A/N: There is good news, and there is bad news. Which do you want first? Okay, so I'll give you the bad news: This is the last chapter of My First Year as a Vampire. But, the good news is, I'll have a sequel posted in a week or so! Keep an eye out! Now, on with the story.

Disclaimer: I own only a copy of this wonderful book titled Twilight.

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Tuesday, September 12, 11:59 pm

Bella's POV

Something was up, I could tell. They were all hiding something. From Alice and Esme to Edward and Carlisle. They were all hiding something.

Alice was flitting in and out of the house. On one occasion, Jasper followed her in. That surprised me, it was Tuesday night, he should be at school tomorrow. All the other times Alice returned, she was carrying big boxes or bags. She took them up to her room and I never saw sight of them again. What was she doing? She was doing a good job of hiding her thoughts from me as well.

Edward, too, came in and out of the house a few times himself. He was in on it as well. He refused to tell me anything, he refused to think anything as well. He sat calmly at the piano, playing something by Beethoven.

Esme had done a very good job of making sure I stayed in the house. I wanted to go over to Charlie's, but she wouldn't let me, she came up with excuse after excuse until I finally gave up and started reading Romeo and Juliet for the I-don't-know-how-many-eth time.

Even Carlisle was in on it. He too, disguised his thoughts from me and refused to say anything.

I hoped this wouldn't continue on for much longer, it was driving me crazy.

I was sitting on the couch, finishing up Romeo and Juliet, Edward was playing the piano, everyone else somewhere else the house.

Suddenly, the tune changed. It went from Beethoven to something all-too-familiar.

The birthday song.

I looked at my watch, 12:01 am, Wednesday, September 18, 2006. It was my birthday.

I was legally 18, though I wasn't physically.

"Happy birthday Bella."

I sighed, it was going to be a long 24 hours.

"Just don't tell anyone at school okay?"

"Whatever you say." He went back to Beethoven, the birthday song over.

He just had to remember it, didn't he?

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Wednesday, September 13, 9:30 am (Forks Time)

Emmett's POV

"Come on, Rose! We're going to miss our flight!"

"Coming!"

The two of us dashed off to the airport. We only had a couple days worth of clothes. We would be back here, we weren't finished with our trip around Europe yet. Though, Rosalie was staying in Paris for an awful long time, but it was what she wanted, "Very romantic for the occasion" she said, I had to agree.

The plane ride took forever. We probably could have swam faster, but Rosalie was strongly opposed to that. I smiled at the thought of Rosalie swimming across the Atlantic, still, she was beautiful.

Finally, we were back in Washington. I drove us home.

Rosalie sighed when we arrived.

"Something wrong?" I asked her.

"No, it's just it's good to be home."

"Rose, you've never said anything about any other home we've had."

"This one feels like home. More home than my one in Rochester. I thank Bella for making it that, for if it wasn't for her, we probably wouldn't be here anymore. We'd be somewhere in Canada or something, the two of us might not have had our trip to Paris."

Wow. That was the only thought in my mind.

"Well, come on, Emmett, Esme's already got the door open!"

I laughed and grabbed our bags as we headed to the door.

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I went up to our room to put our bags down. Rosalie went to the garage to look at her car.

"It hasn't been touched since you last left." I heard Esme say.

"Good," Rosalie replied.

Within seconds, I heard Rosalie scream. Not a frightened scream, but an excited scream.

"When did we get a Porsche and an Audi?" I froze, this would be interesting.

"Yesterday. Alice bought the Porsche, Edward got the Audi for Bella. But you mustn't think anything about it, he hasn't given it to her yet."

"How'd he get around the "don't spend a dime on me" promise?"

"I'm not sure, but obviously he found a way, or he blatantly ignored it."

I laughed and made a mental note to ask Edward exactly how he got around that promise. If he hadn't completely ignored it, he had found a loophole.

I went down to the garage to look at the new cars. One was a silver Audi. Of course it would be silver. The other was a bright yellow Porsche.

"And Edward says I'm ostentatious." Rosalie muttered as she looked over the car. I smiled, the Porsche was definitely…noticeable.

