AN- Thanks for all your reviews! I checked my hits, and I have over a thousand! Okay, so I left off with Clara and Collin on the beach, sitting on the blanket. Please review!

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight and I'm not Stephenie Meyer! I own Clara and Collin!

Clara POV

We were sitting on the beach, watching the waves. It wasn't as good as sitting on a sunny beach, but I didn't mind too much. I was sitting with Collin, after all.

I was sitting in his lap, and his arms were around me.

Suddenly, he asked,"You want to play twenty questions?"

"Sure," I said."But we take turns." He nodded.

"You first," he said.

"If you could have anything you wanted, what would it be?" I asked.

"You," he replied.

"You already have me," I said back.

"Well then that's all I want," he said.

"My turn," he said. "What happened to your family? I mean, all I know is who they are, but not what happened to them."

My parents was the one subject we had never touched on. It was still a sensitive subject, even after eleven years. I still missed them like crazy. So when he mentioned them, my eyes automatically filled up with tears.

He noticed this and said,"You don't have to tell me if you don't want to."

"No, you deserve to know. You told me all about your family," I replied.

"Okay. If that's what you want to do," he said, his arms tightening around me.

"We were living in Alaska, and my parents liked making sure I stayed active. We lived in a two bedroom apartment, so they would always take me out to go do something. So one morning they decided to take me hiking. We had been hiking for a couple hours when we heard a ruffling in a bush. We turned just in time to see these two people running at my mother and father. The only thing I remember about them is their red eyes. They were vampires. My parents screamed at me to run, two seconds before they were bitten and sucked on. They were too busy with their meal to notice me. I ran and ran, until I tripped and fell. I got a stick stuck in my hand, which I yanked out. Then I just kept on running. I came to meadow, where I curled up in a ball and cried. Then Mom and Dad came. Dad asked me what happened, which I told him. I asked him if my parents were dead, and he said they most likely were. Then my Mom carried me back to the house, where they decided to keep me."

By the time I was done telling him I was crying full out. Collin hugged me tighter and told me it was okay. After a couple minutes I forced myself to stop. I could cry some other time, because I didn't want to ruin this.

After that we just asked random questions, and laughed a lot. We had to go home then, where Collin carried me to the car. It was easier to just let him go ahead rather than protest. He would win anyway.

We rode back talking about pretty much everything. Again, the ride seemed short. When we arrived home I opened my door, not bothering to try and get out. Collin ran around and picked me up and carried me inside. From what it looked like, everyone was in their rooms. So, I decided to go ahead and go to my room

After a few minutes of sitting on my bed reading, I got bored. I just didn't feel like reading. That hardly ever happened, but when it did I usually played guitar. I loved music, so when I turned ten my Dad got me a guitar and taught me how to play. I wrote my own songs, and each song depended on how I felt at the time. I was happy, so I knew exactly which one of my songs to sing and play. (AN- I made these lyrics up, so I guess they belong to me. The words in italic are what she's singing!)

They say that nothing's ever perfect, nothing's ever perfect

But I disagree

They say you can never have it all

But that's not true

Stop me before I like this too much

Because I've learned that it's not perfect for long

That you have to lose some before you gain some

But I know you have to make the most of it, the most of it

So I'm going to hold on, as long as I can

Don't let me fall

Help me stay on

I don't want to lose this

I cannot forget this

It's almost like I'm watching from somewhere else

Like it's too good for me

How can one person be this happy?

I didn't get to go any further before there was a knock on my door.

"Come in," I called. Mom walked in. I was surprised; I had expected it to be Alice.

"Hi, hun," she said.

"Hey," I said back.

"I just have one quick question for you. There's a dance on Friday, and we wanted to know if you and Collin were going, so we could get your dress tomorrow. So, are you going?" She asked.

If I wasn't going with Collin, I would've said no. But knowing that he wouldn't let me fall on my face, it would probably be okay. Besides, no one other then Lindsay and my family knew about us. That is, if Lindsay didn't tell anyone.

"Sure. You're not going to force me to go shopping for five hours after school like you usually do for a dance, are you?" I asked.

Mom laughed and said,"I don't know. Alice is going to be there, so no one can be sure." I laughed with her.

I was tired, so I went ahead to bed. I fell asleep hoping that the shopping trip tomorrow wouldn't be that bad.

AN- This chapter wasn't very long, but please review! I want to know what you thought about the dance and song and stuff. Reviews make me happy, I like to write when I'm happy, so you get more updates!