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Transitionals: New Moon

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Here it is everybody. Yes, it is finally the chapter with Bella's birthday party. I can't wait to see what you guys think about this chapter.

Chapter 8

The talk with Jasper helped more than I could say. His idea was helpful, and it was actually working.

Jasper had gently pointed out that the reason I was having trouble was because I was nervous, well scared actually. I was so worked up over the possibility that I could expose us, that my emotions were making it hard to control my new ability.

I of course had known that, but I didn't have any idea how to help it. He had a plan though, and it only required me to shift my daily schedule a little bit.

After the talk with Jasper, I went to bed every night a half hour earlier. I would then also wake up a half hour earlier. Edward would leave my house to go get ready, and I would go on a run with Jasper.

His ability to manipulate emotions was welcome during the morning runs.

While we ran, he would calm my nerves by simply showing me how much everyone cared and loved me. He'd let me feel how much they all believed in me. One by one he would show me the feelings that our families felt towards me.

I knew he had to tone down some of the emotions. I could still be crushed by some of the stronger emotions that the vampires felt; especially Edward's love for me.

By the time that we got back to my house, I was walking at a normal pace without needing my shield. I would have just enough time for my eyes to adjust enough for me to go to school. Thankfully my ears were adjusting faster than my eyes.

Edward and Alice were always at my house by the time we got back too. Edward would make me breakfast while Alice would guide me through the house and my room while I got ready.

The only downside to the runs before school, was the fact I had to take some energy from Anna so that I could make it through the school day. She of course didn't mind, and she'd still have more than enough to get through the day; but it usually woke her up.

Since she almost always ended up waking up, Jasper would just take the girls over to his house. He'd drive them in my car, since we took Edward's Volvo to school.

It wasn't just thanks to Jasper though, that I was able to go to school without incident, or almost without. There were still some issues.

After Jasper had explained his idea, Esme had asked me to join her in her office. We had spent over three hours talking about my worries. I was surprised when she told me about the times she had had human blood; her slip ups.

"We've all struggled with control sweetheart," she had said as she rested a comforting hand on my arm.

I wasn't sure at the time if it had been the need to talk to someone, or the need to talk to a mom, but I had thrown my arms around her and blabbed all my worries to her.

Esme had held me and waited patiently for me to calm down. I had never been held that way before, my mom never had at least. It felt right and the comfort had helped me think straight.

After that I had tried looking at my training through their eyes. I could see how hard I was pushing myself. And while my brain had known I wasn't helping myself long before then, it did finally click.

I worked on my control, but most importantly on my emotions and thoughts. It did me no good to worry, and pushing myself the way I had, had only pushed me farther away from control.

The positive thinking and running with Jasper helped. Working on controlling my emotions didn't just help my control with my speed. Since my physical shield reacts to my emotions, I was also getting better control of my shield. It was a win win situation.

Everything was starting to look pretty good. That was until a week after I had started running with Jasper in the morning.

We were almost back to my house. We were walking, and my hearing had already gone back to normal.

Jasper had led me around the side of the house to the front porch and he had frozen into complete vampire stillness.

I instinctively moved behind him, making sure my hand was still firmly in his.

"Isabella Marie Swan!" Alice yelled at me. She kept her voice quiet enough so she wouldn't wake the neighbors, but loud enough that I definitely heard it. "We're you ever going to tell me that your birthday is next Tuesday?"

I groaned; no doubt Anna had told her.

"Bella, I only have until Tuesday to plan your birthday. That is not enough time to give you the perfect party." I heard Alice's feet stomp down the porch steps. My hyperaware sense of smell told me that she was standing to my left.

She gently took my arm and led me into the house. "We are so not done talking about this Bella."

"How did you find out?" I cleared my throat after I managed to choke out that one question.

Alice huffed. "There was a box addressed to you, sitting on your porch. It's said happy birthday Bella. I then checked the future for when Anna would tell you happy birthday and found out it was this Tuesday." By the end of her rant she was seething.

I made a point of not defending myself until after I had changed into the clothes she had picked out for me. "Alice, birthdays were never really a big thing for me. To me it just meant another year closer until I stop aging." Truthfully it was parties I didn't really like.

