We ended up going to a sushi place. They must really want me to spill the beans, man. I love seafood.

I hadn't had sushi in a long time, and they knew it. Suck ups. I got Crunch Salmon Rolls with some California Rolls. And let me tell you, I was a happy camper. You could have told me the world was ending, that there was a nuclear bomb being dropped right over us in two minutes, and I wouldn't care.

I had my two best friends, sushi, and Edward. Speaking of…

"Hey, have you noticed anything…different about the guys?" I asked with a mouth full of salmon and soy sauce.

Alice, who was taking a drink of coke, looked up at me meaningfully.

"Yeah. They have been acting…strange. I guess that's the right word. Like.. Jasper's eyes were black today, when they were ocher a few days ago. And why are their eyes that color? I've never seen that before. There was only that one time… remember? That one chick with the red hair that was almost orange? But she had red eyes, but was just as graceful as Jasper, Emmett, and Edward. Argh! What are they!?"

"I don't know. But Emmett found me in the dark. Like.. I couldn't see shit. And I was in the closet, under a jacket. I was totally quiet. I don't even think I was breathing. But he still found me without running into anything or tripping over anything." Rose said.

"Yeah. I…I don't know. It's like…something in some part of my brain is yelling at me. Like…telling me to remember it. But I can't figure it out! And it's really starting to stress me out." Just then, when I was chewing on a California Roll, everything clicked.

I gasped, causing myself to choke. Alice and Rosalie to look at me.

"You can't gasp with a mouthful of food, sweetheart." Al reminded me.

"I know." I said once I was sure I didn't have crab meat in my lungs. "Remember that day I told you I was going for a walk in the woods? And you asked why I was taking my truck if there were woods right across the street?"

"Yeah." they said warily.

I'm going to hate myself for this but... "Well… I didn't go for a walk in the woods. I…I went to Jacob's."

"YOU WENT-" Alice started to scream only to have a California Roll shoved in her mouth to shut her up. But that didn't stop her. "oo wens to dat erks ouse!?"

Haha, try reading that.

"Yes." I sighed. Here's the story. I was banned to go see Jacob Black. You see, I've known him longer than I've known Alice and Rosalie. But one day, I was over at his house when I told him something, I don't really remember it. But he got super pissed and slapped me. He ended up drawing blood, and there were nail marks on my cheek. I'm surprised I don't have scars. So that's why Alice completely flipped when I said I went to Jacob's. But I didn't learn my lesson that first time. I went back a second time- the time when I said I was going for a walk in the woods- and this time he kissed me. I ended up punching him and he started shaking really badly. That's all I remember. "But-"

"Oh. There's a but, now?" Rose spat.

"Would you let me finish!? I was going to say but he told me about something before he kissed me." I shuddered.

"Really? What?" Alice asked softly.

"He told me about…the Cold Ones." I got blank stares. "You know, vampires?" I whispered.

"Vampires?" they repeated dumbfounded.

"Shh! Yes, vampires. This is what he said…" and I launched into the epic story of the Quileute spirit warriors. I told them about the first spirit warrior, and how two young ones found a Cold man. And how he had two Quileute girls, about how his lips were stained red, covered in her blood.(A/n: shivers orgasmic.) And about how the two young spirit warriors killed the man and brought him back in chunks for the elders to see. And how his mate tried to avenge his death. About how she ended up being killed because of the third wife. How she sacrificed herself for the tribe. Then… about the coven that moved in and swore that they didn't feed off of humans, with the topaz eyes to prove it.

"Ugh! How come I didn't see this earlier!?" I hissed.

Alice and Rose were shocked. They were totally silent.

"So…I'm…we're going out with…vampires?" she whispered.

I nodded weakly. I…couldn't believe it. I was mad. At myself, for not catching it. The speed, the eyes, the skin, the hearing. It explains it all.

"Yeah Alice. We are."

"What are we going to do?" Rose spoke up for the first time.

"There's not much we can do. It's not like we can reverse it. It's permanent. But there's one thing I do know." I tried to gather my courage. I couldn't be the weak one at a time like this.

"What?" they asked in unison.

"We won't be able to stay away from them. It'd be impossible." they easily agreed to that one. "I guess we just…suck it up and drive on. That's all we really can do."

"Unless…we ask them about it. You know, see if it's true?" Alice was grasping at straws.

