Disclaimer: sigh once again I do not own Twilight or it's characters… but I do own Chase, Nick, Geoff and Maddie, so HA!

Chapter 10

BPOV

After school I had Edward had called a meeting with everyone. This was not good. Edward told me that everything would be alright, but I couldn't be sure. I mean he said before that no one would recognize us. And if anyone was recognized it would be him not me. But guess what. It was both of us and Alice that got recognized. And Alice and I weren't even using our real names! This was not good, this was horrible. I knew we would get recognized!

"Okay so what's this all about?" asked Rose when everyone was in the Cullen's living room.

"Well, Bella, Alice, and I were recognized today." Edward said in a calm voice.

"WHAT!?" everyone said at once, including Alice. They looked from me to Edward to Alice with shocked and confused looks.

"How did anyone recognize you?" asked Carlisle.

"Geoff Newton's grandfather decided to share his old high school yearbook with him." I told him.

"Actually, I heard the whole story in his head. He was upset that I had already gotten Bella and his grandparents were over. Mike asked him what was wrong and he told him. Mike got really confused when he said our names and showed him. Mike thought it was just a weird coincidence but Geoff started to think differently. He thought he had something on us. He saw Alice too. He asked us about it today" Said Edward. Carlisle, Esme, Nick, and Chase just stared at him.

"Well, what does he think now?" asked Nick.

"I told him that Carlisle was actually my father's cousin and I was named after my grandfather." Said Edward.

"And I told him that my mom's maiden name was Swan but we didn't talk about her side of the family for some reason. And that Alice was adopted so maybe she was related somehow" I said.

"He bought it. He was extremely embarrassed afterward. There's nothing to worry about, I just wanted you all to know incase for some reason he asked you guys about it." Said Edward. Nothing to worry about? What was he talking about?

"Edward, there is plenty to worry about! We were recognized! Even with using different last names we were recognized! You, me and Alice, even if Geoff doesn't believe it anymore it 

doesn't matter! We were recognized. If an idiot like Geoff could put two and two together who's to say someone smarter won't be able to figure it out?"

"I agree with Bella," said Carlisle. Edward gave him a confused look. This was weird; normally it was Edward who was the worry-wart. "I don't think that it's as big of a deal as Bella thinks, although she is right about the fact that you were recognized. That in of itself is enough to worry about. We will need to be extra careful as to not make anymore suspicion rise. You said that it was Geoff's grandfather, Mike Newton, who led him to think we had some sort of secret?" Edward and I nodded. After about 20 minutes of arguing we had decided that we needed to be extra careful incase we ran into our old classmates and remember our stories. No one would listen to my argument of leaving. It would apparently bring too much attention. But why would it matter if we brought attention to ourselves if we aren't there? It's not like they can find us? I didn't think so but I couldn't do it on my own and I knew Edward was almost as stubborn as I was so he wouldn't go on my side. I was alone. Damn.

Maddie's Point of View

I don't know why I was so interested in this. But, I felt like I had to at least try and figure out what their secret was. Geoff was stupid enough to believe that quickly but I don't know. I don't think that there is definitely something up, but I want solid proof that there isn't. I knew if I asked Edward or Bella about it, they'd give me the same story they gave Geoff. I decided to do some research on the people that looked like them. I got the year of the yearbook from Geoff and after school went to the library. They kept a lot of old school yearbooks in there. I quickly found the same yearbook that Geoff showed me and I got the previous year too. I flipped through the senior year but found nothing to help me. I moved on to the junior yearbook and found them. This Edward looked like he hadn't changed at all from junior year to senior year, but that isn't that suspicious. Bella Swan looked a little older in her senior year picture but that was it. I flipped to the seniors and found three people that I swear I had seen before. Emmett Cullen, Rosalie Hale, and Jasper Hale. Wait, there were kids in my school that had those same names! They even looked like them. Exactly. Okay something is up. The yearbooks weren't helping me so much so I wrote down the names of the 6 people I wanted more information on. I went over to the computer and did a search on the first name on the list, Isabella Swan.

