"Get out, are you such cowards you can't talk to us in person?" I yelled. I heard that somebody left. I didn't need to go after them, only a vampire could leave that fast and only one vampire would follow me. Jasper. That bastard.

When I returned I decided to confront him. Carlisle and Jasper were in the same room, a fact that calmed me, I didn't have to fear much then. "Why did you follow me?" I hissed at Jasper. Carlisle instantly joined us. "You followed her?" "She is meeting some human. Probably a blood donor or something like that", Jasper told Carlisle.

Angrily I shook my head and yelled: "That was my freakin' sister for god's sake!"

Jasper growled at me "So what else is your problem? Why do you shield yourself? What are you keeping secret?" I stared at Jasper angrily "Well my sister for instance. I kept her secret so you wouldn't eat her up!" Within seconds Jasper took a shot at me and pinned me to the wall. I expected him to get angry, but I didn't expect his hands on my throat in a nearly deadly grip and for a split second I lost my shield. It wasn't long, but long enough to make Jasper instantly drop his hands and stumble backwards. I let myself sink down to the floor and waited what he would do. Carlisle kept eying us, but didn't interfere at all. "Why are you panicking?" Jasper asked calmly, he seemed confused. "Why are you so afraid?" I shrugged. "I wasn't going to kill you, you know", somehow his voice was gentle. He sat down next to me, but carefully leaving a little bit of space between us. "What happened to you?" he continued his questioning. Each question got closer to the evening my sister died and to how I was turned. "Who changed you?" he asked then, seeming to understand the connection "What happened when you were changed?" I couldn't hold back any longer, his softness, the kindness in his eyes and the pity, it was too much. "Leave me alone!" I hissed and jumped up. Jasper grabbed my arm and pulled me down again. Carlisle stood up, whispered something to Jasper and left the room. I struggled at Jasper's grip but didn't succeed, I was forced to sink down to the floor, next to him again. Yet I noticed that he was holding me more carefully now, his grip wasn't hurting, it was just tight. "Carlisle just told me that Edward gave you away. We know the basics now" I shook my head "I shielded Edward too!" Jasper smiled at me "No, but he let you believe it, so you could decide how much you'd tell us. But he didn't want to intrude your privacy by telling us, so he held back on your information as long as he could". Only now I realised I had stopped shielding myself entirely. So that was why I was calming down, Jasper influenced me.

I surrendered entirely, and let myself be held by Jasper, crying silently in his shirt as he stroke my back and hugged me. "It's going to be okay, I promise", he said.

Later that day Lora and I joined the family. I had always been astonished by Lora's courage and ability to remain calm no matter what, so I wasn't surprised to see her perfectly comfortable, shaking hands and introducing herself to a bunch of vampires. When it came to Emmett introducing himself she shook his hand, but then she pulled back and slapped him right across the face "Ouch!", she instantly exclaimed. "Next time I'll use a baseball bat" Emmett looked at her confused. "What was that about?" Lora didn't even flinch while looking at his face. I suppose she didn't think about his powers, she just thought of him as a boy who hurt my feelings. "If you ever make my sister call you king again I will rip you apart with my bare hands, make you suffer and then kill you slowly. Do you understand that?" Emmett grinned slightly. "Isn't that a bit bold to tell a vampire?" Slowly he pulled her close and stroke over her neck. I felt panic rising, but Jasper was next to me and put his hand on my shoulder "Relax, he's not going to hurt her", he whispered.

I shouldn't have worried anyway, with a quick motion Lora stepped aside, threw Emmett a glance and said "Fuck off". Emmett looked puzzled; he wasn't used to have people around who weren't at all intimidated by him. And if there were, he usually fought with them, like Jasper or Edward. He couldn't fight with Lora, he knew that. But she wasn't done with him. "I see you can't handle a situation without using your physical strength. That's quite sad, isn't it?" By now Emmett had regained his confidence. "And I notice that you have to act like that to make up to your lack of strength. How about we agree I'm a sucker – no pun intended ha!-", sniggering Emmett stopped a second, but then continued "and you are a weenie" Lora slapped him again, this time with less force, so she couldn't hurt herself again. "I'm not a weenie". Emmett caught her hands and held them. "You are surprisingly obnoxious and annoying; but I like you and don't want to kill you. Peace?" Lora also smiled now. "Okay jackass. Peace. But I'll always outsmart you" Emmett shook his head "Do you want to bet on it?" Carlisle sighted and with a look at Esme he said "This family is going to drive me insane sometime". I noticed the way he said family and smiled. I never thought I would have a family again. But on the other hand it wasn't a family, it was a bunch of vampires and Lora was in the middle of them. It wasn't safe for her! Edward threw a glance at me and shook his head "don't worry" he said silently "we don't let a family member get hurt"

[Author's note:

So that's the end for now; let me know how you liked the story!

did you expect the Cullen's to accept Lisbeth?

What else would you have liked to see?

More fighting scenes, going deeper into Lisbeth's past or starting a love story? Maybe the vampire who turned her will come back one day?

It would be great if you could let me know what you're thinking!

However, thanks for reading! Katylin]