This is another brief story from the Lataine series. I do not own Twilight, but I still own the character Lataine.

Jasper POV

Normally I loved our Saturday night outings. It was something we did once a month. We would pick a Saturday night where Emmett, Edward, Carlisle and I would go out together to spend some time with each other, just us guys. And while we were out, Rosalie, Bella, Esme, Alice, Renesmee and Lataine would do something just as girls. Occasionally Renesmee and Lataine would stay home on their own while the girls went out.

Normally, I loved doing this, but tonight I had too much on my mind. Carlisle noticed. "What's wrong son?" he asked as we sat down at a table in the restaurant of Edward's choice.

"It's Lataine," I started.

"Is she misbehaving? Is she sick?"

"You know Emmett, you really shouldn't guess," I told my older dork of a brother.

"Then what is wrong?" Edward asked, joining the conversation.

"It's a long story," I began. "But basically I've noticed the last couple of weeks that Lataine has been spending a lot more time on the computer than usual. And every time Alice or I would go into her room, she would minimize whatever she had been working on. Well I thought at first that maybe she was just reading email or talking to one of her friends online. But it kept happening.

"So a few nights ago, after she had gone to bed I took her laptop from her room. I checked her internet history. She's found her parents. I don't know what I should do."

"Does she know why you adopted her? Why her parents gave her up?" Edward asked.

"She knows why we adopted her. She doesn't know why her parents gave her up."

"I think you should tell her that you met her mom shortly after you and Alice adopted her. You also need to tell her why her parents gave her up. But before that you need to admit why you know she's been looking this stuff up. And I also think that if she wants to meet her parents and her siblings, you shouldn't keep her from that. It may be hard for you and Alice, but it will really show that you trust her to make her own decisions and that you love her."

I nodded, appreciative of the advice. "Carlisle?" I said turning towards our father. I wanted to know his thoughts.

"I agree entirely with Edward. He should know what it's like to go through this as the teenager. It wasn't really an issue with the rest of you guys. When I adopted you and Rose you didn't have parents to go home to. When I adopted Bella and Emmett the family situation wasn't great after Renee and Charlie divorced. Neither could make up their minds over who was going to keep the children. I adopted Alice after taking care of her in the hospital. She had been in an abusive family and had no intentions of returning. Edward was adopted because they couldn't afford to take care of him.

"He went through a phase when he was 16, so he was Lataine's age, where he wanted to know his parents and why they had given him up. I explained everything I knew about his biological parents. I told him that if he wanted to meet up with his parents, that was fine with me. He changed his mind in the end."

"I feel helpless. I mean, I knew this would eventually come, but now that it's actually happening, it's rough to go through," I said.

"High school is rough. It's a time when a lot of teenagers start doubting themselves. When you and Rose were adopted you didn't have much to doubt. You knew your parents loved you, so when Carlisle adopted you, he left off where your parents had before they died. For me and Bella, we were a little doubtful. Our parents had just divorced and then neither of them could make up their minds over who was going to have custody then. When you're a teenager, that can make you feel insignificant and unloved. For Alice, this was the first time she had ever known love so she doubted it was real at first but eventually grew used to the idea that someone really did love her," Emmett said analyzing all of my siblings except for Edward. I was impressed that he was able to make an observation that deep.

"It's hard when your parents give you up and you don't know why. I know that from experience," Edward said. "When I started researching my parents it was about the time that rumors started going around about me being gay. The more that rumor spread the more people found out that I had been adopted. The gossip and the rumors hurt and I started doubting that Carlisle and Esme really loved me. Was that logical? No, but when you're a teenager and all that matters is cliques and the in-crowd, it seems highly probable.

"I'm not saying that she's being called gay or that she's being bullied in any way," he said, obviously picking up the look of panic that my daughter was being bullied and not telling me. "But she is a high schooler now. She's going through a lot. And if you ever feel like you don't know what to do, ask. And if she ever wants to talk to me, she can call me."

For the rest of the night I enjoyed myself. On the way home later, I mentally prepared myself for what I knew was to come.