This chapter doesn't really have flash backs, purely present day storytelling, I wanted to really get across Lauren's personality and her role in the Black household.

Farren, the extras will be up soon, I apologise profusely, I lost the original scripts of them, I think they were on a memory stick I lost but I will rewrite them this week and they'll be up before the next chapter of this story.

LAUREN

December 2032

Being the middle child was great but it also got on my nerves. I liked being the middle kid because I wasn't the oldest so things weren't expected of me, but then I wasn't the youngest so I wasn't protected by cotton wool like Isobel was but I was always the one that got blamed too; it couldn't be the older kids because they're too 'mature' and it couldn't be the younger ones because they were just so innocent. Ok half the time it was me but it still frustrated me, my brothers were just like me in the fact they loved rebelling against our parents but sometimes they wanted to push things a little too far and id have to try and stop them from getting in trouble. I often shared the blame with them. It was normally either me or them doing the bad stuff anyway. We were the 'trouble makers' the other 3 were the 'perfect' ones but that didn't mean they were subject to different rules. Sarah, Isobel and I were still not allowed to date until we were 18. My dad had let that go for Sarah since she was physically 18 and had been for a long time but I knew for certain Izzy and I had no chance.

The thing was I really liked this boy in my school. I was in the same school as Sarah, Holly, Sophia and William now but since I was 3 years younger I didn't hang around with them. I had a best friend already, Kayla and a potential boyfriend, but I knew I had no chance.

Remember I said before about being a trouble maker? Yeah… im the complete opposite of my older sister, although we both love cheerleading we're totally different people, shes mostly like our mom and im mostly like our dad. Right down to my rebellious streak. I decided to break the rules and im currently in punishment for it. A whole month house bound, I can't even run around the gardens or go swimming in our pool or play tennis on the courts. I could only leave for school and even then I had to be led to my class by my sister and at break and lunch times I had to have someone with me to make sure I didn't go anywhere near Eric.

Let me explain why…

Eric had asked me to go to his house for a 'date' and instead of saying no like I should have, I said yes and told my parents that I was going to Kayla's. Luckily neither my grandfather nor Uncle Eddie was around to tell I was lying. I made it all the way to Port Angeles where Eric lived. He invited me in and we watched movies, ate chocolate and marshmallows, tonnes of candy and drank sugary drinks. His parents were out and since his brother was in his room playing World of Warcraft we were practically alone.

I really liked Eric, a lot and I knew he liked me. We started chatting and laughing and things led to others. I never expected to be kissing him but I was. On his couch and he was leaning over me with my back to the cushions.

He was kissing my face and my shoulder and touching my waist and thighs, when he reached for his top I had alarm bells ringing in my head.

"Don't worry, we're just going to have fun" he grinned and continued to kiss me when his shirt was off.

He was touching me in all sorts of places that made me tingle with delight. Just as I was getting into it the door slammed open. I flinched and so did Eric. I saw my grandfather standing there, his face blank but I could tell from his eyes he was furious.

Uh oh.

"Lauren Chantelle, home! now!" he ordered me. I sighed and pushed Eric away from me. I was only called Lauren Chantelle when I was in trouble, a lot of trouble, my family used it a lot as if Lauren-Chantelle was my first name and Lauren was just a nick name, according my birth certificate it wasn't so it kind of annoyed me when they called me it like it was.

"Sorry" I cowered at Eric. He shrugged.

"It's ok, I'll see you tomorrow" he told me with an adorable smile as he pulled his t-shirt back on. I straightened out my clothes and walked over to my grandfather. I didn't look up at him I just walked past him to see my grandmother standing outside. She had her arms crossed and was looking at me with disappointment. I just ignored her and started walking down the street. My grandparents stood either side of me in silence and walked at my pace to the outskirts of Port Angeles, my grandfather then pulled me onto his back and he ran me back home with my grandmother following. When I reached the house I saw my father standing outside the door with his arms crossed.

