She couldn't believe that she was doing this, why was she doing this? Oh yeah, because she's a good person. While packing her suitcase she really wished she wasn't. Looking at her phone she reread the texts from the blonde devils she called her best friends. Apparently she was needed, and desperately at that.

She was zipping up her suitcase as she heard her phone chirp again,she rolled her eyes as she picked it up. It was Rose telling her to hurry up, she texted back quickly requesting a picture of the new house. She received one almost instantly, Rose's eagerness made her sigh. She wished she could say the feeling was mutual, of course she wanted to see her best friends, they were her family. She just didn't want to see him. Looking around her room she grabbed her suitcases, making sure her crystals were still in the front pocket where she'd stored them the night before. Picking up her phone she stared at the picture of the house making sure to take in the surroundings as well. So many windows, how weird. She shrugged, she'd ask when she got there.

Steeling her nerves she grabbed her bags and closed her eyes. Visualizing the house in the picture she could feel the heat in her eyes and the tingling in her fingertips. She could see the glass house in front of her, could smell the dirt on the ground, could feel the slight breeze blowing through her curls.

"About time, I've been standing here for forever." Her eyes snapped open to see the house in the picture. Dropping her bags she jumped on her best friend that she hadn't seen in months.

"I missed you too Rose." wrapping her arms around the faux mad blonde she couldn't hold in her happiness as she felt the familiar heat in her fingertips and eyes again. Rose wrapping her arms around her in return only made the heat increase.

"We're floating Mia, put me down David Copperfield." Stifling a giggle Mia felt the heat recede as she lowered them back to the ground.

"Sorry I got excited." Stepping back she looked up at the tall blonde that was one half of the duo she called her best friends. "Where's Jaz? He should be here to greet me, lord knows he's texted me enough." She rolled her eyes as she thought of the ridiculous messages he'd send. Just because cowboy memes existed didn't mean he had to send her every new one that he found.

"He was hunting before you got here, he's almost here actually." She tilted her head in the direction of the house in warning. Before she knew it Mia was swept off her feet by the blonde blur that completed the trio of friends.

"Mimi! I missed you so much, things are terribly boring without you around sweetheart." Still being spun around Mia looked down at the curly blonde sporting a wide smile that most didn't get the privilege to see.
"At least somebody missed me" Shooting a side eyed look at Rose she returned the fierce hug Jaz was giving her. "I missed you too cowboy, everyday was a struggle." Giggling as he placed her down, she noticed two more figures emerge from the house. "Guess you weren't hunting alone huh?" watching Jasper shrug guiltily she steeled her nerves and the wall in her mind. She might as well get this over with now. With a deep breath she turned to face the last people she would ever want to see.

"Hi Alice, Edward. I would say it's good to see you, but that would be a lie."

She watched Edward freeze in place a couple meters from where they all were standing together. Fuck him, he still looked great, just as handsome as the day he broke her heart. She tried to meet his eyes, but he was avoiding looking at her, the guilt must be eating him up. Good, he deserves every negative emotion there is, the bastard.

"Oh Mia, how are you? We've all missed you so much." Alice walked toward her with her arms outstretched stopping only when Mia moved back and crossed her arms in front of her.

"I'm fine Alice, not that you care. We're not friends, so let's skip the fake niceties." Turning away from the pair of assholes she asked her friends where the rest of the family was.

"Carlisle is at work, and Esme dragged Emmett to Port Angeles for things you might need in your room." She tried not to stiffen up as she heard his voice for the first time in almost a year. His voice was honey to her ears and a knife to her heart at the same time. Deliberately ignoring him, she faced her friends and spoke.

"I'm not staying here." Her voice was firm, living with him was out of the question. She would be civil for the sake of the family, but she would go crazy if she had to stay in the same house as him.

"Try telling that to Esme. She's pretty excited that you're moving in, even if it's only temporarily." She let out a sigh at Jasper's words, it would be hard to change Esme's mind but she would figure something out.

"You still haven't told me why I needed to come here. You guys were supposed to be visiting me soon." She was pouting as she thought about how long it had been since she saw her friends. She stifled a sound of disgust as Alice wrapped her arm around Jasper before turning to face her.

"I had a vision, and we're gonna need you here. I don't know what for yet, but you need to be here." She rolled her eyes as she looked at Rose who nodded.

"Of course Alice the all knowing. I must come running when you call." She mumbled it but knew that it was heard by the vamps standing around her. Alice narrowed her eyes.

"I wouldn't say that you needed to be here if it wasn't needed. I'd be fine if I never saw you again." Mia rolled her eyes again, that feeling was mutual. They all turned towards the path leading away from the house, she assumed that someone was coming that she couldn't hear yet. She was proven right a few minutes later when Emmet's Jeep turned into the driveway where they were all standing. The car barely stopped before Emmett was barreling toward her with a large smile on his face.

"Little sis! We missed you, and I know you missed us. How's life been chocolate drop?" Laughing Mia told Emmett to put her down from where he had placed her on his shoulder.

