Bella, The Vanderbilt Vampire:

Recap: Bella's POV: Staying with Emmett and his family was so much fun but all good things must come to an end. His mother and father were so hospitable and his two brothers were just as playful and funny as Emmett was. The funniest part of my stay had been when his parents had first met me. They thought I was his girlfriend and we both ended up laughing out heads off at that but only because we saw each other as siblings and nothing more. But when it came time for me to take my leave he was horrified that I had to leave but I told him that I received a letter from you know you up in Georgia about our missing relative and I just had to go. So he relented making me promise to write him and to keep in touch so I promised and was then on my way to New York City. Rochester to be exact.

Chapter 4: NEW YORK BABY!

Bella's POV:

I have finally made it to New York. I quickly found that there are no vacancies at any of the inns. I was walking down the streets ready to give up and then I accidently bumped into someone. I guess my vampire traits didn't increase my self awareness all to well if I am still able to be blind sided and walk into someone and not even know it.

"Watch where you're going would you?" said the tall, statuesque, violet eyed, blonde haired woman that I had just bumped into.

"I am so sorry ma'am. I am new and town and was just looking for a place to stay while I am here. Do you know where I can stay?" I asked.

"All the inns are full and the new homes are not fit to be inhibited, my dear would you like to stay with us, of course it would cost some money to rent a room but it would be a place to stay." The man next to the first girl, that had an older version of the girl on his arm, said.

"Henry," the older woman said while smacking his arm a little, "we will not charge this young girl any money. Dear, if you would like to stay with us you are welcome to. My name is Sarah Hale, this is my husband Henry." She said patting his arm, "and this is my daughter Rosalie," she said gesturing to her, "and then my son, William." She patted the boy's hair that was holding on to her leg for dear life. "What is your name dear?"

"Oh, my name is Isabella Maria Swan. I can not accept your gracious offer, I would be imposing on your family." I said.

"Oh, nonsense, I would not be able to sleep at night not knowing if you had found a place to stay." She said.

"Oh, alright." I agreed.

"Splendid, now where is your luggage dear?" she asked me.

"I have none ma'am." I said and she looked shocked. I need some story so I said "I lost it all in the fire. My clothes, sister, and my parents." I looked down sadly because it was kind of true I did lose my family.

"Oh how tragic! Buying you some new clothes will be the first thing we do after you get settled in. Until then you can share with Rosalie, you two look about the same size."Sarah said empathetically and then they led me to their home. It was by far much smaller than mine but relatively large compared to many other Americans. They got me settled into a guestroom and then we ate dinner and talked and got to know one another. I got easily attached to little William. Rosalie was starting to warm up to me a little bit. Sarah acted as if I was one of her children, fussing over my portions of food I had, Aro had said that it would be so revolting when it actually tasted normal to me, like back when I was human. I'm so glad I didn't lose my taste, I love chocolate too much to bear with it. That and sweet tea. I am not able to sleep however so that night I just laid down under the covers, closed my eyes and dreamt of what a life with my Edward would have been like. If I never was bitten, we would have gotten married, had three children, two girls and a boy. We would have moved into my parents estate with his parents as well. I wonder who Cornelia would have married. Oh but one can only dream. I got up in the middle of the night to look around a bit when I ran into Rosalie.

"What are you doing awake and up and about at this time of night?" I asked her.

"I could ask you the same thing." She said, "I always get up at this time to lay down in the grass outside and star up at the stars and dream about my future. So why are you up?"

"Could not sleep, my mind is running a mile a minute," I said and chuckled at the truth of my statement.

"What is on your mind?" she asked me.

"My family, this guy I knew, where it is I am going." I stated looking out of the sitting room window.

"What was his name?" she asked as she sat down to listen.

"His name was Edward," I said letting out a dreamy sigh. "I loved him so so much. I believe that he reciprocated the feeling as well, but now I'll never know." I said sadly.

"What happened?" She asked wrapped up in my tale.

"He caught the Spanish influenza." I said.

"How terrible."

"The worst part is, is that the doctor wouldn't even let me in there with him, so he suffered alone after his parents died." I said and started dry sobbing. Rosalie got up and comforted me while I sobbed.

And ever since that night Rosalie and I grew closer and closer. We became joined at the hip. Even though we were practically sisters, we still argued. For instance ever since her dad introduced her and Royce together nothing has really been the same and we fight about the fact that he is not good for her everyday. The guy is so not good for her. He does not deserve for her to give him the time of day. The guy is a bad seed, I know it. He is going to ruin her and I do not want to see her hurt, she is too good for that. We are fighting about him right now actually.

