Edward was completely offended by Kagome's assumptions. 'Well, you kind of asked for it!' He heard Jasper think to him. "And how exactly did I ask to be insulted?" He asked out loud.

Jasper shook his head, "We were the ones insisting on answers."

"Yea but that doesn't mean she has the right to be rude." Alice defended Edward.

Jasper turned to his mate, "She does when Edward was rude to her first." He turned back to Edward, "You had no right to call her a liar!"

"Well excuse me for not instantly believing every word that came out of her mouth. Especially since she is hiding herself." Edward snapped.

Jasper gave Edward the same condescending look Kagome had just given him, "Everyone's allowed to have secrets, Edward. You don't have to know every little thing about everyone. I think you're letting your power go to your head."

Edward looked at Jasper wide eyed, "And you're defending some girl you've barely known a day!"

"Who just so happens to be my sister!" Bella was just as pissed as Jasper was about Edward's behavior.

"But you told me yourself, that you barely know this girl! How do you know she is being completely truthful about all this? I haven't heard of any major wars since the Southern War. So what war is she talking about? And what did she mean by non-humans?She
wasn't exactly detailed with any of her explanations. How do we know she isn't a threat?" Edward tried to reason.

"He has a good point." Alice chimed in.

Bella was shaking with rage, "Because she is my sister!"

"That's not a good enough reason, Bella." Rosalie said.

"Why not?" Emmett asked, "If it was one of us we wouldn't be having this discussion. We would expect everyone to just except it at face value."

"But she isn't one of us!" Edward countered.

"Only because you haven't given her the chance to be." Jasper countered back. Battle lines were drawn and it seemed that the votes were divided equally.

After school, Bella headed for the middle school, "Dr. Cullen wants to meet with you." Kagome 'hmm'd' in response. "He is the head of their household or I guess their coven leader."

"That's fine! We can go after we get Souta." Kagome answered her.

"Alright! We'll head over after we drop him off at the house." Bella was glad she was going so willingly.

"Don't bother. I have no secrets from Souta, so he can come too. I already had every intention of telling him anyways." Kagome told her casually as if they were talking about an everyday thing and not that her boyfriend and his family just so happen tobe
vampires.

Bella looked at her wide eyed, "But isn't he a little young for all this?"

Kagome just shook her head, "Nah! He just find it all 'cool'." They picked up Souta and headed down the road to the Cullen house. "So, you'll never guess what I found out today!" Kagome said with a chuckle.

Souta looked at her with curiosity, "Well?"

"Bella's boyfriend and his family are vampires and we are gonna go say hi!" Kagome was trying to hold in her laughter at Bella's wide eyed look.

Souta blinked, "Really? Cool!" Kagome gave her sister a 'I-told-you-so' look and Bella just shook her head. They soon pulled up to the Cullen's home and got out of Bella's truck, all leaving their backpacks. Souta looked up at the house, "I thought vampireswere
vulnerable to sunlight. Why are they living in a glass house?"

Kagome couldn't hold in her laughter any longer and just let it go. Edward stepped outside at the unfamiliar voice and saw all three of them there. Kagome finally calmed down soon after and ruffled Souta's hair, "You make me laugh lil bro. I'm prettysure
they don't spontaneously combust in direct sunlight. That's probably just a myth."

"It is." Bella confirmed.

Souta turned to her, "That's right! This is your boyfriend's house so you should know all about it, right? So what about garlic or crosses or churches or holy water or ..."

"Woah woah woah!" Bella cut him off, "Most of what you know isn't true but I think we should talk to Carlisle first before we get into all of this." Bella looked up to see Edward at the front door. "Edward." She greeted him.

Edward crossed his arms, "Bella, what in the world is going on? Who is this kid?"

"This kid," Kagome answered, "is my little brother. I have no secrets from him and insisted on him coming over. I would have told him either way, so I don't really see the problem."

"You don't see the problem!" Edward said incredious, "He is just a kid. What the hell is wrong with you?"

"Do not test my patience, boy!" Kagome gave him a glare Sesshomaru would have been proud of, "You know nothing of me and mine. Do not think you have any right to bring either insult or I will take your insult as meaning that you wish to remain hostile."

Carlisle stepped out to mediate, "I apologize for my son's rudeness, my friend. Please, you and yours are welcome." He motioned for them to come inside. Kagome wrapped her arm around Souta's shoulders and they all walked in.

A/N:

Soo sorry for the tardiness! I have a bit of a conundrum... A buddy of mine is reading this story as well and absolutely loves Alice and doesn't want to see her broken up with Jasper. So I figured I would put the decision in my loyal readers hands
and

put it to a vote. I have thought of a couple other people Kagome could be paired with.

The nominees are:

Kagome/ Jasper

Kagome/ Embry

Kagome/ Bankotsu (if he gets enough votes I will totally put him in, mostly cuz I adore him)

Kagome/ Shippo (it would be incredible awkward for me cuz I see them as mother and son but I could make it work if that's what y'all want)

Let me know in the comments please!

~ Love, Angel