Twilight saga New Moon Fanfiction

Transitionals: New Moon

Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to New Moon or any of the other books in the Saga, they belong to Stephenie Meyer. I do use some phrasing, sentences, and descriptions from the books.

Alright everyone, this chapter is going to be full of excitement. Most of the chapter will be Anna's birthday, but I will mention things that happen on Christmas and New Years' Eve but there won't be too much dialogue. We'll meet another friend or few, of Toby's. And my personal favorite, Cissy's going to say her first word. So we'll have a few talks where Bella will be talking with the baby. This chapter really is going to be a lot of fun fluff with both of the little girls.

Let's see what's going to happen.

Chapter 12

"Bella, Love, if you wish to wake without a four year old jumping on you, I'd advise getting up now."

I groaned and rolled over. A second later the door burst opened and the birthday girl ran in.

I glanced at the clock. It was just after six in the morning, which meant Anna had been four years old for little over two hours.

She jumped onto the bed and threw her arms around me just as I sat up. She was singing happy birthday to herself. Once she had finished her song, she turned her eyes on me and her face became pleading. "Do you have to go to school?"

I sighed, preparing myself to explain that school was important and that I really should go, but Edward stopped me.

"We're not going to school today, Anna. Once the three of you are dressed we're going to my house. My mom has breakfast for you."

Anna squealed and ran out of the room.

I rubbed my ears once she was out of sight, making Edward chuckle. "We're not going to school today?"

He leaned his head down to kiss me. "The sun is going to make an appearance after first period."

I let a smile creep across my face playfully. "I don't think I want to learn whether or not my skin can sparkle yet, while I'm at school."

The door flung open again and Anna was back on my bed holding out a pretty pink dress. Her eyes asked me to help her put it on.

Edward picked Anna up and set her down to the side of the bed. "Your Auntie Rose is walking through the front door as we speak."

Anna left my room for the second time in one day squealing her excitement. I didn't know whether or not my ears could handle a third time.

I climbed out of bed and went in search of something to wear.

"Hey, Bella."

I jumped, spinning around to find Alice sitting on my windowsill.

"Alice," Edward hissed at his sister.

Alice climbed into my room, carrying a black dress bag. She ignored Edward's hiss and shoved him out the door before beginning her torturing of me.

Alice had brought me a new outfit, but I was surprised when she unzipped the bag. I recognized the light blue cashmere sweater, that Anna had picked out for me.

Alice took the darker blue skirt Anna had also picked out to go with the top and set it on the bed. She then laid out a pair of leggings. "Anna wants you to wear this today. And she wants you to wear your new boots, the ones that have the fur trim."

Alice definitely enjoyed having a small fashionista to help encourage and teach. I on the other hand couldn't keep up with the changes in fashion, and constantly found myself too confused to try any more. Most of the time Anna and/or Alice would just tell me what to wear. I had given up on fighting them.

Besides, there never was anything horrible about their choices, besides the fact, everything was designer, and it usually caught other people's attention; but that was it. Their choices always looked amazing on me.

After changing into the clothes Alice set about the task to tame the haystack that my hair normally was in the morning. She brushed it out gently, and separated it into sections before braiding my hair.

She spun the three separate braids together in a bun at the base of my neck; pinning it in place with a dozen or more pins. She grinned at me when it was finished; just before starting on my makeup.

I closed my eyes, reminding myself that this was what Anna wanted. Anna wasn't allowed to wear makeup, so she was going to make me wear it for her.

Alice hummed softly as she worked. After a few bars of the song, the noise started getting softer.

I opened my eyes and gave Alice a confused look. "What are you doing?"

Alice grinned back at me mischievously. "Just checking your hearing."

I laughed silently. My hearing was getting better, and if I had to guess, I'd say the Cullens were worried about me overhearing something I shouldn't, like I had while Carlisle, Edward, and I had been running. I still didn't know what Edward and Carlisle had been discussing.

"Alright Bella, you're all done." Alice turned me around so I could look in the mirror.

