A/N: Chapter 50! That's right! 50! I am so very excited that this story has been going in for so long and is still going, and it's all thanks to you all! So, this chapter will be the longest chapter I've written for this story and it will be various clusters of stories from Bella's childhood as a special treat! Now, some of these ideas came from the reviewer carminab23 and I thank you for them, as I dot normally do chapters based off of others ideas but I thought yours would go nicely with this chapter! Alright everybody, enjoy and if you'd like to see another chapter like this one, let me know!

3 Years Old

"What's wrong with her?" Rosalie asked Carlisle as her, Emmett, and Bella were in his office with Edward lingering in the doorway.

"Is it not obvious?" He asked as he gently one of the many red and inflamed spots that covered Bella's tiny frame. "She has chicken pox." Bella sniffled reached for a spot. Carlisle grabbed her hand. "Uh-uh, Bella. No scratching."

"But it itchy!" She complained.

"I know, Bella but you can't scratch it." Carlisle replied.

"So what do we do?" Emmett asked impatiently.

"Well first, Edward, run to the kitchen and get a couple of oven mitts," he instructed.

Everyone raised their eyebrows at him but Edward was gone and back in a second, handing red mitts to Carlisle which Carlisle promptly placed on Bella's tiny hands. Carlisle left for a moment, walking into his 'supply closet'. Carlisle kept up a large inventory of medical supplies in case Bella should need it. He came out holding a blue plastic jar and a tan boxed package. Only then did he continue to explain things to them.

"Except for when she's in the bath, be sure to keep those mitts on to prevent her from scratching her spots and leaving scars." He held up the package. "The little packets in here are for when she bathes. It's an oatmeal formula and while she's in it, this will be very soothing for her. I'd recommend a good two or three soaks in the bath a day. When she's out of the bath, rub this cream all over her spots. It won't help very much but it will a little. At night, I'll give her some Benadryl to help her sleep. Other than that, all we can do it wait it out. It should be about a week or so before all the spots are gone."

"A week?" Rosalie shrieked. "That's the longest she's ever been ill!" She picked Bella up and began to stroke her hair. Emmett wrapped an arm around Rosalie.

"I know, Rosalie, but it'll be fine. I promise," Carlisle reassured. "Though, I'm sure she'll be quite fussy for awhile."

As if on que, Bella's little sniffles were suddenly little sobs as she began to cry. Emmett took the jar and package from Carlisle and they quickly ran a bath for Bella while Edward tried to soothe her. As though like magic, the moment the dipped her into the bath, her tears ceased and she relaxed. They brought her her favorite blue rubber duck and bath boat and let her sit and play happily in the bath for hours till all her fingers were pruned and the bath had become ice cold.

"Come on Bella, time to get out of the bath," Emmett said, softly grabbing her hand.

"No!" Bella yelled and snatched her hand away. Rosalie came into the room and knelt down by the bath. She reasoned,

"You can't stay in the bath forever."

"Yes, I can!" Bella hollered and splashed the water with both hands, making it splash right onto Rosalie's face and purple blouse.

"Ah! This is silk!" Rosalie said, completely shocked. Bella almost never disobeyed or cause a fuss. Rosalie left to change her shirt.

"Now, Bella. Come on," Emmett said sternly and lifted her out of the bath.

"Daddy! No!" She shrieked and began to kick and scream. Emmett wrapped her in a towel and carried her into her bedroom where she began to calm down but once the screaming stopped the tears came again. Emmett rubbed the cram on her and that seemed to help but in order to keep her from crying and scratching the whole family had to keep her distracted with games and toys and movies.

The day was easy though, compared to the night. Even with the Benadryl to help Bella sleep, she'd still awake a few hours later crying and attempting to scratch at her spots. With combined efforts she could usually be soothed back to sleep once but that was it. During that week, she never slept past four in the morning.

Every time Rosalie or Emmett or anyone for that matter tried to take her out the bath, they're clothes got soaked and most of it ruined as Rosalie, Esme, and Alice wore a lot of fine silks and fabrics that were easily ruined by water spills. So, when Bella was finally healed and her spots gone, Alice was more than ready to call for a shopping spree.

