Jasper and Emmett returned with Edward firm in their grasp. He was fighting hard to get out of their grasp but their grip did not loosen. "It's best if we keep him close to her, God knows what he'd do if we tried to keep him apart from her. Alice and Rosalie came and sat by my side. "You okay? Do you need anything?" the concern in Alice's voice was obvious but a comfort to know that she was there, "Yeah there is something I need...the truth about what happened before my parents died." Everyone looked at each other nervously, waiting for one of them to start the tale. Carlisle cleared his throat "Well I guess we should start with the basics..." he glanced over at Esme for a moment as if to gain confidence from her "As you have probably seen we're not a normal family" I nodded slightly to show I was following so far. Carlisle took a deep breath and continued "We're a family of vampires" he waited for my reaction and it was just what they were expecting...I started to move away from the girls "You're joking right? There's no such thing!" Alice tried to grab my hand but retracted very quickly "Maybe the Phillips were right, I should have stayed away from this family!" I then realised that tears were streaming down my face, I had finally found somewhere I was happy and now I find out they're a bunch of wackos! "I want the Phillips to pick me up right now!" Edward seemed to get very fidgety; Carlisle looked at me and said "I promise you can go straight back if you wish to but you deserve to know what happened to your family. So please listen to what we have to say, none of us here will hurt you." they all looked at me waiting to see if I would have a screaming fit or if I would actually listen; to their surprise I listened "Right I'll start from when we first met you. Before your parents accident we had known you for roughly a year, and you were in a relationship with Edward as he has already mentioned. You loved each other very much and that was clear." that thought seemed to bring a smile to Carlisle's face "Anyway, in our world there are some people who do not like humans knowing our secret, so your life was in iminant danger. We did our best to protect you and it worked... that is until your parents accident." at this moment he looked towards Edward and I could see he looked very upset but what Carlisle was about to tell me. "One of these people found your car and caused it to crash. We managed to kill them but unfortunately we couldn't save you and your parents. Emmett had to drag Edward out otherwise the whole world would know our secret. It wasn't easy for us to leave you and your parents behind but we did all that we could in the small frame of time that we had. I don't expect you to forgive us but I hope you understand." I looked over at Edward and we seemed to catch each others gaze. I knew for definite that he would not have left me in that car of his own free will. "If you mean all those words you say, why didn't you tell me sooner?" Carlisle nodded to his wife to explain "You see dear, we wanted to tell you but we were going to wait a little while so that you could get comfortable in your new life and possibly know us better. You need to understand that we have always protected you and will never harm you." She held my hand in hers, as soon as her hand touched mine I had to move it away as she felt so cold to the touch. When I had come into contact with the Cullen kids they were just as cold but we were outside so I thought they were just cold. Now I believed what Carlisle had told me and that did explain a lot of things but none the less it still scared me as everyone knows that vampires are reknown for their preference for blood. "I wish I could remember more about you. Did I know what you were?" Alice sat next to me on the couch, but we were still opposite ends to each other, "Yes you did and you never had any reason to fear us because of it. We never harmed you, it was the other people in our world that would see you harmed." The one person out of this whole family I trusted the most was Alice and I believed her words, I jumped across to the other side of the couch and hugged her tightly "I believe you" I whispered loud enough so the whole room could hear, I could sense the smiles that were one the family's face. Me and Alice hugged for what seemed like hours but was only mere seconds. The boys let Edward go and he rushed to my side, the whole family then proceeded to give me hugs. When Emmett got close I could hear Edward's chest vibrate with the sound of his growl. Alice was right about another thing, Edward may never forgive Emmett for leaving me and my family; to be honest I don't know if i'd ever be able to fully forgive the family for lying to me. Carlisle then cleared his throat as if to make an announcement, "Christine, would we like to offer you a place in our home...permanently." I was so shocked...they want me to be a part of their family...I just didn't know what to say, "Well I'll have to reason with the Phillips but I don't think I could turn down such a generous offer." The Cullen kids let out a huge cheer, all except Edward who was grinning from ear to ear. "In that case let us go and talk to the Phillips and have this matter arranged quickly" yelled Carlisle over the noise the kids were making. Edward carefully picked me up and followed the rest of the family to the cars. I can't belive what was happening to me...I have found a family that want me to basically adopt me into theirs, yes they had known me from before but that didn't stop me from being so happy.