Alice sighed; I could imagine her shaking her head. "Bella, your birthday is a day people celebrate your birth. You're in this world and in their lives. Of course we all want to celebrate your birthday. There's nothing you can do to change my mind."

I grimaced; I might as well make my demands.

"Bella, we're going to give you gifts whether you want them or not." Of course Alice had already seen my demands. "Now come on we don't want to be late for school. Edward has breakfast ready for you."

"You're not going to invite anyone from school are you?" I didn't like attention, I was taught to avoid it. I couldn't stand if anyone from school found out. It would be like my first day at Forks high all over again.

Cool lips pressed against my forehead. "It'll just be the family," Edward promised.

I knew he was telling me the truth, but I also knew that Alice wasn't going to give me a simple party. The word simple possibly wasn't even in her dictionary. I assumed after we got out of school she'd get down to planning.

"There is no time to waste Bella," Alice called from the living room. "I've already started planning, and I will continue all day long. This party has to be perfect."

"Alice you really should be careful what you say. Not everything is going to go as planned." My mind went straight to the little girls. "May I remind you about the ten months old who will be there?"

The only thing I heard was Alice's soft laughter.

Edward quickly cleaned up the kitchen while I got some extra energy from Anna. The little girl thankfully didn't wake up this time.

I watched Alice carefully through school but I never was able to catch a glimpse of her plans for my party. Honestly I was little scared of what she was doing. I had only lasted an hour of not caring about it, before I had to know how overboard she was going to go.

When we got back to her house she grabbed Rose, Esme, and the little girls and they disappeared into Esme's study.

Emmett clapped his large hand against my shoulder. "Anna's been waiting for Alice to get home all day so she can help plan your birthday."

Jasper, who was sitting on the couch started laughing, no doubt feeling my panic, if not seeing it on my face. "It's as bad as you think Bella," he said through his laughter.

I blanched and Edward wrapped an arm around me. "Esme's trying to reel her in, but I'm not so sure how that will go."

"So what do you want for your birthday?" Emmett waved a controller at me, silently asking if I wanted to play.

I quickly took the controller and sat down beside Jasper. I needed to work off some steam. "I don't want anything. I have all I need."

Emmett snorted. "The point of a gift is for someone to be able to give something they think you would like, out of the goodness of their heart. Our family gives gifts that reflect how we feel. None of our gifts are bought to show our wealth, but to show we were thinking of one another."

I was shocked at Emmett's words. I might have expected Edward to say something like that, even Jasper, but not Emmett.

Edward chuckled quietly and gently pulled me onto his lap. "Alice told him if he said that you'd be more likely to except our gifts." He kissed my cheek. "What he said was true through."

I had known it was true after hearing the sincerity in Emmett's voice. I sighed. "I prefer homemade gifts."

Emmett reached his hand over to Jasper who placed a hundred dollar bill in his hand.

I gawked at them. "What was that about?" Turning to Edward, I glared at him until he explained.

"Emmett bet that he could get you to agree to let us give you gifts. Jasper thought that you'd be more stubborn about it."

I turned my glare to the two of them and they had the nerve to laugh and ignore me. So I beat them at the game and joined Edward in his room to listen to music.

We sat and relaxed for a little while, until I needed to work on homework. All the while I was thinking about what would happen next Tuesday. I figured it would be normal until the time Alice would arrive.

I wasn't right.

Tuesday morning I was woken up sweetly by Edward and two little girls.

Using my shield, I carefully sat up so I could eat the breakfast they had brought up for me.

Anna grinned up at me. I knew she was waiting for me to finish before yelling happy birthday.

I deliberately took a smaller bite and chewed slowly.

Edward shook his head, his laughter shaking the bed slightly. "Come on Bella, we don't have a lot of time. We let you sleep in."

That caught my attention. I hurried to finish my food. "Is Jasper here?"

"He's waiting down stairs with Rose. Happy birthday Love," he said before taking the girls, and my dirty dishes downstairs.

I changed out of my pajamas, and joined Jasper in the living room. He smiled and slung an arm over my shoulder.

"Happy birthday Bella." Rose and Jasper spoke at the same time, almost as if they were really twins.

