AN: Sorry this took a little longer than normal, I got stuck. And I almost apologize for any mistakes, I am currently half asleep so I will go through in the morning and fix anything I may have missed. As usual, thank you all for the great reviews! Next chapter everyone will be back, don't worry. And you also learn the truth about Willa.

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Some Cullen's and Some Family

You don't sleep as long as you would think when you cry yourself to sleep. You get about two hours of nice sleep and then you wake up because your eyes burn. I spent most of the night staring out the window, trying my hardest to think of everything but Quil. I thought about Willa and my dad and I really wanted them here. Nessie, Lena, Rachel and the babies were great but they were barely keeping me sane. Around seven-thirty in the morning I walked down stairs to find Nessie and Alice awake in the kitchen with two other people who I recognized as Emmett and Esme.

Why are there two more vampires?

"Morning Claire!" Alice called out cheerily. Emmett and Esme turned to look at me with a bright smile. I couldn't bring myself to give them one of my own.

"Morning," I murmured.

"How did you sleep?" Nessie asked hopefully.

"Oh great, nothing like paranoia to lull you to sleep." I answered dryly.

"Don't worry, everything is fine." Esme said soothingly.

"Yeah, that's why there are two more friendly vampires here." I countered unconvinced.

"What, we can't come and visit?" Emmett asked with mock insult.

"Someone tell me what's going on." I said seriously.

"The vampire has two friends in the area, we're just being cautious." Nessie answered simply.

"Omelet?" Alice asked as she held the pan she was cooking in up to show me.

"I'm not hungry." I murmured, walking back toward the stairs.

"Claire-" I heard Nessie try to stop me, but I didn't.

"Let her go Ness," Esme told her softly as got to the top of the stairs.

I stalked back to my replacement room and bit my lip to stop my tears. Three vampires. How long would this take now? Weeks? I can't deal with weeks. I don't even know how many more days I'll be able to last before I lose my mind. It was getting harder and harder for me. If I could see them in action, I'd probably feel better and next time I wouldn't even care, but I don't know. I still think Quil is breakable, no matter how many things I hear from the others about rapid healing and a body like rock.

I'd hugged him before and he wasn't exactly soft, I mean all that muscle must help him in fighting a vampire that still doesn't make me believe with all my being that he is damn near invincible. I knew Quil could probably take down five guys easily, and I'd be laughing the whole time. I don't think there is anyone stupid enough to try and fight Quil or any of the other werewolves but if they ever tried I wouldn't bat an eye because Quil is more than human even when he is human.

I'm starting to wish he did try to kill me that night in the woods, at least I'd have an idea of what he could do as a werewolf. Of course, I would probably be missing a limb or half my body, but I'd feel better now! I hope they come back okay. Or Quil just comes to tell me everything is going fine like Paul did last night. God, that would really help right now.

I started pacing the room, walking slowly in front of the windows as I passed. I had energy to burn and thinking did nothing for that. I was on my tenth lap of the room when my door opened.

"I don't want to talk, eat, play Guitar Hero or talk about shoes." I listed, annoyed, continuing to watch my feet as I walked.

"What's your problem with Guitar Hero?" Willa's angered voice asked from behind me.

I spun around and found Willa in the doorway, dressed in usual clothes. "Willa," I said confused.

"Jasper dropped me off, Alice is going to take his place at Sue Clearwater's with Rosalie." She answered my unspoken question with a shrug as she walked into the room and shut the door behind her. "You look like crap." She noted.

"Thanks," I mumbled, sitting on the end of the bed. "Did the doctor call?" I asked timidly.

"Turns out, I was." She sighed.

"Was?" I asked worried.

She shrugged again. "Blood test shows I had a miscarriage about a week ago." She answered coolly.

"Oh," I muttered sadly. I could see conflict in her eyes.

"Don't try to apologize or anything, its nature, it happens and really that idiot didn't need any children." She said rolling her eyes, sitting down next to me.

