So I know I have ages to go before I should be thinking about this but, it come to the front of my mind; do you guys think I should have the battle from Breaking Dawn Part 2 movie in my story or not?
"I have nothing to wear!" Bella moaned. The twins looked at each other then back at Bella's room, every item of clothing she owned was strewn across her bed; her draws and closets were bare. Bella stared into the empty recesses, willing something suitable to appear.
"The reason you have nothing to wear is because you have hardly any clothes" Cat muttered
"Just cause I don't have a house of a closet" Bella snapped. Sophie was thinking looking at all Bella's clothes
"You know one of us might have something for you to wear?" she offered. Bella looked at her khaki skirt laying over the back of the rocking chair, waiting for her to discover something that went with it just exactly right.
"Something that would make me look beautiful and grown up. Something that said special occasion." Bella was coming up empty. Cat and Sophie were already ready, and just waiting for Bella to be also. The twins had turned up early that morning at Bella's house to drop off their things for the party that evening. It was easier then going back and forth between the school, their house and Bella's house. It was almost time to go and Bella was still wearing her favourite old sweats. Unless she could find something better to wear, and the odds weren't looking good at this point, she was going to graduate in them. Bella scowled at the pile of clothes on her bed. The kicker was, Bella knew exactly what she would have worn if it were still available - her kidnapped red blouse. She punched the wall.
"Stupid, thieving, annoying vampire!" she growled
"Woah" Cat breathed
"What did I do?" Alice demanded. She was leaning casually beside the open window as if she'd been there the whole time, though she'd just slipped in "Knock, knock" she added with a grin.
"Hey Alice" Sophie greeted, Alice smiled at her in return
"Is it really so hard to wait for me to get the door?" Bella asked. Alice threw a flat, white box onto Bella's bed.
"I'm just passing through. I thought you might need something to wear." Bella looked at the big package lying on top of her unsatisfying wardrobe and grimaced.
"Admit it," Alice said. "I'm a lifesaver."
"You're a lifesaver," Bella muttered. "Thanks."
"Well, it's nice to get something right for a change. You don't know how irritating it is — missing things the way I have been. I feel so useless. So . . . normal." She cringed in horror of the word.
"Oooo, normal" Cat said ghostly
"I can't imagine how awful that must feel. Being normal? Ugh." Bella agreed with Cat. Alice laughed.
"Well, at least this makes up for missing your annoying thief — now I just have to figure out what I'm not seeing in Seattle." Bella stopped; when she said the words that way — putting the two situations together in one sentence — right then it clicked. The elusive something that had been bothering Bella for days, the important connection that she couldn't quite put together, suddenly became clear. Bella stared at Alice, her face frozen with whatever expression was already in place.
"Aren't you going to open it?" Alice asked. She sighed when Bella didn't move immediately, and tugged the top of the box off herself. She pulled something out and held it up, but Bella couldn't concentrate on what it was. "Pretty, don't you think? I picked blue, because I know it's Edward's favourite on you." Bella wasn't listening
"Bella?" Sophie noticed Bella's change in behaviour.
"It's the same," Bella whispered.
"What is?" Alice demanded. "You don't have anything like this. For crying out loud, you only own one skirt!"
"No, Alice! Forget the clothes, listen!"
"You don't like it?" Alice's face clouded with disappointment.
"Alice!" the twins chorused noticing Bella's change in mood and tone, they each had a serious expression on their faces and stood closer to Bella to listen to her knew discovery.
"Listen, Alice, don't you see? It's the same! The one who broke in and stole my things, and the new vampires in Seattle. They're together!" Bella explained. The clothes slipped from Alice's fingers and fell back into the box. The twins looked at her for a few minutes before understanding
"That's what we've been missing!" they chorused, looking at one another. Alice focused now, her voice suddenly sharp.
"Why do you think that?"
