4. Expectations

BOLD ITALICS= PENNY'S THOUGHTS

The rest of the week after the almost accident flew by very quickly. Bella found herself in the spotlight once again. Nobody asked me about the accident because they clearly saw Emmett pulling me to safety. I know she was not liking the unnecessary attention. It was Friday during lunch, I was sitting with the Cullen's' having a debate with Rosalie about how american made cars are better build and more durable than foreign cars.

"Rosalie, yes foreign cars are sleeker and somewhat faster but can they survive collision. Take Bella's tank for instance..."

"Don't talk to me about that pile of scrap metal!" She replied

I looked at her. The face she makes when mentioning Bella's truck is hilarious.

"Rosalie, that pile of scrap metal survived the accident with nothing more than a busted taillight."

She rolled her eyes and turned away. I guess that's the end or that conversation. I was secretly picking off of their tray's so it looked like they ate. I was really curious about their diet.

Rosalie was still pissed off with Edward. According to our peers no one saw Edward until after the van was pushed away but everyone saw Emmett. Honestly how can you miss him. He's a massive 6'5 giant bear. You'd have to be completely blind not to see him. I made a point to Rosalie that nobody saw him by the Volvo four cars down either. She's still upset but at least she's content with the fact that he wasn't seen running. I had to find out why she was cool with me but clearly doesn't like Bella. I asked Emmett and again he said once he explains, everything will make sense. I hoped so.

I looked over at Emmett and noticed he's already looking at me. I looked down and felt my cheeks heat up. 'Damn it Rosas, Get a grip.' my conscience is going to make me kick her ass. Who the hell am I kidding? I'm slowly falling for Emmett whether I want to or not. I do notice the difference between what I felt for Paul and what I feel for Emmett. They are completely different. I realize now what I felt for Paul was nothing more than infatuation, and what I feel for Emmett is real and true love. I spent the remainder of lunch daydreaming about what happened two spring breaks ago.

*Flashback Two Years Ago*

I was on my way to see Paul Lahote. We've been dating since I was fourteen and he was seventeen. I ask Renee if I can spend Spring Break with Charlie, of course she let me go. Now Charlie was driving me down to La Push to spend time with Leah Clearwater. Leah and I have become best friends over the last three years. She's the one who introduced me to Paul and she always covered for me whenever I wanted to see Paul. She is dating Sam Uley.

We decided to be friends for a year before getting into a relationship. I loved Paul and knows he loves me too. Lately he's been pressuring me to go all the way. Honestly, I'm just not ready for that. I want my first time to be perfect not rushed. We pulled up to the Clearwater house. I quickly got out and waved bye to Charlie, but, of course he got out to come chat with his old friend Harry. I went inside after Mrs. Clearwater informed me that Leah was upstairs studying. As I walked up the stairs to her room I passed by her brother Seth and ruffled his hair. He swatted my hand away.

"Stop it, Penny. You always do that."

He's beginning to grow into a little cutie pie. I just couldn't help but pinch his cheek.

"Seth you're growing up too fast." I remember him as a toddler. Now he's 13.

"No I'm not, I'm not nearly as tall as Sam."

"Trust me you'll get there. Just wait and stay young."

I ruffled his hair once more and I continued down the hall toward Leah's. I opened her room door quietly as I could, and saw her laying across her bed on her stomach doing what looked like math homework. I grabbed a pillow off the floor and smacked her with it. She turned around and looked at me livid. When she recognized me she grabbed another and swung back.

"Good to see that love hasn't softened you Clearwater."

"I can say the same for you Rosas." I walked over to her bed.

"What are you doing?"

"Geometry homework, you wouldn't understand it." I just rolled my eyes, I'll show her. I looked at her assignment and saw that she had problem number 5,6,7, and 9 wrong. I corrected her assignment and handed back to her. She looked confused. She decided to check my and her answers by calling another classmate. After she got off the phone and turned to look at me.

"Your answers are right. How the hell did you know that?"

"I'm in the advanced program, DUH." She asked me to explain where and how I got my answer. I spent forty-five minutes going over the assignment with her. She got a better understanding of it. She put it away and we walked downstairs toward the kitchen. We took a couple of pieces of fruit and a bottle of water each and set off for the beach. We were meeting our boyfriends.

We reached the beach in ten minutes. I looked around and didn't see Paul anywhere. I asked Sam where Paul was.

"Have you seen him?"

"I'm sorry Penny, I haven't" He replied "Maybe he's still at home. He did have some homework to catch up on."