I definitely didn't look like I was going to a four year old's birthday party.

"We're ready to go." Anna pounded on the bathroom door. "You ready?"

I threw the door open holding my arms out wide. "I'm ready, let's go party."

Anna giggled excitedly at my words, before launching herself into my arms. Alice kept the two of us from falling over.

Rose stuck her head into my room. "We don't want your guys' breakfast to get cold. Come on lets go."

Anna squirmed in my arms until I put her down. She ran out of the door. As Alice and I followed we got to see her take Rose's hand. Anna absolutely adored her Auntie Rose.

It was when I was handing Anna's coat to Rose when all of our good moods vanished. Anna's head had come up fast and a wide smile spread over her face. Alice thankfully, must have seen her trying to run for the door, and grabbed Anna before she could get away.

Edward stepped around our group, appearing out of thin air it would seem. He opened the door, letting all of us see one of Anna's favorite people in the world.

Kian gave our small group a once over before giving me a small smile. The small upward turn of his lips grew as he turned to Anna. "Hey birthday girl."

Anna giggled softly as she smiled at her friend. "Hi, Taylor."

Kian laughed. "It's Kian today, sweet girlie."

Somehow Anna's smile grew wider.

Kian turned back to me. He seemed to think better than to try to get too close. "I know I should have called, but I wanted to spend little Belle's birthday with her. I didn't know whether or not you'd want me to come." He shrugged sheepishly. "I thought it would be better to seek forgiveness rather than permission."

"Yes, because that's an excellent lesson to teach Anna," Rose hissed.

Kian's face darkened with a blush almost as dark as mine.

Anna's stomach chose that moment to growl loudly. She giggled and buried her head against Alice's shoulder.

"I'm interrupting breakfast, aren't I?" Kian stuck his hands in his pockets. I could tell that he was uncomfortable around the three members of the Cullens.

Anna sat up in Alice's arms, bouncing slightly. "Will you come to breakfast?"

Kian glanced around at the adults but Anna pouted so he was unable to refuse.

I'll call Esme and have her bring everything here." I grabbed my phone.

"Good morning Bella," I was surprised to her Carlisle answer the phone.

"Hi, I was just calling to see if Esme wouldn't mind bringing breakfast over. We have company," I explained.

"Ah, we'll be over in a few minutes."

"Thank you,"

"You're very welcome Bella." He hung up and I pocketed my phone.

"The others are on their way," I let everyone else know, seeing as Anna and Kian didn't have vampire hearing.

Edward let Kian in and we all went into the living room.

I folded my hands on top of my lap, feeling a need to keep them still. "How's work Kian?"

Kian settled on Charlie's chair, relaxing into the seat. "I've been extremely busy. One day I'll be on one continent and the next I'll be on the other side of the world."

I tried to seem surprise, but thanks to Grandpa Ray we already knew that. "That doesn't seem very productive. Shouldn't you be staying in one place for a longer time than a day?"

Kian shrugged. "It depends on the type of work, I'm needed to do. I've been doing a lot of surveillance that requires getting in, and getting out. Usually I'm only working a few hours a day, the rest of the time I spend traveling in and out of the different countries."

He chuckled softly. "My many passports are getting workouts."

I laughed too.

He sighed, but the noise was cut off quickly. "I was hoping I'd see Thomas today. Is he here yet?"

I racked my brain, but I couldn't remember hearing anything about Thomas coming.

"Is Uncle Thomas going to be at my birthday party too?" Anna asked me excitedly.

Thankfully Esme and the rest of the Cullens walked in at that moment.

Anna forgot about everything besides the breakfast that Esme had made especially for her birthday. She practically inhaled the mini pancakes that spelled out happy birthday.

Kian laughed as he watched her. "Those must be some pancakes Belle."

Anna nodded before starting on her bacon.

Esme set a plate in front of me and then in front of Kian. "I always make plenty, go ahead and try them."