"Remember what Edward said? About someone using the holes in your vision to keep you from seeing the newborns? And then what you all said before, about the timing being too perfect — how careful my thief was to make no contact, as if he knew you would see that. I think you were right, Alice, I think he did know. I think he was using those holes, too. And what are the odds that two different people not only know enough about you to do that, but also decided to do it at exactly the same time? No way. It's one person. The same one. The one who is making the army is the one who stole my scent." Bella explained. Alice wasn't accustomed to being taking by surprise. She froze, and was still for so long that Bella started counting in her head as she waited. Alice didn't move for two minutes straight.
"Holy shit" Cat muttered. Alice's eyes then refocused on Bella.
"You're right," she said in a hollow tone. "Of course you're right. And when you put it that way. . . ."
"Edward had it wrong," Bella whispered. "It was a test . . . to see if it would work. If he could get in and out safely as long as he didn't do anything you would be watching out for. Like trying to kill me. . . . And he didn't take my things to prove he'd found me. He stole my scent . . . so that others could find me."
"They're all after you" Sophie muttered, summarising what Bella had said. Alice's eyes were wide with shock. Bella was right, and you could see that Cat, Sophie and Alice knew it, too.
"Oh, no," Alice mouthed. Someone had created an army of vampires, and army that had gruesomely murdered dozens of people in Seattle - for the express purpose to destroying Bella!
"Well," Bella whispered, "Everyone can relax. Nobody's trying to exterminate the Cullens after all."
"That's not much reason to relax Bella" Cat muttered
"If you think that one thing has changed, you're absolutely wrong," Alice said through her teeth. "If someone wants one of us, they're going to have to go through the rest of us to get to her."
"Thanks, Alice. But at least we know what they're really after. That has to help."
"Maybe," she muttered. She started pacing back and forth across Bella's room. Thud, thud — a fist hammered against Bella's door. Bella jumped. Alice didn't seem to notice.
"Aren't you three ready yet? We're gonna be late!" Charlie complained, sounding edgy. Charlie hated occasions about as much as Bella did. In his case, a lot of the problem was having to dress up.
"Almost. Give us a minute," Bella said hoarsely. He was quiet for half a second.
"Are you crying?"
"No. I'm nervous. Go away." They heard him clump down the stairs.
"I have to go," Alice whispered.
"Why?" Bella questioned
"Edward is coming. If he hears this . . ."
"Go, go!" Bella urged immediately. Edward would go berserk when he knew. Bella couldn't keep it from him for long, but maybe the graduation ceremony wasn't the best time for his reaction.
"We can't tell him" Alice told the twins
"He's over protective as it is, he doesn't need to know this, it'll just make him worse. Of course we aren't gonna tell him!" Cat hissed
"Put it on," Alice commanded Bella pointing at the box on Bella's bed as she flitted out the window. The twins looked at each other worried
"If they're after Bella… doesn't that mean they will have to come here to get her?" Sophie murmured. Cat looked at her worried
"They wouldn't be able to get to her any other way" Cat agreed
"I think this all just got a little worse" Sophie muttered, Cat nodded. Bella did what Alice said, dressing in a daze.
"We'll meet you there, kay, Bells?" Cat said, Bella didn't look up at them as the two girls left the room and went down stairs, saying good bye to Charlie along the way. They had Cat's car today, and she drove it towards the school as fast as possible. They pulled on the ugly yellow graduation robes and tassel hats in the car park, before walking into the swam of people surrounding the gym. They eventually found and met their parents, and were kind of silent at first.
"What's wrong sweetie?" Caren wondered
"Nothing, guess I'm just nervous" Cat muttered with a shrug.
