This Chapter explains a little about the family and their living arrangements. Hope you enjoy!!

Disclaimer: I do not own any character in relation to Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga.

The next week went by quickly. EJ and I had finals then we were out for the summer. I was not worried about not passing as I had grown up learning everything there possibly was to learn from my family. I was extremely happy on the last day of school. My parents decided that I could drive myself in my car to school for the first time. They had to finish packing for the trip.

"Why does Mackie get to drive?" EJ complained during breakfast.

"Because she hasn't totaled her car yet." Dad said causing me to grin.

Told you should have been more careful.

"Shut up." He replied out loud.

I quickly finished eating and put my dishes in the sink. Even though I had the vampire gene I was human enough to be able to have human food. Every once in a while I would go out and hunt with my family but I didn't have too. I kissed my parents goodbye then made my way out to the garage where my car was sitting. I was so excited when grandpa had given me the Mercedes for my birthday. It was even blue my favorite color. I unlocked the door and got in waiting for my brother to hurry up.

Come on EJ. We don't want to be late.

I'm coming.

There were times when our connection was nice but other times it was extremely annoying. Not only could we talk to each other but we could since each other's feeling if they were strong enough. I could still remember when EJ first phased I thought I would die. No one else knew what was wrong with me until they were able to calm EJ down then I did also. Grandpa Carlisle was fascinated by that fact. EJ and I weren't sure about it though we did like the fact that we could talk to each other. During school EJ would ask me for an answer to a question and I would give it to him. Of course only grandpa knew about that.

As soon as EJ closed the door I sped off in the direction of the school. I knew it would only take us a few minutes to get there so it didn't matter how late we left.

What finals do you have today? I asked him

English and history. You?

Calculus and Spanish.

Did you study at all yesterday? I asked him

A little. History is easy, Jasper was a great teacher. He said smiling at me.

I laughed. Growing up Jasper had been the one to teach us of history but he was too biased about certain parts. When I was a freshman I got in trouble for arguing with the teacher about the southern wars. After that my parents told me to not mention Jaspers lessons to the teachers.

I pulled into the school parking lot. I had driven quicker then I had thought and so there weren't a whole lot of kids at school yet. I pulled into a parking spot and turned to face EJ.

"Try not to spend too much time after school talking to your friends. Mom wanted us right home; our flight leaves at 5:30." I told him.

"You telling me to not talk too much. You and Beka could spend hours talking to each other." He said opening the door.

"Hey EJ, nice car." Drew said running over to meet EJ as I got out.

"It's my sisters, you idiot." EJ said.

"EJ has lost driving privilege by wreaking his." I said shouldering my backpack and walking off to class as Drew laughed behind me.

I met Beka at our locker. We had the same two classes today so we agreed to meet up and study before class started.

"Mac where have you been?" she asked as I opened my locker. I stuffed the books I didn't need in the locker then closed it.

"Sorry. My parents had to remind me that we were leaving today then I had to wait for EJ to finish getting ready. My parents let me drive today." I told her as we walked to our first class.

"It sucks that you have to leave today. We won't get to see each other all summer." She said sitting down at her desk.

"I know but at least we can still call each other or email. Plus you will have so much fun that you won't even remember me." I said sitting next to her.

"Hey Mackie, Hey Beka." My other friend Heather said.

"Hi heather." Beka said "Ready for this final?"

"Oh yeah, I stayed up late studying for this." She said yawning.

We laughed. Heather was extremely smart and we all knew she would have no trouble with this final. We continued to talk till the bell rung the settled into our seats as the teacher explained the final to us.

Math was easy for me. Having family who had been to college many times over were the perfect people to teach someone math. I looked through the final and laughed to myself. This was going to be easy.

I was halfway though when EJ started asking me questions.

Mackie who killed hamlet?

Which one?

The older one.

His brother.

It only took me an hour to finish the final. EJ only asked me a few more questions. I laid the test down on the teacher's desk then went back to my seat. During the rest of the class I thought about who I was most excited to see in Forks. I hadn't seen Grandpa Black for a while nor Grandpa Charlie. I was excited to see Seth and his wife Kaleigh (who is also a shape-shifter) and their three kids Ethan, Paige, and Kaden. Ethan is a year older then EJ and I, Paige is two years younger and Kaden is three years older. I was also looking forward to seeing everyone else from the pack. Dad had told us that Kaden, Sam Jr. and Quil's son Aaron had all phased and that Ethan was more than likely to do soon. I knew EJ was looking forward to being around them. Someone who is like me that is not my dad, he told me last night. I knew it was hard for him sometimes, he loved his family and all but we were supposed to be his enemy.

The bell finally rang everyone got up quickly and started talking.

"Well how did you do?" Beka asked me as Heather listened in.

