(A/N: THANKS PANDA4488, and EMILEE, PRINCESSANGELBABE,LIGHTBABE, AUTOBOT-MechanicalOperations, YOUR REVIEWS REALLY MADE MY DAY! I HOPE YOU ALL LIKE THIS!

Story isn't over but the secrets are. Or are they? Bwhahahah.

Oh and Charlie, in my version, is aware of what's going on.. Because it never sat well with me that he'd be such a good father to bella, and stick his own head so far up his ass that he had no clue about things for nearly the entire series. So yeah.. He knows about vamps and wolves.. He's not entirely comfortable with the existance of either, but he's less okay with the bad vampires. Because I wanted to fix this one thing that made no sense to me. No flames, please?

CHAPTER 12:

OH SO HE'S A MIND READING BLOODSUCKER.. THAT'S COMFORTING.. NOT..

( Aro uses his power on Courtney)

She gasped as she caught sight of him standing against a tree, frozen as if he were watching her, as if there were some boundary line there and he knew he dare not cross it. Of course, she knew as well as he, that if he really wanted, he'd step over the line. Courtney swore as she turned, was about to run back inside Embry's house, having stepped out because she mistakenly thought she heard him howling, she knew he was patrolling and in his wolf form, only to find Aro standing in front of her, smirking in amusement as he shook his head and said quietly, "Not interested in hurting you right now. Just curious.. Does the family gift actually run in the family?"

"What the hell are you going on about?" Courtney hissed as she dug for a bowie knife she'd taken to carrying in her biker boot, should she run into Aro and get the chance to maybe slit his throat. To say she HATED this man would be a blatant understatement. Hate didn't even really begin to cover the things she felt towards the man who stood in front of her, arms crossed, smirking in amusement, his eyes a milky red and his black hair blowing in the slight breeze.

"Embry will show up any second now you sack of..." she started as he grabbed hold of her hand, his pupils dilating. She bit her lower lip, remembering what Edward and Bella, the others told her about his little ability. She tried clearing her mind, but she couldn't and whatever she'd ever thought, well.. It was making him laugh and smirk, as he looked at her, shaking his head.

"You'd waste yourself.. For the snivelling idiot dog?" he asked in disbelief, gaping at some of the more personal and racy thoughts she'd ever thought, remarking simply, "Oh now that's interesting.. Does daddy know about this?"

"You sack of pathetic, lifeless, bloodsucking shit." she growled as she swung the knife at him, him simply stepping back, grabbing her hands with a grip strong enough to break her wrists if he so chose to do it. "I'll scream and then your fucked, vamp."

"Somehow, I don't think so, Coco.. That is what they call you, is it not?" Aro asked, shrugging, before suddenly finding himself surrounded with angry snarling wolves. He rolled his eyes as he held out his arms, then turned, taking off at his top speed through the woods. Embry, in wolf form, nudged Courtney towards the house and she leaned down, kissing his nose as she said quietly, "When you rip him apart, babe.. Just don't get yourself hurt in the process, please?"

The wolf nodded it's head and she reluctantly took off for the house, pacing Emily's kitchen as she fumed and repeated what Aro had just done to her, Emily sighing as she handed the girl a glass of water, pointed to a chair and then said quietly, "He only gets under your skin if you let him. He's tried that with me too."

"Wow.. And he's still freaking breathing?" Courtney asked as Emily sipped her own glass of tea and said simply, "He won't be much longer. There's about to be a battle between the two."

"Because of my niece, right?"

"No, most likely, Aro wants full power, he wants the vampires to think they have no other options."

"I'm so going to kick Alice's butt when I see her again. She could have warned me he'd read my mind if he wanted to, when he touched me." Courtney said as Emily said quietly, "They might have thought or assumed that like Bella and your father, your mind couldn't be read."

"Apparently, it can. And if I can get my hands on that son of a..." she started as the guys limped in, swearing and angry, talking about Aro not being alone, it being a set up.

"So he lured me out there. Okay, that's it. No more Ms. Nice chick." Courtney started as Embry shook his head, pushed her back down into the chair she sat in, gently. "Did he.. Did he read your mind?"

"That bastard only knows every bad thing I've ever considered doing to you in a dark room, Big guy. This shit is personal now. Beyond personal. So if you all will excuse me, I'm about to go find a gas can, matches, and then I'm going to burn that son of a bitch at the stake." she started as Embry pulled her into his lap as he said "Let me.. He still owes me both of his arms and legs for the four stitches you got when he made you crash your car. Besides, he could hurt you and I'm not about to let that happen."

"So I'm supposed to what, Big guy, sit here and do nothing? Oh hell no, I do not even begin to think so." Courtney said as Embry shook his head and said calmly, "I do, Bambi."

Sam spoke up and said calmly, "Soon, he won't be a worry anymore, Courtney." as Embry nodded and said "And you're not getting in it, getting hurt. Understood?"

She gaped at him, stammering a moment before scowling and crossing her arms, angry. This, for her, had become personal when Aro basically broke into her inner thoughts and learned all of her private inner feelings, every good thing she'd ever thought and also every single bad one. She groaned inwardly as she said aloud, "Why in the name of Fuck do the damn blood suckers all keep trying to find me? That's Bella's type, not mine, damn it." in frustration as the pack snickered and Embry cuddled her against him, pointed out, "They have good taste.. As far as you're concerned." kissing her, before picking her up and carrying her out of the room.

Things like this kept happening, it kept them both on edge. Right now, they both needed to relax. Couldn't do that with everyone around, he hadn't been really and truly alone with her for days. So yeah, now that they had a chance to be alone together, he was going to take it. She laughed as he carried her through the door of his mom's house and sat her down on the bed in his room, leaning in, kissing her hungrily as he snickered and asked casually, "So.. Are you mad because he read your mind and violated your space or are you mad because he saw just how bad my girl can be when she wants?"

"Not funny, Big guy. But since you asked, probably a little bit of both. I mean if he can see everything? Then poor guy probably got more than he wanted to about my dreams at night.." Courtney admitted, blushing as Embry leaned in, kissing her as he muttered, "Oh really.. And these dreams.. What were they like?"

"Oh trust me, Big Guy.. You'd love them." Courtney said as she sat up partially, her leg resting at his hip as she used the collar of his t shirt to pull him down on top of her, kissing him until she almost couldn't breathe.

And when the phone began ringing, he sat up growling before looking at it and saying, "We have to go back to Sam's. Your sister and the others are there, they have something to tell us."

"And it couldn't wait?" Courtney grumbled as she fixed her shirt and tried to make it not so obvious that they'd actually been trying to get the hell away from everyone when they even left Sam's in the first place.

On the walk back over, she wondered to herself just what the hell was about to happen, because she wasn't sure she was getting an entirely good feeling about this situation as a whole. And she knew she'd most certainly be glad when it was finally all over.