Midnight Rose

By: Emily Fisher

Join me as Renesmee & Jacob’s story unfolds into an epic sequel to
Breaking Dawn. You experience true love, devotion, & just the hope to
survive when all odds are against you. So go along & try it out, I doubt
that you will even need a seat…
(Dear, Reader. I will admit that I am in no way as good as Stephanie Meyer, & am
not trying to take her ideas as my own… she has just inspired me so much that I
just had to make my own sequel. These are based off of Stephanie Meyer’s ideas
of the characters & previous events. I hope you enjoy my book, & please leave
comments… even if they are bad, so I know what to improve on…-Thanks)

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If you have love in your life it can make up for a great many things you lack.
If you don't have it, no matter what else there is, it's not enough. ~Ann
Landers

Midnight Rose
Book #1
(Renesmee’s P.O.V.)

The Letter
Dear Renesmee,

I love you more than anything in the world, so meet me at the

I was wondering if you could meet me around noon at that restaurant

Please meet me at the Italian restaurant in La Push at noon; I have to ask you
something important. I love you more than anything else!

Your Forever Love, Jacob

“Mommy, what do you think he wants to ask,” I asked mommy with curious eyes.

“I think I have a pretty good idea of what he will ask, but I am not going to ruin
the moment! Go ask your dad, he will know,” answered mommy.

I hated it when she said those things, just because daddy could read minds
doesn’t mean that he will tell me! I always get so frustrated when they knew
more than me.

It has been 2 years since the fight in the meadow, and I have grown up so
much! Mommy says that I look like I am a very tall, 6’8’’ to be exact, 20 year old!
The good thing is that I am starting to catch up to Jacob now! Oh, Jacob, my
Jacob! How do I even begin to describe my Jacob… gorgeous, beautiful, kind,
protective… the list goes on & on! Oh and when I look into his eyes it makes my
heart flutter away into the heavens. When we kiss it is like kissing an angel! It’s
absolutely amazing!

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I remember the first time that Jacob & I kissed… it was around 8pm & he was
bringing me back to the cottage where mommy & daddy were probably staring at
the clock anxious to see me home. We were walking along the familiar trail to the
cottage when all of a sudden he took a step in front of me grasped me firmly
between his warm, muscular arms, & before I could ask what he was doing his
hot, soft lips were on mine! Instantly I fell limp & allowed him to keep going until
both of us were out of breath, he then let go & squeezed me tightly in one of my
favorite bear hugs & smiled my favorite smile that stretched all the way up to his
eyes and asked me “what do u think of that?” I couldn’t answer at first because
my heart wouldn’t restart, so instead I just touched his head with my hand &
showed him the last minute that would surely be the best of my life. “Ah, so we
fell the same way” he said extending his smile to a point where I thought it would
break right through his eyes. Then daddy came running full speed from the
cottage, obviously seeing the last moment through Jacob’s & my head, mommy
wasn’t far behind. I really hated that daddy could read minds, because it really
made things hard. “No big deal daddy, settle down… & please don’t hurt Jacob,” I
thought, knowing he would be able to “hear” it. He slowed, but did not take his
eyes off of Jacob. Mommy was looking at me with the concerned expression that
quickly changed to anger… I was in big trouble by the looks of it! Great! I ended
up getting “the talk” that night, although I already knew…

By the time my flashback had ended daddy was already there standing at
my side, mommy must have released her shield to let daddy know that I wanted
to talk with him.

“Mom told me that you wanted to ask me something…,” he said, although I was
pretty sure that he already knew what I wanted to know. “Yes, you are correct
Renesmee, I do know, but I will not tell you because Jacob specifically told me not
to say a word,” he said.

My face turned into a pout as he was saying the words. He just smiled & then
asked me “Have mom & I ever told you how we met & our story after that?”. I
looked at him puzzled because no, they had never told me before! This was what I

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had been waiting them to tell me for a long time! I smiled & told him “No, but I
would love to hear it!”

“Great, you mom should be here well… now I guess,” he said just as mommy flew
in from the living room. “Bella, love, would you like to start or shall I?” daddy
asked looking at mommy with eyes that reminded me how in love they were.

“I will start, but I will probably need help remembering. I haven’t talked about my
human life much since the change,” said mommy with a wide grin on her face.
Great so it was going to be a sappy love story… lovely!

Mommy gave me a quick glance & then started…

“Well, before I moved in with Grandpa I lived in Phoenix with Renee, but her new
husband Phil was trying to become a professional baseball player, so he was on
the road a lot. Renee stayed home with me, but I knew that she wanted to be
with Phil, so I went to stay at Grandpa’s. The first time I saw Edward was when I
was in the lunch room with some of the friends I met that day, when I noticed
them on the other side of the lunchroom with food in front of them, but they
weren’t eating anything. I asked my friend, Jessica, who they were & she told me
that they were called the Cullen’s & that they kept to themselves. Then, I saw
your dad… he was the most beautiful person I had ever seen,” she explained
looking at daddy & giving him a quick kiss on the lips before continuing,” Then
when I went to my next class which was Biology, I saw him again… with the only
open seat in the classroom next to him…” then daddy interrupted to explain his
part of the story. “You see Renesmee, when I first smelled her blood it was like
nothing else to me, & the entire class time I was thinking of ways that I could kill
your mother, it was very hard not to…”

“Renesmee, Bella, do you want to go shopping? Cause I am going to Seattle in a

little while to go find a new pair of shoes.” Called Aunt Alice.

“Renesmee would you like to go shopping?” asked mommy.

“What time will we be back?” I asked Aunt Alice, I couldn’t miss my date with
Jacob tonight.

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“Oh, we will be back before your big date, don’t worry. You may even be able to
find a new outfit for the date!” exclaimed Aunt Alice.

Of course Aunt Alice already knew about the date… although I thought she
couldn’t see Jacob… oh well. She probably just saw me on a date & knew it was
Jacob! I did need a new outfit for the date too…

“Can we go mommy?” I asked.

“You go, I am going to stay here with Edward,” said mommy, tracing daddy’s
chest with her finger. “Ok. Time to go I guess…” I thought. Oh, shoot I forgot that
daddy could hear me! He let out a little chuckle, but didn’t say anything.

“Ok, I will go Aunt Alice! I think I do need a new dress for tonight’s dinner.” I said
happy to get out of the house for a while.

Aunt Alice let out a little squeal of joy & before I could blink was pulling me along
behind her towards her yellow Porsche.

“Bye mommy, bye daddy” I whispered, I knew that they would hear me.

Aunt Alice took me to the mall nicest mall in Seattle… also the most
expensive! She dragged me from store to store looking for outfits to wear out on
my date. We found a White silk dress with a low V-Neck with lots of glitter from
Juicy Couture, a pair of silver high heels from Prada, a sapphire necklace with
matching earrings & bracelet that Aunt Alice said that Jacob would be sure to
complement on tonight, which I didn’t doubt, considering Aunt Alice’s extra
ability. She also took me to a hair salon to get my hair done in some type of fancy
French twist, & a manicure & pedicure with blue sparkly nail polish to match my
jewelry. By the time we were done I was exhausted & hungry! So Aunt Alice took
me to the food court to get something to eat. I really didn’t like human food that
much… except for eggs which I absolutely loved! Daddy told me that mommy ate
a lot of eggs when she was pregnant with me, so maybe there was a connection
there! We scanned the food court for something that I would like… finally finding
a Chinese stand with egg drop soup, close enough to eggs I guess. But while I was

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eating Aunt Alice’s eyes went blank, & I instantly knew that she was having a
vision!

“Aunt Alice what do you see?” I asked with worry covering my voice.

“Jacob,” was all she said, & I knew that by the tone in her voice it was bad!

Torture
I sat in shock for a couple of seconds just thinking about the possibilities… then I
dropped my spoon & it clanked loudly onto the tile floor.

When Aunt Alice’s eyes were normal again, her face turned to horror, & she
grabbed me & ran as fast as she could without looking inhuman.

Once we were out of sight of most of the people shopping she grabbed me & put
me on her back & instantly ran faster than I ever remembered her doing… “This is
bad, really bad” I thought to myself! We were at the car in no time & Aunt Alice
literally threw me into the car & got in herself.

“Ouch,” I exclaimed as my right arm hit the steering wheel. Almost instantly my
arm was throbbing & I think that it was starting to swell. I tried to move my
fingers & when I did a sharp pain escaped from my wrist area.

“I am soooo sorry, Renesmee, I didn’t mean to hurt you!,” Aunt Alice apologized.

“Its ok, you’re forgiven,” I said trying to keep my voice even without starting to
cry… I was supposed to be worrying about Jacob, not me.

“That looks pretty bad, we will have to have Carlisle look at then when we get
back,” said Aunt Alice with pain in her voice. I could tell she was worried about
me, but also hiding something big, which reminded me…

“Aunt Alice what happened to Jacob,” I asked still trying to hold the tears back,
although they weren’t really for the pain in my arm as much as my worry for what
had happened to the love of my life to make Aunt Alice so rushed!

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“ummmmmm, well, I don’t quite know what to say, except that something has
happened… or will happen, something really bad,” she said, obviously not
wanting to add on to the pain, but I didn’t care, I needed to know!

“Please tell me, I need to know!” I exclaimed with my voice cracking with sadness.
My Jacob was in trouble & Aunt Alice wouldn’t even tell me what it was!

Just then Aunt Alice’s phone rang; she grabbed it & flipped it open quickly!

“Hello,” she asked very quietly, she must really not want me to know what was
wrong! I had to really strain my ears to hear her, even though she was right next
to me.

There was some mumbling on the other line… it sounded like the person was
almost crying, but not quite. Then I realized who it was… mommy, of course it
would sound like she was crying, even though she couldn’t, I wonder why she was
crying. She didn’t really know Jacob until he fell in love with me… right? Now I had
another question for her, but definitely not at the top of my questioning list.

“Yes, I saw it, oh! That bad! We are on our way!” exclaimed Aunt Alice & at the
same time she floored the car sending the engine roaring to life, as the
speedometer rose to 220mph! Wow! What was happening?

“Aunt Alice, can I talk to Mommy?” I asked using my cute face that always won
her over.

“Not now Renesmee, I need to focus on getting us back first,” she said… wow! I
think that was the first time she had ever told me no! What was going on with my
Jacob! I shouldn’t have gone shopping!

“Yes, Bella, I am going as fast as I can! We will be there in like 10-20 minutes!” she
exclaimed. I had never heard Aunt Alice yell before!

There was some more mumbling on the other end of the line & then a husky
scream of pain in the background, a scream I would know anywhere… Jacob’s! I
froze in place, holding back the tears until they couldn’t be held back any longer! I

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started crying sobs that seemed to flow like a river! Jacob was in pain, & I wasn’t
there to hold his hand! This was absolute torture!

Aunt Alice reached across towards me & wrapped her arm around me.

“Bella, it will be ok, Carlisle is a good doctor. He knows a lot about vampires… &
werewolves, don’t worry he will take care of Jacob.” She explained to mommy,
although I could tell that she wasn’t sure herself. This only made me cry more.
Already my shirt was soaking with my tears. Alice squeezed me tighter, but at the
same time that same pain in my wrist screamed out. I had almost forgotten about
that after hearing Jacob’s scream. Now the pain in my wrist was unbearable! I
screamed out a pain filled scream & yelled “Aunt Alice it HURTS” although I knew
I should be worrying about Jacob more than myself the pain was unbearable! I
started to cry more, except this time it was because after that little scream of
course mommy would hear it & start freaking out more! & then Grandpa would
have to take care of me instead of my beloved Jacob. I was so stupid & selfish!

I heard mommy from the phone yell “What happened to Renesmee?!?!” her voice
filled with worry.

“Well, in the rush to get going I threw her in the car a little too hard & her wrist
hit the steering wheel pretty hard… it looks swollen. I am so sorry Bella!”
apologized Aunt Alice. I knew that she was about as sorry as sorry could get.

I heard mommy saying “Is she ok?”

“I am ok mommy, it just hurts a lot,” I said loudly trying to make my voice sound
reassuring.

“Alice, I have to help Carlisle & Edward with Jacob, wrap your hand around her
wrist, which should help. Hurry! Esme, Emmett, Rose, & Jasper should be back
soon, so that will help, but please hurry Alice! I have to go, Bye!” she said & then
the line went died.

Aunt Alice carefully put her hand around my wrist, it helped a little, but it still
hurt. Not nearly as much as the pain that I felt for Jacob though! It seemed as

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though the minutes kept creeping by, like each second was a century! I hoped
Aunt Alice was speeding up.

“We are only 5 minutes away now, Renesmee, how’s your wrist?” she asked very
kindly, clearly trying to comfort me.

“Its ok, I guess.” I said trying very hard to keep my voice even to hide the real pain
that was in my heart.

After 5 minutes that seemed like a decade we finally were at the house. I
instantly reached for the handle with my right hand, then felt that same pain &
screamed again going into another crying spell. I was very surprised when neither
mommy nor daddy came out to get me… Jacob must have been really bad.

Aunt Alice was instantly at my door & picked me up gently holding my wrist lightly
in her icy hand as she carried me through the glass door. Nothing looked different
in here, but I knew that if it was really bad, they would have my Jacob upstairs in
Carlisle’s library that is normally also a mini hospital room. And then I heard it…
Jacob was crying & screaming upstairs! I was overwhelmed in sadness! Then
mommy came down the stairs very quickly & came straight to my side.

“Oh, Renesmee, I am so glad that you are back! Where does it hurt? Let me see.”
She said, although I really didn’t want her to be asking about me, all I wanted to
know is what happened to my Jacob to make him cry & scream!

“My right wrist, but what happened to Jacob!” I said the last part very loudly
hoping that mommy would tell me.

She ignored the second question and responded to my first answer, “It will be
alright Renesmee, Carlisle will take care of it as soon &as he is done helping
Jacob” she said very calmly, although I could sense a bit of pain in her voice.

“I don’t care about my stupid wrist; all I want to know is what happened to
Jacob!” I said even louder than the first time.

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Aunt Alice & Mommy exchanged a quick glance at each other. Mommy nodded at
Aunt Alice clearly wants her to tell the story. Aunt Alice looked down at me &
then started telling me what had happened…

“Well, Jacob was on patrol down in La Push while Sam took Emily out for dinner,
& he found a fresh vampire trail, so he followed it. Then, the trail stopped at the
foot of a tree, so Jacob hollowed for back up. He was cut short though because
the vampire jumped out of the tree & on to him,” I let out a scream there, “And,
well, while he was fighting the vampire, it was a newborn vampire cause I don’t
know any other vampire who would want to… well any way something happened
Renesmee, & it’s really bad… especially for Jacob.” She finished.

Especially for Jacob… Newborn vampire.. Well it had to be because of no other

vampire would want to do what? Then it hit me like a train going 100mph… I
screamed out very loudly “NO!!! This can’t be happening!!!!”.

There was only one thing that would make my Jacob cry & scream… he was bit by
the newborn! Then something even bigger hit me like a plane crashing to the
ground! “NO WAY!!!! JACOB…” I shrieked, although on the last part I starting to
cry on. I remembered something very important that he told me once…

We were out at dinner at our favorite Italian restaurant, the one we were
supposed to be going to tonight, and I was curious, so I asked “Jacob, what would
happen if you were ever bit by a vampire? Would you turn into one?” I asked this
so quiet that only he could hear me.

