A/N Ahh... Chapter 4. Yay. I feel like people aren't really reading my story. Apart from the people that have reviewed and favourited or followed. Thank you. Please excuse the mistakes, and if this all seems rushed, please tell me and I'll fix and edit everything.

Avalon's P.O.V

I smile at Jacob as we walk into Emily's living room, all eyes on us. I felt better than I did before, than I always did. Jacob wasn't just my friend anymore, he was my best friend. He stole my heart. As everyday I spent with him went on, I found myself loving him and his childish grin. His pretty dark brown eyes. He wraps his arm around my shoulder and I feel my heart quicken as I stare at his arms, looking perfect against my shoulder. Emily and I share an excited smile with each other. We sit down next to Paul, who looks as if someone had killed his puppy. I nudge him with my shoulder softly, careful not to tick him off.

"Who killed your puppy?" I ask him with a light chuckle. Paul turns to look at me with narrowed eyes and I regret opening my mouth. I guess I always do when Paul's pissy. Which happens quite often, it seems to be a miracle when he's completely happy everyday.

Everyone starts laughing and I smile to myself as Jacob pulls me closer whilst he chuckles. My heart melts. My eyes widen and I rest my head against his chest.

"Shut up Aj, this is serious." Paul snaps at me. He begins vibrating like a phone receiving calls from just about every number on its contact list, like he usually does when he's mad or pissed. Same thing right, I think to myself.

Sam clears his throat, "Paul, watch it, don't talk to Avalon that way."

Jared nods his head in agreement as he hugs Kim close. I watch as she blushes happily; comfortably sat on his lap. I lift my head off Jacob's chest and cover my mouth with my hand as I think to myself. Did Jacob love me, like I sort of loved him? He was always there for me, he always cared and showed me just how much our friendship meant to him, even though he kind of ditched me for his childhood best friend Bella. But, I wasn't going to be selfish, he cared about her.

"Sorry Aj." Paul mummers. He looks up at me his brown eyes sincere. I smile at him and raise my brows. Jacob suddenly holds me closer, tighter and just like that Paul's eyes narrow

I nod my head slowly, slightly confused, and look up at Sam, "So what, happened? Why is my room off limits?"

Paul snorts, "There was a leech in your room."

"Paul!" everyone but me screams in alarm. Eyes wide, mouth agape. I look around at everyone in surprise. What was the big secret? I look at Paul, who looks frustrated and slightly embarrassed. Was I missing something? Since when were leeches spotted around Forks?

"A leech? Are there even leeches in Forks, let alone my bedroom?" I ask.

Sam sucks in a breath and narrows his eyes at Paul. Jacob stifles a laugh and tries to disguise it with a throaty cough which makes Embry, Jared and Quil howl with laughter. Brady and Collin roll their eyes at the bunch. I still look around confused, wondering if anyone was going to tell me anything. Jacob looks at me with a smirk and ruffles my hair with his hand. His warm fingers dance along my scalp, promising me nothing but comfort and protection.

Paul growled, "This isn't fucking funny. Aj could be in danger, what was a fucking vampire doing in her room? How did we not smell the fucking thing?"

I feel my blood run cold as I replay the words that had escaped Paul's lips. Vampire's aren't real. But if I was going crazy... What was a vampire doing in my room? No, I tell myself, vampires aren't real, end of. So, why was I feeling as if I was lying to myself? I feel Jacob stiffen next to me. I turn to look at him in question but he clears his throat and looks at Sam

"How did no one smell it?" Jacob asks with a roll of his eyes, "Did you recognise the scent?"

Sam shook his head, "Nope, none of us did. We followed the scent all the way to the border line. It wasn't a Cullen. Which is why we were thinking you could ask one of the Cullens if they knew anything, at all?"

"Wait… Vampires?" I ask, "Vampires aren't real."

Embry, Quil and Jared begin laughing again. I narrow my eyes at them, not finding their out burst of laughter very funny at all. It just confused me even more. They always seemed to be laughing and it pissed me off.

"Let's go meet some then." Jacob declares, standing up with Seth, Embry, Jared and Quil. Paul sits there with a tight scowl on his face, his fists clenched tightly.

"Paul, are you coming?" I ask him once I stand up. He looks up at me with a pained expression he takes my hand and shakes his head 'no'. My brows furrow, "I'll stop by yours later?"

Paul nods at me slowly and let's go of my hand. I peck his cheek before running after the boys, who were already in Jacob's truck. Embry and the others were at the back whilst Jacob sat at the front. A nervous look on his face. I smile at clutch my stomach as I climb in next to him. He starts the engine and begins driving. Were they all serious. Vampires? I look out the window as Jacob drives. I can hear the others laughing and c=screaming at the back and it makes me feel on edge and more nervous than before.

"Jacob?"

"Yeah?"

"Vampires, aren't real, right?" I ask quietly.

Jacob clears his throat for the, what, third time today, "Just, don't be scared, okay?"

My eyes widen, "No, I'm not scared." I lie, "I'm… Calm."

I trip as I step out of Jake's truck. I'm face to face with the most beautiful house I have ever seen. Tall and picturesque, with long, clean and wide windows. It made my eyes widen and my mouth fall open. I had never seen a house so clean and so big. It was buried deep inside the forest but it still had that modern look. What kind of people lived here? Who knew? I watch as Seth skips over to me looking rather giddy and excited. He was always giddy, happy.

"Are we allowed in?" Jared grumbles quietly, sounding like he'd prefer to be outside. A disgusted look spread on his face as he rubbed his neck, his face twisting even more if that were possible.

