I love Jacob Black, he knew the right things to say, but I wasn't convinced that Lexie would forgive me. I was going to have to tell her that I was half vampire, my family are full vampires, my boyfriend is really my husband and is a wolf like her new boyfriend, my adopted siblings are my aunts and uncles, my brother and sister are really my parents, and my parents are my grandparents who are over 100 years old. And not to mention some of us have powers.

I looked out on to the dance floor. Seth and Lexie were made for each other. My heart was ecstatic that they both have found their mate, but it also hurt because I didn't want to lose this.

"Nessie, lets enjoy tonight." Jacob led me out to the dance floor. He was right nothing else mattered right now. I let the rest of the world melt away and danced in his arms.


LexPOV

Its you. Its you, you're my everything...mmmmm

"Lexie are you singing to yourself again?" Nessie laughed.

"NO, I was not!!" I blushed. Oh man, ever since the graduation party all I could think about was Seth and how I felt in his arms. I danced with him all night long. I didn't even realize the party was done until Jake asked Seth to help him move the furniture back and Alice came and told me that it was time for bed. I was in such a daze I didn't even see them pick up the mess.

I didn't want that night to end. Something magical happened when I came down the stairs. I felt like a princess, Seth looked like a prince. It was a fairy tale come to life. Almost a full week has gone by and Seth and I have been inseparable. I remember how weird I thought Seth was, but the feeling I had when I was next to him overrode his weirdness.

I told Edward I would give him a chance and I did. I do not regret it. He is a friendly and gentle giant. He makes me smile. He makes me feel complete. He is my everything.

"Um, Lex, hate to break it to you, but you are doing it again." Nessie giggled. "You have been all a flutter this whole week. I think it is safe to say that you like Seth."

I blushed again. "Nessie, I can't describe it. This feeling that I feel when I am around him. It is like, it is like..."

"You finally found the missing piece of your soul and you don't know if you will be able to breathe without him near you?" She interrupted me.

"...yes. How did you guess?" I was baffled. It was like she was in my head.

"That is exactly how I feel when I am with Jacob. He is my whole world, my everything as you were singing." She smiled at me.

"Do you think this is moving way to fast? I mean I just met him the other day. We have talked a lot during the week. He knows everything I could possible say about me, and I think I know him pretty well. I mean we haven't even kissed yet and I think I am in love. But it has only been a week, I don't know if he feels the same way, and if he does, I don't know what I am going to do when the summer ends and we have to separate." I shuddered. I didn't want to think that far in advance.

"Don't worry about what is going to happen at the end of the summer that is still a couple months away. Focus on the now. Everyone's relationship is different; some happen right away, others take a while to get to the finish line. Maybe you are one of those lucky souls who found their love at first sight!"

I smiled at her. "Which one are you and Jacob?"

She thought about it. "Well we are a little different. But I guess you can say we were love at first sight. Don't try to rationalize what might be, enjoy the what is right now."

"Maybe you are right Ness. It is just so weird that something so wonderful could be happening to me. Nothing good ever comes my way." I jumped off of Nessie's bed. I was at Nessie's house because Seth said he wanted to take me out on a picnic to this romantic place he knew, a meadow. He said he had something important to tell me. I wanted to look my absolute best. Alice said she would help me. "I guess I should go let Alice make me beautiful. Come with me?"

"I will be right there."

"Okay." ...la la la...he is my everything.

NPOV

I watched Lexie leave the room. I was truly happy for her, but today was the day that Seth was going to open up the whole can of worms. His plan was a nice picnic. Mommy and Daddy let him borrow their meadow for the occasion.

I was nervous for both of them. I have never had to go through this, because being supernatural myself, I was born into it. It was never a shock to learn that both vampires and shape shifters exist. In the history of the pack, nobody has freaked out completely. Of course they were skeptic at first, wierded out at the most, but they always come around. The magnetic pull between the imprinted and their mate is too strong. But then again besides me, everyone's imprint has been form the rez. The stories of the wolves has been past down from generation to generation. It was just a realization that it was fact. This would be uncharted territory with Lexie. An outsider.

