Chapter 3 - Family

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Jason spent the night as a wolf, curled up with me on the floor. I never got cold with his warm fur always rubbing up against me. I watched him sleep, amazed that he even could. Jason was so lucky. He was both vampire and werewolf. He was almost like Renesmee, but he was more indestructible. Edward's daughter was still so fragile. I slept dreamlessly, still shocked when I woke up that I was actually human. With Jason still sound asleep, I walked to the kitchen, stomach growling. I wanted my first meal to be amazing. Something that nobody had for breakfast. What was it that Jason had made not too long ago? I searched the kitchen looking for all of the ingredients when Trevor waltzed in. He looked at me for a moment, taking in the black fur that was on my clothes. He nodded and went to the fridge. "Trevor?" I asked, taking a few steps over to him. He looked around at me, food already stuffed in his mouth. "Yeah?" he said after swallowing. He grabbed a few jars and put them on the counter, opening them. He put out a few slices of bread in the toaster we got and then turned around for the butter. "I was wondering if you could show me how to make that thing you were eating the other day." I opened the drawer and handed him a butter knife as he was searching for it. He looked up at me and smiled. And something in that smile made me realize is wasn't about me giving him the knife. After getting out the different kinds of food he asked if I liked spicy food or not. "I don't remember."I told him, shrugging my shoulders. Even my old human memories were a little foggy. He put the spicy crap in anyway and added different layers of stuff from our food pantry. After about five minutes of him pretending to be a chef, he topped his creation off with whip cream. He was going to put a cherry on it, but I never did like cherries. That much I knew. When I went back into the living room Jason was gone. I looked around about to freak out, but Jason came in through the front door, looking human. He came to my side at once, eyeing the plate full of food in my hands. It was too much. As soon as I took my eyes off of the plate in my hands it started to wiggle. I tripped sending the plate into the air, while I was heading straight towards the floor. Warm hands caught me. Jason smiled at me. He must have thought that it was absolutely funny that he had to rescue me instead of the other way around. Skylar had my food in his hands, not a chip out of place. I growled at the look on Skylar's face with Jason holding me back. "Give me my food." I said, taking it from him and sitting on the couch. Jason laughed and sat next to me. He put his arm around my shoulder, taking a chip and shoving it in his mouth. I took a small bite and set it on the tip of my tongue. It tasted like nothing I have ever had before. Probably because I haven't. I put more in my mouth, being careful to chew so I don't choke. After finishing my food in silence I turned to look at Jason, who was watching me. I still couldn't get over how dazzling he looked. He looked beautiful before, but this was just spectacular. "So did the venom hurt?" I asked him. It was a stupid question, but the other guy never did tell me if he went through the changing process the same as we do or not. "Like hell." He paused and looked at me. "But it hurt worse to wake up and see you on the floor, not knowing what was going on." He smiled and took my hand, flipping it over. "That's really cheesy." I told him. "Yeah, but it's true." I leaned on his shoulder. Then I looked at mine, surprised that it didn't hurt and there were stitches there. "Once you were asleep Skylar cleaned it up and everything. If you're going to stay human for a while I'm going to need to learn this doctor stuff." Jason explained. He looked up at the stairs and then my stomach hurt. Angel came gracefully down the stairs and the sight of her put my confidence way down a few thousand notches. How could I compete with her walking around? She looked so perfect and I was just plain. Just an ordinary human. "Which reminds me, don't ever do that again." He ordered, pulling my eyes away from Angel's approaching figure. "Even if you do know what going on, you could have been killed. I was so freaking out, I didn't know how not to kill you. I don't like the image of your mangled body in my hands in my head. Are you listening?" in truth, I wasn't. I was too busy wondering how something like Jason could love something like me. Jason sighed and looked to see what had my attention. When he put my pained looked and Angel together he looked back at me. "You're still the most beautiful thing in my world." "You must have a pretty boring world then." I mumbled, not really knowing what I said. I stood up and went to get a shower. The next few days flew by without me fully realizing it. Everyone explained what happened with Keith and it looked like everything was fine. Sam hadn't come back though. Then it was August 16th. Jason's birthday. Skylar and I made plans to go over to his father's house and hang out there for a while. His mother's brother, Kyle, was coming over as well. I got dressed and brushed my hair, when Angel came in. a familiar pain entered my gut, but I couldn't dwell on her beauty anymore. It hurt too much. I knew it was only going to get worse once I saw Bella again. She offered to do my make-up. I didn't plan on doing it, but when she towed in a big bad full of that stuff, I agreed. I had no idea why she had since she didn't need it, but I didn't really want to ask. Jason walked by the bathroom and he came in. he didn't look very happy when he saw what