Masen's POV-

I was running through the forest at full speed (for maybe fifteen seconds), when I realized that I forgot my phone back at the Cullen's house…My future house. My god, the sound of that makes me want to gag. All my life, my mom, Nessie, and I always believed that the moment we met them again (Not counting before we knew that they were…who they are) we would leave, not even giving any of them time to explain. That we would escape before they pulled any of us down to their level, after climbing so far, and accomplishing so much. What happened to those days? Because apparently I'm the only one with any sense. I sighed. I really need my phone but going back there now is practically suicide.

I stopped running, taking a breath and considering my options. Maybe I can go through the back door or someone's window. I think my phone is in the kitchen, so as long as nobody is in there, I won't be noticed. I changed my direction and headed back to the house. When I was about a fourth of a mile away, I took a minute to steady my heartbeat from my running. I ran a little more and walked the rest of the way to steady my heartbeat once again. Thankfully the back door was unlocked and I was able to find my phone easily.

"No!" I heard someone scream. I walked unnoticed to the entrance to the living room, peeking around the corner. The person who screamed was AJ. I had an urge to go comfort him and give him a hug, but I was mad at him…And I had no idea what he was upset about. I decided to continue watching and listening. He dashed toward the door, but McKenzie got in his way.

"Move, McKenzie!" He looked terrified, and she put a hand on her hip.

"No, AJ. Just hear me out, ok? Think about how much better things would be around here if we just let her run away." Wait who's running away? "We could all get to know each other and be an actual family again, but without all the drama." Are they talking about me? What? I'm not running away. "Besides, if you really care about her, you'd let her make her own decisions and let her leave." I looked at the rest of the family and they didn't look too concerned about the idea of me leaving. AJ however looked pissed.

"What? No! What about me?" He really did look genuinely concerned for me. Maybe I was a little too hard on him earlier. He probably was just thinking of what he thought was best for me. I was about to step out and apologize to AJ, and let everybody know of my presence when Kenzie said something that took me by surprise.

"What about you? So you have a little crush on her. You'll get over it." AJ has a crush…on me? I'm the girl that he has a crush on? Oh my gosh! It all makes sense now! That's why he couldn't tell me who it was! This could change everything. I stepped into the living room. When McKenzie saw me her jaw dropped and everybody else but AJ followed her gaze. I was going to say something to him, but he continued talking to McKenzie.

"A crush? What- I-I." He hesitated and gulped. "I'm in love her McKenzie! And there's no way in hell that I'm going to risk losing her!" I gasped and my heart started racing. I felt tears fill my eyes, my emotions overwhelming me. Surprise, Joy, Betrayal, Shock, and like a billion other things. AJ finally followed McKenzie and everyone else's gaze and turned around. And when our eyes met, green to gold, everything that I was feeling a second before instantly multiplied by ten. Tears escaped my eyes, sobs escaped my chest, and the feeling of betrayal burned in my chest. Did he only become my friend to get closer to me both emotionally and physically? I closed my eyes and turned around quickly heading for the back door.

"Masen, stop! Please just hear me out." He started following me, so I started running hoping to lose him, behind me. Unfortunately, when it's vampire vs. half vampire, vampire always wins. He caught me by the waist and turned me to face him, then pulled me closer to him.

"AJ, stop!" I tried pushing him away, but he had a good grip.

"Masen. Please just listen to me before you say anything." He touched my cheek, getting me to face him and I took this as a chance to push him off of me. I started running toward my house and got to my room before he was able to catch up again. He didn't grab me again, but rather sat down on my bed. I pulled my suitcase from my closet and threw it on top of him on the bed.

"First of all, oww. That hurt. And second, what are you doing with this suitcase?" I walked over and grabbed a handful of clothes and stuck them in the suitcase. He kept staring at me, which was making me uncomfortable, so I answered him.

"I'm leaving. I can't take all of this. I-It's just too much." He stood up.

"Mase, c'mon. Leaving isn't the answer." He stood with his arms crossed.

"Well, I can't stay. I-I can't do this!" I screamed, motioning the two of us.

"Do what? You won't even let me explain." I grabbed a couple things from the bathroom and walked back into my bedroom.

"Well, honestly AJ. I don't want to hear it. I'd rather just leave." I put the things in my suitcase and walked back toward my closet.

"Masen, leaving won't change the fact that I love you." I stopped in my tracks and turned to face him.

