A/N: Thanks to my favorite reviewer Racullen for taking time to read my story and to answer your questions: This chapter will show some of Kaylab's past, hopefully you will see why he seems so volatile, and Alice has not seen much about Bella yet only that Edward wanted to kill her.

Supermanisgay thanks for the review too, I am really happy to hear you are enjoying the story.

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Chapter 7

KPOV

I watched the Cullen's leave with a feeling of longing. I smiled at my promise to see those who I was able to call family.

I went back inside and headed to my study. I looked for a medical book to distract myself for a few hours.

After a few hours, I decided to gather what I would need to take on my little weekend trip.
I finished in a matter of minutes. I checked the time, it was already four in the morning.

My cell phone rang, I checked the caller ID and sighed.

"Hello, Tanya," I said in a polite voice.

"Kaylab," she said in a voice that made me shiver slightly.

I could tell she was going to seductive and failing horribly to me. But she was the leader of the coven Eleazar and Carmen were in, so I knew she was not that bad.

"So, Kate tells me you're coming this weekend. I can't wait to see you. You know, Edward is here and I am happy to have you both here together," she said in the same voice.

"Edward? As in Edward Cullen?" This information was intriguing, from what Carlisle has said they did not know where Edward was.

"What is he doing up there?' I asked.

"I don't know. He seems to want to be alone. I am going to try to talk to him. Well, I will see you soon alright?" She said slightly distracted.

Then she hung up, without letting me get in a word in edge wise.

"I should go tell Carlisle," I said to myself.

I grabbed my back and went outside. I locked the door and headed out to my bike.

"Hey buddy, you ready for a long ride?" I asked.

Yes, I know I was talking to my bike, but it was something more than a vehicle to me.

I got on and set off to the Cullen's home. I pulled up their driveway. Esme came out to meet me.

"Kaylab, is everything alright?" she asked me in a concerned voice.

I smiled at her. "Yes Esme, everything is fine. I have news about Edward."

She smiled back at me, as I told her this. I was happy to be able to bring her some good news. She ushered me into the house, where the rest of her family was waiting, apparently they heard me.

"Kaylab, what have you heard?" Carlisle asked. The look on his face was full of concern.

I gave him a reassuring smile.

"He is fine, Carlisle. He is in Denali."

He looked relieved as I gave him the news.

"Since I am heading there now, is there anything you would like me to tell him if I see him?"

Esme walked over to Carlisle and put her arms around him.

"Please Kaylab, tell him we are here for him when he needs us," Esme said.

I nodded, as they all waved me off. All except for Rosalie, who I could already tinkering away with my car. I walked back over to my bike. After a moment of kind farewells, I started my bike once again.

I managed to see Jasper admiring my bike, before I took off.

Maybe Jasper should get one of these.

I laughed at the idea. Perhaps I should suggest it to him when I get back.

I drove through the night. One of the best things about my bike, was the modified tank. I could ride for twice as long then on a normal bike.

By Saturday morning I was surrounded by snow. I breathed the clean air. I could not smell a human around, it was so much more different then Forks. It might have been a different planet when compared to New York. I missed Alaska.

I headed towards Tanya's home and made it just before dark. Carmen answered the door, as I killed the engine.

Carmen embraced me in a hug. As awkward as it was, I still hugged her back.

"Welcome back, Kaylab," she said warmly.

"Thanks, Carmen."

I walked in and was immediately tackled by Kate.

"Omph!" I laughed. "Hey Kate." I padded her head.

"Alice told me about your wardrobe," she mumbled into my chest.

I groaned and she laughed.

"We are going shopping now!"

I looked to Carmen and mouthed help.

"Kate, let him at least put his things down."

I smiled as Kate got off me and made me promise to hurry.

I looked around.

"Where's Tanya?"

Carmen and Kate gave me an incredulous look, but answered anyways.

"I think she went to look for Edward."

I looked around and was about to ask another question, but Carmen seemed to guess that one and answered before I could ask.