Kian took the plate and thanked Esme kindly. "They smell wonderful, and I can just bet they'll taste divine." They must have, because he wolfed them down and grabbed seconds inside of the same minute.

I rolled my eyes and ate my food at a pace which would allow me to enjoy it. While I ate I listened to Edward as he introduced the rest of his family to Kian.

Once I had finished my food I took my plate into the kitchen to wash it. I turned around after placing my clean plate in the drainer. I jumped when I found Anna with hers and Kian's empty plates.

"Auntie, will you call Uncle Thomas. He's not here yet." Anna batted her long eyelashes at me, and the corners of her mouth turned down ever so slightly, not a full on pout but close.

I lifted Anna into my arms and forgot about the dirty dishes. I carried her over to the wall with the house phone on it, and dialed Thomas' number.

He picked up after the first ring. "Hello?"

"Uncle Thomas!" Anna yelled into the phone. I could practically see him cringe over the phone.

"Hello birthday girl."

Anna squealed at that. "You remembered."

"You didn't think I'd forget did you?" His voice sounded hurt. "I could never forget your birthday. I waited at the hospital with your daddy. I kept him from wearing a hole in the floor outside of your mommy's room."

Anna and I laughed at that. None of us understood why the doctor had refused to let Toby into the room, and poor Thomas had the job of keeping Toby from worrying himself to death.

"When are you coming Uncle Thomas?"

Silence fell on the other end of our call. "I'm sorry sweet girl, I'm not going to make it this year."

"But."

Thomas sighed. "Belle."

"But," Anna said again, only this time her voice wavered as she tried not to cry.

The sigh that come over the phone next was louder than the one before. "Turner is headed up that way any way, I'll see if I can catch a ride with him. Don't eat any cake without me."

Anna whooped into the phone before yelling a thank you and jumping out of my arms. She ran out of the room and I listened as she told everyone the good news.

It was then that his words caught up to my brain. "What is Turner doing up this way?"

"I'm not really sure. I know he's tracking something, but I'm not sure what. He's heading for the Seattle area, but we'll be in Forks for Anna's party."

Great, Turner was going to be here, in my house. "Okay, call when your almost here, would you, so I have a heads up."

"Sure Bella, I'll call when we see the welcome to Forks sign. Talk to you later."

"Thanks, you too." I hung up the phone and did the only thing I could think of to do. I banged my head against the wall, only to have my head stopped an inch before the wall.

Edward kissed the top of my head. "Everything's going to be alright Bella."

I turned around and wrapped my arms around his middle. "I've always had a hard time being around Turner, now he, Kian and Thomas are going to be here. If Grandpa Ray finds out, he'd freak."

"It'll be fine." He ducked down to my eye level. "We're going to move the party, that way we can be sure nothing will happen, since we'll be on your dad's land."

"That's probably smart, just to be sure."

"Auntie, I want to watch my video." Anna called from the other room. "The one Megra gave me."

I sighed and followed Edward back into the living room.

"What's this about Megra giving Belle a video?" Kian asked, his voice suspicious.

I grabbed the gift and all the equipment we would need so we could watch it safely. "Megra made a picture slideshow with music, for Anna, Cissy, and myself, for our birthday presents."

Kian's eyes narrowed. "Megra hates everything about giving and getting presents, and just out of the blue she gives the three of you gifts."

I shrugged as I finished setting everything up. "Grandpa Ray thought it was strange too, but he didn't find anything wrong with the gifts."

Kian mumbled something but I was only able to make out a few words. 'Ray, great, and wrong' I didn't know what they meant, but from his face I could tell that someone else was questioning Grandpa Ray's trustfulness.

"I want to watch it in black and white so we can see what she colored." Anna told me before I could click on the normal one.

I settled beside Edward to watch.

The slideshow started and just like the first time we had watched it, the first picture was of Anna when her daddy had given her, her little pendant with his magic in it. Anna's little chubby hands held on to it tightly as she grinned.

While the rest of the picture was in shades of black and white, the pendant was a bright pink.

