Donna's point of view

The snow was very pretty; as a human, I had loved the soft whites and pale blues of a snowy landscape. This though was so much more beautiful, with my new vampire vision I could see colors in the snow I never knew were there before. I now saw colors I did not even have a name for. Before, when I was human, the cold kept me indoors a lot. I did not deal well with the cold. Now though, I did not feel the cold. It was soft and warm to my cold skin. I was out here to hunt, but the view kept distracting me. Emmitt was my babysitter today. Edward and Bella were on the other side of the mountain, they always kept us apart for hunting, and, being newborns, we could possibly attack each other to protect our prey. Emmitt laughed and asked what had distracted me this time, and wasn't I hungry? So, I listened and finally heard the sound of heart beats pumping warm heavy thick blood not far away. In less than a second, I was running in the direction of the appealing sound. I almost didn't hear Emmitt trying to stop me, I couldn't figure out why he would try to stop me when the whole purpose of coming out was to hunt so why stop me, and then my new brain figured it out I slowed down and Emmitt tackled me.

"Is that humans I smell?" I asked him. I was sure he would tell me it was so I wasn't surprised when he told me it was. I started trying to cry even though vampires can't cry.

Emmitt said, "Don't cry I won't let you kill a human, its okay, I've got you."

But, I said, "If you hadn't been here I would have killed them."

He continued, "That's why I'm here, we all went through the newborn blood lust."

Still sad I whimpered, "I was told that Bella didn't attack some humans the very day she woke up from the change?"

He replied, "That's true but everyone's different you can't compare her with yourself. We all have our gifts and we all have our weaknesses. Can I let you up now? Or should I hold you a little longer?"

"I think I'm in control now, lets get out of here, and I'm so hungry. Do I smell bear over by the river?" I said embarrassed. I hoped this wouldn't be a family discussion tonight. So I asked him, "Can we keep my moment of temptation between us, please?"

Emmitt chuckled and said, "I don't know. What would you be willing to trade me for my silence?"

I had to think about that one for just a moment then, "I will help you prank Edward next time your ready to pull one on him."

"Perfect!" was his only reply.

I turned and ran, "Race you to the bear!" I called over my shoulder. I beat him and was already drinking when he showed up. He told me I was almost as fast as Edward, and if I was done, we needed to clean up the mess so we wouldn't leave evidence behind. We ran all the way back to the house in silence and before we got to the door he stopped me and asked, "Are you okay?"

I said, "Sure, I'm fine. I have a question though, how come we bury the carcass, wouldn't it be better to butcher the drained animals and donate the meat to a food bank?"

"Well," he said, "we do with deer and elk, but other prey can't be given for food sense most people wouldn't eat mountain lion or bear." Then he added, "Plus we have to be careful that the meat isn't contaminated with venom. And of course we can't very well tell anyone that we were hunting out of season."

"I understand," I said and then added, "When do you want to prank Edward?"

He told me he was going to work out he details and tell me later. Then he left to go find Rose. I knew it was just a cover story, but I was starting to feel like I really was the grandmother. I sighed and went to find Esme my pretend daughter. I was so happy now, I had been on this earth so many decades and it was only now that I was truly happy.

Jasper suddenly appeared in front of me and picked me up and spun around in circles laughing, he said, "I don't know why you're so happy but I like it!"

Alice came up to him and said, "Jazz put Gram down, you said you would go to the mall with me to shop for clothes for Gram and Bella, so let's go."

As I landed on my feet, she told me she couldn't wait for me to be able to finally go shopping with her. We all knew that Bella would never be a willing shopping partner, and Esme and Rosalie liked to shop but not nearly as much as Alice, so when Alice found out that I used to spend all day window shopping and unable to buy because of my dead husband, she told me her and I would shop until we drop as soon as I could be trusted to not massacre everybody in the mall.

They left and I went to Esme's room and found her looking at blueprints for additions she was planning for this house. Carlisle was sitting in a chair reading when he saw me standing at the bedroom door he said, "Donna, come on in. Is there something we can do for you?"

"Oh hi Carlisle, I was just wondering if Esme would like to go out and work in the garden with me." I asked turning to her to see what her reply would be.

She nodded and said, "That would be wonderful, I would be delighted to, and it's such a beautiful day. It won't be long till we have to put the garden to bed for the winter." The snow further up the mountain hadn't made it down this far yet, but we all knew it wouldn't be long and warm sunny days like this were