I decided not to 'kill' Bella, so she's just moving in. um, Charlie was offered a room at Billy's, but decided to stay in the house he was in.
Bella POV
"Esme, Carlisle?" I asked once we got to their house, or mansion.
"Yes?" they both turned to look at me.
"Could I move into a, um…different house or something? Not that I don't love you guys or anything, but I have, um some….things… I don't want you guys to have to deal with?" it came out as more of a question; Jasper smirked.
"Good to see you still have some Hope." He added, smugly; everyone turned to look at him, he shrugged in response.
"Sure. We have a guest house out back that has two stories. It has a kitchen, bathroom, a den and one bedroom. Is that alright?" Esme asked.
"Definitely! Thank you guys." I said, truly glad I met Carlisle.
"Good! Girls! We have a new mini-house to decorate! Let's get to it!" Esme said, getting Rose and Alice to bound over, smiling huge grins.
"Any color or furniture requests?" Esme asked me, I guessed for the house.
"Um, what ever you think works for me. I'm just really grateful to you guys." I said, smiling.
"You should ask Charlie if you could move in with my family! He's gonna say yes! I know it! But only because we have parents there, and, he's gonna love me! He thinks I'm a positive influence on you!" Alice shouted, all hyper like; I giggled. "And, he's glad that 2 of the Cullen boys are taken, and the other 1 will be your 'enemy' by then." Alice whispered in my ear; I looked over to Edward suggestively and she nodded.
Great. Just what I need; my crush being my (hopefully) temporary enemy… I muttered in my head, grateful that Edward could only hear my thoughts if I shouted them like I did earlier today. Oh! That's how he knew I was a vampire.
1 Week Later, After Bella Has Permission to Move In With the Cullen's…
"Wow. You guys are so AWESOME!" I said, giving each one a hug, except Edward, whose glare I just returned; in the past week we've become pretty distant, and, as Alice had predicted, enemies.
"Thank you Bella; Decorating is my hobby." Esme said proudly.
"Carlisle, I need a huge favor." I started.
"Tell me what it is and I'll see what I can do." He said cheerfully.
"I need to not die." I said quickly, he nodded and said it was fine; I rejoiced.
"Why don't we leave you with Alice so she can show you around and help you get settled." Esme said, guiding every one away.
"Thank you, again. I can't thank you all enough!" I said; she told me to stop thanking her because she already considered me family, I smiled at that.
After Alice showed me the most of the house, she showed me my room. As we were heading up the stairs, she stopped half-way up.
"Um, there's something that is unchangeable about your room that you're not going to like." She said, looking nervous.
"It can't be too bad. Just show me." I said, pushing her forward. When we got into my room, she pointed to the window.
Out of which was Edward reading on his couch in his room. My window faced directly into his and vampire eyes can easily see through blinds. This was not good. My smile faded, so did Alice's.
"See! I told you!" she said, gaining her perkiness and Edward's attention. He now was staring at me with a smirk on his face. I glared.
"I'll leave you to get settled then! Bye!" and she rushed out; I caught sight of her on her way out.
"Send Jasper over, will you?!" I yelled to her, she nodded and ran in the main house. About a minute later, smug Jasper came out and up into my house.
"What's up?" he asked casually, dropping his smirk. "I see you still have Hope. That's why you asked for a separate house, isn't it?" he asked, the smirk returning; I nodded solemnly.
"Three things; one, don't think like that because Edward will hear, two, listen to this" I shoved a CD at him with my newest song (A/N: She has a secret life as a singer (no, not like Hannah Montana, just a country singer), imagine her voice to be like Taylor Swift's because she will be singing Taylor Swift songs and calling them "Her's" even though in this story, they will be. So, DISCLAIMER: I DON NOT OWN ANY OF THE SONGS BELLA WILL SING! THEY BELONG TO TAYLOR SWIFT (unless I say otherwise, in which case it will be in an A/N right before the song).) "Called You Belong with Me. It only has one song, but I need feed-back, okay? And three; how do I do this with HIM being able to hear!?" I asked, pointing to an ease-dropping and smirking Edward Cullen who waved when Jasper looked at him.
"Zathura? She owes you a favor for a live meal." He said, sort of making it a question. I broke out into a grin and kissed his cheek.
"Thank you so much, Jazz! You are a genius! And not a word or thought! Got it?!" I asked him, half-way out side with him following me.
"Sure, no problem." He said, smiling.
