Diclaimer: I do not own Twilight

Chapter 11

I threw my head back gracefully and howled the most melodic note into the night sky, clear and loud and beautiful. It started soft, and grew slightly in strength, but plenty loud enough to be heard. All the girls in Alice's room went out onto her balcony, Edward onto his. The boys stopped playing and Carlisle stopped reading and they all came to stand with Esme and Tanya in the kitchen to look out the back door.

I decided to give them a little hint, since they all looked like they thought I was a real wolf. I ran in a circle and then scooted to a stop, doing a back-flip and landing with perfect precision.

The girls laughed and pointed, and the guys in the kitchen starting howling. Edward was squinting his eyes for a moment before recognition hit and he was smiling and laughing.

Hey Edward. I greeted him, a mock tone of a kid greeting one of their friends through their window and asking if they could come out to play. He laughed again and waved. I stood up on my hind paws on waved back. The others laughed, and Edward looked positively thrilled to see me. I couldn't blame him; I missed him too.

I transformed back into my human form before their very eyes, and everyone's eyes lit up with recognition. Even Tanya's, and she didn't look like she wanted to compete anymore, she was actually turning out friendly feeling. I looked into her heart, and saw the little bit of niceness in her had suddenly grown to take up almost all her heart. Strange and sudden, but I wasn't about to argue. She was trustworthy, as was everyone else. I smiled warmly at her.

Everything was right again. I sped back to my duffel and came back with it slung over my shoulder. I then got an idea.

I thought to myself, whilst holding the stone in my hand, the wings of a great and powerful bird upon my back so I may fly. Wings sprouted gently from my back, like two extra limbs. They were a brilliant blue, green, and white with only tinges of all the other colors of the rainbow in them. They were beautiful to say in the least. I gracefully flapped my wings, more like how I pictured an angel's wing beat than a birds, and started to ascend to the top floor.

I stopped just in front of Edward's balcony, where he was still standing, flabbergasted. I laughed at him and it immediately broke the tension. I stepped onto his balcony and my wings receded as I did. I stepped down from the marble railing wall and stopped in front of him. My duffel dropped gently to the floor and my arms automatically reached up around his neck.

His arms automatically wound themselves around my waist tenderly. I stared into his gorgeous emerald green eyes and he stared into my forest green eyes. We began to lean in, closing our eyes. Our lips met in a gentle kiss, sweet and pure. All of our love was poured between us, giving off a faint bit of heat. Through my new eyes I could see into his soul,and it was lit up like a dancing flame and shining with love. It had heat practically radiating off of it; the glow seemed so warm. Like a cozy living room fire in the winter.

My arms around his neck tightened slightly as he deepened the kiss, having begged for entrance with my approval. My fingers wove themselves into his gorgeous bronze hair and he moaned into my mouth. His arms tightened even more around my waist and he held my body as close to his as he could, kissing me deeply and fervantly. His sweet tongue battled with mine for dominence, and in the end mine won out. We began to kiss softly again, the fire burning down slowly, and then Edward began peppering all over my face with kisses, the last one on my nose.

I smiled and hugged him as tight as I could without harming him. I never wanted to let him go now. I had missed him too much. He seemed to have the same idea, except he was probably hugging me with all he had. I heard whistling and whooping and cheering I hadn't noticed in the background before since I was so distracted. Now that I was paying attention I could hear Alice and the girls cheering and whistling. The guys were all whooping. Esme and Carlisle were simply gazing up at us in pure happiness. That was the best of all; their acceptance.

Edward released me slightly,so I was more comfortable and able to actually speak to him.

"I missed you, soo much." I told him, giving him another peck on the lips.

"I missed you just as much. My sweet, sweet Bella." he said to me softly, kissing my nose again. He knew that always made me smile. And I did not dissapoint.

He put his arm around my waist and used his other hand to direct me into his room. I stooped down and picked up my duffel and allowed him to guide me inside. I set my duffel at the foot of the bed and went to sit on the floor next to the leather black sofa. Edward raised a confused eyebrow at me, looking from between the sofa and I.

