A/N: I really appreciate all the positive reviews that I've been getting, they mean a lot to me.

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APOV

There are some very important moments in life that could go either way. They could be fantastic and leave you feeling satisfied with life, or they could go horribly wrong and make you feel like you had just made a huge mistake. Seeing as I could never think that kissing Bella and agreeing to date her could be a mistake, I wasn't sure what to make of this situation.

"You're not the only one," Edward muttered, glancing at the rest of our family, all of us still standing in the driveway. The light coming from the house poured out onto the ground like luminescent paint, casting shadows and creating a backlight for the vampires standing there.

It had been about ten seconds since I had turned around and come face to face with my family. Ten seconds since they had moved or changed facial expressions. That sliver of time to a human would be negligible, but to a vampire, it lasted hours.

Never one to draw out an awkward moment, I smiled sheepishly. "Hey, guys. Um, how long were you standing there?"

Rosalie blinked slowly. "We came out after…she left." She took a step forward and looked at me, her gaze no longer dazed. "Alice?"

I raised both of my eyebrows. "Hmm?"

"Care to explain that little moment with Bella, just now?" Her tone held no malice or disapproval, surprisingly, just curiosity and an emotion that I couldn't quite identify.

"Um…" I thought for a moment on how to tell them. They knew that I was gay but they didn't know about my feelings for Bella because I was very careful to shield it from them as soon as I found out myself. It's not that I was ashamed or anything, quiet the opposite as I would have happily shouted it from the rooftops, it's just that I was unsure of their reactions and didn't want to cause conflict.

Carlisle raised his hands in a soothing gesture. "Why don't we all go inside? This isn't an interrogation, after all. I'm sure Alice will explain everything."

I nodded at him thankfully. "That's a great idea. Let's go."

Not waiting for them to follow, I flitted into the large house and made a beeline for the dining room that was only ever used for family meetings and the occasional board game. The beautiful mahogany table had twelve chairs surrounding its expanse, one at each end and five running down either side. I chose the chair in the centre of the left side and plopped down on it, tucking my legs up underneath me to make myself taller. The chairs, a matching mahogany, were surprisingly soft and very comfortable, a favorite of Esme's and something Emmett was generally told to stay away from. That rule was usually overlooked during family meetings, as it was now. He took his seat directly across from me, Rosalie sitting on his left and Jasper and Edward on his right. Esme sat on my right, while Carlisle sat at the head of the table as per usual.

He folded his hands and regarded me with a raised eyebrow. I didn't miss the small smile on his face or the happiness in his eyes. However, there was also curiosity.

Fidgeting slightly, I met the gaze of each of my family members, before once again coming to rest on Carlisle. A wave of calm and encouragement enveloped me and I shot a grateful smile at my best friend and brother. Jasper smiled back at me, his blond curls shifting slightly as he nodded.

I took a deep breath and thought once again about how to begin my explanation. I was about to tell them that Bella Van Allen had kissed me and then asked me out on a date. A sudden wave of excitement bubbled up inside me, eclipsing my nerves. She had kissed me and then asked me out on a date. The entire trip back, I had been in a state of bliss, curled up beside her in the cab and now the full events of tonight chose this moment to hit me like a freight train. My naturally bubbly personality kicked into overdrive and I let loose the squeal that I'd been holding in. I flung myself into Esme's arms and started bouncing slightly as I hugged her.

She couldn't help but laugh at my actions and she returned the hug. "Alice dear, calm down."

I stopped bouncing with no little effort and looked back at everyone. "Sorry, had to get that out of my system."

"I assume this means that Bella reciprocates your feelings and tonight went well?"

I narrowed my eyes and I turned to face Esme. "How long have you known?"

She smiled a knowing smile. "Alice, I may not be your birth mother, but I am your mother and I notice these things." Her smile broke out into a full blown grin and she pulled me back into a hug. "Oh, I'm so happy for you. I hated the fact that you were alone all these years and despite what you said, I knew that you were lonely. You've finally found someone."

"How many of you knew?" Edward raised his hand, followed by Jasper and Rosalie. I stared at her. "Rosalie? How did you know? You seemed surprised."