"I need to make a call; can I borrow your phone? I really don't want to have to run all the way to 'penguin-city' just to talk to her." I said, seriously.
"Sure." He said, handing over the phone.
"Alice wants you." I said after tapping into her eyes.
"Oh, yeah! Can she listen too?" he asked, respecting my privacy.
"Why not. But absolutely NO EXPLAINATION! Got it?" I said, showing him how serious I was.
"Sure. No problem. See ya!" and he literally pranced up the stairs; I giggled again.
I dialed the phone and she picked up on the second ring.
"Zathura? Remember that favor you owe me? Well, I need to collect; I have a nosey-neighbor who can see in my window and I can see in his, he's a mind reader, and I really don't want him to know about hope. I need an enchantment please?" I asked into the phone, I heard her laugh.
"Sure, sure Sweetie. He's a vampire, is he not?" she asked, I nodded, then remembered she couldn't see me. "You just nodded, didn't you?" she asked, she knew me well. I giggled in response. "Where are you living?" she asked, sighing, knowing she had to come to me.
"I am currently living with the Cullen clan in Forks, Washington in the United States." She laughed.
"I'll be there momentarily, dear."
"Thanks." I said, gratefully. About a second later, Edward was whispering in my ear.
"Who's Zathura?" he asked, doing that dazzle-thing he does all the time. I laughed.
"Like I'd tell YOU!" I said, pointing to his face.
"Hello, Dear." Zathura said.
"Hi!" I said, jumping up to hug her.
"I see you've grown accustomed to a different way to eat again. What is that, the fifth time? I'll stick with my diet. I only need to eat once every ten years." She said, proudly, getting all the Cullen's and Hales to come out side and see what was up. Jasper came up and greeted her next.
"It's nice to see you again, Zathura." He said politely. I poked him in the side.
"Grudges bite you in the butt." I muttered to him; he had a grudge against her.
Alice came up and pecked her cheek. "Hi! I'm Alice! I'm Bella's best girl-friend and Jasper's mate!" she said, in a very perky tone. Zathura laughed.
"It's nice to meet you all; I just came to do a favor for Bella." She said, straightening up.
"Why are your eyes purple?" Alice asked, suddenly. Mine and Jasper's eyes widened, and Zathura's mouth curved up into an evil grin. I jumped in between them.
"DON'T!" I shouted at Zathura before she could lunge, she regained her control and apologized. I sighed in relief.
"Thank you." I said, to Zathura, she smiled apologetically; I nodded to let her know her apology was accepted.
"You didn't answer my question; Why are your" Jasper cut her off.
"Don't!" he shouted at her, I tugged Zathura over to my house.
"What kind of charm do you want on your house, dearest Isabella?"
"I want the mind reader to not be able to see in my room without my permission and to not read the minds of anyone in my house and for the psychic to not be able to see any futures that take place inside of my room without my permission. Is that specific enough?"
"Yes. Wait a moment…" she began to chant in a language that belonged to her 'kind'.
"It is done, my dear. My debt has been paid. If you shall need me, you shall be in debt to me. Are we understood?"
"Yes. I can't thank you enough Zathura. Thank you! And have a safe journey home, don't get lost! Good bye."
"Good bye, dearest Isabella." And she poofed off (Her power is teleportation and spells, as you may have noticed. And when Bella said 'penguin-city', she meant Antarctica.).
"Why were her eyes purple, Bella?" Alice asked. "What does she eat that's so bad Jasper won't say?" she added.
"Vampires. I gave her James after I captured him, instead of killing him. So she owed me. She eats the vampires that ask her that question. Oh! And, ask Jasper about what his grudge is over." I said, she got scared and Jasper pulled her into a hug.
I walked up to my room to find a note on my window sill. It read;
Dearest Isabella,
It's all in the blinds; when they are closed, no one, not even vampires, can see or hear into your bed-room; if they are open, it's like they aren't there. It's the same for the powers of vampires, but powers instead of vision.-Zathura v.
"Nice," I said, closing the blinds.
I found a cell phone next to the note, there was a text on it;
Next time you call, I want to know it's you before I pick up. Please use this phone.-Zathura v.
I laughed at that; she really knows me well, I'm glad she was my battle trainer.
I called up Melanie, Ty, and Dean and told them my address; I waited outside for them to come over.
"Melanie couldn't make it, I hope you don't mind; she had a really bad allergy attack and her mom's taking care of her." Ty said, kissing my cheek.
