Chapter 2

Visiting the Cullen House

"Hey Spencer," I said as I walked to our car.

"Hey Bella," he replied. He was already waiting by our car and he seemed nervous.

"Are you nervous about the visit?" I asked while getting in the car.

"A little, are you?" He replied.

"Yes." I nodded. In my rearview mirror, I saw the Cullens back out and drive away. I followed them. I hoped they weren't going to ambush us. They didn't seem like they would, but you could never tell. Spencer and I didn't talk much on the way there. When we arrived, they told us to stay in the car till they said it was okay. We didn't have to wait long for them to let us in. I took an unnecessary breath and got out of the car. Spencer looked at me and asked, "Ready?" I smiled a little remembering it's what he said this morning. I replied with what I'd said, "As ready as I'll ever be." He smiled and start walking towards the entrance of the house and I followed.

"Hello, I'm Carlisle Cullen and this is my wife, Esme," a man with blonde, wavy hair said.

"Nice to meet you two," Esme said and smiled at us. She was very pretty. She had caramel colored hair and, of course, golden eyes. She reminded me of a fairy tale character.

"I'm Bella and this is Spencer," I said. "It's nice to meet you too." I smiled slightly. I was still wary.

"Please, come sit down," Carlisle said walking towards what seemed to be their main room. Spencer and I followed. The other vampires we met at school were already sitting in their seats. Alice was on Jasper's lap and Rosalie was on Emmett's. I assumed they were mates. Spencer and I sat on a couch with Edward.

"So tell us about yourself, Bella or Spencer who ever wants to go first," Carlisle said once we were settled. "That is if you want to, of course." He smiled warmly at us. I really liked Carlisle, even though I'd just met him. He wasn't pushy. I looked at Spencer not sure if he wanted to go first. He seemed to know what I meant and he nodded.

"My name is Spencer White," he began, "and I was changed in to a vampire when I was sixteen in the year 1946. I don't remember anything about my human life except the year I was born and I had an older sister. I'm not sure who changed me. I don't have any powers that I know of. I think that's it," he said. "Your turn Bells," he said smiling in my direction. I resisted the urge to roll my eyes.

"Um, my name is Isabella Swan, but I prefer just Bella," I started. "I was changed in 1939, and I was seventeen." I didn't really like telling who changed me and why, so I just decided to leave it out. "I have a shield that can pretty much block any power," I finished. "So what about you all?" I asked.

"I'll start," Edward said. "My name is Edward Masen. I'm 17. I was changed in 1918 and I can read minds." I was thankful for my shield. It would be extremely embarrassing to have him hear my thoughts about him.

"Me Next," Alice said excitedly. Alice told her story, then one after one the others did also. It turned out that Alice could see the future and Jasper could control and feel emotions. It was comforting to know that they were all accepting of us. Well, all except Rosalie.

"How'd you meet Bella, Spencer?" Edward asked after Carlisle finished his story.

Spencer smiled then started, "I was wandering around in the woods after my 3rd day being a vampire although at the time I didn't know I was a vampire and I saw Bella. Well, actually Bella literally ran in to me." Spencer laughed. He always made fun of me, because running in to another vampire shouldn't happen.

"I was distracted. I didn't mean too," I defended myself.

"Sure, you were Bells," Spencer said. I rolled my eyes and Spencer continued the story. "She told me that I was vampire, and that I had an option in my lifestyle. I could drink blood from humans or animals. I asked her which one she lived and told her I'd do what she did. I've been with Bella ever since then," he finished. Edward just nodded. He seemed disappointed, but I didn't know about what.

"What are you doing this weekend, Bella?" Alice asked when Spencer was done. "Nothing," I replied. She smiled widely. Oddly, I was scared at what this over-excited pixie might want to do.

"Yay! That means you can go shopping with me," she squealed. Spencer burst out laughing. He knew I hated shopping. I glared at him, and all the Cullens stared at him. "What's so funny?" Alice asked, confused.

"Bella doesn't enjoy shopping," Spencer said after laughing. I heard chuckle beside me. It was Edward. Spencer was probably thinking about the last time I went shopping.

"Aw, Bella, please I'll make it fun. I promise," Alice said while pouting. I didn't like to disappoint people, so I nodded. She smiled happily. "You won't regret it."

Spencer chuckled and said, "You might." I rolled my eyes and nudged him playfully.

"Are you two mates?" Edward asked. He looked uncomfortable. I thought it was an odd question.

"No," I said and shook my head. He just nodded and looked down. It was awkward after that, or at least it was for me. All of sudden I felt a wave of calmness. I remembered Jasper's power, and realized it was him.

"The awkwardness was uncomfortable," he said with his southern accent. We all chuckled.

"What made you come to Forks?" Rosalie asked. It came out nicer than the previous things she'd said. Maybe she was warming up to us? I thought.

"We needed to move from our previous place. People were starting to notice we don't age. We found this town and it was perfect with the little sunshine it has," Spencer explained.

"It's just you two, correct?" Jasper asked.

"Yes, it's just us," Spencer replied. He then turned towards me. "Bella, we should be leaving now to go hunting. I looked at the clock and it was only 12 AM. I didn't know why Spencer wanted to leave so early, but I just nodded in response.

"I'm sorry. We must be going," I said getting up from the couch. I started walking towards the door. "It was a pleasure meeting you all," I said smiling.

"I hope to see you both again soon," Esme said while waving goodbye. I nodded and smiled.

"Bye Spencer and Bella," the Cullen 'children' and Carlisle said.

"Next time we can play video games, Spencer," Emmett said.

"Awesome," Spencer replied. He loved challenges. I rolled my eyes and opened the door.

"Goodbye," I said and walked out the door towards the car. Spencer followed.

"You like Bella, don't cha', Eddie-boy?" I heard Emmett yell from inside the house. Spencer started laughing hard. Were boys always meant to be that immature? I walked to the car at vampire speed rather than the pace I was before. I didn't want to hear anything else I wasn't meant to. Once Spencer was in the car, I drove away from the Cullen house.