CH 1

BPOV

I walked to the park bench as fast as I could, trying desperately to get away from the nasty girls that were bound to be following me. Taking any chance they could to torment me. We're only seven but they were as man as any big kid. I found my spot on the bench, it was the spot I came to everyday for an hour after school, I had to be home before Charlie, my dad, if I didn't then he gets mad at me and when he's mad he hurts…

I pulled out my drawing pad, the only thing I really enjoyed doing was drawing, I had been told by some teachers that I was good especially for a seven year old. I loved drawing things a saw at the park it was the prettiest place. I began drawing the field near the park when the nasty girls came, Jessica, Lauren, and their nasty leader Maddie.

"Hi Bella!" she snarled. I tried to ignore her but she knocked my pencil out of my hand.

"Are you ignoring me? Well that's not nice is it girls?" She said before knocking the notebook out of my hands and walking away.

I sighed and bent to pick it up, as I stood back up I saw a man sitting on a bench on the opposite side of the park just watching, he was a big guy, yet he seemed sweet. I sighed sat back down, turned to a clean sheet and began drawing the man from a distance.

EPOV (Emmett)

No one knew I came here. Not Rose, no one. I'm sure Edward and Alice probably knew but they didn't say anything. Which I'm glade for; this is something I liked to keep to myself, no questions asked. For about a year now I had been coming to this park, just observing what happened, now I know it sounds creepy, I wasn't some weird stalker; I'm a vampire, which I know sounds worse. But this here, watching innocent children play and interact, it made me feel almost real, almost human. I liked my abilities, the advantages I get from being a vampire, of everyone in my coven I was probably the one who enjoyed in most but still I missed certain things. So I came, and I watched, every few days I would come.

I looked up when I heard the small voices sounding cruel "Don't ignore me." I strawberry blonde girl snarled at a small girl with chocolate brown hair, they tossed the notebook she had in her hands onto the ground and stormed off. The little girl didn't cry, she simply bent down and retrieved her notebook and stood, she spotted me, giving me a curious look she sat back down and began to draw. Something about her interested me, so I continued to watch her. She was so focused on whatever she was working on, she stayed for an hour before rushing off. I sighed and stood, nothing else interested me today, those girls made me angry for what they did to the other child.

I got home; still thinking about the little girl, Edward stared at me curiously when I walked in but still said nothing. Rosalie came over giving me a long kiss, oblivious to where I had just been. It was no big deal though right? I mean I was cheating on her or anything.

BPOV

I ran into my house, grateful I had beaten Charlie that would hopefully save me from a black eye tonight. I set my stuff down quietly just as he walked in. "Move." He grunted, walking right past me, going to the fridge to grab his signature drink, a beer. I grabbed some juice and went upstairs quietly hoping not to draw attention to myself, but being the klutz that I am I tripped on the steps, spilling my juice everywhere. I heard him before I saw him, he was cursing under his breath. He grabbed my arm, and pulled me up the stairs calling me horrible names that brought tears to my brown eyes. He threw me in my room with a smack. "Don't come out, I don't want to look at you!" He said before slamming the door. I went to bed hungry that night, just like many others.

NEXT DAY

I was at the park again, hoping the strange man would again be there, I set up and looked out searching for something to draw when I felt a presence. I thought it would be Maddie but when I looked up I saw the man from yesterday. He was HUGE in person. "Is this seat taken?" He asked, I shook my head no and he sat down. Though he was big he didn't scare me, I was more interested than anything else. "I'm Emmett." He said his loud voice boom, his smile echoed through his voice.

"Bella." I told him, shyly.

"Watcha got there?" He gestured to my notebook.

"Drawings, I like to draw a lot." He nodded and we fell silent for a moment.

"I'm seven." I told him suddenly.

He smiled widely now, "I'm… Eighteen, I'm a senior in high school." My eyes widened.

"Wow, you're a REALLY big senior." I told him. His smile fell a little

"I don't scare you do I?" He asked. Now yes, I had been taught not to talk to strangers, but this guy seemed different he seemed kind, and something about his golden eyes were trustworthy.

"No," I said honestly, "You're just really big. I'm not I'm small. Smaller than the other kids in my class." He smile returned lighting up his huge face

EPOV

I don't know why but I sat next to the little girl, Bella, she was seven and wasn't afraid of me, surprisingly enough. She told me about her school, I did the same, we talked only for an hour, right on the dot then she went home.

"Emmett? Are you okay?" Rosalie asked me.

"Fine just thinking…" I said, which was a dumb answer but still…

"Everything okay?"

"Yes, everythings great." I told her bending to kiss her lips. When she left Edward walked in.

"Emmett"," His tone was warning, "Why did you talk to the little girl?" He asked

"She seemed lonely and she was. She doesn't have friends at her school." I said repeating her words.

Edward shook his head disapproving and left me alone. I was surprisingly looking forward to our next meeting. I decided to hunt before I got to close though.

"So you have and brothers or sisters?" I asked her, this seemed to be what we did, asked each other random questions.

"No." She said simply, for a seven year old she was very mature, not like the others I see running around here. "You?"

"Well, sort of. We are all adopted, there is me, My sister Alice and her hus- boyfriend Jasper, The my brother Edward, and my girlfriend Rosalie."

"You ALL live together?"

"Yup, with our foster parents, Esme and Carlisle. They are really very nice."

"Tell me about all of them." She said her voice seemed dreamy, "Start with Rosalie." I smiled my favorite topic.

"Well she is the most beautiful girl I have ever seen, she has long blonde hair and pale skin like mine. She is sweet to though most don't always see that side I know she is. She saved my life many times."

