Chapter 6

Mason's POV

I opened the first drawer in the kitchen that i saw and luckily there was a lighter. I walked back to the living room casually flipping it in the air and catching it. I saw the looks of confusion written all over my parents' faces when Ana also walked in, clad with a half dying flower from the greenhouse no doubt.

"You ready si?" I asked cassualy. She nodded her head, unsure. "You wanna go first?" She shook her head furiously.

"No, that's all right, you go ahead." She squeaked out.

"Will someone please explain to me what is going on here?" Mom was almost hysterical she was so lost.

"Ok, ok, be patient." I said holding out my hand in peace flag way. I felt this wicked grin come to my face as i felt a heat build up in my body. I started humming Moonlight Sonata in my head and i open my eyes, concentrated, and gave my parents a 'can you handle this' look. My father made a gesture to move on with it. And move on with it i did. I snapped my fingers and a familiar burning sensation filled my finger tip. I forced it into a ball and shot it at the unlit fireplace. It lit, fully ablaze.

Mom gasped and dad looked really proud.

Wow, i didn't know he had that much control over it.

"Why Ana, i thought you had utter faith in me." I feigned hurt.

She looked at me weird...What, do i have something on my face...maybe shes just crazy. I thought.

"Im, not crazy i just never said anything that would imply i didn't have faith in you. You don't have anything on your face either." She smirked.

Alright now i was lost. "Ok, one: you just said, and i quote 'Wow, i didn't know he had that much control over it' and two: i never said anything about you being crazy or having something on my shirt." Alright, now we were both confused.

"You think we should tell them." Mom. Why was she so amused, and why was dad grinning like that. Me and Ana were both staring at them now.

"Well, Ana" My father began, "Did you have something to show us also?"

Her face flushed, "Yeah, but its not as impressive as Mason's little display." Taking a deep breath and picking up the neglected flower, Ana closed her eyes and suddenly images and scents of outdoors filled my mind, i assumed it was really Ana but we would figure that out later. The shriveling, near-death, 4inch tall sunflower was abruptly sprouting to a healthy 3 1/2 feet tall with a wide bloom of bright yellow petals surrounding a healthy looking deep brown middle.

Mom looked like she was going to cry, but no tears came just a soft sob while dad wrapped his arms around her and kissed the top of her head.

Ana, smiling, set the flower down on the table in front of them. "I know it wasn't as cool as Mason's but-"

She was abruptly cut off by one of moms bone crunching hugs. Only this time, Ana hugged back and it looked like mom was a bit surprised at how strong she was. "Oh, baby, that's amazing. You both are. I knew Alice was hiding something. Stupid, sneaky pixie." She smiled and hugged me next. "guess you haven't got the whole strength thing yet, huh. Oh well" She looked genuinely pleased as she bounced up and down and clapped her hands, "You'll get it soon."

I turned to dad and he looked utterly proud of us and had this crazy loving look for mom, she looked completely happy and he was grinning like a mad man with a weed-wacker (its a long story nvm the weed wacker thing). I ran, more like flew, to the kitchen and got one of the solid steel rolling pins and handed it to Ana, "Show'em what you got sis."

This she looked excited for, "Ok, ill see if i can do it again." She closed her fist around it and then released...dust, nothing but dust.

Mom was bouncing again, this time with Ana clutching her hands and bouncing along with her, and dad was walking toward me. I was smiling like an idiot because i hadn't seen my sister this happy in years, i loved her too much to try and ruin the moment.

"I know what happened earlier when you weent talking out loud but you could hear each other." He said it casually, like it was no big deal.

I brightened at the idea, "Well...?" He just grinned, "Are you gonna tell me or not?" I was a little agitated by this point but waited none the less.

"Bella, love, bring Ana over here i believe we have some explaining to do." I watched as mom and Ana came over and Ana stood next to me, bouncing while holding my hand. "Kids, earlier when you were 'talking' you weren't hearing words, you were hearing thoughts." He looked at us and gave us a minute to absorb what he had said.

