Breaking Dawn

AN: I'm so surprised with all the great feedback I'm getting for this story, and I'm really grateful. I write for fun and my own enjoyment but I love it when I get a really nice review, which really encourages me. So thanks guys. And sorry I haven't been updating as much as I should, I'm back at school and the homework's been piled on.

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Chapter 12

Living with Edward. A fantasy I had played through my mind many times. I found myself feeling a little scared. Though I had spent most of my time over the past year with the Cullen's I still felt ill at ease with them, especially the beautiful Rosalie.

I could most definitely tell she would not be anticipating my arrival. Alice drove recklessly as always, I gripped myself tightly to the side of the car. She laughed at me and I felt uneasy.

"Bella, I have never crashed, not once in my entire life."

"You haven't crashed yet you mean. Though how could I forget, your perfect."

I felt guilty for my icy tone and rude remark, Alice frowned slightly but blew it off.

"I'm sorry Alice, I'm just a bit scared… and I'm worried about Charlie. I mean he doesn't exactly know how to take care of himself very well."

"You need to have a little bit more faith in Charlie Bells. He'll survive." Alice laughed, "And don't worry, Rosalie has been spoken too and she will behave."

I sighed, I felt a little bit better. Just a little. We finally reached the driveway. I was greeted with a huge grin, from Emmett. He opened the door for me and I stepped out. He then proceeded to crush me in his arms.

He ruffled my hair. "Welcome home Bells."

Edward was suddenly behind him, pushing him out of the way and scooping me more gently into his arms. I heard Emmett groan as Edward planted a brief kiss on my lips, running his fingers in mine, slowly circling the ring around my finger.

"Get a room you too."

Alice swiftly came to Emmett and hit him hard on the head. Edward laughed. It felt like I hadn't seen his smile in years. It felt so good, I hadn't seen any of them in so long, and it really did feel like home.

Jasper came out and grabbed my things from the car, balancing the box easily on his head and swinging the suitcase with little effort.

"Show off," Emmett muttered. I of course was an only child so I had missed out on having brothers and sisters, it felt like I was a part of the family. Emmett and Jasper felt like brothers to me, and Alice a sister. And Rosalie… I had a feeling she might need a little bit more warming up to.

Edward placed me gently on the ground and we began to walk towards the house, Carlisle and Esme greeting me at the door.

"Welcome home Bella," said Esme, pulling me into a soft embrace. Carlisle smiled warmly, welcoming me. Rosalie stood behind them.

She smiled genuinely at me, shaking my hand briefly.

"It's nice to see you again Bella," her sweet voice tinkled. I relaxed with relief at her sincere words. They brought me inside.

Emmett, Rosalie, Jasper and Alice suddenly disappeared into the living room. I assumed Jasper had already packed my things away.

"Please feel free to organize things in Edwards room, we have added a few features for you to use. We'll see you down in the lounge," Carlisle smiled.

With Edward holding my hand, leading to the stairs, my heart raced with joy. It was the first time this week I had felt genuine happiness. My hand tingled with the familiar feeling I got on my skin, usually after Edward touched me.

He opened the door to his room and led me in. In addition to the bed he had added, he had also installed a large wardrobe, a little too large. My clothes were bound to only take up one tenth of it. I gave him a reproaching look and he smirked in return.

"You know, I don't have enough clothes to fill that wardrobe," I said.

"Open it up."

I walked to wardrobe and slowly opened the door, as if a horrible monster was waiting to eat me when I opened it. But what I found was much worse. It was half full of clothes…. expensive looking clothes.

"Before you yell at me, I'd just like to put out there that this was not my idea. You can go speak to Alice about this," Edward said smiling.

I glared at him. Edward laughed and scooped me into his arms with ease, pressing me into him. I sighed.

"I can never stay angry at you can I Edward?"

"Nope," he replied with an angelic smile. I grinned and kissed him.

"Do you find your new residents to your liking?"

"I do indeed."

"Alice and Esme had great fun going food shopping for you. They haven't bought groceries in 100 years. They had quite a lot of fun," Edward teased.

