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ESMEPOV:

Carlisle looked around at us all and said simply.

"Now we vote".

We all took our seats, next to our mates.

Carlisle sat at the head of the table, I sat at his right. Edward at his left.

I locked my fingers together on the long, polished, mahogany table.

Waiting.

Everybody took there seats. Every face was stony, showing little emotion.

Except Emmett, of course, who was grinning hugely. I held back a chuckle at his expression, he was evidently pleased with his new friend.

Rosalie was glaring at anyone who's vote she was unsure of, as if daring them to oppose her.

Alice's eyes were clouded and distant, searching I was sure for the outcome of this meeting. She held her faraway gaze for a moment longer before shaking her head, her shoulders slumping.

This worried me, was somebody undecided or was it a result of Bella?

Carlisle's face was serenely calm as always. The small smile on his face soothed me as it always did.

Jasper was grimacing; I supposed our emotions were quite hectic. He was holding Alice's hand on the table, while she rubbed soothing circles in his hand. But to my surprise he was looking at Edward, with raised eyebrows.

Edward was staring down at the table, his hands locked like mine. His brow was knit and he wouldn't meet anyone's eyes.

I didn't understand it but I had the distinct feeling that something was wrong.

Carlisle cleared his throat, unnecessary as it was. It did however get everyone's attention.

"Before we begin, there's something that's been playing on my mind, Edward?", he said.

Edward lifted his head for the first time, but didn't meet Carlisle's eye.

" I was wondering something, about what you told us, about how you met Bella", he said.

"What?", Edward asked, there was something of impatience in his tone.

"When you found Bella there was blood, how on earth did you control yourself?", he asked seeming bewildered.

Edward laughed but it wasn't like he laughed usually or how he had laughed when he was watching Bella play.

No this laugh was different it was dark and held no humour.

"I happened to have been distracted at the time", he said and smirked.

This smirk was like the laugh. Edwards humour was generally dark to begin with and his smirk was usually smug.

But this laugh, this smirk wasn't just dark, it was twisted and there was no smugness but instead held a bitter edge.

I had only ever seen this side of Edward once, just before he left to pursue his newly chosen prey, humans.

I was frightened, that had been a dark time in Edward's life, one I knew he didn't wish to return to.

What could possibly have triggered the change in Edward's composure?

"Distracted by what?", Jasper asked pulling me out of my reverie by asking the very question I had a feeling I didn't want to know the answer to.

That dark, twisted smirk was back and I shuddered involuntarily.

It made him seem so inhuman, so………………disturbing.

"Not all the fresh blood in the world could compare to even just the scent of Bella's. She's my singer", he said and I saw an underlying tone of sadness in that smirk.

I heard a sharp intake of breath and I turned quickly in my seat to Emmett.

"How…h…how did you……?", he stuttered, a feat I would've thought impossible for a vampire had I not seen the look on Emmett's face, he seemed even paler and his eyes were huge.

The big child who had been playing with Bella was long gone.

"I'm not sure exactly", Edward said, the smirk was gone and he was staring down at the table again. "she was just so small, innocent and the way she looked at me, like she trusted me immediately".

There was silence, an almost painful silence.

"You won't hurt her now will you?", Rosalie asked I knew it was the wrong question to ask, but she had to, we needed to know.

"Of course not", he hissed. "I've been looking after Bella for two years now, I would never hurt her".

Rosalie opened her mouth to reply but Carlisle interrupted her "Very well, we trust you".

"Perhaps we should begin", Alice said speaking for the first time. "I can't tell when Bella's going to wake".

"Very well lets begin, my own vote is…….. yes", he didn't elaborate and instead moved straight to me.

"Esme?".

"Of course I already see Bella as a part of this family", I smiled warmly at the thought of the little girl sleeping in the room I decorated for her.

Carlisle nodded and smiled.

He turned to Rosalie who was sitting on the other side of me.

"Rosalie, what's your vote?".

"Yes", I took her hand and squeezed it gently, she smiled brightly.

"Emmett?".

"Hell yes, I can't wait for the little tyke to be one of the family", he boomed, grinning.

Carlisle smiled briefly and moved along.

"Alice?".

"Absolutely", she chirped nodding her head, she bounced cheerfully in her seat. I chuckled quietly to myself, in a way Alice was just as much a child as Bella or even Emmett.

"Jasper?".

"I……..I…I'm not sure this will work…….. but I vote yes".

I smiled to Jasper in encouragement.

Carlisle smiled happily "Edward?".

There was a pause as we waited but my mind had already wondered to all the activities we could do with Bella.

"No", Edward said calmly his mouth set in a hard line.

There was silence, another painful silence as we tried to comprehend what he was saying.

"What do you mean Edward?", Carlisle asked.

"I don't think we should adopt Bella, it's not safe".

"We'll look after her…", Emmett began.

"We can't possibly ensure Bella's safety and I refuse to accept any less", he said the calm façade gone.

"You act like you're the only one who cares about Bella", Rosalie growled.

"I don't doubt for a second that you care about Bella, but you've only known her for a day, I've known Bella for two years. I'll be damned if I even so much as take a chance with Bella's life, I refuse to lose her", he faltered then seeming as if this argument was taking a toll on him. "She's the most important thing in my life".

I looked towards my son and I knew it was true. Bella was clearly very important to him.

But she was important to all of us.

Rosalie took a deep breath to calm herself before she spoke.

"It doesn't matter Edward, it's six votes to your one, majority rules".

It was back, that awful smirk.

"That's where you're wrong", he said the smirk still in place but his tone and expression were sad.

"What do you mean?", I almost told Alice not to ask but I didn't have the nerve.

"You don't really think that I wouldn't have taken precautions to make sure I had a say in who adopted Bella, I'm her next of kin. Nobody can adopt Bella without my say so".

"But, but…………" Rosalie stumbled over her words looking completely desolate.

"Edward please…..", I tried to reason with him.

He stood up acting like I had never spoken.

He headed towards the door and stopped just before it.

"The only way you can adopt Bella is by changing my mind".

I saw the corner of his mouth lift into a smirk.

"Good luck".

Mwahahahahahahahahahahahahaha another cliffy I really am evil aren't I.

I know I'm so mean to that poor family nothing seems to go right but never fear things will work out……. Eh I hope cause honestly I have no idea what to do now. So please I'm begging, tell me how they manage to convince Edward cause I don't know either. And remember the more reviews I get the faster I'll update could we maybe aim for 30 maybe 35 is that too much I don't know it's okay if you can't get there I'm not greedy……………much hahaha. So ideas please .Let me know if you have any ideas. P.S. sorry if this is short next chapter will be longer I promise.

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