Guys, really? how hard is it to review? Thanks to those who have, especially Chel88 you've been my most faithful reviewer! This chapter is dedicated to you, missy!

-a.

I spent the remainder of the night in Tyler's arms, watching Alice and Renesmee play charades with Edward, who somehow managed to always guess correctly. It seemed like only seconds before Alice tugged me into her room to get dressed.

She gave me a tight cream colored sweater and a dark wash denim mini. Topped off with a pair of grey tights and a low side pony tail, I was ready. I rushed out of her room to find Tyler leaning against the doorframe.

"Well don't you look breathtaking." He grinned. I skipped to his side and laughed as he took my hand, spinning me around.

We arrived at school early, and I laughed as we climbed out of the car. Tyler glanced at me, "What's so funny?"

"No one here knows we're…" I paused, unsure of how to describe our relationship.

"Together?" He offered. I nodded shyly. He laughed, carefree, "Well they'll find out soon enough won't they?" With that he pulled me into his arms, locking our eyes before he crushed his lips to mine. I smiled against his mouth as I tangled my hands in his hair. My back was arched as he pressed his body to mine, then all too soon he released me. "Maybe someone saw that."

I turned towards the school and saw that a few more than just someone was glancing in our direction. Tyler wrapped his arm around my waist and lifted his chin, clearly staking his claim. I rolled my eyes, but tucked my body into his as we walked to History.

As I entered the room a pungent smell hit my senses. I frowned sharply. It was similar to the sensation with the hikers in the forest. Thirst is what Esme had called it. I wrinkled my nose and stopped breathing. I felt better, but my throat still felt sore.

Tyler caught my change of mood immediately. "Lucy, what's wrong?" his voice was worried.

"I feel… thirsty," I finished. I was almost certain that was the situation. It wasn't unbearable, not even close. But the sweet smell of the humans was stronger than last week.

Tyler's eyebrows shot up. "Thirsty? Do you need to leave?" He was torn as he considered pulling me back out the door.

"No, no! I promise it's nothing. Just stronger than I remember." I swallowed.

He measured my expression, trying to see if I was speaking the truth, and eventually sighed and led me to my seat. He sat in the desk beside me, staying close and watching me the whole time.

He was reluctant to leave me for our next class, but I rolled my eyes and sent him off. "I shouldn't have said anything," I muttered as Henry caught me.

"So, when did that happen?" he asked. I turned to him, confused. Had I missed something?

"What?"

"You and Tyler," he replied, trying to hard to sound nonchalant.

"Oh…" I trailed off. "Umm… I guess, after the beach on Saturday?"

He would not meet my eyes, and I frowned. "Are you okay?"

He nodded, hunching his shoulders. I must not be very good at understanding people. I sighed and marched off to class.

The day passed slowly with Tyler constantly watching my every move. I wanted him to hold me close without worry like he used to.

I stared out the window as he drove us home. I saw him glance at me again, and I groaned, exasperated. "It's not a big deal! You have to feel burning thirst every time you're around a human! All I felt was a little discomfort and suddenly I'm a threat to mankind."

He winced, and I immediately regretted my words. "I'm sorry," he sighed. "I had no way of knowing what level of pain you were going through. I didn't want anything to happen."

I twined my fingers with his, the apology clear on my face as he turned to look into my eyes. He smiled, "Every time I look at you, your eyes stun me. They are absolutely captivating."

If I could have blushed I would have as I looked down, a smile tugging at my lips, remembering his initial words regarding my eyes.

He lifted my hand and pressed my knuckles gently to his lips, and I met his gaze to see a touch of regret there. "I need to go hunting soon anyways, so why don't we go tonight? Just a precaution, I swear. We don't need you to be in any pain." His words were rushed, as though he feared my reaction.

I laughed. "Fine! I don't care, really."

He smiled in relief, and I bit my lip to hold back the gasp as I marveled again at his beauty.

As we stepped through the door Alice bombarded me with questions. "What's wrong? I saw that you were thirsty, and I was so worried, but then I never saw you doing anything to anyone so I thought that I could just stay here and wait to hear from you but then it was so hard-"

I cut her off. "Alice, calm down. The humans just smell better than they did last week, okay? Geez."

She pursed her lips. "I think you should go hunting."

"We already agreed that that would be a good idea," Tyler answered, wrapping an arm around my waist.

"Tyler can take you. I'm sure he can handle it," Alice grinned as the person in reference growled. "First we have to get you out of that skirt. I'm sure you could manage hunting in it, but it wouldn't be fun."

