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A/N: So, I'm quite proud of myself for this chapter. I started off with Rosalie's POV again, and this time it was like I tapped into her finally. Her POV this time isn't as short as the rest of them, and I happen to think this one is EPIC! But that's just my opinion. I hope y'all enjoy reading as much as I enjoyed writing it.

*Bri

Chapter 10- Changes in Attitude

Rosalie

I watched the walls around Volterra disappeared as Demetri drove on, getting away from it as fast as he could. "So why are you leaving the Volturi?" I blurted out, "I thought once you were in, there was no getting out unless you burned." He glanced over at me, "It's not like that at all. If you really want to leave, you can, of course they have your mind wiped before you do." I looked at him skeptically, "Then why didn't that happen you?" He smirked at me, "Because, I didn't tell them I wanted to leave. I just did."

My inner bull shit detector was ringing loud and clear, he was lying to me. I could see it in his eyes, but I didn't call him on it. "Won't they come hunt you down if they can't find you back there?" I asked, keeping the ruse going. "No, they know I'm kind of a drifter, so I stay gone for months at a time." I just couldn't shake the feeling that I was being played like a fool, and if there was anything I hated more than drinking human blood, it was being played like a pawn.

"That's not an explanation as to why you are leaving. You said you would explain. So spit it out." He glanced at me, "I'm tired of all their shit. I hate the way they treat people, herding them in like cattle. I never had more than one human at a time. Every few days I would go out hunting and kill an animal. But I had to kill the human so as not to give myself away." I raised my eyebrows incredulously. "Oh really?" "Yes, really. If you don't believe me, I'll go hunting with you tonight and kill an animal to prove it to you." I just looked at him, not wanting to believe him at all, but something told me I could.

I was going against my better judgment, letting my irrational side take over, which was a dangerous thing for me to do. "Fine, whenever we pull over tonight, I want to see you prove yourself. You can't make a face either." I winked at him, throwing all caution to the wind, if I couldn't believe him, who could I believe? I was screwed in the friends department. I needed at least one someone, and since there was no one else in sight, Demetri was it. But I'm not going to trust him. It's never going to happen.

The sun was sinking on the horizon when we stopped at a small village inn. I paid for a room for us, just as a ruse, and I told him, "Okay, hunting time. Let's go." I walked out of the room and led him to the forest. I could feel his eyes on me from behind and I could tell he was watching my ass. Once I was hidden in the trees, away from human eyes, I took off running deeper into the forest. Allowing my instincts take over, sinking into a crouch and letting my sense of smell guide me.

I refused to let them take over all the way, I had to make sure Demetri was still behind me. I glanced over my shoulder, and there he was, in the same position I was. I sniffed the air and caught the scent of several deer in a clearing ahead. I looked back at Demetri and pointed, he nodded and I kept going forward, stopping when our prey was in sight. "Go ahead," I whispered to him. He looked at me and then headed towards the deer.

I watched as he deftly tackled the biggest deer in the clearing, sending the others scattering, I wasn't thirsty so I let him have his fill. Before he bit into the meaty flesh on the buck's neck, he turned to face me, eyes boring into mine and bit down, taking a long pull and not making a face. Maybe he was telling the truth. Maybe I could trust him. Just then a small doe ran in my direction, I grabbed it gracefully, snapping its neck and draining it.

When I looked up from the carcass, Demetri was gone. He was nowhere in sight. "Demetri, where did you go?" I turned in circles around the carcass. I couldn't see him, or smell him, I growled, "Where the fuck did you go?" I ran through the woods to my right, searching for him, not finding anything about a mile out, I turned around to go the other way.

When I reached the clearing again, he was standing there, blood on his lips. Despite my attempts not to notice how hot he is, I couldn't help what I did next. It was like I had no control over my body, I walked forward, entranced by the red staining his lips. I reached him, placed my hands on his cheeks and licked his lips.

Once the blood hit my taste buds, I gasped, realizing that I had been played, that was human blood on his lips. It was my first taste of human blood and it tasted divine. He must have noticed the change in my demeanor, because he pulled my face to his and kissed me, he then whispered against my lips, "I have another one tied up." I let myself be pulled by him and when I came to a tree with a young man tied to it, the bloodlust completely took over.

I slowly stalked toward the terrified young man, sniffing as I went. Demetri reached around me and dug his nail into the man's neck, causing him to bleed and my concentration to snap. I bit into the male's neck, as the first stream of his blood hit the back of my throat, I moaned in satisfaction. This is what I had been missing all this time. I slowly drained the young man, feeling myself getting stronger with every pull.

Once the boy was dead, I backed away, licking my lips making sure to get the last savory taste of that delicious blood. I took in a deep, refreshing breaths, "That was amazing." Demetri smirked, "See what you've been missing? Now, want to change your mind about joining my family." I didn't give the answer much thought, "Absolutely."

Emmett

I was lying on my bed, staring at the ceiling again, when Alice slipped into the room, "Emmy?" I smiled at the nickname she had given me. "Yes, Ali?" "She wants to talk to you, Emmy." I shot up in the bed, a wild smile plastering itself on my face. "Really?" I watched as Alice smiled, "Yes, really, but you have to wait until Charlie and Bella are asleep, which will be in about an hour."

