Previously...

"Ahh!" I giggled. "Stop it!" I looked into the smiling faces of this family. My new family. That sounded nice.

Chapter 8

"Belly!" Emmett called from the house. A year had passed since he made up that nickname, and I'd stopped calling them by their 'nicknames' a long time ago. Except Edward. I still called him Edwie and I know it bugged him.

"What do you want, Emmett?" I muttered, knowing he would still hear me. I got no answer, but instead saw a flash of white and black. I rolled my eyes. For the past year Emmett had tried to scare me by rushing around me in circles. It didn't work.

"Moooooooooom! Emmett's bugging me!" I yelled. Both of my makeshift mothers came out, Esme and Rosalie.

"Knock it off, Emmett Cullen!" they yelled in unison. They looked at each other and grinned.

All I could hear Emmett say was a quiet, "Sorry, Mom. Sorry, Rose."

Rosalie rolled her eyes and walked my back to the house. We moved a few weeks after I had become "officially" adopted. Which means a few weeks after Jasper had forged the papers.

We moved to a tiny town in Michigan. Actually, It wasn't even a town. It was called the Villiage of Kingsley. I went to school at Kingsley Middle. It was sunny a lot more than in Forks, so Jasper, Alice, Edwie, Emmett, and Rosie didn't even bother going to school. Carlisle worked in Traverse City, at the Munson Hospital. He wore his doctor coat, so he was pretty well protected from the sun.

"How was school?" both of my my mothers asked. They laughed. They tended to say things at the same time.

"Fine, I guess," I replied. It was mid-October, meaning I had just turned 13. "Hailey rolled down the hill. Again."

Hailey was my best friend at Kingsley. She was almost as big as a klutz as me. My family knew her well. She was a nerd, but in a cool way. She wasn't quite 13 yet, but looked - and acted - like she was. She was obsessed with clothes designing, reading, and music. She wasn't bad at video games either. It made her a hit with my family.

Rosalie rolled her eyes, "Sometimes I think she's as clumsy as you, Bella."

"I know," I laughed. "Can she come over tonight?"

Esme and Rosalie looked at each other. They confirmed that she could come over.

"Woo!" I ran to tell Emmett and Alice, who liked her almost more than I did. "Emmett! Alice! Edwie! Jasper!" I threw the last ones in. They liked Hailey too, just not as much as Emmett and Alice.

They were all waiting in the living room when I ran in. "Guess who's coming over tonight?"

They looked at each other confusedly. Except Alice. Sometimes I thought my brothers were the densest peoplle, err, vampires, on earth.

"I know, I know!" Alice called. The boys looked at her for a hint. "Hailey's coming!"

They all "Ohh"d and smiled. Emmett was excited. "I wonder what we should do this time?" he muttered to himself.

An hour or so later, Hailey came. She hugged Esme, said hi to Carlisle, and smiled at the rest of us. Emmett got up for her to sit on the couch. She pushed him down (Though she couldn't really. She had muscle, but not enough to keep Em down.) and sat on his lap. She looked at Rosalie and smiled.

Rosalie mad a face and smiled back. Had it been anyone else, she wouold have done a LOT more than making a face. Hailey was exempt because a) She was 12 and b) She was my best friend.

Hailey looked around. "What's up, Edwie?"

He slighly grimaced at his nickname then looked up. "Not a lot."

"Did you finish that CD I gave you?"

His frown deepened. "Yes."

"Didja like it?"

"No."

"Why not?"

"It sounded like something Emmett would listen to."

Emmett interrupted. "What CD was it?"

Hailey grinned. "Eminem. Relapse."

Emmett smiled at her. "I DO have that CD!"

Everybody was talking to one another. Besides the obvious reasons, I liked when Hailey came over because It took the focus off of me.

Hailey was saying her goodbyes when someone bounced in. She had blonde curls and was a vampire. Hailey looked at me curiously. I shrugged my shoulders. I didn't know who this was. She looked at me, then looked at Hailey. She was wondering why the Cullens had humans in their house, no doubt. The girl looked at Carlisle strangely.

The house was quiet until my ever so blunt best friend said "I'm gonna go. Bye Carlise, Esme, Rose, Em, Jazz, Alice, and Edwie." She gave me a hug, "See you at school, Bella."

"Bye," Everybody said. I noticed one voice missing. Edward was gone.

Carlisle finally said, "Hi, Tanya."

Author's Notes

I know, It has been a very long time since I updated. I went through a little phase and lost interest in fanfiction. Don't worry, though, I'm back and ready to write! Hailey is actually going to play a part in the story line, so that's why I put that in there. Thank you for reading and reveiwing!