"At this moment there are 6,470,818,671 people in the world. Some are running scared, some are coming home, some tell lies to make it through the day, some are just now facing truth, some are evil men at war with good, and same are good struggling with evil. 6 Billion people, 6 Billion souls, and sometimes all you need, is 1." – Unknown.

Chapter Nine

We'd gotten off the plane and headed back to my apartment. I called Lorelai and asked if we could meet. I picked the place. We were meeting at the park. Emmett and I hurried over there. We got there and I saw Lorelai. She glanced over at me.

"Hey Lorelai." I said as I hugged her.

"Hey mom…" She said. She pulled out of the hug and stared at Emmett.

"Right-o. Lorelai this is your father Emmett." I said. They stared at each other and then they hugged I smiled.

"Hi Lorelai." Emmett said. He sounded so proud. We found a bench and they talked. They talked about everything. They talked about Lorelai's life, her kids, her husband, and her job. They talked about Emmett and what he did before he left and what he did after. He of course left out the word vampire in his stories. They finally stopped talking.

"Lorelai… I'm going to move with him… I'll be living in Forks Washington…" I said. She nodded.

"I figured you wouldn't stay here forever…" She seemed sad.

"We'll visit a lot." I said. She smiled.

"I've got to pick up the kids… you want to meet them?" She asked. Emmett smiled. "Of course." He said. We got into her car. I sat up front. Peyton looked so much older. She was eighteen.

"God, she's almost as old as I am." I muttered Emmett laughed. She got into the car with Emmett who looked so much like big Emmett.

"Em, Peyton, I'd like you to meet your grandpa." Lorelai said as the closed the door.

"How's it going?" He asked. They talked the whole ride home. I smiled. We were a strange family but a family none the less. It was finally dark.

"Lorelai… we'd better get going…" I said. She smiled. "We'll call." I promised.

"Bye mom." She said as I hugged her. She hugged Emmett and then said, "Love you guys." I swelled up with pride having her say those words.

"Love you too Lorelai." I said and we left.

"She a great kid Lor…" Emmett smiled as we walked back to my flat.

"So, are you sure you want to move?" He asked. I looked up at him.

"Of course, I want to be with you… and I can still visit Lorelai and the kids… We can still visit them." I corrected myself. He smiled and put him arm around me as we walked. The city lights were glowing.

"It's been awhile since I've been in the city." He smiled and looked around.

"Did you go Jane's funeral?" He asked. Jane was his adoptive mother.

"Yes." I said quietly.

"And Sophie's." He added quietly. He nodded. Sophie was his sister. They were close.

"How'd she die?" He whispered.

"Em…" I started. I couldn't break the news to him. I didn't want to tell him the truth but I was such a rotten liar that I couldn't even lie to spare his feelings.

"Lorelai…" He whispered.

"She committed suicide." I said my voice was barely a whisper.

"Why?" he asked. We'd stopped walking. I shook my head.

"You do to know." He whispered.

"It was a year after you left." I said. He stiffened. "She died because I wasn't there?" He asked. I looked down.

"Em…" I whispered. I pulled him in for a hug. "It's not your fault. You didn't choose this life…"

"I know." He whispered.

"Come here." I said and I grabbed his arm and we ran. We raced to my old apartment which was in the middle of the city and we raced up the roof. We stood there and looked at the city.

"Wow." He whispered. We stood there staring out over the city. I felt distain from everything. Emmett put his arm around me as we stood there.

"Thank you." He whispered. I merely nodded.

"Let's go home." I whispered.

Sorry for such a short chapter but I'm working on a longer one. So I wanted to give you something incase the longer chapter doesn't come out today.

Songs I recommend:

Super Massive Black Hole

Time is Running out

Hysteria – [All by] Muse