We walked a little ways down the beach in silence just thinking to ourselves. I had no idea what was coming, but I knew it wasn't going to be good. Embry suddenly stopped and stared at me.

"Do you believe in fairytales, Demetria?" he asked. Alright, this was starting out strange already; what is it with this town?

"Well I definitely can say I'm more of a believer since moving here…" I trailed off. We locked eyes for a moment and his brow furrowed.

"So tell me then, do you believe in vampires?" he asked. I tensed up and looked at him skeptically.

"Yes. Why?"

"I want you to think about something for a second: what is the vampire's arch nemesis in most of the stories and comics?" he asked. I thought for a second and laughed a bit.

"Humans?" I asked. He shook his head no.

"No, bigger than that. Something else on the same level as them." He said. I pondered for a moment, trying to remember the stories I read in the past when I thought none of it was real. Oh! I had it.

"Werewolves?" I asked. His eyes darkened and before he could say anything someone stepped out of the brush.

"Sam." Embry said. Sam Uley stepped out, shirtless as usual, and stared at the two of us.

"Go back to the fire. We're about to tell some Quileute legends and Billy would be upset by your absence." Sam said.

"We're talking." Embry retorted.

"Go, Embry. Now." Sam said while stepped forward. Embry started to shake at the shoulders and looked like he was going to explode. I put a hand on his shoulder and he immediately relaxed.

"It's alright, Embry. I expect I'll be around here with Bella a lot more so I'm sure we can see each other a lot more often. We can talk another time." I said with a smile. He looked at me and returned it. I started to walk past Sam and we nodded at each other; I went to say something to Embry, who I thought was behind me, but when I turned around I saw that Sam had him by the back of the hair. I didn't want to get involved so I turned back around. I could swear I heard him say,

"Don't ever disobey me again."

I returned to the bonfire and took a seat next to Bella, who was talking to Jacob. She turned around and looked at me, but didn't say anything. I cocked an eyebrow at her and she looked just as confused as I was.

"Hey, Demetria, what did Embry talk to you about?" Jacob said. I just stared at him, I really didn't like the way he was with Bella and the way she reacted really pissed me off too.

"Just some stuff. He wanted to talk to me about coming back here sometime soon and getting to know each other is all. Nothing major, the way you guys are looking at me make it seem like such a big deal." I said. Jacob cocked his eyebrow as well and Bella just stared at me, I knew she didn't believe me at all.

"Awesome, well we'd love to have you guys whenever you can!" Jacob said. He tried to snake an arm around Bella who shrugged it off…for once.

After stories were told and laughs were had, Bella and I headed off toward home. She kept pestering me about Embry the entire way home, but I didn't want to tell her anything just yet. I knew Edward would be visiting tonight like usual; I wanted him in the room.

We pulled into the driveway and as we entered, Charlie was going up the stairs. He turned around and smiled when he saw the two of us.

"Hey Bells, Demetria. How was your night?" he asked. We both shrugged at the same time while Bella hung up her keys and I took my jacket off.

"It was pretty good; you should come around with us sometime." Bella said.

"I'm sure Billy would love that!" I said. Charlie shrugged at us and started walking back up the stairs.

"We'll see about next time, then. Goodnight, girls." He hollered down while waving his hand. We both yelled our goodnights and clambered up the stairs as well. I went into my room and closed the door. When I turned around again I saw Jasper standing right by my bed. I went to scream, but only little noise came out because I didn't want to alert anyone else he was there so I kind of just clasped a hand over my own mouth and slid down to the floor.

"Well that was quite an entrance." He said with a smirk. After some deep breathing and cursing under my breath, I got to my feet and walked over to him.

"What the hell are you thinking? How did you get in here? Don't tell me you can fly too…" I smacked his shoulder. He laughed and sprawled out across my bed.

"No I cannot fly. But I can jump and climb very easily, you really should close your window and invest in a screen, bugs might get in." he said with a wink. I sighed and sat down in my desk chair that I rolled next to where he was laying.

"So why are you here?" I asked. He sat up and propped himself against my backboard.

"I heard you went to go play with the wolves, I wanted to make sure you were alright." He said. He smiled at me…seductively? That needed to stop, there was no way…

"Demetria I need to talk to you right now!" I heard Bella calling from outside of my door.

"Give me a minute!" I yelled back. I locked eyes with Jasper and he blew me a kiss.

"I'll see you soon, Demetria." He said. He stood up and leapt out of my window in a flash. I stood there in a daze while Bella punched my door a couple of times. What made him come? Why was he so flirtatious? I shook myself back into the present and opened the door.