"My muscles are still a little sore from all that running, I need to stretch them out a bit." I explained to him. Comprehension flickered onto his face and he sat next to me on the floor as I stretched out and massaged my legs carefully, trying not to cause a charlie-horse. Edward simply sat there and watched me, concern holding his eyes for a while. I ignored him for the most part, focusing on my tense muscles.

Finally, Edward spoke up. "Not that I'm not glad to see you, but why are you here?" He asked me curiously, cocking an eyebrow at me.

I stopped massaging my legs and lifted my head to look him dead in the eye. I gently grabbed his hand in my own and thought back to Tanya coming to the front door, all the way to me seeing Charlie's purple face full of rage and running through the woods.

Edward stayed still and unmoving the whole time, and when I released his hand his brows furrowed in confusion. That's when I remembered; he still didn't know about the abuse. Woops, forgot that part just a bit.

"I forgot... you don't know..." I whispered to him, fear evident in my voice. I had been terrified by the thought of telling him about this, but it seemed I now had no choice.

I sat facing him with my whole body, sitting criss-cross-apple-sauce in front of him. I gently took hold of his two large hands in my small ones. I took a deep, calming breathe and released the floodgates of pain. I felt Edward stiffen in front of me and he became tense. I saw him cringing more and more as the flow of memories went on and on. The older I got the worse the beatings got. And I never did anything wrong. He saw that, but I wished he hadn't had to see any of it in the first place.

Edward watched it all, watched my entire life. The whole process took a good hour and some minutes. When I let the memories fade into blankness, Edward wouldn't let go of my hands. I decided to think something different before I saw his eyes. I knew what they'd hold.

I thought of something peaceful, like me walking in the woods as a little girl like I used to. When I was still only six. I would skip through the woods, bending over and picking up flowers as I went until I had a huge bundle of them. I had laughed my little girl laugh, having noticed all the bunnies, squirrels, and birds going around me. The bunnies were popping out all over the place, the birds were singing, and the squirrels were chattering and running around.

I remember how much I used to love doing that. It had been the brightest and most pain free years of my life, until Charlie started to beat me more and more and my world went darker than the woods at night in the dead of Winter.

I opened my eyes and saw the pain still in Edward's eyes, but there was also a content smile on his face. It was then I realized that whatever I thought about right now would go straight to him. He was seeing this memory too. I let the memory fade into the woods with a slight swirling mist about them, to the serenity of it. I smiled slightly, and then released his hands and stared into his pain stricken eyes.

He seemed to be grasping for words. "You... That... He..." he stuttered, trying to find something intelligent to say. I nodded my head at him and he looked at me in amazement, before pulling me into a very tight embrace. Edward was gasping slightly, like he couldn't get enough oxygen. As I held onto him I rubbed his back up and down slowly in a soothing pattern. It seemed to work because his gasping stopped and he relaxed into my arms and I into his. He didn't let go though, not even for a second. He held onto me like I was the only thing keeping him alive.

Funny how that works. In all reality, that's what he was to me.

After what seemed like eons of time, he released his fierce hold on me. He looked at me with pained eyes. "I'm so sorry Bella, I never knew." he gently whispered, his voice calm though the situation was not.

I shook my head at him delicately. "You couldn't have known. It's not your fault." I told him, soft as a whisper, raising my right hand and gently placing it on his cheek. He sighed in content and leaned his face into my hand, planting a light kiss on my palm.

"It's strange isn't it?" I asked him softly, mostly talking to myself though. Edward raised his head and looked at me questionably before I continued, "I've only known you for three days, but its felt so much longer than that."

I was staring unseeing at the carpet far in front of my feet. I did this a lot, staring at random objects with an out-of-focus expression while talking with them. Though they felt less entertaining than the object I was staring at.

Edward sighed quietly and nodded his head, saying softly "Yes, it does feel a little strange, but yet it doesn't. It feels right, like this is the way its supposed to be. I feel almost like its always been this way." He looked into my deep green eyes with his soft ones, and I could feel the magnetic pull towards him again.

