Disclaimer: You know the drill. I own nothing but what is unrecognizable to you. Therefore it all belongs to Stephenie Meyer, the most talented writer in the universe! duh.

Bonjour mes amies! Hope you're enjoying my story so far. I sure am. I'm absolutely in love with writing it ha-ha. It's kind of crazy really. So last chapter was my mingle mangle one. Bella woke up at the house of the Denali coven with Rosalie…and so my story continues…Oh yeah! And I know the Denali sisters aren't really sisters, or so I think, but I've decided to make them have actually been sisters when they were living. )

The Denali Coven

We'd been walking through endless hallways for almost ten minutes now. This had to be the biggest house I've ever had the pleasure to step foot in. It was absolutely gorgeous. And I thought the bedroom was nice!

The hallway floors were covered in a dark blue and white marble that reflected the light of the many candles lighting the hallways. The walls seemed to be made out of some kind of really old stone, probably granite. Every so often we'd pass a waist high table with flowers atop of it and some with pictures in frames. At first I'd stop to look at the pictures but when I felt Rosalie grow agitated I stopped and just continuously followed her.

We made a right at the end of the last hallway and walked down a humungous staircase. I was careful not to trip. The stairs led to a well lit floor. In front of us was a huge glass door that led outside. To the left I could see the dining room with a big mahogany table—which looked a lot like my bed—in the center with twelve chairs set around it. The room was well lit with a gold chandelier hanging from the ceiling.

Rosalie snapped me out of my daze as I heard her groan and she pulled me towards the dining room. We were in front of the dining table now and she motioned to one of the large chairs. "Sit."

I raised an eyebrow at her and sat down, watching her disappear through a swinging door that I imagined led to the kitchen. After a few silent minutes the door swung back open and Rosalie walked through with a bowl of cereal and an apple in her hands, along with five other vampires.

The first was a male. It wasn't hard to tell that he was one of the heads of the house as he walked with his head held high and a knowing strut. He reminded me of Edward. He looked to be about twenty-six years old and had jet black hair. I noticed his eyes were a light caramel color, almost resembling Edward's. He was very built and I couldn't help but notice that he was gorgeous. His black hair fell into his eyes and he smiled at me slightly.

"Hello," he said with an accent I didn't recognize, "The names Eleazar."

He held his pale hand out to me and I shook it. He had a very firm grip and a cold touch. I smiled slightly and then a woman came forward. She was about the same height as me and had long flowing red hair. It cascaded in curls down her back. Like Eleazar's eyes hers were a light brown color and twinkled with kindness.

"It's a pleasure to meet you dear," she smiled sweetly, "I'm Carmen."

I smiled. "I'm Bella."

She took my hand in hers and held it to her palm for a minute then let go. Three young girls, no older then 17, with flowing blond hair then followed. They were all smiling brightly at me and as soon as I saw them an immediate calming feeling came over me. The middle one spoke.

"I'm Kate," she said brightly, "This is Tanya, and that's Irina."

The girls were identical. It wasn't hard to tell that they were triplets. They came forward and the girl Kate took my hand into hers, and the other two girls kissed either of my cheeks. I smiled at their evasiveness as it reminded me the first time I'd been properly introduced to Alice.

"It's really nice to meet you all," I said politely, "And thanks so much for letting me stay here."

I looked to Rosalie who had a snub look on her face. I rolled my eyes.

She placed the bowl and apple in front of me. "Eat."

I was starving. I couldn't remember the last time I ate so I finished my food in record time. I finished and looked up to see all six vampires staring at me as I ate and I began to feel uncomfortable. The uncontrollable blush crept to my cheeks. Eleazar gave a hearty laugh.

"Dear child," he smiled, "I haven't seen or felt anyone blush in over sixty years!"

I laughed at his excited face. "I hate how noticeable it is to vampires."

That was true. I'd hated how Edward could always tell when I was the least bit embarrassed or felt the littlest big uneasy.

"I like it," Tanya said, "It reminds me of being human."

Rosalie gave an unreadable look then turned to me. "It really is a good feeling."

