Twilight Fan fiction

Transitionals

Disclaimer: I do not, nor will I ever own Twilight. I have used some sentences directly from the book, I don't own them. They were originally and forever owned by Stephenie Meyer

Alright Everyone, here is a chapter I've been waiting to give you for a while now. The Cullen's POV of the shopping trip.

Chapter 4

Edward's POV

The rest of the week didn't go as well as my family had hoped it would. Bella didn't park next to us any other time during the rest of the week.

We still wait in the parking lot for them before and after school, hoping for a chance to talk with Bella. My siblings were all eager to meet her and the girls, and so were Carlisle and Esme.

We had never gotten close to a human family before, knowing that when we left we'd be saying good bye forever. We had decided though that this was something we wanted to do. We were hoping that with the time we had to spend with them before we had to leave, we'd be able to help them in some way.

During the rest of the week we kept a close eye on Bella and the girls. There was never any real good time for my siblings to introduce themselves, so it was my job to try to build a friendship. I found it wasn't a very easy task though. It was easy to talk with Bella, at least when she would talk back to me.

I would greet them every day in biology and I tried to have a conversation with her. So far we've only talked about trivial things, like the weather and school. I've tried to keep the questions away from her family and pretty much anything about her life in Arizona. There wasn't much to talk about and she didn't help supply information.

Every once in a while I'd try reading one of their minds but I still got nothing.

A shriek of delight came from downstairs and I heard my family hurry to see what was going on with Alice.

I scanned my sister's thoughts as I made my way down to the living room, where the rest of my siblings were.

She was having a vision. I watched with Alice, as Belle tapped Bella's forehead. Bella opened her eyes.

Belle was grinning at Bella as she handed over a purse.

Bella closed her eyes and groaned getting up off the couch. Poor Bella looked tired.

"What do you see Alice?" Rose asked. She, Emmett, and Jasper glanced at me, only to see me head out the front door.

Alice tore after me. "Bella's going shopping today." She flew past me and was buckled in the middle seat in the back of the Volvo before the others joined us.

'They're going to the mall closest to town,' Alice told me.

Once we were all buckled (we only buckle up to keep up the façade) I drove to the closest mall to forks.

After arriving at the mall we walked around the inside waiting for Alice to see anything else.

"I don't understand why Alice can see them now but she couldn't before?" Jasper spoke aloud thoughtfully.

The strange mystery that was surrounding the girls was getting stranger but we weren't getting any closer to figuring it out.

Alice shrugged. "I don't know, something is obviously blocking me during the times I can't see them, but I don't know what that could be."

She checked the future every few minutes, letting us know where they were. We knew when they got to the mall thanks to Alice's excessive bouncing. She took off towards whatever store they were heading for, with us closely behind.

"Alice we can't just go barging into the store they're in." I hissed knowing she could still hear me. "We need a reason to go into the store besides knowing Bella and the girls are in there."

Alice turned and glared at me. "Well obviously, I'd be there looking for clothes, like Bella."

I rolled my eyes. "I have a feeling that Bella won't be in a store you would approve of."

Alice made a face, seeing my point.

We walked around the mall again, thinking of ways to "bump" into them.

Alice froze suddenly causing Jasper to jerk to a stop. He stared at her worriedly. I scanned her thoughts to find she couldn't see Bella or the girls again.

"I can't see them," she told the others.

They didn't like the news.

We now went through the mall searching for Bella and the girls. I tried to find her scent but it was difficult in the mall. There were so many different scents covering up each other.

Alice sighed after a while. "This isn't working. Let's just go do our own thing, maybe there's a chance we'll run into them that way.

The four of them went off to shop for clothes. Alice and Rose's choice, Jasper and Emmett were only going, to carry the bags.

I headed for the music store. My collection of CD's could revival any store, but it was a way to waste time.

Rose's POV

Alice and I paid for our purchases not really enjoying shopping as much as we usually do. We still hadn't found Bella and the girls yet. Alice was constantly texting Edward to see if he had found them, but so far he hadn't.

