I spent my afternoon classes worrying about tonight. Not only because I snuck away from my family, but because of Abby coming over. I decided I would call Alice about it, I'm sure she has already seen it, and maybe she could tell me if there was anything I would need to worry about. I excused myself from class, deciding to go call her.

I stood in the girls washroom, dialing Alice's number.

She picked up on the first ring, "Ness?"

I took a deep breath, then began, "Hey Aunt Alice, I was wondering if you could..."

"Yeah, I already warned them all. I don't see anything happening to her, but I asked Garrett and Nahuel if they could spend the afternoon hunting, just incase. They are the only two that you need to worry about. Kate is going to go with Garrett and Nahuel, it will all be fine. They will be out for the night, they are going to go to Mount Rainier so that they can get some big game, rather than just elk and deer."

I let out a sigh of relief, "Thanks, Al. I owe you big time."

"Ness," she said, "you don't owe me anything, but you do owe your parents and Jacob and explanation."

"I know," I said in frustration before saying our goodbyes.

The bell rang then, and I quickly went to go retrieve my things. I waited by my car for Abby, and when she finally strolled over to it, she had a huge grin on her face. I smiled back, without my thoughts leaking onto my face.

"Do you need me to follow you back to your house, so you can drop off your car?"

"No, my older brother drives me to school. We can just go from here," she said, I never actually knew she had a brother.

We climbed into my car, and I was desperate to make small talk. I have never hung out with a human before, I didn't really know what to do. Her scent filled the tiny space in my car, and it was hard to sit this close to her.

I was glad Alice had persuaded Nahuel and Garrett to go hunting. Nahuel still fed on humans, and Garrett had only become a vegetarian a few years ago.

"So," Abby said, stretching out the 'o', "How many people are at your house?"

"Er," I had to count it out in my head, "including my family or no?" I asked, so I could stall time.

"No."

"Then.. 13, I think."

"Woah, why so many people?"

I wracked my brain for an excuse, any excuse.

"It's my dads birthday," that was simple enough.

"Oh," she said, and with a quick smile, she dropped it.

When we pulled up to my house, her jaw dropped to the floor. "You live here?" She asked, her voice full of doubt.

"Er," I bit my lip, "Yeah, my mom made it, she loves making houses," I smiled, thinking about Esme and her passion.

I walked into my house, and my family was standing there ready to greet Abby.

My dads eyes glared at me. I sighed, I just.. had to get out of here. There was a lot going through my mind, I'm sorry Daddy. No harm done, though?

He just gave me a stern nod.

Carlisle and Esme greeted Abby first, "Hello," Carlisle said, "Welcome to our home. I'm Nessie's dad, Carlisle. This is Esme. I know you have met our other children."

They all gave her a quick hi, and then I led her up to my bedroom. We passed the Denali clan, and they greeted Abby as well.

I was starting to wonder where the wolves were, but I figured they were out running patrol.

"So," it felt awkward trying to make conversation, I had no idea how to do this.

"You have a really nice family," Abby said, looking sad.

"Yeah, they're great," I smiled a bit.

"Hey, thanks for inviting me over.. I know I've been terrible to you, and I don't deserve this at all, but I'm glad that we're going to try to be friends. You and your family seem like great people.. Thanks, Nessie. A lot. I know we'll be great friends."

I laughed, "Yeah, me too. So, what do you want to do first?"

We decided to watch some movies, and just talk. It was actually fun. I realized that this was exactly what I needed.

Just then, Jake walked into the room.

He stolled over to me, kissing me on the forehead. He gave Abby a hostile hello, obviously he hadn't forgiven her for the way she treated me in the past. He asked how my day went, ignoring Abby completely.

Then, Embry walked into the room. He stopped in his tracks as soon as he saw Abby - he had a strange look in his eyes.


A/N,

uhhhh oooooh. i bet you can all guess whats going to happen next.

sorry that this chapter is kind of short. but i will have at least two more updates tonight, alone.

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