I smiled slightly. I'd always been told how much Rosalie had missed being human and I respected that. It must have been hard for her to not have had a choice.

Eleazar and Carmen excused themselves and left the dining room hand in hand. So I turned to the others.

"So," I said simply, "How long have you guys been vampires?"

"A thousand years this year!" Irina answered eagerly.

I was taken aback. I thought it was amazing that Edward was over a hundred years old and here I had three young girls that were a thousand. Whoa.

"What are your guys' special gifts from changing?" I asked. I hoped they didn't mind the questions.

They didn't.

"Well Irina can get pretty much any guy she wants," Tanya blurted, and I'm sure Irina would have blushed were she human. "No matter how old or young. She attracts them like a magnet!"

Irina laughed. "Yes well it's not that much of a gift seeing as almost every other vampire has that ability as well."

"My gift is speed," Kate said after awhile.

"Sounds a lot like Edward," I said and she nodded.

"Our family shares a lot of the traits Edward was gifted with."

Then I turned to Tanya. "I can make people believe anything I want them to."

She explained how she just had to simply say what she wanted them to believe and a 'trust me' always helped, and they'd simply believe her.

Then I turned to Rosalie. I could tell she wasn't expecting me to want an answer from her, but I'd never really got to talk to her after all. I barely knew anything about her and I was slightly curious.

"What about you Rosalie?" I asked curiously.

"Well I um," she paused, "My beauty."

I knew that was her gift. Edward had told me before but I had always wondered if there was more to it.

"Especially my hair," she added.

I smiled and nodded in understanding. Then I was curious about the others. "What about Eleazar and Carmen? What are their gifts?"

"Well Eleazar can read minds like Edward," Kate answered.

"But people can block him out easier," Irina added in.

"Carmen's gift is healing." That was Tanya.

I looked around. It was amazing that they all had such amazing gifts. I felt extremely insignificant. I was just plain old Bella.

"So is Edward going to be changing you soon or what?" Irina blurted, and Kate hit her under the table.

My face froze. I really missed Edward. I hadn't been away from him this long since the incident with James. I then felt awkward in the room with the girls.

"Well, we just argue about it a lot. He really doesn't want to change me." I said with a sad tone.

They all nodded. "I think I'm going to go lay down for a little while, I have a bit of a headache." I said as an excuse to leave, and I'm sure they noticed.

"Feel better Bella, we'll talk to you later." And they smiled as I got up and walked up the stairs.

Before I got to the top I heard them whispering. "Way to go Irina! Why would you ask her that?"

"I'm sorry, I didn't know!" Irina said in defense.

"Don't worry guys, she just had a rough night." That was Rosalie, and I heard her chair scrape across the floor.

I was now standing at the top of the stairs and I heard Rosalie's speedy legs rustling and she was immediately beside me.

"Thanks," I said appreciatively.

She nodded and led the way back to our bedroom. It had taken just as long to get back as it had to get there but this time Rosalie allowed me to stop and look at the pictures. When we were at the last table set outside of the room I had woken up in I bent down to look at the pictures in the frames. In the center I saw one of Rosalie and Emmett. They were looking at each other with such passion that I could feel it radiate through the piece of paper. I smiled and turned to the next one. It was of the whole Cullen family along with Eleazar, Carmen, and the girls. I couldn't help but notice Edward standing awfully close to one of the triplets. But nevertheless they looked happy in their snowsuits and ski's.

I then realized it wasn't only Edward I missed. I missed the whole family. I left them all without even saying good-bye and I bet I'd made them feel like pure shit. I turned away from the pictures with a hurt expression on my face and walked into the bedroom and plopped down on the bed. I heard Rosalie sit in her chair beside me.

"It's okay you know," she said reassuringly, "They forgive you."

I gave a weak smile. "I acted like a total lunatic though. I'm surprised they don't think I'm totally whacked out."

She laughed. "They adore you. I'm the only one that thinks you're totally whacked out."

I laughed with her. In the few moments that we laughed together a mutual understanding of forgiveness and friendship washed over us both. I don't know what came over us both, possibly the understanding of missing someone we loved. Or maybe it had been down in the kitchen with my human moment.

