Sarah

Sarah woke up in a dark room. She knew from the windows and the size of the bed that she was not at home. She knew she had to still be at the Cullen's. She suddenly felt embarrassed. She'd had sex with Emmett and she didn't even know how freaking old he was! For all she knew he could be younger than her…which was unlikely. The point was, she didn't know that much about him and she'd just given up her panties. She rose up and pulled her hair, shaking her head from side to side.

"Oh Sarah, why'd you have to be so easy! Now Emmett probably thinks you're a filthy, dirty, tramp, whore slut! Who wants to get to know, and date, a whore slut? Good going! We actually liked him!" She whispered to herself angrily.

"Well actually…" Said a voice from the shadows of the room. "Emmett doesn't think you're a filthy, dirty, tramp whore slut. He just thinks you're human. In fact maybe Emmett thinks that Sarah thinks he's a filthy, dirty, tramp whore slut."

Sarah laughed at Emmett's attempt to ease her guilty conscience. He came out of the shadows and he lay on the bed beside her on the bed.

"I really like you… I know we haven't known each other that long but I don't think that matters." Said Emmett sincerely.

"I really like you too. I just have a few questions. Okay?"

"Go."

"How old are you?"

"Um….twenty three."

"Okay. You're adopted right? Well where'd you live before you were with the Cullens?"

"Tennessee then Alaska."

"Oh. What was the system like for you?" She asked…wondering if he'd had the same experiences being an orphan.

"I…don't like to talk about it. Now I have a few questions for you… beliefs? Have any?"

"Um… I believe in God but I don't go to church. It's never been my thing...well not after I stayed with one foster family who…never mind. That's not important."

"Okay. Do you want children?"

"I've thought about it. I mean, I am the last of my family. Everybody else is dead. I looked up our records once. It seems liked the Hales have been on a bad luck streak since the 1900's."

"Oh. Anymore questions for me?"

"How'd you do that today?"

"What? The sex… it's natural."

"No, not the sex. You punched a tree and it fell in half. Now that is not natural."

The room got quiet and Sarah wondered if she'd asked the wrong question. She was starting to think that perhaps Emmett wasn't human, she was starting to think that perhaps none of the Cullens were but that wasn't something that you could just ask. She didn't want t risk being the offensive weirdo in the room but she wanted to know. What was Emmett Cullen? She'd had sex with him and she didn't even know what species he was. For all she knew he could have been an alien from space, putting his alien babies in her to incubate until they were mature enough to rip out of the womb.

"Don't you think I could just be really strong?" Said Emmett, with a whisper.

"No. I mean you could be strong. Just not that strong. I'm starting to wonder about you."

"Like how?"

"I'm starting to wonder about not so much who you are, but more what you are."

"How sure are you that you really want to answer?" Said Emmett low and sorrowfully. "Are you ready to go home?"

"Yeah… are we still hiking this weekend?"

"Of course. If you want to."

"I do."

Sarah got off the bed, grabbed her bag and followed Emmett outside. The house was quiet. Nobody was in the living room. They had the place to themselves.

She hopped into Emmett's jeep and she buckled her seatbelt. He drove the speed limit to the boarding house and for once she was happy to be getting out. Not because she wanted to be away from Emmett, but because the tension was so thick it was smothering her. She started unbuckling her seatbelt and before she could unclick it Emmett was around on her side of the jeep, opening her door. She was shocked because she could have sworn he was just in the car. Now she thought maybe she was going crazy.

He lifted her from the jeep and planted her on the ground. He brushed her hair back and he smiled at her. She noticed that his teeth, aside from being whiter than freshly fallen snow, also looked razor like. They weren't exactly crooked, jagged or filed down…they simply looked sharper than your average person's teeth. It's not something she'd noticed before, probably because she hadn't been looking for things that were different about him but after their little chat she was staring to investigate.

He pulled her into a kiss that made her nearly fall into a heart attack. She ran her fingers through his hair and prepared to kiss him forever. She certainly wanted to go on kissing him but he pulled away and smiled at her again.

"Fucking tease." She said to him.

"Tomorrow, five AM… I'm coming to pick you up. Okay?"

"I'll see you then. Wait, what do I wear on a hiking trip? I might have to make a trip to Wal-Mart."

"Not necessary. Alice actually already has your bags packed. Food, clothes and all."

"Great. See you in the morning."

She went into the house and she heard music coming from the living room. She walked in and saw Ms. Emerson there, in a jogging suit, working out to some video.

"Hi Ms. Emerson."

"Oh hi darling! I was starting to worry about you! I thought the Cullens might have stolen you from me."

"No. I was just there resting and hanging out."

"Well… your face certainly looks better. Alcoholic Andy really got you good."

"Yeah he did."

"Well… there's chicken and potatoes in the stove if you're hungry. Any plans this weekend?"

"Hiking with Emmett Cullen."

"Lucky you. He's a hunk. If I were your age I'd be all over that."

"Ms. Emerson I can't believe you."

"Well believe it. There might be snow on the roof but a fire's still burning down in the furnace room."

Sarah laughed until tears clouded her eyes. Ms. Emerson and her jokes were a convenient distraction from her investigation and thoughts about Emmett and his humanity. When it hurt for her to laugh any longer she went up to the bathroom and she stepped out of the dress she had on. When she took off her bra a piece of paper fell out of her bra. On it was simply the words cold one.

