Hey! Sorry I'm starting with an author's note (I hate that, I'm such a hypocrite tehee) but thanks so much to all the people who are reading my story! It's my first, and I am really trying my best! Thanks! And keep reading! And comment. (: Also they are not vamps, and Bella is 17. Rose and Em are in their 30's!

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Relief

"I love you," she whispered into my ear. I was shocked. I hugged her even harder, and I started crying.

She means as a daughter. Wait, you do mean as a daughter? Right?" Emmett said. Me and Rosalie started cracking up. I kept sniffling, but I wiped of my tears and gave them the biggest smile I ever had.

"This is amazing! We have a couple of rooms for you to choose from upstairs. We have to choose one for you, well you can choose it, and we have to decorate it and furnish it. Let's drive to the foster home and get all your stuff!" Rosalie said in a super excited voice. Her eyes were still a little red and puffy from the cry fest, but her smile was gigantic. I looked over at Emmett. He was looking at Rosalie, and he was smiling. I was smiling. We were all smiling. It was incredible.

Em started talking, "Oh! Also you have to meet the neighbors. We are all really close. We have parties every weekend! They are amazing. Now we have reason to drink!" Rosalie gave Em a glare. "I mean party! Wahoo!" He laughed, and Rosalie smiled. Emmett continued with his neighbor talk, "As I was saying, the neighbors are awesome, and I believe all the kids are around your age. There is the Whitlock's kid. What's his name…? Jasper! Yes and his parents are Charlotte and Peter. Also the Cullen's. That's Carlisle and Esme, with their kids Edward and Alice. All very polite. We should invite them over tonight!"

"That is a great idea, Em. I'll call them right now! Why don't you and Bella drive back to the foster home and get her stuff. Also, why don't you stop to get some chips and stuff for the party? Don't get anything to eat! Esme and I will get the food ready. Go go go!" Rosalie sent us off with two hand waves. Me and Em looked at each other.

"I DRIVE!" he screamed at the top of his lungs. I started laughing hysterically. And with that me and Emmett walked to the car. When we were outside I finally noticed the other two mansions that were located in the circle of houses. There was a long road, on an incredibly huge hill, that led to the circle. The houses where surrounded by wonderful forest. And from the house you could see a couple of trails that where behind the house in the middle. I wouldn't be hiking anytime soon with my lack of coordination. My thought were interrupted.

"Bella are you going to get into the car?" Em laughed at me. Rose appeared through the garage door.

"Ha ha. Very funny, Em. Now how long do you think it will take for you guys to get back. The Cullen's will be arriving soon. Oh, Charlotte and Peter can't come, but they will send Jasper with Edward and Alice, so you will get to meet all the kids today. You'll have to meet the Whitlock's some other day. Now you guys go along and don't take long!" Rose finished and half-walked half-ran back into the house, and with that I opened the door and we were of to the foster home, where I would pack up and never go to again.

We were back in less than an hour. It only took me a few minutes to pack up the few things I had at the foster home. Then we went to the store and bought some chips, soda, chocolate, candy, and beer. I could tell Emmet was excited. He kept talking about all the time he got drunk and did something stupid such as tipping a pizza car over, wearing a bra on his head when he went to the super market, and drinking ketchup. He had me laughing the whole way. Emmett was going to be an awesome dad. I could just tell I could go to him for anything. Soon enough we were driving over the familiar hill. Even sooner we were rounding the circle and drove in to their drive way. I mean our driveway.

Emmett and I got out of the car and went through a gate I had never seen before. He opened it and I couldn't believe my eyes. There was a huge pool with a hot tub, love seat, and a beautiful patio with flowers. Then I noticed the incredibly charming guy sitting on one of the chairs. Then I noticed the other incredibly cute guy, and the incredibly pretty girl, and the young looking couple sitting with Rose. Then I looked at what I was wearing. Sweat pants, sneakers, and t-shirt. Wow. Was that the best I could do? I was about to tell Emmett I was going to go inside, but I was interrupted.

"There they are! Bella! Come over here! I want you to meet Carlisle and Esme," Rosalie screamed across the huge yard. The three teen looked over at me. I blushed. I walked quickly to the table. Apparently a little too quickly for my coordination to take care of. I took 5 steps, and BOOM!