I didn't hesitate, and neither did Edward. We both leaned foward at the same time as our lips crashed together. The kiss was full of fierceness and urgency; it was like I couldn't get enough of his sweet lips. He attacked my lips with his own just as hungrily. When his tongue begged for entrance I didn't hesitate at all to allow him entry. I wrapped my arms tightly around his neck at the same time he slid his around my waist in a fierce, possessive hold. I began tangling my fingers in his soft, messy hair. I liked the feeling of his hair under my fingertips. It was nice.

Edward got off his knees and pulled me to lay next to him on his soft carpet, still kissing eachother as if the world would end tomorrow. He rolled over so that he was hovering over me,supporting all his weight on his arms which were now trapping me at my side. He pulled back from the kiss, breathing slightly heavily, and smiling. I kept my arms around his neck and my fingers played with his gorgeous hair.

He leaned down and whispered in my ear "I love you Isabella Swan" and he began to lightly kiss my neck. He was definitely not helping me to focus on anything, but who says I wanted to?

"As much as I love you, Edward Cullen." I whispered to him. He began to softly nibble on my delicate ear lobe and I squirmed slightly under his touch,giggling a bit. This seemed to give him an idea.

He took one of his hands that he was using to hold himself above me and began tickling my tummy. I giggled and began to laugh. I hated and loved being tickled. It was fun and made you laugh, but yet it was almost a painful laugh, especially if the person wouldn't stop. Edward wasn't showing any mercy; he tickled me and tickled me. I was laughing so hard and trying to roll away from him to escape the tickling, but Edward held me there. Finally, I had had enough so I decided to turn the tables.

Edward caught the look in my eyes and said "Uh-oh." before I unlocked my arms from around his neck and began tickling him instead. He laughed and laughed; God I loved hearing that laugh. It was better than the finest music of the century. It was sweeter than the lightest taste of sugar and honey. I showed him no mercy either,but merely rolled him over so that I was above him, tickling him until he begged for me to stop, still laughing.

I laughed and stopped tickling him,just hovering over him as he calmed down. I could see the laughter and light in his eyes had returned, and it made me smile. I didn't like the slight distance between us though; it seemed wrong. I lowered my body back down so I was laying on top of him and I re-wound my arms around his neck. I rested my head onto his warm chest and listened to his heart beat and the feeling of his chest moving up and down.

I seriously thought at that moment that I was in heaven. Nothing could be better than this moment right here.

I hummed contentedly, snuggling myself closer to Edward as we lay there on his bedroom floor. He wrapped his arms around me like the softest of blankets, providing warmth and comfort. We stayed that way for a while, before I glanced at his clock and noticing it was midnight. Guess we'd been here longer than I'd thought.

"Aren't you getting tired?" I asked him concernedly. He had school tomorrow, and probably needed more sleep than I did. I had school tomorrow too, but that was beside the point. I wasn't going, just in case.

Edward tried stiffling his yawn, but I still heard it. "You are tired, off to bed with you mister." I told him half-teasingly. He only grinned at me.

"Well, I might consider going to bed, but you seem to be in my way." He teased lightly. I giggled a bit and got up off of him, though I didn't want to leave his warmth. I stood up and extended my hand to him to help him up. He grabbed it gently and allowed me to hoist him up off the floor. He grinned his crooked smile at me before going into the bathroom for a shower and to get ready for bed.

I wandered out of his room and down the stairs to the kitchen for a bite to eat. I really did need to eat a little bit more than my usaul apples and yogurt. I wasn't really very hungry for anything else though, so I went into the fridge and grabbed a cold green apple and sat at the little island in the kitchen munching on it. It tasted very sweet, sweeter than usual. I savored in the taste and closed my eyes for a moment in response.

I could hear someone else coming down the stairs, but I didn't know who. I turned around to see none other than Tanya standing there, looking uncomfortable and nervous.

Aww, she was shy!

