I was out in the town with Esme and Emmett on a cold rainy day, and we decided to go out and get some new things for both myself and Sam. Even though I questioned Esme on why we were getting new things since we weren't a real part of the family, Esme said nothing and kept her warm smile on her face as she bought me shirts, pants, shoes and dresses. It was as if she wanted me to live with them permanently, did she? Emmett would tease like a brother would, and I would only tease him right back at the clothes Esme would give him in return. Emmett was growing on me, slowly but surely he was growing on me. In fact, all of the Cullens were growing on me in a steady pace. I felt safety in their home, along with happiness and a development of knowledge. Edward was teaching me how to play the piano, slowly but surely since it was far different than the cello. Carlisle opened my eyes to many different languages, German and French, along with Italian and Hebrew.

Sam and I, since he officially courted me, were almost attached by the hip. He would take me out on the boat on several occasions, the both of us staying out in the ocean and away from the world to steal kisses and conversations. His hold on me was gentle, his gaze was possessive, and his kisses were sweet. If this was what eternity was, I'm all for it.

We left the last store and Esme decided to go get the car herself, leaving Emmett and I alone on the sidewalk to wait for her to get the car. I didn't mind the wait, and since I had someone like Emmett, who was practically a giant towering over the humans, I felt a wee bit safe.

"So, word in the house is that Sam courted you." Emmett said as though it was a casual conversation. I looked up at him, seeing a small smile on his face as we stood in the rain. Leave it to Emmet to find out something like this.

"It's hard to hide something in house filled with vampires, trust me." Emmett said to add to his comment, and I nodded my head in agreement.

"He wanted to court me properly." I explained to him, see his smile never leaving his face.

"Can I just say, that Sam is a little odd when it comes to tradition." Emmett said aloud in a grin, and I playfully shoved him.

"Be nice, he's just concerned about what is proper when it comes to courting." I reassured him. But I knew he would be teasing me about it some more after plenty of reassurance from me.

"So, did you even court Rosalie?" I asked him, seeing him chuckle and I grinned.

"Since Rosalie already had her heart broken once from being courted, we decided to do more of a direct course of our relationship." Emmett explained to me, and I instantly remembered her story of her human life, how she was left for dead but was saved by Carlisle. It did make sense how she didn't want to go through that again, even with a gentleman like Emmett.

"Great." I heard next to me from Emmett, more like a bitter tone than a normal one. I looked over at him, seeing him look across the street and I looked over as well. On the sidewalk of the other side of the street I saw two native american males, both dressed in regular clothes like the rest of the world, but they were staring at the both of us. Their long hair was pulled back in slow ponytail, and I instantly breathed in stench in the air. It was of a dog, very strong and unpleasant. At first I had no idea who they were, but then I remembered that incident in the forest with the shapeshifters. And now they were coming our way, crossing the street.

"Should we leave? I mean, are we safe?" I whispered to Emmett, my eyes still on the two of them as they crossed the street towards us. Emmett shifted his stance, his hands in his pockets and his stare was cold.

"This is neutral territory, we don't fight in town." Emmett replied back to me as they two boys were now about a couple of feet away from us. They both looked at us like we were specimen from another dimension or time. So it was safe to say I had no idea what to do or say.

"Emmett." the first boy said in a tone like he wanted to be nice. Emmett smiled slightly and nodded his head. The boy ten looked over at me, a small smile on his face like he was sizing me up.

"I believe you remember David, Emma." Emmett said to me, his voice was strained. I knew he was trying to be friendly, but then again why would he be friendly with them. I however was never one to start a riff with another person, other than the two vampires who killed Wendy. They seemed nice, whether or not they weren't vampires. I already had enough hate in my life, and I didn't want to bring anymore to anyone? So I decided to put that aside and took a step towards them, holding out my hand.