She gave me a look. "I suspected for a while, I just thought that it would take longer for you to make a move." At my incredulous look, she scoffed. "I am your sister, you know."

Carlisle leaned forward. "Care to tell us what happened?"

A lazy grin spread across my face and I leaned back against the chair. I almost got lost in the memory again, until I heard Edwards voice. "She and Bella went to a boardwalk, Alice pushed her in the water, Bella pulled Alice into the water and they kissed. The Bella asked Alice out on a date next Friday, as you heard moments ago."

I scowled at him and he smiled. "You were taking too long."

Emmett looked me over. "Huh, I guess that's why you're wet. I didn't notice before." He waggled his eyebrows in a suggestive manner. "I'm willing to bet that you didn't either, right?"

I glanced down at myself to see that I was still wet from our impromptu dip in the sea. Curling up next to Bella's insanely warm body had dried some of it, but my own cold temperature ensured that I was still damp. Esme took one look at the chair I was sitting on and sighed in resignation.

Edward laughed. "You have no idea; she hasn't stopped thinking about that kiss since she came in here."

"Hey, Ali-Cat, was she any good?" I ran my fingers through my short hair in an effort to hide my embarrassment, this type of teasing new to me. Emmett laughed again. "I'll take that as a yes."

Rosalie folded her arms and leaned back into Emmett. "Wait, does this mean that you know what she is?"

Six heads snapped to me in rapt attention and I sighed. "No. I don't want to pressure her. When she's ready to tell me, she will." They looked dissatisfied, Bella's species being a topic of much thought in our household recently. I knew that Bella wouldn't mind me telling my family about tonight, seeing as she had asked me out where they could hear and they would find out eventually if she told me, which I just knew she would. "But, I do know a bit more about her powers."

Carlisle's eyebrows rose once again and the look of curiosity on his face intensified. "Really?"

"Yeah, there was a…incident tonight." My gaze flickered to Rosalie briefly. "We were shopping for dresses when Bella said that she really wanted to go to a book store that was closing soon. I was in the dressing room being interrogated by Jessica, so I only noticed when I came out and she was gone." I leaned forward and crossed my arms on the table. "I followed her scent, which, as you've noticed, dissipates really quickly." They nodded, so I continued. "I lost it in an alley, but it turns out that she had jumped up onto the buildings and was travelling by jumping from one to the other."

"She could jump onto a building from the ground?" Rosalie asked.

I nodded. "I jumped up too and followed her. I don't know how she knew something bad was happening, but I could tell that she had known beforehand because she was rushing."

Edward's eyes widened when I thought about those men and his gaze also flickered to Rosalie. "I found her behind an abandoned warehouse and she had just incapacitated a group of human men."

Carlisle furrowed his brows. "This obviously means that she has physical abilities that outclass a human, but why would she do that?"

"Because the humans in question were about to rape a young girl." I said slowly.

Snarls filled the room, the loudest coming from Rosalie and Emmett. "Bella got there before they could do anything," I stated quickly, hoping to placate them. "The girl was fine and Bella threatened the leader with castration if he tried anything like that again and from the look on his face he believed her." I remembered the pure hatred in Bella's eyes when she looked at the leader of that foul group. "Heck, I believed her."

"And you said that she knew beforehand that this was happening?" Carlisle asked, his golden eyes once more alight with curiosity.

"Well, judging from her scent, she didn't backtrack or change course at all. It was a direct line to the warehouse and I highly doubt that she resorted to leaping buildings to get to a book store."

Carlisle leaned forward and opened his mouth to speak. "How do you think she did it?"

"And before you ask, I have no idea how she knew, she just did." I froze. Did I just..?

Edward sat up straight and stared at me. "Alice, did you just have a vision?" The voices of my family members quickly piped up.

"What?"

"When?"

"What was it about?"

"Have you had any more?"

I stared hard at the tabletop. I hadn't had a vision in months, what prompted one now? It had been a small one, only a second into the future, but it was a vision. "It was only Carlisle asking how she did it, that's it."

