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Marie POV

It was destined. All along I thought I was meant to live a long, happy life with the one I love. But I was wrong. My destiny was different, more devastating, more horrific…

"But what if they don't like me?"

I glanced up at Jacob's huge figure to see him already looking at me with that intense stare-ie thing he often does. In reply to my question Jake just rolled his eyes and squeezed my hand tighter before carrying on walking.

It's been a week since the whole confession of secrets and today was one of the rare days that the sun managed to shine through and it didn't rain. However I couldn't enjoy the current weather out of fear that this could be the day I die...

You see Jake decided that he would make the most of the weather and introduce me to the family of non-human-killing vampires whom lived nearby. Personally I disagreed with his theory how could a blood sucking vampire become veggie and only eat animals? Blood is blood no matter who the victim is. Surely there will be slip ups.

"They'll love you!" I opened my mouth to interrupt but Jake somehow knew what I was going to ask and decided to answer me, "And no, they won't eat you!"

I gave up on offering my opinion on the discussion. There was no way I could persuade Jake that introducing his imprint to vampires wasn't the best way to spend his day. He won't be sticking with his opinion when one of them eat me.

I was so wrapped up in my thoughts I failed to see the rocks in front of me which my feet decided to trip over. Luckily two tan, long and warm arms managed to catch my mid-fall.

"Told you we shouldn't have walked!" I gave Jake my best glare which was an utter fail. Somewhere, someone must have decided for some reason that you shouldn't be able to glare at your imprint.

"You look cute when you do that, Jake said this with a chuckle which only made me intensify my fail of a glare. "Oh, come on Marie stop being such a spoil sport."

"Hey it's not my fault you parked the car in the centre of Forks, so we could hike through the woods to meet a gang of vampires!"

Jake didn't answer as we carried on walking. He must have finally lost his patience with me. A grin of triumph stretched across my face as I turned my head so Jake wouldn't notice it. As I walked Jake slowed down so he was a few steps behind me.

"High maintenance or what?". He muttered into the silence.

I decided to ignore rather than give him the satisfaction of a reply and kept on walking whilst sticking my head up. Perhaps I had been a bit harsh on him? I guess I was complaining a lot. I went to turn around so I could make sense of the situation when two arms suddenly attacked me. Tickling me in all the places where I was the most ticklish.

"Jake! Stop it!" This was what I meant to say but unfortunately through my fit of giggles it came out more like- "Ake! S-s-s-s-t-t it!" Which Jake failed to decipher.

Finally after what felt like forever, he stopped. A cocky grin took place on his face as he watched my storm off. Idiot.

I realised that the twins were beginning to thin out and I walked through the last of them to see a large house. It was nothing like I thought a vampire house would be like. There were no bats, or caves or blood anywhere. In fact the house was quite modern. It was bright white and looked large from the outside. I spotted a garage which had its door open revealing a variety of cars. I was rubbish at types of cars so I didn't know what type they were but I knew they were all very expensive. Suddenly I wished Jake had given me warning this morning so I could of dressed differently, more grand.

"I hate you!" I grumbled.

"Well, I love you", was my reply as two warm arms wrapped themselves around me.

I felt like my heart stopped as suddenly I forgot where I was. Jake hadn't told me he loved me yet. But now he had. His words echoed around my head as if on repeat with a certainty which made me sure that I hadn't misheard him.

I turned around in Jake's embrace so that I was facing him.

"I love you too!"

A smile filled Jake's face which I hadn't seen before and I made a promise to myself that I would see it again. It was so heart warming that I couldn't help but copy it.

"Okay! Gotcha! I love you, you love me! We all love each other! Now hurry up so I can introduce you to everyone!"

I turned back around and reluctantly pulled out of Jake's arms to see a girl about my age stood in front of me. I say girl but what I meant was vampire. She was shorter than me and when I compared her size to Jake's I had to stifle a laugh. If her pale skin and topaz eye's hadn't given away that she was a vampire then I would have honestly guessed pixie.

"I'm Alice", the girl pulled me into a freezing cold hug which instinctively made my muscles stiffen. If she wanted to she could kill me in one move but for some reason I believed she wouldn't. She seemed friendly and funny in a way which made me trust her. "And you must be Marie!"

"Yeah I am" I offered her a shy smile considering the full out beam she was given me. "Woah the legends weren't joking when they said vampires were cold, huh?"

Alice wasn't offended but giggled before linking with me whilst Jake linked on my opposite side.

