Author's Note: Again, I don't own the characters, etc. It's all the wonderful work of Stephanie Meyers. Anyways, I told you I'm fairly bored and updates will come pretty quickly. I didn't get as much feed back as I would've liked, but then again it has only been a day. Hope you enjoy this quick update for the lovely people who sent me a nice review :D THANX VERY MUCH!!! AND ENJOY!!!

Edward

We had slowly begun moving away from the catastrophe after burying the two bodies in a make-shift grave, away from any wild life that might wander their way. Bella would've liked that. "Isabella…Bella," Edward said again in his head, finding the shorter version more to his liking. They had found that this was her name and her parents were Renee and Charlie Swan. Their names were etched in scrawling handwriting, onto a photo of the young couple and their child. It was found hidden inside Charlie's wallet in his jacket pocket. "Charlie, Renee and Isabella (2009)," Edward read again from the back while turning the photo back to the picture of the smiling family. It was a picture of their last Christmas, which inevitably and literally was their last, at least for the two elder humans of the three. There was no mistaking that there was much love and happiness within this small family that was shattered by a mid-afternoon stroll through the woods.

"What are we going to do with her," Jasper asked, while walking along side his brothers and sisters. "We can't possibly keep her safe forever. She needs a life, but you said so yourself, she's going to die if we don't protect her," he said, directing the statement to Edward.

"I don't know. Maybe Carlisle will know what's best to do," Edward said with a pensive look on his face. He felt a need to protect the child as best as he could, but he could hear the doubts from the others, as well as his own. Bella knew too much already, and that was against the number one rule that all of their kind must abide by – Remain Hidden.

"They aren't going to be back for a while, but I can see that they are planning something," Alice said with eyes closed, slowly rubbed her temples slowly with her fingers. She immediately opened her eyes again, already in all smiles from what she saw. "They are going to be ecstatic, shocked but very ecstatic about the little one. We will be the best of friends," Edward heard Alice think with his extra senses.

They quickly ran with the child, with Alice more dancing than running, hand in hand with Jasper, and Emmett barreling through the thick bushes. Running was like second nature to them, never losing its thrill, even at the ease of it. Once they reached the sprawling white house they called their home, all of them waited.

"Carlisle. Esme. Rosalie." Edward spoke with no more than a mere whisper, calling for their adoptive mother and father figures, and sister.

It wasn't even a second before Carlisle, Esme and Rosalie appeared in the living room, coming from their respected rooms. The look on their faces was shock as they tried to gauge what was going on.

Edward swiftly explained what had occurred to the young girl and her parents without speaking a word. He then turned his eyes to his family, watching to see their reactions. Esme and Rosalie looked utterly in love with the child and he could hear from their thoughts that they wanted to keep her. Carlisle looked a little hesitant, and he knew it was because Carlisle was afraid of hurting the human, but he could tell that Carlisle had also made up his mind to protect the child. It was a self-less trait that had brought the family together. Carlisle couldn't abandon one who needs help.

"So it's settled." Jasper said in a calming voice. "We are keeping her here until we know for sure that she is safe from Victoria and James," saying it with such fierceness and protectiveness, being the first one to have spotted Bella, and her strong emotions.

Rosalie and Alice looked thrilled, their face lighting up, overjoyed by a little change in their monotonous lives.

"Oh! I can't wait to buy her tons of clothes!" Alice squealed in delight, her obvious interest in fashion getting ahead of her. She already begun to thick of thousands of outfits to dress Bella in, calculating how she was going to shift around the rooms so that Bella could have her own room and closet while living with them.

Rosalie on the other hand didn't mind what the young girl was going to wear, only overjoyed that she was going to finally have one of her wishes full-filled, to raise a child.

Edward walked Bella to their living room couch, laying the exhausted child on the couch, and then covered by the thick jacket that he didn't need. "I think we should wait for her to wake up to see how she feels about this," he said softly, trying hard not to wake her up.

"Poor little thing." Esme said in a sympathetic voice, her hand hovering over the sleeping child. Esme has always been very compassionate and kindhearted, and her adoption of the others as her children was a testament of her warm character.

"Let her sleep," Jasper said as he sat in on a separate couch, his eyes never leaving Bella's sleeping form. "She's going to have a rough time when she awakens. This is probably going to be her only time of peace."

Everyone gave Bella a last glance before scattering to do their own business around the house, never leaving far enough to be out of hearing range of Bella's breathing.

It wasn't long before a heart-wrenching scream was heard from the living room, and Edward wasn't far from the sound, already seeing Jasper at the child's side, having never left the couch when everyone else had left to their own spaces.

"Mommy!" Bella screamed, thrashing about on the couch, kicking half of her make-shift blanket off of her body. "Stop it you monster! Stop kurting my mommy and daddy! Stop it!" she screamed, curling up on herself as laid in a fetal position on the couch, eyes slowly opening to look at her surroundings.

By then, all the Cullens had gathered in the living room, unsure if they should come any closer, in fear of scaring the child more than necessary.

Jasper on the other hand sat close to the child, stroking her shoulder while emitting calmness to the child. "It's alright. They are gone. We won't hurt you Bella." Jasper whispered in a soothing voice which seemed to be working.

Edward glowered, not sure if Jasper of all people should be so close to the young girl, being that Jasper was the newest member to their lifestyle. Bella turned to look at each of their faces, stopping last on his, her big, brown eyes looking at him with confusion. That was when it struck him. He couldn't hear her thoughts. He stood still, staring at the child with a look of shock and bewilderment. No one has ever challenged his powers before, and for once, the murmur of random thoughts stopped as he looked into her eyes.

"I can't read her," Edward said in a mystified voice, low enough that only his family could pick up. They all looked at him, just as baffled.

"Who are you? How do you know my name? Where are my mommy and daddy?" Bella listed off, her eyes dropping in grief and disappointment as she couldn't find the ones who she was looking for. She paused for a few seconds before opening her mouth again, "They're dead aren't they? Just like grandma." She held on, her voice filled with sorrow. She looked up into Jasper's eyes, waiting for the confirmation in words.

Jasper looked away, wincing at the apparent pain it was causing him to feel the child's heartache, before looking at her face again. "Yes darling. Your parents passed away," he said pausing.

"But you can stay here as long as you like, so don't fret." Esme said in a mothering tone, taking the hand of the child.

Poor thing didn't even notice how cold Esme's hands were, as she stared vacantly, her face holding an expression no child should have to hold. Bella nodded quietly, curling up on herself, resting her head on a scrunched up sleeve of his jacket, and gripping tightly onto the other.

Edward only wished he could know what she was thinking, although he could probably gather from her blank face, but her eyes told more of her suffering than she wasn't letting on.

"Just sleep Bella," Esme said quietly, stroking Bella's hair back. "Everything will be much better tomorrow, I promise," she cooed as Jasper sent out a wave of lethargy and tranquility so that Bella could once again rest.

Edward looked at his family, and back at Bella, hoping tomorrow indeed would be a better day for the perplexing child.

Author's Note: Hope you all enjoyed that! Yeah... its a little depressing and slow, but hey :) How are people supposed to build up the story without some boredom now and again. Later chapters will hold more bonding time as Bella wakes up, and definitely some more action once we see what Victoria and James are up to.

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