Meetings

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Again, thank you to all the readers who reviewed! Sorry that it's taken me so long to update; schools been putting me through hell and I've had a minor case of writer's block. So, eventually I came up with this chapter. Anyway… Read on!

Lyn went for a little walk and found herself being followed. She took a spill and the Cullens and Jacob came to her rescue. Then she nonchalantly told them that she knew what they are.

Chapter 5

Time seemed to stop as Bella and the others looked at me. They all stood there, looking at me with shocked expressions. "Oh, come on! You think I wouldn't find out the truth?"

Jasper stood where he was, looking like he wanted to destroy something and stay calm at the same time. Rose looked like she wanted to just destroy something. Emmett looked like he was choking on a tree branch. While Edward, Bella, Alice, and Jacob all had looks of shock on their face.

"How…" Bella began. I looked at her and simply replied, "The book you left at dad's house." Six heads turned to look at Bella.

I knew she was probably having a hard time remembering the book. "It's a book on Quileute legends. It was underneath the desk, and I found it." Everyone's heads turned to look at me now, and I saw Bella's eyes fill with remembrance. "When I found it I thought it was just a book that you'd left there. I opened it one night and I just got sucked into it."

"But how did you know?" Jacob asked me.

"Well, for the most part I thought the book was just a bunch of stories. But when I got farther into the book, I thought that it was weird that it kind of described you all." I answered. "The paleness, not eating or drinking anything, not being home when it was sunny outside; I still thought it was all stories… until I saw your eyes just now." I finished, glancing at Edward and Jasper.

Everyone still seemed shocked that I knew, and they stayed quiet for a while. I looked around at everyone, and noticed that Alice had this far away expression. Bella and the others followed my gaze and Jasper took hold of Alice's arm. "She won't tell anyone." She said, coming out of whatever it was. "I've seen it; she won't say anything to anyone. She's acting kind of like Bella did when she found out." The others nodded their heads and Jacob got everyone's attention.

"Need I remind you, that she's still bleeding." He spoke. "Shouldn't you head back to the house?" Bella nodded while Edward, Rose, and Jasper ran back toward the house. I had forgotten all about the pain in my legs and hands until Jacob mentioned it, and they began to throb. "I'll be there in a minute, Bells. Since she knows about us now… well, you guys now, she might as well meet her." I was about to ask him who he was talking about, but he turned and jumped across to the other side of the boulder and ran off into the forest.

Alice said something too fast for me to comprehend, but Emmett walked over to me. "What's up?" I asked. He didn't answer and lifted me up into his arms. "Hey! Put me down!" I protested. Emmett, Bella, and Alice laughed at me while I continued to argue with them.

"I suggest you close your eyes." Emmett told me, but I refused to do so. I watched Alice and Bella take off in front of us. "Have it your way then." He said, taking off after them both. As soon as he began running, I felt light-headed, so I closed my eyes and felt my head lull against his chest.

After a couple of moments I felt the air stop slapping my face and opened one eye wearily. "It's safe." I heard Emmett say. But I was still feeling light-headed and I felt like the whole world was spinning. I closed my eyes again, wishing the spinning feeling would stop.

"Set her on the bed, Emmett." I heard Carlisle say. I felt the cold of Emmett's body recede as he set me down on the bed. "What happened?"

"That's what I would like to know." Came Charlie's stern voice.

"She was hanging from a branch in between the two boulders that are near our cottage. Jacob went down there and got her and brought her up to us." Edward spoke. "Her leg has a deep slash in it, and both of her hands are scraped open and bloody, as well."

I listened to Charlie chuckle and mutter something about me being accident prone like Bella. "I can take care of her. She'll be up and around by tonight." Carlisle was probably telling Charlie. I heard footsteps leaving the room, so I guessed that everyone was going back to what they were doing.

"Lyn, are you okay?" I opened my eyes and saw a blurry outline of Bella standing next to me. I saw Charlie behind her and then Carlisle and Esme were on the opposite side. A wave of nausea hit me and I felt like the room was spinning faster than before. "Are you all right?"

The last thing I remember before I fell unconscious was Carlisle's calm yet frantic voice. "Bella, go upstairs and get me a couple of blood bags. Esme, get me the proper tools to perform a blood transfusion."

When I regained consciousness, I was aware that I was laying on what was probably a hospital bed. From the looks of it, I was in the living room and all of the Cullens plus Charlie, Jacob, and some girl I'd never seen before, were gathered. They were all sitting around the TVs and I noticed they were all watching the news. I looked around me and saw that some stands were set up, and I had all sorts of tubes hooked into me; an IV line, a blood bag that was connected to my hand and the vein in my elbow, a heart monitor, and an oxygen tube in my nose. My mouth was dry and I coughed, trying to get someone's attention; the only problem was: I got everyone's attention.

