Title: Secret Love

Author's Note: Hi there everybody! This is my second Twilight fanfiction. The first chapter is quite short but if I do more chapters, they will be a lot longer. I have the rating at T for now but it might go up later. Please read and review!

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or any of the characters. Twilight and all of its characters and its plot is owned by Stephanie Meyer. I do not gain any profit from this fanfiction.

Carlisle Cullen pulled into the drive, breathing normally and calmly, smirking slightly as he thought of the occupants of all the other cars behind him, and what they must be thinking at this moment in time.. As he parked his Mercedes into its place in the triple garage, he reached over and grabbed Esme's hand, squeezing it gently. She turned, smiling at him angelically.

"Our new home," he said with a soft smile.

Esme grinned, giving Carlisle a reassuring squeeze.

"It's lovely," she said. "Different, but still, lovely."

"We may like it, but now it's time to see their reactions. Although I think that Edward and Alice have probably figured it out by now."

"Do you think they'll like it?" Esme asked, looking a little bit worried and concerned.

"Of course they won't. They're going to hate it. Especially when we break the news to them," Carlisle said, chuckling nervously.

Esme bit her lip. "Do you really think they'll be upset? Is it really fair?"

"Yeah I know, they're going to hate us," Carlisle said, "but they need to understand that it's the best thing for them."

Esme nodded slowly, still chewing her lip.

"Ok, they've arrived, let's go," Carlisle said. Without waiting for a reply, he turned the engine of and jumped out of the car. Edward had pulled up beside Carlisle in his Volvo, whereas Rosalie had parked BMW in the third parking space in the garage. Jacob and Renesme had gotten off of Jaocb's motorbike, which was parked in between the wall and Carlisle's car. Emmett's jeep was parked nearby on the side of the road and Bella and Alice had their cars – a Ferrari and Porsche respectively – in the driveway. All of them now stood in the drive, looking up at their new home. The first thing that they had noticed was that the house was just your average house. It was so small, or at least, it was small compared to their previous homes. The second and much more shocking thing that the Cullen kids suddenly realized was that their house was on a street, and was surrounded by other houses. It was a sort of wooded, country side area, and the houses weren't all squished together, but they were close, and there was certainly more homes than there was of forest.

"Is this some kind of joke?" Rosalie snapped as Carlisle and Esme stepped out of their car.

"Whatever do you mean Rosalie?" Carlisle asked, "Of course it's not a joke. This is our new home." Carlisle glanced at Alice; she didn't seem too surprised. He then looked at Edward. Edward didn't look happy at all. In fact, he looked like he was glaring. Of course, Carlisle had expected that, because Edward knew exactly what was going on.

"But how are we supposed to hunt, and how are we meant to keep our secret?" Bella asked, looking around uncomfortably at the surrounding houses. Everything seemed perfectly normal. Some young teenage boys were playing basketball in their drive. A couple of preteen boys were playing soccer in their backyard. A man was jogging. A woman was riding her bike. Nosey neighbours were staring curiously at the odd – and apparently wealthy – new neighbours.

"Shh," Carlisle said. "We're certainly not going to be keeping any secrets if we stand out here in the open, arguing and yelling." Carlisle then took out a pair of house keys and went towards the door.

"As soon as we get in, dump your bags on the floor and take a seat. We'll be having a family meeting immediately," Esme instructed.

"Ok," Carlisle said, quickly looking around to make sure that everyone was present. Esme stood next to him, mostly for moral support. Edward sat on a large box that hadn't been unpacked yet, his arms wrapped around Bella who was in his lap. Renesme and Jacob stood side by side, leaning against the wall behind Edward and Bella. Rosalie and Emmett were perched on the window seat and Alice sat cross-legged on the floor, Jasper standing stiffly a couple of inches behind her.

"Esme and I have something we have to tell you," Carlisle began. Alice chewed her lips nervously, probably already aware of what everyone's reactions would be. Edward sat, still as a statue, his cold, fiery eyes boring holes into his adopted father.

"So," Carlisle continued cheerfully, completely ignoring his oldest son's gaze, "Everywhere that we have lived in the past, Esme and I have done our best to have a social life and interact with our neighbours. In fact, we are actually considered respected members of most of the communities that we have settled in. However, you all do little to avoid suspicion."

Carlisle took a deep breath. All of his adopted children – with the obvious exceptions of Edward and Alice – were staring up at him blankly.

"You see," Carlisle sighed, "In all of your previous schools, you all isolated yourselves from the society of your classmates. Because you acted like you were different, your peers outcasted you. It was mistake allowing you to all go pubic with your relationships with each other, that only made all the rumours and gossip ten times worse."

"What are you saying?" Rosalie demanded.

"We don't mind," Bella said, "We like being alone in school. And also, it makes it easier for us to resist blood if we don't have to be around people."

"I know that Bella, but you're all very good at resisting blood," Carlisle struggled not to look at Jasper. "Particularly you Bella, as well as Renesme, Edward and Alice," he added.

"But what are you saying?" Rosalie repeated, looking frustrated.

"What I'm saying," Carlisle said, "Is that Esme and I have decided that in our new home, nobody is allowed to know that each of you are romantically involved with somebody else in this family."

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