"Fine, it was easy. How did you do?" I asked knowing math was not her favorite subject.

"Oh you know I most likely failed." She said nonchalantly.

Heather and I laughed. That was what she always said after a test but she never actually did fail one.

"Heather what do you have next?" Beka asked trying to change the subject from herself.

"Biology." She said smiling. Heather wanted to be a doctor when she grew up so she loved everything to do with science.

"Well at least you have an easy one last." Beka muttered.

"Oh c'mon Beka Spanish is easy." I said.

"Yeah for you miss 'I already speak Spanish fluently'." She said as we made our way down the hall towards Spanish class.

She was right I could speak Spanish fluently. Grandpa Edward had taught me how to speak it when I was growing up. I would have taken another language but I wanted an easy class with all my other hard ones I was taking.

Since we had 15 minutes before class I agreed to go over some of the word we had learned with her. She didn't really need my help she knew it just fine without my help. I was glad with the bell for the final to start finally rang. I wanted this class to be over as soon as possible. I made sure I took the final slow to make it look like I had to actually think about the answers; I still finished within thirty minutes. Instead of getting weird looks for finishing too early I took another ten minutes to 'look' over my answers before turning it in. I pulled out my copy of Pride and Prejudice and read for the rest of the hour.

When the final bell rang Beka and I quickly made our way to our lockers.

Mac I'm going out to lunch with Drew and the guys so I don't need a ride home.

Does mom know?

Yes she said as long as I was home by 4 it was fine.

"Beka do you want to go get lunch?" I asked her.

"Sure. Is your brother coming along?"

"No he is going out with friends."

"Awesome. Wanna see if Heather can come?" She asked

"Sure, what do you want to eat?" I asked as we made our way through the crowd looking for Heather.

"How about pizza? Oh there she is. HEATHER." She called

Heather turned around and waved at as to show that she saw us and headed in our direction.

"Sup?"

"Mackie and I are going out to lunch, wanna come?" Beka asked

"Loved too. Can I get a ride with you though?"

"Yep, my parents let me drive today." I said as we made our way to the parking lot. I pulled out my keys as we walked up to it.

"Wow Mackie, nice car. Did your parents get it for you?" Heather asked as I unlocked the doors for them to get in.

"No my grandfather got it for my sixteenth birthday." I told them as I backed out of the parking spot.

"I wish I had your Grandfather." Heather said making me laugh.

"You should some of the other cars they have." Beka said laughing too. "They could own their own car shop."

"Why so many cars?" Heather asked

I shrugged. My family had this affection to fast cars especially Edward, though Rosalie probably comes in a close second.

"They just like cars. Most of them we don't drive much, too fancy. You've seen the Volvo of course, that's the main car we use. Then the Mercedes s50 is the second one we use mostly well I don't but Carlisle does." I said making my way towards the pizza place trying to remember to not go over the speed limit.

"Why do you call Dr. Cullen by his first name?" Heather asked from the back seat.

"You know he isn't my father right?" I asked laughing. If only they knew who my father was.

"I know but he is like a father to you right?"

"Yeah I guess." I said. More like a grandfather, I thought to myself. "I don't live in the same house as him though."

"You should see the house he lives in." Beka said smiling. "I thought your house was big, Heather, you should see his. How many people live in it?"

"Um, well, there's Carlisle, his wife Esme, then Edward and Bella, Alice and Jasper and Rosalie and Emmett." I said "so that's eight people, Rosalie and Emmet aren't always there, they like to travel a lot." I said.

"What about your brother and his girlfriend?" Heather asked not realizing she was speaking about my parents and that they were married.

"They live in the other house with Mackie and EJ." Beka said a wide grin on her face.

I was glad when I finally pulled into the restaurant parking lot. It was always weird when I had to explain the families living arrangements to people.

"So heather what are your summer plans?" I asked changing the subject to something other than me.

"My parents decided we need to visit Europe for a month. Which means while my parents go to different places around Europe, I will be stuck in the hotel babysitting Ryan." She said as we sat down in a booth.

I didn't envy Heathers life at all. Her parents were both very successful career oriented people; her mother was a successful heart surgeon and her father the CEO of a multi-million dollar company. Many people were jealous of her because she could have anything she wanted, but I could tell the only thing she wanted was a family. I had that family and I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.

"Europe will still be fun though." Beka said. "Maybe you will meet a hot guy who will sweep you off your feet." Beka said.

"Ah Beka. Always the romantic." I said laughing Heather joining in.

We ordered a cheese pizza for the three of us to share. We talked about what each of us we're looking forward to the most about our vacations. After we finished eating I dropped them at their houses before heading home myself. I pulled into the driveway to find Uncle Emmett's Jeep missing along with Alice's Porsche.