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Rosalie POV

I smiled as I watched Edward almost visibly lose some of his tension. 'Really he should start giving me some credit. At least I had not lost my head like him when Bella had appeared in our lives. If you look back these seven years of our lives had been HECTIC.' I watched as Edward smiled at the last word. 'Yeah, hectic didn't even graze the reality of what had happened. What with all that hunger problems we had…' I stopped. Edward had left a very low growl, a growl only for my vampire ears to listen. I ignored him and looked back at Alice. She was looking outside. She turned to look at me and said, "You know, Forks has not changed much since I left. I wonder if it would ever change drastically."

"Well, you know how people are here. It's quite a boring life here," I said. What a lie!

"I don't think life with you guys would ever be boring for me. You guys have not changed at all," she said with a smile. I froze, has she started seeing that we are not … Alice laughed and said, "Emmett still teases me about my height and you two sure look good together. Don't tell me the people of Forks still raise their eyebrows at you guys?"

We all were adopted. Esme had had an accident in her early wedding life with Carlisle and then they could never have children. So they had started adopting us. They had first adopted Edward and then I came along in their family. I am sure I gave them my fair share of troubles. Then one day I came across Emmett, an orphan like me and I dragged him to Esme and demanded that she keep him too. I had been young, really young but there was no question of it. I had fallen in love with Emmett at first sight.

Of course, the people of Forks had wagged their tongues about our love life since we all lived in the same house and Emmett and I didn't practically practice discretion in school or anywhere to say. Carlisle had finally sent both of us out of Forks for our high school studies. But it didn't change anything. We still couldn't keep our hands off each other. Carlisle and Esme had finally gifted us a cottage for our private time. It was in the outskirts of Forks and ever since we had had news of Alice coming to live with us, we have abandoned it to live with our family.

"No, they are not interested in our love life now. They have found a new couple with as much interest as ours." I looked slyly at Edward who kept his eyes at the road, ignoring me. Alice smiled and nodded.

I don't know what Carlisle and Esme had planned for Alice but we sure were going to be there with them for support. Emmett and I had been absent when Alice had arrived at their house. I didn't know how she came or what happened but Esme and Carlisle had been tight lipped about it. We were not allowed to come to the house for holidays at all in those two high school years. Things were happening then and Carlisle didn't want us to be involved in any danger. We both had been hurt at first that Carlisle and Esme didn't want us to help in the family and to be truthful I was jealous of Edward. But now, we knew Carlisle was just trying to save us from danger.

"Who is this new couple? Is it someone I know?" Alice asked. I smiled and nodded at Edward.

"Edward!" Alice said in disbelief. I laughed out loud. "Edward has got a girlfriend?"

'A wife and a daughter,' I corrected Alice in my mind.

Edward looked up and said, "Why do you find it so amusing, Alice?"

Alice smiled cheekily, "Well, I always thought you as the guy who would straight have a wife and children instead of a girlfriend."

I burst out laughing. 'Bingo!' I thought and laughed at Edward. Edward ignored me and looked back at the road, unable to defend himself.

"Who is she?" Alice asked me urgently. "Did I know her? Have Carlisle and Esme met her?"

"Her name is Isabella Swan," I said.

"Bella," Edward correctly me immediately and then he added, "She likes to go by the name Bella, not Isabella, just like you hate being called Mary."

Alice took her cue and nodded at him, "I will remember that. So, who is she? I have never heard of her."

"She is Chief Swan's daughter. She came to Forks four years back and Edward fell in love with her – head over heels at first sight." I said. I was enjoying Edward's discomfort. Alice wolf whistled and I laughed along with her.

"Don't you two have anything other to talk about?" Edward said, finally.

"But it is so much interesting than anything else. I can easily see why people took interest in their love life." Alice said cheekily. I agreed with her. 'I sure would enjoy with Alice. She definitely was like me. She has good tastes, both in fashion and in humor. I hope Carlisle has made a good decision.' I thought as we drove into our driveway.

Carlisle's POV.

I know the whole family depended on me. I have to take the responsibility of the whole house, but right now I felt helpless; helpless to make any decision. It concerned the safety of not only Alice but also the whole family. I know that I couldn't allow Alice to live with us but I know that I would break both Alice's and Esme's heart by not letting them be together. Who am I kidding? Even I would be heart broken by not letting Alice be a part of the family. I had promised that woman after all.

I just never had thought we would be the dangers for Alice. We were a family. We really need to get out from Forks, too. The people here were starting to talk about our family and we need to isolate ourselves from people for some time. Yes, we all were doing great in controlling our thirst but we may slip anytime plus the Volturi was eyeing us up all the time. They were keeping a tab on us and they did not like it that we were raising suspicions among the humans here.

I shook my head slowly, hoping the worries from my head would fall and disappear but it didn't. I felt Esme sit beside me and snuggle up to me. She kissed me softly on the cheek and put a hand on either side of my face. "It would be alright. We have seen so much together, Carlisle. We will see through this problem too."

"I don't know how I should tell her the truth, Esme. I don't know how I will tell her that she can no longer live with us. We are abandoning her. We have kept her away from us for so long and now that she wants to live with us…" I shrugged and weakly put my head in Esme's shoulders. Esme gathered me in her arms and hugged me. I relaxed a little in her comfort.

"I don't know what is going to happen Carlisle but I have a good feeling about this plus, I want Alice to stay with us, if not in Forks, then anywhere else, though I feel we still can live a few years in Forks. Not too long just enough for Alice to complete her high school. Then we can move away." Esme said softly.

I sighed, if it was possible and relaxed into her. We stayed like that for a long time. I know we both were waiting for the sound of Edward's Volvo. We were waiting to hear of some accident to happen. A sad, disappointed Edward or angry Rosalie or ashamed Emmett to come up and inform us that Alice ran away from us the moment she saw them. Or they slipped and she was … Or the Volturi boy, Jasper Whitlock, he …

I shook my head again. I have to keep myself sane. We have got to trust ourselves and control our emotions. Esme looked up into my eyes and I watched her silently.

"Carlisle, trust them a little. They are our children. Nothing will go wrong. They all know how to behave responsibly. Haven't they behaved nicely all these years? Yes, they have slipped but I am sure they know how to deal with it." She said to me softly. I closed my eyes and waited.

We both did. Then I heard Edward's Volvo turn into the drive way and we both stood up. Esme's face was lit up and mine too broke into a smile. Yes, we could worry about things later. Right now, it was time to welcome our youngest daughter.