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Chapter 8 New Beginning

BPOV

What? Did he just say that or have I gone completely crazy and started hallucinating? Nobody wanted me, why did he want me?

Just when I was about to ask him what he meant, he pulled away and stepped back. I instantly missed his cool arms around me holding me close and protectively to his body.

"There you are!"

I jumped at the voice and turned around to see Esme entering the garage with her graceful steps but before I could get one word out to reply to her, she came and wrapped me up in a tight embrace. Her skin was also cold just like Edward's or Alice's but her embrace was warm and loving. She pulled back and looked me over carefully then turned to Edward with a slight stern face although her amber eyes showed the love she had for her son.

"It's a good thing you brought her back. Now, did you apologize?"

"Yes. I did and I don't know why but she forgave me", he replied in his soft voice but looked at me with a guilt-ridden expression by the end.

I sighed. I didn't have any idea as to why he would feel so guilty over such a small thing. Esme shook her head with a small sigh in Edward's direction and then turned towards me with a smile.

"Come on, Bella. You have to meet the rest of the family."

I furrowed my brows in confusion. Rest of the family? Oh, so Edward, Alice, Esme and Carlisle weren't the only Cullens. I simply followed her out the garage into a mud room with Edward quietly following us. I didn't even have to look behind me to know, I felt him coming behind me.

We stopped when we came into the living room and Alice came and stood by my side, smiling softly at me. The room was decorated with excellent taste. The walls were a soft crème color with beautiful-and expensive, I bet- paintings adorning them. A big white couch was sitting in front of the huge TV and the fire was crackling delicately in the fireplace. But it wasn't the room that made me question my eyesight or sanity.

There, sitting in the beautiful living room were three more beautiful people who I guessed were the "rest of the family". One of them was a guy with huge muscles and looked like he could lift a van with one hand, snowy pale just as the other Cullens and curly brown hair. His golden eyes were shining with excitement and a big dimply smile was stretched across his face making him look like a teddy bear. His body was intimidating but the big smile on his face made me smile in return.

Next to him on the loveseat was a goddess. There was no other word for the beautiful blond girl sitting next to the big guy. Her striking features and figure made me question my existence. Her blond hair was bouncing around her back in soft curls. Her eyes and face was indifferent, a total opposite of the guy sitting next to her.

And then there was the guy sitting in a recliner. His hair was a bit long and honey blond. He was lean and muscular but not as much as the other guy. He was also pale with golden eyes just like the other Cullens. I wondered what kind of water they were serving to this family because they were all so beautiful.

Alice broke the silence caused by my gawking the newcomers-or at least newcomers to me.

"Bella, this is Emmett, our brother," she pointed to the big guy and he gave me his dimpled smile again making me grin at him again. "That's Rosalie, his wife," and I had the name for the goddess. I smiled at her and she just looked away. I frowned in confusion. Didn't she like me?

"And that's her brother and my boyfriend, Jasper," Alice finished her introduction speech by pointing to her boyfriend who did return my smile softly and a "nice to meet you" in his slight southern drawl.

"So, Bella? Are you Italian?" Emmett asked me in his booming voice, with pure curiosity and everyone rolled their eyes at him.

"Um…no," I replied him confusingly.

He furrowed his brows in confusion and said "But your name's Bella." As if that was the reason why he thought I must be Italian.

Alice replied him for me, "Emmett, just because her name's Bella doesn't mean she is Italian."

"Really?" Emmett asked getting more confused by every second.

"Yes," Alice said and rolled her eyes.

Rosalie took Emmett's hand and stood up. She started walking towards the staircase without even a look in my direction.

"Um…it's getting late so...yeah…um…goodnight, Bella! We'll see you in the morning!" Emmett explained their sudden exit and waved at me while Rosalie just dragged him upstairs. I waved back at him a little.

Esme turned towards me then and put a hand on my shoulder.

"You must be tired," she then faced Alice and said to her. "Take her to her room and I'll bring some clothes for her to change into. Okay, Bella?"

