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RECAP (RURIK)

Lina once again asked, "Do you know Dr. Carlisle Cullen?"

Emmett responded, "Yeah, he adopted us."

I chose now to look up into their eyes and saw five pairs of topaz eyes glaring at Emmett.

BELLA

How could Emmett be so stupid? He just told them that all of us are vampires, well not exactly but indirectly. Almost all vampires knew of Carlisle Cullen, leader of the biggest vegetarian coven in the entire vampire race.

I saw the boy, Rurik, looking at us; he knew what to look for, or at least he seemed to. I read his mind, and my suspicions were confirmed.

He knew about our being vampires. If he did, his vampire "siblings" probably did as well.

Adrian stated, in a whisper no human save Emily and probably the Slade boy could hear, "You're vampires." We nodded in agreement.

I then countered, "As are you, except Rurik." Adrian looked shocked, then nodded as well.

"I believe Emily is human as well," Lina announced. Emily nodded, not quite understanding the seriousness of the matter; I could feel her apprehension.

All ten of us were silent, truths sinking in.

Rurik spoke up, "I'm hungry," breaking the tension.

Emily added, "Me too."

Emmett said, "Let's get the kids," both of them scowled at this, "fed, shall we?"

Rurik and Emily immediately started shoveling food into their mouths, chewing and swallowing noisily. It seemed as if they hadn't eaten in months when I knew for a fact that Emily had eaten breakfast this morning. Esme babied her more than she had ever babied me.

Lina, after throwing a 'behave yourself' look at Rurik (I knew, because Emily often got the same look from me), said, "Well, we might as well get our former introductions done because they," jabbing her thumb in Emily and Rurik's direction, "are too busy eating."

Rurik justified, "I'm hungry. I'm a teenage male human and am supposed to have a nearly insatiable appetite." The males at our table chuckled, remembering their human days.

Emily blushed and began, "Edward, Bella, Alice, Jasper, Emmett, Rose," gesturing at each of us in turn. Alice, Emmett, and I waved while the rest just nodded their heads.

Lina introduced herself, "You know us already. I'm Lina, a tracker, and this is my mate, Adrian, who can resist thirst."

I was envious. All of us, including me, had to work at resisting our desire for blood, and here was a vampire who had that as a gift. Since he looked stronger than Lina, I'm sure he had something to do with the fact that Rurik was still completely alive. Since there were eight vampires fully capable of taking care of a human in our house, none of us came near Emily while even remotely thirsty.

By this time, Emily and Rurik had finished eating and went to discard their trays. They came back and started discussing their Spanish projects. They had to put together an All About Me book.

Rurik stated, "It's sort of redundant, isn't it? Having us rewrite stuff that we write every day."

"Well, there is a reason they try to teach kids stuff by rote. It works," Emily countered, as though not thinking so would signify stupidity.

"I still don't like Spanish."

"How can you be a Spanish II freshman and not like Spanish?"

"Remember how you said, 'You don't have to fail a subject to hate it.' I'm not terrible at it. It's just boring doing the same stuff every day."

"But still, Spanish is so easy. It can't take more than maybe one night to finish the whole project, can it?"

Of course, Emily found it easy. She stole our Spanish texts so much once she learned to read that we had to make sure to finish our Spanish homework first. They were Spanish III and IV texts, so she made us translate them for her, word by word and sentence by sentence. For some reason, she was never that interested in French or Latin.

"If it is, why don't you show me how easy it is?" responded Rurik.

"How?"

"Tutor me." He smirked, not expecting her to accept.

"You're on," Emily closed the deal, waves of determination and defiance rolling off her. She was raised to take up any challenge as long as it didn't compromise her honor or peace of mind.

Lina and I looked first at our wards, then at each other with a what have they gotten themselves into? look.

"Looks like we'll be seeing more of each other, Miss Cullen," Lina voiced.

"Mrs. Cullen," I said, out of habit. Since both Edward and I looked so young, people assumed we were just dating or engaged.

"You're married?" I nodded. "So am I. Mrs. Adrian Slade, pleased to make your acquaintance," she stuck out her hand mockingly.

"Mrs. Edward Cullen." I took her hand and shook it, making both of us dissolve into giggles like best friends would at anything so ridiculous. My friendship with Lina could be like my friendship with Alice from the way things were looking now.