"Eleazar is meeting some of his old friends."

I nodded and Kate laughed saying, "Aww ,don't pout, Eleazar will be back soon."

I grumbled. "I am not pouting."

I stood up and looked around, in the best dignified way possible.

However, I was not able to hide the wince, as I slightly high pitched voice called my name.

"Kaylab!" Tanya shrieked and I found her hugging me.

As much as she annoyed me, I was happy she was well.

"Greetings, Tanya. How are you doing? Have you been well?" I asked her.

She began to regale me. Kate looked like she wanted to head out. I smiled at Kate and remembered Esme's message.

"Tanya, where is Edward? I have a message for him from Esme."

"Oh, knowing him he will probably be on his way home now," she said with a smug smile.

"But enough about him, how about me and you go and hunt?" she asked, as she batted her eyelashes.

Before I was forced to make up an excuse, Kate grabbed my arm and informed Tanya, "Sorry Tanya, he promised to go shopping with me."

For a moment I considered which of my choices was the lesser of two evils.

I smiled at Tanya, "I'm sorry Tanya, but I did promise. Besides I hunted on Monday. I want to try to wait as long as possible to hunt again. You know, build up some resistance."

Tanya, sensing defeat, turned to Carmen and asked about Eleazar, as I was dragged out of the house by Kate.

I smiled at the eager look on her face.

"Race ya," I yelled, as I took off running at vampire speed.

"Hey!" She yelled with a laugh, as she ran after me.

"Do you even know where the mall is?" she called after me, as we ran.

I stopped and watched her fly past me like a bullet from a gun. She gave me an evil grin and kept running.

I crouched low and shot forward chasing after her like a comet. I caught up to her easily.

We slowed, as we reached the small city that the mall was located in.

"No fair Kaylab, you have been holding back," she complained, as we walked into the mall.

I shrugged and shot her what I thought was a winning smile.

"I never said I was going to go all out, did I?"

She slapped me in my chest.

"Ready?" she asked. I sighed and smiled at her.

She had a face of a child inside a candy store at night. Her passion for shopping was unmatched, but I knew it made her happy, so I gave her a look of fear and began to tremble.

She rolled her eyes at me and pulled me into a store.

"Come on, you big baby."

I laughed at her.

Four hours and fifteen stores later, I was carrying what must of been half of each store.
I followed Kate, as she did a little window shopping.

The human couples I passed gave me looks of pity as I followed her.

"How much of this is mine?" I asked her.

"None," she answered.

I stopped.

"Are you kidding with me?" I turned, so as to be able to look at her and she pouted at me.

"Shopping for you is going to take a lot longer," she informed me.

I turned and started towards the exit.

I felt a pull on the back of my shirt.

"Kay," I took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. I stared at her for a few moments.

She normally has a face of pure pleasure while shopping, but right now she looked so sad, my still heart felt like it was breaking.

"Fine Kate. One more shop. I might be a vampire, but I am not a superhero, ok?" I said softly.

She seemed to cheer up considerably.

"If we go back now and drop off the bags, will you shop with me tomorrow?" she asked looking down at her feet.

I groaned loudly and she looked up sadly.

"Yeah sure," I gave her a smile, making sure she knew I was not mad at her. We walked out together.

"There's that smile that makes my heart beat," I joked and as always she rolled her eyes at me.

I dropped off the bags the moment I made it into the house and dramatically wiped the sweat from my brow.

"My hero," Kate said and kissed my cheek. I kissed her cheek back and headed into the living room, to find Eleazar and Carmen sitting in each other's arms.

Carmen was sketching on a pad and Eleazar was reading. They did not seem to notice me, so I walked back out quietly and stepped out the door.

I looked around, finding myself alone. I ran towards the mountains and stopped when I found a small pond. It was frozen over, but there was a small formation of rocks near one side.

I sat there and watched the sun rising.

After a while, I heard someone walking up behind me. I recognized the scent.

"Hey Kate."

