The following morning I went to visit Sam and the others. I was going to spend the whole day with them before the big day in a couple of days. Before I could get a chance to reach for the door I was attacked by a massive brown wolf. I jumped in the air avoiding getting hit by him. I landed on the ground and saw the wolf sitting down staring at me with a huge grin.
"Man they weren't playing. You do know when you're about to get attack" Jared said coming out of the house. I turned around and saw Jared, Paul and Sam coming out of Emily's house. They're all wearing some shorts, with shoes and like always no shirts.
"Who's the new dog?" I asked pointing to the wolf behind me. Jared and Paul rolled their eyes while Sam just shakes his head smiling.
"Jackson. He just turned the other day," Sam said as he came to towards me. I smiled at Sam and went to give him a hug.
"Merry Christmas, Sammy," I said to him.
"Merry Christmas, Nani" his hug tightens a little. I pull away and smile. I see the boys going inside the house and we followed.
"Come in Emily's in the kitchen with the other girls," he said and I frown.
"Girls?" I asked.
"Kim, Rachel, and the others imprintees. They're new" he said.
"The new ones know about me being a..." I trailed off. We stopped in front of the house and I hear him sigh.
"Yeah they do," Sam said. I stare at him and after a few seconds, I was thinking since they know I'm a vampire maybe I should pretend to bite them.
"Don't you dare think about it!" Sam said frowning.
"What?" I asked smiling at him.
"I mean it, Nani. No" he said walking inside.
"Oh common, it would have been hilarious," I said following Sam.
"AMELIA," Emily screamed out my name before hugging me.
"EMILY!" I shouted right back.
"Ouch, you screamed right in my ear," she said pulling away.
"And you didn't," I said smiling.
"No fair, it doesn't hurt you," she said.
"That's a stereotype. It does hurt"I said and the others stare at me.
"Really?" Jared asked staring at me like a little kid getting his favorite toy for Christmas.
"No idiot, I'm dead. Of course, it doesn't hurt" I said and the boys laughed.
"Rude" Jared said crossing his arms. I laughed right before noticing some younger girls behind their imprints. Emily and Sam turn to stare at them.
"She won't hurt you," Emily said.
"Yeah, she won't bite" Jared joked.
"Speak for yourself," I said and they all turn to me with wide eyes.
"Amelia," Sam sighs.
"You wouldn't really bite them, will you?" Jared asked like an idiot.
"Remember my first day here," I said to Jared. They all turn to Jared waiting for him to say something. He was thinking really hard. It took him about five minutes before remembering that day.
"Oooooh, I said that didn't I?" he said and I rolled my eyes.
"Idiot," I said smiling at him. I turn to the new girls they looked pretty scared of me. I smiled showing my perfectly straight white teeth.
"Hello, I'm Amelia. Yes, I'm a vampire. No, I don't kill humans. I only drink animal's blood no, I haven't tasted human blood. And no I don't want too. Yes, I am Sam's cousin. Yes, I have a boyfriend. Yes, you know him. It's Dr. Cullen and I am 18 years old. Anything else?" I asked looking at the new girls who looked scared.
"Ladies and wolves the one and only, Amelia," Embry said coming to hug me. I hugged him back and he spins me around. We both laughed.
"Hey, Amelia nice introduction by the way," he said pulling me down.
"Sup, Em and thank you," I said smiling at him. I turned around to look for Jake and the rest of the pack.
"What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be with Jake?" I asked him.
"Since you're here we're going to be with Sam's pack today," he said.
Jake, Leah, Seth, and Quil came into the house from the back. Quil saw me and smiled. He came running towards me and just like Embry, he hugged me, picked me up and spun me around.
" Amelia! How you been?" Quil asked as he sets me down.
"Good and you, Quil?" I asked him.
"Pretty good," he said smiled. When Quil moved away Seth came and hugged me.
"What's new, girl?" he asked
"Ehh, the same. You know the usual. Vampires trying to kill me" I said pulling his hug. We both stared at each other and laughed.
"Always trying to get yourself killed, huh," he said joking.
"Ehh, what can I say. I'm irresistible" I said laughing.
"Not with that stench of yours," Leah said smiling and I glared at her.