She kept the piece of paper and when she got back in her room she wondered what it could possibly be. It was times like this that she wished she had a computer. She'd have to remind herself to invest in one.

She washed and slipped on her nightshirt. When she got back to her room she unpacked her clothes and she found a book. The Cold Ones: The international book of Vampyre myths.

She started reading and she immediately saw some things she recognized in Emmett. Pale skin, cold skin, cold penis, strength, speed…. Hm. The only thing that really made it seem plausible was the fact that he demolished that tree. Because of that she read more.

By the time five o clock rolled around she'd finished the book and her eyes were wired wide open by the adrenaline pulsing through her. She'd showered and changed into jeans, a tee shirt and a hoodie. She was just wondering how she could tell Emmett that she knew what he was.

She heard a car pull up outside and she went down. Emmett was waiting in front of the jeep. His leg was propped up on it and he had her door open. Even though she was exhausted she still found a smile for him. Even if he was an incubus that had her somewhat terrified.

The tension was thick once again. She wanted to say something, but then again she didn't. She wanted him to say something first.

"So, how'd you sleep?" He asked.

"I didn't." She said quickly and quietly.

"Why?"

"Up doing research."

"About what?"

"I don't want to tell you."

"About me?"

"Yup…"

She suddenly got very afraid. What if he hadn't actually meant for her to find out? What if he wanted her to find out so that she would be scared when he killed her? She'd always seen in vampire movies that fear made the blood taste sweeter, well maybe that's what he wanted. Sweet, scaredy cat blood!

"You need to calm down." He said.

"What? What are you talking about? I'm calm."

"No you aren't. You're scared to death."

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"Now you're lying." Said Emmett briskly. "Look just… I know you have questions."

"Why are you trying to kill me?"

Emmett

Emmett knew Bella's idea was a bad one. Sure, slip a note in her bra and put a book in her bag. That only made the situation worse! He found himself wishing that he'd never had sex with her, then he wouldn't have split that damn tree in half and she wouldn't have noticed.

She was scared; he could sense it and he could taste it. It smelled good, sweet. It was part of the thing that made human blood so much more appealing. The fear… He didn't want to kill her though. He didn't want to hurt her. He'd felt badly about putting the marks on her face but she didn't seem to notice so he didn't feel the need to apologize.

He wished he would have just gone with his original plan to have Carlisle explain to her the ins and outs of what they were. Then he could let he could let her make her decision from there.

"Okay we need to talk." Said Emmett.

"I know."

"What do you think you know about me?"

"I think… I think you're an incubus."

"That's a new one. I've never been called that before. At least not personally. Your little um, conclusion isn't so far away from the truth."

"Well… what are you then?"

"I'm a vampire."

"Wow… And, you're going to kill me?" She asked.

"No. If I were going to kill you, I would have done it already. I actually like you…a lot." Said Emmett as he rubbed the back of his head.

"Okay… So your sole purpose for getting to know me wasn't to impregnate me with your demon seed?"

"No… no. That's why we had condoms right?"

She started laughing while made Emmett laugh too. Sarah was calm again; he could hear that much just by listening to her heart.

"Well vampire Emmett… what's your story?"

"Well… I was twenty when I got changed by Carlisle. In the 1930's. I was born in Tennessee and I was hunting when I got attacked by a black bear. I was dying but my ex wife saved me and took me to Carlisle where he bit me."

"Were you mad?"

"That I was a vampire? Not really… I mean I did miss my family. My dad was and so the responsibility was all on me and my brother. I kind of left him alone to take care of the family. I always felt bad about that."

"What about the vampire life? Do you drink some kind of blood replacement? Or drink donor blood? You all don't seem like you go hunting people down."

"I have before. I feel so bad after I do though. Most of the time when I kill someone I'm not hunting. It's only happened a few times though."

"Well what do you eat?"

"I drink animal blood… that's what I live off of and I can't eat anything else."

"Don't you ever wish you could eat human food? Twinkies, coke, steak?"

"Not really. I'd only tried Twinkies once by the time I died and coke…well…it wasn't nearly strong enough for me."

"So what were you like?"

"I was a whore and I like to drink and fight. That much I remember."

"Interesting. So what do you do now?"

"Well… mostly nothing. I sit around and think. The people in forks think I've been away at school but I've been here the entire time. College just wasn't on my schedule. I've been through it so many times that it's boring."

"Wow… this is so cool."

"You think so? That's the usual response but it's not all fun and games. There's the thirst."

"What's that?"

"Imagine the flames of hell being in your throat and belly with Satan constantly pouring gasoline in your mouth, then imagine blood being the only thing to put the fire out."

"Oh…that sounds painful."

"It is. Not to mention how depressing life can get sometimes."

"Depressing?"

"Yeah. You never change and you have all the time in the world to think. You start to wonder what life would be like had you had children, grandchildren even. You start to wish you could just get old and die like everybody you'd loved in your human life. You start to sulk and then suddenly living forever, being young forever…isn't wonderful. It becomes horrible."

Sarah

Sarah wasn't afraid anymore. She knew the truth and instead of scared she was fascinated by Emmet. She noticed that he suddenly looked a little out of it so she leaned over and placed her head on his shoulder. He smiled and they kept driving down to road. She didn't know where they were going but she wasn't worried. After all… what could go wrong with a vampire with you in the woods?