Quick note: as I said, this chapter is one of the couple that has text from Midnight Sun, I do not own those direct parts, only the parts Chris has been added into. Sit back and relax, this is one of the longer chapters I have.

The Volvo was waiting for me as soon as I got out. Alice was sitting in the front seat, but it was Rosalie's face that caught my attention. She was pissed, her mouth set in what looked like a permanent scowl Jasper on the other hand was staring straight ahead, his face smooth.

This wasn't good, I slid into the seat next to Alice and she smiled weakly at me. No one spoke, not even Emmett, never a good sign.

Oh hell, this really is not good.

I studied my sibling's body language and by doing so I knew what was coming when we got home.

This wasn't a meeting; this was going to turn into an argument, and possibly a fight. A fight over what I wasn't sure yet, but a fight was definitely looming.

Maybe I could skip out on the meeting, but a glance at Edward had him shaking his head, guess not.

All the rumors that had been flying through the school, everything that Marie had mentioned: 'I heard one of your brothers was involved in that accident this morning,' now my eyes went wide with understanding.

I glanced at Edward again, no one else noticed, but he slowly nodded. I now understood what the meeting would be about and why I had a feeling that a fight might occur.

Edward had saved the girl, but he had done so in a fashion that she could potentially expose him as inhuman.

As my mind formed this conclusion I kept an eye on Edward, his eyes blinking every so often to confirm my suspicions. I looked straight at my brother making sure he understood my thoughts perfectly I trust you, I'm behind you was all I thought.

His face stayed smooth, but I could see the surprise in his eyes, he was surprised by my loyalty, no…surprised isn't the right word, he was ashamed that I was willing to stand behind him so readily, without knowing all the facts, without knowing all the details, complete faith in my brother.

He knew I would want to wait to see what the argument was before I chose sides, but he also knew that I would want to stay neutral for as long as possible and that staying neutral did not mean I wouldn't support him.

I could tell just by looking at the others where the line would be drawn. Rosalie and Jasper were sided against Edward.

Emmett, though he didn't look pleased with it, felt obligated to side with Rosalie, Alice I couldn't tell, but I had a feeling she would be on Edward's side, despite Jasper's opinion, unless a vision came changing her mind.

Alice put her arm around my shoulders and gave them a squeeze, I hoped that Carlisle was home, he would be the only one who could neutralize this and not only that, but find a solution that worked for everyone.

We pulled up the driveway and into the garage. I sighed with relief at seeing the Mercedes and the Audi as Edward parked the Volvo next to the Mercedes.

I tried to sneak away as soon as Edward shut the car down, but Alice kept her arms around my shoulders and guided me into the house, there was no escaping this.

As soon as we were in the house though, I broke away from my sister, heading straight for the dining room, where a large mahogany table stood.

This is where we always hold our meetings, with a family as large as ours; it comes in handy during times when arguments or potential arguments occur, no altering decisions are made without a meeting occurring at this table and all members of the family are allowed to voice their opinions.

Carlisle and Esme were already there, I knew they would be. Carlisle was seated at the head of the table with Esme beside him; he looked as awful as Edward did.

I made a beeline for Esme, nearly running Edward over in the process, I looked at him quickly pardon me…sorry I thought and slid into the seat next to Esme, she reached over with the hand not holding Carlisle's and gave my hand a squeeze.

I put my head on my crossed arms and rested them on the table, Esme released my hand and hugged me close, she gently rubbed my shoulders, trying to sooth and calm my fears.

No matter the outcome of the meeting I was decided. Carlisle's decision would be good enough for me. My only concern now was if a fight did occur, would I side with Edward or would I try to break up the fight.

Esme rubbed my shoulder again and I took another deep breath. I knew I would be with Carlisle, try to quash any fight that might occur and if one did, do my best to stop it before someone got hurt.

I watched as the others drifted to the table, choosing their sides as well. Rosalie sat down on the other end of the table, opposite of Carlisle, while Edward sat down next to our father.

Emmett of course sat beside Rosalie, but I could see the contemplation in his eyes, he didn't agree with his chosen side, but loyalty to Rosalie was more important, that and he needed to be near her to hold her back if it was necessary, which, given Rosalie's body language, might not be a bad thing.