“Well, it wouldn’t have the same effects on me as it would on a human. I wouldn’t

turn into a vampire. It would be much worse than that. You see Renesmee, most
vampires find werewolves very unappealing, so it would probably never happen,
but if it did… well, to werewolves, vampire venom is poisonous. It is not easily
treated.” Explained Jacob.

“Oh, I understand, well I hope that never happens then!” I exclaimed…

“OH NO!” I screamed.

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Then, I started running up the stairs as fast as I could, why did mommy & Aunt
Alice have to be so much faster than me? They grabbed me, being very careful
not to hold my wrist to tightly. I started crying, just as Jacob let out another
scream of pain.

“Mommy, I need to see him! Please?” I said using the sweet & cute voice
together.

“I don’t think that is such a good idea, Renesmee, but if you want to I wont stop
you,” said mommy releasing her firm grip on me. She nodded at Aunt Alice to let
me go. I walked forward, half dazed. Then I tripped on the top step, but Grandpa
was there & he caught me before I hit the floor.

“I think you need to slow down a little, Renesmee!” said Grandpa with a little
chuckle. How could he be laughing at a time like this?

“I need to see Jacob.” I said not really yelling, but just adding a little pout in with
my regular voice.

“First, let me see your wrist, Alice said that it was swelling pretty bad,” he said
grabbing my wrist gently.”Tell me when it hurts” said grandpa.

He ran his finger gently along my wrist, until it hit the spot where it hurt. I winced
& he instantly stopped & put his big ice cold hand around it.

“It seems to be broken, but I will have to have to do an X-Ray to be sure. Would
you like me to carry you there, or would you like to walk?’ he asked sweetly.

If he was offering to carry me, which he rarely did, then that must mean that I was
going to see Jacob, and he must not be doing to well. Better be safe instead of
fainting!

“Carry me, please,” I said rushing to get in to see Jacob.

Grandpa picked me up very gently & carried me through the big wooden door…
that’s when I saw Jacob! He was covered in sweat & was thrashing around as
Emmet & Daddy held him down. Rosalie was trying to give him some kind of shot
& Esme was standing in the corner mortified. It was absolute hell! Then, I smelled

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something really bad, I turn my head to see a bucket next to the bed where Jacob
was laying filled with a yellowish liquid. Obviously Grandpa had given him
something to try to get the venom out of his system.

“Jacob! It’s ok, you’ll be alright! I am here now!” I yelled trying to sound
reassuring, although I don’t know if he could hear me through his trashing. He
stopped for a second & I thought I heard him whisper my name, although it was
so quiet that I had to strain my ears to a point of bursting to listen.

“Yes, she is here now,” said Daddy clearly relieved that I was.

Rose gave him the shot just then. Then, Jacob started curling in on himself
screaming in pain. Daddy held him down as Emmett grabbed the Bucket & held it
under his chin. I turned my head into Grandpa’s cold, hard chest and started
crying. In the background I could hear liquid hitting the bottom of the bucket.
Grandpa held me close to his chest & rubbed my back to soothe me a little, then
he brought me over to the room with the X-Ray machine in it, which was one of
the guest rooms.

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“I am sorry you had to see that, Renesmee.” Grandpa apologized.

“S’ okay” I said still not with an even voice.

“Ok, ready?” he asked.

“Yes, but please hurry, because I want to help Jacob” I said trying to be a little
stubborn, just like mommy.

“Renesmee, I think that its best that you don’t see him… well then again he did
calm down when he heard you, hmmmm, that could be a possibility. That is if
your ok with seeing him like that…” said Grandpa lost in thought.

“Yes, I am fine, I just want to help! Where did he get bit? Is he going to die?!?!” I
asked all these questions with a big lump in my throat. I hope grandpa could
understand.

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“Ok, you will probably be a big help by just talking to him though. He got bit in the
stomach… such a weird place, I am guessing that the newborn didn’t purposefully
bite him, no vampire would do that! Well, we still don’t know what is going to
happen… his condition is worsening, so I am not sure. We are trying to get out as
much venom from the stomach first, but we still don’t know how to solve the
little bit of venom in his blood…” said grandpa lost in thought.

“Oh, No!” I moaned. I started bawling, I never wanted Jacob to die, that’s why he
decided to never give up his wolf form… And now it just mite end! No, I wouldn’t
let that happen! Grandpa said I could help, I will have to be happy when I see him
& try to cheer him up! I instantly stopped crying, & put a big smile on my face just
for my Jacob!

“Ok, ready? One, Two, Three…” said Grandpa as he took the X-Ray.

I was thinking about what we might have done tonight after dinner… Go to First
Beach, Go to Jacob’s House & watch a movie… I was so into my fantasy that when
Grandpa spoke it startled me!

“Sorry, well, it looks like you do have a broken wrist, pretty bad too! Based on
how fast your growing I would have to say that you will need a cast on for about 2
weeks… that means that you get to where it for school next week, who knows
maybe some people will sign it & you could make a friend!” Said Grandpa

I have plenty of friends… plus, I wont go to school if Jacob isnt better!” I said,
there was no way I would go to school without my Jacob!

The look on Grandpa’s face looked like I would have to…

“I meant some human friends, I think it would be best if you went.” Said Grandpa
chuckling at the first part.

“You can’t expect me to go to my first day without him can you? No I won’t go
without him!” I yelled at Grandpa.

“Alright, well, we will just have to see when the time comes. What color would
you like? I have blue, red, pink, or purple.” Asked Grandpa.

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“Hmmmmm, I think I will have purple please,” I said sweetly.

“Ok, just hold your arm still for a while..” He said as he started to gently put on
the cast.

I loved that Grandpa was a doctor! It came in handy in times like this (and I am
not really talking about my wrist right now…). Also he is really fast at everything
that he does!

“You’re set Renesmee, would you like some Tylenol to help with the pain?” asked
Grandpa.

“No thanks, that doesn’t really work for me anyway. Can I help Jacob now?” I
asked kindly.

“I guess if you want to.” He said, obviously not thinking that I could make it for
more than 10 seconds.

“Yes, I do! What do you need help with?” I asked.

“If you could just talk to him, & try to relax him a little, it would be easier to give
him shots. His muscles are so big that the shot bends on the way in!’ Said
Grandpa.

I knew my Jacob was strong, but not that strong! Wow! He was amazing!

“Ok, I think I could do that.” I said without trying to overemphasize the think part
of the sentence. Grandpa gave me a worried glance, but then took me into the
room where Jacob was.

When I saw him I nearly fainted, he looked even worse than the last time I saw
him, which was what like an hour ago, maybe 1 & 1 ½ hrs ago! Grandpa had to
hold most of my weight so I wouldn’t collapse & give mommy a heart attack (If
that were even possible!). Oh shoot, daddy could hear me! Ugh! “Daddy I am fine,
just a little shocked…” I explained in my mind. Daddy glanced at me & then
nodded. Meaning ok.

“Are you sure you want to do this?”Asked Grandpa.

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“Yes,” I answered with a shaky voice.

Grandpa let go of me, & I wobbled over to the bed that Jacob was on. Now he had
a thick quilt on him, & looked even paler! He was thrashing around (They must
have given him another shot), & then I noticed what Grandpa meant about his
muscles being too big for the needle to get in… they were flexed to the max, and
they just pretty much looked like big rocks under his skin. This was going to be
hard.

“Hi Jacob, its Renesmee. How are you doing?” I asked using the calmest sweetest
voice that I could conjure up.

“Renesmee,” I heard him whisper.

“Yes, it’s me. Jacob, I love you!” I said.

“More than anything else.” Whispered Jacob. He was starting to settle down now.
Enough for Rose to give him another shot… Then Mommy picked me up &
brought me downstairs.

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“Hey! Put me down! I want to stay!!!”I yelled at mommy.

“you don’t need to see that, plus your dad said that he heard a pretty good
question in your head & said that I should answer it…” she said.

“oh, right. Well, when I was in the car with Aunt Alice, & you called & you were
crying, well sort of. I was wondering why you would be crying if you didn’t even
know Jacob that well! Didn’t you first meet him when I was born?” I asked all
these questions with a sense of anger that they might have been keeping
something from me.

My mom bit her lip, but continued. “Jacob never told you?”

“No,” I said with a tinge of anger towards Jacob, but it didn’t last long.

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“Well, Grandpa Swan & Jacob’s Dad, have always been close friends, I used to
play with Jacob’s sisters when I was little. But when I moved to Forks, I met him
again on First Beach, & he told me about some of his tribes legends, about how
they were descended from wolves, & about the cold ones. At the time he had no
idea that any of it was true, but I had a feeling that it was… well at least about the
cold ones. At the time I had just met your dad, & was trying to figure out what he
was, because he was different. Also, Jacob wasn’t a werewolf at the time…

Then I figured out what your dad was, & we fell I love. We were perfect for each
other, well sort of, except I was human & he was a vampire… Well you see how in
love your dad & I are right?” She asked suddenly.

“Yes, I can see it in your eyes when you look at each other.”I answered.

“Good, ok then you will understand this next part. ... Well for my 18 th birthday
Alice threw me a birthday party here, with cake & presents & everything. But
when I was opening up a present I got a paper cut on my finger, & a drop of blood
fell to the floor. Jasper came at me, ready to kill me, but your dad pushed me out
backwards, & Jasper forwards. I fell into a vase that shattered, & it cut my arm
really bad. Jasper flew into the piano, but Emmett was holding him in between his
firm arms, & hauled him out. Carlisle had to take out all the glass from the cut &
stitch it up, but your dad was completely mortified at what his family did. So one
day he took me out into the woods & told me that he & his whole family were
moving & he promised “That this will be the last time you’ll see me”. Obviously he
didn’t keep that promise! Anyway, I went into a really deep depression after he
left, & became kind of like a zombie. Until one day when I went to a movie with
Jessica, one of my friends. I saw these people across the street at this bar & I
thought I knew one of them, so I started walking towards them… but then I heard
your dad’s voice inside my head! I thought that I was crazy, but his voice
comforted me a little. So I found out then when I did something dangerous or
stupid, I would hear his voice. So I got these motorcycles that someone was
selling, but they were broken. I brought them to Jacob’s house to have Jacob work
on them. He helped me with them, & I found that when I was with him the “hole”
as I called it wasn’t as jagged. I used to think of him as my safe harbor. At the time

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he kind of had a crush on me. I also loved him, but not nearly as much as I felt for
your father.

Well, anyways, when Jacob became a werewolf we couldn’t be together as often,

I always walked around on First Beach, but when I would walk I would start to
think about your dad, & when I did that the “hole” would burst open. I would
literally fold in half until it stopped. I was very depressed. Jacob helped with the
hole though.

One day Jacob promised that he would take me cliff diving, I saw some of the
pack kids doing it, & thought that it would be a good way to signal your dad’s
voice. But when I went over to his house to meet him, he wasn’t there. Billy said
that they had found a fresh trail from Victoria; she was a vampire who intended
on killing me, because your dad killed her mate for trying to kill me, & were going
to follow it. So I decided to hang out at First Beach again, but I eventually got
bored of walking around, & decided to go cliff diving myself. I almost drowned,
but Jacob saved me. Aunt Alice had the vision of me jumping off the cliff, &
thought that I was trying to kill myself. She came back to Forks, to see if she could
help Charlie at all. When she came I was there, & she was very confused. I told
her that it was just a sport. Jacob came over then, & the phone rang. He answered
it, & thought it was Carlisle. “Carlisle” asked where Charlie was, & Jacob said “the
funeral”, Charlie was going to one of his friends funerals that died from a Heart
Attack.

Then Alice had a vision, & we quickly found out that the person on the phone
wasn’t Carlisle, but Edward! Rose told Edward about Alice’s vision, & Edward was
going to Volterra, to ask the Volturi to kill him! So Alice & I flew to Italy to stop
him. It was very close, because the Volturi said no to kill him. So he decided a way
to make them kill him… by stepping out in the sunlight in front of the busiest
street, during the busiest holiday! I almost didn’t make it in time… but I did,
clearly. After that Edward & I were back together, forever! Jacob was very agry at
me, but he got over it. He was here at the house the entire time that I was
pregnant with you. I actually would have died without him… remember how bad I
looked when you were born?”

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“Yes, you looked awful, & were totally covered in blood!” I said remembering the
scene vividly in my head.

“ok, well if Jacob hadn’t kept my heart beating by doing CPR, then I wouldn’t be
here right now! I always thought of Jacob as the Best Friend that anyone could
ever have! He is still the truest friend that I have today. Now you know,
Renesmee, I did know Jacob, for almost my entire life, & I did love him, & still do.
Not nearly as much as Edward, but as the Truest Purest Best Friend that I will ever
have!” she concluded.

“Wow, that was an excellent story! I am glad you told me. Can I go see him now?”
I asked urgently. I now knew exactly what I would say to him. I wouldn’t be
afraid… or faint for that matter.

“I guess,” said mom with a worried expression on her perfect face.

“Yes, I do… thank you, for everything. Even not giving up on me when you were
pregnant & everyone wanted to kill me. I am sorry that I put you through so much
when I was born… & before that. I am glad that you fought for what you believed
in. And that is what I am going to tell Jacob too, to keep fighting for something
you really want.”I explained. I was going to tell him how much he means to me, I
still have no Idea of what to say… I will just make it up as I go along I guess.

“You’re welcome, Renesmee. That is a great idea by the way!” exclaimed

mommy.

Then mommy took my hand, & we walked slowly up the stairs, to try to convince
the love of my life, & my mommy’s truest best friend not to give up… not to die!
As we walked up the staircase a sunbeam hit our bolder hard skin & we
shimmered in the light, two angels side by side bringing light to the people we
loved.

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Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives.
~Louise Hay

Book #2
(Jacob’s POV)

Wish This Never Happened

Dear Renesmee,

I love you more than anything in the world, so meet me at the

I was wondering if you could meet me around noon at that restaurant

Please meet me at the Italian restaurant in La Push at noon, I have to ask you
something important. I love you more than anything else!

Your Forever Love, Jacob

“There, that ought to do it!”I thought to myself while reading over the last
line of the letter. I hadn’t had this much trouble writing a letter since the Cullen’s
had come back, & Bella still wanted us to stay friends, even though it would be
almost impossible… that’s what I thought at the time at least.

I felt the diamond ring in my pocket as though it was a knife jabbing me. It
was my mom’s engagement ring. I hope that Renesmee will like it! I couldn’t wait
to ask her! My true love & I getting married! At the same time I thought about
being the son-in-law of a vampire family… I was sure that would be a pack first!
More specifically I would be the son-in-law of Bella, the one other person that I
ever loved! I knew that Renesmee was only about 2 years old, but she was so tall,
& so intelligent, that she could pass for a 20 year olds body, with a 30 year olds
mind!

I folded the letter gently, & placed it in the pink envelope I had gotten
earlier today. I kissed it for good luck, & put it into our mailbox to be sent out.
Then, the phone started to ring inside. I sprinted for the door & 2 seconds later
was picking it up.

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 “Hello?” I asked.

“Hi, Jacob, it’s Sam, I am going out to lunch with Emily, & was wondering if
you would be ok patrolling by yourself? The pack knows the signal if you find a
trail.”

“Sure, sure. No problem, less thoughts in my head!” I said letting out a little
chuckle at the end.

“Alright, well I will let you know when I am done, Bye.” Said Sam rushed.
Clearly he wanted to get moving.

“K, bye” I started to say, although the line was already dead.

“Dad, I am going to take Sam’s patrolling shift. Will be back soon.” I said
loudly.

“Ok, see you then,” said my dad. I really liked having Billy as my dad,
because he was so easy going & gave me a lot of space.

