Kay guys, guess what? Superman by Five for Fighting is officially Laurent's theme song. Well, my Laurent anyway, not really Stephenie's Laurent. XP

And lets all thank Emilie (not the character, the person who the character is based off of) for the happy pills thing. That was her idea.


Edward grabbed me by my waist, and pulled me behind his back, growling at the elderly vampire before us. Emilie's eyes widened and she jumped behind Emmett, who was standing nearby the couch. He reached behind him, and gently touched her arm, assuring her that he would protect her. He was already treating her like a little sister. I would find it adorable, if my worst enemy wasn't in front of me.

"Hello Edward," Aro said, a huge grin spreading across his features.

Edward's lips curled into a snarl. "What do you want, Aro?"

He laughed. "So quick to snap at me, aren't you?" he shrugged.

"Is he always this cheerful?" Laurent whispered from behind me. I noticed he was also hiding Tanya behind him, the same way Edward was protecting me.

"Yes," Jasper replied, rolling his eyes.

"Oh, I almost forgot about your little gift," Aro said with a chortle. "It must get rather annoying after a while, doesn't it?"

"You have no idea. . ." he replied, sighing.

Laurent snickered, and I think Emilie did too, but I couldn't be quite sure.

"I'm not here to do any harm," Aro said, still smiling. "I have come to check on the new one. The one hiding behind the burly boy."

Emmett growled. "You're not going near her."

"You carelessly abandoned her in a forest," Alice snapped. "You're lucky we found her, and not a human. And now you have the nerve to come and check on her?"

"I just came to give the girl some options." He replied, trying to look at Emilie, but Emmett kept her out of view.

"What options!?" I asked, my voice raising an octave.

Aro laughed. "Why Isabella," he said, as if I were a stupid child. "There are two sources of blood to choose from, you know. The girl should have a choice about which path she takes, should she not?"

Emilie's eyes widened. "I think I'll stick with the animal blood," she said, nodding her head. "I'll pass on the becoming a murderer thing, thanks."

Emmett snorted. "You heard her, she's made her choice."

"What a shame," Aro said, shaking his head. But really, he didn't look like it was a shame at all. He was still smiling like a madman.

"Will you stop with the happy thing already?" Laurent exclaimed, throwing his hands in the air. "Jeesh man, lay off the happy pills."

Emilie raised an eyebrow. "Yeah, the smiling all the time thing is a little disconcerting."

Rosalie laughed. "Well, you've heard your answer." She said, folding her arms over her chest. "Neither Bella, nor Emilie are interested in your way of life."

"Thank you for your offers," Jasper added. "But we're not interested."

Aro sighed. "Then I will be returning home," he said, clapping his hands together. "But our offer still stands. It won't ever expire."

"Do not stop to hunt on your way out," Edward told him, glowering.

Aro laughed. "I wasn't planning on it," he replied, shaking his head. "I'm well fed, actually." He snuck a quick look at Emilie.

Emile raised a perfect brow. "Nothing like a good sixteen year old to quench your thirst, huh?" she said, smiling wickedly.

Laurent laughed. "I like this one, can we keep her?"

I scoffed. "She's not a dog, Laurent."

"Oh, how delightful!" Aro chortled. "You act as if you are really a family of some sort."

"We are a family," Alice said pointedly.

"One that plans on staying together," Jasper added.

"So you can take your offers, and shove them up your old—"

"Emmett!" Rosalie screeched, smacking him on the back of the head, nearly hitting Emilie on the face. She apologized quickly, before glowering at her husband again.

When we all turned back to where Aro was standing, he was gone.

Laurent raised his eyebrows. "Well," he said, pursing his lips. "That's definitely not something that happens every day. . ."

I rolled my eyes. "It seems it has been happening more frequently."

"They won't bother us again," Edward said, squeezing my shoulders.

I sighed. "That's not what Alice says. . ."

Edward spun me to face him. "They will not take me away from you. I swear to you, I won't let them."

"None of us will," Alice piped in.

"We'll kill them before we let them." Emmett said, punching his fist.

