*Christina's POV*
Telling my brother and sister I was getting married was the easy part. They were both one hundred percent supportive, and Asherah is already throwing herself into helping Alice plan the wedding.
I already knew what kind of wedding I wanted, but of course Alice wouldn't let me have something small. I would be happy with just my parents and the Cullens, but she's insisting I would appreciate it in the long run to have all of my family and friends present.
"Is she serious?" I huffed, shoving the guest list away from me. It slid across the table and hit my mom's elbow.
She looked up from her breakfast, smiling.
"Alice is always serious when it comes to a party." She said and turned the list to read it. She choked on her food. "Is she serious?" She repeated my words from before.
"What?" My dad asked as he walked into the kitchen with Asherah behind him.
"Alice is inviting the Cullen's cousins."
"Cousins? They have cousins?" my dad snorted.
"They're a vampire coven close to the Cullen's. They're vegetarians as well." My mom informed him.
"Vampires? Here? More? No way." My dad slammed his coffee mug down on the counter.
"Dad, Edward has family, too."
"We have too many vampires running around here as it is." He grumbled.
"They'll be under control." I rolled my eyes.
"They better be. Or it's Edward's head." He muttered, leaned down to kiss the top of my mom's head, and walked out of the room.
"So I'm leaving in an hour." Asherah announced as she poured herself some cereal.
My mom looked up from the list and noticed Asherah was completely dressed and ready before nine in the morning. "Must be important."
"Alice is taking me shopping." She said cheerfully.
"She's rubbing off on you." My mom grumbled, eyeing my sisters new outfit. "Speaking of which, where did you get that?"
I sat silent as I took in Asherah's tight jeans, black boots, and red and black low cut shirt. I knew she walked in behind our dad for a reason.
"Alice's closet," She stated, shrugging it off as if it wasn't a big deal. "She said I could have it. I'm glad we're the same size." She looked over at me and chuckled. "You will never be able to wear her clothes."
She was right, Alice and Asherah were the two tiniest people I knew. I was over a foot taller than both of them. My mom was even taller than the two of them.
"What are you shopping for?" I was almost too scared to even ask.
"The china sets, and lace for the chairs."
My jaw locked. "Paper plates would do just fine in the backyard on folding chairs."
My mom snorted.
"Don't tell Alice you said that." Asherah chuckled.
"I don't need fine china to eat on for one night. I'm probably going to be too nervous to eat, anyway."
"Humor her," Asherah sighed.
"I'll humor her, alright." I huffed, leaning back in my chair and folding my arms tightly against my chest.
"Are you sure you don't want to come with us?" Asherah asked, putting her bowl in the sink and walking towards the living room. She paused, looking back at me, waiting for me to answer.
I shook my head. "I have to patrol."
She shrugged and walked into the living room. I smiled knowing my dad was in there.
"What the hell are you wearing?" He shrieked.
My mom sighed heavily and shoved away from the table. I followed her.
"Alice gave it to me."
"Looks like you've become Alice. Where's your t-shirt and jeans… and sneakers that you always wear?"
"I like this outfit."
"I don't." He growled.
"No one asked you to wear it." She giggled.
"Asherah Renee,"
"I'm nineteen, Dad, you can't make me change anymore." She said just as I heard Alice pulling into the driveway.
I looked out the window as her and Edward got out of the car. I hurried over to the door and threw it open.
"Hey!" I greeted them cheerfully.
"Ready?" Edward asked, taking me into his arms.
I nodded, then turned to hug Alice. "You got my sister in trouble." I whispered in her ear.
"I figured. You should have seen the outfit she actually wanted to borrow. This was the better of the two. I was ecstatic that she even asked to borrow my clothes. I thought Bella was going to have both her daughters take after her lack of style." Alice sighed as she took in my tank-top and jean shorts.
"What?" I asked, looking down at my outfit. "I'm taking them off soon anyway to patrol, so it doesn't matter." I shrugged.
Alice rolled her eyes. "You're too far gone to help. Asherah is still young, she can be molded."
"I'm a year older than her!"
Alice shrugged and stepped through the door. She hugged my mom and threw a smile to my dad.
He narrowed his eyes and looked away from her.
"Come on, dad… Alex!" I called for them. They were coming patrolling with Edward and I.