"Oh don't worry, graduation if a good thing." Caren assured her
"I hope so" Cat breathed. They walked around to the back door where Ms. Cope from the front office and Mr. Varner the math teacher, tried to line everyone up alphabetically. The twins stood somewhere in the middle of the line not snapping out of their thinking state till they head a shout
"Up front, Mr. Cullen," Mr. Varner barked at Edward. They looked in Edward's direction, seeing Bella too, she looked like she was walking through a daze. Cat and Sophie looked at one another
"We need to calm down, we're bloody graduating!" Cat said, but her face dampened "I'm not sure if that's a good thing" she muttered, Sophie grinned
"No more school for who knows how long" she nudged her twin
"Did we look at any universities?" Cat wondered, Sophie thought
"I don't think so. But after all that's going on, I think we need a little bit of a break" she confessed
"Good point" Cat agreed. They listened to Eric, the valedictorian, give his speech about it not being the ending, but actually the beginning of their lives. Principle Greene started calling up the names of the graduates, in alphabetical order. Poor Ms. Cope was all thumbs as she tried to give the principal the right diploma to hand to the right student. They watched as Alice danced across the stage to take hers, a look of deep concentration on her face. Edward followed behind, his expression confused, but not upset.
"Guess Alice is trying to keep her mind busy" Cat thought
"Probably, she has to keep Edward at bay somehow" Sophie mumbled
"I'm annoyed they look so good in these awful yellow robes." Cat admitted
"No one should be able to look that good in something so awful" Sophie agreed. Sophie suddenly stood up as her name was called. There was a roar of cheering and both twins turned around to see none other than the pack there. Cat hit her forehead with her palm in embarrassment, they all roared again, drowning out any other noise in the gym when Cat's name was next called. Both twins rolled their eyes but couldn't keep the smiles off their faces as they walked up to the stage to take their diploma's.
"Congratulations, Miss Mitchell" Mr Greene congratulated as she shook Sophie's hand, then doing the same to Cat, like a recording set on repeat. They took their place in the line and waited. Jacob and Charlie cheered when Bella's name was called the twins both flashed a grin.
"OH MY GOD!" Cat suddenly said
"What?" Sophie questioned
"We just graduated!" Cat beamed. Sophie looked at her before beaming with her. They silently cheered to one another, trying to prevent themselves from jumping up and down. Mr Greene congratulated them all and the twins pulled off their hats and threw them into the air with everyone else. Hats fell everywhere and the twins hugged each other to death and jumped up and down, seeming to forget the information Bella had given them not hours before.
"Come on let's find Bells, she's gonna need some cheering up!" Cat decided, taking Sophie's hand and dragging her through the mass of yellow gowns and family members, which had mixed in with the new graduates. They found Bella easily with Cat's vibrations. Cat wrapped her arms around Bella
"We did it! I can't believe it!" she cheered, Sophie stood in front of Bella
"You have to at least try to be excited" she told her, Bella flashed a small grin but it didn't last long. Sophie pulled her into a hug
"Congratulations" she said in her ear
"You too" Bella said back. Cat was jumping up and down next to her
"Oh, can I set off some fireworks? Please?!" she begged
"Outside" Sophie allowed
"Then lets hurry and congratulate everyone so we can go outside!" Cat said she grinned at Bella before turning around only coming face to face with Edward
"Congrats Eddie!" she cheered cheerfully "Though you've already done it several times" she added giggling
"Congratulations Cat" he sighed
"Thanks" she squealed
"You too Sophie" Edward told her
"Thank you" Sophie grinned before Cat pulled her off through the crowd again. Cat let go of Sophie's hand and Sophie watched her run through the crowd and suddenly jump on Jacob
"Jake! I did it!" she said happily
"Congratulation!" he said happily "I'm so proud of you"
"You should be" she grinned causing Jacob to chuckle. A pair of warm arms snaked their way around Sophie's waist and she looked over her shoulder to see Embry
"Congratulations" he whispered in her ear
"Thanks" she said back turning to face him. He leaned down and kissed her passionately.
"Well done Blaze!" Jared yelled picked Cat up just as Jacob placed her down. Jared spun her around
"Thank you, thank you, thank you" she laughed. "Don't forget, Storm graduated too" she said pointing at Sophie
"Storm?" Jared asked
"Like wind storm, Soph's nickname" Cat explained. Jared grinned and walked over to Sophie, pulling her into a bone crushing hug
"Congrats Storm" he chuckled
"Thanks" she laughed. The entire pack went through and congratulated the two twins, hugging them, high-fiving them, picking them up. It was just a small party of celebrations within a bigger party.