"Wow," Emilie observed. "It's like some sort of dysfunctional Brady Bunch."

Laurent snorted. "You could say that. . ." he said, shrugging.

"Um, Pookie," Tanya said suddenly. "I promised Carmen I'd be back by noon, so we can leave for our hunting trip, and you promised you drive me home, and help with the bags. So, we need to go."

Edward raised an eyebrow. ". . .Pookie?"

"What's with the pet name?" Emmett asked, bursting out laughing.

Tanya and Laurent looked like they both should have been bright red. And they probably would have been, had they been human.

"Hey, hey," I said patting Laurent's shoulder. "I think it's cute! Don't you, Eddie-Poo?"

Edward's brows furrowed. "Uh. . . yeah."

"I think it's cute too," Rosalie piped in. "And I bet teddy bear does too, right?"

Emmett winced. "Uh huh. . ."

Soon, it turned into a battle of the most embarrassing nicknames. Alice shouted out 'Jazzy,' and Emmett screamed, 'Rosie Posie.' Laurent and Tanya had run out of the room by the time Jasper yelled out 'Alice in Wonderland,' and Alice smacked him in the back of the head with a pillow.

Emilie laughed. "Something tells me living here is going to be . . . interesting, to say the least."

"You'll learn to love 'em." I said, chuckling.

Emilie smiled. "I bet I will."

"Oh!" Rosalie said suddenly. "Why don't we show you your room?"

"I get my own room!?" Emilie asked, sounded very excited.

Alice giggled. "Of course!"

"I'm going to like it here!" she exclaimed with a chuckle. "I didn't even have my own room when I was . . . well, alive."

"You'll get Bella and Edward's old room," Rosalie announced. "Here, we'll show you." With that, Alice and Rosalie led their new little sister upstairs.

Jasper chuckled. "She's cute. . ." he observed. "A little spazzy, but she's cute."

"I like her," Emmett snickered. "She talked back to Aro. She's pretty awesome in my book."

Edward laughed. "Look at that, we got a new little sister."

"Yeah," I agreed. "I'm not the little one anymore."

Emmett laughed, and walked over to ruffle my hair. "Naw," he countered. "You'll always be my annoyingly adorable kid sister."

"Erm. . ." I said, raising an eyebrow, and fixing my hair. "Thanks?"

He snickered. "You're welcome."

"Come on," Edward laughed. "Let's go home."

I grinned. Home. Three days ago I was afraid that home would never revolve around Edward again. I shuddered at the thought.

Edward placed a hand on my shoulder. "Sweetheart, are you okay?"

I nodded. "I'm fine, just thinking."

"That's never good," Emmett muttered.

I glared. "Oh shut up."

Jasper snickered. "We'll see you later."

Edward and I nodded, and walked hand-in-hand towards the cars.

"How are we going to get home?" Edward asked. "We have two cars here. Alice must have brought the Volvo home from the airport while we were gone."

I beamed. "I'll race you home!" I squealed.

I ran to the car, and hopped inside. I turned the key that was already in the ignition, and sped down the street. Edward's Aston was right behind me. I sped down the roads, trees flying past me at unnaturally high speeds. Edward was suddenly driving next to me, on the wrong side of the road, and flashing me a arrogant grin. I pressed harder on the gas, and the next thing I knew, I was pulling into the driveway.

Before Edward.

He pulled in a moment later, looking at me in shock.

"I win," I grinned.

His eyes narrowed. "Gah. That's so not fair."

I cackled. "Don't hate the player, hate the game."

He rolled his eyes. "Let's go inside. . ."

"Kay," I beamed.

So Alice's vision must have been wrong. After all, Aro had left. He wouldn't come back, would he? As Edward and I walked through the threshold, I absentmindedly squeezed his hand. No one would take him from me again.

My hopes of that being true were shattered when we entered the living room. The figure before us was grinning sadistically, and stepping forward. Edward protectively wrapped an arm around me, and roared.

The vampire only laughed, and continued walking towards us.

"Hello Edward," the figure grinned. "And Isabella. . ."

ANOTHER CLIFFY!! BWHAHAHAHA!