"Mind you, I'd rather stay outside, far, far away. It reeks." Embry coughs as he pinches his nose tightly. His eyes squint as if he couldn't see properly. Like when Emily cooks and she asks Leah to help. Whenever Leah would cut the onions, her eyes would squint and water, her face turned in disgust. Quite like Embry's.

I look up to see a young man standing outside the house. His bronze tousled hair, perfectly styled and his freakishly golden eyes stare at me intently, a crooked smile forms on his lips. I had never seen someone so perfectly beautiful. Somebody so pale. He walks towards us, gracefully, carefully. His pale skin makes his eyes look so creepy but still so beautiful. And when he speaks his voice is musical and soft, "Jacob."

"Edward." Jacob nods, looking away. I could literally feel the tension in the air. It makes me shiver and rub my am in discomfort. The young man must notice this because his eyes widen slightly as he looks down at me.

"Alice had a vision. And it seems as if… Avalon is going to be a big part of all of our lives." Edward says as he yes Jacob carefully, checking to see if he was okay and stable.

"Never. Not yours anyway." Jacob growls, "Your not, no way in hell are you going to take Avalon away from me too."

I furrow my brows at Edward. He smiles and hold out his hand. I look at it with a confused frown. Should I shake it? Slap it away? I was so confused suet so curious as to why Jacob seemed so livid and protective over me. Jacob wraps his arm around my waist and pulls me towards him gently. I rest my head on his chest and look up at his narrowed eyes, that are glaring daggers at the pale man in front of us.

"Come in." Edward smiles as he walks off inside.

I look up at Jacob with an arched brow, "Hasn't he heard of the sun? He's so pale."

"Vampires are like that. Pale faced and creepy looking." Quil said with a shrug. He snickers at my reaction. My lip trembles, a shiver dances across my spine and I can't do anything but prey inside my head. He was a freaking vampire? Impossible. My hands start to shake as I stare at the house. There was no way I was going in there, even if Jacob was with me. Surely, he wouldn't stand a chance against a vampire. Would he?

"I'll protect you, I promise." Jacob says, gripping me tighter.

"Aren't you guys coming?" I question them quietly. My voice high and shrill as I look at them with pleading eyes.

"We'll pass." they all say together in unison.

I narrow my eyes at them and gulp.

"I'll go!" Seth cheers as he pats Jacob's shoulder.

Step by step I feel myself grow self conscious. What if they didn't like me? What if they didn't except me? Wait, why would they care? Why would I care? Jake kisses the top of try head gently and yet again butterflies explode in my tummy.

As he leads me inside, with Seth behind us, a giant grin slips onto his face. I hold onto Jake tightly as we walk up the stairs in silence. "Don't be scared."

"I'm not." I lie, in a snappy tone.

"You are so, Aj you're shaking." Jake chuckles.

"Shut up Jake."

"I should warn you though," Jacob starts but then stops as he searches my face, he comes to a halt at the bottom of the third flights of stairs, telling Seth to go on up, "Don't be surprised at some of the stuff you hear, or see, or... Just don't over react like you always do."

We begin walking again. One step. Two steps. Three steps. On the fourth I stop him and look up at him, "Jacob, are they friendly?"

It was the most stupid question I could ever ask but I asked anyway. His simple reply was a scoff as he led me up the stairs and into a bright and expensive looking living room. My jaw drops at the beautiful people in front of us. All pale with pretty golden eyes. There was a gorgeous blonde and a short dark-haired pixie looking girl. Then there was a large guy with dark curly hair, he reminded me of a grizzly bear. Then there was a blonde guy with a pained expression. A handsome blonde man stood next to a pretty woman who looked very motherly and approachable. They were all so beautiful. Then there stood Bella. She was so pretty with her pale skin, large brown eyes and brown hair.

"Is this her?" the gorgeous blonde asks softly, turning to the pixie, "She doesn't smell like a mutt lover."

"I'm positive," the pixie pipes, "She's going to become apart of our family."

"The hell she's not." Jacob growls at her. She rolls her eyes and smiles at me. They all do, apart from Bella who scowls.

"I'm Alice!" the pixie giggles, "This is Rosalie, Jasper, Emmet, Carlisle and Esme. You already know Bella and Edward, don't you?"

I can't open my mouth. I can't think properly. I was in a room full of vampires, I didn't feel as scared as I thought I was. I felt so much calmer than before. Jacob holds my waist tightly and shuffles me in front of him, and rests his head on mine. Seth smiles next to us, okay, he was grinning like an idiot but Seth always had that cheerful personality I loved.

"We know why you came, Jacob." Carlisle spoke, "I think we know more than you do. Alice somehow managed to see Avalon's future."

Emmet chuckled, "I still don't believe this little girl could take me on."

I furrow my brows and look down, embarrassed and slightly exposed, "I could easily take you on," I whisper as I look up at him, "Jake taught me self-defence. I could beat you any day."

"Cute," Emmet laughed, a tight smirk on his lips.

"Do you want something to drink? Or eat?" Esme asked me softly, "You're looking a bit frail darling."

I smiled at her and shook my head, "I, erm, I'm okay."

My stomach grumbles in protest as the word eat processes in my mind. I'm sure everyone heard. A small smile slips on Esme's lips. Everyone looks at me with a raised brow.

"Make her something to eat Esme, I doubt she means it. Jasper would you like to join Esme." Edward says. I don't dare to look at Jasper, because he's glaring at me. I feel as if I could die under his stare. I don't watch as they walk away and into the kitchen. "Why don't we sit and discuss this."