Emmett looked at me as I read both his and Rosalie's body language; he was silently asking me if he would have to restrain her, I carefully nodded, letting him know there was a good possibility.

Jasper leaned against the wall behind Rosalie and Emmett. His face was set in a determined frown, so I could tell by that frown that his mind was also set, no matter Carlisle's decision, Jasper had his own agenda.

Alice however headed over to Esme and I and sat down next to me, I saw Jasper shift uneasily, but he held his ground.

Quickly I surveyed my family. The lines were decided, these were the forces. I looked over at Edward, knowing he would speak first; he glanced at me, quickly before looking at Rosalie, Jasper, and Emmett in turn.

"I'm sorry." he said, "I didn't mean to put any of you at risk. It was thoughtless, and I take full responsibility for my hasty action."

I winced as Rosalie shot him a glare

"What do you mean 'take full responsibility'? Are you going to fix it?" she hissed at him.

"Not the way you mean." Edward replied, "I'm willing to leave now, if that makes things better."

I stared at my brother in shock, I should've expected something like that, but it still threw me off, I thought we were past this.

"Come on Edward no!" I exclaimed

"No," Esme murmured as well "No, Edward." She squeezed my hand again, but this time it was her own unhappiness her own fear at losing her family. In her mind, if she could hold onto at least one of us, she could hold onto all of us.

Esme's main concern is always the same, keeping the family together. Edward being in Alaska had been hard for her even though she hid it better than I did, but I had read it all over her face and body language.

The thought of him leaving again, our family being minus one it hurts her, like I said, Carlisle and Esme see each of us as their children. She has lost a lot having to do with family, she lost her parents (in the technical sense) when she first married, then she lost the husband she had married when he turned abusive showing another side to him (before he shipped himself out to war) when he got back, she made the decision to runaway, for the sake of her unborn child, who unfortunately died when he was not even a year old. So Esme doesn't deal well with loosing family members.

Alice and Jasper were the last ones to join our family, but I profiled Esme…each one who has joined her family fills her heart with joy and happiness, first with Rose, then Emmett, then I, and finally Alice and Jasper. (of course Carlisle and Edward are included in that, but it was they who technically brought Esme into the beginning of the Cullen family, but without Esme, the rest of us might not be here.)

In fact, she warmed to Jasper and Alice faster than any of us (at least those who were in the house when they first showed up at our doorstep, so Esme, Carlisle, Rosalie, and I.) she trusted them first and convinced the rest of us to at least give them a chance, she welcomed them into the family.

Edward reached over at patted her hand to comfort her and he gave me a forced smile, which I couldn't return, instead I looked away, angry at him for a moment that he would do this again…especially to Esme knowing how she feels about family ties…

"it's just a few years" was Edward answer to our pleading.

I looked over at Emmett, knowing he was going to speak up as he shifted uneasily, he was going to bring up a good point to the argument in favor of Edward staying… good... maybe Emmett could talk some sense into him, because my anger and Esme's hurt was obviously having no effect.

"Chris and Esme are right, though," Emmett spoke up. "You can't go anywhere now. That would be the opposite of helpful. We have to know what people are thinking, now more than ever."

I nodded in agreement,

"Alice and Chris will catch anything major." Edward replied. Figures he would bring me and Alice up into this argument.

I couldn't tell however, if he was being sincere, or if he was using us as a scapegoat. Whatever his motives, I wasn't going to be a part of it and I knew neither would Alice, not like this anyways.

I shook my head quickly

"No I can't," I argued "not like you can, Alice yes, but not me. And if you leave we lose a part of our defensives, Alice and I cannot handle this alone! It's a dangerous gamble Edward. Emmett's right we hafta know what people are thinking more than we need to know what they may do or how they'll react." I took a deep breath "you cannot put all your faith in future events or an idea of future events! The future can change, nothing is certain and nothing is set in stone Edward! How long have Alice and I been telling you that?"

Alice nodded she reached over and gave my hand a squeeze, before going back to whatever she was concentrating on.

Carlisle has complete faith in my ability, more than I do, but we both know how important Edward's gift is, especially now. Carlisle nodded, though I know it was in agreement with my worry, and not in agreement with my doubt in my abilities.

