Chapter One - Katie POV
So here I was standing at the airport waiting patently for my father to pick me up. The strange thing about this is I had left 5 messages on his answer machine already and still he was late.
Must have a problem, an emergency that he needs to attend too. Perhaps my brothers had finally found away to kill each other. I chucked to myself thinking of this idea. No that would never happen, they would never leave my sisters and mother to cope with the after math of something like that.
I looked again at the watch on my wrist trying to stay calm everything is ok theirs no need to panic. Its only four and Dad is only three hours late, try again and phone him. As the thought entered my mind I was busy searching as to where I had put it. Back pocket right check. I pressed redial and Dads number popped up and started ringing. One, two, three it got to about seven rings and then the answer machine clicked on again.
"Hi sorry to be unable to answer your call, please leave a message and number and I will phone you back as soon as possible. Thanks" my fathers musical voice answered and then a long beep.
"Hi Dad is just me again I am going to catch a taxi if I miss you sorry but I'll be home soon. Its now four, Love you." I could not say bye for some reason it just choked in my mouth. Give yourself a shake girl there is nothing wrong.
The nagging feeling disappeared by the time the taxi pulled in front of the large house. My face for the first time broke into a smile, I was home. The taxi driver helped me unload my bags and left me on the door step, he did offer to take them inside but I told him it was ok. Anything could be going on in their and most of it no ordinary human would be able to cope with.
I thanked the taxi driver and watched him drive away. I was home finally and I would not be leaving in the none to distant future. They had promised after all, on my fifteenth birthday I could stay with them and on my sixteenth birthday my life could change. Dad had promised me.
I could not wait to see their faces my fathers, mothers, sisters and brothers especially one. I did a quick take in a window from the light at the side of the door. My blonde/brown hair was a mess, my green eyes swimming in tears of happiness and I did not bother to look any further. I was a mess totally but to be honest I did not care. Yes I had put some weight on but then no one on this earth had my sisters figure. Yes my hair was all over the place but I had been on a plane for seven hours if not more. My other sister had short spiky hair that was perfect no matter.
Well I was happy with me and I decided along time ago not to listen to other peoples opinions about me as my brothers would sort that out too.
I took a large breath and opened the front door.
"Hi I am home where is every" I never got any further I just could not stop, looking at what I saw in front of me. I took a step back as their heads turned and I ran out the house and down the road as fast as I could. The tears of happiness that had been in my eyes turned to despair.
I could hear him getting closer, shouting my name but I had seen enough.
They had promised.
Chapter Two - Carlisle POV
"Hi I am home where is every" I heard. It was the voice of a little girl and I turned with Ness in my arms my eyes laughing at her and looked.
No, it can not be. Although I had herd the voice but realisation had not filtered through my thoughts. Katie was standing their shocked.
I quickly looked over to my son and shock also registered on his face. He was moving forwards towards her. In that second she turned and ran. I new I could catch her up but she would not listen to me but she would listen to him.
"I promise you are my only little girl, you will always be my little girl and no matter what, know that I love you." I had promised her more and loads of other things. She could not possibly remember them all. I turned and handed Ness over to her mother and walked towards my wife.
All around me voices of my family could be herd but I was looking at her my heart. "We promised." She said and I nodded.
Chapter Three - Jasper POV
"Hi I am home where is every" my heart stopped or something as I did not have a heart. No she was my heart or was Alice. I was getting confused.
Katie my sweet Katie was standing their in the door way. She had just witnessed me tickling Ness as she was in Carlisle's arms. The joy and pleasure I was getting out of being able to do this was quite evident on my face.
Katie had seen.
No Katie.
She's ran out of the house where in the world would a human turn their back on me and run. She new better then that I would catch her in no time.
Then WHAT!
Catch her first think later.
"Katie stop please!" "You don't understand" "Katie Stop!" Great Jasper act as though she has done something wrong. What was she doing here! Crap its her fifteenth birthday on Monday. I came to an abrupt stop just as Katie slipped through my fingers.
