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BPOV

"Alice," Edward greeted with a clipped tone.

"Edward," she sang back.

Werewolves? Did Alice just say werewolves? Like full moon, silver bullet, crazy out of control werewolves?

What were there mermaids in the Pacific Ocean?

"If you don't wipe that scowl off of your face it will get stuck there," Alice chided her brother.

Edward smiled grimly as Alice bounded back to the Cullen family table, but not before adding an extra chair next to Edward's empty seat.

"Come on," Edward said, walking around our table to offer me his hand.

"Where are we going?" I asked confused.

"My family would like to discuss something with me and apparently it can't wait," he answered.

We sat down and waited expectantly for Edward's sibling to start.

But they were silent. All staring at him without speaking.

"You know what this means" Emmett said breaking the silence.

"No," Edward said softer than a whisper.

Then softer yet, that I'm not even sure that I heard him right, "I just got her back."

The Cullens all looked sympathetic towards him. All except Rosalie, she looked…. smug.

"We should all discuss this with Carlisle and Esme," Jasper suggested.

"You're right," Alice agreed, "They have the final say in this."

"Let's go," Edward said taking my hand and leading me out of the cafeteria. The rest of his family followed.

"Where are we going?" I asked as we exited the school premises and went off towards the parking lot.

"Home," Edward answered simply.

"We're going to your house?" I asked surprised.

"Mmmhmmm…" he answered distracted.

"Why?"

"Because we need to talk to Carlisle," he answered frustrated.

"But why?" I persisted.

"Because of the wolves," Edward growled.

"I got that much!" I said annoyed.

"Can you just be quiet. For five seconds!" he shouted.

"No! Tell me what the hell is going on!" I shrieked.

Edward sighed. "Later, wait till we get to the house."

Why couldn't he tell me now? I could take it. Whatever it was.

"It's better if we wait until we're with the rest of my family. Patience, love." He said answering my thoughts yet again.

"Are you sure you can't read my mind," I accused. He smiled.

We were pulling up to his house now, and I was speechless. It was a gorgeous white mansion. Surrounded by a perfectly kept lawn and beautiful gardens, filled with every kind of flower that I could name and some that I couldn't.

Edward looked at me expectantly.

"It's amazing," I breathed.

"Come on," Edward said taking my hand and pulling me towards the house, "the others are already here."

We crossed the threshold into his house and entered a large dining room.

There, his family was seated around a large antique looking wooden table.

Edward sat down next to Dr. Cullen, who was at the head of the table, and I sat in between Edward and Alice.

The doctor started, "Now that we are all here, why, might I ask, did I receive a message saying that the world was coming to an end ant we are all going to die?"

The teenage Cullens glared at Emmett. Rosalie slapped him upside of his head.

"Emmett!" Edward groaned.

"What? I had to think of something to say, that would get Carlisle home from the hospital and not upset the humans!" Emmett defended himself.

"Yes," Rosalie stated sarcastically, "saying that the world is going to end and we're going to die, definitely won't upset anyone."

"WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS!" Alice exclaimed, "My vision is fading. IT'S FREAKING FADING!"

Jasper put his arm around Alice's shoulders and the atmosphere was suddenly calm and peaceful.

"What's going on?" Dr. Cullen asked with a ring of authority.

Everyone looked at Alice.

"They've found out about Edward. They'll be here in a little over an hour," she answered hopelessly.

"Who's coming? The werewolves?" I questioned.

"Yes," Dr. Cullen answered grimly."

"Why? And what does it have to do with Edward?"

"Bella, would you like to go for a walk in the forest with me?" the doctor offered.

I looked at Edward and he nodded.

Dr. Cullen rose silently from the table and I followed him out of the dining room and into the cool autumn air.

"What's going on Dr. Cullen?" I asked once we were a ways into the forest.

"Well, Miss Swan, I brought you out here to try to explain just that. Hmmm… where to start. Oh, and please call me Carlisle."

"Please call me Bella," I requested.

"Bella, how much do you know about us?"

"A fairly good amount."

"Then you know that my family and I have lived in this area before," Carlisle assumed sitting down on a boulder and motioning for me to sit next to him..

"Edward mentioned it briefly," I told him, trying to remember exactly what Edward had said.

"And I'm sure that you've been to La Push plenty of times, correct?"

"Yes." Charlie's best friend Billy lived on the reservation.

"About sixty years ago, when it was just Rosalie, Emmett, Esme, and I, the Quileutes caught us hunting on their land and recognized us for what we are," Carlisle said looking off into the woods.

He sighed and looked back at me, "They threatened to kill us because it was their duty to protect their people from our kind."

"But you wouldn't hurt anyone," I said more to myself.

"Thank you. You really are such a sweet trusting girl. I can see why Edward didn't want to let you get away."

I blushed.

"I told the pack that we didn't hunt humans and that we were willing to come to a compromise," Carlisle continued, "We then made a treaty that said that they would leave us alone and keep our true identities a secret as long as we stayed off of their land and promised to never bite another human."

So that was it, the wolves were coming to attack the Cullens because Carlisle had created Edward. I didn't know much about the transformation process, but I did know it involved biting.

"What are you going to do?" I asked quietly.

"The best solution is that we leave Forks to avoid a war with the wolves," Carlisle answered softly.

I nodded, the tears already blurring my eyesight.

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