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It was my last day before I had to return to school, and at Forks High, which I wasn't all that disappointed about, to tell you the truth. As long as my siblings were there, I knew I would be fine. I already considered Esme and Carlisle my mother and father, respectively. And Alice was a sister and the equivalent of what would be considered my best friend, while Rosalie was also a sister, and somewhat protective of me. Emmett and Jasper were the big brothers I never had, and they were exactly how I would want my brothers to be.

Edward, I wasn't sure about. My relationship with him was complicated, and confusing, to say the least. It often felt like something was missing when I was with him, and the feeling only intensified when we weren't near each other. Most of the time we were together, though, which I was happy about, for reasons unknown. I was still timid around men I didn't know, like on my shopping trip with Alice and Rosalie. A boy with blonde hair that looked to be my age had approached me, saying that I was pretty and he hoped we could see each other sometime. I had grown nervous, wanting to get away from the boy, and had caught Alice's eye in hopes that she would lend a hand in my escape. She had called me over, and told me that the boy went to our school, though she wouldn't tell me who it was.

And on Wednesday, when Edward had caught me, I hadn't felt uncomfortable at all. It had felt right, like I was made to fit into his arms.

Emmett yelled, "You're going down, Jasper!" breaking me out of my thoughts and making me jump about three feet in the air. I was still uncertain about me actually belonging to this family, so it didn't feel right claiming a spot on the couch. Therefore, I was sitting on the floor, leaning against the couch where Edward, Alice, and Rosalie were sitting, watching Emmett and Jasper play an Xbox game.

I glared at Alice for a moment when she laughed at my outburst, then settled back against the couch. After we had come home from our shopping trip and everything had been put in its proper place, everyone had interrogated me on Damien. Everything he had done and all the marks he had left on me, I told them about, however reluctantly. They had not run away, like I had anticipated. Instead, my relationship with each of them seemed to have grown stronger.

But I had also noticed strange things about them. I never saw any of them eat, although sometimes someone would leave for a few hours, and their eyes would be different, lighter, when the came back. Their eyes were the strangest color, an mix between orange and brown, the color of topaz. And they were pale, paler than me, and they hadn't been abused, and fatigued by malnutrition.

And there was the thing with Rosalie disappearing and reappearing in a matter of seconds, and Edward catching me. I hadn't seen Emmett, Jasper, or Edward before he had saved my face from a meeting with the ground.

The problem was, I had no idea what they were. Whatever they were, they definitely weren't human. It felt like the answer should be obvious, but I couldn't think of anything. Pushing the thought away until I could think later, without interruption, I turned to watching Emmett and Jasper play.

They were playing a street fighting game, and Emmett was pressing buttons furiously, with the tip of his tongue sticking out of his mouth in concentration, and for a second I was afraid he was going to crush the controller in his hands. Jasper was calmer than Emmett, but not by much. He was staring intently at the screen, eyes narrowed, when Emmett got a lucky hit in and Jasper's character crumpled to the ground, KO'd.

Emmett stood up, cheering and waving his controller in the air while Jasper glared at him. I burst into laughter, and Jasper turned to look at me. After a moment, he smiled, still looking at me.

Even though everyone else had stopped laughing, I couldn't. By now my sides were hurting, and Jasper's small smile had turned into a goofy grin. Edward was smiling at my predicament, along with Alice, Rosalie, and Emmett.

"Jasper, you might want to stop. I don't think she can breath." Edward suggested, and I immediately stopped laughing, breathing hard. Had Jasper been doing that?

Edward was looking at me in the strangest way, and I couldn't decipher the look in his eyes. It seemed like something along the eyes of adoration.

Suddenly, I realized that everything felt right, and the feeling from earlier, where something had seemed out of place, was gone. I looked at Edward, and suddenly knew that I loved him as more than just a brother or sister. Being here, with him, made everything feel right.

But could he love me back, with my countless imperfections?

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