Chapter Eight

Silent Lies

Sarenee Cullen-Black

"What do you mean I can't go near Kate? She's one of my best friends!" Sarenee screamed at her mother, they were in the middle of a heated battle.

"I don't want you associating with her! Don't you realize what her actions are doing to Liam? He's hurting, Sarenee! You come back almost every day from seeing her, covered in her smell, talking about how amazing she and Aaron are together!" Renesmee growled at her daughter.

"I don't care. Don't you realized that Liam's silly bit fits over Kate and Aaron are tearing this family apart? You, Mary and Leo wont' speak, Madison has no idea what to do, and all of my generation feel awkward as hell because we don't know what to do or how to react. It's killing Grandpa Carlisle! It's causing rifts in the whole family!" I growled back at her.

My mother crossed the room and stood in front of me, "Kate is being selfish. She is causing this because she won't accept that Liam is her imprint! She decides to frolic with that idiot…." She sounded angry and bitter, and every bit the protective mother. It was almost admirable, but it was also frustrating because Kate was like a sister to me.

"Liam needs to get his head out of his ass and realize that the only thing Kate would be willing to offer is friendship. If you spent two minutes to watch her an Aaron together you would realize that he is changing her for the better." I turned away from her, "And Aaron isn't an idiot. He's actually rather kind and sweet, and he's a soldier, which means in my eyes he is a hero." I turned fully and headed for the door, "Don't expect me home any time early tonight. I planned to go out with Kate." I muttered, before slamming the door before she could protest.

I pushed my heels into the ground using my vampire speed to accelerate me forward, I wasn't in the mood to drive today, I just wanted to run and let some of the frustration I was feeling seep away before I got into school. Can you really go to school when you're this frustrated? I thought to myself. No, no you can't.

I carried on running for what seemed like forever, but couldn't have been more than an hour. I looked around, smelling the environment to get my bearings. I could smell petrol and diesel and other smells like human blood, trash, carbon, tobacco…. It smelled like a city. I was close to a city. I smiled and carried on towards the city, knowing that I was heading to Seattle.

I entered the city boarders, my windswept hair looked like a bush so I brushed it quickly before entering the main city, it was rather beautiful in an urban way, but it couldn't compare to the beauty of Forks and the wilderness that surrounded it.

Ring Ring. "SARENEE WHERE ARE YOU?" My mom yelled down the phone at me, I sighed internally, somebody must have told her I wasn't at school.

"I've gone on a run. I might be back later… maybe not." I decided to be sketchy, knowing that they had no way of seeing me or knowing where I was unless they decided to follow my scent trail, which they probably would eventually. "Look, mom, I need time and space to think okay? At the moment everything is just too much for me. I can't deal with all this crap with Kate and Liam. I need a few days away." I sighed, expecting her to yell at me to get home this instant.

"Baby, you know I love you and I trust you to take care of yourself. At your age I was married and a mother for crying out loud…" I hadn't expected that, "If you need time and space, take it. But please be careful." I heard her say.

"Okay, thanks mom." I smiled and then whispered "I love you." Before putting the phone down, and wiping the damn areas on my eyes.

Katelyn Cullen

I looked around the cafeteria for Rennie, "Where is she Sienna?" I asked, I was getting worried. I reached up to touch a tendril of my hair that was falling out of its messy bun. It was a world away from my usually ironed straight hair, but these days I didn't feel like I needed to impress anyone. I had who I wanted, I had my friends, my family and an amazing boyfriend who loved me just the way I was. What more could I want?

"I bet her mom's keeping locked her up and thrown away the key. You know how Renesmee feels about her going anywhere near you now."

"Yeah. You're probably right." I sighed, I missed my aunt Renesmee, but she was really only taking her son's side and refusing to see the whole picture. I didn't want a relationship with Liam, and yet after the imprint that's all Liam seemed to want. I had offered friendship, multiple times, but he always said not while I was with Aaron, and because I refused to break up with Aaron, I was the bitch.

My parents had spoken to me about breaking with Aaron, but after realizing that I didn't want Liam in that way, they backed down and took my side.

I felt bad for not feeling like that about Liam, sure, I felt the need to be friends… but more than friends like he so obviously wanted? I drew a blank at that. It didn't' seem to register to me that Liam was probably meant to be the love of my life or whatever. My heart was already well and truly taken.

"Well I'm going to find her." I muttered, I pulled my phone out of my pocket and dialled in Rennie's number. She answered on the second ring.

""Rennie, where are you?" I asked, "Me and Sienna were worried about you." I frowned into the phone.

"You don't need to be worried. I'm taking a break away from the family for a while. I can't do with Liam's bitch fits and the constant arguments just because I refuse to take a side." Rennie sound a little defeated, her voice was also dangerously calm.

"Where are you though?" I asked, "Where."

"Seattle." She muttered.

"You're in SEATTLE." I said a little too loudly.

"Seattle? What the fuck is she doing in Seattle?" Sienna asked, sounding a little bit pissed off. "What happened to inviting us on this little trip?"

"Yeah, why didn't you invite us?" I asked, we always did things together.

"I literally ran here after an argument with my mom. I didn't even know I was coming here myself until about an hour ago." She sighed again. I gripped the phone tighter.

"Right, don't move. We're coming there right now." I said, making the decision there and then.

"What. Now? Like RIGHT NOW?" Rennie sounded a little shocked, but her voice perked up.

"Of course, bitch. We're your best friends. We'd drop anything for you." Sienna said down the phone, grinning.

"Hey, Si. You're a bigger bitch so shut your pretty little face." I spoke, bantering with my sisters. "Right, we're coming. Right now. So meet us near Aaron's apartment."

"Okay, got it." She laughed, "I'll meet you there in a few hours."

I shut off the phone and then looked to Sienna, "Looks like we're going to Seattle, Si." I chuckled.

"I vote nay on telling the parents. They'll just get mad unless we go there first." Sienna muttered, and I knew she was right.

"I'm setting off now, I don't know about you, but I can quite easily remember the way to Seattle by car because I go there with Aaron for dates all the time." I grinned, thinking about Aaron made my heart swell with pride.

"You two are so cute." Sienna grinned, showing her affectionate side, "I'm happy for you, Katie." She smiled softly and then touched my shoulder in a kind gesture.

I looked around the cafeteria and then stood up slowly at human pace, "I'm going now, are you coming?" I said to her, she stood up beside me chuckled.

"Right now… okay then." Sienna's chuckled turned into a smile and she brushed her hair behind her ear, "Why not. Let's go. Right now." And then she began to head towards the door that would lead her to the parking lot where my car was.

We got to my car, a small Italian fiat that was adorable. I smiled and touched the old girl gently, "You're so beautiful." I muttered to the car and then I climbed inside. My car was very different to the usual cars my family had, but my girl served her purpose for me.