As we walked inside while listening to Jake and Alice chatting I couldn't help but feel strange with the temperature difference between my right hand side and left hand side. It wasn't uncomfortable just weird.

The family or coven were all waiting for us in the front room. They were stood around with no need for any of the furniture dotted decoratively around the room. I noticed there was a football match on and couldn't help but grin when I noticed Seattle was winning.

"Hello, my name's Carlisle" A blonde man spoke who must be in his early thirties. When Jake spoke about Carlisle he had always done so with a certain amount of respect in his voice. Meeting the man I now understood why, I couldn't explain it there was just something about him that demanded authority. "This is my wife Esme" The women hugged me like Alice done, she had a motherly aura around her which made me miss my own mother. "And our children" Children? "Jasper" He was stood the furthest away from me and looked slightly repulsed by my smell. Instead of feeling offended I felt a sense of calm by him. He nodded in greeting and I nodded back (feeling like an idiot for nodding). "Rosalie" She was beautiful, in a way so stunning that I would kill to look as good as her. Yep, I definitely should have changed my outfit before I came here. Rosalie's idea of a greeting was to offer me a glare. "Emmet" He had his arms around Rosalie in a way that made me know they were a couple. Emmet was large and muscular in a way which should of made me feel threatened but he was pulling faces at Rosalie from over her shoulder which made me just think he was cute. As if sensing this Rosalie gave him a playful smack on his head. "Edward" He was watching me with a thoughtful expression and said a small hello when he was introduced. I didn't really know what to think about him. "And Bella" Ahh, the infamous Bella. Save the best too last eh? I heard all about Bella from Jake, including his past crush on her. She was the only person in the room excluding myself who was human. I understood why Jake crushed on her because she was pretty however in a different way to how Rosalie was.

"Erm, nice to meet you all?" Jake chuckled when my reply to the long introduction came out more of a question and he guided me to sit down.

"Yeah, same. You're even prettier then Jake said you were". I would have taken Bella's compliment better if it wasn't so cheesy. I heard someone scoff and I guessed it was Rosalie.

Jake growled beside me so I immediately clenched his arm in an effort to calm him down. I didn't really think him launching an attack against a vampire in a house full of vampires would be the best thing to do. Especially since me and Bella were both human so very fragile.

"We think we've got news on the scent". Edwards's words, talking about business seemed to do the trick and immediately Jake stopped shaking. This was probably the same scent that Lucas (I refuse to say dad) and Leo were talking about the other day.

"What do you think it is?" I could sense the apprehension in Jake's words.

"They've been hunted to extinction but still very dangerous. The only people I've ever heard of taken them out are the Volturi-" Carlisle spoke with authority making sure to look at everyone as he spoke.

"Werewolves" Jake hissed dangerously.

"Hang on, but your werewolves?" I spun around to look at Jake. If it was one of their own then it can't be bad? It would mean a new addition to the pack.

"No, we're shape shifters. Werewolves are humans which have been bitten by a werewolf to turn into a werewolf" He must have noted my confusion. "We're not venomous. We change because of the legends. Carlisle, why do you think it's here?"

"We're not sure. Perhaps it's come across your scent and is curious about you?" He spoke calmly.

"Right so hang on. All we need is to check when the next full moon is out and to buy a few silver bullets-" I was interrupted mid plan by Emmet's roar of laughter which was louder then everyone else's (everyone else's except Carlisle and Esme who both hadn't laughed out of politeness and just smiled at me).

"Werewolves are different to the Hollywood dramatisation, dear. They get a load of things wrong" Esme must of taken pity on me and decided to explain.

"Oh, so what are werewolves like?" I asked once everyone had calmed down.

"The only werewolf I have ever come across was when I worked with the Volturi" Note to self, ask Jake what the Volturi is later. "He went to the Volturi to seek help in controlling his phasing. They explained to us that werewolves can't control it, they don't even have to be angry it just comes, and then when they phase they lose complete sense of who they are. All their thoughts and feelings are forgotten, leaving instincts to take over. Werewolves live off humans so when they change they kill people. The werewolf who visited the Volturi had killed all his family including his wife and children. He was devastated. Aro wanted to keep him as a pet however Caius has always had a fear of werewolves so overruled him. There's no way to give a werewolf control anyway. The werewolf was sentenced to death and killed privately. He couldn't even phase to protect himself. In human form they are exactly the same as humans and lack all their supernatural strength and power".