This day was becoming depressing and I was ready to go home, but Alice wouldn't hear of it. She still held out hope that we'd find them.

I waited for her at the door of the store with Emmett and Jasper. After she took the bags from the cashier she bounced over to us. We had just taken a step out the door when a stroller turned around the corner and stopped in front of us.

Alice grinned and waved at Bella. "Hi Bella."

She nodded towards us.

I couldn't help looking at the little girl sitting in the front of the stroller. She turned her head slightly glancing at me with a cute but curious look on her face. Her little brown curls looked absolutely adorable.

I pulled my gaze away from Annabelle and walked up to Bella. "Hello, we haven't been formally introduced, but you know our brother Edward." When she nodded I continued. "My name is Rosalie, it is so nice to finally meet you." I held my hand out for her to shake.

She glanced down at my hand and stared at it for a few seconds before taking it. I was surprised to say the least, but I didn't let it show on my face. Bella's hand was cool, definitely not as warm as a normal human.

"It's nice to meet you Rosalie, I'm Bella."

After dropping her hand I walked back to Emmett and wrapped my arm around one of his. "This is Emmett, my boyfriend."

She smiled at him. Good if she could smile at the one most humans feared, maybe she wouldn't be too scared of all of us.

I nodded towards Jasper and Alice. "They are my brother Jasper, and my sister Alice."

Jasper tipped his head showing respect like the southern gentleman he is.

Alice grinned. "It's nice to meet you Bella."

"It's nice to meet you all too."

"So what brings you to the mall?" Alice glanced at her shopping bags.

Annabelle grabbed her shirt and smiled at Alice.

The four of us laughed. She was so precious.

Alice squatted in front of her. "Are you shopping for clothes?"

Annabelle nodded her head, making her little curls bounce.

"She's not like the normal shy kids," Emmett looked towards Bella.

"Anna's not shy," Bella said quickly.

He glanced back down at Annabelle. "Does she not know how to talk?" The very idea made him laugh. Normal kids her age could talk.

Bella shook her head. "She hasn't spoken a word since the accident." She choked on the word accident, something none of us missed. I knew when I got home tonight that I was going to do some research on the so called accident.

We tried not to let on that we caught her slip, and we smiled sympathetically at her.

"Well," she started with a sigh, "we need to be going, I still have to get the two of them clothes they can actually wear in Forks."

"Would you like some help?" Alice rocked back and forth onto her tiptoes excitedly.

I hoped she'd say yes. I so badly wanted to get to know Bella and the girls.

"I can handle it, I wouldn't want to interrupt your own shopping."

"We just finished up our shopping." I spoke up, almost with as much enthusiasm as Alice had.

Alice nodded, now bouncing slightly. "The guys can go put the stuff in the car and meet up with Edward while we shop for the three of you."

Her hands came up quickly. "Oh no, I've already gotten my clothes. We just need to get stuff for Anna and Cissy."

Yes we could go with her, though I'm not sure she realized she had implied that. Honestly though, I didn't really care. She had implied it whether she knew it or not, and I for one was going to go shopping with her and the girls. The idea of getting to shop for little ones was thrilling.

I pulled myself out of my thoughts when I saw Alice narrow her eyes at the three bags they had. I knew I needed to intervene. I pushed Emmett towards Jasper. "You two go ahead and take those out to the car. We'll call you when we're done shopping with Bella."

The two of them left and we went shopping with Bella.

"I love all the cute little outfits." Alice said once we had found the store she was looking for.

"I know," I had wanted children back when I was human, but it was impossible for vampires to have children. So getting to shop for Annabelle and Cissy was like living a dream.

Alice and I were ecstatic with this experience, and Annabelle was enjoying it as much as we were. She had obviously never been in a store like this before.

