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Chapter 3

EsPOV(New POV! I know weird right?)

The 'kids' were off at school when Edward called me and said that Carlisle would be needing me at the hospital. Normally I would ask why but he told me that Alice said I needed to go and it would be nothing rash just offering my help to my husband which I really can't object to. So in spite of that I am now sitting here in Carlisle's office waiting for further instruction as to what I'm doing here. In the middle of my waiting I grabbed a pen and a notepad and started to sketch a design that popped into my head.

"Esme?" I heard my husband's voice snap me out of my thoughts,"Can you come here for a second?" I nodded and followed him outside down the hall. "Yes? What is it?" I asked as we came to a stop in the middle of the deserted hall.

He turned around to face me, his expression worried and confused,"You see there is this girl who Edward and Bella helped this morning but when we left to give her some privacy she took that as an advantage to make an escape. The hospital then got a call from the store saying that there was a girl who passed out in the middle of the store. When the girl was brought in, I recognized her as the girl from this morning. Now the only information I was able to get out of this girl was her name and that she doesn't have any parents, but that is as far as I got with her. Now Edward filled me in on the rest but it's still a little fuzzy but I was actually wondering if you could talk to her. Bella said that the girl probably just needs a mother figure to talk to and we-we meaning me and the other two-we're wondering if you could take that spot. Alice said it would work, but if you don't want to do it then we would understan-" I crushed my lips against his in order to get him to stop.

"Shh, of course I'll talk to her. Oh! Um? What's her name? Just so I know, I mean?" I looked up into his deep compassionate, loving gold eyes. "Her name is Lily. Oh, that reminds me, when you first meet she might be a little nervous. According to her thoughts, she speaks Spanish when she gets nervous. It bugs her to no end but it's just her little habit." He told me.

I nodded, "Alright, I'll talk to her and I'll see what I can get out of her." He grinned and nodded as he took my hand and lead me down the hall to what I supposed was the girls room.

He opened the door carefully and quietly to reveal a girl who looked no younger than Renesmee. Her deep brown-almost black-hair caressed her pale tan face-clearly of Mexican decent-perfectly and came down just to the small of her back, as far as I could tell at least. Her features were almost childlike as she slept peacefully on the uncomfortable hospital bed. There was one small thing that threw me off and I tried to hide a giggle but of course Carlisle would catch it.

"What's so funny? He asked as he checked her vitals. I shook my head, "her scent" was all I said before he nodded in understanding. She smelt of apples but when she moved, I was overcome with the scent of lavender and vanilla. "Very strange, isn't it?" He chuckled softly as he walked over to me, "She should be up soon, so I'm going to take care of my rounds." He gave me one last chaste kiss before leaving the room.

The girl started to stir so I took my place on the chair to the right of her bed. Her eyes fluttered open and she started to look around the room not moving from the position on the bed so she didn't notice me here and a wave a realization flooded her features, "Well hello, stupid hospital room. We meet again I see." I couldn't help but chuckle softly at her remark. Her head snapped over to where I sat and she gasped. "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you." I told her as she started to visibly tense and scoot as far as the bed would let her go.

"Quien eres?" She asked softly, fear tainted her small childlike voice. "My apologies, I'm Esme. What is your name?"

She took a deep breath,"Lily" "Well that's very pretty name, is it short for Lilian?" I asked and she shook her head. "Es una abreviatura de Liliana."(It's short for Liliana). I nodded, "That's a beautiful name, dear."

Lily started to get less tense, but you could see it was still there and she was far from relaxed. "How old are you?" I asked her. She took a long deep breath, "Soy quince anos"

LPOV

"How old are you?" She asked me. I took a deep breath, "Soy quince anos."

Esme seemed like a nice enough woman, but if I could trust her was a whole other story. She seemed very motherly but I only know that because I was getting this 'motherly' vibe off of her and it was quite comforting. She sorta reminded me of my mom, the warmth of her eyes, her kind smile, and of course, her soft caring personality. I think I can trust her but I still wasn't quite sure. Sure she was one of them-her pale skin, and her eyes gave that away-but she was different. She didn't have the whole "I'm a monster, fear me" vibe like the others, well, doctor Cullen, Edward, and Bella didn't give off that vibe either, just the man and his buddies from hell.

"So are you new here to Forks?" she asked.

I nodded, "Yeah, I'm just visiting for a few days with a friend of mine" the same lie I've told everyone I meet at each new place, sometimes it worked. "Oh, really? Who's your friend, I think I might know them." and sometimes it doesn't and bites me in the butt. I sighed, still debating whether or not I should trust her.

