Hey, guys! It's finally summer break for me :D, so that means this story is gonna be getting a lot more attention and love. Yay! Let's get on with the story.

I woke up to the sound of birds chirping outside of my window and sunlight streaming in through my window in stripes across my bed and my bedroom floor. I sat up and shaded my face with my arm and looked out my window, it was no joke, there were fluffy white clouds outside my window and between those clouds I saw a clear blue sky. The kind that makes you want to spend all day staring at the sky and laying in the thick green grass of your overwatered backyard.

I sat up and stretched my arms out, then yawned the biggest yawn of my life, feeling more rested than I had in weeks. Maybe Washington was better than I thought it would be, except for the fact that nothing happens here and there isn't a movie theater.

I sighed and fell back onto my bed, anticipating all the nothing I had to do today, except for clean up my room. It was a mess, after being in this town for a month it hadn't been cleaned once, I had to dust vacuum and wash my bed sheets. After that I could do nothing, I crawled out of my bed and slowly opened my door so I wouldn't wake anyone else if they weren't up. I crept down the hall in my socks as quietly as I could, and walked into the kitchen where I opened up the fridge. I saw that inside there were two cans of the cinnamon bun dough-things, so I popped those open and put them on a metal tray that promptly went into the oven.

As I waited for the buns to rise, I went to my room and put some pants on under the oversized t-shirt I had worn to bed, then took that off and put on a bra and a regular t-shirt. I stretched again, and went to the kitchen just in time to hear the oven go off. I grabbed an oven mitt and took the tray out of the oven, I set it on the counter and decided to wait for the guys to wake up before I ate any.

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I sat on my couch watching television, not quite sure what I was watching. I had finished all my chores, and instead of enjoying this rare sunny day outside like I should have been, I was sitting inside watching some stupid fashion show. Not that I didn't enjoy some cute clothes, it's just that everyone on these shows was a catty girl. And I don't mean gender-wise.

As I sat and watched the show – or tried to look interested in it – someone knocked on my door, I got up and looked through our peephole. It turns out that someone was my cousin. I unlocked the door to let him in, I opened up the door and he pushed me aside as he came bounding in. He was a far cry from the serious Jake I had seen last night.

"Hey, we're all going down to the beach," He grinned excitedly at me. "So, go get your suit, get changed and come with me." He smiled at me even bigger, making me suspicious.

"By 'all of us', who exactly do you mean?" I smiled back at him, secretly hoping that Seth was at the top of that list. "Is Paul included in that list?" He shook his head, still grinning at me.

"Paul is not included in the list, but Seth, Embry, and Quil are," He continued, "Seth is actually out in the car right now," I peeked through the window in my front room, and just as Jake said, Seth was waiting in the truck at the curb looking bored.

"Okay, I'll come with you guys, but promise me that nothing crazy will go on. Okay?" He shrugged at me, "Don't shrug at me! I need a definite answer, or promise, or –" I stalled for a second, trying to think of something else I could add.

"Fine, I won't do anything risky while we're at the beach, but I can't say the same for every guy there." I shook my head at him and picked up the remote to turn off the TV.

"Okay, I'll go with you, just let me write a note to dad, and change into my suit." I slow-jogged into my kitchen, located a pen and scrap of paper, then scribbled a quick note to my dad who was at the hardware store. I knew he wouldn't mind that I had gone off with my cousin to the beach. Then I went down the hall to where my room was and rummaged through my drawers to find my cute bikini. If Seth was going to be there, I wanted to look good. It was a string bikini, that looked like someone had printed a sunset on it, complete with palm trees on my boobs.

I rooted through my drawers for a few seconds longer before finding it and throwing it on, I took out a white sundress and put that on over the suit. I grabbed a hair tie, my tote bag, sunscreen, and three bottles of water. Guaranteed I'd drink two, the third was for emergency purposes. I also grabbed a compact mirror, in case I got lost in the woods, my sunglasses, and my yellow toms.

I looked at the time on my clock and realized it had been fifteen minutes since I told Jake I would be right back. I panicked and flew out of my room to my living room, and saw my cousin sitting on my couch staring blankly at the TV while Seth still sat in the truck, bored. As soon as I came into my living room, Jake stood up and motioned to the door, I rolled my eyes at him and opened my door, apparently he didn't care about the time.

