Chapter Twenty (Kyle's POV)

I swallowed, before looking at Edelle. It was tricky, having her as a girlfriend. Knowing that she knew every thought was going through my mind; knowing that I find her eyes more beautiful than Alaskan mountains in a sunrise, or that I was worried that I would not get out of here alive. She smiled at me and held my hand. Most girls I knew were always whimpering about being cold, but if Edelle ever said that, I'd know she was just trying to have an excuse to hold my hand. After all, she was warmer than someone with a life-threatening fever.

She inserted a thought into my mind, while she was chatting away with Emmett. Kyle, I will be blocking your thoughts until my father requests I stop. You'll be a little surprise for my family since Emmett didn't call ahead with the news. Great, a surprise. IT's almost like she wants me to get killed. She looked at me with surprise and shook her head. Right. It's too bad that she couldn't block my thoughts from herself.

She blinked, before looking thoughtful. Then her forehead furrowed, as it always does when she's concentrating on something. A moment later she leaned over to whisper in my ear, "We'll try it later. For now, I need to hear your thoughts for when Dad does."

Understandable. We turned into their driveway and my jaw dropped at their house. I figured that Edelle had some money tucked away, but I never thought her family was loaded. The cars that were in the garage gave that away. Emmett stopped the jeep and I got out first, before walking around to open Edelle's door for her. She kissed me on the cheek before warily looking at the house. "Do me a favour?" she murmured, almost too low for me to hear.

"Sure, anything."

"Don't fall in love with my sister." She told me, causing me to chuckle as we walked into the house. Immediately, I was pushed off to the side again as this little pixie came jumping at Edelle, pulling her into a hug.

"Edelle! You are so cruel! I wasn't sure if you were going to show up, but then Nessie assured me you would. I had to make you a dress just to be sure, but this! How was I supposed to know that you had brought a guest?" I assumed this was Alice, but I was slightly surprised that she noticed me. Of course, I definitely noticed the two standing off to the side, staring at Edelle with a little bit more than a pint of sadness in their eyes. I walked over to them, with a smile on my face.

"You must be Edelle's pare…" my eyes widened. I couldn't remember if we had agreed to ease them into the knowledge of what I know. I shrugged it away, though her father looked a bit frustrated. "I'm Kyle. It's a nice place you all have going here."

"This is Esme and Carlisle's place." Bella informed me, "We have a house a bit ways from here. Privacy reasons."

I nodded, before holding my hand out to Edward, "It's a pleasure to meet you ." It seemed awkward to me to call him this, since he looked the same age as I did, but I was taught good manners, so good manners I will use. Also, I knew that he was definitely older than me by a lot.

Edward looked at my hand and slowly reached out to grasp it, but Edelle had slipped away from Alice and quickly took hold of my hand and pulled it behind her back. "Now Daddy, he is not like Jacob. He won't heal quickly if you do a firm handshake with him." She told him lightly, but nothing could erase the frown that was on his face.

"Where have you been? We've been worried out of our minds."

"And losing sleep over me too no doubt." Edelle said lightly, causing her mother to snap at her.

"Edelle! You are a member of this family, and don't forget that! IF it wasn't for the fact that Renesmee said not to worry and you'd be showing up here for the wedding, I'd be searching the world over for you."

My girlfriend bristled, "I see. So the note I left had nothing to do with you leaving it alone. You only listened to what Renesmee says."

Edward opened his mouth to respond, and I was ready to jump behind a couch for cover, when a soft voice came from behind us.

"Now everyone, we have a visitor." I turned and saw someone who actually was above the age of twenty. She smiled softly at me and held out her hand, before gesturing, "Follow me Kyle, I'll get you something to eat. You must be famished."

I smiled, "Thanks, but it wouldn't be proper to leave Edelle out with the wolves."

"Someone call our name?" A few guys came in with tanned skin and an easy smile came through the door, wearing only a pair of shorts. Edelle broke out into a smile, causing me to raise an eyebrow.

"Seth! Embry! Quil!" She released my hand to hug the man that came in. "Can you please tell my parents I'm grown up and I can leave?"

A woman walked in with a scowl, "If you didn't act your age, sure. But leaving a note and disappearing for no reason? That's definitely the seven year old in you talking."

