A/N This chapter I dedicate Sem1907 because of her inspirational review. Writers enjoy hearing responses to their writing, even when we pretend we don't. Enjoy guys! :)

Chapter Twenty-One (Edelle's POV)

I almost chuckled when I heard Kyle's last thought, except this is the first time I had thought of it. Kyle had control over me? I jumped up into a tree and leaned back on the trunk, mulling it over. It was a little scary how truthful that little statement was. Any of my family members, if someone was attacking them, I'd rip that person to shreds. With Kyle, I'd mutilate the attacker so that the person would have to still live maimed and as living evidence to anyone else who dared hurt Kyle. I always thought that was because he was human, fragile. That it was because his blood was tastier than any other morsel of food out there. Was I wrong?

I spotted a deer off in the distance, but I wasn't hungry anymore, this new revelation was upsetting my stomach. How did I start liking Kyle? He was not even that significant of a human, no noble prize under his belt, no major accomplishments. But there was something in the way that he included his sister in the fun at times, or when girls flirted with him while I was around he was polite but refrained from encouraging them. Not to mention that I kept imagining how handsome he'd look in cold stone vampire…but I would not do that to him, or his family. I doubted his family would be as cool with it as Charlie appeared to be.

I shook my head before leaping through the trees closer to my destination. I won't worry about it. If something happens, it'll happen. I knew that much from watching my family. I also knew I did not want to be the only person in my family to be alone…I saw how sad Leah was, and it just wasn't from watching Sam and Emily, she had gotten over that for the most part due to the fact she was part of Jacob's pack now. I wanted someone to hold me close, assure me that I was fine just the way I was. Someone to raise a family with…if that was even possible. That was the one part of being a half-vampire that was so dang frustrating…I was so close to being a human, yet so far.

I stopped my thoughts in their tracks, as I lingered, watching my prey quietly. They were distracted, the perfect situation. I leapt quietly down upon them, hearing the growl of frustration from the male. "Renesmee. Didn't anyone tell you that no one will buy the cow when they can have the milk for free?" I said with a smile, causing my sister to glare at me.

"We weren't going to go that far…much to my frustration. Jacob is being a perfect gentleman, since he doesn't want me to be a grieving widow before I even am allowed to have the title widow."

I rolled my eyes at my soon-to-be brother-in-law. "Dad isn't that scary Jacob."

"Edelle, I've known him longer than you have. I know he's not that scary…it's your mom that is frightening." He replied, crossing his eyes, causing both me and Renesmee to chuckle.

"Welcome back sister. Where's your guest?" Renesmee asked, raising her eyebrow suggestively. Jacob looked surprised, and I knew that Nessie had been keeping Kyle a secret from even Jacob.

"He's back with the hounds, holding up strong last time I checked."

"Oohh, this might be fun," Jacob rubbed his hands together, "I wonder who will get the boy to break first about where you've been."

I looked coldly at him, "Watch it dog, I can still beat you up if I recall."

Jacob stood up at that challenge, but Nessie was quick to get up as well, "Cool it guys. I don't want to marry someone who has healing broken limbs," She noted her fiancé's face, "Oh come on, she can read your mind! She might not be able to beat you at an arm wrestling competition, but she still can hit you where it hurts."

I rolled my eyes, internally smiling though, "Are you guys coming back to the house? I want you to meet Kyle before he's completely planning to run away."

"He's considering it?" Jacob asked as we started to walk back.

I listened in on my boyfriend's thoughts, "He's wondering if the fact I'm shielding his thoughts will help him get a head start. Apparently Emmett is doing the dishes as punishment, and as revenge is giving Kyle bedroom tips." Oh, I felt sorry for Kyle. I was blushing and I wasn't even hearing it firsthand. But from Emmett's perspective, Kyle was seeming nonchalant.

Jacob paused for a moment, before chortling, "Let's hurry back then! This will be the best wedding present you could have given me. First human boyfriend to meet the family, this ought to be great."

I smacked him hard across the back of his head, but that only caused him and Nessie to start laughing. Renesmee glanced at me and her thoughts were geared towards me. I'm glad you're back Edelle…even if it just for my wedding. She smiled at Jacob, who returned the smile lovingly. You are planning to leave again, aren't you? Why else would you bring a human along?

I smoothed down my left eyebrow, attempting to hide my emotions from Jacob, as this was a private conversation between twins. I plan to leave again. I miss everyone, but I can't stay. Maybe I'm just a type of vampire who can't stand being a part of a coven…maybe, I need to stay away so that when I'm around to visit it can be more bearable for everyone.

Renesmee blinked at me, and for a moment I saw the sadness and anger in her eyes. We are not a coven. We're a family. And you are hiding something from me, don't try and deny it.

