Marianne was very nervous. And queasy.

She was nervous and queasy for a few different reasons. One of them being the fact that she was going to be meeting Jasper's parents. Another one of those reasons being that her mother and her aunt were coming with her to meet them.

Sure, she has met Dr. Cullen before but that was different. She wasn't dating Jasper then and it was because she was in the hospital.

This explains why Marianne has gone through seven different outfits trying to find the best one to wear.

"Shows too much skin..." Marianne muttered, listing everything wrong with the current outfit she was wearing. "Also very itcy."

Someone knocked on her door and Marianne saw her mother'shead poke in.

"Hello my love," Sierra said, "Breakfast is getting cold and Jasper-"

Sierra stared at Marianne, who was currently wrestling off a red beaded shirt.

"What are you doing, Marianne?"

Marianne groaned. "I can't find my thing that seems appropriate enough to wear to Jasper's house."

Sierra rolled her eyes. "Just be yourself, flower. They will adore you."

Marianne blushed. "Yeah right."

Sierra ignored her. "Let me help you."

Sierra walked over to her daughter's bed, where an assortment of different outfits were laid out. Sierra took one glance at them before leaving the room.

"Ah-what? Mom!" Marianne yelled at her mother after she left the room. "I didn't think I had that bad of taste in clothes."

A moment later her mother came back in the room, holding a pair of dark blue, skinny jeans that had a few rips here and there, and a simple sweater. Then she pointed to a pair of nice boots Marianne had with a simple look.

She blushed again. "Thanks mom. Who knows what I'd do without you?"

The corner of one of Sierra's lips turned up slightly before she shrugged her shoulders mysteriously and left.

Marianne quickly got changed, spraying a little bit of vanilla perfume on her for extra measures. Yes, she had taken a shower the night before, but Marianne wanted to make a good first impression.

She went to grab her phone off the charger but jumped when cold hands gripped her waist.

She turned around sharply, getting ready to karate chop the person, but stopped when she realised it was Jasper.

"You really need to stop sneaking up in me." Marianne lightheartedly scolded. "One of these days I'm actually going to karate chop you."

Jasper chuckled. It was a low and husky sound, making her shudder slightly.

"Don't worry, darlin'. I can take it." He hummed slightly, shoving his nose in her hair and breathing in deeply, taking in her scent.

Marianne giggled, feeling uneasy.

He pulled away. "What's wrong?"

Marianne frowned. "Nothing, don't worry about it."

"I can tell when you lying, Marianne. I can also tell that you are nervous." Jasper stated like it was the most obvious thing in the world. And to him, it probably was.

Darn Jasper and his empath skills!

"...well. I am a little itsy bitsy bit nervous about meeting you parents." Marianne said. "I have met Dr. Cullen but that was under different circumstances."

Jasper took Marianne's hand in his own. Then, he lightly pressed his lips to her knuckles. She felt her toes curl and her knees weaken.

"They will love you."

X.X.X.X.X.X.

After dying a thousand tiny deaths (her mother and her aunt told embarrassing stories about Marianne as a child to Jasper in the car ride), Jasper finally stopped at a beautiful open house, pulling in next to Edward's car.

Marianne could see huge wall-like windows and the house, or mansion, was designed perfectly.

Jasper opened the door for all three ladies, speeding over to them with ease. Then he rejoined his girlfriend and led them all inside. Once they got inside, Jasper took their coats and laid them down on a coach that was by the door before leading them up the stairs.

"This is a beautiful home, Jasper." Aspen stated as they walked up the stairs.

"You can tell Esme that. She designed it herself." Jasper stated, looking a bit proud of his mother.

Sierra smiled at Jasper. "She's wonderful at it."

Jasper returned the smiling and they walked into what seemed to be the kitchen, just as a glass bowl broke. Shards of glass broke everywhere, hitting the floor harmlessy. Marianne began to feel dizzy for some strange reason. She closed her eyes for a few moments before opening them again, feeling a bit better.

It's just nerves, She thought. Oh boy, how wrong she was.