She was like Rosalie in her own way, how Rosalie seemed kind of stubborn and put-out but was really just a tad shy of people and used threats as a way to hide her shyness. They were very alike in that respect. I patted the stool next to me, inviting her to sit down. Her eyes lit up and a could see a smile tugging at her lips. She came to sit next to me, grabbing a banana from the basket in front of us and munching on it as well. For a few moments there was a peaceful silence.

Tanya was halfway through her banana before she spoke.

"I am sorry for what happened earlier; I didn't realize it would cause so much trouble." she told me, bowing her head slightly. I knew she was truly sorry, but that didn't make up for her actions in Edward's room. I had to know.

"Why were you destroying Edward's room earlier? That now doesn't seem like the type of thing you would do." I asked softly. Her head bowed even more and I could feel her sorrow and regret pouring out of her.

When she looked back up to answer me she was crying. "I-..I...wanted...Edward...t-..to...see...tha-..that...I...really...d-..do...c-..c-..care...about..hi-..him,an-..and...that..I-..I... could...do...greater...for...hi-..him...and...I-..I...was..ju-...just...s-..so...mad...that...I-..I...didn't...even...stop..t-..to...think..ah-..about...you." she began to sob. I leaned over and pulled her onto my lap while still sitting on the stool, and I held her to me. She layed her head on my shoulder and cried.

At one point Edward came downstairs, probably looking for me, and when he saw the scene I told him Go. I'll be up when I can. He nodded his head and cast a worried glance at the two of us one last time before he quietly retreated up the stairs.

I held onto the sobbing and shaking Tanya for an hour as she told me everything that had been going wrong in her life, about her obsession with Edward and how her life had gone. Her story was pretty sad, but yet most of it was just the normal problems of the average teenaged girl. It took her a while for the sobbing to subside. When it did, finally, she was still pouring tear after tear down her pale cheeks.

I hugged her softly, trying to let her know silently that I was there for her. It made me feel so much like a parent right then and there. For some reason I could feel a motherly instinct taking over me. I knew I had to protect Tanya, from any danger that came her way. I softly tucked her hair behind her ears, and made her lean back so I could look into her pale blue eyes.

"Tanya, this is the way life works. You're going to have to fight everything it throws at you. But that doesn't mean you have to fight it alone. I'm here for you Tanya, whenever you need me or need to talk about any little thing that pops into your head, I'll be here for you. Okay?" I told her softly. She nodded her head and whispered "Thank you." to me before she got down and began leaving the room.

Before she started to ascend the stairs however, she looked back at me and said "Goodnight Bella, and thank you again. I just hope you don't get tired of talking to me every other hour." she told me, grinning sheepishly. I shook my head lightly at her.

"Not at all, as I said, I'm here when you need me. If you can't find me then ask Alice or Edward where I am, and they'll either tell you where I'm at so you can come to me or I'll come to you. Now go to sleep, you need it more than I do." I told her softly. There was that motherly hint to my voice again. She smiled at me and practically skipped up the steps and into Alice's room where all the girls were sleeping. I chuckled quietly and discarded the remains of my apple out the back door for the animlas before quietly heading up the stairs to Edward's room.

When I got there he was sitting on his bed in his pajamas reading a book silently. He didn't notice my entrance. I took that as my que to get ready for bed as well. I silently stalked over to my bag and pulled out my pajama pants before slinking into the bathroom and shutting the door unnoticed. I quickly changed and brushed my teeth with my fingers before creeping back out to join Edward. He was still reading, and still hadn't noticed me. I put my jeans in my bag and stood there, watching him.

His thoughts didn't portray any notice of what was going on around him; he was too enthralled by his book. I crept to the end of his bed and sat on the beam of wood there, watching my Edward concentrate on a silly little book.

After about ten minutes of this Edward sighed and closed his book, setting it on the bed-side table next to him, totally unaware of my presence. When he saw me he'd probably have a heart-attack. My mouth twitched into a light grin as I watched his frustrated features. He ran his hand through his hair and sighed, before looking up and noticing me. At his eyes making contact with mine his lips broke into the most beautiful smile.

