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Bella

I could hear Renesme and Jacob in the room next door.

"Of course I love you!"I heard him whisper." You're my reason for living, you know that" then a brief pause, Nessie was 'showing' him something. "I promise to stay a wolf, if it means staying with you." Then the kissing ! She'd got to her teen stage, so I shouldn't be upset, but I couldn't help it, she was my daughter, and if Jacob wasn't a friend of mine, I probably would have gone in there and ripped his throat out by now. I looked at Edward hoping for some comforting; instead he was pinching the bridge of his nose like he always did when he was stressed.

"How dirty?" I asked. His face looked half annoyed, half pained.

"His obsession with motorcycles is unhealthy, that's for sure." He replied. He smiled his crooked smile and stood up. I was still fairly new but I did need feeding quite often. He knew that.

"You comi…" his sentence was cut short by the doorbell coming from the main hallway in the house. We stared at each other; it was midnight, who would come at this time. Edward was at the door first, but his face wasn't calm like it had been a few seconds ago or even annoyed ,it was scared ,anxious and curious all at the same time , then his face fell in horror." Get Jacob out of here, before he gets killed!" he screamed at me.

Edward

I yelled at the door" I'll be one minute Cathy" Bella had run to Nessie's bedroom to tell Jacob to get out, and as he emerged he gave me a confused look

What's goin' on?

"We have a very…upset visitor." My hesitation told him there was a double meaning, though it was clear he didn't know what it was. I waited until he had left the room before opening the door. In front of me was a small girl, around 15, with leaves in her hair, her cheeks were stained with mud her clothes ripped and her short bob was a purple mess. I gazed into her golden eyes while I listened to her thoughts.

Fur. All over. Those shrieks. Why.

"Come in" I whispered. Bella reappeared with Renesme; they were both very cautious of this guest. Cathy gave them a weak smile. At that moment the rest of my family emerged from upstairs.

"Edward, who is our guest?" Carlisle murmured.

"This is Cathy," I said" she's a vampire, from the south" that single phrase had my family hissing and my brother, jasper, darting forward to the front of the group. He curled into a crouch and growled so loud, everyone flinched, except Cathy, instead she smiled, a smug smile and purred.

"Why so hypocritical, Jasper?"

"How do you know my name?" he spit back and she looked hurt, reminded of something that had happened only days ago.

"Peter told me you would look after me" her voice changed when she said this, it was almost …pleading. Jasper straightened at the mention of his old friend's name.

"You know peter and charlotte?" he asked. Her eyes pricked and she replied.

"Knew." That single word had no effect on anyone, except jasper. He collapsed to the ground and sobbed .I had never seen him sob in the entire time I had known him, but a quick glimpse at his mind explained the response. I quickly explained to the rest.

"They're dead." I said, and everyone gasped, Alice dropped to her knees to comfort Jasper.

"What happened" jasper asked after a full ten minutes had pasted. Cathy's memory flashed back, showing me everything that I needed to know, she'd probably caught on at my gift.

Tell him, I don't think I can

I turned to Nessie.

"Do you think you could take Cathy to Carlisle's study while I tell them what happened? You can also explain about your heartbeat before she gets freaked out"

"sure." she replied, obviously annoyed she'd have to explain the story she'd been telling for years. She led Cathy upstairs

Thank you she told me. I gave Cathy a smile and nodded. Once she'd left the room I motioned for everyone to sit down. I sucked in breath.

"Cathy was created a few years back by Peter and Charlotte, when they found her dying in alleyway, she'd been raped. When the transformation had been complete they told her the rules, but she still didn't want to be a vampire, so peter and charlotte told them about us and our 'vegetarianism' so she told them she wanted to be like us ,and they agreed as longed as she stayed with them."

Emmet interrupted.

"Wait why didn't they just let her roam free?"

"She has gift, a very powerful one, she has pyrokenisis." I explained.

"Huh"

"She can set things on fire with her mind. Anyway they were passing through a city in Utah but unfortunately, the city was inhabited by some werewolves. They attacked them. Peter knew what was going to happen but he couldn't let a talent like that go to waste. He told her where we lived and told her to run there as fast as she could, as she left she heard them being torn apart, she's mentally scared. She wants to live with us." We were still for moment. Carlisle was the first to speak

"She can stay, but need to tell her about the Quileute's, maybe not now, but soon. Renesme will have to go to la push to see Jacob."

"She won't be happy" Bella murmured under her breath. Jasper had calmed down now.

"Well, lets tell her!" he cried. I shouted for Nessie to bring Cathy down. Nessie galloped down the stairs with a smile on her face, Cathy followed, but, obviously, they hadn't gone to Carlisle's study, they'd gone to Alice's wardrobe instead, Cathy was dressed in Alice's bridesmaid dressing from my wedding it was too short but not too tight, it was better than the clothes she'd been wearing before.

"Cathy, we've decided that you can stay." Carlisle told her face lifted.

"Thank you all!" she shrieked. She then proceeded to hug all of us, but when she hugged Nessie she stiffened. "You smell funny!" she announced. Nessie had been with Jacob before she came. I threw Bella a desperate glance.

"Nessie, why don't go and have a nap, it is getting late." Bella commanded.

