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Ch.10 Morning

The last thing that I remembered before I fell asleep was Edward whispering in my ear, "Have sweet dreams, precious Bella," I was too tired to even smile. I knew that I heard a few chuckles, and a growling sound coming from Edwards's chest. This gave me enough energy to smile.

I woke up to another of Willow's piano tunes. The sounds of Louis Spohr flowed skillfully through Willows lips; the original violinist made it a beautiful piece and wonderful sounds to wake up to. I made a sound of pleasure, and then the music stopped. "Bella, you need to wake up," Willow told me, landing on the back of my head, I groaned at that while she chuckled. "You still have guests Bella," she whined.

This got me to shoot straight up, flying her off my head and landing two inches from the ground before I let my shield catch her, and place her gracefully on the ground while she glared at me. I smirked at her, "You know I am not much of a morning person," I whined.

Looking around the room I noticed that everyone was awake, and still in their day clothes as was I. "Morning everyone," I said through a yawn. That's when I noticed how confused everyone looked. "What is it?" My question seemed to snap them all out of their confused states.

"Nothing. We should go get you dressed for the day," Alice commented as she pulled me off of the ground and towards the stairs. We made it to my room and she quickly started rummaging through the closet. I heard some nice compliments and murmurs of approval from her as she delved into the closet further.

Caleb was still sleeping so I let him continue for a while before he had to wake up and take some pain medication for the day. I was slowly leaning him off of it.

I got my bathroom supplies and called for the birds. "Willow, Ainslie," I called. They landed gracefully on my shoulder as I headed for the bathroom. "We are taking a shower now," I called down to the guests.

I made the shower quick; I didn't want to seem like a rude person by leaving them waiting on me, even though I know that they had to all night. I wrapped myself in a towel and made a beeline towards my room. "Bella, I picked out your dress for the day," Alice bounced up and down excitedly as she pointed towards the short one shoulder red dress with ruffles. I smiled in approval as I slipped it on.

I fixed my hair into a wavy wrap and went down to the kitchen. I fixed up a special chicken breakfast for Caleb and poured some bird seed in the birds' bowl and started drying them off from the shower. I was just finishing with Ainslie when I felt a cold hand on my shoulder. "Bella, you look lovely, as always," Edward whispered in my ear. I shivered in pleasure.

I turned around and took in his appearance; he had on a clean dress shirt, with a pair of black slacks. "Didn't you want to take a shower?"

"No, I am fine, I'll take mine tomorrow morning," He smiled beautifully, leaving me breathless.

"Oh, alright," I managed to stutter out. I looked out the window and noticed that Charlie was already gone. Weren't we supposed to be bonding or something? Isn't that the reason I was here? I frowned down at my hands, which were twisting nervously together. "You can help yourself to anything you see, I will be right back," I lifted my head to smile at him before I made my way back up the stairs where Rosalie and Alice were fixing their hair, and putting on makeup from their night bags.

I walked over to Caleb and rocked him gently, until he started to stir. "Give me a little longer," he groaned.

"You need to wake up," I giggled in his ear, remembering that Willow woke me up earlier than usual.

He groaned again, and reluctantly opened his eyes. "I have to go outside," he told me stretching.

"Okay," I told him while I helped him off the ground, being careful of the still sore stitches. I walked over and grabbed the medical bag, pulling out one small pill for the pain then going down stairs.

Caleb was already at the front door waiting to be let out. I opened it for him and told him, "I am leaving the door open, just make sure you close it when you come back," I called after him. He grumbled his agreement as I left the door cracked open just a bit.

Jasper and Emmett were playing with the X-Box that Charlie must have bought a while ago because there was some gathered dust particles lining the top of it.

"Do you guys need anything?"

"No, we're good Bell," Emmett told me laughing as he finished through the race line, beating Jasper.

I went to the kitchen and saw that Edward was still sitting there, watching the birds intently as they ate.

Willow heard me walk in and groaned, "Can you tell this guy to stop watching me? It's really starting to creep me out," She whined her displeasure of being watched.

I laughed at her. "Edward how would you feel if someone was watching you… eat"? I almost slipped and said hunt, close call.

He turned towards me, and smiled. "Hey Bella," He greeted as he walked over towards me and put a hand on the small of my back, effectively giving me shivers and not because of the cold.

I poured Caleb's breakfast in a large bowl and set it on the ground, Edward made a face. I had a quick power bar, not really in the mood for anything big.

Rosalie and Alice came down the stairs then, looking like super models. "You guys look wonderful," I smiled at my friends.

"You look pretty amazing yourself there Bella," Alice winked; I blushed and looked at the table.

Caleb came in the room then, and went straight over to me; Edward took a sort of defensive position between Caleb and me. "Edward what are you doing?" I tried my hardest not to laugh.

"What does this animal think he's doing?" Edward hissed out through clenched teeth, and I heard a low warning growl rumble through his chest, too low for human ears, but enough for mine.

"He's getting his medicine," I glared at Edward, and Caleb did the same.

Edward reluctantly moved out of the way, letting Caleb come over to me.
I took the pill that I placed on the counter earlier and placed it on Caleb's tongue that he held out for me. He swallowed it as I took out another bowl from the cupboard and poured some water from the tap into it.

I set it on the ground next to his food dish. "Now was that so bad?" I laughed at their shocked expressions. Willow and Ainslie were snickering by their food dishes.

Edward grimaced as I put my school bag together, getting ready to go out the door. "Everyone ready for school?" I heard a chorus of light groans that were surely too light for human ears so I let it go.

I heard my cell phone ringing and pulled it out reading "Dad", I flipped it open. "Morning dad," I smiled.

"Bella dear, when are you coming back home? Your mother and I miss you dearly, it's almost painful," I laughed lightly.

"I feel like I only talk to you once a year," He groaned into the phone.

"Dad, you and mom will survive. I need to be here for Charlie now," I chuckled as I put together a quick lunch.

"How is that going?" His tone told me how curious he really was about how our "bonding" was going.

"Charlie doesn't like to show emotions," I rolled my eyes, as I finished making my sandwich. "I have to go dad, tell mom I said that I miss her," I told him sadly. I really did miss them.

"Alright dear, have a good day! I will talk to you later, we love you," I heard people in the background talking. "Alright, everyone in the guard says that they miss you," I smiled.

"Tell them I miss them all too, bye father" I laughed lightly and hung up.

"Bella, who was that?" Emmett asked confused.

"That was a friend," I tried to avoid the question. I forgot that they were here; I didn't know how to explain this one.

"But you called him 'Dad'. Isn't Charlie your father?"

"Yes, but when I was living in Italy, I was staying with people that I consider my family," That was an understatement. Especially since I took the name of Isabella Volturi, but changed it back to Swan when I moved here.

I grabbed my book bag, at the same instant, Willow and Ainslie flew out the door and over towards my car.

"See you all at school," I smiled and got in my car. Edward was already in the passenger seat.

"Mind if I ride with you?" He smiled a heartbreakingly beautiful smile that made my breath halt in my throat.

It took me a couple of seconds to regain my composure before I could actually answer him.

"No, its fine," I smiled back. I thought I heard his breath catch but I figured it was only my imagination.

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