Sigh

After Seth's big revelation; which is going to talk about vampires: good vs. evil ones, he is bringing her back here to be able to talk to another imprintee. This is where we are also going to spring the whole truth about the Cullen clan. I wish that Aunt Alice's gift would allow us to see the outcome of this situation. I have never really cared about what anyone's imprint thought about us. But this imprint was my best friend.

I was worried that this might be too much information to handle, but Daddy seems to think that Lexie will be able to handle the weird. He said that she seems to resemble Mommy's thoughts and actions from when she was human; always responding the opposite of what the norm of humans do. For example befriending a coven of vampires instead of running away from them.

I took a deep breath in and exhaled and jumped off my bed. I put on my best happy face and headed to Aunt Alice's room. My final hours of just being a normal person to Lexie.

LexPOV

"Wow! Alice you really out did yourself. I feel so beautiful. Thank you so much!" I gave Alice the biggest hug I could. I hope I wasn't breaking her.

"It was not a problem Lexie, anything for a friend. I hope you have a wonderful evening with Seth. I think tonight is going to be a big night." Alice said.

Alice surprised us all by allowing me to wear jeans and a nice long sleeve top. Since I was going to be going into the forest, I wore boots (pink) with thick socks to keep my feet warm. I wore low waisted dark denim jeans with a red top that had buttons going down the front. I was going to put on my pink parka when we headed outside.

"Lexie you look so pretty! Only Alice can pull off a stylish hiking outfit. I hope you have a great evening with Seth." Nessie said. She smiled at me, but it seemed fake.

"Nessie is everything alright? All of a sudden you seem down."

She nodded. "I am fine. I am just so excited for you and Seth."

Before we could go any deeper into our conversation there was a knock on the door. Followed by a shout from Edward. "Ness. Lexie, Seth is here."

I held my breath. My stomach was doing flip flops. My heart was going a mile a minute. I was so nervous, but excited to find out what the big news was going to be.

"Breathe Lexie. We don't want you passing out before you even make it down stairs. I did not spend all this time making you more beautiful just so you can pass out. Everything looks great. Get going. Seth is waiting." Alice pushed me out the door.

"Don't forget your purse!" Nessie yelled from Alice room.

I quickly made my way to Ness' room and grabbed my purse. I took a deep breath and went to the stairs. There at the bottom was Seth. He had the same goofy looking grin on his face that he always has when I walked into the room. I smiled at him. He met me at the top of the stairs and escorted me down.

"I don't want you falling like the last time. You look gorgeous by the way. I mean you always do, but you look extra gorgeous tonight." He kissed me on the cheek when we reached the bottom of the stairs.

"You kids have a wonderful time tonight. Be good and be safe." Emmett winked at me. Some how I think he had a double meaning in his statement.

"Ready?" Seth asked me.

I nodded.

"Okay, well see you guys later." Seth said, has he took my hand and began leading me out to his car.

He drove a jeep much like Emmett's. The seat belts were bit confusing, but after the first time I got in the car and buckled them incorrectly, Seth insisted on buckling me in. I protested at first, I didn't want to feel like a child, but I was tired of hearing him talking about my safety. The argument, 'Don't get in accident and I will be fine,' didn't work on him either.

Seth headed for a road that was going to take us to the meadow he wanted to have the picnic in. "I hope you wore comfortable shoes. We have to hike a little bit to get to the meadow. If you get tired I can carry you."

"I wasn't going to wear flat shoes, but both Nessie and Alice warned me. I am wearing some of Nessie's hiking boots." I have never been an outdoors person. I was thankful my friends were.

Seth pulled over on the road and parked the car. He unbuckled my seatbelts. Yes that is right, I said seatbelts.

