A/N: Okay, either no one read at all or I just didn't get any reviews on the first chapter, so please remember to review! Anonymous are allowed! Thanks!

"Control your thoughts, Bree. You can control it. It's all about mind power," Carlisle said to me. I was sitting on the floor in the middle of a huge, empty room with my legs crossed and my eyes closed. About three floors above me, I could hear the clear, rhythmic beating of the human's heart. It sounded divine.

"I am in control," I repeated. It was like meditating. There was a part of me that desperately wanted to fall asleep, but the other part knew I couldn't and never again would.

Alice was upstairs entertaining . . . Bella. . . I could still hear the sound of her mouth-watering heartbeat. . . Anyway, apparently Alice was trying to distract her from going to visit the dog who got hurt in the battle.

My thoughts were drawn back to the present when Edward (the gorgeous one!) said, "Focus, Bree. Concentration is the key." I slipped back into my thoughts. It was much easier to do this when I had the blond one, Jasper, around. I always felt calm around him.

"I am focused," I insisted to myself. "I'm very, very focused."

"No, you're not," Edward muttered. I furrowed my brow.

"Yes, I am."

"Nope."

"Yes."

"You're thinking about Bella," he said. I opened my eyes and looked at him.

"I can't help it! It sounds so appealing!" I said, holding my hands up in the air. He looked mad.

"Do you know what a chance we're taking just by having you and Bella in the same house together?!" he asked.

"Okay, okay!"

"Edward, we're just lucky we're able to carry on a decent conversation with her," Jasper said, rubbing his temples as though he was exhausted. The calm I felt faltered a little as he was doing this, and I seriously considered running upstairs and eating the human. However, the calm came back quickly and the thought was pushed to the side, although not completely smothered.

"Bella is leaving; we need to move Bree," Edward said to Carlisle, who nodded in agreement. Move me? Was I a hospital patient? "Hold your breath," Edward instructed, picking me up my the arm. The other two followed suit and the three of them carried me upstairs and out the back door.

Once we were out, Edward warned me to keep my nose plugged while we ran. We ran several miles into the forest, away from any human life.

"Okay, you're safe," Carlisle said. I exhaled deeply and put my hand on my chest as I rested on a fallen tree. I looked around at the three of them, watching me. It was awkward.

"Sorry," Edward said, crossing his arms and looking in another direction. I rolled my eyes. Whatever. Go read someone else's mind!

"I need to know what you're thinking. If I need to restrain you, I'll need to know when, won't I?"

You won't need to restrain me.

"Yeah, sure," he said. "You're a newborn, Bree. It's only natural. Don't feel singled out or babied."

Thanks.

"No problem."

"I hate it when you do that," Jasper said, glancing at Edward, who chuckled along with Carlisle. I even let a smile escape onto my lips. Then I became serious once again.

"I'm sorry I'm such a handful," I apologized truthfully. They shrugged in unison.

"If we weren't willing to spend the time helping you overcome this, we wouldn't have offered to take you in," Carlisle explained. I smiled. He was very father-like.

"Thank you." Again, the three of them smiled at me.

I had never had a big family. My parents were older when they had me, so I was an only child, and I hated it. I wanted nothing more than to have older (or younger, for that matter) siblings to hang out with and have fun with. Now I had exactly that. And I would live like this forever. My life was officially perfect. . . aside from the whole thirsting-for-human-blood-thing.

Eventually, we all made our way back to the house once Bella was good and gone.

A/N: Again, please remember to review! :D