My face fell, "An hour?" She patted my arm, "Emmy, it's okay. You're going to love what she has to tell you." Immediately, my face lit back up, "I'll sit and wait for Charlie and Bella to fall asleep." I got up, ran downstairs, and out the back door, leaving Alice sitting on my bed. The run to A.J.'s house was a quick one. I climbed the tree closest to her window and waited.

I watched as she walked into her room, wrapped in a purple towel, her dark hair, dripping on the floor. She moved out of my view and when she returned, she was dressed as I had seen her that first night. In a tank top and shorts, she opened her window and leaned her head out, looking into the dark of the forest. I could smell the scent of her body wash and shampoo wafting out of her window, I breathed her in greedily. I couldn't wait until the other two went to bed.

I heard her sigh as if I was right next to her, but the words that accompanied the sigh made my dead heart threaten to jump out of my chest, she had just said, "I love you, Emmett." I nearly fell out of the tree right then in shock. I couldn't believe she had said that. I was warring with myself, She didn't say that, you just imagined it. One part of my brain said. The other was chanting, She loves me! She loves me!

An hour later, Charlie was snoring loudly in the living room and Bella was sleeping soundlessly in her room, I climbed the side of the house, by A.J.'s window, and quietly tapped on the glass. I heard her breathe, "Come in." No sooner than I had stood up straight in her room, than she was in my arms, her arms wrapped tightly around my waist, "I'm so sorry, I said that to you. I never wanted to be just friends. I just wasn't sure I should trust you so easily and I was still hurt by what happened with Zac and I-I"

I stopped her relentless apology by gently placing my lips onto hers. She immediately relaxed into my arms, and moved her lips with mine. When we broke apart, she was struggling to get her breath back. She looked up at me with those irresistible blue eyes, "I really am sorry." "You needed your space, I understand." I replied, scooping her up and walking to the bed, lying down with her on my chest.

Her fingers fidgeted with my shirt, "So you're not mad at me?" "No, doll, I could never be mad at you." I kissed the top of her head. She sighed, and snuggled closer into my side, "I'm glad." She must have been exhausted because she fell asleep soon after that. I laid there for hours, just listening to her breathe. I froze when I heard Charlie's snores stopped. I could hear his bed creak, as he lifted his weight from it.

I heard him as he tracked to the bathroom, took a shower, and got dressed leaving the house all within 15 minutes. My body relaxed, as I heard his cruiser pull away, and I tightened my hold on A.J. again, breathing in her scent, it was another hour or so before she woke up.

She rolled over in my arms, she had been facing away from me, with her head on my arm, her arms looped around me, when she stretched, her joints cracking from stiffness. "Good morning, my beauty." I whispered in her ear. She looked at me out of one eye and smiled, smacking her mouth to moisten it, "Morning, handsome." I leaned down and kissed the tip of her nose.

"How did you sleep?" I whispered into her hair. "Pretty damn good. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go pee." I let her up and watched her walk out of her door to the tiny bathroom at the head of the stairs.

Two minutes later she was skipping back into her room, and jumping back into the bed with me. She laid her hands on my chest, placing her chin on them and just looked into my eyes. Our faces started moving closer of their own accord, stopping when we were nose to nose, chin to chin.

Then the world ignited into a million colors as our lips met. I rolled us over and propped myself up on my elbows, holding my body weight off of her petite frame. I left her luscious lips, trailing my way along her jaw bone, to that bony point right under her ear, sucking on it lightly. She let out a guttural moan that went straight below my belt. I gently slid my tongue up to her earlobe, sucking it into my mouth and lightly apply pressure with my teeth, receiving that erotic sound from her again.

Her hands found their way into my hair, and her fingers were laced through it, tugging slightly, not trying to pull me away. Her breathing was becoming ragged and she was starting to whimper, wanting more. I recaptured her lips, molding mine to hers, she would gently bite down on my bottom lip and I would bite hers. Then I traced my tongue along her bottom lip, begging for entrance, to claim some part of her as mine, when her mouth yielded me entry, I dove in greedily.

A.J.

I was lying down under Emmett, hands on his cheeks, breathing heavy, staring into his eyes. I couldn't say anything. I was still speechless after that fuck hot make out session, so I mouthed, "I love you." The smile that lit up his face caused his dimples to shine irresistibly, "I love you, too." He mouthed back, kissing my nose gently.

I tried to push him off of me, but he stayed where he was, so I tried again, "I just want to cuddle with you." This time he complied, rolling over onto his side, with his arm on my pillow. I turned facing him and curled into the hollow of his body, never wanting to leave.

What felt like five minutes, had really been 30 and Emmett was shaking me awake, "Baby, we have to go to school. Wake up." I opened my eyes, realizing that I was still in my sleep clothes, "Shit!" I jumped up out of the bed, rushing to my closet, quickly picking out clothes, throwing them on. "Shit! Shit! Shit!" "A.J. chill out. We're not going to be late. I'm going to get the jeep from the house and I'll be back, 5 minutes tops."

He walked over to me, kissing me passionately, then jumped out of the window in a full out run. I finished getting ready and before I was done with my hair, Emmett was standing in the bathroom behind me, smiling at me. When I was done with my hair, he moved up, stooping down, wrapping his arms around my waist and resting his chin on my head, "You look beautiful." We left the bathroom, went down the stairs, out the door and off to school, hand in hand.

A/N: So...Rose is joining the Volturi...what do you guys think? Did you see that one coming? Let me know how you liked it by pushing that little review button. *puppy dog eyes* Pweeze?

*Bri