"Okay, I'm going to go see him." I looked to Leah and she looked a little concerned. I was about ask her what was wrong when Sam pulled her close and kissed her. I blushed a bit at their PDA. I left and walked through the forest to Paul house. When I got there I noticed that his father wasn't home. I knocked and no one answered. The door was unlocked so I walked in.

'I guess living on the reservation where you know everyone. You feel comfortable enough leaving your door unlocked.'

I walked into the living down toward the stairway. It was eerily silent as I walked around downstairs then I heard a strange noise. I stopped and then I heard it again. It sounded like a low moan. I walked up the stairs as quietly as a could. As I got closer to Paul's room the moaning got louder. I saw the door was open a sliver, I wasn't able to see much so I pushed the door open wider. It opened quietly.

Once the door opened all the way, I saw enough to break my young, fragile heart and make me build a concrete wall around it. Paul was on his back and some random ass slut was on top riding him. They were so wrapped up in their passion they didn't even notice me standing there. I felt the rage build up and I saw red. I picked up a glass that was on his bed side table and threw it against the wall. They both looked at me. Paul looked more smug than shocked. The whore riding him just stared at me with her mouth open, so I punched her in her mouth and turned on Paul.

"How could you? You told me you loved me."

I couldn't stand the sight of him so I ran out. Once outside I noticed through my tear soaked eyes it had started raining. I felt a warm hand wrap around my wrist. I looked back and it was Paul. He had managed to throw on some shorts.

"What do you want? You already broke my heart, what else do you want from me?" The rage was continually coursing through my body. I wanted so badly to hurt him.

"You had your chance babe. You blew it by blowing me off, I had to get my needs met somehow."

I looked at him baffled. How dare he make this out to be my fault. I smiled and reached up to stroked his cheek. I pulled my hand back and smacked him as hard as I could.

"Ow, what the fuck Penny?" He stumbled back a few steps and grabbed his face. I saw between his fingers that I had left a bright red hand print on his russet colored face.

"HOW DARE YOU TRY AND MAKE THIS MY FAULT. I WOULDN'T SLEEP WITH YOU SO YOU WENT OUT AND FOUND THE FIRST WHORE WHO WOULD!"

I was seething. I pulled my foot back and kick him right in the balls, he dropped down to his knees and cupped his boys. I leaned down in his ear and said in a sickly sweet voice.

"I hope now, you'll think twice before you cheat on a girl. You have hurt me, I hope she gives you crabs you sorry sack of shit."

I ran back to Leah's house. She was on the front porch waiting for me with Sam. I looked at them and saw that they had a guilty look in their eyes. That's when it hit me.

"YOU KNEW? YOU KNEW ABOUT HIS WHORISH WAYS AND YOU DIDN'T THINK TO TELL ME?" It looks like I've been betrayed all the way round today. They didn't answer me.

"Leah, you're supposed to be my best friend, you're supposed to tell me when my boyfriend is being an ass and whoring around. THAT'S WHAT BEST FRIENDS DO!"

She didn't say anything. There was nothing left to say. I went inside and call Charlie and told him to come get me now. Fifteen minutes later he pulled up in the cruiser and I stormed out of Leah's house. She tried to stop me and explain. I turned around long enough to slap her too. I ran to the cruiser and got in. I knew Charlie wanted to know what happened but I told him I wasn't ready to talk about it. As he pulled away I burst into tears. I lost my best friend and a boyfriend all in one day. FUCK MY LIFE! RIGHT?

*End of Flashback*

I felt a single tear slide down my cheek as I reminisced. The tear wasn't from the heartbreak that I suffered because of Paul, it was the betrayal of my so called best friend Leah. I looked up and noticed that the Cullens were looking at me. Emmett put his hand underneath my chin and tilted my head up toward him. He used his thumb to wipe the tear from my eye. His cold, hard hands no longer bothered me. It's only been two weeks and already he's not only repaired my heart but stole it as well.

"Penny what's wrong?" I looked into his liquid gold eyes and saw nothing but concern and adoration. I put my hand on top of his.

"I'll tell you later."

He stuck his pinky out. "Promise"

I chuckled a little and hooked my pinky in his. "I promise."

He nodded and smiled my favorite dimpled smile. The bell rung and we all picked up our lunch trays, dumped them and headed to class. The rest of the day passed by with a blur.

Emmett and I were walking hand in hand to the student lot. I veered left toward Bella's truck when I felt him pull me back. I turned back toward and looked up at him, he had the cutest pout I ever saw on his face.