"Stop saying that." I said more calmly.

"Saying what? That I love you?"

"Yes! That!" I continued into my closet.

"Does it make you uncomfortable?" He asked. I clenched my fist and ignored him. He sighed, sadly. "Masen, if you want to leave, I'm not going to stop you." He sat down again on the bed and raised his eyebrows.

"Thank You."

"But you have to hear me out first." I turned to face him and sighed, crossing my arms.

"AJ, I did things with you that I could never do with anybody else. And I told you things that I've never told anybody. I would trust you with my life and you can't trust me enough to tell me something like this?" I walked over and stopped when I was right in front of him. He reached out and grabbed my hand. I didn't pull away this time. He shook his head, staring down.

"Masen, it's not that I don't trust you. I was afraid that you would freak out and tell me that you don't like me like that. And so far, I was right." He looked up at me.

" But there's a difference AJ! I found out by accidently overhearing something. You didn't know when you said that, that I would hear. Were you even going to tell me?" He was about to say something, but didn't.

"So if I would have just told you, then you would be fine with being my girlfriend." He said, frowning.

"Well, that's kind of an odd way of putting it but…Yeah." It was silent for a minute but then he looked back up at me.

"Well, is there any chance that you can forgive me for not telling you?" I nodded.

"Of course, I forgive you, AJ." He half-smiled. Then he bit his lip and raised his eyebrows.

"Well, is there any chance that you'd still consider being my girlfriend?" I took a deep breath and half smiled down at him. I nodded and he smiled one of the biggest smiles I've ever seen. "Really?" I laughed and sat on his lap.

"Really." Hugged him tightly and he hugged me back. I pulled away quickly and stood up again. He stood up too.

"Is there something wrong, Mase? Did I hurt you?" He looked ashamed.

"No, nothing like that. I-" I hesitated.

"You what?" He asked.

"I think I need to leave. I just need some time to clear my head and get used to the idea of moving in and…well, us." I said, nervously.

"What do you mean?" He asked, a look of sadness in his eyes. "Your still thinking about running away?"

"No. It'll only be a few days, I swear." He looked hesitant to say anything.

"Well are we…?" He started and I blushed. I smiled again.

"Yes, I'm your girlfriend." He grabbed both of my hands and his smile faded.

"Masen, I don't know if I'm alright with this. Going all alone, you could get hurt."

"Ok, so now that you're my boyfriend, you just decide to go all overprotective on me?" I joked. And he laughed.

"Mase, don't be silly. I've always been overprotective of you." I smiled and he pulled me closer to him. "You just didn't realize it because we were inseparable and as long as I was with you I knew you were safe."

"AJ, I'll be fine." I said.

"Maybe you should talk to your mom. See what she thinks." He suggested.

"Why, because you think she'll say no?" He tried to hide the smile that was clearly on his face. I laughed.

"I'll tell her, but no matter what she says I'm still going." He scrunched his face up and I kissed his nose. He just looked at me, adoringly. "What?"

"You kissed my nose." He said.

"You're my boyfriend, why wouldn't I?" He didn't say anything, but continued smiling.

"I don't know. I-I-" He laughed. "Since you are my girlfriend…Kissing is now up for discussion right…?" I smiled.

"Yeah, what about it?" I narrowed my eyes at him. He smiled and sighed.

"You pushed me out a window." He said joking. I burst out laughing.

"You still remember that?"

"Masen, I thought that I had died and gone to heaven. How could I not?" I blushed again.

"So…do you think that we should go tell everyone else?" I asked. He smiled, again.

"About what? Us, you pushing me out the window, or…you leaving?" He looked sad again. I cupped his face.

"A couple days is all I'm asking."

"Well, then what are we waiting for? The sooner you leave, the sooner I get my girlfriend back." I looked at him and he looked disappointed. He jumped out the window first, then I hesitantly followed, after being assured that he would catch me at the bottom, which he did. We headed in the direction of the house and before we knew it we were there.

He opened the door for me and we walked inside. Everybody was still in the living room and they looked shocked to see us for some reason.

"Hey Guys." I said. My mom and him stood up from the couch and walked toward me.

"Hey you two. Is everything alright?" She asked, cautiously.

"Yeah, there's something, well actually two things I want to talk to you about." She pulled me over to the couch and sat me down. Everybody came back in to listen.

"What's Up, Mase?" My mom asked.