"Wanna talk about odors, you smell like dog," I said smirking and now she glares.
"She got you," Jared said smiling. Both Leah and I stared at him.
"She's talking about you too, idiot" Leah said and Jared frowns.
"I don't smell like dog," Jared said smelling himself and I smiled at his idiotic.
"I feel bad for Kim and the other girls. They gotta live with the smell of wet dog" I said pinching my nose closed. Kim and Emily laughed and their boys stared at them hurt.
"Don't worry we like dogs," Kim said kissing Jared's cheek.
"Yeah. Look at the bright side, to us you guys don't really smell like a wet dog just a dog" Emily joked hugging Sam and I laughed.
"Shut up," Jared said and that caused me to laugh more.
"Oh common, that was funny," I said once I stopped laughing.
"Whatever" Jared said turning around.
"Big baby," I said and he ignored me.
"Common help me with the food," Emily said taking me away from the others. Before we went into the kitchen she turns to the other girls.
"You girls coming?" she asked. Kim and Leah both came but the other girls looked scared to come. Leah turned around and stared at the scared girls. She rolls her eyes.
"For crying out loud, she won't bite," Leah said.
"Once again speak for yourself," I said smiling. I leaned on the wall that separates the kitchen and living room.
"If she wanted to kill you she would have done it by now," Leah said ignoring my comment. Seth, Quil, and Embry all nod.
"Yeah, and I'm 100 percent none of us couldn't have stopped her," Seth said.
"Not with her gift," Quil said.
"Not a chance," Embry said sitting down on the ground next to Quil.
"Idiots, you're not making them feel safe" Jake said frowning.
"Look, safe or not. They're others out there more dangerous than me. If they wanna come and get to know me they're free too. But don't you dare judge me just because I'm a vampire. You don't know a single thing about me" I tell them seriously.
I turned around and walked into the kitchen. Seconds later, Emily, Kim, and Leah came in and we got started to get to work. Just because I turned to a vampire doesn't mean I gave up on cooking. Us, girls were chatting away about everything, we talked about whats new in our lives and many other things. One by one the new girls came into the kitchen to help. And one by one they started to get comfortable around me. They started to talk to me, asked me questions, we made jokes and we laughed. In the end, we got to know one another. Most importantly they got to know that my family, the Cullen, weren't bad vampires. That we're good people, the new imprintees got to know that just because we're vampires doesn't mean we're not human.
Later on, that day when the food was ready Billy and Quil's grandfather came over. Sue was with Charlie and when I found out that they were going out I was over the moon. I knew those two were going to get together sooner or later. It was sort of crowded but we all made it work. With the boy's body heat, Emily and Kim came close to me to keep him cool down. I watched them finished the food and I couldn't remember the taste of human food.
"What you're hungry?" Jared joked.
I didn't say anything but stared at the meat and frown. Thinking hard about what it tastes like. After a while of thinking, I came out of my thoughts and stared up. They were staring at me with a concerned face.
"Nani, whats wrong?" Sam asked getting up from his chair.
I signaled for him to get back down but he doesn't. Stepping closer towards me I put my hands up, motioning him to stop, he stops and the others were on guard. I could see them stiff a little when I got up. I walked over to the table where the meat was at. I picked up a piece of meat and stared at it.
"I think she finally lost it"I heard Jared whispered.
"Nani?" Sam asked.
"Amelia?" he asked again and this time I answered.
"It's just... I don't... it's strange" I said slowly placing the meat down and walking over to my chair.
"What's strange" Sam asked. I notice that the others were staring at me concerned, confused and the new wolves were guarding their imprints. I smiled at that even when they know they couldn't take me they still were going to die for their loved ones.
"Funny, I don't remember the taste of human food," I said and I saw them relax.
"Really?" Jared asks and I nod.
"Yeah I mean I haven't been a vampire for a long time but still. I just don't remember" I said frowning. It was quiet, I notice some were staring at their food and others were chewing very slow as if they were tasting the food.
"But you would always eat with Charlie," Seth said chewing on a piece of meat.
"Yeah and its something I regret," I said making a disgusted face.
