Elijah's POV

"Alright…" I said, after pulling away from our kiss. "Tell you what…"

He kissed me again, but quickly, before he spoke. "What?

"I'm being silly about introducing you around." I admitted.

He chuckled softly. "Are you? I hadn't noticed."

"Ha ha. Anyway, we're having somewhat of a bonfire slash counsel meeting kinda thing tonight, if you wanna come. Get to know everyone and whatnot."

He raised his eyebrows at that. "What, like a tribe thing?"

"Pretty much."

"Is that even allowed?" He asked, obviously shocked by the invitation.

"What, having my little vampire boyfriend crash the tribe meeting?" I teased. "And anyway, they sort of invited you. Thought it'd be good for you to hear the histories, being a part of us and all, now."

"Like the tribe's histories?" He asked. "Aren't those like...secret?"

"To most people, but like I said, you're part of us now." I reminded him. "Although, you would be the first vampire attendee."

'I feel so honored." He chuckled. "Alright, it's a date then."

"Cool."

He nodded. "First vampire attendee at a tribe meeting."

"You're making history." I chuckled. "Sooo, that's tonight….what do you wanna do in the meantime? Got some time or need to head back for a bit?"

He shook his head. "I'll stay here, Leon can sit and stew for a while. I'm kinda pissed at him."

"Sounds good to me….What do you wanna do then?"

"You tell me." He whispered, leaning in to kiss me.

Everyone was already gathered around the fire when we arrived.

"You're sure this is okay?" Nico asked for like the sixth time.

"You wouldn't be invited if it wasn't, silly." I reassured him, putting my arm around him. "You're fine, really."

"If you say so." He chuckled, just as Naomi and her sister were running up to meet us.

"I thought I smelled a bloodsucker!" She beamed, a little too cheerfully, as she threw her arms around him. "Nico, you remember my sister, Natalie?"

He reached his hand out to shake hers. "Course I do. "How've you been?"

"Good, good. And I wouldn't fault you if you didn't. I think we've only met like once or twice."

"Well, I guess you just left an impression then."

"You're too sweet." She insisted, before leaving to sit with Naomi and Leah, who was shooting him some dirty looks. "Nice seeing you again."

"An impression, huh?" I snickered, placing my hands aroun his waist.

"Oh, what? Are you jealous now? " He laughed. "Afraid Nat's gonna sweep me off my feet, or somethin?"

"Well, now that you mention it…." I teased.

"You're terrible." He fake whined.

"I know, I'm the worst. How do you even-"

"Hey, there's the man of the hour!" Sam interrupted, as he and some of the guys came up from behind us. "We were startin to think you wouldn't show!"

"...put up with me." I finished, under my breath, shaking my head. "Yeah, still a riot man!"

Sam proceeded to mess up my hair. "Come on, you know we're messin with you, bro!"

"Right." I rolled my eyes, letting out an exasperated sigh. "Nico, my brother, Sam. That's Naomi's cousin, Quil. Embry, Jared, Paul, and Leah's brother, Seth. Guys, Nico."

"It's a pleasure." Nico chuckled, clearly basking in the attention. Talk about a novel approach.

"Alright, well grab a seat, guys. Billy's just about to start."

We grabbed a spot just between Naomi and Sam, who was sitting next to Emily, as Billy began the story

"The Quileutes have always been a small tribe, but we have always had magic in our blood.

We were great spirit warriors, shapeshifters that transformed to the powerful wolf. This enabled us to scare off our enemies and protect our tribe. One day, our warriors came across a creature that looked like man, but was hard like stone and cold as ice. Our warrior sharp teeth tore it apart, but only fire would completely destroy it. They lived in fear that the cold man was not alone...and they were right. She took her vengeance out on the village. Our elder chief, Taha Aki, was the only spirit warrior left to save the tribe after his son was killed. Taha Aki's third wife could see that he would lose, the third wife was no magical being. No special powers but one….courage. The third wife's sacrifice distracted the cold woman long enough for Taha Aki to destroy her. She saved the tribe. Over time, our enemies have disappeared...but one remains. The Cold ones. Our magic awakens when they're near. And we sense it now, we feel the threat in our blood….that something terrible is coming. And we must all be ready. All of us."

I walked Nico home, shortly after the meeting ended.

He chuckled. "So that's what you all think of me. I see how it is."

In his defense, I probably should've given him something of a warning before throwing him to the wolves, so to speak.

"Aw, come on. It's not like that." I chuckled nervously. "If anything, you should know now that it's not a personal thing."

:He pinned me, playfully, up against the nearest tree with a smirk. "Babe, I'm teasing you."

"Well don't do that then!" I groaned. "I thought I'd seriously scared you away with that whole cold ones and threat aspect of it. Like, for good maybe."

"Once again." He sighed. "That terrible, terrible habit you have of underestimating me. Disappoints me, you know that?"

"Well, I will take that over scaring you away any day. That I can live with."

He took another look at me, as we got closer to his house. "You are damn lucky you're cute. You know that?"

"IIIi disagree, buuut I do know I am lucky you think that of me!"

He sighed. "There you go again, will you knock that off?" He was trying desperately not to laugh.

"Alright, well, I think this is your stop." I laughed. "I'll see you tomorrow?"
"Actually…." He smirked a little. "I am not staying….I was actually gonna ask you if I could stay at your house tonight."

"And do what?" I teased. "You don't sleep! What are you gonna do when I eventually do?"

"Why do you think I came all the way back here?" He explained. "I gotta get my current read to...well, read, when you fall asleep."

"Which brings me to my next question. Why'd you make me come all the way back with you if you're just coming right back to see me some more anyway?"

"Because otherwise, I would've missed the pleasure of your company." He smirked, patting me on the shoulder. "...Be right back!"

He flew up to the second story window, which lead to his bedroom, before I could object.

I shook my head, leaning back up against a nearby tree, while I waited for him to return."