"I wanted to know how you would feel if I left for a couple days. Only a few, so I won't be gone long. I just need to clear my head." She bit her lip thinking then looked up at me.

"Well, if that's what you need to do, then I say go ahead." I smiled.

"Really?"

"Yes, I trust you." I hugged her.

"Thank You, Mom." I was actually surprised that she's going to let me go. Or that she trusted me enough to go. I was really excited to actually have some time to myself, away from this family, until I heard AJ mumbling, obviously upset, behind me. I looked at him and he was staring at me, his eyes pleading me not to go.

"I'm not ok with this." He said. I stood up and faced him.

"Why can't you just support me on this AJ?" He looked really hurt and I was fighting the urge to just kiss him.

"Well do you want my opinion or not?" He asked, getting angrier.

"Well, if you're going to be so negative, then no, I don't!" I put my hands on my hips. I heard a laugh of disbelieve come from him, as he was shaking his head at me. He put his hands up in surrender.

"Fine, have a good trip, sweetheart." He rushed upstairs, leaving me and everyone else stunned. I gulped.

"Masen…?" Nessie started. I fell backward onto the chair and groaned.

"Yes, Nessie. We're dating and now he's pissed at me. Why is it that every time something even remotely good happens to me, I end up miserable?" I put my face into the arm of the chair and screamed. Then Zoey started talking.

"C'mon Mase. Just be glad he didn't knock you up." Everybody started at her and I blushed. "What? Some people get a little crazy when they get together."

"If he doesn't apologize soon, I'm gonna make it so he can't produce kids." Nessie said, defending and embarrassing me at the same time. I felt my cheeks grow redder. I grabbed a blanket from the floor and hid under it so nobody could see me and my tomato cheeks.

"If they did have a baby, I wonder what it would look like." Brooke wondered. Could this get any more weird? They went on for a couple more minutes until somebody finally said something.

"Guys stop. They're not having a baby and you're making Masen uncomfortable." Said the last person I'd want to hear stick up for me, my father. I pulled the blanket down so I could see everyone and they all had some sort of grin on their face, and they were all staring at me.

"Well, this has been extremely weird and embarrassing. I think I'll go pack the rest of my stuff I'll need and then I'll be back." I stated before something else went wrong.

"Ok, be careful." I nodded at my mom and left to go get my stuff.

Fifteen minutes later-

I walked back into the house, suitcase in hand and once again, everybody turned to look at me. AJ had come back downstairs, but he refused to look at me.

"So are you leaving now or are you going to wait until tomorrow?" My mom asked. I looked away from AJ and turned to look at my mom.

"I'm leaving now." I said in a flat tone.

"Alright, have fun and be safe. Ok?" No matter how hard I tried not to look at AJ, I kept giving in to the urge and not once did I find him looking at me.

"I promise." I gave her a hug along with Nessie, Taylor, Alice, Emmett, Esme, Carlisle, Jasper, and surprisingly my dad. Everyone else just nodded and told me to be safe.

"Hey, I just got some new shoes. They're in the kitchen. Who wants to see them?" Alice said. She looked around at everybody, giving them a look. I knew what she was doing she was trying to get everybody out so that AJ and I could have some privacy, but honestly, if he's going to be that negative, I don't want to talk to him. Almost everybody understood, except for Emmett.

"What? Alice has a billion shoes. Who cares if she got new ones?" Aunt Rose slapped his head and explained to him briefly and he smiled. "Oh, ok." Then he walked into the kitchen and I saw AJ try to follow.

"AJ, get the hell over there and talk to your girlfriend." Alice whisper yelled, although I could hear them perfectly. I crossed my arms and took a seat in the chair I was sitting at earlier.

"I don't want to." Alice slapped him in the head and he flinched. "Mom-" She turned him around and pushed him back into the living room before disappearing into the kitchen with everyone else. Or at least I thought it was the kitchen before I heard the back door close and the sound of multiple doors being locked.

I heard him mutter something under his breath before he slowly walked over to me and sat on the couch, next to the chair, crossing his arms and sighing.

"Ok, they want us to talk, let's talk." I could still hear the anger in is voice. I rolled my eyes and turned the other way so my back was to him. "Fine, be that way. Honestly, I don't want to talk either." He said.

"Yeah, I kind of already figured that out." I said, annoyed.

"Well, I wouldn't want to keep you from your little adventure, so maybe you should just go." He suggested. I heard Nessie put down her shield.