"What?"

"You're just going to leave and not give me a kiss goodbye." He's so damn cute.

"No babe, never that." I leaned up on my tiptoes and gave him a sweet peck on the lips. I felt a surge of electricity pass through us. He then grabbed me under my butt and lifted me up, so we were at eye level. I felt him slip something in my back pocket. After gazing into each others eyes for about five minutes he put me down. As I was walking to Bella's truck he smacked me on my ass. Fuck, that shit hurt but it turned me on like crazy.

'Hmm, I'm learning new things about myself'

I massaged my ass cheek and turned toward him. I flipped him the bird and ran to Bella's truck. I laughed at the look on his face. He was shocked but he recovered quickly and laughed that infectious booming laugh that I've come to adore. I blew him a kiss through the window as Bella drove by.

"See you tomorrow"

He, as well, as the rest of the Cullen's' waved goodbye. Bella pulled out of the student lot. She had a slightly frustrated look on her face. I wondered why. I noticed Crowley following her around. We rode the rest of the way home in silence. I was thinking about what's to come tomorrow.

Once we got home, I sat at the kitchen table and started my homework. Bella copied my actions and we both did our homework in silence. After I completed my homework, I looked up to see Bella staring at me.

"What?"

"You're going over to the Cullen's house tomorrow?"

I simply nodded at her. She put her completed homework in her backpack and began preparing dinner. She was making homemade lasagna and it was the best. We chatted about school. She brought up the Cullens' again.

"So, you and Emmett are a couple."

"Yea, we are."

"Ya'll look really good together."

"I know, we're perfect for each other. Its as if we're made for each other"

"It's good to see you giving love a chance again Penny, maybe eventually you'll give Leah a second chance too."

She had a point I mean, I can't be this close to La Push and not run into her, Sam and Paul. I think it time I heard her out. Two hours and two showers later Chief came through the door and the three of us sat down to eat. I decided to tell Charlie about my plans tomorrow.

"Charlie." He mumbled a response.

"Tomorrow, I'm going to hang out with Rosalie Hale and Alice Cullen." He dropped his fork and it clattered onto the plate.

"You're going to the Cullen's house."

"Yes, Rosalie, Alice and I have become great friends and they invited me over tomorrow."

"Oh okay, just be safe. What about you Bell's any plans?"

She shook her head no, and continued eating. After dinner Bella washed the dishes and I went to catch the game with Charlie. After about an hour I went to my room. I bid Charlie a goodnight as I climbed the stairs. I saw Bella laying across her bed reading.

I walked into my room and I suddenly remember the note Emmett placed in my pocket. I walked into the bathroom and pulled my jeans out of the dirty clothes basket. I grabbed the note, tossed my jeans back into the basket and plopped back down on my bed. The note was directions on how to get from Charlie's house to the Cullen's house. At the bottom was a note in Emmett's handwriting.

'The only reason I'm letting you drive instead of picking you up is because once you hear what I have to say then you have the option to leave and you don't have to wait for me to drive you back. I'll understand if you never want to talk or see me again.'

I was confused. What could he possibly tell me that was so bad? How could he even think that I'll be able to stay away from him? Just the thought of it cause me to have a pain in my chest so severe that I dropped to my knees and that scared me. That option was clearly out of the fucking question. I got ready for bed, if he thinks he's going to get rid of me that easily he has another thing coming. I fell into a restless sleep.

I awoke the next morning optimistic. Today Emmett was going to keep his promise and explain everything to me. I showered and got dressed, I decided on a pair of black jeans and a white long sleeve Blackhearts t-shirt and my black and white converse. I grabbed my leather jacket and headed downstairs, as I past Bella's room I noticed she was still sleeping. I ate a bowl of cereal and left at a quarter to nine. I followed the directions while listening to Joan Jett, listening to her music made me miss my guitar so much. I started tapping my fingers along to the beat.

After about 45 minutes, I turned Jesse down the narrow pathway and drove up the driveway. Once the trees cleared I saw it. The house was timeless, graceful, and about a century old. It was painted a soft faded white, three stories tall, rectangular and very well proportioned. The windows and doors with either part of the original structure or a perfect restoration. Jesse was the only car in sight. I heard a river close by, hidden in the forest.

I looked up and saw Emmett standing at the front door waiting for me. He walked over to me and opened my car door. He took my hand in his and pulled me closer. He bent down and placed a simple kiss on my lips. I blushed fifty shades of red.

"You like it."