Edelle crossed her arms, "Aww, Leah, did you miss me?" She asked a little too sweetly. Leah appeared in front of her face, a snarl almost ready to appear.

"You caused your sister grief! Which, in turn, caused Jacob grief!"

"Enough!" Everyone froze and looked at Esme, who wasn't smiling anymore. "We haven't fought like this for years, and it's not time to start now; there are too many people in this house for the conversations that need to happen. Alice, take the workers you need and go work on the wedding. Everyone else, get out of my house except for Edelle, Kyle, Edward and Bella."

It took a moment, but everyone cleared out. Esme sighed and looked at Carlisle, "Sometimes I think we need a bigger place. Even this house in the middle of a forest is too small."

"We have a lot of friends and family Esme." He escorted her out the door before closing it, leaving Edelle and I alone with her parents. Who weren't looking happy at all.

"Edelle. Why did you leave?" her father asked quietly, "And please answer honestly."

I knew that was not going to happen. She shrugged. "I got tired of living here. That's all."

"We would have gotten you an apartment, or let you leave with our blessing. You didn't have to cut yourself off!" Bella spoke quietly, causing Edelle to sigh.

"Mom, you wouldn't understand. You've never understood me. Since day one. So I left. I took some cash, grabbed some clothes and left for awhile. And I plan to leave once this thing is done."

"Where are you living? Can you give us that at least?" She asked, but Edward held up his hand.

"She's not going to give us anything Bella. She's even blocking her friend's thoughts."

Edelle blinked, before smiling softly, vulnerability peeking out just a bit. "Mom, Dad. Let's just face it. I love you both, but I need to grow out of this stage I'm in, and I can't do it with you both trying to understand. I'm happy where I am. Can you please just accept that?"

Edward glanced over at me, and though I knew Edelle would have preferred me to keep my opinions to myself, I shook my head a bit. Edward took that exactly how I wanted him to. "Fine, but if you aren't happy at any point, and are missing home, you'll come back. Alright?"

Edelle nodded. He took a deep breath, pinching his nose in frustration before he snapped back into gear. "Since we didn't know about your guest, I supposed he'll have to stay in my old room, and you can stay in yours in the cottage."

I wasn't surprised when my brunette beauty laughed at that. "So you can separate him from me and pounce on him? No thanks. I'm sure you've gotten tips from Charlie over the years."

Edward smiled at that, "Sure. But I don't need a gun license. I have Emmett." He watched as I involuntarily shivered at the idea. Edelle wasn't impressed however.

"We'll be staying in the cottage together. He can stay in my room. You can't be a hypocrite daddy, at least I'm letting you know instead of hiding it." She told him with a smirk, causing Bella to chuckle.

"kind of makes you regret some of our decisions, doesn't it?" She asked her husband quietly, causing him to whisper back.

"I didn't know our daughter would be able to listen in on every memory!"

Edelle smiled before taking hold of my hand again, "Well, I'm going to show Kyle around," She hesitated before looking at them, "I don't say this enough, but I do honestly love you two."

As we walked away, I caught her mom staring at me with wide eyes, as if saying, where did my daughter go?

I smiled as Edelle took me into the kitchen, where Esme was waiting with a smile that only looked a bit anxious. "Welcome home dear." She pulled Edelle into a hug, before reaching over and hugging me as well, "Kyle, like I said, you must be famished. Could I get you two anything?"

"Actually…" Edelle hesitated and looked at me, before deciding something, "I really want to go hunt. Esme, you are the one I trust the most to ensure that the aunts and uncles don't get a hold of him?"

Her grandma smiled, "I'll make sure they don't eat him. I'll even protect him from the no doubt over-bearing questions your parents will have for him too."

Edelle grinned, "Is Jacob and Renesmee around? I probably should talk to the bridge to be, and threaten the groom."

"They're back at the reserve, Billy has something special for Renesmee…something like that."

Edelle nodded, "I'll go hunting along that way then, so I can catch them on their way back," She glanced at me, "You'll be alive when I come back?" she asked with a little smirk.

I placed my hand on the small of her back and kissed her soundly on the edge of her lips, smiling as she blinked in surprise, "I'll survive."

