Title: 'Lyrical Bonds'

Summary: While Bella is becoming comfortable with her relationship with Edward Cullen, Edward has mixed feelings. Until Bella's Cousin Emmaline comes back to Forks to help out with a charity. Then things really start to change for everyone.

Disclaimer: I own none of the Characters of Twilight, they belong to Stephenie Meyer.

Claimer: I do Emmaline Swan Turner, Adam Caleb Larkin, and Quinn Michael.

Chapter 1: Reunion Meeting

By TaintedDarkInuShemeeko

Alice was extremely bubbly today; neither Edward nor I knew why she had decided to tag along with us today. No matter the reason, she had and was skipping gracefully behind us humming. Her movement reminded me of a deer playfully frolicking in a meadow. However, Edward and I stopped when we realized that Alice had stopped. No sooner had Edward went to her side that Jasper was there as well; I hadn't seen him enter the woods at all he was just there.

"Alice what is it?" Edward's voice was smooth and calm yet there was wariness to it as well.

"Tell us what did you see?" The sound of Jasper's soft voice caused me to jump slightly. I had known he was there yet it had scared me all the same.

"We're going to have some more visitors; they will be here tomorrow for sure."

I caught sight of Edward's topaz eyes look in my direction, they seem to darken for a minute then lighten again. He then pressed Alice for more information.

"How many are there?"

"Two males." A look of confusion crossed her face for a minute. "There is a female with them but she's human."

I jumped slightly when Alice suddenly looked at me; which caused Edward to look at me again, as well as Jasper.

"The two males aren't here to see us; they are coming to perform for us. Well no wait a minute one of them does what to see Carlisle though, he wants to stay with us. "

I was happy to see that I wasn't the only one who was confused by Alice's words. Both Edward and Jasper looked as confused as I felt.

Edward shook his head for a minute. "What is that supposed to mean Alice? Elaborate more why are they here in Forks?"

"They have come for the Charity Concert that Emmaline Langer is coming to perform in."

I did my best to cover up my surprise at hearing the name, however Edward and the others had notice my reaction. Edward was then suddenly in front of me.

"Bella do you know this Emmaline Langer person?"

"Yes, of course I do everybody does, she is a famous musician from Classical to some Pop songs she's written."

Edward clenched his jaw once as he continued to gaze at me with his hard stare.

"Damn it, Bella you know I can't read your thoughts so why are you doing this to me? What is it that you're not telling me?

I continued to chew my bottom lip, as he kept a firm but gentle hold on my shoulders.

"Emmaline Langer is her stage name. Her real name is Emmaline Swan Turner, she's my cousin."

My words seemed to shock Edward a little; then again I guess it would, seeing how I had never told him about her.

"If it makes you happy I had no idea that she was coming."

Edward looked down at Alice and then over at Jasper.

"I apologize, Bella I didn't mean to yell."

I just shrugged my shoulders at him. It wasn't really a big deal to me any way. Then I remembered something, "I guess that means our Movie date is cancelled tonight?"

Edward's eyes were hard at first and then they softened, "No, Bella it doesn't we'll still go."

"What about the two vampires?"

I felt his cold marble hand on my cheek before I saw it.

"They're not coming here for you; that much we are sure of love. So we're just going to keep an eye out. So breathe Bella."

I hadn't noticed that I wasn't until he said something to me. Taking in a breath like Edward wanted, I then let it out slowly as I gave him a small smile. He smiled back at me giving me that lopsided grin of his before he spoke,

"Well then now that we have that settled, I suppose we should go and greet your cousin now."

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Emmaline smiled to herself as made her way up the steps to her Uncle Charlie's when no one answered the door; she felt around the eaves of the house until she found the key. With a small bag over her shoulder, Emmaline strip free of her clothes and threw them in the washer before wrapping a robe around her as she sprinted for the stairs.

Bella smile upon seeing a gold Mercedes CLK350 parked in their drive way. It wasn't that she knew anything about cars, though Edward was trying to teach her, it was The Los Angeles license plate that gave it away.

Edward barely had time to help Bella off his back before she was running for the house.

"Bella wait," Edward gave a slight chuckle. His topaz eyes drifted to look over at the car. Feeling him stop I stopped and turned as well.

"Emmaline's car is almost the same color as your eyes you know." I smiled once more before hurrying up the steps. I then noticed that Edward still hadn't moved. His eyes turned dark as he suddenly turned back to the gold car, almost as if he was smelling the air.

"Edward, what is it is something wrong?"

There was a moment were I wasn't even sure that he heard me. But then he turned and was at my side in an instant.