Marianne saw Edward and Bella standing infront of them. Bella looked nervous as always, and Edward looked a bit irritated.

"Perfect." Rosalie stated lamely.

"Yeah," Bella began. "It's just, I know you guys don't eat, so..."

"'Course." A beautiful woman with brunette hair and kind golden eyes said gently. "It's very considerate of you."

"Just ignore Rosalie." Edward said. "I do."

Rosalie looked annoyed. "Yeah, let's just pretend this isn't dangerous for all of us."

Emmett hit his girlfriend, or maybe his wife's, shoulder softly. As if he was scolding her.

"I would never tell anyone. Anything." Bella said sincerely.

Carlisle turned to Rosalie. "She knows that."

"Yeah, well the problem is, you've two have gone public now, so-"

"Emmett." The lady, who Marianne assumed was Esme, interfered.

"No, she should know." Rosalie said. "The entire family will be implicated if this ends up badly."

"Badly... as in.. I would become the meal." Bella said.

Marianne wanted to laugh.

Apparently, she wasn't the only one. Everyone except Marianne's family members, Jasper, and Rosalie laughed at what Bella said. In fact, Jasper seemed a bit tense.

The smell of blood must be overwhelming for him with four people in here with blood flowing through their veins. Marianne thought as she gave Jasper a reassuring squeeze of the hand.

He broke out of his statue like stance and gave her a smile and a squeeze back.

Emmett soon stopped laughing and saw Marianne. A smile broke out on his face and he walked towards her. He held out his arms for her but was stopped when Aspen and Sierra stepped infront of Marianne protectively on instinct.

"Mom!" Marianne scolded, embarrassed on how they were acting.

"Sorry my flower." Sierra said, stepping away. "Force of habit."

Aspen smiled at her sheepishly, shrugging her shoulders as she stepped away too.

Emmett looked at her teasingly for approval to give her a hug.

Marianne rolled her eyes. "Just give me a hug."

Emmett smiled and pulled her into a bone-crushing hug. "Emmett, I can hardly breathe."

"Sorry. I forgot how weak humans are." Emmett stated.

Marianne rolled her eyes. "I bet I could take you in a fight."

"Oh, really?" Emmett asked, looking behind Marianne's small frame to see her mother and aunt shaking their heads as a warning for him.

"Yep." Marianne said, popping the 'p'.

Emmett squinted his eyes at her. "We will have to see about that then, huh?"

"Hmm. I suppose so." Marianne stated mysteriously.

Jasper then coughed, interrupting them. "Marianne, why don't I introduce you to Esme and Carlisle?"

Marianne blushed, realising that she and Emmett were planning to fight each other infront if his family. "Of course."

"Marianne this is Esme, our mother for all intents and purposes. You've already met Carlisle." Jasper introduced.

Marianne shook their hands. She noticed had Esme had a motherly look in her eye and that she shook her hand tenderly. Carlisle had a calm look in his eyes and shook her hand professionally, most likely from shaking a bunch of hands at his job.

"It's wonderful to meet you both." Marianne smiled, beginning to feel dizzy again.

"You too, dear." Esme said softly.

Carlisle gave her a humble smile. "This is better than in the emergency room, correct?"

Marianne laughed and nodded. "This is my mother, Sierra. And this is my aunt, Aspen."

Sierra shook their hands carefully, caculating them with her stern green eyes to see if she could trust them. Finally, she smiled.

"You have a lovely home."

Carlisle and Esme smiled. "Thank-you."

Aspen then shook their hands. "It's a pleasure to meet the both of you."

Carlisle nodded and said the same thing back to her.

Then Marianne heard steps coming from across the room, where there was a balcony. Alice and Darren appeared, stepping off a tree branch.

"Hi Bella! Hello AJ!" Alice chirped. "Or should I call you Marianne?"

Marianne smiled at the pixie. "Marianne is perfectly fine."

Alice smiled at her before pulling Bella into a hug. "I'm Alice. Oh! You do smell good."

"Alice. What are you-" Edward looked embarrassed, shocked, and a little mad at the same time.

