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Chapter Seven

Cleo's POV

I clenched my fist in anticipation. Would I have to tell Bella? I didn't plan on telling her… well, ever. Unless someone from the pack imprinted on her. A small smile graced my lips. "I'm ok. I'm just a little hungry, that's all." In addition, it's not every day that you're in a house that a coven of vampires lives in. Edward tensed slightly, only so much that the other vampires could see, as well as me. Bella didn't notice at all. He seriously needs to stop reading my thoughts…

We sat down at a table. The food looked delicious. Only two plates were set out. So they were planning to tell me… however, Edward hadn't told them that I was wolf. But Rosalie knew. Rosalie was sitting across from me, with a murderous look on her face. What was up with her? I'd never even talked to her before, but she already hated me. Diana was sitting next to me, smiling reassuringly. Don't worry, she mouthed to me.

Bella had already started eating. She politely commented on how lovely the food was, slowly taking small bites. I wasn't as graceful. I hadn't eaten since lunch, and I was stuffing my face. The smallest smile played across Edward's face. Go away, I thought with a lot of malice. He cocked his head to the side a little and rested his head of his hand.

Diana was showing me around the house. "So these are out graduation caps. It's sort of a running joke. We move around so much, from town to town, school to school, that we keep track of it this way." As she told me, I gazed at so many graduation caps. The Cullen coven had been together for this long? Amazing.

"Alice's room." It was a sleek, designer room with all the latest trends by the looks of it.

"Carlisle's office." Office? More like a library filled to the ceiling with millions of books.

"Edward's room." It was a bright room, white with many shabby books and case upon case of CD's.

"Rosa's and Emmett's room." Clean, to say the least.

"Esme and Carlisle's room." The door was closed unlike the previous rooms.

"And finally, Jasper's and my room." It was a nice room, a faded blue colour, with a couple of pictures hanging off the wall. I walked up to one. It was a picture of a family. A father type figure, a mother type figure and two girls. One around Diana's age, the other maybe two years or so younger.

Diana came up behind me. "That's my family. Well, they were my family…" She looked sad.

"When did you lose them?"

"It's a long story. If you want to hear it, you may as well get comfortable." She pointed over at the couch. I sat down and looked over at Diana expectedly.

"I was born on the 2nd of October, 1938 in Romania. I don't remember much of my younger years, but they were happy. When I was 3, my sister, Elizabeth, was born. She was a little brat. Two years after that, we moved to Dallas, America. Things were… normal –teenage normal that is – until I hit 16. I met a girl, who looked my age called Maria. I thought she was amazing. She had beautiful dark hair, shocking red eyes, and pale white skin. She looked perfect. She said that she wanted me to join a group of hers. I… I agreed. I was so young then, young and stupid. She bit me, turned me into what I am now. But… I wasn't in a safe place. She bit me in my home, and just left me there, told me to find her when I'd changed. The pain was excruciating."

"And once I'd changed… I was so… so thirsty. Instincts took over me and I went to the nearest supply of blood – my sister. Once I had a drink, I couldn't stop… I drained her dry. Mum came in and saw Beth dead, and me sitting next to her with ruby red eyes and blood all over my face. She knew straight away, what I was. Romanian people and their suspicions." She dry laughed, and then continued.

"She screamed. My mother that is. I was still in blood frenzy, and it the next instant, I had snapped my own mothers' neck. I never knew what happened to Dad. I never saw him again. Last I remember of him, he'd left Mum, walking out a week before I was changed."

"I went to find Maria after that. My family's murders were splashed over all the front covers of newspapers. No one suspected me. They thought the murderer had taken me, and then killed me. Maria took me in. She said she'd just lost one of her most loved generals for her newborn army. She said that I held potential. I could control my thirst, so, I was in charge of changing humans into newborns for the army. It was horrible. I had to look after them in the change too, making sure they didn't expose us. I had to go through every single change. I started going insane. Instead of changing someone, I'd mangle their bodies to a pulp. I'd drain them dry. Everything that I was doing reminded me of that first night I was a vampire. Maria thought that we'd become too public, that there were too many killings. She decided that I wasn't needed anymore."

"And then, Jasper came along and saved me." Diana looked up and smiled at Jasper. He had come to their room while I was intently listening to Diana's story. "He once used to be part of Maria's army. He'd heard off his friends that Maria was trying to start it back up again. I was just about to be killed, and he changed the emotions of the executioner to make sure he didn't kill me. He saved my second life."

Jasper looked down at Diana with a warm smile. Their looks of love reminded me instantly of Paul. A pang suddenly hit me, and a felt a tug in what I thought was the direction of La Push. Jasper looked over at me, with a weak smile on his face. I instantly felt calmed. "Empathy?" I asked. He nodded then stood up at human pace. He bowed, kissed Diana on the cheek, and walked out of the room. "He's very gentlemanly," I stated. A rich laugh came from Diana's mouth, surprising me, as I was expecting a high-pitched laugh. "He just has to go hunt. He isn't in perfect control of his thirst, not like the rest of us are. He didn't know Bella was coming."

I nodded. That was understandable. I didn't exactly want to plan my sister's funeral.

Diana cocked her head to the side. "I can tell you don't approve of Edward and Bella." I grimaced. Of course I wouldn't. My sister, even if she is my adopted sister, is going out with a vampire. Any sane person would have run away by now, let alone have talked to the vampires and become friends with one of them.

Then again, who said I was sane?

After we had said our goodbyes, Bella and I clambered into the truck. We were halfway home went my phone vibrated in my lap and started ringing.

I'm reaching out. I'm reaching out. I'm reaching out to get to you. Sweet heart, Here's the sweet part it's five AM. And your lips are still amazing. But they they can't stop Me from falling Off the rooftop singing.

I picked up my phone quickly, Bella turning off the radio as I did so.

Hey Cleo. This is Andy.

"Oh Hey Ands. Whatcha calling bout?"

Bradie, Shawn and I were thinking of getting together to go somewhere. Wanna come with?

"Ummm. What exactly does 'somewhere' entail?"

Haha. Smart girl. Seedy part of town. Haha. Nah we were thinking of going to the movies. Tomorrow sound good to you?

"Yea tomorrow sounds cool. What time?"

5pm. Don't be late. Shawn'll go ape shit if you're late. Bye.

I laughed as I cut the phone call. Bella just looked at me strangely while shaking her head.

Well, I hope you guys enjoyed that chapter. Sorry it took such a bloody long time to upload. I'm finally on school holidays, so hopefully I'll be able to write more often. Keep reading, my friends.

Skye.

P.S. - Can any Aussie's reading this get my little joke on Short Stack? PM me if you do :)