Me again, with another update! If this one seems a little hurried, that's because I wrote it in a day, whereas I usually space out my writing, waiting until I'm in the right mood. For this one I had a brief flash of inspiration and had to write it down.

The song for the last chapter was 'Like a surgeon' by Weird Al Yankovic, but someone suggested 'Like a virgin' by Madonna, and I accepted that, because that version is better known. The winners were Jessluvsharry (Are you psychic? Because you've guessed every one so far!), Xxedward'sbellaxX and Maddy90. Well done, and look out for the song in this chapter. I'm afraid I had to modify some of the lyrics to suit this story, but it's definately nothing major.

OH! I saw this on another story and it made me wonder. How old do you think I am based on my writing style? I won't tell you if you get it right or not, but I am curious! Please remember to include it in a review! (ELLEN THIS EXCLUDES YOU! YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW OLD I AM, AND THAT WOULD BE CHEATING!)

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight or the songs I put in the chapters. I have asked the owners very nicley, but they said no. I Shall persevere, however!

On with chapter 11 (Wow, chapter 11 already? It seems like only yesterday I was writing chapter 1. They grow up so fast*sniffle*)

Fortunately, Unfortunately

Rosalie

"NO! I DON' WANNA GO 'LEEP!! NOT 'LEEPY!" For those of you who are only human, and don't understand the language of a two-year-old, that is translated as 'No, I don't want to go to sleep. I'm not sleepy.' Bella had hit the terrible twos, and while she wasn't nearly as bad as some of the other children I had seen – she didn't play up in public often, preferring to save her tantrums for when we got home – when she decided something, her mind was set. Even at the age of two she was a stubborn little thing.

I could hear Emmett getting exasperated. Everyone took it in turns to put Bella to bed; there were seven of us, so we each had one day a week.

"Well then squirt, what do you want to do?" I could virtually hear the cogs in Bella's head turning as she thought of something she could do.

"I wanna bed-time stowy," she settled for, finally.

"...Okay, what do you want a bed-time story about?" Emmett asked, sounding confused.

"OH! I know!" Alice cried, rushing up the stairs and dragging us with her. "We'll play fortunately, unfortunately!"

"Ummm, yeah, great Alice. One question; how d'you play?" Emmett asked. Everyone else looked just as confused, and I began to wonder if this was a game that Alice had made up specially. Alice looked horrified that no one had played her precious game before.

"Well one person starts off, saying something random like 'One day a man went for a ride in a hot air balloon.' The next person will say something like 'unfortunately, it was a really cloudy day.' The next person will say something that's fortunate, and so on. Everybody got that?" Alice was really excited, and her words were little more than a high-pitched blur of sound, so at least Bella didn't get bored of listening. There was a chorus of 'yes's', and the story began.

Alice started with "A long time ago, there was a princess of a beautiful and happy land, called Healy. Her name was princess Bella. She was young and beautiful..."

"I'm called Bella!" Bella cried excitedly. We all smiled gently at her enthusiasm.

Esme took the next turn. "Unfortunately, her parents were killed in a tragic accident, and everyone in Healy was very sad." Okay, so we didn't know if everyone in Healy was very sad, but surely someone must have missed the chief of police and his wife and daughter – yes, we had done our homework on Bella's family.

Carlisle went then. "Fortunately, princess Bella survived, and was found by a beautiful queen, who decided to take her home, and make her the princess of Denali." Bella may not have been the princess of Denali or Healy, and Esme may not have been a queen, but other than that, it seemed that we were going to do a fairy-tale version of Bella's life.

Emmett took his turn. "Unfortunately, Bella had four new brothers and sisters, who were all older than her."

Me next. "Fortunately, all of her new family loved her more than anything, and always put her first." Bella was listening, rapt, to our retelling of her life. I saw her eyes widen slightly when I said that we loved her more than anything. Did she not believe that we loved her that much?

Jasper had a go. "Unfortunately, as she got older, people became jealous of her beauty. An evil witch put a spell on her so that she would be alone in a haunted forest until her true love dared to go save her." Perhaps that hadn't happened yet, but if vampires existed, why not witches? Besides, this was a fairy story. It didn't have to realistic. Bella gasped in horror, and leant forward, eager to hear what Edward had to say.

"Fortunately, the evil witch's magic didn't work on fairies and pixies," he started, shooting a very deliberate look at Alice. We had always joked that Alice was part pixie or fairy. "And they kept her company in her cottage in the woods." Bella's face relaxed slightly when she realised that princess Bella wasn't going to be alone.

