"You know that's great but I'm tired and I want to sleep right now." I replied. "It's nice to know but it's not something that I want to talk about right now."

I hung up the phone and started to head back to bed. As I was doing so, I walked out to the guest room to check on Cady. It was the first time that I was letting her sleep in her teenaged state. I found sitting on the bed, wide awake. What the hell was she still doing up? She needs to be sleeping during the night like everyone else.

"Why aren't you asleep?" I asked.

"I'm the daughter of a serial killer." She stated in a cold tone. "What if I turn out just like him?"

Oh god, this was exactly why I didn't want to tell her. I had a feeling that something like this was going to happen.

"It's not going to happen." I told her as I walked over to her. "You are nothing like him. Just because you share the same blood doesn't mean that you're like him. You also have my blood. I know that I'm a little messed up but that's because your grandfather did horrible things to me."

"I love you, Mom." She said as she hugged me.

"I love you too, Cady." I reciprocated. "Are you going to be okay to sleep?"

"I think so." She replied. "Can I sleep with you and Mommy tonight if I can't?"

"I don't know if the bed is big enough for that." I replied. I had never tried to fit three people into the bed before. "Just try not to think about the bad things that he's done. It doesn't matter right now. You just have to believe that you won't end up like him."

"I feel a lot better." She told me. "Thanks mom."

"You're welcome, Cady." I replied before I went to bed.

In the morning, I was sitting at the breakfast table, which was really just the regular table with breakfast on it, when Cady walked in wearing a pink sundress and a smile on her face. I guess she was feeling better.

"You seem pretty peppy this morning." Claire commented.

"Well I feel happy even if I have to stay inside all day." I remarked. Okay now that's a frightening statement. I don't want to keep her locked up. I just realized that I can't take her out into town. Wait a minute, I have an idea.

"Do you want to go to Port Angeles and do some shopping?" I asked Cady.

"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Claire asked. "Port Angeles is closer to Seattle than here."

"I'm sure." I replied.

"I would love to go out but are you sure that's it's a good idea?" Cady asked. "Are you sure no one will notice?"

"No one knows us in Port Angeles." I commented. "It's the perfect place for us to go and do stuff. I could buy you your own clothes so you don't have to steal mine."

"You've never worn this dress." Cady pointed out.

"That's not the point." I replied. "What is the point is the three of us should go shopping together. I mean Claire could use some new clothes for the new school year, even if all she ever wears is her cheerleading uniform."

"If I didn't have to I wouldn't." Claire remarked. "I'm not a fan of it. If everyone wore uniforms, I'd be okay with but since it's just me and a few other girls, it makes me uncomfortable."

"It's still sexy." I remarked.

"Anyway speaking of cheering, I can't go because I have cheer practice." Claire reminded me. I frowned at that. Maybe you could ask Alice to go with you since you two are friends and she knows about Cady."

"Fine, I'll give her a call." I agreed as I dialed her number.

"Yes." Alice answered.

"Yes to what?" I asked. "I haven't asked you anything."

"I know but I saw your decision to ask me to go shopping with you and I am saying yes to it." She responded. I really didn't like the ability of precognition.

"Okay but do you also know that I want to bring Cady along?" I asked.

"Uh-huh." She responded. "I'll even come and pick the two of you up."

"Great, then I guess we'll see you when we get here." I stated before I hung up. I turned to Cady. "Did you take a shower by any chance?"

"Didn't you hear me in there?" Cady asked. I guess that meant that she had.

"No I didn't because I was in the kitchen." I pointed out. "I also want you to wear some sunglasses, just to be sure that no one recognizes you."

"I don't think anyone would recognize me." She pointed out. While this was true, I still wanted her to do it.

So Alice came to pick the two of us up. We got into the back of her Porsche and she began to drive us to Port Angeles.

"I can't believe that you're actually doing this." Alice commented, since Cady was listening to my iPod.

"Well if I don't let her go out, I'm no better than my father." I pointed out. "She told me that she was afraid of becoming her father. Well I'm kind of afraid of becoming mine."

"I see what you mean." Alice replied. "I would never want to be like my mother and Carlisle's greatest fear is becoming like his own father."

"We both had really crappy parents." I stated. "Yours abandoned you and mine wouldn't let me go."

"But he did let you go finally." Alice pointed out.

"And that was the turning point of my life." I remarked as we arrived at the mall. Hmm it didn't really seem like we were talking that. Then I reminded myself that Alice always drives super-fast for reasons that to this day, I don't understand. With that I took Cady's earbuds out.

