This Chapter is dedicated to...Advent of the Angel!!

-Edward-

The girls were out hunting so it was just the guys and Mira. Emmett and Jasper were playing video games while Carlisle was sitting on the couch doing paperwork. Mira was silent on the couch we shared. She was munching on a Crunch Bar and was reading a book Jasper had given her. They had gotten closer these past two days. It was now Friday and we were supposed to go shopping tomorrow.

"So Mira, are you excited about school?" I asked to break the silence.

Mira shrugged. "I was home schooled for my whole life so it's all kind of scary to me. I think I can cope though. I mean, I have gone through worse things than school. But…" she hesitated.

"What is it?" asked Carlisle. He looked up from his notes, studying her with interest.

"I…was wondering if I could go get my nails done on Sunday. First impressions are kind of a big thing for me and I wanted to look my best for school."

My cellphone rang, showing Alice's number. I opened it, putting it on speaker. "OF COURSE WE'LL TAKE YOU!! WE SHOULD SO GET OUR HAIR DONE TOO!"

Mira stared wide eyes at the phone, making us guys chuckle. I hung up the phone, smiling at my little sister. She gave me a bigger smile than usual, but it disappeared as fast as it came. At least that was something better that her just staring at me with that blank stare that kind of freaked me out. An expression like that didn't belong on a teenagers face, especially one as beautiful as Mirabella.

"You don't know how much of a clusterfuck you're in now," chuckled Jasper.

"What's going to happen?" she asked staring wide eyed at Jasper.

"Ask Bella when she gets back," I said. "She'll tell you everything trust me."

"Dad," she asked Carlisle. My father looked taken aback by this, but looked up at her. "Is Alice going to kill me or something?"

Carlisle let out a small laugh. "No, but you'll be wishing you were dead." Her eyes bulged and I toppled over laughing. I felt something soft hit me hard in the face and I looked to see Mira standing on top of me with a pillow. This was my chance to make her laugh! I took another pillow, hitting her back. She was knocked onto the floor.

She pouted at me, but didn't laugh. I saw laughter in her eyes, but I was awaiting that sound to escape her lips. I saw the girls come in the front door ever so quietly. They knew we were up to something. I looked over at Alice who was whispering something into Emmett and Jasper's ears. They smiled, and Jasper ran up the stairs very quietly. I looked back at Mira who had her arms crossed and a pout on her lips.

"Hey Alice, you wanna see my one eyed snake?" asked Emmett. Mira's eyebrow furrowed and she turned around, still on the floor. Emmett was unbuttoning his pants just as Alice punched him so hard he flew across the room. Carlisle ducked without even looking up from his notes. The bookshelf in the living room fell on Emmett, making him groan from under it. Alice ran up to him, punching at him through the rubble.

"GO ALICE!! SHAKE THAT BOOTY!" I heard three voices from the stairs. Bella, Esme, and…Jasper were holding pom poms with skirts on. Yeah, Jasper was wearing a skirt with a shirt that didn't even cover his chest. Rosalie was on the floor laughing along with now Carlisle.

When Alice finished we all applauded her. Everything was silent then, until we heard small giggles coming from the couch. Mira was trying her best to stop the laughing, but it was a battle already lost. Soon, she was lying down on the couch with her eyes shut and the most beautiful sound escaping her lips, besides my wife's voice. Bella's voice was just beautiful and nothing could compare to it. She opened her eyes and tears started forming. She was still laughing when she started wiping the tears from her eyes.

"Shake…that…booty?" she breathed through laughs. "Jasper, dove l'inferno ha fatto ad arrivare fino a che?" (Jasper, where the hell did you come up with that?)

"Don't worry about it," he smiled as Mira started to calm down and breathe more normally.

"Great, now I need to pee," she said with a laugh as she got up from the couch and upstairs to do exactly what she said. I was still smiling at the fact that she was now able to laugh.

-Alice-

Shopping! Ah, the wonders of it. So much clothes, and jewelry, and CLOTHES!! I was with Mira, Edward, and Bella in the local mall going into Abercrombie & Fitch. We were great by a nice sixteen year old boy who eyes Mira with seduction in his eyes.

"If you need anything, just find me," he said mostly to her. Aw, she was blushing too. Even through her tanned skin you could see it.

We thank the guy that Edward was literally growling at, and walked over to the guys section to get Edward some shirts. I'm sorry, but Edward doesn't know what a good shirt looks like. He needs on that goes with his looks, and he usually didn't. He was hopeless.

"So, Mira," I said casually. She was really warming up to us since her laughing incident yesterday. She was actually smiling to me and from what Jasper said her emotion are all but sadness. She was turning out to be a happy girl inside. "Could I ask you a personal question?" We were waiting for Bella and Edward to get changed into their outfits. Then we'd go around the store picking out clothes for Mira. I could hardly wait!

"Yeah," she smiled sadly.

"What was it like…wherever you came from?"

Mira picked up a shirt on one of the tables by us, looking at it thoughtfully. "It was basically all around torture Alice. If it wasn't for my brother, Antonio, I'd probably already be dead. I would've committed suicide or had Joseph just let the venom course through my body without him sucking it out."

"Venom? You were bitten?" I asked.

She took my hand, taking the shirt and going to that cute guy that had flirted with her at the front entrance. "Excuse me, could you open one of these dressing rooms for us?"

"Of course," he smiled. He unlocked one of them, and she rushed in. I shut the door behind us.

Mira was wearing short shorts, and turned her leg so that I saw the inside of her thigh. There were a few scars there, but only a vampire's sight could see them. I touched one gently, feeling tears that would fall well up in my eyes. "The healers did everything they could to get the scars as light as they are. They couldn't get this one to heal for some reason." She took off her shirt and I saw a crescent scar upon the top of her left breast.

"My goodness…" I breathed. I brought her into a hug, holding her tightly. "Is that what the J on your neck stands for? Joseph?"

"Yeah," she replied in a shaky voice. She sniffed a little, then withdrew from my arms. "I can't talk about him though…not just yet."

I nodded, understanding. "You know Bella went kind of through the same thing, only the guy, James, was killed by us. He bit her when she was still a mortal and Edward sucked out the venom so it wouldn't change her."

"Yes well, try going through the pain of change every damn day of your life since the age of eleven. Then you can relate to what I've been through. Now come on, we have to shop," she smiled. I smiled back at her, walking out of the dressing room when Mira put her shirt back on.

Edward and Bella were already looking for stuff for her to wear. Edward was carrying a pair of ripped jeans, a yellow tank top, and flip flops while Bella was adding some shorts into the mix. We walked over to the couple.

"We thought this might look good on you Mira. The yellow will go with your skin nicely," smiled Bella. I knew she heard everything Mira said, and Mira knew as well. "Oh, and there's this bikini I want you to look at. You'll be swimming in gym anyway and this school actually lets us girls wear bikinis."

"Cool," said Mira with a relax smile as Bella walked her over to where the bikinis were. I stood by Edward, looking at a sweater.

"She's been through some tough things," he said grimly.

"There's more though, I know it."

Ello!!

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Missa.