Alice introduced herself as "Mrs. Jasper Hale", and Rosalie introduced herself as "Mrs. Emmett Cullen." We were all giggling by now.

Adrian and Edward glanced at us and shook their heads in resignation.

"Looks like the Mrs.'s got along wonderfully," I heard from Adrian.

My husband responded, "If you think they get along well, look at the kids. They seem to be arguing over whether Spanish is easy or difficult as if they were already married." Jasper and Emmett nodded in agreement.

Lina said, "I'm afraid it's more than just arguing. Emily has decided to prove to Rurik that Spanish is easy and fun."

Emily grumbled, "It'd be nice if you would quit talking about us in third person."

"Would you prefer second person?" Edward teased.

Emily nodded and solemnly answered, "Yes."

"Is it correct that you are tutoring Rurik in Spanish?" Edward asked, fake solemnity in his voice.

She glanced at Rurik, who nodded, before she herself nodded.

"Why is that you, Rurik, need tutoring in Spanish?"

"Because-" The bell signaling the end of lunch rang, preventing him from answering.

Emily mock-flirtatiously asked Rurik while batting her eyelashes, "Will tonight work for our little debate?"

He chuckled and nodded.

EDWARD

He's already coming over! I mentally screamed at Bella as we walked to our next class.

Oh, would you quit being so suspicious of a fifteen-year-old? Emily and he have a slight argument, and both want to win, she responded.

What was the argument about?

Whether or not Spanish is easy and/or boring.

Why do they care?

Edward, they're teenagers. They fight over stupid things. Hell, we're adults, and we fight over stupid things.

And how do I make up to you afterwards? She knew full well that I was referring to the kisses we shared after our arguments turned to flirting.

They're friends, Edward, friends. We both checked his mind, didn't we? Adrian and you are the only people who think they've got something going on.

Don't you feel any attraction between them? I'm not an empath, and I do.

Edward, it's rather difficult to be friends with someone you dislike or are indifferent towards.

I growled at her in my mind. Why does she always have to be right and have the last word? I should have resigned myself to consistently being wrong twenty years ago, but back then, I was always right.

EMILY

Crap. Shit. Damn. I had gone and said I could show Rurik that Spanish was easy and fun, but I hadn't figured out how to yet.

We had decided that we were just going to go home together and his "siblings" would come pick him up later. Rurik was still trying to convince me that Spanish was boring while we were walking to the parking lot.

I suddenly asked, "¿Por qué piensas que español es aburrido y difícil?"

"Go slower. I can't think that fast in Spanish."

I knew that he knew that vampires aren't known for talking slow, and they often talked in what humans would call buzzes. If you grew up with them, it was natural that you would speak fast. Both of us did; mine just transferred to Spanish as well.

I asked him again in English, "Why do you think Spanish is boring and difficult?"

"Because I grew up speaking English, and Adrian and Lina -they raised me ever since I was a baby- would always speak Spanish when they didn't want me to know what they were saying. Spanish is already a fast language, and they spoke it faster because...you know."

Then he whispered, "Te amo."

I stopped walking. "What'd you just say?" He couldn't have possibly just told me I love you.

"I love you, Emily Cullen. I love you."

"You, Rurik Slade, are absolutely crazy." I laughed.

"Only for you." Was he actually flirting with me?

"Okay, that was really cheesy." Somehow the line didn't disgust me as much as it would if someone else were to say it.

He sheepishly grinned. "Yes, but doesn't love make everyone a poet? Not everybody is gifted with eloquence."

"Come on. Lina's a tracker; she must know how to properly flirt, mustn't she? And Adrian seems to be the kind of person who does it naturally."

"Aye, but why would they teach me how to?"

"Rurik, it's called instinct. Human courtship rituals are based off it."

"Well, instinct tells me to do this." He kissed me.

The kiss was sweet but passionate, his arms circling my waist holding me close to him, mine around his neck pulling him closer.

And that's how my family caught us in the parking lot.

Edward's voice asked, "Emily Cullen, what are you doing?" Rurik and I broke our kiss and turned guiltily towards my family.

His joined in beside them, their expectant stares telling us they knew our dirty little secret.

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