When Bella awoke in her bedroom for a moment she felt content. Then the memories of the previous night came rushing in to her brain and her lungs suddenly felt as though she'd been punched in the stomach and had all the air knocked out of her. Her mind was full of unanswered questions.

Was everyone home now? Was everyone alright? If not, who had been hurt? She sighed and climbed down off her bed. She walked over to her overly large closet and searched through it until she fount a red cotton top and a pair of jeans. Once she was dressed she walked out of her room warily, terrified that she might find that the rest of her family was not home.

She took a few cautious steps down the hall before she encountered Emmett. She wrapped her arms around him and exclaimed,

"Dad! Your back!" Emmett hugged her and said,

"Of course I'm back, girly." Then Rosalie, Alice, and Jasper appeared in the hallway. Bella next embraced Rosalie before tightly hugging Jasper. Jasper was a bit taken aback by this because he was, of course, not use to any form of affection from a human. He hesitantly wrapped his arms around her before relaxing considerably. Once she had hugged Alice the whole family gathered around in the living room.

Edward brought a tray of blueberry crepes, hash browns, a handful of grapes, and a glass of milk to Bella. That was one perk of being a human Cullen. The family loved to try out different recipes on Bella which meant she usually ate gourmet meals because they were all excellent cooks, especially Edward. Bella ate in silence as she listened to Alice tell the tale of what had happened when Rosalie, Emmett, Jasper, and her jumped out the window.

"It was a hard chase. James was following Victoria and she's extremely fast and very good at managing to find ways to escape. They ran through the University and for a while there scent disappeared amongst the scent of humans. We all ran around the school for around two hours trying to pick up the scent again. I tried to see where they were but it was hard to get a clear vision with all the humans around them which are harder to see than vampires.

"We were about to give up and come back when Rose picked up there scent at the park on campus. It took awhile but we eventually caught up to them at a neighboring town. We had them cornered when Victoria managed to slip past Em and Rose. While we were distracted, focusing on her, James followed after her. We lost them but we followed there scent until it disappeared at a river.

"Emmett wanted to split up and follow the river in both directions in the hopes of finding the scent again but I didn't envision them returning so we decided it was time to come home." There was a semi-long silence while everyone processed the intake of information. Finally, Bella sighed in relief, simultaneously letting all of the fear she'd felt through the night flow out of her body. She said,

"Well I'm glad you came home when you did. You guys scared me half to death!" Emmett, who was sitting next to her, wrapped an arm around her before saying,

"You worry too much." She frowned before looking at Alice and Rosalie and threatening,

"If you ever do something like that again I swear to you that I will dress in nothing but red hot pants and yellow tank tops for the rest of my life, just to haunt you!" Rosalie grimaced and Alice visibly shuddered.

"Speaking of which..." Alice jumped up from where she was sitting and grabbed Bella's arm pulling her up, "...I need to teach you how to use your wardrobe!" Luckily Edward grabbed the tray in Bella's lap before it clattered to the floor. Bella groaned as she was pulled into her bedroom and into the closet. She tried to protest but it was futile against Alice's persistence. Alice spent an hour telling Bella how to use her closet appropriately but Bella only kinda listened to her. After that, Alice dressed Bella in a pair of slim black capris with a light green butterfly pattern on the side of the right leg, a light green top with a pink v-neck, and a pair of light green flat shoes.

While it was definetly not the kind of outfit she would have chosen for herself she had to admit that she thought she looked alright in it.

That day, everyone walked around as if it was any normal day. Rosalie made Bella mushroom soup with crackers and sweet tea for lunch and watched TV together. Everyone was fairly relaxed and seemed to have overcome the previous night's action. Everyone but Bella. That night when she went to sleep she awoke screaming in the middle of the night after having an extremely vivid dream of James and Victoria coming back for her. Her family, who had instantly ran to her room, tried to calm her and assure her everything was alright but they couldn't fully convince her. She spent several more nights loosing sleep on the subject.

Nevertheless, the days passed and neither James nor Victoria reappeared and Bella slowly relaxed. It took awhile but she had fully recovered when Dana came to visit on July 9th. Bella had been quite excited for Dana's visit as she had missed her friend very much. When Dana arrived the first thing Bella did was show Dana her bedroom and massive closet.

"Oh my gosh Bella! Your room is awesome and that is the biggest closet I've ever seen!" Bella smiled slightly before replying,

"I know right? So what do you wanna do?" Dana smiled and pulled two pieces of pink paper out of her suitcase. She explained,

"It's a test to see how strong a friendship is. We both take it and then grade each others. If we each get five or less right then we have an okay friendship, 6 through 10 right and it's a good friendship, 11 through 20 right and it's an awesomely strong best friendship, 21 through 24 and it's an unbreakable best friendship, and if we get all 25 right then we're practically sisters. Do you wanna take it?"

"Sure," Bella agreed. So they both fount pencils to use to fill it out. They both laid on the there stomachs on the floor and Bella looked over the questions;

Your Friends Favorites:

1. Food?

2. Color?

3. Type of music?

4. Band?

5. Type of clothing to wear?

6. Place to go?

7. Type of candy?

8. Holiday?

9. Vacation?

10. Beverage?

General Information About Friend:

11. Middle name?

12. Birthday?

13. Parent's names?

14. Birthplace?

15. Grandparent's names?

16. Home address?

17. Phone number?

18. Sibling's names (if any)?

19. Any birthmarks?

20. Preschool they attended?

Other:

21. What animal does your friend most closely resemble?

22. What is your friends worst fear?

23. Does your friend have any pets? If so what are there name(s)?

24. What's your friends doctors name?

25. Does your friend like telling jokes?

This test consumed a large portion of there evening. They were both extremely pleased (though not surprised) to learn they had both scored perfectly on the test making them 'practically sisters.' After that, Edward made pasta and garlic bread for dinner which all the Cullen's except for Bella pretended to eat. After that they watched a scary movie before taking showers and heading to bed.

They then enjoyed a few nice and peaceful days together before Dana returned to her home in Union.

A/N: I believe I'll spend a little more time writing about her time in Sunshine than I did about her time in Union. Review please!