Well that was unexpected, wait, can you hear me now Mason.

Of course i can little sis.

COOL

I know, that was my reaction too.

I think we should include mom and dad in on the convo, they look a little lost as to why were grinning at each other.

I turned to look at them and, sure enough, they were giving us weird looks.

Nah, I thought,well just confuse them a little more, make hand gestures when you think to me.

As if to prove my point, i gestured to mom and dad and chuckled a little

Ana had an amused look on her face.

So, She started,how do you think dad knew? Do you think he reads minds or something. She gestured to dad and just to add something more confusing, pointed to her temple and giggled.

Mom laughed and tried to put on a serious face, "Ok, you two, your as bad as Alice and your father." Oh, yeah, id seen them having weird silent conversations from time to time.

"So, i assume Dad reads minds right? Thats how he knew i was listening and thats how he knew what was going on?" Ana asked, curious.

"Actually, he cant hear mine, or your guys' minds, he just figured you be the first with hearing, what with your eavesdropping talent." Mom swatted playfully at her shoulder, "But it is how he knew that you were reading each others minds."

Dad, put an arm around my shoulder and Ana was still holding my hand, bouncing away."Have you guys noticed anything else.?" He asked sounding honestly curious.

"Um...i sparkle, were not sleeping, like at all, and Mason is like flying between rooms. Parts, or most now, of my skin are really cold and I'm getting weird pains, and we can't cut ourselves, the hearing thing, and the strength." She caught our mothers disapproving look at the cutting ourselves thing and smiled sheepishly at her.

I figured id clear it up, "The cutting thing was just a test because i dropped a knife in the kitchen the other day, caught it before it hit ground, but i caught it in a way that should have driven the blade through my hand. Didn't make a scratch." I blew my nails and wiped them on my shirt like a was dusting off crumbs.

"Oh, that's wonderful. Edward i know i had doubts about telling them, but i think now would be the right time seeing as how they are already mostly changed anyway." She held on to my fathers arm on either side, leaned against him and gave him one of her Alice puppy dog looks. She was good.

"Alright, alright, ill tell them, lets go into my study." Dads study was really just a room with gold carpeting, deep chocolate walls, a corner with a caramel colored couch and a flat screen mounted on the wall, and the rest of the room was real just a big mahogany desk with a reading lamp and a big sink-into-at-your-own-risk- chair behind it, a small bookshelf, and a neat stereo system with a few cushy chair in front of the desk and a little love seat in between them. I was really the only one who used the desk, that's where dad had his laptop set up. Of course there were more laptops throughout the house, this one just happened to be the only one I liked. The only other times it was really used were when mom and dad either needed to talk or they came in to spend a night alone and watch a movie.

"So," Mom began, "I suppose you'd like to know whats going on?"

Damn straight biznitch.

Wow, Ana, I didnt know you had a swearing cell in your body. I snorted and laughed out loud, waving off our parents raised eyebrows.

"Hey, hey, Mason, I'm not the goody you think i am." She smiled evilly and i was actually quite scared of that tiny face at this moment...anyway...

"So, do you think you can handle it?" Dad asked searching both our faces and I'm assuming all he found was eagerness, curiosity, maybe a little hostility because he wouldn't tell..."Ok, here it goes...Bella care to join me."

She nodded at him so they both took a deep breath and at the same time cried, "We're Vampires".

And that's when the wind and rain started.

A/N: ok, i dont know when exactly im leaving but i half to go to my friend Sarahs for a night or two and then ill be coming back for like a week, but hten im gone from july10th to the 15th, and then im not sure what my schedule is like but my friend is coming down from ontario and im im staying at sarahs a coupke more days so ill be updating in a weird pattern... ill give you an update befor i leave and indicate how many days il be away just so i dont start getting hastled...but heres one to tied you over. Ill probably post one more tonight if i have the energy to write about their reactions, sry.