She pointed at everything pink, and Alice would pick it up for her. By the time we got to the dressing room Alice's and my arms were filled with clothes all for Annabelle. We set them in the dressing room, then shooed Annabelle and Bella inside.

Every time Annabelle walked out of the dressing room with Bella I squealed on the inside. Alice couldn't help her shrieks of joy, but we had never had this experience so I wasn't going to try to calm her down. I wasn't going to earn her wrath.

Annabelle loved shopping as much as we did, but her favorite part obviously was showing off the clothes. We figured out which ones she liked the most, pretty quickly. Whenever she was really excited about an outfit she'd run out of the dressing room and spin around, before standing in front of us while bouncing in glee. Her excitement could rival Alice's and that was scary.

"Okay this is the last one we're trying on; I have to drive home tonight, and we still have to get clothes for Cissy." Bella said after an hour of helping Anna try on clothes.

Alice looked horrified. I reached out a comforting hand to calm her down, speaking up before she could. "Here, why don't you sit here with Alice, and I'll help Anna."

The name slipped out of my lips, but I couldn't awkwardly add Belle to the end of it, then they'd really catch my slip. I expected the little girl to glare, or to at least get upset, but she didn't. Was she really going to let me call her Anna? It sure seemed so.

I gently pushed Bella towards the couch, helping her sit down before reaching for Anna's hand. She took mine and tried to pull me into the dressing room.

I couldn't stop the grin that spread across my face. This little girl didn't mind me helping her, and she didn't get upset when I called her the name only her dad and Bella were allowed to call her. Surely that means she likes me.

Anna's eagerness to try on more clothes, and my eagerness to help made the process go faster. We quickly had her in another outfit and out the door of the dressing room to show Alice.

One outfit after another, and the three of us weren't slowing down. Sadly I had actually forgotten about Bella until, Anna and I came out to show Alice a gorgeous pink dress made of thick wool. The dress was beautiful and it had a nice soft layer of fabric on the inside so the wool wouldn't irritate Anna's skin.

Alice squealed in delight when she saw it, and Bella jerked awake.

Poor Bella, she looked so tired, and I'd bet waking up from a squeal beside you wasn't a comfortable way to wake up.

"This is so precious!" Alice knelt beside Anna and fiddle with the dress, straightening out the smallest of wrinkles. "We are so getting this one."

Bella rubbed her eyes. "That looks really nice on you Anna."

Anna grinned at her before following me back into the dressing room.

"Make sure you put that one in the pile of stuff we are going to buy." Alice called after us.

I quickly helped her out of the dress, and as I was putting the next top over her head, Bella asked, "Anna are you hungry?"

Anna poked her head through the top and shook her head as fast as she could. She definitely didn't want to stop trying on clothes, she was having too much fun. I could already tell that if we got to know the girls, that Alice and I would be playing dress up with Anna.

"She shook her head," I called out.

We finished this outfits with a nice skirt and headed back out to show Alice. I felt bad as I glanced at Bella while Alice fiddled with the skirt, while giving her opinion on the outfit. Bella looked like she could have slept longer. I wonder how long she'll last before she falls asleep again. She could really use the sleep.

Edward's POV

My brothers found me at a piano. The owner of this instrument shop had a grand piano in the corner, for people to play. It was her personal favorite instrument and she loved to hear people play, especially the little kids who would just bang on the keys for a little while before their parents would make them stop.

At one time I hadn't been able to stand when someone would just bang on the keys, but thanks to people like the woman who owned this shop, I found it soothing just like them. A simple bang on the piano keys, was a sign that they wanted to play; something all musicians could understand.

"Got tired of carrying bags?" I asked as I got up.

Jasper shook his head, a small grin on his face.

'Just because you don't have a mate making you carry bags for her doesn't mean Alice, and Rosie won't make you carry bags for them.' Emmett reminded me.

"Yes but I'll carry them without complaint." I turned away from Emmett to Jasper. "Where are the girls?"

"They found Bella and the little girls." He explained how Alice and Rose wormed their way into shopping with them.

