Me: thank you for reading the first chapter, it really made my day to know people liked it ;p
Emmett: of course they liked it I was in most of the chapter duh
Edward: …no comment….
Emmett: what I am awesome, without me there would be no cause for a story!
Me:…..right….. well I do not own these characters for they belong to Stephenie Meyer I am just borrowing them for the time being and I hope you like the next chapter, let me know what you think ;p
Emmett: wait guys your just going to ignore me?!?!?!
Edward:…yes yes we are
Chapter two: "No place like home"
Emmett had been hugging me for only a few moments when there was a tapping sound on my side of the truck, followed by the door opening. I turned my head and there stood the one and only Charlie Swan. Between my parents he was the one I was most like: we were both quiet, had the same chestnut brown hair (though he did have a few grays in his hair, most likely caused by the innocent looking Emmett sitting next to me), and of course we had the Swan brown eyes that every one in the family has. Emmett let go of me and I jumped/fell out of the truck and into my daddy's arms.
"Hey kiddo, did you have a good flight?" Charlie mumbled as he helped me stand up again. I swear he was trying not to laugh at me. He was the only one apparently because I could hear the rest of my family laughing it up. "yeah the flight went alright I slept for most of it."
"Looks like her balance issues haven't changed a bit, life was starting to get boring around here." Yeppers folks, Jake will be the first one I wake up at five am playing my piccolo. Normally I would start out small with the pay back; only playing my flute on the high notes for an hour or so (a girl needs to practice) or I would place my classical music cds in the car stereo with no way to turn it off. He has no idea who he is messing with; I grew up with Leah and Emmett for crying out loud I know how to pull pranks. He should be afraid, very afraid.
My dad and I finished our hug and he went to go help Emmett get my bags (there might only be two bags but they are heavy, poor Emmett had to drag both of them to the truck at the airport, what? How was I going to lift them?). I turned and started to walk to the porch. I only made it a few steps before I was hit by what I thought was a very long cannon ball. I managed to stay on my feet (I know it was a miracle I tell you!) and I looked down at what hit me. Seth had his arms wrapped tightly around my waist in what I think was supposed to be a hug but felt like he was trying to stop the flow of blood to my legs.
"Sweet I has another sissy! Mama says that I can plat with you and that you will be living here now! We can stay up all night playin' power rangers, you has to be the pink one and I will be red. I like red whats your favorite color? Emmett likes blue but that color is too sad and the blur rangers are never the leader, that's why red is funner!" he was smiling up at me the whole time with the most adorable grin on his face. Wow this kid is definitely related to Emmett, he can talk a mile a minute. Is "funner" even a real word? Awe but he is soooooo cute! And he has dimples!!!! He can get away with murder this kid I promise you. Leah and I are going to have to lock him in his room when he hits puberty, the girls wont leave him alone!
I couldn't help but hug him back just as tightly; I think I have a new favorite bro (sorry Em). "Hey sweetie, you must be Seth. The last time I saw you, you were so little and you couldn't even pronounce my name! yes I will play power rangers with you but only if I can be the yellow one." What? The pink one is always getting kidnapped and shit, I think…I haven't seen the show since I was 12, I thought they canceled it, and isn't it for kids 7 and up what is a 6 year old doing watching something so violent, must be Emmett's doing, Sam would never chance Sue's wrath for violence, heck he wont even swear in front of her…
I was brought out of my random thoughts by another set of arms hugging me, this hug was more tender and loving. "Earth to Bella! I don't know if I should be so glad you still zone out or not, one of these days it could get you into trouble." Sue said as she gave me another squeeze before letting me go. "Seth let Bella go your cutting off her circulation!"
Seth let me go and looked sheepish. "Sorry sissy numbah two. Mama, whats circulation? And how can I cut it off without scissors? You said I can't touch scissors." And with that he went back to Sue and kept asking her questions. Man that kid has a short attention span. I wonder where he gets it from.
Shaking my head I finally made it up to where Sam and Emily were standing (yep, she's taller then me Damn it!!!). Sam gave me a light hug (not everyone in my family believes you should be broken in half) and a kiss on the head. "You have no idea what you got yourself into"
I pulled out of the hug and looked at him like he was crazy. "What do you mean by that?"
"Once you agree to play with Seth he won't let up until you play everything. He might start with 'power rangers' then move on to 'Ben ten' followed by 'Startrek'. For awhile Emily was his favorite, he had her play Scotty or Spock for hours! But lucky for her you show up and are like a shiny new toy." He turned his head and gave Emily a kiss on the cheek.