"I thought you couldn't remember the taste," Paul asked and I rolled my eyes.
"The taste the flavor of the food I cannot remember. Not like I was human" I said.
"And now?" Jasmine, one of the new imprintee, asked.
"It disgusting. Worst thing ever" I said.
"How come?" Brady asked.
"When I eat human food it's like eating nasty dry dirt. It's nasty and so damn dry. It actually hurts my throat once I swallow. The worse part is that I have to throw it up," I said and some actually placed their food down.
"What's it like being a vampire" William, a new member of Jake's pack asked. They all were staring at me, waiting for me to answer. I frowned because I couldn't explain it. There were some warning growls.
"Sorry, I shouldn't ask," William said looking down.
"No, it's okay. It's just..." I didn't finish I looked down.
"You don't have to answer," Sam said.
"But you too want to know," I said and he looks away. How can I tell my family, my wolf family that I have never been more alive now than I was as a human? How can I tell them that I am happier being a vampire than I was human? How can I tell them I fell more human than before?
"Can I be honest?" I asked Sam.
He nods and sits down next to Emily. I turn to Billy I don't know how he'll react to my confession but I hope he doesn't hate me more. Then I turn to Jake who was giving me a small smile and I returned it.
"I don't know how to say this but I know it's different for everyone. I mean Carlisle and the others said that I don't act like a normal newborn" I said.
"For those who don't know what is a newborn, it's when a human transforms into a vampire. The first year they're called newborns because they're reborn again. Making them stronger and deadlier" Jake said to the others.
"Yeah, you can say we're not in our right minds because all we want is human blood. But with me, I didn't want to taste blood. I was too busy not losing my mind"
"What you mean?" Kim asked.
"When I woke up, well when I was reborn. I couldn't believe I was a vampire. I mean I knew I was a vampire but I didn't want to believe it, yet I fully accepted it. However, my mind wasn't accepting the fact that I just became an enemy of my brother" I saw Sam frown.
"My mind was calling me a traitor for becoming this... this monster... this bloodsucker that I wasn't... I couldn't... I didn't want to be one. I was to busy trying not to act like those newborns and yet I was a newborn. I was fighting myself to not be myself if that makes any sense?" Some nodded and the others did, whether they didn't understand or because they didn't want to nod.
"I was to busy trying to act like human Amelia when vampire Amelia was being locked in a cage deep down inside of me..."
I looked over at Billy.
"I wasn't trying to cause any more problem between Carlisle and you guys. I didn't want Billy or Sam to have another reason to hate us. I didn't want them to see me as a failure, I didn't want them to be right about us, vampires. I wanted to show them that we are like humans, that we aren't dangerous, that we can be trusted that I can be trusted" It was quiet, they were staring at me with guilt in their eyes. Emily and the girls had tears in their eyes.
"And for your question, what is it like being a vampire" I sigh
"It's hard, man. It's so damn difficult. This is one of the most difficult things I had ever done. Don't get me wrong it beats not being dead but damn. Every day it's a battle with my hunger. Every day I'm constantly thinking 'what if today is the day I lose control?'" I said. After a few short seconds, I laughed a bitter laugh. They stared at me as if I was crazy. I ran my finger through my hair and I bitterly chuckled.
"Honestly I didn't want to become a vampire. I wanted to live a normal human life. To grow old with my husband, to have kids and grandchildren. To die old but I guess we don't get want we believe it's best for us." I turn to Jake who was frowning.
"I didn't think that I'll be happy as a vampire. I thought that I wasn't going to last"
"What changed your mind?" Billy asked. I stared at him and he was staring at me. I smiling and I said one word. I knew that he knew what I meant with that.
"Carlisle," I said smiling. I saw them smiled and the girls giggled.
"Carlisle, he's just something else. He's my mate, he is my sole purpose to fight every damn day. You could say he's my imprint. He's the love of my life and I'll fight to be next to him. He has shown me the definition of love and being alive. Without him, in this life, I wouldn't hesitate to go off and try to die. If I didn't have him showing me patience, love, and respect I don't think I'll be here. He gave me a choice to leave or to stay. And I choose to stay next to him. I choose this life with him for better or for worse and I'm not going to back down. Not today or ever" I turn to Sammy who was hugging Emily.
