Disclaimer: Same as chapter 1.

Note: I am almost 10 chapters ahead in the story so I might be uploading a few today, I want to stay ahead so that if I get stuck or something I can still upload something. But I'm excited I am in the good part. And thank you to everyone who has favorite, followed, and reviewed my story. My daughter is begging for my tablet so here is chapter 13 and I'll go back to writing. Enjoy!

Chapter 13: No Fear, Destination Darkness

When Rian had woken up that morning, Emmett had already snuck out of the window. She had been slightly sad at first, then she realized that someone in her house would have caught him when they were all finally awake. Well maybe more of her own guilt at having almost been caught would have given them away; the man was a vampire and quick as a whistle.

Rian was sitting in the last period before lunch when Alice sat down beside her. "Glad to see you two had made up." The dark haired vampire said softly to the red-head.

Rian shot her a small smile before she turned toward the vampire. "He shouldn't have taken advantage of a mentally disabled, underage girl in the first place."

Alice looked up at Rian, for a secon, Alice thought Rian had been serious; but when she saw the bright smile on Rian's face, she realized it had been a joke. Yep, she had the same sense of humor as Emmmett. "You are the hardest person to read, you have been making last minute decisions."

Rian had been about to apologize for some reason, when a horrible thought accorded to her: Alice seeing visions of Emmett and her time in the woods. "Oh my god, you…"

"Don't worry." Alice interrupted, calming Rian down. "Jasper and I have done worse anyway."

Rian instantly blushed and turned back to the front of the classroom, embarrassed and totally freaked out by both the fact that Alice saw them and Alice's ease at talking about her sex life.

"Yes, we are going to be great friends."

Rian smiled, regardless of her embarrassment.

After class, Emmett caught up with Rian in the hallway. Student's fluttered by quickly, making their way to either their lockers (like Rian was currently doing) or the cafeteria. Emmett leaned against the lockers and waited for Rian to put away her stuff.

Rian couldn't stop smiling, not since the night before when she finally gave into her crush instead of her fear. She could feel, not only Emmett's, but also many other student's eyes on her. She could even heard the rude remarks that the blond bimbo's were making about her from a few feet away. She didn't care though, it's not like they mattered to her anyway.

When she was almost done putting her books away, Emmett finally spoke up. "Do you want to eat lunch with us, or are you not ready to be around three…" He looked around, "…extremely good-lookin' guys."

Rian laughed at his cover-up, "What about Alice?"

"Eh, she's a guy too. But don't tell her I said that."

"Don't think I have to, old man." She was definitely not going to let go of that nickname, it had quickly became one of her favorite nicknames for him.

Before Rian could utter the words, 'Alright, lead the way,' she felt a pair of stony arms wrap around her left arm. Rian nearly jumped out of her skin as she began to walk down the hallway with Alice arm-in-arm. "This is going to take some getting used to." Emmett walked, slightly awkwardly behind the two as they talked about the weirdness of Alice's actions.

Rian didn't notice all the stares and whispers she received from most of the student body (in reality, most came from the blond bimbo duo). She had forgotten all about Winter and the fact that since first grade the two girl's never spent a lunch period apart, other than the year Rian spent in the hospital. She didn't see the betrayal shining in Winter's eyes as she eat her lunch and talked vehemently with Alice and Emmett (Jasper stayed quiet for most of the lunch period).

Although, Rian felt very calm and comfortable at the lunch table, there was still some anxiety over the fact she was sitting with vampires (even though she knew they wouldn't do anything in a cafeteria filled with people).

"Are you going to that Halloween party tonight?" Emmett interrupted the girl's conversation of music and clothes (Rian seemed more interested in shoes than clothes though).

Both girl's turned to face the man who was obviously fishing for a date or an excuse to see Rian again. Rian smiled at him quickly before answering him, "I have been working on my costume for about two months now, and yes I am going. Why?" She really knew the answer to this question, although she wanted to hear him say it.

"I was wondering if you would like to go with me to the party?" Emmett gave Rian one of his knee melting, butterflies-in-stomach smirks.

"Yes, maybe." She couldn't wipe the smile off her face though, clearly showing how excite she had been that he asked her.

"Pick you up at 8?"

"Sounds good."

"You are going to look great," Alice commented as she watched the scene unfold before her.

It wasn't until Rian began to get ready for the party that she realized she was supposed to be attending this party with Winter. Crap.

Winter and her friends had coordinated costumes to match a theme: Peter Pan. Winter was to be Tiger Lilly and Aiden was Peter while bimbo number 1 was Tinkerbell and bimbo number 2 was a sexy female Captain Hook (which really meant she bought a sexy pirate outfit is all). The bimbo twins wanted Rian to be a lost boy (which Rian didn't really mind) but Winter had said Rian would be a perfect mermaid. Rian did prefer this to a lost boy, planning and making the costume was so much more fun.

Now she would be breaking their theme (not that missing a mermaid was going to make a big deal), but Winter had seemed upset in Art class earlier. Rian tried to talk to her about it, but she wouldn't say much other than she was upset that Rian hadn't told her she was seeing Emmett. Winter assumed that Rian had been in a relationship with Emmett since the beginning of school when the two missed classes together, but Rian didn't see it that way. Yes they had sex then, but Rian didn't count it as a relationship.

Rian put on the last touches of her make-up, making a small portion of her face look scaly then headed toward the door just in time to hear the doorbell ring. Her breath caught in her throat, not knowing if it would be Emmett or Winter, she quickly opened the door without allowing herself to panic over this. When she saw it was Emmett standing there, the timing of the doorbell made sense then, she pulled out her phone and sent a quick text to Winter saying she had a change of plans and she was going to the party with Emmett.

Winter's reply came quickly, especially considering how many characters were in it. It was in all caps too. Clearly Winter was very upset about her decision to go with Emmett, but it was mostly due to the fact that he had arrived before Winter. As Rian had been dressing for the party, she decided that whoever picked her up first would be taking her and the other would receive a text saying she was cancelling.

Rian put her phone away, deciding to ignore the anger for now. Emmett was barely clothed, his chest completely bare. He had on a red, skirt of some kind and wrist guards and flat scandals. It took Rian a moment to realize it, but Emmett Cullen was dressed as a Greek warrior or something. Once again, Rian nearly hit the floor as her knees gave away under her. It was in that moment she fully committed to running down this dark path full speed. Whatever the future may bring, whether it was being drained of her blood or dying of old age, she was going to do it by Emmett's side.