grinned and bounced over to me.

"It's Christmas!" I said, lifting her up and began to carry her downstairs. Her little face instantly brightened.

"Did Santa come?" she asked.

"Yup," I said, popping my 'p'.

I set her on the ground and pulled her through to the kitchen where Esme was making some pancakes. Rosalie was getting a plate and fork out the cupboards and draws and setting them on the table.

Esme turned around when we entered the room, and said, "Hello sweetie."

"Hi," I said, grinning, "but I prefer Emmy, if you don't mind," I joked.

Esme rolled her eyes and lifted Bella up, sitting her on the work surface. "Did you sleep well, honey?"

"Yes," she said smiling.

Esme turned the pancakes over, then took the pancakes over to the table and put them on Bella's plate. Rosalie lifted the 4-year old child onto her chair and she started eating.

"Fankyoo Ezmay," she said, trying to swallow a huge mouthful.

"Swallow, then talk," Esme said, grinning.

Bella blushed and managed to swallow. Rosalie passed her a glass of juice and after choking on that, she finally thanked Esme again. Alice and Jasper came in after a few minutes.

Carlisle and Edward entered through the back door and Bella instantly ran straight over to Edward. They had been hunting last night. Bella wrapped her arms around Edward's legs and he lifted her up, gently. She hugged him round his neck. Edward looked pleasantly surprised and smiled. Bella had liked Edward so much after them spending the day together.

"Presents?" Carlisle asked to the room.

There was a murmur of excitement and we all walked through to the living room.

Edward PoV

I lowered Bella to the floor. She was standing, open mouthed, looking at the mounds of wrapped presents round the room. Esme knelt down next to her, grinning at her face.

"Would you like to open some presents?" I asked. Everyone had settled themselves round the room. Carlisle was sitting on the loveseat by the window; Emmett was sitting, leaning against the couch, beside Rosalie's legs. Alice was sitting on Jasper and Jasper was beside Rosalie. I was sat on another loveseat, by the fireplace.

Bella shut her mouth and nodded once, slowly. There was a quick beeping noise which stopped abruptly. Carlisle was recording Bella's first Christmas with us. Everyone laughed, and Emmett picked up his present for Bella and chucked it across to me. I caught it easily and gave it to Bella. She took it, carefully, and began to open it, eyeing Carlisle's camera cautiously. I chuckled quietly.

Everyone was watching her.

She looked round at everyone and giggled at the camera. She turned serious after a second. "Does everyone else have presents from Santa?"

Esme smiled and nodded.

Bella continued opening the present and dropped the wrapping paper when the teddy bear was in her hands. She hugged the light brown bear tightly.

"Fank you," she said to the room, not knowing who it was from.

"What are you going to name him?" Emmett asked, excitedly.

Bella bit her lip and sat on the floor, thinking.

"Um…Edward," she said, blushing.

"You want to call him Edward?" Carlisle asked, smiling.

She nodded. Carlisle pointed the camera to Edward who was beaming. Then Carlisle turned it on Alice, who stuck her tongue out at the camera. Rosalie looked a little disappointed; she hadn't been overly happy that Bella's favourite was Edward, rather than her. Carlisle laughed and pointed it back to me and Bella.

Every started to open their own presents, when Bella became a bit uncomfortable with everyone watching her.

At lunch time, I made Bella come chicken fillets, potato and vegetables. There was no point in buying a huge chicken or turkey, because it was only Bella eating.

8 months later

Alice PoV

WE ARE GOING ON HOLIDAY TOMORROW!

It's been just over 8 months since we adopted Bella into our family and has settled in amazingly well! She isn't shy around anyone, and can be incredibly mischievous with Emmett. She is nearly always giggling, and gets anything she wants because none of us can say 'no' to her little cheeky face. However, since this is the case, Carlisle and Esme, have had to put in some rules recently, as Bella has taken to biting or throwing a tantrum if she doesn't get her way. This isn't incredibly frequent, but maybe once or twice a week. It can be a bit annoying, but the majority of the time, she is so sweet. But, Carlisle has devised a naughty step on the stairs for Bella and if she does anything, any of us have to put her and leave her on the naughty step. It's mainly our fault that this has happened, because we have let her do so much we shouldn't have so I feel a bit bad about it.

Flashback to the first time she was put on the naughty step Alice PoV

Bella was eating dinner with Carlisle, well, Carlisle was sitting with her.

"Daddy, I finished now," Bella said, sliding off her chair.

I was standing in the corner of the room in my Jasper's arms.

Carlisle glanced at her plate and saw all her vegetables, untouched, piled under her knife and fork.

"No, Bella get back here and eat them up, please," Carlisle said, catching Bella's arm as she tried to squeeze past Carlisle's chair.