Everyone was by my side in an instant, minus Jacob and the strange girl. Carlisle, of course, was near me on my left side while Charlie and Bella were on the right; the others were surrounded around the end of the bed. "How do you feel?" Carlisle asked me. I went to answer, but since my mouth was dry I couldn't say anything.

As if reading my mind, Edward went into the kitchen and came back with a glass of water. I took the glass from his hand, nodding in thanks and downed the glass greedily. He took the empty glass from me and came back with a refill. "Are you feeling all right now?" Carlisle tried again.

"Yes, thank you." I answered. I looked at them and then back to Carlisle. "What happened?"

Bella laughed. "You don't remember anything?"

Shaking my head, I spoke. "All I remember is opening my eyes and then… nothing."

"Well, that's to be expected." Carlisle told me. "When they brought you back here, you had lost a lot of blood. You passed out from blood loss, and in order to make sure that you would regain consciousness I performed a blood transfusion. After I had everything done for your transfusion, I cleaned your leg and sewed it up. I also bandaged your hands, so be careful; the cuts are going to need time to heal completely. It might hurt to walk on your leg, but if you need help…"

I shook my head. "That's fine. I shouldn't baby it." Edward and the others laughed. "She's absolutely right. But if you need help, the others are here for you." Esme spoke.

Carlisle began to take the tubes out of me, and I was grateful; I hated needles and just knowing that I had them in me… it creeped me out. I looked at Edward and Jasper and Emmett, "Thanks for helping me. Thanks for carrying me back, Emmett." All three of them nodded their heads, and then everyone walked over and took their seats again. Once Carlisle had me unhooked from everything, he took the equipment back upstairs in a flash. I walked to the couch with the help of Bella and dad, and I sat in between them.

"I see you're still alive." Jacob spoke from his spot on the floor.

I glared daggers at him. "It was mighty chivalrous of you not to drop me on the way back up!" Bella looked nervously back and forth between Jacob and me. I watched Jacob shrug his shoulders and smirk, and then get slapped by the girl. Everyone laughed at him, but then the room settled down.

Bella and Edward looked at the girl and said something quickly and quietly. She turned and looked at me with a bright smile on her face. "Hello." She greeted. "I'm Renesemee."

I looked at my sister and her husband, who was perched on the arm of the couch. "She's your daughter, isn't she?" I asked them. They nodded their heads, while everyone looked at me with crazy expressions on their faces. "What?"

"You don't find it odd that your sister is, like, twenty-one and has a daughter that's almost seventeen in human years?" Jacob asked, looking at me with a puzzled look on his face. In my peripheral vision I saw Charlie nod his head in agreement.

I thought over what Jacob had asked. Then I gave him my honest answer and opinion. "Nope, I really don't care. Since I'm going out on a limb, and saying she got prego before she became a vampire, it's not all that surprising." I spoke. I saw Charlie gawk at me.

"How are you taking all of this so calmly? Why aren't you freaking out about this!?" Jacob fumed.

I laughed and shrugged my shoulders. "I guess I'm used to "weird" stuff. I always believed that there were other things out there, and I guess I'm just getting my confirmation." The "you're crazy!" expressions vanished off of the Cullens' faces and Charlie's, too. "I mean, my step-dad always says that there are things in our world that can't be explained. I guess he doesn't realize how right he is."

Renesemee laughed, and the others followed suit. "So… it doesn't bother you that Edward and I have a daughter who's almost your age?" I shook my head. "Alice was right. She's acting like I did when I found out." She laughed.

Alice came dancing down the stairs, I hadn't even noticed she'd gotten up and left the room, with a lime green cell phone that was playing Paramore's "I Caught Myself". She came over to me and held it out to me; it was my phone she was holding. "I heard it when I was fixing to come back down here." She told me. I took the phone from her and thanked her.

I pressed the 'send' button and put the phone to my ear. "Hello?"

"Lyn, is that you sweetie?" a soft female voice asked.

"Oh. Hey, mom." I rolled my eyes, making Bella and a couple of the others snicker.

"I just wanted to call and see what was up. You haven't emailed me back in almost a week! I was starting to get worried."

I laughed internally; leave it to my mother to worry if I didn't email her every day. "I'm fine, Mom. Really, I am." 'Not excluding what happened today!' I thought. "I've just been super busy hanging out with Dad."

"That still does not excuse you from emailing me, Cristalyn Eleyn! I told you, either email me every other day or call me.

I sighed, knowing she was at the bursting point. 'Get ready for it.' I told myself. "Mom, I really am sorry. It just slipped my mind and I totally forgot. I'll email you as soon as I can. Promise."

