A/N Thanks HEAPS to the ONE person who reviewed. Bloolagoonafairy, thanks so much! I hope I haven't updated too late to lose your interest! Come on people, I know you're out there! I have eyes in the back of my head. Lol. I've just checked how many people have visited this story and there are like 10 TIMES the amount of reviews(and I'm not exaggerating either.) So please, It's not that hard to review is it? I just want to know what is good/bad/interesting about each chapter. Thanks, DANCElikeNOBODYisWATCHING.

And just so you know, I originally wrote Jasmine as Bella so please excuse any cheesy, totally unintentional errors I may make.

Chapter 2

The next day started much the same as the one before. I woke up early with faint circles under my eyes. I made myself some toast for breakfast though I would have preferred something with a little more kick, literally. David came down the stairs dressed for a day at the store and left before me; same as the kids and Lillian. I was the last to leave.

On the drive to school, I fiddled with the numbers on the radio until I received at least a small amount of reception which meant that I was still searching when I entered the school parking lot. I gave up, frustrated. This place was hopeless.

I parked in the student parking lot and proceeded to sling my bag over one shoulder. Hunching deeper into the hood of my jacket, I made my way to the first class of the day.

The level of attention I got seemed to wane a little for which I was glad.

I held my breath as I walked into the cafeteria at lunch. Sara was babbling on about something or other and I tuned her out as I searched the area.

Once again, they sat at the opposite end to me. I looked away swiftly.

Suddenly, I felt a layer of mist cover my mind. It crawled over my skull, looking for holes to enter. I held my breath until the odd sensation passed.

Ever since I was born and beforehand, I'd had this protective shield of sorts that surrounded my head. I could project it to include others and had perfected my skills over the years. I could let others in at will. It even protected my body. If anyone wanted to harm me, they simply…couldn't. Many other vampires had tried to befriend me so they could control me. That was not going to happen any time soon.

One of the clan had an ability that touched my mind but they were going to be heavily disappointed. I smiled privately.

Lunch went by in a blur.

My feet dragged as I made my way to trig. I knew they would be there and I didn't want to have to face any of the Cullens.

I ignored every look including the piercing looks I could feel grazing over my face.

We were doing some sort of test today.

I looked back at them and meet their gaze squarely before gasping quietly. My eyes went so wide I expected them pop out and roll away. I lifted one finger and held it in the air. My eyes darted between their eyes. I could see my hand was quivering.

Both of them simply looked at me with wary yet understanding expressions.

"You don't…You aren't…" I couldn't get the words out properly.

"We can't talk about it here," Isabella said under her breath, somehow knowing I could hear her.

I breezed through the test, never paying much time or attention on it.

Gym was volleyball and the hour seemed to go on for an eternity. By the time I was in my truck and driving home, all my thoughts were consumed with the Cullens. They were so odd. First, they had the most humongous clan I had ever seen. Second, they had the darkest vampire ever, unless he was human. Maybe they wanted a midnight snack? And third, they had golden irises. They were all vampires but they were totally unique.

I let myself in with my key. After dumping all my school stuff in my room, I started a load of washing up and grabbed my brand new copy of Black Beauty. I must've read it a million times but I'd decided to read it again for good measure. David had bought me a new copy for a welcoming present.

I knew that if the Cullens wanted to find out more about me, they would come looking and I preferred to pick the fighting grounds.

The kids and Lillian wouldn't come home for a few more hours because the twins were at a birthday party in Port Angeles.

I was already well into chapter three before I heard it. Heavy padding and the dense panting of a large animal running in a direct line toward the house.

I stood up and flung my book on my bed before sprinting downstairs and out the back door that bordered almost directly onto the forest. I walked until I was within the trees green embrace. Standing still and silent, I calculated the time it would take for it to reach the spot I stood in; seven seconds…six…five…four…three…two…

"What the hell?" I muttered, readying my hands to fight it.

One. It stopped.

I could see a set of glistening eyes shinning out from the murkiness. My eyes traveled down and I gasped. It was the hugest wolf I had ever encountered.