“Bye.” I yelled as I ran out the door.

Once I was in the cover of the forest, I took off my sweats, & tied them
around my leg. Then I let the heat spread until I burst into my wolf form! I don’t
think that will ever get old!

I started sniffing around for any scent of vampire. It was about an hour until
I found one. New too! So I followed it, no need for back-up since it was only one.

The trail led me to the base of a tall tree, damb bloodsuckers. I hated it when they
did this! They diffidently knew how to escape a werewolf! Now I needed back-up.
So I started to howl, but mid howl something hit me, something like a giant
bolder! I knew exactly what it was… a vampire. This won’t be good, that’s for
sure.

I tried to get the bloodsucker off of me, but it was a very strong one, maybe this
vampire had an extra ability to be really strong! Either way there was no way that
I was going to be able to get him off of me! I hoped the pack would come soon!

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Then the bloodsucker tried to get his hands to my neck to strangle me! That I
wouldn’t have! I threw him away from me, only to have him land on my legs that
were now pinned to the ground by his huge body. At the same time that he
landed on me I felt a sharp pain in my stomach, worse than any other pain I had
ever experienced! As soon as the vampire tasted my repulsive blood, he ran away
at the speed of light.

The pain was so bad that I curled up into a ball, & howled out a cry of pain. Like 3
seconds later someone came into my head. What is it Jake? Of course it was
Seth. Vampire, where is the rest of the pack? I asked him in a pain filled thought.
He could tell. Well, most are at that fair in Forks that is going on today, but Leah
is here, I could get her… What’s wrong Jake? You sound awful! He asked.

Where are you right now, Seth? Cause I really need you! Also, could you howl for
me, so Leah will come? We might need her! I said still with a pained voice.

I just entered the forest next to my house. What’s wrong? Why can’t you howl? I
will do it, but I need to know! Where are you? I will be there in no time if you tell
me! Said Seth with wonders & worry covering every thought.

I am about a mile north from my house. I will explain later… god this HURTS! I
explained loudly with an even more pained voice than before.

Seth howled the most urgent howl that I had ever heard. It was directly for Leah.
They had come up with a brother, sister howl about a year ago, & he used it just
now. Ok, I called for Leah; I am running as fast as I can! I will be there in like 3
minutes! What hurts? Jake are you all right? Asked Seth still worried.

I could tell that he was running faster than he ever had before, but it still seemed
like the minutes were going by to slowly! I couldn’t really say anything yet other
than a bunch of swears for the pain that I felt in my stomach now. Although I was
curious of why I wasn’t dead yet… I thought vampire venom was poisonous; well
he did bite me in a very strange spot, so maybe it was in my stomach instead of
my blood. Wow, vampire venom in my stomach, that can’t be too good! Then I
remembered that Seth could hear everything that I just thought about… Great.

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Oh man! THAT REALLY CAN’T BE GOOD! WOW, THAT’S GOTTA HURT! ARE YOU
OK? I AM ALMOST THERE! Said Seth pushing himself to go faster & faster.

I honestly have no idea if I am ok, Seth, it just hurts like A LOT!!! I yelled in my
head.

Ten seconds later Seth was by my side.

Whoa! You look bad! Is it possible for a wolf to get pale, cause you are really pale!
What do you want me to do to help? Remember to keep breathing Jake, take big
breathes, Leah should be here soon, she just entered the forest.

My stomach was hurting so much that I didn’t even realize that Leah was in our
minds yelling what now Seth? I was in the middle of a shower! Can’t you go one
day, just one day without needing me?!?!

It’s not me this time… A vamp bit Jake! It’s in the stomach, he says that it hurts
worse than any pain that he has ever had! Just listen to his thoughts! Exclaimed
Seth. I tried to show Leah how much it hurt, by trying to explain it in my head. I
said Hi Leah, thanks for coming! Is it ok if I show you how bad it hurts? Seth?

I guess… they said in unison.

This was one of the freakiest things about being in a pack is that you can actually
show people how bad something hurts, or how sad you are, by temporarily
sharing your feelings. I showed them the pain in my stomach & the pounding in
my head, how the forest was spinning… Both of them dropped to the ground &
whimpered. I thought that was enough torture for them…

Holy cow! That was awful! That was horrible! Said Leah with concern in her
thoughts.

Oh, Jake, what do you want us to do? Please, what should we do? Asked Seth.

If we could get to the Cullen’s house, I bet that Carlisle would know what to do!
The only problem is that I don’t think I could stay standing for long… & their house
is like 15miles away from here! I wish Edward could hear us from a longer
distance! I exclaimed loudly in my head.

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That’s a good idea to go to Carlisle… try to walk, I could help. Offered Seth.

Yeah, that’s not a bad idea. Once I get there I could help too. Offered Leah.

Ok, when Leah gets here I will try, but I don’t know if I can with how bad my
stomach hurts, & how the forest is spinning… just thinking about it makes me
want to puke! I thought with such a pained voice that both Seth & Leah flinched.

Well, it’s worth a try…thought Seth, actually we could probably get some of the
venom out by having you get sick… but that is up to you man.

It could work, Seth, I would be willing to try…I answered. Although I think that
would happen anyway as soon as I stood up.

Leah, is there any grass where you are? Asked Seth.

Um, yeah! I will grab some. Thought Leah as she got a mouthful.

Then she was through the bush next to us, grass in her mouth.

The first thought that she had was Holy Man! I thought that Seth was
exaggerating with the pale part… you look like a ghost or something!

Haha Leah. I really should be pale, I feel horrible! I said to try to get her to lay off
the jokes.

Really though Jake, you look like you just ran through a pile of flour! Here is the
grass… would you mind if I go somewhere else for this part? Asked Leah with
hopeful eyes.

That’s fine; I honestly don’t want you to see anyway! I said to Leah with a small
attempt to put a smile on my face.

Leah went into the bushes & went to finish her “shower” in the stream.

Sure you want to do this Jake? Asked Seth.

It’s worth a try Seth. I said wanting to get this over with already!

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I took a few bites & waited. Normally it took like 5 minutes for the grass to take
effect. One time I remember Sam telling Quil to eat some grass after he
accidentally ate a poisonous berry… let’s hope that it would have the same effect
with vampire venom. I could feel my stomach turning, & then I leaned over &
threw up a bunch of yellowish liquid, it tasted horrible, & smelled just as bad! I
guess that was the venom! Ugh!

Hey, you ok Jake? I think it is working, how do you feel? Man that smells!
Exclaimed Seth.

When I was done, my stomach only hurt more! I howled out in pain.

Jake? What’s wrong? Does it feel better or worse? Asked Seth.

I think you know what’s wrong, but it feels like 10 times worse! Ouch! This kills!!! I
wonder if Carlisle is home right now. Wait, I think that they went hunting today…
great! Do you think Sam would be able to help? Leah? It’s over, would you please
get Sam & some of the pack! I am like dying over here! Literally! I added. Of
course they would go hunting today! I hope that Sam would have an idea of what
to do!

Yeah, I am going right now… can you wait like 20 minutes? I don’t know how he
would be able to help, but he should definitely know! Said Leah as she ran. Thump
allumpa, thump alumpa on the firm cold soil under her paws.

Yes, I think I can at least. Seth would you help me try to walk? Someone has to be
at the Cullen’s house…I thought.

Sure, if that’s what you want…said Seth.

He came over and nudged me to roll over so he could stick his muzzle under my
belly to push me up. I rolled over, & my stomach made a glump sound, then I was
violently sick. Seth rubbed his paw up & down my back to try to settle my
stomach a little. The whole time saying it’s ok, it’s ok, you’ll be ok… over & over
again. When I was done he asked hey, you ok? Are you sure you want to try to
walk? Really Jake, you should probably just stay still for a while!

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Yeah, I think I am ok. My stomach just totally kills! I still want to try, cause how
else are we supposed to get to the Cullen’s house? I told Seth.

Ok, if that’s what you want…. Said Seth with unsure voice.

I do, so help me up already. I growled in my head.

Ok ready? Asked Seth, I wished that he would just do it already!

Yeah, I think… on the count of three. One, two, three! I said. On three Seth pushed
gently on my stomach & pushed me onto my feet. The forest was spinning, & the
pain in my stomach & head increased! The last thing I remember is falling & Seth
catching me & laying me gently onto the ground, then it went black…

Backup
Jake? Hello? Can you hear me? It’s Seth! Said Seth in my head, which was
throbbing, matching my stomach.

Yeah, I hear you… what happened? I asked.

You tried to stand, but I guess that you got really dizzy, & passed out. Don’t worry
you’ve only been out for like 8 minutes. Leah got Quil & Embry from the fair, & is
getting Sam right now. Quil & Embry will come with Sam.

Ok, thanks for trying Seth. I am sorry that you have to see all this…

My thoughts were interrupted by two more wolves entering my head. Just what I
needed, more people watching!

Jake! Are you ok? Heard what happened! Said Quil.

Ya, for now at least. My stomach KILLS though! I said in the most pain filled
thought that I had ever given!

Hi, Jake, how are you doing? I am almost there! Said Embry as he came into the
forest.

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Ok, I guess. My stomach feels like there is a butcher knife in it though! I said in the
same voice as the one I used with Quil.

Seth, is he ok? What does he look like? Asked Sam with a very concerned voice.
This is the last thing that he would ever want to happen.

Ya, he said that he is ok. He said that his stomach hurts… like A LOT though. Oh,
and that his head hurts & that the forest is spinning. He is like ghost pale… if that
is even possible! His eyes are all hazy too! Hurry though he isn’t doing that great.
Explained Seth.

I’m ok Sam my stomach just KILLS!!! I told Sam.

Show me, please, I need to know exactly what to treat. The only way to do that is
to feel what you feel will you do that? Asked Sam.

Not such a good idea, Sam! You don’t want to feel what I do right now! I will do it
if you want me to, but I am warning you that if you were smart you wouldn’t do
it! I exclaimed loudly in my head.

I want you to…demanded Sam.

Ok, then… I showed him what I felt, from the stabbing in my stomach, to the
pounding in my head, the forest spinning. And even the horrible taste in my
mouth, & the churning in my stomach from the stupid grass. Sam collapsed &
howled out in pain! I stopped then, knowing that was enough.

That was horrible! I am so sorry that I let that happen to you, Jacob! I will be there
soon! Who suggested the grass? Cause that is actually making it worse for you… if
you were to get it out of your stomach you would have to use a special shot. Seth,
go get him some water from the stream, Quil, Embry help Jacob with whatever,
Leah go see if anyone is at the Cullen’s house! Go! He demanded. Jacob, you stay
still, don’t try to move. Focus on your breathing… deep breaths, I know it hurts,
but it will be good for you. He said in a fatherly/alpha way… sweet &
understanding, but also demanding & strict.

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Ok, will do. I said, just then Seth came back with some water that I was supposed
to drink.

Open up! Said Seth as he poured some water in my mouth. I tried to swallow, but
as soon as it hit my stomach I gagged & threw up into the dirt. Quil & Embry
reminded me to keep breathing, while Sam & Seth comforted me. In the distance
I could hear Leah’s paws hitting the soil, pushing her faster & faster until she
broke free of the ferns still sparkling with water droplets from this morning’s
rainstorm.

Edward? Are you in there? We need you & Carlisle now! A newborn bit Jake! Hurry
please! Begged Leah. I kept watching her mind to see if he came out, no one did…

I don’t think Edward is here, but I can try the door; see if anyone else is here! Or
the cottage! What should I do? How are you doing Jake? Asked Leah.

Try the door first, then the cottage… Bella & Edward could be there. Told Sam in
his Alpha voice, even though the Alpha voice didn’t work on Seth & Leah anymore
since Bella was pregnant & they joined “my” pack. Now I was in charge of them.
We still followed Sam’s commands though.

I am feeling the same as when you left, Leah. I will be fine, just go find Carlisle! I
commanded Leah; I tried to sound calm & reassuring under the command though
to calm Leah down a bit.

Ok, I am trying the door…said Leah as she went towards the door. She knocked on
the door, and waited… Esme answered the door. Oh hi Leah, I suppose that you
need Edward. I will go get him from the cottage. Come on in. Said Esme very
sweetly.

Ok, guys she is going to get Edward, I am assuming Bella & Nessie will be with
him… Carlisle has to be here too, if Esme is. Leah said to all of us.

Sam burst through the bushes just then, & came to my side.

Hey, Sam. I said in a very tired voice. I was starting to want to go to sleep.

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 Sam jumped back like 2 ft when he saw me, he must have been really shocked.
Jake, you look like a walking bag of flour! You guys really weren’t kidding about
the pale part! I wonder if you have a fever to go with this… well other than your
normal temperature! How are you doing? Do you want anything? Asked Sam.

I feel just like when I showed you, but I think my stomach hurts more. It was Seth
& my idea to try the grass, although I am really regretting it now! I would really
like to see Nessie & apologize that I won’t be able to go to dinner with her
tonight! I said to Sam.

Well, I am sure that you will see her soon enough. Let me feel your head for a
minute… said Sam as he felt my head, I was pretty sure that it would be warmer
than usual… wow! You are burning up Jacob! I would say maybe 4 degrees higher
than normal… maybe 5. And then he directed his thoughts to Leah, Is Edward
there yet! Try to hurry Jacob is not doing well.

Leah, don’t freak out, I am fine. I told Leah.

I can hear them about 2 miles away… They should be here soon, try not to think
about stuff to much, I don’t want Edward to get confused… said Leah, good they
were almost there!

Ok, I think that he can hear me… oh! He is here now! Hang on everyone! Said Leah
to make us all shut up our thoughts, so Edward wouldn’t hear a bunch of things in
his head…

What’s wrong, Leah? Asked Edward, I was glad that I could hear him through
Leah’s thoughts…

Jake, got bit by a newborn, he is in the forest about 1 mile from La Push with the
pack. He needs Carlisle… please help! Where is Bella & Nessie? Asked Leah.

Bella is still coming; Nessie went shopping with Alice, but should be back soon… I
will go get Carlisle! Where did he get bit? Isn’t vampire venom supposed to be
poisonous to you? Asked Edward, might as well answer that one myself…

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Hey, Edward! SO glad your home! I got bit in the stomach of all places! Yes, it is
supposed to be poisonous, but all I can think of is that there is only a little in my
blood, but quite a lot in my stomach! It KILLS! Everyone is saying I look like a
ghost. I explained to him in a voice that was filled with pain & agony.

Oh, yeah, venom in the stomach can’t possibly be good; I think you are right
though. There isn’t enough venom in the blood to kill you… at least for a while…
don’t try to eat anything, the venom will just dissolve it & send it back up. It will
hurt, just try not to move too much. We all know how the venom feels… but in the
stomach! That has to kill! Said Edward as he was racing up the stairs to Carlisle
office. Leah followed silently.

Too late for the not eating anything, it makes it worse, that’s for sure! Hang on
one minute… I said, but I was cut short by a very sharp pain in my stomach, worse
than all the others, I threw up, & was so dizzy that I decided to just keep my eyes
closed, although that did nothing, I threw up again. Great! I hope that Edward was
hurrying! Sam tried to calm me down, & Seth dumped some cold water on my fur,
it felt nice! Quil & Embry tried to keep me in place, so the pain wouldn’t come
back. This was my own hell!

You ok, Jacob? Asked Sam very worried. He was in charge of all of us, if one of us
didn’t make it home, it would be his fault! This is why I never wanted to be Alpha!