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Wednesday, September 13, 2006: 3:00 pm

Alice's POV

The school day took forever, but finally, it was over. Edward was taking Bella for a quick hunting trip that would last only a couple of hours. In that couple of hours, I had to ensure everything was perfect.

Jasper picked me up and took me home so I could decorate.

Rosalie and Emmett were already there. Rosalie was fussing over her car in the garage. She was under it, tinkering with its innards. Emmett was wrapping a small box, the tickets.

I dashed around placing candles here and flowers there. Streamers went everywhere. Everything had to be just right and I triple checked things. Everything had to be perfect, it just had to be.

Jasper thought I was being a little obsessive compulsive. But I told him it wasn't everyday that you got to celebrate a birthday. Legal if not physical.

When I was done there, I ran off to Charlie's house to check on the computer and sound system one last time. Everything had to be perfectly set up and working. Okay, so I was being a little obsessive compulsive.

When I was absolutely positive that everything was perfect, I ran back home. Edward and Bella would be there soon.

I got home just in time. The two of them were there precisely at 5:00, just minutes after I was finished.

Bella was obviously shocked at the decorations. Her lips were forming a "wow" but no words were escaping her mouth. She was speechless. Mission accomplished.

Finally, she whispered, "Thank you" in my ear. I beamed.

"It's wonderful," she continued. "But I told you not to spend anything on me!"

"I know," I replied, "But I chose to ignore that part."

She sighed and wandered around the room. Taking in every candle, flower and streamer.

"I knew it'd be worth it," I said to Jasper. He merely smiled at me.

"I'm glad you had fun."

"Bella, there's something I want you to see." Edward said. He led her to the garage.

Car first. I thought, realizing too late that Bella could "hear" me. Thankfully, she hadn't been paying attention.

We all headed to the garage. Bella looked shocked at the Audi sitting there. Obviously, Edward had already "told" her that one was hers.

She looked from the car to Edward, from Edward back to the car, from the car to me. "I told you not to spend anything on me!" she said to Edward.

"I didn't buy this car. Alice did. But it's still from me."

She growled, but it wasn't wholeheartedly.

"Why don't you go for a ride in it?" I suggested, "Go show Charlie your new car."

"Okay," she said as Edward tossed her the keys.

She climbed in the driver's seat, Edward in the passenger's.

Jasper and I climbed in the Porsche and followed them. Our gift was next.

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Wednesday, September 13, 2006: 5:15 pm

Jasper's POV

I had never ridden in the Porsche before. It was quiet and fast beyond all reason. Still, we didn't beat Edward and Bella there. They either had too much of a head start or Bella actually beat Alice's driving speed.

When we got there, Charlie was admiring the Audi. When we pulled up, I don't think his jaw could have dropped any farther.

"Go ahead and drive her dad," Bella said, just as Alice said, "Take her for a spin Mr. Swan." They tossed him the keys in unison and it was a surprise he caught them both.

"You sure?"

They both nodded.

He climbed in the Audi first. We knew he wouldn't be back for a while.

"Come on Bella, I want to show you our present!" Alice squealed.

"Not another one! Isn't the decorations and the car enough?"

"Nope." Alice dragged Bella off to her room, Edward and I followed.

Bella was standing there in shock for what must have been the third time this evening.

"How loud does this go?" she asked.

"Loud enough." Alice turned it on, it was still playing Debussy.

"Here," Edward handed her a CD and she popped it in.

It played his lullaby for her first.

"What's all on this?" she asked.

"A mixture of my works. The one after this is Esme's favorite. I didn't spend a dime on this gift." Edward smiled at his feat.

I didn't know about this one. Obviously he had come up with it shortly after he figured out what we were getting her. It was brilliant.

"Wow, I love it, all of it. The new computer, the sound system, the CD, thanks everyone."

"See, you can be reasonable about gifts." Edward muttered.

"You still shouldn't have spent anything on me."

"We know." The three of us said in unison.

Charlie came back with the Audi, and went straight to the Porsche.

"What do you want to do until he gets back?" I asked.

Bella sat down on her bed, "I'm content to listen to this."