"Thank you." I tried to ignore the blush that was climbing up my cheek. Birthday's led to attention, and any klutz would tell you that they couldn't stand attention. No pun intended Hopefully I would make it through the day without embarrassing myself.

Jasper offered his hand. "You ready?"

I nodded and took his hand. His fingers tightened around mine, forming a grip I couldn't break out of, even by accident.

The runs every morning were getting shorter. Jasper could sense that my control with my emotions were doing better, so I wouldn't need his help much longer. I doubt I would stop running in the morning, but I wouldn't need Jasper to help me monitor my emotions, for much longer.

Alice and Edward were waiting for us like always when we got back.

"Happy birthday Bella!" Alice threw her arms around us. If Jasper hadn't of caught us we would have crashed into the ground.

"Alice," I heard the exasperation in Edward's voice.

Alice giggled with pent up excitement. "I have the perfect outfit for you today." And then she dragged me into the house.

My morning routine was sped up, and in half of the normal time I was dressed and sitting on my bed while Alice did my hair.

I didn't need my eyes to tell me that the clothes I was wearing were expensive, and not something I normally wore.

Alice's final touch was handing me high heels.

"Are you trying to kill me Alice?" I gasped. The shoes in my hand had to at least have a three inch heel. I didn't even wear shoes like that when I had perfect balance.

"Come on Bella, it's not like we'd let you hurt yourself." From the tone of her voice I just knew she was rolling her eyes at me.

"Oh alright," she said suddenly, huffing in defeat.

She handed me some flats and we walked downstairs together.

Anna slammed into my legs. "Auntie you look pretty."

I kissed her cheek. "Thank you. I'll see you after school sweetie."

She hugged me before giving me some of her energy, and we left.

Edward took my hand, leading me out to the car. "You look beautiful, Bella." He took my blush as thanks since I wasn't able to answer his compliment.

"So are you coming over to the house right after school?" Alice bounced into the backseat.

"I always come over right after school," I reminded her.

She laughed. "True, but maybe I don't want you to see anything until the party. I need to know when we're going to have the party. Right after school, or later?"

"Never," I whispered under my breath, knowing that she could hear it.

"Oh, be fair, Bella!" she complained. "You aren't going to ruin all our fun like that, are you?"

I sighed, there was no way I would do that. "There's something I have to do before I go to the party."

The car fell silent, I couldn't help thinking that Alice saw what I was going to do and Edward had seen it in her thoughts.

"Okay Bella, we'll drop you off at your house after school." Alice opened the door of the still car, making me realize we were already at the school.

School wasn't so bad. None of the students beside Alice and Edward knew that it was my birthday.

By lunch time I had focused my thoughts away from the party and was just enjoying the quiet. But when the final bell signaling the end of school rang, I could feel the dread slowly seeping through me.

As promised, Edward and Alice dropped me back off at my house.

"Call when you're ready for me to come pick you up." Edward leaned over before I could exit the car and gave me a quick kiss.

Alice pulled my door open so she could take my spot in the front seat. "If you don't call by seven, I'm coming to get you, and I'll make sure Edward can't come with me."

I laughed at her threat, seeing through it easily as she winked at me. Feeling a sudden need to play along I glared at her pointedly. "There's another outfit on my bed isn't there."

"Yes, and you must wear it."

I hadn't expected that, and yet I probably should have. "No heels."

"Bella!"

I got out of the car and waited until she had sat down. "No."

I watched the car pull away, and once they had disappeared around the corner, I walked inside.

I didn't have much homework so I decided to finish it up quickly. After I had put everything back in my backpack, I went upstairs.

There on my bed was a stunning dress. The shoes Alice had picked out were still in the box which was sitting beside the dress on the bed.

I ignored the outfit, and pulled a box out of my closet. Inside was a scrapbook Tessa had made me. It wasn't very big, but it was made by love and stocked full of photos.

On the cover were words that the entire family could guess, when they would come out of Toby's mouth. Toby was always quoting somebody, but he lived by his words and the quotes. This one was all Toby's and it was for me. 'Remember, you're a n.e.r.d. Never Ever Really Defenseless.' Seeing the words made me smile.