I was furious now. Clearly my father asked my grandfather to check up on me, the fact that he didn't trust me hurt, the fact that he sent my grandfather of all people and that he caught me doing that with a boy was damn right embarrassing.

Ok so I had lied to my parents but my dad could have sent my mom or something, he could have thought better about it and handled the situation differently.

My father had no right sending my grandfather to check up on me and 'Kayla'. I stormed into the house and banged the doors as I went up into my room before my dad had a chance to talk to me. I pulled the lock across and put my chair up against the door just in case.

"LAUREN" he roared at the other end of the door. "Open the door" he told me. I ignored him and walked over to my bed. I ducked underneath it and pulled myself through the hole. Zac and Tony had been playing baseball in their room when Zac had hit the wall so hard that it broke through the other side. Our parents were out at the time and so they asked me if I would help cover it up. I moved my bed over to the wall and now I had a secret passage way to my brother's room. I knew it wouldn't take long for my dad to break through my door. I lay on one of my brother's beds waiting for him to find me gone.

Tony was sitting at his desk and I just put my finger over my mouth as if to say 'be quiet'.

"Lauren Chantelle!" his voice echoed around the house.

"Woah Jake what's going on?" I heard my mother ask.

"She and Eric have been getting a little too close for 14 year olds. Shes a kid!" he said to her, his voice still raised. I rolled my eyes, I had turned 15 a month ago.

"Did they have sex?" my mom asked.

"No but they nearly did." He growled.

"They didn't actually do it though right?" she asked.

"No but if Edward hadn't of stopped them they would have. He was taking his clothes off and kissing her all over" he said with disgust.

"Lauren sweetheart can I talk to you please?" my mom asked then as she knocked on my bedroom door. I didn't answer. I knew my mom was going to be mad at me, shed just say it in a more civilised manner instead of my dad who was going to shout and scream at me.

"maybe-" Tony began but I shh'ed him. I walked over to his window and opened it. I looked down and my heart did a little flip. It was a long way down.

"Lauren you can't jump" he hissed. I scowled at him, since he had given away my position. I ran to lock his door before moving to the window again.

"How the hell did you get in there? Lauren come out. I don't want to break down the door. I just want to talk to you" my dad shouted. I cringed and sat on the ledge of the open window.

"Dad shes gunna jump out the window" Tony called. I groaned and gave my brother a death glare.

"LAUREN!" my mom cried, her voice was panicked. The door snapped and I saw my dad's angry face just before I jumped.

I remembered to bend my knees and land carefully. I then took off running into the forest.

I didn't get very far, but I really wanted to clear my head.

I was expecting my mom to reach me first, or my dad in his wolf form, taking my top in his mouth and dragging me back or something but it was Sarah. She pulled me into her chest and pulled us onto the floor. I sighed and held my sister in a hug.

"You're so silly you know that?" she asked me. I rolled my eyes. Yeah yeah.

Mom and dad only love you. They only wanted to talk to you. She placed in my head.

"No dad wanted to murder me." I corrected her.

"He's a little touchy on the whole, having sex at 15 thing. Don't you think you're too young?" she asked me.

"Mom was 7 when she had sex for the first time" I told her. She sighed and positioned me to look at her.

"Mom wasn't physically 7 though. She was an adult, she was married" she emphasised.

"Will had sex when he was 14." I then said. "And he's not married."

"He and Sophia are imprinted, it's the same thing" she told me. I rolled my eyes.

"No it isn't. It's stupid. Imprinting is weird and wrong." I told her.

"I know you think it is but you'd feel differently if you were imprinted on" she told me.

"Yeah well that's not going to happen, and I hope it never does. You're not imprinted and it doesn't freak you out" I told her.

