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

Chapter 21

"Dad?!" Oh my God!" I back away from JoshWolf, screaming.

"Elizabeth…you didn't tell me…" My father acted as if I would tell him?

"Dad, you were reading my thoughts again?!" I couldn't believe my father! Do you know how much I wished I could kill him?

"Well, I had to make sure you weren't, well, you know…"

"OH MY GOD! YOU THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE SEX?!"

"I can't be too careful, Elizabeth. And now…now I know what that awful smell around the house has been." My father approached us while Josh ran around back into the trees to change back. "Come on, Elizabeth. You know why I accepted him…and now…"

"This shouldn't matter!" I was near tears. I could've already been crying, but I was too angry too be aware.

"It shouldn't matter? Elizabeth, this is everything that matters. You're going to be a vampire soon…it won't work."

"How can I be a vampire if I'm unhappy?!" And then I thought about it. If I was unhappy, that would mean that Josh and I broke up, which mean I would never be a vampire. But if Josh and I ever DID broke up, I would immediately go to the highest cliff and throw myself off of it. Life wasn't life without Josh.

"Elizabeth, please. It's best if we left now, to give him a clean break. You'll be perfectly fine without the dog-"

"DAD, DON'T CALL HIM A DOG!" I knew I was crying now. It was hard to scream between sobs. "Have you ever heard the saying…'don't judge a book by it's cover'? Why do you think I loved Josh so much? He didn't immediately fawn over me when I introduced myself because I look like a damn goddess. And when I told him I was part-vampire…he didn't run away, did he? And now that Josh is what he is…did I run away? NO! Because he makes me happy and you'd think that's what a father would want for his daughter: to be happy. But…I don't see that from my father. All I see is this…this stupid vampire who doesn't care about Josh's heart or his mind…all he cares about is the fact that he's a damn werewolf!"

"Elizabeth…I didn't mean to…" I could tell my father was a bit shocked by what I said.

"Dad, you knew exactly what you were doing the whole time." I noticed Josh was standing behind me, human. I patted my back, signaling for him to get on. He got onto my back. "I'll come home when I feel like it. Good night, father." And then I ran through the forest until we got to Josh's car. I was still in tears. I didn't know how I found the strength to carry Josh and run at the same time. I got into his car and continued to cry."Elizabeth…do you want to go home?"

"NO!" I didn't mean to yell at him, but it was the only tone my voice would speak in at the moment.

"Where should we go?" And he still managed to keep a calm tone…

"Anywhere but here…" I managed to quiet my voice. "Please."

He reached over me and buckled my seatbelt for me and then gently kissed me on the cheek. I wished he had kissed me longer, but I was still sobbing. Once he was buckled up, he drove off and soon enough he parked somewhere unfamiliar to me.

"Where are we?" I murmured. My crying had slowed down, and now only tears fell from my cheek.

"The reservation…I parked here because I know that your family can't find you when you're here." He gently patted my back.

"Can we sit in the back so you can hold me?"

"Of course." We both got out of the car and sat in the back of his car. He wrapped his arms around me and we lay down. Every once in awhile, he would kiss my forehead. It had to have been at least an hour before I spoke

"Josh…"

"Yes, Liz?" I smiled when he called me Liz.

"You know I love you, and no matter what my father says, I still will, right?"

"Of course."

"And you love me?"

"Yes. I do love you, Elizabeth. More than anything." We sat up now, and we sat there in silence for another hour, until I spoke again.

"Josh…can we go somewhere?"

"Where do you want to go?"

"Anywhere but here. As long as I'm with you."

"Okay. Let's just drive south, then."

"Sure. I've got money, you've got a car. Please?" Nice, sunny California. We both got into the front seat and then we left. I felt bad because he had to do all of the driving. I decided I would stay up with him.

After a few hour's of driving…I felt a bit weird.

"I wish we didn't have to run away." I let out a deep sigh as we drove.

"It's the only way, Elizabeth." He said softly. It pained him to do this as well but if we didn't, we couldn't be together.

"I know, I know." Turning around in my seat, I looked out the back window of his car longingly. We didn't know where we were going. Nobody knew. Not our fathers or our mothers. Not our aunts or our uncles. No one.

We were breaking all of the rules now.

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