I knocked on the door twice before it opened. A man with blonde hair, golden eyes, and a small smile greeted me. “Hello, Bella.” His tone was warm, like I was family.

“Hi…umm…” I didn’t know his name.

“Carlisle,” he finished. I made to apologize before he went on. “It’s fine. I don’t expect you to remember any of us.” This didn’t make any sense. I remembered everything.

“I still don’t know who you are.” I felt bad for sounding rude, but my instincts told me to stay cautious.

“I didn’t expect you to,” he repeated. “We mean you no harm. Emmett and I are part of a coven. We hunt animals –as you do, I can see. We simply want to get to know other vampires who live like us, peacefully.” 

“But you seem to already know me.” 

“Yes.” He smiled at me reassuringly. We went into the dining room. Five gorgeous people sat around a large, oak table. Though I trusted the man, being outnumbered made me wary. One of the females jumped out of her seat and danced right up to me.

“Bella! Why didn’t you visit us sooner? You know we would have forgiven you for breaking your promise.”

The name came out of nowhere. I said it before I could stop myself. “Alice…”

“Well at least you remember that!” She hugged me and then pulled away. “Wow, what are you wearing? We’ll need to go shopping sometime.”

I laughed but I didn’t know why. Who were these people?

“She’s confused. Give her a few minutes to figure out who we are.” 

“So will I like English?” Emmett asked. Halleluiah! Here was someone I recognized.   

“Well, its kind of hard reading the same books again, but you’ll like Mr. Sherer. He’ll notice pretty quickly we have all of the answers.” He laughed.

“Bella would you like me to get you anything?” A woman with a motherly face stared at me with concerned eyes.

“No, I’m fine.” Everyone seemed to think I was a part of their coven.

“Wait until Edward sees you,” Alice said. “You know he’ll be mad at first, but eventually….” 

“Edward?” His name was familiar, like a well-known actor I couldn’t put a face with.

“Don’t worry, you’ll know him.”

“Does he even know what’s going on?” asked Carlisle.

“He would have handled a surprise better. Of course, he can hear us right now, so I’m sure he’s aware. Jasper, you might want to calm him down.”