"UNFORTUNATELY," Alice began, sounding very dramatic. "None of the princes in the land were brave enough or strong enough to go and rescue princess Bella. So she waited, with only the fairies for company. But princess Bella got tired of waiting, wondering if the prince was ever coming around. Her faith in him was fading."

Esme struggled to make the story happier. "But fortunately, a peasant from a nearby village who had been Bella's friend arrived, swearing that..."

"But mummy! You said sweawing's bad," Bella giggled. She had stopped with the adorable 'mama' and had moved onto 'mummy'. Esme feigned irritation.

"Bella, it is also bad to interrupt. Now, where was I? Oh, yes. The peasant swore that he would venture into the woods and rescue princess Bella."

"What was the peasant's name?" Bella asked. Esme thought for a moment.

"Romeo," she decided finally. Edward rolled his eyes and snorted quietly at the cliché. He shut up after I glared at him. I would not let him ruin Bella's bed-time story.

Carlisle tried to think of a suitable 'unfortunately'. "However, when the witch heard about it, she was very angry, and sent a dragon down to stop him." Bella gasped, her eyes widening to the size of saucers. She started bouncing up and down nervously, waiting to hear what the next part of the story would be.

Emmett grinned, knowing exactly what he would say. "FORTUNATELY, Romeo had the strength of five Emmett's, so he beat the dragon, and still had enough time to save princess Bella before tea."

I went then, hating that I had to think of an unfortunately. "Unfortunately, Romeo got lost in the woods while he searched high and low for Bella's cottage, desperate to meet her."

Ha! Get yourself out of that, I thought smugly as I watched Jasper flounder for a half-second. Then his face cleared like storm clouds parting, and he smiled as he told the next chapter.

"Fortunately, one of the fairies saw what had happened and showed him the way to the cottage where princess Bella was waiting."

Edward had to think of an unfortunately. "Unfortunately, Romeo had taken such a long time to arrive that Bella had started to think that he would never come at all." We all sensed that the story was drawing to a close, so we looked to Alice to conclude this epic fantasy.

"And so, princess Bella stood on her balcony in summer air. Romeo rode up next to her cottage and called 'Fair Bella, I have never seen beauty so radiant as yours! I have searched far and wide for a woman whom I could hope to love, and I never realised that perhaps she was in front of me all along! Beautiful Bella, I love you, and I have come to set you free!' But Bella didn't trust him. She had always secretly loved Romeo, and she didn't like that he had taken so long. She said 'Romeo save me, I've been feeling so alone; I keep waiting for you, but you never come. Is this in my head? I don't know what to think!' He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring and pulled out a ring and said 'Marry me, my lovely Bells, you'll never have to be alone; I love you, and that's all I really know! I'll talk to your dad, go pick out a white dress; it's a love story, Bella, just say yes!'

"Bella ran down to him, shouting yes! Instantly, the forest stopped being so scary and Bella and Romeo rode through to her home, and all of the people were so happy that their princess was free after so long. Romeo and princess Bella got married, and they all lived..."

"Happily ever after!" Everyone chorused. Bella was smiling happily by the end, and we all took it in turns to kiss her good-night.

"Do you think you'll be able to sleep now, Bella?" Edward asked softly. She nodded emphatically before yawning. Edward laughed, and we all slipped out of the room to give them a little privacy. Edward was very protective of Bella, and it was rare that you would find them out of one another's company.

"Edward? Will Romeo really come find me?" Bella asked tiredly. Edward sighed. "I don't know, Bella. Maybe one day." That was another thing that Bella had grown out of; her adorable nicknames for us. I missed them, but there wasn't much I could do about it.

"Do you think he'll love me? I love him," She mumbled, already falling asleep. I heard Edward tuck her covers in.

"Bella, he'd be a fool if he didn't love you," Edward murmured, but his only reply was a snore.

I frowned as I remembered something. Throughout the whole story, Alice had been glancing between Edward and Bella, almost nervously like she knew something I didn't. I thought of what Alice had made Romeo say near the end, about how he loved Bella, about how he had been searching for love, and had never noticed it in front of him. Could she have meant... surely not. I hurriedly blocked my thoughts, just in case.

Alice, seeing that I would want to talk to her started to walk outside, telling Jasper to stay here; she was only going on a walk. A little while later I left, and followed Alice's scent. By the time I met up with her, we were well out of earshot.

I took a deep breath and asked, "What have you seen?"

A bit of a cliffie there, but not much. I'm sure we can guess what Alice has seen ;) If anyone has any questions about the story, review or PM me.