Dylan's POV

Why did I go back? To see if Renesmee was okay? Or maybe Michelle? To look for my sister? Or perhaps to get my revenge on Stephan by killing him at exactly the right time? This was the question for which I had no answer. All I knew was that in the end, I was glad I came back. I saved an innocent girl from being killed because of her last name. I had saved Nessie's daughter, alongside with a werewolf that no doubt belonged to Jacob Black's pack. I felt as though I did Nessie another favor and was one step closer to repaying my life long debt to Renesmee. It made me feel good inside.

As I walked through the trees on my way out of Forks I realized that there was a familiar scent in the air… sweet and inviting. Another vampire, one I knew well; almost too well.

"Sara!" I called. "Sara you can't hide! I can smell you."

When I got no answer I simply smiled, and stood still. I knew this trick.

"Ahhh Sister Dearest you forget that I know all of your tricks," I said aloud. "I am the one who came up with most of them in the first place."

Sara and I had become quite the hiders over the years. We had learned many tricks in covering our tracks and making sure that it was hard as hell for anyone to find us. Though I knew all these tricks, which is why all my sister could really do was run from me. But to hide would just be foolish.

"Come on Sara! I know that you're here, and you know that I've been looking for you! So please just come out and talk to me!"

"You know," a voice said from behind me. "You look pretty stupid sitting there yelling into the air."

That wasn't Sara's voice, but it was just a familiar. I turned around to see Renesmee standing there with her arms folded across her chest.

"Renesmee," I said nodding. "It's nice to see you again."

"I wish I could say the same," Nessie said. She still looked the same to me. Her hair was still bronze and curly, and her eyes were still just as brown. She was maybe a little taller? "The pretenses suck don't you think?"

"Yes I suppose," I said looking down at the ground.

"Why are you here Dylan?" Nessie asked shaking her head.

I squinted my eyes at her and sighed. "You'd think that I would get a thank you before getting the third degree. What happened to your values Ness?"

"Don't talk to me about values Dylan," Nessie scoffed. "But you're right; you did save my daughter… in a way. So thank you, and that's from me and Jacob."

"So you are still with Wolfy huh?" I asked trying to sound surprised. When she narrowed her eyes at me I laughed. "Motherhood took away your sense of humor Nessie."

"No," she said. "It just shortened my patients for idiocy. Why are you here Dylan?" she asked.

"Isn't it obvious by my shouting?" I asked. "I'm looking for Sara."

"You mean you lost her?" Ness asked. "Only you could lose another person."

"Lose being the operative word here," I said waving my hand in a tiny circle. "It's more like misplaced. Yeah that works, I misplaced Sara."

Nessie was not amused. "Look, it is good to see you Dylan but you have to have another reason for coming here otherwise you wouldn't have. My daughter told me that you were with Stephan…"

"I was with him, for business purposes. Nothing more," I said. "But thanks to your wolf friend, Stephan is dead."

"Stephan has been hunting you for years and you just meet up and join him…again. Really Dylan did you learn nothing about bad business the first time around?" Nessie asked.

That stung a bit.

"When I was younger I had anger issues Renesmee, don't hold that against me now," I hissed.

"They don't look like they've gotten any better Dylan," she said moving closer to me. "Why were you with Stephan? Was it because you were trying to find Sara? Well I don't think that was the best way to go about it."

"Sara had nothing to do with me being with Stephan," I growled. It was amazing how angry Nessie could get me, and I still have a love for her. "I wanted him dead. After all these years I wanted him gone."

"And you thought you could do it alone?"

"Well it didn't turn out that way now did it?" I said. "You know I should really think about getting myself one of those guard dogs… they are good fighters."

"They are people," Nessie growled. "What were you thinking going after Stephan by yourself? Do you have a death wish?"

"Tons," I joked. Again she wasn't amused.

"Have you learned nothing from dealing with him? I mean really Dylan," Nessie scolded.

"You know just because you are a mother of four now doesn't mean that you are mine. What gives you the right to scold me?" I asked. This is just what I needed, an argument with Renesmee Black.

"She doesn't have much right, but I do," another voice said. I turned around to see Sara, standing the exact same way Nessie was. "Renesmee," she said nodding at the girl behind me.

"Sara," Ness whispered. "It's been awhile."

"Almost five years," Sara said softly.

"Sara I take back everything, I hope you know that," Nessie said, tears streaming down her face.