I sighed, and quickly looked for my sisters' thoughts. I had a feeling that leaving them alone with Bella wasn't a good idea.

I found Alice and was able to figure out what store they were in, but she wasn't thinking about Bella. I couldn't see Bella or the girls from her view point so I changed to Rose, only to find her and Belle in the dressing room, I quickly skipped out of her head to give Belle some privacy.

"Come on, let's go meet up with them."

They nodded and followed me to the store.

'What are they doing here?' One of the girls working in the store thought. Her mind started its analysis on which one of us was "hotter" in her opinion. I ignored her ogling and moved to the back of the store were my sisters were. Rose was standing in the doorway of one of the dressing rooms while Alice was in front of Belle straightening her clothes.

'She's out for the count.'

I turned to Emmett who pointed to one of the couches.

Bella was curled up at the end of the couch, sound asleep.

"How long has she been asleep?" I asked Alice as I sat down on the other couch. Jasper and Emmett took a seat on the same couch, not wanting to disturb Bella.

Alice glanced back at Bella. "This time or all together?"

I shook my head and crossed my arms over my chest. I had a feeling my sisters would wear her out.

Rose and Belle walked out of the dressing room to show Alice the next outfit. When Belle saw us sitting on the couch she turned to us and spun around so we could see the back of her dress.

It became obvious that we had unintentionally made this shopping trip longer than it needed to be. The few seconds it took for Belle to show us her outfits were adding up.

A couple hours later Cissy woke up.

Alice quickly picked her up, so her crying couldn't wake Bella. She cooed and tried to quiet her down but it wasn't working.

"She's probably hungry," Rose whispered low enough so no one else would hear.

Alice set Cissy in Jasper's arms before he could protest. "You won't hurt her." She quickly searched through the diaper bag and grabbed the stuff to make the baby's bottle.

Jasper glanced nervously down at the baby in his arms. From his thoughts I got a view of just how much he worries about being the weakest link in the family.

Alice glanced at the baby formula which wasn't in a container that came with instructions. She glanced at us, but none of us had ever fixed a baby's bottle before.

Belle and Rose walked out of the dressing room then. Belle saw Cissy's stuff in Alice's hand and hurried over to us. She fixed the bottle while the five of us watched. Once it was heating up Belle went to the stroller and grabbed the sleeve that went around the bottle.

"Thank you Anna," Alice called after Belle as she and Rose went back to the dressing room.

Huh, my sisters were calling Belle, Anna? I thought she didn't like anyone but her dad and Bella to call her that. I shrugged to myself and relaxed back into my seat.

"Could I feed her?" Emmett asked once the bottle was ready. He grinned eagerly at Alice.

Jasper handed him Cissy and Alice passed him the bottle.

I have to say it was something to see, someone so small in Emmett's large arms. She was so tiny, that if I didn't know she was there, I would have missed her at first glance.

Cissy didn't seem to mind being in Emmett's cold arms, and after finishing her bottle she fell back to sleep in his arms.

Emmett changed, while he held her. We all knew him as the playful one, but while holding Cissy, you could tell he wasn't even thinking about any mischievous acts. His thoughts were only circling around the tiny baby in his arms.

There was an edge of protectiveness, and I knew my brother wouldn't let anything happen to Cissy. He'd do anything he could for her.

Anna showed us more outfits, and everything was fine until she came out wearing a pretty pink dress.

Alice squealed in excitement, and poor Bella's heart jumped, waking up with a start.

"Alice," I hissed.

Jasper gave me a quick glare before chastising his wife. "Darlin' you need to try to contain your excitement."

Bella blinked tiredly, glancing towards us.

Jasper gave her a soft smile. "Sorry that she woke you."

She waved his concern away and returned his smile, before turning to Alice. "How many more outfits Alice?"

Alice held up two fingers. "Only two left, then we can shop for Cissy."

