woo!! another chapter!!!! i have just been dying to write lately!!!!okay, so here is chapter 10 of G.A.N.E!!!!

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I had not realised that I had spent all day telling them about my story. It really didn't seem all that long, but I guess with my pauses, and what not, it really was long. There was another knock on the door.

"I'll get it." Charlie said. We all got up off the couch to make room. Anthony sat in one of the chairs, and Lauren sat on the floor, leaning against his leg. I walked over to the fireplace, and stood with my back to it, arms crossed. I tried to clear myself of all emotion. I looked over to Anthony, and Lauren. They were so new to this life. And they have never met another coven before. All of a sudden, a protectiveness welled up inside of me. Even though they were my old family, the Cullens better not even think of doing anything to harm my new family. I would not let that happen.

Charlie, who had been taking his time, finally answered the door.

"Hello, I'm Carlisle Cullen, and this is my family. We didn't know any other vampires lived here." Carlisle said. Sure you didn't. I thought.

"Well, hello Carlisle."Charlie said. "My name is Charlie." I heard a couple gasps from outside. I guess they didn't tell the others that Charlie was with me.

"Charlie? Charlie Swan?" Came Esme's voice. Charlie nodded.

"Why don't you come in?" he said. I could tell he wasn't too happy right now. I didn't know if it was because of me not telling him, or them, or both.

Charlie lead them into the den. They followed him, Carlisle and Esme right behind him, then Emmett and Rosalie, Jasper and Alice, then Edward. Everyone looked to Lauren and Anthony first. Everyone, except Edward. He looked right at me, and I looked back, not letting the pain through. Then everyone else looked to me, and Esme gasped.

"Bella?" she asked.

"Hello Esme. Why don't you all take a seat?" I said. Carlisle, Esme, Emmett, Rosalie, Jasper, and Alice all went to sit on our large, curved couch. Edward went and sat in the other chair, while Charlie came and stood behind Anthony and Lauren.

"Bella, why don't you introduce us?" Carlisle asked. I nodded, not once smiling.

"This is Carlisle, Esme, Emmett, Rosalie, Alice, Jasper, and Edward." I said nodding to each one of them as I said their name. "That is Anthony in the chair, and Lauren on the floor. And you all know my dad, Charlie."

"If you don't mind me asking, Bella, what happened to you?" Carlisle said. I guess they didn't know that I heard them that night.

" You know what happened to me, Carlisle. I know that you, Jasper, and Edward know some of it. I heard you that night. Edward was right." I said. They looked shocked.

"You heard us? How? We didn't see, or hear you?" Jasper asked. Everyone except him, Carlisle, and Edward looked confused. They had no clue what we were talking about.

"I was hiding a couple yards away behind a tree. I ran with Charlie when I heard you three coming. I knew that if I wanted to remain hidden, I couldn't run."

"But how did Charlie keep quiet? Wasn't he burning?"

"How about I start from the beginning so everyone else knows what is going on." They nodded.

"Well, it started the after school on your guys first day back. I got home, and knew something was wrong. I went up to the door, and it was unlocked. I knew that I should have run, but I didn't. I opened the door and went in. I wasn't afraid. Victoria," they hissed at her name, " was there. She grabbed me, and took me into the woods to kill me. She began draining my blood, when she caught scent of the pack. She left me there, and took off running.

"For three days, I burned. When I awoke, I caught a pack of deer. I drained them, then began wondering. I didn't know what I was going to do, so I just wondered."

Alice interrupted me then. "Why didn't you come to us? We could have helped you."

"Because Alice. I just couldn't. Not after what I did, and what happened at school." A flicker of pain, and then guilt crossed her face. I continued with my story.

"I caught scent of something so sweet, that without thinking, my instincts took over. I took off running after the smell. I found Victoria feeding on my father. I forgot about the blood, and attacked Victoria. I tackled her off of my dad. We began to fight. She pinned me, and bit my shoulder. I kicked her off, and we began to circle each other. I wished her to be in pain. The worst pain I could imagine. Suddenly, she dropped to the ground, screaming, and withering in pain. I pounced on her, and tore her to pieces." The Cullens looked shocked at this, but didn't say anything.

"Then, I turned my attention back to Charlie. I got an idea. I focused on taking the pain away, and it worked. He stopped screaming, and withering. I did the same thing to heal my shoulder. I found a lighter in my dad's belt, an use it to light Victoria. I picked up Charlie, an began to run. Then, I heard you guys.

"I heard everything you said. Carlise and Jasper had no clue who had killed Victoria, but Edward knew. " I turned to him. " You knew it was me. You caught a bit of my old scent mixed in with my new scent, and you caught Charlie's scent. You knew that I would be the only one who would save him. I left after you said that you needed to find me and Charlie."

"So, you knew that we were looking for you?"Jasper asked. I nodded.

"Bella, do you think you could tell us more about your power?" They continued questioning me for the next couple hours. What can I do with my power? How did Anthony and Lauren become vampires? Did I change them?Did they have powers? Where have we gone? What have we done? And so on. I never did get a question in the whole time that was going on. Edward never did say anything.

By the end of all the questioning, I had taken a seat on the floor where I had been standing. It was starting to feel like it used to when I hung out with them. There was something I had to know, though. I decided to ask it when everyone, or almost everyone, was talking. They did get along great.

"Are you guys still mad at me?" I asked, in a voice just above a whisper. Everyone could hear me. I hadn't said anything in a while, and they seemed shocked when I spoke. Everyone stopped talking, and turned to look at me. "Are you all still mad at me?"

"For what?" Esme asked. "We have no reason to be mad at you, do we?"

"Yes, you do." I said, still speaking in a whisper. I pulled my knees up to my chest, " I told you all to leave me alone. I said that I didn't want anything to do with you." I would have been crying if I could. I turned to look at Edward. " I pushed you away when I just got you back. When I needed you." Lauren came over to me from where she had been sitting with Jasper, Anthony, and Emmett. She put her arms around me, and pulled me close.

"Of course we're not mad at you Bella. We left you, too, remember?" Alice said.

"Yeah, I remember. But Edward made you guys leave to protect me. He left for me. I pushed you guys away for selfish reasons. I pushed you away so you couldn't hurt me again. I was being selfish."

"Your not selfish." It was Edward who spoke. I turned to look at him. " You did what you thought was right. I don't blame you. I could have hurt you again." he said.

"But you wouldn't have. I know you wouldn't have. And I still pushed you away." I said. Edward stood up from his seat, and walked over to me. Lauren let me go, and backed away. Edward got down on his knees in front of me.

"I don't care if you pushed me away Bella. I still loved you. I still love you."

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okay, so there is the chapter. The Cullen's are back, and they just seem to fit perfectly with Bella's family!

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