"Alice, like.. a few seconds before you knocked don the bathroom door, I heard something. Something that really proves that they are what we think they are. I heard a news report, about a Grizzly bear that was found dead in Denali National Park. I heard Edward talk to Emmett about it, and Edward talk about another coven, that's up there. Tanya, Eleazar, Kate… and some other people. Irina, I think. I don't remember the other one. But Emmett denied having anything to do with the carcass, then Edward said 'Bullshit! I can see it in your head!' like he can read minds or something. I don't doubt it, Jake said something about that, too. And something about how he or Jasper don't like grizzly blood, so it wasn't them…" I trailed off.

Both of their jaws were about two inches from the floor.

"What?" I asked, suddenly self conscious of myself.

"Nothing. We're just taking it all in. Give us a minute, please." Rose said politely.

After about 15 minutes of not saying anything, it was starting to worry me.

"Hey guys, let's go home."

Nothing major happened after that, we tried to blow it off, like it was nothing big. Hah, yeah right.

When we got back to the dorm, we were greeted by the boys.

"Hey." Edward purred in my ear. I shivered. He chuckled. "I see you're glad to see me."

I took off my jacket, wanting to delay the inevitable. It wasn't working. I decided to gather all my courage, for the second time today, and the balls and just ask him.

"Edward…" I hesitated. No! Don't hesitate! I mentally screamed at myself.

"Yes, Bella?"

"Are…are…" I sighed. "Oh, fuck it. Edward, what are you?" I blurted out.

I turned around to see what his facial expression would give away. At first, there was surprise, then shock, then finally… no emotion.

"I'm human, Bella, what else would I be?" he said innocently.

"Bull. Come on, please, please don't lie to me." I begged.

"I'm not lying to you, Bella." he tried to convince me.

Humph. He wanted to be that way, then fine!

"Edward." I whispered as I pressed my body against his.

I felt his breathing hitch. Per-fec-tion, baby. Ten points for the blue team!

"Bella. Not right here. Not now."

"What?" I asked innocently. "I'm not doing anything." I pouted.

"Yes you are. You're driving me crazy." he hissed.

"Good." I smiled at my work. "Now. Tell me. The truth." I growled through my teeth as I was poking his chest. God, he's so amazing!

He sighed. "Come with me. And grab a jacket."

He led me outside near the woods. I felt safe, why wouldn't I? He sat down in the snow, and I was about to do the same when he redirected my butt and I ended up sitting on his lap.

"I'm no better then the rest, Edward. I can sit on the floor, you know."

He smiled. "I know. I just don't want you to run away."

"I won't." I whispered. It was a promise. He seemed to know that.

Edward sighed again and began his life story.

"It was 1918, I was 17 and dieing of the Spanish Influenza." he stopped to look at me. I kept my face blank of any other emotion except curiosity. "My father had already fallen victim to it. My mother was in the same room as me. I could tell that she was going to pass, and that I wasn't too far behind. We were told that our doctor had fallen ill, and that we were getting a new one. I was far to sick to be pissed. I don't even think I cared. All I knew was that I was going to die. And soon." he had a distant look in his eyes. I touched his face. He looked down at me, smiled, and kissed me gently. "When Dr. Cullen came in, my mother somehow knew there was something…different about him. She didn't voice this opinion until she was barley able to breathe. She begged Dr. Cullen to save me, she knew he could. She didn't know how, but she knew. He sighed, and said there was one option. But it would be extremely painful. She didn't care, all she wanted was for me to live. After he agreed to save me, she died."

I softly gasped. I didn't know what to say… all those years ago. I stared at him, wide-eyed.

"It's okay, Bella. It doesn't hurt anymore." he said quietly. I hugged him with all my might. "After he took my mother to the morgue, he picked me up and left the hospital. No one would know I was missing. He probably destroyed the record. All I remember was being in a light room, and then the unimaginable pain that came afterwards." he shuddered.

Never have I seen Edward this…vulnerable. He's only known me for a short amount of time, and here he's spilling his heart out to me.

"I was a monster." He whispered. I could barley hear him, his voice sounded like the wind. "Bella, I killed so many people." He looked into my eyes, his topaz one glistening, like he would start crying at any second. "How…how can you stand to be around something like me?"

"Edward. How could you say that?" A tear slide down my cheek. He didn't miss this. With his fingertip, he wiped it away.