Just like Megra had said, every picture had one thing colored. Most of the pictures had something colored in a light yellow shade, but there were a few times when something would appear in a different color.

In one of the pictures Toby's briefcase had been colored green, his favorite color. Tessa's set of keys to the locker were she put most of her healing equipment had been colored in her favorite color; red.

The door to Toby's cabin that he had taken Anna and me to for my birthday had been colored blue even though in reality it was a pale green.

I zoned out for the rest of the slideshow.

Once it had finished, Carlisle and Emmett went with Alice back to their house so they could collect all of the decorations and presents.

Esme ruffled Anna's curls. "What would you like to do now Anna?"

Anna thought about it for a minute before announcing she wanted to play memory. This memory game was very different from the game she and Edward would play in biology. Instead of having six pairs, we used all two hundred and thirty. Dividing them up as equally as we could between six rooms. My room, the girls' room, the kitchen, living room, dining room, and the girls play room.

Toby had come up with this game, once we had found out I had an almost perfect memory. It made the game harder since you weren't guaranteed to see what your opponent would turn over since they could be in a different room. And since there was at least two pairs of the same pictures, you could remember seeing one in one room and someone might have already taken it.

By the time the last pair had been turned over, Carlisle, Emmett, and Alice had returned, and the house had been decorated. I could only guess how my dad was going to react to seeing his house covered in pink.

We had homemade corn chowder for lunch, and while we ate, we watched beauty and the beast, Disney's version.

It was as the credits started, that my phone rang. I glanced at it to see Thomas' number. "Hi Thomas."

"Hey Bella, we can see the sign, we'll be at your in about fifteen minutes." Thomas mumbled something I didn't catch, no doubt talking to Turner. "Scratch that Bella, we need to run a quick errand; we'll be there after a half hour or so."

"Okay, we'll see you guys then."

I hung up the phone and found Anna grinning at me excitedly. I laughed and shook my head. "They'll be here in a little while."

Anna practically spent the entire time waiting for them, bouncing around the room, and getting Cissy all riled up.

I knew when they had arrived by how all seven of the Cullens glanced towards the window.

Anna tried to run outside only to have Kian grab her and stick her on his shoulders. He carried her outside onto the porch, with the rest of us only a step behind him.

Thomas climbed out of the car quickly. Throwing open the passenger door and slamming it shut as he ran up to get Anna from Kian.

"Little Belle!" He yelled.

"Uncle Thomas!" She yelled back.

Turner exited the car more subdued. His dark eyes swept over our group. I couldn't help but notice how they lingered on Kian.

I could tell that today was going to be a nightmare. Everyone was on edge, and no one knew who they could really trust anymore. The only thing that could make the day worse was if everyone else showed up.

Charlie's cruiser pulled up then, and my dad got out cautiously.

Turner nodded towards my dad. "Afternoon Charlie."

Every one of the Cullens besides Edward was taken aback by his deep voice. I doubt any of them had heard someone with that low of a voice. It was downright shocking, and it was one you didn't want to hear in the dark or night.

Charlie nodded in Turner's direction before the big man grabbed something from the backseat. Turner toward over my dad, and know that I could actually compare the two, I could see he was only slightly smaller than Emmett.

"Merry Christmas squirt." Turner held out at least twelve grocery bags towards Anna.

Anna glared at him. "It's not Christmas Turner."

He shrugged and headed inside.

Anna struggled out of Thomas' arms to chase after Turner. "Come back here, I know what you bought me!"

Turner's throaty laugh filled the air.

Thomas and Kian's laughter followed quickly.

When we entered the living room we found Turner sitting on floor. The grocery bags were beside him and Anna was on his lap, eating the first of many bananas.

"Did he buy the store out?" Kian asked Thomas who was still laughing.

"I just bought what was there, I didn't ask if there was any more in the back." Turner smirked up at him.

My look of horror and shock sent the three of them into another round of tear induced laughter.

