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"Wow, you seem to know quite a lot of things about homosexuals." William said quite calmly for a man whose sexuality was challenged but a second ago. But his tone was tinged with acid. "Is it possible that you fell for one or that the only experience you have with the opposite gender is through one?"

"William Joseph Averay!" His mother reprimanded furiously.

"Ouch, are you going to take that Nessie?" Emmett taunted. Ouch was right. I could see in my family's faces that they were either silently amused or horrified with our little 'chat'.

"I suppose you wouldn't have recognized sex appeal if you saw it, sir, because you wouldn't have asked such a stupid question." I sighed dramatically. "But then, I had a feeling your desires were not for women."

His eyes narrowed ever so slightly. "Women are traitorous and unkind and-"

"You do realize your mother is female, right?" I asked him sweetly.

"She is a different brand." He retorted coldly. Ah, so he was picky with his females, was he?

"So is mine. Don't judge, or that will put you at a level below the women you so condemn." I told him sternly.

"Oh, I'm perfectly fine with your mother; I know she has great taste." I turned to see Bella laugh."It's you I don't need predetermination to categorize."

"That's perfectly fine with me." I said, finally appeased. "You can say what you want about me but don't you dare say a word against my mother."

"Wow. Thank you, Ness." Bella said, offering me a dazzling smile to with I responded with a wry one.

William turned his attention to her. "Bella, right?"

She nodded suspiciously. "My name is William Averay."

"Oh please, call him Will." Kat said, exasperated, and obviously not impressed.

"Hello Will, I'm glad you're getting along fine with my daughter." She said sarcastically.

"I'm sorry, Bella. I'm usually quite civil. I hope you don't mind my quiet loathing of your gender." He said, actually quite civilly.

"I don't mind as long as I don't catch you lusting over Edward." Mom said teasingly- we all laughed. To my surprise, Will did too.

"I assure you, madam, I am not gay… no matter what your daughter wishes you to believe." He added as an afterthought. I huffed before settling down on the couch to continue my conversation with a much more delightful Averay- Georgie. How did such a man get such a horrid son?

After I ate and they watched while conversing, Alice ushered me outside.

"What did you think you were doing back there?" She scolded. "Do you even know who he is?"

"No, but does this face look like it cares?" I stuck my tongue out obnoxiously.

She sighed. "He's one of the most powerful vampires ever created!"

"I bet the Volturri would just love to get his hands on him." I said, disgusted with this new info.

"Well, duh, it's obvious by the way they've been trying to recruit him for about four centuries and still haven't given up." Her sarcasm wounded my ego.

"What can he do, anyway?" I pretended to be just mildly interested.

"Actually, nobody really knows but some say they've seen him torture people using their minds."

"Like Jane?"

"Worse, he also has Edward's power."

"What?!" I think I messed with the wrong guy… again!

"Why do you think Bella was concentrating? You didn't notice? And it's not just that, some people swear that he can… control you." She was dead serious now and there was fear written in her eyes.

"So in other words, he can play around with your mind." I supplied; she nodded. "So why hasn't he joined the Volturri?"

"Too many females. Just kidding," She grinned at my fury. "He's actually a good guy. You know with the vegetarian diet and all. And he respects humans."

"Just not the females, right?"

"Don't let it bother you. We all have our little pet peeves." She said sadly.

"That isn't little." I muttered and she pretended not to hear me.

"Come on, let's let Georgie cheer you up. Besides, you'll be surprised what the future holds for the union of our families."

"I'll believe that when I see it."

"I'm really sorry guys; I don't know what the hell came over me." I said, standing before my two best friends in the world.

"Oh, enough with the apologies already. Just acknowledge that we're the awesomest friends ever." Candy ordered.

"Okay, okay, you guys are awesome." We were walking to the counter to get our popcorn.

Abbie had wanted to watch a sappy love story and Candy had wanted to watch a bloody horror film. So, we ended up getting tickets for a murder mystery with romance in it. You learn to compromise when you hang out with opposite personalities.

Like there was this one time-

"Penny for your thoughts, Ness." Abbie said curiously.

"I was about to reminisce about when Candy dared you to set Adrienne's pants on fire." I said, smirking while she looked away in embarrassment.

"Yeah and got so scared that I decided to burn her whole outfit to show Abbie how fun it was." Candy said, smirking.

"It sure was fun, until Drew caught you and scared you into running off." Drew. My insides wrenched painfully. Only that boy could get into the girls' locker room.

"Speaking of Drew… Do you want to talk about it?" Candy asked softly and carefully. "I mean, since the woman at the counter seems to have taken a permanent break. The woman was taking her time on the phone, so…

"What do you want to know?" I asked, bracing myself inwardly.

"Well, any kisses?" I shook my head. "Yes? No? Aw, that's too bad."

"Not really." They raised their brows at the exact same time- I almost (keyword here being 'almost') laughed. "He was a jerk, okay. I caught him making out in a broom closet- I didn't even know we still had those- with a fourth year on our third day of being together."

"What is with him and third days anyway? I mean, I heard he did that kind of thing to Pam too but I didn't believe it." Abbie commented.

I shrugged. "He's not a nice guy, obviously, and he's not worth our conversations so…"

"Yeah, we understand." Candy gave me a squeeze. "I know how it feels to find out someone… well… cheated on you."

Yes, she would know. Candy's had about five hundred boyfriends. There was never any serious action with any of them because they were either dirtbags or fakers or… well, you get the picture. She told me once that she wanted a vampire boyfriend because they'd be haunted by you forever if they break up with you. I had to try so hard not to laugh. She didn't really know I was a vampire… I wish she did. Damn Volturri.

"Candy…" I started sympathetically but she interrupted me.

"It's okay Ness… I'm… complacent enough." She was silent for a while but then her eyes lit up. "You know what though? Derick is back!"

"Oh my gods! You serious?" Abbie sounded as astonished as I felt. Frederick was Candy's best friend; the only one who truly understood her. They had been born on the same date and were playmates ever since then. When Candy was with him, she was never in a sour mood… okay maybe playfully sarcastic, but not sour. His family took him with them to New York because his dad's books started selling.

Candy nodded, for once acting like an excited little girl expecting her birthday present. "I called him up when mom announced it. In fact, if you two don't mind, I invited him to come today."

"YES!" That was me and my giant leap of joy. It was so high I touched the ceilings and elicited a few stares. "Heh, I um, do gymnastics… Look!" I performed a split. The gracious onlookers clapped and moved on.

My friends, however, were laughing their faces off. I got beet red. "Oh whatever guys… You have no idea how hard it is to be someone like me."

"Yeah, I suppose the good looks and super cool abilities torture you every day." Candy agreed sarcastically. "Oh, and that was a lovely split." They exploded into giggles again.

Then I happened to see the gorgeous outline of someone. For once I stared in horror, not pleasant surprise at the sign of newfound attractiveness. Oh shit. Candy was not going to like this.

"Would you two excuse me for a moment?" But they were too busy making fun of me anyway. So I made my way to a beautiful blond stranger.

When I got up to him he looked up at me and a grin slowly spread across his features. I put a hand over my mouth in horror. "Oh no, I was hoping I was wrong."

He understood at once my dilemma and the grin vanished. It was a look of shame. "Look, Renesmee, I-"

"Who did this to you, Derick?" I demanded, fury coursing through my veins like fire burning out oil. "Who the hell had the balls to turn my friend into a vampire?"