Bella's eyes widened in disbelief. She shook her head and glanced at the stroller. Panic lit up her face. She sat up straighter and whipped her head around in every direction.

Alice sat down beside her. "Calm down Bella, Emmett has Cissy."

At these words she turned and glanced at Emmett. He smiled at her then down at Cissy who was sound asleep in his arms.

"He gave her, her bottle about a half hour ago," Alice explained. "That's why he's holding her."

Anna showed us the last two outfits, and the girls started bringing out all the clothes, much to Bella's surprise. "We are not buying all of those clothes." She gasped.

Alice turned to her, and we all knew Bella was in trouble.

"Alice," Jasper warned her low enough that none of the humans would hear.

"Don't give me that look." Bella's voice made us all turn from Alice to Anna.

The little girl was giving Bella the puppy dog pout; and it was a look we all recognized as the one Alice usually gave us.

"Bella, I think it would be fair to warn you that I always get my way when it comes to shopping. So instead of wasting time fighting me, let's just go find clothes for Cissy, then I'll pay for all of this." Alice planted her hands on her hips, and Bella flinched at her glare.

"Alice," Jasper said again.

Alice turned away from Bella and started handing us guys the clothes. She then hurried to go look for stuff for Cissy.

Bella sighed and got up swaying slightly.

Rose took hold of her arms to steady her. "Go ahead and sit down Bella. Alice and I will take care of the shopping." She helped her sit back down and set Anna on her lap before joining Alice at the racks.

We sat there on the couches waiting for Alice and Rose. With nothing to do, we were left to watching Bella and Anna.

Anna was so happy. In that moment it was clear she loved shopping just as much as Alice, and that was a scary thought. She pressed her little cheek against Bella, and to my surprise I watched Bella sigh gratefully. This wasn't too strange, what was strange was how she looked less tired than she had been before. In the second that Anna had set her cheek against Bella's something had happened that had helped her exhaustion.

These girls were getting stranger with each interaction we had with them.

Alice bounced over to Bella's side, her arms full of baby clothing. "Okay, we've got everything, now we just need to pay for it," She grinned when Bella gave her an annoyed look. "I promise you we didn't get anything bigger than six months."

"Even though we did find some really cute things she could grow in to." Rose settled Anna on her hip.

We all got up and headed to the check out. Once at the checkout Bella glanced at the cashier who was staring at all the clothing we were buying. She turned away from cashier who started ringing up the clothes. She handed Alice a black bank card, something we all had, but only people with increasingly large bank accounts would have. The companies she runs must be doing well if she had a card like that.

Alice laughed at Bella and handed her card back. "Silly Bella, I said I was buying. Where'd you get a card like that anyway?"

I was surprised when Bella answered without hesitation. "Anna's dad, gave me his companies in his will."

"Companies?" Emmett raised an eyebrow, which caused Anna to laugh. We were all curious to see how many there were.

Bella nodded. "There's three of them, and I'm CEO for all three."

Alice grinned excitedly, even though she was thinking about how much responsibility running three companies was. "Any cool perks to being the boss?"

Bella shrugged. "In a couple weeks, I have to go to Chicago, to the headquarters of the second one, for some meeting."

"That should be fun," Alice started handing out shopping bags, setting some in the stroller Since Rose and Emmett were carrying the girls.

"Is the company's, private jet picking you up?" Emmett teased as we headed for the door.

She smirked at him. "That's probably the one thing I'm looking forward to about running the companies."

He laughed at that.

Bella led the way to her car, pushing the stroller. She popped open the trunk, but we all hurriedly put the shopping bags away before she could help. Rose and Alice buckled the girls in, so she wouldn't have to worry about it. This way we knew everything would be fine, and not have to worry that her exhaustion would cause her to make mistakes.

"This was fun, we should do it again sometime." Alice made a point of glaring at the three bags that were Bella's. My other siblings and I couldn't help laughing at Alice's look.

Bella tried to glare back at Alice but she was trying to fight a yawn at the same time so it didn't really work. "Thanks for all your help, and for buying the clothes."

