Bella.

I was sitting on Edward’s bed, snuggling close to him– as I so often did– – when a thought suddenly occurred to me.

“Oh!” I exclaimed, sitting up quickly. Edward mirrored my movements, shooting up even quicker than I could ever possibly imagine, and stared at me questioningly.

“Bella?” He asked, his voice hinted at a trace of alarmed concern, “Are you alright?”

I nodded, my eyes still wide from thinking, and then suddenly asked, “Are you guys celebrating Halloween?”

And that was all it took.

In the next second, nearly all of the Cullen’s had appeared in the room. Though I wasn’t shocked at all by this, it was still amazing. I didn’t even hear the door open!

“Why?” Emmett asked me from the doorway, his eyebrows raised in curiosity, an interested grin on his face.

I looked at him, and then turned my attention back to Edward, “Well, it is technically your own celebrated holiday for all of you,” I pointed out, seriously, “And I was just curious, really.”

I looked back at the door, and stared at Emmett, Jasper, and Alice who all wore thoughtful– though slightly confused– expressions on their face.

“Are you doing anything on Halloween?” Emmett asked again, his tone amused.

I shrugged my shoulders, nonchalantly. I was never really into Halloween, since it had always seemed ridiculously pointless to me. I didn’t have much of a sweet tooth either, and with that and Renee’s fear of me suddenly being kidnapped, I didn’t go trick-or-treating much, as well.

“I don’t like sweets, much,” I informed them, “and I don’t like the whole ‘horror’ theme much, either.”

As expected, they looked at me like I was a complete idiot.

“You do know that you are standing in the middle of a house full of horrifying, blood-drinking and nightmarish vampires, don’t you?” Edward said, biting his lip– – obviously trying to hold back the laughter. Emmett, however, was clearly not as talented as Edward was in that area.

I shrugged, ignoring the chuckles and snorts of the people around me.

“And what’s this about not liking candy?” Alice questioned, her brow raised.

“Candy makes my teeth hurt.” I explained, matter-of-factly.

“You know, Bella,” Alice said, slightly disgusted, “You’re a real waste of a human.”