Disclaimer: Once again, DO NOT OWN TWILIGHT! Unfortunately...
Also I apologize for the long time since but i have been busy... sorry :(
~~~~Bella's~~~~POV~~~~
The game ended before it even started as the Cullens, Virginia, Audrey, Freddie and I descended the staircase to find Carisle and Esme talking to a woman who was standing next to Archie and Ted. The woman had long wavy silver-grey (yes grey) hair that reached the small of her back and bright blue eyes. The trio rushed forward, crying 'Sarah!' Obviously this was their guardian. Carlisle turned held his hand out, indicating for us to come forward.
"Sarah, these are my 'children'; Jasper, Alice, Emmet, Rosalie and Edward. Also Edward's wife, Bella and their daughter Nessie. The young gentleman next to Nessie is Jacob, her werewolf boyfriend. Everyone, this is Sarah Goodwin. She and the rest of the Goodwins are 'similar' to us."
Sarah nodded towards us as she looked up from hugging the two girls, Freddie stood a little way away obviously cautious of physical contact. "It is very nice to meet you all." Suddenly she frowned and looked down at the teenagers around her. "Where's Viola?"
"WEEEEEEEE!" Everyone's attention whipped to the staircase as the aforementioned girl came sailing down the banister. Instinctively Jasper, who was closest to the end of the banister, reached his arms out which Viola flew into. She smiled cheekily up at him, before rolling easily out of his arms to face Sarah. "We so need to get one of those…" Sarah rolled her eyes and shook her head, this was obviously was a regular occurrence.
"Remember what happened last time we had a staircase? And you stuck the landing?" I raised my eyebrows, sounded like something I would do.
"How badly did you hurt yourself?"
Viola looked surprised, "I didn't hurt myself at all. Not even a scratch." She turned back to Sarah, "All I did was leave a TEENY, TINY dent in the floor…"
"Tiny dent? More like a crater." Ted muttered, causing Viola to hit him over the back of the head.
"It wasn't that big!" The Goodwins laughed as we began to move into the living room.
Once we'd sat down, Edward glanced over at Carlisle. "What do you mean by 'similar to us'?"
Viola, who was sitting across from him, shrugged. "The Goodwins, I mean we, are immortals." She got blank looks from everyone except Carlisle, "Kind of like vampires, except have to breathe, sleep, eat, etc. Basically very very very long living humans." She smiled.
"So you can still die?" Edward was leaning forward, as was Viola. It almost seemed like they were the only two in the room. I began to feel a little surprised at their instant connection although something told me I had nothing to fear from the petite copper-haired girl.
"Yes, but it only marginally easier then it is to kill a vampire. Although immortals can drown, suffocate, bleed to death, etc. It takes a decent amount of time."
Emmett nodded his appreciation, "Awesome."
"So what are you?" All the Goodwins looked at Jasper surprised, they obviously hadn't expected the question. Edward and Carlisle seemed to catch on.
"He's right, you referred to the Goodwins in third person before correcting yourself…"
"Suggesting you're not an Immortal…"
Viola blinked a couple times in shock before Freddie jumped in, "That's… we don't know what you're talking about? Viola's one of us…," the girl but her hand on his arm and shook her head.
"It's ok, Freddie." She looked over at us again, before locking eyes with Jasper, deadly serious. "You're right. I'm not an Immortal. I'm something much better… and much worse. And for the time being I need you guys to trust me when I say it is for your own good that you do not know what I am. Can you do that?"
One by one we nodded after which the seriousness Viola had gained appeared to melt away. The Goodwins stood up, preparing to leave, obviously we would continue the conversation when we next met. Suddenly Esme remembered something and raced up stairs, returning with a book with a blue padded cover. It was her acquaintance book, some time ago Alice and Rosalie had given Esme the book so that she could get the names of all the friendly vampires they met, it had now extended to include Jacob's pack and it seemed obvious now that she was going to get the Goodwins to sign it.
Esme held it out, explaining the book. "Do you think you could write your names in it? Along with your dates of birth, if you don't mind." They nodded their assent.
As Sarah took up the pen she asked, "Our original names of course?" Esme nodded, smiling.
Finally, Viola had finished signing the book with a flourish and handed it back, thanking us for our hospitality. They pulled their coats back on and headed out the door, already laughing and arguing over who would get the front seat. We waved them off before heading back inside, where Esme began to prepare dinner for Nessie and Jacob.
~~~~Jasper's~~~~POV~~~~
Later we all relaxed in the living room, Emmet and I playing X-Box; Edward reading to Bella while she lay across his lap; Nessie and Jacob play fighting on the floor, Emmett would join them soon judging by the glances he was throwing their way. He was losing because of it but I wasn't really complaining. Alice and Rosalie were holding a whispered discussion over magazines, Rosalie's with the latest car and Alice with the latest fashion while Carlisle had retired to his study and Esme was flicking through her 'Acquaintances Book', as we had all dubbed it. I felt warm, 'fuzzy' feeling radiating from everyone until I heard Esme gasp and a ripple of shock flow across the room. We all looked up, our eyebrows raised in identical expressions of passing curiosity. Esme stood up from her chair and placed the open book on the coffee table, "Look at this." She pointed to where the Goodwins had signed their names.
Sarah Goodwin (April 20th 1831)
Theodore Goodwin (January 5th 1855)
Archibald Goodwin (January 5th 1855)
Virginia Harleton (September 28th 1835)
Audrey Ruston (October 13th 1898)
Finally, I saw what it was that was causing the waves of shock around me to multiply;
Viola Mae (Charleston) Masen (June 20th 1903)