June 7th, 2006, Cullen Residence
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"Morning, Esme." Catherine smiled as she walked in the kitchen. Esme was making pancakes, ever since Bella had officially became part of the family, their mother had been baking a lot. She knew that it wouldn't go to waste since the mortal loved Esme's cooking.

"Morning, sweetie." Esme said with a smile as she flipped a pancake. "You going to school today?" She asked while glancing at her cookbook. "Yes, Jasper's driving us." Catherine responded with a grin. "It smells good." She commented, gesturing towards the food.

"Thank you, honey. Could you take it with you to school and give it to Bella, please?" Esme responded while putting the pancakes in a plastic container. "Of course." Catherine answered while taking the container and putting it in her bag. "We have to go, I'll see you this afternoon. Bye Esme." Catherine said before walking towards the stairs. "Bye, honey, have fun!" Esme yelled after her.

"Thank you! Jasper we have to go!" The brunette shouted up the stairs. When she didn't get a response she yelled again. "Jasper!"

"I'm almost done!" She heard him yell from upstairs. "Hurry, we'll be late!" She yelled back while tapping her foot on the ground. "Stop yelling!" Rosalie suddenly yelled from her room. "You stop yelling!" Jasper called back. "All of you stop yelling!" Esme yelled while standing next to Catherine with a spatula in hand. "Jasper!" Catherine called up the stairs again.

"Take it easy, okay? I'm ready. Just take it easy." Jasper said while walking down the stairs, he held his hands up in defense. "Finally, some peace." Rosalie called from her room. "Shut up, Rosalie!" Jasper and Catherine yelled at the same time, the only response they got was Rosalie laughing.

"Come on, Jas." Catherine pulled Jasper outside with her by the arm. "We're gonna be damn late." She mumbled under her breath. "We won't be late, darlin'." He reassured while kissing her cheek from behind, she cracked a smile and grabbed his hand.

He opened the door for her, helping her in the car with a hand on her back. He ran around the car and got in too, immediately grabbing her hand.

Jasper drove off while his wife flipped through the cd's he had stashed in their car. "Which one do you want to listen to?" She asked with the box on her lap.

"You choose." He responded before kissing her hand. Her smile widened as she admired him for a moment before turning back to the music. "How about this one?" she asked as she held up the CD. "That's good, honey." He replied, squeezing her hand reassuringly.

When they arrived at school, they were in fact not late. Jasper helped Catherine out of the car and wrapped his arm around her shoulder. "I told you we wouldn't be late." He whispered in her hair before kissing her head. She rolled her eyes and nudged him before she wrapped her arm around his waist with a smile.

"Morning, Catherine!" Catherine heard none other than her sister exclaim. Alice ran up to the couple and hugged her sister tightly. "Hey, Alice." Catherine grunted slightly when Alice squeezed her. "We have to get to biology, bye guys!" Alice exclaimed, waving at her husband and brother before pulling her sister with her.

"Well, do you want to have a classy party? Or a trashy one?" Catherine asked, she and Alice were walking towards lunch while Alice told her sister about the party she was throwing. "I want a trashy, teenager party. It'll be so much fun!" Alice exclaimed with a bright smile.

"Doesn't sound fun." A voice said from behind them. They turned around to find their husbands standing there, Oliver being the one to complain. "It'll be fun!" Alice exclaimed while taking Oliver's hand. "We can celebrate graduating." She added with a smile. "If you're happy, I'm happy." He said while kissing her cheek.

"Hey, love." Catherine said as she grabbed Jasper's hand and smiled up at him. "Hey, gorgeous." Jasper responded while kissing her hand. "We're sitting with Bella's friends again today." Alice announced as the four vampires entered the cafeteria. "Why?" Oliver whined while making a face. "They're annoying." He complained. "They're nice." Alice answered with a stern look.

"Why can't we just find a table for us four?" Catherine also complained, Alice had been forcing them to sit with their sister-in-law's friends. Catherine found them, annoying, rude, loud, uninteresting and too nosy. She did like the girl named Angela, she was really sweet and actually had a personality.

Alice ignored her sister's complaining while walking over to the table.

"Jess' speech will be epic." They heard Bella say as they approached. "Epic? It'l change lives." Jessica responded with a confident smirk.

"I've decided to throw a party." Alice announced as the four vampires sat down at the table. Jasper and Catherine inbetween Mike and Edward and Alice and Oliver inbetween Angela and Bella.

"After all, how many times are we gonna graduate high school?" Jasper joked, making Catherine hold back a giggle as she grabbed his hand. "A party? At your place." Angela asked in confusion as she tucked her hair behind her ear. "I've never seen your house." Jessica said with a frown. "No one's ever seen their house." Eric responded.

"Another party, Alice?" Edward asked with an annoyed look. "Come on, it'll be fun." Alice tried to convince her brother. "Isn't that what you said last time?" Bella joked, making the vampires at the table chuckle awkwardly. Catherine felt her husband tense up slightly, so she placed her hand on his knee to calm him down.

"Here you go, Bella. Esme told me to give you this." Catherine said with a smile as she handed Bella the plastic container. "Oh, thanks. What is it." Bella asked with a curious look as she put the container in her bag. "Pancakes." The vampire responded with a smile. "Tell Esme I said thanks." Bella said with a thankful smile.

