"Don't come in if you plan to leave

The door closes behind you

And your stuck being apart of me

Revenge is all i seek

And if i act on my ideas

I refuse to take a plea"

-Teardrxp

"Watching you guys eat makes me want to throw up sometimes." Kim commented.

TJ laughed, a few years ago she would've agreed but now she was used to it. When she used to sit down for dinner with Sam and Emily, Sam could've probably eaten everything in the house and still ended up hungry. He told her that that was one of the traits of being a shapeshifter. They ate a lot because their bodies burned off a lot of calories.

"Eating gives them strength Kim and your boyfriend is going to need that if he wants to be on my level." TJ taunted. Jared was like the brother she never had and the two never missed a chance to pick on the other.

"Good one babe." Paul kissed her exposed shoulder and bit into his muffin.

"No fair, I was newly shifted in my wolf form." He tried to defend as the others laughed at him.

"And you almost fucking killed her!" Paul yelled.

He remembered the images of TJ in Jared's mind when he first found out he imprinted on her. It wasn't as bad as when the redheaded leech tried to make a snack out of her, but it was close. He almost killed Jared that day for hurting his imprint but Sam had to hold him back.

"Calm down, that was a long time ago." TJ murmured as she felt her boyfriend begin to shake.

She touched his cheek and turned his attention from Jared to her. His head turned into her palm and kissed it as he focused on his breathing like she taught him. He was grateful to her, he was temperamental but with her it was easier to control himself otherwise he would've shifted right at the table.

"Thanks Princess."

"Can't have you wolfing out at the table, Emily will kill you."

"Got that right. So are you guys ready to graduate?"

The school year flew by and she couldn't believe that she was finally going to graduate in a few days. Her parents were extremely proud of her, she had found numerous graduation gifts from them for the last week. Simple things like a pair of heels that she'll probably never wear, dresses and a new laptop for college. As good as she was at school, she didn't think college was in her future right now, she felt as if she were meant for a greater purpose in life. Carlisle had been helping her figure out what she was and she was more excited to find that out than anything else. She couldn't wait to put the final piece of the puzzle together.

"Earth to TJ." Jared waved a chicken bone in her face and she knocked it out of his hand. "Hey, I could've eaten that!"

"Then you shouldn't have put it in my face!"

"Okay, settle down children." Sam said.

*

"I wish you guys would've let me kill him," TJ said as she threw the football with a perfect spiral to Emmett. "A little heads up would've been nice."

They had come back from Phoenix, Arizona after tracking James who wanted to kill Bella. James bit her, Edward got the venom out before it could reach her heart and she severed her femoral artery. Ever since Victoria, James and Laurent came to town, Sam had them all on a tight leash—no pun intended— so she wouldn't have been able to go with them anyways. Still, it seems that she missed all the fun.

"Bella almost dying isn't fun, TJ." Edward snapped.

"Calm down Eddie, you're taking my thoughts out of context, I meant the killing him part sounded fun."

"Sadistic much?" Emmett laughed.

"Reasons like this is why Bella shouldn't be around anyways." Rosalie mumbled.

But TJ couldn't help but think that maybe her friend was right.

*

"Trinity Jameson Marks."

The whole room cheered as TJ walked across stage to receive her diploma, they didn't know her but they still loved her. She couldn't believe it, she was finally a high school graduate. Even the fact that her graduating meant that Sam would make them patrol more couldn't bring her mood down. She was finally finished. She beamed at Paul, who was a couple seats ahead of her in the L section and he responded with a thumbs up and his signature smirk that she liked so much.

The ceremony commenced and Paul immediately ran up to her, spinning her around as he kissed her.

"Eager much?"

"You're damn right, I've been wanting to kiss you all day."

A throat clearing broke her from her thoughts and they broke apart to see TJ's parents. Her dad looked a little uncomfortable but her mom had the biggest smile on her face.

"I'm so proud of you guys!" Veronica Marks exclaimed as she hugged both her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend.

They had met Paul not too long after they went on their first date and once they saw how Paul looked at their daughter as if she created the moon, the sun and the stars, they knew their daughter was in good hands. She was special, and they knew that Paul would treat her as such and accept her wholeheartedly.

"Thanks mom." She groaned.

"Tom, take pictures."

They spent 30 minutes taking pictures of them and had someone take a picture of the four of them. They always told Paul that he was apart of their family and was welcomed anytime. Something he appreciated since he didn't have the perfect family.

"My baby is growing up so fast." Veronica cried, Thomas patted her on the back soothingly as Veronica was known for always being overly emotional.

"We're proud of you guys." Thomas clapped Paul on the back and Paul smiled at him, it was nice to have a fatherly figure in his life since his own father came and went as he pleased.

"Let's go out to dinner!"

TJ looked at the smiling faces of her parents and boyfriend and couldn't help but think that something terrible was going to happen. For now, she'd just enjoy her time with the ones she loved.