"What?" She asked.

"We're here." I explained.

Cady hopped out of the car and the three of us walked into the mall.

"Okay now just because both Alice and I are absurdly wealthy doesn't mean that you can get the most expensive things." I explained to Cady.

"Okay, Mom." Cady agreed.

"You probably shouldn't call me that here." I replied. I tried to decide if I wanted her to call me Elle or Sis. I don't think either of those would make me sound comfortable. "Just don't call me anything at all."

The shopping trip was fun. I had a good time shopping with my daughter. I really didn't care much about what she wore. I basically told her if I wore it, she could wear it.

We then went to the food court because both Cady and I were hungry. Alice had to watch us eat and I kind of wished that I could give her some. It reminded me of the few times that I had given her some blood that I had acquired from various means while we were dating. Sure Uncle Charlie had questions about what I was drinking, but I didn't care.

"So do you not eat regular food?" Cady asked.

"No I only drink from animals." Alice explained.

"Why animals?" Cady added.

"Because the more that I drink human blood, the harder it is to control my thirst for it." The vampire told her. "Plus my eyes would be red."

"That wouldn't be a very good look." Cady commented.

"It's not." I remarked. "I saw it when after she killed your father to save me…well us since you were still in my belly. She saved the two of us from him by drinking all his blood."

"So why don't you eat regular food?" Cady asked.

"Because I don't have a digestive system." Alice explained.

"So you don't have to go to the bathroom, that's no reason not to eat." Cady responded.

"She actually means that since her stomach doesn't work, it has to go back out through her mouth through means of puking." I replied.

"Okay now I get it." Cady remarked as she ate some of her own food. "Yeah that would be a problem. So is it true that the two of you were in love once. Why aren't you still in love?"

"There's a very complicated explanation for that." Alice said.

"I don't think it's very complicated." I countered. "But this is not a story for right now. We should probably get home so we can put all of the clothes away."

So I liked to avoid some things. Cady already knew that her father tried to kill me. I didn't want her to know that Alice's brother had also attempted it. We eventually drove home. As we arrived, I noticed another car in the driveway. Who did that belong to?

"That's Naomi's car." Alice commented. "I don't know why she is here."

"Cady, I don't want to Naomi to find out about this right now." I told my daughter. Cady nodded, once again becoming infantile. I reached over and picked her up. "I think I can handle this."

I really hope that Naomi hadn't brought that husband of hers with her because then I would have to kill him for stepping foot inside of my house.

I walked into the living room carrying a bag of clothes while I held Cady with my other hand. I didn't see Jasper, just Naomi and Claire sitting on the couch. They may have been talking about something.

"You know this is a surprise." I announced.

"Hey, I hope it's alright that I'm here." Naomi remarked. "I ran into Claire at the supermarket and she said I could come here."

Claire and Naomi had become friends from being in cheerleading together. Remembering that Cady could potentially hear the things that we talk about, I put her in her crib and then came back.

"So what were you doing at the supermarket?" I asked Naomi.

"It was buying cleaning supplies." Naomi explained. "It's also where I buy my shampoo and my gossip magazines like People and Cosmopolitan."

"Isn't Cosmopolitan a sex magazine?" I asked.

"It's not all about sex." Naomi defended. "Sure there are articles about sex but there are also articles about other things."

"Name five." Claire challenged with a smile on her face.

"Health, careers, celebrities, fashion, and beauty." Naomi listed.

"Okay I guess it is about other things." I agreed.

"It's a magazine for young girls." Naomi replied. "And even though I am over 100, I will always be a young girl. Hmm it seems all of this talk about sex has both of you turned on. I should leave so you two can do it."

I blushed as she rushed out the door. I mean how can you possibly kill a moment worse than that? It was like she grabbed the moment, bit into its neck, and sucked out all of its moment blood. Okay that made absolutely no sense.

"Do want to have sex?" Claire asked.

"Well not after being told that I want to have sex with you." I remarked. "That's kind of embarrassing."

"But we can still do it." Claire suggested. "Who cares if she said that? All that matters is the fact that the two of us love each other."

I couldn't argue that logic so we ended up doing it. I kind of hope Cady hadn't heard us.

"So did you two have fun at the mall with Alice?" Claire asked.

"Yeah…we did." I responded. I don't know why it was so hard to answer that question. I was perfectly happy with Claire. I'm probably just overthinking this.

So more shiptease between Alice and Elle. I'm making it so hard to pick a team aren't I? Well please don't forget to review