Hey Guys!! Ok, so I figured that since my computer kicked it for a bit, I'd give you another chapter... That, and I'm not sure when I'll get the next one out...
Anyways, I hope you all enjoy!
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Mom, Alice, Grandpa Carlisle, and Grandma Esme came home around noon. Surprisingly, Chris took it all pretty well. He only phased once when Grandpa tried to reset his broken arm. Grandpa was fine of course, but the couch Chris had been sitting on and the coffee table Grandpa was sitting on were pretty much destroyed.
Grandma wasn't overly thrilled about having the furniture destroyed; until Mom suggested she redecorate the living room anyways. She brightened up after that.
Seth and Jacob came back not long after them. Well, Seth came back and told us Jacob was at his house sleeping. He shocked Chris by giving my Mom, Esme, and Alice all hugs despite what Chris had called the 'vamp reek'. Seth explained that they all went back years, and that you get used to the smell eventually.
We ended up spending the rest of the afternoon talking. Dad and Grandpa explained what little we knew about our family 'gifts'; Brooklynn and Chris still seemed to have a hard time believing it, so when I got fed up I just showed them mine.
They accepted it pretty quick after that.
But as much as Chris was coping with all the vampires around, you could still tell it was stressing him. Chris only phased one other time, which the wolves thought was pretty good considering. He was fine if we didn't move around to much. But whenever one of us moved, especially if it was quickly, you could see him tense up.
When Alice noticed the others coming we decided it would be best to head outside. Less things to break out there. Jacob came out just before my family returned, but he didn't look any better than he had earlier. He didn't say much either.
Jasper came into the yard first. He was cautions, like always, and came slowly. Chris just smiled gently. Jasper walked right up to him, and Chris shook his hand. Jasper smiled, nodded, and headed over to stand with Dad.
Rosalie and Emmett came into the backyard a moment later. Chris tensed up again, but didn't move. It was harder for him now, being almost completely surrounded with vampires. He tried taking deep breaths, but that didn't seem to help much. His hands started shaking a little, and he kept clenching and releasing his fists.
It looked like it was difficult, but that he'd be ok.
Ya, I spoke too soon.
"Damn, and I'd thought we had finally gotten away from the fuzz balls." Emmett said with a laugh.
Jacob reacted the quickest, and by the time Chris had phased he had phased himself, crossed the yard and was in front of him growling. Emmett mumbled an apology, but it was hard to hear over all the growling.
It took Jacob and the others a few minutes to get Chris to calm down; even then he was still tense. Dad had been listening to them, so when they took off into the forest he said that they were going for a run, burn off some extra adrenaline.
When they came back a few hours later, Chris was hungry and tired, but perfectly fine around the vampires.
Dad managed to catch Jacob before he locked himself into the pool house again. He had us all gather into the living room.
Needless to say, it was a little squished.
Ok, that's an understatement.
Seth, Chris, Brooklynn, Mom, Alice, Grandpa, Grandma and I found spots on the couches. Emmett, Embry, and Rosalie pulled chairs in from the dining room and Dad and Jasper stood around the room. Jacob was leaning against the back door.
"So what's going on?" Seth asked, squished on a couch with Chris, Brooklynn, and Mom.
"Well, we assumed that we'd need a story as to why Chris isn't able to attend school for the next few weeks." Dad answered, somewhat sarcastically.
"Tell the school he's got Mono. It always worked for us." Embry said, coming to stand beside Dad.
"You could, but then he'd have to go home." Carlisle said softly.
"So, what's the problem with that?" Brooklynn asked as she rubbed Chris's hand. It seemed to be keeping him calm.
Dad shook his head, but it was Jacob that cut in an answered. "Ya, until he get's pissed and phases in front of one of his parents. That'll go over real well." He sneered from where he stood across the room.
"Oh." Brooklynn mumbled.
"Like Jacob so kindly said, Chris can't go home. So the question is how do we get him to stay here for two weeks?" Dad asked.
"You've already got a plan, honey. So why don't you just spit it out." Mom said sweetly. Most of us laughed.
Dad faked looking hurt, and Jasper smacked him upside the head, making the rest of the wolves laugh hardily.
"Yes Bella, we did have an idea." Carlisle said gently, trying to get everyone back on track.
"You want to pull the same trick you did when Mom was pregnant with me." I said quietly, giving Dad a smug look. I knew I was right.
"Something similar, only a little bigger." Carlisle added.
Most everyone in the room understood what the plan was, except for Brooklynn and Chris. They both looked thoroughly confused.
"When Bella was pregnant…" Dad started.
"Whoa, Bella? When was she pregnant?" Chris asked, looking across the couch over to my mom.
It was our turn to look confused.
"Chris, Bella's my mom." I said matter of factly. "Edward's my Dad."
If they could have fallen off the couch, I think they would have. Chris's jaw dropped, literally, and Brooklynn kept looking between Mom, Dad, and Me.
"It's a long story," Mom said.
Alice snickered, "No kidding." Mom glared at her for that.
"Vampire's are immortal. We're older than we look; or younger in Nessie's case. Basically, Carlisle's the oldest, over three hundred. I'm somewhere around two hundred. Then there's Edward at about a century, with Esme and Rosalie close to that. Emmett and Alice are both just over fifty. Bella and Jacob are both early twenties and Nessie is a whopping six and a half." Jasper explained.
Chris's jaw dropped again, and he actually started stuttering.
"You really are only six?" Brooklynn asked softly.
"By definition. But you should know me well enough to know I don't act like a six year old. I'm essentially sixteen." I explained.
"So that's why Edward seems so old fashioned." Chris mumbled.
"Anyways, back to the plan." Dad interrupted. "We were thinking that one of us could have caught something on our 'camping trip'. When we came back, Chris and a few others in the family caught it. It happens to be very contagious, and can kill if not treated."
"And what disease is that." Seth asked.
"Leave that up to me. I'll find something rare enough no one will want to deal with it at the hospital and I'll volunteer to take care of everyone here, where I can monitor everyone. It's a small enough town that it shouldn't be a problem." Carlisle explained.
"That just might work." Chris said, looking around the room.
"It has before." Mom said quietly.
"Then that's settled. We're all contagious with some rare, deadly disease and have to stay here until we can get it under control." Dad said with a smile.
"This is going to get interesting…" I mumbled.
"Why do you say that?" Brooklynn asked.
Jasper snorted, "All these vampires and werewolves living together, isolated for two weeks. We'll be lucky we don't kill each other."
Everyone laughed, but knew it was true… it was going to be an interesting couple weeks.
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