Carlisle

There was silence for a few minutes as my family took in the horrors Lexi had told them.

"So is that why you came here? For revenge?" I asked.

Lexi looked offended. "No! I told you, I wanted to get away from my boyfriend and try to live a human life."

"Bit hard to do when you're a bloodsucking monster," Jacob muttered. Lexi smiled sweetly at him, and suddenly he was up against the wall with her hand around his throat.

"I heard that, mutt. You heal fast, right?" Jacob attempted to nod. "Good." Lexi reached out into his chest. "Feel that? Feel my fingernails scratching your heart? Grabbing it? I could rip it out as easily as blinking. Do us all a favour, don't tempt me." Then she dropped him.

"Jake!" Nessie ran towards him whilst Bella lunged at Lexi.

"Too slow," she tutted, as she grabbed Bella and threw her through the ceiling.

"Lexi." She stopped and looked at me.

"I came here to forgive you, Carlisle. I didn't want to hurt anyone." She ran off, out of the house, before I could say anything.

"Carlisle!" Edward shouted, and my medical instincts kicked in as I turned to Jacob, gasping in pain on the floor.

"Will he be okay?!" Nessie asked desperately.

"He'll be fine. He's already healing."

"Good. So we can deal with other matters," Jasper growled furiously. "This other kind of vampire is clearly much stronger, faster and more dangerous than we are. Can we let her stay here?"

"Well, you said it, Jazz. She's at an advantage, I think she'll be the one deciding who stays." Alice said.

"I don't think that's our biggest priority at the moment." Bella jumped down the hole in the ceiling and glared at me. "What else have you been lying about Carlisle?"

"Nothing. It was when Lexi left that I stopped drinking blood, and everything else I told you is the truth... just shifted a few years." Rosalie looked at Edward.

"Is he telling the truth?"

"Wait, you have to ask whether he's telling the truth now? You've known him for nearly a hundred years!" Esme shouted.

"He's lied to us all for a hundred years!" Rosalie shot back. "He left out that he slaughtered the family of an innocent 5 year old, and burned her alive 16 years later! Forgive me if I'm having doubts about his honesty, Esme!"

"Come on, Rose, all of us, with the exceptions of Bella and Nessie, have killed, what makes Carlisle different?" Emmett said soothingly. "You killed Royce and those other men."

"But he lied! He allowed us all to put him up on a pedestal, feel sympathy for him and his struggle, marvel at his self control, when it was all lies!" She moved towards the door. "Can none of you see it?!"

"Rosalie, where are you going?" I said quietly.

"Away from here. Don't any of you try to stop me."

Again, there was silence as the door slammed behind Rosalie. Looking around, only Emmett and Esme's faces were clear of the looks of betrayal that filled everyone else's.

"Bella, Nessie, I think maybe we should go back home now. Jacob?" Jacob pulled himself up and the four of them sprinted off.

"It's late. I think I'll go to bed." Jasper walked upstairs and Alice followed without saying a word.

"Carlisle?"

"I'll be right up, Esme. Emmett, will you be okay?"

"I don't know."

Rosalie

I was still furious at Carlisle. I felt absolutely betrayed. But I'd managed to follow Lexi's trail and we'd got to know eachother. Walking into school, I could feel everyone's eyes on me. The mysterious new girl with a Cullen.

"Hey, Rose, I just need to get a drink." Lexi said, and steered us towards the bathroom.

"Would you mind keeping a lookout? Bella caught me in here yesterday, and I'd rather keep the compulsion to a minimum." The whites of her eyes suddenly went red as she pulled out a bloodbag and sank her fangs into it.

"What's it like?" I asked as we headed towards history.

"What's what like?"

"When you drink blood, and your face goes all..."

"Evil?" Lexi laughed. "It's like... I feel so full of power, and the control that I usually have to keep a tight grip on tried harder to slip away. And you know what? When I'm like that, I don't want control. I want to lose myself in bloodlust, and drain everyone around me." Her face looked wistful. Now I knew how humans felt when they realised they were in the presence of monsters.

We entered the classroom and there was no sign of the teacher.

"Shit." I whispered as we sat down. "Jasper's in this class." Before she could reply, a man walked into the room. He smelled weird, like Lexi did, and he gave off the impression of having been around far longer than anyone else.

"For fuck's sake!" She muttered, looking at the man.

"Hello, class. Your previous teacher is, unfortunately, unable to continue teaching you, therefore the job falls onto me. My name is Mr Mikaelson, but please, call me Elijah."