I flipped open the cover. The first page was dedicated to the day I was born. All the pictures were of me and Toby. A few other people managed to make it in some pictures on the other pages, but most were just the two of us. There were five pages of pictures for that day.

With every birthday, the amount of pages for that year was add. By my fifth birthday I had sixteen pages.

Looking at all my birthdays surprisingly made me feel better. I had figured that I would have trouble dealing with today, but it wasn't as bad as I thought. True I missed Toby and the rest of the family, but trying to suppress their memories would never do.

Toby had always made my birthday about me. Unlike anyone else, he had been able to understand me. So while my mom threw me a party any normal person would have liked, Toby and I would spend the day before or after my birthday doing what I'd like to do. That's what most of the pictures in my book was, with only some from my parties.

I couldn't help laughing at some of the things we would do. When I was with Toby, I felt like I could be adventurous. One year we went ice skating. Since I still had pretty good balance it had been fun. Another year we had gone to a random fair. We had gotten in the car and were planning just to get lost. Instead we had found a fair. Just like an older brother, he begged me to go on the rollercoaster. We had screamed ourselves horse that day.

I brushed my hand over the picture that the ride's camera had taken. Toby had let me know when the picture would be taken, so we threw our arms around each other and pretended to be terrified.

When I got to my seventeenth birthday my hand was shaking. The last birthday with them. This was the only year that one other person had been allowed to go with Toby and me. Anna's smiling face glanced up from me in the pictures. The three of us had gone to one of Toby's favorite houses. It was far away from anyone else, hidden in what Anna had called her magical forest. The house was a large log cabin and we had spent the entire time just relaxing.

When we had gotten home, Anna had joined her mother and me and helped put the pictures into the scrapbook.

I closed the book and took a moment to let the memories wash over me. I sighed and put the dress on, knowing it would make Alice happy. I opened the shoe box expecting some ridiculously high heels, but was surprised and grateful to find silver flats. By the time I called Edward to come and get me, I was calm.

A second after I hung up my phone the doorbell rang.

I laughed as headed for the door. "You haven't been hiding out in the woods this whole time have you?" I opened the door and was surprised when the person on the porch wasn't Edward.

"Mia?"

The woman with dark red hair and emerald colored eyes, was on the list of people who had possibly betrayed my family. Despite the fact she was or had been one of Toby's most trusted friends, I was wary of letting her in my house.

Mia gave me a kind smile. "Happy birthday Bella, I'm not interrupting anything, am I?" She took in my fashionable outfit before meeting my eyes.

"My boyfriend should be here any moment." I glanced at the road, making a show that I expected him in seconds rather than minutes.

"I guess I'll be quick then." She stuck her hand in her coat pocket and handed me a small square, wrapped in blue paper.

She smiled patiently as I unwrapped the gift. To say that I was surprised, at the box indicating the gift inside was jewelry, would have been an understatement.

Mia took the box out of my hand and opened it, revealing an expensive looking sapphire necklace. "Your mom bought this to give to you. I didn't feel comfortable putting in the mail so I brought it up myself."

The hair at the back of my neck was standing on end. If only Anna was here, or Edward; they would be able to see if what Mia said was true. I on the hand was suspicious; thinking that she might have put a tracker on the necklace.

Thankfully before she asked me to put it on, Edward drove up. He got out of the car and I cautiously took a step back from Mia.

Mia reached her hand out towards Edward. "You must be Bella's boyfriend. I'm Mia."

"Edward." He took her hand but something in the gesture seemed off to me. Much to my surprise Edward ushered me to the car. "I'm sorry but we need to be leaving."

Mia nodded and handed my necklace to him. "I'll see you later Bella."

"See you next time," I automatically replied.

As soon as I was buckled, Edward sped away.

"Is everything alright?"

He shook his head, his lips tightened into a grimace. "Grandpa Ray doesn't want anyone on that list near you. He knows he can't stop them, or demand them to leave you alone, but neither of us like the idea of them close to you. Not until we find out who betrayed your family.

I reached for his right hand. "Did you get anything from her mind?"

"She's suspicious; but she doesn't want to believe that anyone would betray Toby." He growled lowly. "She's willing to bet that they found out because of a mistake."

I rolled my eyes. Toby didn't make those type of mistakes.

