Disclaimer- I do not own Twilight, or these characters, except Jesse, Emmett Anthony and Luke.

His name was Mason Lucas Andrews. He went by Luke, and good thing too, or I might of not spoken to him, seeing as Mason was Edward's human last name. Also an outcast, he had been held back a year after missing too much school because of an illness, he never gave up on me or my moods. He had many classes with me, and told me the first day that because we were the only two new kids in our senior class, we needed to stick together, especially since he was 19 and my birthday was also quickly approaching.

I worked hard to hide Ean from my class, not wanting to be the subject of any more gossip, but my efforts proved futile. I had stayed home a day to take care of Ean because he was sick, and a girl that was extremely reminiscent of Jessica brought my homework over. True to my earlier stereotype of her, when I answered the door with Ean on my hip she quickly connected the dots when I stuttered about my baby brother excuse. (I really need to work on my lying.) It was probably already the most spoken about subject before I had even finished that homework.

Ignoring the whispers wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, especially since Luke was amazing about it. He asked me the next day if I really had a son, and when I blushed insanely and nodded my head, he just said okay and asked if he could meet him. I initially said no and tried to distance myself from Luke. I didn't want to hurt him and I did not want to get hurt, so when we got partnered on an extremely important project, it seemed any luck I possessed had flown away happily.

We worked in the library and at his house a lot, but one day we had no other choice but at home. My babysitter had cancelled and I was completely stuck. When Luke came over he saw Ean in my living room and looked at him with the kind of excitement that reminded me of Alice.

We did not do a lot of working that day, just mostly playing with Ean. But after I had put him to bed around 7, and walked back to where Luke was, I decided that I could share my story with this trustworthy boy, well I could tell him the basic idea. "Well Luke, I'm sure you're interested in my story, so if you have some time, I can tell you." I told him about (almost) everything from when I moved to Forks to when I re-started high school. I said that Edward snuck into my room at night sometimes because he was always nervous about leaving me alone, and told him exactly what I had told everyone else, that Edward had no choice about leaving and I did not want to hold him back.

Luke did not hit me with a look of pity like most, he understood. He never pushed me into anything, and always knew what I need. And he really loved Ean. He hated the Mets, made a connection with Ean's real name, and immediately decided to call him Dodge, as in his favorite baseball team, the Dodgers, or just D.

Luke was my best friend, and gave me something to look forward to when I had to leave Ean at home. The two of them became my everything. Luke and I gradually but easily fell in love, and although Edward crossed my thoughts every time I looked at Ean, I decided that falling in love is not a one shot deal. I had also forgiven Edward and his family for leaving, I would never see them again, and even if I did, I could be happy and not re-live some age old grudge.

All of senior year I spent with Ean, Luke, and, after Christmas, Ben and Angela too, they had transferred to a college nearby, wanting to experience something completely different from Forks. I was happy, and at peace with everything but Jesse. No one ever brought her up, for fear of watching me have another break down, and they also leaned away with everything that had to do with the Cullens, for fear of the same reaction. I loved that I couldn't sleep much at night, because of Ean's insomnia, but whenever I did sleep it was anything but restful.

My nightmares were filled with pictures of Jesse crying and Edward looking at me with pain filled eyes while they and the rest of my would-be family were pulled away by some unknown force. I always ran and ran, but something always held me back. Then I would turn around to see everything else I held near and dear, Ean, Luke, Angela, Ben, Renee, Phil and Charlie being pulled away from me. As I watched everyone I loved leave, I was left with the horrible realization that I was completely alone, with no escape. I didn't even have a reason why they left to comfort me, it was me all alone in the middle of a small dark clearing that lightly resembled a meadow I had once loved.

That was usually when I work up crying and holding back the screams for fear of waking Ean. I would be physically sick with fear, and sometimes pick up Ean just to convince myself he wasn't leaving. Then I would get up quietly and take a shower, not really knowing what I was so afraid of, the dream usually got fuzzy the moment I stepped under the warm water.

Then I would go back into a shallow and restless sleep until the daylight, and wonderful life that accompanied it, I had come to love so much returned to me. Luke was very good about helping me with Ean, even though I always told him it was fine. He saw the dark circles under my eyes and would play with Ean so I could nap, because with Luke around, that was all it was, a blissfully dreamless sleep.

A/N Well, I just got a load of views and alerts and a review, so I decided that I would post this right now. Thank you so much for everything so far, I hope this isn't disappointing any of you. I would love some more feedback since I'm still not so sure its very good, but I hope it is. What do you all think of Luke and Ian? Any predictions or ideas as to where this is all going? )

-Caitlin