"So you're only glad I'm home so you can have your girlfriend back? You let a 6 year old steal your girlfriend?" The girlfriend in question started to giggle. Yep she will fit in just fine with this crazy bunch. Sam just rolled his eyes and messed up my hair.
"Isabella Marie, get your ass up those stairs so I can give you a hug!" I know that tone of voice, every younger sibling knows that voice. It is the voice of command that is inherited by every oldest sibling in the history of the world. And as a good younger sibling I did as I was told and hurried my ass to the porch. Fear the tone, fear it.
When I got to the porch swing Leah was struggling against Jacob's hold on her in her attempt to get to me quicker. They are so cute together (my inner girl is squealing in happiness for my favorite sis while my inner rebel is gagging) they are going to have a really cute baby. I hope it won't be as big as Emmett was but judging by how big she is at only seven months it is a long shot for a 6 lb baby. Not that she looked bad, if anything she only got prettier. I always envied her looks, the tan skin so unlike my unnatural paleness, and while we both had long waist length hair but hers was a pretty straight brown black while mine was slightly curly. She was beating the boys off with a stick at 12 while here I am at 16 almost 17 with no one even biting.
"Leele, stop struggling I'm coming, I'm coming." I walked up to her and Jake and gave Leah a big hug (as far as my arms would reach anyway).
"I missed you honey B. You left me here surrounded by these boys! The pain and the agony of it all, they out ruled Mom and I when it came to what to watch on TV and what to play on game nights. Don't you ever do that to me again.!" She let me go and looked me up and down with a critical eye. "Now that you're back we can finally feed you up a little, you are way too thin and can we please go and buy you some new cloths? I promise it wont be too bad we can even stop by the music shop while we are in Port Angeles. Please pretty please." I can see where Seth learned the puppy eye pout from.
"Leah leave Bells alone she has only been home for a day and you are already trying to use her to get you off bed rest. The doctor said you have to wait at least another couple of weeks before you can go back to your old routine." Jake gave me a sympathetic look over the top of Leah's head. Maybe I was wrong; I guess I won't have to torture him with my piccolo. "Besides, you can always take her shopping after the two weeks are up it will be just in time for school to start up again." And I take it all back he will learn the wrath of a Swan.
I wanted to tell them both that I was fine with my cloths but Leah got all excited and started to plan for the trip to P.A. I'm such a softy, I love to see my family happy, I can guess I can deal with a shopping trip if it will only happen the one time. Thank god Leah is the only person I know who can force me to go shopping I have no idea what I would do if she ever found a partner in crime.
"Okay, well then why don't we all head inside so we can put your bags away in your new room." Sue came up behind us with Seth following. We all turned to look at the truck where dad and Emmett were still struggling to get my two bags out of the truck bed. Apparently it is snagged on something by the looks of it. After about ten minutes Jake and Sam went to go help them out while the rest of us filed into the house to figure out where we would all be sleeping.
"Okay Bella you will be in your old room you used to share with Leah on the second floor next to the bathroom. We moved Emmett out of there and put him with Seth in Sam's old room (yeah I can see that working out…it will be like putting a bunch of hyper active leprechauns in one room after a trip on the rainbow). Leah and Jacob are staying in the old master bedroom while Charlie and I are in the new one we had built off the side of the kitchen." Leave it to Sue to find something that works for everyone.
I started to head up the stairs when I realized something. "Where is Sam sleeping, you didn't mention him at all."
Sam started to blush and Emily was the one who answered my question. "Sam moved in with me a month ago. I live on the reservation by La Push beach." Awe little Sammy is in love, I really hope they work out, he needs some happiness after his last girlfriend, she was crazy with a capital C. By now dad and Em managed to get my bags out of the truck and we were bringing them up to my room. It is a cute room, painted sunshine yellow from when Leah and I were kids. We used to think that was the best color in the world.
Emmett and Seth "helped" me unpack my stuff (in reality they play wrestled as I tried to move around them) and by the time we were done Sue was calling us down for dinner. We all sat around the living room with the big game on yelling at the TV and cracking jokes on each other through out the night. I never really thought about how much I missed everyone until I was back home.
I guess it is exactly as Dorothy says in the wonderful Wizard of Oz, "there is no place like home."
A/N: sorry if this is a little short but I wanted to show the family relationships before I fast forward to the start of school and introduce some of the other awesome characters. I might not be able to update again till sometime next week due to my sisters graduation on Thursday and Friday from uncg. My parents and my younger brother are here from Ireland and the rest of my family is coming down from long island ny. So I am taking some time to hang with my family but I will try to update as soon as I can. By then I will be done with my exams as well so I will have more time for writing. Hope you enjoy the chapter ;p