Bella's POV
It has been a few days since I found out the Cullen's were vampires. It shocked me how Edward would think I would have been afraid of him and his family. That's insane.
"Hey Bella, how do you feel if we throw you a little party for your 17th birthday Saturday." Esme says as we sat around the living room.
"Esme, you know I don't like parties." I reply.
"This will be your last year as a human. Don't you want to celebrate your last birthday?" She asks.
"I guess so but nothing big, please." I beg. "Do you understand, Alice?" I question her.
"Oh shut up. I won't go overboard." She says.
"Lies." Emmet coughed. Everyone laughed.
"Don't tease your sister Emmet, even though she does get carried away sometimes." Emse says smiling.
"I do not." Alice pouts.
"Sure you don't. Just wait till you do the preparations for me and Edward's wedding." I say smiling playfully. Edward looked at me smiling. We never talked about getting married but I know I would never want anyone other than him.
"Do ya'll need a room or something?" Emmet said breaking the happy moment, as always. Rosalie hit him in the back of the head. Alice squeals.
"I need to get started on things for your party." She says clapping her hands.
"I can make a cake." Esme smiles.
"The both of you do realize that Saturday is in three days." I say.
"That is exactly why we should start now." Alice says. I roll my eyes. "I saw that." She playfully says.
"I don't want a big party." I say dryly.
"Who should we invite? Bella, who would you like to come?" She asks. I sigh.
"No one. I do not have any friends but Angela." I say.
"Then we will invite Angela" She said.
"Don't you think she will feel weird being here alone?" I ask
"Yeah I guess you are right." Alice sighs. At that moment I yawned.
"Let me get you to bed." Edward says.
"I don't want to go to bed." I reply.
"But you are tired."
"So."
"Bella." He says in a warning voice.
"I can go later." I pout. He laughs at me.
"Come on." He says. I sit there on the couch with my arms fold. Edward smiles at me. "You're so cute when you act like this. Come one. You are tired." I keep my arms folded. "Alright, I didn't want to do this." With that being said, he picks me up bridal style and carries me up the stairs to his room. He place me on the bed laughing.
"What is so funny." I ask.
"You are extremely beautiful when you pout."
"How is that funny though?"
"It isn't. It is cute." I shake my head at him. "Why don't you rest now?"
"Come lay with me." I say patting the space next to me. He takes his shoes off than slides under the covers with me. He pulled me close to his body as I drifted off to sleep.
"Wake up!" Alice squeals sitting on the edge of the bed. "We have to go get all of your things for your party. The stores open at 8 so get dress and when you've had your breakfast, we will leave." She says bouncing. She left the room closing the door behind her. I moaned and hid my face under the covers. Edward laughed at me.
"You know you don't have to go. If you want to sleep a little longer, you can." He said. I sigh.
"I promised I would go shopping with her." I moaned getting out of bed. I showered, got dressed, and Edward and I went downstairs for breakfast. Esme cook, eggs, bacon, grits, and toast. When I finished my meal, Edward kissed me goodbye and I left with Alice, Rosalie and Esme. Jasper, Emmet, and my Edward was told by Alice to get the grill for the party. Carlisle is to set everything up at home. I told Alice that a grill isn't necessary but she insisted.
Narrator's POV
"What kind of grill does she want us to get?" Emmet asks as the boys stood in the store looking at multiple grills.
"How the hell should we know?" Edward asks.
"Well Jaz should know; he is her husband." Emmet replies looking at Jasper.
"Sorry, I can't help. All I know is she would like it elaborate." Jasper answers. The boys stood their staring at the grills for multiple minutes.
"Excuse me? May I help you gentlemen with anything?" An employee asks them smiling. The three of them looks at each other for a brief moment.
"No, thank you." Emmet replies.
"I think she can help, Emmet." Jaspers says with a smirk that only his brothers can see. "I think we can use a women's perspective. You see, my wife asked us to pick up a grill for my sister's party but we are not sure what kind of grill she would like us to get." Jasper explains. The lady's smile faded away as Jasper talked. She turns to look at Edward and her smile is place back on her face.
"Aren't you a little young to be married?" The women asks Jasper.
"No I am not. I believe if you really love someone, why wait till you are older? Jasper answers.
"Are all of you married?" She asks them.
"Jasper and I are but Edward is not." Emmet says smiling. Edward curses at him too low for human ears to hear. "Come on Jazzy." Emmet says and he and Jasper walks off.
"Well, hi, I am Clair." The women says holding out her hand for Edward to shake.
"Hi, I am sorry but brother was only joking. I am married as well." Edward says politely.
"He is so lying." Emmet says from across the store. Edward chuckles.
"Sorry, let me find someone else to help you guys." Clair says walking away. Emmet and Jasper return to Edward laughing like idiots.
"Let us call Alice so she can tell us what grill to get, so we can go home." Emmet says.
"I'll rather not." Edward says at the same time Jasper says, "I'll pass up that offer. Just grab a grill and let's go."