"I missed you too Em. You know how life was, I talked to you last week." She rolled her eyes at his dramatics. You would think she had cut off all contact with them with the way they were acting. Her eye roll turned into a wide smile as she turned to Esme who was standing next to Emmett looking close to tears.

"Oh sweetie, we've all missed you so much. Talking over the phone just isn't the same." Mia closed her eyes as she was engulfed in the warm embrace of the only mom she's ever known. She had to force back her own tears as she realized how much she had missed this woman.

"I missed you too Mama C. My waffles never turn out as good as yours." She pulled back and wiped discreetly at her eyes.

"Well no worries there, I went grocery shopping earlier today and have all the fixings for my famous waffles. Emmett unpack the truck and move everything to Mia's room. Oh you're going to love it sweetie, I think I did pretty good picking things that fit your style." Esme looked so happy, peering at her with those big eyes. She sighed, this would be torture.

"I can't wait to see it Mama C, I'm sure you did a great job." Ignoring Rose's raised eyebrow and Jasper's chuckles she turned towards the house. "So what's with all the windows?" She watched as all of them stiffened at once immediately putting her on high alert. Looking around for the impending danger she heard nothing, except for what sounded like a really old truck. "Guys…what's going on?" She didn't like the look of glee on Alice's face nor the guilty look Edward threw her as he finally met her eyes. Nobody answered her but Jasper and Rose both flanked her as a hideous red truck pulled in behind Emmett's Jeep. She watched as a pretty brunette hopped out of the cab and gave her a curious glance before walking toward Edward.

She could feel her heart pounding in her chest as she watched the unknown girl walk up to Edward and kiss him on the cheek before turning toward her. Edward was still looking at her, and then he opened his mouth.

"Mia, this is my girlfriend Bella." He finally looked away as he said the words, suddenly finding the ground very interesting.

Girlfriend. Girlfriend. The word kept floating around in her head as she stared at him. Was this why she was here? So he could twist the knife even deeper into her heart. Feeling a cold hand on her shoulder she looked into the sympathetic eyes that belonged to Jasper. The pain in her heart only increased as she looked at the faces around her, all with varying degrees of guilt aside from Alice who was smiling from ear to ear, and Bella who looked just as confused as she felt. Clearly she hadn't been told about her either.

"You all knew." It was a whisper, she barely felt the words leave her mouth, but she knew they all heard her. Blinking hard she looked at the brunette that was still staring at her. Swallowing her bitterness, she held out her hand. "Hi Bella, nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you too." She could see the questions swirling around in the girl's eyes, but turned toward her traitor best friends before she could voice them. Mia clenched her fists as she tried to control the heat that wanted to escape from her fingertips, she didn't know how much Bella knew.

"Rose, Jasper show me to my room. We need to talk." Nodding mutely Jasper picked up her discarded suitcases and led the way to her room, on the third floor. God, they needed an elevator. Finally reaching her room, she closed the door and stared them down.

"We're sorry. We-" Mia held her hand up halting Rose's sorry ass apology before it could begin. Reaching into the front pocket of her suitcase she pulled out two small crystals and set them on either side of the door. Waving her hand over them she mumbled under her breath in what sounded like latin to the silent vampires. Watching as the crystals glowed showing that no one else would be able to hear, Mia whirled around with fire in her eyes.

"Why wouldn't you tell me?" It was a fierce whisper and she watched as they flinched in response.

"We were going to tell you when it first happened, but you were getting over him and we just didn't want to open old wounds. We were just trying to protect you sweetheart." She stepped back as Jasper reached for her. She could see the hurt in his eyes at her actions, but that was nothing compared to betrayal and hurt she felt.

"And this was better? I was completely blindsided! I looked like a fool out there, and I bet he just loved it. Well you failed guys, the wounds are open and they hurt." What had started as yelling was a whisper by the end, her voice thick with tears.

"Oh Mia we're sorry ok. We were stupid to think you would never find out. We just wanted to avoid this." She felt their arms wrap around her as she crumpled to the floor and let the tears fall, so much like that night almost a year ago. She sat there and cried silently while her best friends held her and rubbed her back until she pulled herself together.

Wiping at her eyes, she stood up still under the watchful eyes of her friends. They watched as she walked into the bathroom and closed the door. They could hear the faucet running and Mia moving around. After a few minutes they heard the water cut off, and watched as the door opened and Mia stepped out. She looked better and had put her curly hair in a bun on her head. Her eyes were still slightly red, but you wouldn't notice if you weren't looking for it.

"I'm still mad at both of you, and everybody else in this fucking family that I talked to every week and never said a word. It's still fuck both of y'all, but I refuse to give Edward or Alice the satisfaction of hiding in my room." Mia plastered a fake smile on her face. "So we're going to go downstairs and act like everything is fine and dandy ok?" At their reluctant nods she headed towards the door, removing the crystals on her way. "Oh." She stopped and turned towards the pair of twins that were still looking sullen. "And make sure to smile guys. It's showtime."