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Adjusting
I stuffed Fred's letter into my pocket and composed my face as the Cullens dug me out. I concentrated for a moment, concentrating solely on changing back to my vampire appearance.
"What's the ring for?" Andrew asked when I had been dug out of the hole.
"Nothing… Just a trinket I found in the coffin." I lied easily, begging Edward mentally to not mention Fred's letter. He nodded silently, taking Bella's arm and disappearing with Jacob and Renesmee into the shadows.
"Let's go home. Please. This dress is amazingly beautiful, but I need to put some jeans on." I changed the subject. "Is Emily better?"
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The years passed slowly. I watched Fred from a distance; I watched him grow from a gangly teen to a confident (but still sad) young adult.
I adjusted with ease to the Cullen's eating habits, but I still slipped up a few times. No one could be as Mary Sue-ish as Bella had been in that area. When Fred went to college I begged Andrew to let me go to the same college as him, arguing that I wanted to have the experience.
"Fine." Andrew relented. "But you'll have to alter your appearance. Focus on tanned skin; don't let it sparkle in sunlight. You'll have to eat, which, I suppose, is no problem for you." He was right. I loved human food still and preferred it to animal blood, even though I needed the blood to survive.
Emily was still struggling to adapt to our ways, she slipped up so often it was a miracle the Volturi hadn't come yet. I begged Andrew once, after a particularly nasty slip up, to kill Emily. After a shocked silence he agreed. It hadn't worked. Apparently Emily had some power that hadn't appeared as of yet. I was wary of Emily, wary of her utter beauty, of her deceiving innocence. I couldn't trust my sister, though I would do anything to protect her.
"Are you going to college, Mel?" Emily's high voice trilled from the top of the stairs. Her platinum hair flowed loosely past her shoulders and her blood red eyes examined me curiously. I swallowed and took an unnecessary breath.
"Yes, I want to go." I answered.
"Where?"
"Sewanee, in Tennessee. Fred is going there." The last part slipped out, and I glanced at Andrew's impassive face. I loved Andrew; you couldn't deny that, but Fred as part of my human life. A part I didn't want to lose. I shook my head and stood on my tiptoes to kiss Andrew's silky cheek. He smiled and caught my hand in his.
"I'll go with you. I need to help you with your diet anyway!" He smiled cheekily.
"Okay," I agreed easily. "You can help me choose my appearance!"
In the end we had decided that I should be tall, almost six feet, with vibrant green eyes, fiery red hair, and lightly tanned skin with a sprinkling of freckles. My name was to be Catherine Johnson, Cat for short. Andrew would keep his name, along with Edward and Bella who had decided last minute to come with us. Bella would be posing as Andrew's sister and I would be posing as Edward's. Emily was left in the care of Carlisle and Esme, who seemed to understand her better than me.
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We arrived at Sewanee a week later. The campus was breathtaking: it was like a scene straight from Harry Potter. Tall Gothic buildings supplied the dorms and classrooms. The chapel was huge. The ceiling was far above our heads and supported by crisscrossing arches. Beautiful stained-glass windows filtered sunlight and shadows. (A/N: I've only been to Sewanee twice, so forgive me for the lack of detail)
I stepped out of my vintage bug with an apprehensive breath. Hopefully I wouldn't go psycho and massacre half of the student body. Edward grinned at me, catching my thoughts.
"Don't worry about it, sis." He ruffled my hair. "If you do get crazy and bloodthirsty, I'll let you kill a quarter of the students before stopping you."
I glared at him. "Thanks." I was about to say more when a familiar blond head caught my eye. Fred was gazing at the Cullens, and me, in shock. More than anything I wanted to run into his arms and embrace him. But I couldn't, no matter how much the thought tempted me. The ring on my finger glinted in the sunlight, drawing Fred's curious gaze. I slid my hand into Andrew's desperate for Fred to not see the ring.
"He won't recognize you." Andrew whispered, tugging on his turtleneck.
I sighed. "I know." Edward hissed as Fred began walking towards us, pushing past the crowds of students.
"But he recognizes us. He can tell we haven't aged." Edward's voice was bleak. If Fred found out that we weren't human…
"What are we going to do?"
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