{{Charlotte's POV}}

I woke up the next morning at ten. Jessi and Carla were still asleep, but hey would wake up soon. I trudged downstairs to find something for breakfast.

"Morning. Ready for the big day?" My father sat at the table eating. I was surprised he was here and not off doing whatever it was that he did.

"Yeah," I replied.

"Well, you guys have fun." He stood and kissed my forehead. "I'll be back before your party starts. There are just a few things that I have to do." I spoke too soon. He disappeared again.

I had to stand on a chair to reach the cereal on top of the refrigerator. I was too excited to eat much, and this was the quickest and easiest thing to eat at the moment.

"Morning!" I screamed and fell backwards. "Careful, we can't have you break anything on your birthday."

"I wouldn't have slipped if you didn't sneak up on me." Seth set me on my feet. "I think I will get you one of those cat bells or something." He laughed. "I didn't even here you come in. How can you be so silent?" He sat at the table while I ate.

"I think it's another one of those werewolf things."

Jessi and Carla came around the corner.

"Seth came for breakfast again?" Carla whispered to me.

"Leave him alone. If he wants to come then he will."

"Wow. It shows how much he wants to be around you." I saw Seth's mouth twitch into a smile.

"Hurry up and eat so we can leave," I said. I placed my bowl in the sink and headed upstairs with Seth following. I changed into shorts and a t-shirt and put on my old converse.

"So are you excited for today?" Seth asked.

"Yes. All the people I love are going to be there and my friends are coming as well, even though it was completely unexpected." I sat on the edge of my bed by Seth. "I have a question. You said that you protect La Push from vampires, and if they get too close then you will have to kill them, right?" He nodded. "The Cullens are coming to my birthday party, but my party is on the beach in La Push. You're not going to kill them are you?"

He laughed. "No, we know that they won't intentionally cause trouble, but they still have to stay on their side of the boundaries. Only for today they can come onto La Push territory."

"So if the werewolves are friends with vampires, then why is there still a boundary? Both groups get along."

"It's complicated. We can't just change the rules."

"You have for today," I pointed out.

"Again, I say it's complicated." I noticed he didn't look at me.

"Fine fine. If you don't want to talk about this then I won't bring it up again."

"I can't really tell you at this moment. I have to keep a promise to so many things—" I stood. "Where are you going? Are you mad at me?"

"I'm not mad; I'm just confused. There's something going on with you and my father and neither one of you will tell me. I hate that both of you are keeping secrets from me." I pushed past him and headed downstairs.

"I can't help it. I'm sworn to secrecy."

"I know. It has to do with the whole…'issue' but I really would like to be in on it sometimes." I saw Jessi and Carla peek around the corner.

"Charlotte—"

"I'm not going to start anything today. Let's just drop it for now."

"Okay. We'll talk about it later then." He kissed my cheek and left.

I sank into the couch. This was not how I wanted to start my day. I didn't want to be upset with Seth, but I hated that he was keeping things from me, even if he was forbidden to tell. These last few days were starting to stress me out.

"Um, are you guys okay? It sounded like a big argument." Carla sat beside me on the couch.

"It's nothing. Are you guys ready?" I asked before they could ask more questions. They ran upstairs to change and were back in a few minutes.

I drove to La Push. People were already on the beach. Tables and chairs were being set up. We helped place all the decorations on the table. The tables were draped with alternating colors of blue, black, and green. There were two long tables, each with a sign that said 'gifts'. I saw Seth and a few others from the pack unloading chairs and placing them around the tables. There was a table near the middle that was more decorated than the others. I was guessing this was where I was going to sit. A few more chairs were placed around the table. At least I wouldn't be sitting by myself. There was also a platform that was set off to the side and a DJ booth. Lights were being strung across the ground and under the platform. We blew up a lot of balloons. Some were placed on the back of chairs; most of them were scattered on the sand. Even though it was still daylight, it looked really good. I couldn't wait to see it when I was dark.

"Hey, it's almost three. Shouldn't we be going?" Carla reminded me. I didn't even notice that the time had flown by so quickly.

"Uh, yeah, we should go. I don't want to keep Alice waiting." We rushed to my car and drove to the Cullen's house. Alice stood on the front steps tapping her foot.

"You're late."

I looked at my phone. "Only by ten minutes."

"Humph."

It took Alice hours to finish with our make-up and hair. I was pleased with the outcome but I personally thought it took too much time. We waited downstairs for Alice.

"Ready?" We turned to see Alice coming down the stairs. Her dress was simple but it looked amazing on her. It was a strapless dark plum dress with a turquoise band around her waist that tied into a bow. She was the only one of us that wore heels. I was positive though that she wouldn't fall or get a heel stuck or sink in the sand. She held the graceful walk of a vampire.

It was only seven when we pulled up at the beach. It was almost dusk. The lights were light and made the water sparkle which made the night seem so much more alive.

"It looks so beautiful."

Alice stood beside me. "Wow, it really does. Shall we?" All four of us linked arms and walked towards the party.

Alice's dress:

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