"I think Emmett and Chris are right, Edward. This girl will be more likely to talk if you disappear. It's all of us leave, or none of us." Carlisle said, shaking his head.

"She won't say anything," Edward argued.

"You don't know her mind," Carlisle replied. I could hear the caution in his voice, directed towards me. This was news to me, and I suddenly understood the caution in his voice.

I quickly looked over at Edward, confirming my suspicions that I was THE only one who wasn't aware of that information. How had my family kept that from me, how did they manage it?

Oh this keeps getting better and better. He grimaced as he read my mind, but refused to look at me.

"I know this much. Alice, back me up." Edward said

"I can't see what will happen if we just ignore this." Alice replied glancing at Rosalie and Jasper. She looked over at me; I shook my head, before she could even speak. I knew what she was thinking, just by reading her face.

"I can't make an accurate guess like this… I can't plot out her moves; I have nothing to go on. I need to see her to do that, get close enough to her to read her body language." I reminded my family, Esme squeezed my hand and Carlisle nodded.

Rosalie smacked the table with her palm, and I winced, expecting the table to crack under the force.

"We can't allow the human a chance to say anything. Even if Chris reads her and is positive she will keep quiet, the risk will always be there. Carlisle, you must see that. Even if we all disappear, it's not safe to leave stories behind us. We live so differently from the rest of our kind-you know there are those who would love an excuse to point fingers. We have to be more careful than anyone else!"

"We've left rumors behind us before," Edward noted

"Just rumors and suspicions, Edward. Not eyewitness and evidence!"

"Evidence!"

"Rose-" Carlisle started to say, but Rosalie was not finished

"Let me finish, Carlisle. It doesn't have to be any big production. The girl hit her head today. So maybe that injury turns out to be more serious then it looked."

I stared at my sister, unable to believe what my ears had just heard. She refused to look at me.

"Wait Rose, you're talkin' 'bout killin' her?" I exclaimed, my accent returning and my voice cracking a bit "how is that going to solve anything, you do that and what separates us from all the others? From the Volturi even?"

Carlisle shook his head at me with the Volturi comment, he trusts them more than I do, my first meeting with them made me suspicious of our own royal family.

I do not trust them nor do I care for them, more importantly, I'm afraid…afraid of the power they hold over our kind and afraid of what they may be capable of inflicting.

I had read their body language at our first meeting, they had been most unhappy with Carlisle's decision to take me home, and also my insistence against staying with them.

The only ones who really rival the Volturi in numbers of members with extra abilities is our family as far as we know and they see that as a threat.

This was all before Alice and Jasper had joined the family. Two alone (Edward and myself) was already more than the Volturi felt comfortable with, they wanted the two of us on their side, under their control, under their watch.

Now that we have four with abilities, they are even more watchful of us, especially with abilities such as Edward's, Alice's and Jasper's, rare and powerful and…damn I hate this word, useful, abilities.

Esme squeezed my hand tighter, she knows my fears, my distrust, as does everyone else in the family, but she also knew there was nothing she could say or do to calm my fears about the Volturi and my fear at the possibility of Rosalie sinking to their level of brutality.

The thought of that happening to my sister…it made me sick, literally sick to my stomach.

Rose can be pretty nasty to Edward sometimes and when she gets mad at anyone it's best to stay out of her way in general and I'll even go as far as to say she can be very egocentric, but excluding those times, Rose is a good person.

She's kind and caring, she's just used to being the center of everyone's world and that's not completely her fault, since it was the world she grew up in, but I never wanted to see Rose become like the Volturi, even a tiny bit she is not like them, and she never will be.

"Christian," Carlisle said softly, his voice calming but very stern. There was no tone of condescending in his voice, but his body language made me question what I had just said, but not why I said it.

I felt bad for saying it knowing how Carlisle feels about his friends, but he knows how I feel too, in fact he knows how I feel better than anyone else, he was there with me.

"I'm sorry Carlisle, but that's how I feel. I thought we were more civilized than that I thought we…" I looked at my sister and left that sentence unfinished. "You kill that girl and you are no better than them Rose!"

Rosalie shot me a glare, before continuing, she shrugged, apparently not caring about my comments at least on the outside, I however could see her eyes flicker a bit, not out of anger, but hurt, though it was so brief, no one else could have caught it, I don't even think Rosalie noticed she had done it.