My lips automatically did the same thing. I crawled up his bed to ley beside him and layed my head on his soft, warm chest. I was so comfy there. It took me a while to realize that I had fallen asleep. The only thing that made me notice that was that I began to dream.

I was somewhere warm, though it was misty again and difficult to see. All of my dreams began this way. I took a deep breathe and could, again, smell the forest in my hometown of Forks, Washington. I began to walk foward confidently, knowing I wouldn't hit and trees or fall on any rocks. As I continued to walk I noticed the fog lightening up. This made me smile a bit and I stopped to absord my surroundings.

I was standing next to a small lake, hidden in the woods and unknown by humans, since the lake was covered overhead by trees bent across in. I could see moonlight filtering in through the slight gaps in the trees.

The water had a silvery tone to it, looking like it was poured from the purest of sources. I found myself wanting to be nearer it. I sat down next to the water's edge and could feel the energy it gave me. The water of the Earth, pure and untouched by humans. I dipped my finger into the cool liquid and felt the power it gave me, the enrgy and will to do whatever I needed to do. I put the finger that was still covered in the silver substance into my mouth and suckd the liquid off of it.

It gave me incredible energy and awareness. It boosted every part of me. Including my telepathic sense. I could sense the need to protect my family, and was soon standing in front of them, guarding them from whatever was coming. Whatever it was, I knew I'd always be able to protect them. Always.

My dream continued to replay itself over and over, not changing even slightly. I had memorized the dream by the time I woke up,which was bright and early. 5:00 am is what Edward's clock read. I felt completely refreshed.

I was suddenly aware that someone was downstairs in the kitchen, so I smoothly untangled myself from Edward's hold without waking him and crept noiselessly down the hall and onto the main floor. I peeked around the corner into the kitchen and saw Esme in there preparing breakfast for everybody. I had to smile at her motherly instincts and care.

I walked out from behind the wall I was hiding behind and entered the kitchen.

"Anything I can help with Esme?" I asked her concerned. She really shouldn't be doing all this work by herself.

"No, no, Bella dear, I'll manage." she told me. I ignored her and helped her out anyways, and while I could sense she wanted to do all of it like all mothers do, I could still see she was grateful. We managed to finish just as some of the others were coming downstairs. The girls all came first, dressed and ready for the day. Esme and I set out plates full of food for Alice, Irina, Kate, Rosalie, and Tanya, smilingy cheerily at me. As we were finishing setting out their food the boys all came down. Emmett, Garrett, Jasper, Laurent, and with Edward bringing up the rear.

Once everybody but Esme and I had plates set in front of them and were digging in and chatting, I grabbed a blueberry muffin and began to nibble on it. Carlisle came down then, saying a 'good morning' to everybody and grabbing a muffin like me after kissing Esme on the cheek. He left out the front door, obviously running a little behind. Carmen and Eleazer didn't seem to be up yet.

After about ten minutes, everybody had finished and was getting up to leave. Esme and I waved farewell to everybody and Edward came to give me a goodbye kiss, since I couldn't go to school with Charlie looking for me. When everybody was out the door I gathered up all the dishes and began to wash them while Esme went upstairs to start straightening up the rooms.

I finished with washing the dishes in no time at all and put them away neatly before going upstairs to help Esme. I found her in Alice's room, cleaning up the girls' mess and straightening it up for when they got home.

The Denali's have decided to move in with us you know." Esme told me, still cleaning. I smiled a little and helped her out, since the girls had really made a huge mess.

"I'm glad, it'll be great to have some more people to call my family." I told her. She turned to me, beaming proudly.

"I'm glad you consider us your family Bella; I already think of you as a daughter." she said.

I smiled at that. I only had one question, but I was too afraid to ask it.

Esme and I continued to clean while I pondered over asking my question. When we finished with Alice's room we went to Emmett's room where all the boys except Edward had been sleeping for the night and saw it to be relatively clean. I laughed meantally at that, since most boys were so sloppy. You'd expect these boys to be too. We finished up the boys' room quickly and went back downstairs for some coffee and to relax for a bit.

"Esme?" I asked timidly. I was kind of worried, to put it lightly. This was one of those question for me that I didn't want to be rejected from.

