Lizzy's head lifted up as she barely glanced at everyone who, in return, is looking at her. After a few seconds of everyone staring, her eyes widened and her jaw dropped a little. Edward, who was holding my hand, starts really squeezing it. I looked up at his face and could see exactly what he was thinking. I looked around the room at everyone else and fell myself start to tense up just like my husband did. Both Carlisle and Esme also caught Edward's expression as well.

We were all thinking the same exact thing. There was no doubt that she figured everything out. It sure didn't take her that long. The only thing that we needed to do now was to say something. The silence was starting to become really irritating.

I turned back to face Lizzy who still had the same expression as before.

Edward started to open his mouth to say something, but I didn't want him to. I squeezed his hand. He closed his mouth and only moved his eyes to look down at me. Being really uncertain of what we were supposed to do, I look in Carlisle's direction for some help.

He cleared his throat and started, "We have…" he slowly started, but Lizzy who now had found her voice interrupted him.

"This is all completely unreal," she started with some excitement in her voice, "Seth told me that the wolves existed because of another creature. I now know exactly what he was talking about. You're all vampires."

We knew that it was coming, but we all still froze when the last word was said. Not only that, but the others that had left the room, slowly walked back in. Lizzy's face was full of horror as she watched the others come in.

In a cracking voice that barely escaped, she softly asked, "How many of you are there?"

She started to ever so slowly walk back toward Seth, not ever turning her back.

"We're not what you think we are." Edward calmly said to the frightened young woman.

She turned toward him and looked a little frightened. "How do you know what I'm thinking?" she spat with fear in her voice.

Ignoring her question, Edward continued, but seemed to hesitate to. He softly said with a face full of sympathy, "We don't attack humans."

I couldn't take it anymore. I just had to do something. I let go of Edward's hand and gently pushed Renesmee aside. I slowly start to walk over toward her.

"Lizzy," I start to say, but stop because she just shook her head in disbelief.

"You're one too?" she only faintly asked as she started to tremble. I couldn't seem to answer her question. I only looked at the ground and then started to look back at my vampire family.

"You have to understand." I softly say; feeling like I was starting to get close to tears. I didn't think that vampires would be able to cry. I've never seen any of my vampire family cry, but now I wasn't so sure.

Lizzy ignored me and turned toward Seth.

"I thought you said that you were supposed to be enemies." She accused him.

He looked at her with tender eyes. With a soft voice he answered, "We are, but not with them."

"You mean there's more?"

Seth barely nodded his head. "There are others…"

Lizzy whispered in a soft voice, "You're friends with vampires?"

Seth let his head hang down. He couldn't hide the truth from her.

How could she do this to him? Why can't she see that we're the good guys? She didn't know how much we've been through. I couldn't stop myself.

"I'm friends' with them too!" I blurted out.

"That's because you are one!" she spat out with a little hurt in her voice. She turned and ran out the door with Seth behind her.

"Liz," he called out, "Wait!"

She was running with tears filling her eyes. He caught up with her before she reached her car. He grabbed her arm and she turned toward him, buried her head in his chest, and sobbed. He puts his arms around her as if to comfort her. They stand outside for a while in each other's arms. He took one of his hands and coaxes her by running his hand through her hair.

I just had to away from the window. I couldn't bear to look out any longer. I couldn't see her hurt like this. I leaned myself up against the wall as I tried to go over everything that just happened. Why did she just run away like that? Was she really that frightened? I remember when I first found out that Edward was a vampire. I didn't really freak out, but then again, I knew that he was special. I just thought that she would be able to understand like I did. I let out a big sigh as I went through these thoughts.

"She was overwhelmed," Esme, said softly, "It became too much for her to take in at once."

I know that, but I guess I couldn't believe it myself. Edward swiftly moved behind me and put his hands around my shoulders. I leaned my head on his warm hand. I started to look out the window when I heard a car door. I thought I might have missed something. I peered out to see Lizzy starting her car. She looked up at Seth from her window then pulled out.

As the car pulled out of sight, Edward leaned down and whispered in my ear, "She needed to think things through on her own. She doesn't want to take in the fact that you're a vampire."

Of course, that's what it must have been. She was afraid to have someone in her family be some kind of monster. I find myself somewhat flinching at these thoughts, but what I didn't understand was if she was in love with a werewolf, then why is she so afraid of me being a vampire?

As soon as I started to move from the window, I saw a big blur in the trees. It only took an eight of a second to realize what it was. Seth was heading home.

