Chapter twenty, vampires.

Edward's point of view.

I ran back to where Jasper, Carlisle, and Emmett had been after getting a couple of mountain lions, though was stunned when I heard or smelt nothing. I growled in irritation as I realised they had left before me, knowing that I would be the last home to see Bella.

I followed the scents of the others and back towards the house and ran as fast as I could, wanting to get back to Bella as soon as possible.

Since Bella had arrived, I knew that she was special. From her blood being so potent to me, to her mind being blank. The urge to protect her was bigger, however. It was like she had locked my heart up and kept the key, meaning I was tethered to her.

When I reached the house about twenty minutes later, I could hear all their thoughts, every one including Bella in them.

I walked towards the front of the house and stepped inside, following the sounds to the living room.

Emmett stood with Bella in his arms, Rosalie next to him. Carlisle and Esme had claimed the loveseat together, while Jasper hid his arms around Alice, stood by the doorway.

Bella looked over at me as soon as I walked in and grinned, wriggling around in Emmett's arms to be put down. He chuckled and set her on the floor, before she came running towards me. I smiled at her and lifted her up before she fell, hugging her close to me.

"Hey Bella." I said, kissing her hair softly.

"I missed you." She mumbled, wrapping her tiny arms around my neck. I smiled and kisssd her cheek, before sitting on the couch and setting her on my lap. I looked at Jasper with slight annoyance, and he knew immediately what I was mad about.

Sorry, Edward. Alice needed me, and the others came. He thought, causing me to roll my eyes and look back at the bundle of joy in my arms.

Bella touched my arm, before placing her hand on it, palm down. She stared at it before repeating the action on my other arm.

"What is it, Bella?" I asked with a small laugh.

"Cold." She mumbled, continuing to poke and prod my arm.

I stared at her for a second, as well as everybody else. Alice seemed to think of something that made my head snap back towards her.

"You want to tell her?" I hissed through my teeth, too quiet for Bella to hear.

"Edward, she has to know if she's going to live here." Carlisle said, causing my glare to switch to him.

"You either want her to stay or run away screaming. Make up your mind."

"Not if we break it to her gently." Esme's soft voice said from beside me.

"How do we break this to her gently?" I asked, getting no answer from anybody else.

"Edward?" A soft voice called from my lap. I looked down at the angel in my lap and smiled, gently running through her hair with my fingers. "Why does nobody answer my questions?" She asked quietly, not wanting the others to hear, even though they all did.

Bella's point of view.

"Why does nobody answer my questions?" I asked, looking up at him with a frown. I knew that when I asked questions they never were answered, and it made me sad. Did they not like me?

Rosalie stepped forward and took me from Edward, who got up from the couch and walked towards the door. I frowned and hugged my new mommy, resting my head on her shoulder. She sat down where Edward had been and hugged me.

"Mommy, I don't think he likes me anymore." I said, frowning. "Same as everybody else."

Rosalie looked at me and sighed, stroking my hair. "He does, baby. We all do. That's why we want to adopt you..." she said, smiling.

I looked up at her and smiled. "You do? I thought I was just staying."

She chuckled and nodded her head. "Yes, we want to keep you forever."

Carlisle stepped towards us and crouched before me, taking my hands in his.

"Bella? Before we adopt you...we need to tell you something. A big secret that you can't tell anybody. Can you keep it for us?" He asked.

I nodded my head and smiled at him, excited to see what the secret would be.

"Bella...we're vampires..."

I stared at him, before sitting forward and looking at his eyes. Golden. I pulled at his lip and looked in his mouth. No fangs. I pulled at his jumper and saw it was normal. No cape.

"But you don't look like vampires. Where are your fangs?" I asked, confused. He couldn't be a vampire, he was too nice. I looked around the room at everybody else, seeing that they looked nice too.

"Bella we are." Carlisle said, making me turn back to look at him.

"But you're all too nice." I said. He let out a small laugh, and stood up, taking me from Rosalie and walking outside with me.

"I'll show you." He said.

When we got outside, he sat me on the back step, before running really fast into the garden.

"Woah..." I whispered.

He then ran back towards me, giving me a nice smile. Before he could say something Emmett ran out from behind me, grinning.

"Emmett no." Carlisle said, looking at him angrily. I didn't know what was wrong but I just sat and watched.

Emmett walked towards the edge of the forest, and grabbed a branch of a tree, pulling it off of the tree and throwing it really far into the woods. I gasped and stared, a grin making its way onto my face.

"That's so cool!" I squealed as I stared at Emmett.

Carlisle moved to sit beside me, his hand on my back. "So, you're okay with it?" He asked.

I grinned at him and nodded my head. "Yeah, it's awesome." I leaned forward and wrapped my arms around him, his arms wrapping around me, too.

"So, would you like to become a part of our family?" He asked.

I nodded my head a lot, before hugging him tighter. "Yes please!"

He chuckled and nodded his head, moving me so I sat in his lap.

"I love you daddy."

"I love you too, angel."

Okay, so I know I said once a week, but I just had to post another chapter. This one was really fun to write. I had to think of how a little kid would think vampires looked like, and with Halloween coming up I guessed it would be like how the costumes looked. Anyways, was this one good? Reviews and suggestions are much appreciated. Thank you for reading!

-Bambie xx.