I slung my arm over her shoulders and hugged her lightly. She didn't say anything about hugging. "Who is this idiot?" I asked curiously.

"Devon, you don't want to meet him, he has no brains, just a nice ass." She answered casually.

"Is that how you pick your boyfriends?" I asked with a laugh.

"I don't pick them because I want to be with them forever, I pick them because they're packing." She said winking.

"Oh my god," I groaned. It's all the women in this town care about.

"You have your priorities, I have mine." She added grinning.

"How's Dad?" I asked anxiously.

"Are you kidding, he's already arguing with Jasper about World War One." She snorted.

"So, he's fine I take it." I laughed. She nodded. "How are you?" I asked worryingly.

"Are you kidding, they've been doing this since I was three." She said as she fell back onto the bed.

"How do you deal with it?" I asked desperately, turning to look at her.

"They always come back with a smile and perfectly unharmed." She said simply.

"Even with three vampires?" I asked, my voice full of panic.

"Are you shitting me? Once there were ten." She said flippantly.

"What?" I croaked.

"Yeah, and I mean, that chunk of Brady's shoulder grew back." She joked. Well, I think she was joking.

"That doesn't make me feel better." I said lowly.

"Do you honestly think he is going to stay away from you for long? He just got you back after thirteen years, so calm down already." She ordered.

She is the first person to make any sense in the past day. I fell back on the bed next to her feeling more relaxed. "Thank you," I said softly.

"For what?" She asked befuddled.

"You're the only one that's actually been able to start to calm me down." I sighed contently. I was still worried about Quil, but I wasn't as close to going crazy as I had been.

"Well, I might not to you very well, but I know we think alike." She said proudly.

"Are we going to tell Dad about you?" I asked motioning toward her mid section.

"No, your not saying shit until after I have a husband and two to three children." She said firmly.

"Okay, just tell that to Alice." I said shaking my head.

Willa snapped up and to her feet. "She knew!" She yelled angrily.

"Yeah," I muttered.

"Dammit!" She cursed as she started pacing in front of the TV across from the bed. "How many know?" She ground out.

"Probably everyone," I said carefully.

She stopped dead in her tracks and glared at the door. "I'm gonna kill that little shit." She growled.

Willa was still clenched in anger when the door opened to show Emmett, he smiled brightly toward both of us. "What's with all the yelling?" He asked amused.

"Can I get you to hurt someone for me?" Willa asked hopefully.

"I'm not killing Alice." He said smugly.

"Why the hell not?!" She demanded.

"Because, it's more fun to watch you try to kill her." He said chuckling.

"Bite me," She muttered sourly.

"Really?" He asked hopefully.

The door opened before Willa could say the snide comment on her tongue and Esme walked in. "No Emmett," She chided.

"Ha, Momma just shot you down." Willa cheered happily.

"It's a nice day and were all going down to the beach, would you like to join us?" Esme asked Willa and I.

"What's our other option?" Willa asked as she continued to glare at Emmett, who was still rather smug.

"Stay here and try to beat me at God of War." Emmett said flashing a big smile. I am convinced he is just a big kid.

"I'm not really up for the beach, I'll just stay here." I said politely, shaking my head, seeing happy people everywhere in the sun while I was still terrified, probably won't help my mood.

"Alright, what about you Willa?" Esme said sweetly.

"I have to school Emmett, he seems to think he has skills." Willa said rolling her eyes as Emmett cackled.

Esme laughed. "Just don't break the controllers again." She said throwing us a playful look as she left.

Emmett turned to us and clapped with a devilish grin on his handsome face. "Alright, it's just me and the Asher girls, Dana used to be a pro at this game." He said sneakily.

"I'm horrible with video games." I admitted shamefully.

"That's what Dana said before she beat his high score. Twice." Willa said proudly. Emmett seemed disgruntled by the mention of my older sister's video game skills.

"Well, it's worth a try." I said shrugging. Emmett cheered and started pushing us out of the room and up the stairs back to the media room.

"Whatever you do, don't sit next to him when he looses. It gets messy." Willa whispered to me as we were pushed along.