"I'm sorry for the way I've been acting towards you lately Bella," Rosalie said. I could tell she'd been thinking about saying this.

"It's okay," I said, "I'd probably feel the same way if I was in your position."

She nodded. "I really was jealous of you, you know."

My jaw dropped and my face scrunched then she gave a short laugh. "I really missed being human."

"Being a vampire goes a long way Rosalie," I said. I had no idea what I was talking about.

"I know." She admitted. "I just noticed how hard it must be on you being with a bunch of vampires all the time and just wanting to fit in, and having the love of your life deny you of that."

I smiled. "I guess I'm pretty used to it now."

We were both silent for a minute contemplating our own thoughts. And almost as if an automatic timer went off in both of us we both gave a deep sigh. That got a laugh out of us.

We'd settled down and I was lying, staring at the ceiling. "What do you think they're doing right now?"

"Probably out hunting knowing them." I could tell she rolled her eyes.

I chortled. "Most likely."

"Does it upset you a lot that Edward won't change you?" she asked, with curiosity clearly in her voice.

I sighed. "Yeah it does." Why was I telling her this?

"He will eventually you know." She said knowingly.

"You don't know that."

"He talks about it with Jasper and Emmett all the time. Always asks them what they would do in his position. And they're answers have always been the same."

I gave a smile. I always knew Jasper and Emmett were on my side. "Well, what do you think?" I asked eminently.

"He loves you. And I guess it wouldn't be too bad having you in the family." She flashed me a wink.

I had a smile still on my face. It felt good knowing that Rosalie wouldn't mind so much if I became part of their family. I liked feeling accepted by her. It was always a little awkward being with the family and constantly having Rosalie bickering with them about me or having her make rude remarks about my humanism. Although it still felt a little weird talking to her like I was after having her hate me for so long.

"So, what's there to do around here?" I asked breaking the silence.

She seemed to come out of a daze. "Oh, well um, Edward doesn't really want you going out Bella."

I gave her a look of utter disbelief. "You're joking right?"

"Well a lot could happen in Alaska. And I don't want to be the one to blame if anything happens to you." She said with a simple shrug of her shoulders.

"Augh! I hate having an over protective boyfriend." I complained falling rather hard against the wall.

"Tell me about it," Rosalie rolled her eyes, "You'd think that since I saved his ass he'd at least let me go hunting by myself."

I laughed. "You're a vampire for god's sake! You're almost invincible!"

"At least I know he cares about me." She smiled.

"True."

We were lost in thoughts of our amazingly perfect boyfriends when a soft knock came at the door.

"May we come in ladies?" It was Kate.

I got up and walked to the huge door then opened it widely for the girls to enter. Irina was the last one to walk in and she looked at me with a sad look.

"I'm so sorry Bella!" she said and pulled me into a hug.

I laughed as I nearly fell over. Vampires seemed to be such loving creatures. Well besides James of course.

"It's okay Irina, I just miss him that's all."

She smiled and pulled me to the bed where the rest of the girls were sitting. "We were thinking of going on a little shopping spree," Tanya said with a mischievous smirk on her face.

I literally saw a twinkle in Rosalie's eye as they widened with excitement. Then she looked to me and that faded. "But I promised Edward."

"Oh Edward Schmedward, we're going shopping!" It was probably the first time in my whole life I was this excited to go shopping.

The girls all squealed with excitement and jumped up. "Meet us downstairs in half hour! We need to get ready!"

They all filed out of my room with excited looks on their faces. "They don't seem to get out much." I said to Rosalie with a smile on my face.

"No, they don't. Eleazar and Carmen rather they stay close to the house most of the time, so they do. Even though the girls are much older then them, they have a lot of respect for those two."

I nodded in understanding. "Let's get ready!"

I ran to the other side of the room where my yellow duffel bag was and pulled out my bag of toiletries. I walked to the bathroom and saw Rosalie pulling out a curling iron and many different kinds of make-up. She looked up at me pleadingly. "Puh-lease let me do you're make up Bella? I've wanted to ever since I set eyes on you!"

