Edward POV

Getting the house decorated took very little time since I was a vampire. Alice had made it clear that decorations were a must, and the only reason she was letting me do it was because I asked.

For Revi's past birthday's I let Alice go crazy and usually stepped aside. This birthday my baby girl was ten. It was one of the more important birthdays. I took care in the green and yellow balloons, for her favorite colors. There were streamers and a large sign saying "Happy Birthday Reviana." The living room had been converted into the party zone, and the balloons were covering the entire house.

Alice and Jasper were picking up a last minute present for Revi, and I laid out the ones I had gotten, along with the ones Embry, Quil, and Jake dropped off. The party wasn't as grand as my daughter deserved, but she knew what she liked, and her three best friends, father, and aunt and uncle were it.

A little after I finished decorating Alice and Jasper strolled in. Alice was practically bouncing. "Edward!" She darted forward and grabbed me in a hug. "Did you miss me?" Her smile was contagious.

"Did I miss my home being ambushed by a hyperactive pixie vampire? Of course." I went over and clapped Jasper on the back. "How was….wherever you guys were last?"

"Bermuda." Jasper replied. "It was nice but we didn't stay long. Alice was getting bad feelings."

This was new to me. "The Volturi?"

Alice shook her head. "No it was just nomad's but they were a little too curious about our diet. I was concerned if they knew too much about us, they may let something slip. So we left. I've been keeping an eye on things Edward, don't worry."

I nodded. "I know, we all have." It was a worry that was always in our minds. "I got the decorations set up."

"I can see that." Alice looked around. "It looks great Edward, she'll love it. What did you do for the cake?"

I shuffled my feet slightly. "I baked one this year."

Alice grinned and held her hand out towards Jasper, who reluctantly reached into his pocket. He pulled out a fifty dollar bill and placed it in her waiting hand. "Told ya!" Alice exclaimed.

I rolled my eyes. "Jaz we know not to make bets with the psychic."

Jasper sighed. "I just couldn't believe it when she told me she saw it. Should I call you Edward "Betty Crocker" Cullen? Since when are you Mr. baker?"

"I'm not. It's my kids tenth birthday, it's special. So I thought I'd bake her a cake. Why is that so surprising, am I that bad of a father?"

Alice smacked my arm as she skipped to the kitchen. "Don't be ridiculous. We are just surprised. Did you make her favorite?" She looked at the cake on the counter and smiled. "Yellow cake and a mix of rainbow chip, and milk chocolate icing. Those kids are going to be in a sugar coma."

Alice stopped smiling and her eyes grew distant. I knew she was having a vision, but it didn't worry me until her breath caught. "Alice?" I said, and tugged on her arm. Jasper was alert as well, and I felt his shield go down, so I could see what she was seeing.

If my heart was beating it would clench.

"Edward, what is she seeing?" Jasper said anxiously.

My voice shook as I replied, "Revi."

Revi POV

I realized cutting through the woods to get to the beach was a bad idea once I saw the vampire. From his red eyes I knew he wasn't like my family. I took Jake's hand and tried to quietly lead him away, but the vampire had already caught our scents.

"Hello there children." His musical voice dripped with sweetness, but I knew better. Jacob squeezed my hand, and I shook my head at him. He was probably wondering if I knew him. Jake knew how to recognize the good vampires from the bad ones too.

My dad had taught me what to do in situations like this if I was alone. I took a deep breath and tried to be brave. I was ten now, I wasn't a little kid anymore.

"My father is like you, a vampire I mean. We are part of a small coven. My dad, uncle, and aunt would know this isn't an animal attack, and they would find you."

The vampire raised his eyebrows. "Aren't you a little spitfire? So it's a half vampire, you'd be then. What is your father's name, perhaps I know him."

This was the part I had to be careful of, in case he was a Volturi member. "I don't think you do. He is a vegetarian." I knew he'd understand what I meant. I glanced at Jake and he looked scared but also angry. This was the only part about me being half vampire he didn't think was cool, the danger.

The vampire laughed, and seemed slightly disgusted. Vegetarian's in the vampire world weren't popular. Suddenly he was in front of us, and I jumped despite my wanting to be brave. It was something I should have been used to, but he was scary, and I wanted my daddy to come.

In my head I thought as loudly as I could. My thoughts would be screaming for my dad. Daddy! Hurry there's a vampire, please! I thought as hard as I could.

Suddenly, the vampire began appraising Jacob. He sniffed at him, which made me tense. If he thought Jake smelled appetizing, we'd never make it out of this.

He didn't look at Jake like food though. Instead he looked at him almost like he would an enemy. He looked around him, and then ran away. It took me a moment to realize he actually ran away. Jake let out his breath.

"Is he gonna come back, what was that about?"

"I don't know." Just then I was lifted up, and felt the familiar grasp of my dad. I heard him whispering my name, and felt him checking for injuries. I saw Aunt Alice was looking over Jake. "Daddy, its ok he ran away."