"It's okay." Alice said. "Bella and I are going to be great friends."

"I'm Darren. Emmett's-" Darren began.

"-younger." Emmett cut in.

"-twin brother." Darren said, glaring slightly at his older brother. "It's wonderful to meet the all of you."

Marianne smiled at him. "You too. This is my mother, Sierra, and my aunt, Aspen."

They didn't shake hands but Marianne got the feeling Darren didn't want to. He also seemed a bit tense like the rest of them.

Edward pointed next to Marianne, looking at Jasper. "That's Jasper."

Jasper just stared ahead still, not taking any breaths.

Carlisle noticed the tension in the air. "Sorry. Jasper's our newest vegetarian. It's a little difficult for him."

Jasper gave Bella a short nod. "Pleasure to meet you."

"It's okay Jasper, you won't hurt her." Marianne gave him another squeeze.

"Alright," Edward began, looking desperate to leave. "I'm going to take you on a tour of the rest of the house."

Alice then said, "Well, I'll see you soon."

Bella nodded. "Okay."

Then the two couple walked away and the Cullens looked relieved.

"I think that went well." Carlisle said.

Esme smiled at him before turning to Rosalie. "Clean this up. Now."

While Esme, Carlisle, Aspen, and Sierra wet to go talk, Jasper decided that he as well would take his mate on a tour of the house.

"And finally, my room." Jasper annouced as they walked into a room.

The bedroom didn't really look like a bedroom, more like a... hangout. Or maybe even a man cave for a historian.

There was a love seat, a book case full of Civil War books and historical battles, a desk, an old record player, and a balcony.

Marianne grinned. "This is an awesome room. Look at all these books!"

Jasper chuckled as he watched Marianne race over to the bookshelf like a child. Marianne ran her fingers do. The spines of the books. Some of them were worn out and others were brand new.

"I swear, sometimes I think you are a child."

Marianne stuck her tongue out at him as she walked to the old record player.

She raised an eyebrow at him. "Does it work or is it a replica or antique or something?"

Jasper nodded. "It's works. But you have to be careful with it."

Marianne started the record player, grinning when she heard the old static like sound of a drum.

"Really?" Marianne teased. "The sound of beating drums?"

Jasper looked away from her. "It kinda reminds me of a heart beat."

Marianne froze. "I-I didn't mean to sound rude, Jasper-"

He stopped her. "Don't worry about it. I know you were just teasing. I felt your emotions." He sighed. "The rhythmic sound of the beating reminded me when I had a heartbeat. Made me feel sort of normal. Made me feel like I had my own heart beat."

Marianne felt horrible. "Jasper, I'm-"

"-sorry? Don't feel sorry. I don't really need that anymore anyways." Jasper said, walking over towards Marianne. "When I met you, I felt like I had a heart that was beating in my chest again. I felt... normal."

Marianne blushed as her heart lepted into her throat.

Jasper then continued. "Marianne, you make me feel alive again."

Marianne felt tears build up in her eyes as she pulled the major into a passionate kiss. Her fingers tangled in his soft hair, twisting the ends of it. One of his hands went to cradle her cheek while the other stayed on her waist.

After a few seconds, Marianne pulled away, breathless. "That... was the most beautiful thing someone has ever side to me, Major."

Jasper growled at her. "It better be. And I better be the only one to ever say anything like that to you."

Marianne laughed breathlessly as Jasper kissed her neck softly. He trailed his cold lips to the spot where her shoulder met her neck, biting it softly enough not to break skin. Marianne but her lip, holding back a moan. She knew it was pretty bad to be making out at her boyfriend's parents house, but at the time, she didn't really care.

He pulled away quickly. His eyes were almost completely black and his voice came out husky and rough. "Your aunt is coming. Fix your hair."

Marianne barely had enough time to due so before her aunt walked into the room.

She gave them a smile. "Finally! I didn't think I would ever find this room! Come on you two, it's time to talk."

X.X.X.X.X.X.

"I cannot seem to process the fact that the Elements are still alive and the Volturi do not know of it." Carlisle said.