I found her obituaries but it wasn't the obituary that shocked me, it was what it said. There was a picture of Bella Swan, she looked the same as she did in her high school picture. I read it,

Last Sunday, the strange wolves in the forest of Forks, Washington, claimed the life of a teenage girl. Isabella Swan, 18, lived with her father, the police chief Charlie Swan for a year before her passing. She had lived in Phoenix with her mother since she was a baby but, wanted a change of scenery. That is what brought her back to her father for the last year of her life. Her father hopes that his only daughter will be remembered by her love for books and her sweet nature. She is succeeded by her father Charlie Swan and her mother, Renee Dywer (Phil Dywer). She will be greatly missed by all and always remembered. Funeral services…

So this Bella died when she was 18. If she died when she was 18 it's impossible for her to be Bella Bailey's grandmother. It didn't say she had any siblings. Okay, well maybe her father 

remarried after her death and that's Bella Bailey's grandmother or great aunt or something. I did another search on her father, Charlie Swan. His obituary came up; he had died 10 years after his daughter's death, single. Her father was an only child. And his father was an only child. The Swan family died out. So how could Bella Bailey be related to Bella Swan? I guess there could be some crazy way they were related. I decided to do a search on Bella's parents. She said they had died in a car crash in Chicago a little while ago. That would have definitely made the papers in Chicago. I waited as the slow library computer searched the Chicago papers for the latest car crashes. It brought up all the car crashes in the last 10 years in the Chicago area.

"Where is it…?" I asked myself. I read through each car crash, reading the names and the family members that lost them. I looked for "Bailey" because Bella said her Uncle Nick was her dad's brother. That meant she didn't change her last name when they took custody of her. It wasn't until I was halfway down the page when I noticed the date next to the car crash I was searching; it was from 5 years ago. Bella's parents died really recently. This was a government website. This was official. Bella's parents didn't die in any car crash within the past 5 years. Now I was really suspicious. Bella would have no reason to lie about her parents death, unless they never died? Was Bella Bailey really Bella Swan? But she died. I sighed out of frustration. I decided to look up her "aunt and uncle" she said their names were Nick and Chase.

Nothing. Absolutely nothing on Nick and Chase Bailey. Bella said that Alice was adopted. They had to have something out there if they adopted someone. I decided to let go of the Bella thing for a little bit and did a search on Edward Cullen. Nothing again. But something came up for "Cullen." A link leading to an article on Carlisle Cullen. That's weird, Edward's adoptive father's name is Carlisle. It said that he had adopted 5 teenage children along with his wife Esme, the same name as Edward's adoptive mother. I looked at the picture. It was Carlisle, Esme and all their "children". I narrowed my eyes as I looked more closely at the picture. The family was exactly like the Cullen family that lived here now except they were missing Alice. She looked exactly like Alice Bailey.

Okay it was official. Something was up with the Cullens and the Baileys. I just don't know what.

I packed up my stuff and printed out all the evidence I needed. I didn't know what this evidence said but I knew I needed it. I put the yearbooks back and headed out to the parking lot where my car sat.

Later that night my mom told me we were having dinner guests. My parent's good family friends, Sam and Emily Uley were coming over. I got in dinner party appropriate clothes and went downstairs to wait for the Uley's arrival with my younger sisters. I liked Sam and Emily, they had been over a couple of times, and they were cool to hang out with.

After dinner, we were all in our family room chatting. Well, Sam, Emily and my parents were chatting, I was sitting there while Bethany and Jade were fighting over something stupid.

"Sam, could you tell us some stories?" asked Bethany. My sisters loved Sam's old stories from when he lived on the reservation. I thought they were just stupid.



"Sure, …how about the one about vampires?" said Sam. My sisters clapped a yes. Sam knew that the one about vampires was their favorite. He went into his story and I tuned it out. I had heard this story more times than I could ever want. Something caught my ear. Sam was explaining different things a vampire did, differently than a human. Jade had asked him to.

"Well, vampires don't eat human food, they can but it's very uncomfortable for them to do so."

