Esme's Pov

We were all gathered around Jodie's unconscious body in the lounge room. Emmett was constantly poking her in hope of waking her up. I normally would have disagreed but I was to happy that she had excepted us. In the prossess she had passed out because of her blood problems that I didn't really understand-even when Carlisle was explaining to me, he just said a lot of medical jargon.

Edward walked through the door at that exact moment. He had been hunting, he didn't want to put Jodie at risk.

"I think Jodie knows what we are…" Edward abruptly took in the situation he walked in on.

"Dam girl was just to observant for her own good! We have to leave her now. She can't stay with us. What we are?"

"She is my daughter now Edward. You know how much I love you, but we are adopting her." I said firmly but lovely to my youngest son- well sort of youngest son.

"No Esme we are not adopting Jodie. We don't need her, we have each other. She should go to a different family a human one. I don't want her in this family." The whole family was staring transfixed at Edward. Suddenly I heard a slight cry from my left. I hadn't noticed that Jodie had woken up. My poor baby had probably heard what Edward had so rudely said. I did want Jodie, I did need Jodie. She was family to me now. I looked at Jodie; she thrust her arms around me and started crying.

"PLEASE... P- P- Pllleeasssseeeee don't leave me!" She absolutely wailed! She was holding me so tightly she would be covered in bruised. I was actually worried that if she didn't release her grip she would break a bone.

"Shh Jodie, I'm sorry I didn't mean it." Edward tried apologizing.

"I'm never good enough for anyone to actually want me am I?" She wasn't good enough for us? Was she forgetting that we were all vampires?

"I-I-I wasn't g-g-good enough for my biological p-parents, then m-my foster p-parents, then my own b-b-baby gave up on me. Pleassssseeeeeee don't make me leave. I already love you a-a-a-alllllllll!" She said in hysterics.

"It okay Jodie, we wont ever leave you." Rose said in between dry sobs, I guessed some of Jodie's story was hitting to close to home for Rosalie, as it was for me.

"I don't want to go! Please Edward, please don't make me gooo!" She let go of me and ran over to Emmett. Emmett was taken by surprise but he was the biggest and she must have felt like he could protect her. Jodie was incased in Emmett's arms she had her head on the crook of his neck and she was just out right sobbing. Emmett started patting Jodie's back in soft smoothing circles. He was destined to be a big brother.

"I'm really sorry Jodie, I know that apologies don't make things better, but I was only worried for your safety. I didn't mean those things. I want you as a little sister, but I want you to know what you are getting in to before you decide to sign adoption papers." Jodie took a few breaths and stopped wailing instead there was just tears falling on her other wise composed face.

"I will never tell anyone about the fact that you are Vampires. You have given me your trust, and I highly value that. I also know that you wont intentionally do me any harm. Accidents happen Edward. If you sent me of to live with someone else, I could trip and fall into a fire place just as easily as one of you loosing control." Jodie tried to explain to Edward.

"But Jodie, were monsters. Human families aren't going to just decide to hurt you one day…." 'Oh god Edward. Wrong move!' I thought to Edward in my head. He gave me a suspicious look. Then Edward fell to the ground in horror and in pain. Jasper did the same thing. Jasper and Edward were both on the floor clutching their head in their hands with screwed up faces.

"What is going on?" I shouted.

"What are they seeing, whose thoughts and feelings?" Alice shouted!

"Oh my god!" Jodie cried! We all looked at her, well all of us except the incapacitated Jasper and Edward.

"I think its me…" Jodie admitted. We all gasped. How could a human feel so powerfully?

"Just give me a minute!" She yelled mostly to herself. She took two deep breaths. The tears on her face stopped falling, her teeth stopped chattering, she was obviously trying to clear her mind for the sake of Edward and Jasper. Jasper and Edward suddenly straightened up, followed by Jasper.

Jasper did something very out of character. He walked over and hugged Jodie. He lifted her of the floor and back onto the couch.

"That is pain Jodie, I have honestly felt nothing like it in the whole of my life." We all besides Edward gasped.

"I want to be your big brother, I want to help you take away that feeling. I want you to know that around my little sister, which is you ma'am" He pointed to Jodie, and she gave him a weak smile, and a little giggle. Jasper continued..
"I want you to know that, around you I am in control of my blood lust, and I barley fell the need to well… you know." We all looked on in horror. I expected Jodie to be really scared now. If our true nature hadn't had its full effect on her yet it had now… Jodie laughed- and it was a genuine laugh. She was laughing at what Jasper had said. I was almost even more horrified.

"Carlisle, I think she may still be suicidal. She shouldn't be laughing like this." Alice quietly whispered, it was to quite for human ears to hear….

"Alice, you need to get better at whispering!" Jodie whispered to Alice. Emmett laughed.

"TOLD YOU! I knew you weren't good at everything pixie!" Emmett told Alice in a teasing voice.

"Thank you Jasper. That does mean a lot to me." Jodie told Jasper Jasper smiled at Jodie's response, I could feel love radiating off him in waves.

"Anytime little sis!" Jasper replied in a Sothern accent.

"I just have one question if you don't mind?" Jodie asked Carlisle.

"What is it sweetheart?"

"Why don't you have red eyes? I assumed vampires would have red eyes…"

"Oh my goodness Carlisle we never told her we didn't drink human blood!" I stated! Poor thing, well maybe she was suicidal because she thought we drank blood and she wasn't even scared.

"Only vampires who drink human blood have red eyes Jodie. We drink animal blood." Carlisle told Jodie with love, but a hint of what I saw embarrassment in his eyes.

"Okay, Thank you for telling me." Jodie replied to my Carlisle.

"One more thing…" Jodie said.
"Yes darling anything." I replied back to her and went and sat on the couch next to her.

"Please don't leave me. I cant stand being alone again. I don't want to be a burden on you and if you really don't want me please just kill me. I cannot be alone again." Jodie said, one single tear rolling down her face.

"There will be no killing you Jodie, but we ill not leave you alone." Edward said. This looked as though it had taken Jodie by surprise. Jodie stood up shakily from the couch walked over and hugged Edward. Edward wasn't used to physical affectionate gestures, but he hugged Jodie back and smiled at the same time.

"Thank you… Thank you all so much!" Jodie said quietly. I realized right at that very moment my family was complete.

I walked over and put Jodie's arm around my shoulder and supported her weight as I led her into her bedroom. I lied her down on the bed, and hoped in next to her, I hummed a lullaby to Jodie, and she fell asleep with her head on my neck. Me own daughter- asleep with me, her Mother. The rest of the family walked into the room and took spots sitting or standing around where Jodie lay.

Jodie was now a daughter, a sister and a friend. But most importantly- she had a family. And we all had one too.