Memo: To those who might be thinking "Uhm isn't this an Emmett fan fic? Where's Emmett!!?" Don't worry, it is. :P That's all I'm gunna say. As well is, I'm sorry for how short and paragraphy this one is. But not to worry! Another one is coming out tonight! :) Enjoy!

Aurora

I sat on the green roof, watching the clouds move slowly over and past the moon. I could hear Aurora's almost silent breathing inside. Her heart fluttering lightly with her breathing. She had fallen asleep about an hour ago, her light still on. Papers and books were spread out before her.

THe chugging of a car started to get closer and closer into hearing, and eventually was pulling up beside the house. A weary and exhausted Charlie stepped out, suit jacket and brief case in hand. I watched him happily and jumped off the roof, landing gracefully beside him. He glanced at me for a split second and then kept walking. He stepped into the house carefully, knowing Aurora would be asleep. He krept upstairs, and noticed the light coming from her room. He stood in the doorway smiling. He took the books and pen out of her hands and lap and brought a blanket over her. He turned out the light, then proceeded to his room. I stayed behind for a bit to say goodnight to Aurora. I kissed her forhead, knowing she was fast asleep. She now wore Emmett's ring around one of her fingers. It fit loosely, she was only ten years old and still had a lot of growing to go. I went over to Charlie's room and layed down on the bed.

"I need a vacation." He sighed lying down on the bed next to me. He suddenly rolled even more and wound up almost ontop of me. I quickly darted across the room before he could even touch me, keeping my sheild well kept. I waited until he fell asleep in his work clothes and turned off the light for him. I then stepped out of the house and went for a little hunt.

It had been eight years, and I still hadn't run into Jeremy. But that was expected, these ten years to me felt incredibly short. There was a time when I thought Aurora would have been left on her own. The second world war came into affect. But Charlie was able to convince them he couldn't go, because he was all Aurora had. The officers who came to him had sympathy, and just said to keep a low profile while the war went on.

I watched Aurora grow from a tiny toddler, to a young girl who loved learning. Despite she had no school tomorrow, she spent a lot of time working on research. She was interested in nature a lot, particularily in certain kinds. She had grown to research bears and lions. It was obvious to know why, and I hated how this was a sting to Charlie. He had told her about a year ago what had happened to Emmett, and about how he and I were in love, and ready to marry. It broke Aurora, she cried after hearing the story. She was remembering me as a very broken woman, and wanted to remember me in every way possible. She wore that ring everyday and refused to take it off. I remember when she was six, a girl tried taking it form her. THey hurt Aurora, badly. I hated how I couldn't do anything. I just stood there, watching. Wanting nothing more than to go over there and help her. Eventually a teacher came over and broke it apart. Aurora suffered from bruises on her arms. But no one ever got that ring from her. She kept it close to her. Never leaving it at home.

SHe now researched how bears ate, lived, and were territorial. She said she wanted to help people from animal injuries when she was older. Not sure if that was a specific job, so Charlie told her to just try and be a doctor. I loved Aurora for keeping me in her life, but it's hard to watch sometimes...

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"Dad, please try and understand, I don't want anything like a debut! It's old! They barely do that anymore!" Aurora pulled her bag over her shoulder. Charlie looked at her frustrated.

"I just don't understand why you don't want one! All it's doing is showing your...available."

"Dad! I always have been! And besides, that's not how mom did it, and I don't want to do it either! She found love completely on her own. No debut needed." Charlie looked down at the floor and sighed.

"Oh Dad I didn't mean-no! I meant with you too! She would have never met you if she hadn't refused her debut." Charlie looked up and used that fake smile he always used when Aurora talked about Emmett and me. She was now 18. We looked the exact same age, and it was hard to believe she was my daughter when I saw us both in the mirror.

"I'll see you after school dad." She kissed him on the cheek and left the house, her brown short hair bobbing with her. Aurora fit amazingly into the fashion of the fifties. She was deviating from her poodle skirts as she got closer to ending high school. She still painted her lips a bright red. There was a reason for this.

Everything she said about having a debut was true. And just like I had, she was already in love before she even needed one. She wore her red lipstick proudly for Joshua Giovana. He was one of the smarter boys. Not the typical football jocks at her school. She wanted to impress him by wearing more mature clothes and got a pair of rinestone non-perscription glasses. She had been talking with her friends about talking to him today. I decided to go to school with her to find out what would happen.

AURORA'S POV

I felt the usual presence of someone walking beside me, but simply ignored it like usual and kept walking across the room. Like usual, Josh was working hard with chemicals.

"Hey Josh." I said happily. He looked up in shock.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you. I was just wondering is maybe I could be your lab partner?" I bit my lip with hope, like I had learned to do from the magazine I read. He looked at me and rolled his eyes, almost irritated.

"Fine, but please don't mess me up." I sat next to him happily turning around to see my friends beaming at me. I looked at him as he measured his beakers. He wore the typical slicked back hair guys do. He wore a tight collared teal shirt and cordoroy brown pants. He looked so much different from the other boys. He didn't dress this way to impress, he dressed this way to feel comfortable. I noticed that when I switched to a more mature look. I felt less scared of my skirts, and liked the cut off pants instead.

I had been studying this class like crazy, and now it was time to show him how smart I was.

"So, is that process that leads to the transformation of one set of chemical substances to another? Or are you just making lunch!" I joked. He smirked his beautiful smile as he continued to measure.

"Oh yeah, thought I'd share this with the whole class. Despite that when it makes contact with clothes it burns them." I raised my eyebrows in shock. He looked at me and laughed.

"It's harmless to skin though. Here." He held out his hand as for me to take it. I gently put my hand in his and he brought it over to his mix. He held it gently as he put a drop of the liquid on my skin.

"See? Harmless." I looked up to his face to see him starring at me. The only thing I felt burning was my face.

"Pass me your scarf." I took the scarf off from around my neck and gave it to him.

"Wait! Do-!" It was too late. He poured a drop of whatever it was on my scarf and a new singed hole appeared on it.

"Aw man! That was my favourite one!"

"Ah come on! They're not that great anyways." He gave it back to me. I looked at it, and simply tucked it into my bag, making a note to throwgive away all my scarves to Julia...except this one.