Sierra smiled. "Yes. It has been hard to stay under their radar but it's not impossible. When you go off the grid, you meet some people."

Aspen, Marianne, and Sierra all shared a smirk to which the Cullens stared at them curiously.

"Do you mind showing us some of the things you can do?" Emmett asked, looking very excited and hopeful.

Esme hit her adoptive son's shoulder. "Emmett, don't ask them that."

He shrugged his shoulders innocently before turning back to the three females.

Marianne didn't really like to show off her powers but she nodded. If they were going to help them, they deserved to know what exactly they were protecting.

They went outside and walked quite a ways into the woods to a clearing so nothing would get damaged, where Edward and Bella joined them, and Sierra said that she would go first.

Her moves were swift and calculated. Her feet touched the ground lightly, like she was dancing. Her eyes were glowing a color like bronze.

Marianne and Aspen smiled, knowing what Sierra decided to do.

"Woah!" Emmett gasped out as he, along with everyone else, began to fly in the air on a piece of the ground that they were standing on.

Although Sierra had been doing this for a long time, she sat them back on the ground after a minute or so. Holding up eleven people in the air can be hard for anyone.

Aspen decided not to go, saying she didn't want to catch anyone on fire or burn her clothes, so it was Marianne's turn.

For a moment, nothing happened. Marianne stood still before getting in one knee, pressing her hand flat on the ground. Then, everyone heard and noticed that something was breaking out of the ground, wrapping around their ankles and making their way up their legs.

It was roots. More specifically, tree roots.

Emmett laughed like a child as the roots slowly climbed up his legs. Rosalie rolled her eyes, but had a small smile on her face. Alice was complaining about getting her outfit dirty, but seemed to be having fun with Darren. Carlisle and Esme smiled at each other. Aspen and Sierra clapped for their niece and daughter. Jasper smiled, looking proud of his mate.

Marianne abruptly stood up, her eyes snapping open and flashing a dangerous cloudy green. She raised a hand up and thunder rumbled across the sky, echoing on for miles.

The clouds turned a dark, angry grey, making it very eerie outside and the wind began to blow wildly. Sierra looked at her daughter. "Marianne, you can stop now."

Marianne didn't stop. In fact, she didn't even hear her mother. Marianne couldn't feel or hear anything. She could see what she was doing, but she couldn't control it.

"Marianne!" Aspen yelled over the wind that seemed to be getting stronger.

Jasper looked at his girfriend. She was just standing there, doing nothing except holding her hand up towards the sky.

Sierra quickly turned towards Jasper, shielding her face from the wind with her arm. "What color are her eyes?"

Jasper peered closely at Marianne. They weren't the normal beautiful grass-like green eyes. They were darker. They actually looked clouded over.

"A cloudy green, I believe." Jasper answered.

Sierra froze. "Get Bella out if here."

Edward stared at Sierra. "What?"

"Laura. She's here. Somewhere." After Sierra said that, everything stopped. The wind calmed down, the clouds became ten shades lighter, and the roots that were holding everyone down disappeared.

Marianne slumped over, but she was still standing up somehow. Her eyes were closed and she didn't appear to be breathing. Sierra, Aspen, and Jasper raced over to her.

A malicious cackle seemed to dance across the trees before that itself stopped.

"Go." Carlisle said to Emmett, Alice, Darren, and Rosalie as they raced off to try and find the vampire. Edward left with Bella, probably leaving to go back to the Cullen house.

Marianne gasped. It was very loud and her eyes snapped open. They were her normal beautiful green irises once again, but they looked pained. Her voice was hoarse and her face was pale.

"Laura. She sent me message."

X.X.X.X.X.X.

Good afternoon everyone! (It's the afternoon where I live)

I hoped you liked the chapter. It was a bit longer than usual but I don't think you all will mind. I actually was not planning on having all this happening in this chapter but it did. Oh well.

Don't worry, I'm not going to change the storyline that much. The baseball scene and so on will happened.

If you are confused on anything that happened during this chapter, just ask. I'll do my best to explain

Xoxo,

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