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Chapter thirty-six

Jonathans POV

My whole family, except Jacob and Nessie, were hanging out in the living room, when the door suddenly opened and Jacob came in, followed by a big guy with dark hair and skin lilke Jacobs. I don't know whether it was his size, his looks or the way he crinkled his nose when walking through the door that gave him away, but it was pretty clear he was a werewolf.

"Hi guys" Jake said while waving, and then Nessie came in as well.

"Hi Jake. Who's this?" Bella asked with a smile.

"This is Max Clearwater." Jacob said, and the guy named Max waved at us too, and surprisingly he wasn't looking too uncomfortable with the company.

"Hello Max" Carlisle said, standing up. "It's been a long time, but I suppose you remember us." He said with a laugh. Wait, he knew Max?

"Yeah. When was the last time, three years ago?" Max said, and then I remembered. Max Clearwater had been a friend of the family many years - we practiclly grew up togheter, since his father Seth was a friend of the Cullens too.

"Hi Jonathan" Max said, looking at me and Julia. I raised up and shook his hand.

"Hi. Max, this is Julia. Julia, this is Max, and old friend of mine." I said, introducing them.

"Aren't you a bit to young to have old friends?" Max laughed, and we joined him.

"So, are you going to come with us?" Julia said, a bit shy.

"Yep, that's my job." He said, sounding proud of himself. Well, having him with us would make it a rather fun trip - if you ignore the reason why we're leaving. From the corner of my eye, I caught mom staring at Max as if she was going to protest, but luckily Edward shook his head a bit, stopping her.

Then suddenly Max groaned, earning a few wondering glances.

"It's mom. She forced dad to come here, to talk some things over. They'll be here in a few minutes." He explained, and I nodded. I remembered that Max's mom, Lily, had always been kind of overprotecting with him. I guess some things never change.

He was right, a few minutes later a car stopped outside, and the sound of a cardoor closing was followed by footsteps and then a knock on the door. Carlisle was closest to the door, so he was the one to open.

"Hello" Seth Clearwater said, his voice as kind as I remembered it - the many years had made their mark on him and his face was wrinkled but there was something with his eyes that made him look a lot younger than his actual age - still full of life and humour like the boy on the pictures Nessie had shown me. But when he met Jill, he decided to stop being a wolf, and started to grow again. It didn't take long for him to stop, they had told me.

And since Lily was from the reservation too, she had long, black hair and redbrown skin. Her face was very beautiful, and even though she was in her sixties, she didn't look a day over fifty. When she noticed me looking at her, her lips spreaded into a wide smile that made her face lit up.

"Jonathan? Look at you, so grown up!" She said with a big smile, and I stepped forward to hug her.

"And who is this?" She asked, looking at Julia.

"Lily, this is Julia, my girlfriend." I said, and Julia stepped forward as well to recieve her hug.

"It's so nice to see you guys again, but really. You havn't changed a bit." She said with warmth, and I slowly shook my head in amaze. A room full of vampires, and she was able to be so nice - I mean, vampires! But then again, being Seths soulmate, I suppose she was used to them, and I'm sure that some of her husbands optimism had made its mark on her as well.

"It's good to see you too, Lily. And you too, Seth. You should visit more often." Edward said, embracing Seth and then Lily. Seth laughed with just as much warmth as Lily.

"Sorry, Edward. Time flyes by for an old man." He said, and we sat down in the couch again.

After exchanging a few more plesanteries, Mom became serious.

"Unfortunately, this visit is not only for fun, I guess. We need to discuss some details."

"Ah, yes. So Max is going to... Where are they going?" Seth said, confused.

"No one knows yet. They'll decide at the airport, so that Edward won't know." Carlisle explained.

"How about Alice?" Seth added, with a worried glance at the small, pixielike vampire by the stairs.

"Don't worry. If Max is with them all the time, I won't see anything." She assured.

"How do you guys feel about this?" Edward asked, and Seth and Lily exchanged a glance.

"Well, I think it's good.." Lily said, and it wasn't hard to see what she ment - it would keep Max off the battle. "But I just want to make sure he won't be in any danger."

"Don't worry. He will be safe - no one will know where they are, and the only threath would be from the Volturi, and there's really no threath there either. If we would lose.." Bella swallowed loudly "...they'd still be safe. And if we win, one of the wolves would contact them and they'd come home." She finished and Lily nodded.

"Sounds good. When is the battle, then?" She asked, seeming convinced her son wouldn't be in any danger.

"In two weeks from now." Carlisle told her.

"Have you decided what you're going to do?" I asked, and Lily smiled at me.

"We're just staying home."

"You know, you could come with us if you want to." I said, and they looked surprised.

"Thank you. We'll think about it." Lily said with warmth, still a bit surprised by my offer.

"You do that. Now, let's move on to lighter subjects..." Mom said.

Yay! I'm updating! I just wanted to apologise once more... I'm so lazy. I suck. I know. Please review. Love you all. Kisses and hugs to you. Bye.

And by the way, what do you think we should tell Lissy about Julia disappearing with Jonathan? xD I've been thinking about someone from the Cullens faking Julias moms voice and telling Lissy they want Julia to travel with them for a while. What do you think, would it work? Tell me!