Yeah, I think. I managed to strangle out through the pain.

Edward is back with Carlisle; he will explain everything to him on the way, all he
has told Carlisle right now is that Jake needs him… badly! I am leading the way,
but I can still hear them… said Leah just as they started to run from the big white
house.

Jacob, got bit by a newborn, in the stomach. He says that he is ghost pale & that
his stomach kills, head hurts, & that the forest is spinning at 100mph! He needs
help, & was hoping that you could do something, since you know so much about
vampires & werewolves. Explained Edward to Carlisle.

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Well, the venom in the stomach is going to cause him to not be able to eat or
drink anything. That will be a problem. Do you know if he has a fever? That could
be causing the spinning. Is he in his human or wolf form? Can he walk… probably
not if the forest is spinning! Asked Carlisle to both Edward, & Leah.

Yeah, he has a pretty high fever according to Leah’s thoughts. He is in his wolf
form, but Leah says that he would be willing to change. No, he tried to walk, but
passed out. Answered Edward. He was close enough to hear all of the packs
thoughts, including mine without having to listen to it through Leah’s.

How are you doing Jacob? We are only about a mile away, will be there in like 10
seconds. Esme is explaining everything to Bella, Bella is calling Nessie & Alice.
Emmett, Rose, & Jasper are on their way back from their Canadian hunting trip.
Asked Leah, explaining what Edward was saying as they broke through the
bushes.

Ok. Was I could manage to get out.

Carlisle got to work right away, asking me medical questions.

“How are you feeling? Have you ate or drank anything? Can you please get into
your human form; it would make it easier for me to help you…” asked Carlisle.

I nodded my head a little, & then changed into my human form. The rest of the
pack followed by changing into their human form. Although I felt even worse in
my human form than I did in my wolf form, I rolled over & threw up again.

Sam answered my questions for me. “Yes, Seth & him decided to try to get the
venom out of his stomach by giving him grass, but that only made it worse, as you
know. He tried drinking water, but that didn’t work well either.” Explained Sam.

All I did was moan in pain.

“You’ll be ok, Jacob, I think I know how to help you, but we have to get back to
the house first. Edward, do you think that you could carry him? Or should we wait
for Emmett?” Asked Carlisle sweetly.

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“I can handle it.” Said Edward just as kind. I really hoped that I wouldn’t end up
throwing up on him though.

“It would be fine if you did, it’s already in my system,” said Edward with a little
chuckle.

“That’s true… I will warn you before I do though,” I said in my head.

“Ok, ready? I will try not to bounce you around too much.” Promised Edward, I
was grateful that he was carrying me & not Emmett, because he would just joke
around & sway me just to see what would happen, I knew he would.

“You know Emmett well!” Laughed Edward as he carefully picked me up, &
started to walk forward, being very smooth in his walk, so that I didn’t sway even
one inch. I was glad that he was being so kind. He then started running, but with
the same smooth movements as before, this was kind of fun! Now I understood
why Bella liked it when he used to carry her on his back!

“You know Bella so well! It just amazes me!” exclaimed Edward.

“She is probably like freaking out right now!” I yelled in my head, how would she
handle this… or even worse, how would Nessie handle it? Edward said that Bella
was going to call Alice, the thought of it made me feel sick. “Put me down for a
minute.” I yelled quickly in my head. He sat me down gently on the ground &
supported my weight as my stomach heaved a bunch of yellow out! Ugh! I hated
this! Edward was surprisingly very good at handling all this. He gently patted my
back & kept a freezing hand on my head, to get my fever down a little.

“Thanks. How far away are we now?” I asked Edward as he gently picked me up,
keeping the freezing hand on my forehead. It actually felt kind of nice!

“Your welcome. We are only about 20 seconds away now. Wow, you are pale! I
think that you could pass for one of us!” Joked Edward, I was glad that he was
trying to calm me down a little & make me feel better.

“Haha, very funny! I could probably pass for one of you, except for my even
higher than high temperature!” I chuckled in my head. I was also grateful that he

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could read my mind instead of having me try to talk right now. His cold arms did
actually help my stomach, & head though!

Good thing Dr. Fang is here

“We are here now.” Said Edward in a normal voice, both for me & everyone in the
house. Instantly Bella was out of the door & at my side with wide eyes.

“Oh Jake! You look awful! It’s ok now, Carlisle will take care of you! I love you
Jake!” Exclaimed Bella. We both still did love each other, just not nearly as much
as we did for our other “person”.

“I love you too, Bella,” I managed to whisper out.

“Bella, love, could you please open the door for me? I need to get Jacob to lie
down,” asked Edward sweetly.

“Sure, where is Carlisle? Oh! Never mind.” Said Bella just as Carlisle came from
the bushes followed by a worried Sam & Seth. I wonder where everyone else
went. Maybe to tell my dad what had happened… that wouldn’t go well, he would
probably just start like freaking out! I had to control my thoughts a little, to keep
my stomach settled. I took a deep breath & winced, the pain was like someone
had just stuffed my stomach with a bunch of sharp knifes! Before I even knew it
Edward had me on the ground patting my back again as I threw up. I didn’t even
care at first that Bella was watching, until I was done & saw the look on her face.
It was a face of horror, & sadness.

“Sorry you had to see that, Bells.” I whispered to her.

“It’s ok.” Said Bella as she opened the door so Edward could carry me inside. It
was strange, because I really didn’t mind the smell of vampires anymore…
although that probably had something to do with the fact that I was in love with a
half one!

Edward brought me to Carlisle’s study, which was easily transformed into a mini
hospital room. Edward laid me down gently onto the bed.

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Carlisle came by my side and starting asking questions again, I hoped that Edward
could translate for me… “Of course I will,” said Edward answering my thoughts.
Thanks. I thought to him.

“How are you feeling Jacob? What hurts? Would you mind if I took an X-Ray of
your stomach to see if any damage has been done due to the venom?” He asked
sounding very professional & serious.

Not so great, but it’s tolerable. My stomach feels like there are knifes jabbing into
it, my head is pounding, & the room is spinning at like 1,000mph! No, I don’t
mind, anything that might help. Edward told Carlisle for me.

“Alright then, Edward could you please bring him over to the X-Ray table then?
When we are done I will give you something to help with the pain & the
spinning… but I don’t want anything to affect the X-Ray. Plus, I don’t know if the
venom will allow anything to enter the stomach yet.” Explained Carlisle, oh great
shots! Edward picked me up & carried me over to the X-Ray table; Bella held my
hand as they placed the heavy blanket over my stomach, it hurt. I squeezed
Bella’s hand… wow; I was acting like a wimp! I released my grip on her hand, but
instead she put her hand on my head to stop my head from hurting. It instantly
helped, but made me shiver, bad move! My stomach throbbed with the
movement, & just as the pain hit me Edward had a bucket already under my chin.
Once again I thought about how helpful the whole reading minds thing was. Bella
kept her hand on my head the whole time. When I was done Carlisle put a pillow
under my head being careful not to move me around too much.

“Are you ready, Jacob? Or would you like to do this when your stomach is settled
a little more?” asked Carlisle very kindly.

Now, I guess. It probably won’t be any different in a couple of minutes anyway. I

said as Edward translated them for me.

“You’re probably right, but I could also try to give you something to help with that
if you would like?” He said trying not to overemphasis the try part.

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Ok, that would help a lot with my stomach hurting if I could stop throwing up. I
said in my head again to have Edward translate.

“Ok, one, two, three.” Said Carlisle as he took the X-Ray. I was pretty sure that it
wouldn’t turn out good.

“Alright, Jacob. We are all done, would you like to move back to the bed or stay
here?” Asked Carlisle, I really didn’t care where I was right now; compared to the
cold floor of the forest this was like a five star hotel! I don’t really care either way,
it’s up to you… I told Edward.

“We want you to be as comfortable as possible Jacob, plus I think that Renesmee
is going to need the X-Ray machine when she gets here, according to the call that
Bella is giving right now!” Said Edward, just then he picked me up & gently laid me
on the bed.

“What happened to Nessie?!?!” I said out loud loudly! Bad move! Edward
grabbed the bucket just in time. What happened to my little Nessie for her to
need the X-Ray machine? Did she get hurt? My worry for her over did the pain in
my stomach I instantly stopped.

“I think that it’s best if you just let Edward translate for you for now.” Explained
Carlisle as he was digging through his medical bag to get some type of shot for
me. I had to agree with Bella on this one, I hated needles!

Well what happened?!?! I asked Edward practically screaming it in my head.

“Well, Alice had a vision about you getting bit by the vampire, & in the rush to get
in the car Alice accidentally threw Renesmee into the steering wheel & it seems
like she broke her wrist. She is fine though, & is more concerned about you. They
will be here in about 10 minutes, although Alice is saying 5 to Renesmee!”
Explained Edward in a pained voice, he knew how much Renesmee & I loved each
other, & knew that Renesmee was very worried! Just then Carlisle came with the
shots in his hand.

“Ok, I am going to try to give you 3 different shots, one to help the pain, one to
slow the spinning, & one to settle your stomach. I don’t know if it will work, it may

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make it worse, but it’s up to you if you want to try…” offered Carlisle, I hated
shots, but if it might help settle my stomach & stop the pain & spinning than I
might as well try.

What is the chance that it will work doc? Give me a percentage or something! I
said in my mind.

“Well, I would say about a 30% chance it would help, but I would say that it is
worth a try…” He said.

I will try then if you think its best. I said. Then he put the first needle into my skin,
it stung a little, but all shots did. When he was finished with that shot the real
pain came! It was like nothing I had ever experienced, it doubled the pain in my
stomach & head, & made the room spin even faster! I screamed out in pain, &
started to thrash around. Edward held me down and yelled for Bella to come &
help. Carlisle told me to try to keep still & that he would try another shot to
actually try to get the venom out of my stomach, cause apparently it wasn’t doing
any good in my stomach, & was dissolving the walls of my stomach. That was
what was hurting so much. He said that if he was going to give me the shot that I
would have to calm down. Then Bella came in & grabbed my hand so that I could
squeeze it. I didn’t put any pressure on it though, because I didn’t want to hurt
Bella. So instead she soothed me by saying…

“You will be alright Jake, remember what you had to go through when I was
pregnant, yeah, well that is exactly how it is for me now. Please settle down so
Carlisle can help you. Are you warm enough? Do you want anything?” She asked
kindly. I remembered what it was like to watch her so sick, & in pain. I promised
that I would never hurt her, & this was. I stopped for a while and told her through
Edward’s mind…

I am sorry, Bells, I am breaking my promise right now huh? It just KILLS like a lot!
How did you vamps’ deal with this kind of pain? I am good; don’t really need
much! Edward told Bella this.

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“Yeah, you sort of are, but I understand. It probably hurts even more for you
because it’s definitely not meant to be in your body. It’s ok; you can squeeze my
hand if you want…” She offered.

No thanks I would probably break it! Carlisle can give me that other shot if he
wants now I am settled down enough. I told Edward.

Edward nodded to Carlisle, just then I heard the door open downstairs & then in a
flash Blondie (Rosalie), Emmett, & Jasper were all upstairs. Emmett got right to
the jokes…

“Holy crap you look bad! Did you ever think that you would be as pale as us? You
could seriously pass the vampire test… well except for the heat! Wow! I think that
you’re warmer than usual; I can feel you from across the room! Now the wolf is
the burning vampire!” laughed Emmett, this would get annoying…

“You have no idea…” Said Edward answering my thoughts. Then he was talking to
Emmett. “Enough of the jokes right now Emmett; can you help us when Carlisle
gives him that shot? We need to get the venom out of his stomach & soon!”
Exclaimed Edward.

“Oh, man! In the stomach, that’s gotta hurt!” Exclaimed Emmett.

It does like A LOT! Now can you shut up about the jokes already? I told Edward as
he told Emmett with a little smirk on his face. I could tell that he was glad I said
that!

“Rose, could you give him the shot? Carlisle is going to have to help Renesmee
when she comes. I am assuming we will have to give double… actually probably
triple the normal dose, due to how high Jacob’s temperature is right now.” Told
Edward to Blondie, great, Blondie giving me the shots!

“Emmett, all you will have to do is hold the bucket. I will hold him down.
Renesmee will be here any minute now.” Said Edward, now my Renesmee was
going to be here! I really didn’t want her to see me like this, but I did want to hear
her voice!

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“Jasper, can you try to find anything on the Internet about what actually happens
when a werewolf gets bit, find anything!” Exclaimed Edward to Jasper. Jasper
nodded & then left.

“Are you ready, dog?” asked Blondie trying to sound nice, but had to throw in the
dog part… so Rosalie!

Yup, bring on the pain! I said to Edward. This was going to hurt… A LOT! It would
be better than having the venom rotting away the sides of my stomach though,
although it already started to do that! Blondie gave me the shot, & almost
instantly I felt the pain. Then I heard the door open downstairs & Renesmee walk
in.

“Oh, Renesmee, I am so glad that you are back! Where does it hurt? Let me see.”
Asked Bella.

The rest was just a mumble because I was thrashing around it hurt so bad! I could
hear Renesmee crying downstairs! I didn’t like this at all! Then a huge pain hit my
stomach, & I was throwing up again. When I was finished my stomach hurt so
much that I let out a scream of pain.

Love is a good cure for anything…

Then Renesmee was in the room, I could smell her absolutely perfect scent, a mix
of lavender & oranges, with just a hint of that rotten tomato smell that all
vampires had, but I didn’t mind that smell anymore.

“Jacob! Its ok, you’ll be alright! I am here now!” Renesmee yelled! As soon as she
spoke I calmed down. I missed the sound of her voice, but now she was here!

“Renesmee,” I whispered so quietly that she would probably really have to strain
her ears to hear.

“Yes, she is here now.” Said Edward to me. Then Blondie gave me another shot.

This time it was a different pain, just as bad, but a crippling one! Instead of
thrashing, I shook (not like I was going to turn into my wolf form, but with pain… I

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think) & curled into myself, Edward tried to stop the shaking knowing that it was
only making it more painful for me. Emmett grabbed the bucket & held it under
my chin looking very bored. I could hear Renesmee crying, I hated to be doing this
to her. By the time I was done, I felt like someone had dipped me into ice water! I
shivered once, but my stomach didn’t like that. It throbbed, but before it could
get worse Edward had a warm quilt over me.

Thanks. Would it be ok if I slept for a while? I am like really exhausted! I asked

with a very sluggish thought. I was so tired, & the room was still spinning. I just
wanted to sleep.

“I don’t think that would be such a good idea right now, maybe when your fever
goes down a bit… I should probably check that too, that is if the thermometer
goes that high…” Edward said chuckling at the last part.

You could probably use a kitchen thermometer, or one of those that goes
outside… I see your point though! I said adding a little chuckle at the end.

“Bella, love, could you go get the regular thermometer, & then one form the
kitchen please?” Asked Edward with a mushy, gooey voice, I knew exactly how he
felt though.

“Sure, I will be right back, Jake.” She said directly to me.

Why do you even have a thermometer, it’s not like it works on you, or like you
would need one… I said strangely wanting to know.

