AN: HEY! Sorry for the long wait, but i completly forgot to post this chapter before i left. I promise that i will be better about updating. I just got back from florida yesterday. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I own only Anna, Miss Hofel, The Longs, and the idea.

Chapter 3: The Longs

It didn't take long for me to be fostered out to a family. The only difficulty was that the family was only here on vacation. So they had 2 weeks to decide whether or not they wanted to adopt me. If they chose to, I would have to move to Florida. That wouldn't be so bad though, I might be able to find my mother if they did take me. Then again what good would it do? If this family liked me they sure as heck weren't going to let me just walk away to someone they had never met.

But, I was getting ahead of myself. The family, Rich and Rosemary Long, visited the orphanage only 3 days after I had arrived. They came during free time on a rare sunny day. We had all been playing happily in the back when Miss Hofel came out with the two adults. The ones who had been here the longest immediately straightened their clothes and stopped playing.

I stayed perched on a rock with a book one of the other girls had recently loaned me. I ignored the new adults completely until I could feel their gazes rest on me. I looked up and met their eyes. They turned to Miss Hofel and I assumed that they were now discussing me. The bell then rang signaling lunchtime. The others and I filed into the lunch room and got into lines to wait for whatever they decided to feed us today.

It happened to be the same disgusting soup that I had received when I arrived here. I was the last one eating as always because I was not used to eating the horrible food. We then waited to see what activity the place had scheduled for us that day. Miss Hofel walked up to the front of the silent room.

"Because it is sunny today, you guys will be playing tag in the back." As we got up to leave, excited at the thought of being able to play outside again and make the most of the sunny day, she spoke again. "Isabella, please stay in here." Sighing, I plopped back down in my chair. Even if I wasn't the most sociable in the group, a chance to play tag was irresistible.

As soon as the other 30 girls had filed out, I could see the two adults from earlier standing at the doorway. The two and Miss Hofel walked towards me. "Isabella," Miss Hofel said. "This is Rich and Rosemary Long."

"Hello," I mumbled, unsure of what I was supposed to say.

"Alright," Miss Hofel began. "I have to go watch over the other children, but you can stay here and talk to Isabella as long as you would like. When you are finished you can come outside with her so that she can play tag with the others." Miss Hofel left the room.



"So Isabella, how old are you?"

"10."

"Do you like animals?" Now I could assume they had a dog or cat. Otherwise that question was completely random.

"They're okay. It's nice to have them around." Now even if they didn't have one, they wouldn't feel obligated to buy me one if they decided to adopt me.

Now the two turned towards each other. "She seems like a nice girl. And she's been through so much already. I think that she'd enjoy a change of scenery."

"I agree," John said. "And she'd probably get along great with Buddy."

"Who's Buddy?" I asked, hesitant to interrupt their conversation.

"Buddy is our dog. He's a chocolate lab and he's 3 years old."

"Oh." It would be awesome to have a dog. I had never had one in my first life. Renee was allergic to them and I had never bothered to ask Charlie. It had seemed pointless.

The two talked for a while more before they spoke again to me. "Alright Isabella. Let's go outside so you can play with the others." I nodded and led the way outside. As soon as the others saw me, a twelve year old boy named Matt ran over and tagged me.

"Tag! You're it!" Then he bolted back off. I looked back to the Longs and they shooed me along. I ran off after the others. I was a lot more athletic in this life. I had yet to trip. As I tagged Rachel, a 13 year old, I said no tag backs and stood off to the side. The family had been discussing taking me to Florida. As far as I knew, Renee still lived in Jacksonville. If this family decided to take me, I would have to find a way to get to my mother. She would be able to help me… I think.

That is, if I could convince her that it was really me. It shouldn't be too hard though, unless she hadn't believed me when I had said that we would meet again. Oh well, first I had to get this family to like me and take me to Florida with them. Without them, I wouldn't get to see Renee. Suddenly, a thought hit me.

There was a phone in my room. I knew Charlie's phone number and my mother's. If I could use the phone I could call them to come and get me! But in the short time I had been away from heaven, had the Cullen's moved? I wouldn't be surprised. Edward suffered in every room in the Forks house, always remembering the time that we had spent together.

The killings in Port Angeles had already been taken care of, and they had already been in Forks too long. Tonight I would call Charlie, and if that didn't work then I would call Renee. If I couldn't get a hold of either, then I would have to get this family to take me with them to Florida and find Renee somehow once I got there. I just had to wait for tonight to come.



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AN: So there is chapter 3! Will Bella get a hold of her parents? Or will this family adopt her? Only I know! The more reviews I get, the faster I update! REVIEW!