"Blaze, I can't believe you actually graduated" Leah laughed
"Excuse me? You doubted I would?" Cat snapped
"Not at all" Leah joked, Cat rolled her eyes but laughed.
"Oh my babies" the twins turned as their parents came over to them, pushing through the wolves. Caren had a handkerchief in her hand and her eyes were puffy.
"My babies, all grown up" she cried, hugging Sophie
"Mum" Sophie grumbled
"Doesn't matter how many times you graduate, you're still my baby girls" John said, embracing Cat
"Not embarrassing at all" Cat said but she hugger her father back. The twin's parents went on and on about how proud of them they were, Caren couldn't stop crying and kept pulling them both into hugs. They took many photos, with their parents, their boyfriends, the entire pack, their friends; it took a long time before they all finally left the gym. When they did the first thing that happened was Cat put her hands in the air and several fireworks suddenly went off in the sky above them. Several graduates cheered and shouted as Cat spun around and laughed with happiness. Sophie rolled her eyes but the smile that was on her face was plastered there and wouldn't go away no matter what happened. The twins were both engulfed by their boyfriends again, the rest of the pack having left not a few seconds before. Both girls earned a make out session before they had to pile back into Cat's car.
Sophie's phone suddenly began to ring
"Hey Bells?" she answered. She listened, nodding her head
"No that's alright, we'll just drop by and grab our things… yeah we'll sneak in through the window. Don't apologise you're allowed to celebrate with your family." Sophie said, her smile disappeared "You did…" she muttered, Cat cast a glance at her twin, taking a detour to Bella's house. "Oh…" Sophie murmured "Yeah, alright, you're still going tonight though? Alright we'll see you there" Sophie closed the phone
"What happened?" Cat wondered
"Bella told Edward, he freaked out" Sophie said simply
"Ouch" Cat muttered
"And she's going out with her dad so we have to get our things." Sophie added
"Understandable, we'll just take them back to our house" Cat shrugged. They pulled up to Bella's house and Cat waited in the car while Sophie slipped through the front door and into the house. She came back out, walking through the door as though it was made of water, with both her's and Cat's bags in her hands. Sophie threw them onto the back seat before getting back into the car and Cat raced off to their house.
The girls got ready for the party, before walking down stairs. Caren almost started blubbering again, immediately racing for the camera to take more photos. Cat was wearing a short, light purple cocktail dress, it had black lace around the top and bottom, and was tight around her waist and bust. A pair of six inch black heels were on her feet, they had leather crossing over the front and had a zip up the back. Her hair was in perfect golden ringlets, her dusty brown eyeshadow, mascara and eyeliner causing her eyes to stand out. Sophie was wearing a light blue bubble skirt dress with a silver belt around her waist and was other wise the same kind of design as Cat's, it was strapless, the same with Cat's. Her hair was straightened and she had her blue eyeshadow, mascara and eyeliner on. She had a pair of white heels, the same size as Cat's, there were several straps around the ankle and one across the top of her toes. A line of silver gems connected the ankle to the mother took several photos, telling them how gorgeous they were and how proud she was before John reminded her that the girls had a party to attend. John drove the girls down to the Cullens' house, though the drive way was usually concealed it was very difficult to miss. Someone had wrapped the trees on either side in thousands of twinkle lights.
"Alice" the girls grinned. The two trees at the entry weren't the only ones lit. Every twenty feet or so, another shining beacon guided them toward the big white house. All the way — all three miles of the way.
"Oh she must have had so much fun" Cat grinned
"I almost wish I'd come to help" Sophie smiled. They pulled up in front of the house
"Have fun girls" John smiled, both twins kissed their fathers cheek before getting out of the car.
"I can't wait to see the inside" Cat beamed, they walked up the stairs and into the big house. They twins stopped short. The entire interior of the house was completely transformed, it looked completely like a night club, but not the normal kind, the kind you only found on TV.