“Haha, well, actually it is for Renesmee, her temperature is just low enough for it
to work on her, not that she really ever gets sick. It was only that one time. It did
come in handy for Bella though too!” Explained Edward. I had totally forgotten
that Bella ever needed it! Then I had a flashback from when Renesmee was sick…

It was about a year ago, & she ate some bad meat at a restaurant, & got
food poisoning pretty bad. I remember that she had to stay in bed for like 3 days,
only to get up to throw up or go to the bathroom. That was pure torture for me,
almost as bad as Bella’s pregnancy, but not quite as bad. I remembered that the
Pepto-Bismol didn’t work for her, so she couldn’t take anything to help her. She

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had a fever of 107, 2 degrees above her normal temperature. That was a time
when I was grateful that her parents were vampires, because they just laid in bed
with her to get her to cool down, & the when she would get cold I would lay with
her, it reminded me of Edward, Seth, & I trading off to keep Bella’s temperature
stable. Carlisle tried to find some remedy that would help her, & eventually came
up with a mix of animal blood (mountain lion, her favorite, just like Edwards), &
mint. She almost instantly perked up… I wonder if that would work for me… if
they put it in a needle & gave me a shot of it… I don’t know how well mint would
do in my blood though, but maybe there was something that could kill vampire
venom… Edward brought me out of my wondering.

“You know, that might just work, I never looked to see if there was something
that dissolved vampire venom…, I will have to ask Carlisle about that.” Edward
said enthusiastically. Just then Bella came back into the room with the
thermometers.

“Jake, I think that you are getting paler! That can’t be good.” Worried Bella.

“I have to agree, love; he does look like he is getting paler. How do you feel Jacob,
are you still cold?” Asked Edward very worried.

Well, the pain in my stomach isn’t any better, & the shot made my head hurt
more, & the room is spinning faster. And I feel really light headed. I am still cold,
freezing actually. I added as a chill went down my spine, it felt like someone just
filled my blood with ice. Isn’t it just my fever making me cold though? I asked.

“Well, I can give you a shot or something to help with the light headedness & the
headache, but I don’t know if it would work. Yes, it’s probably from your fever,
but it may be from the venom in your blood too, I don’t think that the venom will
feel like burning in your body as much as ice. I will also have to ask Carlisle what
to make of that. Well, I guess we will find out if it’s your fever in a couple
seconds.” Said Edward.

Edward tried the regular thermometer first, it couldn’t register anything, so then
he tried the kitchen thermometer.

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“Wow! Jacob, do you know how high your normal temperature is, & how high it
can go?” Asked Edward in a strained voice, must not be too good.

Around 108, why what is it? I really have no idea; you would have to ask Sam
about that one. Are Sam & Seth still here? I asked, Sam would know.

“Your temperature right now is 115! That is 7 degrees higher than normal! Yes,
Sam & Seth are right outside in the forest. They would like to see how you are
doing. Would it be ok if they came in?” Asked Edward.

Really! Holy crap that is high! No wonder I am freezing & dizzy! Ya, they can
come. I said, I was practically freaking out! 7 degrees higher than normal! That
was more than I was expecting! A shiver rolled down my spine, I couldn’t turn into
a wolf now! Then Bella started talking in the voice that she used to use when I
was new at being a werewolf, to calm me down.

“Calm down, Jake. Your okay, we won’t let anything happen to you. Just settle
down a little, you can do it.” She encouraged sweetly.

Right, think calm. I closed my eyes & squeezed my fists. Soon enough I was back
to normal, well normal for right now at least.

“Bella, can you take care of Jacob for a couple of minutes? I am going to get Sam
& Seth. Love you!” He said as he gave her a quick peck on the cheek.

“Yes, I think I can handle that. Do you want anything Jake, another quilt or
something? How are you doing?” Asked Bella.

Edward had already left, so I would have to explain to her myself, just then I
heard Edward say in a normal voice that he know that I could hear.

“I can still hear you thoughts.” Said Edward from outside. I knew that if I could
hear him Bella could.

No thanks. Ok, I guess. Same as before, but my stomach is a little queasy. Is said
as Edward told Bella. I could hear him telling Sam about how I was doing, asking
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& I could tell that he was worried when Edward told him about how high my
temperature had gotten. He & Seth were coming through the door now.

“I see, do you need the bucket?” Asked Bella worried.

Not yet, but probably within the next ten minutes. How much longer until
Renesmee is done? I want to see her again! I asked. Edward was back upstairs
with Sam & Seth.

“About 15 more minutes. Carlisle is pretty quick.” Laughed Edward.

“Jake! You look horrible! I swear that you are a ghost!!! I heard about how high
your temperature is, that isn’t good! I am so sorry about the grass, I heard that it’s
been giving you trouble. How are you feeling?” asked Seth. Sam just stood there
stunned.

S’okay. They are giving me medicine to get the venom out anyway. Not that great.
My stomach is feeling really queasy right now though. I explained in my thoughts
that Edward told Seth.

“Ah, sorry man. I won’t ask you questions right now then.” Apologized Seth. I
really like Seth, because he knew me so well, & didn’t push things. He understood
what I wanted almost instantly, half the time I didn’t even have to tell him. I really
enjoyed sharing his thoughts in my head when I was in my wolf form, cause he
never thought negatively. Edward nodded in agreement to my thoughts.

Hey, Sam, you okay? I asked Sam.

“Huh? Yeah, just quite shocked! This is really the worst thing that could ever
happen to someone in the pack! I am so sorry Jacob! I know some things about
what venom can do to a werewolf, but I am not sure about it being in the
stomach. I do know that even with a little venom in the blood that if it doesn’t get
out, that it will first sicken, then kill them. I don’t think that there is much in
Jacob’s blood, but it will kill him eventually if it’s not out.”

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Great! We could get it out of my stomach, but how were we supposed to get it out
of my blood? The thought of it made my stomach feel even worse. Now I really
felt sick.

“Jacob, you are turning green? You okay?” Asked Edward.

I don’t know, my stomach feels extremely queasy now, but I don’t think I am
going to throw up yet. I don’t know, it just feels strange or something. I explained
to Edward with a slight moan.

“Do you want me to go get Carlisle?” Asked Edward worried.

No, I’ll be okay. I just feel really strange right now. Like everything still hurts & the
room is still spinning, & I am still freezing, but I don’t know. It’s a new feeling in
my stomach, & I don’t like it.

“Ok, it may be the venom in your stomach. Do you want to try something like
Pepto-Bismol or a shot or even water might help?” He asked.

Maybe some water, I am really thirsty… then I realized that my statement could
mean something entirely different to them, I smiled.

“I see your point, which is quite funny. I know that Carlisle said not to drink
anything, but I think some ice water might water down the venom a little… its
worth a try. Bella, could you get some water from the kitchen?” Asked Edward.

“No problem,” Said Bella as she was running out the door.

“We should probably get going; the pack is probably worried about where we are.
Quil & Embry told your dad what happened, he knows that you are in good hands,
& said that he hopes that you feel better. We will be right outside in the forest if
you need us for anything.” Said Sam as he & Seth walked out the door.

K, tell him thanks if you can. See you later.

Bella came back with the water. She had it in a cup with ice cubes & a straw.

“Here you go, Jake.” She said. I honestly didn’t know if I could grab it the way the
room was spinning. Edward answered my thoughts by grabbing the glass for me.

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Thanks.

“You’re welcome, now here you go, only take a little sip first.” He said as I took a
little sip from the cup. It felt good in my throat, but not so good when it hit my
stomach. It felt like a big rock hitting my stomach. Edward grabbed the bucket as I
threw up harder than ever before. (I was glad that Emmett, & Alice went to help
Jasper with looking stuff up. Blondie was in the corner of the room, just staying in
case Edward needed her. I didn’t really know where Esme was maybe she went
hunting.) When I finished the pain in my stomach was unbearable! I started
thrashing around again. Edward held me down & told Rose to get another shot.
Then Renesmee came in. Why did she have to come now, & not like 2 minutes
ago when I was doing better?

“Hi Jacob, its Renesmee. How are you doing?” Asked Renesmee very sweetly.
Right away I stopped trashing around.

“Renesmee,” I whispered. I knew that she could hear.

“Yes, its me. Jacob, I love you!” She said the way she always did.

“More than anything else!” I told her.

I am ready for that shot now. Then Blondie gave me the shot, & Bella grabbed
Renesmee to take her out of the room, I understood.

What is this shot for? I asked Edward.

“Its for the pain in your stomach from the venom.” He said, & then grabbed the
bucket. When I was done he asked “You ok?” very sweetly.

Yeah. Still hurts though. What was Bella going to tell Renesmee? I could tell the
entire time that she was here that she wanted to tell her something. I asked
Edward.

“Renesmee had a good question in her head when she came in… she was
wondering if you & Bella knew each other before Renesmee was born. I told Bella
that she wanted to know, & she is telling her right now.” Explained Edward with a
smile on his face.

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Oh, I see. I bet Nessie will like that. I told him.

“She is,” explained Edward.

Hey, could I have another blanket? I am freezing! I asked him, just as I let out a
shake. He had one on me before the shivers would upset my stomach.

Thanks. I said very sleepily, I was extremely tired.

“I guess that you could go to sleep for a while if you wanted. I will wake you up
when Bella is done telling the story, so in like half an hour. Is that good?” He
asked.

Sure, thanks for everything. I told him. Now Rose had joined in on looking for stuff
on the Internet. I wonder if they found anything yet…

“Only the same thing that Sam said so far. They are looking for something to tone
down the venom right now. I will let you know if they find something. Now get
some rest.” He said, I couldn’t help but think about how nice he was. No wonder
Bella loved him so much. He just was so kind. I was thinking about this when I fell
asleep.

I had a dream that I was standing on the cliffs down in La Push jumping off of
them, but then the warmer ocean waters were filled with ice chunks. When I
landed in the water it was freezing! I woke up.

“Bad dream?” Asked Edward.

Yeah. Thanks. I said as he put another blanket on me. I was actually cold. I
thought that I couldn’t get cold anymore… that’s strange; I have been cold this
entire time, although I haven’t been since I was a werewolf, huh? Edward
answered my wondering.

“It’s the venom in your system that is making you feel cold, along with the high
temp, have you had a fever since you’ve been a werewolf?” He asked.

No, that is probably doing something too. I told him. Then I had 2 more questions.
When is Renesmee coming back up? Where did Carlisle go?

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“Renesmee should be here in a couple of minutes. Carlisle is going hunting with
Esme for a while, but will come to check on you soon. How are you feeling?” He
asked.

Ok, the nap helped my head a little. Hey I was thinking about right before I fell
asleep how you said that Carlisle was looking for a way to tone down the venom.
Well why don’t you just do what you did to Bella when James bit her, & suck out
the venom? I asked really wondering why not.

“I am glad your head is feeling better. Well, as you know you first of all smell
really bad to us, but if we were to bite you to try to get the venom out we would
probably stop to soon, like that newborn. Your blood would taste something
along the lines of rotten milk, at least that’s how I can explain it to you. If we
stopped too soon, then it would only make things worse. I see your point though.
Carlisle said that he would do it if it came down to it, but will try other methods
first. I am going to ask Carlisle those questions I had for him as soon as he gets
back. Renesmee should be up here soon.” Explained Edward.

This time I would try to not be thrashing around or anything. I couldn’t do

anything about being pale, but I could look like I was doing better. Just then she
came in the door.

“Hi, Jacob, how are you doing?” Asked Renesmee, I knew that there was
something else that she wanted to tell me by the sound of her voice.

Ok. Whatever it is that you want to say, you can just say it Nessie. Edward
translated for me.

“Well, I just wanted to tell you how much I love you! This is going to sound really
cheesy, but I want to tell you…” She said. It reminded once again of Bella & I. I
nodded for her to keep going.

“Well… when I first laid my eyes on you, I knew that you were special, someone
that I was supposed to love, & already did. I guess I kind of always knew that
mommy & you knew each other, but I didn’t think about it that much. The first
time that you held me I could feel the warmth from your arms, different than

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Rose’s. It wasn’t just heat though, it was like an electrical shock ran through me
when I first touched you, I still feel that too,” She said blushing a little, then
continued,” I love you more than anything in the world, you know that right?” She
asked. I nodded with a tear in my eye. She came over & gently hugged me, being
careful not to move me too much. In the background I could see that Bella was
smiling, but I could see in her eyes that if she could cry, she would be. I smiled
back at her.

“Thanks, Nessie” I whispered in her ear.

“Your welcome! Did you know that your temperature is higher than normal?” She
asked.

Yes, 7 degrees higher actually, but don’t worry, I am in good hands. I thought to
Edward, smiling a little at the last part.

“Wow! That’s really high! Are you ok?” worried Renesmee.

Yeah, I am ok. My stomach just hurts a lot. The room is still spinning too. I told
Renesmee through my thoughts.

“Ok, do you need anything?” Asked Renesmee.

No thanks; well, could I take another nap? I am still really tired! I asked mostly
Edward.

“Sure,” Smiled Edward. Renesmee grabbed my hand & kept holding until I fell
asleep. The vampire holding the wolf’s hand, who would have ever guessed that,
would happen? As I held it, I could feel the waves of happiness flow through me.
All the way from the top of my head to the tips of my toes. I knew that I would be
just fine as long as Renesmee was there. I drifted off to sleep & dreamed of all the
good times that we had, had together…

"Never underestimate the power because love can do miracles which you
never thought possible." ~Source Unknown

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 Book #3
(Renesmee’s POV)

Decisions
I watched my true love sleep. I always thought that he looked so cute when he
slept, so vulnerable, yet so strong & protective. I loved him more than anything,
but now the venom was killing him.
“What are we going to do Daddy?” I asked whispering really quietly so I wouldn’t
wake up Jacob.

“I really don’t know Renesmee. Grandpa is trying to make something to tone

down the venom, but the way things are going I don’t think that it will help him
too much. There is another way, but its too risky, because if we didn’t do it right
he would die.” Explained daddy. At times he really did look like a dad rather than
a 17 year old. Right now was one of those times. He just stared down at Jacob
with worried eyes.

“What is the other option?” I pleaded. Daddy gave me a look like he really didn’t
want to tell me, but I gave him a hopeful look back. He rolled his eyes then said…

“The other option is that we suck out the venom, but it would be really hard to
do. We can get most of it out of his stomach using different methods, but right
now even with the little bit of venom in his blood, it will kill him if it doesn’t get
out in time.” He explained with a tortured look. I knew he was hiding something
more.

“Well, why don’t we then? Where did you even get this idea?” I questioned him
with true curiosity.

“Well, as soon as we would bite him, we would stop, because his blood to us
would taste horrible. It would take a lot of will to keep going. That might be our
only option though, with the way his temperature keeps raising. Grandpa said
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actually when your mom got bit… we haven’t told you that yet have we?” he
asked seeming a little embarrassed.

“No, but I would like to know…” I pleaded.

“This is the really brief version of it, but we took your mom to watch us play
baseball, & there were these 3 vampires that came that drank human blood. At
the time your mom was still human. Well, there was this tracker named James, &
he intended on killing your mother. He led her to her old ballet studio, & tortured
her, causing her to cut her head open, break ribs, & break her leg, but the worst
part was that James bit her! I didn’t want her to be like us yet, so I sucked out the
venom, & saved her. That is that story… except it was really hard to stop with her,
because remember what I told you earlier about how her blood was overly
appealing to me, well that made it very hard to stop. I did though, & I think that it
might work on Jacob.” He told me.

“Is all the venom going to be out of his blood, & stomach if someone sucked it
out?” I curiously asked.

“Well, it would all be out of the blood, but grandpa says that the venom in his
stomach could take a while to completely get out, because the sides of his
stomach will contain it. His stomach is going to bother him a lot for a while. I think
that he will also get a fever, & the things he has now, just a little more mild.
Grandpa says that he would just have to rest for a while, & not eat or drink
anything if his stomach is bothering him.” Answered daddy.