"I'm coming to your room, I know Edward's probably here." I said. I walked past her and she followed me.

When I opened her door, Edward was sitting on her bed in his usual spot. I sat down across from him and put my legs next to him as Bella sat on my left. She sat Indian style and stared at me. When I didn't say anything, she threw her hands out to her sides and looked at me angrily.

"So? I know Embry talked to you about more than just coming back to see him again. What happened?" she asked. I sighed and propped myself up so my back was against her backboard.

"He asked if I believed in vampires. I said yes. Then he said something along the lines of 'vampire's sworn enemies are blank' and made me guess. After a bit I guessed werewolves, but then Sam came out of the bushes and told us to come back to the fire." I said. Bella and Edward both stared at me, trying to read into my soul. "What?"

"Well I mean, he basically gave you the biggest hint of all time right there." Bella said. I stared at her with my brow furrowed and after thinking about it for a minute, my skin grew goose bumps.

"Bella…is Embry a werewolf?" I asked. She nodded her head slowly and my eyes shot over to Edward, who was snarling. "Does that mean Jacob is too? Are all of those boys wolves?" I asked. I didn't know why, but I was suddenly very afraid. The boy sitting in front of me was a vampire but that didn't scare me in the least, so why did the wolves?

"Almost all of them are. You can clearly tell, they're huge, always warm, and tan…usually shirtless too." Bella said. I stared blankly at her; she decided to leave yet another detail out.

"She couldn't have told you. She was bound by her promise to the tribe." Edward stated. Did he read my mind? Had the barrier been broken? I looked at him skeptically and he slightly laughed. "It was written all over your face, I can't hear your mind at all."

I shrugged and looked over at Bella. She looked really guilty for not telling me any of this information herself—I felt bad for crucifying her.

"I understand why you didn't tell me, you don't have to worry. I know now, and that's all that matters, right?" I said with a smile. She smiled back and we hugged; it was an awkward hug because of the angle, but still a hug. She smiled even brighter and looked at Edward.

"Alice told me that the date is definitely set. After graduation." She said. I looked at her confused.

"Date for what?" I asked. I noticed Edward shift uncomfortably and look at me with fire in his eyes.

"The date they change me—the date that I finally become one of them." Bella said. I stared at her for a second with an excited smile until something sank in.

"You mean you're going to become a vampire?" I asked. She nodded and I suddenly felt my stomach drop. "What about dad? What about mom? What are you going to tell them?" I asked.

"I'm supposedly supposed to be going to college anyway, right? So I'm going to be 'going to college in Alaska'; it's far enough away where they won't be able to see or reach me and I won't have to face them." She said. I was baffled by her decision, it was so selfish!

"So you're going to disappear out of our lives with a poor excuse?" I asked. She looked shocked but I continued on. "You're leaving our parents and me behind because of your new, better life?" I asked. I was so hurt by her decision, how could she just rip away from me again?

"I wouldn't be leaving you behind, Demetria. You know the secret, you can come with us. Renee and Charlie on the other hand…they can't know anything." She said. I could tell she was upset about it, but that wasn't going to fly with me.

"How can you do this to our family, Bella? Have you even really thought this through? How can you choose to do something so selfish?" I said. I turned my attention to Edward, who looked more pained by my words than Bella did. "And you, where do you get off thinking you can change my twin sister into one of your kind without reaping any consequence? I don't mind that you're a vampire, and I wouldn't mind if Bella became one too; I do mind the fact that it would split our family up. Nothing will split us up ever again!" I yelled. I took mom and dad's divorce much worse than Bella did; I always wanted the best of both worlds.

Edward looked like he was going to vomit; I could tell he didn't want her to be changed as much as I didn't.

"If I don't get changed, the Volturi will kill me." Bella said. I looked directly into her eyes, and it was as if I could see memories forming within her irises. I shook my head and freed it from its cloudy prison.

"You say that I can come with you when you're changed…but I can't, Bella. Dad only just got his two daughters under the same roof again; I'm not going to leave him alone with no daughters. When you leave, you leave alone." I said. I walked out of her room and into my own. I locked the door again, except this time she didn't follow me.

Now that I knew the secret, I had to go back to the beach and see Embry. I needed some answers—I would take Bella with me just because I wasn't comfortable enough to go alone—I wanted nothing to do with her at the moment. Little did I know how much was going to be changing soon…and I wish I never had.