She had placed her hand next to her plate of food, she admired her wedding ring, shining on her finger. "Oh my god! Catherine!" She heard Jessica suddenly exclaim. "What?" Catherine asked with a confused face. "I never knew you were married!" Jessica exclaimed while taking Catherine's hand from across the table. "Oh, yeah, we got married." Catherine said while she pulled her hand out of Jessica's grasp, but kept it on the table.

A round of "Congratulations!" we're heard around the table. Catherine just grinned and took Jasper's hand, Jasper smiled at Catherine. "So, when did you get married?" Angela asked with a sweet smile as she took a look at the ring. "It's so pretty." She complimented.

"Thank you, Angela, that's so kind of you." Catherine responded with a loving grin. "We got married when we were in New York." She responded. "We had gone on a walk in the woods when I commented that if I ever wanted to get married somewhere, it would've had to be there." She made up, she couldn't really tell them that they got married in the 50s. "And then Jasper thought. "We're both 18, it's completely legal." So then he thought. "Screw it!" And he soon asked me to marry him." Catherine lovingly smiled at Jasper while she spoke. He had a smile on his face that was reserved for her, and her only.

Catherine pecked his lips before turning back to the table. "That's so adorable, you guys!" Angela exclaimed with a smile. "Eric, if you ever wanna propose, do it like that." She told her boyfriend. Catherine could see Jessica staring at them with jealousy out the corner of her eye.

Suddenly, Alice started having a vision, her mouth fell open as she sat back in her seat. Oliver immediately leaned forward and began asking her what she saw, if she was okay and if she needed to leave. Bella noticed too, and she quickly started a conversation so the attention would be off Alice. "Hey, Ange, do you need help with that?" She asked, making everyone turn their attention towards her.

Catherine felt Jasper use his powers on Alice, calming her down. She heard Oliver whisper to Alice. "What's wrong?" He asked in a concerned tone, so soft that the humans couldn't hear them. "I can't say it right now. I'll tell you when we're away from the humans." Alice responded anxiously before plastering a fake smile on and joining the conversation again.

"So, Alice, what did you see?" Jasper asked while the four vampires sat outside the school. He sat down on one of the picnic tables, Oliver sat next to him.

"Victoria is coming, tonight." Alice said while pacing and fiddling with her hands. "Edward isn't there, I assume he went somewhere with Bella. She'll be there at 09:24, tonight, so we'll have to be ready to defend. Let's go home. Catherine, please call Rosalie when you're in the car?" Alice quickly said, Catherine sighed before taking her sister's hand, making her stop pacing.

"Okay, let's go." She stated before pulling her sister along with her. Jasper and Oliver followed.

Jasper had a hand on Catherine's leg the whole ride back, they talked about the events of that evening.

When they arrived at home, they sped to the house and quickly called for a family meeting.

"So, I'm sure you're wondering why we have gathered you here." Alice said, she stood infront of her family, minus Edward, with her hands clasped together. "I had a vision today, Victoria is coming back." Alice explained. "Bella will be out of town, Edward will take her to Jacksonville."

"At what time will she be here?" Carlisle asked. "Around 8." Alice responded. "I suggest you all go hunting before that, we wanna be as strong as we can be when we fight her." He said.

"Why do we have to keep hunting that damn vampire?" Rosalie huffed while folding her arms. "Rosalie, Bella is our family, we have to protect her." Alice said with a dissaproving look.

"Just... nevermind. Rose, get dressed, we'll hunt together." Catherine sighed while getting up. She grabbed Rosalie by the arm and pulled the blonde with her.

Catherine pushed her sister in her room and threw a vest at her. "We'll have to be careful, it's still light out." She mumbled while tying her hair. Rosalie was changing her shirt when Catherine suddenly asked. "Why do you hate Bella so much?"

"I don't.... hate her... I mean I don't exactly like her, but I guess I.... envy.. her? She has a choice, we didn't. She's making the wrong choice." Rosalie sighed, a glum expression on her face as she sat down on her bed. "What if she really, really loves Edward? Don't you want them to be happy?" Catherine asked while sitting next to her.

"Of course I want him to be happy, but should we really sacrifice so much for their relationship?" Rosalie said while she starter braiding her hair. "What if it was Emmett? What if Emmett was a human? Would you want us to do all we could to help him?" Catherine asked while turning to her sister.

"That's the thing. Emmett is not a human." Rosalie responded while getting up. "Let's just.. agree to disagree?" She asked while holding out her hand, Catherine smiled and got up, taking her sister's hand. "Agree to disagree." She confirmed.

"Then let's go hunt." Rosalie smiled as she pulled Catherine down the stairs again. "Wow, you finally got her to smile again." Oliver teased from his place on the couch. "Ha ha, very funny." Rosalie said, her smile gone again.

"And you finally got her to look angry again." Catherine sarcastically retorted, she sat down on the chair next to Jasper's and cupped his cheeks. "I'll be back in an hour or two." She whispered before pressing her lips against his, he grinned and kissed her back. "I love you." He peppered a few kisses on her mouth and cheek, causing her to giggle. "I love you too, my love." She stood up and walked past him, running her hand through his hair as she passed him.

"Let's go, Rose." She said while walking out the door.