"Wow, pink hiking boots." He chuckled to himself. "Only Nessie would find some way to make hiking girlie. Okay, we have to hike about 2 miles that way. Please stay close to me, because we are not walking on a path." Seth said.

"Not a problem. I will follow you. Ready?"

"Yes, lets go." He grabbed my hand and lead the way.

We started walking into the forest. I was a little scared, but being with Seth I felt safer. I tried to talk to Seth while we walked but he was distracted. He said it was because he was trying to focus on where he was going. I felt it was because he was holding something back from me. Maybe this was the thing he wanted to talk about.

Up until this moment I thought the big news was that he was going to tell me he loved me. I thought it was big because we have only been together for a bout a week. Maybe he brought me out here to break up with me. I never thought that could be it. But now he doesn't want to talk to me.

An internal battle was taking place in my brain. One side of me what saying that he was going to tell me he loved me, the other side was saying that he was going to break up with me and leave me on my own in the woods. But who would do that? That would be awful; I wasn't even paying attention to where I was. If he was breaking up with me, I would demand for him to lead me back to the road.

I was starting to get panicked. My insecurities were winning over my optimism. Maybe this is why Nessie was faking her happiness for me. She knew what Seth was going to do. Was this whole week a facade? Did Jacob and Nessie set me up?

Seth's voice broke the war. "I need you to close your eyes and trust me."

I nodded my head and closed my eyes. I felt Seth's warm hands grab both of mine. He began walking and I had no choice but to follow. Seth stopped walking and I walked into him. He caught me before I hit the ground. I kept my eyes closed. Seth stood me back up and placed me in a spot of his choosing.

"Okay Lexie, open your eyes."

I stood there in awe. We were in this perfect little meadow. It was round and from the sound of it near a stream or a brook. There were wildflowers all over the ground. It seemed like the only place in the woods that had a view of the sky. It was beautiful. It was an abnormally cloudless day in Forks. The sun was still shining, with the promise of a beautiful sunset.

In front of me was a table with a red table cloth and two chairs. There were candles and flowers on the table. There were two plates each filled with a sandwich and chips and two cups of water, my personal favorite.

"Do you like it?" Seth asked tentatively?

I ran to him and gave me a big hug. "This is so beautiful Seth. No one has ever done anything so wonderful for me. Thank you."

He smiled so big it looked like his teeth were going to take over his face. "Great! Let's eat, I am starved!" He pulled out my seat. I sat down and he pushed my chair in. He sat down in his chair. He picked up his cup and lifted in the requesting me to do the same. "To us, to tonight...cheers." We toasted and took a sip of our drinks.

"Seth this is absolutely wonderful, how did you pull this off?" I wondered. It was a hard walk for me; I didn't know how many trips Seth would have to make to pull this off.

"I have my ways. Maybe one day I will tell you about them." He said slyly.

I laughed at him and took a bite out of my sandwich. Yummy! I took another bite and realized I have had this sandwich before. "Seth is this a chicken sandwich from Bella Lunas?" He nodded. "Seth, this is my favorite sandwich on the face of the planet. How did you remember?"

"I remember everything you say Lexie. You matter to me. Nothing you say I let go to waste." He looked so serious when he said it. It made my heart melt.

I really hope he is not breaking up with me because I think I just officially fell in love with Seth.

I focused on finishing my meal because I was on the verge of letting out tears. Both from the fear of Seth dumping me and from the joy that Seth has brought into my life in only of number of days.

When I looked up Seth was staring at me. He had a determined look on his face. I raised an eyebrow at him.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to stare. Are you done eating?"

I nodded.

He got up and turned my chair around so it faced part of the clearing. Then he started pacing. "Okay Lexie, there is really no easy way for me to say this, so please bear with me. I don't know if you are going to believe what I have to say. I might have to show you, and please know I will not hurt you. I swear on my brothers that I will not hurt you. I love you with all my heart and I would never let anything harm you. Trust me."