She walked over and sat next to me without a word. She too stared at the rising sun. After a moment, I felt her lean her head on my shoulder.

"Are you alright, Kay?" she asked quietly, still staring towards the horizon.

I tilted my head so mine laid on top of hers.

"Yeah, Kat, I am."

I felt her arm slide around my waist hesitantly.

"Can I ask you something?"

"You just did, but you can ask as many things as you want," I said, putting one arm around her shoulders.

"But will you answer?" She asked, looking up slightly.

"I won't lie," was all I could say.

She took a deep breath, before asking.

"Would you tell me about what happened in New York?"

"Why didn't you ask Eleazar?" I asked.

She looked back down and said, "I.. I did, but he said that you would talk, when you were ready," then she added, "And he said, I should not bother you about it."

I turned my head and kissed her hair.

"About a hundred years ago, I was bitten and changed. I don't remember my life before that. Like all newborns, I guess, I craved blood. But I was unable to kill, I refused to. I stole from blood banks to stop my needs and stayed in the slums of New York, away from people. I had fed twice on humans, when I was unable to hold on any longer. But other than that, I hid away from the world. A year after my change, a vampire came to me and told me it was her who changed me. "

I stared forward as the sun began to slide behind the clouds. I looked at Kate's body, as it glittered like a diamond.

"She said, she wanted to make an army to take control of New York. At the time, I was already strained from the lack of blood and she told me, she took me and changed me for something so useless as taking control of a city. I don't remember much at that point, but the only thing I did remember was that my hand had punched through her chest and her head was no longer connected to her body."

Kate shuddered slightly and I smiled at her.

"Do I scare you?"

She laughed and said, "A little."

She still held on to me. "So what happened after that?"

I pulled her a little closer, before continuing.

"After that, I hid in an abandoned building and tried to live quietly, unfortunately the girl who created me had already started her army. I never did find out her name, nor did I really care. Those she changed, began to grow wild. I ignored them while they stayed away from my home. One day, while I was stealing blood from one of the banks, some humans had moved into the building. They were homeless and were seeking shelter from the storms. I found them hiding in the building. The old man was killed by a newborn vampire, but I had made it in time to save the two children. They were odd, they watched me kill the newborn who killed the old human, right before their eyes, but they showed no fear of me. They began to stay close to me. I was tempted many times to feed off them, but I resisted. They drew other newborns to my home though. I fought to protect them."

Kate looked at me, her eyes filled with questions.

"Why did you do it? Was that how you got those scars?"

I stared at her.

"I did not know you saw them."

She looked down, "Sorry."

I laughed and said, "It's fine, it's just not something I like to show off, you know and to answer your question; I did that, because I felt more human when I was protecting them."

Kate moved from me and tentatively lifted my shirt.

"I fought a lot of fights, many times I was outnumbered. I refused to let them die though. I used my rage and anger to fight. I learned to fight anyone I felt was a danger to them or me. One night, I had stolen food for them and made sure they were safe before looking for blood myself. I was unlucky that night."

I took a breath, remembering that night. "I thought it was unusual, on the way back I fought three newborns. There normally was not that many. As I made it to my home I heard the children scream. I ran as fast as I could to where they were to be hidden. They were surrounded by ten newborns. I did not understand why they found them so quickly. Then I noticed that one of the children had cut himself. Without thinking, I leapt at the newborns, roaring as ferociously as I could."

I felt Kate wrap her arms around me in comfort. "Idiot, fighting ten at once."

I laughed, "Well, I was not really thinking then," I paused.

A few minutes of silence later, I said in a lower voice. "I still remember them, they were crying, but they were crying as they saw me fighting, it was the first time they cried while watching me fight. I watched as they were slaughtered. I wanted to help."

I felt Kate slide a hand across my lower back. "Is that how you got these?" Gently she traced a line across the bottom of my waist.

"Yeah, that's how I met Eleazar and Carmen. I managed to kill five of the newborns before they got me. Eleazar found my body and saved me. The scars aren't noticeable anymore," I said brightly.