"Yeah, totally." I said, running a hand through my black wig. I looked down at my outfit: pale-blue jeans and a tan v-neck blouse, totally Hope enough.
Jasper walked out (thank fully alone) and came around to my house; I was suddenly glad my front door wasn't facing the Cullen Estate.
"Loved it, Hope. For Melanie?" he asked. I nodded, smiling.
"Guys, you remember Jazz? I tracked him down; he's now literally my neighbor. I got this guest house from his adopted parents who are now looking after me."
"Hey, Jazz. Good to see ya again." Dean said, doing that weird high-five thing they always do.
"It is for Melanie. Good to know you didn't forget about us; we were a little worried when Hope said she lost touch with you when her sister and her sister's boyfriend died." Dean said, taking his guitar into my den with me following with the sound system and Jasper with the drums and Ty with the keyboard.
"Ready to get started?" there was a course of 'Yeah's coming from every one.
"Jazz, do you mind filling in for Mel?" I asked, he said it be like old times.
The music started and I grabbed the mic and started to sing and dance along.
"You're on the
phone with your girlfriend, she's upset
She's going off about
something that you said
'Cause she doesn't get your humor like I
do
I'm in the room, it's a typical Tuesday night
I'm
listening to the kind of music she doesn't like
And she'll never
know your story like I do
But she wears short skirts, I wear
T-shirts
She's Cheer Captain and I'm on the bleachers
Dreaming
about the day when you wake up and find
That what you're looking
for has been here the whole time
If you could see that I'm the
one who understands you
Been here all along, so why can't you
see?
You, you belong with me, you belong with me
Walking
the streets with you and your worn-out jeans
I can't help thinking
this is how it ought to be
Laughing on a park bench, thinking to
myself
Hey, isn't this easy?
And you've got a smile that
could light up this whole town
I haven't seen it in a while since
she brought you down
You say you're fine, I know you better than
that
Hey, what ya doing with a girl like that?
She wears
high heels, I wear sneakers
She's Cheer Captain and I'm on the
bleachers
Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find
That
what you're looking for has been here the whole time
If you
could see that I'm the one who understands you
Been here all
along, so why can't you see?
You belong with me
Standing by
and waiting at your back door
All this time how could you not
know?
Baby, you belong with me, you belong with me
Oh, I
remember you driving to my house in the middle of the night
I'm
the one who makes you laugh when you know you're 'bout to cry
And
I know your favorite songs and you tell me 'bout your dreams
Think
I know where you belong, think I know it's with me
Can't you
see that I'm the one who understands you?
Been here all along, so
why can't you see?
You belong with me
Standing by and
waiting at your back door
All this time, how could you not
know?
Baby, you belong with me, you belong with me
You
belong with me
Have you ever thought just maybe
You belong with
me?
You belong with me" and we sung it 3 more time just to
be sure we were ready for our gig tonight in Port Angeles.
"I think we're ready. Will Melanie be better soon?" I asked Ty.
"Yeah. She was fine this morning but her mom told her she wasn't aloud to leave the house until our gig. So she'll be there for sure." He answered.
"Cool." After we loaded everything back into the van, we said our good byes and Jasper told me that from 12:00-3:00 pm was 'quality family time' time, so we had to go to the main house.
"What's up?" I asked when they gave me weird looks; Jasper was trying not to laugh.
"What?" I asked him; he pointed to my clothes, stuff Bella would never wear is tan or powder-blue, so they were a little wry.
"Oh, sorry…I was uh, in a hurry to get changed?" it came out as a question and Edward gave me a mischievous glance, then spoke.
"Wow, Bella. I didn't know you were that kind of girl. Locked in a sound and see proof room for an hour with three guys, and then you come out after 'getting changed in a rush'? Very suspicious." He said, with a suggestive tone; Jasper was near hysterics, Emmett was booming, Alice was glaring, Edward was smirking, Rose was nodding in approval and Esme and Carlisle looked disappointed and appalled; I finally caught on. My eyes widened.
"No! NO! It's not like that! We were" I started, but paused; I didn't know how to finish that sentence without getting in trouble or risk loosing my personal space because letting any Cullen know would mean Emmett would know, and what ever Emmett knows, the whole world knows. Him knowing that I'm Hope would not be good. So I sighed in defeat. "It's not like that. I can't tell you what we were actually doing, but it wasn't anything inappropriate, I assure you." I said, giving up on trying to find an excuse.
"Yeah! I would never cheat on Alice, or let anyone touch Bella like that. Whether she would want to or not." He said towards me. I rolled my eyes.