"What? Are you talking about your house or the kiss?"

"Well, as much as I would love to hear you praise my kissing skills; I'm talking about the house. If you choose to answer both then please do." I smiled.

"One, you're so full of yourself. Two, the house is beautiful and timeless. It looks like it came straight out of an old '40-'50 era movie. Three, your kissing skills are okay." He raised one eyebrow.

"Oh really? Just okay?"

"Yup." I popped my lips on the 'p.' He looked at me with a mischievous glint in his eyes and he pulled me closer then grabbed me by the underside of my butt and lifted me to his eye level. He then kissed me just like Noah kissed Allie in The Notebook the only thing that was missing was the rain.

He broke the kiss and stood me back on my own feet. I staggered a little he held onto to me. I looked up into his face and he had a smug look plastered on his face.

"That's what I thought."

I took a deep breath. "Oh shut up."

We walked up the front porch and he opened the door for me and ushered me inside. He helped me out of my jacket. I took this opportunity to really look at him and noticed that we match. We were both wearing black jeans, white t-shirt and converses, except his shirt was short sleeved.

The inside was just as breathtaking as the outside. The whole back wall looked to be made of just glass.

"It's the one place we don't have to hide."

"I'm sorry, but hide from what exactly?"

"Soon enough, you'll know why."

I was getting real tired of soon. We walked further into the living room and I saw Dr. Cullen and whom I guessed to be Mrs. Cullen. I was right, she was beautiful. The same pale, beautiful features as the rest of them. A lovely heart-shaped face surrounded by soft, caramel-colored hair. She was small, slender, yet less angular, more rounded than the others. 'hmm I wonder why that is?' They were both dressed in light colors to match the inside of the house. They smiled in welcome, but didn't move to approach me.

"Carlisle, Esme." Emmett's voice broke the short silence. "This is Penny."

"You're very welcome, Penny," Carlisle said.

"Nice to see you again Dr. Cullen"

"Please, call me Carlisle"

"Carlisle" I smiled. Esme stepped forward and grabbed my hand. Her cold stone grasp was expected.

"It's very nice to know you." She said sincerely

"Thank you, and its nice to meet you, too" I meant every word. It was like meeting Snow White or Sleeping Beauty, in the flesh.

"Where is everybody?" As soon as he finished that they all appeared. 'WTF?' I looked at all of their beautiful faces and I noticed another guy, he must be Sebastian. It had to be him, he's the only other member of this family left that I haven't met yet, he has sandy brown hair. He's as tall as Emmett but not as bulky. He looks roughly around twenty-two. Same pale features and golden eyes.

Edward spoke up. "Why don't we all converse in the living room?"

We all moved to the living room. Alice and Jasper took one armchair, Rosalie and Sebastian took the other. Carlisle, Esme and Edward sat on the couch which left the love seat for Emmett and myself. Once we we're all seated I turned to Emmett.

"Are you going to tell me what I saw Monday."

"Before I do, you have to know. We have laws and if those laws are broken it can have severe consequences. Understand that if I could I'll tell you, I'd do it in a heartbeat, but if you guessed it would let us off the hook." he said pleading with his eyes for me to understand. I did.

"An excellent idea Emmett." Jasper said

"Okay, babe what do you know so far?" Emmett said

"Well, you're freakishly strong, you all don't eat or drink anything, you skin is pale white, hard and ice cold."

"Yea" Emmett urged. I wasn't sure if this was a game or not so I decided to be silly and play along. I saw Alice and Edward snicker into their hands.

"Ooh I got it. You're Batman." The Cullen's burst out laughing.

Jasper recovered first. "No."

"Spider-man?"

"No." Rosalie said

"Superman?"

"No." Carlisle said

'"Ooh I know, you're the Hulk." Once again the Cullen's broke into a fit of laughter.

"No, we're not superheroes. What if we're the bad guys?" Edward said.

"I don't believe that for a second. So, you not apart of The Justice League or The Avengers."

"Babe no, focus." Emmett said. I sat there thinking about it. Strong, fast, eyes change colors, pale

"Fairies. No, you're too damn big to be a fairy." The Cullen's laughed again. Suddenly Alice shot out of Jasper's lap and came back in a flash with a laptop. 'Again WTF?'

"Go ahead Emmett, she'll get it for sure." Emmett looked a bit confused and I'm pretty damn sure I did too.

"Emmett, you were thinking of having her google your name." Edward said

"How the hell you know that?"

