Bree P.O.V

As we ran back to where the Cullens lived, Esme filled me in on their lifestyle. Animals? I wasn't sure I could do that. I wondered if Riley knew the real reason their eyes were yellow. Probably not, I decided. She had lied to him about everything else, so why not that?

Esme also told me about Bella and Edward. She found it so romantic, and she said she was glad her son had finally found someone... son?

"So are you his birth-mother then?" I asked curiously. They didn't look especially alike, but their hair was almost the same colour.

Esme laughed. "No, no my dear. I am not his birth mother, it is only for appearances. Though I do love him like a son, and we are all family to each other, just not by blood."

I felt disoriented. This wasn't a coven. It was a family. A nice, welcoming, friendly, rather strange, family. I was getting nervous. Was I good enough for these people? Would I really be able to change to their lifestyle by the time those Volturi people came back? I wasn't sure.

Suddenly we broke out of the trees and my eyes widened in wonder. In front of me was the biggest house I've ever seen - made mostly out of glass. Then I thought of something.

Wasn't this a bit, well obvious for a family of vampires living among humans? And the sunlight would pour right in the glass walls, making it obvious that these very shiny, glittery, disco-ball people weren't human. I voiced my question to Esme, who laughed.

"No humans apart from Bella have ever been here in the daytime, my dear. Some humans came a little while ago for a graduation party - Alice loves parties - and that was at night. We were all very careful."

Oh. That made sense. Then something else broke in.

"They go to school! A human school!" I was astounded. It made sense, but it had somehow never clicked before, how they all spent their days. I mean, it must be boring staying home all the time. And after all, why would they live in human towns if they were just going to stay home?

Emmett was laughing. "Hell yeah we go to school. It's funny seeing how the humans look at us."

Alice agreed. "And we also only go on the rainy days. When it's sunny, we pretend Carlisle and Esme have taken us all on camping trips. We usually pick rainy, overcast towns, when we move, so we can live as normal a life as possible."

"Of course, we can never live a real, normal life again." Rosalie said, sounding bitter. I looked over at her, surprised, and she looked angry, but also really upset.

"Don't you like being a vampire?" I asked, hoping she wouldn't bite my head off. She seemed like the type to do that.

She sniffed. "I like it just fine. I love being beautiful, having people watching me all the time. But I don't love the lifestyle." Emmett went over to her, and his arms snaked around her waist.

"Its okay babe. We'll be together forever." He murmured quietly to her, though of course we could all hear him.

I was intrigued. She didn't like the life of a vampire? I wanted to ask more, but I had the feeling she wouldn't react too kindly if I did. I had never thought of it from that perspective before. I mean, when the burning finally stopped and I realized what I was, what I could do, the only thing I was thinking of was how thirsty I was, and how awesome it was. I couldn't see how someone could not like this life.

I had just plucked up my courage to ask Rosalie why she felt like that, when Esme smiled at me and said, "Welcome home, Bree. Come see your new house." And she beckoned me towards the front door.

I suddenly felt nervous again. Home. They were inviting me to share their home, treat it as my own. Would I be able to live up to their expectations? Could I ever be as good as this amazing family?