"Alice?" I looked up at Emmett and raised my eyebrows in question. "Do you think that this has something to do with the Van Allen's?"

"Why?"

"Well think about it. Your visions stopped a few months before they moved here. Then, when they did arrive, Edward and Jasper's powers failed to work on them. Maybe one of them has the ability to block vampire powers and because your power would have affected them months ago, that's when their power shut yours down. Maybe its Bella herself, seeing as you thought that the feelings you've been getting in place of your visions were directly related to her." We all quieted down and turned to look at my bear of a brother. He may not look it, but he was an intelligent individual.

Carlisle looked thoughtful. "You're right, Emmett. That makes sense. If that's the case, we should talk to them about it." All eyes turned to me expectantly.

"Oh, hell no. I'm not spending my date with Bella drilling her for information. When she's ready, she'll tell me." I carefully shielded my thoughts from Edward. I knew that he would notice and be suspicious, but I didn't want to reveal what Bella told me about her past. She had been fairly comfortable using her powers around me, so I knew that telling my family wouldn't be a big deal, but she had thought about it for a while before she had told me about some of her past, so I wouldn't mention it until I knew that she was okay with it.

Carlisle sighed and nodded, not going to force the issue. "Did anything else unusual happen?"

I thought back to my day with Bella, her rescue of the girl, her silence in sneaking up on me, the way her scent affected me. "Now that I think about it, there was something unusual." I turned to face Jasper. "Jazz, could you tell me again what it was like when she touched you?"

His brow furrowed, questions clear in his eyes. "It was like…one minute I couldn't sense anything but the blood, and the next, the thirst was gone, sort of like-"

"Like someone pouring water over a fire."

He regarded me thoughtfully. "Yes, exactly like that."

"The same thing happened to me." Eyes widened around the table and before a barrage of questions could arrive, I continued. "The girl behind the warehouse had a cut on her head that was bleeding freely. I wasn't going to attack her or anything, but the thirst was pretty strong. Bella jumped onto the warehouse next to me, but she didn't touch me. It was just her scent that stopped the thirst."

"Has this ever happened before?" Edward asked.

I shook my head. "Never. This was the first time."

Rosalie frowned. "Bella knew that you followed her?"

I smiled sheepishly, remembering my attempts at explaining myself. "Yes. She sensed me up on the roof. She was surprisingly fast and quiet, because I didn't hear her jump onto the building next to me." I straightened up in my seat. "Look, I told you this because I don't like keeping secrets, but I want you all to know that I trust Bella and I'm going on that date Friday whether you approve or not."

Once again, I locked gazes with them, waiting for their reaction. Esme broke first, a huge smile adorning her motherly features and one by one they fell, until everyone was smiling, even Rosalie, though hers was small.

I sighed in relief, glad that they approved. They were my family and they wanted what was best for me.

I really hope that Bella has an easy a time of this as I did.

BPOV

"I love to swim. It's just so…relaxing," I said, still smiling like an idiot. Alice was pressed up against the wooden post behind her, chin raised to keep the waves at bay. She was absolutely soaked, water trickling down her face, her previously spiky black hair that I loved so much plastered to her face.

She smiled and opened her mouth to reply when the moon came out from behind one of the ever-present clouds. I had always loved the moon and the nighttime, but now moonlight had a new meaning for me. It shone on the water surrounding the two of us and illuminated Alice's face, her body's natural reaction to sunlight coming forth to a lesser extent, her skin glowing slightly.

My breath caught in my throat, all of my concentration focused on the girl in front of me. She had a far-off look on her face and she looked at me with…longing? My gaze flickered down to her small lips and I felt myself lean forward, slowly, giving her the chance to move away. Oh, how I hoped she didn't move away. My breathing quickened and I gulped slightly, my mouth suddenly dry.

Her eyelids fluttered and she took a deep breath as I stared intensely into her eyes. I finally spanned the distance between us and pressed my lips against her cold ones. I hesitated, unsure until she pressed her lips harder against mine. I felt a wave of euphoria wash over me as her lips moved with my own. She tasted like she smelled, a plethora of exotic fruits that was completely Alice. Her lips were hard, yet smooth, like the finest marble.