She stepped unsteadily backwards as Esme tossed her jeans and a black tshirt. "Don't be out too long Edelle." She advised her granddaughter as Edelle skipped out of the house. Esme then turned her gaze to me as Edward and Bella came into the kitchen, making me feel as if I was being herded into the kill. Especially when whom I could only guess to be Rosalie slipped in through the backdoor, which meant all my exits were covered.

"So," Rosalie spoke with a clear, no nonsense voice, "How did a little human succeed in what none of us could do, and caused Edelle to actually smile more than once in a five minute time period?"

I swallowed, before offering an awkward smile, "My dashing good looks?"

This caused all the vampires to chuckle, but Alice, who skipped in behind Rosalie, wasn't going to let me distract her, "If you were a vampire, we'd accept that. Yes, you are attractive, but no amount of looks can make Edelle wearing bright colours." Alice tossed the yellow dress onto the counter, the one that Edelle had earlier been wearing on the plane. This caused everyone to exchange looks.

"Wait…" Edward pinched his nose, which I started to think was a habit, before looking at me, "How serious are you two?"

I shrugged, "Serious enough to bring me here I guess."

Alice shook her head and started pacing, causing me to slightly enjoy this. Edelle was such a mysterious to them, and I seemed to be the expert. I could enjoy this, "That's not it…she looked surprise when you kissed her earlier…"

I chuckled, "Aunt Alice, were you being a peeping tom? I thought that was Edward's role." This caused an almost snarl to come out of Edward before I shrugged, "Yeah, Edelle mentioned something."

Rosalie shook her head, "An excuse to leave? After all, Kyle doesn't seem old enough to be out of school yet. So that means she can go back with him, and we can't exactly stop her."

Esme smiled softly before she started cooking something, I'm guessing for me since no one else ate food except for Nessie and Edelle. Emmett came crashing in, apparently not wanting to miss out on this conversation to do work for the wedding.

"Maybe she's sucking his blood?" I raised an eyebrow, keeping my surprise to the minimum, but that didn't mean everyone else didn't look surprised, "Come on guys, have you smelt him? He's almost as bad as Bella was!"

Edward shook his head, "No one is as good as Bella."

"Yeah, but she was your own personal singer. Perhaps Edelle found her own?"

I forced out a laugh, thankful that Edelle gave me those lessons on body language, not just on thoughts, "Are you saying Edelle's been sucking on me instead of just on animals? I thought you guys were vegetarians!"

Bella looked thoughtful, "Wouldn't he not be here then if she was sucking his blood? After all, Edward had a hard time around my blood for the first year or so…"

Alice shook her head, "But Edward knew there was either death or vampire for you if he did drink your blood…Edelle knows she's not venomous."

Edelle's mom pursed her lips, "I just don't think Edelle would have the self-control to stop. Edward almost didn't…and Edelle is in a place where she doesn't have family…she doesn't have to worry about tossing a body."

I raised my hand, "Um, can you guys stop talking about me like Edelle's going to suck my blood when I'm asleep?" Not to mention she's already done it before, "You guys are kind of freaking me out about my girlfriend."

Edward shook his head, "I still can't read his thoughts. Edelle's being mindful and sticking close."

"One of us could distract her and we could get some real answers out of the shrimp on where they are living." Emmett suggested, "All we need is his wallet, and a few thoughts to start us on what country, and we're golden."

"Stop it." Esme threw a dishtowel at Emmett, "You just earned dish duty. No breaking the plates this time to get out of it." She placed a sandwich in front of me, "Enjoy Kyle. And ignore them, they are used to playing the guessing game with Edelle, but they shouldn't play it in front of our guest." She sent a pointed look at everyone before they started to disperse, going back to all their jobs they had before. It took a moment, but Bella led Edward out of the kitchen as well.

"Thanks Esme." I said gratefully as she placed a pop can in front of me. She smiled softly.

"Oh, trust me. I would be right along side with the in interrogating you if it wasn't for the fact you and Renesmee are the only things keeping Edelle here. You seem to have a power over Edelle that even Nessie doesn't have, and I know that pushing you the wrong way can have you running away, taking Edelle with you."

That made me pause. I had control over Edelle?