Russet Moon

Lexi Masen

I sat down that night and went through the new identity that I was given. I was Lexi Belle Cullen, only child of Charles and Linda Masen. I was born in West Australia in 1988 and lived in the united states for all my life. My birthday remained the same, September 13th. I was married and had two children, one who was deceased from sickness.

I was 23 years old. It was nice that the new me was legal. That meant that I could support myself without having my parents around. Now that I technically didn't have any parents I needed to be of age. With my new identity

My 'husbands' identity was now Adam Edward Cullen. He was one year older than myself and born in America. His birthday was March 5th. He had a twin sister and a younger brother and he was adopted. Our daughter was Grace Faleigh Cullen and was 3 years old. I originally liked her last name being Masen but Cullen was nice too. Grace Faleigh Cullen, it sounded beautiful and reminded me of Edward and his grace. Because Alice saw her growing quickly we had several birth certificates made up for each year. We needed to keep up appearances as we moved around so being prepared was nice.

Lexibelle Masen. I liked the way that sounded. Though the idea of getting married threw me off a bit I liked the idea of spending the rest of eternity with Adam and our daughter. Still Sarah's disapperance tore me inside out. I wanted my baby girl, I wanted her to the point I would kill if I knew it would get her back.

I sat in the corner of the bedroom upstairs and watched my Gracie sleep. With my vampire eyes I could see her body slowly growing. Every few minutes she would sprout another centimeter. Her hair I knew would now dangle past her shoulders by tomorrow morning and she would look to be the size of a small 2 year old. I was glad that they made her age a few years older because we wouldn't have to worry about changing it until she started looking like she was five years old.

Adam came into the room after having gone hunting and sat beside me. He pulled me into his arms and kissed my heatedly. "How is she doing?" he asked me as he moved to her side and began rubbing her back gently.

I moved across the room to sit with him. "She is doing well. She grew 2 inches in the last 3 and a half hours." I said to him.

He smiled as he brushed his finger along her blushing cheeks. "She has my nose." he cooed. "So beautiful you are Grace, like your mother." He added as he turned his head to look at me.

In the next moment we were on our feet, bodies intertwined around one another, with arms roaming freely. My wanton for him grew strongly without an end in sight and I craved for closeness. At this moment though it was innapropriate. Our daughter was in the room and we had no privacy at all. I knew everyone in the house was able to hear us perfectly and I didn't like it.

I centered my mind and calmed myself as best as I could before I stepped away. If I was still a human I knew that I would be blushing. That was one thing our daughter inherited from me, my constantly blushing cheeks. My blushing as a human always disgusted me but when I saw it on my daughter all I saw was beauty in her angelic face.

"What am I supposed to do for 9 hours?" I asked, laughing quietly.

As a human I slept during the night and now that I was a vampire and vampires didn't sleep, ever, I had to find something to make up that time. I would go out and roam the forest or something but I didn't want to leave my daughters side. I had just gotten her back after my awakening and I wanted to spend every minute with her. Especially after Sarah's abduction I never wanted to let my Grace out of my sight.

I decided to get out the papers of my new identity and read more about my character. Both myself and Adam had mini biographies to help us with our identity. The new Bella graduated at the top of her class 6 years ago with a 4.5 gpa at the very prestegious Trinity Preperatory school in Manhattan. Adam as well, was the top of his graduating class during his year.

Our relationship bio stated that we met when I was a Freshman and dated since then. When I graduated he proposed and we soon had our first child who later died. A couple years after Sarah's death came the concieving of Grace who was our 'miracle child'. In other words we both almost died because of complications during my very troubled pregnancy.

We decided to move to Australia for a work related reason. I was now a house wife and Adam was a Euntreprenuer. What he did was classified information, not even I knew.

I found it fascinating how carefully our new lifes story was put together. Alice and Jasper had left later that day to go and alter the schools computers in Manahattan to show proof that we were alumni and then was going to do the same to the governments computers. One of the many pro's about being a vampire was being able to get past government systems. After being alive as long as the Cullens had been you learn a few things.

My passport was the next thing that caught my eye. It was top of the line and allowed for me to travel anywhere whenever and how long ever I wanted to. I was Australian, my husband was American.

