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Monsters: Trusting

~A/N Hello Readers, I know author's notes can be tedious but I always try and put something of worth into every one of them. This author's note is particularly important because recently on my profile I have posted the intros to two stories that I am currently working on and I am considering a third that I will post a description for shortly. But I am leaving it up to vote which I will start first, it is all explained on my profile but please go check it out so I can focus in on one story. Now on with this one…~

After seeing Bella's new room, BPOV

After our tears were dried, Emmet and I ventured downstairs to see where the rest of the family had disappeared to. We found everyone talking quietly in the family room. They all looked up at us as we entered small sad smiles playing on each of their lips. I returned the smile with a new sincerity I have only recently acquired upon reuniting with my brother and meeting the Cullens. We made our way into the room and joined Rosalie on the couch, Emmet next to Rosalie and me next to Emmet.

Small conversation was being tossed around the room, there was an uneasy tension that I am sure everyone was aware of, I also knew it most likely had to do with my story I'm sure they were all curious and were trying not to make me feel obligated to tell them anything, but honestly I was I mean this family took me into their home without a seconds hesitation and although Carlisle knew my story his life wasn't the only one affected and as much as the memories hurt to talk about I wanted them to be able to ask me questions, more than that I wanted to prove to myself that I could answer them. I could talk about what Phil and James did to me I would not let myself be haunted by them. If I could talk about it while staying sane then I could beat them I could beat all of their actions, their words, their lies I could rise above them and come out on top.

Well all of that shit sounded really well in my head now let's sees if it will actually work.

The conversation had reached an awkward silence and I figured now would be the best time to test out my new theory. I cleared my throat effectively putting myself in the spotlight.

"I'm not sure what Carlisle or Emmet, have said about why I am here, or why I showed up looking as I did." I studied everyone's face drawing the conclusion that Carlisle and Emmet were still the only ones who knew any details I was grateful that they respected my privacy enough to tell my story on my own, but a small part of me wished everyone had already known so I wouldn't have to re-tell it once again (A/N I will NOT be re-telling Bella's story again I have repeated the entire thing twice already, I will simply have to Cullens ask a few questions with answers that may or may not have been in the story previously but hopefully by now all of you know what happened)

"I think that all of you have a right to know my story, and there may be things that I will not want to talk about just yet, but if you want to ask me questions to help ebb your curiosity I will try and answer them to the best of my ability."

Carlisle spoke up next. "Bella, you don't need to tell us anything, honestly your story is yours to keep as long as you want."

He was very kind in offering me a way out, but I could see that he had a few questions of his own and I also knew he would burry them away if I weren't comfortable enough to answer them, the fact that he would live unaffected by his curiosity made me comfortable enough to ease it, it was the same all around the room, they all wanted to know but it would not affect their behavior towards me if they remained in the dark.

"Thank you Carlisle I appreciate that, but you have all made me feel so welcome and so comfortable that I have no qualms about intrusting any of you with my story. You have truly made me feel like part of a family and from my short experience with a real family I have learned that you don't keep secrets and I don't intend on keeping any from you. That and my reasons are not completely selfless, I want to be able to prove to myself that I can talk about this without breaking I don't want to let this hold me and I think that talking about this openly will be a good way to start, I don't want to see a therapist, the only thing they could teach me would be coping techniques but I have been coping with the reality of this for almost two years, and my frequent contact with the outside world has helped me be able to realize that I can trust. And I trust all of you."

I could still see the slight apprehension on their faces but it was significantly less and I could see them preparing to ask their questions.

"So, um, I guess I will let you, Carlisle organizes how you want to ask the questions but I think that would be the better way I won't go too far into detail, I mean you and Emmet got the edited version." I saw both Emmet and Carlisle both flinch at that revelation. "So I will simply answer what ever you want to know."

"Alright Bella, but please if anything gets to be too much then let us know and we will stop. I guess I will start and we will go around the room from there."

Carlisle stopped for a second taking a deep breath, as I did preparing myself to reveal my story to a room full of people.

~PLEASE READ!!!!! A/N Really short chapter I KNOW! But not to worry because I plan on letting you the readers come up with the Cullen's questions for Bella. I want to know what you want to know about Bella's story. So please you MUST REVIEW if you want me to get up the next chapter quickly. Leave your questions with the character you want the questions to be asked by, if there are too many of one character I will choose who asks what. I am going to only have one question per character otherwise it gets to be a little repetitive and I have some other plans for the next chapter, so I will be choosing my favorites. And if you haven't already then PLEASE read the A/N at the top to hear about the stories on my profile. Thank you readers.~