AN: PLEASE NOTE!! TIME SKIP OF 6 YEARS!! Sorry for the time skip

Hey Everybody! So, school has been INSANE! My teachers love to give homework... and they give a lot of it. And I got my braces off the eighth (YAY!) So then i was looking forward to this weekend because my parents have to take me driving (i have my permit!) but its been raining nonstop. We've gotten 9 inches in 2 days. SO now i'm updating because i'm stuck inside the house. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the idea and a few people that I made up along the way…

Chapter 9: Alice!!

Six Years… my mother, Phil and I searched for the Cullen's for five years. We'd been so many places that I couldn't name them all. I lost count after the 20th. Now I'm 16, and my mother has called the search off. Though I hate to do it, I know that it's the right thing to do. Renee and Phil sold their Jacksonville dream home, and we settled in some small, cloudy town much like Forks.

I spent most of my time listening to my lullaby… well at least while I wasn't in school or doing homework. Renee, Charlie, and Phil spoiled me senseless. Charlie came to visit us every weekend, and Renee and Phil usually brought me to random places. Over spring break we actually went to Disney World and Busch Gardens. They were trying to make the rest of my time the best that it could be.

All of these vacations were fun and everything, but every single time I found myself thinking about the Cullen's. The day after spring break ended, everything changed…

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I walked to my locker and grabbed my books for my first period class. My parents were considering moving closer to Charlie. I sighed as I closed my locker and banned those thoughts from my mind, though it wouldn't be so bad to go back to Forks. It would be nice to see my dad every day. I walked slowly into English class and sat down in my usual seat. It was near the back, and the desk next to me was open.

It seemed like that was the case in all of my classes. I didn't have any friends at this school. It was almost as though they could sense that I would only be alive for another 2 years. Hm… I wonder what excuse they would have for my death. Oh well, it didn't really matter now did it?

I set my books down on the desk and opened my spiral to copy down the words that my English teacher had written on the board. They were all easy of course because I had already taken this class. But they didn't need to know that.

When the teacher walked in, a new girl walked in. She looked a lot like Alice, I thought suddenly. But her head was turned away from me so I couldn't see her eyes. The bell rang, signaling the beginning of class. I stared at this Alice look-a-like as the teacher turned towards us. "Students, this will be your new classmate, Alice Cullen. She just moved here from Canada."

My eyes widened. So THAT'S where they had been. And this girl WAS Alice! Maybe I wouldn't die when I was 17 after all! "Alice, you can go sit by Isabella Smith. Isabella is sitting right over there," he said pointing to where I sat. Her head whipped around at my name, but seeing that I looked nothing like the Bella she knew, she walked calmly over to the empty chair and sat down.

"Alice," I whispered softly as class started. She looked over at me questioningly.

"Yes?" She asked still confused.

I chickened out. "You don't really have to pay attention to this teacher. He never looks back here," I said.

"Cool, so what do you want to talk about Bel… Isabella."

"Call me Bella. And I don't know. You have 2 brothers and 2 sisters right?"

"Yeah… how did you know that? You seemed pretty shocked when I walked in." Dang she was observant. Stupid vampire sight.

"Um…" I stalled. I don't know what I was supposed to say. "Want to sit with me at lunch?" I asked, changing the topic.

"Sure!" She said enthusiastically. I smiled. Good old Alice, always the hyper pixie.

"Awesome. Hey, what other classes are you taking?" I asked her.

She rattled them all off easily without looking at her schedule at all. "Sweet," I said. "We have all of the classes except science together. I don't know why they do that… we're taking the same class."

"Awesome." We paid attention for the rest of the class though neither of us needed to. The rest of the day flew by… that is until we reached lunch.

"Come on Bella! We have to find a table!" Alice exclaimed happily.

"Alice, I have my own table! I don't sit with anyone else, so there's enough room for everyone." As if on cue, the other four Cullen's came into our sight. They were all outside the lunch room waiting for Alice. They seemed shocked to see me. Was it so impossible to think that Alice could befriend a human? They had all done it before… except Rosalie.

"Hey guys! This is Bella. Bella this is Edward, Jasper, Emmett, and Rosalie." Edward had stiffened as soon as Alice had said Bella.

"Hey everyone. Want to sit with me today?" I asked softly. Seeing Alice's hopeful face, they all agreed. Well… Edward and Rosalie didn't. Edward was still stiff, and Rose still had an aversion to me… maybe she just hated all humans.

"Cool," I said and led them inside to my lunch table. We set our books down then got our food before returning. I absently fingered the bracelet that hung on my wrist. I had found it in my closet back in Forks. I had no idea where it came from. It was a silver bracelet with a crystal heart on it. (Sound familiar anyone?)

I was the only one who ate of course, but I pretended not to notice that the others merely ripped there food into small pieces. "So Bella," Alice said as soon as I finished eating. "Do you want to come over later? We can watch a movie or something."

"Sure!" I replied happily. I could bring Renee and Phil along with me. Maybe with them there it would be easier to get the idea of me being THEIR Bella through to them. Then again, it might fail completely. But whatever.

"Awesome… bring your parents over so they can meet Carlisle and Esme."

"Okay," I said just as the bell rang. We all got up together and threw out our garbage. "Does anyone have bio?" I asked.

"I do," Edward said reluctantly. We walked together to bio. This was just like old times… except back then he wasn't so cold towards me. This was understandable though.

Edward wound up sitting next to me during bio. Alice and I had fun in gym. I waved goodbye to them before climbing into my car and driving home. As I exited the parking lot, I spotted the silver Volvo. I smiled softly.

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I bolted in the front door. "Mom, Phil!" I yelled. They hurried down the stairs.

"What is it Bella? What happened?" My mother asked, worried.

"Something good happened mom! The Cullen's are here!"

"What? How?"

"They moved here! I don't know, they picked a random city. Alice invited me over to watch a movie. You guys have to come with! I don't know how to tell them that I'm THAT Bella."

"Okay… okay. What time?"

"Um…" The phone rang. I sprinted over. "Hello?"

"Hey Bella, it's Alice."

"Hey Alice, what's up?"

"Did your parents say that you could come over?"

"Yup," I replied happily.

"Awesome! What time?"

"I don't know, whenever's fine I guess."

"Can you come over like… now?"

"Yeah."

"You have the directions to the house right?" Alice questioned.

"Of course!"

"Alright. See you later Bella. Bye!"

"Bye!" I hung up the receiver. "Now," I said, answering my mother's question. She nodded and I handed her the instructions to their house. She in turn handed them to Phil. They slipped on their shoes as I bounced up and down.

"Alright Bella, calm down!" My mother said while standing up. I sprinted out the door to the car as they followed at a much slower pace. Once driving towards the house, I couldn't stop bouncing.

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