Eventually, we broke away, breathing heavily. I looked at her again, taking in every detail of her face. At some point, she had closed her eyes and she opened them now, gazing up at me with the most adorable smile on her face. My heart was racing and I spoke twice before I could coerce words to come. "I've wanted to do that for a while now."

"Likewise," she gasped, grin still firmly in place.

My happiness was almost a physical thing, pouring off of me in waves. I noticed Alice get a confused look on her face, before she moved her hand through the water and stared at it. I was wondering what she was doing for a moment before I realized that it wasn't happiness pouring off of me in waves, but heat. I quickly reined it back in and smiled at her sheepishly. "Sorry, that…happens sometimes." If I was feeling strong emotions, my ability sometimes mirrored that. For example, anger meant raging torrents of boiling heat while happiness meant gentle waves of warmth. I was only thankful that I wasn't in my natural form, in which case, extreme happiness made my body react in a somewhat obvious way.

"I don't mind. It was actually kinda nice," she said, glancing at me from underneath her lashes.

The gentle waves of warmth kick-started once again.

"Hey, lass, we're at yer' stop." The voice of the cabdriver jolted me out of what was rapidly becoming my favourite and most relived memory. The memory of my first kiss, with Alice Cullen no less.

I looked out the window and, sure enough, the road to my house awaited.

"You sure you want me to drop you off 'ere? I could drive farther in."

I smiled at him in the over-head mirror, before getting out and looking at him through his window. "No thank you. I'm perfectly fine. Goodbye." I waved at him, which he returned, giving me a worried glance, before doing a u-turn and driving off back to Port Angeles.

I sighed contentedly, the scent of Alice still on my clothes from where she had leaned against me and began walking in the direction of my house through the chill night air.

It was dark out, the moon once again hidden by clouds, no longer present to illuminate the forest surrounding me. It would have been difficult for me had my enhanced eyes not been able to pierce the darkness. The only sounds were my own whisper-quiet footsteps and the night-dwelling animals going about their business. It was about a mile from the head of the road to our house and I chose to walk it at a human pace, enjoying the experience.

It would also give me longer to figure out a way to tell my family about this. I don't think that they knew about my feelings for Alice, seeing as I'd only just recently found out, so this would be a surprise for them. No to mention the fact that Alice was a girl, which meant that I was gay. It was no secret that human society still didn't fully accept that kind of relationship, but I knew that my family would be okay with it. After all, it was by no means the weirdest thing about me.

I sighed and quickened my pace slightly. It's not like they wouldn't approve, but I was still apprehensive.

I was brought out of my musings by the slight rustle of leaves and the shifting of feet. I stepped out of reach when someone leaped out of the cover of the trees and tried to grab me. Instead, I grabbed his arm and flipped him around before twisting it behind his back and slamming him down on his stomach. His breath left him with an audible 'oof', and an impression of his body was forced into the ground. I placed my knee on the small of his back to stop him from moving and surveyed the forest for more 'attackers'.

Once I realized that there were no more, I released him and pulled him to his feet. Lee shook off the dirt on his front and smiled at me. "Nice. You incapacitated your first enemy before taking your eyes off of him, while still maintaining awareness of your surroundings."

I rolled my eyes. Occurrences like these were not uncommon events. As soon as I was old enough, my family had thought that it would be a good idea for me to know how to fight, in case I ended up in a situation where I would need it. It had started off with small things, defensive moves like how to dodge blows and now it was defending myself against random attacks and using offensive moves. I was glad that I could fight well and I was thankful that my family had thought of it when they did. "Oh please, you weren't even trying."

Lee was a great fighter and that little spat was only to test my reflexes. "I didn't want to get caught up in a full on sparring session. This was only to keep you sharp and, as always, you did great." He gestured towards the house, the lights visible and started walking.

I fell into step beside him and he gave me a thoughtful look. "Jesse has been grinning like the Cheshire cat ever since she got a phone call from your human friend that she refused to tell us the contents of. I assume from the pensive look on your face that you have something to share with us?"