"Oh I'm excited now!" Cat grinned and they walked through the house. It didn't take them long to find Alice.
"Alice this is amazing" Cat said, Alice turned to grin at them, she admired them
"You two look amazing" Alice complimented
"Thank you" the twins chorused
"You don't look to bad yourself" Sophie admired. Alice was wearing a sequinned tank top and red leather pants. Her bare skin reacted oddly to the pulsing red and purple lights. "Oh, that reminds me" Sophie pulled a package out of her purse
"Con-graduation" she grinned, Alice beamed and took the gift, her eyes widened when Cat pulled out a second one
"We aren't good at doing joint gifts" Cat admitted. Alice hugged them both
"Thank you so much, I have to give you yours too, wait here!" Alice scurried off into another room of the house, the twins waited a total of two minutes before Alice reappeared, a gift in either hand
"Here you are" she smiled
"Thanks Alice" Sophie said, hugging the pixie again
"Very much" Cat added. Alice went back to to organising the party before the rest of the guest arrived. It didn't take long for Bella and Edward to arrive either.
"Edward!" Alice called from beside a gigantic speaker. "I need your advice." She gestured toward a towering stack of CDs. "Should we give them familiar and comforting? Or" — she gestured to a different pile — "educate their taste in music?"
"Keep it comforting," Edward recommended. "You can only lead the horse to water." Alice nodded seriously, and started throwing the educational CDs into a box.
"Bells" Cat grinned hugging her
"You two look gorgeous" Bella realised, she looked at herself "I think I'm underdressed."
"You're perfect," Edward disagreed. The twins nodded
"You'll do," Alice amended.
"Oh, here" Sophie handed Bella a gift, Bella looked hesitant
"You have to take it" Cat ordered "Be grateful we only got you one instead of one each" Bella took the present
"You don't have to open it now" Sophie assured her
"Thanks." Bella sighed. "Do you really think people will come?" Anyone could hear the hope in her voice. Alice made a face at her.
"Everyone will come," Edward answered. "They're all dying to see the inside of the reclusive Cullens' mystery house." the twins giggled
"Fabulous," Bella moaned.
"So anything we can do to help?" Sophie asked. Alice started ordering the two girls around, though Bella tried to help also, she couldn't move at ultra fast speeds like the twins could. In the mean time Edward chased up Jasper and Carlisle, telling them about Bella's epiphany. Edward dragged Bella around while he did it, not letting her go for even a second. It didn't take long before the doorbell began to ring over and over again. The twins started dancing on the dance floor as Alice turned up the music and danced to get the door. Bella began to act like a hostess as the Cullens put on their perfect human charade. All the seniors attended, even a few juniors had been invited. Everyone seemed to kind of avoid the Cullens, the way the lights danced off their skin kind of made people weary of them. Soon the entire room was filled with people, all dancing and moving their bodies to the beat. The food all disappeared also, which was a good sign.
"I need a breath" Sophie admitted after dancing for ages, Cat grinned but nodded. The twins headed outside onto the porch.
"Jeez, Alice had too much fun doing this" Cat muttered
"Got that right" Sophie smiled as she took a sip from the drink she had gotten.
"You know Soph," Cat began "I've been thinking"
"Bout what?"
"About what Edward, Alice and Bella were talking to us about the other day. About our parents" Cat confessed up. Sophie paused and turned to look at her sister, she sighed
"Me too" she admitted.
"I mean, what if they're right. Can someone really just become like us randomly? I don't remember wishing upon a star or anything. And Bella was right too, the wolves got their supernatural abilities through their genes. And got it at a certain point. We got ours on our birthday" Cat summed up "And remember what Embry said the first time he came to our house? About how we had so many books and wondering if our parents had lived for ages?"
"Yeah, I remember. I've been thinking about it too. But the fact that they have never done anything weird, or even mentioned anything still stands too" Sophie reminded her "We have no proof, only theory"
"I know but, if it's true, than everything makes sense" Cat sighed "Plus we could finally get some answers"
"I've always doubted if anything in our lives will make sense" Sophie admitted. Cat turned away from her and looked back into the house, she then noticed something.
