I badly wanted to ask who was at the Cullens' house, but I thought that it might be rude. I would be introduced to everyone soon enough.

"Everyone, welcome home!" A mature yet musical voice greeted us. Was it another one of the Cullens? Probably, judging by the musical sound of it. I'd already made my opinion that no other family except the Cullens could carry that musical sound to their voices.

Adrian stepped forward first. "Hey Carlisle! This is Charlotte." He put his hand behind my back, bringing me forward a bit. "Charlotte, in front of you now is our adoptive dad, Carlisle."

"Adoptive dad?" I asked, as he took my hand and shook it. His touch was as cold as Adrian's. "So then, none of you guys are related?" I asked, bewildered at the thought. But they all sounded so similarly beautiful and I could bet that they all had a cold feel to them as well. How could all of them be so similar and yet...adopted? But at the same time, it all made sense. Hadn't Britney mentioned that Alice and Jasper, Rosalie and Emmett, and Edward and Bella were a couple? That couldn't happen if they were actually siblings after all.

Carlisle chuckled. "We're not related at all, as a matter of fact. You see, my wife Esme and I aren't capable of having children. So we've decided to adopt instead."

It seemed like he was disclosing some very personal information, but the way that he said it in his tone of voice made it seem so general and casual, that I overlooked it almost right away.

"Oh yeah!" Adrian said, seeming to have remembered something. "Charlotte, we've got some visitors right now, but they're friends. Over to your right is Jacob, who's pretty much family as well and then on the couch to your right is Seth."

I had no idea who he was referring to, but I assumed that as long as they were family friends, I should be friendly to them.

"Pleased to meet you," I said, extending my hand out and expecting another cold touch. Oddly enough, I got the opposite. It felt like I'd just touched a heater.

"Hey, I'm Jacob," the one who shook my hand greeted. He sounded tall, since his voice came from directly above me. "And I'm kinda in the family since I'm with Nessie."

"Nessie?" I asked, confused.

"Ah, she's also adopted," Carlisle said. "Only she doesn't go to Forks High School."

I nodded. She must be the oldest one then.

"And that's Seth," Jacob said cautiously. I actually didn't understand his tone of voice that much.

I tried to offer up what I felt was a smile. "Pleased to meet you too, Seth."

It felt like barely a second before he was shaking my hand too.

"Hi," was all he said, but I felt that Seth was taller than me as well.

"We're just kind of waiting around for a bit," Jacob said. "You could say we're crashing this place."

Someone grabbed my left hand. It was Adrian. I then realized that either Seth or Jacob was still holding onto my right hand. My left hand felt cold, and my right hand felt hot. It was an odd feeling, like I was experiencing both summer and winter at the same time.

"Listen Carlisle, about Charlotte's eyes..." Adrian said.

"Yes well, we'll have to take her to my office so I can get a better look," Carlisle said.

"Do you really think you can help me?" I said, trying to sound normal. I was both doubting and hoping at the same time.

Carlisle sounded calm at the next part, that it was almost impossible to know what he meant by what he said. "We'll see what we can do."

"If you can't, it's fine," I said, not trying to pressure them but trying to relieve them of any worry. "I'm used to this so..."

"Well, there's always hope," Carlisle insisted. "Bring her up Adrian."

Adrian pulled me away, and I felt the warm hold on my hand disappear. Suddenly I felt really cold. I figured that either Seth or Jacob was still in the room, only I was being taken up some stairs. I feared that I might fall backwards, but Adrian did a good job of balancing me.

I heard Edward say "I want to talk to you" and that was it before I was ushered into a room that felt amazingly bright.

Seth's P.O.V.

I followed Edward outside after Charlotte had been taken up to Carlisle's office.

"What is it?" I asked.

Edward turned to face me once we were outside. I wondered at the privacy.

"Seth, I know," he said simply.

My eyebrows furrowed in confusion but by the look he was giving me, I could tell what he was talking about.

"Oh, yeah," I said, awkwardly scratching my head.

"You saw her condition Seth," Edward stated.

I nodded. "Yeah, I did. And?"

"What are you planning to do?"

"Do?!" I asked, not sure how to respond. "Well jeez Edward, give me some time, will you? I mean, this happened just right now on the spot and it's not like I planned for it!"

Edward nodded, understanding. "I see. But as soon as you decide, be sure to tell me." He paused. "As soon as you transform, then your whole pack will know."

I groaned. "Yeah. I'm not sure how Leah will react though..."

"There's nothing she can do about it," Edward said, and I'm not sure if it was meant as a reassurance. "And I only ask because I know that Adrian happens to have an interest in her as well."

I was shocked. "W-what?!"

Edward nodded. "Keep quiet about it though, because even I'm not supposed to know. Only..." he smiled sheepishly. "I can't help it."

I nodded, knowing how Edward's powers made it hard for him not to know pretty much everything with what was going on, and from different views as well. Sometimes I marveled how he didn't go insane at reading all those thoughts in his head, cause for me just hearing a few thoughts from my pack was irritating enough.

"If it comes down to taking sides, it'll be hard for me to choose," he said. "So just make sure that it doesn't happen."

"That what doesn't happen?" I asked.

"That it doesn't come down to her or us having to choose between you."

"Edward, she's not a prize!" I spat, getting angry for a reason I didn't even know about. "Things aren't going to be decided on votes."

Edward shook his head. "I know only...don't forget Adrian's power."

I paused. Adrian's power?

"He can help her with her eyes, Seth," Edward said. "If things get too far, he might even..." But he couldn't even continue.

I turned away from him, suddenly wanting to leave but at the same time I felt a compelling urge to stay.

"Just give me time to figure this out," I said. "And I don't think I'll be turning for a while."

I walked away from the house, ignoring the strong pull back towards it. I needed time, even an hour at least, to figure out this new thing.

In the next chapter, I'll be diving deeper into Charlotte's conversation with Carlisle and some other things as well. I hope you enjoyed this chapter.

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