"Pleasure to meet you." I said aloud in a normal tone, a serious tone to my voice as the two boys looked shocked at my action. Emmett shifted next to me, thinking that I just did a a stupid and suicidal thing. But I had to make sure I was no threat to them, something I knew I would hear it from Rosalie and Edward. Would Sam be mad at me?

The one boy, David, almost looked at my hand then back at me as if I was going to kill him from just holding my hand out at him. His face looked like he was going to be angry once more. But something happened that I never thought would happen, the boy next to him gently shook my hand.

I could tell Emmett next to me was about to loose it, a low growl escaped his lips when our hands touched. The boy's hand with mine was very warm, warmer than a human's hand. It was almost like I placed my hand in hot boiling water, a very unusual feeling. David looked like he would snapped the boy's hand off from shaking hands with me.

"I'm Alexander, it's nice to meet you." The boy said to me with a small shy smile on his face. I smiled slightly at him, thinking that he was in fact rather nice. We both pulled away from each other and I felt Emmett carefully took my arm in his hand, somehow stopping me from doing anything else.

"I didn't know the Cullens were having another member." Alex said aloud in a casual tone, placing his hands in his pockets. I saw David shift his eyes to Emmett, staring him down at I kept my own eyes on Alex.

"Neither did I, in fact none of the tribe knows about the two newest members." David said in a low tone, and Alex looked over at him with shock.

"Two?" He asked, looking back at me and I was about to say something when Emmett cut me off, his hand still on my arm.

"Emma and her mate Sam." Emmett replied aloud in his cold tone, and David this time scoffed. I raised a eyebrow at him, wondering what his problem was.

"Oh I see, the boy who actually was going to rip my throat out." He said in a threatening tone, making me a bit angry at his outburst.

"Well as I recall, you were about to kill me because you thought I crossed the border." I said to him, my voice a bit lower and a little less friendly.

"Caleb may of told Carlisle that you didn't cross the line, but I think you did. And your mate," He explained, making my growl escape my lips and my stance stiffen from him to talk about Sam like he was a threat, "was a bit out of line."

"I don't think he would be out of line, if it wouldn't of been for you trying to kill me." I growled back at him, my tone getting lower and more of a threat. How dare he say that about Sam. Sam was only trying to protect me, and I know he was better than what David was saying about him. Emmett's hold on me tightened slightly, giving me a silent warning. David laughed a bit, shifting his own weight from one foot to another, like he was ruling the world on a silver platter.

"David, is that necessary?" Alex asked in a bitter tone, David looking over at him with a hint of annoyance and then back at me, rolling his eyes like he really thought this was a waste of time. Alex looked over at me, his face was nicer and a little more calmer than David as I tried my hardest not to punch David in the face.

"Caleb wanted to apologize to you personally, about the whole situation." Alex explained to me in a honest tone, and I nodded my head, my face was still serious and a little bit angry.

"Why didn't he?" I asked him, feeling Emmett's hand on my arm loosen slightly. I think he knew I wasn't going to do anything stupid in front of humans walking around us and to the two of them.

"He was going to come with us today, but he was busy with something back at the reservation." Alex explained to me, "He'll probably want to talk to you later about it himself, but I just wanted to pass on the message to you if I ever got to meet you."

"Thanks." I replied back to him, seeing a small smile on his face as Emmett looked over to his left.

"Esme's coming." He said aloud, and I could tell he was relieved about leaving the two boys behind. We all looked and saw the car coming our way, Esme driving it with grace as she would do anything. She saw what was going on as she pulled up, a hint of fear in her face as I looked back at Alex.

"Well, it was nice to meet you Alex." I replied to him, a small smile was on his face as his nodded his face towards me. I decided to ignore David then, since he was being so cruel to me as I walked over to the car. Emmett stayed close behind me, a hand on my back to make sure I was being okay.

As I got back into the car and drove back to the house with Esme and Emmett, I tried to get what David said out of my head. He had no right to say that about Sam, and I wanted to so back hurt him. But I was done with hurting people.

Forever done hurting people.