Chapter Seven
"Do they hate me?" I asked, frowning.
"Why would they hate you?" he asked, his tone sincere.
I pointed to my eyes.
"They could never hate you," he said kissing my face and my hands.
We walked back into the house to find everyone sitting around the living room. Clearly everyone wanted to know what happened between Edward and I. Carlisle cleared his throat and everyone left making excuses of going hunting or shopping. I laughed as none of their stories matched.
I kept a tight hold of Edward's hand. Carlisle seemed to be smiling. He looked at our hands and his smile grew wider.
"What do you plan to do, Bella? Do you want to stay here with us or do you want to continue... what ever it is you were doing before?" he asked, for a vampire, he sounded awkward.
"If it's okay with you and Edward, I would like to stay with my family. The solitude was nice for the first ten years... But after that it got pretty tedious. I just want to be back with my family. If you will accept me..." I said, my eyes dropping to the ground.
Carlisle surprised me by wrapping his arms around me.
"I would be honored to have my daughter back," he said, now kissing my cheek. I hugged him back. I felt welcome for the first time in two hundred years.
Esme knocked on the door, her eyes were full of emotion.
"And I am happy to have my daughter back in my life. You have been missed," she said, joining in on the hug. Edward joined in after a couple seconds. I had a feeling that if it was possible, we would all be crying right now.
"We will have to move," Edward said, now breaking the hug, but his smile was wide.
"Yes, we will have to move. But, where will we move," Esme asked, now taking my other hand and squeezing it.
"I think Alaska will be fine," Carlisle said, "Edward, Alice and Jasper can start of as freshman and Emmett and Rosalie can go into the eleventh grade. And Bella can be home schooled, due to severe medical problems," he said, now looking at me.
"Bella, would you like to keep your current life style or would you like to try our lifestyle?" he asked, his voice was now dead serious.
"You know, I want to be able to finish high school. I want to be able to do everything with you guys. That includes going to school. Yes, I want to try your diet," I said, squeezing Edward and Esme's hands.
After one last group hug, Esme stood up.
"I am going to go pack," she said and then she ran out of the room.
Carlisle sighed happily and said:
"Well, Bella welcome back to the Cullen Clan".
I KNOW IT HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE I HAVE UPDATED, AND I AM TRULY SORRY. LIFE GOT REALLY CRAZY. I PLAN ON WRITING MORE.