She seemed too excited to say no so I accepted with an inward groan. I sat on the toilet as Rosalie did my makeup and then curled my hair. It was awkward at first having her so close to me, but then we both loosened up and started having some fun with it.

"You better not be putting that color on me!" I said as she was coming towards me with a brush full of pink eye shadow.

"Bella! I said don't look," she faked a pout.

I sighed and rolled my eyes then closed them and let her proceed with the pink. After sitting quietly for a few more minutes I noticed Rosalie had finally stopped poking at me with brushes and lipstick so I looked up at her. She was smiling and nodding.

"Have a look," she said.

I got up and walked over to the bathroom mirror to see how I looked. When I saw my reflection I was surprised. She did a pretty good job. My eyes were thinly lined with black pencil and a soft pink brought out the colour of my eyes. She had added a soft pink tinge to my cheeks (not that she needed to) and a pinkish lipstick with a pretty gloss over top. My bangs were pinned back on the top of my head and the rest of my hair curled down passed my shoulders.

"I look great!" I exclaimed, quite surprised.

"I know." She replied as she brought the curling iron to her head, doing her hair the same as mine. "Go get dressed!"

What did she mean? "I am dressed dumbo."

"You're wearing that? Do you have any idea how cold it is?"

I'd forgotten we were in Alaska. "Right." I said stupidly.

I walked back into the room and once again picked up my yellow duffel bag. I searched to the bottom of it and found the only sweater I'd brought. I pulled the black knit over head, careful not to ruin my hair and walked back the bathroom. "Ready?"

I was almost eager.

"Yup," Rosalie said as she walked passed me smiling. She was absolutely gorgeous.

She walked to the armoire by the closet and opened it up. She pulled out a brown zip-up and put it on. She then dug further and pulled out two matching black jackets that were hooded with fur.

"Here," she said throwing one to me, "It gets pretty cold for a human."

I shook my head and pulled on the coat to found it fit perfectly. She was then handing me black gloves, a pink scarf and then ear muffs. That was taking it a little too far. I threw the earmuffs at her head when I told her I refused to wear them and she turned around angrily. But when she saw my laughing face she couldn't help but laugh.

"You're such a nuisance!" I knew she was joking.

We were walking down the long and twisting hallways and finally made it to the bottom of the grand staircase.

"There you guys are!" Tanya said, "We've been waiting nearly ten minutes."

We smiled an apology and then proceeded to the front door with the others. I saw five pairs of fur boots lying out in the front of the door and we all stepped up to them and put them on.

"I'm supposed to be wearing these, right?" I asked confused of how the boots had gotten there and how they knew my size.

"Well duh, we're not going to let you go barefoot! I did a little big of shopping back in Washington while you were passed out anyways."

I blushed. I hated when people spent money on me. "Thanks."

Kate opened the front door and we stepped out into the crisp snow. After walking front the front of the house for a few minutes I stopped, jaw dropped.

"You guys!" I screamed.

They all looked at me funnily. "We-are-at-the-top-of-a-mountain!"

They all looked at me, then to each other and burst out laughing. "Welcome to Alaska, Bella." That was Irina.

Rosalie sensed my fear and walked over to me. "Don't worry its fine."

I looked back down the mountain and took in the beautiful scene in front of me. "If you say so."

We walked for quite a few more minutes (much slipping and sliding on my part) and they all turned back to me. "We run the rest of the way." Tanya said informatively.

Oh no. I guess they didn't know of my deathly fear of running at inhuman speeds. "Well, you guys go on ahead I'll just walk."

They all laughed and the three sisters turned off and ran. Rosalie walked towards me. "I know we don't know each other all that well or anything but," and she motioned to pick me up with her arms.

I thought up every excuse in the book to walk but Rosalie kept laughing and saying it would take days. "What about my hair!" I then blurted as a last resort.

"We'll fix it at the train station." Then without warning I was on Rosalie's back hanging on for dear life.

My eyes were jammed shut and I didn't have any intention on opening them until Rosalie had to open her big mouth. "Look how beautiful it is Bella!"