“Oh, I see. Will he be able to go to school?” I questioned.

“He won’t be able to go until his fever is down, but yes, he can go as long as his
stomach isn’t bothering him that day. He will probably also have to take some
time off the pack. I doubt that he will like that!” he chuckled.

“Okay, will we go to school next week if he still isn’t better? Because I don’t want
to go without him! Then I would be in a class by myself.” I exclaimed/ questioned.

“No, your mom & I won’t make you go. We probably won’t go until he is better
anyway.” He explained.

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We were all going to high school in Port Angeles this year. We were going to say
that we moved here from Alaska. Jacob & I were in all the same classes together!
All of the “couples” were together in each class too, but we never had the same
class at the same time. We were going to say that Jacob was a good family friend
that moved with us. Carlisle was off of his doctor’s job for about 10 years or until
there would be nobody there to remember who he was. This was going to be my
first year of high school, & I was looking forward to it, although I knew that I
would probably get bored!

“Jacob is waking up now.” Daddy said softly.

Then Jacob opened his eyes & smiled at me.

“Did you have a nice nap, Jacob? How are you feeling? I love you!” I told him
sweetly.

“Yes, my head doesn’t really hurt anymore, but I know that will change after I
have my eyes open for a while. My stomach is still killing me though!” Said daddy
for Jacob.

“I am glad that your head is feeling better! Do you want anything? I think you got
paler, what do you think daddy?” I worriedly asked.

“No, he says that he is good for now. I think he is too. Can I take your
temperature again Jacob? Or would you want to wait until your stomach feels a
little better?” He questioned.

Daddy grabbed the thermometer, so I guessed that Jacob was doing well enough.
His stomach must not feel good right now. Daddy checked the temperature &
announced that it rose 1 more degree… not good! That meant that his
temperature was at 116! Then his skin turned a light green under his pale skin.
Daddy grabbed the bucket as Jacob was violently sick. When he was done daddy
asked if he was ok, he said yeah.

I grabbed his flaming hot hand &rubbed it in-between my hands, and said that
everything would be alright. Carlisle & Esme came in just then, & in an instant
Carlisle was upstairs.

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“How is he doing Edward? He seems to be a lot paler than before, have you
checked his temperature lately? How do you feel Jacob?” He questioned sweetly.

“Not too great, his stomach is hurting him a lot, & the room is still spinning quite
fast for him. Yes, his fever rose to 116!” Then he answered the question for Jacob,
“He is basically saying the same thing that I told you, except he says that his head
is pounding again.” He stated.

“I see. I really wish that I could give you something to help with that! We might
want to take another X-Ray soon, to see if there is any more damage to his
stomach. Would that be alright with you, Jacob?” Carlisle asked kindly.

Daddy answered by responding “Sure” for him. Then daddy carefully picked him
up & brought him over to the X-Ray table. I held his hand as grandpa did the X-
Ray. The results showed that there was still a lot of venom in his stomach, &
grandpa said that we should get it out, but probably after it was out of his blood.
That’s when it started to get questionable, because grandpa didn’t know if, he
could keep going, mommy didn’t know either.

“I could do it!” I exclaimed as everyone was arguing over if they could do it or not.

“I don’t know Renesmee…” drifted grandpa.

“I could keep going though! I love him more than anything, & I don’t want him to
die!” I exclaimed loudly with a shaky voice. I was on the verge of crying. The
entire time Jacob was taking another nap.

“That might actually be a possibility! Would you really Renesmee?” Questioned

grandpa.

“Yes! I would do anything to save him! I promise that I won’t stop too soon!
Please let me do it!” I whined.

“Alright, if you really think that you could… it will be a lot easier to get the venom
out of his stomach if we don’t have to worry about it in his blood. Then I might
actually be able to give him shots!” Exclaimed Grandpa.

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“Okay then, we will tell him as soon as he wakes up, & see what he thinks about
the idea.” Said daddy sounding very professional.

I was really nervous about if I would stop too soon, but I promised myself that I
wouldn’t stop too soon no matter what! I would find the will to continue! I would
let my Jacob live! He woke up half an hour later, & he agreed to our plan, & said
that he trusted me 100,000% that I wouldn’t stop too soon.

“Are you sure that you want to do this Renesmee? I can find a different method if
you would like!” offered Grandpa.

“No, I can do it! I promise!” I said.

“Are you ready, Jacob?” I asked. He nodded slightly.

“Okay, Renesmee, bite him on the wrist, it will work better that way. Don’t stop
either! I know you can do it!” Exclaimed grandpa.

I gave Jacob a quick kiss before grabbing his hand & biting it. He jumped at the
bite. Daddy held him down although he wasn’t putting up much of a fight. His
blood did taste horrible; it was really thick & tasted just like drinking milk! It was
horrible, it made my stomach churn, but I kept going. After about a minute I
couldn’t taste any more venom in his blood, so I stopped. Daddy grabbed the
bucket for me this time & held my hair as I threw up. That blood was awful, but I
did it! I didn’t stop too soon, I think. When I was done daddy picked me up & held
me in his arms.

“Are you okay, Renesmee?” He asked worried.

“Yup, fine. You’re right though! That was horrible! Did I stop at the right time? I
couldn’t taste anymore venom!” I exclaimed loudly. I glanced at Jacob; he smiled,
but looked worried.

“I’m okay, Jacob, don’t worry. How are you feeling now?” I asked him sweetly.
Grandpa was putting some gauze & tape over the place where my teeth went in.
now he would have a scar just like mommy & uncle jasper!

Daddy still answered for him, but was smiling.

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“He feels a little better! I think he is getting some of his color back too! Still pale,
but not like a ghost anymore! Would you like to get the venom out of your
stomach now or after a nap?” daddy asked.

“Okay, before your nap I want to check your temperature real quick.” Told daddy.

He took Jacob’s temperature, & it was at 113! 3 degrees less than before! That
must be helping him.

“You can go to sleep now if you would like, glad you are doing a little better!” said
daddy to Jacob.

Jacob closed his eyes, & I could tell that he was in a deeper sleep now. I was
pretty tired myself, so I went to daddy’s old bedroom & went to sleep on the big
king sized bed that was there. Mommy said that she would wake me up when
Jacob did. I drifted off to sleep within minutes…

“Renesmee. Jacob is awake.” She said as she gently rubbed my back.

“Okay, thanks.” I yawned.

“You’re welcome. I don’t know if you want to see him right now though. They are
getting all the venom out of his stomach. Grandpa has other methods that he
could use, but they just decided to do it the old way. It’s up to you though, he
could probably use a hand to hold right now…” suggested mommy.

“I will go. I agree; he would probably want my hand. How is he doing?” I

questioned.

“Well, the throwing up is making his stomach hurt a lot, & he still has a pretty high
fever, but overall he says that he feels a little better.” She told me.

“Yeah, I know that bothers his stomach a lot. I will hold his hand, or rub his back,
or whatever he wants!” I exclaimed as I was running down the hall. Mommy
followed me.

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I went over to the bed that Jacob was on. He was throwing up, so I went over &
rubbed his back. As soon as I touched him he stopped for a second, but then
continued. When he finished he laid back down for a while.

“How are you holding up Jacob?” asked Grandpa nicely.

“He says that he is okay, I guess, & that his stomach KILLS right now. He wants to
take a break for a couple of minutes if that’s ok…” daddy told grandpa.

“Of course. Would you like anything?” Grandpa asked Jacob.

“He says no thanks,” said daddy.

I rubbed his cheek & he grabbed my hand in his huge, warm hand. We held hands
for a while, until Jacob was ready to go again. Grandpa said that there was only a
little bit of venom left, & that it would be out in one or two more tries. Jacob said
that his stomach hurt really badly, & that the room was spinning so fast that he
had to keep his eyes closed to prevent the pounding headache. I held his hand the
whole time, & rubbed his back when necessary. I could tell that he really didn’t
like his stomach hurting this much, but he only had to do it one more time.
Grandpa gave him the shot, & I rubbed his back. Then he was done. His stomach
was still bothering him though & he still had a fever.

“The venom is still coating the walls of the stomach; it will take a while for it to
dissolve. So your stomach may hurt like this occasionally. You might also get the
fever with it. If it happens, then try to lie down for a while, or you can see me too
if it’s really bad. Also, try to stay away from eating or drinking… or just food or
water in general, so it doesn’t upset your stomach. You won’t be able to be in the
pack for a couple of weeks, or to school.” Told grandpa.

“He wants to be in the pack.” Said Daddy kindly.

“Well, he can be in a couple of weeks, we just have to make sure that his fever is
down, & that his stomach is a little better.” Commanded grandpa.

“He says that will be fine with him. He wants to know if he can take a nap now…”
Daddy translated for Jacob.

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“Of course. That can only help. How do you feel now?” Asked Grandpa.
Daddy answered, “His stomach is feeling a little better, but he is still really dizzy.”

“Well the nap will help with that… get some sleep.” Said grandpa.

“Good night, Jacob… I love you!” I exclaimed.

“Love you too,” he whispered really quiet. Then he closed his eyes & went to
sleep…

Surprises
It’s been a month since I sucked out the venom from Jacob’s blood. He has been
doing a little better, but his stomach still bothers him quite a lot. He will typically
just lie down for a while & take a nap. Sometimes he gets a fever to go with it, but
that’s only happened a couple of times.

His stomach hasn’t been hurting him as bad lately, so we decided to go to school
starting on Monday. (It’s Saturday right now.) Today Aunt Alice took me shopping
for school supplies, & my own Cullen crest! Mommy got hers right after the
Volturi came, hers was a necklace, like Roses, but it was a locket & smaller. Inside
she had a picture of daddy, Jacob, her, & me! It was really nice, because it said
“Forever” in it, which was very true! I wonder what mine will be.

I found a lot of school supplies, like a pink binder with a place to put pictures; I
had one of the entire family… including Jacob, who was taking me out for the
dinner we missed last time. My favorite thing though was my crest! It was a gold
ring, with the crest on the front, with diamonds going around the edges! It’s so
pretty! I am wearing it tonight, along with the dress that I bought at the mall with
Aunt Alice before Jacob got bit. Jacob moved into the cottage with mommy,
daddy, & I, so now I have a really big bed in my room!

“Are you ready to go, Nessie?” Asked Jacob sweetly as he leaned against a tree.
Ever since I was born he has been talking kinder, especially to me! We were going
to take his Rabbit there, all though both of us would prefer to run.

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“Yes, let me just say good bye to mommy & daddy…” I said.

“Bye mommy, bye daddy… see you at 11,” I said as I hugged each of them. Daddy
had a little smile on his face, but I didn’t know why…

“Have fun sweetie,” Said mommy as I walked out the door & ran into Jacob’s
warm arms & gave him a hug.

“I love you Jacob!” I cheered at him.

“More than anything else in the world! I love you too!” he exclaimed, and then
we both ran through the forest to the Rabbit.

Jacob held my door open for me to get into.

“Thanks,” I said as I hopped in.

We went to the restaurant & just made it for our 7:00 dinner reservations. After
dinner we were going to go to First Beach.

The dinner was just like any other dinner… we talked, & ordered our favorite
foods… Jacob had the buffet, because otherwise he probably wouldn’t get enough
food! The owners of the restaurant were Quil’s parents; they opened it just a little
under a year ago, & knew that I liked eggs, & only eggs, so they made them for
me every time I went. After dinner Jacob had a chocolate cake, I took a few bites
of it, it wasn’t horrible… I just didn’t really like it. Then we headed down to First
beach…

“Did you like your dinner, Nessie?” He asked kindly.

“Yes, it was really good!” I exclaimed loudly.

Then we were at a tree that leaned over the ocean… one that was bleached to an
almost white by the seawater. He led me to sit down there.

“Why are we here?” I asked confused.

“There is a story behind this tree, would you like to hear it?” He asked.

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I nodded my head.

“This is your mom & my tree. When your dad left your mom it left her in a deep
depression… you’ve heard about that part though. Well, your mom always came
to this tree when she would go to the beach. This is the tree that we sat at when I
told her about vampires & werewolves, little did I know that these legends were
true,” He let out a laugh, & continued, “ I thought that with all the things that
have happened at this tree I thought it would be the best place to do this…
Renesmee Carlie Cullen, you mean the world to me, & nothing less. You brighten
each of my days with light… will you marry me?” He asked with a hopeful look.

O MY GOD!!! I can’t believe that this is happening!!!!

“YES!!!! Oh, yes, yes, YES! A thousand times yes!” I shrieked & jumped into his
russet colored arms!

“Glad you said yes! Now give me your hand!” He said. I gave him my left hand, &
he slid the ring on my finger! It was gold, just like my crest. In the center there
was the most beautiful diamond that I had ever seen, it had 2 other diamonds on
either side of it, all of them sparkly in the light of the full moon! When I looked
closer there was something written on it… Forever… repeated over & over!

“Do you like it? It was my mom’s ring… I added on the engraving.” He asked me.

“I love it! I love you!” I said & reached in to kiss him.

“I love you too! Now we had better head back to the house… your mom is going
to be worrying about where you are!” He exclaimed as he picked me up & we ran
to his house first.

“Dad? Its Jacob… & Nessie. You in here?” He asked very near yelling.

“Jacob! I am so glad to see you! Are you feeling better? Hi, Nessie!” He exclaimed
loudly.

“Yes, as good as new! Those vamps’ sure to come in handy! We have to tell you
something… you already know, but we still want to tell you!” He exclaimed.

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“Ok, shoot!” He said.

“We are getting married!” We both exclaimed loudly.

“Congratulations!” He shouted, & wheeled his chair over to give each of us a hug.

“Can we have your blessing then, Dad?” Asked Jacob.

“Of course! Now you better get going! Nessie has to get home soon!” He yelled.

“Oh ya, right. Well bye dad! Will see you soon!” Said Jacob as we were racing out
of the door.

“Bye!” Was all I could manage to say as he pulled me along quickly.

“We should tell everyone in the House first…” I told Jacob! I was sure that Alice
already had a vision about it, but I bet that Rose would want to know, since she
was like my second mom.

“Okay, that would probably be a good idea,” he said just as we pulled into the
garage.

We went through the doors.

“Rose, Alice, Esme, Carlisle, Emmett, Jasper can you come down here, I have to
tell you something!” I said in a no more than normal voice. I didn’t want to give
them any hints. In an instant they were all downstairs, including mommy &
daddy!

“I am getting married!!!! Can we have all of your blessings?” I asked/shouted.

Everyone ran over to us & hugged us & yelled Congratulations! Everyone said yes!

“So when is the wedding going to be, where is it going to be? Can I plan it?!?!”
Asked Aunt Alice.

“I have no idea, where ever, & whenever you want it! So yes! You can do it!” I
yelled as I gave her a big hug.

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“Well, probably either after the school year, or during vacation… maybe Christmas
time… Yes! That would be perfect! We will have it during Christmas break! You
can even take time off of school for your honeymoon! Not telling where it is yet,
although I already know!” She half shrieked!

Sounds good to me! How about you Jacob, what do you think about it?” I asked
glancing over.

“I like it, but I think that you should tell me where I am going!” He said.

“Fine! Come upstairs… Renesmee, cover your ears! Bella, make sure she does!”
commanded Aunt Alice as she pulled Jacob up the stairs.

Mommy put her hands around my ears, so I couldn’t hear anything! I wish I knew!
3 minutes later they came back downstairs, Jacob was smiling my favorite smile,
so I knew that it was somewhere both of us would like.