Seth was talking so fast he didn't even notice the huge breath I let out. He loved me. He said he loved me. Whatever he was going to say didn't matter to me. He loved me. A tear came down my face.

"Okay look Lexie, I don't know if you have heard any of the Quileute legends, but they are true. Almost all of them. The one in particular is the one about the Protectors and the Cold Ones. You see I am a protector, a shape shifter, a werewolf. It is something in our genes. When there cold ones or vampires are present, it activates our gene and we start phasing. We change so we can be as fast and strong as the vampires, maybe even stronger or faster, and then we can kill them."

"We protect our land mostly. There are two types of vampires. Those who drink human blood and those who drink animal blood. We have a coven of animal drinkers near by that help us from time to time. We kill all blood drinkers, and warn the animal drinkers to stay away from our land and Forks." He stopped pacing and looked at me. He took in my body language and stood there waiting for a response from me.

I didn't know what to make of this. Was I supposed to take him seriously? Was this a diversion to some other kind of news? Maybe he is delusion or maybe he takes some kind of meds he forgot to take. I bit the side of my lower lip.

"Soooo this is your news? You wanted to tell me that you believe you are a mythical animal that only exist in fairy tales?" I looked at Seth with an open mouth. Was he pulling my leg, Vampires? Werewolves?

"Yes. No. I mean yes this is my news, and no I do not believe I am a mythical creature. I know what I am." I raised my eyebrows in surprise to his conviction. "Please, I see the way your looking at me and I am not crazy. This is not a joke, this is very real. There is a whole other world out there that many people do not know about. I know it is hard to digest. However hard it is, you have to trust me on this." He bent down on his knees so that his face was level with mine. He took my hands and looked me in the eyes. He was worried. His expression said it all. His dark brown eyes looked at with me with hope. He was hoping I would believe him.

He was so sure about his revelation. He really believed everything he said. Part of me wanted to believe him as well, but the sane part of me worried what that would mean. What if this was real, I was standing with a dangerous animal. The stuff I have read doesn't exactly paint a nice picture about werewolves. Certainly does not call them protectors.

Was I going insane for wanting to believe him? And what about vampires? If there was a need for protectors, how come this was the first I have ever heard about the vicious vampire being real. Wouldn't the attacks on the "town folk" be in papers or on the internet? It just didn't seem like this was possible.

I trusted Seth though. I wanted to believe him. I felt like I should be scared, but fear wasn't what I was feeling. I was ecstatic that he loved me; yes I still was focused on that. I was happy that he was not going to break up with me; at least I am pretty sure he wasn't. And I was curious to see if he could really shape shift into a werewolf.

"Please Lexie, say something, you have been quiet for over five minutes and it is killing me." His eyes were pleading with me to say something.

"I have a question."

"I will answer anything."

"So you don't want to break up with me?"

He looked shocked and disgusted at that thought. "Why would you think that? I love you more that you can ever know. I never want to break up with you."

I smiled at him. "You were just so quiet on the way here and then you didn't really talk during dinner. You are the first good thing to happen to me in a long time. In my life good things are not meant to last, so I thought you were going to dump me."

"Lexie, I just told you I am a werewolf and vampires exist, and the only thing you have a comment on is the fact that due to my nerves I didn't talk to you? Edward was right; you do think differently then most humans."

"What does Edward have to do with it?"

"Damn. Nothing. Nevermind. Do you want to see me in my wolf form?" If he was trying to change the subject, he succeeded.

I gulped, and then nodded.

"Okay. I am going to just go over there. I didn't bring any extra clothes and I don't want to rip these." I nodded to him again. I didn't really understand what he was talking about, but I watched as he took off his sweater and his shirt revealing a perfect pair of abs. His rustic brown skin glowed in the last light of the day. I could spend all day staring at his sculptured body. He also took off his shoes and socks then walked to the edge of the clearing and disappear from my view. A moment later a huge sandy brown wolf came walking from the same spot from where he disappeared.