Alice gave her a genuine smile. "No problem, it was my pleasure."

Bella then grabbed her keys out of her purse and took a step towards the driver's side of the car.

Alice and Rose grabbed hold of her arms worriedly. None of us wanted her behind the wheel of the car, she was much too tired. It would be irresponsible for her to drive, and there was no reason for us to let her.

"What do you think you're doing?" She demanded.

Alice loosened her grip so Bella managed to pull free of her hands. Rose on the other hand wasn't going to let go of Bella.

"Bella, you don't think we're going to let you drive." Rose's voice was filled with concern and a hint of panic that I'm sure Bella didn't hear, but we did. "You're tired, we kept you here all this time, so we're responsible for making sure you get home safely."

From what I had learned about Bella, I knew she was going to argue, but I couldn't let her behind the wheel of a car in her condition.

"You wouldn't want anything to happen to Anna or Cissy, and they can't lose you. Let me drive you home." I reached my hand out for her keys.

My family and I waited patiently, we weren't really sure whether or not Bella would willingly hand over her keys. Alice was already coming up with a plan to take them, when Bella sighed and handed over her keys.

I smiled to myself as I got into the car.

Once my siblings pulled up in my Volvo, I backed out and they followed me to Bella's house. I could have run home, but then Bella and the girls would get suspicious. The human thing for my siblings to do was to follow us to their house so I would have ride home after dropping off the girls and their car.

The drive to the swan house, was quiet. Cissy had already been asleep, and Anna had fallen asleep before we left the mall parking lot. Poor Bella was drifting and it was clear she didn't want to go to sleep. Sleep won eventually and she slept silently. She looked so peaceful sleeping in the passenger seat.

I pulled Bella's car up in front of the house while my siblings pulled up behind us.

Rose jumped out of the car and sped to Anna's door. She had the girl out of her car seat and in her arms before the others were out of the car.

The front door opened and the five of us turned to see police chief Swan walk out of his house. He eyed us suspiciously.

Alice walked up to him, smiling easily. "Hey, chief Swan," she whispered so she wouldn't wake the girls. She offered him her hand. "I'm Alice Cullen. My siblings and I ran into Bella and the girls at the mall."

Bella's dad took Alice's hand. "It's nice to meet you Alice."

Hmm, the police chief's mind wasn't as silent as his daughter's, but I could see where she got it from. Interesting. I filed that bit of information away to think about later. I hadn't spent much time around the chief of police, and I had figured him as a man of slow thought. In reality though, I just couldn't hear him. His thoughts were partially concealed, not absent.

Alice quickly introduced the rest of us before we started carrying things inside.

"I may have gone a little overboard," Alice was explaining to Bella's dad as they carried bags of clothes to Bella's room. "I've never shopped for little ones so I couldn't stop myself."

"I'm sorry we kept them out so long," Rose apologized.

Bella's dad gave her an understanding smile. "It's alright, thank you for making sure they made it home safely."

With everyone helping, the car was unloaded quickly. My siblings went inside with Charlie. They were going to help him put the stuff away and get the girls in bed.

I rounded the car to get Bella. Once I had the door open, I paused, unsure of what I should do. I didn't know how Bella or her dad would react to me carrying her.

Just looking at Bella and seeing her sleeping so peacefully decided it for me. I didn't want to wake her up. I had seen how tired she was at the mall. I'd just let her sleep, if the chief of police didn't like it, I'd apologize.

I unbuckled her trying my best not to wake her. When my hand touched the back of her neck a sudden burst of electricity moved up my arm. I jumped slightly, pulling my hand away from her.

Bella jerked awake, giving me the impression that she had felt the electric shock as well. Her eyes flew open and she sat up with a start.

I couldn't help staring at her. What had that felt like to her?

She glanced at me and I glanced down at my hands before turning back to her. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to wake you."