I backed up a few steps. It followed lithely. I retreated all the way up the door. The animal shadowed my movements exactly.

"You have got to be freaking kidding. Are you even real?" I scrubbed my eyes, "No wait, I'm dreaming."

It barked out a laugh as if it understood me. Suddenly it looked over his shoulder. I listened for his distraction; soft, silent footsteps against the soggy carpet of leaves and mud and the whisper of tree boughs moving to let them pass marked their presence.

I giggled with glee when I heard two different sets of footsteps. That must be the parental figures. What were their names? Carlisle and Esme, that's right.

"Here come the vampires," I muttered to it, "You can leave now. Seeing as you can understand me, please do." I knew they all could hear me loud and clear, several of them even laughed. I ran up the few stairs and stood in the lounge, waiting for them to all enter; hoping against hope that the animal would run away when the Cullens passed.

Suddenly, they began filling in, one after the other…all of them. I let out a gust of air and bounced back all the way to the wall, searching for the handle of the door. If they weren't coming to kill me, they were certainly up to something.

"Well, you must be Carlisle and Esme," I said pleasantly, nodding at the two I hadn't seen yet. I didn't stop trying my escape.

"Calm child," Carlisle said gently, "We aren't going to harm you."

"Yeah," I said, bitterness creeping into my tone, "That's what they all say just before they try to take my will away from me. Where is that damn door handle!" I hissed under my breath.

Rosalie sniggered and my hands stilled while I studied her.

She was absolutely gorgeous. I only saw exactly how gorgeous she was when she was turned entirely toward me, "Wow," I whispered, "I wish I looked as beautiful as you."

I slapped my hands over my mouth as soon as I realized what I'd said and I felt my face blushing with heat. I had an acute case of foot'n'mouth disease. My tongue always raced ahead of my brain. Edward laughed a short bark of amusement and Isabella elbowed him in the ribs.

Suddenly, an animalish aroma hit my senses, making me wrinkle my nose in concentration, "What is that smell?" I placed my sleeve over my nose to try and block it out. Somehow, it frustrated me yet made me long for the source.

"That's Jacob," Carlisle said in a soothing tone while looking meaningfully at the one called Jasper. Jasper's eyes grew remotely more focused and I could guess what he was trying to do.

"That won't work…unless you're going to knock me out with a levitating chair or something." His expression froze, as did the rest of them.

"As we were saying, how could that smell possibly come from a vampire or a human?"

Jacob pushed himself to the front of the group so he could talk to me, "I'm neither but you seem to react to me in an interesting way." He smirked at me and mimed a wolf howling at the moon. I gasped and slid down the wall. I cradled my forehead on my knees saying, "I'm beginning to wonder if it was such a good idea to move here."

I heard shuffling then someone murmur, "Go on, it'll work out perfectly with her dad." Someone moved closer to me.

"You know, when I mentioned knocking me out with a chair, I wasn't giving you permission to do so," I warned.

I felt the carpet indent when someone sat beside me. Then I felt an arm go around my shoulders. I stiffened and looked up. I froze again.

"Do you want to come for a sleepover tonight?" she asked gently, "Alice says your dad will be fine with it." She seemed totally immune to my eyes wheeling wildly over her. She smiled encouragingly at me.

"Is there anything else you and you're family want to throw in my face?"

Her smile exploded into a huge grin.

I breathed in jaggedly and turned my face into her shoulder. She held me softly while I sobbed my shock out.

I think I must've fallen asleep because when I woke up, I was on the couch leaning against Renesmee the half vampire, half human girl. On my other side was Isabella. All the others besides Carlisle, Jacob and Edward had left. I yawned and stretched drowsily.

"She's awake," Renesmee murmured. Isabella's face swam into my line of vision. She spoke quietly, "Would you like to come for a visit tonight? We can't talk here; your father will be here any minute."

Before I realized what I was doing, I nodded and pushed up from the couch to go pack a few things. Renesmee followed me to my room. She leaned in the doorway as I stuffed a change of clothes into a bag. I whisked to the bathroom to grab my toiletry bag and was back again within two seconds.