"What are we supposed to do with all of those bananas?"

Turner shrugged before grabbing one and peeling it. He handed it to Anna since she had finished the other one. "You can eat them. Use them in recipes, freeze them. Anna likes frozen bananas. Personally I like them in milkshakes."

For one second I thought about hitting him, then thought better of it.

Esme and I but the bananas away while Rose and Alice gathered all the presents.

Cissy recognized the wrapped gift and I quickly grabbed her.

I sat down placed Cissy on my lap so she was facing me. "Those gifts belong to sis…" I stopped, realizing it would not be a good idea to tell Cissy that the gifts belonged to sissy.

"Having trouble there, Bella?" Turner asked while smirking.

I glared back at him. "I'm good."

Cissy squirmed in my arms, trying to get down and over to the gifts.

"Those are Anna's gifts."

Anna grabbed one off the top and handed it to Cissy. "You can help me Cissy."

Cissy and Anna unwrapped the gifts together. Every article of clothing, stuffed animal, doll, and book got a squeal of excitement. But the best of the best was when I gave Anna her mom's recipe book.

Anna tore into the kitchen only to return wearing her apron and an expression asking why no one else had joined her.

The men stayed in the living room while all of the woman worked on dinner, making Tessa's famous Alfredo.

I tried to ignore the conversation I knew was going on in the living room. I focused my attention to making the garlic spread for the bread.

Tessa and my mom both loved to experiment with recipes, there was a big difference with the two though. Tessa's food always tasted good.

While we cooked, we listened to the cd that Edward had given to Anna. He had recorded himself playing Anna's favorite songs from the Disney princess movies. It was the only gift she had known about, since he wasn't allowed to play any of those songs unless she was sitting beside him while he played.

The day he had recorded it for her, he had showed her the recorder and told her she had to be very quiet. She had sat on his lap and didn't make a peep until he had said she could.

"Something smells wonderful." Thomas walked into the kitchen with Cissy on his hip, the only girl to stay with the men.

Kian stuck his head into the kitchen. "Is there something we can do?"

Esme pointed to the cupboard. "If you'd like to set the table, everything else is done." She poured the sauce over the cooked noodles.

I pulled the bread out of the oven.

The plates were filled, and all the food eaters began eating.

"Hey Anna," Emmett sung quietly.

She glanced up from her food, and he pointed out the window.

Much to my horror, it was snowing outside.

Rose caught Anna's fork before she could shovel the rest of her food into her mouth. "We can go outside after we finishing eating. Don't you want any cake?"

"You don't want to eat cake that fast." Emmett added.

Anna shook her head no; agreeing with Emmett. Anna would never scarf down cake, even if it meant going outside to play in the snow sooner.

While Esme and Rose cleaned up dinner I grabbed the cake. A tug on my shirt made me smile, but when I glanced down at Anna she was frowning.

"Who will blow out candles with me?"

Toby always helped Anna blow out her candles, and in return she would help him on his birthday.

I put the cake on the counter and knelt in front of Anna. "I'll help you."

She shook her head. "You're not daddy."

My heart was breaking for her but I tried to not let her see that. "Would you like to blow them out by yourself?"

She crossed her arms over her chest. "Daddy always helped."

I didn't know what to suggest. "Is there someone you'd like to have help you?" I hoped fiercely that she wouldn't say her dad.

Anna thought about it, before walking back into the dining room without replying.

Rose and Esme had politely ignored our conversation. Esme carried the cake, and Rose wrapped her arm through mine. When we walked into the dining room we found Anna sitting on Emmett's lap.

I never thought that I'd ever see Emmett cry, but as I grinned with love an adoration at Anna, I was almost certain that he was.

The two of them blew out the candles and Emmett cut the cake.

Someone handed Cissy to me, and a piece of cake.

"Would you like some cake Cissy?" She reached for it, so I gave her a bite. We shared the piece, and I talked with her, remembering how important it was to talk with her, and let her listen to my words.