My heart started beating fast. He was speaking the truth. He was a werewolf. Werewolves really do exist, which mean vampires exist. The beautiful wolf walked gracefully over to me. He was giant compared to any dog I have ever seen. He laid down next to me and looked me in the face. Staring at me was Seth's dark brown eyes that I loved. I was scared, but only because I was so small in comparison to this animal, I mean to Seth. I wondered if I should pet him.

I hesitating raised my hand and scratched behind his year. He let out a low growl and closed his eyes. "I am going to take that as a sign that you like that." In response he licked my face, my entire face. Gross. "Eww Seth." I wiped my face with my napkin. "That does not count as our first kiss. I still expect a proper one." With that he stood up so fast I almost missed it. The wolf headed back into the clearing.

Shortly, a half dressed Seth emerged. He ran to me and took me in his arms and kissed me. The kiss was everything I ever wanted and needed. It was filled with passion. I never wanted this moment to end. I wrapped my hands around Seth neck and let my fingers get lost in his hair. Who knows how long we were like that, but finally, I needed to breathe.

I broke apart and put my head on his shoulder. "Seth, I know it has only been a week, but there is something magical between us. I love you. I love you with my whole heart. I trust you and believe you."

Seth put me back down on the ground and motion for me to sit. I did. He pulled his chair around the table so he could sit in front of me. "Lexie, I love you and you are right there is something magical between us. There are some special things that happen when you are a wolf. For instance, when I am in my wolf form I can hear the thoughts of my pack, no matter the distance. My body temperature is always warmer, a nice and toasty 102 degrees. I heal quickly when injured. The best thing of all is I get to imprint."

"What is imprinting?"

"It is kind of like a love at first site kind of thing. It is like gravity. When I first laid eyes on you my world changed direction. You are now the center of my whole world. You will be the only woman for me for the rest of my life. I will be whatever you need me to be."

"I think I understand what you mean. I feel it. You are my world now Seth. My gravity." That got me thinking. "Nessie said that she felt for Jacob what I feel for you. Does that mean the Jacob is a wolf too? Is Nessie his imprint?"

"You are quick aren't you? Yes, Jacob is a wolf. He is my pack leader. And speaking of Nessie, she is waiting for you to come back. Since is she is also an imprint, you might have questions for her. You might not though; you are taking this all surprising well. Are you ready to go back?"

I nodded. "It is getting dark anyways. And now that I know vampires are real, we should get indoors before they come out."

Seth started laughing. His laughter grew.

"What is so funny?" I glared at him.

"Sweetie, first of all, I am here to protect you from any vampires that wish you harm. Second what you have read about in books and have seen in movies is all a farce. I will never die because a silver bullet hit my skin. A vampire can't die from being thrown into the sun light or stabbed in the heart. You have to rip them apart and set them on fire. They can walk around in the day time like you and me."

"So if they can walk around at anytime how can I tell if someone is vampire?"

"Blood drinking vampires will have scarlet red eyes. Animal drinkers or what we like to call 'vegetarian vamps' have golden or liquid butterscotch colored eyes."

"Oh like the Cullens?" I blurted out without thinking. Seth looked dumbfounded. He was about to say something, but I stood up and started walking around. "Wait a minute! Seth. No, no they can't be. I have known them for years, I mean I guess I have never seen them eat real food, but they have never tried to attack me. They go to school. Nessie has brown eyes. The Cullens, Seth..." I was rambling. The little details I noticed but never did anything with were all clicking together. "Seth are the Cullens vampires?"

AN

So it has been an absurd amount of time since I have updated, so I have written the longest chapter I have ever written. And with this I promise to try to get the next chapter up next week. I have already started on it. Please let me know what you think. Next Lexie is going to find out the truth about the Cullens, and soon the twist of fate will reveal itself...any guesses????