Leah must have seen it to because she turned to Jacob and said, "I've better be leaving." Jacob just nodded his head in response and she took off out the door. As soon as Leah left, Jacob left the room.

Most of the others left as well to occupy themselves. Emmett and Jasper started a very complex game of chess, Renesmee sat down with Alice to read a book, Rosalie and Esme went upstairs, and Carlisle sat down and started watching the news. It seemed like everyone was trying to get themselves focused on doing something else, but it seemed like their minds weren't completely into what they were doing.

I must have still felt a little nervous from what happened because Edward leaned over and whispered in my ear, "It's getting dark out and they needed to go to have dinner with Charlie."

As soon as his name was said, I started to go frantic. I could see Edward give me a puzzled look the same time I saw Jasper glance up and look at me. He must have felt the big difference in my emotions, but there was a good reason for it. I didn't realize until now what could happen with my father.

I turned and stared at Edward. "Charlie," I said softly with much concern in my voice.

Right away he understood what I meant. He warily looked around the room. Everyone started to glance up from what they were doing to see what was going on. After a quarter of a second, Edward called out to the rummaging in the kitchen, "Jacob!"

Jacob poked his head around the corner with a glass of water in one hand and a slice of bread in the other.

"Charlie," Edward plainly said then paused. Jacob looked at him confused. He continued with a softer voice, "He can't know."

It almost seemed like a light bulb went off in Jacob's mind, as his eyes grew wide. "She wouldn't…dare." He stammered.

I just couldn't take it anymore. Everyone stood around doing nothing about it. I turned and headed for the front door. Before I could get that far, Edward grabbed my arm to stop me. I turned to face him and saw his eyes pleading with me. I knew what I had to do.

I closed my eyes and really concentrated. It took a lot to slowly push the shield away. I focused all of my thoughts on all of the memories of when I was still human. My focus was of the nights that he would always come over. I mainly lingered on the night that I first found out about it.

He let go of my arm and the shield instantly snapped back into place. I opened my eyes and looked back over to him. He took a step back from me as he barely nodded. After a second's hesitation, I headed back toward the door. I quietly closed the door behind me and looked out into the forest trying to decide the exact direction.

Before I ran off, I heard Edward softly say to the others, "She's learning from me." I glance back toward the door. Not another word was said, but then I had to go now before it got any later. I headed to Charlie's house, toward the setting sun, as fast as I could.

By the time I got to Charlie's, the sun was practically gone. As I headed closer to the house, I could smell something revolting. I only had to move a bit closer to realize what it was. They were in the middle of eating dinner. It's not like it was something nasty, it was just that it was something that I wouldn't eat now. Just the idea of it was aggravating. I really had to stop thinking about this. I was here to check on Lizzy, to make sure that she wouldn't say anything.

I headed closer, but tried to keep a safe distance from the house. I have to remember that there are wolves inside as well. I wonder if Charlie knows about Lizzy and Seth. I move even closer to better hear the conversation in the dining room. Charlie was talking to Sue about work. I could see everyone clearly around the table. I looked over at Lizzy and Seth. I could see them holding hands under the table. I glanced back over to my father and he was too involved in his conversation with Sue. He didn't seem to know about the two lovebirds yet or maybe he didn't really care, but I doubted that that was the case. Sue seemed to also be interested in what he was talking about. I had to smile at this sight. Charlie was getting along pretty well.

Seth and Lizzy seemed to be absorbed in their own little world. Only Leah appeared to be extremely bored. There was movement and I looked back toward Seth and Lizzy. Seth had leaned over to whisper something in her ear. She blushed and tried not to giggle. I dared to move closer so I could hear what they were talking about. I only moved a couple inches when the wind blew toward the house. I froze as I watched inside to see if the wind got that far. That's when I noticed the window was open and the one closest to the window was Leah. The wind must have reached her because she sat up straight and slightly turned her head to look out the window from the corner of her eye. I quickly ran for cover behind the trees when she started to stand up.

"I'm going outside for a bit." She answered to give them an excuse. Everyone only looked at her for a couple of seconds before going back to what they were doing. I sank back farther behind the trees as the front door opened. She stepped out a small distance from the house and carefully looked around. I finally decided that I would go over and talk to her. There was no use of trying to hide from her now. After I let out a deep breath, I quietly sped over to her. While she looked, still looking the other way, I went over to that side, but I still stayed a safe distance away. She stopped moving and still looked the other direction.