"No, it's nothing. Shall we go inside now, so you may introduce me to your cousin Emmaline?"

I wasn't sure what to expect as I turned the door knob. Nor did I completely understand Edward's odd behavior just a few seconds ago, but I tried not to let it bother me. I was trying to remember the last time that I had seen her, were we eight or nine? I couldn't remember.

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Alice's eyes widened as another vision swept across her vision, before a smile spread across her face.

"Carlisle, one of the visiting vampires is like us. He's hoping you will let him stay like you did with Jasper and me." She then giggled, "He's also a lot like Edward in the way that he has a human that he can't stay away from."

Her smile soon turned into a grimace, Alice's luminous eyes landed on Jasper.

"Someone from you're past is with him. I wish Edward were here, it would be nice to know what that one is thinking. They are on their way here; they should be here in an hour or so."

Carlisle let out a practiced sigh as he looked at the family members around him.

"Well then, I'll give Edward a call and see if he is willing to leave Bella for a bit to come home for awhile. We'll see what kind of reading we get from both of them and then decide."

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As soon as I stepped inside I realized that the drier was running. There was no way that Charlie had been home just to do some laundry that was nothing like him. So that only left Emmaline, she must have needed to wash some clothes though I wasn't sure why.

I bit my lip when I noticed Emmaline dancing in our living room her hips were swaying to the beat of whatever song she was listening to. She was wearing a lilac colored dress shirt with fade blue hip huggers. Emmaline wasn't a perfect beauty but she was prettier then I was, at least that was the way I saw it and she saw it the other way.

Glancing over my shoulder I could see that Edward had seen Emmaline as well. Though at first it was hard to read him, and then a looked of confusion and shock etched themselves onto his face. I was about to ask Edward if he was okay; when Emmaline twirled around and spotted me.

"Bella!"

There was no stopping the blush from rushing to my cheeks as Emmaline came to embrace me. I was pretty sure that Edward was laughing at me right this very second. Emmaline and I grabbed each others and then squealed as we jumped up and down. It was like we were in grade school again.

""Oh my god Bella, I've missed you so much."

She then held me out away from her for a minute.

"Look at you, you're beautiful."

This time I was sure that I was as red as a tomato.

"Emmaline stop I'm not…"

My words were cut off by the sound of Edward's voice.

"She's right you are breathtakingly beautiful."

Edward smiled at her as he extended his hand to her.

"Hello, I'm Edward Cullen, Bella's boyfriend. You're Emmaline Turner am I correct; or do you prefer Emma?"

I caught a look of confusion in his eyes once again only to have it vanish just as quickly. Emmaline was smiling back at him.

"Yes I am, it's nice to meet you and Emmaline is fine."

Emmaline elbow then came out and poked me.

"Bella, you didn't say anything about a boyfriend in the letter you sent me."

What letter could she possibly be talking about and then it came to me. When I had first moved to Forks, I had written to her and asked if she got a chance to come and save me for a weekend. It had been during my first two weeks here, when I had thought that Edward hated me.

My eyes drifted over to Edward I watched as he raised an eyebrow at me.

"I didn't say anything, because Edward and I weren't together when I sent the letter."

Edward gave me a curious look, but didn't say anything. I watched as he suddenly reached inside his pocket and pulled out his cell-phone a second later it was vibrating in his hand. He smiled at me as he looked at it and then he excused himself outside.

"Excuse me, Bella, Emmaline I should take this call."

We both nodded as he turned and walked out the door.

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"What's the matter Carlisle?"

Edward listened to Carlisle intently before he answered.

"We are in need of your help at home. Alice has had a vision of our visitors coming here in less then an hour."

"It's all the more reason for me to stay here with Bella and her family."

"I understand your worry for Bella, but Alice would really like for you to be here. She is in need of your talent."

Edward released an anger sigh into the phone.

"Fine I'll be there in a while, just let me talk to Bella first."

"All right, I think we have time for that."

"I'll be home soon."

Edward then flipped his phone closed, ending the call and turned to go inside. I looked up once I heard him come back inside; he was keeping up appearances for Emmaline I was sure. There was something about the look on his face that worried me, even scared me a little.

"Edward, what's wrong is everything okay?"

He walked around the table to me and placed a kiss on my forehead. Edward then gave me that lop-sided grin that I had come to love; before kissing my forehead one more time.

"Bella, I have to go for now, but I'll be back later. So just enjoy spending time with Emmaline while I'm away."

He headed toward the door once again and then stopped.

"Oh, Bella promise me that you won't get into any trouble while I'm gone."

