Hours later we were back at the house. After the first ten or so stores, I stopped counting. That girl was a maniac when it came to shopping! Alice had insisted on having me pick out whatever I wanted, granted she approved, and everything she thought I would need. I chose tee shirts and jeans, while she had other ideas...

"You have to have skirts and dresses!" Alice whined.

"Yeah, a few, but not one of each out of every store we go into! I'm a jeans and tee shirt kinda girl Alice, I only wear skirts or dresses on special occasions, maybe." I told her.

She pouted for almost an hour before I agreed to get dresses and skirts. I managed to get what I wanted too, though. When she wasn't looking, Jasper and I would sneak off into another store for what I wanted. I even had to sneak into the shoe store to get sneakers! I am never going shopping with Alice again, I thought as I slid to the floor with my bags.

"You okay darlin'? Do you need some help?" Jasper asked.

"No," I smiled, "just a lot of shopping. I've never shopped that much before...or bought this much stuff at once." I breathed.

"Yes I'm sorry, I should have warned you about Alice. She can't stop once she's started shopping," Carlisle began as he appeared in the family room, "but there is something I would like to discuss with you...it's a bit personal, so maybe we can speak up in my office?"

I was confused, again! "What does it concern?" I asked cautiously.

"Possibly the last day of your human life." He said quietly. Jasper squeezed my hand and smiled at me. When did he grab my hand?

"You can tell me here Carlisle, I might need the support of the family...our family." I smiled as I said the last part, feeling tears form that I would never be able to shed. I felt big arms wrap around me as Emmett scooped me into another big hug. A low growl came from Jasper and Emmett put me down real quick. "What was that?" I asked Jasper.

He ran his fingers through his hair and rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly, "I'll tell ya later, Darlin'." He said, his Southern accent thickening. If it could, my heart would have been hammering in my chest.

"Right, what was it that you wanted to tell me, Carlisle?" I asked impatiently.

He sighed but continued, "Edward and I spent the last few hours searching for anything related to you on the Internet."

"And what exactly did you find?" I was starting to get nervous, but it was gone as quickly as it came.

"Well it would seem that you disappeared on May 21, a few hours after your high school graduation. They recovered your diploma in the alley behind your home in what looked like the spot where you were attacked; pieces of your clothing were found in the area as well."

I my heart dropped and I sank into Jasper's waiting arms; "I'm so sorry Darlin'," he whispered into my hair.

"So what does that mean, Carlisle?" I asked.

"Well, it would seem that my theory is correct. When you were attacked that night, knowingly or unknowingly by the vampire, your transformation started. The average transformation time is about three days, so it would seem that your transformation ended around May 24, give or take a few hours, and it took you about a day to get here from wherever you were held during the Change. I would say that you are about a day or so old. You have tremendous control for your age. And today was the first fay you've ever hunted? The vampire who changed you never gave you any type of blood?"

I was starting to get nervous again, "yes, I didn't feel thirsty or anything until I smelled that first mountain lion."

"Well, I know you actually just graduated high school, but if you stay with us you'll have to do it again...to keep up appearances. I'm sure with your control and Jasper's help, you'll do great!" Carlisle said rather enthusiastically.

Jasper squeezed me harder to him, "I know you can do it, I have faith in you." And I had faith in him, I was beginning to feel safe with Jasper. Whenever he was away from me, my chest ached; when he was happy, I was happy.

"I'll have Jenks prepare a birth certificate and the other necessary documents. I don't think it would be wise to use your birth name though, maybe your birth date, that's about it. What name would you like on your papers?" Jasper asked.

"Well, I don't know." I said honestly.

"How about Lindsey? You know, because I wanna call her Lin?" Emmett suggested.

I scrunched my nose up and my face went with it.

"I'll take that as a NO, then." Jasper said chuckling.

"I'm not good at coming up with names on the spot, I wanna use my own name!" I pouted.

"Perhaps she could use her first name, but make sure no one is looking for her...stage her death maybe?" Carlisle suggested.

"Yes, a fire with her old clothes and perhaps we steal a hair brush of hers from her old house?" Jasper mused.

"When you have the guy do my papers, separate my name so it's a first and middle name. Maybe everyone can come up with a name suggestion and we pick the best three to have made up?" I suggested. The rest of the family nodded, obviously pleased to be included with the decision of my new identity.

"Okay, now that that's over, let's go get you dressed in your own clothes!" Alice announced happily as i groaned. We played my version of 'dress up' for about an hour until she finally gave up. I made my way down the stairs in a Pink Floyd tee shirt, destroyed jeans, and some Vans. I thought to pull my hair up or something, but when I tried, I failed. Fuck it! There's no way I could do it on my own, so I just let it all hang loose.

"So, what's there to do around here?" I asked, bored.

"OOOOH! We could go outside and wrestle, play tag, or hide and seek!" Emmett squealed like a child in a candy store with a pocket full of money, while the rest of the family just laughed. God, I'm starting to love my new family

A/N

Okay, so I know it's been awhile since I updated(about 8 months) buuuuut I don't really have a good reason. I got a job and it takes up most of my time nowadays! Aaaaaanyways, please favorite, follow, rate, and all that good stuff! More updates to come and possibly a new story :)