No it can not be, I did a quick calculation in my head and realised I was right. Crap, Crap this was not the way I had wanted her to meat Bella and Ness. Oh no I have to tell her about Jacob and the pack as well as Charlie, Bella's father. This was a mess, one complete mess.
"Run you fool and catch up to her then explain and be patient as she is going to give you hell." I voice flitted through my thoughts, Edward.
I did as he said and caught up to her and pined her down. Man she had grown. Wow she was stunning, nothing compared to us but for a human she was.
"Katie stop it and stop trying to through me off you, you know it does not work" Great she stopped. I am frightened in case I hurt her. I don't really know my own strength and I could kill her. How the hell did Edward manage a relationship with Bella before she turned.
"Katie listen, I know I have not spoken to you for a while but their has been some changes and most of them for the good." I finished and looked at her. She was lying there, what in the hell was she doing. What was lalalalalalalala.
Crap she is trying not to listen to me.
I yanked her up to a standing position and shook her softly. Her head was going back and forth wildly out of control. Not helping.
"Jasper stop your hurting me, or given me a bad head." She yelled at me through gritted teeth.
I stopped and pulled her into my arms and cuddled her, god I had missed this. I really had missed her we had been separated for over two years as the problem with Edward and Bella had prevented her coming to see me as she usually did this time every year.
I had promised her that nothing would come between us and that she was always my little sister and my conscience.
I had Promised.
Chapter Four - At the Cullen house
"That was Katie?" Emmett said beside Rosalie.
"Yes, and she looked as though we had done something bad. What have we done?" she looked at Emmett and ran into his arms.
"Katie, who is Katie? What's the problem? What's going on" Bella turned to Edward.
Edward shook his head "We promised her that she would be the next one in our family and that she would always be our little sister, little girl. We promised that nothing would change that and she was a part of our family with the same vote as all of us."
"So what is she upset about I don't understand she is human and I thought humans where not allowed to know about us". Bella was upset, this girl had upset a night in when they could be them selves no Jacob, no Charlie and no pack.
Alice walked over and sat down on the couch her thoughts miles away probably with Jasper. "Bella, Katie is different she is our conscience, she is the reason Jasper is trying so hard to go veggie, Katie is in so much pain. I can not see her, If I had known she was coming but what with everything I needed a break, Jasper is going to forgive me, right" Alice turned pleading eyes round to everyone and finished looking on Esme.
"Alice, Jasper loves you and we all understand you have been under so mush stress. This is all of our faults." Esme looked at Carlisle and said "We promised."
He nodded and turned to Bella "Katie is our daughter but she really belongs to Jasper. Jasper is more than her brother he is her love and although Alice is Jaspers wife, mate whatever you like to call it, Katie is more important."
"I don't understand" Bella pleaded all this to her did not make any since, they where talking in riddles, going round in circles.
"Jasper rescued Katie when she was two from the men who killed her parents and raped her mother in front of her. Jasper and Maria had been walking past at the time and smelt the blood. Both of them reacted to the situation and protected her from them. Katie then was taken back to their place in witch she lived for another year before Jasper decided to leave." Edward sat down next to Alice and put his arm around her and squeezed.
"Jasper took Katie to Peter and Charlottes until he realised it was too dangerous for her to be their. Both of them did not want to feed from her but whenever they where hungry it took all their will power not to. So Jasper left and came across a town. He put Katie up in a hotel room and told her not to open the door or leave until he came back to get her. Katie knows how he feeds and when he needs to so she promised him and he left. On his way back to the motel he made a quick decision and popped into a coffee shop to get Katie something to eat and that is where he found Alice." Emmett had continued the story but was also making his way to Alice. He put his big fist of a hand on her shoulder and squeezed.
"Alice, brought Jasper and Katie with her to meet us and we talked Jasper and Katie into doing something that neither one of them wanted. We separated them with a promise that on her fifteenth birthday which is Monday she would live with us for as long as she wanted." Esme smiled at Bella but walked over to Alice and touched her hand.