Kate gently pulled off my shirt. Following pale white lines over my body. "Maybe not to a human."

"They were much darker before," I said simply. I felt her lips kiss along my the scar where my arm met my shoulder. Gently she pushed me onto my back.

"I can't believe you survived this."

I laughed softly and said, "What, do you think I am a ghost?" She ignored my comment and climbed on top of me, sitting just below my waist.

I watched her trace the scars on my chest gently with her hands.

"If Eleazar had not heard my roars and growling, I might not have made it."

She leaned down and kissed the front of my shoulder and hugged me close. I held her in my arms for a moment, letting her get under control. After a few minutes she looked up at me.

"So after Carmen and Eleazar found you...," she prompted.

I took a breath and continued, "After they saved me, they showed me about animal blood. I think they knew I was trying to save those human children. That's why they saved me, I think. I stayed with them for a while. Then I met you, Tanya and Iriana."

She smiled at me, "You were quite frightening back then."

I looked at her, "Back then?"

She smiled and nodded. "Yeah, but now you're like a puppy following Eleazar and Carmen."

I put my hand on her head and messed up her hair as a response.

She laughed and then sighed, "Why did you not stay? You know, back then?"

I sat up and looked into her beautiful caramel eyes, "I still felt nervous around others."

"Where did you go?" She asked quietly, as she hugged me once more.

I put my arm around her again. "New York."

She looked at me when I said this and she asked the question I knew she would ask. "Why?"

"I go there every year. The same day every time." I said closing my eyes.

I felt her let go. I opened my eyes, to see her right in front of me. Then without a word, she threw her arms around me and kissed my lips.

I kissed her back, but after a moment, I pulled away. I smiled at her.

"Will you stay now, with me?" she asked.

I kissed her forehead, before I answered, "I would like to."

"But you won't, right?"

"No, I don't think I can yet. Not until I am ready."

"I'll wait for you," she said in almost a whisper.

"Just promise you won't wait for me, if you find someone else, ok?" I said softly into her ear.

"I doubt that will happen, remember what happen when I touch someone without thinking," she laughed.

"Don't tell me I am your choice because you can't shock me," I said, pretending to be hurt.

"It is one of the perks."

I smiled at her answer.

"Promise," I said again.

"I promise, but don't put your hopes on it," she shrugged then continued, "So, how's Forks? Remember, it is not New York, you don't have to be as tough as you were back then."

"Yeah, I know. I am still not so used to humans or vampires so close to me," I sighed.

Kate pulled closer to me.

"Kay, what about me?" she asked.

"You are one of the few I don't mind close to me, Kat," I told her honestly.

"Can I kiss you?" she asked. I smiled and leaned in to kiss her once again.

"You know I do love you, right Kat?" I asked.

"Yup, that's why you let me shop without complaining."

Again I laughed.

Then she said, "I love you too, you know."

I pulled on my shirt again. Then with vampire speed, I picked Kate up into my arms.

"Lets head back, ok? I am sure Tanya is dieing to bother me again."

She wrapped her arms around my neck and laughed. "Don't worry, I will protect you."

I ran at full speed to Tanya's house. I set Kate down at the door, before walking in.

"Kaylab!" Tanya called from the living room. I looked at Kate and smiled.

"Coming Tanya," I called back, as Kate took my hand and gave me a small squeeze.

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A/N: So everyone knows Kaylab only lets Kate call him "Kay" just as Kate only lets him call her "Kat" (it is pronounced the same as "Kay")

Please Read and Review. I am not sure about this chapter and I am worried about it, I think I missed a part I had wanted to say, but as today (2/16) is my birthday, I am a bit lost lol.

I am not sure if they will get together or not, maybe Bella will choose him maybe not. We will just have to wait. So now you know a bit of his past, he has a hard time trusting people and is not sure of his feeling for Kate, which is one of the reasons why he does not want her to waste her time waiting if she has found someone else.

More about his past will be revealed by Eleazar tomorrow, as they discuss his first week.