“Well, you’ll like it, I know that for sure!” Said Jacob still smiling.

School
The rest of the weekend was pretty uneventful, other than Aunt Alice going over
all the plans with us. I was so happy that when Monday came I didn’t even want
to go to school. I had to though, considering that we already missed a month!

“Jacob! Renesmee! Time to go!” Yelled mommy.

“Coming,” We both yelled at the same time. Then we laughed & went to the car.
Jacob & I were taking the Rabbit, Mommy, Daddy, Jasper, & Alice were taking the
Volvo, & Rose & Emmett were taking the BMW convertible.

“Are you looking forward to your first day of school?” Asked Jacob as we drove
quickly down the highway.

“I look forward to anything, as long as you are there!” I smiled, & then kissed him
lightly on the cheek. I was really mad, because mommy said that I couldn’t wear
my engagement ring! Which then again nobody from our family except for Carlisle
& Esme could wear wedding bands, or engagement rings… that might look a little

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strange. I had my cast off my arm now, which I was glad was off! That thing was
so itchy!

“I agree! We are almost there, see it?” He asked. I hadn’t even realized how close
the school was when you were driving at like 200mph! The school had green &
white brick walls (guess those were the school colors…), & there was a sign that
said Port Angeles High School, Home of the Roughriders… also a strange name.

“Sweet!” I exclaimed. We found a parking place, & then went to the office to sign
in. The office lady’s name was Mrs. Garcia, & she seemed to be Mexican, because
of her accent. When she saw us walk in her eyes practically bugged out of her
eyes, & she blushed, as she looked at all the boys in my family, great!

“How may I help you?” She finally managed to say in a heavy Spanish accent.

“We are new here, Cullen, & Black family. We just moved down from Alaska a
week ago.” Explained Daddy. I would have to be really careful not to say Daddy &
Mommy out loud! That wouldn’t turn out so good!

“Oh, yes. We have been expecting you. Here are your schedules, & a map of the
school. You need to get this paper signed by all your teachers & bring it back at
the end of the day. Nice to meet you, & have a good day.” She said.

Daddy gave us each one of the sheets as we walked. I touched his head to ask
what Mrs. Garcia was thinking.

“She was thinking about how nice looking out family was… she kept saying, their
too young, their too young, over & over in her head. It was quite funny. Well class
is going to start soon, we will see you guys at lunch… have fun!” He said as he &
mommy walked to their next class. Everyone else dispersed & went to their
classes as well.

“Ready?” Jacob asked me.

“Yes, we might want to hurry though. Daddy… I mean Edward said that we only
had a couple of minutes. That is going to take some getting used too!” I exclaimed
as we walked.

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Our first class was Biology, Daddy said that this was the class when he first met
my mom, but I really hated it! It kept dragging on & on! I already knew all this
stuff, & everyone else looked confused, except for Jacob. Our teacher’s name was
Mr. Calvary, he was very strict, & kept a frown on his face the whole time. I
glanced around at all the students in the classroom… there was a girl sitting at the
table next to me. She was staring at me with a jealous look on her face. I found
out that her name was Samantha, & that the other girl sitting next to her was
named Annie. I was getting sick of her staring at me, so I looked away & looked at
the rest of the people in the room. There was a boy sitting at the table to the left
of ours, who was also staring at us. But he didn’t seem like he was jealous, just
curious. His name was Jordan. The boy sitting next to him was named Kevin, but
they didn’t really seem like friends. I only knew their names, because the teacher
asked them a question. Then the bell rang… Jacob & I got up & went out the door.

“That was really boring! That girl named Samantha kept staring at me, &
whispering to the Annie about who we were, & how pretty we were! It bugged
me! That Jordan kid, kept staring too, but he just looked curious…” I explained to
Jacob.

“Yeah, it was really boring, I swear that I know that Jordan kid from somewhere,
but I don’t know where…” He said lost in thought. Then he said, “ No, that can’t
be him, he lives in Canada…” explained Jacob to himself.

“Wait, how do you know him?” I asked wondering.

“It can’t be him, but there was a kid named Jordan in another pack up in British
Columbia… the Laxgibuu tribe. Their name even means ‘wolf’ but I can’t believe
that it would be him. There are plenty of Jordan’s’ in the world!” He explained
with a chuckle.

Our next class was Geometry… another class that both Jacob & I hated! The
Jordan kid was in that class too, & he kept staring at us. The teachers name in that
class was Mrs. Vanjo. After, that class then we had History… I actually liked history
class, because we learned about things that a lot of my family lived through! The
teachers name was Mr. Bart, he was an okay teacher, that told a lot of funny

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jokes, but I could see that he had a mean side to him as well. Jordan was also in
this class… I wondered if he was in all of my classes!

After history class was done we all met up at lunch! We found a table towards the
back of the room. Jacob was the only one eating though. The school didn’t serve
eggs, so no lunch for me… Everyone was staring at us with jealous & wondering
eyes. I could hear the tables next to us talking about that we were from Alaska, &
Jacob was a family friend that came with us, because his parents supposedly died
in a car accident… the stories were catching on now. Then Daddy tensed, he must
have heard something bad going through someone’s thoughts.

“What is it Da- Edward?” I quickly corrected.

“There is a boy at the table next to us who is interested in Bella…” He said

furiously. Mommy blushed & grabbed Daddy’s hand to settle him down. He
relaxed a little.

“I swear that if one more person thinks about you or Bella in that way again I am
going to rip their throats out! Sorry Rose, & Alice, it’s up to Emmett & Jasper if
they would enjoy ripping the throats out of the boys at that table… they have
really nasty thoughts!” Exclaimed Daddy. I froze, he said mommy & me… that
meant that one of the boys was interested in me… I looked at Jacob; his whole
body was shaking, ready to turn into his wolf form… Jordan was looking from
across the lunchroom with worried & curious eyes.

“Settle down, Jacob. Calm down. How do you think it would turn out if you just
suddenly turned into a wolf… please calm down?” I asked nicely, while grabbing
his hand. He closed his eyes & then let go of my hand & rubbed his temples really
hard. I hadn’t seen him so in angry in a while. When he was calm enough he
whispered to me, “Thanks.”

“You’re welcome. Lunch is almost over, want to go to class now?” I asked.

“Sure.” He said as both of us got up.

I glanced back at Jordan; he was sitting all alone at a table. He watched as we

walked out holding hands.

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“That Jordan kid keeps staring at us!” I complained as we walked into our next
class.

“I bet that he is just curious.” Said Jacob.

The rest of the school week went by just the same… & Jordan wouldn’t stop
staring! I was really getting frustrated! It was now Friday, & we were at lunch. I
glanced towards the table that he was sitting at, still alone, still watching us…

“Edward! This is really bugging me! What is that Jordan kid thinking about?” I
asked quietly, but with a sense of annoyance clouding my voice.

“Let me see… huh, that’s strange, I can’t hear his thoughts!” Exclaimed daddy,
although he was still whispering.

“All the more to believe that he is from the pack in British Columbia! They have a
special ability to block out all vampires extra abilities, but who knows, maybe he is
like Bella used to be…” Smirked Jacob.

“This is really getting me mad! We could go introduce ourselves; it looks like he

might need a friend…” I suggested.

“Okay, that’s not a bad idea.” Said Daddy.

“I will go too… just in case.” Said Jacob with worry covering his voice. I knew that
he was thinking that if Jordan was a werewolf, then he might phase because I was
half vampire.

Jacob & I walked to the table where Jordan was sitting. He glanced up at us, &
smiled a kind smile.

“Hi, I am Renesmee, this is Jacob. We noticed that you were sitting alone, &
wondered if you wanted us to sit with you…” I offered.

“Nice to meet you Renesmee… Jacob. I am Jordan. Yes, I would like that very
much.” Said Jordan just as kind as his smile was.

“So are you new here like us?” I asked. Jacob was holding my hand under the
table.

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“Yes, I moved down here from British Columbia. Where are you from? You have
an absolutely beautiful family!” he exclaimed, but was still being very kind &
careful.

“We are from Alaska. Thank you.” I said sweetly.

“So, Jacob. Tell me something about yourself. I know that you have a different last
name, & was wondering how you ended up being with the Cullen’s…” he
prompted nicely.

“I am a good friend of Renesmee, Bella, & Edward. My parents died in a car

accident a couple years ago, & Carlisle took me in. Tell me about your family…”
Jacob prompted. I could tell that he was very curious, but kept his voice calm &
sincere.

“Well, the rest of my family still lives in British Columbia; I decided to go on my

own for a while.” He said being very careful not to over emphasize family.

“Well, we had better go to our next class; it was nice meeting you Jordan.” Said
Jacob kindly.

“I suppose that it is time for our next class. It was nice meeting you too Jacob…
Renesmee.” He said as he walked off.

“He seemed really nice, but I think he is hiding something…” I said as we walked
to our next class.

“I agree… I am beginning to wonder if he is really part of the pack… that would be

interesting if he was, our packs have been friends since they first started!” Said
Jacob.

New Friend
During the weekend Aunt Alice made wedding plans, & she bought a dress for
me, I still didn’t know what it looked like, but Aunt Alice said that it would be
perfect! Jacob’s stomach was bothering him on Saturday, so he slept for most of

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the day. On Sunday he said that he felt like new again, but I could help but worry
about him going to school Monday!

“Time to go!” yelled mommy as she was getting into daddy’s car.

“Coming!” I yelled as we broke through the ferns & hopped into the Rabbit.

“We should talk to Jordan again, learn more about him…” I offered.

“Sure, sure.” He said as we raced to the school.

“Are you sure you feel okay?” I asked to just make sure.

“Yep, 100% good. Don’t worry; I would let you know if my stomach was bothering
me.” Said Jacob sweetly.

“Okay…” I said just as we pulled into the school.

First & second hour were as boring as ever! I couldn’t wait until history. I was
practically bouncing in my seat wanting the clock to move faster.

“Settle down, Nessie. The bell will ring soon enough,” Said Jacob. His voice
seemed off. I glanced at him. He smiled, but I could tell that he was slightly paler
than his normal russet brown color.

“You okay? You’re a little pale!” I asked calmly.

“Yeah, I am fine.” He said.

“Are you sure?” I asked just to be sure; maybe I was just imagining things…

“My stomach hurts a little, but nothing bad. I will be fine.” He said calmly.

“Okay… well let me know if it starts to hurt more.” I told him.

“Sure, sure.” He said. Then the bell rang. We headed off to History! I was too
worried about Jacob that I wasn’t that exited anymore. I kept glancing at him to
make sure it wasn’t getting any worse. He was getting paler, & he now had his
hand pressing firmly against his stomach.

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“Really, Jacob, are you okay?” I asked worried.

Jordan glanced our way, but when he saw that I was looking at him, he turned his
head quickly away.

“Yes, it just hurts. I think that it is getting worse though. Don’t worry, I can handle
it.” He whispered in a pained voice. We were talking so quietly that we could only
hear each other… at least I thought. Jordan looked back at us with a concerned
look on his face, as though he had just heard everything we had said.

“Seriously, Carlisle said to lie down if your stomach was bothering you, plus lunch
is next hour.” I said reminding him of what Carlisle had told him.

“And where am I supposed to lie down? Really, Nessie, I am fine.” He said, but I
could tell that he wasn’t. He turned even paler & grabbed at his stomach more
firmly. Just then the teacher was going to ask me a question. We were learning
about the Spanish Influenza spread in Chicago around 1918… something that
would have killed my dad if it weren’t for Carlisle. I knew all about this.

I heard the teacher mutter under his breath, “another sucker, she isn’t even
paying attention…!” He said.

Then he said very quietly purposefully, so I couldn’t hear… well I wasn’t supposed
to anyway, this would be fun! “What was it that spread across Chicago killing
many people?”

I answered with a loud voice “the Spanish Influenza!” The teacher was stunned
that I heard his question & answered correctly, a couple of people jumped at how
I answered so fast & loud.

“We could go to the nurse’s office; you could probably lay down there!” I
suggested.

“And what am I supposed to tell the nurse? She would send me straight to a
hospital if she felt my temperature. And I can’t just tell her, oh, my temperature is
so high, because I am a werewolf. Oh, yeah, & my stomach hurts & I am dizzy,
because I got bit by a vampire in the stomach… I would have died if it wasn’t for

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my fiancés vampire family for saving me, Yeah that would go well!” He said, &
then clutched his stomach harder. I touched his arm… his skin was blazing hot! I
glanced at Jordan & he had the most horrified face in the world, a mix of being
scared, worried, & relieved.

“I guess that wouldn’t go to well…” I said to Jacob.

“No, not really…” He trailed off. He was getting paler, almost an entire shade
below his normal color.

“We could get mommy & daddy. Daddy could drive you home.” I said calmly. I
glanced over at Jordan again. It looked like he was anxious to hear the next part.

“I don’t think that Bella & Edward could get over here right now. They have class…
although I am sure that Edward can hear what I am thinking right now… there’s a
possibility!” Said Jacob lost in thought. Jordan was staring at me with a very
surprised look on his face. There was only one way that he could be hearing this
conversation.

“Jacob, I think that Jordan kid is from the pack in British Columbia… he keeps
staring at us like he can hear everything we are saying.” I told Jacob alarmed.

“Could be, question him on it.” He suggested.

“Jordan, I know that this may sound strange, but are you from the pack in British
Columbia?” I asked a little embarrassed.

He hesitated, but answered with a sigh, “Yes, so let me get this straight, your
family are vampires… & you are engaged to a werewolf… how exactly does that
work? Is Jacob alright?”

“I am actually half human, but yes. The pack & my family are kind of friends after
they fought a couple of battles with us, & also they can’t do anything to my family
because Jacob imprinted on me 2 years ago. I don’t know. He got bit by a vampire
in the stomach on patrol about a month ago, we got the venom out of his blood
by sucking it out, but there is still some in his stomach…” I explained.

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“How are you half human? I heard Jacob say that Edward could probably ‘hear’
what you were thinking right now… what does that mean? Venom in the
stomach! That’s really got to kill! Are you okay Jacob? Do you want any help with
anything?” Jordan offered.

Jacob let me talk first.

“Well my mom… Bella & my dad… Edward, they fell in love, but to make things
short, my mom was still human, & they got married & went on their honeymoon,
& my mom got pregnant with me. She gave birth to me while she was still
human… she almost died, but Jacob & my dad saved her. Jacob & my mom were
best friends. My dad, mom, Alice, Jasper, & I all have extra abilities. You block
them, kind of like my mom… well, my dad can read minds, my mom is a shield
against a mental attack, she saved us from the Volturi when I was born, and do
you know who they are? Alice can see the future, Jasper can control people’s
emotions around him, & I can touch someone & tell them what I am thinking, as
well as go through any shield, I got the opposite of my mom & dad’s gifts…” I
explained.

Then Jacob spoke.

“Yeah, it does kill! I don’t think that I could walk without like falling the way that
the room is spinning right now, if you could help me with that, I am sure that
Edward & Bella will be outside the door…” Told Jacob. He kept getting paler, I felt
his arm again, and his temperature was rising.

“Yeah, no problem. Man, you are really getting pale! And yes, I do know who the
Volturi are, why were they after you?” Asked Jordan.

“Well, when I was born, there was this vampire named Irina, she saw me in the
woods with Jacob, & was mad at Jacob because he & the pack killed Laurent, that
was the name of the vampire that she loved… she thought that I was an immortal
child, & told the Volturi. You aren’t allowed to bite a baby, so the Volturi were
going to try to kill us… but mommy saved us!” I explained.

