A/N: Okay, there are no excuses, I know I took forever on this. I finally looked at what I had written so far, and wow. I see what people mean by "It's going to fast." The last 7 chapters have all been one day. Not even. But I'm totally slowing it down now. And I'm going to try and write longer chapters, but we'll have to wait and see how long that lasts. As always, thanks to my reviewers, you give me the inspiration to write. Enjoy the chapter!

-twi XD

I was lying down, staring up at the ceiling. The rest of the flock were around me, already asleep. Being in a house full of always awake vampires might comfort me, if I totally trusted those vampires. Nothing could slip past them, we were completely safe from the outside world.

But I didn't know if I could trust these people. How do I know they wont turn on us and suck us dry in the middle of the night? I mean, just because they seem so nice, and Angel's not picking up on any evil, doesn't mean they're not evil. Anne tricked us. She seemed real sweet and sincere, and Angel didn't notice anything, and look how that one turned out.

I rolled over onto my side, trying to get more comfortable, but it just didn't seem to work. I finally figured I may as get up, seeing as there were eight people downstairs I could talk to.

I slipped out of the room quietly, and made my way downstairs.

"Hello, dear. Couldn't sleep?" I looked up to see Esme sitting on the couch. She was half turned towards me, with a look of concern on her perfect face.

"No, I couldn't, but that happens a lot with me," I felt the need to reassure her, like I cared about what she thought, or something.

"Come sit down, Max," chirped the tiny one, Alice. I sat down were she patted the carpet beside her. They were all watching the news, but not showing any real interest. I couldn't blame them; it was 2 o'clock in the morning - nothing very interesting could be happening in the news world.

I sat there, zoned out, for about an hour before anyone spoke. It was Alice.

"You should probably go back up. Gazzy's going to wake up in a minute and 27 seconds, and he will be scared if you're not there."

I quickly stood up and climbed the stairs, and I slipped in the room just as Gazzy started to stir.

"Max?" Gazzy muttered, blinking sleep out of his eyes. He looked so young and adorable.

"Hey, sweetie. What are you awake for?" I whispered, trying not to wake the others.

"I dunno. It's just weird, being here, with a family, with beds, and food. You know?" I so did.

"I know Gaz. It's just going to take some getting use to, is all." I suddenly realized what I said. Was I actually planning on staying here?

As I thought about it, I realized I sort of did want to stay here. We've been here only a day, but I already felt a bit at home. Not totally trustful - because, hello, I'm Max - but like I could totally trust them in time. Plus, if they betrayed us and told people, we could tell people about them.

I looked back down at Gazzy, and found that he had fallen back asleep. I leaned down to kiss his forehead, then went back downstairs.

As I walked back to where I was sitting before, I noticed that everyone was watching me.

"What?" I asked, a bit unnerved. Why were they staring at me?

Bella smiled, which helped my nerves a bit. "You really love them don't you?" she asked gently

I had a moments confusion before I remembered that they could probably hear every word I had said upstairs with Gazzy.

"Yeah, I do. I raised them, so they're kind of like my own kids, you know?"

Esme and Carlisle, the parents of the group, nodded their heads.

"So," Alice said, excited. "If you're going to stay here, then you're going to need a few things. Like clothes." Bella groaned at that, for some reason.

"Get out while you can!" she stage-whispered. I must have looked confused, because Emmett started laughing.

Alice continued after giving Bella a glare. "Anyway, we need to go shopping. You'll probably look best in blues and greens..." She chattered on, but I stopped listening. That's what Bella meant. Shopping. I shuddered at the thought.

Bella scooted over to me. "So, how do you like it here so far? It's got to be pretty weird."

I grinned at her. "Yeah, very weird. I mean, Finally having a hot shower? Heaven." Bella laughed. "And major weirdness with Seth," I said, a bit quieter. Bella nodded her head and gave me a look of understanding.

"I know what it's like. When Jake imprinted on Nessie, I flipped out. But you get used to it. Part of me always hates that my best friend imprinted on my little baby girl, but another part of me knows that he'll always be there for her, to look after her, and be her friend."

Huh. I never thought of that. I guess with Angel, we'll always need more people looking out for her, keeping her safe. She can (somewhat) take care of herself, but she doesn't always have the best judgment on what's right.

"She's only six," Edward surprised me by saying. What is he talki- Oh. Right.

He smiled, and went on. "She's six, and going through what any little kid does. She'll grow out of it."

I smiled back at him - I'm smiling a lot lately - and said with feeling, "I sure hope so."

I'm pretty sure I fell asleep at one point, because I was awoken to the sound of feet thudding down the stairs.

"Morning Max!" Angel said happily, skipping over to give me a hug.

"Mornin' Ange." I stood, and stretched, then followed everyone else to the kitchen.

By the time I got there, Iggy and Edward were making breakfast. Iggy with scrambled eggs and bacon, and Edward with what seemed to be giant cinnamon buns. (A/N: is that what they were in breaking dawn? i don't remember)

The rest of the flock and I sat at the table, waiting. Nessie came downstairs from her room (I learned that she had to sleep) and sat down with us. But when breakfast was ready, she didn't eat. I guess she didn't get that particular human trade.

Nudge talked to Alice all through breakfast. Apparently she was very excited about the upcoming shopping trip. Yippee.

I cleared away my dishes, and put them on the counter. Then I went upstairs to wash up for the day. I tried not to shutter again as I thought about it.

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