Chapter 4

'Bella, I have some good news..the hospital, they've decided to let you be released.' Carlisle said but there was something hidden..

'What? That's great! When can I leave? And...why do you sound as if you're not finished?" I groaned and when I realised there had to be a catch.

"Well Bella, in all honesty, your legs are still very weak and almost even paralysed. You'd have to be in a wheelchair for a few months and go to a foster family aswell. I'm sorry, I can tell how much you've been wanting to get out but there's just nothing I can do about it."

Wheelchair? My precious legs in a freaking wheelchair?! And a foster home. Oh great. This has just made my day completely. I sighed.

"Well, I guess getting out of this hell hole alright would have been a miracle anyway, I'll just have to be grateful that I still even have my legs.." I muttered staring away at the window distracted by the sudden news. I could hear the birds outside perfectly, every tweet and chirp was music to my ears and cheered me up a fair bit.

"Well..I can do one thing for you Bella, but feel free to say no." What? Give me a lolly?
"If you want, my family could adopt you for a short while? You don't have to decide straight away, I'm just putting the offer out there for you. I've bonded a great deal with you over these weeks and I know that you would just love my family and they would love you, so I consulted them and they are all fine."

Holy..Carlisle?! The Cullen Vampire coven adopting me? Now if I was gonna get adopted by anyone, the last people I would have thought of were vampires. But, I guess it would be kinda cool living with seven vampires. Woah, what brought these thoughts about vampires on...besides this could just all be one huge trap. I get there and they tear me to pieces..just like my little friend. The anger boiled inside of me as I thought of her, possibly allied with the Cullens in order to destory me.

No. I knew Carlisle. I knew he would never do anything to harm me and I'm sure if he trusted his family then I could trust them to.
Now comes to the real big question..do I want to live with them? I guess it would be pretty awesome to be protected by seven vampires and being a shapeshifter myself made me think I would fit it pretty well...
Maybe I could even ask them to take me to my beloved forest, even if I couldn't even step onto the ground, just breathing the air would be enought for me..just one breath of the fresh, air of the forest. It was fresh because it was all natural and unpolluted by braindead humans who had no respect for nature.

"I think..I think I'd like to Carlisle, you've been more than a friend to me these past few weeks. You've been like a father, I really appreciate that." I thought how corny I sounded but well, it was worth it. If you had to be corny to explain yourself then so be it!

"Bella, that's excellent! Just the answer I wanted! My family will be very excited to hear you will be coming to stay with us." He had a clipboard in his hand and was writing things down at a inhumane speed.

Oh boy, what did I get myself into?

"Carlisle.." He looked up from his paper and gave me a quizical look. "What if..what if your family don't...like me?" I swear he nearly laughed, but I shrugged it off.

"Oh Bella, you don't honestly think they'll dislike you? They'll be more than happy to have a new family member, trust me." Well atleast he was sure, but I was still scared, they were kids my age, well my 'frozen in time' age, they had to be a little..judgemental? But, seeing as they are Carlisle's children, they would probably be perfectly mannered and lovely kids. I hoped.

"Thanks, Carlisle. So when do I finally get out of here?" I looked around as if to say 'this place stinks!' the wall were a plain white, the matress was hard and the entertainment was at a low minimal.

"Bella, from you response to this place, I better spruce it up a bit, maybe donate a few game consoles.." Oh so he gets the games consoles when I leave?! "But yes anyway, as soon as I can get the paperwork ready and find you a wheelchair..that should take about a day so tomorrow you can meet my loving family and be welcomed in to the Cullen household." My eyes widened and my mouth gaped.

Tomorrow? Oh god, so close, so close! I'd be lying if I said I wasn't excited. I'd be getting out of here and going to live with some kick-ass goodie vegetarian vampires. If that wasn't the coolest thing in the world, well I had no idea what would be.

"Carlisle, that's awesome! I was expecting more than that! I can't believe you're actually doing this for me, I'd give you a huge hug but yanoo.." He chuckled at walked around my bed and placed a kiss on my forehead. Icy cold. Another weird but nice affect of a vampire, my temperature was naturally quite hot so that felt rather odd to me.

"I'm so pleased you can come Bella, in such a short space of time you already feel like a daughter to me, don't get to excited, you'll want to sleep with all the commotion going on tomorrow!" And with that Carlisle walked out without a word, no doubt to go off filling in forms. Maybe even going to find a nice wheelchair, oh dear. That sounded bad, I was not looking forward to that, I'd feel like an idiot greeting everyone in a freaking wheelchair, please legs, fix yourselves, your shapeshifter legs for heavens sake!

I couldn't believe it though, yesterday I thought I was stuck here forever but now, I was going to live with Carlisle! I couldn't help but thinking of my own parents. Would they be happy or angry I'd go to live with vampires. They are our enemies, of course..

Everything in my vision and hearing seemed a whole lot brighter and my feet had a fuzzy tinging feeling, I was finally going to meet them! Hell..I hope I don't have to go to school or anything..that would really suck. I've been to school a lot of times and I knew basically everything you needed to know to pass through high school with flying colours.

I wonderded if the Cullens go to school? That would be super weird, vampires at school.

They rest of the day I spent fantasizing about how the next morning would go, and safe to say I was pretty excited and tired. I'd come a long way from tough and emotionless Bella. I must say, this hospital or Carlisle must have softened me up. I tried to stay awake but my eyelids were drooping and I was going in and out of consiounse, and besides..I hardly felt the numb anymore. It was still there but buried beneath joy. Hopefully that's not temporary. I fell asleep peacefully and I swear I felt a pair of eyes staring at me.

_

So, any votes on mean Rosalie, or a nice accepting one? Leave in your reviews what kind of Rosalie you'd like and I'll think about it :)
Make sure you leave a review, they make my day! xx