I didn't bother responding, since we were in eyesight of the house once again, and Kyle was sitting outside smiling in our direction. "There he is." I told Nessie, an involuntary smile creeping onto my face. I hurried along and jumped up onto the porch steps he was relaxing on, "Sorry for leaving you with Emmett."

His cheeks reddened, and he rubbed his neck in embarrassment before smiling up at me, "It didn't last long before your dad challenged Emmett to a wrestling match." Ah, so that's why my dad's thoughts were so narrowed in on getting past Emmett, and why Emmett was trying to keep his mind blank.

Kyle grinned at me wickedly, "Besides, he gave me some ideas…" He took hold of my hand and tugged me gently into his lap. I was about to protest, but realized he was just teasing me, so I punched jokingly in the shoulder before relaxing into him, my head resting on the curve of his neck and shoulder. He took hold of my hand between both of his, as if to use me as a personal heater.

"You tired?" He asked quietly, though he knew as well as I did that everyone near us was keeping very close tabs on us. Alice had stopped breathing almost to keep listening in as she worked on wedding plans.

"A little bit. Unlike you I didn't fall asleep on the plane." I reminded him, causing him to nod slightly.

"You must be exhausted then, even with your extra energy. That means you haven't slept since.." I tapped him lightly, reminding him subtly that he couldn't give any time references. I had warned him before that it would give my family way too big of a clue on where we had come from. He kissed my hand. Message received, "Should we go take a nap then? I want to see your room."

I smiled before easily getting out of his lap, "Okay," I watched him as he stood up and took my hand. I started leading him towards the cottage, "And while we're in there, you can tell me why you enjoyed the idea of having control over me so much." I told him lightly, feeling a thrill when he couldn't return my gaze.

The cottage felt so far away, walking along side of Kyle. I complained a few times, hoping he'd finally allow me to just give him a piggyback ride to the cottage, but he refused due to the belief he had that it was emasculating that I'd be able to do so without any difficulty at all. I agree, he did have a point, but I was willing to risk wearing the pants in the relationship for a little bit since it'd save us a walk. But he already felt weird about the fact that I could jump over the river while he had to waddle/swim through it.

He looked at me, his lips looking blue as he shivered, "I c..c..can't believe you guys don't have a bridge over that river yet."

I shrugged, "What human needs to get to the cottage I tell you? Besides, you were the one who didn't want to be carried across."

"I..I have my r..reasons." He replied. I shook my head, ripped off his shirt and tossed it away as he protested.

"w…What are you doing?"

"Survival 101. Don't wear wet clothing when it's cold outside." I looked at his pants dubiously, before shaking my head. That would just be weird. Instead, I pulled him closer and wrapped my arms around his core as he placed his arm around my back, "You'd get to the cottage sooner if you'd just let me carry you as I ran." I reminded him once again, which earned me a quick rainfall as he shook the water out of his hair.

"Yeah, yeah. I'll be fine. This isn't the coldest I've ever been. Luckily it isn't winter yet, or I doubt even you could warm me up." Kyle joked

"If it was winter you'd be able to walk across the ice, making this conversation moot." I told him, causing him to groan.

"Why didn't your sister want a winter wonderland wedding? I would love to see some snow right now."

I couldn't believe this guy wanted to talk about colder things. I never get cold and I was almost getting chilly holding him. "My family is hilarious around snow. There was this one time where Emmett and Alice got into a snowball fight in the school using only one snowball and a little handful of ice. Of course, they did this without any humans realizing it was even happening."

Kyle laughed as we came into view of the cottage, and I allowed a wistful smile to appear, even though I knew that Kyle was watching me. Even though we spent most of our days at Esme and Carlisle's house, this was home to me. Since Renesmee spent so much time with Jacob, and my parents were usually over at the main house, I had the cottage to myself most days, and this was where my piano skills were developed. As well as any other instrument I could get my hands on without my parents knowing.

Kyle whistled softly, bringing my attention back to the present. "Shall we go in? I could really go for some dry clothes." He told me as I nodded.

"Sure." I glanced at the sun still relatively high, figuring by the time I had a little nap it'd be about dinner time, where based off my family's thoughts Charlie was coming over to visit.

We got into the cottage, and I handed Kyle some of my dad's older clothes, ones I knew that Dad wouldn't mind too much that I was letting my boyfriend borrow. As Kyle went into the bathroom, I went into my room. As I examined the room and smiled that no one had changed anything, I flopped down on my bed, getting comfortable as I felt my eyes get heavier. I was more tired than I had let on, and could really go for a good solid nap. As I drifted off, I felt Kyle cover me with a blanket before lying down on the opposite side of the bed. I'd later blame Kyle being cold for the reason why I did the following act, but I nestled in closer to him and let him put his arm around me. He took my iPod earphone out of my ear and I fell asleep to Kyle's breathing being the only rhythmic beat I could hear.