The rest of us agreed. Edward sat next to her on the bed, Alice sat down on the rocking chair, I sat down at the desk. All of us were content to listen to this until Charlie came back.

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Wednesday, September 13, 2006: 7:15 pm.

Rosalie's POV

They had been gone for over an hour. The other three seemed perfectly content to wait for them, not me.

I spent the first half-hour working on my car, but there's only so much you can do to a car that's perfect.

So, instead, I went up to my room to sketch. I'll admit, I'm not as good as Alice, but I'm pretty good when the sketch has to be perfect, for any occasion.

Finally, they were back.

I rushed down the stairs, the perfectly-wrapped box held tightly in my hands. Not too tightly though, I wouldn't want to damage Emmett's wrapping.

Once downstairs, I handed the present to Bella. She looked shocked, but it probably wasn't because she was just handed another gift, it was probably because it was me that handed it to her.

She carefully unwrapped the present, when she saw what was inside the box, her eyes got very big.

"You got me…. Thank you! You didn't need to, honestly…"

"Alice isn't the only one who can completely ignore the "don't spend anything on me" promise." I replied.

"So this is from you and Emmett?" she asked.

I nodded, Emmett came to stand next to me and put his arm around my waist.

"Thank you, both of you."

"Our pleasure," Emmett replied.

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Esme came up to Bella then. She handed her a small box.

"This is from the family."

Bella opened the box to find a charm bracelet, with a charm for each member of the family.

A small, red cross for Carlisle. An apple for Esme. A bear for Emmett. A rose for me. A book for Jasper. A swan for Alice. A mountain lion for Edward. And a lamb for Bella.

"The red cross represents Carlisle's medical abilities. The apple represents my teaching job, even though I am not a teacher now, I still enjoy teaching. I'm sure you understand the bear and the rose. The book represents Jasper's love of books and scholarship. The swan is Alice's favorite animal, so you can see why that represents her. I believe you understand the meaning of the lion and the lamb as well?" Esme said this while fingering each charm as it was mentioned.

Bella nodded. "Thank you so much, you really didn't…"

"My girls aren't the only ones who can ignore the rules." Esme whispered.

Bella smiled. She hugged Esme, saying "Thank you." Then she came over to me and hugged me as well. "Thank you" she whispered.

"Your welcome." I replied.

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Wednesday, September 13, 2006: 8:00 pm

Edward's POV

One gift left, and it was mine.

I led Bella to the piano. She sat next to me as I played.

I had worked on this song forever it seemed. All the work paid off. Bella was smiling so big by the time I had finished.

It's the perfect gift, definitely my favorite, and it didn't even cost a dime.

I smiled then.

Thank you.

I knew you would like it.

I leaned in and kissed her forehead.

What do you want to do now?

Be with you.

Happy birthday, Bella.

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Friday, September 22, 2006: 2:00 pm

Bella's POV

It was the day of the concert. I was hyperventilating I was so excited. Finally, Alice had to tell me to stop breathing all together. Edward was right, it does get uncomfortable after a while.

I was wearing my Linkin Park T-shirt (courtesy of Alice) as well as pants and boots to match (also courtesy of Alice.) She really needs to stop buying things for me.

Edward and I were leaving in about an hour. The concert didn't start until seven, but it was best to be early.

"Alice, do I really need makeup?" I asked as she pulled out the drawer with all the makeup in it.

"Of course, Bella."

I knew that was a stupid question.

"I'll keep it simple, it's all you need, then we'll have more time for your hair anyway."

"Great."

It didn't take long to finish the makeup, but she spent so long on my hair I could scream.

Finally, she was done.

I ran downstairs. Right into Edward.

He steadied me and gave me a crooked smile.

"What's all the rush?"

"I'm going to a Linkin Park concert, are you?"

"Of course, let's go."

He led me to his Volvo, and in no time we were off.

I was going to my first Linkin Park concert! Even better, Edward was taking me.

Fin

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A/N: No, I'm not going to write out the concert. Mainly because I have no idea how one goes having never been to one myself. Thank you to all who read and reviewed, they really helped me keep going. Keep an eye out for the sequel, I don't have a name yet, but I'll have one when I post it. See you all later!