We all eventually made it outside, every last one of us bundled up, even though the Cullens and I weren't bothered by the cold.

I sat on the porch with Esme, holding Cissy in my arms. We were watching the rest of our group teach Anna how to have a snowball fight, since she hadn't gotten to learn the last time it had snowed. Anna had been waiting for the first snow of the season ever since she had found out at the beginning of the year that it wasn't going to snow again.

The ground was lightly covered in snow, giving just enough ammo for a small battle before we'd have to go inside.

Cissy snuggled closer to me. I was surprised that she didn't want to be playing in the snow.

"Are you cold Cissy?"

She scouted even closer in reply.

Esme sighed. "She's still not talking, but she sure does seem to understand most of what we say."

I shrugged. "I don't know why, but our kind takes a little longer to talk than normal people. Once we do start talking though we pick up words quickly. She'll start speaking and eventually become a chatter box. Just like Anna."

I sighed. "It's been rather difficult trying to figure out how to teach her words. Obviously you know what the most common first words are."

Esme gently took Cissy from me. "Yes, but it really just depends on what they hear, and what is said frequently around them."

Esme fixed Cissy hat. "Your hat almost fell off." She emphasized the word hat and took Cissy gloved hands so they were touching her hat.

Cissy tried to take her hat off.

"No, we'll keep the hat on our head."

Esme and I talked with Cissy until it was time to go in.

Thomas, Turner, and Kian all hugged Anna and wished her a happy birthday one more time before telling the rest of us goodbye.

Thomas and Kian both gave me a hug while Turner patted my shoulder.

See you sometime after the New Year Bella!" Thomas called before getting in the car.

I waved goodbye to the three of them, and hoped I wouldn't have to deal with anyone off the list until after the New Year.

It continued to snow all through the month. I was constantly checking my shield since the snow messed with my balance.

Anna absolutely loved the snow. Every morning once she got to the Cullen house, she'd have a snowball fight with Emmett. And the morning of Christmas we had the biggest snow battle I had ever heard of.

We were split up into two groups. For a reason unknown to me, Carlisle and Esme had been put on separate teams. Rose, Emmett, Anna, and I were on Carlisle's team, while Edward, Alice, Jasper and Cissy was on Esme's.

I hadn't wanted to be a part of the battle and they had decided to just let me watch, but then Cissy realized she liked rolling. We had found out that she could roll the snow into the perfect sized snowball. So I made the snow balls for my team.

I sat behind a mound of snow with Carlisle. The battle was really only being played with Anna and the younger members of the Cullen family. Esme was watching Cissy and helping her make her teams ammo. So Carlisle had joined me.

Anna came around the pile of snow and I handed her one of the freshly made snow balls. She dropped it on the ground and turned to Carlisle. "I'm…m c…cold." She shook and her teeth chattered.

Carlisle stood and lifted Anna into his arms. "Well then it must be time for hot chocolate and presents."

Anna nodded and the battle was put to an end.

Esme and Carlisle passed out the gifts. Cissy's stack of gifts sat beside my stack, at my feet, and Cissy sat on my lap. Every last one of Cissy's gift had a bow on it. I think Esme was trying to give me something to repeatedly say in front of her.

"Look at the pretty bow Cissy." Was one of the many things I'd say when it was her turn to open a gift. That or I'd tell her what color the bow was. Cissy especially liked it when I would put the bow on her head and she take it off and put it in my hair. It was going to be fun brushing out my hair later.

Emmett ripped open a gift and hundreds of beads cascaded to the carpet.

Anna giggled hysterically. "Uh oh."

We all laughed as he picked up all the beads. We could sense a prank war coming on between him and Anna.

"All those beads went buh-bye." I waved at Emmett as he went to throw away the beads. Cissy waved too, but she remained silent.

It didn't take us long to finish opening the rest of the gifts. While the others picked up and put away the gifts. I heated up some of our Christmas dinner we had had the night before, so my dad would be able to join us.

"You ready to eat Cissy?"