"I don't want them," Bella moaned, trying to pull out of Carlisle's grip. Carlisle wasn't holding her arm tightly, just tight enough so Bella couldn't escape, but not tight enough to hurt her.

"You have to eat them, Bella," Carlisle insisted.

"No," Bella said, stamping her foot.

"Yes," he said, pulling her back round to her chair. Bella went all floppy and dropped to the floor, screaming; throwing a tantrum.

This had happened before, and Carlisle had left her, and had allowed her not to eat her vegetables, but I think he was set on her finishing them. He had expressed earlier this week that we had to be more firm with her, otherwise, when she starts school, she will be a little terror.

Carlisle crouched down to her level and said, "Bella, stop it right now." Bella stopped screaming and glared at Carlisle. "Get back on your chair and eat the vegetables," Carlisle told her.

She sucked in a deep breath of air and screamed, "Noooooooooooo," straight into Carlisle's face.

"Bella, if you don't get back up and eat them, you can have five minutes of time out," Carlisle told her, standing up.

Bella was quite bright, and, realizing her screaming tactic wasn't working, she stood up and leant onto Carlisle's knees, looking up at him with a sad puppy dog face that Bella could do so well.

Carlisle was about to give in to her, I could tell, but he didn't and told her to eat them again.

Bella groaned and stamped both her feet shouting "NO!" repeatedly.

Carlisle lifted her up and took her through to the hallway. I could hear her screaming but I didn't bother to follow. Bella really didn't want to eat her vegetables ever!

"Stay here until I come and get you again, okay?" Carlisle told her. I heard Bella get up off a step on the stairs and run over to the door leading to the living room where Esme and Rosalie was, but Carlisle caught her and placed her back on the step.

I hugged Jasper, taking my mind off my screaming sister.

"No Daddy! I'm not going to sit here, I don't want to!" she told Carlisle, as she got up and started to run up the stairs.

Carlisle walked up behind her. She was still very small and struggled getting up the stairs quickly. Carlisle lifted her up and sat her back on the bottom step. Bella got up immediately but didn't run anywhere, a little out of breath. Carlisle didn't sit her down again. He didn't mind if she was sitting or standing, as long as she was on or next to the stairs.

"Daddy, I don't want to sit here! Emmy said there was a monster under the stairs!" she said, beginning to cry.

"Bella, there is nothing under the stairs. Sit there or you will be in trouble," Carlisle said, seriously.

This seemed to make Bella sit still but she carried on crying. "I'm sorry Daddy," she said a few times before giving up, as Carlisle had come back into the kitchen, ignoring her pleas.

I went through to the living room with Jasper, and sat beside him on the stairs.

Esme and Rosalie already knew what had happened, with their super vampire hearing.

End of Flashback

So, Bella's tantrums were becoming less frequent now she knew she wouldn't win any arguments as she would get tired before any of us would.

Anyway, we are all going on holiday together to Isle Esme tomorrow! It will be our first holiday together with Bella! I'm so excited! Everything is packed and 7 large suitcases were by the front door. Our flight was at 5 o'clock in the morning, so Bella was having an early night so she wouldn't be quite so tired in the morning, but she would still be exhausted, at having to be awake by 2 o'clock, as we need to be at the airport at 3 o'clock.

She wasn't happy about having to go to bed so early, but she was already tired and didn't complain much.

Esme PoV

I took my youngest daughter upstairs to bed. She was scrabbling up the stairs in front of me on all fours, giggling. She ran through to her room and I went through to the bathroom to run a bath for her. She scampered through, holding a pair of baby blue pyjamas.

As the bath filled up with warm water, I let Bella undress herself. She was learning how to do it herself, but could never get her T-shirt or jumpers off without getting stuck. She sat down and took her socks off and put them in a little pile. Then she pulled her jeans down and dumped them on her socks. I helped her to take her T-shirt off and then I lifted her into the bath, after checking the temperature. Bella played with her rubber ducks and the bubbles while I washed her hair.

"Head back," I said, rinsing shampoo off her forehead and hair.

I wrapped her in her small pink towel and dried her off before sitting her on my knee and platting her hair in two plats so it wouldn't drip down her back and make her cold. She fiddled with the corners of the towel while I did this and then she pulled her pyjamas on, with a little help from me.

Tomorrow was going to be a long day; a tired 4-year old Bella; a board Emmett; an Alice who will moan about everyone's fashion sense at the airport; a Jasper who will become increasingly unhappy throughout the flight as more and more people feel unwell on the plane; and a Rosalie who will moan about the lack of privacy throughout the flight. At least my Carlisle will keep me sane!

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