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It's been about a month since my day in court. The day I was granted freedom from my biological mother.

As soon as I got home that day, I was reunited with Bree. I don't think we've ever hugged for that long before. We didn't separate from each other for a long time. It felt so good to have her in my arms again. Like a part of me which I had lost, finally came back to its rightful place.

Our family celebrated for a long time, honestly, it felt like the party lasted for weeks. Not that I'm complaining at all, but, I do think Alice went a little overboard when it came to the celebrations.

Of course I saw Ren again as well. God she's gotten so big now. As of today, she's physically a 9 year old. At least according to dad she is.

Yeah. I've started calling Carlisle and Esme, mum and dad on a much more regular basis. It's been feeling right, more and more since the court date. So I've been acting on it a lot more frequently.

An update on Sue Clearwater. Well, she's been arrested.

She was charged with criminal negligence, child abandonment and insurance fraud.

As well as threatening a government official and assault on a peace officer.

Apparently when she was being detained in court that day, she punched a bailiff in the face.

So she got charged for it. And according to Charlie Swan, Sue was still claiming the insurance money whilst I was 'missing'.

So under the guise of the law, what she was doing was technically stealing.

Anyway, she's now serving 6 years in prison, 4 of those years are without the chance of parole.

Leah has taken custody of Seth because of Sue's absence.

And the three of us are talking again. I want to say that we're good, though I don't see them as my siblings anymore.

But I can call them my friends. They know that and have accepted it.

It's not like their gonna argue against me after they heard about everything I went through during those months after dad's death.

I think they still feel pretty guilty about that.

A part of me is kinda glad that they still do.

But another part of me wants us all to move on and forget about it.

Just focus on our future as friends, instead of as siblings.

The title of siblings go to some of the many vampires I live with.

Especially Emmet. Yeah, he's my big brother.

Technically they are all older than me, but sometimes Alice and Edward act like little siblings who don't receive enough attention, so, I'm unsure about their older or younger sibling placement.

Jacob and I have gotten closer. At this point, I can confidently call him my friend.

He did ask me if I wanted to be a part of the pack.

He was even willing to step down into a beta position, so that I could take his place as alpha.

Ultimately, I still chose to turn him down.

I like the way things are, and I don't need anything to change.

Well, maybe one thing...

I've been planning my date with Bree. We haven't had a chance to do it since I first asked, and that's because of everything that has happened. I've felt awful for making her wait this long, so I wanted our first date to be absolutely perfect.

I had dad help me out with securing the tickets, and Emmet and Rosalie assisted me in finding the perfect location to go to afterwards.

So, it's all planned out. Now I've just gotta tell her that we're going to have our date later today! And I'm fairly excited to do so, although it might not be the best idea to spring this on her so suddenly, I just can't wait anymore!

Placing her pen down, Pearl closed her new diary and put it back in its designated area. It was around 8 O'clock in the morning at the moment, and Bree had left to go hunting with Alice and Rosalie, so Pearl was alone in their shared room.

Pearl's thoughtful silence was then interrupted by Emmet's voice. "Pearl! Come outside! It's time for our wrestling match!" He called for the hybrid, clearly excited but he also sounded quite impatient.

Pearl rolled her eyes before shouting back to her brother. "Coming!"

Instantly, she got up from her seat and sped down the stairs, leading out of the house.

Pearl slammed into Emmet's side as soon as she entered the gardens.

The two proceeded to play fight for the next few hours.

Jasper eventually joined in as well. Since Pearl can provide the Texan with more of a challenge now, Jasper was much more inclined to participate in their wrestling matches.

After another hour, Bella and Edward arrived at the main house. Renesmee was spending the day on the reservation with Jacob, so it was only the couple who had decided to come by.

Choosing to also join in, Edward leapt onto an unsuspecting Emmet, when he was trying to team up with Pearl to take on Jasper. The group of four continued to mess around for a while longer, until Esme made them all stop because they were getting too rough.

By that point, Bree, Alice and Rosalie had returned from their hunt, and once Bree cleaned herself up, Pearl pulled her aside to talk to her in their room.

"What's up?" Bree asked Pearl in a happy tone.

The hybrid decided to come straight out with it and not dilly dally. "Are you free tonight?" She asked in as calm of a voice as she could muster, although their was a hint of excitement in her tone.

Bree paused for a moment to think, and then nodded. "As far as I know. Why?" She questioned curiously.

Pearl smirked and responded confidently, "Good. Cause we have a long awaited date tonight, and it would have been pretty awkward if you already had plans."

Bree became quite flustered at the prospect, and managed to stutter out in a meek voice, "We do?"

Pearl nodded and continued casually, "Can you be ready to go by 4pm?

I'm driving us there. We should make it on time if we leave at 4pm.

But if I go over the speed limit, then the latest we can leave is 4:15pm in order to arrive on time.

I don't particularly want to risk getting pulled over by Charlie, so, could you please be ready by 4 O'clock? "

"Umm, yeah, sure. 4 O'clock. Got it." Bree answered quickly. Still appearing quite flustered.

"Awesome." Pearl responded in a happy tone. She gave Bree a quick kiss on the cheek and left their shared bedroom with a small skip in her step.

As soon as Pearl was out of sight, Bree called for Alice, Rosalie and Esme in a panic. The young vampire immediately asked the more experienced women for help with her outfit and appearance for her date later on.

Alice started giggling manically and said, "Leave it to us. You will look absolutely stunning once we're finished."

