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'You wanted me to be human,' I reminded him. 'Well, watch me.'

"Please. For me."

'But you won't stay with me any other way.'

– New Moon

We kept putting off the 'chat' that we had wanted to have for various reasons. Not enough time together as it was, didn't want anyone to over hear it, had to go hunt... we had many excuses every day to not talk about it. To not talk about the Cullen family moving so that I could be with them. The truth of the matter was that neither of us wanted to talk about it; we both thought that the other was being utterly ridiculous.

The last three months of school came and went rather quickly. I was happy to see the last day of school, and it was fun to watch Emmett, Rose and Jasper all graduate. It was only Edward, Alice and I who weren't seniors.

The therapist at the half-way house told the director that he thought the Cullen's were good for me, so I was allowed to attend their graduation party after graduation. They were having the party solely because I could go; no one else was invited, but the director didn't need to know that. What they didn't know wouldn't hurt them.

"Congratulations, guys," I murmured to each of the graduating Cullen's as I hugged them tightly.

"Oh, you know. It feels like I've done this before," cracked Emmett. I grinned. Stupid Emmett. His jokes were hardly funny, but I couldn't help but laugh at them. For whatever reason, Emmett tried so hard to be funny and it hardly ever worked out that way.

"Guys, I want to talk to the family about something," Carlisle announced after the family had chatted for about twenty minutes or so. I felt slightly uncomfortable, not knowing if I was supposed to stay or go or what.

"Bella- stay," Carlisle ordered, putting to rest my thoughts on the matter. "This concerns you as well," he added kindly.

I nodded as I sat down on the picnic bench next to Edward. It was a nice day outside – the clouds were dense today and there was a high chance of rain. Not a thunderstorm, though, because I heard Edward asking Alice if we would be able to play a game of baseball later and she had replied with a "no".

Edward gently took my hand in his and ran his finger over my knuckles. I had a feeling that I already knew what Carlisle was going to say, but I didn't make any mention of it. I didn't want to get my own hopes up and then just have them crushed around me. That wouldn't be fair. Besides, just because I wanted something didn't mean that I was going to get it.

"I think that it is safe to say that it is time for us to move. We've lived her for two and a half years now, and I don't think I can push my age any farther at this moment. There are people in the hospital who are starting to get suspicious of us – right Edward?"

Edward nodded. "Yes, I heard their thoughts a couple of weeks ago when I came to see you there."

I scrunched my nose. I didn't know that Edward had gone to the hospital, let alone heard thoughts about whether or not it was safe for his family to stay here. So much for keeping secrets from each other. Part of me wanted to strangle him for not telling me, the other part didn't mind because he was entitled to his right of privacy.

"Before you alerted me to that fact, I had that feeling of unease that I sometimes get. We're going to be moving in a week," Carlisle declared to his family. I wore a shocked look on my face, but no one else seemed to be shocked. Everyone else just nodded their heads and murmured their agreements with Carlisle. It really did seem as if they all trusted Carlisle to bring them through in the best way possible. It made me happy to know that Carlisle and Esme considered me to be "family".

"What that means is, Bella, I'm asking you to come along with us. To officially be part of our family. We'll just tell everyone that you're adopted – you can even keep your own last name if you want. Don't feel as if you have to come, though," he added gently.

I was aware that everyone seemed to be staring at me, which was kind of unnerving. I nodded my head to show that I comprehended what he had said, swallowed and opened my mouth to talk, but I had to close it. It seemed as if no words were going to come from me before I really thought it through for a moment. I frantically looked to Edward, my wild eyes searching his calmer ones.

"I...you... I... yes, that's fine," I replied to Carlisle as I turned my face back to him. "I'd love to come along, if you'll have me..."

"Of course we'll have you, Bella!" Esme exclaimed, and I could just see her bubbling with happiness over my response.

"Where are we moving to?" Jasper asked.

Alice, however, answered before Carlisle could. "We're moving to Colorado."

"Yes," Carlisle replied. "A city called Fraser. It's really cold there. And they have a growing season of only 4-7 days long, so I'm pretty sure that it's not going to be too sunny there."

Everyone seemed to nod in agreement. It didn't matter to me where they were moving – I was moving with them! That was so exciting. To me, it was like Christmas or something. Edward was still holding my hand, and he leaned close to me and gave me an adorable peck on the cheek. I was so very happy that I would finally get to live with the Cullen's. I had considered them my family for so long.

"So, Bella. How are you going to get out of the half-way house?" asked Emmett. I could tell that everyone was truly interested in figuring out how I was going to leave.

"Oh, I don't know yet. Probably just leave; they aren't my legal guardian, they can't really stop me. Or, I'll just run away one night. The only problem is that it puts you guys in an interesting situation."

"How so?" inquired Rose.

"Well, they know that I've been spending a lot of time around here. I'm just worried that they'll be afraid that you've kidnaped me once they figure out that you're gone, too. And I don't want them to come after you – that's not fair."

"No, I don't think they will," Alice informed us, opening her beautiful, sun-kissed orbs. "I don't see them coming for us."

"If you say so..."

"Bella, it's not like we haven't gotten into a spot of trouble with the law before, anyhow. We're willing to risk it for you. You are worth it." Jasper told me. I remembered that he knew that I wasn't feeling as if I was worth all of this trouble. It was reassuring to know that he thought so. Edward seemed to think so, too, because he hugged me and kissed me.

Edward walked me home that night, although some of his siblings wanted to come with us. He told them "no" because he wanted alone time with me. That was sweet of him, though he had alone time with me mostly every day. I didn't really mind, though. It didn't bother me. I liked having alone time with Edward.

"Do you really think that you're not worth it?" Edward blurted out before he could stop himself. Or perhaps he was truly wondering, because as far as I knew, Edward had marvelous self-control.

"Sometimes," I muttered.

"Do you really think that we'd leave you here, though?"

I shrugged my shoulders, not wanting to respond. He sighed and just held me close. I was glad that we had a connection like this. Where neither of us really had to talk, but we knew that everything was Okay. I loved my Edward.

"Carlisle wanted to ask me if you'd be okay with leaving tomorrow. He said that you and I can get a day head start on the rest of the family."

"That's fine," I replied, thinking that it'd be nice.

"I'll see you tomorrow morning at about 7:45, then." And before I could protest, Edward had kissed me and was already running back to his place.