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I had the Pack come first – hoping that Alice could convince everyone else to just do what I had asked. I lined the boys up, and spent a few minutes bouncing on my toes anxiously. I stopped that after I realized I was going to fall down soon.

"What's with the line?" Quil asked finally.

Seth, playing along (though he knew all about it), added, "Yeah," softly.

"You'll see. Just promise you'll stay there?"

They nodded, but Jake looked seriously unhappy. I didn't want to get too close to him though, because Edward would definitely take that the wrong way.

And then the Cullens were walking out, their beauty taking my breath away for an instant. My eyes jumped to Edward instantly, who looked more than a little angry when he saw the Pack. Alice led the way and slowly the rest of her family followed. I stood next to Alice and Seth, and cleared my throat slightly.

"OK," I began, "Look, honestly, I'm just sick of this whole 'I can't cross the treaty line' and calling each other names. Since common sense obviously didn't work on you, I'm going to take us back to kindergarten," I reached behind me and picked up the first piece of paper, which, in large black lettering, said Leech, "We are not going to use this word anymore. The Cullens have names – use them," and I proceeded to tear the paper into shreds. I let it fall to the ground and reached behind me again, "Bloodsucker is also out of our vocabulary," I ripped that paper up too. The last sign said clearly Dog, "When referring to people, this term is also inappropriate. They have names, and they don't look like dogs to me."

Everyone had a wary expression, caught between laughing and ripping the person in front of them apart.

"This white line is the treaty line – symbolically. I picked up the bottle and walked along the line, emptying the contents onto the paint. I don't know exactly what Alice put into it, but the grass changed back to green very quickly. I walked back to where Alice and Seth were standing and finished, "Finally, we are all going to shake hands and greet each other by name. Seth, Alice, you start."

"Hi, I'm Seth," he began, his voice mimicking the tone of a preschool show host.

"Hi, I'm Alice."

"Nice to meet you Alice," he said, offering up his hand for her to shake."

"Nice to meet you Seth," she took his hand firmly and shook.

I took a step down the line to Carlisle and Sam, "Your turn."

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