Without turning toward me, she asked, "What are you doing here?" After she asked, she turned to face me and waited for an answer.

After the hesitation passed, I moved even closer to her while keeping in the shadows of the house. "I was checking up on Lizzy." I softly admitted.

"Well, you've seen her. She's fine. Are you going to go?" she asks, clearly not fond of me being here. All I could do was remain silent as I looked at the ground. I really didn't want to leave. I needed to make sure that everything would be fine.

Leah looks at me and starts to shake her head. "You're not planning on leaving now, are you?" she asked even though she already knew the answer. She then turned away from me and faced the other direction. She let out a big breath as soon as she did. Apparently, she had been trying to hold her breath so she wouldn't have to breath in my scent. I don't understand why she still hates us, even though we've been through so much. I didn't have a problem with being around any of the wolves anymore, but then that's probably partly because Jacob is over constantly. My thoughts then start to change as I get an idea. I highly doubt that she would do this for me, but it's worth a try and I feel like I'm about to bust trying to keep it in.

"Do you mind doing me a favor?" I quickly ask.

Leah's head snaps back to face me with her face completely full of surprise. "You want me to do something for you?" she asks with a hint of sarcasm in her voice.

I turn away and close my eyes from being a little hurt with her response. How can she be so negative? Why can't she help someone for a change?

Leah lets out a loud sigh and asks in a softer voice, "Okay, what do you want?"

I turned back to face her as I softly ask, "Can you make sure that Lizzy doesn't say anything to Charlie?"

"She knows not to say anything." Leah answers almost matter-of-factly.

"I know, but he can't know. I've been trying to keep the truth about me from him. I don't want that to be brought out into the open."

"So this is what it's all about."

"It's dangerous for him to know! It's not like you would have wolves kill you if a human found out! We can't risk anything! We're not doing so great with them as it is!"

Leah flinched back at the tone of my voice. She was surprised how loud I raised my voice, but she was bringing up a serious matter here. If the Volturi were to come here now, who knows what they would do to us. We had to be extra careful of what we did. Right after I spoke though, we could here the sound of chairs moving as people started to get up. Leah looked toward the door and must have been trying to decide if she should go in now.

"Please?" I plead with her. She could at least watch her to keep her and Seth safe. She could also start thinking of Jacob's safety as well for Renesmee, which would also include us.

She sighs as she decides. "Fine." She answers as she starts heading for the door.

"Thank you!" I quietly call out as she opened the door.

"Whatever." She mumbled as she walked into the house.

I wanted to move away from the house, but not to far. I heard sounds coming from the kitchen and decided to first check there. Charlie and Sue were doing the dishes. I listened in onto their conversation to check, but it didn't seem much different from dinner. Good, Lizzy hasn't said anything and he doesn't know. Deciding it to be safe with Charlie, I headed over to the living room where the others were. It was mainly Seth and Lizzy talking to each other. They were both seated on the sofa and Leah was leaning against the wall. Apparently she was still bored and she seemed like she would rather be somewhere else. As the two were talking, Seth would occasionally glance over at Leah. It wasn't really so much that he kept glancing over at her; it was more of the look that he gave every time he did. It was as if he figured something out. I realized that he must have smelled me from her because I was near her. I wasn't the only one who had figured it out though. Lizzy was soon to catch on.

"Who was out there?" she asked Leah.

"Why were you expecting someone?" Leah sneers at her.

Lizzy opened her mouth and was about to comment back when Charlie and Sue walked into the room. Lizzy glanced at them and closed her mouth. She then rolled her eyes at Leah before turning away. Charlie had caught that, and he knew that something was going on. He kept looking back and forth at the girls while he was deep in thought. Leah knew that he was watching them and tried her best to avoid his glance. I was starting to get really worried. What could he be thinking? Has he figured it out? One thing for sure, he knew that he was not being told something.

After what seemed like a moment of silence, Charlie spoke. "What's going on?" he asked intensively.

No one answered his question. Then after a moment, he huffed, "Good, more secrets." Lizzy turned and looked at him with confusion. He continued on in somewhat of a muffled voice, "Lately it seems like everyone has been keeping secrets from me." In a softer voice, he mumbled, "At least Jacob tells me things."

