A/N: I am SO SO SOOOOO sorry!! I've been workin' my butt off getting ready for high school and I totally forgot you guys!! In honor of the new HP movie, I promisethat I will update ALL of my stories by at least one chapter. But seriously you guys, send me a message or something every once in a while, or I'll never remember!

"Ah." He mumbled. "Now we're getting somewhere. Tell me about this 'legend' if you would be so kind."

I sucked in a deep shaky breath, preparing myself to begin sharing my now possibly viable 'story,' when he interrupted.

"Bella, before you begin this…'legend,' could you please tell me who told it to you?"

"…You're not going to go hunt him down and kill him like in some horror movie are you?" I cleared my throat. My voice was so quiet!

He frowned at me. "Of course not! Do you think I want to be a monster?"

I breathed a sigh of relief. He was safe. "One of my friends up in La Push. His name is Jacob. Jacob Black."

I was staring straight ahead through the windshield, but I heard Edward's breath draw sharply. "Did you say Black?"

"Yeah. Why? Do you know him?"

Edward chuckled dryly. "You could say that. Please, continue with your story. I'm sorry I interrupted you."

I breathed deeply again, and this time continued to speak. "Well according to Jake, his great grandfather, Ephraim Black, was the chief of the Quileutte's about 70 or 80 years ago. And they apparently had some trouble with some foreign 'invaders' who were super fast, super strong, chalk white, granite hard, beautiful, and… freezing cold. They called them…The Cold Ones. The modern term for which is-"

"Vampires."

"Yes. And the only enemy they have is-"

"Werewolves."

"Yes. And-"

"And the tribe made a treaty with the vampires saying that if they killed on Quileutte land, the werewolves had permission to kill the vampires on sight. The treaty rules begin at the reservation boundary line."

"Okay, if you already knew the story, why did you ask to hear it?"

He laughed again. "I'm sorry. Is that the whole thing?"

"You would know."

Edward ran a hand through his already ruffled hair. "Look, I'm sorry, but that is the most common 'legend' detailing vampires around here…"

"But?"

"But…it's true."

I slammed myself up against the door as hard as I could, cramming myself into a corner of the plush black leather. "It…It's true?! You mean-"

"Yes, Bella. I'm a vampire."

I screwed my eyes shut and curled up into a ball as small as I could go with my seatbelt on. I heard him sigh, and it sounded almost like a sob. I couldn't control myself enough to look up to see if he was okay, after just revealing his life's secret to me.

"…I'll take you home now." Edward whispered.

"No!" I shook my head, looking up quickly. I was not ready to go home.

"No? Bella, I just…I just told you that my family and I…are vampires. And you…you want to stay with us? With me? Right now?" He sounded stunned. And confused. And a little…nervous. I'd never heard him struggle for words like that before.

"I just learned that my best friends are vampires. Do you really think I would leave you…all of you, of course, not just you…but you honestly think I'd leave you because of such a trivial reason?" I stared at him, eye to eye, something I knew from instinct that not many people ever did.

"…Yes."

"Well you're wrong. Now I'm sure Alice is getting very irritated because I'm not there yet."

He smiled. "I'm sure she knows why. She'll be more than a little irritated…" He winced, emphasizing his point.

"Uhh, why would she know why we were late?" I wondered.

He blinked, confused, and realized that he'd slipped up. Again. "She'll explain when we get there." The 'I hope' was implied, and hung in the air.

I uncurled myself from the corner, consciously letting my hand rest on the divider between the seats, with his elbow within my reach. I had to let him know that my brief fear of him was over, completely locked away. I didn't want to go back to my boring normal Forks life. I was just getting used to the idea of having these strange people close to me, while they stayed away from everyone else.

I was not ready for him to leave.