"What about… Carlisle?"

"He is an awesome dad; he's really nurturing and caring. He's a doctor too, he loves helping people." I said smiling. "He's young, blonde."

"Esme."

"The gentlest women I know. She has such a mothering nature about her, Rose says she looks like snow white." Bella smiled, obviously knowing who that character was.

"Jasper?"

"He's a funny guy, quiet, loves reading, and he knows a lot about world war one. He has blonde shaggy hair and kind has a funny expression sometimes. But he is the nicest guy I know, and has a way of calming people." Her face lit up when I mention books.

"His girlfriend? Alice?" I laughed just thinking about Alice.

"She's very small, with short, spiky black hair. We call her a pixie, she is always so bubbly and happy no matter what. Oh and she is REALLY good at predicting the future."

"And the last one, Edward?"

"He's quiet, he has the crazy bronze hair, and it's uncontrollable. He loves music, classical stuff mostly. He plays the piano too, he is amazing at that. And there are times where it's almost as if he is reading your mind."

"He plays the piano?" She asked excitedly. "I have always wanted to learn, but Ch- my dad didn't let me get lessons."

"Tell me about your dad." I said. Her face went pale.

"He, uh, he's a police man, big, likes football. So Jasper reads a lot? I love books!" She changed the subject quickly. When she finally went home she left me very suspicious, wondering what that was all about. I promised I would find out tomorrow, I knew I would see the little girl tomorrow, no matter what.

TWO WEEKS LATER

"Sit still Emmett!" Bella commanded, I did as she said though I was getting bored just sitting here. I spent an hour with her everyday, I had learned she was a klutz, hated milk loved books, and old movies, loved, god help us, Hanna Montana (A/N haha), loved drawing, and every time I brought up her dad she would change the subject. "How much longer?" I asked impatiently.

"Well I'll never finish if you don't hush. Geez Emmy your worse than the kids in my class." I laughed, thinking how odd she was comparing me to seven years olds. This little girl though somehow in two weeks had managed to find a special place in my still heart. She was actually my friend.

"Okay done." She turned her notebook and showed me the picture she had drawn of me, it was perfect, this seven year old managed to capture every detail about me.

"Dang little girl, you are amazing!" She blushed, something I learned she did a lot. But really this drawing looked like it came from the hands of a professional not a seven year old!!

"Thanks." She said the realizing the time, she stood and took off muttering a good bye.

BPOV

Please don't let him be home, I begged. I almost cried when I saw the driveway still empty. I ran in, beating him only by a few seconds. He came in and instantly I could smell the beer on him. He was already drunk, that was when he was at his meanest. He snarled when he saw me. "You!" He yelled, "You're the reason I'm like this! Your mother's gone because she didn't want to deal with you, and she left you sorry ass to me! I don't want you either." He said and slapped me across the face. I felt the sting and tried to hold back the tears but one slipped.

"Oh are you gonna cry on me 'ow." He words sounded funny (Slurred but Bella doesn't know that word) "Like a baby? Are you a baby girl? NO! Go to your room!" He yelled, I tirpped up the steps, releasing the tears as soon as my door closed, as I cried I wished for one thing, I just wanted to be with my only friend, I wanted Emmett to be here. I went to the small mirror and saw the bruise forming on my cheek. How would I explain that?

"Bella, dear what happened!?" Me teach, Mrs. Harrison exclaimed.

"I fell out of my bed and hit my side table this morning." I said, not looking her in the eyes, feeling bad to be lying.

"Oh you poor dear." She said look sad.

I could wait till the end of the day, the only good part of the day, I got to see Emmett, he was my only friend, and he was so fun. Like a big child himself. I had grown to sort of love him, over the past two weeks, which was weird.

The bell rang, signaling the end of the day. I rushed out then remembered I would have to lie to Emmett to and suddenly I felt sick, I wanted to cry. I walked to the park slowly. When I saw him waiting, the sadness went away for a moment and I ran to him, hugging him tightly. "Hey kid." He laughed before I pulled away, embarrassed, I was just so happy to see a friendly face.

"Hey? What happened?" He asked, kneeling down. I looked to the ground.

"Fell out my bed and hit my side table." I mumbled, feeling sick at the fact that I had just lied to Emmy.

He did ask any more questions, instead he sat.

"Emmy?" I said suddenly, "Can I meet Rosalie?" He looked shocked by my question.

EPOV

Bella just asked if she could meet my Rosalie, then it hit me, obviously this little girl would think that I would have told Rose about her, I mean why wouldn't i? She had no idea that I was keeping our little friend ship a secret, "Maybe one day." I told her, I honestly would have loved for them to meet, Rosalie would love her but I wasn't sure it was possible.

Her face lit up, "And, and Carlisle, and Esme, and Alice, and Jasper, oh and Edward too?!" She seemed so excited.

"Maybe." I said unable to hold back my laugh at the excited look on her face.

She was silent for a moment then she looked at me curiously, "Emmett, why do you play with me? I mean, I'm seven and your well, eighteen, why do you play with me?"

I smiled at the little girl, "Because I like you, your fun and your nice. Hey I got an idea, lets go play on those slides over there." Her face lit up and then fell.

"I might fall." She said, I smiled.

"I'll catch you." She smiled took my hand and together we walked over to the jungle gym. (A/N Emmett wants to be a kid and play on the slides…. Typical."

A/N: Okay I know it's a little slow but PLEASE don't hate it just yet! It gets better I PROMISE. I just had to write the first ch you know their bond and all that.