I absolutely hate disclaimers, so I want you all to know that I am not and will never be Stephenie Meyer. If I was, then this story would be a whole lot better. I did base this chapter almost entirely on her chapter 17 and 18 from the book Twilight though.

(EPOV)

I was so happy that Bella had agreed to come to the game that I was practically bouncing with joy. My family all looked at me with the same amused expressions on their faces. Everyone was showing off a bit for her. It was Carlisle's turn to bat, (that sounds really weird, but I couldn't find a different way to say it.) when Alice had a vision. I was at Bella's side in an instant.

As Alice explained what she saw, I scanned the forest for the approaching vampires.

"Can you make it?" Carlisle asked me.

I knew that I couldn't make it carrying Bella, and if I left, it could cause them to start hunting. As the conversation flowed around me I was filled with worry and self loathing. How could I bring Bella into this? How could I endanger the life of such a perfect angel? The whole family was silent, waiting for Carlisle's final decision on what to do.

"Let's just continue the game, " Carlisle finally decided. "Alice said that they were simply curious." Esme turned to ask me a question.

"Are they thirsty?" she said so fast that her lips barely moved. I shook my no, and relief spread over her face. I told her to take my place, and sat down by Bella. As I stared at her, I tried desperately to think of a way to make her less appealing to vampires.

"Take your hair down." I told her trying to keep my voice under control. I breathed in her delicious smell as she took down her hair.

"The others are coming now."she said

"Yes, stay very still, keep quiet, and don't move, from my side please." no matter how hard I tried to hide it, I knew Bella could hear the stress in my voice. I tried to hide her face with her hair, but it was to no use. As everyone resumed the game, Bella turned to me.

"What did Esme ask you?" she whispered. I was once again amazed by how observant she was. No matter how I wished she wasn't.

"Whether they were thirsty." I muttered. I sat watching the forest for them, as Bella watched my family's halfhearted game.

"I'm sorry Bella," I said, furious at myself once again. "It was stupid, irresponsible, to expose you like this. I'm so sorry." Suddenly I smelled them. I stood up and took a defensive position in front of Bella. Seeing my reaction, the whole family stood up and turned towards the woods.

The first vampire to finally come through the woods was the leader of the coven. As soon as he saw us he allowed the second male to take the lead. I knew from his thoughts that he meant to make us think that Laurent was the leader.Behind the 2 males came a female with bright red hair. Laurent's mate. They walked cautiously toward us, taking in our much larger family. Laurent·as smiling as he walked up to Carlisle.

"We thought we heard a game," he said in a relaxed tone, thanks to Jasper. As he introduced his coven, I scanned their thoughts to see if they had noticed Bella yet. Luckily, only James was curious about what was behind me. As Carlisle invited them to our house, a wind suddenly blew behind Bella, carrying her scent with it.

James turned instinctively toward the smell, and dropped into a crouch. I bared my teeth at him and growled loudly. I knew I was scaring Bella, but I didn't care. Trying to get a better view of his target, James shifted to the side. I blocked his view, but not before he saw her.

I hope you like this chapter. This was mostly a filler to get to James's part. Please review.