She reached for the bowl of mashed potatoes and gravy I had gotten for her. I filled her sippy cup with milk and set it in the cup holder of her high chair. "There's your sippy."

"She's not going to talk today is she Auntie," Anna pouted.

I shrugged and continued eating lunch.

Once we had finished our meal we joined the others back in the living room to watch Anna's cartoon Christmas movies. We enjoyed just relaxing for the rest of the day. It was a peaceful ending to an excellent day.

New Year's Eve finally came around, and everyone was excited, and busy.

Anna and Cissy were both still awake even though it was only a few minutes before midnight. Anna had given her energy to her sister to keep her up. Rose was helping the two of them into their outdoor clothes.

Emmett had been put in charge of the video camera, while Alice was in charge of the noise makers.

Esme had her camera ready and was counting down the time.

"Alright Anna, go ahead and pick out which noise makers you want." Alice held the back open for her to pick.

Anna picked out a horn, and a popping noise maker that required you turn a crank like you would a jack in a box.

Emmett grabbed a bell, Jasper had little cymbals. Alice had a triangle, and Rose had a funny whistle that crowed like a bird. Edward and I had some of the crank noise makers like Anna's, while Esme and Carlisle had horns.

"Here Cissy, you can have a bell." I handed her a little bell which she immediately started ringing.

She stopped suddenly when Rose tried to get her to go outside. She backed up and toddled back to the stairs.

"Where you going?" Emmett asked, letting his voice turn sad.

Cissy pointed up the stairs. "Dow."

Eyebrows shot up on everyone.

"Dow? I've heard some weird baby talk but what does that mean?" Emmett glanced over at Carlisle.

"She wants her baby doll that Rose gave her." Edward told us.

"Dow," Cissy said again after hearing Edward say it.

I smiled and picked Cissy up and we went to get her doll.

Rose reached for Cissy as came to the bottom of the stairs. She and the others were grinning at me, their eyes alight with excitement at what I assumed was Cissy's first word.

Edward took my hand and pulled me into arms. "You're amazing Bella."

I shook my head. "I didn't teach her to say doll."

Edward's smile widened. "No, but you did walk up and down the stairs without needing your shield to slow you down."

My eye narrowed as I thought about what he was saying. My mind didn't want to make sense of the words.

Alice waved at me. "I saw that nothing was going to happen Bella, couldn't have done that if your shield was up. Congratulations, you've gained enough control to slow down."

I blushed as they all congratulated me.

"We need to get outside." Esme hurried to usher us all out the door.

"Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one."

We all made as much noise as the little noise makers could make, none of us worrying how far the noise would reach; whether all of Forks heard or not.

"Happy New Year Bella."

I turned to look up into Edward's eyes, hoping mine showed him just how much I loved him, like his were. "Happy New Year Edward." And I kissed him.

Author's Note

Hey everyone, I hope you liked this chapter, sorry if there are any mistakes I missed, feel free to tell me. Also as always constructive criticism is welcomed.

How did the chapter go? Did it seem rushed to you? Does it live up to the other chapters? What was your favorite part of this chapter? Any of you out there tired of fluff? That's okay we'll be getting into more major dealings of the story soon enough. Possibly even next chapter.

So what did you think about Thomas? Turner? And Kian? There's only one member on the list we haven't met yet, any ideas when we'll be seeing her?

Next chapter we'll be finding out more about the ongoing struggle with the Hunters. Some of them have been sent to the Rebellion to be punished for their crimes against Transitional creatures, but there are still plenty in the surrounding areas near Forks and La Push. Any guesses about what might happen?

Also here's an old question, who do you think the shape shifting transitional creature is?

So this will be the first time since having two stories to update that I'm not going to post a chapter for both of them on the same day. I had planned to post the next chapter for Transitionals up, but today was crazy, so sadly it still isn't ready. I'm not sure if I'll get it finished tomorrow, of not it will be up sometime on Friday. Really sorry about that but it can't be helped.

Until next time,

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