Here you go, like I promised :-)

Thanks to everyone who took the time to review, you guys are awesome!

I'd like to answer some of your reviews ...

patz13 and superallio: Thank you for coming up with ideas for this story! If it so happens that I do get writer's block, I'll consider them. If you want to read more about Maddie's school - no worries! I have several chapters about that (currently 7, but I am still not done, aaaaahh!) and I'll post them ... sometime. Still have to decide how I'll do it.

twilight1987: Jasper is a pain in the ass in this story, isn't he? ;-) Haha, he has his reasons though. I'll try to update my other story soon, it'll show why he is the way he is towards her.

Elenielrain: There will be some father-daughter moments in the next few chapters! But Maddie just isn't as close to Carlisle as she is to Esme or Rose. Why? I'll explain in my other story! .. Soon!

Ok, now enjoy the chapter and tell me what you think! I really had a blast writing it, tee-hee!

Rosalie had promised she would take Maddie shopping on Saturday.

Problem: Even though their parents were back home, the house arrest Jasper had placed Maddie under was unfortunately still valid. So Rose and Maddie had to postpone the trip, which made both girls sad.

But, oh well, they live forever, so it wasn't the end of the world.

But Maddie was so bored. She had spent all Saturday lying around on either the couch or her bed, either reading books or watching TV, until Carlisle got the splendid idea that Maddie could do her homework. Yaaay!

He told her that just because she wasn't able to attend classes on Friday didn't mean she could slack off.

Sunday evening.

Maddie was frustrated.

Her room looked like hell, because she had been looking everywhere, sending her clothes and books and just everything she owned flying through the air, and now her stuff lay scattered on the floor.

She let out an agitated huff, then decided there was no use in looking any further. It was gone - just gone.

Slightly pissed off, she opened her room door with a little more force than necessary, nearly taking it off its hinges. Several deep breaths later, she was more or less calm again. Wouldn't do her any good to break something just because she was messy and unable to find what she was looking for.

Taking a couple of steps forward, she stopped in front of her brother's room which was just opposite hers. She knocked twice, then waited until he would ask her in ... or send her away - it depended on whichever mood he was in.

"Come in." His voice sounded from the other side of the door.

Maddie opened the door just a crack, then pushed lightly against it so it would open up further on its own.

Then, instead of walking in, she leaned against the door frame, her arms folded across her chest. She gave her elder brother a suffering look, bottom lip protruding. "Edward?" she asked in a sad voice.

"Yes, what is it?" He was lying on his black leather couch and looked up from the book he was currently reading.

"Do you know where my 12 Stones-CD is? I can't find it!"

"No, I'm sorry but I cannot help you," he answered, then continued reading.

Maddie let out a low whining sound and looked over her shoulder back into her own room. She really didn't want to look for it in this mess yet again.

So she gazed at Edward and asked in a soft voice, "Can I borrow yours?"

Edward had a huge CD-Collection. Every music genre was present - well, except for country; but who would want to listen to country?

Anyways, since he listened to almost everything, his shelves even held CDs of bands Maddie enjoyed listening to as well. Quite convenient to Maddie, who tended to misplace her stuff; or whenever Esme had been cleaning her room - Maddie couldn't find anything afterwards.

"Sure. First shelf, third row, seventh CD from right," Edward replied casually, his eyes never leaving the pages of his book.

"Thanks." Maddie flashed him a bright smile, then skipped over to his CD shelves.

Edward had everything memorised, so his description was very precise. She found the CD immediately, then turned around and began to walk out of the room when she suddenly halted.

"You," she said through gritted teeth and slowly turned back around to face her brother.

Edward bookmarked, closed the book and put it down on the table next to his couch. Then he looked up at her. "What?"

"This is mine!" she exclaimed, sounding far from happy.

"No, it is not, Madeline," he countered and folded his hands.

She huffed, stomped over to the couch he was occupying and shoved the CD cover in his face.

"There. It is mine," Maddie said more indignantly.

Edward did not react to her words, just pushed her arm away, so he could actually look her in the eye again.

"No." was all he said.

She huffed once again, this time louder than before, and pointed to the upper left corner of the CD frame with her middle finger.

Yeah, she used that one on purpose.

A tiny black star could be seen in the corner she pointed at. Why? Because Maddie was in the habit of marking her belongings when bored. She got bored a lot. So all of her CDs, books and DVDs held a tiny star, drawn with the help of a black permanent marker.

Maddie asked, not too politely, "Why would you take my stuff?"

Now Edward propped himself up on one elbow, cleared his throat and started explaining. "Do you remember several months ago when you couldn't find the exact same CD? I let you borrow mine."

As if vampires would forget.

She snorted, then said, "Yes."

"You scratched it. The CD, mind you," he explained further.

"It was an accident. I told you I was sorry."

"You did, but sometimes saying sorry is not good enough," he countered and sounded like a conceited ass.

Huh?

"Are you high? What are you talking about?" What exactly was he getting at?

"You ruined my CD, so I took yours in exchange for the one you had broken."

"Wh- ... what? !" she managed to say in between laughs. He was being ridiculous! "Why didn't you just buy a new one, we're filthy rich!"

Edward had an answer for that. "Then you wouldn't learn to be more careful with other people's belongings in the future, now would you?"

Maddie's jaw dropped. Seriously?

She pushed her tongue against the inside of her cheek, then said to her dear brother, "You are seriously dead from the neck up. I'm going to my room now, and I'll take my CD with me." She turned around and started to walk towards the door, when Edward all of the sudden said, "Freeze."

She wheeled around, shouting, "What?"

As calmly as he could manage to be, he told her, "This is my CD, and I am not willing to lend it to you anymore. Give it back."

"Hell no!" Was he crazy? It was hers, after all.

"Madeline ...," he warned and stood up from his leather couch, hoping he could intimidate her.

She couldn't care less.

"Screw you," Maddie answered and flipped him the bird.

Edward seized that exact moment to grab the CD which Maddie was holding in her hand. But unfortunately she didn't let go.

Both held onto it - tightly enough so that the other one wouldn't win, but carefully enough as to not break it to pieces.

"Stop this childish behaviour and give me back my CD!" Edward growled and pulled, but Maddie still did not let go and snapped, "You are the one who's acting childishly!"

It was a tug of war until Edward had enough. He braced his right foot against the couch for leverage and wrenched the CD from his sister's hands.

Suddenly an ear-piercing scream split the air.

A cliffy! Yaaay!

I know it's mean, but it was just the perfect stopping point!

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