But I had and even though I felt bad for hurting her feelings, it didn't change what I thought.

"Every mortal goes to sleep with the chance of never waking up. The others would expect us to clean up after ourselves. Technically, that would make it Edward's job, but this is obviously beyond him. You know I'm capable of control. I would leave no evidence behind me."

"Yes, Rosalie, we all know how proficient an assassin you are." Edward snarled and I leaned closer to Esme as Rosalie hissed at Edward, this was getting extremely uncomfortable, a fight was nearing, I could feel it and I could read it all over their faces.

"Edward, please," Carlisle intervened as he turned to Rosalie. "Rosalie I looked the other way in Rochester because I felt that you were owed justice. The men you killed had wronged you monstrously. This is not the same situation. The Swan girl is an innocent."

The event that Carlisle spoke of had happened right after he had changed Rosalie, long before Emmett and I had joined the family, but I knew all about it, we all did and none of us disagreed with what Rosalie had done. That had been an entirely different situation, much, much different from the solution to our current problem that Rosalie was presenting.

"It's not personal, Carlisle," Rosalie said through her teeth. "It's to protect us all."

All eyes were on Carlisle as he thought through his answer; Esme put her arm around my shoulder holding me tight.

"I know you mean well, Rosalie, but…I'd like very much for our family to be worth protecting. The occasional…Accident or lapse in control is a regrettable part of who we are." He paused and I started to feel calmer with Carlisle speaking. Rosalie would listen to him, she wouldn't be happy with his decision but she would respect and be obligated to obey it. "To murder a blameless child in cold blood is another thing entirely. I believe the risk she presents, whether she speaks her suspicions or not, is nothing to the greater risk. If we make exceptions to protect ourselves, we risk something much more important. Chris is correct, we risk losing the essence of who we are."

I ducked my head a bit, this was not something I was proud to be correct on, even though I know it was the right way to go.

I saw Rosalie's point, even if I didn't agree with her preference on the method, but as usual, Carlisle's words made more sense to me, they fit better.

"It's just being responsible." Rosalie scowled

"It's being callous." Carlisle corrected gently. "Every life is precious." He reminded, not just Rosalie, but us all. It is something none of us dare take for granted, since all of us experienced near death, each one of us came to the very edge of losing our lives all together, so all of us respect how fragile life truly is.

Rosalie sighed, she was caving, not by choice and she still wasn't all that happy with it. Emmett patted her shoulder.

"It'll be fine, Rose," he said

"The question," Carlisle continued "is whether we should move on?"

I groaned silently at that thought, I was almost a freshman in high school almost done with middle school. Rosalie seemed to be thinking on the same lines because she moaned

"No, we just got settled. I don't want to start on my sophomore year in high school again!"

"You could keep your present age, of course," Carlisle replied

"And have to move again that much sooner?" Rosalie countered and Carlisle shrugged "I like it here! There's so little sun, we get to be almost normal."

My head wanted to nod with that, I totally agreed with Rosalie, Forks has been a great place to try and pass as normal humans. But I was still not happy 'bout her idea for the Swan girl and if we had to give up this nearly normal life in order to keep her alive and keep the family itself safe and under the radar, and keep Rosalie from killing the Swan girl to be sure she wouldn't talk, then that's what had to be done and there'd be no complaints from me.

"Well, we certainly don't have to decide now. We can wait and see if it becomes necessary. Edward seems certain of the Swan girl's silence. And if we need to Chris, you will be willing to do what you need to do?"

I nodded

"Yes sir," Edward seemed to groan at that "I wouldn't need to get that close to her Edward, she doesn't even have to see me, I can get a good reading from her even from a distance, fifteen feet tops."

Rosalie and Emmett both snorted back laughs at the same time. For two different reasons however. He was laughing at the emergence of my accent and it getting stronger the more stressed I became.

Rose on the other hand couldn't fathom me being able to read the Swan girl impartially. She felt I was completely loyal to Edward at the moment and my profile would be bias.

I shook my head at her she knows me better than that.

