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fascinating observation that has nearly nothing to do with this story.

"Sunshine," I felt someone shake me softly. "Oh sunshine, it's time to wake up..."

"Go away," I groaned.

"And I wondered why I gave up sleep for immortality," I heard a very distinct voice sigh. The car smelt terribly of gasoline and I could hear the outside world from my head leaning against the glass window. "If you don't show some signs of life in the next three seconds I'm sending you off and not telling you anything about your-"

"Parents!" I yelled bolting upright and nearly pushing her out the opposite side of the car. "Faster woman!"

"Hold on, let me pay the stupid driver," she got out of my way and broke out a money clip.

I looked up and gasped. I've said it before, I'll say it again. This place was pure magic, something straight out of a story book and beyond any imagining I had done in my room from old pictures or black and white movies. I remembered the first movie I ever saw by my own choice, An Affair to Remember, I had pictures of the Empire State Building on my wall for the next ten weeks until Aro made me take it down for the periodic table of elements.

The building here, I could stand on the roof and touch the sky. They weren't the sleek buildings of modern New York but they were old and beautiful, worn down by the nature of the city. If I could have lived anywhere I think I would have chosen New York, the air was just familiar. I hadn't been here long but I wanted to stay. After I found my parents. Why weren't they looking for me anyway? What kind of people don't look for their own little girl?

"Nessie!" Jace called as the car sped off. "The son of a gun just conned me out of twenty bucks but I disconnected his brakes so we're even."

"You're a very charming individual," I told her. "It's a wonder you're still single."

"Married actually," she twinkled her left hand and a modest engagement ring sparkled. "Technically I'm engaged because I never got around to having the wedding. Maybe next year, I hear the weather in Japan is wonderful when the season turns..." she trailed off leading me into a small book shop with the name Celia scrawled elegantly in faded gold lettering.

The book store was quiet but not quiet enough to be a trap. I had already counted the window and exits, too many to be an ambush by any sane being. Jace was whistling a tune merrily that sounded like a patriotic song that should have been hummed with much more conviction. I couldn't put my finger on it but it sounded liked a mix of I Kissed a Girl and Battle Hymn of the Republic.

The book store, Celia's, had a modern look to it that clashed with the classic books I saw on the shelves. I wasn't sure but the people I had met didn't look like they would appreciate the pastime, Jace didn't look like one for Gone with the Wind. I picked an old copy up and blew a thin layer of dust off the cover, I loathed this book but Aro insisted I read it. I couldn't see why, it was a terrible bore.

"Nessie!" Jace called in a harsh whisper, waving me over to the empty cash register. She opened it up and cleaned it out, wiping her prints off the buttons with a rag used for dusting shelves. "Here, you're going to need this."

"This doesn't look like an old fashion ATM," I said taking some of the crisp bills and stuffing them into my pockets. "I thought you said this place was a restaurant."

"Oh, it is," she assured me, flipping her perfect brunette hair over her shoulder. It was the precise shade of my mothers with an underlying red tone that made her look more exotic than European. Jace kicked the cabinets under the cash register until she heard a hallow sound. With a smile she opened it up.

"Get in," she opened it up and I saw a compartment that had no earthly right being in the middle of a book shop. It was completely steel and was both too small to lay down in or sit up in so I would have to crouch to get in and it wouldn't hold me comfortably, let alone the two of us.

"Are you waiting for an engraved invitation?" she asked seconds away from tapping her foot. "Trust me, it'll fit the two of us."

"Well I'm glad you think so," I told her. "Call me crazy, call me high maintenance, hell I'll even take spoiled but excuse me if I'm a bit claustrophobic to get in the creepy steal elevator to hell."

"You are undoubtedly Edward's daughter. Don't worry, he hates me too. Long story short if you don't get in the elevator I'll have to not tell you why your parents, well you mother, dislikes me so much," she grinned at the thought of Bella disliking her. Stupid vampire. I ended up sitting with my neck bent into my knees which were pushed up to my chest. Jace joined me.

"Spill," I ordered.

"I met your dad once upon a time in Italy and we really hit it off," she told me using the term 'once upon a time' for the second time that day. "So Edward's a really gentleman but not my type, a little too old. Not like he was interested. We parted on amicable terms...but I did need his car so that might have caused some friction."

I was getting the feeling my dad really liked his car.

"And we met up a few years later and he has this little wife, you're mom," the elevator lurched downward and I fought the urge to scream. Jace didn't even seem to notice while she flew a stray strand of hair out of her eyes. We didn't have enough room to shift our elbows so it ended up falling right back down.