As it turns out Emmett is a sore loser. He started yelling about how the controller didn't work at his speed, to which Willa countered that Edward could beat her without a problem. Emmett didn't like that too much. When I played I won against Willa, I don't know how, but I did. Emmett narrowly beat me when he played me. I really didn't care who won, I was just having fun listening to Willa and Emmett yell curses at each other.

They both have some colorful language, Emmett is a few decades old so I get where he learned all of his words, but the things that came out of Willa's mouth… Whew, she could make a pirate blush.

We didn't play God of War for long before we started bouncing through games and game systems. Playstation is my favorite, Willa is a die hard X-Box fiend and Emmett loves the Wii. Watching a vampire cow race will make you laugh, for hours. I think Willa and Emmett kept playing just to keep me laughing and I certainly didn't mind. Willa raided the fridge as Emmett tried to show me how to 'jack a Caddie' on Grand Theft Auto, my lesson after that was 'beatin' down the po-po'.

Emmett played by himself for almost an hour while we stuffed our faces. It's easier for me to focus on myself with Emmett and Willa around. I can see why I liked him so much when I was younger, he calms me down a lot like Quil does naturally, and of course Emmett has to try a lot harder than Quil does. Emmett's slur of exuberant curses kept me from becoming too sullen at the thought of Quil.

"Are you two done yet?" Emmett asked exhaustedly as he flopped between us while we each finished off a bowl of Chex Mix.

"Keep up with that tone Mister and we'll force you to drive us to Diary Queen." Willa said sternly.

"And how will you do that?" He asked grinning.

"Whine to Rose." She answered simply with a triumphant smile.

"That's a low blow." He said as he winced in fake pain.

"Did you ever expect anything less?" She asked smiling sweetly.

"Not really," He said almost proudly. "Wrestling is next, who wants to try and defeat the Undertaker?" He asked picking up the controller with a cocky grin.

Willa tossed her bowl to the side and swiped the controller up. "Dibs on Kane!" She yelled quickly.

"Hold your horses." He said holding up his hand as his cell phone started to ring. He dug the device out from his pocket and held it up to his ear. "Hey?" He asked blankly, more interested in the TV. The person on the other line said something that made Emmett look sympathetic. "Yeah, sure." He said then handed the phone to me with a tiny smile.

"Hello?" I asked with a little bit of confidence. I was getting used to random phone calls that end up being for me. I just hoped this one wasn't as bad as the last one.

"Hey," I heard Quil's relieved voice say back.

"Are you okay?" I asked quickly, jumping up from the couch and walking out into the hallway, pretending not to notice Willa and Emmett watching me from the room.

"I'm fine, don't worry about me. How are you doing with Emmett?" He asked ruefully.

"He hasn't snapped at me yet, I'm actually having fun." I said sardonically. I heard him snigger on the other end of the line. "How much longer?" I asked impatiently.

"We got one, the other two are scattering, but we wanna get them before they get too far out, we should be back later tomorrow." He explained honestly. He seemed a little anxious, not excited like Lena led me to believe.

"Okay," I sighed somewhat disappointed and still worried.

"This is what we do Claire, we'll handle it." He said softly, his voice soothing.

"I know, just don't get hurt, please." I pled, hoping not to sound too pathetic.

"I'll do my best." He promised. I believed him and his promise made me feel so much better. "Get some sleep you sound tired." He said concerned.

"I'm not promising anything." I said chuckling. He laughed with me for a moment and I couldn't help but relish in the happiness with him.

"See you later Claire," He said almost sadly.

"See you later Quil," I repeated quietly. I heard the line go dead a few seconds later and I walked back to the room and handed the phone to Emmett.

"You okay?" Willa asked with a sideward's glance as she and Emmett battled.

"I think, I will be." I said with a small smile. They both seemed satisfied with my answer and went back to wrestling on the Playstation. I sat quietly as I continued to chant prayers in my head, because really, what harm could it do?

AN: A little bit of Quil! Review!