Thank you for the kind reviews and for adding TOC to Story Alerts. For those of you who say you really like the family unit, I have sort of a deleted scene I'm thinking about uploading.

STARTING LINE

Rosalie POV

I loved this part of my day. Emmett and my time to relax when no one was in the house was peaceful and intimate.

Leave it to Edward to screw it up.

He stormed through the door with a face that read rage, disappointment, fear, and more rage.

"What's wrong, Edward? Someone steal your hair gel?" Edward growled at the common joke. We both exchanged a look. Edward was never aggressive.

"I'll be back after school," he snarled. I He turned and ran for the woods. What was his deal? Emmett and I rolled our eyes. It couldn't be too bad since Alice hadn't warned us about anything. Plus, Edward was known to overreact.

An hour later, the rest of the family came home. Jacob was angry, which also wasn't common.

"Where's Edward?" he demanded.

"He came home an hour ago," I said, "He headed to the woods and said he'd be home soon. What's wrong?"

"He completely embarrassed me. Mike Newton said he kept giving his lab partner these weird looks." That was worrying. No one knew what to make of it especially me since I had witnessed his temper tantrum. Edward was over a century old. He never lost control.

Alice spoke up, "Chill, Jacob, I'm sure Bella doesn't blame you for anything."

Bella? I broke into a smile. Did my baby have his first crush? The red rising in his dark cheeks told me so. I tried to hide my joy before Emmett could catch on and tease our son.

"Ooooh! Bella! Jakey got a crush?" Too late. The blush spread.

Then Edward walked in with a guilty look on his face. Alice looked elated.

Then we all turned to the sound of Carlisle's Mercedes pulling up. We gave confused faces to Edward. He headed into the dining room, implying we should follow him. Everyone followed him, growing even more confused as we sat around the dining table. I knew Jacob wanted answers. I put my hand on his, and Emmett put his arm around my shoulders. Carlisle and Esme joined us, and we turned to Edward so we could end this confusion.

"Today a new student came to Forks. Charlie Swan's daughter. She is different than the rest. First, I realized that I could not read her thoughts," Edward said.

My mouth fell open, and Jacob raised his eyebrows. I knew he was uncomfortable talking about someone he liked this way.

In an ashamed, pained voice, Edward continued, "During Biology, I realized that...her blood is unlike any other. It calls for me. I felt like a newborn again. That's why I'm going to Denali. I don't when I can come back. It's obvious I should never be around Bella Swan again."

"Edward, don't," Alice said, "Look in my head." Edward's eyes concentrated on her thoughts. He gasped and clenched his teeth, "That can never happen."

"It will though."

"Explain," said my annoyed son.

"Not yet, Jacob," Alice answered. Now Jacob was angry and hurt. He hated when we hid secrets from him like all children hated being too young for something. He leaned into his chair, crossed his arms, and pouted. I moved my hand to pat his shoulder, but I also nodded slightly to Alice. She probably had good reason to keep what she saw a secret.

Meanwhile, Edward had fled. Carlisle called after him, but he kept running. Jacob left too, muttering that he was going to his room. I frowned, but I knew a private, family meeting was happening now.

"Alice, what did you see," Esme asked quietly.

"It was all these different images of Bella Swan. Her and Edward together. Bella and I with our arms around each other, then the two of us again, but Bella was one of us."

Everyone gasped.

Alice had a little smile, "I already love her like a sister." My shock turned to anger. She's celebrating? This is terrible. A life lost!

"Nobody tells Jacob," I snarled. Everyone understood, but their attention was on Alice.

"Edward will finally have someone? He'll be happy?" asked Esme. Of course she'd be excited. Esme always felt guilty for all of us having so much love from a partner, and Edward not. Obviously, it's not her fault he never found anyone up to his standards, or now should I say down? How could Tanya be head over heels for him, and he prefer a simple human?

"Amazing," said Carlisle. Nuh-uh, Carlisle. Why are you encouraging this?

"Glad we won't have to listen to him go on and on and on about his endless purgatory anymore," Emmett said with a guffaw. I looked at him. Why is no one taking my side? I looked across the table to Jasper. He had sense and knew what I felt. My brother gave me a nod, but he was looking at Alice. He always took her side.

"Why are you excited? This is another life lost! What about secrecy? What about the treaty?"

"Rose," Carlisle chided, "If she wants to be with Edward and like us, that's Bella's decision. We shouldn't stand in their way."

"That's like giving a suicidal person the choice to jump! We can't let some naive girl choose this!"

"That's enough, Rose," Carlisle said firmly. I shut my mouth and stormed upstairs. I passed my confused son in the hall.

"Mom? What's going on," he asked. My poor baby was losing his first crush to his uncle. How terrible. I hugged him and patted his back. Jacob hugged me back, now even more confused. He was in for a lot of hurt.

Or was he?

Edward could not be with a human. It isn't right. But Jacob was human. He'd be the perfect partner for her. I could help both these kids by helping Jake win this girl.

"Tell me about Bella," I said, "Is she nice? Is she pretty?"

Jacob liked this topic, "Beautiful and yeah, she's nice, always putting other people's needs above hers."

"Does she like you," I asked watching his blush return. I put my cool hand on his cheek.

"Better than Mike Newton, that's for sure," he said. I laughed. Jacob was a great kid, any girl would be lucky to have him. He had learned manners from Jasper, humor from Emmett, compassion from Carlisle, and caring from me. He was also a jock which went a long way for most teenage girls, and of course, handsome.

"Well, good luck baby. Bella's a lucky girl if you're hers."

Comments? Questions? Cheers? Jeers? Review and let me know (: