A/N: Well, chapter two of Secrets of a Cowboy! (And a small prologue from Beth's POV) I want to thank my friend Nyxy for help with the name, and encouragement. So, I'm saying, THANK YOU NYXY! YOU'RE THE BEST! I hope y'all like this story, and I'll stop blabbering now. Here's the disclaimer.
DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own Twilight or any of its LOVELY characters – Stephanie Meyer does, and I'm not her. I'm also not a good a writer. All I own are a few OCs!

My name is Elizabeth Grace Whitlock. My mother was Annabelle Marie Whitlock, and my father was Major Jasper Lee Whitlock, the youngest Major in the Confederate Army. At the age of nineteen, I was turned into a vampire. Right now I'm living in a small, rather run-down shack in Alaska. Oh, and one important thing you need to know about me is that I don't drink people – I prefer animal blood. I don't think there's any other vampire in the world like me, but, to tell the truth, I don't really care. I'm ungifted, which is a little bit of a bummer, but I'm strong, even for a vampire. That's kind of cool, actually. Whenever anyone scoffs at my diet, I can always show them who's boss. . . . I was jolted from my thoughts by the smell of a moose. I grinned and ran towards the smell. After I was done, I buried the moose. It was respectful and helpful for the environment too. I idly ran around the countryside of Alaska for a bit, wondering what the new school I was going to would be like. I was changing my last name to Irving for this school. Whitlock is a little too recognizable. I was reflecting on names when I ran across the scent of a HUGE coven of vampires, and EW, what were those smells? Yuck! Disgusting. I remembered one smell from a very short stint in Forks, Washington, but not the other. . .

HI, I'm back! Remember me, LINEBREAK? Because that's the short prologue for Elizabeth! Now for chapter two!

