Chapter 6

Thanks to all the people who reviewed from last chapter. I hope you guys liked hearing Eddie's point of view. I just wanted to show you a little about what he was thinking when he first saw Bella again. I think he deserves a little sympathy, the poor guy. But he does deserve to be punished; it was his choice to leave Bella. But no one should be punished for being an idiot. Okay, my little side-rant is over.

This chapter is about Bella's story, how she was changed, her powers, etc. Enjoy!

I do not own anything in this story except Mary, Chris, and Vicki :) Stephenie Meyer does.

Previously; Then Alice asked the unspoken question. "Bella, do you want to go home to our house? Carlisle and Esme will be so happy to see you."

"Okay, that sounds good. Just let me get Chris and Mary, they're kind of my brother and sister." I was right. Those were her siblings. Well, we would meet them soon. As Bella turned to run away, she looked at me for one fleeting second. I wondered what she was thinking. I didn't want her to leave, afraid that I would never see her again. But I had no power over her. She turned and ran away to find her brother and sister.

BPOV

"Bells, are you sure you're okay with this?" Chris asked for the millionth time. I nodded, keeping my eyes on the road although I didn't need too. Me, crash, that was a good one. I couldn't speak, afraid that my voice would break with the strain. Was I okay? No, I was most definitely not okay.

What were the Cullens doing here? Why had they come here now? I didn't want to see him. He had left me, left me broken, not caring what happened to me. He didn't love me anymore. But I still wanted to see the rest of the family. This was going to be difficult. Maybe we could agree to be friends. That might work; it would be great to actually talk to him again. But in my deepest, truest heart of hearts, I knew it would never work. Because as much as I tried to deny it, I was still in love with Edward Cullen. Very much in love. And that there was why we could never be friends. I would always want more. And I knew Edward would never want more.

I took a deep breath. I would work out that problem later. Now I had to focus on a more present matter at the moment. What would I say to Carlisle and Esme? Once I had considered them my adopted parents. Now, after not seeing them for 90 years, what would I say, what could I say? I was still pondering this as we walked up the front porch steps.

Their house, well mansion, really, was beautiful. It reminded me of their old house in Forks, even though the two houses looked nothing alike. The only thing in common was the oldness of the houses; they were both obviously from the early twentieth century. This was really an amazing feat, as that was almost two centuries ago now. The house was a light blue color, with not a chip of paint out of place. Esme had obviously already gotten to the exterior of the house.

There were many windows, more then I would like to count. I could barely see through one of the windows on the second floor. I could see the outline of several closets. Alice's room, I thought with a grin.

I took a deep breath and stepped inside, with Chris and Mary at my heels. As we stepped into the large room, Chris and Mary let out a collective gasp. I kept silent, for I had seen it before, or at least, something quite close to what was before me.

The room was so spacious, so open. I could spot Edward's piano in the corner, but something was wrong with the picture, the piano looked—lonely, somehow, like no one had played it for while now.

"Welcome to our home," a quiet voice came from the corner of the room. Carlisle.

"Oh Carlisle," I exclaimed excitedly as I leaped forward to hug him. "I've missed you so much." He returned the hug and gave me a weary smile, making him look just a bit older, even though I knew that that was impossible. I wonder what happened to make him look so worn out.

Esme stepped forward. "Oh Bella. It's been much too long." I nodded, letting her hug me. If I were human I think I would have been crying. I missed them all so much. After ninety years, I finally got to see them again. I had missed them all so much.

I saw everyone else waiting in the corner. Alice, seeing that we were done with reunions, bounded forward to stand next to me. I noticed Vicki's cold expression staring at me. I pulled away from her eyes. They scared me. They looked powerful and evil enough to burn a hole straight through me.

"Who are they?" Alice asked, gesturing toward Chris and Mary, who had not moved since we entered the room, except to stare hatefully at Edward. They still hated him. I tried to tell them that it wasn't his fault that he couldn't fake feelings for me, but they didn't listen.

"Oh yeah, this is Mary and Chris, my, well my siblings." I spoke.

"Ooo, I have an idea!" Alice bounced eagerly up and down, waving her hand in the air. "We should all go around and say our name and something about you"

"Okay," everyone agreed.

"I'll start. I'm Alice, and I love to shop. Oh and I'm married to Jasper."