My dad drew my face back and looked at me closely. I saw the worry in his eyes and touched his chin to show him I was ok, and also show him what happened. As my dad watch his expression changed to confused, and then as he looked at Jake he seemed to understand. What was wrong with my best friend?

Uncle Jasper touched my hair for a minute, and then ran in the direction the vampire had gone, probably to make sure he was far away. Aunt Alice, knowing Jake was in on the secret, didn't hold back her vampire ways, and picked me up like a baby. "Hey Aunt Alice." I let out a laugh, though it still made me sad to see my dad so worried about me, even though I was fine. He kept looking at me, and his hand was on Jake's shoulder.

"Birthday's just can't be uneventful for ten year olds I guess sweetie." Aunt Alice put me back down. "You've grown, what did I tell you about growing?"

"That I'm not allowed to get taller than you, I know. I'm not though, Dad said I'm short for my age." I turned back to my dad, who forced a small smile for me. "Dad stop, nothing happened." I smiled at Jake. "Jake scared him."

Jake smiled back and looked up at dad. "Think maybe I can be a vampire slayer?" At Aunt Alice's chuckle he looked at his feet. "I meant the bad ones, not you guys, duh." Dad loosened up a little and put Jake in a mock head lock.

"Sure Mr. Black, you got me shaking." He said. He looked over to the right, and Uncle Jasper came out of the trees.

"He's long gone." Uncle Jasper said, and I saw my dad relax. Uncle Jasper laughed then. "Alice give me my favorite niece."

I sighed as I realized their plan. They'd been doing this routine since I was two. Aunt Alice picked me up and tossed me lightly into the air. A second before I hit the ground Uncle Jasper caught me and swung me around. I laughed, and heard Jake laugh too. My dad had the same scared expression he always had when they did this. They always told the story of how he almost killed them both the first time they did it. They called it the half vamp pass.

Aunt Alice and Uncle Jasper went back to the house, and Dad took Jake and I to meet Embry and Quil. They were surprised when they saw my dad, or who they thought was my brother and guardian. Quil ran forward and hugged me, while Embry smirked.

"Hey Revi, can't you go anywhere without Edward?" Dad smacked him lightly on the head.

"Watch it kid or I'll call your mother. I know you guys had plans, but our cousins got into town earlier than we thought."

I bit me lip at Uncle Jasper and Aunt Alice being our cousins. They looked nothing like us.

Quil looked excited. "Cool we party early than."

We went back to the house and I grinned. Dad had transformed our small house into a party zone.

We watched movies, and ate lunch, and soon it was present time. I rubbed my hands together as I stared at the loot. "Mine!" I said happily. "Whose should I open first?"

Aunt Alice, in party conductor mode, took a present from the coffee table. "This is from me." I rolled my eyes. Uncle Jasper and Aunt Alice always got gift separately.

I tore the paper, and opened the medium sized box. I took out the gift and laughed. "Aunt Alice, I love you but nail polish, really?"

She had lined the box with every color nail polish available.

"I think you're too young for makeup though you don't need it; but nail polish is fun."

"They are pretty colors. Thank you." I climbed over Jake who was lying on the floor, to hug her. "What's next?"

We went through the gifts quickly. Embry got me my own fishing pole because I complained about borrowing Jake's dad's all the time. Quil got me about thirty packs of gum, knowing my weakness for it. The first present I got from my dad was two movies I had wanted for a while. Uncle Jasper got me a hooded sweatshirt that looked like it had paint splatter all over it and said, "When I paint, things get crazy."

One of my favorite gifts was Jake's. He carved me a picture frame, with engravings of designs all over it, and put a picture of us together on our first day of kindergarten. I hugged him extra tight for that. I didn't know he kept that picture.

The final gift was from my dad. He said this one was more special than the first one. It was an envelope, so I thought money and opened it greedily. When I saw what was inside, I felt my eyes water.

I never cried. I couldn't do it when everyone I loved was watching.

Inside the envelope was a letter from a really good art camp one state over. It was a camp I'd be at for 8 weeks next summer, and I'd sleep there and everything. I had wanted to go for ages, but had been too ask my dad. I knew he'd be lonely without me, and he'd worry. I blinked a lot hoping it would clear my eyes up. I knew how hard this would be for him, and how nervous he would be. I looked at my dad who was waiting anxiously to see my reaction. I stood up and walked over to his armchair, and sat in his lap, hiding my face in his neck. "Thank you Daddy." I whispered in his ear, low so Embry and Quil couldn't hear.

"I love you sweetheart." He said as he stroked my back.

My life wasn't easy as a half vampire. There were secrets, the fear that we'd have to run again, and leave behind the friends I had made. There was also my maturity level. I couldn't relate much to kids my age. Even my three best friends sometimes thought I was weird. One thing was for certain, I was the luckiest girl in the world, to have a dad like mine.

Sorry I've been gone! My laptop died, and I had to wait for a new one to arrive. I hope you're reading this out there….someone….anyone. Review! ~AJS