I heard Edward chuckle to himself, before I felt the blush in my cheeks. He was gone before I could even say anything. I hear Emmaline giggling beside, my arm shot out to smack her. It was soon followed by an, "ouch" on her side and then more giggles. I couldn't help but smile about it, all of my worries for the Cullen's was gone in that small moment.

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Edward's Volvo flew out of Bella's drive way and down the road. He didn't have a good feeling right now. The only thing he did know was that he wouldn't know how bad it was going to be till he got home. Though leaving Bella without protection didn't feel like a good idea, however he didn't have much of a choice at the moment.

Edward's Volvo continued to speed down the road toward his family's home. Edward was sure of one thing whatever Alice needed him for it had better be good. Gliding out of his car, Edward used quick in-human steps to get inside.

"Alice this had better be goo-d….."

Upon slipping inside Edward's sentence trailed off as he read Alice's thoughts.

"Oh, that's a very good reason for my being here."

Edward's ocher eyes looked down at the floor at first trying not to meet Alice's gaze.

"Oh come on Edward it's not like I'm mad at you. You can look at me you know, I had no plans of bothering you, but since you're here and we still have some time before our guests get here. Tell me, what is Bella's cousin Emmaline like?"

There was no stopping the small grin that appeared on Edward's lips as he looked at his little sister. His eyes darted across to room to see that Emmett and Rosalie where sitting on the couch, Jasper behind it his eyes on Alice as she sat in a chair; while Emse and Carlisle stood in the entryway to the kitchen.

Emse's gentle voice was then heard its slow melody floating in the air.

"Go on; tell us what is she like son."

Edward smiled once more.

"She is the complete opposite of Bella and yet she's also the same. She is slightly shorter then Bella and her eyes are completely mystifying. She doesn't have the same chocolate eyes that Bella has; her left eye is a light brown the color of doe skin, while her right eye is as purple as a violet."

"Yet Emmaline and Bella are alike in the fact that they both confuse and mystify me at the same time."

"How so Edward, in what way?" this was Carlisle's question his golden eyes focused on his son as he gently walked back and forth almost in excitement.

"I thought that Bella would be the only person that I would have trouble reading. But then today when I met Emmaline I couldn't get a clear reading of her thoughts; it was like I was looking through a key hole and could only see pictures that she wanted me to see."

"However that was not the most shocking thing that I found similar to Bella; it was her scent it's very similar to Bella's scent of freesia, roses, lavender. Emmaline scent is like is freesia, roses, and honeysuckle. Yet I feel no pull towards her just honest curiosity."

Carlisle watched Edward pace a little more before asking, "You feel no desire to drink her blood at all."

Edward just shook his head at Carlisle.

"None, but how can that be when she smells so much like Bella?"

"But she isn't Bella, Edward. That is the only explanation that I can give you. She is Bella's family member; people who are in the same family sometimes share a familiar scent. If you have no desire for her blood then I see no problem here; and we should discuss this more at a later time."

Edward's eyes darkened as Alice's thought echoed inside his mind.

'They're here.'

He then turned toward the door, doing his best to filter out his family's thoughts as he focused on the newcomers.

"They are of no threat as of right now."

Alice and Esme where in the back of the group with Rosalie, while Carlisle, Emmett and Jasper stood in front of them, while Edward stood in front of the three of them. He was already picking up some of their thoughts as they closed in on their home. The sound of a Corvette zipping up their road and then coming to a quick stop could be heard.

'I just want to find a place where I'm not judged by my choices, I want to keep her safe.'

'I want to get this over with and get the bloody hell out of here.'

Carlisle walked up to Edward and placed his hand on his shoulder.

"Edward?"

Edward didn't look over at Carlisle.

"Alice was right, the one just wants a place where he can live and not be judged for his vegetarian lifestyle."

"The other one however doesn't seem to have the same desire."

"You'd be right on that account lad."

Edward growled and swirled around to face the unfamiliar vampire. The rest of the family did the same, hisses and growls filled the air. Edward crouched slightly as he took in the vampire standing in front of him. Short wavy brown hair, his face was rugged yet smooth; his voice had a swagger to it that sang Australian to it. However it was his strange colored eyes that had set Edward off as well as his thoughts. They were not golden in color like the young man he traveled with, but a scorching orange. Suddenly before anyone else could stop him Jasper sprang forward and pinned the strange vampire to the wall. The stranger just continued to laugh at Jasper.

"I see that you are still rather very angry at me Jasper, nothing has changed much after all of these years."

Edward was about to join Jasper when Carlisle held him back.

"Edward don't now is not the time."