I watched Lizzy turn toward Seth and mouthed, "He did?" Apparently she knew what Charlie was talking about. Seth barely nodded his head his head in response as he rolled his eyes. It was easy to recall the day that Jacob told Charlie about him. Well, show is the better use of what happened. I'm still mad that he did, but that anger is quickly washed away by realization. It made me wonder what Charlie may think of Seth and Leah. He was starting to figure it out before, but who knows what he could think now. It could put them in danger as well as the other Quileute's. If only Edward had been here. He would know exactly what my dad was thinking and what to do with it. I had to stick around to see what would happen.

I only moved a tiny bit closer to the house when the wind blew again. I watched carefully to see what would happen. Through the open window, Leah must have caught my scent. She looked out the window and turned back just as quickly. She seemed really annoyed. Charlie caught her strange movement and looked at her with a puzzled look.

"Are you okay, Leah?" he asked.

She turned and looked at him as she answered him in an obnoxious tone, "There's this fly that keeps annoying me. It doesn't seem to want to leave!" Sue looked at her sternly as Charlie somewhat flinched back in surprise at her tone. In a softer voice, she apologized. "Sorry, I've just been tired lately."

At her reply, Charlie relaxed some. Sue took the opportunity to say goodbye. "Well, we've best be leaving now. It's getting late. Thanks for having us over."

Charlie gave her a smile, as he replied, "No, thank you for dinner." Sue smiled as she headed for the door. Leah came out quickly before her and called out for me, "Leave, now!" I listened to her, but only to a point. I moved from the house, but I remained in hearing distance. Leah was already by the car when Sue and Seth slowly walked out. They were heading out to the car when Lizzy hurried out. "Seth!" she called out to him.

He turned around and hurried over to her side. He held her close as she whispered, "Will you come back later?"

He gazed into her eyes and softly replied, "I'll try." They finally let go of each other and he headed for the car where his mom and sister were waiting. The car pulled away with Lizzy watching them leave. After they are out of sight, she turned and walked back into the house.

It was only later that same night of when I went over to Charlie's. Well, it was actually the next morning, but it was still very early. Waiting for the next day to start, I spent my time with Edward in our little cottage. We were discussing everything that had happened today.

"You must have gotten pretty close to a wolf earlier." He mentions as he wrinkles his nose a little. I give him somewhat of a dirty look from him teasing me. He gives me a big grin as he chuckled a little.

"Sorry, love. I couldn't help it."

"Of course you couldn't." I reply as I rolled my eyes. He then stopped chuckling and tried to seem serious.

"Okay, I'll be good."

I looked at him sternly and he tried to hold back a smile. He held the same face for a while before I finally decided to continue, "Yes, I talked to Leah earlier."

"Alone?" he asked acting a little surprised as he raises his eyebrows and cocks his head.

"Surprisingly, yes." I answered as I slightly nodded my head. He patiently watched me as he waited for me to continue. I looked away as I added in a softer voice, "She knew I was near."

He straightened up and gave me a stern look. "How close did you get?" he asked.

I slowly lifted my face to meet his. "Near the house." I sheepishly admitted. He let out a big sigh. "Just curious I take it?" he asked. I barely nodded in response as I had a half of a smile. He shook his head and started to smile. "You're as bad as me sometimes."

We both smiled at each other before I turned away and lost my smile. I knew he would be concerned with my feelings, but I couldn't hide them anymore.

"There's more, isn't there?" he asked in a voice full of concern.

I turned back to face my husband and I tried to respond. "I think Lizzy may have figured out that I was there…" I trailed off, not waning to continue. I couldn't seem to get the words out.

"What happened?" he eventually asked with a voice barely a whisper. I couldn't seem to find the words to tell him. After a seconds thought, I decided to show him. I closed my eyes and concentrated hard on my thoughts. He must have known what I was trying to do because he moved a small distance away from me so he wouldn't distract me. I pushed the shield away and focused on the moments from when Leah went back inside after I talked to her, to when they left Charlie's. I opened my eyes after I finished and the shield instantly snapped back. I looked at him and he seemed deep into his thoughts. He looked like he was about to comment when he all of the sudden started looking around. I was confused what was going on. I was about to ask when I caught a strong, familiar smell.

"Why is a wolf here?" I asked.

He only concentrated for a quarter of a second before answering, "We'd better head to the house. He quickly stood up and offered his hand to pull me up. I take his hand and we both quickly start for the door.

"What is it?" I asked, wanting to get some answers.

"There's a problem." He only answered as he opened the door.

We were both running toward the house when I asked, "Who?" He didn't have to answer because the house came into view. We both stopped to see Carlisle at the front door talking to someone. As the young man turned around, we could see major distress and worry written all over his face. It was Seth.