Vampire Stories.

Sue POV

"Charlie, we really have to go now, the meetings on in 30 minutes."

I loved my new husband, but his procrastination really annoyed me sometimes. Though today I couldn't blame him. He'd probably sensed my anxiousness- kind of like Jasper- and being a cop, he was naturally suspicious of what was going on.

I was anxious, because now he is married to me; he is technically a Quileute elder. And today was his first meeting.

We were going to the usual place, the bonfire site, out on the cliffs by first beach. The place where Bella had jumped so many months ago, on the day when… No, I couldn't allow myself to think about that.

"Alright darling" I loved it when he called me darling, so he said it as much as possible. "I just want to catch the result on this game."

That was the one thing I didn't understand about Charlie. His addiction to watching sports on the flat screen. Maybe I should take him to a vampire baseball game, just for a laugh. As Bella had said, he'd probably never want to watch dull old major league again. I knew that she hadn't, not that she'd watched much of it before.

The sound of shouting coming from the flat screen- probably from someone finally scoring a goal- interrupted my reverie.

"Just tape it or watch it when we come back! Now come on. "

"Alright, alright, I'm coming"

Billy Black POV

Charlie wasn't going to like this, I could tell. He was nervous all the way here according to sue. She had towed him out of the forest, just as we got the bonfire going; and when he saw Seth and Sam both in wolf form his face was a picture. I nearly burst out laughing, but the mood of the gathering had shifted; now it was stressful, and everything was to still. It was the calm before the storm, as they would say. And also, it really wouldn't help with the whole big news situation, about, surprise, surprise, the Cullen's. Charlie only knew that it was something to do with Bella. I had the strangest feeling that Charlie was not going to be a happy bunny after this (excuse the expression) but we had to tell him.

After all the hellos were out of the way, I explained to Charlie the usual things that were normally discussed etc. etc. Then I came to the inevitable.

"There's something you should know"

As I prepared to say it, I saw every one apart from poor, unsuspecting Charlie, brace themselves for his reaction. Here goes nothing…