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the next couple of chapter for this story will be a littl boring but i will make up for it as soon as the Cullen family goes to Dartmouth. Enjoy!!
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Welcome Home.
"C'mon, love. The boat is waiting for us." Edward stood behind me as I looked out at the ocean. I was standing in our air-conditioned room with the French doors wide open. I continued to stare out into the clear water, not answering Edward.
"Isn't it funny how the ocean works," I said finally. Edward wrapped his arms around my waist and hid his face in my hair, breathing me in.
"I'm not sure what you mean, Bella." I closed my eyes as he held me closer to him.
"I mean that water isn't really blue… Although the ocean is beautiful in its own way, it only reflects something even more beautiful; the sky." I opened my eyes again to look up at the sky. The sun was shining brightly and there were no clouds in sight. I felt Edward shake from silent laughter.
"You know, you're correct. It is a reflection of something beautiful. But I can't call the sky or the ocean beautiful with you standing in comparison to it." I laughed and turned around to face him. His eyes were closed, but he had a wide grin on his face.
"I thought you said the boat was waiting for us," I asked staring at him skeptically. We were returning to Forks today.
"It is," He said as he opened his eyes and grabbed my hand. "Let's go." His pools of topaz never left my eyes until we walked out of the bedroom.
We walked to the dock and, sure enough, there was a boat waiting for us. All of our luggage was waiting inside the boat and a short man was waiting outside of it. He smiled brightly at us as we approached him.
"Senhor. Estão aqui as chaves a seu barco. Eu sou certo que você teve uma estada agradável e encontra tudo em ordem?" He handed Edward a set of keys.
"Sim, obrigado. Tudo era perfeito." Edward smiled at him and pulled us towards the boat.
I had no idea what they were talking about, but I smiled at the man politely. His breath seemed to catch and Edward whipped around suddenly.
"Pare de por favor olhar minha esposa nessa maneira." He had a murderous look on his face.
"Eu sou assim pesaroso, senhor. Não acontecerá outra vez," said the man. He then looked over at me. "Meus apologies, Sra. Cullen." I nodded my head, not knowing what he said and walked away with Edward.
Edward's eyes were still tense as he boarded me on the boat, giving me a peck on the lips. He looked over at the man who was now looking down at his feet. I wonder what they were going on about. We pulled out of the dock and drove off to the mainland. It was about a 15 minute ride and then we would land on the mainland.
"Edward?" I was a little afraid to ask him this.
"Yes, Bella?" He looked at me from the corner of his eye as he continued to drive the boat.
"What were you and that man talking about?" I bit my lip as Edward laughed slightly.
"First, he gave me the keys and asked if we had a good time and if everything was in order. I thanked him, saying everything was perfect." He snickered again.
"What's so funny?" I looked at him confused.
"Well, that man's name is Gregorio. He is in charge of the cleaning staff for my mom's island. He's also a little frightened of me, but puts on a good façade. He's 40 years old, so don't be weirded out by what I'm going to tell you next…"
"Okay…" I was still confused.
"When you smiled at him, he was thinking of how hot you were. He wanted to know what your lips would feel-
"Ah! Okay!" I said, covering my ears. "I don't want to hear what he was thinking." Gross.
Edward laughed. "Okay, well, I told him not to look at you like he was because you were my wife. He immediately apologized to me and you." He laughed loudly again.
'Well, I'm glad your not the jealous type," I said sarcastically. He rolled his eyes at me and the rest of the ride was silent.
We arrived at the airport 10 minutes later and walked to our first class seats. I quickly fell asleep, knowing that when I opened them, I would be in my home. Forks.
"Bella, honey. Wake up. We've landed." Edward was shaking me awake. Right on cue, the pilot came over the loud speaker and announced our arrival. I opened my eyes slowly and smiled at Edward.