Then it was Emmett's turn. "I'm Emmett. I'm married to Rosalie and I love to eat grizzlies."

"I'm Rosalie. I'm married to Emmett, and I'm extraordinarily beautiful." All of those who knew Rosalie rolled their eyes. Alice added quietly, "And she's just so modest too."

Jasper, Carlisle and Esme each introduced themselves. Then it was Edward's turn. "Um, I'm Edward. But I guess most of you already knew that," he added after seeing the stares directed at him from Chris and Mary.

"I'm Vicki, and I am really smart, really pretty, and Eddie over here is my boyfriend." She moved over to kiss Edward. I felt a sickening feeling in the pit of my stomach. Edward snorted and pushed her away, looking at me the whole time. Did that mean he didn't like her? Or that he didn't want me to feel bad and he would save it for later. Vicki obviously thought the latter.

Mary and Chris each introduced themselves. Mary and Alice were beginning to plan a shopping trip when Emmett spoke up. "Hey, Bella hasn't introduced herself yet."

Darn. I thought I had gotten away with it. "I think it's okay, Emmett, I think everyone here knows who I am."

"Come on Bella." Mary cooed. "Please?"

"No. This is wholly unnecessary."

"Please Bella?" Now everyone was pleading. I marched over to their couch, plopped down on the couch and folded my arms over my chest. I glanced up and saw that Edward was greatly amused by this fight.

"Fine. I'm Bella."

"And tell us a little about yourself." Alice persuaded.

"Fine. My brother and sister are Chris and Mary. I have brown hair. Are you happy?" I glared at Alice, who seemed to be enjoying herself the most. I noticed Edward smile after not hearing me say that I was married. But maybe I was just imagining it.

"So Bella," Carlisle began, getting straight to business. "How did you become—one of us?"

"Well," I began, averting everyone's eyes, "After you guys left, I was an empty shell. I wouldn't move, I wouldn't eat." Without looking up from my spot on the floor, I could tell the Cullens were exchanging glances; most of them were glaring at Edward.

"Finally, Charlie threatened to send me to Renee in Florida. I couldn't go, because I needed to know that you existed. Everything else I could take, but I needed to know that you existed. If I went to Florida, there would be no evidence that you had walked these streets. I need to know that you were alive somehow." I wasn't just talking to the Cullens now. I was talking to one specific Cullen and everyone is the room knew it. I looked up for one microsecond and saw Edward staring at me with a tortured expression on his face, completely ignoring Vicki, who was standing beside him, staring up at him with longing etched onto her face.

"I told Charlie I wouldn't go. I stayed, but I wasn't—there. It wasn't me. I was a hollow, empty shell with no emotions. I was lifeless. For four months. Then one day, I woke up. Jacob Black helped me become halfway human again. He was my best friend. Then, a couple weeks later, Jake wasn't there anymore. He was ignoring me completely. And I didn't know why. So I tried to go back to the meadow that Edward had showed me before. I actually found it. But I wasn't the only one in it."

"When I got to the meadow, Laurent and Victoria were their waiting for me. They told me they would kill me. I told them that they should go ahead; I had nothing to live for anymore." I looked up again. Alice and Esme had identical twin expressions; both of their faces were twisted up into identical O's on their face in horror. Mary and Chris were the only ones who didn't look horrified; they had heard this story before. Oh, and Vicki didn't look horrified at all, she just looked merely bored. I gritted my teeth and launched myself back into my story.

"They told me that they would not kill me, that they would just change me and leave me to my suffering for all eternity. And then they told me that when I found true happiness, that is when they would kill me." I took a deep breath. "I wandered around places, aimlessly for ten years. I didn't drink human blood of course; I was touched by your example." I smiled up at the Cullens.

"Then, ten years later, I found Mary in the woods. I helped her change. I showed her to only drink animal blood. We became like sisters. Then she found Chris. Chris is an old vampire, over 300 years old. He has the power to read minds, like someone else we know." I grinned at Edward. "Chris and Mary fell in love, and we've been traveling together every since." I finished my story.

"Oh Bella." Esme hugged me tightly. I did not shy away.

Emmett, being Emmett, shouted, "Group Hug!"

So absorbed was everyone in the group hug, that they didn't notice the face in the window.