"Once you figured out the biggest secret then we'll explain the smaller ones." Edward stated plainly

"Oh Balls, there's more than one," I turned to look at Emmett. "Is that why you had me drive, because there's more than one secret?"

He just nodded. I turned the laptop on and clicked on the web browser. I clicked in the search bar.

"Look up Emmett Dale McCarty" Em stated.

I looked over at him confused. 'Duh! Penny he was adopted by Dr Cullen so he took on his last name. Of course he had a different last name before the adoption.' I nodded and typed it into the search engine. Only a couple hundred results popped up. I scrolled down and found a newspaper article.

"The Gatlinburg Gazette." I clicked the link and read the article. "It says here Emmett McCarty died by bear mauling in 1935 at the young age of 20."

"Yea, and it sucks. Stupid bear" Em said pouting.

"What does that have to do with you."

"Keep scrolling down." he replied. I did as he said. I scrolled to the bottom of the article. There was a picture. It was...It was Emmett, but that's not possible.

"Oh my gosh?" I continued reading the article. His body was never recovered. Maybe he was found by someone, they nursed him back to health so he'd survived and I'm falling in love with his great-grandson. I shook my head back and forth.

This doesn't make any sense. If this is true and this Emmett and my Emmett are the same man that would mean one: He's ninety years old, Two: He's found the fountain of youth or Carlisle is an excellent plastic surgeon. I zoomed in closer on the picture. I looked back and forth between the picture and Emmett.

"Please tell me that this article is about your great-grandfather and you bore a strong identical resemblance to him" He shook his head no. Alice perked up.

"She going to get it in about a minute and a half." I remember the Quileutes tribal stories about the cold ones. Vampire. No, that's not possible vampire's don't exist, but that would explain a lot. I looked at each of their faces. I heard my heart beating in my ears. I turned toward Carlisle.

"Can I borrow your stethoscope? I want to try something."

"Of course." He walked out of the room and a few seconds later came back with the stethoscope. I place it in my ears and put it on my chest. I heard my heart beating clear as day. I moved over to Emmett and put the stethoscope where his heart is. Silence is all I heard. Okay, so vampires are real, so that means that the Quileute men really turn into giant wolves. What the hell type of world have I been dropped into?

"Oh wow." I stated shocked. I returned the stethoscope to Carlisle. What I was shocked about is the fact that I wasn't scared. I always had a inkling that the supernatural was real. That vampires, werewolves, fairies, and elves exist.

I must have been standing there lost in thought for too long because I saw Emmett shift uncomfortably out of my peripheral vision.

"Okay, so you all are a coven of vampires. Big deal. Now these other secrets." I turned to look at all of them. They were wearing a shocked expression on their face.

"Aren't you afraid?" Sebastian said

"No because if you all were a threat to me and to my safety, I'd already be dead. I'm still kicking so there's that."

"OMG! This is so great now I don't have to hide my gift especially since you sit with us at lunch." Alice shrieked.

After she calmed down they each decided to tell me about their past human life and what led them to this second life and their gifts. I felt so sad for Rosalie and Jasper. My heart ached for Esme.

So that's why her figure is more rounded than angular. She experienced childbirth. Hmm, I didn't realize that our bodies change that much after childbirth. Should've paid more attention in Sex Ed.'

I saw Edward nod. Confirming my thoughts. Poor Alice, she couldn't remember a thing. I got up and hugged them all. I wondered if Eddie's going to tell Bella.

"My name is Edward, what's with you and Emmett calling me Eddie?" He growled.

I rolled my eyes as did Emmett. We laughed. I guess I'll have to get used to that.

Bella's lucky.

"You all are very brave, to fight against your natural diet and come together as a family that's amazing." I looked at Edward.

"Are you going to tell Bella?" He shook his head no.

"Don't matter either way. I know she'll figure it out soon, she's a smart girl." Rosalie growled a little and it put me off a little.

"What do you have against Bella?"

"Alice tell her about the vision you saw. Tell her why I don't care for Bella but I like her."

Alice explained that she see Bella becoming one of them. How Rosalie doesn't like her because she's so ready and willing to give up her human life and a chance at children to become a monster. I wasn't surprised. Bella never felt as if she fit in. She also felt the need to "fit in." I, however didn't care if I fit in or not. I. sort of understood Rosalie's hatred and jealously of Bella. After that I was carried away by Emmett, and given a tour of the rest of the house. His basement room is awesome, a little later Esme fed me lunch. Grilled Chicken Parmesan and Steamed Mixed Vegetables. Yum

*AN: I decided to add a basement room into the Cullen mansion. The second floor's are Rose/Sebastian's room, Jasper/Alice's room, Jasper's Study, Carlisle Study, Esme's Drawing Room. Edward has one of the top floor rooms along with Carlisle/Esme and Emmett has the basement.