Edward pulled into the garage and we walked towards the front door.

The house was lit up with Japanese lanterns. Big bowls of pink flowers (I assumed Anna had picked those) lined the stairs up to the front doors.

I moaned.

Edward wrapped an arm comfortingly around my waist and kissed the top of my head. He held the door open for me.

Edward's family and the little girls were all waiting in the huge white living room. As I walked in they greeted me with a loud chorus of "Happy birthday Bella!"

I glanced around taking it all in. The house had been decorated in pink. I honestly had no idea if that was Alice's plan or if Anna had taken over. On a table set up beside Edward's piano was a pink cake with many edible roses. That was definitely Anna's idea. Beside the glass plates for the cake was a small pile of gifts, wrapped in silver.

Pink candles and glass bowls filled with roses covered every flat surface that was high enough that neither of the girls could bump them. Anna of course wouldn't touch them if they were lower, but accidents could happen, so I was glad those things were placed up high.

Esme and Carlisle were the closest to the door. Esme gently hugged me, kissing my forehead.

Carlisle gave me a gentle squeeze. "Sorry about this Bella, I couldn't rein any of them in."

Before I could reply Anna snapped a picture, blinding me. I gripped Carlisle's arm for support and he wrapped his other one around me, waiting for me to catch my balance.

"I don't think we need the flash on, Anna" Rose took the camera from Anna and turned the flash off before handing it back to her.

Alice grabbed my wrist and dragged me over to the couch. "It's time for presents."

I couldn't even get a word in before Emmett had set all the presents in front of me. He plucked Cissy out of her playpen and set her on my lap. "We had to keep her away from the present. She kept trying to unwrap them.

I laughed and ruffled Cissy's dark curls. "Do you want to unwrap my presents?"

Everyone took their seats and watched as I let Cissy and Anna unwrap the gifts.

Cissy pulled the paper off the first package. A sound system much like the one in Edward's room, started of the presents. Anna then unwrapped a box of baking pans. There were books and movies, and few CDs.

My face was going to stay forever red, as I blushed and thanked everyone for the gifts.

"Would you like to see the real presents?" Emmett grinned mischievously.

Cautiously I raised an eyebrow and pointed to the gifts the girls had unwrapped. "What does that make those?"

They all laughed.

Emmett's grin grew wider until all his teeth were showing. "Those are actual presents too, but these are the ones you really wanted."

I tried to think about what he could be talking about but another gift was handed to me.

Cissy grabbed the paper and excitedly pulled until it ripped.

I took the book of coupons and gave Emmett a curious glance.

"I made it myself," he told me as I opened it.

The coupons in the book were amazing. No Barbie Bella for a day. Skip shopping. Free piano lesson. I laughed when I saw the, No teasing from Emmett. Of course those ones only seemed to last for an hour.

"Do you like it?" Emmett almost couldn't speak through his own laughter. My face was no doubt multiple shades of red.

I leafed through the book and found a coupon for a free bear hug. He gladly took the coupon and squeezed me.

"My turn." Alice put a large box on my lap. There was only one thing that could be in it. Anna and Cissy helped me unwrap the box and pull the lid off. I was surprised to see that instead of some runway designer outfit, the clothes were some of my old stuff but they had been upcycled, turned into beautiful garments again.

The smile on Alice's face when I hugged could have lit all of Phoenix.

The next gift was handed to me by Jasper.

Anna giggled beside me and I smiled.

Cissy ripped off the paper while I wasn't looking so when I looked down I found myself looking at a wooden box. Jasper had made me a music box.

My eyes widened in surprise as I ran my fingers over the elegant carvings. But the biggest surprise was when I opened the lid. The lullaby Edward had written for me played.

Jasper laughed triumphantly. "If her emotions are any sign, I can tell you I win."

I brushed at my eyes and glared suspiciously at Edward's siblings. "Won what?"

"Who gave you the best present." Anna rubbed her cheek against my arm, subtly giving away her extra energy. "Uncle Emmett said Edward wasn't allowed to join their bet because he'd win."

I glance at Edward, now curious as to what he could have made for me.

"Oh no, it's my turn." Rose grabbed my arm and pulled me out to the garage.

