I woke up. My eyes were blinking. I felt cold hands on my skin. I shuddered at the touch. My eyes focused on the scene around me. I was surrounded by people. Carlisle was kneeling on the ground by my head. Alice was by my feet. Esme was looking down at me, she was worried. And Emmett was sitting beside me, holding my hand.

"Honestly Emmett. Did you have to just tell her? The first day the girl meets her and you tell her all of your secrets. Poor thing." Esme was scolding Emmett.

"I had to tell her. Peter and Charlotte are coming, thanks to Jasper." he shot the boy a look. Jasper was behind us all, sitting on a rock.

"Now we will have another Bella. If the Volturri ever find out about this." Esme went on.

"Guys quiet. She's awake." Alice said, looking down at me.

Carlisle examined me to make sure I was okay. The thoughts went through my head at rapid speed. A vampire. Does that mean they all are?

"Wh.. What are you people?" I asked them.

"Well, Emmett already told you. We are vampires. But don't worry. We won't kill you. We are good vampires." the girl, Alice said.

"Thanks Alice. Real helpful." Emmett told her.

"Well it's not like you did much better. Just tell her, while she is standing up, while she is next to a body of water. That makes real sense." she argued back.

"I caught her. And at least I told her. You would have waited until the Volturri were summoning us for her death." he snapped.

"The Volturri. Vampires. GOOD vampires. What?" I asked them.

"Um well sweetie. We are vampires. Most vampires drink human blood, as I'm sure you're aware. But we drink animal blood. Therefore, good vampires. The Volturri are the vampire royalty you could say. They take care of any problems. Our only law is to not let the humans know about us. And we just broke this law by telling you. Just like we broke the law by telling Edwards now wife Bella. She wanted to become a vampire too. And now she is. But first we all got in trouble with the Volturri. We'll tell you all of the family history later. But right now we have a problem. Jasper's old friends are coming to visit us here and they are not like us. They are normal vampires. They drink human blood." Esme explained to me.

"Alice how long do we have?" Jasper asked her.

"They are in some mountains right now. There is a bunch of trees. Wait they are coming up on the houses." she told them.

"My parents." I gulped.

"Shh. It's okay. They won't kill them. They are in their house." Carlisle soothed.

"They'll be here any minute." Alice said. Emmett helped Esme and Carlisle pull me up. I noticed Jasper stayed away from me.

Their arms were hard as stone and frozen.

I shivered at their touch.

"Sorry." they all murmured.

" 'S okay." I told them.

I sat down on the rock and they all circled around me.

"We'll make sure they don't get you but you have to be careful. Don't stand out in the open. Don't move around a lot." Emmett told me.

He took my hand and stood in front of me. Esme took my other hand and stod beside me. Alice was on my other side. Jasper and Carlisle were in front of Emmett.

All of a sudden, there were two people in front of us.

They brought no warning. They were fast as light and quiet as mice. One second, I am staring at an empty clearing, and next there are two beautiful people standing in front of us. They looked Mexican, but had the same light skin as the Cullens and Jasper.

My head was spinning. I met these people a few hours ago and now I'm in the most dangerous spot I'd ever been in. Seven vampires all around me. I was the weakest link. Just like I'd always been at home. Now here, in my secret place. In my spot. My love.

My life will never be the same.

Who would have thought a few hours ago I was telling them about the ghosts that lived in the cellar. Now I'm experiencing real sci-fi. Only now it wasn't fiction. It was real.

"Peter. Charlotte. So nice to see you again." Carlisle announced.

Peter looked at me. "So Carlisle. Another human? Are you planning on turning this one too?" he asked. I looked at the man and was shocked. Where the Cullens' eyes were dark gold, their eyes were a shocking red.

The color of human death.

"Ah. Peter. We have no such plans. This girl is merely our neighbor. She was in the woods when we learned of your visit and we came to make sure there were no... problems." he ended.

