Preface:

The blood rushed out of me, covering the ground and covering the body next to mine. He was still, his body lifeless, but I could still hear his heart faintly pulsing. I knew I was next. I had three choices. I could surrender and let the pain and death overwhelm me. I could fight, and the pain would last longer, but if I could muster the strength then I might be able to prolong until help arrived. Or I could flee, run from my fears and horrors, but always have them following me until the end of time.

I was dizzy from the pain and loss of blood, I had to make my mind up fast. I heard some of the last beats his heart would take and I knew my decision. It wasn't for me, it was for love. As I went to make the first steps of my decision my body convulsed in pain and I looked up to see a pair of red eyes bearing into my soul.

Vampire?:

I never thought much about my childhood, it seemed pretty normal, loving parents, eccentric family and a friend who I would die for and who would probably die for me.

So I cannot bring myself to regret anything I might have missed. Mom always told me I was different, but from my lack of contact with anyone outside my family, I never could compare. I thought it was normal to grow four years in one and to be super fast and strong. Everyone I had near me was, and I was the lesser of them all. I was home schooled from the very beginning; mom said I was too different to be with other children. That they grew differently and I would have a want for them that would endanger the whole family, not to mention the children I was around. Now I am 17 and look like a complete mixture of my mother and father. They both look to be my siblings not my parents. And my life changed when they sat me down and gave me "the talk"

I was sitting on the leather couch of my home in Forks, Washington. It was the rainiest place in the US and pretty much looked like another planet that was infested with green and forestation. I lived in a huge house made almost entirely of glass, off of a two-mile driveway that was obscured from the view of passing drivers. My mother looked worried and my father looked very serious. I new they were about to talk to me about something, and the last time it was about why my best friend Jacob was always around. I didn't understand half the conversation, words like imprinting and pack came up a lot. The just of it was that Jacob and I were to be together for life, as long as we both shall live. They way mom said it was the way a preacher would recite the vow. Dad looked pained as he heard mom say the words eternity. I don't know what dads problem is, but he hates words like forever and always. He says I don't know the half of what that really is. This talk looked even worse. Dad looked like he hadn't eaten in weeks. His eyes black and covered by purplish circles. Mom started off by saying that I was different. I knew this spiel already. I sparkled and drank blood. But for all I knew, that was normal. Mom kept going on and then she stopped when Dad growled. I had never heard him make that sound before.

"Nessie, pay attention and stop daydreaming"

I knew dad could read minds, but come on, I am a teenage girl, do I really ever listen to my parents?

"Reneesme Carlie Cullen," my mother said, her voice stern. "What I am about to tell you is the family's biggest secret and will impact you for the rest of your life. Do you understand me?

I nodded knowing the disastrous results if I didn't respond.

"Honey, you know how you are strong and fast, can give people your ideas, and drink blood. It is because you are a …" She paused giving me time to freak out. "I can't do it" she gushed and ran to dad, where she started sobbing and blubbering how I was so grown up. Dad looked at me and continued

"Reneesme, you are a … vampire," he finished hesitantly.

"I'm a WHAT?"I screeched. I knew he had to be kidding. From what I had read, vampires were ugly creatures who sucked blood, and had voices that could sooth the most wound up person. That made sense. But they died in sunlight and all I did was …sparkle. That should have been my first clue. Also… I DID drink blood, although I could sustain off of the food Jacob ate.

Minutes passed, but for someone who was apparently actually going to finally understand the word eternity, the seemed pretty damn close.

"I don't understand," I finally stuttered.

"When I went to Forks High," my father began and then launched into a long tale how he met mom and they fell in love while she was human and then as he reached the details of how was created I stopped him.

"From what I here of Aunt Rosalie and Uncle Emmett, I know how I was made"

"Yes, but then your mother was human, and I was not, thus creating a half breed such as yourself. You are special, Ness, you are one of the only like you." He then continued saying now that I had reached full age, I was going to be enrolled in Spoons High, the neighboring towns high school. Mom and dad and all my family were joining me and Grandpa Carlisle and Grandma Esme were going to work in Spoons. It was close enough that we could drive there (especially if dad drove) and commute to Spoons, which was about fifty miles away. It was also far enough that no one knew us and we could be the new kids all over again. I had watched enough movies to know High School was a hard and difficult place to maneuver. Especially if you happened to be new and an outsider. Dad heard my thoughts and responded

" Don't worry, love. I've gone through it numerous times and now so will you. Its where I met your mother and therefore was the best time of my life"

Now at this time my mom had pulled herself together and grabbed my fathers head, mashing her lips against his. The PDA is one I'd seen numerous times but it never failed to make me nauseous and wish they'd get a room. But this was at least better than Rose and Em. As I was thinking this mom let out a soft groan signifying the conversation was over and I was free… for now.