Carlisle nodded and I leaned back in my chair, believing for a split second that this whole thing was over, but a twinge let me know I was wrong and made me look up at Jasper. He was still decided, I could see it in his face, Carlisle's words had done nothing to sway him, his main focus was to make sure that Alice was safe, and he would do anything to assure that, no matter what or who got in the way of that.

"Jasper," Edward said calling our brother's attention "she wont pay for my mistake. I wont allow that."

"She benefits from it, then? She should have died today, Edward. I would only set that right."

Edward's voice was stern as he replied "I will not allow it."

So this is where the fight might occur, between Jasper and Edward.

Skill wise Jasper outmatched Edward; he's the best fighter in our family if not of our kind, but Edward's ability to read minds gives him an advantage and evens the field.

"I won't let Alice live in danger, even a slight danger. You don't feel about anyone the way I feel about her, Edward, and you haven't lived through what I've lived through, whether you've seen my memories or not. You don't understand."

My eyes went from Jasper to Edward

"I'm not disputing that, Jasper. But I'm telling you now, I wont allow you to hurt Isabella Swan."

Now I was beginning to regret my agreeing that I could read the Swan girl's plans. I really had no desire to see her, to know her at all.

All the trouble she was causing in my family, the arguments, the potential life and death fight between my brothers, the fact my sister someone who values life most in our family aside from Carlisle, wanted to kill her in order to secure her silence, her very essence driving my brother from our family to get away from her resulting in my mother feeling the pain of losing him even if it was only for a few years.

This girl was changing my family and subsequently hurting them at the same time, and at that point I was seriously questioning just how human this girl really was or if she really was human to have such power over a family as close as ours, over strong willed vampires such as us, a family as close as us, to set us at each other's throats so to speak.

"Jazz," Alice said, bringing my attention back to the meeting.

"Don't bother telling me you can protect yourself, Alice. I already know that. I've still got to-"

"That's not what I'm going to say," Alice interrupted. "I was going to ask you for a favor." She paused and I heard Edward gasp as his mouth dropped open in shock. "I know you love me. Thanks. But I would really appreciate it if you didn't try to kill Bella. First of all, Edward's serious and I don't want you two fighting. Secondly, she's my friend. At least she's going to be."

I raised my eyebrow, looking from Alice, to Edward, to Carlisle; he had gone silent now that Rosalie had been somewhat calmed. He was letting Edward and Jasper handle their own argument and would step in if necessary, but even he looked taken aback by Alice's prediction.

"But…Alice…" Jasper gasped, his face contorted in surprise and confusion.

"I'm going to love her someday, Jazz. I'll be very put out with you if you don't let her be." She sighed "Ah, see? Bella's not going to say anything. There's nothing to worry about."

"Alice," Edward sounded like he was choking "what…does this…?"

"I told you there was a change coming. I don't know, Edward."

"What, Alice? What are you hiding?" I looked across the table at Emmett and we exchanged an annoyed look, it's really frustrating when Edward and Alice have a conversation that leaves the rest of us feeling dumbfounded. "Is it about the girl? Is it about Bella?" Edward's voice became more forceful and I could picture his telepathy trying to break into her mind to get at the prediction she was obviously withholding from him. Suddenly his face went panicky and he knocked his chair to the floor yelling "NO!" as he stood up quickly.

"Edward!" Carlisle said forcefully, his hand on Edward's shoulders.

"It's solidifying," Alice whispered and I stared at her wishing I could see what Edward had seen "Every minute you're more decided. There're really only two ways left for her. It's one or the other, Edward."

"No," he replied

"Will someone please let the rest of us in on the mystery?" Emmett complained to no one in particular.

I looked from Edward to Alice, both of them are pretty good at hiding their body language from me, when they want to especially when they keep their faces stone. But I'm very good at what I do and my mind began to understand what Alice had seen, what Edward was upset about, and what the rest of the family was out of the loop. Edward didn't even notice that I was trying to figure it out.

"I have to leave," Edward whispered to Alice

"Edward, we've already been over that," Emmett said loudly "that's the best way to start the girl talking. Besides, if you take off, we won't know for sure if she's talking or not. You have to stay and deal with this."