"Okay so I'm not visiting a friend" I don't have any friends to visit,"I'm just passing through town I guess." well that wasn't to far from the truth, I was just passing through. If could make it out of this town in one piece I'd be good but considering all that's happened in just one day, my chances are slim at this point.

She got up and sat at the corner of my bed, "Why is that?" I looked down, here it was. The big question. Should I trust her? She seems like the kind of person who wouldn't laugh at me, judge me for being a homeless girl, or freak out and the social services only to have them tell her I've been counted for as missing or probably even dead-wouldn't know, haven't been home since the incident-she seemed like the person I could trust but then again, so did all my 'friends' back home and that sure ended up well. Ugh! Well now that, that little argument is over that lead me to my final decision.

I took another deep breath, "Can you keep a secret?" I looked up to her nod with deep sincerity in her golden eyes. "I don't have any parents or any family members-I'm technically a homeless foster child. I've been on the run from my foster parents killer for the past year and a half." I heard her gasp as I looked down to the dull white blanket, when I remembered something. "Have you seen my bag?" I asked as I looked back up at her.

She nodded, bent down, and lifted up my old, tattered, heavy duty bag, "here you go sweety." "Thank you." I took my bag and searched its contents before coming across something that I should have remembered earlier but completely forgot...again. I took out a granola bar and started to munch on it slowly to make the taste last.

"You know, if you want, I could tell the nurse to bring in some food for you to eat. Only if you want to though." Esme said as I took another bite out of my granola bar. "No, I'm fine. I just had that in there. That's were I was. I was at the store on my way to buy something to stop the dizzy, jelly-leg feeling when of course, I passed out." I told her.

"You sure?" I nodded, "Alright, but you let me know if you get hungry at any time, okay? Promise?" I nodded, "I promise to let you know" I promised and a silence came over us as I finished up my granola bar.

"Do you want to talk about it?" I didn't have to ask, I already knew what she meant, "You don't have to, but if you do, I'm right here and I won't judge you. I promise."

I nodded while taking a huge breath, I knew I could trust her and I knew she wouldn't judge me but I just wasn't sure of myself, I wasn't sure if I could tell her and still hold myself together.

"It all started when I was first put in the children's home. It was me, my older sister Rosalina, and my little sister Maria. My mom died giving birth to Maria while my dad died when I was seven, Rosie was twelve, and Maria was only five. Maria was the first to go, she got adopted first at six by a good family, I made sure of that. Rosie was next, she got adopted at fourteen by this family who the little boy had a crush on her and the family was well rounded and was definitely was suited for her. I on the other hand, was sent from foster to foster home. There was always a problem with each home, and there was always usually a death in the family I was with-I didn't find out till later why it happened. The last foster family I was with was amazing. The wife, Loraine, was so kind and caring; the husband, Mark, was caring and made me feel better about random things. They were lived in Portland and were a good couple and they were going to have their first child, a little boy named Noah. I was with them for a year and a half, I went to school and made a friend named Blake. He was the only friend I had, all the other kids made fun of me but he stood up for me and kept my secret that I was only a foster child safe. I trusted him with everything, he was the brother I never had. Then one day, he and this other boy got into a fight and he let my secret slip which brought on a whole other round of teasing and we got into an argument and well, I really never got to make up with him fully.

"That day when I got home I stayed in my room and only came out when necessary, Loraine and Mark tried to find out what was wrong and make me come out but I just wanted to be alone and for some reason I had a gut feeling that that little incident wasn't going to be the only going wrong that day. Boy was I right." I took a deep breath, looking down not chancing a look at Esme as she sat quietly, "That night, I heard a loud crash downstairs. I ran down to see what was going on cause the noise grew to a loud shriek and I quickened my pace to see what was happening."...

*flashback*

"NO! Leave her alone!!" I heard Mark cry out as I made it to the stair railing. There was low chuckle and another loud crash.

I looked downstairs to see a man with shaggy brown standing over the still form of Loraine while Mark was crumpled up by the broken window. The man walked over to Mark and lowered his head to his neck and as far as I could tell he could have been biting him.

The scene was to much to look at. Loraine was on the floor dead from the looks of it and Mark was..well I don't know what the man was doing to him but I couldn't take it. I ran back to my room, grabbed my emergency bag I have always packed, opened the window and climbed down the rope ladder. Once I was on the ground, I made a break for it.