Angel was doing. "I didn't say she needed it." She said after looking at his face. She must have known what he was thinking. "I just haven't done it since Sam didn't come back so I missed it." Her face winced at the mention of Sam, but she let it go and went on with the foundation process. Jason shook his head, mumbled something under his breath, and walked off. He still didn't know what we were all getting ready for. After about ten minutes Angel was finished and we all walked out the door. I went to drive, but nobody wanted to let me. They said something about humans driving too slowly. I was going to say something, but I remember not letting Jason drive because he was too slow. I hated this human thing so far. Nick pulled up to Jason's house and we all got out. When Jason heard his father yell surprise it finally dawned on him that it was his birthday. Men. They forget everything except football games. His dad seemed to notice the few changes on his son, but he did look more human than anything. He just had the strength of a vampire and he could turn into a wolf. Maybe we should leave that out. His uncle Kyle wasn't there because he wanted to see him on the beach. Thank goodness today wasn't sunny. I didn't have to worry about it, and neither did Jason, but the rest did. We walked out onto the shore and Jason went up to a hot dog stand to get us some food. Trevor and Cody went with him. Skylar and I just walked up and down beside the water. He put his arm over my shoulders and just kept the human jokes coming. I think he was trying to get as many as possible done before I turned vampire again. When was I going to be a vampire again? "Skylar, couldn't you just bite me and it would all be done with? I mean I don't really like being human anymore." I said, sitting down in the cool sand. There weren't very many people out. "We already tried. That's why it took you five days to wake up, because we put the extra vampire venom in you. I can try again if you like." He teased, leaning down closer to me. I knew he was just faking when he put his lips to my neck, but then I heard growls coming closer to us. Skylar was pulled from me from a tall man. They began fighting, barring each other's teeth, snarling. The man had Skylar pinned down in a moment, but then Jason came over pulled him off. When the man saw Jason's face he stood up, no longer growling. Jason did the same. Did they know each other? "Jason?" "Uncle Kyle?" Kyle smiled. "How many times do I have to tell you to just call me Kyle?" then he seemed to really look at him. He sniffed the air and then hissed. "You're one of them?" Kyle asked, nodding over to Skylar. Jason held his hands up. "In a way, yes. But it's not what you think." "I just saw him trying to bite her." Kyle's eyes flashed to me. "Skylar? Nah he already tried o change her back into a vampire." Then Jason stopped talking, realizing he said too much. Kyle wouldn't understand. "What?" Jason explained to him my predicament. He told him how he fell in love with a vampire and everything that had happened. Luckily he was as good at summarizing as me. He told him how he was dying and that I bit him to save him. Then turned human. Then he told him what he was. Kyle seemed surprise to hear that one. "That's pretty interesting kid." Then Kyle gave me his hand to help me up. "So you were a vampire huh?" I nodded. It was nice to see that he understood. "So I'm guessing that you're the reason Jason has werewolf in him?" I asked Kyle, shoving the hot dog in my mouth when we all sat down. "His grandfather was a werewolf. He passed the gene through me, but his mother got some of it. Then I guess you got the full blast of it. My sister figured it out without having to be told about it. She was always superstitious." He laughed for a moment. "If I ever meet the vampire who killed her…" Kyle trailed off. The blood drained from my face. Jason put his arm tighter around me. He shifted a bit in front of me. I was actually afraid. I wasn't stupid to think that I could take on Kyle. If he could bring Skylar down, he could take me out in a snap. "That would be me." I whispered. "What?" Kyle asked, turning to me. "I killed her." It took a few more minutes for Kyle to calm down. He was shouting so many profanities I wondered where he learned them all. I saw Nick writing some of them down. Jason tore the paper in half. After explaining the story again Kyle seemed to get the picture that I had been a vampire with a guilty conscious. Jason even said that I hated what I was sometimes. "But I hate being human again. It sucks being weak." I grumbled. Everyone laughed, even Kyle. "Out of all the vamps that I met, I'd say you're about the best group." Kyle said, eating another hot dog. I'm telling you the man with the hot dog stand was really getting some business. "Then you should meet the Cullens." Angel said, already getting out her phone. "Who are the Cullens?" Taylor asked, putting her arm around Skylar. She kissed him quickly. Skylar had the face that said he missed that part of Taylor. "Don't call them, Angel." I spoke, too late. "Hello, Carlisle." Then she started speaking too quickly for me to understand. I wanted to spring at her and yank the phone away, but with this new body, I knew it would never work. After hanging up with Carlisle she told us was going over there in two days. She didn't tell them about our recent troubles so we would have to explain them ourselves. After talking for 30 minutes we decided we should go back to Jason's house. That's when I heard a voice that I never thought I would hear again. "Nice to see you again, Claire." said my brother, Lukas.
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