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Chapter 3 - Bella Cullen
I followed him from the store and wished Mrs Foster a good day. Edward pointed out stores and things of interest as we walked down the street. Everyone watched as we walked by. It seemed I had even more attention in Edwards presence. Two girls crossed the road ahead of us and walked pointedly in our direction. Edward sighed next to me before giving me an apologetic smile. They both looked about Edwards physical appearance age and mine I guess. They wore thick clothes that still managed to be too revealing for teenagers. They stopped when they reached us, both gave Edward seductive smiles, one looked at me curiously while the other flat out glared.
I giggled as she crossed her arms over her chest, which only seemed to make her angrier. The other girl was the first to say anything. "Hello, Edward. Who's your friend?" her voice was high and nasally in made my ears twitch with discomfort. I had to stop the frown that was almost leaking through on my face. Five words in and I could already tell she was the gossip type.
"Jessica, Lauren. This is Bella. Bella this is Jessica and Lauren they both go to Forks High School with my brothers, sisters and myself.
"Hello, it's nice to meet you both" I said pleasantly.
The other girl Lauren, sneered. Jessica seemed to be happy that she had something to gossip to anyone that asked.
"If you'll excuse us both we need to get home." Edward said his hand rose to the fabric on my back as he steered me around the girls and kept going until we were out of sight. We ducked into the trees and took off on a run. "Sorry about those girls. They can't seem to help but gossip. My guess is your already the talk of the town. I wonder what stories they will come up with. It's sad really." He wondered out loud.
I laughed "It's alright Edward. You do not need to apologise. I value human life too remember. Even the gossiping, bitchy type like Jessica and Lauren." He snickered at my description. "They both have eyes for you" I suggested trying to keep the humour out of my voice.
His face frowned and I couldn't help but laugh. "Yeah, I know. You should hear their thoughts." He scowled. I giggled at his face, it really was quite a cute scowl. We reached the house and Edward didn't stop as he opened the door and went inside.
The Cullen's had moved from the living room, I followed Edward through another doorway. It was a dining room of sort. A large wooden table sat perfectly in the middle 8 chairs around it 6 of which were already taken. Edward held out a chair for me at the end of the table, I thanked him and turned towards Carlisle who sat happily at the other end. Edward took the empty seat at my right. Alice sat at my left and she was positively excited as she tried to sit still. Jasper looked wary of me as he tried to pull Alice closer to his side. Esme gave me a welcoming smile and I returned hers. Carlisle's smile grew as he watched us get comfortable. Rosalie had a slight frown on her face and she was staring at the timber of the table. Emmett had a huge grin on his face he looked like a large child. I laughed internally. Edward had his attention on me before he turned to Carlisle expectantly.
"Welcome back Bella. I have a few questions if you don't mind?" Carlisle started.
"Thank you. No not at all, please ask away."
He gave me a grateful smile. "Well firstly, do you prefer Bella or Isabella?"
I grinned "I much prefer Bella to my friends, Isabella seems to be a name spoken with fear."
"Bella, than. Your wish is to stay here, correct?"
"Yes Carlisle, I wish to live like you do, for a short period."
He thought for a minute. "You do realise that staying here with us in this area at your visual age would mean that you would have to attend school?"
"I do, surprisingly it is not the first time I have attended a school. Like I said to Edward earlier, there is only so much I can do to pass the time when you're my age."
He nodded in understanding. "Well than would you like to take our name? Here in Forks we are known as Dr Carlisle and Esme Cullen. We've adopted our children Alice, Emmett and Edward as well as Esme's niece and nephew Rosalie and Jasper Hale who are twins. We could easily spread the word about a new adoption."
"Bella Cullen... Hmm I like it. I think that would be best." I agreed.
"Well than let me formally welcome you into our family" he got up and walked towards me and took my hand in his much like earlier but instead pulled my hand to his lips and kissed the skin.
"Thank you" He nodded and walked back to his seat.
"I have a question myself, if you may?" I asked once he settled into his seat.
"Of course Bella."
"You said you are known as Dr Carlisle Cullen. Did I hear that correctly?"
His answering smile was large. "You are not mistaken. I work here in Forks at the local hospital as one of the head doctors."
