Chapter 8

At first I was really looking forward to meeting the other Denali clan, but as we were getting into our cars to drive to meet them I got very nervous. Jasper noticed before anyone else…stupid empath vampire! He came over while I was waiting outside Edward's Volvo for him to be ready to leave.

"Hey Bella, what's wrong. You're so nervous it's rolling off you in waves."

"I'm not really sure; I was fine until about ten minutes ago. Now I'm so nervous about going to meet Tonya and her family. What if they don't like me?"

"I'm sure that they will love you. They're like family to us and they all want Edward to be happy. You've made him happy; besides when Carlisle called to tell them we were coming they were all very excited to meet you."

"Thanks Jasper, I'm so glad that we can be close now that you don't have to worry about my blood anymore."

"Me too Bella, me too."

With that Jasper went back to helping load things into Emmett's Jeep. I stood there taking deep breaths that I didn't need, but they calmed me so that by the time Edward came to the car and Jasper and Alice joined us for the ride to Tanya's house I was once again excited to be going. The trip to Tonya's was full on fun information and stories of the Cullen's past trips to visit the Denali coven. The trip pasted so quickly that it seemed no time at all before we pulled up outside a beautiful and very large log cabin.

"Wow" I whispered under my breath "it's so beautiful."

"Yes," Esme replied "and it's even more beautiful on the inside. Kate is a lot like me, she loves to decorate. For that matter I'm sure they've redone Edward's room so that it will accommodate you both now."

"They didn't have to do that I'm sure that whatever Edward had before would have been fine."

"Of course it wouldn't have been fine" A new voice replied causing me to look up to see a group of vampires coming toward us "Unless you enjoy sharing a small couch and having no closet space."

"Um, well I don't really care." Was all I could reply. Edward came up behind me then and began introductions.

"Bella I'd like you to meet Tonya, Irina, Kate, Carmen and Eleazar. Guys, this is Bella."

If I could still blush I'm sure that I would have been, but the others didn't seem to notice they were too busy greeting each other with warm hugs and laughter. Each of them greeted me in turn hugging me and welcoming me to the family. We went inside and Esme was right it was more beautiful inside than out. We grabbed our stuff from the cars and brought it inside, the others all knew where their rooms were so they took off leaving me waiting in the living room for Edward to finish getting our bags from the Volvo.

"Would you like me to show you your room?" a soft voice questioned. I turned to see the one I thought had been introduced as Kate standing behind me.

"Yes, thanks, I don't know what's taking Edward so long it's not like we brought that much stuff. At least I didn't, unlike Alice and Rose." Kate laughed.

"Just wait, you'll be like that before long to I'm sure."

"I wouldn't count on that Kate, she hates shopping and if she could would die every time Rose and Alice use her as a Barbie." Edward said

She took us up to show us Edward's newly redecorated room, which was very nice, but made me miss our new home all that much more. After Kate left and we unpacked I wandered over to sit on the bed to wait for Edward to finish hanging up his clothes in the closet.

"What's wrong love?" Edward asked

"I think I miss home, I know its silly we've only been gone a few hours, but I feel like I've lost so much in the last few weeks and I miss the house in forks and my family. Our house here in Alaska was just starting to feel like home and now we're here and I guess I'm just longing for something familiar." I responded to him in my head not wanting others to overhear our conversation.

"Love, why didn't you tell me you didn't want to come?" Edward continued our silent conversation.

"It's not that I didn't want to come, it's just, I don't even know. It's so much change and I guess it's harder to adjust than I thought it would be."

"Oh love, we don't have to stay to long, just a few days and then we can go home and leave the others here to hang out."

"Oh, Edward I don't want to cut short your time with your friends, I'll be okay, I'm sure I'll even have fun. I'm so sorry, I didn't want to bother you with this I just wanted you to have a good time."

"Bella, I want to know what's going on in your head, you're not going to ruin my good time, but I want you to relax and enjoy this too."

I didn't respond I just crossed the room to the closet where Edward had just finished hanging his clothes and wrapped my arms around him. He leaned down and kissed me and it might have even led somewhere if we hadn't been interrupted by Alice yelling for us to come downstairs. I pulled away looking longingly at my new husband and sighed.

"We'd better go before she comes up to drag us down."

"What does she want anyway?"

"They want to play a game."

"Now I'm really scared, what game do they want to play?"

"I don't know, oh wait they haven't decided yet."

We went downstairs to join the rest of our family and Tonya's to see what game they would decide to play. The decided on I've never in order to get to know me better. It was fun, but me being the newest member of the family I was the one who constantly had to take shots because I didn't have as much experience. It was fun, and the week continued in much the same manner. We spent a lot of time playing games, talking, playing makeover Bella, and hunting. Edward and I didn't have much time alone and by the end of a week I was really ready to take him up on his offer to go home just to escape the never ending barrage of questions, games, group hunting and Bella makeovers. I also missed having quiet uninterrupted time with Edward or even just a moment when I could be alone.

"Edward, can you hear me?" I queried from my mind.

"Yes love, what's wrong?"

"Um, I'd really like to go home, would the others be offended?"

"No love, its okay I'll take care of it and we can leave tonight. Is that okay."

"Thank you Edward, I love you."

"I love you too; I'll take care of everything and join you in our room to pack in 10 minutes."

"Okay"

I turned from the window that I'd been standing at and began to pack my things into the two suitcases that they'd come from. In shorter than the time promised Edward joined me and packed his things too. When we were finished I turned and asked if everything was okay and if they were mad that we were leaving early.

"No Alice already knew it was coming, our family isn't really surprised they weren't sure you'd make it a week. Emmett thinks we're going home because we're newlyweds, and Tonya's family knows how hard it can be to adjust to this life so they understand. They would like us to come back when we can stay longer though."

"I'd like that too, I really like all of them and they've been so nice to me, I'm glad that they're not mad and maybe we can come back in a few months when I've had more time to adjust to losing everything and gaining everything."

"I'm sure that would be great, are you all ready to go now?"

"Yep, let's go say our goodbyes."

We said our goodbyes to everyone and the Cullen family said that they'd be joining us at home in two weeks, but Carlisle would be home in 3 or 4 days because he had to go back to work. I had enjoyed my time with the other coven, but was overjoyed to be going home.