It has been two months since I was with the Cullens, the days going into weeks with ease. They seemed like a typical family to me, something I never saw before with other vampires and clans. Each of them had a role, in a weird and unusual way. Sam and I felt more like outsiders at first, only for the first few days at least. Esme started to teach me how to cook, something she loved doing in her spare time since vampires don't eat human food. It was the equivialnt to dirt, something I wouldn't be able to hold down if I tried. So whatever we made, Esme would give it to one of the homeless shelters and hospitals near by for the sick or whomever needed it. it just showed how big her heart was.

Edward started warming up to me slowly but surely. We started to play chess together, though I could tell he was reading my mind and winning. After awhile playing chess with him was like walking into a trap: I knew I was going to loose.

Emmett was very much like a brother to me, picking on me and how I would do certain things. I never thought of myself as a uptight person, but when Emmett told me that plain to my face, I knew he was right. He was very relaxed, compared to his Rosalie, who was his wife and who was a uptight. How unusual for a young man to say that to a young woman, but since was my situation usual? Carlisle was very welcoming to me, getting things for me if I needed them and other sorts. They had a large extent of money because of his investments in the stock market.

There was never routine at their home, things happened everyday that were different adventures and activities. The only thing that was routine was of Carlisle going to work at the hospital, and Esme going to the shelter every Wednesday and Saturday for volunteering. Edward was young enough to be in school, so he attended to show that he was normal.

I've spent more time with Sam, the both of us going out on hunting trips together. Edward showed us his usual places for hunting, where most of the larger games were and when the best time to hunt was. I was just glad that Edward was being nice to be. I enjoyed Sam's company, hearing his story about his maker Charles and how they explored the world. He went throughout most of Europe, and all of America as well and some of Asia. He got to see so many cultures, having me feel a bit of envy from hearing this. But he was more interested in my life as a vampire, where I traveled and what I learned and picked up. It was hard to talk about myself, but Sam didn't seem to mind at all. His facial expression showed that he was interested in what I had to say, making me feel better about it.

One of the days I remember very cleary was when I was reading with Emmett in the living room and Sam came running in, a huge smile was evident on his face. He stopped in front of me and looked a bit out of breath, as if he was running from a far distance. I looked up from the book I was reading, seeing his face looking down at me from the top of the hardcover book.

"Come with me." he said to me, excitement was in his tone. That smile never left his face, and he looked like his heart could burst in joy. I couldn't help but smile from seeing him smile, it gave me some warmth. His joy was slowly becoming my joy, only from seeing him light up from the simple things in life.

"What?" I asked in a bit of a laugh as I placed the book on the coffee table in front of me.

"I want to show you something." He said to me as I gently took my hand and pulled me up from the couch. I got up with ease was very close to him, feeling some of his skin against mine from not only the hands that were connected by the arms were touching as well. But I tried to block those thoughts from him as I then thought about what he wanted to show me.

"What is it?" I asked, a playful tone was in my voice as I tried not to laugh at his child-like personality. He stayed silent for a moment or two, but then he started to go to the front door, pulling me in the process.

"Emmett?" I asked, hoping he would help out in this situation. But I heard a low chuckle from behind me as I looked back to see Emmett looking over his own book and a smile was on his face.

"I'll tell Esme and Carlisle where you both are going, just be back by nightfall. Have fun!" he said aloud in a light tone, and I looked back to see the both of us were back outside in front of the house. He still had a huge smile on his face as his hand never left mine.

"Follow me." He said to me, rush was in his voice as he released my hand. That instant I felt loss, as if I felt coldness running through me. All that from holding his hand, a simple physical touch. How odd for me to feel that from him, but it all went out of the window as he bolted into a run and I ran after him, staying close by as I wondered by where we were going.

He was taking us west for the few minutes, then he was having us turn south towards the sea. Why were we going to the sea in the next town? it was confusing me as he then stopped near the docks of the town, near the edge of the forest and I stopped right behind him, seeing him look around to make sure no one was there. I saw no one, nor did I smell any blood from any humans. It was obvious we were the only souls there, since it was alte afternoon and the docks were far away from the town anywho. Sam then gently took my hand again, the warmth was coming back into my body again as he lead me over to one of the main docks.