"Wow"
He laughed "I have always wanted to help people, Bella. I studied medicine for many years it was my passion. It took almost a century until I was able to be around human blood. It helps that I feed regularly. Now the scent is hardly noticeable. I am not alone in my passion, Edward here has passed medical school three times but with his young age if makes it difficult for him to work. Most of the time he can only work if he is an assistant in training. It's a shame really, he is quite talented." His eyes turned to his son. A proud smile on his face. Edwards head dropped slightly, if he was human I wouldn't be surprised if he started to blush at the compliment.
"That's incredible, I commend you both on your control."
"Thank you Bella."
"Yes, thank you." They both said.
"Do the rest of you have interests much like Carlisle and Edward?" I asked the rest of the room.
"I do!" Alice practically sung from my side.
"And what is it that interests you Alice?"
"Shopping, fashion, design etcetera."
"Uhh, I see. I assume that you are behind the designer clothes that I am seeing on each of your family members?" She stood from her chair and bowed in thanks.
I laughed along with the rest of the table. "What about you Jasper?"
He gave me another wary look before replying. "My interest is mostly in the Civil War. I was a Major in the Texas Calvary when I was turned immortal. But I had never lost the appeal the war held to me." My head tilt to the side as I thought.
"Forgive me Jasper, but I assume your scars are markers of war as well, am I correct?"
He nodded. "Yes, I was turned for the purpose of joining an army by a vampire called Maria. She found my gift of empathy to be useful and kept me around to control the newborns. Alice found me and showed me another way of life. I owe her everything for taking me away from that place."
Well this just got interesting. "The Maria your referring too wouldn't happen to have long dark hair, red eyes and a scar above her left eye would she?"
"Yes, she does. Have you met her before?" I frowned. I had taken the life of Jasper's sire only a couple of days earlier. He was already wary of me, I hope that he won't take the news of her destruction badly.
"Yes, I have met her. She had created an army up in Canada, they were being inconspicuous and I had to take the army out. I apologise Jasper but Maria is no more." His brows rose and his eyes widened. My frown deepened while I waited for him to say something.
"She's dead?"
"Yes" I said simply.
"Is that where you just came from? We heard the news of many deaths and I thought that maybe it was an army." Alice asked.
I nodded. Alice and Jasper made eye contact, a silent communication between the two. I dropped my eyes not wanting to disturb the two. When Jasper sighed I tilted my head up again.
"Thank you Bella, for telling me the truth. I am glad that she is not on this earth anymore. Maria took too many lives on her quest for territory in the South. My own life included." I gave him a small smile and nodded leaving him to his thoughts.
My eyes turned to Esme and she gave me an encouraging smile. "I enjoy architecture and design most of all."
"So you built this house?"
"Yes many years ago we lived here and returned a year ago. I made a few changes and redecorated."
"You have great taste Esme. I look forward to seeing the rest of the house."
"Thank you Bella." Her smile was contagious.
"Is medicine your only interest Carlisle?"
"No, Bella. I have a passion for history also. Mostly of our race. That is why I have read about you. It took a long time to find those books I have read."
"Yes, I can imagine it would have taken you a while. Most stories have been destroyed. Maybe I can fill you in with what you haven't already learned."
He smile was the biggest I had seen on his face yet. "I'd love that, thank you Bella." I nodded.
"What about you Rosalie?"
A frown still held tightly on her face before she looked up at me and sighed. "I'm an automotive mechanic at heart. I enjoying fixing cars and upgrading them." My brows raised. I would not have guess the platinum blonde in front of me liked to get greasy and dirty under the hood of a car. She smiled slightly at my expression.
"I wouldn't have guessed that. Maybe you could help me pick a car one day soon. I have noticed most people own one or two these days."
Her smile grew and she nodded. "I think I could help you out."
"It's not a problem, I could use the help. What about you Emmett?"
His grin was still plastered on his face. "I like playing games and fighting."
"Oh? So you're the competitive type?" The table laughed as Emmett nodded his head eagerly. "What games do you like to play Emmett?"
"I play the Xbox a lot. Chess is fun but Alice and Edward cheat too much with their gifts. Any sort of board games. But I mostly like the physical games, sports especially."
"I see maybe later we could have a little wrestle, it has been a long time since I have fought just for fun."
"Hell yeah!" I laughed as his fist raised in the air.
I turned to Edward next when Emmett settled down, no doubt with a bit of help from Jasper the empath. "What about you Edward do you have any other interests?"
"Yes, I love music. I play most instruments, piano being first and foremost my favourite."
"You will have to play for me sometime then."
"Sure, I'd love too, Bella." I gave him a smile before turning back to everyone else. I guess it was my turn.
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