"Soph" she called her sister's attention walking back up to the door. Sophie followed her gaze, she saw Bella, Alice and Jasper standing at the corner of the room, Jacob, Embry and Quil in front of them.
"What are they doing here?" Sophie wondered
"I didn't think they'd show" Cat muttered
"The look on Jasper's face doesn't look welcoming" Sophie muttered. Jacob glared at Alice while Jasper glowered at Jacob. The twins headed back into the room, weaving through all the people to the wolves and vampires. Cat stepped in front of Jacob while Sophie did the same to Embry
"Woah, woah woah" Cat said taking a set towards Jacob and forcing him to step back, she looked around at everyone.
"What's doing on here?" Sophie asked
"Alice…" Bella began, the twins turned to face her,
"You had a vision?" they chorused, Alice just looked at them
"What did you see, Alice?" Bella asked her. Alice stared at Jacob for one second, and then turned to Bella.
"The decision's been made."
"You're going to Seattle?" Bella asked.
"No." the colour drain out of Bella's face.
"They're coming here," Bella realised. The twins looked at one another.
"Yes."
"You were right Sophie" Cat said to her, Sophie nodded
"You knew?" Alice asked
"Guessed" Sophie corrected. The Quileute boys watched silently, reading every unconscious play of emotion on their faces. They were rooted in place, and yet not completely still. All three pairs of hands were trembling.
"To Forks," Bella whispered.
"Yes."
"For?" Bella began. Alice nodded.
"One carried your red shirt." Bella tried to swallow. Jasper's expression was disapproving.
"We can't let them come that far. There aren't enough of us to protect the town." he reminded them
"And to many people to protect" Cat added
"I know," Alice said, her face suddenly desolate. "But it doesn't matter where we stop them. There still won't be enough of us, and some of them will come here to search."
"No!" Bella whispered. The noise of the party overwhelmed the sound of her denial. All around them, their friends and neighbours and petty enemies ate and laughed and swayed to the music, oblivious to the fact that they were about to face horror, danger, maybe death.
"Alice," Bella mouthed her name. "I have to go, I have to get away from here."
"That won't help. It's not like we're dealing with a tracker. They'll still come looking here first."
"Then I have to go to meet them!" If Bella's voice hadn't been so hoarse and strained, it might have been a shriek. "If they find what they're looking for, maybe they'll go away and not hurt anyone else!"
"Bella!" Alice, Cat and Sophie protested.
"Hold it," Jacob ordered in a low, forceful voice. "Is this the army?" he asked, Bella, Alice and Jasper looked at him confused before looking at the twins, who shrugged guiltily. "Why?" Jacob questioned
"For Bella. That's all we know."
"There are too many for you?" he asked. Cat turned to him
"Jake…" she began knowing what he was thinking. Jasper bridled.
"We have a few advantages, dog. It will be an even fight."
"No," Jacob said, and a strange, fierce half-smile spread across his face. "It won't be even."
"Excellent!" Alice hissed.
"You do realise that's not your call to make, right?" Cat asked him, Jacob looked at her. Bella stared, still frozen in horror, at Alice's new expression. Her face was alive with exultation, all the despair wiped clean from her perfect features. She grinned at Jacob, and he grinned back.
"Everything just disappeared, of course," she told him in a smug voice. "That's inconvenient, but, all things considered, I'll take it."
"You could see it even with us involved?" Sophie asked
"What?" Embry questioned
"Opps" Sophie muttered
"Nice" Cat muttered, Sophie sent her an annoyed look
"We'll have to coordinate," Jacob said, ignoring Sophie "It won't be easy for us. Still, this is our job more than yours."
"I wouldn't go that far, but we need the help. We aren't going to be picky."
