Alice died 1 year ago. All of them have gotten over it by now, Jasper was starting to fall out of love with her anyways.
We had arrived in the middle of our living room at home. I wondered how we had gotten here but didn't have time to ask questions, as the whole family was sitting in the living room we had just appeared in.
"Hey!" Harry waved enthusiastically at them, smiling brilliantly. He hadn't let go of my hand yet and was swinging our arms unconciously. My family just stared, shocked. "I have a nice butt?" He had directed this at Bella, who turned bright red. Harry tried to look over his shoulder at his butt, ending up going in circles like a dog chasing his tail. "I can't see it!" He whined. Bella and Esme burst into a fit of giggles, Edward, Emmett, and even Carsile laughed aloud. "What'd I say?" Harry looked around the room in genuine confusion, making everyone but Esme laugh again.
"You poor dear. Come on. We'll go get you some clean clothes and then I'll introduce you to everyone." Esme took Harry's arm and lead him out the door. She was mother henning him, like she does us. He was one of the family now whether he liked it or not.
"I like him." Emmett stated. "Do you think we should go save him from Esme, Edward?" He looked to Edward who was looking at the scene in amusment.
"No. Let Esme have her fun, plus Harry doesn't seem to mind." He pointed out. "Let's listen." We all focused our ears more clearly, listening to the sounds from upstairs.
"Nope. I never had a mum before. Dad neither. They were killed when I was a year old. I lived with my Aunt and Uncle until I was 11, and then every summer after that." He stated casually. We were all startled to hear him talk about their deaths so casually.
"They must have loved you very much." Esme said, concern etched her voice.
"Naw. They hated me. Didn't like who I was. My bedroom was the cupboard under the stairs until I was 11, then I got the spare room. Used to starve me if I got better grades than Dudley, my cousin. They beat me over the summers. Never told anyone, just you. Never saw reason too. I had a godfather, but he was wrongly imprisosed for 12 years for my parents deaths. He escaped when I was 13, that's when I met him. I loved him from the start. He was like a father and my best friend." His voice showed all the love for the man he was feeling at the moment. That turned to despair and deep regret with what he said next. "I got him killed 2 years later when I was 15. That's the last person that really loved me. I get everyone around me killed. I probably shouldn't stay here. For you guys safety." His voice was chirpy, hiding the deep despair he was feeling. "Don't worry about me Mrs.Cullen. I can take care of myself, have done so for 16 years, another couple of centuries won't change that. Don't worry I'll be outta your hair in a minute." His voice was getting closer to the bottom of the stairs. "Oh, a couple of points I noticed. Mrs.Swan has more points of value on her side than Mr.Cullen. Tell Jasper that he has a nice rear, too. You've been too kind Mrs.Cullen, too hospitiple to someone like me, a murderer. Japer didn't tell you that did he? Yep, I'll a born killer, literally. Killed my first at 1. I'm not real safe to be around. You don't mind me staying around here, do you? I think I'll enroll in high school. Sounds better than my past." He laughed heartily.
"No. Stay. You should come visit sometime. Have dinner." They were now standing in the entryway, you could see them from the living room. "You better come visit or I'll have Emmett drag you here by your shirttail." Esme laughed shakily. She had unshed tears in her eyes.
"Yes ma'am. A beauty like you shouldn't hang around crypts like this, it could be bad for your blood." He grinned ruefully and bowed, kissed Esmes hand and walked out the front door.
"Did he just flirt with my mother?" Rosalie asked the silent room.
"Yeah. Wow...just wow." Edward said, astonished.
"Well he's enrolling in school, we can help him there at least. Though it doesn't seem like he needs help too much." Bella pointed out, tears just leaking out the corners of her eyes. Her voice was shaky with emotion. "I think he has worse luck than I do." Everyones laugh was slightly strained.
"I want you kids to be careful in school. The werewolf pack from La Push have been enrolled in ya'lls school." We all groaned, hating having to put up with them.
"This should be fun." Roslaie remarked sarcastically.
"Yup." I agreed. Thinking about the boy who had just left. He said I had a nice butt. Cool. My thoughts were going all over the place, most of them about Harry. He had nice eyes, a nice build, totally hot! Edward burst out laughung, falling off the couch to sit on the floor, doubled over in a booming laugh. My eyes widened and if I could blush I would be doing so, even enough to top Bella.
"What?" Emmett asked, not liking to be out of the loop.
"He...he...thought..." He was still laughing to hard to get a full sentance out. I scowled at him, my face forming a pout.
"Shut up. Mind your own embarrsing thoughts." My pout was in full force, my arms crossed over my chest. My family, all but Edward, watched us in amusment and joy. They hadn't seen me this happy and playful in a while.
"What did he think?" Rosalie asked eagerly.
"Stuff it." I replied.
"He thinks...that Harry's...hot!" He exploded in laughter again. Everyone snickered at the looked of complete and utter humiliation on my face.
"I...I didn't!" We all knew it was a lie, but I still had to defend my thoughts.
"He doth protest too much." Bella piped up. "I think it's sweet. Oh, Rosalie, come on. We must think of a plan to get them together." Bella grabbed Rosalie's arm and dragged her up the stairs, both of them talking the whole way. They had gotten to be friends after Alice had died. Alice and I had had a mutual break-up about 2 months before she was killed. Neither of us loved each other more than as a brother and sister, it just took us a while to figure it out.
