We got back into the States just as the sun in New York was going down. Max looked at me and smiled.
"We did it."
"I know I'm a badass and all, but that Marcus person scared the crap outta me." I said, remembering everything. Max pulled me closer and kissed me. I kissed him back. We landed in Seattle after a while, and we had to seriously go ninja to get to the parking garage because the sun was still up. We found the car and sped off to Forks. Everyone was outside when we got back. Max slammed on the brakes, and fishtailed, so we landed in the garage perfectly. I got out of the car; Max was at my side in an instant. I ran over to everyone. All the girls started talking at once and hugging me. I laughed and hugged them all back.
"So, how was it?" Rosalie asked. I shook my head.
"They scare me. And it was really odd, that one girl…Heidi, when Max hugged me, she, she was jealous." I said. They looked at me.
"Are you sure?" Alice asked. I nodded.
"She and Jane walked in and I nodded at them, and Heidi just snorted and walked over one of the guards, and after Max told Aro that we weren't going to join them, Max pulled me super close, and I got this HUGE burst of jealousy from her. It made my head hurt." I sighed, rubbing my temples. I looked up and around, everyone was staring at me. "What?" I asked.
"Aside from wondering what was up with Heidi, did you actually get a headache?" Carlisle asked. I nodded.
"Yeah, it was really weird, and it felt like when I got those god-awful migraines when I was human." I looked at Max. He had the same look of bewilderment as everyone else.
"And this was just because of Heidi?" Carlisle asked. I shook my head.
"No, when Max said no, everyone had a different reaction, but Heidi was top contributor." I said. Jasper looked at me.
"That's weird; can you handle many strong emotions at once?" He asked. I shrugged.
"Not really. It's hard to, you know, take that all in." I said.
"But I can…"
"Well, there was this one time, Max was really….emotional, and I was touching him, and then he let me feel it and I got the same exact headache-thing." I said. Carlisle looked at me.
"Meghan, I'm going to try something okay?" He said. I nodded and he told everyone to start feeling really strongly about something. They all did, and I gasped, and I could feel that weird headache coming on. Jasper calmed everyone down quickly. I buried my face in my hands, willing the pain away. Max came up and pulled me into his arms. Jasper kept everyone at one level of emotion: calm. As soon as it came, that migraine was gone. I looked at Carlisle.
"What's wrong with me?" I asked quietly, resting my head on Max's chest. He stroked my hair. Carlisle looked at Jasper.
"Did this ever happen to you?" He asked. Jasper shook his head.
"No, the only thing that I ever did was stumble back slightly." He said. Carlisle nodded, then looked back at me.
"Meghan, back when you were human, were you able to get a good grasp on peoples emotions?" Carlisle asked.
"Yeah, but it was so over whelming." I said.
"Did you get headaches?"
"Sometimes. Only when it was really bad." I said. Carlisle nodded.
"I think that those headaches came over with you. But, one more question- were they ever this bad?"
"Oh, no. The ones from when I was human were like sleeping on something really soft and comfy compared to these." I said. Carlisle looked at me. I looked down, trying to figure this out.
"Meghan, I think you might be different from Jasper."
"What?" I asked dumbly.
"Your gift came with a side effect--these headaches." Carlisle said. I nodded, and sighed.
"Okay. Eh, I guess they aren't that bad, now that I know what they are." I shrugged. Max looked at Carlisle.
"So are we going to have to keep her away from large groups?" He asked. Carlisle looked at me, then back at Max.
"That's up to her." Everyone looked back at me.
"Oh, no. I am soooo not going to be babied because of this. Max, I can handle it." I said. Everyone laughed. Max ignored me and looked at Carlisle, who shrugged. Max looked back at me, probably reading my mind. I decided to be funny and throw that last headache at him. He stumbled back, and looked at me.
"Is that what you've been feeling!?" He said. I nodded. "Geez. Your right, you aren't a wimp." He said. I looked at him in that 'no duh' way. He laughed. I looked around. Carlisle and Jasper were deep in a discussion, and I can safely bet my entire life savings that I knew what it was about.