Masen, Uncle Jasper said that AJ is feeling angry, and upset.

Well no duh, Sherlock!

Would you listen to me? He also feels unwanted. He is head over heels in love with you Masen! You guys just got together and now you want to leave. He's heartbroken and he thinks you don't want to spend time with him, according to Dad. I know he's told you that he loves you, but did you say it back?

No…

Well, why the hell not?

Because…I don't know why I didn't say it. I can't believe I didn't realize this before. I finally understand why he's so upset and angry with me.

Masen Elena Swan! You need to tell him!

She put her shield back up and I looked over to see that everything that Nessie had mentioned was apparent in his eyes. So this whole time, all he wanted was to spend time with me. Aww…I should've known. I didn't realize I was staring at him until he pointed it out to me.

"Masen, why are you staring at me?" He asked, a little calmer. He raised his eyebrows and I walked over to him, sat on his lap, and buried my head in his neck. After a couple seconds, I felt him relax and wrap his arms around me. I pulled back and by now all anger had faded from his face and been replaced with confusion.

"Why did you do that?" He asked, hiding a smile.

"I'm sorry that I offended you by wanting to leave right after we got together. And that I made it seem like I didn't want to spend time with you. You have always been there for me. You make me laugh and smile. And the truth is that I cherish every moment that we have together. And if you want me to stay then I will if it makes you happy. Because there's no way that I'm going to risk losing you, when I've always felt something stronger than just friendship toward you. And I'm really sorry that it took me until now to realize that what I was feeling all along was…" I was cut off by the feeling of his lips on mine. It was surprisingly different being kissed as compared to kissing someone else. I mean , it always ends up the same, with the synchronization of both people's lips but just knowing that he chose to kiss me and no one made him, or there was no secret motive behind it other than he wanted me to shut up gave me butterflies. God, I can't even think straight. I felt him pull me by my waist closer and my butterflies multiplied. Of course it was all interrupted when we heard Alice's voice.

"I don't hear talking! I'm coming in!" we pulled away quickly and I quickly resumed my place on the chair beside the couch. I saw her walk in the door with a smile on her face.

"Are you two getting along again?" We both nodded. "So, what where you two doing before I came in?" she smirked.

"Nothing, Mom." AJ answered. She raised her eyebrows.

"Is that so?" She taunted. She knew something we didn't .

"Yep." He answered again.

"Masen what's that on your hands?" I looked down and all over both of them, was something liquid and dark brown.

"What is-" She chuckled.

"Earlier when I smacked AJ on the head, I might of put in some hair dye. So now I'm left wondering how something that was on the back of AJ's head got smeared all over your hands…" I blushed and looked over at AJ, he was smiling at chuckling.

"Well played, Mom. You caught us. How did you know that we would-?" Alice laughed.

"I'm physic in case you forgot." AJ rolled his eyes.

"Of course you are." AJ said, I chuckled and he looked over at me. "Mom, can you just give us a minute there's something else I still need to talk to her about." Alice looked surprised but happily obliged.

"What else do we need to talk about?" I asked.

"Listen, I think that you should go clear your head for a couple of days." He said, moving me back onto his lap.

"AJ I don't have to, I'd rather stay here with you." I bit my lip.

"Masen, you'll be with me when you get back." I sighed.

"But AJ-" I started.

"I feel horrible for being such a jerk to you. So, if you want to go, I won't stop you." I smiled and stood up, pulling him up with me.

"Are you sure?" I asked hesitantly. He kissed me yet again, but only for a few seconds this time.

"Yes." I smiled and kissed his nose then walked over to get my suitcase. "Masen, I know everyone else has already told you to be careful and stay safe, so it probably doesn't surprise you that I'm telling you too, but please, please, be safe." He walked over to me and cupped my face in his hands. I smiled at his concern for me.

"AJ, I'll be fine. I already know where I'm going and I know exactly how to get there." He still didn't look any more relieved. "I promise that I'll be ok. It's only a couple days." He nodded and kissed my cheek.

"I love you." He smiled but I could still see the worry in his eyes. I hugged him for a couple seconds.

"I love you too." He smiled and I gave him one more peck on the lips before getting into the car and driving away.

Masen+AJ= Love. So after what seemed like a billion years, they're finally together.

Ok, so I'm sorry that lately it's been taking me FOREVER to update, so I decided to make it up to you guys and write probably the longest chapter that I've written yet. So review!