Suddenly I thought about Bella Swan. Did anyone miss her? Did anyone know about my recent death? I quickly crossed the room to the computer desk and logged onto f*******:. Everyone had posted on my page. The majority of them saying 'Rest in peace Bella'. I could always count on Jessica though to turn things sour. I went onto her page and saw her status.

Maybe I can finally get Adam to like me, if not I can settle for his brother.

Angelina who was always a kind loyal person replied to her status and told her off. Several others joined Angelina and called Jessica on her disrespect. Still I know she wouldn't give up. I wanted to pay her a visit and set her straight but I knew that would be bad. Tomorrow was Saturday and we had a flight that night to our new home. Somehow I felt like tomorrow Jessica would try something.

Alice came skipping into the bedroom holding a few boxes. When I actually focused on the box I saw it was hair dye. The color was black and I knew what that meant, I was getting my hair dyed black. Against my wishes Alice said it needed to be done so I willingly gave in. 4 hours later as the sun began rising I was staring in the mirror at the reflection of a beautiful dark haired woman. That woman was me.

"Don't worry Adam is going to love it." She said apparently trying to cheer me up.

Alice handed me another identification card. The picture was me just after I was changed, I could tell because of my perfect porcelain complexion. My hair and eye color was altared though so it looked like me now with my black hair. This identification card was set for New York and the name was the same as my other identification except it was set to my 'maiden' name. Lexi Belle Masen.

"You are going to need that so keep it close." Alice whispered before she headed out to leave me to my own.

The only reason why I thought I might need that ID was if I had to prove my identity. The only reason I would have to prove myself is if someone that knew the real me recognized me and the only way they could recognize me was if I was in Forks. My hand clutched around the pendant at my neck and I knew I wanted to go out. I had been kept in this house for almost month, before Grace's birth and afterward. I needed to get out.

When the sun had risen and Gracie had awaken we quickly changed into fresh clothes and headed out to the car to head into Forks. I drove as normally as I could. With my vampire eyes everything passed by slower then natural and it drove me insane. I didn't know where I was going but when I saw the diner I quickly pulled into the parking lot.

I pulled my wallet from my purse to make sure that I had my new ID and then put it back. Both Adam and I got out of the car and retrieved our daughter before we headed inside. The moment the door closed behind us every eye was in our direction. We headed over to a booth and sat down. In less than a minute we were being served.

"May I take your order?" the waitress asked me. This must've been a new hire because I didn't recognize her.

"My husband and I had just ate but may I get some scrambled eggs for my daughter?" I asked.

The waitress nodded her head and headed off. From the opposite side of the diner was my father and he was looking right at me. His eyes were wide and I wondered if he recognized me.

"Bella!" A girls voice said.

I did my best to ignore her because 'Bella' was no longer my name, it was Lexi. She called it a few more times before she came to stand infront of me.

"Bella, did you hear me?" Jessica said to me.

I finally broke my gaze with Charlie and then looked up.

"Excuse me?" I said trying my best to sound confused.

"You are Bella! I can see it in your face!" She shouted at me. "She faked her death!"

I chanced a glance at Charlie and saw him raising to his feet. Oh great he was coming over here I just knew it.

"Ma'am is this child bothering you?" he asked me.

I tilted my head slightly.

"Mr. Swan this is Bella!" She accused. "And that's her boyfriend Adam. Look at her, look in her face!" Jessica said as she pointed at me.

"We can solve this easily, can I see your identification please?" Charlie asked me.

I gave him a smile. "Of course sir." I said as I grabbed my purse and pulled my ID from my wallet. I handed it to him and waited.

After a few minutes he nodded his head and handed it back. "Thank you Miss. Masen." he said.

"Jessica please leave this couple alone I don't want to have to write you up for harrassment." He said before he left.

I let out a breath and looked around. The entire diner began whispering quickly about my 'death'. It was pretty sad how the people felt about me. I personally think they were more sad for my dad but still it was nice that they cared even at the slightest.

I needed to leave and get back to the house. I couldn't take being here with all these people I knew that thought I was dead. I just needed to relax until I made it to Australia and then things would get better, I was confident about that. I pulled a fifty dollar bill from my wallet and set it down before me Adam and our daughter left.

Just before I pulled out of the parking lot of the diner I saw my father looking right at me. When he saw me looking he quickly looked away. I could see the pink tinge forming across his face and I felt my deadened heart squeeze.

"I'm sorry dad." I thought as I drove away. "I love you."