"You have no idea what he is thinking. Feeding on animals in just a game to him, hunting humans is his real passion. If his thoughts haven't betrayed him his eyes would have."

"Well now young man; reading my thoughts now are you that's not really nice. However, you would be right; I do love my human blood that is probably why my eyes are so different. I suppose I'm not much on vegetarian life."

Carlisle calm voice was then heard once again, "Jasper, you can release him now."

Edward then snarled in the vampire's direction.

"He's name is Quinn Michael, he is an acquaintance of Jasper's past of long ago."

From the shadows a smooth and silky voice spoke.

"It's fine by me if you kill him. He's not much of a role model. Besides I'm a huge disappointment to him."

A young man about eighteen walked out of the shadows. Unlike Quinn, this vampire wore clean blue jeans and a maroon t-shirt to where his slight muscles strained against the fabric, his dark brown hair was cut short and was slightly tousled with a few small strands falling across his forehead. The boys eyes however were nothing like Quinn's they were a rich butterscotch color.

He walked slowly over to Carlisle with his right hand extended towards him.

"It's nice to meet you sir, I'm Adam Caleb Larkin."

He then laughed at himself, "I'm not sure why I still use my whole name. I'm not really a Larkin anymore, my parents have been dead for a long time."

'I was born in 1900 and then I died in 1917, I lived in Chicago I think, it's not like I remember much. Just my family dying all around me, I didn't want to die with them all in the same room. So I ran but I already had the fever, as I stumbled into an alley some one grabbed me. All I can remember is the intense feeling of being burned alive. When I woke up I found myself in a room with Quinn.'

Edward was stunned by the memories that he had and didn't have of his human life and his vampire one. His memories where so similar to Edward's and yet not at all, Adam hadn't been completely over come by the Spanish Influenza when he died. Nor was it Carlisle who had changed him, just a random vampire who had bit him and then left him for Quinn to find.

"I'm sorry."

Everyone turned to look at Edward. Adam however just shrugged, "It's nothing you did so why apologize."

The vampire named Quinn shrugged away from Jasper, but not before slapping him on the back.

"Now, Adam son is that any way to talk to the man that took you in as his own son?"

Adam words were full of venom when he spoke, "I never asked you to take me in."

"To right, to right ya didn't but I did. It wasn't too bad until one day you decided that there had to be more to this life and ya started feeding on animals."

Quinn made a strange face before he continued, "I went along with it at first because I thought ya would out grow it after the first couple of times, but you didn't so I left ya."

"Couple of years pasted and then when I decide to come and find ya you'd done gone and fell for a human of all things. So that's why we're here, I just wanted to see if there was a place for him to belong in your family. I see that Jasper seems to have fit into it better then I would have figured."

Edward's gaze was concentrated and focused as he pushed away his family's thoughts as well as Adam's. He only wanted to hear Quinn's.

'Damn it this is taking to long, I just want to get the hell out of here. If Marquel finds us that will be it; he'll tell the Volturi for sure. Em's a nice enough girl for a human but I'm not about to die for her that's for sure.'

Edward's topaz eyes darken as he turned to look at Carlisle.

"Carlisle he's only half way telling the truth the rest of it is a lie. He's being track by vampire name Marquel. There was something else there about the Volturi as well."

This time it wasn't one of the Cullens who went after Quinn it was Adam.

"You bastard, how long have you known this? You where just going to leave us here."

"I wasn't going to leave you alone, why the hell do you think I brought you here. There is safety in numbers. Then again if you would have just bit the lass and changed her we wouldn't have this issue. But no you couldn't bear to do it, when I offer what do I get, shoved through three plate glass windows."

Adam turned his golden eyes away from Quinn.

"I told you she still has family, they would notice if she of all people went missing. We just need more time."

"I'm sorry to tell you this lad, but your time with your glass human is almost up. I should have killed her months ago but I…."

Quinn's words trailed off as he was suddenly fly through the door to the Cullen's home.

Carlisle started to speak to Edward, while Emmett and Jasper followed after Adam and Quinn.

"Edward, what else did you get from Quinn and Adam's thoughts?"

However, as he turned to look at his son, he realized to his dismay that he was gone.

"It's all right Carlisle he's just gone to check on Bella and Emmaline. Its all clear now Adam's human is Bella's cousin Emmaline. This is going to be a lot more fun then I thought."

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He was nothing but a dark blur as he sped through the forest. He had to get back to Bella and make sure that she was safe and then he had somethings to discuss with Emmaline.

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A/N: This is my first Twilight story so I hoped you liked the first chapter. I'm doing my best to keep people in character so patience please.

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TaintedDarkInuShemeeko