Chapter II

The Outsider

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I don't understand it! Why would she want this?

She has her own life. Why does she need to be involved in ours?

Everyone in the family is infatuated with her. Infatuated enough to grant her wish at the very least!

I can't allow it. I won't. She can have everything I ever wanted. She'll regret becoming our sister within a decade or two, no matter how much she claims to love Edward! She'll regret it when it becomes painfully obvious that she can't go back. It'll be nearly impossible for her even to die, for she'll want that too.

I know.

I've been down that road. I even put my toes on it every once in a while, in my darker hours. If not for Emmett, I would have walked it all the way down to the Volturi long ago.

Just like Edward almost did.

Why are they so willing to give everything up for each other? Had I been given an option, I never would have left my human life for this. Never, despite how much I love Emmett. If only to have my own child…my own life…my own death….

I think she'll regret her decision soon enough, but maybe she won't. It's hard for me to say—I've never really tried to get to know her like the rest of the family, but maybe it's time to. She needs to really know from my experience what she's giving up.