I sighed at his perception. "Yes, I have something to tell you and I hope that you guys don't make a big deal about it." I knew that Jesse knew. She was even more perceptive than Lee when she wasn't doing something unlawful.

We reached the front porch steps and opened the door, walking into the living room where my family was already assembled, having heard us speaking. Clare and Michael were sitting on the couch together and Jesse was sitting on one side of the love seat.

Lee trotted over to the love seat and sat down, wrapping his arm around Jesse, who was in fact grinning like the Cheshire cat. She winked at me as I sat down on the armchair right next to the fire place.

I turned to face them. Oh well, no point in drawing this out. "I kissed Alice Cullen today and asked her out on a date this Friday, which she said yes to. I also showed Alice some of my powers while stopping a group of humans from raping a young girl and we'll be hearing from the police for a statement soon."

Eyes widened around the room. I coughed slightly and leaned back in my chair, crossing my legs in front of me.

My dad leaned forward and raised an eyebrow at me. "Maybe you should start from the beginning."

I took a deep breath and launched into my explanation. "Well, Alice came to Port Angeles because her and her family were afraid that the killings around there were caused by vampires and she wanted to protect me. We were in a dress shop when I got this weird feeling, like something was wrong. I followed it and came across some…men attacking a young girl. I stopped them and her family came and called the police. I gave my name and number, because I didn't want a repeat of that time in our last town and they said that they'd need a statement at some point in the future. Alice had followed me and she saw me. We waited for the police to leave and then we went back to Jessica and Angela, who had already eaten. Alice and I went to the boardwalk to get me something to eat, we got into a…water fight and we kissed, then we got a cab home. At her house, I asked her out on a date, she said yes and I went here."

I took another deep breath and sighed. I had only needed one to say all that, mainly because I had spoken at vampire speed, but also because I had great lung capacity. I thought that it would have been better to just get it all out there now.

Jesse smiled. "So, you had your first kiss. And you're gay. Ha. Who knew? Well, apart from me of course."

I apprised them carefully. "So, you're…okay with that?"

Clare smiled. "Of course we are. If Alice makes you happy, then we can't stand in the way of that." She frowned. "Although, we'll have to meet her soon."

Micheal scowled. "Yes, just because you're both girls, that doesn't mean that I'll let you two do any funny business just yet."

I turned red. "Dad! We just kissed. We're not going to be doing any…funny business."

Jesse's cough sounded suspiciously like a 'yet'.

"When you said that you said that you had a 'feeling', what did you mean by that?" Lee asked.

"I don't know what it was, but I suddenly felt as if something was wrong and that I needed to be somewhere. I followed it and it led me to the girl."

"And you've never felt something like this before?" he continued.

"Nope."

Clare nodded. "I'll do some research on the matter, see what comes up." My mother may be something new in every town, but as a human she had been a librarian and if there was one thing that she knew how to do, it was research. She had a plethora of books stashed around our many houses, but she carried the important ones around with her to each new dwelling. Most of those had to do with either my kind, werewolves, or vampires. She was an expert of separating fact from fiction and could find the only grain of truth on an entire beach.

"So, what are you gonna do this Friday for your date?" Jesse asked, smile still on her face.

"Um…," I said slowly.

Her eyes widened. "You don't know yet?"

I smiled sheepishly and shook my head. "It's not until Friday and I intend to plan something special, if you must know." For the third time that night I took a deep breath and fidgeted nervously. Now it was time to drop the bomb. "I, uh, want to tell her. About me."

They all looked at each other and then Micheal spoke. "Are you sure about this?"

I nodded, determination and conviction clear in my eyes. "Yes. I can't in good conscience enter a relationship with someone who doesn't even know what I am. It's not fair to Alice, who's been great about the whole thing and I trust her. Besides, you all know that I'm a great judge of character. Have I ever been wrong about someone before? Also, the damage has already been done. They know that I'm neither vampire nor werewolf and that there are other things out there. Keeping it a secret this long was ultimately a wasted effort and we've been fooling ourselves." I added that last part in to make a more convincing argument. Whether they approved or not, I was telling Alice, but I'd prefer it if they went along with it.