Isabella, Edward and Jacob left out the back door just as David walked through the front door.

"Hey David," I started, "Do you mind if I go over to Renesmee's place? She invited me and I thought you'd be ok with it seeing as it's the weekend tomorrow."

He looked shocked for a second before waving at me in a form of dismissal.

"Come back by tomorrow tea time. Otherwise, give me a ring if you're going to stay over an extra night but not Sunday night."

Lillian walked in the door at that exact moment, "What the heck is going on here?" she exclaimed as she took in the extra two people crowding the room.

I answered her with cool assurance, "I was just getting David's opinion on me going away for the weekend."

She looked at me coldly; she never had liked me much, "Well hurry up! Get out of here."

"I'll be seeing you then," Carlisle said to David, shaking his hand and Lillian realized who he was; her superior at the hospital. Her mouth gaped like a fish as if she never expected to see me within a mile radius of someone like Carlisle. I winked at her cheekily.

David fell into the couch and watched me leave with Carlisle and Renesmee.

We traveled to their house in a car. It didn't beat running but nothing could really beat the thrill of running. Carlisle turned down a forest track and followed it a mile or so to a clearing. In it sat a magnificent house. It was a faded white colour and seemed to reach to the sky when in reality it was three stories high. I realized with a start that the sky was actually quite dark. The walls stood out from the deep purples and blues of the sun illuminating the backs of the ever-present clouds.

As we walked up to the door, I heard what I assumed to be Jacob running to greet us but there was another wolf on his heels. I shuddered as the yearning feeling increased. I felt like I just had to meet them. I forced myself to walk inside. Everyone stood around in the massive front room. The back south-facing wall was entirely made of glass. It looked like a portal to another world. The landscape you could see through it was painted in beautiful night colours. There was nothing within the frame that suggested we were in the twenty-first century.

The room looked as if several walls had been knocked out to create such a big space. A sleek, black grand piano sat on a raised platform.

Isabella flashed over and hugged Renesmee.

"Just wondering," I inquired, "Are you two related?"

Isabella looked up at me, "She's my daughter."

I sucked in a deep breath before smiling as warmly at them as possible. It wasn't their fault that I was insanely jealous and wished that I could have a loving mother like Renesmee or even a loving parental figure. My attempts at friendliness mustn't have been very convincing because Isabella moved to take my hand in hers and lead me to the pristine white couch.

"Do you know all our names?" she asked softly.

I nodded, "Rosalie and Emmett, Carlisle and Esme, Alice and Jasper," I pointed out the ones across the room, "Jacob's the brown one, Renesmee's the one like me, Edward's your partner and you're Isabella."

She smiled, "You can call me Bella; Renesmee is Nessie; Emmett is Em; Rosalie is Rose and Jasper is Jazz."

I giggled, "That's my nickname too! I'm Jasmine, though you probably already know that. I tell everyone to call me Jazz too."

Several of them laughed along with me. When I stopped, Bella spoke again, "Why don't you tell us a little bit about your history."

I explained my life in a clinical tone that seemed suddenly lifeless even to my own ears.

"Why do you have different coloured eyes to the rest of the vampires?" I finally asked after a long yawn. My eyes were drooping and I was slumped in on myself.

Carlisle spoke, "It's a matter of lifestyle," he said in a reserved tone, carefully evaluating my expression, "We don't drink human blood."

He had all my attention in an instant. My eyes were wide again, exhaustion forgotten, "How?" I whispered.

"We hunt animals." He chuckled, "We call ourselves vegetarians."

"Can I do that? I've tried to live solely on human food but I can never keep it up for long. I hate killing people who don't need to die…" my voice trailed off as I though of all the people who had friends and families and lives. They didn't anymore.

Carlisle smiled and said, "Sure Jasmine. We will help you."

I was tired in another instant and I closed my eyes under reflex, "Is there a place I could sleep?" I mumbled.

I felt someone scoop me up but I slipped under before I could be placed in a bed.