Meanwhile at the Cullen's, Carlisle was finish setting things up so he went out for a quick hunt. Once he finished hunting he came across a little girl who look lost.
"Are you okay?" He asks her. "Are you lost?"
"No, I am not lost. I am looking for someone. May you help me?" She asks shyly.
"Of course I can. What is your name?"
"Marie, I am looking for Isabella Swan. Do you know her?" She asks sweetly. Carlisle looked at her for a few moments.
"Yes, I know her." He answers. The girl smiles at Carlisle.
"Do you know where I can find her?" She asks with excitement. Carlisle smile to her.
"Come with me, darling." He offers her his hand. She hesitates before she takes it. Carlisle holds her hand as they walk home. When they got home she sat on the couch while Carlisle went to the kitchen and brought her some water. He sat down in front of her. "Why were you out in the woods all alone?" He asks gently.
"I was looking for Bella." She says shy again.
"She is out with my wife and children; they should be on their way back. Do you have a place to stay? I do not like that you are outside." He says. She looks around the house trying to avoid eye contact.
"No, I do not have anywhere to stay." She says looking to the ground. The girls walked through the door. Carlisle kissed Esme while the girl took their bags upstairs.
"Love, we have a house guest." Carlisle tells Esme. Esme looks to Marie.
"Hello, I am Esme." She says smiling to Marie. Marie smiles back.
"Hi, I am Marie." She introduces.
"It's nice meeting you. Would you like something to eat?" Esme offers. At that moment Marie's stomach growled. She stared to the ground.
"No thank you." Marie replies. Carlisle and Esme share a look then Bella approach them. Marie and Bella share a look. "Excuse me, Esme, may you ignore everything that is about to happen." Marie never took her eyes off of Bella as she talked. Marie stood up putting her arms out in front of her. "Bella, why don't we have a calm talk?" Marie suggests putting emphasis on calm. Bella launch herself toward Marie and the two of them began wrestling around on the floor. After two minutes Marie was behind Bella with her legs around her waist and was holding her arms behind her back. They sat like that for a few seconds. "Are you ready to talk now?" Marie asks her. Bella sighs.
"Where the hell have you been?" Bella asks demanding. Marie lets go of her.
"I didn't think you would be so stupid to go live with the idiot." Marie yells, ignoring Bella's question.
"I would have been fine if you were there!" Bella shouts. The boys walk in.
"You think I would have left if I knew you were going to live with Charlie! Don't blame me for you idiotic mistake."
"Mom has to be happy too you egghead!"
"Mom is a naturally happy person! So exactly what did you think you were doing?"
"She was getting married and he surely didn't want me around so I decided to live with Charlie instead!" Bella shouts.
"That's insane, Isabella!"
"Why didn't you take me with you?"
"I didn't take you because you aren't old enough! If you were I would have took you with me." Marie says. At this point both girls are in tears.
"You left me! I thought I could count on you!"
"I didn't know you would go live with the bastard! Do you really think I would have left if I knew you would? No I wouldn't and you know that." Bella was speechless.
"I've missed you." She says softly as tears continued to roll down her face. They held each other crying into the other's shoulder.
"I missed you too." Marie whispers. After a few minutes Bella speaks again.
"Charlie said you were dead." Bella cries. Marie steps away from Bella and place her hands on her shoulder.
"I'm here and I will never leave you again unless you want me to, I promise." Marie promises. They sat down on the couch as Bella rest her head on Marie's shoulder. The Cullen's stood around them with shocked expressions on their faces. The girls fell asleep on the couch from all the crying they were doing.
"What was all that about?" Edward asks confused. "I couldn't hear either of their thoughts."
"You boys missed the beginning. They were fighting." Rosalie says with amusement all over her face.
"Rosalie, this is serious." Esme says.
"Wait, fist fighting?" Emmet asks.
"Yes. Marie won." Rosalie says with her amusement back on her face.
"I wish I say that." Emmet pouts.
"My Bella isn't hurt, is she?" Edward asks concerned.
"No son, I think she is fine." Carlisle says. "Someone place them in Bella's bed, please." Carlisle commands. Jasper picks up Bella and Alice picks up Marie. The both of them were back downstairs in second. "I want to allow Marie to live here." Carlisle announces.
"We know nothing about her, Carlisle." Jasper says.
"She has nowhere to stay. She will stay here until we find her parents." Carlisle says and since he is the father, he gets the last word.
"I think that is a wonderful idea, beloved. I thought about asking her that before she and Bella began to fight." Esme states. There was a knock on the door.
"It is the care worker." Edward tells Carlisle. Carlisle opens the door and invites her in.
"Hello, Susan." Carlisle greets her pleasantly.
"Hello. I came by to tell you that Isabella has her custody court date on Wednesday. It will not be a court room that you see on tv, it will be in a room that will look like a conference room to you." Susan says.
"Okay, will we all be able to attend?" Edward asks.
"Yes, I believe so." Susan answers. "I must be going now. It will be held Wednesday at 11am." She gave them the address, said goodbye and left.
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