"What is it honey?" she asked me worriedly, setting her cup of coffee down. I took a deep breathe and asked her the simple question I'd been worrying about all morning.

"Can...Can I call you Mom?" I asked her, the hope and fear mingling in my voice. I suddenly felt like a little kid again, wanting a mother to hide behind, when as a child I had none.

"Oh sweetie" Esme breathed, pulling me into one of her soft hugs. She smoothed down my hair over and over, calming me. I didn't cry, though I almost felt a need to. Esme pulled back to look at me and said, "You know I already consider you a daughter. And I would love to have another child." she told me, kissing me on my forehead. I smiled, and hugged her yet again.

Esme patted my back softly, and I thanked her yet again. She knew I never really had a mother of my own. I never truly knew my mother. So she knew how much this must've meant to me. I was guessing Alice had told everything to Esme while leaving out some of the finer details.

Esme released me and said she had some blueprints to work on. I told her I'd come back home just before the others would, that I was going for a run in the woods. Esme agreed without arguments. She knew I probably needed some air and alone time.

I went up to Edward's room to get changed. I wore my green shirt again today. After I was dressed and had brushed my hair, I went out onto Edward's balcony and surveyed the forest beyond. I held the stone of the Earth between my finger and thumb and thought of becoming a robin. Suddenly I was a tiny little robin sitting on Edward's balcony railing. I flew up into the air and over the tops of the trees, just wandering around and feeling the freedom of flight.

I decided to go and check on the others, so I flew towards the school. As I began to fly over the school I heard the bell ring and saw all the students pouring out of the classes and into the cafeteria before they began to head outside. They looked so different from up here. I chirped a laugh as I saw Jessica Stanley trip on a shoelace and almost topple over.

Lunch I thought. How convenient. I flew down and landed in the tree that I usually sat under during lunch and waited for the Cullen's, Hale's, and Denali's to come outside and sit in a circle where they always did. And sure enough, two minutes later, they all came out in one huge group. They all sat down and began to talk and laugh about whatever had happened that day. I wished I could sit there to talk and laugh with them.

I smiled to myself when I got the idea to do just that, and flew over to them from my tree. Of coarse, nobody paid any attention to the little robin, so I was fine. I landed on Edward's shoulder and could feel him stiffen in suprise.

I quickly flew of his shoulder and onto Alice's, staring straight at his shocked face. I chirped another laugh.

Hiya, how's your day going so far sweety? I asked him teasingly in my mind. I could see his smile break out and everybody looked at him questionably, even Alice, who's shoulder I was using as a momentary perch.

"Bella" was all he said and they all visibly relaxed and laughed together. I flew back over to Edward's shoulder and landed on it so that I was comfy. I was content, sitting on Edward's shoulder and watching the others talk. They didn't talk to me since that would seem odd to anyone else, but they did glance my way frequently. When the bell signaling the end of lunch rang the others groaned and all turned to look at me. I winked at them and told them all at the same time I'll be around. So if a fly starts buzzing around your head don't swat at it. They all laughed and got up to leave.

I nibbled quickly on Edward's ear before flying off towards my tree. I perched on the top branch and watched Edward and the others head to their classes.

After a while I began to fly around the school, glancing in various windows as I did. I stopped outside a window every time I saw one of the Cullen's, Hale's, or Denali's. I saw Tanya was in Mister Harris' class and I would have been in there with her if it weren't for all this. I sighed to myself and flew into the cover of the trees before shifting into a fly as promised. I altered my vision though so I could see normally. I went in through the crack between the school's front doors and the floor and buzzed my way to Mister Harris' class.

I went underneath his door too and found he was, again, lecturing the class on something stupid. Typical. I flew as quietly as possible to the ceiling and to the back of the class where Tanya sat in the seat next to mine. I buzzed down onto her desk in front of her. She saw me immediately and raised her eyebrows at me. I went down onto the floor next to her desk and transformed into a little helpless looking kitten.

