AN: Finally! I never thought I'd get around to I writing this. I've been so busy lately. Any who, thanks to reviewers! J You guys are the best!!! Thank you all so much!! And, this chapter is dedicated to Catchick10 for being the first one to guess where the quote in the previous chapter was from. Excellent job!!!

Cassie POV:

Gah! Why does this have to be so difficult? Almost everyone in my family had to tell someone our secret and no one explained that it was this tough to do! I have to explain everything right and I have to remember not to leave anything out. It would be one thing if my memory was fully developed but I'm fourteen! I hardly remember what I ate for breakfast let alone centuries worth of history!!!

I looked over to Esme who had been sitting on my bed since I told her I needed time to arrange my thoughts. She didn't look the least bit impatient. She just sat there, staring off into space. I could catch the gist of her thoughts, about how much she was missing her family. But my lack of developed abilities enabled me from seeing the full mental picture.

I took a deep breathe and started my (incredibly long) speech, "I think I should start off with how my kind can be……created. There are three different ways. First, you can be born an angel, like I am. James and Suzzanah are my biological parents. I am only fourteen years old, unlike my family members, who are centuries older than they look. Another way to become like us would be to die and be reborn. That is much like they portray it in the movies and cartoons. The last possibility is to be changed into one of us. Much like vampires and werewolves, all you have to do is bite the person you want to change. We're not really sure what exactly it is that changes us, like how vampires change from venom entering their system. All we know is that it's some type of liquid. Some of the other angels even go as far as to call it an essence of some sort."

I took a small break to judge her reaction. I didn't want to somehow manage to scare and have Esme leave. I've gone way to far in explaining to do that now. However, my fears were forgotten as I saw her staring up at me from the bed, an interested look upon her face. I guess being a vampire meant that you were used to these kinds of strange experiences…

"Along with being like vampires in our…change, we also have similar things we acquire afterwards (AN: Make any sense did that?). There are some abilities we all share like the strength, speed, beauty, immortality, telepathy, shape-shifting, the ability to practice magic- though ours are not as strong as the witches- and, of course, the wings," I said while motioning to my own pair," and there are the ones that we gain individually. Unlike vampire, however, every angel has al least one, unique ability after they are changed, born, or whatever."

I stopped once more, realizing that everything that had just been said was all that was needed to be heard. It hadn't been nearly as long as I expected. My family members described hours of going over important details when telling these facts and somehow I get it done in less than ten minutes. This was what I had been stressing over all throughout dinner? It was a freaking piece of cake!!!

I now realized, however, that this would mean it was time to move onto the subject of my family's incredibly long (…and boring) history. Not fun, seeing as I had over a thousand years to cover and a very limited time to do so…

"Alright. Ready to learn about the family? I'm warning you now, it's incredibly long, what I'm about to tell you. Take any pee breaks or grab a glass of water or something now cause once I start…well, let's just say you'll probably be here for a while…" Esme just nodded, allowing me to go on.

"Well…since my dad is the oldest, let's start with him. I'm not sure the exact year, but I know he was born in the very first years of the A.D millennia (AN: As in, 1000 A.D). His change is an example of dying and coming back to life as one of us. However, because of this, he doesn't remember much. All Dad remembers before his change was that he was walking to a market or something to pick up the groceries for his mother when he was struck to the head. Apparently, that blow must've been strong enough to kill him. After that, he remembers waking up in some place covered with clouds and he suddenly had wings sprouting out of his back.

"That's where mom comes into the picture. She's like me, born as an angel. Almost a century after Dad was changed, mom was born. That was what had given him his first real assignment. He was to look after her, one of the very few born angels. It was over the many years as she was growing up that the two of them fell in love. I believe he told me that it was when mom first turned fourteen, my age, that he first discovered his feelings.

"The next to join the family was Daniel, about seventy years after my mother became fully grown. Like most of my siblings, he was changed into an angel. From what he told me, he was just walking home when someone came out of nowhere and attacked him. He's not sure who or why, all my brother knows is that he was feeling fine one second and the next he was craving for death. Although, that didn't happen. James and Suzzanah were touring the backstreets of Dublin, Ireland, Daniel's home town. They found him dying on the street and acted on impulse. However, because of his severe condition, it took both of them to get enough essence in him in order for him to be in suitable condition to be actually able to change. To this day, no one ever found out who tried to kill my big bro. We have a theory. We pushed the blame to some vampire or werewolf because of how fast the attacks were. It's mostly focused on the werewolf. There were lots of bruises and beatings but none of the blood seemed to be drained outside of that,"

Esme looked up, eyes wide with horror. Probably because she never suspected one of her kind to be framed for doing something so violent. Poor Esme. Her heart really was filled with such sweetness. It must be hard for her to think that bad about anybody, let alone someone of her own species. But, no matter how heart-breaking the moment was, I had to continue with my story. It was important for her to know all of this.