The Cullens and Baileys don't eat lunch, ever.

"They have pale white skin, almost unnatural looking,"

They are all really pale.

"the vampires who drink from humans have bright red eyes"

Okay there was something that they didn't have; I took a breath out of relief.

"The vampires who are called, "vegetarians" and drink from animal blood instead of humans have topaz colored eyes. It's like a very light brownish-gold"

Breath of relief taken back. All 6 of the Cullens and Baileys had topaz colored eyes.

"And when you become a vampire you stay the same age forever. You will look the same for as long as you live"

Bella Bailey looking exactly like Bella Swan, Edward Cullen looking like the other one, Alice Bailey looking like Alice Cullen, the three juniors looking exactly like those seniors from 50 years ago…

"and last but not least, they are extremely beautiful. The most beautiful people on the planet. People shy away from them but want to come closer all at the same time. Most humans are attracted to vampires physically. They can become the most wanted people based on their looks"

They are all incredibly good looking, everyone wants to be with them, and at the same time they don't want to go near them. This was too weird.

Sam and Emily left a little while after the story. We said goodbye and I went upstairs to get myself ready for bed. My mom came into the bathroom while I was washing my face.

"Maddie, are you alright? You look white as a ghost!" she asked me.

"No mom, I'm fine… just tired, you know" I said to her. I gave her a quick kiss on the cheek and said goodnight. While lying in my bed I stared at the ceiling trying to figure this all out. It all seemed to fit together. The similarities between the people from 50 years ago and now, the missing information, them looking exactly how Sam explained them, but there was no way. 

There was something weird about them that was for sure, but they couldn't be vampires… could they?

EPOV

I had calmed Bella down enough to go to school the next day, although she was still unsure about being recognized. I drove Emmett, Rosalie, Jasper and I to school the next morning worrying about Bella. I hated to see her like this; she didn't need to be frightened. I got out of the car and stepped into the parking lot. I started to walk towards Bella's car when something caught my eye. Maddie was leaning against the wall of the school with her eyes narrowed staring at me. That was weird, she had never stared like that at me even though she liked me, and she hadn't shown any jealousy during the last week with Bella here. I reached Bella and gave her a kiss on the cheek.

Later at lunch, I sat next to Bella when I saw she was tapped on the shoulder.

"Hey, do you guys mind if I sit with you today? My friends are sick and I'd really rather not sit alone" Maddie said with a smile. I guess it couldn't hurt.

"Uh, sure, have a seat." Said Bella with a confused look on her face.

"Thanks,"

Maddie started eating her lunch in silence and Bella kept shooting nervous glances at me. I was nervous too but I couldn't show it.

"So why aren't any of you guys eating lunch?" asked Maddie. Oh crap. We had never come up with a reason for not eating before.

"Well, we uh…" I started but couldn't come up with anything.

"It's um a… r-religious thing. A lifestyle our parents introduced us to." Alice stuttered out.

Oh really? I've never heard of a religion that says you have to buy a lunch and not eat it. Maybe Sam's stories aren't stories afterall. Maybe they are vampires?

Oh no, no, no, no, no, no! This was not good. This was not good at all. Maddie had heard the whole conversation with Geoff in biology yesterday and didn't believe our stories. And she had heard stories of vampires. This was a bad day.

Okay so that's the chapter. Now Sam doesn't know that the Cullens are back so he wasn't trying to lead them on. Sam doesn't even live in Forks anymore. He stopped phasing so he's human again. Maddie still isn't sure that they're vampires but she's feeling more confident that she's right.



So now onto another note. I'm going away tomorrow on a trip for 12 days so I will not be able to update until August 8 at the earliest. Yes this does mean that I will be away for the release of BREAKING DAWN! tear tear so sad. And when I get back I will try and get a new chapter out as fast as I can but I can't promise anything because I will be wrapped up in Breaking Dawn and you should be too! But there is something you can do while you wait for me to return and that is review review review please and thanks to all that have!! Love you all and so sorry for the pause in writing!

-Dancer