Thank you I mouthed, but as I said these words, a knock came from the glass at the back of the house, I turned to look only to see Jacob with Seth and Paul at his flanks, and they were all, luckily, in human form. They all looked ready for a fight but as we watched, I saw Seth's face slowly morph from anger to a face that was almost… in love.

Seth

"Jacob," I whined "you know I'm meant to meet my mum in the morning!" I was still tired .Jake had come and woke me and Paul up (well we were the only ones not on vacation over the summer holidays) he said it was important but to this moment we had been very ill informed.

"I know Seth but while I was at the Cullen's, someone came. They told me to go, which means it isn't one of their friends. They might need help." He told very calmly, even though the shaking in his hands had begun.

"So why don't we go in there wolf form?" Paul asked, obviously hoping for a fight to breakout.

"You know vampires hate us and if we arrive their all wolfed up, then that might make things worse than better." He explained. His eyebrows had mashed together, he looked like he was trying to convince himself that it was a good idea, it was, but both of those guys were… short fused, which didn't help Jake if it was to do with nessie. We drove up the Cullen's drive silently so they wouldn't hear us. " quick round the back, that way they'll see us before we attack the visitor and tell us the danger level." Jake instructed us. We all crept to the back of the house and looked in. I saw seven vampires getting seriously hugged by another girl. I think she was also a vampire, but I couldn't see her face. Then Paul did the most stupid thing in the world, he knocked on the window. All of the room turn to look at us .I stared into the girls eyes, preparing myself for a the shock of red eyes she would surely have, but they weren't red, not even black, they were honey brown like the rest of the Cullen's. Her thick eyelashes framed her wide eyes, she had a slight honey tint to her complexion, she had obviously been mixed race before her change, and she had round, full brown lips and a short purple bob that looked slightly ruffled like the hair of a supermodel on a magazine cover. She was beautiful. I couldn't hate this girl, she was perfection. At that moment I caught Edward's eye he was shooting me a questioning look. He'd seen my reaction, darn, but this guilt made me realise why I found her so pretty. I'd imprinted with her. I imagined her in my arms, reaching up to kiss me, me leaning down to kiss her. It would be perfect. But as I gazed at this creature, I'd missed the signal from Jacob to attack. Jake and Paul lunged forward, shattering the glass and they started running full pelt towards the girl, shaking as they ran. I was frozen; I'd just met her and know she was going to die!

"NOOOOO!" I shouted before I'd even processed it in my brain, Jake and Paul froze at my outburst and turned to look at me. Shit, know they all thought I was crazy, everyone but Rosalie she just smiled, not a mocking smile like the one she usually wore around me but an understanding smile, like she knew my secret, knew what was happening. Then, seeing her reaction Edward listened in at her thoughts .He realised what was going on.

"Cathy, this is Jacob, Paul and Seth, I'm afraid to say they are werewolves, like the ones that killed your friends but not the same ones. We have an alliance with them, so they won't hurt you as long as you follow their rules." He said calmly, all the time smiling at me.

"Oh we both know she won't need to bother with those rules."Rosalie laughed, and they all threw her questioning glances except Edward and Cathy. Cathy I thought. It was cool and modern but not weird like angel or candy. Unoriginal. While still being original. She was unique, special. Her eyes met my eyes, and I could see the connection running between us and as the rest stared at us with anxious gazes. we both walked towards each other and kissed. A series of gasps filled the room, closely followed by some whooping from the direction of Emmet, but I didn't care, me and Cathy stood there for what seemed like a decade, kissing, but soon I started to hear little coughs, cueing me to stop, I pulled away from her and gazed into her honey brown eyes, they looked like topaz embedded into a statue made a brown marble, she was smiling shyly away from me. I reached forward, and lifted her chin up, slowly, making her look at me and she smiled, a perfect smile, spreading from one ear to another, wide and beautiful.

"Your family's addictive Edward, first Bella, then me, now Seth. You have quite a devastating effect on us regular folk!" Jake joked, laughing his deep chuckle to lighten the mood.

"Regular folk! Please the only thing regular about you is… sorry, there is nothing regular about you!" Blondie shot back .if it weren't for renesme and Emmet, you could probably think this hate was sexual tension, that'd be funny, seeing those two kiss. Edward laughed at my thought too, everyone turning to stare at us, including Cathy.

"Seth was thinking about something funny to do with rose and Jake."Edward explained and everyone nodded as though they understood except Jake and the blond.

"Well, looks like you'll be seeing more of us wolves from now on." Paul quipped. The blond screamed and ran from the room, Emmet followed her, shooting back a smile in my direction and mouthed

Good luck. Yay, now the blond was upset , that can't be good. A crash came from upstairs and Cathy jumped, she looked around to see if anyone would stop her, but nobody did, to them it was very common for something to get broken round here. I turned to face her.

"Do you want to go for a walk?" I asked her

"Sure!" she replied. Then she whipped me off my feet and ran out into the woods. When we had gone a gone mile she set me down on my feet.

"That was...new." I said, she giggled. She looked down at her feet.

"Can I ask you something?" she looked up through her lashes.

"Sure anything you want!"

"Can I see you as a wolf?" she looked hopefully towards me. I smiled back and started to strip as my body shook and eventually the heat rippled through me. She stared into my black eyes and shivered, not a nice shiver but a…disturbed shiver. What was going on? Then she smiled into my eyes and My Cathy lifted up my chin and kissed me right on my nose.

Omg!

Seth?

Sam!?