I walked into home room, and almost jumped for joy. There, in the back of the classroom, were two golden eyed vampires! The only available seat was next to them, too. One was a male, with messy bronze hair. The other was a female, with shoulder length pretty brown hair. Then the teacher spoke up: "Class, this is Elizabeth Irving. I expect you all to welcome her. Bella, your next class is right across the hall from Elizabeth's. Will you walk there?" He asked. I looked around, wondering who 'Bella' was, and the female vampire spoke. "Of course, Mr. Bowman." She answered him. "Excellent, now, Elizabeth please take a seat next to Bella." He ordered me. I nodded, and quickly made my way over to the chair, and sat down, putting my book bag on the floor next to me. Bella whispered "Hi, I'm Bella Cullen and this is my mate, Edward." I smiled at her and whispered, "I'm Elizabeth Irving, but you already know that." Bella smiled back, and so did Edward. "So, you're vegetarian, like us?" He suddenly murmured, too quiet for human ears to hear. "Yes." I confirmed. After that, there wasn't any more conversation, and we sat in companionable silence. When the bell rang, Bella humped up and smiled at me. "Come on, I'll take you to your next class, and introduce you to Alice, Emmett, and Rosalie." She said in a bell like voice. I shoved my notebook back into my bag, since it was falling out, and waited a moment while she murmured a "See you later." To Edward and gave him a peck on the lips. As we set off down a hall, she said "Some of our family is talented. Edward can hear thoughts. Alice can see the future, based on your decisions. I have a mental shield, and- Rose! Em! Alice!" I wondered who she was going to say next, but I quickly noticed three vampires coming out of a classroom ahead of us. There were two females and a male. The male was big and burly, and looked stronger than me. One female was absolutely gorgeous, with long pale blonde hair. The other female was short and pixie-ish, with spiky black hair and a bounce in her extremely graceful step. They waved, and their eyes widened when they saw me. "Who is she, Bella?" The blonde asked. "This is Elizabeth Irving. Elizabeth, this is Rosalie" She indicted the blonde "Emmett" The big burly male "And Alice." The pixie, of course. "Hello, Elizabeth." They said in unison. Bella laughed, and the trio laughed with her. I smiled. "Hi, Rosalie, Alice, Emmett, it's nice to meet you." I said when the laughing stopped. We all walked down the hall, made a turn, walked ten feet, and there was Bella's next classroom. "See you later, Bella." I said. She smiled at me again, and then I turned and walked into our classroom, while Alice, Emmett, and Rosalie continued. It was Biology, with Ms. Jarrett. It was fun, believe it or not, and it passed quickly. I made a new friend, too: A girl named Carrie Stancliff. When I walked into the cafeteria with Carrie laughing at a joke she told me, I spotted the Cullen table right away. There was someone else sitting there too, a blonde male. He turned, and stared at me, with shock across his features. I stared back at him, intrigued. He reminded me of someone, or something. He turned to his siblings and said something, then left the cafeteria, pausing in the doorway to look at me again. I was by that time finished getting my food, and I decided to follow him. I set my food down, and pulled my phone out of my pocket, pretending to have gotten a text. "Aw, man! It's my mom. I have to go. See you tomorrow, Carrie!" Then I left the cafeteria, walking quickly. The man ahead of me wasn't running, just walking with quick, measured-sounding steps. . . He wasn't breathing, either. No, wait. He was breathing again. When I walked around a corner, I saw the door up ahead, and the man giving a quick look through. When he saw me, he ran towards the forest. I quickly followed, and we ran for a good three hours. I think he even started doubling back once, but I'm not sure.
Suddenly, I heard wordless screams of pain up ahead, and then they stopped. I ran even faster, and saw the vampire I had been chasing . . . curled into a ball, unconscious? No, that couldn't be right. We're vampires, for crying out loud! We just don't fall unconscious! I poked him with my foot. He didn't move. 'Oh, dear. This is bad. This is very, very bad.' I thought, bending down and nudging him with my hand. Standing up, I sighed. This was going to be hard to explain to the Cullens, alright. I picked him up, and his head sagged, his wavy, unruly, chin length blonde hair falling off his face and revealing his strangely familiar features. I started running, every once in a while stopping to check on the comatose vampire I was carrying. He was still out when I got to the Cullen residence, and Alice came out, calling "Carlisle!" I wondered if this guy was Carlisle, or if it was someone I hadn't met yet, because this was surely the place I'd smelled last night. Wait, was it only last night? But then Alice reached me, dry sobbing. "Oh no, oh no, I knew it. Please don't let him be dead!" She moaned, taking him from me. "Carlisle!" she called again and I realized that she must be calling for someone in the house. We were now surrounded by vampires. "Alice, take him inside." A blonde vampire said. He had short, slicked back hair, and quiet, slightly British voice. "Yes, Carlisle. I'll take him to your study." Alice said, in a subdued voice, running inside the house. The male who must be Carlisle turned to me. "Are you the one who found him?" He asked me. I nodded, and bit my lip. "Did you see or hear anything?" Again, I nodded. "Yes, I heard him screaming, and then it stopped suddenly. When I found him, he was curled in a ball like that." Carlisle nodded, told me to stick around, and then ran in the house. Since I was now the only one left outside, I followed him. I didn't really look at the décor (I never do), and then I found Alice, who was very obviously distraught. "He'll be fine, right?" I asked. "Oh, Elizabeth, I'm so scared! The last time he was like this. . ." She trailed off, her eyes glazed over for a moment, and then she shot up and walked quickly across the hall, and opened the door there. I followed her after a moment, curious. Plus I didn't want to be by myself. "Carlisle, he's going to come to in fifty-three seconds." She trilled. Sure enough, in fifty three seconds he stirred, and Alice stroked his forehead. "I'm here, sweetheart. Are you okay?" She asked quietly. Carlisle and I slipped out quietly, shutting the door. "What happened to him? Will he be okay?" I asked, and the vampire's brow furrowed. "I have no idea what causes him to do this. It wasn't the first time. You say you heard him screaming?" He checked. "Yes. I don't know what caused it." Carlisle nodded. "I see. I'm Carlisle Cullen, by the way." He introduced himself, holding out his hand. I shook it. "Elizabeth. Elizabeth Whitlock." There wasn't much point in giving him my false name. Carlisle studied me. "That's funny. Elizabeth, do you know the name of my son?" He asked. I realized I didn't. Just then, we were swarmed by the other vampires. "Oh, Carlisle, is he alright?" A petite dark haired vampire asked. "Yes, Esme, our son will be fine. Elizabeth got him here just in time, thankfully." He replied. "Oh, thank you. Thank you so, so, so much. I'm Esme." The woman said, hugging me. I awkwardly hugged her back, slightly surprised. "You're welcome?" I replied, making it sound like a question. Soon, others were introduced to me. There was Tanya, Kate, Carmen, Eleazar, Garrett, Renesmee, and Jacob. We moved to the living room, Esme detached herself politely. She said she wanted to check on her son. Soon she came back with Alice. "He'll be here in just a minute." Alice said happily, skipping. She came over to me and hugged me. "Oh, thank so much, Elizabeth. I don't know what we would have done if you hadn't brought him back to us." Alice announced. Edward stood up and walked over to the doorway, giving the vampire standing there a hug. "I thought you might have been done for this time. I shouldn't have let you go off in that state." He said, standing back. "Edward, it's okay. I'm okay." His voice was a rich bass, definitely with a Southern twang. The vampires went over in one big crowd. But the shape shifter, I think he was Jacob, stayed back, and so did I. The girl Renesmee, I noted, was one of the first to jump up. "Uncle, I was so worried!" I heard her say. I looked at Jacob. "Did she just call him 'Uncle'?" I asked. He nodded. "Yeah, she's Bella and Edward's daughter." Seeing my confused look, he added, "She was conceived when Bella was still human. Bells stubbornly decided she wanted to keep her baby, so Edward and I used emergency vampirization – And even then, we were hard pressed to her stubborn heart beating." He shuddered at the memory. "That sounds awful." I replied. "Oh, it was." Edward said. "But it turned out fine in the end, although even though it saved our necks, Jake, I'm still not happy you imprinted on Ness!" He sounded a little mad at the end, but Jacob laughed. I was interrupted from watching them when I felt someone watching me. Just then, Bella laughed. "Jasper, no fair! You're doing the mood thing again!" I felt like someone had just sucker punched me. I stood up, and said, "Well, I have to be going now. I'll be sure to stop in over the weekend. . ." With that, I left. I just must be imagining things. Yeah, that's it! I overreacted. Jasper's a common name. I told myself on the way home. But still, when I got to my little shack, I went to a box that I hadn't unpacked yet and looked through it until I found a little, yellowed, folded-up paper. I opened it, and gasped.

There, staring me in the face was Jasper Cullen.

I did the natural thing – Next morning, I took my picture and ran to the Cullen's home and knocked on the door.