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I've gotten a pretty good response so far so I figured I'd continue some more;


Bella looked over my shoulder at the two in front of us and I could feel the fear pouring off her. I looked back at Edward.

"Well?" I asked.

"I'm not sure I know what you mean?" He crooned in his velvet like voice. Instead of soothing me it made me even angrier.

"Look, I know you aren't...normal. But I don't know what you are. So are you going to answer me?"

He looked from me to his partner and nodded almost imperceptibly. If I would have been a normal human I would have missed it. I crouched even lower in front of my sister and I could feel the power begin to swell. I knew that if I didn't get this anger under control I was going to expose everything. I felt Bella's hand on my back and turned to look at her. She pointed to her head and then touched my back again. I knew what she meant and I pushed the block from her mind.

"What?" I asked hastily.

"Bailynn I don't think they are dangerous. You can cut the anger, it's not helping anything."

"Fine." I hated when she made sense. But I stood up and turned towards our company.

"Edward, Alice. I must apologize for being so rude. I believe we got off on the wrong foot. My name is Bailynn Epstein and this is my sister Isabella Swan." I heard a disgruntled sigh behind and smirked. Bella hated her real name but I figured if she was making me play nice I was going to make sure she did so too.

"Actually," she said in a voice close to a whisper, "I prefer to be called Bella." She said stubbornly and gave me a scowl.

"Well Bailynn and Bella it is very nice to meet you." Edward said and suddenly Alice squeaked.

"You must excuse Alice she has heard very much about you and is super excited to meet you. She never would have imagined running into you like this. I must admit that I was quite startled, you seemed to show up out of nowhere." He looked at me with a puzzled look on his face. As he continued to stare I felt a magical pull. I quickly threw shields on our minds and I grinned when I felt the pull stop.

"Well I do apologize, we were just going for a walk through these beautiful woods but we really must be getting back. Our father must be so worried about us right now. Goodbye." I grabbed Bella's arm and quickly turned and fled.

"See you at school on Monday!" I heard the Alice girl yell to our retreating backs. I didn't remember telling her we were starting school Monday. Oh well, she may have heard it from the mountains of gossip that preceded our arrival.

"Bailynn," Bella moaned, "can we please slow down. I'm going to trip over a rock and bust my head open."

I slowed down, we were close to the house anyway. I smiled as she stumbled over a rock and reached out and grabbed her arm to help steady her. We emerged from the woods and headed towards the house. As we rounded the corner I noticed an old VW Rabbit idling in the driveway. I gasped in surprise and ran towards the tall boy that filled the driver's seat.

"Jacob!" A deep chuckle greeted me and I grinned as he climbed out of the car. "I can't believe you're here. Gah, it's been forever."

"Hey there Bails. It's good to see you too." He chuckled again and pulled me into a hug. Jacob and I had quickly formed a friendship when Bella and I would come see Charlie. We would drift off into our own little world when Charlie and Billy went fishing. Bella normally played with his sisters and had never really gotten to know him. "Hello Bella." He said with a quick nod.

"Um, hi Jacob." She said softly, a crimson blush rising to her cheeks. I rolled my eyes and pushed Jacob in the door. He seemed much larger as he had to crouch to get into the old doorframe.

"Well Jolly Green what have you been up to? Any new girlfriends? How's school? I see you got the rabbit done? Ohmygosh I can't believe it's finished. So you seem taller, is that something new? I mean did you hit a growth spurt? Ohmygosh I can't believe I haven't seen you in like ten years!" I paused to take a breath and saw Jacob blatantly laughing at me. He stopped when he realized that I had stopped talking and quickly smiled in my direction and pulled my into another smothering embrace.

"What? Did you hear yourself? I mean seriously, I haven't heard you talk that, that, that girly in...ever. Now to answer your many questions, nothing really, no I do not, school is school, yes I finally got the rabbit finished, yes I'm taller, it's called puberty, and I missed you too." I felt the laughter rumble deep in his chest and I tilted my head back so I could see his face. He was so cute when he smiled.

