AN: I do not own Twilight. Any characters, places, events, etc. belong to Stephenie Meyer.

Chapter 4

(Joshua's POV)

Seeing her father glare at me so wickedly frightened me. Did I do something wrong? Instead of waiting for him to stop glaring at me, I walked the other way and started waiting for my dad.

My dad was there within the next couple of minutes. I didn't see him arrive so he had to honk the horn to get my attention. Running to the car, I opened the door and hopped in, buckling my seatbelt and closing the door again.

"How was your first day, Josh?" My dad was the only one who called me Josh. I'm sure other people could if they wanted to…I actually preferred Josh to JoshUA.

"It was pretty good. The first part of the day was crap, but then this girl helped me out and let me sit by her in Biology. Then we had lunch together and Gym, too." I smiled. I don't think I could've asked for someone better to meet on my first day at Forks. Although, it did seem at lunch that I was getting lots of jealous looks from the guys all around me.

"Ooh…a girl, eh? What's her name?" My father began to chuckle a bit at the fact that my first friend at Forks was a girl. I knew that he would make fun of me.

"Her name is Elizabeth."

"Just Elizabeth? She doesn't have a last name? Poor gir-"

"Oh. Sorry. I didn't realize I had to be so specific." I said sarcastically. "Her name is Elizabeth CULLEN."

And then the car was silent. My father frowned and I could tell he was a bit…disappointed?

"Son, I think it's best you don't hang out with Elizabeth."

What?!

"Why? I mean, you haven't even met her yet…"

"Remember the stories I would tell you when you were younger about us, the werewolves, and the cold ones?"

I nodded. I had almost forgotten my father was a werewolf. We had been gone from the reservation so long. If he had unleashed it anywhere else, he would probably have been killed by a hunter or something.

"Yeah. What does that have to do with Elizabeth?"

"Well…remember the story about the fight that the pack and some of the cold ones had to endure together about…oh geez how long has it been…"

"Dad, I remember. I don't care how long it's been."

"Well, Elizabeth's father, Edward," He said the name with disgust. "Was one of the cold ones in that group."

I was silent. "So what are you saying, dad?"

"I'm saying she's part vampire, son. When she was born, her mother, Bella, was still a human." He said that last part with a tinge of sadness in his voice.

I didn't speak. Vampires and werewolves were enemies. My father was basically telling me to stay away from Elizabeth for good.

"So…you're telling me that Elizabeth is part vampire, part human. Her parents are vampires and now I can't even hang out with her because vampires and werewolves are enemies?"

My father nodded. "That's exactly what I'm telling you."

I let out a disgusted sigh.

"Well, I think I'd like to hang out with her some more first before I decide if I should judge her for what she is."

The car was silent the rest of the way home. As soon as the car stopped, I got out and slammed the door behind me. I walked into the house and went straight to my room.

"Hello, Joshua, how was school today?" My grandfather spoke, but I ignored him.

I heard my father start to explain, but I didn't hear the rest. I shut the door behind me and started to work on my homework.

This was unfair. Something that goes on between our parents should have nothing to do with our friendship.

(Well, that was a bit shorter than my normal chapters. Oops! I hope you enjoyed seeing thing through Joshua's eyes for a chapter.

Just so you guys are aware, I may not have access to a computer for a couple of days starting tomorrow. We're getting some new flooring in the room with the computer so we'll have no computer for a couple of days. ;-;

I'll try to get as many chapters as possible in by then, though. ;D

Merry Christmas! 3)