I wasn't blind to the fact that I was about to tell Alice something that I'd never told anyone outside of my family, but I trusted her. I wasn't even sure where this trust came from but from the first moment I'd laid eyes on her, I'd known that she'd be important to me and that I should trust her. I did get feelings about people, whether they are good or bad, and the ones I was getting from Alice were definitely good.

"This means that her family will find out, we can't expect her to keep it a secret from them," Jesse stated, expression serious.

"I know." I really wanted to get to know them for a bit before I told them, like I had with Alice. Well, not exactly like I had with Alice…

Jesse smiled happily. "This is fantastic. Our little girl is growing up." She wiped a fake tear from her eye.

I rolled my eyes. "Oh, shut up."

She perked up instantly, mischievous expression on her face. "We can show her the baby photos. I'm sure she'd love that."

My eyes widened in horror. "Don't you dare!"

She laughed. "We can even show her the home videos."

I scowled and threw a pillow at her. "Joke all you want, I refuse to let it affect me. Now, if you don't mind, I'm going to take a shower. I still smell like salt and seaweed." I huffed and left the room, choosing to block out their laughter. I sighed in relief as soon as I'd passed the door, happy that I'd made it past the gauntlet.

I flitted up the stairs and into my room, passing Sanderson, who was curled up in one of my shoeboxes, and headed straight into the bathroom.

I stripped off my ring with a sigh of relief. It was a brilliant object and I don't know what I'd do without it, but when I wore it, the glamour that it produced felt like someone had wrapped me in cling film, which is why I took it off whenever I was away from prying eyes or with my family. As soon as it was off, the cling-filmy feeling evaporated and my body shifted, becoming smoother and more toned. My hair immediately turned its natural silvery-white and became almost weightless, my eyes glowed before shifting to a shining blue and my skin lost its tan, becoming an even, snowy complexion. The ever-present 'tattoos' on my back became visible and my senses became even more acute.

Quickly taking off my clothes, I hopped into the shower and flipped it on, enjoying the sensation of warm water on my already warm skin.

Inevitably, my thoughts returned to Alice and our impending date. She wouldn't be at school for the next few days, due to an annoyingly timed sunny spell, so I'd have to wait until the weekend to see her. That thought was one that I didn't enjoy. I had to call her to arrange it, so I'd get to talk to her soon anyway, which bolstered my spirits slightly.

I hummed happily to myself as I took out my shampoo, the new type that I had finally managed to find in an old-age herbal store. Just like the rest of my family, synthetic shampoos and other products didn't work well for me and my enhanced senses, so it had to be all natural. The scent of cinnamon and shea butter enveloped the room and I began humming along to a tune in my head.

Thirty minutes passed before I could bring myself to get out. Stepping onto the tiles I amped up my body temperature and walked out of the room, steam rising from my rapidly heating body. The need to brush my hair was non-existent, as it was too silky and lightweight to get any knots, but I still liked the motion, which I found soothing. Before I left, I swiped my ring from the shelf beside the shower. I carried it with me everywhere, just as a safety precaution.

Still humming, something I'd picked up thanks to Alice, I strolled into my room and dressed in a pair of shorts and a t-shirt. Sleep wasn't a huge deal for me, one or two hours every few days being enough, but I liked to spend the night dressed in pyjamas, a habit from when I was younger and needed to rest more often.

Sanderson was gone from the shoe box and when I went downstairs, I found him curled up on Jesse's lap, enjoying the thorough scratching that he was getting. Jesse herself was alone, the rest of my family at various parts of the house. The TV was on to Robot Wars, something that we'd all gotten slightly addicted to in the past few years. Watching Sanderson, I wondered if Alice liked cats.

This question brought on a more important one; when would Alice meet my family? When I told her, her family would soon have to be told and that would mean that the only thing keeping our two families from interacting would be gone. Both sides had expressed the wish to meet the other, and for Micheal, meeting Carlisle would be an experience. My family would once again get to interact with other vampires, something that they'd shied from until I had gotten older.