"Being a vampire has its ups and downs but I have never felt so alive. I have never felt so damn happy. I say being a vampire is different for everyone but for me, I can say it's sort of a blessing. I am with the love of my life and I am alive. No matter what happens I'll always be me and being a vampire doesn't change that fact" I said. No one said anything, they were to busy processing what I just said.
"You know what? I'm wrong, I just realized something," I said.
"And what's that" Seth said.
"I fulfilled my dreams" they looked confused and I smiled.
"I wanted to be a mother, a wife, have grandchildren, and to grow old. But in the end I got something way better" I said and Jake smiled knowing what I was about to say.
"Being a vampire has given me that chance to be a mother to six teenage vampires, a grandmother to one adorable granddaughter, to be a wife to one sexy as doctor, and what's even better is that even in my 80s I'll still look like I'm 18," I said and they laughed.
"Idiot" Sam said.
"What it's true, while you guys will look all old and wrinkly I am going to be all young and beautiful," I said and he smiles and rolls his eyes.
After our little conversation, we picked up the mess in the kitchen. I washed the dishes with Leah, I washed and she dried. When we finished we went outside where the boys made a bonfire and Billy was going to tell stories. I went to sit in between Jake and Embry. Quil was sitting on the ground leaning on my foot. Embry put his arms around my shoulder and pulled me closer to him. Jake stared at us and frowns.
"Carlisle isn't going to like Embry scent on you," he said and the others stared at us.
"Yeah he's probably going to think different," Emily said frowning.
"Carlisle will take Embry's scent off of me one way or another," I said smirking.
"What he's going to make you take a shower?" Seth asked and we all stared at him.
"I'm won't be the only one who'll be wet," I said laughed and Seth frowns. The others stared at me with eyes wide.
"What happened to my innocent Nani," Sam said shaking his head.
"She ain't so innocent now," Paul said smirking.
"Damn right she ain't," Jared said laughing.
"All thanks to that sexy doctor of hers," Kim said and Jared looks at her hurt.
"You're one lucky girl, Amelia" Rachel said laughing. Paul, Jake, and Billy all stare at her shocked.
"What I can look but I can't touch," she said and the other girls agreed.
"See what you have done," Billy said making me laugh.
"Not my fault that my hubby is dropped dead gorgeous," I said smiling.
"You got the dead part right" Jared mumbles.
"You're just jealous," I said smirking and he sticks out his tongue.
After our little argument about how gorgeous Carlisle is, Billy told us some tribe legends. Some were old but others were new. I enjoyed listening to his tales it always made me feel a part of this family. And I know when Sammy takes over, he'll tell the new generation about how vampires and shapeshifter came together to stand and fight next to one another. They'll know how some vampires are good and others aren't. they'll know the great battles we once fought to protect our loved ones and they'll know the truth that no all supernatural creatures are bad.
Before I left the pack, Billy called me over to apologize for the way he acted at first. He said he should never act like that, that I was still family but it hurt him to see me as I was. I forgave him, saying that he didn't have to apologize but I was still grateful for his apology. We parted on good terms and I told him that I'll take good care of Jake and the others. I went to look for Sammy. I gave him his goodnight hug and kiss on his cheek. Leaving the house I went to my house where my mate was waiting for me. As I reached the front house I saw Carlisle waiting for me outside. I went up the stairs and hugged me. He pulled me away right away and frown.
"He did it again," Carlisle said frowning.
"What is it with you and him?" I asked laughing.
"This isn't funny, Amelia. He's always doing this" he said
"And you enjoyed taking his scent off my body" I smirked at him.
"And this time I'll make sure he won't be able to put his scent on you," Carlisle said before picking me up and taking me to our room.
"Where're the others?" I asked as he places me down on the bed.
"Edward took them out, we have the whole house to ourselves for the next four hours," Carlisle said crawling towards me.
"Then let's make these four hours worthwhile," I said wrapping my arms around his neck.
"Oh I'm planning too," he said before kissing me.
So for the next four hours Carlisle and I made love to one another and like always it was absolutely amazing. What will I do without this man?
