"Me and him are a memory. Him and her are a reality." - Katie Holmes

"Thank goodness it's Friday," sighed Alice, happily.

Emmett, Alice, Ryan, and I were walking into the house. We had all just come home from a slow day at school, relieved that it was finally the weekend. Ryan had been attending Forks High since his family came to visit us. He was in most of my classes, which was fantastic. Alice managed somehow to be in every single one of my classes, not wanting me to be alone all the time. Emmett, being my older brother and all, posed as a Senior.
I plopped onto the couch in the living room, throwing my purple neon flats off with my feet. I curled up into a ball and got out my cellphone. Harper had sent me a few text messages. I sighed. They were all about Ryan. Harper was madly in love with him, just because of his devilishly handsome good looks. He was the new talk of the school now, every girl wanted him. But, however, he didn't seem to show any interest in any of them. Ryan told me one day that he thought Harper was probably the "Most annoying creature to ever roam the planet." He approved of Audrey, just because she's a quiet person. He thought Jade was nice and he liked Dan well enough to talk to him during lunch. Ryan would mainly just stick to Emmett, Alice, and I at school.

"Does this Harper girl ever shut her mouth?" I heard Ryan scoff from behind me. I turned around to find him gazing down at me, a sly smile on his face.

"Afraid not," I said, feeling myself blush at his intoxicating presence. "But I love her anyway."

Ryan smirked in a charming way.

"Of course you do, Cecilia."

"Yeah," I said, causually, turnig my attention back to my phone.

"So, what are you doing this evening? There isn't a basketball game, so you won't be dancing for us all," Ryan said, playing it cool. He walked around to the couch and sat next to me, crossing his legs.

I felt myself going red in the face.

"Umm. Well...I wasn't planning on anything..." I stuttered, feeling my stomach churn with butterflies.

"Excellent," said Ryan, smoothly. "Would you care to go to dinner with me?"

"Dinner?" I asked, blankly.

Ryan nodded, his golden eyes locking with mine. My heart, like always, was pumping way too quickly.

"Yes, dinner," he said. "Isn't that what most people do for dates? Tell me if I'm mistaken, please, Cecilia."

Date. He called our get-together a date. Oh, dear god...

"Errr, yes. That's what most people do for...uhh...dates," I said, not being able to look at him. "But that won't be much fun for you," I added, knowing that vampires do not eat food.

Ryan smiled at me, resembling an angel. More blood rushed up my cheeks, I could feel it. I turned my head down so I was looking at my black skirt.

"It doesn't matter to me, I don't mind at all." He grinned more, making the butterflies in my stomach flutter madly.

"Sure, then. Dinner sounds good," I said, still not looking at his face.

Ryan laughed.

"Lovely. Would you like to go to Port Angeles? Or perhaps Olympia? Hell, we can even go to Seattle if you wish."

"Anywhere is fine, really," I said too quickly. My heart was still hammering in my chest. How embarrassing, I knew he could hear it...

"You decide and let me know, Cecilia. Really, we can go anywhere," said Ryan, softly.

I couldn't breathe very well.

"Umm. I guess we could go to this cafe that's new," I said, my voice hesitant. "It's just in town."

Ryan smiled once again.

"Of course. We'll leave at six, is that fine with you?"

"Yes, thank you, Ryan."

"Anything for you, Cecilia."

"Oh. My. God."

"I know..."

"Oh. My. God."

"Harper, please..."

"Oh. My. God."

"Can you say anything else besides that?" I spat, feeling annoyed.

"I cannot believe this!" Harper screamed, excitedly. "You're so lucky! All of the girls at school would kill, and I mean kill, to be you right now!"

I was lying on my bed talking to Harper on the phone. I was wearing comfy gray sweats complete with a pink Juicy Couture sweatshirt. Ryan had just asked me an hour ago if I wanted to be his girlfriend. I said yes, of course. We had been going on several dates lately, for nearly two months. I was able to talk to him better now and I my heart was slowly beginning to be tame.

"How did he ask you and when? Give me full details!" shrieked Harper.

"It was about an hour ago. Ryan asked me on the front porch around twilight. It was so embarrassing, he asked my dad permission first to see if it was okay." I smirked, my cheeks blushing pink.

Harper gave out a squeal, sounding like a small child opening a long awaited Christmas present.

"That is so adorable!"

I couldn't help but smile.

"Yeah. It is," I agreed, sounding cheerful.

"How you visited that Quileute guy lately, Cee?" Harper asked, her voice suddenly very serious.

"No, no. That was just a one time thing. He was just wondering about my Aunt Bella, remember? That was it, nothing more, Harper," I said, shaking my head as rain began to fall from the sky outside.

But as I spoke I remembered that day I had with Jacob Black. It was so easy to be around him after we had talked for a while, all of the intensity was gone. No one in my family knew that I visited him, and I was intending on that to be a secret. I had to admit, I did miss Jacob, even though we spent barely a full day together. It had been almost two months. Most likely Jacob had forgotten about me by now. No, I couldn't think that. I wouldn't think that. Part of me wanted to go see him, to visit him down at La Push. But, however, the other part of me knew that was wrong and a terrible idea. I was now Ryan's girlfriend, I couldn't just turn him down for some guy that I barely knew, that I just heard stories about. Jacob isn't interested in me, why should he be?

That night I had a dream about Jacob Black...

We were at First Beach together. I was locked inside of Jacob's strong arms, feeling warm as a cool wind blew through our hair. A wolf howled in the background. He then held me closer, sensing I was afraid. Jacob calmed me down, whispering my name erotically. I touched the planes of his chest, sighing...

The dream changed. I was with Ryan Middleton...

I was on his back while he was running through a green forest. While running, Ryan was singing to me, my name was in it. It sounded so sweet, so breathtaking. Ryan stopped suddenly. I got off of his back, clinging onto his front. His breath smelled delicious as he looked into my eyes. Ryan pressed his cold, marble lips to my thoart. I touched his dark hair, breathing unevenly...

Oh, no. Damn it.

I was in love with two guys.

I woke up, hysterically. Tears were escaping from the corners of my eyes. I placed my hands over my face. I was a horrible person. This couldn't be happening. I only loved Ryan Middleton...just him...not Jacob Black...

"I heard someone crying..."

I gasped loudly, blood draining from my face. Thunder was roaring outside, lightening flashing, and rain falling rapidly. Father stood in my room. He was across from my bed, wearing a torn expression. How he wished to know what I was thinking...I wasn't easy to read for him, just like Mother. Father came over and sat next to me, taking my hand. He soothed me, calling me by the nickname that he gave me. He had been calling me this name since I was born. It was Miracolo. Miracolo means 'miracle' in Italian. I cried even more now.

Father began to hum my lullaby that he created for me such a long time ago...
I drifted off into dark dreams, forgetting about my current troubles...

I couldn't sleep well at all now. Her face would always pop into my head. She would grin at me, her emerald eyes would light up. Sometimes I could hear her quietly whisper my name...

I was going crazy, insane. The girl was always on my mind. I try to block her out of my mind, but she never leaves me. Her presence just lingers with me all the time...this has been going on for a really long time now...

Oh, god. I imprinted on the bloodsucker's daughter.

Cecilia Cullen was meant for me.