"What is my mom like?" I asked trying to keep my mind off the fact that I was hanging above a seemingly bottomless pit stuck in a metal death-trap with a vampire who wouldn't be harmed if it suddenly fell.

"She was no fun at all," Jace pouted from what I could see. "Always sad, probably thinking," she gave me an unhappy stare like something was my fault, "about you. I tried to cheer Edward up, for old time's sake, and she got really mad at me. I don't know why, I mean, I was just trying to start up an old game of ball with the family. No offense kid but the Cullen family isn't what they used to be."

"Why not?" I asked, pinching the bridge of my nose in confusion. "What were they like? What are they like?"

"Sad," she tried to choose the word carefully. Jace pursed he lips and the elevator jerked again. "They're all really sad and slow and edgy. Especially the girls. The guys all wallowed in their sorrow but it was the ladies who really took it out on me. I was the innocent bystander who was dumb enough to ask 'what's wrong.'"

"So is that why you're afriad to go see her again?" wow, my mom really did a number on this girl.

"No way!" Jace laughed kicking the doors open. "She's just going to kill me because she'll think I'm playing this terrible joke. I know I'm immortal but Bella can really give a gal a run for her money."

I smiled now knowing that I could get out of a claustrophobic's nightmare room and into the underground world. I slid out with horrid grace and stood up, brushing myself off because even I could smell the metal on Jace.

The restaurant looked like a quaint Italian place and I felt odd in my outfit, having stepped straight out of an elevator that appeared to be a cabinet next to a filled tables. The people at the tables were not people. Not vampires either and definitely nothing in between. They were beautiful and I felt myself drawn to the family of eight, even though they were of all ages they were more perfect than any vampire I had seen. Something about them was lighter and still more beautiful.

"Come on," Jace pulled me. "Some harassing the pixies."

"Pixies? There's no such thing as pixies," I said.

"We call them pixies," she rolled her eyes. "They're hyper vampires who died, see that's what happens when the undead are killed incorrectly, we come back not pissed off but really happy. It's weird, I wouldn't suggest trying it. Especially when you get one of those cynics like Alex."

"Who's Alex?" I asked.

"I am," a boy, seventeen if not a day younger, and one of the striking beauties that were at the table behind me laughing. His golden hair and fair skin seemed to almost glow even though I knew no sunshine to be strong enough to reach the approximate thirteen stories we were below the subway.

"Who are you?" he was more curious than hostile but there was an underlying tone in his voice, somewhere in between the two.

"Get this, she's the Cullen kid," Jace shrugged and Alex suddenly relaxed his broad shoulders.

"Oh, well in that case I have a table with reservations," his honey eyes sparkled and I was confused. "Nice to meet another one of a kind but your uncle and I have a past together so we can never be," he said it like it was a bad thing. "Ah good old Jasper...I stole his girlfriend and he nearly sent me to the grave."

"Where are we?" I was just following Jace who had to get on her tip toes to talk to our waitress who smiling at Alex. He gave her a wink and started to follow her to a table where another girl was sitting. (A.N: no addy i didn't forget :P)

This girl was a different kind of beautiful. Her features were more defined than Jace's which made me believe she was older but not my much. She had short brown hair and brown eyes that stared off into space while she sipped a wine glass filled with blood. It wasn't human but she wasn't enjoying it because there was still a reddish tint to her eyes.

"Addy!" Jace called and the girl suddenly came to attention. She smiled happy to see her friend and moved her handbag off the booth seat so Jace could sit next to her. I decided to sit on the opposite side of them.

"Oh dear God what have you done?" she asked when she saw me.

"Well my trip was fine thank you very much," Jace said examining her nails. "The weather in Italy was wonderful but staying overnight in that airport truly sucked. All in all I would have to say it was a good choice but I didn't get any closer to discovering any secrets about my past or yours because- once again- Aro was too busy to see me!"

"Hey Addy," Alex leaned on the table. "Meet the Cullen girl."

"I have a name," I waved my hand a little. "It's Renesme, most people call me Nessie."

"Very nice to meet you," Addy was at least trying to be polite and for that I was thankful. She was doing a pretty good job, Addy was by far my favorite. "But trust me when I say that you don't want to be involved in this."

I recant.

"Just let me find my parents and I'll leave you alone," I begged. "Jace said something about a Jared, she said he might be able to help me and-"

"I'm trying to do you a favor," Addy said. "You seem like a nice person. Go find a nice orphanage and a foster family that won't mind you not aging. Forget about your family, forget about your life because you don't want Aro coming after you and we especially don't want him coming after us."

