Disclaimer: Same as chapter 1.

Note: I've written a couple of chapters since last night, so here you go. Enjoy!

Chapter 14: Mini Vacation

Thanksgiving was approaching quickly, and Rian found herself dreading the time she'd be spending away from Emmett. Rian's father decided to take the week off work and her family were going to be taking a trip down to Texas to see family members that Rian hadn't seen in almost three years. Rian's family had moved up north after Casey was born and their mother died.

It was a couple of days before Thanksgiving break, and Rian spent more time with Emmett's family than she did with her own family and friends. Not that she didn't want to spend time with her friends, but Winter's anger at her for her 'betrayal' had spread like wildfire among the group of seniors that Winter had become close to. The bimbo twins were making Rian's life at school extremely hard, but she tried desperately to not let Emmett know. Although, who is she kidding; between super-hearing and Alice, he had to know. At least he was staying out of it for the time being.

Rian had tried several times to talk to Winter, but with each interaction the later seemed to get more and more upset with Rian. She wasn't sure what to do now, she couldn't exactly say many details about her relationship. She couldn't say tell her that they hadn't talked to several months because it turned out that her hallucinations of Emmett were real. So this led Winter to believe that Rian had made up the how hallucinations that involved Emmett, which made her doubt that Rian even had hallucinations in the first place. Winter was being irrational, at least Rian thought she was, and this also lead to fights and more questions. So Rian decided to leave well enough alone. Winter didn't seem to be willing to change her mind or forgive any time soon and Rian didn't want to tell the girl she was lying to her.

Rian was typing away on her computer as she waited for Emmett to make his almost nightly appearance. She had an English paper due on Friday. It didn't take her long to have the 1500 word minimum when she felt the cold lips pressing against her neck. It was late, she was sure that all her family were asleep (he never came inside the house until all were getting ready for bed; and with a house full of teenagers, it left them little time to themselves).

The girl was so immediately distracted by Emmett's kisses that she forgot all about her paper to turn towards him and kiss him back. Then she felt the familiar wind biting at her skin as he ran with her in his arms. She laughed at his impatience as their clothes hit the ground in the forest once again; forests were beginning to get on her nerves.

Friday came all too quickly, Winter had ignored Rian all week, choosing to glare at the redhead instead of trying to talk and work out their argument. Lunch was usually the worst, every day Rian would be the last one in the cafeteria and every day the three girls at her usual table would glare at her and obviously talk about the redhead. Rian had begun to worry if Winter had told the other girls about her mental issues, especially now that she had begun to believe that Rian had no issues at all and was just lying.

But every day, Emmett came to her rescue. He would grab her by the waist and walk with her through the lunch line before they sat down at the table of vampires. Alice helped as well, she talked with Alice for most of the period which helped keep her mind off her best friend's anger.

"When are you leaving for Texas?" Alice inquired.

"Monday morning I think. I haven't pack at all yet."

"We should totally go shopping Saturday." Alice chimed in almost a sing-songy way. "Then you can spend the night, you can stay in the office Carlisle set up for you."

"Yeah, there's nothing weird about that, Alice." Rian responded, slightly embarrassed. But at the same time intrigued by the idea, although she and Emmett had been spending a lot of time together, they hadn't actually spent a full night together (Emmett was afraid he'd lose control and destroy her room, possibly exposing himself in the process). She briefly wondered what it would feel like to wake up in his arms.

Rian hadn't even noticed she had made up her mind until Alice practically squealed in excitement. 'Guess it's settled then. I'll have to pack tonight and convince my father to let me stay the night with 'Alice'.'

Rian woke up early Saturday morning, the house was completely quiet. After a quick shower and throwing on some clothes, the girl was running out the door just in time for Alice to pull up to the driveway. This timing thing was beginning to get freaky, she assumed it was due to the vampire's heighten senses but it was still hard to get used to. Once the girl was in the passenger seat she sent a quick text to her father saying that Alice had picked her up already and they were heading to the mall.

It took about an hour to get to the closest city that was big enough for a decent size mall. She and Alice compared music taste the whole way, Alice's tastes were a little old fashioned which made since considering she grew up in the early 1900's, while Rian's was … chaotic and mostly modern. Alice questioned her about the language barrier in her foreign music. This was a question Rian couldn't exactly explain, while she didn't understand the languages (Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and some Irish and German songs) she still enjoyed listening to the music. It spoke to her, she could feel the emotions of the songs still.

Alice spent the morning dragging Rian from store to store trying on dresses, pants, and sweaters. The redhead insisted on paying for the clothes herself, but Alice's will was stronger than hers. In the end, Alice had bought Rian three new outfits, two new pairs of shoes, and a long chain locket to take to Texas with her. Alice then treated her with a quick lunch.

The dark haired girl sat across the table in the food court as Rian eat her lunch. Alice had wanted to take her to a nice restaurant, but Rian had won that battle saying she could at least buy herself lunch; her father had given her money for the day and he would have asked questions if she returned with the clothes and ALL the money. Alice was talking about the fact that Esme was getting a bed for Rian to sleep on put into the 'office' she and Emmett would be staying that night when something caught Rian's eye. Her hands stilled as she looked into the red eyes across the mall, the familiar face stared back at Rian and smirked. Rian's heart stopped as panic began to build up. But her logical brain calmed her down quickly: Alice was there as were hundreds of human and that man was someone she had seen in her visions before. She was just having another hallucination.

Soon the girls were once again in the car and on their way to the Cullen house.

Rian stepped into the house/office, it no longer looked like a sterile, bright room that screamed 'hospital'. The walls were now painted a cream color and the white laminate floor was replaced with a dark cherry wood flooring. There was a large, king size bed in the center of the room; it had an elaborate dark golden headboard and white sheets and a dark golden comforter. There was a nightstand on the right side with a white lace cover and a matching elaborate golden lamp on top. But the best thing in the room was Emmett laying against the headboard with his shirt off. Rian had to hold herself back from jumping him then and there. That didn't last long though, Emmett's eyes darkened and in a flash was in front of her, practically ripping her clothes off. The girl laughed as she was flung onto the bed and gave into her urges as well.