"I figured," my sister said. "I wish I never walked out."

Nessie stepped forward just as her cell phone rang. She looked at the screen and then looked up. "I have to go. Michelle is asking where I am."

Something in me lifted when I heard Michelle's name, why? Another thing I couldn't answer. By now it was dawn, as far as I knew Nessie had been out all night.

"Will you both come by the house? We are staying at the regular place, and I'm sure everyone would like to see you," Nessie said.

"I don't know if-"Sara was cut off.

"Sara please, we have so much to talk about. I can't go another five years without my friend," Renesmee whispered. Sara just nodded and smiled.

"Thank you," Ness said. "You too Dylan, I don't care what anyone says, I wasn't done yelling at you." She smiled and then, faster than I thought, she was gone.

I turned around and waited for the yelling to start, but Sara just looked at me.

"The whole silent treatment thing scares me Sara," I said. "Just go ahead and start yelling so I can have some piece of mind."

"I'm not going to yell at you brother," Sara said. "I think you were right to want to kill Stephan. Stupid, but right."

I smiled.

"So you called, and called, and called," Sara said. She walked around me in a circle, as if she was stalking me and getting ready to pounce.

"We haven't seen each other in a while Sara," I said. "Isn't it enough to say that I missed my sister?"

"I supposed," she said. "But I know that's not the real reason that you wanted to see me, at least not all of it."

"Ahhh you're too smart for me sis," I chuckled.

"So what's the deal?" Sara asked.

"Michelle is getting older…" I muttered.

"Oh no Dylan," Sara whined. "No, no, no."

"What?"

"She's five Dylan! That's what!" Sara was yelling now.

"I understand that! But I don't know… she's growing up and I don't want to miss it," I said. Thinking of Michelle growing up and not being able to see it left a bad taste in my mouth. Ever since Sara had seen me falling in love with Michelle, I felt connected to her. But I respected Nessie's wishes and stayed away. I figured if I got my sister and Nessie to be friends again, we could get close to the Cullens again. Don't get me wrong, this wasn't just because of Michelle, I missed all of the Cullens. When Sara and I lived with them, we had a family again. Plus, Sara and Nessie needed to patch things up. It had been too long.

"So you want me to help you get closer to Michelle?" Sara asked. "You know that's pretty low brother, even for you."

"What are you talking about?" I asked. I knew she was going to take this the wrong way.

"Using your sister to get closer to a little girl," Sara said. "Hmmm sounds sort of stalkerish don't you think?"

"You're taking this the wrong way Sara. This isn't just about Michelle. Don't you want to get your friend back? I know you miss Nessie, Sara I know how you feel inside. You miss her and you know you want to break that promise you made," I said quietly. "Do you remember what it was like to live with the Cullens? We had a family Sara, for the first time in years we had a family. I want that again Sara, I want a family again."

"And you think I don't Dylan?" Sara asked quietly. "Do you think that I don't want that family back too? Those were the best years we had… but I did make a promise to Nessie."

"Which she said that she wants you to go back on," I said carefully. I knew that Sara was sensitive about what happened years ago between her and Nessie.

"I know…"

"Sara this is our chance to have our life back, to have a family again. This is our chance for you to get back to your best friend back," I said.

"I know Dylan," Sara said annoyed. "But you're also using this chance to get to Michelle. How is that right?"

"I want to get to know Michelle as she grows, I want to get to know her, and I want to be around her. Be her friend. Is that so wrong?"

"In a way yes," Sara said, "and in another way, no its not."

"See," I smiled.

"But how do you know that they will even accept us back into their lives? After what you did, after what I did…"

"Hey, hey, hey," I said stepping forward to grab her shoulders and looking into her gold eyes. "You didn't do anything. You did what you thought was right, but I was wrong. I was the one who wronged the Cullens, Nessie, and you. Don't you ever blame yourself."

I could feel Sara's shoulders trembling as she sobbed silently.

"Sara all you did was protect the people you loved in the only way you could, and you know what," I said, "Nessie knows that. She always has known that."

Sara looked up at me and nodded.

"Let's go see the family today," Sara said.

"Sounds good to me sister!" I smiled.

"But it's kind of early, why don't we hunt first," Sara said.

I nodded thinking of my black eyes; it had been awhile since I hunted anyway.

"That also sounds good," I said as we started running.

By this point I was extremely excited, I was going to have a family again. I was finally going to belong.