And I couldn't help but look. I opened my eyes and turned my head to see huge mountains all around us with ice and snow on top of them. It really was beautiful. I found that running with Rosalie wasn't even half as bad as it was when I was with Emmett or Edward. They always went so fast, but I should have expected Rosalie to be a bit slower. I kept my eyes open for the rest of the way and when we finally reached the three girls waiting for us at the bottom I jumped off of Rosalie's back and muttered a quick and embarrassed thanks. I noticed we were now walking down a dirt path clear of all snow and it had small flowers sprouting up at the very edges.

"It's really beautiful here." I said amazed.

"You should see the northern lights!" Kate squeaked excitedly.

We walked down the path quite a ways and then we were finally at our destination. The railway station. We walked in and went up to the ticket booth to purchase tickets. I pulled out my money to pay but Rosalie beat me to it with a credit card.

"I really wish you guys wouldn't do that," I said putting away my money.

"Well you better get used to it honey," Rosalie said and she signed the receipt.

After twenty-five minutes of waiting, the train finally pulled in and everyone piled on.

It took about an hour and a half to finally get to Anchorage. We were so excited that we all toppled out and ran through the train station doors which led directly to the shopping mall. We walked right in the door and a huge skating rink was before us in the center of hundreds of shops along the walls. We were all shaking with anticipation and then the three girls turned to Rosalie and I.

"Where to first ladies?" Irina asked, with pure happiness on her face.

"Bella?" Rosalie asked.

I had an urge to dress up. "Let's go to a formal clothing store and buy dresses!"

Where was I coming up with these ideas? I hated shopping. Absolutely despised it. So why was I suggesting that we go try on a bunch of dresses? This wasn't like me at all.

All the girls seemed to like my idea though so we all started walking down the mall looking in each store we passed. When we finally came to one called 'Gillian's formalities' we walked inside and began picking up dresses left and right. I picked up a slinky pale blue one that had a frill at the bottom and was cut off on a slant, and a red one that slanted off above the knee with sparkles fitted into the material. It wasn't like me to wear something like this but it was just too beautiful to at least not try on. Rosalie had picked up a pale yellow dress and was now walking towards the change rooms as was I.

A saleslady came up to us, looking almost shocked (probably due to Rosalie's beautiful face) and asked us if we needed help with anything.

"We'd like some change rooms please," Rosalie asked sweetly with a fake smile plastered on her face.

The lady smiled and counted our articles of clothing and opened five rooms as Irina, Tanya and Kate had joined us. We all walked into the separate change rooms and tried on our first dresses.

"Ready?" Tanya said, "1, 2, 3!"

We all opened our doors swiftly and walked out into the waiting area. Tanya had on a pale pink dress that reached her ankles and cut down very low into a v-neck. Kate had been wearing a forest green strapless dress that scrunched at the sides and reached down to her knees. Irina had the prettiest dress. It was a turquoise color and suited her perfectly. It swept down below her knees and waved at the hem. The girls were satisfied with their dresses and with Rosalie and my approval decided they were going to buy them. I then turned to Rosalie and saw that she had the pretty pale yellow dress on. It was a nice dress and everything looked good on Rosalie but this dress just wasn't her. She agreed.

"Hm, that dress isn't good for you Bella. It doesn't match your hair." I was thankful for Irina's brutal honesty. They all nodded in agreement.

We all went back into the change rooms and the others took off their dresses and I tried my other one on.

"Hurry up Bella!" Tanya said impatiently at the other side of the door.

I just finished pulling it up and I unlocked the door. As soon as I walked out their eyes all widened.

"It's so adorable!" Kate said, adjusting my hair and pulling at the dress.

"Super cute," Tanya put in.

"I love it!" Irina said.

"You look gorgeous Bella." And that was a compliment coming from Rosalie.

"Thanks guys."

Then I got an idea. I walked back into the change room and pulled out the blue dress. "Rosalie you have no idea how good this would look on you."

She gave me a funny look but with the other girls' encouragement she made her way back into the change room to try it on. We stood outside waiting as we heard Rosalie grumble and moan as she was struggling with the dress. When she was done she walked out the door before me and the others.

"Ta-da!" she said with her arms out and twirling around.