"Over-protective much?" I muttered, fully aware he heard.
"What, exactly WAS going on in their, young lady?" Esme demanded.
"I…can't tell you…" I muttered, disappointing her; every one gasped, no one leaves Esme's questions un-answered, and I just did.
"She was…um, setting up an appointment for a swim-suit fitting." Jasper said, remembering our excuse in Phoenix, I glared.
I slapped him up-side of his head.
"We're not in Phoenix anymore, idiot." I muttered to him.
Edward laughed. "Face it Bella. You've been caught doing something wrong." He said smugly.
"Fine! I'm in a cult or something!" I screamed at him, his smirk disappeared and he looked confused.
"Or something?" he questioned. Today will not be fun.
I walked into the barely-used kitchen of their house with every one of them following me, excepts for Jasper and Alice, who was sworn to secrecy like Jasper, and Jasper was explaining to Alice because she still thinks he cheated on her.
I grabbed a fudge bar from the freezer and they all threw me questioning looks.
"What?" I asked, taking a bite. They all looked at me like I was crazy.
"You WANT to throw up?" Rose asked me.
"Huh?" I was confused. Oh, right! They don't know I can eat human food. At least this will get me pout of explaining Hope to them… I thought to myself; then a commercial came on for the World Wildlife Fund, with, wouldn't you know it, Hope as the spokes girl. I turned off the TV too quickly and Edward noticed this and turned it back on.
"Um…I can eat human food, so I don't have to throw it up!" I said over the commercial, every one bought it, and left the room, except for Edward and Emmett, who were watching the commercial. Edward is pretty smart, and would piece it together soon…
"How does your body digest it?" Emmett asked.
I put Edward's hand on my neck to show him I still had a pulse; this got his attention.
"I'm still alive. Technically." I added, now confused at how Edward got distracted by touching me. Emmett muttered an "Oh…" and walked out, probably bored. Edward didn't move his hand away, instead, he stepped closer to me, and slowly brought his had up to my cheek, with a face blank of emotion on; I leaned into his touch and realized that we were unconsciously leaning in towards each other. Within seconds, his lips and mine were not ever a centimeter apart.
"Hey, Bella? What WAS going on in your house? We aren't letting you go until you give us a reason able excuse." Carlisle said, with the rest of the family entering the room; Edward and I had pulled back, but his hand was still cupping my cheek, and I was still leaning into his hand. We pretty much ignored them because we were off in our own little world, then my phone (that was in plain view on the counter) rang, with Hope's newest released song: Picture to burn as the ringtone. That means it's Melanie. I grabbed my phone and stepped away.
"Hold on guys; sick friend." I said, pointing towards my phone which I answered.
"Sup?" I asked into the phone; all the Cullen's and Hale's gave me a questioning looks, because I never answer or talk like that – or, at least, Bella didn't.
"Hey, girl? Sorry I missed it – but I'll definitely be there tonight! How did it sound? Was Ty okay? He was really worried about me. We're dating now! Did he tell you that? Oh! Was Jasper there today? He is sooo cute! I missed him so much after Vic and J died! How are you holding up by the way? Are you" I cut her off
"Questions much? It sounded great; Ty looked distant and wouldn't shut up about how beautiful you are or how he didn't want to leave you today but your mom kicked him out; Yea, Jazz was there, he's here now and no, you cannot talk to him, Alice his GIRLFRIEND" I said that loudly into the phone "wouldn't appreciate it very much, yes, he IS cute; I'm fine, and no more Q's, kay? Um, I'm living with Jazz and his adopted parents right now who think that I did something inappropriate with Ty and Dean because I was with them in a sound-proof room for an hour alone, well with Jazz, and they can hear you right now, you're on speaker, and no, they only know B, not H. good? Okay. Finish up quick, I need an escape plan."
"Kay! Thanks! Um…sorry about that Alice! Major crushing since the eighties! Nothing ever happened though, you're his first girlfriend! Um… hi everyone else I don't know! Sorry, Bella was hanging out with my BF and her 2nd best guy-friend. Um, any way…I guess I won't get to meet you in person, seeing as how you haven't met H yet…yeah! I guarantee nothing happened! She's too much of a prude! Do you see the way she dresses? Practically no skin! Um…so, yeah…Bye!" and she hung up. I let out a sigh of relief; that could have been chaotic.
"I don't think I want to know any more, dear. Just, come watch the movie with us." Esme said, pulling me out into the den after I threw out my garbage.
