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Chp. 1

Unexpected Visit

BPOV

I rested my head against Edwards's chest, reminiscing about last nights events. I sighed, not wanting to get up just quite yet. I smiled as I stretched up and gave Edward a light, yet passionate kiss.

Just then, Alice burst threw our door, not even bothering to knock.

"Bella?" she questioned, with a cast of worry all over her tiny face.

"Yes Alice?" I asked, confused at why she would so rudely barge into Edward and I's room, and didn't wait until a more appropriate time. She must have had a vision. Probably about clothes, shopping, or some other form of torture she would put me through.

"Bella, I had a vision. I'm not certain as to whom it is, but somebody is coming to see you. It's blurry, so Renesmee or a wolf must be involved somehow. I don't know, I keep trying to see, but its blurry." she said, looking upset.

"When will this mystery person be here Alice?" Edward asked, interested as to who was coming to see me, I'm sure.

"I see them getting here in approximately ten minutes, so you better hurry up and get dressed! Bella, I already set clothes out for you. They are sitting in the chair in the back corner of your closet. Oh, and put in the contacts on the vanity just in case" I grimaced as she said this. I'm twenty-one years old; I should get to pick out my own clothing.

"Oh stop looking at me like that and get dressed already! You now only have nine minutes to make yourself decent!" she grumbled as she walked out the door, pausing to give me a warning look just as she closed it.

"Well, shall we get dressed and go see who would possibly be coming to see you? From what I saw in Alice's vision, I don't think that I recognize who it is." Edward said as he pulled himself up and ran into the closet.

When I walked in, he was already completely dressed in a t-shirt and jeans. He's the only person I know that could make such a simple outfit look like perfection. I walked to the chair inside our enormous closet and just as Alice said, there was clothing sitting out. I slipped on the light blue halter top and dark wash jeans at vampire speed and went over to the vanity to brush out my chaotic mess of hair and put in the contacts.

"My God, you look so beautiful" Edward whispered from the doorway of the closet. I looked up just in time to see crooked smile spread across his gorgeous face.

"Why thank you, I could say the same thing about you" I said suddenly filled with the joy that comes every time I look at him and know he's mine forever. A colossal smile spread across my face, which probably made me look stupid, but I could care less right now. I crossed the huge closet in three large strides and gave him a small peck on the cheek, while grabbing his hand and twining our fingers together.

We ran out of our little cottage and into the main house within seconds.

"Where's Renesmee at?" I asked, suddenly worried that we might have left her at the cottage.

"Jacob took her to a late breakfast and to the park" Edward said, while giving my hand a reassuring squeeze.

Alice flew to our side and started talking so fast I almost didn't catch what she said.

"Hurry, the visitor will be here in 20 seconds, act natural. We don't want to overwhelm whoever it is. Esme will get the door and call you in when they ask for you. Go sit on the couch or something! Go go go!" she rushed us into the living room. Seth was sitting on the couch playing PlayStation with Jasper, this must be why Alice's sight is blurry. Edward and I plopped down onto the couch just as the doorbell rang.

I listened as Esme opened the door and greeted my visitor.

"Hello, who are you?" she asked warmly.

"Um, is Bella here?" somebody asked nervously and I instantly tensed up. This didn't go unnoticed by Edward because he leaned down and whispered in my ear.

"What's the matter, love? Is something wrong?" I shook my head but said "I know who my visitor is."

He didn't have time to ask me another question because Esme was calling me into the front room. I got up apprehensively, really not wanting to go in there and face the person who was waiting for me. I walked into the room and caught sight of who was waiting. I was surprised because it was not just one of my best friends from Phoenix, but all three.

I stood there, frozen, as were they. They must be taking in my new appearance, they may not even know it's me.

"Oh my God, Bella, is that you?" Kayla shouted.

"Uh....yes?" I murmured, although it sounded more like a question.

I was then mauled by the three girls who almost immediately stepped away.

"Whoa, you're freezing Bella! Go get a blanket or something." Stephanie said, sounding very concerned.

"Yeah, I'm always cold these days. Uh...so why exactly are you guys here?" I questioned, trying not to sound rude about it.

"We're here to see you of course, but you've changed so much! I didn't even recognize you Bella! I mean, you don't look bad by any means, but just different." Michelle said.

"I guess I just grew up, I don't look that much different" I defended. Trying to change the subject I added, "Oh this is very rude of me. I didn't even introduce you guys. Edward, Esme, Alice, this is Michelle, Kayla, and Stephanie, my best friends from Phoenix. Girls, this is my husband Edward, my sister-in-law Alice, and my mother-in-law Esme. "

"Hello, girls, where are you going to be staying while you are in town?" Esme was no doubt concerned that the girls won't be comfortable enough in a hotel.

"Well, we haven't made reservations at any hotels, because we weren't exactly sure if you would want us to come visit you Bella." Michelle looked a bit uncomfortable saying this.

"Of course I would want to see my best friends from back home!" I exclaimed, trying to sound excited and happy, yet I was still worried whether this was the best idea, seeing as we were vampires and they were humans. It wasn't exactly safe for them to be here at all.

"You girls are welcome to stay here while you will be in town, it will be much better than a hotel, but only if you want to." Esme offered with a slight edge to her voice that I didn't quite understand. Maybe she was concerned about Jasper being around the girls. We haven't been to school yet since I graduated, so he hasn't been around many humans in the past few years.

