I'm so jealous of everybody in America right now. So jealous, I am about to rip my hair out from the suspense. The Twilight movie is out for you... but I still have to wait for another three weeks! How unfair is that? Nobody tell me about it... I want it to be a surprise. :]
I'm glad everybody liked my previous chapter. Skye and Emmett's first kiss, yay! I'm also glad you liked the last line too.
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2nd to last chapter now! *tear*
But it's the longest chapter yet.

Naomi xxxx

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Emmett's POV

When I confessed to Skye my love for her, I was hoping for a good reaction. But I definitely wasn't expecting this. My lips are still tingling from her sweet kiss.

It took me completely by surprise. If my heart were still beating, it would have been going a mile a minute. When she grabbed my neck and leaned in to kiss me, I was the happiest guy alive. I mean, how many guys have been lucky enough to love somebody and they coincidentally love you back? Not many, I'm sure. I'm the luckiest guy alive.

It was my first kiss, and it was amazing. I knew it was Skye's first kiss too, but she certainly did not hesitate. Her lips felt very soft against my own, and I thought there is no way this is her first kiss. She was practically a pro. She was perfect.

When the kiss ended, which I didn't want it to, Skye rested her head against my chest and whispered back,

'Well what a coincidence, because I love you too.'

After hearing those words, I was completely and utterly speechless. Well, she obviously did love me back since she kissed me and everything. But hearing her say those words just made it 100% better. I didn't want to let go of her; she was so cuddly and warm in my arms. It's like my arms were made to hold Skye.

We stood there, in the middle of the street, for a long time. Just standing in each others arms, not saying a word. We didn't need to say anything. The silence wasn't at all awkward; nothing could be awkward with Skye.

'Have you really loved me, ever since you met me?' Skye asked me in her sweet, cute voice.

'Ever since I laid eyes on you. When you stepped into the plane you took my breath away. I didn't think it was possible to see a human so beautiful.'

I felt Skye smile against my chest. It felt great to finally tell Skye how beautiful I thought she was.

'You think I'm beautiful?' she whispered.

'Not just beautiful,' I replied, 'you're absolutely gorgeous.'

I kissed her forehead, and held her tighter. She snuggled her head closer to my chest, still smiling.

She was perfect. And she was all mine.

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Skye's POV

I still couldn't believe what had happened when morning arrived. I smiled to myself as I looked back to the hours before...

'Not just beautiful, you're absolutely gorgeous.'

Emmett thought I was gorgeous. And he loved me, ever since he met me. Was I lucky or what?

We were both sitting on my bed, and my head was resting on Emmett's shoulder. We hadn't talked much through the night, but we didn't need to. I was with Emmett, and that's all that mattered.

Georgia and Gary were arriving home today from the conference. I didn't mind though, I'll tell them that Emmett and I are in love. And that he'll be around a lot more now. I don't think Georgia will mind one bit; more Emmett meant more Carlisle. Gary might be a little reluctant.

I was thinking about something else that Emmett had said last night...

'When you stepped into the plane you took my breath away. I didn't think it was possible to see a human so beautiful.'

A human... but I'm not really what you'd call human, am I? This thought triggered my previous questions. What am I and what is happening to me? Well, it's either now or never to ask Emmett about it. I know he will definitely tell me now.

'Emmett?' I asked, looking up at him, taking my head off of his shoulder.

'Yeah?' he replied, looking at me.

'I'm not human, am I?'

His face became strained and he straightened up a little. This was it, I thought. He was going to tell me what's happening to me.

'Not for much longer.' he said, taking my hand in his.

Not for much longer? So I was developing into something... some kind of freak of nature.

'Not much longer? What do you mean?' I asked.

'Skye, you believe in supernatural things right?' he questioned.

'Well... yeah. Ed can hear people's thoughts and I can heal things. That's supernatural, right?'

'Yes... but that's not quite what I meant.' he said, 'do you believe in supernatural creatures?'

'You mean like... ghosts and stuff?' I guessed. He shook his head.

'I don't quite know how to start this...' he said.

'Take your time.' I said simply. If it was taking him a while it must be pretty serious.

'Well... Skye, humans and animals aren't alone in this world. There are other things out there.' Emmett started, 'have you noticed that me and my family are, well, different from everybody else?'

I nodded, 'Of course. So... you're saying that you and your family aren't human?' I asked. Emmett nodded slowly.

I knew there was something big about the Cullen's. But I hadn't expected it to be the fact that they weren't human. If they weren't human... then what were they?

'Are you saying that... I'm not human?'

'Like I said... you're human now. Well, kind of. But not for much longer.'

'What dyou mean, kind of human? Am I some freak of nature or something?' I asked.

Emmett shot a look at me. He looked hurt. Oops.

'Don't say that, Skye. You're not a freak of nature.'

'What am I, then?'

'Let's say... you're half human.' Emmett hesitated.

'Half human? Then what's my other half?'

Emmett sighed worriedly.

'I don't want to scare you.' he said, lowering his head a little.

'Don't worry, Emmett. After what's happened to me in the past week, it'll take a lot to scare me. I need to know what's going on. I need to know what I'm becoming.' I said, lifting his head with my right hand. He sighed again.

'Skye, you're a half-vampire.'

This statement took me by surprise, big time. I knew he wasn't joking from the look on his face. He was completely serious.

How could I be half-vampire? It wasn't possible! It was... bizarre.

But I don't know either of my parents... for all I know I could be.