"I'm on the road here, sweetie! You know this is an important time for me! My new—"

"Your new book just came out… yes, I know. You keep reminding me." I interjected. "Mom, I'm really busy right now. Can I, uh, call you back later?"

"I'll hold you to that. You better call me tonight, young lady!" She bargained.

I tucked a strand of hair behind my ear. "I will. Bye, Mom." She bid me goodbye until later, and I ended the call.

"I take it your mother hasn't changed at all." Charlie spoke up. I shook my head.

I sighed and looked at my phone. "If I don't call her back, she'll call my phone and harass me." Charlie chuckled, obviously remembering her behavior from when they were married. "But enough about Mom! Is there anything I need to know since I know?"

"Yes, there is one thing." Carlisle spoke, gaining all of our attention. "You cannot tell anyone. You understand why we wouldn't want this getting out." I nodded my head, knowing that their lives depended on secrecy. I sat in the living room with everyone for a while, until I felt the need to empty my bladder. I began to stand up and Bella followed me, helping me to the bathroom.

I used the toilet quickly and I called to let Bella know when I was done. While I was washing my hands in the sink, I asked Bella, "So… what's Jacob? I mean… he doesn't really fit the description of a vampire." She laughed, which caused me to burst out laughing as well.

"What other "creature" did that book talk of?" she rebuked.

I thought to myself for a moment, but then it hit me like a brick. "A… werewolf!?" I choked out. She nodded her head. "You're freakin' crappin' me! Jacob's a werewolf!?" She just nodded her head and helped me back downstairs. I looked at Jacob, still shocked, and asked him what I had asked my sister. "You're a freakin' werewolf!?" Jacob nodded his head while everyone shared a laugh.

"Dog is more like it." Rose muttered. I snickered and just let everything sink in; in less than twenty-four hours I realized my sister and her in-laws were all vampires, I had a niece who was a half-vampire, and the boy I'd tried to become friends with was a werewolf.

We sat in the living room talking for what seemed like hours. Eventually, Carlisle turned on CNN, and all the guys became engrossed in the main story of the evening. All of us girls moved over toward the other TV and Alice handed me the remote. I smiled and turned it to the Sci-Fi Channel right as Ghost Hunters was coming on; I loved that show! Alice raised one perfectly shaped eyebrow at me and I just grinned; I was fascinated by the paranormal, I had been since I was young.

Alice and the others began talking, but I focused all my attention on the show that was on the TV; it was my favorite episode, the investigation of the Stanley Hotel. I barely comprehended what they were speaking about, and it wasn't long before I stopped trying to keep up with their conversation. After my show was over, I shut the TV off and sat where I was. Jasper, I assumed, was the one who had turned up the TV that all the guys were watching. It was then I heard what the anchorperson was talking about.

"Earlier this evening in Seattle, a body was found in an alleyway near the Johnson Publishing Company. We're not getting a lot of details on who the victim is at this time, but we'll keep you posted on any updates. The body was discovered by one of the publishing company staff members, who had stepped out on their lunch break." the newsperson said. "The police were notified and the coroner will be performing the autopsy on Wednesday. This is Amelia Carson, CNN News." I was staring at the wall when I felt my heart stop beating and my breathing cut off. I saw four heads turn to look at me with frantic expressions on their faces. Alice put her hand on mine, but I didn't take comfort in the action. Bella came to my side with Rose and Esme. Renesemee looked at her mother and then went to sit with the guys.

"Lyn, is something wrong?" Bella asked. I felt myself begin breathing, but it hurt to breathe now. I couldn't speak; I felt like my world was crashing down around me!

Alice stroked my hand. "You're too pale." She turned and looked at the guys behind us.

Rose and Esme joined Bella in comforting me when, unknown to me, I began hyperventilating.

"Carlisle, something's wrong with Lyn!" I heard Alice speak. Within seconds everyone was around me again. Alice looked at me once more.

Carlisle knelt in front of me. "Does anything hurt?" he asked. I saw Charlie right behind him, worry etched on his face.

Even though I was having a tough time breathing at the moment, and my heart felt like it was being crushed, I answered. "I need to call my Mom."

"Lyn, your Mom's fine." Charlie spoke from behind him.

I looked at Bella and the others. Finally, I looked Dad dead in the eye and spoke. "You don't understand!" I cried, becoming hysterical. Bella hugged me. "My Mom's in Seattle!"

"Lyn… there are hundreds of places she could be in Seattle besides where that crime took place." Jasper told me.

I shook my head, tears starting to fall down my cheeks. "No, there's not! She was at her publishing company; JOHNSON Publishing Company!"

Talk about a heart attack! I'd die if something like that happened to me! So was it her mother who was killed or just a regular passerby? Find out in the next chapter! Reviews are welcome!