*back to the story*

I realized Sebastian was the only one who didn't tell me about his past human life. I walked over to him.

"You didn't tell me about your life before now."

"I figured you needed a break and some food." He replied

"Well, I'm fully fed and all ears."

He cleared his throat unnecessarily.

"I was born Sebastian Elliot Crawford, in 1911, in Gatlinburg just as Emmett was. In fact, his older brother Jeremy was my best friend. We were close as can be. My own home life was similar to Emmett's hunting for game and survival. My family wasn't as large as Em's but it was enough of us. As I said, I grew up along side Jeremy. I had plans, I wanted to join the military become a engineer. In 1929 I was all set to leave for my training, but my mother had another baby so I stay another four years to help her and my father out. Jeremy was glad I was staying for a little while longer. In 1933 I was set off to leave again this time I left behind a lady friend who promised to wait for me. She pales in comparison to my love Rose here but at the time, she wasn't aware of my existence and vise versa.

On the last night of my life I was out jogging when I saw this wild, red haired female. She looked at me and cocked her head to one side. She was beautiful, and stealth like a cat in the night. Her features were feline-like. She stalked over to me. I looked and noticed her ruby red eyes. I was scared for my life. I tried running, big mistake. She grabbed me around my neck and threw me into the trees. In an instant I knew I was going to die so I said a quick prayer as she sunk her teeth into my neck.'

'Next thing I remember was her being pulled off of me. I saw a streak of blonde hair and heard hushed, harsh whispering. I managed to crawl away before she could finish me off. I found a hollowed out fallen tree and hid there. A few moments later, she noticed I was gone. She and the blonde male looked for me. She was standing right on top of my hiding spot. I heard her speak for the first time.

'Damn it James, you made me lose my dinner' the blonde male named James spoke next.

'Don't worry Victoria, we'll find much better meals out west, besides he didn't smell that appetizing anyway.'

She spoke again 'You're right, he wasn't. Let's go'

I breath a sigh of relief. I managed only to scream maybe five times during my transformation. I was shocked no one came looking for me or that my screaming didn't alert anyone. After three days, which felt like years it stopped. I opened my eyes to the clearest I've ever seen before. I felt the burning in the back of my throat. I knew what I was and I was disgusted by it.'

"I tried to fight the urge and against my newly developed instincts. I ran and ran until I was far, far away from civilization. For my newborn year I spent my time trying to control the thirst. I managed to get it under control. I lost control only three times. I can say I'm proud of myself. I was curious about animal blood because killing humans was depressing especially since my own human life was taken from me. Whilst out hunting a mountain lion, I came across another vampire's scent. I knew it was female because it had a hint of a floral undertone. We apparently were after the same lion but I let her have it. I knew it wasn't my creator so I climb up the nearest tree and watched her hunt. She was breathtakingly beautiful. After her kill I jumped down and came face to face with my beautiful wife here. Once our eyes connected I knew she was the one for me. The rest is history. She brought me back here and we've been inseparable ever since. We went hunting together in 1935 and I saw Emmett and knew I had to save him for my own selfish reason. He was related to the only other person besides my family that I truly missed and cared about. He connected me to my human life. "

I got up from Emmett's embrace on the love seat, walked over to him and gave him a hug, which he gladly returned.

"What was that for?" he asked

"For saving Emmett, he wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you."

He smiled "You're welcome."

"What gift do you have Sebastian?" He chuckled a little

"It's a little random but I have the gift of audiokenesis and telekenesis. I can make any place sound proof, including vampire soundproof and I can move inanimate objects without touching them. We have super sharp, sensitive clear hearing so I soundproof every house so when us couples are having our intimate time. Emmett and Edward can't hear anything, but I can also lift the soundproofing, so we can communicate with one another."

"Those gifts are very useful. That's very courteous of you. The gifts you all have are cool."

He nodded. I looked at my watched and noticed it was 4:45 pm. Where did the time go? I looked to my left and noticed a piano sitting on a platform.

"Do you play?" Esme asked

"Not really. It's been a while. Whose is it?"

"Edward's."

I turned and looked at him. "May I?"

He nodded. I walked over to the piano and felt along the keys. I sat down on the bench. The Cullen's gather around.

