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Sorry this chapter is so boring, guys. I needed it to explain Bella's past in detail, I kind of got into it.

Chapter: James

"This place is huge!" I stood planted to the grass, staring in awe at the large house.

No. No way this could be a house.

This is a mansion.

"Wait until you see the inside! You're going to love living here!" She giggled.

Wait. Living here?

WHAT is she talking about? I'm not going to live here.

Am I?

"Huh?" I mumbled.

I'm confused. VERY confused.

"We'll talk about it later." She replied.

I just stood there for a few minutes, taking it all in.

I was here. Going into a house full of vampires.

Alone.

Surrounded im my thoughts, my emotions, my fears.

Until someone bumped into me.

I knew who it was, just because of the feeling going through me.

An electric shock.

I couldn't figure out what the shock was, because I've never felt it before.

"What's your problem, Edward?" I yelled, not even looking behind me.

"Oh sorry. I didn't see you there." He teased.

"You know, I think you are a-" I began.

"Bella, you coming? Hello, Edward. Why are you harassing my friend?" Alice babbled on and on and on.

"Yeah, Edward. Why are you harassing me?" I joked.

I abruptly turned and ran over to a very jumpy and skipping Alice.

I didn't want to see that perfect grin on Edward's face.

BELLA! STOP THINKING LIKE THAT!

I heard something like a "Women today!" from Edward.

I sighed and followed Alice.

When I walked into the house, I saw a bunch of people lined up.

Ugh. HOW big is this family?!

"Hello, dear! Welcome!" A beautiful woman with caramel-colored hair shook in delight.

She ran over to me and hugged me.

WOW.

I don't even know her!

"Um, hi." I replied nervously.

I heard a stifled laugh from behind me.

I had to conceal the rolling of my eyes as Edward laughed at me.

I could see my hands shaking.

Why was I so scared of this family?

This wonderful, beautiful hostess welcoming me?

I can't believe my hands are actually shaking!

I know why…I don't like this.

Being surrounded and outnumbered, for that matter, by vampires.

"What's wrong, honey?" The hostess asked.

She sounded worried.

About me.

Well that's a first!

"Uh, n-nothing." I tried to calm my shaking hands.

I had no success; I hid them behind my back in failure, knowing Edward could see them.

I hope he's amused right now.

"Sorry we didn't introduce ourselves sooner! I'm Esme." She responded, taking my hand.

She then proceeded to lead me towards everyone else.

"This is my husband, Carlisle. This is Jasper, Rosalie, and here's Emmett." She pointed, "And you already know Alice and Edward." She finished.

"Yeah. I know them." I confirmed, shooting a glare at a very smug Edward.

He's really ticking me off today, with his smugness.

And I'm the one who pulled prank on him.

I should be smug. Not him.

He just smirked and…stared at me.

"What are you staring at?" I mouthed.

What is his problem?

Is he mental? Or just annoying?

He simply shrugged, and looked away.

"So Bella, you now know us. We don't know you, however. Why did you move to Forks?" Carlisle asked.

"Actually, I know as much about you as you know about me. We only know each other's names."

What is this?

A introduction or an interrogation?

"My Dad-and my mother-live here. I got sick of Boise." I shrugged.

"Hmm. Any special powers?" He continued his interrogation.

"Uh, ya. Psychometrey." I answered.

"What's that?" Alice interrupted.

Well, she certainly likes to ask questions.

"It's the power to tell of an object's past, present, and future. Very interesting." He informed.

Ugh, I hate questions.

Well, being the one they're directed at.

"Before we continue this little interrogation of ours, do you guys have any powers?" I grinned.

"First, we aren't interrogating you. We're merely curious. And second, yes, three of us." He replied.

"Whatever. I call this interrogating, and you can call it curiosity. Who and what?" I asked.

"Alice, Edward, and Jasper. They'll tell you." Carlisle waved to the three.

"Mine's Precognition. That's why you saw us hunting in Boise, I saw you there in a vision, so I thought I'd come. That's why you were so confused about what I was talking about early." Alice piped up.

"I'm an empath." Jasper simply stated.

Just like me. Quiet, simple.

I was curious about what Edward was the most.

"I'm a Telepath. It's annoying most of the time. With one exception." He shrugged.

"What am I thinking about right now?" I challenged.

What's the exception, though?

"That's the problem, the exception. I don't know what you're thinking. I'm drawing a blank with you. It's like I and everyone else are on AM, and you're on FM. It's confusing." His smug smile disappeared.

Good.

Pretty boy doesn't know what I'm thinking about.

"I can, however, read faces very well; stop calling me pretty boy, I don't like that." He laughed.

It was like we were in our own little world, a bubble, blocking everyone else out.

Strange.

"Are you sure you can't read my mind right now? There are several specific things I'm shouting about right now, and guess who they're all about?" I smirked in a singsong voice.

"Care to say that to my face?" Edward challenged, pressing on.

With a smug, annoying smile.

I looked at Esme, and then at the rest of the Cullens.

"Too colorful."

I hope he can see the amusement dancing in my eyes.

His smile once again faded.

And mine grew, on accord.

Just then, I was pulled into a gigantic bear hug from behind.

If I were human, I would've had a few broken bones.

Make that A LOT of broken bones.

I hissed, slipping out of the bear's grip with ease.

I was in an attack pose for the second time today, ready to fight.

To the death, if need be.

But when a hand was placed on my shoulder, I felt a wave of calmness pass through me.

Jasper.

My position instantly relaxed.

"Hmm. Sassy…feisty. I like it. You really picked a winner with this one, Edward." Emmett's booming laughter filled the room.

"SHUT UP!" Edward and I yelled.

