Damien's POV

What do you wear to go swimming with teenage girls? I am by no means a prude, but lets be honest at least one of these girls is not used to our natural physique, and I don't want to intimidate her. I think I ripped apart half my closet before settling on a pair of dark blue board shorts (you know the kind with the flowers?). For the day I wore khakis and a white T. I also packed a few changes of clothes, I wanted to fit in and this way I could change accordingly if needed.

It was going to be overcast today till evening, then the sky was clearing and it was an almost full moon. Alice had mentioned swimming after dark, but spending most of the day on the beach. I wonder what they plan for mealtimes for the girls… I really hope we don't have to eat human food.

I fed on my way home this morning. Just a couple of deer; I wanted to be sure to have no thirst interest in the girls.

I've found the hours long today. I wish I could sleep just to pass time. I spend hours choosing an outfit (or 5), worked on a thesis paper, did a bunch of unnecessary cleaning, and finally got showered and ready to go. It will take an hour to drive to their cottage; it's hard to speed on heavily populated roads in the middle of the day.

I drive the Tribute. I have other vehicles (they really are the perfect toy) but for today this works. It might just be my favourite at the moment. It's not overstated; after all I'm only supposed to be 18. Sometimes I've been up to 25, but I was 18 when I was changed.

That's what I'm going with today. I'm 18, attending college through distance education. I live alone, my parents have passed. Nothing of that is untrue…

When I pull in at the cottage Emmet and Jasper are outside tending the fire. "Hey bro what's going on? The women are on the beach, we are doing man things. What do you want to do?"

Emmet's greeting perplexed me somewhat. I really couldn't see what was so manly about standing around a fire. "Are you staying up here?"

"Actually man we were just waiting for you. Bella wanted to get Edward alone for a walk and Alice and Esme took Robyn for a walk somewhere else. Rosie is waiting for me inside. Jasper here will take you wherever you want to go."

Ah, so that's it. I guess they would like some privacy, or as much as you can get in the company of vampires. They seem like a couple who wouldn't really care if they were in private or not though. "Jasper, do you want to go to the beach?"

"Sure. Alice has a tent set up for changing and storing things. I think they were planning to play on the beach for the afternoon then swim tonight. I assume you took all necessary precautions?"

I knew he was just being protective of the girls but I still found it mildly insulting. I nodded. He seemed to notice he had offended me.

"I'm sorry Damien; I didn't mean to be insulting. There was an incident last year and I would just like to prevent anything like that from happening again."

He felt guilt over the incident still. His emotions were palpable and I wanted to reassure him. "I fed on my way home this morning. I will be very careful with these girls. I know they are special to your family."

We walked on to the beach and Edward and Alice met us with the girls. Jasper introduced me as his childhood friend (I found this very amusing). We played a couple games of Frisbee in the surf and walked on the beach. It was fun watching Bella try to sneak up on Edward so she could shove him in the water. He must not be able to hear her… odd.

Late in the afternoon Esme asked me to accompany her and Robyn for a walk down to the cove. We sat on the rock and had been there for a while when she remembered something she had forgotten at the cottage. She was up and away before either Robyn or I could offer to get it for her.

And that was how I came to be alone with Robyn Brown.

(sorry, I know its short. Longer chapters are coming I promise. I should have the next chapter up tonight or tomorrow morning)