We walked down my driveway to the truck at the curb where Seth waited in it, as soon as he saw me his face broke out into a smile that I thought would split his face in two. I got into the cab from the driver's side and sat between the two boys. Jake chattered on about the Cullen family the whole way there and talked most about a girl named Bella and her daughter Renesmee. I guess Renesmee was about six months old, and Jake spent a lot of time with them. I rolled my eyes at him, and sighed as he went on reverently about this little girl. I looked at Seth and pulled a face that he laughed at. It took fifteen minutes, but we finally came in sight of the beach. My heart started racing as I took in the sunlight filled beach, and I smiled at the memories of last Friday.

Jake parked his truck on the asphalt adjacent to the beach and we all hopped out of the cab and ran out to the sand. Everyone else was already there and messing around in the water, and yelled out to us from the waves crashing around them. I dropped my bag and shucked my sundress, throwing it on the sand. I took my hair tie and put my hair up then ran into the water where the guys waited for us.

"Agh! This is still freezing!" I hadn't expected it to be quite so cold, but the water hadn't seen the sun in a long time, so I should have expected this. We all splashed around in the water for a while, then I went and lounged around on the sand. I laid on my towel and stared up at the bluest sky I had seen in a while and tried to settle down into the sand, I couldn't get comfortable, so I ditched my towel and laid down on the sand. I rolled around in it, languishing in the feel of the warmth.

I stopped rolling around, and just stayed still, staring up at the sky some more. I was enjoying this rare day in the sun, even if it was still a little cold, and I shouldn't really be wearing a bikini. I enjoyed the smell of the ocean, and the sight of my cousin having fun with his friends. He was a fun guy - I had learned that by spending every single day with him – but, he was always so serious, it seemed like he had more responsibility than he was letting on. But, I didn't want to pry.

I sat up to watch the waves, and immediately caught Seth's eye. He made a "come here" gesture with his arm, but I shook my head, I didn't really want to step into the cold water. He rolled his eyes and smiled some more, and made another gesture towards me. I shook my head again at him, and as soon as I did, he came bounding out of the water towards me. I started to panic, my heart beating as fast as a hummingbird's. I looked around my spot on the sand for something to defend myself with. I couldn't find anything, so I got up to run, but before I could do that, Seth scooped me up and ran back to the water.

He then dumped me unceremoniously into the waves at his feet. I broke the surface of the water sputtering and trying to move my hair out of my face to no avail. All the guys laughed at me as I peeked out at them from my curtains of hair with one eye, I dunked my head under the water quickly to put my hair back in its rightful place, and caught a glimpse of something very white. I jumped out of the water quickly and tried to get one of the guys' attention, I couldn't get any words out, everything I wanted to say was stuck in my throat and wouldn't come out.

Jake finally turned his attention to me and I pointed towards the white shape in the water, it looked vaguely humanoid, but I wasn't quite sure what it was. "Jake, over there," I kept pointing in the direction of the shape. "It looks like a person," I finally got out all of the words that were sticking in my throat.

"I'll be back in a little bit, get back onto the shore with the guys," Before I could even nod, my cousin had dove into the waves and was swimming to the shape in the water. Seth, Quil, and Embry dragged me back to the beach and we waited for Jake to swim to shore. I saw him pick up the shape in the water and start to swim back. He readjusted a few times to more easily swim with whatever he had in his arms, I watched him slice easily and quickly through the surf and make it back to where we were in minutes. As he got closer to our group, I could see that he had a small girl in his arms. She wasn't short, but painfully thin. Her long hair stuck close to her scalp in small waves, she was so pale, and had collarbones that looked like they would slice through her skin at any second.

Jake finally got to us and set the small girl on the sand, I knelt down next to him and looked at her arms. There were small, white, crescent shaped marks criss-crossing up and down her arms. There were more around the crook of her elbow, and upon further inspection, there were two marks on her neck. One on either side of it. I stared at her body trying to make sense of it, and trying to make sense of the fact that my cousin wasn't doing a thing to help her breathe. I looked up at him and he looked down at her sadly, his face said everything. We couldn't do anything to help this girl, and neither could anyone else.

I mourned a life that I had never known as Seth pulled me away, stowed me in the truck, and drove me home. All I could see was the body of that girl, and the three boys standing over her.

Well, hello there :) I hope you all liked this one, I'm finally introducing some vampiness. Tell me what you thought, please, because I love getting reviews. 3