"Edward," I said softly, allowing my own mind to work my ability, constructing the scenario I knew would happen. "Emmett's right, this whole thing is going to get out of control if you suddenly disappear. I may not know her, but I've got a gut feeling that things will start snowballing out of control."

I let him read my mind; let him see the scenario that I had constructed, the scenario that WOULD happen, if he left.

First the girl would start talking to her peers, trying to drag more info from them. Then when she had worked up enough courage she would confront us (Rosalie, Alice, Jasper, and Emmett), and when that didn't get her anywhere, she would turn to the town. She would start inquiring in town.

People who had previously overlooked our family, unconcerned with us would hear her questions and would in turn begin asking their own questions, and comparing questions would lead investigating us. The spark of curiosity would be lit and it would begin to fester very quickly. Curiosity is a dangerous human trait…very dangerous, mostly because it leads to fear.

We would have to leave quickly, before they had a chance to really dig deep into the Cullen family and figure things out, which they would do, it would come to that if we stuck it out.

Even then, we would not be able to return to Forks for many generations later, the impression one human girl's curiosity would leave was going to have a long lasting effect on the town of Forks and this whole area of Washington state.

Edward stared at me for a moment, reading my thoughts. He sighed and shook his head. I stared at him hard, trying to make him understand, make my brother see how his leaving would not allow the problem to leave with him.

I glared at him when he acted as if I was overreacting like I was exaggerating the disastrous aftermath.

How can I bloody make something like that up Edward! You know me better than that! It's not something that may happen it's something that is going to damn well happen if you leave! I thought, not even trying to control the words in my thoughts. I am usually more careful with my words, but he was really being bloody daft… and though I'd never say it aloud (for fear of the retaliation from Esme) he was being a bloody pain in the arse. At that, my brother winced.

"Chris is right." Alice said nodded "I don't see you going anywhere, Edward, I don't know if you can leave anymore."

I groaned as the two of them began their silent conversation. I exchanged another look with Emmett, and he made a goofy face at me crossing his eyes in annoyance at our brother and sister, Rosalie caught him and kicked him under the table and she shot me a warning look as well.

Edward was shaking his head; the look on his face told me one thing. He knew what Alice had seen and he wasn't thrilled about it.

"No," he said, "I don't have to follow that course. I'll leave. I will change the future."

"You can try," Alice replied

"Oh, come on!" Emmett bellowed. I stared at Alice's face, finally understanding what was going on.

My eyes went wide and I couldn't help muttering "bloody hell."

I winced as those words slipped out, glancing over at Esme. She hates it when I swear like that, but she was to occupied with Edward to notice what I had said.

"Pay attention," Rosalie hissed at Emmett. "Alice sees him falling for a human! How classically Edward!"

"What?" Emmett said, shocked. He suddenly began laughing, it echoed through the room. "Is that what's been going on? Tough break, Edward."

I looked from Edward to Emmett, I knew what was going on, but I wasn't sure whether it was right to laugh with Emmett.

"Fall for a human?" Esme repeated in a stunned voice. "For the girl he saved today? Fall in love with her?"

"What do you see, Alice? Exactly." Jasper demanded. Alice's eyes were on Edward, but the rest of us stared at Alice.

"It all depends on whether he is strong enough or not. Either he will kill her himself" she looked over at Edward, glaring at him and even I reconciled from the warning look. "which would really irritate me, Edward, not to mention what it would do to you" she looked over at Jasper "or she'll be one of us someday."

Again my mouth dropped open, but this time no sound came out, one of us? I thought not really sure how comfortable I felt about that, but I glanced over at Rosalie, wondering her reaction.

"That is not going to happen!" Edward shouted, bringing my attention back to him. "Either one!"

Alice however was apparently ignoring him at this point, which in another situation would have been hilarious. "It all depends, he may be just strong enough not to kill her, but it will be close. It will take an amazing amount of control. More even than Carlisle has. He may be just strong enough…The only thing he's not strong enough to do is stay away from her. That's a lost cause."

I looked around at my family, no one spoke, no one moved; this was the quietest the room had ever been. Slowly, all glances stowed away to Edward, while he stared at Alice. Hours seemed to pass in a matter of moments, before Carlisle finally sighed.

"Well, this complicates things." He said softly.

