DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN TWILIGHT OR ANY OF ITS CHARACTERS. THOSE RIGHTS FULLY BELONG TO STEPHANIE MEYER.

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Chapter Four: Meeting the Family

When we pulled up to his house I was taken by surprise at the beauty of it and the size. The house was painted a soft, faded white, three stories tall, rectangular and well

proportioned. On one side of the building there was a wall completely made of glass. Their closest neighbor was at least ten minutes away. "Are you sure that they will be okay with me being here?" I asked one more time before we got out of the truck.

"Listen they are going to be fine. Just don't attack anyone and everything will be okay." He said still smiling.

"Oh I don't plan on attacking anyone. I want to live in peace with all of you but I just hope that given the past week we don't have any problems." I said smiling at him. I couldn't help but smile when he smiled at me. I don't know what he was doing to me to make me like this.

"Are you ready to go in or are you going to back out on me?" He asked with his crooked grin on. "Come on I'm sure they already know that you are here."

I took in a heavy breath and let it out slow trying to cool down my nerves. "Okay lets go."

When we walked in the house I noticed that it was even more beautiful then the outside. Who ever did the home décor sure had an eye for colors. When we walked in I didn't hear or see anyone at first. "Everyone I'm home." Edward said as if he was talking to someone who was just sitting right to him.

"Edward." I heard Alice say from upstairs, followed by the sound of her footsteps on the stairs. She stopped at the top of the final flight of stairs when she saw me. "Well I was worried about you and from the looks of it I had good reason too. What is she doing here?"

"Alice be polite she has come as a friend. She has no intention of attacking us and I do not plan on letting any one attack her." He said in a firm manner.

By the time he had finished speaking everyone had come downstairs to see what all the commotion was about. "Hello, my name is Carlisle and this is my wife Esme. I believe you have already met my children." Said the oldest man in the group. You could tell before he even spoke that he was the leader of this family. He had a very friendly smile on his face that just made all of my nerves melt right away.

"I have seen them at school but no we haven't been properly introduced." I said smiling, "My name is Bella Swan. I just moved here a week ago, I apologize for not coming sooner but I did not realize there was more to your family."

"That is okay, I can understand that one. Is it just yourself?" He asked very curious.

"Yes I live alone for the time being. I needed some time away from my coven." I said letting the subject drop.

"Well lets go into the living room and get to know each other more." He said as he walked into the biggest room on the first floor. "Let's start with more proper introductions of my kids. This is Jasper and his wife Alice, Emmett and his wife Rosalie, and you already know Edward pretty good from the looks of things." He nodded down towards our hands that I had not even noticed were interlocked.

"Yes we are friends." I said as I pulled my hand from his and put it down in my lap.

"Well tell us more about yourself then." Carlisle said.

"What would you like to know?" I asked.

"Do you have any powers?" Alice asked.

"Yes, I have several because of my power. I am a mental shield which is why all your powers did not work on me, and also I have the power to absorb other peoples powers." I said as if it was normal.

"Wow, that explains so much. Bella I hate your power." Alice said laughing. "I'm psychic and when you came into the picture I thought that I was losing my power because I could not see anything as long as you were involved."

I laughed, "Sorry about that but its just something that stays with me all the time. I never did that on purpose."

"Its okay." Alice said with a smile. I could tell that we were going to get along just fine.

"Can you explain to me your eyes?" Rosalie asked.

"Its one of my powers. The power to manipulate my appearance into anything I want it to be." I said laughing and then changed my eyes back to their normal honey golden color. "See I am vegetarian just like you guys. So you don't have to worry."

"How do we know that you aren't just turning your eyes that color? That your not lying to us?" Jasper asked with a bit of an attitude.

"Well I don't know guess you have to trust me, but if I was a human drinker then wouldn't there have been people missing by now?" I asked with a smile. "I am not lying I have never slipped once and drank from a human. I am probably one of the few vampires that can say that."

"I am another one myself." said Carlisle. "How did you manage your control as a newborn?"

"I just avoided temptation. I hoped that if I didn't feed for a while that it would just kill me, so that I would never hurt a human."

"That's just about the same thing that I did." Carlisle said.

"Why did you move to Forks?" asked Esme sounding very motherly.

"I needed to get away from my coven for a while. I needed some peace in my life for a while." I said smiling. I was surprised at how welcome this family made me feel.

"Where are you staying at now Bella?" asked Esme again.

"I have a little house a couple miles away from where Forks chief of police lives." I said.

"Why don't you stay here with us?" Alice asked sounding hyper. How is this little pixie so hyper, I was thinking to myself.

"I don't know, I don't want to intrude on anyone. I am fine living alone." I said truthfully.

"It wouldn't be intruding would it guys?" Alice asked with a smile. Everyone nodded to show they were all fine with me moving in. "See, we have plenty of room, we can get everything moved over today since we can't go into school."

"I think that this has already been decided hasn't it Alice," I said as I lowered my shield just enough that she could see what was going to happen next. I got to remember that I live with a psychic and need to keep my shield down a little for her.

Alice froze for a moment going into a trance that I know happens when someone get a vision. "Oh thank you Bella, I had a feeling we were going to get along just fine." She screamed jumping up and down.

What in the world have I gotten myself into?

A/N: I hope everyone is enjoying my story.

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