"Um…yeah. Sure. Thanks," I just stammered. What else could I say? They were doing so much for me even though I'm practically a stranger. I could never show my gratitude towards them in words.

Esme left the room with a smile in my direction, Carlisle following her after a "goodnight" to me.

Alice looked at me and said, "Come on, Bella! Let's show you your new room!"

She started up the stairs and Edward and I just followed behind her. We reached the third floor and Alice led us to a door on the far right in the hallway. There were only three doors on this floor. One was where Alice took us. The other was directly across from it and the other was in the far left of the hallway. We reached the two opposite closed doors and Alice opened the right one.

The walls were light blue and the bedding and carpet was of a darker shade of blue. There was a little mahogany desk in the far left corner and by the right wall was a big comfortable-looking bed facing the west wall. A small bookcase was at the left corner of the room.

"This is your room Bella and the one across yours is Edward's," Alice explained while she bounded towards the door that was at the far right corner of the room.

I relaxed a little at knowing that Edward would be the closest to me and that I won't feel alone in this big house when I will be in my room. My room. If some one would have told me even a day ago that I would meet this beautiful and great family, have a room like this to be called mine and that I would get rid of the disgusting life I had while living with the Blacks, I would have laughed at him at the hilarity of it and then killed him for being so cruel to say things like that when it was impossible to ever happen to me. But, by some miracle, it did. All of it.

Alice's excited voice brought me out of my musings, "And the best part, your personal walk-in closet! Isn't it exciting? We'll go shopping this weekend and we can fill your closet with everything I can get my hands on and then…" she kept rambling from some hidden part of the room. I looked around to see where her voice was coming from and saw her standing inside the door on the far right corner of the room. I walked in and saw "my personal walk-in closet" with millions of hangers hanging in racks on both sides and big compartment of shelves. This must have been a spare-room-turned-closet otherwise why would someone have such a BIG place just to keep clothes? I was dumbstruck as I watched the huge room.

"So what do you think?" Alice asked me with excitement, bouncing a little.

"Umm…wow. It's so…wow," I replied her trying to add some excitement in my voice but coming out total lame. She just rolled her eyes at me.

Edward spoke then bringing me out of Alice and closet induced misery.

"Alice, why don't we give Bella some time to settle and rest and then you can bombard her with your shopping extravaganza, hmm?"

Alice rolled her eyes again and said, "Fine. But we will talk." She pointed a stern finger in my face and I just nodded at her quickly. "Goodnight then Bella and Edward," and with that she danced out of the room with a smile on her face.

I looked back at Edward to see him watching me intently.

I ignored his intense gaze and what it did to me and said, "Edward, you really don't have to do this."

He furrowed his brows in confusion and asked me, "I don't have to do what?"

Oh god, he was just ignoring the questions, wasn't he?

I sighed and replied him, "Everything. Your family doesn't have to take me in. I told you I'm fine and not your burden."

He took a step closer to me and said, "Bella, Alice told you we're not doing this just because we have to. You're…our friend and we will take care of you. Now don't tell me you want to go back to your old home because if that's what you want I'll just take you back. What do you want?"

My eyes widened in fear of going back and seeing Billy and Jacob. I could never go back! I'd rather die than go back to that life!

"No! Don't take me back Edward! Please! I'm begging you to not take me back to Billy's house! Please!"

Edward took my hands in his cold ones and ran small circles on my knuckles.

"It's okay, Bella. I'm not taking you back if you don't want to. I'll never take you back. Relax."

I nodded and took deep breaths to calm myself down. I knew I could trust Edward and that he would never take me back to that hell hole but just the thought of bearing Billy and Jacob terrified me to my very core.

"I know. I know you'll never take me back and I trust you. I'm sorry, I'm acting like a total fool right now," I apologized to him while keeping my head down so that he won't see my traitorous tears that were falling helplessly down my cheeks. He pulled my chin up with his right hand after releasing my left hand. I looked up and saw deep concern, rage and sorrow in his eyes.