We all gathered at the front of my car. While Rose popped the hood I gave Jasper a hug, thanking him.

Rose turned a stunning smile at me. "I've been secretly working on your car. It will now run better than when it was first driven."

I stared at the car for a second in shock before wrapping my arms around her. "That's amazing."

Rose hugged me back, before leading me to the other end of my car. She popped the trunk and I ended up staring at a nightstand. It was obvious that one of them had made it. Something so elegant couldn't have been store bought.

"Carlisle made it," Rose said as she gently turned me to face him.

I brushed the back of my hand over my eyes before hugging him. "It's beautiful."

"We're glad you like it Bella." He took my hand and we all walked back into the house.

Back in the living room, Esme gestured to the cake. "I made the cake and frosting."

"It looks delicious." And knowing her cooking, I knew it would taste great.

"Back to the couch." Alice shot to her seat, and we all followed.

There were only two presents left. Anna grinned as I was passed the larger of the two presents. Inside was one of the aprons that you could add stuff to, to make it your own. Anna had painted on it. Someone (I assumed was Esme) had helped her sew on bows and ribbons.

I pulled Anna into my arms and kissed her cheek. "Thank you."

She squirmed in my arms until she had managed to pull herself free. "Now Edward's gift."

Edward flashed my favorite crooked grin and handed me the last gift. Once I had it unwrapped he took the CD from me and put it into the sound system.

The sound of his piano playing filled the room. I recognized the first song as my lullaby.

"You couldn't have given me a better gift." I kissed him, only to be forced to stop by the wiggly baby sitting on my lap.

Anna leapt off of the couch and ran to stand in front of Esme. "Time for cake?"

We all laughed, and Esme nodded her head.

Esme sliced the cake and gave Anna a piece. She thanked her and hurried to sit on Jasper's lap. Anna liked spending time with Jasper. All the time they had spent together working on her powers, they had built up a strong friendship. Their powers also cause the two of them to sort of gravitate to each other. Anna is almost always happy, and Jasper gives off a natural sense of protectiveness.

Rose grabbed a small sliver of cake to see if Cissy would eat it.

Edward had just handed me a piece of cake when someone knocked on the door.

Carlisle answered it and invited my dad inside.

"Hey dad." I set my plate on the coffee table and got up to hug my dad.

Charlie wrapped and arm around my shoulders. When he pulled back he handed me a file folder and a thin box. "Happy birthday Bella."

I gave him a quick kiss on the cheek and he blushed. "Thanks dad."

Esme handed him a slice of cake and we all sat back down in the living room.

I ripped the paper off the box and for the second time that day I found myself staring at a box that held jewelry. I hesitantly opened it.

The necklace in this box had a swan hanging from it. The swan's eye was a green stone. I had no hope that it wasn't a real emerald. Words failed me.

Edward took the necklace from my hands and helped me put it on.

"Thanks," I mumbled to the both of them when I figured out how to talk again.

Charlie nodded to the papers. "Why don't you go ahead and take a look at those."

I already knew what was in the folder, but I opened it anyway. It was the documents that would prove I have custody over the girls.

Edward handed me a pen and I signed them.

Carlisle reached for the papers. "I can fax those to Carlos for you."

I nodded my thanks and handed them to him.

My piece of cake was handed back to me, and I moaned embarrassingly after the first bite. It was the best cake I had ever had.

We spent the rest of the evening listening to the CD of Edward's playing, while we played games. Though it wasn't exactly a quiet evening, it was a lot better than I expected.

Author's Note

I hope you guys liked this chapter. I'd love to hear what you all thought of it.

Did you enjoy the party? Was it boring, or not exciting enough? Did you think that it was rushed?

What did you think about Jasper's idea? And what about Esme's help? Was the simple explanation okay, or would you have rather liked to have heard the conversation?

We met another one of Toby's friends, any of you guys think she's the traitor? We'll be hearing and or seeing everyone on the list, just to give you a heads up. I wonder how many of you will figure out who it is before the people in the story do.

So the birthday party is over and the next couple of chapters are going to be fillers and just basic event holders. Basically the next chapters are going to be Halloween, November, and December. I hope you guys will enjoy them.

Until next time,

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