AN: Hi everybody! I just got back from norway and my brother's soccer practice about 2 hours ago. I hope you enjoy this chapter!

Disclaimer: I only own the idea and a few of the girls and boys whose names get mentioned.

Chapter 5: Goodbye

I was woken up the next morning at 8 o'clock. Anne, who woke me up, told me that the Longs would be picking me up at 11. That could be a problem for me. If my mom got caught in traffic she would be too late. And even if she didn't they would be arriving at the same time as the Longs.

I showered quickly and put on one of the new pairs of clothes that I had been given. It was merely jeans and a short sleeved pink t-shirt. As I went downstairs for breakfast, I realized a major mistake that I had made last night. I hadn't told my mom about my completely different appearance. That could be a problem if my mother and Phil weren't good actors. I was more worried about Phil than I was of my mom.

After we finished breakfast and were waiting for Miss Hofel to tell us what we were going to do, people came up to me to say goodbye even though I hadn't been at this place long. Then Miss Hofel told us that we would be able to play outside until lunchtime. Instead of taking us to the back, she led us to the front yard to play.

We decided to play tag again. I was chosen to be it first. I raced off after the girls that were still standing still and they scattered as I got near them. I went after the one with the slowest start; a girl named Nicole. I tagged her easily. "Tag you're it!"

I sprinted back in the other direction. Nicole wasn't exactly a slow runner, but it took her a while to get moving. It only took about 5 minutes for her to tag another person, Joe. This game of tag was fun and was moving from person to person quickly. Though some of them tried to tag me, I was the fastest of the group so they would eventually move off to another person to tag.

As we all began to tire, we heard the sound of a car coming up the driveway. We all gathered together and watched as my new family came. Only I knew that it could be either the Longs or Renee and Phil. I prayed it was Renee. But then a second car could be heard farther down the driveway. This could be interesting…

The first car came into sight. It was the Longs. Soon after the second car came into sight. It was Renee and Phil. Here came the acting. Instead of coming to me first, the Longs went over to talk to Miss Hofel who was coming to meet up with them. As soon as Renee got out of the car and started to scan the group we were in, I broke out of it and ran towards her.

"Aunt Renee!" I ran into her waiting arms.

"Wow you look a lot different than the real you," she whispered in my ear.

"Yeah, I know. I forgot to tell you. Did you tell Phil everything?"

"Of course. I told him on the flight." I heard footsteps coming towards us so I turned away from my mother though she still hugged me to her. Miss Hofel was approaching us with the Longs. They all looked confused as to why I was with these people instead of with them. The others had returned to playing tag, but it was only a half hearted game. Some were even eavesdropping on what was going to be said.

"Hello," Miss Hofel said. "I'm Mary Hofel. And these are Rich and Rosemary Long. And you are?"

"Renee and Phil Dwyer." Renee answered easily.

"Hello Mr. and Mrs. Long," I said. "Miss Hofel, this is my aunt and uncle! They found me!" This was extremely easy. They wouldn't think that a 10 year old girl would lie. If you asked me, this was almost too easy.

This new information threw Miss Hofel and the Longs totally off guard because they hadn't heard my exclamation. "Bella, why don't you go play with the others? I'd like to speak with the grownups."

"Okay," I said and reluctantly left Renee's side. I got tagged almost immediately by Jenny. She was about my age and had the same personality that I did. I forgot about the situation I was in and joined in the game. The slower girls hid out of sight. Only the braver girls and boys stayed in my sight. I sprinted towards one of the boys. They always thought that they were better than girls. I went after Bill, who was the biggest and was 14 years old. Nobody had dared to go after him in the two times we had played.

I chased him for at least 10 minutes before I was able to catch him. But I had finally shown him that he could get beaten by a girl. It was at least 20 minutes later that the adults got up from where they were sitting at the steps of the orphanage. I pretended not to notice and kept running. Summer was determined to catch me. But it soon became apparent that she wasn't going to, so she went after somebody else.

Miss Hofel was waving me over from where she stood with the longs and Renee and Phil. "Bella," she said as I came to a stop in front of her. "You're going to go with your aunt and uncle. Okay?"

"YAY!" I said as I bounced up and down. I hugged my mom and Phil quickly but then turned to the Longs. "If you still want to adopt someone, Jenny is a lot like me. I think she'd be happy to have a home. She's been here since she was 4."

Then my mom turned me away from the small group to the car she had rented at the airport. As Renee turned the car around, I glanced out the back window. Jenny was going to the group of adults. I smiled. At least I had been able to give her a home, or at least try to.

"So mom, what exactly did you tell her?"

"That your aunt Susan was pigheaded and didn't want you to come to live with us because she knew I'd be able to get you to talk because we were your favorite aunt and uncle."

I laughed. "Nice mom. Hey, how far are we from Forks?"

"About an hour or so," Phil answered.

"Can we go to the Cullen's house?"

"Of course Bella. We have to go to your father's later anyways so we have a place to stay for the night, longer if need be."

"Okay, thanks mom."

"No problem Bella. You know that I would do anything for you."

"Yeah, I know." As Renee drove us away from the orphanage and towards the Cullen's house, I fell asleep despite the sinking feeling in my stomach that we were going to be too late to see the Cullen's. But we had to try.

AN: So there's chapter 5! What will happen next? Only I know! (Unless you can guess… but I still won't tell!) Plez review and tell me what you think!