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CHAPTER 2

Bella's POV

"Are you ready to go sweetie," Mrs. Cullen asks from her place at my bedroom door. I nod to her and look around the room one last time. This has been my room since I turned 13 and was moved out of the children's dorms.

I still cant believe I am being adopting. I mean couples have come and gone through out the years, talked to me about coming home with them, and even had me pack my personal belongings only to not show up the next day. I had grown accustomed to disappointment so when Sister Catherine came to me after dinner last night to tell me about the Cullen's decision to adopt me I didn't get to excited.

"Their my girls are. I have the car pulled around to load everything up," Mr. Cullen exclaims as he walks into the room.

"Good. Why don's you take these bags dear," Mrs. Cullen tells him while handing hime some of my suitcases. He nods before smiling at me and walks out with his arms full.

"How are you feeling dear? Please tell us if you need more time for all this. You won't hurt my feelings Isabella," she says as she walks over and sits next to me on the bed. Taking my hand in hers, she gives me a little squeeze and a smile. She really is so nice.

"Please call Bella, Mrs. Cullen."

"Only if you call me Esme or even mom if you want?" she says kinda timidly. Like if she is afraid of something. "That is if you still want to come with us. To our home I mean, we would really love it if you did."

"Oh of course I do! Really! I just I'm.." I trail off because I'm not sure how to tell her I'm scared. Scared that they will send me back or realize they made a mistake.

"You just what dear?" she asks.

"I'm worried that you will realize you don't want me and send me back. Or if you can't send me back then what. I mean there had to have been a reason why those other people didn't come back for me. What if there is something wrong with me? I don't want to be a burden," I whisper hoping that she doesn't hear me.

"Oh Bella. You are wise beyond you years," she says while lifting my face to meet my eyes with hers. "You are an amazing young women and Carlisle and I are so happy that you have chosen us to be your new parents, because even though we wanted to adopt you, you could have said no. You could have chosen to stay here in the only place you have ever know, but you didn't. You chose to give us a chance and for that I will forever be grateful. I don't want you to think about there being something wrong with you because there isn't. Those other couples were dumb!" she exclaims making us giggle, then she turns serious. "I am so happy and grateful that I can call you my daughter."

"Even though you don't really know me yet?" I ask.

"That will come in time," she says as Carlisle walks in. "But right now lets go home."

Planes are scary. I came to that conclusion about two hours ago when our plane took off from the Seattle airport and I am absolutely positive now that we are landing in Chicago. Esme had laughed at me when I almost squeezed Carlisle's hand off but hey I was terrified. You try living in an orphanage for 15 years and be comfortable in a huge chunk of metal that is supposed to float. Yeah thats what I thought.

"So we live in a gated community of the north end of the city," Esme says as we drive onto the highway. "Our neighbors are the Masen's and the Hale's. They have children your age actually."

"Really?"

"Yes, uhm Rose, Jasper, Alice, and Edward are 15 and Emmett is 16. We are very close with their parents so you will be seeing a lot of them," she smiles at me.

"I have never had friends my age," I state sadly. Its true all my playmates growing up had been adopted and all of them were girls.

"Well I'm sure you will all become very close," she says.

"Just stay away from those boys," Carlisle tells me while looking in the rearview mirror, effectively making me blush.

"Oh Carlisle," Esme giggles while slapping him. "Leave the girl alone! You know those boys are very well behaved."

"I know that Essy but I'm a daddy now! Gotta keep my little girl safe," he states while winking at making me laugh quietly.

We drive for about thirty more minutes in comfortable silence and I am thankful because it really gives me time to think. Yesterday I was just an orphan, living the same life I have lived everyday for the past fifteen and a half years. Now I have parents and the prospect of friends my own age. I have a mother who looks at me like she has just won the lottery and a father who wants to protect me from boys. It still seems so surreal... like a dream Im supposed to wake up from.

"Here we are. Home sweet home," I hear Carlisle say as the car stops and I look up to see this beautiful mansion in front of me.

"This is is your home!" I stutter, shocked.

"Its your home to sweetheart," Esme says as she opens the car door for me and helps me out.

As they show me around my new home, I am speechless. I thought the orphanage was huge and nice. This place is like a castle. I mean the kitchen, living room, library.. its amazing! They even have a swimming pool but my room, my room is like nothing I could have imagined.

"Do you like it?" Esme asks making me jump. I have been walking around this room, my room, for five minutes. The walls are covered in a soft pink and all the decor is shades of cream and light grey. I have a chandelier! And a desk with my very own computer on it. Not to mention my bathroom that has a huge bathtub with these jet things and a shower!

"Like it?" I say while turning to them. "I love it! Thank you so so much!"

Then I do something that none of us were expecting. I hug them, they stiffen for a bit shocked but quickly hug me back. We stand there for I don't know how long before Esme pulls away and takes my face in her hands.

"Thank you," she says through tears.

"For what?" I ask surprised by my own voices breaking from tears.

"For letting us choose you. For letting us be your parents. For being our daughter," Carlisle says as he brushes a curl out of my face and kisses my forehead as we hear the doorbell ring.

"Oh that must be the Hale's and Masen's arriving for dinner! They are just gonna love you honey don't worry!" she exclaims running to get the door.

Carlisle chuckles and rubs he back of his neck. "You will get used to that. Freshen up and head downstairs when you are ready dear," he smiles and walks out of my room.

Well its now or never... I think as I go into my bathroom to freshen up for my new life.

I caught the writing bug again...

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