I was gray with white stripes and the most adorable face. I didn't meow, but instead raised my paw and waved at her. I made sure I was out of sight of Mike and his buddies before I had transformed. It'd be a little weird if they saw me.

When class was starting to end Tanya motioned towards her backpack with a questioning look on her face. She must've seen the questioning look on mine before she whispered "Gym". I nodded my head at her and climbed into her backpack with my little paws just before the bell rang. When it did she tried to make sure her backpack got hit as little as possible. I thanked her for that. I reached my mind out to Edward and could hear him wondering what his class would be doing.

He walked into the Fitness room and saw they were walking the track today with Gym class and that they too were to meet in the Gym. I mentally cheered for joy.

I telepathically told this to Tanya and she said Alright and nodded her head. When we reached the gym she went over next to Alice to change. I snuck out of Tanya's backpack and hid under Alice's shirt while everyone filed out into the gym. When the last person was gone I heard the coach opening the back doors of the Gym so the class could walk out to the track. The teachers were all three going to stay inside to "finish grading some work" as they put it. Though everyone knew they'd be in the staff room eating and talking. As people began to go outside I peered out of the girl's locker rooms and saw Tanya talking to Alice, Edward, and Emmett.

Tanya was telling them where I was and I saw Edward's head snap up in my direction immediately. I grinned at him and saw him smile back. The teachers were already gone and all the students had filed out by now, glad for the fresh air and lack of work required. Edward jogged over to me and picked me, cradling my kitten-form to his chest. I purred against him and he carried me like I was the most fragile thing outside towards the track with the others. The girls were 'aww'ing over my cuteness and Emmett was making jokes about, though I knew he still thought I was adorable. What a teddybear.

Whenever some people came up to ask about the kitten in their arms they just said they found it by the school doors and wouldn't leave it there. Everybody just shrugged their shoulders at it and went to jog. The girls, however, would 'aww' and pet me, even Lauren Mallory and her cronies. They were playing it up for Edward. But I didn't care at the moment. I had to keep up the pretence of a poor little lost kitten.

The four of them constantly passed me around to eachother, tickling me and when nobody but us was around they would talk to me as Bella again. I liked that. When Edward was holding me and the teachers were on their way out to call us back him I told him to stop and put me down for a moment. He set me down on the grass and I rolled in a bit of dirt and got some grass and leaves on me, then shook most of it off so it looked like I had been covered and found by someone, namely Edward. This should get me by the teachers without question.

Edward picked me back up after I made sure I looked lost and somewhat homeless, then I tilted my paw a little and held my innocent kitten face, meowing softly every so often. When the teachers began ushering us back in they all stopped us to ask why we had a kitten. I meowed again.

"Well, sir, I found the kitten by the bushes and stuff over there by the edge of the track near the woods. Of coarse little Alice here wouldn't let me leave it there, so I picked it up and kept it with me." Edward told them, or really lied to them, smoothly. They looked completely convinced since Alice proved the point by taking me from Edward and stroking my gently; I meowed and purred at Alice in an innocent way.

The coaches took the bait and allowed me inside. Alice thanked them and carried me to the locker rooms, keeping up the pretense. After she and Tanya were changed, they grabbed their stuff and met the guys back in the gym, still petting me. Alice passed me off to Edward, who immediately began stroking me, causing me to purr gently, though he heard it. When the final bell rang he and the others all met up by the cars and passed me around for show to the rest of the students. A few students came up asking to hold me as well. I didn't argue with any of them; it wasn't so bad.

I bared my teeth and growled when Newton came over to hold me. When he touched me I hissed and slashed out at him. He staggered back and yelled about us having a demon kitten.

After about ten minutes we piled into our three cars, five per car except for the Volvo which only had four, and took off. I was sitting in Edward's lap as he drove his Volvo home, with the passenger seat empty and Kate, Tanya, and Garrett in the back. I jumped off Edward's lap once we were driving through the woods and getting closer to his house. I sat in the passenger seat and touched my paw to my neck for a moment before the human Bella was sitting in the passenger seat. I smiled and said a real hi to everyone and they smiled back.