"We wouldn't want to be any trouble to you" Michelle said timidly.

"Of course not. Edward, go get their bags from their car. Have Jasper and Seth help you, God only knows where Emmett is." Alice griped, looking annoyed because Emmett was claiming to be "reading" in his room, but we all knew he was watching Ghost busters, his new favorite movie. He had watched the movie about twenty times within the last 2 weeks.

"Maybe they would like to meet the rest of our family before they settle in, don't you think Alice? I will go get them." Edward stated, he was always so polite to our guests. He walked into the other room along with Alice and Esme, leaving me to face my friends. Oh boy.

"BELLA! You did not tell me you were married!" Kayla whispered loudly.

"And to a total hottie!" Stephanie nearly shouted in a tone that matched Kayla's.

"I think it is great that you found somebody, and I will have to agree, he is gorgeous." Michelle added. She was always a very good friend. She reminded me so much of Angela.

"Girls, calm down, I will tell you about it later, but I think my family is coming" Right on cue everybody minus Jacob and Renesmee walked in.

"Hi'ya, I'm Emmett, and this is my wife Rosalie, and you are Bella's friends?" Emmett asked with excitement clear in his voice. I sighed, he was probably thinking about all the pranks he could play on the unsuspecting humans. I would have to talk to him later.

"Hello, I'm Michelle, this is Kayla, and this is Stephanie" Michelle said timidly while gesturing to each one as she spoke.

"And you already met me, I'm Alice, and my husband Jasper is a bit shy" Alice said as she gestured to Jasper who smiled and waved.

"I'm Carlisle, Bella's father-in-law." Carlisle smiled warmly at them.

Their jaws dropped and just kept getting lower as they saw each member of my family.

"My name is Seth, it's a pleasure to meet some of Bella's old friends" Seth said as he walked in last.

Stephanie just stared at Carlisle and Esme, her eyes darting back and forth between the two of them. I anxiously glanced at Edward, and lifted my shield. Edward, what is Stephanie thinking? He looked over to me and mouthed "its fine."

Stephanie was still staring at my in-laws until she finally got up the nerve to ask, "You guys look very young to be the parents of somebody my age, how is this possible?"

Carlisle simply stated, "Oh, I'm sorry, these are my adopted children. Esme and I can't bear children. Jasper and Rosalie are twins, their last name is Hale. The rest of the children took our last name, Cullen. Seth is just Bella's friend who lives with us."

"Oh, okay, that clears that up. I was just wonderi-" Stephanie started to say until Emmett interrupted her.

"It's alright, everybody thinks we're weird." He said before letting out a booming chuckle.

"Well, lets get your bags while Bella shows you all to your rooms. Jasper. Emmett. Seth." Edward said while motioning the three guys to help him with the bags. He could have easily gotten them all, but he had to remain inconspicuous.

"Well, let's go show you girls your rooms." I said as I turned and started walking up the stairs. They followed me up the two flights of stairs, not saying a word, just gawking at the beautiful artwork that dresses the walls. I stopped at a door at the very end of the third story hallway. I silently opened the door.

The room was beautiful, with silver and blue accents, and a spectacular view of the river behind the house. Michelle claimed this room but followed us to see what the other rooms would look like. The next room was on the opposite end of the hallway. This room was very colorful and was like a work of art. It was my favorite guest bedroom in the entire house. Stephanie was the one to claim this one. She -like Michelle- trailed along to see what Kayla's room would be like. This room was on the second story of the house. It was a very cheery color of pink, and had white accents all around the room. This was usually the room Renesmee stayed in if Edward and I weren't at the cottage. Kayla stayed in her room and I led the other girls back to their rooms, telling them to dress up whenever they get their bags, so we could go to eat at a fancy restaurant.

I walked downstairs and pulled Edward up off his piano bench so we could go get ready. We ran back to the cottage and he helped me pick out a beautiful lacy black dress that had a halter-like top.

"You never told me about friends from Phoenix" he said while helping me put on an expensive locket he gave me a few summers ago. I turned around and clung myself tightly to him.

"It never really came up. But I'm so worried that somehow one of them is going to find out our secret. Stephanie is unusually perceptive, she never misses much." I said while looking straight into his eyes. They burned into mine while he spoke.

"It's going to be okay. As long as we're careful, than I don't think they will suspect much." he said soothingly while gently patting my back.

"We should be getting back, from Alice's thoughts, they should be done getting ready soon." he said while grabbing my hand and pulling me out the front door.

We waited while the girls got ready. Edward played me my lullaby, while I stood behind him with my hands on both of his shoulders. Kayla was the first the come down.

She wore a green satin pleated dress that went above her knees, with her wavy auburn hair piled up into a messy, yet elegant bun. Next to come down was Michelle who wore an ivory strapless lace dress at knee length, and had her long, curly golden hair half up half down. Finally Stephanie came down with gorgeous slightly above knee black dress that had a pink band around it under her bust line. Her orangish-red hair was in a simple ponytail with her bangs coming down the side of her face. Alice was the only one coming with us out of the family, for nobody else wanted to have to be around human food. She looked stunning in the little purple dress that was beautifully designed and had her hair in its usual spiky array.

This was going to be interesting.