12. Leprechauns

Alice POV

Taking Molly's hand I lead her into the hotel sitting room where everyone else was sitting talking with the TV on quietly in the corner. Jasper had come back in as Dom was still dead to the world but Nessie was sleeping peacefully in the third room. They all turned to look at us as we walked in.

"Molly this is my...our family. This is Esme, Carlisle, Rose, Emmett, Bella, Edward and finally Jasper." I introduced them all in turn. They smiled at her and shook her hand in turn while mutter things like hey and nice to meet you. Molly meanwhile shrank further and further behind me. She was so short she could actually hide behind me with ease. By the time we got to Jasper she had shrank so far behind me it was now impossible to shake her hand from where he was standing so instead he moved forwards and pulled her into a gentle hug. I smiled gratefully at him as she wrapped her arms around him in return. She looked so broken after everything that had happened to her recently it was nice to see her showing some better emotions. She held onto him for a long time and I could hear she'd started sobbing again. Jasper kissed her head and pulled her down onto the sofa. She curled up closer to him and buried her head in his shoulder as if she was blocking everyone out. I watched Jasper's expression- her looked protective over her but in a fatherly way. I smiled at the thought as I sat down on the other side of Molly and rubbed her back. After a while she stopped crying and sat up.

"I'm sorry." She mumbled as she whipped her eyes on a tissue. "I just miss them so much!"

"It's ok. We're here for you. As soon as you brother wakes up we'll get back on the road and get you back to our home. You'll be a bit safer there."

"But I thought you said she knew where you lived because they attacked Bella?"

"Yeah but the pack are up there and they'll help us protect you." Jasper said as he sat back against the sofa with his arm protectively wrapped around her.

"Pack?"

"Werewolves. They're Quileute werewolves who live on the reservation beside us. We have a deal with them." He carried on explaining for her.

"Vampires, werewolves, just tell me- when do the leprechauns appear?" She smiled, some of the colour coming back into her cheeks.

"They're only in Ireland so you probably won't see one." Jasper joked as her eyes got wide. "It's a joke. To my knowledge there are none." She nodded thoughtfully and was about to say something else but the door to Dominic's room opened and Dom appeared looking wild eyed and nervous.

"Dom, its okay." Molly stood up and embarrassed her brother. He was so different to his sister in both mind and body.

"Look what the...."

"Dom let me explain. This is our Great- Grandma Alice. Who is a vampire."

"Can I stop you there. We are related to a vampire?"

"Yes look its complicated but trust me everything will work out in the end. So Alice and our family are vegetarian vampire which means they don't drink human blood only animals." She went on to explain everything I had told her about vampires all the while Dom turned paler and paler until he looked like a vampire himself. Finally she made the introductions and dragged him forwards to shake each of our hands. "This is Jasper, Alice's husband."

"Our Great- Grandfather?"

"No, will you listen to me. Simon was killed by our Great- Great Grandfather. Jasper is her vampire husband. So he's like our Step- Great Grandfather. Get it?"

"I'm not an idiot, Molster."

"You're acting like one."

"Oh I'm sorry but how can you act so blasé about all of this."

"I'm a freak too."

"Yeah, you're a freak but they're monsters."

"Thanks! You weren't meant to say that! You were meant to say your not a freak Molly, I love you and we'll get through this. And Alice is certainly not a monster! In the past few hours she's done more for me then our mother has in sixteen year." She looked close to tears as she realised her mistake and corrected it. "Had. Look I care about them and they're going to help us so just give them a chance. You never know, you might like them."

"I'm sorry, Mol. I'm just scared and stressed and I miss Gran and Gramps." He wrapped his arms protectively around her and kissed her head.

"This is Alice, our Great- Grandmother." She said as she pulled away from her brother and led him towards me. I smiled at him and he smiled shyly back.

"Hi. It's nice to meet you. You're looking really good for a hundred and eight." Dom's half serious comment broke the building tension in the room and a superficial laugh came from everyone.

"So, are you ready to go?" Emmett asked as he jumped up.

"Go where?"

"To the werewolves." Molly laughed as she moved back to the room to get her stuff before realising she had no stuff. They had nothing left in the world. Jasper jumped up and hugged her before motioning that we should leave. We had stayed here too long already. Emmett put a friendly hand around Dom's back and told him he'd look after him. I smiled, glad that everyone was being so friendly to them.

We had parked the cars in the open air car park and made are way out of the hotel with the sun just rising to the east. Dom nodded approvingly at the car before slipping in the back of our car. Molly who refused to be parted from her brother slid in next to him before beckoning to me to sit with them. She smiled at me and hugged me as I got in the back. Carlisle was driving our car and Jasper was in the passenger seat. He got out his mobile and rang Edward.

"Ring Jake and tell the wolves were coming back and need our help."

"You were serious about the wolves?" Dom asked incredulously.

"Yep they live on the reserve near where they...we now live, and the leprechaun's live next dooe.