"Because im old enough to see the different sides of it. When you're older you'll see why imprinting is so amazing. That's another reason I know you're not ready to have sex. You need to grow up more. William was forced to grow up fast, you haven't been"

"I wasn't having sex you know. We were doing some stuff but we weren't going to have sex. I probably wouldn't have let it get that far." I told her then; it came out more of a whisper.

"That's good. I think you need to tell dad that."

"I just don't like the fact he has double standards. Its ok for mom to have sex at 7 cos it was with him, and its ok for his son to because he's a guy but when it comes to his daughter it's a no go area.. It's just so unfair." I sighed.

"I know" she said stroking my hair. "But that's dad for you and from what ive heard a lot of dads are like that. Grandpa was with mom and Uncle Eddie too."

"Yeah" I mumbled and moved from my sister's lap to sit next to her. "He let you though, you're not 18 yet and you and Ben are together"

"Ive been physically 18 for nearly 10 years. Im 16, that's old enough in dads eyes I guess, ive been the grown up kid for a while now. I was the first of us all to reach maturity, I was the first to be accepted into the 'adult club' and I am a hybrid, I think mom felt a little bit hypocritical with me because she knew she was married by the time she was 8 years old. You're human, therefore they're gunna be stricter with you, im sorry but that's how it is. Isobel will be the same, so will Tony, unless he imprints." She explained.

"I guess."

"It's hard for them, having to raise us all when we're all so different. You have to give them some slack. It's not like they had years to prepare for us all. We all kinda came suddenly. They're only trying to protect us, they love us all so much and only want us happy and safe." she told me.

"yeah I know" I said then with a sigh, I saw her point and I was now feeling bad for betraying my parents, it just seemed so wrong that they were determined to treat us like normal kids and keep the vampire/werewolf thing out of our lives as much as possible when they don't do it half the time, especially not with dating

"Come on, I think you need to apologise to mom and dad." She said and stood up, she held out her hand and I sighed as I took it. She pulled me up onto her back and I giggled as she ran me back home. I loved getting piggy backs from Sarah or my vampire family, the rush felt amazing.

We arrived back in a few seconds; after all I didn't manage to get very far.

"Will you protect me from dad?" I asked, suddenly scared that our dad was still going to be angry.

"Of course" she said and helped me off. She took my hand and we walked up to the back door. We found our parents with our grandparents in the main living room. Sarah stepped inside first and I reluctantly stepped in behind her. All heads turned to me and I was fixated on my dad's expression, he was trying to be calm.

"Im sorry daddy." I said with a sad voice. "Im sorry I lied and betrayed you. I was an idiot but sometimes your rules get me frustrated but I realise you're only trying to keep me safe" I said to him my eyes locked with his. His lips twitched into a small smile and he nodded.

"As long as you understand what you did wrong." He said standing up. "Apology accepted Lauren" he said coming over to me. I stepped behind my sister a little bit more and his face scrunched up. I didn't think he was going to hurt me but I was waiting for him to yell.

"Please don't be scared of me, I know I can get angry but I'd never hurt you, you know that right?" he asked then. I nodded to him as Sarah stepped away. "Im sorry for putting such strong rules on you girls but I don't want you to get your hearts broken and be in that pain." He said with a frown and I suddenly wondered when he had had his heart broken, was it before my mom? I looked over to my grandfather quickly and he gave me one quick nod before taking my grandmothers hand. I turned back to my father.

"I know that daddy." I said before hugging his waist. He returned my hug and kissed my head.

"I love you Renny" he told me, I smiled at my childhood nickname and pulled back.

"Love you too."

"One thing though, you're grounded for a month for lying to us, and for not telling us about the hole in the wall and for jumping out the window and running away." He said sternly. I sighed and nodded, I accepted my punishment, at least he wasn't punishing me for being with Eric; it was the other things. I looked away from my father and turned to my mom. "Im sorry to you too mom" I said and her smile then turned to me. My mom worried way too much and I probably would have given her a heart attack if she found out I wasn't at Kayla's before my grandfather.