"Neither one wanted to be separated but we told Katie that it would be hard on Jasper if she was around and Alice had seen a vision of her not being in our lives. We could not let that happen so we talked them into separating and sending Katie to England to live with a friend of ours. We call her Aunt Mary but she is really Esme's great niece. She took Katie in with a promise that she would be able to visit the family for a month once every year and we would come and see her as often as we could. Emmett and I used to go quite a lot when we went to Europe as Emmett really loves Katie like a kid sister and she was always like a daughter to me as well as Esme." Rosalie looked at Emmett and walked over to him but hugged Alice.
Alice all of a sudden stood up and turned to them all "Please, please listen to me and try not to judge me. I have never been able to see Katie when I could not see her before I thought that Jasper or one of us kills her but what with the pack and me not seeing them then it could mean something else. Please I did not know and I hope you can all forgive me?" She turned pleading eyes on them.
"Of course we forgive you, how where you to know that it could mean anything else you did not even now about the wolves when I jumped over a cliff how could you know!" Bella walked towards Alice and hugged her. The rest of the Cullen's had not moved they where looking at Alice as though she had committed a murder instead of making a mistake anyone could have done the same thing. "That's right is in it."
Carlisle turned towards Alice slowly "You mean to tell us now that you have never been able to see Katie so you had us banish her to England just encase?" His voice had risen to and anger growl.
"Oh Alice you should have told us we could have checked it out sooner? Does Jasper know you can not see her?" Esme started to shake her head.
"Yes and No it was not my decision only he asked me what I saw and I told him nothing I did not tell him I could not see her at all because I thought he would leave me." As she said the last words Alice broke down into silent sobs this was a total mess and she had made it even more.
Bella walked over to her and hugged her again "Jasper loves you he will forgive you for this."
"Would Edward forgive you if the shoe was on the other foot and we where talking about Ness?" Alice asked Bella.
"It would take sometime but I love Bella and if she thought it was for the best then I would like to think I would forgive her in time. And time Alice is what Jasper is going to need once you tell him. And Yes you have to tell him because if you don't I will. He deserves to know the truth even if at the time you thought you where doing right." Edward turned to Carlisle and nodded.
Carlisle moved towards the phone and looked down at it. "Who turned the phone ring off?"
"I did, I did not want anyone to spoil our one night where we could be ourselves and relax without any outside trouble." Bella said with a sorry smile.
Carlisle nodded but turned the volume up and pressed play.
"Hi Dad it's just me I am getting the next plane into New York, can't wait to see you. Hope Jasper is ok. See ya soon love ya Katie" The girls small voice came out of the speakers.
"Hi Dad it's me, just arrived in New York and yes I have phone Aunt Mary. I am now getting the next flight to Washington. See ya soon Katie."
"Hi Dad it's me just arrived in Washington, can you phone Aunt Mary and tell her as I am loosening my signal so if I cut off you now why. Se" The phone must of cut off.
"Hi Dad it's me just arrived and I am standing outside the airport waiting for you to pick me up. Hurry I can't wait to see you all. Love you"
"Hi Dad is just me again I am going to catch a taxi if I miss you sorry but I'll be home soon. Its now four, Love you."
"Well that explains how she got here, Esme can you phone Aunt Mary to tell her that Katie has arrived here safe and sound. There is no reason to make her worry." Esme nodded and made her way to the kitchen so she could talk in private.
"Emmett, Rosalie can you sort out Katie room and make sure its clean and the bed is made." They nodded and made their way to the stairs.
"Edward, Bella can you take Ness home and don't worry we will have this mess cleaned up by the time you come back tomorrow. Bella hunny can you please ask Jacob and Charlie not to come around for a couple of days so we can talk things out with Katie. Thanks" Both Bella and Edward nodded and said goodnight as they made their way to the front door.
"Alice you and I need to talk in my office" Alice nodded and followed Carlisle into his private office. The door was closed quietly behind her.
Chapter Five - Katie POV
How could he shake me like this, did he not care.