She looked freaking gorgeous! The blue material stuck to her body to show off her amazing figure and the long dress trailed down to her shins and cut off in the slant with frills. I wasn't the only one to notice how amazing she looked. The other girls were staring at her with their jaws dropped.

"You look absolutely stunning!" Kate said.

"Gee guys, thanks." Rosalie said.

We all turned back into our change rooms and quickly changed out of our dresses.

We all met at the till to pay and placed our dresses on top with a few pairs flat white shoes.

"This will do," Tanya said as she pulled out a credit card.

Rosalie went to take out hers as well but Irina stopped her. "Our treat, Eleazar said for us to buy you guys a little something." And she gave us a wink.

I really hated how people just loved paying for everything these days. It made me feel extremely uncomfortable and like I always owed them a little something.

"Err, thanks." I said appreciatively to the girls.

"Yeah thanks guys!" Rosalie put in.

"Don't be thanking us, its Eleazar's credit card." And Tanya gave us a wink. When the dresses and shoes were packed away in bags the lady at the counter handed them to us and wished us a good day, then we made our way into the big mall going through endless amounts of stores.

A new coat, hat, shoes, necklace and make-up bag later the girls and I were seated around a small round table in the center of the food court. Of course I was the only one eating. I was eating a small salad and burger and intently listening to the girls chat.

"So, what ever happened to you and Eamon?" Rosalie asked casually, although I didn't know which girl she was pointing the question to.

"Well you know," Irina started, "I just haven't been the same since…"

She trailed off and they all looked at me startled or worried, an expression I couldn't quite read.

"What?" I asked while taking a bite out of my burger.

"Nothing," Irina said quickly and looking away.

"Like hell it was nothing!" Tanya said, "You moped around for days after you guys broke up! Just tell her."

"Tell me what!" I said getting near frustration.

"Well, err…Edward and I, we sort of…" she went off.

"No," I said with wide eyes and a disbelieving stare.

I couldn't believe it! Edward had a girlfriend before. Ha-ha! That's hilarious. I couldn't wait to talk to him about it.

"Look Bella it really meant nothing at all and I—" Irina tried explaining but I burst out laughing and she looked at me funny.

"Irina you don't have to explain yourself," I said kindly, "I find it quite funny actually."

She looked at me with a look of relief. "I thought you'd be angry."

I gave her a reassuring smile and turned back to my food. The others kept talking for quite a few minutes until I realized I was too full to eat anymore and threw out my food.

"I guess we better start heading home now," Kate said as we all started lifting our bags getting ready to leave.

The girls all had their stuff and we're walking in front of me and I was having a bit of trouble with my stuff as I could be quite clumsy at times. And then I saw him. Standing right on the corner of some animal store and an electronic store was the most gorgeous man alive (well, besides Edward). Tall with black hair and very built. I accidentally dropped one of my bags and it seemed that almost in an instant the man was right beside me helping with it.

"Here you are," he said handing me my bag and smiling slightly.

"Thanks," I said nervously. Something wasn't right.

He continued smiling. "My names Tiernan. teer-nin"

I noticed he didn't touch me. "I'm—"

"BELLA!" I heard Rosalie scream my name a ways down the hall and I saw her running at me like some crazy person.

"Nice to see you Bella, I've got to go." And in the blink of an eye, he was gone.

Rosalie had finally caught up to me. "Did you see that guy Rosalie? He looked awfully odd didn't he? He was quite pale and he had the weirdest looking eyes, they were sort of a reddish color and—" Then it dawned on me.

"Bella," Rosalie said pulling me alongside her, "We've got to get back as soon as we can."

"Rosalie," I said calmly, "He was a vampire wasn't he?"

A/N: Another chapter finished! Woo. Hope you enjoyed this one. Please review it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside! So, I've been suffering from a minor case of writers block these past few days and I'm having a big of trouble finding the right inspiration. Have any inspirational thoughts to get me thinking? Ha-ha. I'll probably go read 'Twilight' to try and get over it. It'll pass soon ). Anyways, love you all dearies and thanks very much for the well appreciated reviews! P.S: I've decided to keep the chapters long. )

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