Chapter 3. The secret behind the Cullen's.

I woke up about an hour and a half later. The only person in the room with me was Alice. I think she stayed in there to wait for me to wake up.

I couldn't believe how beautiful she was! I never thought that anyone could be that pretty. Actually I don't even think "pretty" was even the right word.

"YAY! You are finally awake! How are you feeling?" Alice asked. When she said that, Rosalie came running down stairs.

"I feel a lot better. What happened to my mom and dad? Where is Carlisle?" I asked.

"Carlisle had to rush to the hospital. They called him because of... the car accident you and your family were just in. Unfortunately. Your parents didn't make it Cassandra. I'm so, so sorry." Alice said, answering both of my questions.

"Oh" I said. I started to cry. Alice and Rosalie were on both sides of me, trying to comfort me. "This is all my fault!" I said.

"Cassandra, don't think that! Its not your fault!" Rosalie said.

"It is though. I was fighting with Claire and Alex. The last thing Alex said was 'can you please sto' then we went into the ditch. I don't know how I survived though." I said, not crying as much.

"Its still not your fault though Cassandra, it could of happened even if you weren't fighting!" Alice said.

"They are right Cassandra. You can't put all the blame on yourself." Esme said. I didnt notice her in the living room. It scared me how she appeared out of no wear!

"Are you mad at me for thinking it was my fault? You all kind of seem mad." I said.

"No! Of course not honey! Why would we be mad at you?" Esme asked.

"Because I am blaming my self for the accident." I said in a sad tone.

"We arnt mad about the Cassandra. Actually, were not mad at all!" Rosalie said.

"Ok. But now that they are both dead, were am I supposed to go now? I know no one in Forks, and I really don't want to have to back to LA without my Claire and Alex." I said.

"You can stay here with us for as long as you want. Although..."Esme started to say, but she quickly stopped.

I never realized that all the Cullen's were in the living room now. Including Carlisle. When did he get back? He probably came in another door and just didn't realize.

"Although what?" I asked.

"Cassandra, do you want to stay here with us?" Emmett asked. He seemed impatient.

I thought about this for a moment. Maybe they were joking around when they said they were vampires. But even if they were, COOL!

"Yeah, I do" I said "if it is okay with you all, of course." I added

Edward, the gorgeous one, just cringed. He seemed to... growl.

Carlisle looked around the room at everyone. Everyone but Edward seemed to nod. YAY!

"Its perfectly fine with us Cassandra. We just want you to have a safe home. You would be safe with us." Carlisle said.

"Then okay!" I said cheerfully! Edward didnt seem to pleased.

Emmett gave me a BIG bear hug. He was also cold, like Carlisle was. The cold didnt seem to affect me anymore.

"Im going to go see Bella. I don't know when I will be back." Edward said and stomped out of the house.

"Don't worry about him Cassandra. Like I said before, he is always moody." Alice said.

"What were you going to tell me. Before you asked if I wanted to stay?" I said in a very curious tone.

"Well..." Esme started, but it didn't look like she had it in her to tel me. Carlisle continued for he.

"Were vampires. But don't worry, were the good type of vampires. We don't drink human blood, we only drink animal blood. We call ourselves... vegetarians!" he said.

I was quiet for what seemed 5 minutes. A very long 5 minutes though.

"Cassandra?" Esme said.

"Your all vampires?... COOL!"I said. They all seemed shocked from my reaction, all but Alice. I wondered why.

"You are not creped out by this? We have only told one other human, Bella the girl Edward went to see, his girlfriend, that we were vampires. We honestly expected you to run away screaming." Esme said.

"Honestly, this is cool! I love vampires! My favourtie show is Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Although I thought that vampires were only myths." I said.

"Alice, you seemed to be the only one not surprised about my reaction. Why is that?" I asked.

"Well, I guess we should inform you about us. You see Cassandra, some vampires have special powers. In our family, myself Edward and Jasper all have powers. My power is that I can see into the future. When someone decides to do something, I can see it. Edward can read peoples minds. The only humans mind he cannot read is his girlfriend, Bella Swan. You will meet her later today! Edward is planning on bringing her over here to meet you. He is probably telling her about you. And Jasper can sense the emotion around him. He knows what your emotion is. Always."

Jasper told Alice something. He talked to fast that I could not here a word he said. The only word I did hear was "wolves". That made me shudder.

"OH. Another thing you should know is we never go out in the sun. That is why we live here in Forks. It is the rainiest place! Perfect for us!" Alice said.

"Your in grade nine, right?" Alice asked.

"Yes." I said. Why does it matter I thought to myself. I wonder if Edward could still read my mind, even when he is at Bella's house.

"Well, me and Edward are Seniors and Forks high school so we thoguht that if you are going to join our family, that you should go to school. Just like us. Emmett, Rosalie and Jasper are supposed to be on collage right now. They graduated last year." Alice said.

"We can regester in a couple of days. I want her to get ust to life here first." Carlisle said.

"Cassandra, do you mind changing your last name to Cullen? Since we technically did adopt you." Esme asked.

"Sure. Thats fine with me." I said. Since my parents were dead, I really didnt want my last name to be Smith.

"Great! Esme, how about you and Rosalie go shopping for human food. Alice, Emmett and Jasper can show her around. Then tomorrow, only if you want Cassandra, can go clothes shopping."

"Sounds fine with me!" Esme said

"Me too" said Rosalie seeming very happy with me being her new sister.

"Im fine with it!!" said Alice.

"Emmett? Jasper?" Carlisle asked. Jasper had been so quiet.

"YES! Of course this is fine with me!" Emmett said.

The only answer we waited for was Jasper.

"Fine with me." He finally said after a couple of seconds. Close to a minute though.

"Okay. Perfect. I hope you like it her Cassandra. I really do. Well now I have to get back to the hospital. I will see you all later. I hope Edward is in a better mood with Bella around. Alice what do you think?" Carlise said.

"He seems to be a bit better. But that can change." Alice said.

"Okay. Bye everyone. Oh, and welcome home Cassandra." Carlisle said then left to go to work.

My new family is a whole bunch of vampires. I never saw that coming, although, I'm not physic like Alice was!