"Hope they didn't buy too much, won't be needing it for long."

Edward scowled slightly at this.

"Let's go downstairs," I suggested.

"Not quite yet," Edward said mischievously. He placed me down on his bed and lay beside me, his leg draped over mine. He began to kiss me, soft feather light kisses all over my face. I pressed against him and responded. I suddenly felt something hard against my leg, and stifled a giggle.

We kept kissing; Edward stopped and brought my wrist to his lips, and licked. He brought it to his nose and breathed in deeply, smiling dangerously. I was tingling all over.

I heard a loud bump from downstairs and I crawled out from underneath him and jumped up, pulling him with me. I gave him a quick kiss on the lips and walked towards the door.

Edward tried to grab my hand but for the first time ever I was too quick for him. I turned to find his eyes pleading me to come back. I laughed. I was quite enjoying this side of Edward. It made me feel…attractive and in power.

I shook my head and grinned.

"Your family is just downstairs! Besides… I'm hungry."

"Alright Bella, I'll let you go, for now."

I grabbed his hand and led him out the door. We walked into the kitchen to find Emmett and Jasper playing some sort of play station game. Emmett was gripping the control so tight I wondered why it wasn't breaking.

They both looked like they were concentrating very hard, every now and then one of them would yell some sort of profanity and Rosalie and Alice would give them looks of disgust.

Edward ran and sat in between them.

"I'm playing next."

Alice and I exchanged glances and I rolled my eyes as if to sigh, 'Boys'. The scene looked so normal. Alice and Rosalie were sitting on the couch with a girly magazine and the boys were sitting on the floor playing their heated game.

Esme was cooking dinner for me in the kitchen, and Carlisle was reading the paper at the table. It all seemed so… normal. It struck me that; though this family was of course most definitely not average… they could still do normal things.

Esme smiled and walked over with a bowl of plain pasta and cheese. She gave me an apologetic look for the simple meal but I smiled gratefully.

I sat down next to Alice and Rosalie. Edward and Emmett were now playing the game. I was glad to see Edward was getting beaten in something. When Edward lost he rolled his eyes and said very UN sportsmanlike, "Just because I don't sit at home all day and play games. At least I have a life!"

"Maybe we should get Bella over here to have a shot," Emmett laughed. I shook my head in dread.

"I think I'll pass on that."

"Come on Bella!" said Emmett.

"Yeah Bella," added Edward, I glared at him.

"So this is what our marriage means to you then, nothing! You take you're brothers side instead of sticking up for me!" I cried in mock outrage. Edward grinned.

"Go on Bella," said Jasper grinning, shoving the controller into my hand. The buttons were confusing, why on earth were there buttons with shapes on it? I looked at the screen.

"Okay press X to pick a player," said Edward. After a few moments I finally managed to maneuver the complex machinery to pick a player. The screen came to life and I found my player (some sort of body building transvestite) in a boxing ring facing a large man in Speedo's (Emmett's character).

I of course lost and found myself being laughed at by the three boys at my apparently appalling playing skills. I started to cough and sneeze and Emmett laughed at me even harder. I glared at him.

Alice giggled as she handed me a tissue.

"Still a bit sick are you Bells?" asked Alice smiling. I glared at her and the rest of the family. But I was determined to beat them.

"Hand me back that controller," I said defiantly. Edward's eyes widened and Emmett smirked. They may have had skill on their side, but I had the will.

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It didn't matter that I had lost every single game, it had been one of the greatest nights I had ever had. I felt normal, included. Like I was already one of them. I was excited about the coming weeks spent with them. And soon, I would truly be one of them.

Going to sleep was almost like a dream; I lay in the huge bed with Edward beside me, knowing he would be there forever. It felt so comforting being in his room, just him and me.

And not once had I thought of Jacob Black.

A smile played on my lips as I drifted to sleep.

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AN: Sorry again it took me so long to update, but a lot of schoolwork is coming in. Hope you enjoyed and please review.