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*******************************Mystery Guy**************************

"It appears the attraction will happen sooner than we thought," the girl said, she stood at the foot of my stance.

"We will have to engage the first part of the plan immediately, otherwise things could get out of hand," she continued, "according to our surveillance, the shape-shifter is already very enamored so she is bound to fall quite swiftly."

I stared intently at her, "And you are sure about this imprinting mechanism?"

"Quite," she said, "we've been watching them and I'm positive he's the one."

"And once our people are in position, it should be quite easy retrieving the little hybrid; according to the magnitude of imprinting, she should stop at nothing to save him," said another voice, a young man.

"I see," I said, "and that is all, I presume, that I am allowed to know thus far?"

The girl smiled at me, "Yes, master, unfortunately the little fortune teller would ruin everything if she tells the shape-shifter before we get to him, he is the only way we can get the girl to give us a motive. As soon as Jeanine relocates, this conversation will no longer be safe."

I smiled, averting my attention to a different figure. "Jeanine, I think that is all for now, you may relocate the shield to its original location."

Jeanine smiled, "Yes, master." She closed her eyes and I could almost see the wards going up, a place I had yet to see.

************************Nessie**************************************

I don't remember what the movie was about, only that in the end some girl named Kim died to save some vampire. The whole time I sat rigid, terribly aware of each breath I took, even more aware of each breath Oliver took. We'd glanced at each other a couple of times throughout the movie and both times I'd nearly fled for the second time.

It was very uncomfortable.

Afterwards, we headed out to the new video game store. On the outside, things seemed normal, as if we'd simply picked up where we left off… that is, of course, disregarding the slight yet revealing details.

For one, I noticed how I was suddenly very aware of my body in front of the twins; before I'd been quite comfortable being around them, but when a chesty girl—probably late teens or so—walked in, I found myself wondering what I looked like compared to that…knowing I had a male friend by my side, I'd glanced suspiciously at Oliver…only to find him staring intently at someone else…me. I also noticed how Oliver seemed to be standing behind me no matter where in the store I headed. I even looked at some 'So You Want to Be a Princess?' games to check if I was simply being paranoid…but Oliver hovered above my left ear nonetheless.

I noticed how Tom seemed to wander farther and farther away from us, leaving me alone with Oliver for longer periods of time than I was used to. He glanced at us every now and then, almost nervously, as if waiting for something to happen.

Unlike the dark and silent solitude of the theatre, I wasn't uncomfortable about being close to Oliver in the loud video game store; on the contrary, we laughed and joked about how nerdy the cash register guy looked, contemplated the different choices we had for lunch, he even laughed when we realized the nerdy cash register guy put his phone number on my receipt…Like I said, on the outside we were the same, and yet…

I could see the way his eyes shined when I dared to make eye contact…When I smiled it was like rockets shooting up into the air, the original fourth of July resurrected, and the few times I brushed by him I could've sworn we'd created a new form of electricity.

His eyes…they were his ultimate betrayal, a sign showing me something I had never seen before, or maybe it was simply because I was more aware now, maybe it had something to do with me growing up so fast…

I don't know why I was noticing these things, but I will admit one thing.

I liked it very much.

****************************Oliver*******************************

We were just about done eating; we'd chosen a little Italian restaurant and I was working on Renesmee's leftovers. It was a bit strange, she could eat just as much as we could, when she wanted to anyway, and she didn't seem sick or anything...The best I could come up with was that she was nervous...it gave me hope.

"I'll be back," she said, getting up, "restroom."

I stopped eating and watched her retreating figure. A loud 'ahem' brought me back to Earth.

"Huh?" I looked at my brother. He raised an eyebrow at me, as if I was missing the punch line to an obvious joke, then shrugged his shoulders and took another bite out of his cheesecake.

"Jacob's going to kill you, you know," he said, his mouth still full.

I made to answer back, but he suddenly looked at me seriously.

"Oliver," he said, putting down his fork. Uh oh, he wasn't even finished with his cheesecake…this was bad.

"Don't think I haven't picked up on your little 'crush' on Renesmee," he continued, "and don't even think about denying it, you can't lie to me, I'm your twin."

I looked at him with an incoherent expression. "But—"

"No, Oliver," he said firmly, "I know what you're thinking, and I agree, it is weird that she isn't into Jacob like that, but in case you haven't noticed, she's not your typical imprint, she's half vampire!"

I nodded my head at him, "I know that, stupid, but maybe, since she's so…different, well, you never know, it couldn't hurt to try?"

But Tom nodded his head vehemently. "No way, bro, even if she did like you, though I can't see why, haven't you forgotten something?"

I looked at him blankly. Tom looked at me like he couldn't believe he had a moron for a twin brother.

"You're a werewolf!" he hissed, so low that only I heard him.

"Technically,"I interrupted, "you mean shape-shifter."

Tom's mouth dropped open. "You're unbelievable, you know that? That is SO not the point."

I took another bite.

"You're going to imprint on someone someday also. So even if things did work out with you and Renesmee, and you managed to hide it from Jacob somehow, you risk the chance of imprinting on someone else. You've seen Leah, dude. Do you want to hurt Renesmee like that?"

His words made sense, I nodded my head; no, of course I didn't want to hurt Renesmee like that…but what if—

"Let me guess? What if your imprint is just like Renesmee and Jacob? No romantic urges?" he said.

How was he doing that? As if he could read my thoughts...

"Just because its not like that now doesn't mean it won't be later." Said Tom. "So even if you do jump into your little 'fairy tale,' the best you can hope for is something temporary."

I gulped down the last meatball. He was right of course. If Renesmee and I hooked up, we still ran the risk of either one of us realizing our imprints…

"So think about that before you go and do something stupid," Tom was saying, but I was still thinking.

There was still…the small chance, however slight it may be, that neither of us actually realized our imprints, that Jacob would remain Renesmee's best friend forever, and similarly with me and my future imprint…

"Oliver," Tom was saying, waving his hand in my face, "hello? Why aren't you saying anything? I don't like that look on your face, you can't be seriously considering—"

"Considering what?" Renesmee asked, back from the restroom. She sat down in front of me.

"Uh…" said Tom, racking his brain for something that made sense.

"Considering getting a chocolate cake for dessert," I answered with a smile. Renesmee rolled her eyes.

"Do you even need to consider? You guys can eat anything," she said, smiling at me.

I winked at her. "You know it," I said. Out of the corner of my eye I could see Tom's internal groaning, but I didn't care, I was too busy being dazzled by the miracle that was Renesmee.

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Ok, so this is kind of part two of the fun filled day, one more part to go…the cave! OOooh, underground and alone…what will happen? Will it even happen? And what's this plan even the mystery guys doesn't know about? Review, review, and review some more to find out! Again, in case you didn't read the intro notes, I have enabled anonymous reviews (despite the sites warning against doing so, idk why…) so if you don't have a fanfiction account, you can still review. Alright, that's it for now, thanks.