Promise Me One Thing

Disclaimer: I own nothing. Only Clarissa and the plot. You can have them both, if you want.

Warnings: For this chapter: Language, slash, and angst.

(Clarissa's P.O.V.)

I drag myself downstairs, rubbing the sleep out of my eyes. I smell waffles and coffee coming from the kitchen, and I quicken my pace. I walk through the doorway, and all I see is the plate of waffles on the kitchen table. I grab one, and eat half of it in one bite. I move towards the coffee maker and pour myself a mug. When I turn around to face the table, I swallow my mouthful of waffle.

"'Morning dad, father." I see this random lady sitting at the table. I decide to stay leaning on the counter. "Good morning," I smile at her. She just stares at me. I shrug and think towards my father, 'Who is this, and why is she here?' He shakes his head a tiny bit, and I frown.

"What are you doing here?" Dad asks, and glares daggers at her. My eyes widen. He only looks at Father like that after his candy goes missing. I take another bite of waffle. 'This might get interesting,' I think, and Father smiles a tiny bit.

The lady looks sad. She looks at me for a second, and her gaze turns back to the kitchen table. My parents look at me, and I shrug. Father growls suddenly.

"God dam it, Bella, just tell us," His voice was barely above a whisper. "Or so help me Carlisle, I will rip you to shreds." I stare at him. 'Why can't he just read her mind?' I think. He spins around to face me.

"Bella is different from most humans. I can't read her mind. Most other supernatural powers that vampires have don't work on her. She's different," he glares at her. 'She knows about werewolves and vampires then?' I think at him. He nods.

"Father, you're scaring her," I said, and she smiles a little in my direction when my father backs away. I smiled back, and walked towards the table to grab another waffle. I sat down next to her, and asked, "Its Bella, right?" she nods. "I'm Clarissa."

"I know," Bella whispered, and my parents growl in unison. What would usually make me giggle now made me glare at them. "You still haven't answered me, Bella. What the fuck are you doing here?" Dad asks.

"Dad, stop." I said. He glowered at me, then at her. Father pulls him into an embrace, and Dad sighs.

"Alice sent me," she says.

"Aunt Alice?" I say, and my eyebrows rise. "Why didn't she come herself? No offence, but she could run here or whatever." I ask.

"She's working for the Volturi. They said they would kill both of you if she didn't. She said she's sorry. It's not her fault, and it's not yours either," Bella tells my parents. They're frozen in shock.

"Why you though? Why not someone less… fragile?" I ask. She looks at me.

"She called me because the Volturi wouldn't care about me. I'm only human; I am no use to them." Bella says. "Aren't you human?" she asks, and her brow furrows. I laugh and shake my head.

"Jacob and Edward are my real parents. Jacob gave birth to be through a C-section. It's a werewolf thing, being able to have children. Kind of gross, but it works." I giggle at my dad's blush. Bella looks uncomfortable, and her face was really red. I smile, and Father laughs out loud.

"It was only five years ago that I last saw Jacob and Edward, and they weren't together then. Why do you look like you're thirteen-ish?" she asks. She seems completely bewildered.

"I'm a half-vampire, half-werewolf child. I have my own quirks, and that's only one of them. Don't worry, I have a lot more." I say to her. I grin and take another sip of my coffee. "So are we going to go save Aunt Alice or not?" I ask my parents.

"Or not," Bella says. I stare at her, and Father shakes his head.

"I'm going. Jacob and Clarissa, you guys are staying here. Bella, you can stay if you want."

"NO!" the three of us yell in unison. "I'm going," I say. "I don't care what you want. I'm going to save her."

"Me, too." Dad adds. "I may not like her much, but I'm not letting you go alone," he says, and looks Father straight in the eyes. Father starts to shake his head, and opens his mouth.

"None of us can go," Bella says. "The Volturi are coming here, for all of you, and maybe me too," she sighs.

I gasp, and Dad's face gets pale. "Well," Father whispers, his face looking very pained. "That's… not good,"

"Why?" I whisper. "Why now? Why are they doing this at all?"

Bella looks up at my parents. "It's because you two are together. Not only are you," she says to Dad, "A were-wolf, but you are both men. They wouldn't have accepted it even if you were a vampire. It's even worse that you had a daughter. I'm sorry. Alice tried to protect you, but she couldn't. The Volturi promised her that they wouldn't harm any of you, but they lied," She groaned. "I'm sorry…"

I wrap my arms around her waist, trying to console her. She turns around and sobs into my shoulder. I look at my father. 'Help me?' I think. He looks like a robot as he walks slowly towards Bella and me. He kneels down beside her chair, and touches her arm gently.

"We'll get through this, just like we always did. Alright?" he smiles, but it doesn't reach his eyes. She nods, and Dad is suddenly by her side, holding a box of tissues. She grabs one and wipes her tears. "I'm sorry. It's just that, I've missed you both." Father just rubs her arm.

"So what do we do?" I ask.

"We're moving," Dad says. Everyone stares at him like he's a maniac.

"That's not going to do anything, Jake. They'll find us, no matter where we hide." Bella moans. "I'm so sorry… So sorry…"

"It's not your fault," Father murmurs.

"We have to move. I don't want the neighbours involved," Dad explains. "We have to find something… some proof that it's okay that we're together." he says to Father, who nods.

"I'll call Carlisle. Maybe he knows someone, or about something, that might help us,"

I snort. "What are we doing, fighting the Volturi, or doing some lawyer shit? Like, really." My parents frown at me.

"Why fight and lose valuable lives when we can settle this with words? We may not even be able to win if we use violence. You know how strong they are." Father says.

I sigh and shake my head. "So what's the plan?" I ask.

Woot! New chapter. :) I'm leaving the next chapter for later. It should be up by next Sunday. I hope you like! In the meantime, I'll be writing a Halloween oneshot. If you hadn't noticed, Jacob's Dad and Edward's Father.