5 Years Old

Bella had always been prone to injuries. Luckily, they were all able to keep Bella relatively safe due to there fast pace. One day though, Esme was watching Bella play outside while Esme tended to the garden. Bella had a little purple scooter that she loved to ride on the driveway which was fine as long as she stayed in sight.

Esme hadn't meant to look away from her but she had let the weeds in her garden grow quite a lot and while her back was turned, Bella's foot got caught under the scooter and she began to fall. In the mere second it took Esme to get to Bella, he head hit the pavement. Esme scooped her up and ran into the house, passing up Jasper on her way to Carlisle's office. Jasper's eyes were wide and he took one step forward before Alice came to him, stepping in front.

Once in Carlisle's office, he pushed everyone out of the room. Rosalie and Emmett waited impatiently at the door until finally he called them in to find Bella sitting on his desk, sucking on a red sucker.

"Are you okay, baby?" Emmett asked, picking up Bella.

She nodded and said, "It hurt, Daddy."

He kissed forehead. "I know, baby."

"She's alright," he assured. "I've seen this type of injuries. She needed a couple stitches but other than that she's just fine."

"Stitches? Oh, Bella," Rosalie groaned as she went to Bella and Emmett.

From then on, they all watched Bella even more carefully. Someone was always there to keep her from falling when she tripped.

14 Years Old

"Bella, you're not even trying," Jasper said, exasperated as he sat at his desk.

Bella slammed her math book down. "I am trying! I just can't do it!" Normally, they only spent a few hours a day working on school related things but today they'd been in there three hours and they hadn't moved past math.

"If you'd just listen-" he tried but she stood up.

"Maybe it's not my listening! Maybe it's your teaching!" She yelled and she ran from the room to her bedroom.

As she sat there, she began to feel more and more guilty. She'd been feeling so aggravated lately but she knew that was no excuse to be so flip.

Jasper was just trying to help her and she'd flew off the handle. Sighing, she left her room and found Jasper sitting on the couch. She sat down next to him, his face expressionless.

"Jazz, I...I didn't mean to snap at you," I said and he did nothing. I put my hand on his arm. "I'm sorry," I apologized. "I know you were just helping me. You're a great teacher."

He looked at her, wary. "You think so?"

I nodded. "Yeah, I like that you're my teacher."

He smiled a little and wrapped an arm around me. "Thanks, Bells. Apology accepted. You know, I've heard this happens."

"What happens?"

"Teenagers becoming annoyed and unreasonable."

"Hey!"

He chuckled and they happily went back to work.

2 Days Later

That day, everyone had decided to go on an impromptu hunting trip except for Rosalie. Bella had been watching TV in her bedroom when she had the urge to use the restroom. She was slightly horrified by what happened next. Her period had finally started.

She had been waiting on it for awhile but she had no idea how to handle it. She'd heard of pads and tampons but she certainly didn't have any and she had no idea how this would work. I mean, she did live with a whole bunch of vampires. She thoroughly cleaned up, flushed, and called out,

"Mom!" She knew her face must have been maroon, she was so embarrassed. Rosalie tentatively opened the door to the bathroom, holding a box of tampons.

"Here you go, Bells," she said softy.

"Er, thanks." Gah, she was mortified.

"Don't be embarrassed, honey," Rosalie soothed. "It happens to every human girl. Just be sure to follow the instructions on the box and be extra careful to change it out every few hours alright?"

"Okay," she mumbled, still embarrassed. Rosalie left, closing the door behind her and Bella sunk to the floor with a sigh of relief.

Present Day

I wasn't really one for making human friends, especially after how things with Dana had had to end but this particular Monday, a girl at school approached me in the hall. She had long light brown hair and green eyes.

"Hey, I've seen you around! I'm Jessica! I think we have gym together," she said. I did vaguely recognize her but I really participate in gym because I was so clumsy.

"Yeah, I think we do...uh, I'm Bella," I said, trying to casually walk away but she kept talking.