"That's awful…" I couldn't help but voice my thoughts as it was. Poor man, he had to do things which he couldn't prevent and then was killed for who he was. He didn't want to be one but was killed because he couldn't help it. Whoever the Volturi are they're vicious.

"If that was the only the way, then it had to happen. Think of all the innocent people who could have died" I could tell by Jake's expression he was still in awe of the story. He spoke sub-consciously as if he wasn't paying attention to what he was saying. "Can you see anything Alice?"

"Nope" Alice shook her head so fast I almost didn't notice she'd shaken her head.

"Werewolves are immune to vampire powers" Carlisle spoke lost in his memories.

Vampire powers? That was also a Jake slip up. So many things I was going to have to ask him when we got back. I made a mental list Volturi, vampire powers…

"The Volturi are like vampire royalty. They make and impose the laws- like police but harsher. Vampire powers are what some of us have. They are gifts which enable us to do special things".

"What? How did you know what I was-?" I was interrupted by the bronze haired vampire who went by name of Edward, who had spoken before.

"Thinking?" A cocky smirk took over his face. "I can read minds, Alice she can see the future and Jasper can feel and alter emotions".

"Oh… right…" I squinted my eyes trying really hard not to think of anything. Of course… it didn't work.

"I better tell Sam so we can organise patrols. We'll see you again later" Jake stood up to leave beckoning me with him.

"Yeah ehm… it was nice meeting you!" I gave the Cullen's a half wave before following Jake. They all chorused bye simultaneously once we got to the door…

"They weren't that bad where they?" Jake asked nudging my shoulder as we headed back towards the woods.

"S'pose not. Well except Rosalie".

Jake gave me a knowing look. "Yeah well she's like that". He paused and looked up at the sky before cursing quietly. "Fancy a piggyback in wolf form?"

"Why?" I dragged out the 'y' curious as to his idea.

"There's gonna be a storm, if I run we can get to the car quicker"

"OK then".

I wasn't as bad as I used to be a week ago but I still cared about my hair. Bad weather would mean bad hair and that's something I didn't want. Who cares if I had to ride on a wolf going at full pelt to avoid it?

Jake quickly unbuttoned the shirt he was wearing before passing it to me to hold for him. As I saw his eight pack I couldn't help but full out stare.

"You're going to have to close your eyes you know"

"Sure, sure". I mumbled stealing his catchphrase. I shifted his shirt in my arms and something felt out of his pocket. It was a box, like one you get from the jewellers. "Jake, what's this?" Without hesitation I immediately opened it. It was an engagement ring. "Who's it for?"

Jake didn't immediately answer me. He looked like a deer caught in headlights as he stood there with his eyes and mouth wide open. For a moment I was worried about his health but then he answered my question.

"You. I mean will you, will you… will you marry me?"

I could hear my heartbeat thudding dramatically in my ears as blood rushed to my cheeks. The rain began to fall but I hardly noticed it, all worry about my hair vanished.

"Are you being serious?"

His answer was vigorously shaking his head.

"Then so am I. No."

That simple word seemed to shatter him. His head fell and knees gave way so he landed in the muddy forest floor.

"Why?" His voice echoed around the forest as he gazed up at me, heartbroken.

"Jake! Look your being ridiculous! Of course I don't want to marry you! I barely even know you! I don't know what bands you like, your favourite type of ice cream? None of it!"

I turned back to him, desperate for him to accept my view.

"But we'll have time to figure it all out. I mean you're my imprint! One day we're both going to get married so we're basically engaged already! This ring is just to make things more official! Boyfriend and girlfriends just too casual. We're more than that."

"I would love to live in your world Jacob" (He flinched at my use of his full name) "Everything must be soo simple! I don't even know whether I want to get married never mind who too yet! Who knows? I might even die tomorrow?"

"Marie. Stop it!" Jake was shaking, badly. Was it at the mention of me dieing or the rejected marriage proposal? I don't know.

"No Jake. You can't tell me what to do anymore. We're over. I'm sorry."

I turned around and headed the opposite direction. I was soaked to the stage where your clothes begin to turn see through and shivering like I was going to phase but didn't care anymore. Sobs escaped me and I fell to the ground as I realised the engagement ring was still in my hand.

Granted it was a nice ring and it did look expensive but that's not what I wanted to get married for. I would get married for the man and I thought Jake was that man. But now I realised he wasn't. He wanted to marry me out of necessity, to get it over quickly. But I didn't want that. I've heard rejected marriage proposals can ruin relationships and now I believed it.

Suddenly something happened and the marriage proposal didn't seem that important anymore.