"And that brings us to David. My three family members found him when he was already changed. It was about ninety years after Daniel had become apart of the family and my parents wanted to celebrate. So, they were going out to this fancy restaurant… bistro….whatever you want to call it. On their way to the building, they saw a person standing outside a market. They instantly discovered he was an angel, although the person, himself, didn't seem to be aware of it. The three went up to David and asked him to come home with them. That's where he told my family exactly what had happened to him. A random stranger came up to him out of nowhere and bit him. He didn't know why or how. All David knows was that when he woke up, he knew he was something far from human. According to my brother, this had taken place right after the time James had been changed. You figure, David had been on his own for a good two hundred years not exactly sure what he was and was only given the intuition that he wasn't a human any more.

"And then there came Lucas. This was about a century after David had joined the family, so they were now living in Africa. The guys were working as local farmers. One day, a young boy- I'm sure you can guess who it was- came up to the farm and asked for some fresh veggies. But, my dad and brothers were out, so mom had to fill the order. Even in this short of time, Lucas and mom got along excellently. He started coming by more and more just to talk to her. After a couple months, the whole family became friends with him. But, mind you, my family had been living there for a good four years and the locals were noticing in their lack of age. The four knew they had to leave soon. But, mom- nor anyone else for that matter- was willing to leave Lucas. They knew he lived on his own after his family had kicked him out. He refused to be wed with the woman his parents had chosen for him to be married to and that was considered a disgrace. So, mom just went over to his house late at night and changed him. It was a simple as that. Lucas wasn't mad or anything once he found out. He was ecstatic. He loved the fact that he would live forever and that extra strength. Once the explanations were done. The family packed up and left.

"Next came Lacey. Her story is fairy-tale like in almost everyway. This was during the time when the Middle Ages was at it's high and Lucas had been apart of the family for about fifty years. She had heard of the new family that moved into the outskirts of town and went over to greet them. The second Lacey and Daniel saw each other, they fell in love. Not even two days later, Daniel told Lacey everything about his life, meaning he let the family secret out of the bag. She didn't care in the least. She loved him in everyway possible and agreed to marry him that day. Remember, this was the Middle Ages: no one went on dates back then, especially when you had a love as strong as those two. Two months later, they were married. Right after the whole 'You may kiss the bride' thingy, my big sis was changed into one of us,"

I paused there because of Esme's thoughts. She was amazed at how similar that sounded to when one of her "Kids"-Edward, I think his name was- had found his mate. Except for the fact that it took him over a year to change her. I smirked. What a small world we live in.

"Then, Ange came into the picture. It was a sunny day and Lucas was going out for a stroll in Paris when he came across a young girl shopping. He was bored, as he claimed, and went up to talk to the girl- who was Ange. At first, the two hated each other. I mean, they absolutely could not stand each other. The two avoided one another for months. But, soon both of them began to crave the other's presence. With his excellent tracking abilities, Lucas was able to discover exactly where Ange lived. The two conversed for hours and wound up kissing somehow. They saw each other many times after that. Soon, they discovered they shared. Lucas simply couldn't hold it in and told her his secret. Then, he changed her. As soon as she woke up, the two of them planned a wedding date. She didn't even care that she was immortal, she was ecstatic to be able to spend an eternity with Lucas.

"And last, but not least, moi came into the family. This was a while after Ange joined the family. Almost five hundred years later. Mom just came down into the kitchen one day fourteen years ago and announced she was pregnant. Nine months later, I was born. That's all there is to it,"

As soon as I was done speaking, Esme walked over to me and gave me a hug for the second time that night. I don't know how, but she knew that I was upset about my story not being interesting. Maybe it's a mom thing…. Which was good if it was. There was something I really needed a mom to talk to about right now, and, since she knew the big secret, she was the perfect person to talk to.

"Hey, Esme, now that you know everything, I need to ask you something. How do you get a boy to notice you?'

She stared at me, wide eyed before answering.

AN: Yep. That's where I'm going to end at. Leaving y'all at a cliffy. Thanks to everyone who waited for this to be written. I'm sorry for it taking so long…

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