"Well, we could be the middle girls" Sophie offered
"Seeing as we actually live in the middle of you all" Cat said logically
"Wait, wait, wait, wait," Bella interrupted them. Alice was on her toes, Jacob leaning down toward her, both of their faces lit up with excitement, both of their noses wrinkled against the smell. They looked at Bella impatiently.
"Coordinate?" Bella repeated through her teeth.
"You didn't honestly think you were going to keep us out of this?" Jacob asked.
"You are staying out of this!"
"Your psychic doesn't think so."
"Alice — tell them no!" Bella insisted. "They'll get killed!" Jacob, Quil, and Embry all laughed out loud. Sophie and Cat glanced at one another
"Don't tell them?" Cat asked, Sophie nodded
"Not till we're out of a crowded room of normal people" Sophie insisted.
"Bella," Alice said, her voice soothing, placating, "Separately we all could get killed. Together —"
"It'll be no problem," Jacob finished her sentence. Quil laughed again.
"How many?" Quil asked eagerly.
"No!" Bella shouted. Alice didn't even look at her. "It changes — twenty-one today, but the numbers are going down."
"Why?" Jacob asked, curious.
"Long story," Alice said, suddenly looking around the room. "And this isn't the place for it."
"Later tonight?" Jacob pushed.
"Yes," Jasper answered him. "We were already planning a . . . strategic meeting. If you're going to fight with us, you'll need some instruction." The wolves all made a disgruntled face at the last part.
"He's right" Cat admitted "Newborns are different"
"And you know…" Quil began
"This isn't the first time we've spoken about this" Sophie confessed
"No!" Bella moaned.
"This will be odd," Jasper said thoughtfully. "I never considered working together. This has to be a first."
"No doubt about that," Jacob agreed. He was in a hurry now. "We've got to get back to Sam. What time?"
"What's too late for you?" All three rolled their eyes.
"What time?" Jacob repeated.
"Three o'clock?"
"Where?"
"About ten miles due north of the Hoh Forest ranger station. Come at it from the west and you'll be able to follow our scent in."
"We'll be there." The three wolves turned to leave.
"Wait, Jake!" Bella called after him. "Please! Don't do this!" He paused, turning back to grin at her, while Quil and Embry headed impatiently for the door.
"Don't be ridiculous, Bells. You're giving me a much better gift than the one I gave you."
"No!" she shouted again. The sound of an electric guitar drowned her cry. "Cat! Sophie! Tell them" Bella insisted
"As long as they learn a few things from Jasper they'll be fine Bells" Cat assured them. Jacob hurried to catch up with his friends, who were already gone. Bella watched helplessly as Jacob disappeared.
"They'll be alright, they're tough" Sophie said
"Are you two coming?" Alice asked
"Absolutely" Cat grinned
"Seriously?" Bella asked
"We know we'll be fine. Just don't tell the pack" Sophie said "Not yet, they'll object big time"
"But…" Bella began
"Bells, we wouldn't get into a situation we couldn't handle" Cat promised. Bella didn't seem convinced. The twins enjoyed the rest of the party after that, not bothering to leave early
"You know, I'm surprised the wolves didn't get suspicious of our silence" Sophie admitted
"Yeah. You'd think they would have learned that we wouldn't jump to the chance to get into trouble by now" Cat grinned
"Especially when I made that slip up" Sophie sighed
"Don't worry about it" Cat shrugged "They didn't seem to notice so…"
"Still" Sophie muttered. The party eventually ended, and John came to pick the girls up afterwards.
"You didn't have to stay up for us dad" Cat said seriously when they climbed into the car.
"It's no trouble" he smiled
"Thanks dad" Sophie smiled
"Did you have a nice time?" John wondered
"Yes" Cat glanced at Sophie who shrugged, it wasn't too bad. The drive home was silent after that. They arrived home and John went up to bed, turning off all the lights. The twins climbed the stairs and went to their rooms, changing out of their party outfits. Both ended up having a shower, neither seemed to be tired, even Cat, who got worn out after the sun had set, was wide awake. They changed into jeans and hoodies before sitting in Cat's room.