"I forgive you sweetie" she said and I smiled before going over to hug her too.

"Thank you" I said into her hair.

"What for princess?" she asked.

"For being my mom" I told her then.

"Aw baby" she chocked and I knew she had tears in her eyes, we hugged tighter and I moved to sit next to her.

"Im stupid, I shouldn't have betrayed you guys, I realise that. I just really like him and I just let things go further than they should have." I told her in a whisper. I looked to see it was unnecessary though as my sister, grandparents and dad had left. She hugged me tighter and pulled me onto her lap, I was a little bit too big but not big enough to make it uncomfortable, luckily I had inherited my mom's height. I fit on my mom's lap without it looking like I was swamping her. I loved moments like this though, just getting to be with my mom alone, with so many siblings and family members it was rare to have time like this with just my mom or just my dad. We were silent for a while before she spoke.

"You know you remind me the most of me?" she said as she stroked my hair. I rested my head on her shoulder.

"What do you mean?" I asked in an awed whisper. I had never been told I was anything like my mother. It was always 'you're so much like Jake' 'you're the female version of your father' 'you and Jake are exactly the same'

"Out of the girls, I know people say Sarah is like me the most, maybe in looks but the way you do things and your reasoning behind them is very me" she whispered back and kissed my forehead. I snuggled closer to my mom.

"Really?" I asked breathing in her sweet scent. I often wondered how much it would intensify as a vampire. It must be sickly sweet, I liked being human, it was just perfect.

"Yep" she whispered into my skin. I smiled slightly.

"People say im like dad" I told her.

"I know they do. And some things you are. Your vocabulary, definitely. Sometimes you sound just like him. But then other times you remind me of myself. In how much you care for your siblings no matter how much they annoy you. The fact you would go to the ends of the earth to keep them happy. The way you love children and your family. The fact you want to grow up quick. I know I literally did but I always thought I would wait until I was officially 18 to get married. When I was a child I had no idea how strong an imprint could be. I was married at 7 and a mother by 8. I look back now and wish I was able to wait a while to have children. But then I wouldn't have the children I have now." She told me, with her calming voice that made everything feel ok. "When I hit 7 I was thrown into this whirlwind of having to grow up so fast and I didn't mind it, I had forever to do all these things why not start now? My body was telling me to do them and so I did. You've been gifted with being able to grow normally. Don't waste away your childhood like I did. Please baby, I watched Sarah grow as fast as I did and I can't believe my parents went through that knowing they couldn't have any more children to watch grow. At least I knew I could have more human children. Just take childhood as it comes, I don't want my babies growing up fast. I feel so guilty for doing that to my parents. They didn't have me as long as they should have." She almost begged me; I could feel her hot tears falling on my head as she held me tightly.

"I promise momma" I whispered to her and hugged her tighter to me. I never wanted to hurt my mother and I hated seeing her cry. She was my world.

"Mom?" I asked when I was certain her cries had lessened.

"Yes sweetie?"

"I hope im as good as being a mommy as you when im older. You're the best mother in the world, I know its difficult raising us all, with us being so different but you're doing great you know." I told her before looking up. She smiled down at me, the face of my childhood and another tear fell from her eye before she kissed my forehead again.

"Thank you my little princess, im more than positive you will be a wonderful mother when you're older" she told me. I smiled up at her. "You know I love you right? I know it can be crazy in this house, having 5 siblings, I know sometimes I forget to tell you but I hope you know I love you so much." She told me, I smiled and looked up to her again.

"I know, and I love you too" I told her and she smiled down at me before giving me a kiss.

"Mother is god in the eyes of a child." My grandfather's voice came into the room. I didn't move from my mother, I just turned to look at him.

"Pardon?" my mother asked.

"It's actually a quote from a movie that was released the year you were born. It's always stayed in my head, every time I saw you and your mother together, and then from seeing you with your own children I am always reminded of it." He answered. I rested my head against my mother's chest again. I could see what he was saying and it was right.