"Bella, you sure you're…" Alice trailed off. Her eyes glazing over. My dad, Alexander and I froze as we stared at her.
Edward chuckled beside me and I relaxed. She wasn't having a vision of the new pack-she couldn't see them, anyway- Edward wouldn't have been laughing at it if she was.
"Never mind," Alice smiled at my mom. "Have fun."
"You saw her? I thought it was hard for you to see her or Asherah since they're too wrapped up with the wolves." My dad asked, and turned to face my mom. "What are you doing today?"
"I can see Bella clearer since her plans are not involving any of you. She's planning on taking a bath and read, then sit in here and read." Alice informed us.
My mom smiled and sighed as she thought about her days events. "It's not often I get the whole house to myself. I like the quiet."
"I thought you were going over my sister's." My dad stepped closer to her.
"I want to stay home." My mom answered.
"I don't want you home alone."
"Jacob, there's trails all over here. I don't think anything is going to cross them. Plus Paul and Sam are both home today. They're the closest to me."
"They're not wolves." My dad muttered.
"Ethan and Brody live with them." She pointed out.
"I should stay-"
"Dad, I can't have just Alex and I running patrol with Edward. The Cullens are hunting, Ethan, Brody, Seth, Leah, Quil, and Embry have been running all night. I need you. Mom will be fine. We'll run a few circles around the house as we move out."
"Be careful, please." My dad begged her.
"Always," she squealed, overly excited that she was given permission to be home alone. She deserved it, to be honest. She threw her arms around his neck and crushed her lips to his.
"Okay, we better hit the stores." Alice took Asherah's hand.
"Keep her close, Alice." My dad mumbled against my mom's lips.
"Of course," She said quickly and hurried Asherah out the door.
"Dad, we have to go." I huffed, tapping my foot as I waited for my mom to release him.
"Have fun, and be safe you guys!" My mom waved from the front porch.
"I don't like this," my dad shook his head as we walked towards the forest.
"She'll be fine, dad." Alexander told him.
"Let's get patrolling, please. I don't like having her alone without someone out there."
"Dad, we can still see the house." I pointed out, turning to face the house, just visible through the brush.
"I don't care!" My dad growled and stepped behind a tree. Alexander and I ducked behind our own and we met back to where Edward was standing.
Nose to the ground, you two. My dad took the lead, taking the inner perimeter. He wanted to be the closest to my mom incase we caught a trail from the other pack. I understood that, so I ran a mile further out than him. Alex secured the perimeter a mile out from me and Edward was further out from him.
It made me uneasy to be so far away from him. I couldn't hear his thoughts, but if I concentrated hard enough I could hear him running. I couldn't focus on that though, I had to focus on hearing the sounds of the other pack.
We were about to start running away from our circles around the house. No trails were leading towards my house. We even ran out far enough to realize that no new trails were anywhere in La Push.
One more quick lap. Something doesn't feel right. My dad said when he saw that I was leaving my circle, and venturing towards Forks.
Fine, I humored him. He would have ran the last lap on his own if I said no, so I went along with it. We passed quickly across the sand on the beach, it was storming, so no one was around. We were running too fast for anyone to really realize what we were, anyway.
Dad! Alexander was right along the edge of the water. We sensed the scent he smelt. They're good. The other pack was in the water. We couldn't smell them there. They walked onto the beach as soon as we passed it the last time.
I was ahead of Alex, and hit the trail that crossed mine. They were running in a zigzag motion, skipping over the trails my dad, Alexander, Edward and I were making.
Where's Edward? Is he with you, Alex? I asked, my thoughts frantic.
No, Alexander answered.
Chrissy you need to focus on this trail. Stop running your circle and let's follow it. My dad took the lead again. I shoved my nose to the ground and gasped.
He's following them! I can smell Edward's scent. He must have read their thoughts and knew where they were going.
Damn it! My dad's cry caused me to stumble forward. I could feel his fear rip though his body. The trail was leading straight to our house.
I threw my head back, letting out a howl of despair to warn the other pack members. The air shuddered around us as they all phased in.
They were all silent as they saw the one person on all of our minds, the fear we felt for my mom. Together all of us picked up our pace.
I followed my dad's thoughts as he prayed over and over again that Edward got to her before the pack did.
So who's POV do you want next chapter? I can do Bella's or Jacob's or I can stick with Christina's if you want. Help me choooose! :)