"We're home," I whispered. He nodded and we walked off the plane. I was eager to see my family again, so I was practically running through the crowds to get to the baggage claim. Edward said that the family would be waiting there, and I already knew who would spot me first. I got to a hallway with three exits. In my hate, I didn't hear what baggage claim we would need to go to. I looked at Edward and he laughed.
"C, love." I nodded and grabbed his hand, walking to the baggage claim.
I entered the atrium and searched the crowd for my family. The crowd of people cleared up, revealing a clear path to my whole family. I smiled and started running, just as a short little pixie started running towards me as well.
"Bella!" She yelled opening her arms for me.
"Alice!" I yelled back and we smashed into each other. It hurt me more than it did her, but I hugged her anyway. I haven't seen my sister in so long.
"I missed you, Bella." She pulled away to look at me and I felt Edward stand next to me. "I forbid you guys to go away for that long anymore." She looked pointedly at Edward who rolled his eyes. She laughed and let me go to hug her brother. "Nice to see you, Edward."
"Nice to see you, too, Alice." They pulled apart and we all looked at the rest of our family, slowly approaching. Well, at least most of them were slowly approaching. One of them was running and bouncing up and down just like Alice was. I laughed before he picked me up in a bone-crushing hug.
"Bellarina! I'm glad you came home!" He yelled in his booming voice.
"Can't- breath- Em." I couldn't get any more out and he didn't seem to hear me. I saw Edward come closer and smack him on the head.
"Ouch. What was that for?" He asked, finally putting me down.
"She couldn't breath, you idiot." We all laughed at Emmett's sorry face.
"My bad, Bellsy." I smiled at him and hugged him again.
"It's okay, Em." He hugged me back softly this time and punched Edward's arm. I was passed on to Esme and Carlisle, while Emmett and Edward hugged.
"Bella. It's so good to have you home." Esme gave me a motherly hug and held me at arms length. "You look well."
"Thank you, Esme. It's nice to see you too." Carlisle hugged me also.
"Bella." We smiled at each other and he searched me for any cuts or bruises.
"All good, dad," I said and we both laughed. Jasper and Rosalie were standing quietly in the back, smiling at me softly. I walked up to Jasper and he gave me a soft hug.
"Hey, sis. Nice to have you back. We missed you." He smiled at me and gave me a soft peck on the cheek.
"Thanks, Jazz. I missed you, too." I moved onto Rosalie and I was a little hesitant on what she would do. "Hi, Rose," I said as I walked up to her. She also seemed hesitant, but her whole expression changed to a big grin as she hugged me with passion.
"Bella," she said. "I'm glad you decided to stay a human. Even if it's for a little while longer," she whispered in my ear and I smiled back at her while pulling away.
"Thanks, Rose."
The boys had already grabbed our luggage and we walked out to the parking lot.
"Don't think about it, Alice. She's coming with me." I heard from behind me. I turned to see Alice and Edward staring each other down.
"That's so not fair, Edward. You had her to yourself this whole time. She's riding with me." She balled up her hands and I laughed, causing them both to look at me.
"Are you guys seriously fighting about that?" They both nodded, as if it was the simplest thing in the world. "Wow."
"Fine, Alice. She can ride with you." Alice squealed and grabbed my hand, leading me to her car. Jasper wasn't far behind and Edward decided to tag along, too.
"Hey, you weren't a part of the deal!" She scowled at Edward. I grabbed his hand and stared at Alice.
"We're a package," I said and we all laughed. We loaded the car and drove off to the house. During the ride, we spoke about all the cool stuff we did on Isle Esme. Jasper and Alice asked all types of questions. They laughed at everything funny and awed at everything cute. It was nice to be with my family again.
Before I knew it, we were pulling up to the garage behind Carlisle. I walked out quickly and into the house I have missed for so long. Everything was still the same and I was happy to see it didn't change. Everyone filled in behind me and they all laughed at my expression.
"So, Bella. Are you glad to be back?" asked Carlisle.
"Yes. I'm very happy."
Esme made me dinner and everyone sat at the table talking. I ate and engaged in conversation with everyone at the same time.
