Chapter 7: Part Of The Family

Carly's POV

It had been over a week since I was invited to live with here. I can honestly say that I've never been happier in all of my life. We hadn't known each other for very long, but they all treated me like a part of the family. They didn't make me feel like an outsider at all. They just took me, like I was a long lost relative.

I loved them all, I loved every single one of them. All of the kids here were like the brothers and sisters that I've never had. Except for Anthony, he was something more. He was different and special. He liked me and I liked him. He asked me out last night for the first time. Our first date was going to be tonight. I felt a little guilty about that. Tyler had just died, but at that same time, I wanted to be happy. Tyler would want the same thing if he were still here.

It was Carlisle and Esme that I loved the most. They were the parents that I never had. They both disciplined me and loved me at the same time. Just last night I stayed out really late, but oh boy, did I hear about it when I finally did get home. I just went shopping and then went to the movies, but I hadn't realized that it was past the curfew that I was given. Esme and Carlisle were still not talking to each other, but when it came to disciplining me, oh boy did they ever put that aside. I got this whole lecture about safety and responsibility. I never realized that there was a way to get disciplined without getting abused. I also never realized that discipline could go hand in hand with love. To hear them lecturing me about safety and responsibility was nice and refreshing and, more importantly, it made me feel loved. Usually when I stayed out late I usually came back to parents who were passed out because of alcohol, or drugs. All my parents cared about were alcohol, drugs, and sex. They never cared about me, and that's why I was so heavily abused. I swore to myself that I was never going to be that type of parent to my baby girl. I didn't know for sure if my baby was a girl or not, it was just a feeling.

I got out of bed slowly. I looked around my room. My room. I still couldn't wrap my mind around the idea that I had a room that I could truly call my own. As soon as I was healed Esme helped me pick out decorations and stuff for my room. My drawers and closet were filled to the brim with clothes and shoes. That was all Alice's doing, she basically dragged me to the mall without me even really consenting to it. But it seemed like she knew what she was doing so I just went along with it.

I went downstairs and quickly made myself eggs. Nobody else was home which was pretty strange. Usually I always heard someone doing something as if they'd been up for hours. Sometimes I wondered if they even slept at all.

After eating and washing my dishes I went outside into the nearby forest. I decided to go for a walk through the woods for a little while. I wouldn't go very far because I didn't want to get lost. I had been walking for a while when I heard footsteps nearby. It scared me, I thought for sure that I was alone. But the sound disappeared so fast that I was sure that I'd just imagined it. I relaxed again.

I was startled once more when I heard a loud vicious snarling coming from nearby. My heartbeat quickened. I saw something emerge from the bushes. It was a wolf, a huge, giant, horse sized wolf. Several more wolves followed. I was able to count about ten wolves altogether. None of them seemed to notice my presence. It looked as if they were after something else entirely.

The largest wolf, and the obvious leader of the pack stopped and looked at me as he was passing by. I was scared. Surely the wolf could easily kill me by itself. That thought scared me alone. Then there was nine more of them. But he did nothing. He just stared at me. I was suddenly reminded of Anthony as I stared into those piercing blue eyes of the wolf. They were exactly like his. I looked at the marvelous animal. He was an extremely large gray wolf.

The wolf behind him, a reddish brown one, bit him just hard enough to get his leader's attention off of me. Then they ran off at an impossible speed. The leader was by far the fastest wolf in the pack. It seemed like they were chasing something.

I couldn't understand what I had just seen. I ran back as fast as I could. I was screaming the whole way.

"Carly what's wrong?" Carlisle asked me as soon as he saw me running to the house. It looked like he had been waiting for me.

"Wolves! Huge wolves!" I screamed.

"It's okay, calm down" he said as he held me close to him. His voice had a calming effect on me.

"They were huge, like bears" I said.

"It's okay, relax" he said. "and just what were you doing out in the middle of the woods young lady?! Don't you know how dangerous that is?!"he shouted going into 'parent mode'.

"I don't know. I just wanted to go out" I said.

"You had me very worried. Don't ever go anywhere without permission. Also, do not, under any circumstances, ever go into the woods alone again. Do you understand?" he said sternly.

"Yes, I understand" I said. I hugged him again.

"Where were you this morning?" I asked.

"I'm sorry, but we all had to leave rather abruptly this morning. We should have left you a note or something" he said.

"and I'm sorry for going somewhere without permission" I said.

"Don't worry I'm not mad at you. I was just very worried about you when I came back and noticed that you were gone" he said.

"Carlisle, can I ask you something?" I asked. There was something that had been on my mind the last couple of days. I just hoped that it wasn't too soon or anything.

"Sure you can ask me anything. Don't ever be afraid to ask me anything" he said.

Well, that made me feel more at ease about asking him this. But I was still a bit nervous about what he would say. If he said no that would hurt.

"Well, um, is it okay if I call you dad?" I asked.

When I looked at him he had this huge, giant grin on his face. Instead of answering he hugged me as tightly as he could do so without harming my baby.

"Carly, there was nothing that I'd love more than to hear you call me that. I already consider you my daughter" he said.

"Thanks dad" I said. I could feel the tears of happiness falling over.

"Do you think Esme would like it if I called her mom?" I asked.

"I would absolutely love it" came a voice from behind me. She made me jump a little.

"You would?" I asked.

"Of course I would. I consider you my daughter to" she said before she hugged me to.

For now I felt very happy indeed.

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