I ran harder than I've ever ran for in my entire life but only made it so far through the dark forest before I made it to my river. My breathing was ragged while I placed my bag on the side of the rock near water and sat down trying to catch my breath. Tears started to flow endlessly as the images flooded my mind. My tears only turned into sobs which was probably stupid, I mean, the guy could still be out there.

"Well, well, well, looks like found you my dear." a rough voice said behind me. I turned around to see the man standing there with a smirk planted on his face. His pale skin paler than my old friend Jasmine, seemed to be glowing in the moon light that shown through the trees. The one thing I noticed that scared the living daylights out of me were his bright red eyes that seemed to get darker by the minute.

"¿Qué quieres de mí?"(w-what do you want with me?) I stuttered as I started to take a few steps back with my bag in hand. He just chuckled darkly and mirrored my steps towards me. "Well, if I tell you my plan that won't fun now will it?" he said while looking at me dead in the eyes.

Something in his words made me freak out even more and without even thinking about it, I turned around and ran into the forest. There was a gush of wind coming from the right side of me and then I rammed into stone hard, cold surface. I was caught before I landed on the cold wet grass and I could hear him chuckle again. My heart was threatening to pound out of my chest as I scrambled away from him.

"Well, I was hoping it wasn't going to come to this but if your going to be stubborn, looks like I have no choice. Do I Liliana?" He said and I gasped as he ran over in a blur, swept me in his arms and suddenly there was a wave of exhaustion being pulled over me. No matter how much I struggled to not be pulled in by the waters, they were to strong and I was pulled in.

*End of Flashback*

"After that I woke up to find myself in an abandoned house. The man was named Ross and he had a few 'friends' over to do what they wanted with me as long as he got the 'good stuff' as he called it. Every night he would come in and he would bite me in some place-always a different place each time, never the same spot twice-and there was this glass he would fill with my blood." I rubbed my wrist were one of the scars was. "He always said that if I would behave he would let me go, but I didn't care really, I had nothing to live for at the time. My sisters were gone- I would never see them again-my foster family was killed right in front of me and at the moment, I had no friends.

"One night though, when it was time for his buddies to have their way, the one that came in was different. His name was Jack. Jack helped me escape that hell. He said that my scent was strange enough that it would throw Ross off my trail for a while. I didn't understand what he meant by that but I didn't ask questions as he flung me on his back and flew out the window. He ran with me for a while as he explained what he meant and about what he was- I already knew though, I mean it was pretty obvious, his cold, hard, pale skin, his bright red eyes that would go black when he was going to take a nip a me, and his speed and strength. Once I was well informed and far away enough, Jack put me down and told me to run, to run and never look back."

*Flashback*

"Alright Liliana, this is were I leave you." He said as he set me down on the ground and made sure I wasn't going to pass out from the lack of blood. Wasn't going to happen though-stupid Ross and his thinking.

"Thank you so much Jack. For everything." I whispered knowing he could hear me as he handed me my bag.

Jack turned around to look around before turning back to me, "your welcome. Now you must leave. Your scent-being the unusual scent it is- will keep him off your back for awhile."

One thing threw me off though, "What about you though? Won't Ross kill you when he finds out that you helped me escaped?"

He smiled a slight smile, "Don't worry about me. Besides, what if I told him that when he went to run his errands, the girl took off before I came in?" I must admit it was good but would it last though? "Now, go. Ross should be back soon so you must leave. Just run and keep running. Once you start running, don't look back, got that. Just keep running." He kissed my forehead before turning around.

"Goodbye Liliana" He said over his shoulder. "Goodbye Jack" I said as turned around and ran. I knew what I had to do. I had to run and follow Jack's orders no matter what. He helped me escape and I owed him this much.

He got me my freedom.

*End of Flashback*

"Two weeks. I spent two weeks at that hell when Jack saved me. I owe him my life but after that, I never saw him again. Ever since then I've been running and moving through town to town. It's been year and a half since those painful two weeks. A whole year and a half on my own. Sure it has it down sides-a lot actually- but I manage." I rubbed my eyes of the tears that started to flow "That's how I made my way to this town and every time I try to leave there always something stopping me. Whether it be me passing out, a tree root wanting revenge, large wolves, mountain lions, something just always decides to stop me from leaving."

EsPOV

This poor girl. She's been through so much and doesn't even have a family. Traveling from town to town, spent two weeks with a group of vampires, was rescued by a vampire, and lost her only family.

Her life has been filled with loss and by the sound of it she's use to it. I knew one things for sure, I will have a long talk with my family about her, I have a feeling she will do good with the family.