"Do you know any songs?" Edward asked

"A few, I used to play with the piano in the music room of my high school, back in Phoenix. It was one song I loved to play on the piano."

"Let's hear it." Rosalie stated. I started to play the melody for Christina Aguilera "Beautiful" I sang along

[Spoken]

Don't look at me

Every day is so wonderful

Then suddenly it's hard to breathe.

Now and then I get insecure

From all the pain, I'm so ashamed.

I am beautiful no matter what they say.

Words can't bring me down.

I am beautiful in every single way.

Yes, words can't bring me down... Oh no.

So don't you bring me down today.

To all your friends you're delirious,

So consumed in all your doom.

Trying hard to fill the emptiness.

The pieces gone, left the puzzle undone.

is that the way it is?

You are beautiful no matter what they say

Words can't bring you down...oh no

You are beautiful in every single way

Yes, words can't bring you down, oh, no

So don't you bring me down today...

No matter what we do

(no matter what we do)

No matter what we say

(no matter what we say)

We're the song inside the tune

Full of beautiful mistakes

And everywhere we go

(and everywhere we go)

The sun will always shine

(the sun will always, always shine)

And tomorrow we might wake on the other side

We are beautiful no matter what they say

Yes, words won't bring us down, no, no

We are beautiful in every single way

Yes, words can't bring us down, oh, no

So don't you bring me down today

Oh, yeah, don't you bring me down today, yeah, ooh

Don't you bring me down ooh... today

I opened my eyes to them clapping. I smiled and looked over at Emmett. He was clapping the loudest and whistling. I blushed.

"That was beautiful, sweetheart." Esme said

"Thank You." Emmett looked at me. I remembered my promise to him about my silent tears in the cafeteria yesterday. He deserves to know, so I got up and walked over to Emmett. He looked down at me and smiled wider.

"It's nice to see someone else appreciate and play the piano." Edward said.

"The piano is a wonderful instrument, but I prefer the guitar. Emmett remember I said once you kept your promise, I'll keep mine."

"Yea, when you had tears sliding down your face in the cafeteria yesterday." I took a deep breath. I began my explanation when he walked me back to the love seat that's when I noticed everyone had scattered.

"You can come back. I don't mind if you know" They reappeared in an instant.

'I have got to get used to that.'

"First off, let me start by saying my parents were murdered ten years ago by my father's psychotic mistress before she turned the gun on herself." They had sympathetic looks on their faces.

"Please don't give those looks, I've come to terms with it. Anyway, after Renee took me in I was grateful because my parents family only wanted me so they could get their hands on my trust fund. My trustee is my father's best friend/attorney Jonathan. Bells and I have been friends since we were both three. I would come for the summer, winter and spring breaks to visit Charlie. When I was eleven I became best friends with Leah Clearwater. She introduced me to my ex-boyfriend Paul Lahote.

Long story short we managed to make our long distance relationship work and it lasted up until the spring break from hell. It was two years ago. Paul had been putting pressure on me to go all the way. I wasn't ready so he started whoring around with other bitches. Leah knew and didn't tell me. When I went over to his house I caught him with another female and I went crazy. I still haven't spoken to Leah since then. She's called and wrote. I just kept the letter and refused to open them."

"I know eventually being back here, I'm going to run into all three of them. So, that's why I had tears in my eyes, not because of Paul but because of Leah's betrayal. I realized that what I felt for Paul was nothing more than an infatuation."

I looked up at Emmett he was livid.

"Babe, It's history. He isn't worth it and wasn't meant for me. I realized what we have is rarer and truer than what I had with Paul. I just thought you should know since, I know I'll run into him again."

"You don't have to, you can come here when you're bored." Em said

"Babe, I'm not going to avoid La Push especially since Chief and Billy Black are best friends."

"Black, did you say Black?" Carlisle asked.

I nodded "Why?"

"He must be a descendant of Ephriam Black." Carlisle asked

"Well his full name is William Ephriam Black." The Cullen's hissed at me.

"What the hell was that about? Is this about their heritage and that peace treaty between you and them?" Carlisle looked at me shocked and confused.

"Penny, how did you know about that?"

"I have Native American ancestry in my DNA, well at least that's what Johnny told me and I wanted to make sure that my ancestors and the Quileutes had no bad blood between them. My ancestors are part of the Navajo tribe. As I was researching and asking Billy questions he told me about the tribal legends and a peace treaty. When Emmett and I first started talking I suggested that we hang out at First Beach down in La Push he told me that he wasn't allowed. Then I remember Billy saying "The Cullen's don't come to La Push" I managed to piece it together just now"

They all nodded.