"That's okay," She said hurriedly. She climbed out of the car too quickly, ending up stumbling right into my arms.

I caught her easily. I held her until she had regain her balance. A part of me was glad to have her out of my arms, another part was wishing that I could hold her some more. I wasn't sure why though. The entire time she was in my arms it felt like an electric current was passing through me. The air was filled with the tense electricity. The feeling was strange, yet welcomed.

Bella hurriedly walked into her house, not looking back at me. For some reason that hurt, and I felt a twinge of sorrow, watching her walk away from me.

I couldn't get my feet to move though, to follow her into the house, so I watched her through Alice's eyes. She and everyone else were wondering what was wrong. They took in Bella's paniced look, all thinking that she was worried about the kids.

"Anna and Cissy are already upstairs in bed, Bells." Her dad told her, wanting to relieve her worry.

"We already brought everything in, too." Alice called after her.

Bella nodded but didn't say anything as she rushed up the stairs, and out of Alice's view.

I waited for my siblings in my car.

"What happened?" Alice asked once she had climbed into the car.

The others wanted to know that too.

I wasn't exactly sure why, but I didn't want to tell my siblings about what I had felt when touching Bella. "I woke Bella up." That was true enough.

"You should have just carried her in, she was tired," Rose snapped.

"Oh, and how do you think her dad would have reacted to that?"

No one questioned me after that. My siblings' thoughts had gone back to Bella.

'Bella's feelings were everywhere tonight.' Jasper

'Bella's bedroom is small. There's hardly any room for the three of them in there.' Emmett's thoughts showed me Bella's crowded bedroom. There was full bed the she shared with Anna, and a crib for Cissy, the baby's changing table and a dresser, and finally a rocking chair. There clearly wasn't much room.

Alice's thoughts revealed the small closet. 'Bella and the girls need more closet space.'

'Poor Bella was absolutely tired. She won't be able to keep it up. All of that responsibility isn't good for her. She's obviously sleep deprived.' Rose

I pulled my Volvo into the garage, and went for a run. I needed to think.

'Where are you going?' My siblings thought after my retreating form.

"Hunting." It was the first excuse I could come up with.

I ran all the way to Seattle before I stopped. I couldn't get Bella out of my thoughts. I knew I had been fascinated by her, but after touching her, something had changed. I scanned through all my memories, trying to find anything like what I felt when I touched Bella, and what I was feeling now. I couldn't find anything like it, I had never felt like this before.

It was on the run back to Forks that I realized that something was tugging on my long dead heart. A strange new sensation was pulling me in a different direction than my house. Curious, I followed the pull and found myself outside Bella's house.

Before I could stop myself, I climbed the tree in the back yard. I had to find Bella just so I could see. I moved silently, planning to check the upstairs window, in hopes it was unlock. Not very many people think to put a lock there.

When I got to the window, I froze. I was looking into Bella's room. She was lying in bed with Anna curled up beside her. I couldn't help watching Bella. She looked so peaceful sleeping there.

I fought with myself as I watched her sleep. A part of me wanted to watch her sleep all night, while the other part thought I should leave, that I was no better than a Peeping Tom. My less noble side won, when I heard Bella talking in her sleep.

I settled in the tree where I could watch over the three of them, and listen to Bella's unguarded thoughts for the rest of the night. Despite how it might look to a third party, something about watching over Bella just seemed right.

Author's Note

I loved writing this chapter. Please, if you find any mistakes, I would love to know.

What are your guys' thoughts on Rose's POV? Did you like it? Did you think I did her point of view justice? Also for a side note, what are your thoughts on the situation which led the Cullens to start calling Annabelle, Anna?

Are you guys getting excited for the upcoming Biology lab scene, which is Next chapter? How about the chapter after that, the car crash? I know I'm looking forward to the Cullen's point of view of the car crash.

And for my last questions, which member of the Cullen family's POV (that I haven't done) do you think I'll do next? Carlisle, Jasper, or Emmett?

Until next time,

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