Okay, now I get the rational one! But she's apparently in charge which is bad because she doesn't want me anywhere near her. Not good.

"Who don't we want coming after us?" the two most hansom men imaginable just walked sat down next to me. Part of me wondered if this restaurant had a special qualification for all its costumers to be outrageously gorgeous. If so why hadn't I been kicked out yet?

There was another blond one, his hair was more of a dirty blond though and it was cut to be messy, like he had tried to do it himself with a dulled knife. But dazzling green eyes pulled it off and so did the crisp white polo he wore with jeans. There were sunglasses clipped on the front collar of his shirt that hinted designer. The other one, he had darker hair and was far more quiet. This one didn't make eye-contact with anyone and had blood red irises that shone against his pail skin with an eerie contrast.

"I'm Asher," said the blond one. What was with the vampires and A-names? Alex, Addy, Asher, did I have to change mine to Alejandra just to hang with them? "You must be Edward and Bella's daughter. Ash Pierceson, it's my pleasure to meet you. I see you've already met my fiancée Jacquelyn Catherine."

So that's what Jace is short for.

"Jared," the other one said quietly. I guess that was his way of introducing himself. Ash didn't seem to notice because he dropped a cloth bag that looked like it came straight from Dr. Zivago on the table and opened it up. It smelt like money.

I looked inside the bag and it was filled with stacks of bills, all showing Benjamin Franklin's knowing smile and all bound by rubber bands in thick stacks. I did the math in my head and there had to be at least a quarter of a million dollars there.

"It's enough," Jared said seriously to Jace. She looked pleased with the amount but I could tell when it came to power she wasn't exactly the highest on the food chain.

Addy was in charge of operations, that much was clear. Jared looked to be the brains of everything but the charismatic couple of Jace and Ash must have been the ones to carry out the plans. That or Jace was just really good at getting information which I'm guessing were from the scars on her arms. I don't know what Alex did.

"So how was the heist?" Addy asked happy to see Jared.

"Everything went perfectly, after all, you did plan it," I was surprised to see Jared light up when his eyes met Addy's. She started fiddling with the edge of her shirt and would have been blushing.

It was like there was some sudden surge of electricity when he saw her and Addy became lost in Jared's eyes as well. There was something going on between them, the pure undeniable love of childhood crushes except their feelings were so perfect that they didn't fade. I felt a small jealousy that I pushed away.

"Maybe today they'll stop making googly eyes at each other and just kiss," Alex said behind me and I jumped. I hate human reflexes, I really do.

"Alex, stop bothering us and go flirt with that Ukrainian girl I saw you looking at," Jace dismissed him. Alex winked at her and I think I could see Jace gag, her fiancé just rolled his eyes and called over a waitress. Alex faded back into the main part of the restaurant.

"I'll have the usual," he told her.

"Ash, I know you just got back from Austria but do you think you focus for a second?" Addy asked tapping her fingers on the table. "I sorry Nessie but we really can't keep you with us. Or help you."

"Why not?" I was surprised to here it was Jared who asked the question. "Think about it Addy, she seems harmless enough. Not to mention if Aro, or anyone from the Volturi for that matter, come within twenty miles of her Jace will just rip their head off."

Addy was starting to think about it more because Jared suggested it. At least he's on my side.

"Fine," she pursed her lips. She was being smart in not wanting to take me. "But only a week."

"Thank you," Jared smiled at her and Addy lightened a bit. The waitress coughed and Addy snapped back to attention.

"I have whatever he's having," she nodded towards Jared.

"Anything fresh will do," he told her and the waitress scribbled down something.

"I'll have my normal drink but spike it twice and no ice," Jace rubbed her hands together like she was cold. Maybe she should have worn a sweater, or a real shirt. Ash was giving her a disapproving look but she shrugged. "What? I just got back from Italy, give me a week."

I didn't know what to order. I looked toward Jace once but she had engaged with Ash in a conversation with so many proper nouns that it wasn't worth following.

"She'll have the angel hair pasta," Addy ordered for me. "Normal red sauce and a Coke to drink." The waitress nodded once and turned to walk away.

"You ordered me human food," I said. I hadn't had many good experiences with human food but when I did have it forced down my throat I hadn't really liked it.

"Don't worry," Jared smiled at Addy even though he was talking to me. "Danny makes amazing human food."

"Yeah," Jace broke off from her story. "It's to die for."

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A/N: i'm sorry nothing really happened in this. I just needed to introduce some really important characters so you'll understand what'll happen in the next chapter. it's just long and boring, i know.

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