"My assumption still stands." Emmett shrugged, walking back to his place next to Rosalie.

"Ugh." We continued.

"You stop talking."

We quit there, both crossing our arms in unison.

For the second time today.

"So, Bella. Would you lie to live here?" Carlisle asked, pointing out what Alice's intentions were in the beginning.

"WHAT?!" Edward yelled.

"Shut it, Edward. I asked her earlier." Alice shouted.

I was playing it cool.

I decided right away,

"Yes." I answered.

"Awesome! You, Rosalie, and I can do girly stuff, watch movies, shop, wage war with the guys, annoy-" Alice rambled on.

"Hmm. Sounds like fun! Let me just tell Charlie." I jumped up, quickly grabbing my cell phone out of my pocket.

"What? Is Charlie your boyfriend?" Edward sneered.

When I looked into Edward's eyes, I did not see what I expected. I suspected them to be filled with amusement, but it looked almost like some sort of pain.

Pained? Agonized?

Very strange…

"Why, jealous? No, he's my Dad, idiot. And for your information, I've never had a boyfriend in my life, or in my previous life. I doubt I ever will, in my condition." I shook, filled with sadness.

I felt doomed to this life, doomed to be alone.

It's good to have friends, though.

But I envy what Jasper and Alice have, or the relationship that Emmett and Rosalie have.

They are so lucky to have each other.

"Bella, I have a question." Alice coxed me out of my thoughts.

"Shoot." I sniffled.

"Why were you so sad in the car, and who is the 'him' you were talking about in the Gym?" She looked up at me, sympathetic.

I sighed, let a weak smile escape my lips. "Well, I did say to you earlier that I would tell you about my past sooner or later. I guess that time is now."

"Continue. I want to know, too." Carlisle once again butted in.

"I'm warning you, it's not sweet or a fairytale." I warned.

"Go on, come on!" Emmett goaded.

"Fine. I was born in 1891…here. My Mother left us, my Dad and I. My Dad, Charlie, thought it would be a good idea to send me out of this small town, and into a large town for a city life. So, I was sent to a boarding school in Seattle when I was 17, in 1908."

This was most definitely striking a nerve.

Carlisle nodded, signaling for me to go on.

I had run away. I couldn't stand the boarding school, but I didn't want to disappoint my Dad and I liked Seattle. I bought an apartment by myself. I had hated that boarding school, I think it's name was Wuthersworth."

"I'm dying to find out what happens next!" Alice pouted.

How cliché.

"Funny you should say that." A smile was twitching upon my face.

"How is it funny?" Edward asked.

He looked curious. About me.

I laughed. "I shouldn't be laughing, it's a serious matter in itself, but I'm laughing at my mere stupidity. If I hadn't have run away, I wouldn't be standing here. Cold, alone. I'd have died. A happy, human life. Hopefully."

"Let's continue. I remember that day perfectly. June 27, 1908. I was sitting there alone on my bed, at 3:33 in the morning. I was wondering why I ran away from Wuthersworth, why I was sitting in an old apartment building in Seattle by myself. And then he came. The one who changed my life forever. Pure evil and insanity, in my mind. And yes, Alice, that's the 'him' I was referring to. I didn't want to get hurt by another vampire like him."

I had stopped, and was now dry sobbing.

I felt a presence next to me, one I wasn't expecting.

Edward.

He was now holding my hand rubbing soothing circles into my hand and then in my shoulders.

"I'm sorry, everyone, this just strikes an old wound, a large nerve. I'll continue now."

"He started talking to me, telling me he was my worst nightmare. My life would be completely altered, called me 'sweetie' and 'my dearest Bella'. It makes me sick to my stomach. I was yelling at him in panic, and then he was standing right in front of me, after being a hundred feet away a second before. He told me everything was going to be alright, and that I shouldn't be afraid. He held my hand in his strong hands, and brushed my hair away from my neck on the left side. He then tilted me, sank his head down, and bit. Oh, how did that hurt. I started screaming, I was on fire." I shook my head in pain, revealing the bite mark on my neck.

I held up one hand to stop Carlisle from talking, signaling that I was going to continue.

"The thing is, he didn't leave. He didn't soothe me, he didn't try to tell me everything was going to be okay. Instead, a woman came with fire red hair and stood beside him. You know what the worst part is? They started laughing at me, at my pain. I could hear it, nagging me in the back of the head those three days of pure pain. Guess what they also did?" I asked in pure bitterness.

I was getting into my story.

"What?" Edward asked, soothingly.

"They bit me, every hour. No, every half hour. Him, then her, Him, her, him her…EVERY hour." I began to show them the bite marks, only seen in the light against my pale skin.

"On my legs, my arms, my neck, my stomach, and my back. Oh, that hurt added to the pain. I thought I was being tortured to death, which if you think about it, I was. Guess what they did when my transformation was finished?"

"Hmm?" Alice asked.

"They left. Left me, a newborn, alone and hungry. I only gave in once, one human. After that, animals. Only animals. Do you want to know how my Daddy was changed?" I asked, returning to my childhood nickname for my Dad.

"How?" Jasper asked.

"The same way. Minus the redhead, the bites, and the laughter. They just stood there, staring at him. I always wondered why they only tortured me. I had never even seen them before!"

"I'm so sorry, Bella, I can't believe that. What did he look like, though?" Carlisle asked.

"Um…blonde hair pulled back in a band, dirty blonde hair, a small mustache and goatee, and-"

"The craziest, bloodthirsty, red piercing eyes you could ever see." I shook in fright.

Edward had now looked up, and was snarling.

A thought struck him, and he had now jumped from his seat next to me.

"James." He muttered.

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