"Bella where is your car? I didn't see it when I got home." Charlie asked Bella as he entered the kitchen the next morning.

"Rosalie Hale is going to fix it up for me."

"Hale that's one of Dr. Cullen's kids right?"At Bella's nod Charlie continued "That's awful nice of her to work on your car. Do you need some money to pay her or for some parts?"

"She said this is her hobby so she doesn't want me to pay her. I just have to help her out when she needs it. As for parts I don't know what is needed yet, but I'll let you know." Bella knew how important it was to Charlie to provide for her so she would let him pay for some of the parts. It would make him happy and that's all that mattered.

"So you are friends with the Cullens now? They are a good family. The Dr. has been so helpful around here. He could work anywhere he wanted to but he said he wanted his kids to be raised in a small community. I respect that. How are you getting along with them?"

" I know Rosalie the best but met the rest of the family except for their son Edward. Alice hung out with us yesterday. It was alright. They know who grandpa Arthur was and I think they were somewhat surprised that I'm related to him, but after a few questions they thankfully dropped the subject."

"I know it's hard to talk about him and your grandma but if you ever need to I'm here for you Bella. I haven't gotten much of a chance to be there for you during your younger years and I especially regret not being there for you when they died."

"It's not your fault dad. I know you would have been there if you had the chance. They would have liked you a lot. Rene was the one that kept us apart. They wanted to know who you were as much as I did. We are together now and there is nothing anyone can do to change that. You're stuck with me. I saw the paperwork it's to late to give me back now."

Charlie chuckled. "There will be no giving back of anyone and I'm perfectly happy being stuck with you. I know I can't offer you the same things you grew up with or that my last name isn't as prestigious as the one you had before but I want you to know I love you Bells and that won't ever change.

"I love you to dad." Bella gave a blushing Charlie a hug and only pulled away when she heard a car pull up into the drive. "That's my ride. I should get going."

"Don't forget your lunch money and are you sure you had enough breakfast? I can give you some extra cash to buy something for you and your friend or to at least get one of those fancy drinks the kids these days seem to enjoy."

"Thanks dad, but I'm all set. Have a good day." Bella said as she made her way to the door.

"You to Bells." Was Charlie's reply.

As Rosalie pulled up to Bella's house she was nervous. Should she knock on the door or wait in the car. Would it be weird if she opened the door for Bella like Bella did for her yesterday or would it be romantic. Did she want to start making romantic gestures or would that freak Bella out. This having a mate was driving her crazy. She was never one for second guessing herself and here she was acting the part of anxious teenager trying to impress her crush.

Seeing Bella walk out of her house Rosalie decided romantic gestures were the way to go. She hopped out of the car and rushed to the passenger side and held the door open. She noticed a slight blush on Bella's cheeks and decided she made the right choice.

After getting Bella and herself settled Rosalie spoke. "Good morning. I know I'm a little early but I wanted to know if I could take you to breakfast if you wanted or get a coffee before school?"

Bella laughed. It seemed like everyone wanted to feed her this morning. She knew she ate a lot but she was in no ways wasting away. She was slightly on the skinny side but was fit not sickly. It was kind of nice having people care about her well-being even though their worry was somewhat misplaced.

"You and my dad are trying to tell me something I think. He also wanted me to stop to get food or coffee before school. Do I look like I don't eat? Is that why you both pointed it out?" Bella asked Rosalie.

"What? No you look great, I mean fine. You're fine. I mean good. You look good. Healthy, yeah you look healthy." Bella's smirk stopped Rosalie's nervous rambling. What was this girl doing to her? She was just happy that Alice hadn't put up to much of a fuss about riding with them because having a witness to this interaction would have been painful.

"Thanks, you look healthy too." Bella said trying to hold back her laughter. " I think I'm fine on food and coffee. It's sweet of you to offer since you don't eat. I appreciate it."

"Sure no problem. I don't mind you eating in front of me. Food doesn't bother me. Maybe sometime I could even take you out to dinner?" Rosalie hadn't meant to ask Bella out but she wanted to seize the opportunity presented to her.

"I would like that. Did you have something in mind or do you want to plan something together."

Shit, Rosalie thought. I should have thought this through. "Um , how about we go to Port Angeles and get dinner and maybe go see a movie. That's the closest theatre and they have better restaurants."

"That sounds like fun when do you want to go."

"How about Friday? Then maybe you could stay out a little later since it isn't a school night." Rosalie asked hopefully.

"Friday's good.I don't think Charlie would have a problem with me being out a little later to stay out with you. He was just talking very highly of your family. So you already have him on your side."

Rosalie couldn't believe her luck. She had a date with her mate. Well it wasn't an official date but that wouldn't stop her from trying to make it subtly romantic. Now she had two days to make it perfect and that started with what restaurant to take Bella to. She would have to consult Esme about it. Esme loved all things food and was always baking for Carlisle's patients even though she couldn't eat any of it.

Pulling into her parking spot next to Emmett's Jeep Rosalie was unsurprised you find all her siblings except for Edward waiting around for them to arrive. Alice looked like she was vibrating with the amount of excitement she was holding back. She looked over to Bella to gauge her reaction but relaxed when she saw Bella give Alice a wave and a smile.

Alice had been waiting all morning to see Bella again and with the small smile and wave that was all the permission she needed to act. She rushed over to the passenger side door as Bella was getting out and pulled her into a big hug.

"Alice!" Rosalie hissed at her.

"It's ok. Morning Alice." Bella said collecting herself a little bit and returning the hug.She did like Alice but she was a little to over enthusiastic for Bella's liking. She hoped that in time she would get used it.

Alice was excited. Not only did Bella look happy to see her but she accepted the hug and returned it. It was nice that Bella was so strong because Alice sometimes forgot herself and she could have easily crushed Bella had she been human. This was the first step in cementing their friendship.

"Hi, Bella. How are you? Feeling ok?Did you sleep aright? Are you hungry or thirsty?" Alice asked.

"She's not a pet Alice. She can take care of herself she doesn't need you to feed and walk her." Rosalie snapped.

"Excuse me for caring about my best friend's well being. You need to take care of yourself Bella. That way you're around for all the adventures we are going to have."

"Best friend?"Bella asked confused.

Rosalie rolled her eyes. This was what she was afraid of. Alice had already invaded Bella's personal space, insinuated she was a puppy (or was it a kitten in Bella's case she thought to herself) and then said they were best friends all within five minutes of pulling into the parking lot. Bella was going to want to be as far away them as possible. The fact she had Bella's car would be the only way of seeing Bella from now on. She just knew Alice had screwed it up for her.

"Of course we're best friends Bella and being best friends means we are going hang out all the time. So you have to take care of yourself. I can't see your future so you have to be extra careful to not get hurt because I won't be able to save you." Alice explained.

"Ok, I guess. I promise to try and take better care of myself. I wouldn't want to make my best friend worry about me." Bella was still confused but decided that Alice was harmless and seemed like a lot of fun. Bella didn't have friends or much fun in her life so maybe Alice would be a perfect solution to both of those problems.

Alice jumped up and down clapping. "I knew you would see it that way. That means you have to sit with us at lunch. That way we can plan our sleep over."

"Sleep over?" Rosalie asked.

"Yeah, Bella and I are having a sleep over. Don't worry Bella, we will plan it at lunch."

Bella just nodded. The bell ringing saved her from having to reply. Alice grabbed Bella's arm and dragged her towards the school all the while Bella wondered what she had gotten herself into.