Lily sat there tears flowing down her cheeks as I scooted over and wrapped my arms around her. She tensed at my touch then relaxed into my embrace as her tears turned to sobs. Her sobs made my dead heart wretch at the fact that she had to face such hardships at such a young age. This poor girl had no where to go but I knew if I pulled some strings the family would love her.

* * *

When Lily went to sleep I laid her gently back on the bed, kissed her forehead, and walked over to the door. I took one last look at the sleeping girl in the bed before opening the door only to ram whoever was on the other side.

"Crap!"

I knew that voice anywhere, "Carlisle? What are you doing?" I closed the door and looked at my husband who had a guilty expression on his face. "You weren't spying on us were you?"

"No! I would never spy on you. I just-uh was-uh listening for information on her background, yeah, that's it. Simply doing research." I crossed my arms across my chest, "From behind the door?" He looked down, "Okay, okay. So I was listening in. I was just strictly curious as to why this girl was in the forest this morning since she didn't answer me."

I sighed, "well since you heard her story. She needs a home, Carlisle, and a family. We can't just leave her alone and let her continue to wonder, we can't even call social services to let them know we found her. She'll just be sent to another foster home and that Ross guy will find her. That's how he always found her, every time she was sent to different home, he got a hold of her file and went wherever she went. But if she's with us, she'll be safe without having to worry about anything other than the normal teenage stuff. This way she can have a semi-normal life unlike what she's been living without wondering were she's going to go next."

His golden eyes softened, "I know Esme, trust me I know. But your going to have to tell the others. They have a right to know when their mother figure brings in a human girl to live with them especially since they just moved back here to Forks last year."

"You don't have to ask our permission" We turned around to see our entire family standing there with grins on their faces. "We already decided, she would be better off with us considering the circumstances." Edward said.

"Yeah, besides there's always room for a new sister here in our huge house. And who knows, she maybe just as funny as our Bella was when she was human." Emmett grinned as Bella swatted his arm. "Ow, jeesh Bells, can't even take a joke" "Nope, so get over it"

We all chuckled quietly and I rejoiced at having a new daughter. Now to just pray she'll accept our offer.

*hands up* Alright don't hurt me!

let me explain myself. so once i found my USB stick, something happened to it and all of my files went by by.

I was so mad, cause not only did my story stuff go away, all of pictures and the video i made for my parents anniversary. but oh well.

oh i know i said i was going to update last week but my USB did what i said and i went out of town to visit my grandparents then i got a little distracted with a couple things and well let's just say, i'n so so so so so so SO sorry i didn't update but this hopefully made up for it.

OH! and next chappie seth comes in!!

Chapter 4 preview

SETH POV

There are times when i wonder if something/someone out there hates me and doesn't want me to be happy of just loves to torture me.

I'm over at the Cullens house sitting on the couch wondering why I'm here at all. Don't get me wrong, the Cullens at the best but when they divide up to the couples, it makes feel weird. Emmett and Rosalie are...well you don't want to know, Jasper and Alice are out shopping-Poor Jasper, Alice dragged him into it- Edward and Bella-my best vampire friends- are sitting at the piano while Edward plays his new piece he's been working on, heck, even Nessie is playing Jake! Usually I would be taking patrol because of the new nomad vampire smell I fished out the other day but Edward told me to stay here to meet the new Cullen girl.

"Trust me Seth, your going to love her. You two are going to hit it off right away, i know it." Edward called out continuing his song. 'Alright but if we don't you have to promise not to Emmett and Jasper drag me to school, 'cause i really don't want to go' "Alright, but when you do, your going to school whether me and my brothers have to drag you or not, got it?" 'Yes, you have a deal.' "Yes, we do" he finished his song and they headed over to the loveseat across from me.

After a moment i heard the sound of car doors shutting close and footsteps heading towards the door, "They're here, finally" Edward said as Carlisle and Esme walked into house.

"Hello, i would like you all to meet the newest member of our family, Lily" Carlisle stepped to the left to reveal a girl who to be fifteen her dark brown hair-almost black-hair fell to the middle of her back, she looked just a little taller than Alice but shorter than Bella. Her facial features made her look almost childlike but her curves said different. She gripped the strap of her small ragged old back pack tighter as she skimmed the room quietly-probably looking at the family that suddenly filled the room behind me. Her deep almond eyes landed on mine and suddenly this girl became the most important thing in my life.

"Looks like we're dragging you to school"

Well, there you have it a little taste of whats coming up next chapter. that should be up sometime this weekend. probably next Saturday though, so keep a look out! Again, so so so so sorry for the late update but here it is and hoped you enjoyed!

Luv ya!

-Rosalinda

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