Chapter Six (Jealousy and Ducks)
(Emmett's POV)
It has been almost a week since Bella came into our family. After Edward and her became friends, she enthusiastically agreed to be a Cullen. Everybody seemed much more happier with her around, but I think that's because she pulled Mr. Gloom and Doom out of his hole. Seriously, I don't think Edward smiled since we left Forks.

Rosalie didn't seem to take to kindly to Bella at first. I thought that it was because she had a thing against the original Bella before her. I was proven oh so wrong.

"I can't stand her! Why did she have to stay here with us? Edward should've left her out in the woods!"

I sighed and took her hands in mine, rubbing soothing circles on them with the pad of my thumb. "It seems you're the only one to think that, Rose. Everyone else loves her."

"That's the problem! EVERYONE loves Bella!" She ripped her hands away from me and crossed them stubbornly over her chest. I sighed again before picking her up and sitting her in my lap.

"Everyone loves you, too. You know that."

When I tried to kiss her cheek she turned away from me and glared at the wall. "You love her more than me...," she mumbled so low I almost didn't catch it.

I stared at her in shock. She didn't like Bella because of me? Wait a minute, did she think I was interested in her? I pursed my lips together to hold in a laugh. She was jealous. I couldn't hold it in. I snorted and laughed hard.

If looks could kill, Rose could've slaughtered me. Good thing I was already dead. "Are you laughing at me?"

I tried to stop, but I kept chuckling as I answered her. "No, no. I just think you're cute when you're jealous."

She snorted. "Me? Jealous? You're jumping to conclusions."

I laughed loudly again and kissed her temple. "You know I love you and only you. True, I do love Bella," she stiffened, "but I love her like I love Alice. Like a sister." Rose relaxed again and finally turned to me.

"Okay, I believe you."

I grinned at her. "Besides, I think she likes Edward anyway. Whenever she gets near him she gets all nervous and flustered. It's amusing, really."

Rose wrapped her arms around my neck and pulled closer to me. "Shh, I don't want to talk about her anymore." I took a hint and grinned.


(Edward's POV)

I have to admit, being around Anabella was quite fun and entertaining. At first I thought it would be hard, that I would think of my Bella whenever I saw her. But I was wrong. While she did have some Bella-like attributes, there were some very noticeable differences. Like the fact that even though she could get embarrassed very easily (I wonder if she blushed a lot as a human), she wasn't afraid to let people know how she felt. While Bella would try to keep things to herself most of the time in fear of hurting someone's feelings, Anabella would blurt out whatever and not worry about what others would think. She certainly wasn't afraid to speak her mind. Sometimes it would take us by surprise by what she would say. Like yesterday for example...


Alice has taken Anabella to be her new life sized Barbie. After reluctantly being dragged away (and I'm sure she was bound and gagged too), she emerged from Alice's room in a feathery and poofy dress with Alice leading her down the stairs to show off her work.


"So, Bella, what do you think?" She turned a her toward a mirror so she could get a good look. On the outside Anabella looked calm and collected, besides her eye twitching in annoyance. But she was thinking something else. I barely had time to register what she thought before she voiced it out loud.


"I look like a pregnant duck on drugs. My duckling will be mutated and deformed." With that she turned on her heel and went back to change. Everybody was frozen for a moment before Emmett broke out into laughter. Everyone soon followed suit, even Alice. She wasn't even offended by the fact that Anabella just insulted the clothes she picked out for her.


"Well, Alice," Jasper said, wiping away tears that weren't there, "It seems like you have a lot on your hands with that one. She won't sit around and pretend she likes something just for you."


An evil glint was in her eye. "Perfect, I always loved a good challenge."

I chuckled as I was lost in the memory. That's how Anabella found me.

"Hey, Edward. What's so funny?" She smiled a cute little smile. Wait...cute?

I smiled back. "Just thinking about the whole pregnant duck incident." I chuckled again. I seem to be doing that a lot lately.

She giggled. "I wasn't trying to be funny. That just how I honestly felt about the dress. I wasn't going to butter something up that I don't like." She made a face of disgust. "Is that going to happen a lot? I mean, Alice forcibly putting me in god ugly clothes?"

"I'm sorry to say that yes, that probably will happen a lot." I smiled wider as she groaned. There was a comfortable silence between us for a moment before I decided to take a chance and broke it. "Um, would you like to go to town with me tonight? I mean, we could look around, maybe see a movie or something."

There was a long pause and I felt rejection creeping up on me. "You mean...like a date?"

I blinked and looked up, I didn't realize my gaze was directed to the floor. "If you want it to be one. If not, I'm happy going as just friends."

There was another long pause as Anabella slowly started to smile. "I would love to go on a date with you, Edward."

I swore my dead heart leapt when I heard those words. I thought Bella was the only one who would ever be able to do that...

That's when I realized it. I was falling for Anabella. My Bella's granddaughter. That thought would have made me shudder in disgust a few weeks ago, but now...it felt so right to be with her. I grinned. "So, we'll leave in an hour or so then?"

She bit her lip as she smiled and nodded. "I'll see you then." She walked away, and in her mind I knew that she wanted to jump up and down in joy. When she got upstairs to Alice's room and told her of our plans, that's exactly what she did.

Tonight was going to be the best night I ever had in a long time.