"Oh Carlisle. You know we don't do that. We would never hurt a girl as nice as this." Charlotte said, but I could see the glint in her eyes that said she wasn't telling the whole truth.

I shuddered and Esme rubbed my arm.

"So Peter, Charlotte. Why don't you visit Jasper in the mountains. We'll take the girl home and no one has any problems. Acceptable?" he asked.

Peter and Charlotte nodded. Jasper stepped ahead and led them off through the woods.

"Well that went better than I thought." Carlisle murmured.

"Come on. Let's get BriAne home." Emmett said.

We took off through the crowded woods, the red eyed vampires behind us. I normally am very graceful, but after such a scene, I was tripping over my own feet plus the twisting roots and fallen branches. Emmett held my hand and helped me through these obstacles. We met only hours ago. Is it possible for there to be something there, hidden underneath the terror of hte night? the events that took place seemed like fiction. The babbling nonsense of a lovestruck teenager. Was I dreaming? I pinched the inside of my elbow. No change. Just the throbbing where my nails dug into the flesh.

The dialogue alone was very cheesy and unbeleivable. Good vampires? Volturri? Where these people crazy? Were they going to kill me and drink my blood, crazy to the point of utter delusion?

I tried to wrench my hand free of Emmett's, but Alice took my other hand.

"BriAne, don't worry. We won't hurt you. And we really are vampires." she told me.

I gasped and tried to break free again. "How..how did you know what I was thinking?" I gasped out.

She laughed lightly. "I don't. That would be my brother, Edward. He can read minds. And Jasper can tell moods and make you feel what he wants you to feel. I can see the future. You were about to run screaming. Yelling that we're crazy." she looked into my eyes.

"But after what you just witnessed. What you just saw, do you really think that we're crazy? That we're not vampires? They just ran and suddenly appeared in front of your eyes. You felt the cool of our skin."

As she said this, my hand which was still in Emmett's hand felt the ever dropping temperatures of the inside of his hand.

"We found you guys in the clearing. We are vampires. If you still don't believe us, I can show you." and with that, she disapeared.

Moments later, I felt her presence beside me and turned to look. The numbness I felt in my specail spot disappeared. I was afraid.

She just disappeared. And reappeared.

"I was running." she told me. "It was the only way I could think to prove it. Please believe us." she pleaded.

Carlisle stepped up. "Alice, I think the girl needs to think about everything. Let's take her home and give her some time to process all of this. It must be a lot to just spring on her at once, hours after meeting." he told her.

They were all silent as we came back into the clearing which held our homes. My own little summer cabin. Their gray cottage.

I went into my house, noticing that my parents' car was missing. I found a note on the table.

BriAne,

We went out to go buy more groceries and other things we need.

We are picking up dinner too. If you need anything, call us.

Love,

Mom and Dad

The note was signed in my mother's famous calligraphy. I sighed and went upstairs, dropping the bag I forgot I had on the floor by my bed.

I went into my bathroom and stared at myself in the mirror.

Only six hours ago, I was beside my mother and father, a tray of cookies in hand, ringing the doorbell.

Now I was shaking from the discovery that everything I knew was a lie.

The myth that vampires exist was a myth in itself.

The house next door housed some very strange people.

I went into my room and thought it all over.

But everytime I started to really think, my mind drifted to the feel of my hand in Emmett's.

The sound of his laughter.

The way his eyes crinkled when he laughed.

I thought love at first sight only happened in books and sappy romance movies.

My life is now a sappy romance sci-fi novel.

I heard the crunch of gravel as my parents' car parked in the space.

I brushed my hair and ran down the stairs.

I hadn't eaten since my Lucky Charms.

We ate my favorite dinner. Hot wings from a local place called Lucky Man's.

My mother and I watched my favorite movie. Mamma Mia.

My father and I played my favorite game. Cranium.

And I went to bed with my new favorite sight. Emmetts beautiful face.

And I dreamt the best most amazing dream. I dreamt of that perfect face.

I had golden dreams