'Half... vampire?' I asked. Emmett nodded again, and hugged me tight.

'I'm sorry, love.' he said.

'Don't be sorry. I'm just... surprised that's all.' I said.

'You're not scared?'

'Not exactly, no. I'm actually a little relieved, now that I know why all this is happening to me.' I replied.

'Relieved? Geeze, I wasn't expecting that response. Aren't you even a little concerned?'

'Of course I'm concerned, Emmett,' I said, 'have I been half-vampire all my life?'

'Yes, I'm afraid so.'

'Then why haven't I burned up in the sun yet?'

This question made Emmett grin, then laugh hysterically. His laugh was so contagious. I started to laugh too.

'That's just a stupid myth. Vampires don't burn in the sun.'

'Then what does happen in the sun?'

'I'll show you...'

Emmett took his right arm off of my shoulders, opened my window and stuck his arm outside. Ironically it was sunny outside.

I gasped when I saw Emmett's hand in the sun. It was sparkling. No, literally. It looked like somebody had stuck millions of tiny diamonds upon Emmett's skin. It looked kind of pretty.

'You sparkle in the sun?' I asked.

'Not very manly, is it?' Emmett chuckled, putting his arm back around my shoulders and closing the window.

'You said I'm not going to be half-vampire for much longer. What does that mean, exactly?' I asked curiously.

'Well... I don't know all the details. But Carlisle told us that when a half-vampire turns eighteen they transform into a fully-fledged vampire. In the week leading up to the eighteenth birthday you go through a series of painful... phases.' Emmett explained.

'Oh,' I said, 'that would explain a lot. But how can I be half-vampire? It's just so... bizarre.'

'You don't know your parents, so it comes as a shock to you no doubt. You're father was a vampire and he obviously fell in love with a human... and impregnated her with you.'

'Wait... rewind for a second.... my dad was a vampire?'

'Is a vampire. He's probably still out there somewhere. We vampires are immortal, so we don't age. But the question is.... who is your father?' Emmett pondered.

'That's what I'd like to know. But what about my mum? What happened to her?' I asked.

Emmett's face dropped a bit.

'Are you sure you want to know?'

'Is it that bad?'

'I'm afraid so.'

I sighed, 'Well, I have to find out some time, right?'

'Okay...' Emmett hesitated. He took a deep breath, and went on.

'A human being pregnant with a vampire's baby is very rare. Actually there's only one other half-vampire in this world. I didn't even know half-vampire's existed until you came along,' he started, 'but if a human is pregnant with a vampiric child, it isn't pretty. Vampires are very strong, as you might have guessed from your amazing ability. If being pregnant with a vampiric child doesn't kill the mother, then giving birth to it certainly will.'

'Sounds... gruesome. How do you give birth to a half-vampire? How did my mum give birth to me?'

Emmett sighed once again, looking reproachful. I can tell he definitely did not want to say it. It must be bad.

'You were in your mother's womb for exactly 12 months,' he said.

'Twelve months?! Geeze... sorry mum!' I said.

'When a half-vampire is ready to be born they... they chew themselves out of their mother's womb.'

'I did what?!' I exclaimed. I think I said it a bit loud, but who wouldn't react like that? How would you feel if you found out you were the one who killed your own mum?

'I'm sorry, love.' Emmett said, hugging me again and kissing me on the forehead. I relaxed a little in Emmett's grasp.

'It's okay. I needed to know. It's just a little... depressing that's all.'

Emmett squeezed me tighter.

'But there's no proof that your mother didn't survive,' he whispered close to my ear, 'she could still be alive.'

'How?' I asked.

'Your father could have saved her. He could have turned her into a vampire straight after giving birth.'

'What... so he could have bitten her? So that part about vampires is true?'

'Yeah, that part is. It's just about the only part that is though. The rest of the myths are a load of bull. Especially the bat one.'

'Damn, it would have been cool to turn into a bat.' I said.

'And the sleeping in the coffin one... that's incorrect too. We don't need to sleep.'

'I figured that one. Since I haven't slept in weeks.' I answered, 'is the blood-drinking one true?'

As soon as I mentioned the word 'blood' my throat started to burn ferociously again. A small growl built up in my throat. That's when I realized why I couldn't eat human food anymore.

'Yes... that one's true.' Emmett admitted.

'So... you kill humans?' I asked, getting a little worried.

'No, no!' Emmett said, 'I've never killed a human. We're vegetarians.'

'What does that mean, exactly?'

'It means we only drink animal blood.'

'Ah.'

I wished I hadn't brought up the subject of blood now. My throat was scorching with thirst, it was so dry. It felt kind of freaky, being thirsty for blood. Especially human blood. My heart stopped for a split second when I thought of this.

'When I, you know... turn into a full-vampire... will I kill anybody?' I asked worriedly.

'Ah... that's a tricky one. Usually newborns are hard to tame. But we're not sure about half-vampires. I think you'll be okay, since you've been around humans all your life.'

'I don't want to kill anybody.' I said, snuggling into Emmett's broad chest.

'Don't worry, I'll make sure you won't.' he smiled at me.

'You better.'

He leaned in and took my lips for our second kiss. It was just as good as our first, if not better. Nothing could ruin this moment. I didn't care about being half-vampire and I didn't care that I couldn't eat chocolate anymore. As long as I was with Emmett, nothing else mattered. If I could be a vampire with Emmett for the rest of eternity, that was okay by me. Because he was mine.

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