I'm so sorry I haven't updated in so long ;-; I just really wanted this chapter to have a different beat to it, and I was waiting till I was in the right mood to write it. Not to mention that I've been out of town A LOT (cheers for Chicago!), and then I had to work as tech on this play at school . . .

Thanks to all the awesome reviewers! ;D You guys seriously make my day.

Disclaimer - No, I don't own Twilight. NO touchy my plot though.

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Second Grade

"Come on! Cheer up! Please?" Edward begged, dragging out 'please.'

We were in my room, me mourning my fish, he trying to get me outside since this was one of those rare sunny Saturdays.

"No! Since you can't see clearly, I am mourning my dead goldfish. So either pay your respects, or leave!" I poked him hard in the forehead to make my point. He knew I was half-joking.

Oh no. Not the puppy dog eyes!

"Bella, can we pleeease go to the park or to my house? You'll have loads of fun!" There was no way to avoid it.

Sighing, I agreed to go to his house. And since it was only 9 A.M., we planned on getting lunch also.

"Yes! Thank you Bella!" He wiped his hand across his forehead and sighed loudly. Such a drama king.

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"Tag! You're it Emmett!"

Who knew playing tag with your best friend, his sisters new boyfriend (ew!), and their pet dog could be so much fun? Alice and Rose were doing some fashion thing. Those two are going to out-do the mall one day.

I ran as fast as I could away from Emmett, who had this evil look on his face as he was chasing me. Edward was nowhere to be seen.

Before I knew it, my clutziness took over. Hello, ground. Long time, no see, right? The breath was knocked out of me as out of nowhere, their dog named Cheezy decided to jump on my back and start licking me.

Edward started laughing, and Emmett, who was now about 5 feet away, got this very very very evil look. He turned around and ran straight for Edward, knocking him to the ground.

"TAG! YOU'RE IT, EDDIE!" Emmett yelled, then ran off.

I was laughing too hard. Having a dog lick your face with his rough tongue is bad news for someone ticklish like me. Someone poked me in my side.

"Tag, you're it!" Edward was leaning down into my ear with this triumphant grin on his face. Cheater.

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"Edward, Bella, time to come in!" Esme called out. Everyone else was going to Rose's for lunch, but I didn't want to be a Barbie-doll for Alice and Rose, so I declined. Edward, being my best friend, chose to stick with me.

We ran through the house, straight out to the car, with a chuckling Esme following us. How come adults are called by their last name usually, and us kids by our first? Esme was awesome and wanted Alice, Emmett, and I to treat her like a friend, so we got to call her Esme. She really looked more like an Esme than a Mrs. Cullen…

We ate lunch at a diner about 20 minutes away. But when we headed back, Esme was taking a different route. Hey, I may be 7, but I notice these things. Curious, I watched the passing buildings.

I didn't recognize the store that we parked in front of, but it was called "Adoption Agency." What were we doing here?

"Come on Bella, you'll like this!" Esme called, leading the way while Edward dragged me forward. Was I going to be put up for adoption or something? What would Charlie say!?

Walking in, I was hit with the smell of animal food and the sounds of barking! They wanted another puppy? Easy to see, I was confused.

"Bella, pick out which one you like the most." I couldn't believe this. Did Esme just ask me to pick one out? A ginger colored puppy caught my eye. She was sitting, staring through the bars, right at me. I walked up to her, and held my hand out. She started licking it!

"I like her. What's her name?" I really wanted to know.

"Her name is Annabell. You like her? Then say hello to your new puppy!" Esme was smiling now, and Edward had a huge grin on his face.

"Really? Thank you thank you!" The worker came and unlocked the cage, and I immediately picked up Annabel. "Hmm I think I'll call you Bells from now on. It matches me!" I laughed at this.

"Bella and Bells. Ugh, this'll get so confusing!" Edward groaned behind me.

I turned around and gave Esme a big hug, and then gave a bigger one to Edward.

"Thank you so much! Bells and I are going a long way, aren't we Bells?" I smiled at Bells as she just yapped at me, as a way of saying 'we sure are!'

Lose a goldfish, gain a puppy. I hope Bells lasts more than 3 days though, unlike that fish . . .

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I thought this would be more fun than another depressing clip of Bella's life (: All in all, I'm pretty satisfied about how it came out.

Please excuse the x's to separate times D: That neat little line won't show up.

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--Mythisea