"I'll say," Emmett agreed. The look on his face was clear that he was on the verge of laughter and Rosalie's glares were the only thing stopping him.

"I suppose the plans remain the same, though," Carlisle said softly "we'll stay, and watch. Obviously, no one will…hurt the girl."

"No," Jasper said quietly. "I can agree to that. If Alice sees only two ways-"

"No!" Edward interrupted "No!"

I stared at my brother, surprise and a sense of loyalty to my brother vying for first place in my mind, a mind that I know he could read. He stood up quickly and rushed out of the room, Esme released my hand to touch his arm as he passed, which he ignored.

I looked after him, before turning to Emmett; he was tapping the table trying to withhold his laughter. When he looked up he caught my eye and that did it he burst out laughing.

Esme shook her head at him,

"Well that went well." I replied leaning back into the seat.

"Could've gone worse, at least we got through it without a riot," Emmett offered, resuming his hold on the chuckles, though he was failing miserably.

"Emmett," Esme said in a stern warning voice

"Barely," I replied thoughtfully

"But barely is better than actually happening" Emmett reminded

I glanced around the dining room carefully.

"Good point, no limbs ripped off, no loss of life, furniture still in one piece. Overall a fairly typical and well organized Cullen family meeting. And look at that…the table survived, cant beat that mahogany, told you it would withstand a hurricane, tornado, flash flood," I answered Emmett thoughtfully; he saw where I was going with the list and realized I wouldn't say it.

When it comes to Rosalie I admit it, I'm a chicken and hold back on my comments, especially the ones I know will irritate her, I mean every now and then they slip out like the two at the mall, but more times than not I think before I speak.

"And Rose's fists apparently," Emmett finished, giving me a look that clearly said 'you chicken'

Rosalie glared at him and then at me, knowing I was about to say just that, before she stood up and headed to the garage.

Esme gave me a look "Christian, Emmett." She ordered "both of you," she finished looking at Emmett

"Yes ma'am" we replied at the same time, looking sheepish, Alice stifled a giggle, and Carlisle and Jasper (though both were rolling their eyes at us, were trying not to smile).

A/N: Ok I know after a long chapter like that an author note isnt what many want to see, but I have got to thank some people personally for their reviews (as well as answer questions)

Just4Me and NeverEndingImagination1210 have left me many great reviews, and when I say many I mean many so I will start with you both, also any comments for the prequel I'll take care of on that for chapter 7 which will be uploaded right after this. I also want to thank Sharpsnout, Cat, and the anonymous reviewer for their kind words!

Glad you guys are enjoying both this and the prequel, the prequel is almost finished, but I have another fic that I may just add onto that since it's about Chris meeting the rest of the family. All of your comments have been so great they've really made me feel a lot better about the reception of this fic. Chris and Edward do have their tiffs, there's a couple times they don't get along, but Chris knew Edward first. after Carlisle he was Chris's first introduction to the Cullen family, and Emmett kind of made Chris nervous in the beginning, even though they became close eventually, Chris stayed close to Edward to avoid Emmett. I don't have it complete yet, but when Alice and Jasper joined the family, Chris was really torn between being terrified of Jasper (because he could read all that Jasper had been through and done) and wanting to understand Jasper. As far as the wolves go, that started off as me just loving wolves and wanting them in the story, I had most of this written especially the wolf necklace, right before Breaking Dawn came out, and when I read that it gave me a lot more to work with for the future, and since it's a long way off I will give you guys a bit, yes Chris and Seth become good friends, their curious about each other in Eclipse because phyically they are about the same age, and by Breaking Dawn they've become as near to best friends as a werewolf and a vampire can be. Also case in point, I had already chosen Chris's last name and his love of wolves early on in the fic when I first started it. When I went looking online and found the actually Callaghan crest I couldnt believe what I found on it and knew I had made the right decision with the wolf. When I was reading extras on the Callaghan clan and discovered they are connected to other clans, I realized one of those clans is in fact related to my ancestors, the Callahan clan of Scotland. Blew my mind.

Ok I think I rambled enough, I will answer some of the prequel questions in that and I really think I'm going to keep it going at least from Chris's pov for a few more chapters, I will upload Carlisle's but his is not as long. Anyways hope you all enjoyed this chapter, next chapter up tomorrow!