"You are so in for it." Emmett told me as he left the room.
"I know." I said, my voice resigned.
The next day was a school day so all of us, excluding Edward, piled up in Rosalies red convertable. The drive to school was silent, none of us had anything to say. When we got there the werewolves were all surrounded around something on the other side of the parking.
"Who're they all talking to?" Emmett asked what we were all thinking. Edward and Bella arrivied just then and Emmett asked Edward the question again. Edward seemed to focus for a moment before he laughed once.
"Harry." That was all he said. It seemed to dawn on everyone that they weren't aguing over there, they were actually laughing. Loud and alot. A vampire surrounded by werewolves and they were laughing.
"How?" Bella asked Edward.
"They don't smell bad to Harry, nor does Harry smell bad to them. Carsile will want to hear about this." Edward said, preoccupied. We had unconciously drifted closer to the other group and now were in hearing range of them.
"Nope, I'm new around here. You know this place well?" Harry asked Jacob, who blushed lightly. Desire was rolling off him. So that was why he was blushing, he liked Harry. "Stuff it Jasper. Leave them alone." Harry called to me. I was startled before I remembered that he could read minds.
"Mind your own thoughts, you...you..." I trailed off because my mind went blank. I couldn't think of an insult.
"What's wrong bloodsucker? Anything up in that head of yours?" Jacob asked me. Harry stood on tiptoes and smacked Jacob in the back of the head.
"Be nice. Just because you happen to be 6 and a half foot tall does not mean that you can pick on people littler than you. And don't you dare use the word 'bloodsucker' again or you'll have me to deal with." Harry warned. He only came up to Jacob's shoulders but he was glaring at him like he was 6 inches tall.
"Meep!" Jacob squeked and nodded quickly. Harry's scowl turned to a happy grin in seconds.
"Cool! Now were going to go torment the cheerleaders. We are too hot to be standing around here not doing anything. And the Cullens are coming with us!" He said happily and dragged Jacob over to where we stood. "Don't worry. I made something that would get rid of the smell affect. I knew there were werewolves in the area. Here. Everyone drink one." He pulled small vials out of his bag and handed one to each of us and the wolves. Everyone looked at each other, shrugged and downed the vials. We grimaced at the taste and gagged. "Smell each other." Harry commanded. Emmett seemed to be the bravest and walked up to Jacobs outstretched arm, He leaned in and sniffed his arm. Jacob sniffed the air and grinned.
"You rock!" He exclaimed and pulled Harry up into a hug.
"Glad I don't need to breath." Harry chuckled out. "This'll also get rid of the lust for human blood since you guys are vegeterian. Try it Edward." Harry commanded. Edward was startled for a minute before he turned to Bella and sniffed. He turned back to Harry, eyes wide, mouth gaping.
"Thanks." He whispered. Harry shrugged.
"Just doing my job. I'm here to help. I'm working on something to help control the werewolves temper tantrums. I'ts almost finished. This way you won't get mad easily any more. It'll be safer for Bella to be around Jacob all she wants, Edward. Now you have no reason to keep her away." Harry chirped. Bella beamed smuggly at Edward, Edward just narrowed his eyes annoyed. Jacob was over-joyed, I could tell.
"He rocks, he rocks." Jacob chanted, circling Harry. Harry just shook his head and laughed softly.
"You deserve it. All of you guys. I haven't been able to help people much in my life. I was a killer. 25. That's how many lives I took on purpose in one year. I got my family killed. It's time to end that. It's time to make up for those lives. Even though Bellatrix deserved it. Later." Harry had a smirk on his face that made even Emmett cringe a little.
"That little guy can kill someone?" Embry asked. Harry seemed to have heard that comment. He turned around, and swaying his hips seductivly, he stood in front of Embry, smirk in place.
"This 'little guy' as you call me, fought and won a war. I killed my first at a year old. I got my parents, godfather, and all my friends killed before I was 15. I could take you out with one thought. Magic. I'm a wizard. 2 words and I point this" He pulled his stick, or I guess wand, from his pocket and pointed it at Embry, "at you and you're dead." He swung around and pointed the wand at a bird in a tree. "Avada Kadavera." He said and a green light shot out the end of his wand and hit the bird. If fell out of the tree, dead. "I can cause you pain worse than the change. So much worse." He was smiling grimly at our stunned faces. "But I won't! I can't kill werewolves, my godfather made me promise never to kill a werewolf just for being a werewolf. He was one. Sweetest man around."
"Werewolf? Sweet? Probably a total loser. Or maybe a jerk?" Rosalie didn't seem to have noticed that Harry had a really bad temper, or heard that his godfather's had just died 2 months ago. Harry looked at her sharply in horrid disbelief, as was everyone who wasn't watching Harry in concern. They had known him little more than a day and wanted to protect him.
"What...what did you say?" He whispered out in a watery voice. Rosalie didn't seem to hear or just ignored him and went on.
"And that convict godfather of yours probably deserved to be in jail in the first place. Killed people probably." Rosalie, who was looking out into space as she said this, looked at all our faces.
"I'm going home." Harry whispered and ran to his car. He sped away before anyone could stop him.
