A/N: This is the first chapter of my two chapters for my Triple Update Week! I will also be updating Scarlett Chrysanthemums V 2, so if you are a fan of that story, be looking for that update soon. I will also be updating Halfway and I know you're all excited about that! Enjoy!

Last time:

Not to toot my own horn, but I looked HOT!, if not sexy. Which was good, because I needed to make a frickin' awesome impression.

Chapter 21: Back In Black (Well, Purple)

Phoenix POV

"Nix!" There was that person again.

'That's not my name!' I though angrily. I sighed when the person reached me. It was one of the two people I had missed the most while I was away: Renesmee. My best friend since I was born, my partner-in-crime, the Dr. Jekyll to my Mr. Hyde.

She jump-hugged me, and I caught her easily.

"NIX!" she screamed in my ear. I shuddered slightly. Renesmee would one day cause either a) My going deaf or b) My ears to start bleeding. Or maybe both. I think that, somehow, she inherited the screaming gene from Alice.

I had missed Renesmee so much, as I stated each time I sent her an e-mail. I was so happy to see her, but at the same time, I was distraught. If I saw her, then that meant I would eventually end up seeing my parents and Seth. Seth had probably been depressing everyone in the pack because he missed me so much. But I was only going to be here for a short time before being on my merry way, back to a life of modeling for couture designers and, of course, helping Alice get her fashion career started.

Anyways, I looked over Renesmee's head to see if anyone else was here. I was praying that Seth wasn't. I needed some time to plan before meeting with him.

Seth wasn't there, but Leah and Quil and Paul were. I gulped audibly. These three had always been close to me. To Leah, I was a sister, because I was the only other female in the pack. To Quil, I was his godchild. To Paul, I was a sister, because I apparently reminded him of himself.

Renesemee dragged me over to the others, but I couldn't bear to look at their expressions. I felt as if they knew everything bad I had done over the past four years, and that they were giving me disappointed looks.

A huge warm hand cupped my chin, and I felt my face being tilted upwards. I found myself staring into a pair of non-descript brown eyes, yet I knew whose they were: Paul's.

"Hola, Paul," I murmured. He swept me in a huge hug, almost smashing my ribs. I hugged Paul back. He had just barely let me go when Quil and Leah swept me up into another huge hug. I started laughing for no reason, and Quil and Leah seemed to think I was crazy. I immediately realized that there were a few more people here. I just wasn't seeing them.

"You guys can come out! I'm not going to bite!" I called, holding back a full-blown grin. One by one, they appeared. Jasper, Alice, Emmett and Rosalie. They were so happy to see me, and I figured I was laughing because Jasper was making me. He could feel the sadness I was feeling, so he was trying to make me feel better. It wasn't working well, to say the least.

I heard Jasper sigh. He hadn't seen me in so long, and I could tell it was hurting him that he couldn't cheer me up. I slightly smiled at him, thanking him for the effort. He grinned back at me.

Alice and Emmett squealed, and race-hugged me. They were followed by Rosalie, and then Jasper. I started laughing again, and everyone looked at me like I was certifiable.

"Phoenix?" Jasper asked tentatively.

"I just missed you all so much!" I explained happily.

"Are you ready to go home?" Renesmee inquired hopefully.

I took a deep breath, and nodded. "Surprisingly, yes."

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We arrived at the Cullen house, and I smoothed out my dress. I was in the middle row of Emmett's Jeep Wrangler Van. It was the 2011 model in black. I was sandwiched between Renesmee and Rosalie. Alice was between Emmett and Jasper in the front seat, and Leah was sandwiched between Paul and Quil in the backseat.

"So, nobody knows you guys are picking me up today?" I double-checked.

"Yup!" Alice grinned.

"Except Aunt Bella, and she's shielding our thoughts?"

Alice nodded.

"But they'll be able to hear my heartbeat," I found the one flaw in their plan. Everyone grinned.

"They'll think we found someone on our way back," Alice explained. I grinned back at them. Their plan was officially flawless.

Jasper and Emmett got out first. Jasper helped Alice get out, and Emmett came around the passenger side to help Rosalie get out. Renesmee climbed over me, and jumped out. She was followed by Quil, Leah and Paul. I came after Paul.

We walked into the house single-file. Then everyone, non-chalantly, clustered around me before shuffling into the living room.

"Hey guys!" Alice chirped.

"Hey pixie," came my dad and Jake's voices in a chorus.

"Guess who we found?" Renesmee giggled. Jake growled. "If its Nahuel, I'm gonna break his face!"

Renesmee touched my hand, and I nodded. "I'm most definitely not Nahuel."

"Is that…" There was Seth's voice. Gulp! I'm not going to have as much time as I thought.

The cluster opened, like a flower blooming in spring, and I stepped out.

"Hey guys."

A/N: So, this chapter was kind of forced. I had to get this finished before I could get into the nitty-gritty drama. I met Richelle Mead recently, and she said that sometimes you have to force the story. That is definitely true. So, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and the next one will be slightly more drama-filled.