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Chapter 6

Finished

A week and a half passed since my brief reunion with my former coven. Esme and I worked hard on my house to the point that we were just waiting on a few things that we had ordered to arrive. The painting and repairs were done, everything that we had ordered and had arrived was set-up.

I went into town to buy books. I was not going to buy a lot, but a good number so I had stuff to read. I came home with about forty books. When I arrived, a big box was sitting on the porch. I knew what it was immediately. It was the last thing we ordered, several bookshelves. Esme came out once she heard me. I carried it to my house and the two of us each began building one bookshelf. It took us a few hours because we were trying to be careful and not damage them. In all, I had 4 6 foot bookshelves. "I'll take care of the rest," I said to Esme. She let me be, and I began placing my newly purchased books on the shelves. It took me ten minutes, at vampire speed, because I took them down so many times because I could not decide how I wanted them arranged.

Once I was done, I sent a mental message to Edward, and they all came over. "It's beautiful," said Bella.

"Thanks," Esme and I said at the same time. We had worked real hard on it, except for my closet, that I gave to Alice, even though I had been warned. I gave them a brief tour before they all left to let me be. I spent the rest of the day at my house, just enjoying it. If my parents could see me now, they would be really proud.

The next day was Saturday, so I headed up to the big house. Edward, Bella, Jake and Nessie were out hunting together, big surprise there. Carlisle had gone into work because one of his patients had gone into labor. Alice was replacing flowers in vases. Esme was doing some minor cleaning, apparently Jasper and Emmett had forgotten to clean themselves off after their latest wrestling match. I could hear Rosalie, Jasper and Emmett upstairs.

I decided to let them be and went for a run through the woods. It was nice just running. I returned to the house to find Alice on the phone. "No that should not be a problem," Alice said into the phone. "We've got room. Chloe just moved into her house yesterday."

I walked over to Esme who was listening. "Who's she talking to?"

"Tanya." I had heard of Tanya and her coven. They were just like the Cullens in abstaining. Their coven was not as large, there were five of them. Alice hung up the phone after a goodbye.

"They'll be here in the morning," Alice said.

"I guess it has been awhile since they've come to see us," said Esme.

"Tanya said one of the reasons was they wanted to meet our newest addition."

"You do remember this not permanent?" I said.

"We do," said Esme, though I could tell she wished it was. I had told them I would stay as long as I felt like, and they had been okay with it.

"I'll be at my house," I said. I ran out the door and through the woods to my house. I grabbed a book, sat down on the couch and turned on the TV to some channel. It was some stupid animated kids show. I flipped and found the sports channel. I listened some football game as I read my book.

I spent the rest of the day in my house, reading books and watching TV. I headed to the main house around dawn the next day. All of the Cullens were in the front room waiting. "How was your hunt?" I asked Nessie.

"Good," she replied. She touched my face. I saw her family hunting. She seemed real proud that she brought down the biggest deer. I heard Eward chuckle at my thought. When Nessie removed her hand, we heard the car pull into our clearing. Carlisle went to the door and opened it as the Denali's came in. I was taken aback by their appearance. I recognized them, by the descriptions that the Cullens had given me.

"Carlisle," said Tanya. There were hugs to go around, I was last.

"It is a pleasure to finally meet you Chloe," said Kate. Even after the Cullen's description of him, I was still surprised by Garrett's appearance. If he and Kate weren't mates, I might have considered being his mate. That got Edward to chuckle.

Not a word, I said.

"What's so funny?" asked Kate.

"Nothing," said Edward, with another chuckle. We talked for most of the day, I shared my story.

"So how long were you planning on staying?" asked Carlisle.

"A few days at least," said Tanya.

"Excuse me," I said. I got up and went out the door. I had no plan on where I wanted to go, so I just walked through the woods. After about twenty minutes, I heard someone come up behind me, so I turned around. "What do you want Kate?"

"Why'd you leave?"

"I just needed out of the house. I needed time to think."

"About what?"

"You are already asking these questions and you've only known me for less than a day."

"The Cullens are like family to us. Since you are staying with them, it makes you family."

"This is not permanent."

"I know."

"It is just so different being with such a large group. I was just so used to my coven of four."

"I'm betting Tanya would agree, you are always welcome to stay with us."

"Thanks for the offer, but I think once I'm done here, I'm going back to traveling."

"Let's go back," Kate offered. We ran back to the house, where various conversations had been started. Once inside, Kate headed over to Garrett and I followed. I listened to the conversation, but only contributed when it was necessary.

After an hour, I went back to my house.

Two days later…

It had been two days since the Denalis had arrived. They were about ready to go back. The Cullen kids were at school. "Chloe do you want to go do some shopping?" asked Esme.

"Sure," I replied. We headed out to the garage and got into a car. I had never really gotten a car, since I preferred running.

"So how have you been?" Esme asked, as I drove. I knew there was an ulterior motive.

"Fine, I guess," I replied.

"You don't plan on staying much longer do you?"

"No," I replied. "I like the nomad life." I pulled into the parking lot at the mall and we headed inside. It was cloudy today, so it was a perfect day for us. Esme wanted to get a few things, so I wandered around. I went into a clothing store and looked at some of the items on the rack. After twenty minutes of looking through stuff, I looked through the store entrance, to see if Esme was looking for me. "Oh, crap," I about shouted before diving behind a clothes rack.

A/N. Please R&R. Hope you are enjoying. So the Denalis are visiting. Chloe has made it known she will be leaving soon. The only question is what made her hide? I was going to wait a few more chapters before using this ending, but I wanted to move on with the story.