I groaned as Alice pulled me into her room and threw me a pair of velvet sweatpants. I mock gasped, "Alice, you own sweatpants?"

She put her hands on her hips with a look that said very funny and pushed me out the door. I almost ran into Bella on my way out.

"Oh, Lucy, are you alright? Edward said something about your thirst developing."

I sighed. "I'm perfectly alright. Everyone's just overreacting."

She laughed and nodded. "I know exactly what that's like."

Edward joined her then. "You know, Lucy, I have a theory about why you are slowly becoming thirsty."

I raised an eyebrow. "Oh?"

"Remember the day you experimented your gift with Alice and Jasper?"

I nodded.

"Well, if I recall correctly, as we were walking back inside you discovered your body was not entirely solid nor air, but some kind of combination."

I nodded again, frowning. I couldn't see where he was going with this.

"Well if you are not solid, perhaps you are not immune to thirst, you are simply not as effected by it because you are part of the wind as well as one of us."

I looked at him doubtfully.

"It's a stretch, I know, but do you have any other ideas?"

I laughed and shook my head, "Not one."

"Your connection with the air probably has something to do with your eye color as well. It could be a reflection of the wind."

"That it could," I grinned. "Thanks, Edward."

He shrugged, and I shook my head as I walked into the living room.

Tyler took my hand and led me to the back door in the fading winter sunlight.

We stepped outside, and I stopped him. "Wait, I want to try something."

I closed my eyes, feeling the forest with my ghostly sight while I searched for any large animals nearby. I quickly located three elk, females. I hardened the air around two, locking them in place. The other sensed something was wrong, and left quickly. Their feebly struggles were nothing to my strength.

"Okay, I'm holding two for us," I said.

Tyler snorted, "That takes all the fun out of it!"

I looked at him in disbelief, and he grinned. "Well, at least let mine go."

I sighed and released the larger of the two, spanking it on the butt and sending in tearing through the underbrush. "Alright. Have fun!" I said sarcastically. He took off running, and I quickly followed. Our paths parted as I ran to where my meal was waiting. I snapped its neck, quickly so it would not endure any pain. I winced as its heart stopped beating, and bent to its neck.

The blood was warm and heavenly, soothing my dry throat. I sighed happily, but then tensed as I heard a sound behind me. I felt with the air that it was a person, a vampire to be exact, flying through the forest directly at me. It was not Tyler though, definitely not.

I waited until it leapt out of the clearing, and then shifted the air above me slightly. The figure went soaring harmlessly over my head, and landed a dozen feet away. The man sprang quickly to his feet, but stood in shock when he saw me looking at him curiously.

"Oh, my! I apologize, miss, I truly didn't see you there! I am just so very thirsty, I could only smell the animal!" His apology came out in a rush.

I lifted my hands, "Really, don't worry about a thing. It was an accident."

Now that I looked at him he seemed so familiar. Like I had met him before. But the memory was hazy, like looking through fog. He was very large. Smaller than Emmett, but still big. He had honey brown hair, and had the characteristic beauty of a vampire.

He smiled sheepishly, then spoke, "It would have been a shame if I had harmed that beautiful face, wouldn't it?" His voice was like butter.

I giggled shyly.

Suddenly Tyler came flying out of the trees, landing in front of me in a crouch with one hand on the ground. Snarls were ripping out of his throat as he faced the man in front of me. I just couldn't place where I knew him from. It was really starting to bother me.

The man lifted his hands in surrender, but then squinted as he looked closer at Tyler, who was still coiled at my feet. "Shore?"

Tyler stood, shocked. "Walker?"

"You're kidding!" The kind man's smile had transformed into a smirk. "Never though I'd see you back in Forks."

I couldn't see Tyler's reaction from my spot behind his back. "You either. What happened to Alvery?" I was completely and totally lost. I had figured out that these two knew each other though.

"She's around here somewhere. You finally got yourself a girl? Never thought it could happen," the man sneered.

Tyler hissed and tensed his back in defense.

The man snorted, "You could never fight me."

Surprisingly, I saw Tyler hesitate. I wondered why. Tyler seemed very strong and capable to me.

I stepped under his arm. "I bet I can."

The man grinned. Tyler panicked. "Lucy, no! His gift is-"

I watched as the giant man in front of me disappeared.

"-speed," Tyler finished.

UH OH! cliffieeee! well, you have to review guys. you want a preview right? Ok listen, I'm not going to be able to write the next chapter this weekend, but if you review I will send you the piece that will satisfy the suspense, alright? If you don't.... then too bad you get to wait!

-a.

p.s. and by the way.... I didn't get a single celeb idea for Lucy. not one! help? *pouts*