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Bella POV: Chapter 12

"Carlisle?" I asked, completely hopeless on what to say. I had no idea he was Edward's parent. Shocking, isn't it?

"Bella? Is that you?" Carlisle's eyes widened. I nodded slowly. He smiled, dropped all the bags he was holding and ran up to hug me. He squeezed me real tight, I almost felt suffocated but hugged him back anyway.

When our emotional hug was over, Carlisle said softly, "I missed you." I couldn't help but smile at his blissful expression.

When we turned around to look at the rest of the family, we were met with faces of confusion.

Esme finally recognized me and I got another tight hug.

"Oh, sweetie, how much you've grown!" She looked me over. I smiled sheepishly at her.

"Can someone please explain?" Emmett grumbled, clearly annoyed that he had no clue what was going on.

Carlisle chuckled softly and started to explain in a non-confusing way. Probably for Emmett.

"Bella is my goddaughter." There were so many jaws dropping that I couldn't help but giggle at their expressions. Emmett sadly still looked a bit confused. I sighed and explained slowly. "Carlisle is my godfather, and Esme is my godmother." I had a huge smile on my face when I finished.

"How come we don't know her?" Rosalie questioned. They nodded also wondering the same thing.

Esme sighed. She stole a quick glance at Carlisle than said, "We probably have a lot of explaining to do."

Carlisle directed everyone toward the living room, the bags forgotten.

I tried to avoid Edward's lingering gaze, not wanting to know what he thought so far. Not even his facial expression.

Esme began her story, " You all know that Edward, Alice, and Emmett are our real kids. Jasper and Rosalie are adopted." They nodded, already knowing that. She continued. "Charlie is Bella's dad and married to Renee a while ago and had Bella. She was the small flower girl at the wedding, about three years old. You all were little also, so I'm supposing you don't remember each other?"

Esme looked at all of us. Mostly on Edward and I. I can't remember anything when I was little. It might come back to me, but sadly in my mind where my childhood memories were supposed to be is vacant.

I couldn't believe we knew each other before. The thought kind of scared me.

Carlisle said the rest. "We were closest friends with Bella's parents, but it seems that we are all so busy, we have no time to see each other very often." He sighed really sadly. Everyone was quiet. Even Emmett was, which is absolutely surprising.

Then Edward all of a sudden broke the long silence.

"I can still date her though…right?" he asked nervously, afraid his parents would say no. I couldn't help but stare up at him in amazement.

Esme laughed. "Yes Edward. You can. Just be happy." He sighed in relief. Edward smiled brightly down on me. Jasper spoke up.

"At least we got this cleared up." I nodded. Alice snuggled closer to him and the sight was cute.

Esme finally got up and said, "Well let me get unpacked. I feel exhausted from the long drive." We all understood and watched Carlisle help Esme up the stairs with the bags.

"Oh and Bella?" Esme suddenly said, turning around to look directly at me, her eyes glinting with some special emotion I've never seen before.

"You are always welcome to stay here as long as you want." I smiled, thanking her over and over again, telling her how much I appreciated it.

When I looked back to 'my' family, they kind of all looked at me a bit funny.

"What? Do I have something on my face?" I frowned. Apparently it wasn't something on my face but Alice smiled really big.

"You're practically my sister!" She exclaimed. I laughed nervously. She could be really slow sometimes.

Emmett grinned also and soon everyone was smiling. Edward squeezed my hand and explained, "We're all just happy that we understand now. Also, you're part of your family even when we didn't know." I was touched. Literally. Big emotion welled up inside of me. I jumped up and hugged him. Tight.

I whispered softly, "Thank you." He didn't know how much that meant to me.

Alice's little arm's came around us too. "Oh I want to join the hug. Group hug!" Edward chuckled and wrapped us up in his arms.

"Don't you dare forget us." Emmett's voice spoke up loudly. I felt a lot more arms go around me and I totally felt content.


I don't know how, but I actually fell asleep. I didn't realize how exhausted I was. My emotions were getting out of hand. When I opened my eyes, the first thing I heard was a piano playing a lovely tune. It sounded very beautiful. I rubbed my eyes, trying to get the sleepiness out of them.

I realized I was on the living room couch. I could still hear the piano being played and looked over to the source.

I saw Edward playing, his fingers flowing gently over the keys. I didn't realize I was staring until I heard Edward chuckle. I must probably be looking like an idiot. I mentally slapped myself and blushed, looking down.

"I didn't know you played the piano." I said nervously. Edward didn't say anything but motioned for me to come sit next to him.

"I do. For a while actually." Edward confessed. I sighed. All the more reason to like him. He has talent.

"You play wonderfully." I told him. He grinned at me. I quickly asked, "Can you play for me?" He nodded and turned toward the grand piano. What came from the piano was amazing! Do I really have to say it again? Whatever Edward was playing had a lot of feeling into it.

"This is Esme's favorite." He suddenly said, surprising me. I looked at his face and I noticed he really loved his mother. It was practically written all over his face. But then the tune changed. I had never heard this before in my life.

"This is for you," he whispered. It was magical. It felt like I was in another world. "Bella's Lullaby." He stated. Music floated all around the house and that's when it hit me.

"Where is everyone?" Edward automatically stopped playing and answered, "They wanted to give us some privacy, I suppose, They all went on Alice's amazing shopping sprees." He rolled his eyes and I laughed. Poor guys. They had to deal with Alice's shopping bags.

"Remind me to thank them." I said. Edward just laughed. I sighed.

Just then the doorbell rang.

Edward looked at me puzzled. No one really comes here. He got up and went to get the door. I sat still knowing I still didn't have the wig on and stuff. You know.

When Edward opened the door, the person behind it was my worst nightmare.

My mom.


Sorry about the cliffhanger! Shocking, kind of the same cliffhanger for one of the other chapters. Since this chapter was short, and not my usual length of writing, I'll send a sneak peak of the next chapter to those who review!! XD

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