"Bella!" Rose, Carlisle, and Esme screamed at the same time. The guy with the bronze messy hair stood up and ran to where I was no sprawled on the floor. He held his hand out for me to grab. I took it, and he helped me up. He never looked away from my eyes, and I never looked away from his. They were the most beautiful green colored eyes I had ever seen. I could tell I was blushing. He looked at my cheeks and gave me the most mesmerizing crooked smile. I smiled back.

"Oh, well thank you…" I stopped realizing I didn't know his name.

"Edward," he said. Edward. Such an uncommon name. From the early 1900's? I liked it.

"Edward," I repeated. The girl and the other guy walked over holding hands.

"You guys must be Alice and Jasper," I said. Did that seem stalker-ish? I hoped not.

"Yes! My name is Alice Cullen. Edward is my brother, and Jaspy here is my boyfriend," She looked up at the guy named Jasper and they exchanged a simple but meaningful kiss. Jasper then looked at me and held out his hand.

"Jasper Whitlock. Not Jaspy," We all laughed a little including the grown-ups, and Jasper continued, "my parents couldn't make it, but they really wanted to meet you. Rose wouldn't stop talking about you. We heard do much." I couldn't believe Rose had talked about me so much. I t made me feel… wanted. It felt like a parent bragging about their child being on the honor roll. So far, this was amazing. I had a family, I had neighbors, and hopefully soon some friendships. I had always been the odd kid out since I was older than most of the kids, but here we were all the same age. Maybe Jasper and Edward were a year older, but that didn't matter. I realized I hadn't responded yet.

"Oh, don't worry about it. I mean I'm pretty sure we'll be seeing a lot of each other by the sound of it. You guys ate practically family to Rose and Em. They said it themselves," I said. Everyone looked at Rose and Em and they smiled at me.

" That is so true. We all stick together like a family. But I'm the bid Daddy! Oh yeah!" Em said. Everyone laughed.

" If you guys would excuse m I'm going to go inside and maybe unpack a little," I said in a polite way hoping they wouldn't take it eh wrong way.

"Oh, Bella! Of course we wouldn't mind, but how about we go with you so we get to hang out a little and get to know each other," Alice recommended.

"Sure," I smiled," that would be great."

Edward, Alice, Jasper, and me walked into the house. Clearly they knew exactly where to go since they ll rounded the corner and went up the stairs. I followed. They stopped at the top of the stairs and waited for me.

"Which room are you taking?" Edward asked. Jasper and Alice looked at eacother and smiled. Edward smiled his crooked grin.

"What am I missing?" I said. I was kind of confused and left out. Hopefully, this would change.

"C'mon, follow us," Alice said. They started walking. " If you take the last room on the left, it's the farthest away from Rose and Em's room. It's also the closest one to our house by the window. You are not going to believe this. When all of our parents went on a vacation together we got this secret passage way installed so we could get to each other's houses easily. We didn't know if Em and Rose would adopt, but we did it just incase," she explained. We walked into the huge room, with a window seat and hammock. Yes, a hammock! The bed hung of the ceiling and was like a huge swing. It was brown, green, and blue put together. It was the perfect room for me. There were a lot of polka dots, and stripes. I loved it. This was definitely my room with or without secret passage way. They all stopped. Edward grabbed my hand. I was shocked for a moment. His touch sent a whole bunch of sparks all over my body. My heart quickened. Thankfully not enough to be noticed. He pulled me and opened the closet door. The closet was huge. There were racks of shoes clothes… everything you could think of in fashion. Alice smiled. "I had to do this for you," she said. I looked at her unbelievably.

"You did this?" I asked. She nodded.

"It's amazing Alice! Thank you so much!" She hugged me. I hugged her back. Then Edward grabbed my hand again. I looked at him. He smiled. I looked down and blushed. That's when I noticed the little crack that was being hidden by a pink mat. I looked up and smiled at everyone. I bet down and opened it. There where stairs gong down. I let go of Edward's hand, but he was reluctant to let go. I started going down. They all followed. Once the stair where over there was a small blue hallway. I kept going till I got to this door. To my surprise we ended up in a dead end. I looked back the them confused. They all pointed the same way… down. I looked down. There was a small window. " How am I supposed to fit through there?" I asked. They didn't say anything Edward just reached out in front of me and pulled a string. Then the wall started rolling up. Then there was a big window I could fit through. Wow. This was going to be an incredibly cool new way to start life.