"Pearl won't be able to comprehend your beauty once we're done with you." Rosalie added in a confident voice.

Esme nodded supportively at her daughters and sent a reassuring smile towards Bree, effectively easing the young vampires nerves.

Alice immediately began going through Bree's wardrobe to choose a suitable outfit, whilst Rosalie collected all of the necessary hair products and make up to use on Bree.

Esme sat on the bed next to Bree, and the two vampires engaged in a friendly conversation about what Bree thought her date with Pearl was gonna look like.

Since her two eldest daughters were fussing about the cosmetic side of things, Esme wanted to spend her time helping Bree stay calm and allow herself to get excited for her upcoming first date.

'Wait... Am I supposed to stress over my clothing and appearance as well?' Pearl wondered, as she listened in on the panicked voice of her imprint and her sisters excited voices drowning Bree's out.

Pearl sat down on the couch in the living room, taking a seat next to Carlisle and across from Emmet. Jasper was in a nearby arm chair, and Edward and Bella were cuddling on the other couch together.

The hybrid decided that it would be better to ask to make sure she was doing the date thing right, Pearl voiced her thoughts to the group. "Hey. Should I be doing the same thing as Bree right now?" She asked in an unsure and cautious tone.

Carlisle swiftly responded, "As long as what you wear isn't going to interfere with your plans, then whatever outfit you settle on should be suitable. And I don't think there is a need to worry too much about your appearance. As long as you look smart, you'll be fine."

Pearl nodded and replied in a grateful voice, "Thanks dad."

Carlisle smiled and returned his gaze to his book. After a moment, Emmet paused his Zelda game to casually ask Pearl, "So, have you already got your outfit planned out then?"

Pearl had a dumb founded look on her face. "Was I supposed to do that?"

At Pearl's question, Edward facepalmed himself and bluntly answered her. "Yes."

Seeing the panic briefly flash across Pearl's face, Bella quickly spoke up. "It's not that hard to do. We can do the basics right now if you'd like?"

Pearl nodded in thanks, so Bella continued, "Okay, what are you and Bree gonna do later?" The female vampire asked.

The hybrid hesitated to respond at first, since she was well aware that the others could be listening in. Deciding to be fairly vague with her answer and give Bella a brief summary, Pearl replied, "We're going out somewhere nice, and then we're leaving for a more private location."

Bella nodded and said, "Well, the 'nice' place should probably be accompanied by a nice outfit."

Pearl's face scrunched up. Dressing up was not her forte. In a slightly whiny tone, she asked, "Is that really necessary? I thought we could both just wear hoodies or something."

From up the stairs, Alice's voice rang out. "Absolutely not!" She screeched. Entirely confirming Pearl's speculation that they were ease dropping.

Emmet's laughter quickly followed Alice's voice, and it was soon joined by Edward's chuckles and Jasper's snickering. Carlisle looked up from his book to give his daughter an amused smile, while Bella just stared at Pearl in disbelief.

Jasper recovered the fastest out of Pearl's brothers, and addressed Pearl's comment. "No. You shouldn't wear a hoodie on your first date. Perhaps on your third or fourth date, but not on your first or second." He said, while smirking at the hybrid.

"Well what should I wear then?" Pearl asked incredulously, getting slightly frustrated.

"How about a suit?" Emmet chimed in, sending her an amused grin.

Pearl deadpanned at him. "I destroyed the suit that fit me at Bella and Edward's wedding when I fought Jacob, remember?" She pointed out.

Emmet hummed and then acknowledged that she would need to wear something else. But then Bella spoke up, and she looked fairly confused about what Pearl was referring to.

"What fight with Jacob?" She asked.

Edward tried to give Pearl a signal to drop the subject, but Pearl either blatantly ignored him or didn't notice, and answered Bella's question. "The fight? When you and Edward left for your honeymoon, me and Jacob shifted and fought each other."

The look of absolute shock on Bella's face, caused Pearl some confusion. 'How could Bella not know about it? Literally everyone knew as soon as it happened.' Pearl internally questioned.

Having failed to read the room, Emmet's voice boomed out excitedly, "And my little sis won! So take that mutts!" He yelled, holding out his hand to Pearl for a high five.

Rising to meet her brother's excitement, Pearl shouted, "Hell yeah!" And high fived her big brother.

Carlisle and Jasper started chuckling at the two, whilst Bella glared at Edward. Having figured out that he had been the one to keep her in the dark about Pearl and Jacob's altercation. Meanwhile, Edward nervously avoided his wife's gaze.

Bella then remarked dryly, in a completely serious tone of voice. "You're sleeping on the couch tonight."

Without thinking, Edward stupidly pointed out, "We don't sleep."

Bella immediately retorted, "Then no sex for you!"

Emmet couldn't contain himself, and burst into a fit of laughter. While Jasper, Carlisle and Pearl desperately tried to keep themselves together. But Edward's current face was not helping matters.

Between his laughter and wheezing, Emmet loudly shouted, "You just got cockblocked bro!"

Instantly, Esme yelled down the stairs at Emmet, scolding him for his language. This caused Emmet to laugh even harder and also resulted in Pearl and Jasper reaching their breaking point, as they too then joined in on laughing at Edward's misery.

Carlisle couldn't help but let out a few chuckles himself, although he did manage to compose himself much quicker than his children did.

Edward ignored his family and instead spent his time apologising to Bella for not telling her, and was hurriedly trying to explain his reasoning behind his actions.

Bella only huffed at him and crossed her arms in response.