"Rose," I sighed, I had started calling her that nickname after I learned that it was her favorite flower and it was a perfect. "He is not a good man. Please trust me. He does not deserve you. You are way too good for him."

"He is one of the wealthiest suitors available." She said putting on her makeup for her date tonight.

"Money isn't everything!" I yelled. "happiness is the only thing important in life. Not one's class or how much money is in their trouser pocket but how much you love them. It's also not about one's looks, which is all he is after with you Rose. When he looks at you he does not feel love, he is overwhelmed by his lust. He just wants the other half of his bed to be warm and wake up to your pretty face. But what happens when you grow old and loose your shine? Hmm, do you think he will still be loyal to you? He will not Rose. He will find some prettier young thing and break your fragile and too trusting heart."

"I do not have to listen to this. I am leaving for my date." She said and walked out the door. I sighed heavily and ran my fingers through my hair, a habit I had seen Edward do tons of times and just grew on me. I made my decision then, if Rose was not going to listen to my warnings then I have to leave before I see that horrid man break her heart. I waited until she got back to tell her that I was leaving. She was not back for another three hours and when I told her she was leaving she did not seem at all upset. She was still pretty angry and was about to leave anyway for her friend Vera's house. I tried one more time telling her that it was really late and that she might not want to go out but she did anyway. I sighed and left heading for my next place, Michigan. (No relevance to the others' time & place.)

*A Couples Of Months Later.*

I had been in Michigan for a little over a month now and was thinking about moving down south for a while. I missed the sun. I was running to my new house after a nice hunt when I smelled a vampire in the area. I ran as fast as I could towards the general direction of the scent and I came upon a woman with beautiful caramel hair and a kind heart shaped face. The odd thing was is that she had the same diet as I.

"I am sorry to bother you miss but I did not know there were any other vampires in this area. Especially not any kind that share the same diet as I," I said.

"Do not be sorry, my family and I did not know either. But yes, we share the same diet, my husband has a fondness for preserving human life so my husband, son, and I all drink only animal blood."

"I can leave the area if you already have a claim over this hunting area. It is probably too small for us all." I said shifting my weight from one foot to the other, a human habit that has just stuck.

"Oh no dear, please don not leave, I could not bear it if my family and I were the cause of you having to leave. Please stay, we could get to know one another and maybe you could join our family," she said hopefully. "Oh, and My name is Esme Platt Cullen, and you are?"

"Isabella Marie Vanderbilt, you do not know how relieving it is to actually be able to tell someone my real last name. I have been using Swan due to the fact that it is much too soon to even consider letting my name out, someone would tell my family and I would be revealed and I am in no hurry to have the Volturi kill me any time soon." I said, truthfully for the first time in a really long time.

"I have heard of you, you are the missing twin, correct? They say you ran away from a marriage proposal." She said.

"W-what?" I was shocked.

"They say that this marvelous young man that you seemed to have loved so deeply had asked you for your hand and you turned him down and ran away. Never to be heard from again," she said.

"That is so not true." I rubbed at my face feeling very stressed at learning about what people thought happened to me. "The truth Mrs. Cullen is-"

"Oh dear, please call me Esme."

"Alright, Esme what happened was," I began and then launched into the night of how James attacked me and how Edward and left for something.

"Oh how tragic," she gasped.

"And there is not a day that goes by that I miss my Edward, he was my eternal sun in a sea of darkness that I was drowning in. I knew and he knew that I never liked balls and all of the extravagant goings on that my parents forced upon me. He was the love of my life, the only one I ever will allow myself to love whole heartily and now he is gone forever." I choked on a dry sob and continued, "But Esme I do have to leave I have been here long enough, give your family my deepest regrets at not having the honor of knowing them."

"I will Isabella," she said.

"Oh, and one more thing Esme,"

"What is it?"

"Call me Bella," I said and we shared a smile, "goodbye, I hope our paths cross in the future."

"Goodbye Bella, be safe!" she yelled and then I was off for the southern states to see if I would find anything of interest down there."

(AN: hey readers! Yesterday was my birthday! Woo! I had an awesome day even though I didn't have a party. I had my family's love and lots of presents! :D Well I hope you liked the chapter! Adios! Please review! I do not own twilight!)

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