'Oh God!' I mentally started to panic until I felt a hand on my knee along with a strong burst of calming energy. 'Cheater' I thought but allowed the calmness to envelope me. I turned my attention back to the movie, trying to not let my nerves get the better of me. A few moments later Edward came walking into the living room right behind the girl. Aunt Alice jumped up and sat down in the floor at the same time Uncle Jasper lifted me up and put me in his lap. 'What the hell?!' I questioned, but then saw Edward and the girl sit down where Jasper and Alice had been and remembered that the couch was the only place to sit at in the living room. So I sat in Uncle Jasper's lap, eating my lasagna and watching the movie.

We all sat in a strained silence—everyone waiting to see what I would say or do. Being the coward I was I pointedly ignored everyone, not saying a word. Mentally I sang random songs—sometimes the entire song, sometimes just bits and pieces—in an attempt to keep me calm as well as to shut out Edward from my thoughts.

Once the movie started running through the ending credits Edward stood up and turned to the brunette, "Let's get you home," he told her as he held out his hand to help her up off the couch. Once she was up off of the couch I was able to get a clear view of the girl. She had long wavy brown hair, pale skin, and brown eyes. She didn't have any make-up on minus some chap stick. There wasn't anything really eye catching about her appearance and yet at the same time there was something about her that drew me to like her.

"What about—" she started to protest.

"Do not worry. The others can handle it."

She looked ready to press the issue further, but then gave in and turned to Esme, "Thank-you for having me over for dinner."

"It was our pleasure, Bella. You know you are welcome over any time." Esme replied before giving her a hug.

"And it was nice to meet you Wynter."

I looked up at the sound of my name, shocked she would even address me at all. I gave her a smile, "You too." Then Edward guided her out the door. Jasper then sat me back on the couch.

"Boney Butt," he teased.

"Like you even noticed. You just want up so you can change the movie out before I have a chance to say no."

"Maybe," he winked before disappearing.

"You pick something stupid and I swear I'll punch ya," I said as I got up to get more food.

"James Bond is not stupid. It's classic." He defended.

"Yeah yeah at least it's not Voyage of the Prehistoric Planet."

"You have no appreciation for the old stuff."

"Not with special effects that bad."

~*~*~ 3 days later ~*~*~

"Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!" I heard Seth yell as he bounced up and down on the bed and removed the covers from my face.

"What the hell?!" I whined as I tried to bury my face into my pillows. He stopped jumping.

"You got five minutes to get up and get dressed before I drag you by the ankles."

"But!Whyyyyyyyyyyy?!"

"Because I'm under orders to get you to Emily's by breakfast and I want to get there before the guys eat up all the food so come on! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!" He said grabbing my arm and practically yanking me out of bed.

I grabbed a pair of stretchy black pants and a dark grey t-shirt that had the Slytherin crest in the middle then went to the bathroom to change. I just brushed the tangles out of my hair and left it down, but put a hair tie around my wrist as a just in case. When I came back into the room I slid on some flip flops and grabbed my phone and keys off the night stand before Seth half-dragged me down the stairs and out the door.

"How the hell did you get over here?" I asked when I saw that there was no car around.

"I'm a werewolf remember? I don't need a car." He bragged.

"I am NOT walkin' the whole way there. HAIL NAW," I jerked my hand back from Seth's grip, "I ain't even had coffee yet." I rubbed my eyes and stretched a little before Seth grabbed my hands and threw my arms over his shoulders so he could carry me on his back and started taking off running towards La Push. " Ya know….a little warning….next time….might be….nice." I said between bounces. He just laughed and continued to run until we reached Emily's yard. Once there he set me down on my feet. I wobbled a little bit before gaining my balance and staggered my way into the house. By the time we made it inside I had a massive headache.

"Hey Wynter!" The guys greeted me, but I ignored them finding the first empty seat I could see and sitting down then laying my head on the table in an attempt to make my headache go away.

"You okay?" Seth asked me as he put his hand on my back.

"What did you do to her?" one of the boys asked.

"I didn't do anything except get her out of bed and bring her here. She was fine when we left her place."

"Seth, HOW did you get here?"

"Well she was complaining saying she wasn't going to walk all the way here so I picked her up and ran with her."

"Emily can you run and get some migraine medication out of the medicine cabinet and a glass of water?"

"Sure," I heard her say before disappearing to wherever.

A few minutes later one of the boys spoke, "Wynter, I need you to sit up so you can take this. It's some Excedrin. It will help alleviate some of the pressure from the migraine."

I looked up to see which one was talking to me. It was the eldest—Sam. I glared at him a bit, but did as told. After leaning back in the chair he handed me the pills and a glass of water. I gulped down the water and the pills before laying my head back down on the table.

"Jake's going to kill you," someone taunted.

"Paul," Sam warned.

"Who's going to do what?" Embry asked as he walked in with Quil and Jacob in tow.

"Nothing," Seth, Jared, and Sam answered.

'That didn't sound suspicious at ALL' I thought as I rolled my eyes.

"Hey Wynter! What's up girl?" Without lifting my head I put my elbow on the table with my arm in the air and flipped the bird at whoever was in front of me.

"Damn. Who pissed her off?"

"She caught a little vertigo from standing up too fast and it gave her a migraine," Sam answered.

"You okay, Wynter?" I heard Jacob ask from my right.

'I'd feel a lot better with some coffee and a head rub.' I responded in my head, thinking he could hear me.

"Wynter?"

'I just said—oh wait I didn't say that out loud did I? Damn it! See this is why I always got along with Edward best. I don't have to actually talk with him. I can be as grumpy as I want and still have him know what I'm actually after.' Out loud I responded, "nnnnnnnhhhhhh," then lifted my head up off the table and into my hand; then just stared blankly at Jared, who happened to be directly across the table from me.

"Either she's really tired or contemplating on how she can kill me. I can't tell which."

"Are you afraid?" I asked in a low voice.

"It's a little unsettling."

I grinned from ear to ear.

"Wynter," Jacob interceded.

"What?" I asked, smiling at him, "I'm not doin' nothin'. I'm still trying to figure out why my ass got dragged outta bed at 7 o'clock this morning without any coffee."

"Aww poor baby," Paul teased.

"Shut up, Paul, before I get the gumption to get up outta this chair and drop kick you in the nuts again."

All the boys except Paul and Jacob hollered, "OOOOHHHHH!" and started laughing.

"So not cool," Paul said.

"All right you guys settle down. Breakfast is ready," Emily said in her 'mom' voice as she began to set plates of biscuits, eggs, sausage, and bacon on the table.