"Sorry I interrupted your moment, seeing the way Lauren was looking at you I just had to say it" he said with a smile.

"It's ok, ive got some homework to do anyway" I said pulling myself away from my mother and standing up. I gave my mom a kiss and my grandfather walked over to the couch and sat down next to my mom as I walked out.

"Are you ok?" I heard him ask.

"yeah, I just got emotional, I can't believe all my kids are so grown up, it seems like yesterday William was starting to walk" she said as I reached the stairs, their conversation went out of my range as I made my way to my bed room.

I noticed my dad fixing Tony and Zac's bedroom door as I walked to my room. I sighed as I collapsed onto my bed, as my body made contact with the mattress my phone buzzed in my pocket. I pulled it out to see a text from Eric.

Hey, hope you didn't get in too much trouble, let me know if you're still alive. I hope I'll see you tomorrow.

I quickly replied telling him I was alive but grounded and placed my phone on the side table.

"Laurie!" I heard my sister call.

"Come in Izzy" I told her, she was the only one that called me 'Laurie', honestly I hated it but I could stomach it coming from my 7 year old sister.

"Can you read me a story please?" she asked me, she held it out to me with her two hands and I smiled at how adorable she looked, her curls hanging over her shoulders and her big brown eyes staring at me.

"Sure" I said and moved on my bed to give her room. A smile lit up her face and she ran over to me. I laughed when she tripped but landed on my bed, there was a split second when her smile dropped and her eyes widened, as if she was waiting for pain to hit her but she giggled and continued to climb onto the bed. I took the story from her and she crawled onto my knee and shuffled around to make herself comfortable, I laughed again and kissed the back of her head before I opened the book and started reading to her. I loved reading to my little sister, she was my world; my whole family was. I loved kids and I had the most patience with Isobel, Sarah was close behind but she would only interact with Isobel if she was the one initiating the contact, I loved going to find my little sister and just hanging out with her. I was always her first pick to read a story to and I made sure I found the time to read to her, my parents did it too but sometimes they'd have things to do and Izzy would come to me. The only other person who had as much patience as me was Lidiya, she was our older sister figure, more so when we were growing up but shes still around. She was supposed to attend high school with us but we couldn't get the documentation ready in time and so she was starting next semester as a transfer student who was our 'cousin'.

I couldn't wait until Lidiya started because she was coming into my grade. Even though she was years older than all of us, I didn't have anyone with me and Lidiya thought it would be best to start the first year so she could stay in high school for as long as possible.

Izzy fell asleep on my lap that night and I had to get the help of my dad to get her into her bed without jolting her awake, we then had to change her into her pyjamas in which she woke up for but only briefly. I kissed my baby sister goodnight and left her with my dad.

"Good night sweetie" my mom said to me before going into her room.

"Night" I answered making my way into mine.

I showered and changed for bed. Normally id put one of my favourite movies on to watch before I went to sleep but I had things to think over. I had to think of a way to break it lightly to Eric, no matter how much its going to hurt me, I couldn't be with him yet. I would probably have just snuck around with him but talking to Sarah today and then my mom, I couldn't do that to my parents. I didn't want something bad to happen and then to feel bad for betraying them, I didn't know Eric as well as Sarah knew Ben. I couldn't go off the basis of knowing he would never hurt me or push me into anything.

I would wait, at least until senior year. If I still new Eric then, maybe we could work something out. Providing I could get it past my father that was. I had 3 years to think of a way around his rules and I was going to make sure that I wouldn't go through the whole of high school without a boyfriend. I didn't have forever like most of my siblings. I was human and I was aging and eventually I would die. I didn't want to spend my life alone and wishing I was immortal.

I was determined to make the most of being human.

I know there hasn't been much with Eddie and Chloe and so its Holly's point of view next chapter and a little insight to how Eddie and Chloe are as parents, of course I still have to introduce Avia properly too :)