AN- I'm sorry it took so long to update! I have tons of stuff going on right now, and I had a little writer's block. I also started a new story today called There Are No Fairytale Endings. I have three chapters done, and I'm going to try to work on it more this weekend. I'm still looking for a beta, so if you're interested review or PM me!

Disclaimer:Me: Oh, look a shooting star! I wish I was Stephenie Meyer and I owned Twilight!

Star: Nope. Not going to happen. Ever.

Me: Awwww.

Collin POV

I couldn't believe it. We had been so sure her parents were dead, but one of them had lived through that vampire attack. I wonder how.

We all huddled around Clara, acting like we wanted to have an interesting conversation, but she could tell we weren't telling the truth.

That's when she appeared. We all turned out to face her. It was Clara's mother. She looked exactly like Clara, except she had a vampire look about her.

Clara POV

They all huddled around me, and it was obvious that they were trying to hide something. I could tell it was important though, so I decided not to ask them about it until later.

Then I saw who it was.

It was my mother! The one I had cried and grieved over for years. The one who we had been sure was killed in a vampire attack. I should've been happy, but I wasn't. If she was alive all these years, shouldn't she have tried to find me?

My family turned out towards her, and I crouched down, knowing that if I was standing up I would see her face, and I didn't want to. I didn't want her around me. She obviously hadn't wanted me around, otherwise she would've started looking for me the day she was fully changed.

She had seen my face. She knew I was here. I had seen the realization spread across her face as I was crouching down. I had accidentally shown my face. Now she would want me, and I didn't know what we would do.

"Clara?" She asked, in a vampire voice that I wasn't used to hear coming from her.

Dad was standing in front of me, and I said in my mind, Dad, let me go in front. You'll be right behind me and if she tries anything you'll be able to stop her. I need to see her face to face.

Dad didn't seem to approve, but he moved aside, and then was right behind me.

"Yes, Mother," I replied, letting my anger show through my voice.

"Oh, Clara, I've missed you so much! I've been looking for you ever-" she began to say, but I cut her off.

"You have, Mother, you really have? Are you sure of that? If you looked everywhere, you would've found me as soon as possible. You would have tried your hardest. You would've found me eleven years ago if you looked everywhere. You would've had a chance of me wanting you to raise me eleven years ago. But now, I don't want you around. Please leave me, my family, and my boyfriend alone if you want to leave peacefully. I have no problem with having my real family fight you," I said, with an edge in my voice. Of course, I was hurt deeply on the inside, but no one but Dad and Jasper knew that.

"I understand, Clara. But don't think that I am simply going to walk out on your life and never come back. You are too smart to think that I am going to give up easily. I will be back." And with that, she left. Grandpa, Dad, Emmett, Jasper, and Collin went after her. I let them.

It had hurt a lot to see my biological mother come back, but I decided to wait until I was alone to react.

Alice zoned out, and when her vision was over she said,"Clara, it will be a lot worse if you wait a long time to let yourself feel how you want to. It might be better for you if you let yourself get out what you're feeling now, because you might be able to get over it sooner."

I nodded and sat down on the grass. I put my head in my hands and cried. After a while I sensed that more people were around, so I stopped my crying and looked up to see Dad, Collin, Grandpa, Emmett, and Jasper walking back towards us. They all had looks of sympathy on their faces. Collin scooped me up without a word and ran me to my car. He set me down on the passenger's seat, then ran over to the driver's seat. He held my hand the whole way home. I fell asleep in the car, trying to forget the encounter with my biological mother, who, although she was my technical mother, couldn't be more fake.

I had been hoping that by sleeping I would be able to escape my own memories. I didn't want nightmares, but I knew I would probably have them anyway.

In this dream, I was walking on the beach, holding hands with Collin. We were both so happy, until Collin saw something in the distance. Then he melted away. I collapsed to my knees, holding on to my torso like I was trying to hold it together. Then my "mother" came walking.

"Clara, I warned you. I told you I wouldn't walk out of your life. I could've helped you, but now I can't help you at all," she said, her voice frightening.

"You're wrong! You couldn't have helped me! All of you've ever done is made me hurt more, and I want you gone!" I screamed at her. She just smiled sickeningly.

"Sorry Clara, but I can't do that." Then she leaned down and slapped me across the face, and I hurt a crack, which I was positive that it was the sound of my nose breaking.

Next thing I knew, I was sitting up and screaming. Collin was the first one there, and he pulled me into a hug and comforted me. He had gotten there so fast that I was sure he had been sitting in my room watching me sleep. The thought made me feel better.

I cried a little bit, then I fell back asleep. Knowing Collin was there, I didn't have any nightmares.

AN- So what'd ya think? I couldn't just make Clara fold and start running and crying to her biological mother like nothing was wrong. I'm trying to make the reactions slightly realistic. I'm still looking for a beta, so tell me if you want to beta for me! REVIEW!!