"So what are we planning to do with school?" I asked catching everyone's attention.
"That's a good question that I have been thinking about for a while." Carlisle looked around as everyone became silent. "I thought it would be best if you all started in the same year." We all nodded in agreement. "And since Bella will have to be a freshman, all of you will be freshmen." There a couple of groans, but everyone agreed.
"Living arrangements," said Esme, sitting next to Carlisle. "We will have a big house that will have enough rooms for each of you separately. However, Carlisle and I will be sharing the house with Alice and Jasper." They smiled at each other. "Emmett and Rosalie will have their smaller house to the right of us, and Bella and Edward have their bigger house across the street."
"Sounds awesome," I said. Everyone laughed and I blushed scarlet.
"Of course it would. To you, anyway." Emmett laughed at his own joke.
"Now, we need to get the papers before moving in next week so Jasper and Bella will be in charge of getting that done."
"Hey! Why does Bella get to go?! Why can't it be me?" Emmett whined.
"Because Bella is less suspicious to our already suspicious seller, Em. She blends in better than the rest of us," Jasper explained to him.
"Oh," Emmett said and smiled again.
"Can someone explain what I have to do exactly?" I looked around as everyone looked to Jasper.
"J. Jenks is a man I have known for a long time. He supplies us with our illegal documentation. That includes birth certificates, social security cards, licenses and adoption papers. I usually go to him alone and tell him what I need. He's afraid of me, you see, and is already suspecting that there is something unnatural about our family. If you accompanied me, he would be less suspicious." He smiled at me and I smiled back. This job didn't seem so hard.
"Well, okay. It sounds like fun."
"Oh, it is!" Said Jasper. "This man is scared to death of me and its fun to mess around with him." We both laughed.
"So, it's settled. You two will go and get those before next week," said Carlisle. "We will need passports for everyone, drivers licenses for everyone, adoption papers for everyone, social security cards for everyone, and birth certificates for everyone. Well, for everyone except Bella." Everyone smiled at me.
"Okay, Carlisle. Now how will we split this up? All of the passports and licenses need to say that we are 18 or 19. Is everyone okay with their regular birthday?" Jasper asked. Everyone nodded. "But how will we split up the names? Will we be in pairs?"
"Well, we can put you and Rosalie into your usual pair. Twins as always and one set of adoption papers. You will take Hale as your last name, as usual." Rosalie and Jaspr smiled at each other. "Bella will be our loner, since all of her original documents already say Swan on them. She will just need a marriage certificate stating that she is married to Edward. She will take on the last name Cullen-Swan. Is that okay Bella?"
"Of course. I just have one question… Do you guys do this all the time? Sit and discuss every last detail?" Everyone laughed.
"Yes, love. We never noticed that before." Everyone laughed again.
Carlisle continued. "Now Edward, Alice and Emmett will be together. You will all take Cullen as your last name, but will not be related by blood." Everyone nodded.
"So what will the story be, Carlisle?" Asked Rosalie.
"Well, you and Jasper can be the nephews of Esme. Your parents died and your only living relative was Esme. We raised you up as our adopted kids, but kept your last name." They both nodded.
"What about us?" asked Alice.
"Well, you all can be orphaned with your original last names. We adopted you at different times and changed your names." They all nodded as well.
"And Bella?" asked Edward.
"She can keep her story. She married you when you guys got out of high school and now lives with us. She combined her last names."
"Okay," I said. That would be easy.
"Now who would like to explain to Bella the hardships of college and the questions that we are usually faced with?" Esme asked, smiling at all of us.
"Well, you can't be afraid of any of the upperclassmen. They're all cowards," said Rosalie.
"If someone asks you why you hang out with such strange people, punch them in the face and say 'I'm married to Edward!' That would be fun to watch." Emmett laughed.
"Shut up, Em. If anyone gets suspicious of us, tell us immediately and we will handle it, Alice said.
"Okay," I tried to remember everything. "Anything else?"