"Wait, what? Come on now Bails, this is Jacob, your best friend. Don't go all weird girly girl on him."

"Now who said I missed you?" I said sarcastically and ducked the hand he swung at me. I heard Bella clear her throat and I turned to look at her. "Oh, sorry Bella. So what would you guys like to do? I mean we have all the time in the world." Jacob looked at me and grinned, his eyes shining.

"Well Bailynn, there is that thing that you always promised to show me once you were old enough." He whispered in my hear. I felt myself shiver at the huskiness of it. I mentally shook myself and turned towards Bella.

"Wanna go show him how the real dogs play?" I said. I noticed how Jake's face clouded over and quickly changed back when I looked at him. Hmm, I wonder what was up with that. Oh well, I grabbed their hands and headed out the door, yelling to Charlie that we were going for a "nature walk." I led Jacob and Bella down the path and stopped far enough away from the house that Billy wouldn't see anything he wasn't supposed to. I turned expectantly towards Jacob.

"Well, what do you want to see?"

"Wait, you were serious? I thought it was just something you made up as a kid" He said in disbelief.

I rolled my eyes and turned away from Jacob. I would need to concentrate so that it didn't get out of hand, I could easily make the entire forest disappear. I've already learned the consequences of letting my magic get out of hand. I shook my head to clear it, I couldn't think about that now.

"Ora mi vedi, ora non più. Prova a trovare me, ma non sarà. ." I heard a gasp and turned around to look at Jacob. His jaw was slack and he was staring where I had just stood. Or rather was still standing but he didn't see me. I loved this spell. I strode over to where he was standing and poked him in the shoulder. With a yelp he jumped and moved into a fighting position. I giggled and released the magic, thanking it as it left.

"Well how's that for 'something I made up as a kid' pretty neat huh?"

"That, that...what was that?"

"Magic."

"No way. That stuff isn't real. You're a freak!" He said and stumbled backwards and ran towards the house.

"Jacob, wait!" I yelled and started after him. Bella grabbed my shirt and stopped me.

"Bailynn, you have to give him time. Remember how freaked Charlie was when you turned his butter into vegetable soup?He didn't mean what he said. Just let him calm down and he'll realize that he was just overreacting. "

I sighed, I hoped she was right. I was tired of people running away from me. I was tired of being the outcast and being the center of the whispers and stares. I sat down on the nearest rock and sobbed into my hands, Jacob was my dearest and truest friend. His words stung as I replayed them over and over in my mind. You're a freak, you're a freak, you're a freak, over and over until I couldn't take it anymore. I ran back to the house and up to my room, slamming the door as hard as I could.

You're a freak, you're a freak, you're a freak.

Time and time again I had to move because someone found out my secret. Every time I would finally get settled down the rumors would begin. "Did you know she's a witch?" "She worships the devil." "I heard she killed a guy for his eyes so she could make some kind of potion." I buried my head in a pillow and cried until the tears would no longer come.

PQ: "They aren't going to like it B"

Me: "Shut up peek, they will like it. I hope"

PQ: "Yeah, okay."

Me: Ahh peek will you shutup? I seriously do not need your sarcasm. I have plenty of my own" grins and dances

PQ: "You do realize that you are talking to a figment of your imagination, right? Cause...you're lame if you hadn't."

Me: "Oh..crap. Can we just ask for reviews now?"
PQ: "Yes please. You're scaring me."
Me: "So everyone, instead of me talking to my imaginary friend here why don't you entertain me with some reviews. I know it's not the greatest but this is my very first one grin so I'm pretty happy with it so far. I'd love to hear what you guys have to say. Oh and yes, Jake already has the rabbit done and him and Bailynn are the same age."

PQ: "Of course you like it, you wrote it. Idiot."