"I am a ghost talking" I am thinking "I am wolf telepathic!" Eric, Amy, and Bad Gusy are MY OC's, the rest belongs to their rightful owners.

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-Amy-

The bell rang singaling the usual student stampede in the hallways. I lingered in the classroom with Bella who shared my last period while we waited for everyone else to join us.

"Are you doing okay?" Bella asked me as I yawned for thousandth time today.

"Fine. I wish you all would stop worrying about tonight. He's just there to make everyone antsy and freak out while he figures out what to do. It's after the dinner that I'm worried about because I'm sure he'll excuse himself to go roam the house. I think tonight's just a 'lay of the land' sorta deal."

"That makes sense. I don't know about you but I'd be pretty nervous anyway."

"I am." I admitted as everyone joined us in the classroom.

"And I can't see dogs so I have no idea how the evening is going to go." Alice said frusteratingly, having already hear the conversation.

"I still think I should go, silver platter or no." Eric said, folding his arms in a stubborn manner.

"I already asked during lunch. They said no." I told him, fighting the urge to roll my eyes and laugh hysterically.

"Why not?"

"Because we live in the same town and can therefore do it some other time. Their words not mine."

"Then I'll watch from the outside." I sighed, somehow knowing it was going to come to this.

"I think I can say that we all are feeling like we agree with Eric. Sorry Amy, I know how uncomfortable this makes you feel but your our friend, if not a member of our family by now. And we protect our own." Jasper said, making me sigh again.

"Oh what the heck, even if I say no tall, dark, and angry over there will just go and do it anyway." I resigned, giving a pointed look to Eric as I sat slouching in the desk chair. I hated being protected. Here I go, back to being fragile china.

"If he attacks, I attack. That was my plan from the beginning. Not the great big boss battle your thinking of Amy." He growled out. I smiled faintly.

"Heh heh, boss battle." He rolled his eyes.

"Well there's not much we can do right now anyway. I agree with Amy, that the dinner tonight is just going to be a 'lay of the land' endevour. But I also agree with Eric, that something bad could happen tonight-" Bella raised her hand at me to let her finish. "It's better we be safe then sorry, Amy, I don't want anything to happen to you either."

"Well, I'm definately going, it's just a matter of who's standing watch outside with me." Eric said, giving me one his 'deal with it' looks.

"I'll go." Seth said. "If anything does happen I can let Jake know while Eric leaves me behind in the looked around at everyone's incredulous faces. "What? If something was to happen you think he'd wait for me? I don't think so." That got everyone either a laugh, or a chuckle. Leave it to Seth to humor everybody up, no matter the situation.

"I don't mind. I actually think it's smart to use the wolf link. I don't think Edward can pick up their thoughts from so far away." Jacob said, he was still holding Ness' hand and with them being quiet up till now I can only guess what they were talking silently to each other about.

"No, Not outside of 3-5 mi. Which in this case we are. It would be suspicous if I hung around in Forks." Edward agreed.

My phone went off making me jump. Melinda's name popped up on the caller I.D. and I quickly answered before my phone ended the call on the second ring. Stupid thing.

"Yeah?"

"Amelia, your supposed to be helping me cook. Where are you?" Came the response.

"At school."

"Did you get in trouble again?"

"If I said I got detention does that mean I don't get to go to dinner?"

"Amelia Gordon if you got detention your grounded. If you don't attend dinner your grounded. If your so much as a minute late your-"

"Grounded, got it Melinda." She sighed.

"I don't understand what your problem is, Honey. He's a good kid and came all this way to see you and apologize for the way he broke up with you." This made me laugh. "Amelia?" Melinda's warning tone came back. "There's something your not telling me isn't there?"

I sighed. "Doesn't matter. You already invited him over. Just promise me something."

"What is it?"

"You don't ask him to spend the night. Even if he says he's got nowhere else to go. Just ship him off to a five star hotel in Seattle or better yet a plane back home. That'd make me really happy."

"Oh Amy, honestly." Melinda was back into her hostess mode. "I'll see you in a few minutes." And she hung up. I stared at the phone.

"Darn, she didn't agree."

"I didn't think Melinda was like that at all. She always stops to listen to you." Ness said.

"Unless Nate told Melinda he was here on business as well. He helped Melinda's sales get enough money that we needed to move out here. And with it being another small town, and new residents on top of that, she needs all the store publicity she can get. And Nate's a familiar face."

"But she knows you guys old does she think he is anyway?" Emmett asked.

"18, Nate was just the business go between for his imaginary 'father'. I'll bring it up tonight and make her remember how suspicious she was back home. I wouldn't mind seeing him put on Melinda's BBQ Questionaire. Not a comfortable place to be, trust me."

"I hate to rush it along, but Melinda's expecting you soon. Eric and Seth, you two walk there amd stay hidden in the forest. I'll give Amy a ride home." Alice said, gently tugging my arm but hard enough to get me to stand up.

"Oh just shoot me now." I grumbled as I followed Alice out to her car while everyone else left, tense for battle should tonight come to that.

-Nate-

I dressed in my usual business dress from back in Grandeview. Melinda thinks tonights dinner is just like how it used to be back home. Me and Amy hanging out, although now it's revisioned to just talking since Melinda knew about our 'break-up', and me bring some business ideas from my father. Who doens't exist in this sceanario at all but I figured it was a good excuse should Amy find a way to avoid me. I took the chocolate fudge covered brownies I bought when Lilith sauntered into the room.

"Allow me." She said. I opened the package and held it out to her. Curious, but otherwise didn't say anything. She leaned over and blew out a vapor that swirled around the brownies and sunk into the frosting.

"Just don't eat it and you'll be fine." She smiled.

"What'd you do?"

"You don't need to worry, it's just an insurance policy should Amelia resist."

I raised my eyebrow, waiting for something more revealing but didn't get one. I shrugged it off and left the house, Lilith on my arm posing as my new girlfriend. That should piss Amy off.