"What movie is it?" I asked, sitting down next to Edward who, bye the way looked at me with an emotion I couldn't define so I looked through his eyes; he liked me! He liked me! I'm so happy! I broke out beaming.
"It's called: 'Miria, Queen Bee'. It's a musical." Esme said, I froze. Hope is the main character in that movie. Jasper noticed.
"Um, can we watch something else?" he asked, I relaxed and silently thanked him.
"No! This is a new release, and we ARE GOING TO WATCH IT!" Alice said, pointing to the couch for Jazz and I to sit, I turned for the door to leave so they couldn't compare me and Hope.
"Where are you going, Bella? Its family time and you're part of our family, so get over here!" Emmett said, smiling. He had no idea the doom that was to be inflicted on me. I needed a distraction to take away the disk. I really hated using these specific powers, but desperate times call for desperate measures.
I took a deep breath and every one looked at me weird and Jasper skillfully pulled him and Alice out of the room, with her fighting all the way.
I sat down; I'll have to make them imagine that Hope looks different than me.
Half-way through the movie, just as Hope was about to sing Picture to Burn (my ringtone) I felt it; the fire. This was not good, the whole room swirled and time froze, I was thrown across the room, time unfroze, and I was unconscious, and I couldn't see it, but I had silver eyes, and skin that was changing colors every second. Carlisle came running over.
"What happened to her?!" Edward demanded.
"She used her power too long, she needs to rest; Victoria did this to her once, and she wiped out all the newborns who tried to feed off her. She needs to get calm before we can touch her or we'll all die. Come on." Jasper said, pulling everyone up and out of the room.
"I'm staying." I heard Edward stay, then the room changed colors; it was now all different shades of blue. I looked through Edward's eyes to tell him to go, but he was hurt that I was hurt; my being in pain was hurting him. I knew the emotion now: love. Edward Cullen was in love. With ME! The room returned to normal, and Edward held me, making everything go back in its place in the room.
"What happened, Bella?" Edward whispered in my ear. Dang sub-consciousness. I always answer in truth when I'm asleep or passed out. Great.
"I'm Hope. I didn't want anyone to know. Jazz and Mel are the only ones who know that I'm Bella AND Hope; everyone else thinks I'm just one of them." I whispered so only he could hear. He laughed and shook his head, I glared.
"What's so funny, mister?" I asked him, getting annoyed.
"We wouldn't care, Bella." Edward said.
"Yeah, but I don't want the world to know, I want to live a normal life." I said, going off into distant places.
"Bella, I'm pretty sure we could keep a secret. And, you are the freaky-est vampire ever to walk the earth, so you could never have a normal life." Edward said, doing that evil dazzle thing again.
"Whatever Emmett knows, the world knows." I said, he understood.
"Well, I guess you aren't going to like Emmett for much longer. Anyway, Alice and Rosalie want you to watch a movie with them called 'Raise Your Voice'." He said, helping me up.
"Ugh! What is it with this family and Hope?!" I screamed at the ceiling, Edward was trying, unsuccessfully, to hide his laugher.
I started to walk off towards Alice's room (we agreed that it would scar me for life to go in Rosalie and Emmett's room), but Edward grabbed my wrist and turned me around and kissed me.
Kissed me! Me! I kissed back (duh!).
"Wooooooooooooo-hoooooooooooooo! Nice Dude!" Emmett is so freaking annoying. We reluctantly pulled away from each other. I punched Emmett and he rubbed it mumbling an 'Ow…'. Jasper was laughing his head off and I gave Edward a peck on the lips and ran upstairs.
"Hey vampy famy." I said, plopping down in a random chair and staring off into space.
"What's with her?" Rosalie asked Alice.
"Bella, what did we miss?" Alice asked me.
"He kissed me." I mumbled, staying in my dream-like state.
Just then, about 20 balloons came in through the window and splattered all over; I didn't even notice. Rosalie and Alice were screaming, apparently they were filled with neon orange paint.
"Oh, we are SO getting them back!" Rosalie said; Alice looked distant; I finally came out of my dream-like state.
"If we get them back, we get in trouble; if we don't, they get in trouble." Alice said, I was now up.
"What happened?" I asked them about the suddenly orange room Alice would never allow.
"Oh, finally come out of your Edward-Day-Dream, have you?" Alice asked, sarcastically.
"No, just taking a break. Why?" I answered; she rolled her eyes.