"Because I am, Bella. I thought I was doing the right thing. Only going after murderers, rapist, robbers. But…I wasn't doing the right thing!" He looked away into the trees and took a deep breath. "In 1921, Carlisle, otherwise known as Dr. Cullen, found and changed Esme, my adoptive mom. In 1911, at the age of 16, she fell out of a tree and broke her leg. She was taken to the hospital, where Carlisle was working. She never forgot him. In 1921, she flung herself off a cliff because her baby died. She didn't have anything. But when they took her into the morgue, somehow, her heart was still beating. Carlisle quickly remembering who this was, and changed her. She's wasn't really upset that she had become a vampire. She was happy to be with the man… or vampire of her dreams."

I was so lost in the story, picturing everything he was telling me, I didn't know her had stopped. It was his chuckling that brought me around.

I shook my head. "What?"

"Oh, nothing. Would you like to hear more? Or do you want to go inside where it's warmer?"

"I want to hear more, but I don't want to go outside. I'm not cold."

"Okay. Just tell me if you get cold. Well… after Esme, there was Jasper. He was changed in 1863, by Maria. I won't even start that one. He'll have to tell you about it. But his past was violent. And he found Carlisle, Esme and I when he escaped from Maria and her…issues, shall we say." I had rolled off his lap and ended up eating snow. Hey! I was thirsty. "In 1935, me and Jasper found Emmett being mauled by a bear. He couldn't just let him die, so we took him back to Carlisle, fearing we wouldn't be able to change him ourselves. He's been with us ever since. And that's our story."

"What about you?" his question caught me off guard. I stopped doing my snow angel, and lifted my head.

"You actually want to hear my story?" I was shocked.

"Yeah. You heard mine. Why can't I hear about yours?"

"Cause." I laughed. "It's not fascinating. Captivating or any other big word used to describe time worthy."

He laughed. "Oh. I'm sure it is."

I scoffed. "I've only got 18 years under my belt. and I'm positive nothing exciting has happened in those 18 years." I looked down. "Besides meeting you."

It was silent, so I looked up, but didn't move my head. He was looking at me. A small smile playing on his perfect lips, his eyes twinkling. I think I might jump the poor boy. That'd be a first, 'Human rapes vampire in awkward teen hormone explosion.'

I giggled, despite my attempts to cover it up.

"Is something funny?" he raised one eyebrow.

"Nope." Giggle. "Absolutely not."

Giggle.

"Bella! What's so damn funny?" he asked, a big goofy smile on his face.

I just couldn't stop giggling. The more I thought about it, the funnier it was. Just the thought! It was impossible! I couldn't even push the boy an inch, let alone rape him.

"Do you really want to know?" I asked in when I knew was a sexy tone, because Alice and Rose have taught me well.

"Yes." he breathed.

"Well…" I hesitated. I had to think. I was in heels, and there was snow on the ground. Could I run in it? Hell yes, I could. Would I? Probably not. But then again… if I did… then he'd catch me as soon as I even got up. Maybe he'd play along…

I stood up. He looked at me curiously.

I bent down and whispered in his ear "No cheating." And with that I took off running.

I looked back and I saw him, still on the ground. I was still looking when I blinked and didn't see him anymore.

That's about when I ran into a tree.

"Oof!" I managed to get out before I started laughing my ass off…which was in the snow, by the way. I've always had this thing, that whenever I fall, I don't get embarrassed, I start laughing. I looked up to see nothing. No rock, no tree. I looked around me on the ground, no roots, no twigs, no nothing. Just feet prints and snow. What the-

Something just rustled in the bushes. I've always had great eyesight, but I couldn't see shit. And I never got scared real easily either. I wasn't scared, but I was…freaked. I'm in Juneau, Alaska, where there's wolves, bears, and caribou. Hey! You never know! They might be rabid.

Then a twig snapped.

"Fuck!"

Now the echo it cuts through me like the pulse
of your beating heart the day you found out
Now the echo it cuts through me like the star
eupon your face the day you found out

Something Isn't Right
-A Small Victory

A/n: Buahahah! It's not who you think it is… It's only 2:18 am. I might write chapter 7. I've already got part of it down… So yeah. Tell me how I'm doing so far, dammit! What could I fix? What can I change? Anything!

I'll see you next time.