The thought brought a smile to my face, which Jesse noticed. "Thinking about Alice?"

I plopped down on the couch next to her. "Sort of. I was thinking that now, you guys would get to meet the Cullens."

She grinned. "Yeah. I think that Emmett guy seems pretty cool."

I rolled my eyes. "Typical of you to find the prankster of the family 'cool'."

"Maybe I can show him my wood chipper."

"That sounded vaguely dirty. How do you do that?"

She shrugged. "It's a gift. One that I use sparingly. After all, 'with great power comes great responsibility'."

"You've been reading Spider-man again, haven't you?" I accused. She looked at me innocently. "God, you are such a nerd."

"Hey, reading comic books does not make one a nerd."

I raised an eyebrow. "So you're going to deny the fact that you joined chess club at school?"

"How did you...?"

"I have my sources. Ya know, Jesse, you have some pretty weird interests for someone who makes fun of everything."

Her grin came back. "Did Lee say something about my 'weird interests'?"

My eyes widened and I smacked my hands over my ears. "Too much information!"

Her laughter carried around the house. I could hear my parents laughing upstairs and Lee's voice coming from the doorway where he'd just entered. "Now Jesse, let's not scar the poor girl." He smiled as he walked over and proceeded to kiss Jesse very…thoroughly.

At that moment the phone rang. "I'll get it!" I yelled, thankful for any reason to leave the room. On my way out I grabbed Sanderson who was beginning to look confused at the actions going on above him.

Reaching the phone in a split second, I waited until it had rung twice before picking it up. "Hello?"

"Hey Bella, its Ben."

"Oh, hey Ben." Ben and Angela were by far my favorite humans and the only ones that I'd gotten fairly close to over the course of the few weeks I'd been here.

"Ya know how a few of us had decided to go to First Beach?"

"Yes."

"Well, we were planning to go tomorrow, but Ange, Eric and Chris wouldn't be able to make it, so we're going on Monday. It's getting pretty cold out and our window of opportunity is shrinking fast. You in?"

First Beach. The place where werewolves roamed. They did say that I'd be, if not exactly welcome, tolerated, so the treaty wouldn't be affected. I briefly considered saying no, just in case their Alpha didn't speak for all of the pack, but I figured that I should spend more time with Ben and some of the others. I'd been neglectful, mainly because I couldn't stop thinking about a certain spiky-haired vampire, and it'd be good to go out and see them.

"Yeah, sure thing."

"Um, you can invite Lee and Jesse…if you want." I had been spending a few lunch breaks with the humans, so my siblings would occasionally drop by to say hi. They were okay with me, but my brother and sister intimidated them slightly.

Jesse and Lee going to a reservation full of werewolves on a sunny day in front of a group of human teenagers? Not a great idea. "No can do. Both of 'em are going out of state for the week for a concert." The lie we had constructed explained why only Jesse and Lee were out of school and not me. Wed have to come up with a more concrete one to explain why they always disappeared on sunny days. I wonder what excuse the Cullens used. They had been here for a while.

"Oh, who're they gonna see?"

"Brandon Flowers." The second lie came easily, something that I'd picked up from my family. Sure, it wasn't a great habit, but it was a damn useful one.

"Cool. I hope they have a good time and I'll see you in school on Monday."

"See ya." I hung up the phone, realizing that Sandy had fallen asleep in my arms. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the world's laziest cat.

I thought about going into the living room to watch TV, but from the sounds, Jesse and Lee were still in there and I had no desire to see that. Instead I went up to my room, flipped off the lights and hopped into bed, intending to get some shut eye. I hadn't slept in about four days, and I was due. Curling around the still-sleeping cat in my insanely comfy bed, I willed myself to sleep, the sounds of my family's 'goodnights' soft in the darkness.

A werewolf infested beach on Monday, a date with Alice Cullen on Friday and who knew what in the interim.

I was in for an interesting week.

A/N: Okay, it's shorter than my last chapter, but it's also been updated sooner.

I'm not sure about this chapter. It's sort of a filler, so I'm sorry if it's not up to the usual standard.

R&R