"Yeah, you should totally play volleyball with me sometime!"

"Uh, maybe..." Crap, volleyball? I can see the hospital bill now.

"Yay!" She cheered. "So, I've seen you walking around with the Edward boy? Are you two, like, together?" Jessica asked bluntly.

Bella answered honestly, seeing as they were seen kissing and holding hands frequently, "Yeah, we're together."

She gasped like this was a big piece of juicy gossip. "Oh my gosh, that is so amazing! I thought it was weird when I first heard cause, like, you live together but then I found out that Chief Swan is your real father! Gosh, Edward Cullen? You are so lucky. I'm dating Mike Newton. He's nice and real cute to. Oh, I almost forgot, I should give you my number and you should give me yours. I think we could be really good friends."

As we exchanged numbers I murmured, "Yeah..."

She took my number and I put hers in my pocket. "Great! Well, I'll see you around, Bella!"

"See you." I was relieved when she finally walked away and I could go meet Edward at my next class, to which I was almost late for. I, of course, had no plans on calling that girl but I had a feeling it didn't matter and that she'd be calling me.

In the next class, when I was trying to focus, Edward whispered in my ear, "Are you going to call that girl?"

"No, of course not," I whispered back.

"Why not?" I glanced at him and he seemed serious.

"Because we move too much for me to do that."

"You don't have to move around with us."

I glared at him. "What are you talking about? Of course I do."

"Well, if you wanted to, you could always stay here permanently, you know, now that you've found Charlie-" I'd heard enough. The bell rang and I walked from the room. Of course it was no use as he was able to keep perfect pace with me. I headed for the parking lot, tears threatening to flow free. "Bella-" he began.

"Give me the keys," I demanded as I walked to the Volvo.

"Where are you going."

"I don't know. Somewhere."

"Bella, I didn't mean to hurt you," he said as we reached the Volvo. I spun around to face him. He seemed genuinely contrite.

"Is that what you want, Edward?" I asked warily. "For me to stay here in Forks without you?"

He shook his head and put his hands gently on my arms. "I just want you to be happy. You have a chance at a normal life," he murmured.

My brow furrowed. "A normal life? That's not what makes me happy, Edward. You make me happy. And Mom and Dad and Carlisle, Esme, Jasper, and Alice. You guys are my family and you're what makes me happy. Don't you see that?" I ranted.

He kissed my forehead. "I do see that. I just with you could see all the things you're missing."

I pulled him close and peeked up at him. "What is it that I'm missing? I have two parents and two grandparents, which is more than most, and I have Alice, who makes the perfect best friend, and Jasper, who is also a great friend. I'm at a regular high school to get my regular old high school diploma and I'm sure at some point either you or Alice will drag me to a dance. So, you know what? Not only am I not missing anything, but I'm pretty lucky."

I opened the door and slid into the drivers seat. "Let me drive," he said and I moved over. As we drove easily off campus he responded, "You may be right but what about all the other things?"

"Specifically?"

"Well, college for one. If you're insistent on one day becoming like me, you won't be able to go to a university."

"You know, a lot of people don't go to college in the traditional way anymore. I could go to college online, if I decided I wanted to," I stated calmly.

He was quiet for a moment as we got closer to the house. Finally I heard him whisper, "What about children?"

"What about children?"

He pulled into the driveway and turned to me, taking my face in his hands.

"Bella, children. I...I can never give you children," he murmured as though this made him Satan. I flashed him a soft smile as I had already considered this.

"I don't want children, Edward. I want you and only you. As long as I have that-forever-I'll never need anything else," I murmured back.

"You can't know that," He said gravely.

I smiled again, gently grasping at one of his hands. "Yes I do. I love you and I want you more than I've wanted anything in my life. I want you—always."

He bent down and kissed me forcefully on the lips, hungrily even. A great ball of desire unfurled in my stomach as I responded and—all too quickly— he pulled away.

"You are truly amazing, Bella," he said gently. I responded with a mere smile and a blush. He let out an airy laugh. "Come on, lets get inside. It's about to rain."

Just like that, I had won and the discussion was closed. For now.