"You don't have to apologize for anything Bella. Neither are you a fool nor you are acting like one," he said in a soft voice.

"You're wrong. I am a fool. I accepted to live with Billy when he asked me to. I brought this all upon myself," I shook my head and couldn't help but cry at what my life had become just because of my one stupid decision.

"Bella, none of this is your fault. Everyone makes wrong decisions and so did you. That does not make you a fool, it only makes you human. You are an amazing girl Bella and some people just tried to take advantage of you, that's it."

I just looked in his eyes and wondered how can this god-like person exist nowadays. I knew what he was trying to tell me but I couldn't bring myself to not blame anyone but myself for everything that had happened to me since my parents died. I wanted to hug him again but just nodded because that was the only thing I could do at that time.

A soft knock on the door brought me out of my wonderments of Edward Cullen. He took a step back to allow some space between us. The door opened and in came Esme holding a white pile of clothing and a soft smile on her face. I wondered if she ever frowned. I wouldn't want that, a frown to ever replace her smile.

"I brought you some clothes that are more warm and comfortable," she came towards me and handed me the soft pile of clothes.

I took it from her and hugged her. She hugged me back.

"Thank you Esme. Everything you all are doing really means a lot to me. I can't ever thank you enough," I said in her shoulder.

"Oh honey, you don't have to. Just take care of yourself and be happy, that's all I can ask of you," she said while rubbing my back softly.

Esme was very lovable and reminded me of my mom. Though Renee was a high-spirited woman, she always cared a lot for me. Esme was a very motherly woman and I couldn't thank god enough for her.

"Thank you Esme," I said and pulled back, smiling at her.

"My pleasure, dear. Now I'll see you in the morning. You too Edward," she said while patting Edward and my cheek and left the room with a soft "goodnight".

I really loved Esme although I just met her, but the way she takes care of everyone and is so motherly made her so lovable. In fact, I liked all the Cullens. Edward was my savior, Alice, already becoming my best friend, Emmett, Jasper, Carlisle. I knew that I'll even like Rosalie if she did talk to me ever. I still didn't understand her indignant behavior towards me. Maybe just the idea of a stranger suddenly taking refuge in her house was not so liked by her. I think if I would have been in her place, maybe my thoughts would be the same. I mean who would want to share their house and family with a total stranger? Not her, definitely.

I looked at Edward when he started speaking. I was so mesmerized by his mouth when he spoke that I missed what he said.

"Err…what?" I asked him like the loser I was.

"I said it's getting late so I should head to bed," he replied me slowly like he was checking if I would hear him this time.

"Oh. Oh! Yeah! Right! Um…yeah. You should…you should go," I blurted out quickly while blushing madly and he just looked at me amusedly.

"Ookaayy…well I guess then I'll see you in the morning…?" he said cautiously making it sound like a question.

"Yeah, yeah. Morning's good. We eat morning in the breakfast," I said while still in an Edward-induced daze.

He chuckled quietly at my words and I blushed a deeper red at realizing what I had said.

"I-I mean we eat breakfast in the morning," I corrected myself.

"Goodnight Bella. Sweet dreams," he said while walking backwards out of the room, giving me his heavenly crooked grin.

I grinned back at him and bit my lip.

"Goodnight Edward."

I closed the door after him and smiled wide in what felt like thousands of years. Even though it pained the hell out of me to see him go, I was happy for once. I had a family, a real family. I actually smiled a real smile and I can't explain how happy I felt at that realization. It was like heaven for me.

After taking a long hot shower and changing into the fluffy white pajamas and t-shirt that smelled fresh and fit me perfectly, I jumped into the big bed and sighed loudly at the sheer comfort I felt in doing so. After closing my eyes I sent a silent prayer to god that this wasn't just a dream. It was only seconds later that I was sound asleep with a huge smile on my face and in my dreamland of bronze hair and golden eyes.

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