"I think it's time to tell Sarah about her gift."

Dad's face went cold, "we keep that in the family!"

She huffed right back at him, "Daven IS family now and he deserves to know too!" Dad moved to speak, but stopped when he met Moms hard stare and sat back against his chair.

"What gift Mom? Isn't Christmas still a few months away?" I asked curiously.

She took a deep breath, "How to start?" She tapped her fingers on the table, biting her lip. "I guess I'll start from the beginning. When I was a teenager I dated a vampire."

"What?" Daven and I shouted at the same time.

She smiled and continued. "Yes, I dated a vampire. His name was Edward; he was a Cullen. I'm sure you know the Cullen name Daven?" His eyes narrowed and he nodded. "He held a special power that he could read minds, everyone around him, but mine. We found out eventually that any vampire with a mind based power could not get through to me. They called it a shield. It is my gift. Long story short Edward and I parted and I married your father." She smiled happily at him and he grabbed her hand and kissed it tenderly. "But I continued to be friends with his family. His sister, Alice, was my best friend. She had done much to help me throughout the years and was there to welcome you to the world when you were born. She wanted to hold you but couldn't. You were too hot for her to touch. When she got too close she was burned.

"A day later she brought the rest of the Cullen's. Each was the same; none could get close enough without burning themselves. Carlisle, the father of the group thought maybe my shield and your father's werewolf heat somehow meshed together to create a heat shield for you only susceptible to vampires. In short, and Daven I'm sure you'll be happy to know this as well, Vampires cannot touch you." She smiled seemingly very pleased.

Daven and I gave each other cautious glances. "but Mom a vampire has touched me."

"What?!" Dad almost fell back in his chair.

"Last week at the beach a vampire held me under the water."

"What happened?" Mom asked fearfully.

Daven spoke up, "that's when I first phased. I ended up grabbing the vampire and tossing it to the fire."

Dad stared eyes wide at the table in front of him. "How could it touch you? What happened to your shield? Was it temporary?"

I thought about the entire night at the beach. "When I was on the shore he wasn't touching me, it wasn't until I got into the water," my eyes went wide, "actually I remember him saying 'You're colder now' after that he pushed me into the water."

"A weakness?" Daven asked glumly.

Dad and Mom scowled at him.

"Mom don't you see, the vampire was trying to touch me and couldn't until I got in the water. It must have cooled whatever the shield is enough for him to put his hands on me." I looked deep into Daven's dark eyes, "if Daven hadn't have been there for me I would have been killed." We both shot out of our chairs and embraced.

"I'll never let anyone hurt you." He said into my hair.

"I know." I whispered back. The room went silent as we took a moment to ponder what could have happened.

My mom broke the quiet with a soft voice. "Everyone was hoping the werewolf gene wouldn't come out your generation," she glanced at Daven, "but I'm glad it did, seems like my Sarah wouldn't be here with out you Daven. Thank you."

He pulled his head away, "welcome Bella."

Dad stood out of his chair and offered Daven his hand. Daven stepped from my arms and took it quickly this time. Dad pulled him into a one arm hug. "I'm glad you were there for my baby girl too."

"Thank you Sir."

My dad laughed. "Good luck though. She'll be quite a handful."

"Dad," I wined.

"What baby? I mean you are practically untouchable to vampires and yet you stumble on a weakness the first vampire you meet? Daven has his work cut out for him."

Daven laughed, "I'm sure I'll manage Sir."

"It wasn't the first vampire I met anyway; you said a lot of them came around when I was a baby."

Mom laughed and started clearing dishes. "That's true."

I swallowed and softly asked the next question on my mind. "Mom, if you were such good friends with the Cullen's why don't they come around?"

Her hand stopped and she was thinking deeply. "Um." She sighed and took the dishes to the sink. Looking away from us she continued. "The night you were born there was a lot of commotion. Edward was killed by the pack. He was going to kidnap me, so he deserved it, but still the Cullen's weren't happy with the wolves. They all knew what was going to happen because of Alice, and knew there was no way to stop it safely for all of them. Alice had seen numerous visions as they tried to come up with different ways to stop him and each ended worse than how it did. The Cullen's pleaded with Edward not do it but he was too sure of himself. They decided to let him come and Alice called Jacob to tell him to be on the lookout for Edward.

"The Cullen's decided to let Edward get what he deserved but most still held a grudge as he was family. Alice begged them to come around just the once to try to touch you. After that they all moved away and we haven't heard from them since. With them away most of the werewolf pack decided to stop phasing and settle down with their families. The three wolves without imprints kept phasing to keep the occasional vampires away. It seemed to be enough to stop the transformations until now."

"So when there are vampires around it makes more werewolves?"

Mom nodded.

Just then the phone rang and Mom went to pick it up. I grabbed Daven's hand and led him back to my bedroom. We sat on my bed and I leaned my head on his shoulder when I heard my mother yelling, "Sarah! You and Daven are invited to a bonfire on Friday with the pack and council!"

He must have felt my body stiffen because he laughed. "Sarah if I can make it through a party with all those people, you should be fine."

I looked up at him slightly scowling, "Yeah, but you know….ok, fine I'll go." He laughed.

"It won't be so bad. It's just like legend night, but this time you'll know it will be real."

"Okay, so that might make it a little more interesting." I gave him that. I hadn't really listened at legend night for years, so maybe this would make me a bit more attentive.

He squeezed his arm around me, "you don't have to worry, I'll be there."

I gave him a flirty glance and then heard Dad's voice boom from the front room, "your mother and I will be there too!"

I gasped; my Dad is listening to us?! My face reddened and I pulled Daven off the bed. "Can we go for a walk?"