"It doesn't matter anymore, the wolves have all died out." Carlisle stated

"They didn't die out," They all looked at me confused

"How would you know, oh that's right. You dated the dog spawn." Rosalie spat

"Rosalie that was completely uncalled for and I'm sure they have degrading names for you too but right now they aren't even around so that was unprovoked." She muttered an apologized

Carlisle urged me to continue, "As I said, they haven't died out. The wolves you encounter back then, yes they have passed on but they also passed on the wolf gene from father to son and as long as the Quileutes continue to reproduce there will always be a chance of a newer generation of wolves. The young boys down in La Push have the wolf gene embedded in their DNA it just hasn't been triggered yet."

I looked down at my watch and noticed it was around five forty-five. I got up off the love seat. Stretched my bones and turned to look at the Cullen's. They had all disappeared. It was just Emmett.

"Exciting day huh?"

"Very, I'm so relieved you know everything about me and I don't have to hide what I am from you." Em said

"I do have a few questions."

"Anything babe."

"No Dungeons?" I heard all of them laughing throughout the house.

"No"

"No Stake to the heart, or garlic or sleeping in coffins?" I think I heard Rose snort.

"No Babe and we don't sleep." I looked at him shocked

"Never?" He nodded. "How can you come out in the daylight?"

He chuckled "The sun effects us in a different really obvious way."

"Do you have a reflection or will you show up on camera?" The Cullen's roared with laughter.

"No babe. You watch too many poorly made Hollywood vampire films." He replied

"So you don't turn into a bat?" The Cullen's roared with laughter again.

Emmett said in between laughing. "Babe, Seriously. No."

"One last thing."

"Shoot babe." He said

"When I first met you, and we made eye contact. I felt a pulling sensation in my chest that I couldn't understand. The closer I got to you the lesser it hurt but the further I got from you the more it hurt." He grabbed me and pulled me into his lap.

"Babe, that's the mating pull, I felt it too. After we first met I wanted to tell you right then and there but Rose said I should wait or I might scare you off. You know she likes you more than Bella is bec-." Em said

"Because Alice doesn't see me becoming one of you."

"Exactly, but why?" He replied

"Babe, let's just enjoy the fact that after seventy years, you finally found your mate. We'll deal with that issue another day," I turned my body on his lap to straddle him and gazed into his eyes. "Now does the pain ever stop, because I know I have to go home and it's literally killing me right now."

"Well, the only way the pulling sensation will go away is if we come together as one." He said

"Like marry, I'm too young to think about that right now."

"No, intimately. I have to physically mark you as my mate. You know make love to you then bite you." he said with his beautiful dimpled smile as he wrapped his arms around my waist.

"Oh okay, are you strong enough to do... wait was that you and Rosalie I saw running past Chief's house after we first met."

He nodded his head.

"Yes that was you, or yes you'll be strong enough to mate with me, wait doesn't a simple bite start the change?"

"Both. No vampires have two types of venom. One we use to paralyze our prey and the second one we call our "mating venom." Once we're in the height of our passion I'll bite you and inject you with my mating venom and lick the wound closed. My venom will seal it and you'll be marked. That mark will never go away. If you decided to join us then the mark will be more prominent after you're changed. Other vampires will see that you've been marked. It's a territorial thing." he replied matter of fact.

This was a lot to think about. I needed to get home. Emmett walked me to Jesse and held the door open for me. Once inside he leaned in and kissed me on the lips then again on my forehead. I started Jesse up and backed out of the driveway.

As I was driving home I looked to my right and I could've sworn I saw Emmett running along side my car but in the forest. I pulled in behind Bella's truck and got out. I saw Emmett and he waved his cell phone at me. He disappeared back into the forest. I pulled out my phone and saw I had a message. I opened it and it was from Emmett.

"I just wanted to make sure you got home safely :D"

"Awe, Thanks Babe :) xxxx

As I walked into the house I was absolutely positive about three things:

1. Emmett was a vampire.

2. There was a part of me that was glad I'm not his singer and he didn't thirst for my blood.

3. I was unconditionally and completely head over heels in love with him

AN: I decided to change Paul's age. In canon he was 16 when he phased. For my story I'm going to make him the same age as Sam, Leah and Emily. So he's 19 going on 20. Also...Dun Dun Dunnnn! Victoria makes an appearance. Do you think Victoria will remember Sebastian or will he remember her? Will she want to finish him off?

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