"Nope. Basically everything else is basic. Nothing too hard for you to comprehend," Jasper joked.
"One last thing," said Edward. "No talking to any hormonal boys alone without someone with you." Everyone groaned.
"Edward! We all know how much she loves you. She wont go around making out with other guys." Alice laughed at Emmett's joke.
"You never know. Every decade the boys become more and more adamant about what they want."
"Whatever, Edward. I'll know if anything happens. Does that make you feel better?" Alice asked.
"A little," he confessed.
"And I'll keep an eye on my new sister, said Rosalie. "No harm, or hormonal boys, will come to her." I smiled at her.
"Okay, fine." Edward gave me a kiss on the cheek as I laughed at his protectiveness.
Now that everything is settled, we can start packing everything up and sending them to New Hampshire. Alice can start buying the furnishings for all the houses and Esme can start making renovations via email," Carlisle concluded.
"Okay!" yelled my sister. "Now it's present time!"
"Oh, no."
"Oh, yes, Bella. I am going to give you my present and you are going to like it!" She gave me the meanest look so I gave in.
"Alright, Alice. What is my present?" She squealed and grabbed my hand. Everyone followed us to the front door.
"Hold on a second. Can we save your present for last? Let the little presents go first." Esme held out a small box towards me. It wasn't wrapped, so I took off the cover to reveal a beautiful locket. It had the initials E+B and the front. I opened it to see a beautiful picture of me and Edward at our wedding. On the other side it had a graving that said 'Love mom and dad.' I smiled and gave Carlisle and Esme a big hug.
"Thank you so much. It's beautiful." They smiled back at me as Edward grabbed my attention.
"Now it's my turn." He pulled out a set of keys and grabbed my hand. He walked me to the garage and pulled me to the far corner. "This is you after-your-before-but before-your-after car." I laughed at his name. "I already traded in your guardian before I knew you were going to stay human, so I bought you a new one." I rolled my eyes and he laughed.
The lights turned on and in the corner was a blue Camry. It was stylish, yet subtle and looked like it would o fast, but not extremely fast.
"Edward! I love it!" I can't believe I just squealed over a car. "Thank you." I hugged him and kissed him. He laughed and handed me the keys. The key ring had a huge letter B on it in gold. On the back of it, it had a graving 'I love you so much. Love, Edward.' I smiled and grabbed his hand.
"Now that we are all done with the little presents, can we please get to the big present." Alice was already getting impatient and everyone laughed.
"Okay, Alice. Take me to it." She tossed something to Jasper and climbed on my back. She covered my eyes.
"Edward, take her to it." He grabbed my hand and we walked for a distance before coming to a stop.
"Can I open my eyes now?" I asked, tired of Alice covering my eyes.
"Not yet. Rosalie is just putting the finishing touch." Everyone laughed and then quieted down. Alice gave me my vision back and I stared at the little house in front of me.
I gasped. It looked just like an old-fashioned cottage. I covered my mouth and continued to gape. It was so-
"It's from Jasper, Emmett, Rosalie and me," Alice said when no words came out of my mouth.
"We worked on it since the day you left," said Rosalie.
"I wanted it to be bigger," grumbled Emmett.
"Don't you like it?" Jasper asked.
"Bella, love. Speak. Your killing their patience." Edward laughed.
I let go of the breath I didn't know I was holding and uncovered my mouth.
"It's perfect," I breathed, hugging my siblings.
"Great! I'm so happy. Now Edward knows where everything is. We're just going to give you guys some alone time. See you bright and early tomorrow morning." Alice laughed as everyone left.
"Thanks, Alice," I called, knowing she could still hear me.
"Let's go inside," Edward said and handed me a key. I took it and went to open the door.
"Wow," I breathed and looked around the old-fashioned living room.
I turned to look at Edward, but as I did, he attacked me with his lips. I welcomed this and we tangled in on each other. Edward seemed to give into his temptation, me, and walked us to our room. He whispered 'I'll be careful' before we made love for the second time.