"Sam, what are we doing here?" I asked in a hushed tone, seeing him smile in front of me as we kept walking. I knew he had something up his sleeve, but I wanted to know. He then stopped at the very end of the dock, having me look over his shoulder and see the huge smile on his face as he was looking at a small sailboat.

It was beautiful, the perfect size for two people to go sailing in. There was a brown trim around the white boat, and the sails were perfect as well. I had no clue what the instruments were on a boat, but they all looked so prestine and so precise. No words came out of my house, only pure shock was on my face. How could he do something like this? Did Carlisle help?

"I remember you saying at a time how you wanted me to show you how to sail." he said to me, and I could see him looking at me and waiting for my approval as I was still staring at the beautiful boat. I then looked over at him, seeing him wait for my answer of any kind.

"Sam...it's beautiful." I said in a gasp, seeing his smile grow at least two sizes on his face.

"How did you get this?" I asked in shock as he started pulling me towards the boat slowly. He stepped aborad first, then holding out his hand for me to take and help in. I knew he knew I could do it all about myself, but it was the gentleman side of him to still want to help me.

"I talked to Carlisle a couple of days ago while you were out with Esme. He got me this boat for the evening, thanks to knowing the man who owns it." Sam explained to me as he helped me onto the boat and he started to get things under way. I just stood there, not knowing where to go or where to sit.

"Here, sit righr here. It's the best view." He said to me as he placed his hands on my shoulders and moved me to sit down at the right side of the wheel, near the edge. I sat down with a giggle coming from past my lips, feeling the cool breeze move my hair around slightly. He took off the boat from the dock and we were setting sail. Now I was never one to know how it works, like I said before, but he knew what he was doing clearly.

It was a cloudy day, but non the less I thought it was a beautiful day. There was a bit of a breeze, the dark waves of the ocean was rolling through onto the docks and shore. The temperature was very cool, but it didn't bother either one of us as he started to get us into the ocean, yet we can still see the shoreline. I have never been on a boat so small like the one I was on with Sam, but it felt more like I was gliding over the water as if we were flying.

Throughout the time we were on the ocean, I kept placing my hands on the top of the water, feeling how cold it was against the palms of my hands. Looking down into the water I could see some of the sea life below us, deep in the waves. Fish, sand, and a little community that no one had ever even seen with their own eyes. It made this experience once in a lifetime.

For one moment I looked up from the sea below me, and looked over to see Sam at the wheel, leaning back as if he had done this all of his life. He must of, in his human life. It made me wonder how he came to be a vampire, other than the earthquake that almost killed him. Why was he there when it happened, was it coicidence or pure fate. But the way he was at the wheel, how he was leaning back slightly and his hands resting on the top of the wood. It was simple: he had no fear or care in the world at that one moment. He seemed as though he ws in prison, but was now set free for the first time in ages. Nothing holding him down, nothing harming him, nothing at all.

It was getting darker and darker by the moment as Sam pulled us back into the docks and tied us in. I stayed at my spot, looking up at the stars that were coming out of the sky, so many small dots of white dancing in the dark blue sky in different ways and shapes. I've been in a different places around the world, and the stars in those different places seemed different as well. But I have never seem them as instense and as stunning as I did sitting in the boar. Sure it was odd, seeing me look up in the sky with the head tilted to the left slightly, but I was fine looking at the stars.

"You ready?" He asked me aloud, holding out his hand for me to take. I took it with ease, walking with him out of the boat and down the dock back towards the forest. As we walked, Sam never once let go of my hand, nor did I let go of his. We both were content with each other's pressence, not speaking for a moment or two as we simply walked through the forest.

"Did you like it?" he asked me while we walked, looking down at me with curiousness in his eyes. I wondered why he would ask me from me, since being out there him on the boat took away every since worry or care I was harboring.

"Very much, thank you for taking me out there." I said to him in a warm tone, hoping he knew I truly meant it.

"That takes care of one of our promises." I looked up at him as he said that. There was more than one promise? He chuckled, seeing the confusion on my face and kept his eyes on me.

"I mean the Cello." I smiled then, thinking of how nice ot would be to play the cello once again, to play for the fun of it.

To play for him