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Just then the teacher asked Jacob a question about how many people died in the
Spanish Influenza outbreak in Chicago in 1918. I knew this, I whispered him the
answer, & he said it out loud, straightening up so the teacher wouldn’t send him
to the nurse.

“About 8,500 people,” said Jacob.

“Correct!” Said the teacher, I heard him mutter under his breath… “What do they
teach these kids in Alaska?!?!”

“Wow! That’s pretty amazing! The bell is going to ring soon!” Said Jordan. 10
seconds later it did ring. I knew that Mommy & Daddy were running as fast as
they could to us. Jordan walked over to us, like we were good friends, & both
Jordan & I hooked are arms around Jacob’s & made it look natural as we carried
almost all of his weight to the door. Mommy & Daddy were there both looking
worried. They took in how pale Jacob was… I was sure that Daddy already knew
everything about Jordan.

“Thank you, Jordan. We can take it from here.” Said Daddy sweetly.

“You look awful Jake!” Exclaimed Mommy trying not to say it too loud.

“I don’t feel so great either!” whispered Jacob.

“Would you like me to drive you back to the house, or do you want to stay?”
Asked Daddy; although I was pretty sure that he already knew the answer.

“Probably be best if I go back to the house, I don’t think I would hold up to well
watching everyone eating…” explained Jacob still whispering.

“Okay, Bella, you stay here, I will see you after school. Love you.” Said Daddy as
he quickly kissed mommy on the cheek.

“Can I come D- Edward?” I asked quickly correcting myself, although there was
nobody here.

“Of course!” Said Daddy as we started to walk away.

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“I will see you later Jacob… Renesmee, hope you feel better Jacob!” Said Jordan in
no more than a whisper. He & mommy were walking to lunch together; no doubt
that he would be sitting at our table from now on!

“How are you doing Jacob? You are really pale!” Said Daddy as we were walking
into the parking lot.

“My stomach kills, & I am really dizzy! I can handle it though.” Said Jacob, I could
tell that he was trying to stay tough.

“Okay, well you can lie down in the car if you want. Do you think that the car ride
will get you sick at all?” Asked Daddy.

“Thanks, I don’t think so, I think that only food & water does that, but I don’t
know for sure…” Said Jacob.

“Okay, well just let me know…” Said Daddy as he helped Jacob into the car. I sat
next to him in the back, & he lay down with his head in my lap. I ran my hand
along his cheek, & told him that everything would be fine.

“I know. I love you,” said Jacob.

“I love you too Jacob! How are you doing?” I asked.

“Okay, lying down is helping a lot.” Said Jacob.

“Well I am glad.” I told him.

Worries
The car ride back to the house seemed like it was taking forever! It was a good
thing that Jacob didn’t want to stay, because his stomach was bothering almost as
much as it did when he first got bit! When we were about half way to the house
Jacob’s skin turned a light green color. Daddy handed me a bag & I rubbed Jacob’s
back until he was done. Guess that the car didn’t really help his stomach. We
were finally home! Daddy helped Jacob get out of the car & held him as he walked
through the front door. I held Jacob’s hand the whole time.

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“Carlisle? Jacob needs you.” He said in a regular & calm voice.

Grandpa was there in no time.

“Stomach bothering him again?” Asked Grandpa.

“Yeah, pretty bad this time… I think that he has a fever too.” Explained Daddy.

“Well, bring him up to my office & we will see…” Said Grandpa as we went
upstairs. Daddy put Jacob on the bed in the middle of the room & put a quilt on
him so he wouldn’t get cold.

“How do you feel Jacob? How long ago did this start?” Asked Grandpa.

Daddy answered for him. “ He says that his stomach hurts just like when he was
bit, & he is really dizzy. It started about an hour & a half ago. There is another
werewolf in the school, Jordan, who helped him.”

“Oh! Really? Where is he from?” Asked Grandpa curiously.

“A pack in British Columbia. He seems really nice…” Said Daddy.

“Okay, well would you like to try a shot or just get some sleep?” Offered Grandpa.

“He wants to know if the shot will upset his stomach at all?” Asked Daddy for
Jacob.

“Well, I really can’t be sure. Its up to you if you want to risk it…” Said Grandpa.

“He said that he would try.” Said Daddy.

“Okay, we will start with one for the dizziness,” said Grandpa as he dug through
his bag.

“Are you sure you want to try that, Jacob?” I asked worried. I remembered how
the shots before made him so sick; I didn’t want that to happen again.

“I am sure…” He whispered.

“Okay, I will still be holding your hand!” I reassured him.

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“I know you will be.” Jacob said flatly. I could tell that his stomach must really be
bothering him again.

Then Grandpa came back with the shot. Jacob took a deep breath before Grandpa
gave him the shot. It didn’t work to well…

“You okay?” I asked worried.

He nodded his head.

“He wants to know if he can sleep now,” asked Daddy.

“Yes, just let me check your temperature first,” Said grandpa as he got the
thermometer from his bag. Jacob’s temperature was at 114 degrees!

“No wonder you are so pale & dizzy. Sorry about the shot, I thought that it might
actually work because there is no more venom in your blood…” apologized
grandpa.

“He says that its okay, & that it was worth a try.” Explained Daddy.

“You can go to sleep now if you want.” Offered Grandpa.

Jacob nodded, & then went to sleep. I stood by his bed still holding his hand. I
hated to see him sick like this…

Jacob woke up about 3 hours later. He was getting some of his color back, but was
still pretty pale.

“Did you have a nice nap? How do you feel?” I asked sweetly.

“Yeah. I feel a little better my stomach still kills. Where’s Edward & Carlisle?” He
questioned.

“They are downstairs, Jordan is here, he wanted to talk to you when you woke up.
Would that be okay with you?” I asked.

“Yeah.” He was all he said.

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“Daddy, Jacob is awake!” I said in a normal voice. Within 2 seconds daddy was by
my side.

“How are you doing? Jordan came to see how you are feeling, is it ok if he comes
up?” Asked Daddy.

I was assuming that Jacob told daddy what he told me, because a few seconds’
later Jordan & Grandpa came in the room, followed by mommy.

“Hi, Jacob. How are you doing?” Asked Jordan still using that kind voice that he
used before.

“A little better, you know that you didn’t have to come here,” said Jacob.

“I know.” Said Jordan.

“You have quite an amazing family might I say! I never actually thought that I
would like vampires!” Said Jordan adding on to what he said before.

“Thanks.” Said Jacob with a pain filled voice. Jordan picked it up quickly.

“I am sorry, I will be quiet for a while.” He said understandingly.

“I can translate for you if you want me to, Jacob.” Offered Daddy.

“Ok.” I heard Jacob whisper.

“So do you think that you will be at school tomorrow?” Questioned Jordan.

“He doubts it, but he says that it all depends on how he feels tomorrow…”
Explained Daddy for Jacob.

“Wow, I didn’t know the extent of your gift! That was rather amazing! I
understand Jacob.” He said kindly. He talked kind of strange, almost like Grandpa
did… I wonder how old his pack is?

“Would you like me to ask, Renesmee?” Offered Daddy.

“Sure, but I will… Jordan how old is your pack? How old are you?” I asked
wondering.

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“The pack that I am in formed around the 1800’s, I was born in 1810.” He said
waiting for me to be surprised, I wasn’t that surprised, Jasper was born in the
1800’s, and Grandpa was born in the 1600’s!

“And how old are you Renesmee?” Asked Jordan.

“About 2 years old…” I said blushing.

“I see, well you are quite grown up! How old is the rest of your family?” He
questioned.

“Well, Grandpa was born in the 1640’s, Uncle Jasper was born in 1843, Grandma
Esme was born in 1895, Aunt Alice & Daddy were born in 1901, Rosalie& Uncle
Emmett were born in 1915, Mommy was born in 1987, and Jacob was born in
1990!” I said in a jumble of words.

“Wow! So how old is the wolf pack that you are in now, Jacob?” Asked Jordan.

“He says that it started to actually be a pack about 3 years ago, but there were
packs before his.” Explained Daddy.

“So a relatively new pack. Who is the Alpha?” Asked Jordan, it seemed so strange
to have someone else know about all this… even if he was a werewolf.

“Sam Uley is, but Jacob is supposed to be by blood. He just doesn’t want to have
that kind of responsibility on his shoulders.” Explained Daddy, I doubted that
Jacob even had to tell him anything!

“I see. I am also supposed to be the Alpha of my pack, but I agree with you that I
don’t want that kind of responsibility.” Said Jordan.

Then he added. “I had better get going; feel better, Jacob, & it was nice meeting
you all. I will see you soon.” Said Jordan as he left.

“Bye.” Everyone said in unison, even Jacob let out a little whisper.

When he was gone we started talking.

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“He seems very kind. It was nice of him to come & see how Jacob was doing.” Said
Grandpa with his usual tone.

“Yeah, he seems nice. That’s not such a bad idea Jacob…” Said Daddy.

“What is it Jacob?” I asked.

“He is thinking that maybe Jordan could fill in for him when his stomach is
bothering him. He would be a good influence on the pack, with how old he is.”
Explained Daddy.

“That would be a good idea; you should mention it to Sam when you feel better.”
I said.

“He will do that.” Said Daddy.

Jacob slept for the rest of the day, & towards the middle of the night his stomach
was hurting him so bad that Grandpa had to try to give him a shot, of course that
only made him throw up, but he said that his stomach felt a little better after that.
It was now around seven in the morning, & Jacob’s stomach was still bothering
him a lot! It hadn’t bothered him this much or for this long since he actually got
bit. Grandpa wanted to take another X-Ray, just to be sure that the venom would
fade away, & that Jacob would have to have surgery to get the venom out… I
didn’t want that to happen.

“How are you feeling, Jacob?” Asked Grandpa.

“He says that his stomach hurts a lot, & that he is still really dizzy! The dizziness
isn’t helping his stomach that much either.” Explained Daddy.

“I see. Then I suppose that you want to miss school today correct?” Asked
Grandpa sweetly.

“He thinks that it would probably be a good idea.” Said Daddy.

“Alright, that’s fine. I will call the school. Bella, would you like to stay with
Edward, or go to school?” Offered Grandpa to mommy.

“I think I will stay, if that’s okay?” Said Mommy.

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“I can stay too right?” I asked with an urgent tone to my voice.

“Of course, Jacob needs you. Everyone else can go to school though, someone will
have to sit with Jordan, & tell him about how Jacob is doing!” Said Grandpa as he
was walking to the kitchen to call the school.

Jacob’s temperature rose a little over the night too, now it was at 116! Same
temperature as when he was bit, but he said that the pain wasn’t as bad. Mommy
tried to lower his fever by keeping one of her icy hands on Jacob’s head, but had
to stop after a couple of seconds because it made Jacob shiver.

Jacob turned a shade of green, & Daddy grabbed the bucket just in time for Jacob
to throw up. He wasn’t kidding about the spinning making his stomach worse. I
rubbed his back, when he was done I gently brushed my hand across his cheek.

“You okay, Jacob?” I asked calmly.

“He says yes, it’s just the spinning really isn’t helping with anything.” Explained
Daddy.

“You should go to sleep for a while then; it might help a little…” I suggested.

“He doesn’t think that he can right now. His stomach hurts too much.” Told
daddy. Then Grandpa came back.

“Okay, I called the school. If anyone asks where you were, just say that you were
sick. How are you doing Jacob?” Asked Grandpa with worries filled eyes. I knew
that it really frustrated him that he couldn’t do anything to help!

“His stomach isn’t holding up to well. The spinning isn’t helping that much
either…” Said daddy.

“I really wish that I could help… do you think your stomach is settled enough for
an X-Ray?” Asked Grandpa.

“He says not really, but that it will probably only get worse, so we might as well
do it now.” Explained Daddy.

“Okay, can you bring him over then, Edward?” Questioned Grandpa.

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“Of course.” Said Daddy as he gently picked up Jacob & carried him over to the X-
Ray table. I held his hand, & Mommy gently stroked his cheek, being careful not
to make him cold.

Grandpa took the X-Ray, & it turned out that the venom would dissolve
eventually, but it would take more time than we were thinking it would. He
couldn’t find any need to do surgery though, which was good.

“It’s okay, Jacob you will be better soon…” I encouraged him.

“He knows,” Said Daddy.

“I love you Jacob!” I said & carefully kissed him on the cheek.

“He loves you too.” Said daddy.

The rest of the day was pure torture! It was definitely a good thing that Jacob
didn’t go to school, because he spent a lot of his day throwing up into the bucket.
I always rubbed his back, & encouraged him that everything would be all right. He
finally went to sleep around eight at night, & woke up at midnight feeling a lot
better. His temperature was down to 112 now, so he was only 3 or 4 degrees
higher than normal now. I decided that I should go to sleep now, considering I
hadn’t slept for 36 hours! Mommy was worried about me getting sick with the
lack of sleep, so I got the little chair from Daddy’s old room & brought it right next
to Jacob, Mommy wrapped a quilt around me, & soon I was asleep…

Mommy woke me up at five-thirty the next morning.

“Good Morning sweetie. Jacob is doing a lot better. He is debating on if he should

go to school today or not. He feels okay, but he still has a slight fever.” Explained
Mommy, I guess that she had moved me to the big bed in daddy’s room
sometime last night.

“Okay, can I go see him?” I asked.

“Sure.” Smiled mommy.

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I walked into the room, & Jacob looked a lot better! He had most of his color back,
although he still looked a little pale.

“Good Morning, Jacob. You look better!” I said & gave him a kiss on the cheek.

“Thanks, I feel better too, but Edward doesn’t think that I should go because I still
have a fever, & food doesn’t really sound that good right now, but I want to go
back!” He said looking at Daddy on the last part.

“Well, what does grandpa think?” I asked.

“He says that if I eat something & can keep it down, then I can go…” He trailed off.

“Well, why don’t you try then?” I asked.

“I will now that you are awake, but it still doesn’t sound very appealing to me
right now!” He said. I could tell that he was almost himself, but not wanting to eat
was so not Jacob’s normal self. I agreed with Daddy on this one, he should stay.

“You not wanting to eat food… I agree with Daddy, that just isn’t your normal self!
I really wouldn’t try the food, if it doesn’t sound good, you don’t want to start
from the beginning again…” I suggested.

“I want to eat it, so then I can go back to school, plus the pack is getting together
with the campfire stories again to welcome the new kid in the pack Justin, plus I
can offer for Jordan to join us at the campfire! I need to be there!” Said Jacob
frustrated, I could tell that he hated being sick.

“Jacob, you aren’t feeling well, you should just stay here & rest for the day, if you
are doing better tonight, then you can go to the campfire, okay?” I suggested.
Daddy nodded agreeing with my idea.

“I want to try the food, just to show you that I really am fine! If you still want me
to stay, then I will, I just really want to make it to the campfire!” Exclaimed Jacob
loudly.

“Settle down, Jacob.” Was all it said, I don’t even think that he realized that he
was shaking.

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“Sorry, lost it there for a minute.” He apologized.

“S’okay. What if the food does make you sick again though?” I questioned.

“Well, then that’s my fault. I really am fine though.” He said.

Then grandpa came up with some scrambled eggs, one for me & one for Jacob.
Yeah! I love eggs!

“Here you go Renesmee, I thought that you might want something to eat. Jacob,
are you sure that you want to try this? If it doesn’t sound good to you, then it
probably wont do to good in your stomach.” Said grandpa.

“Yes, really I am fine!” he said.

I held his other hand as he tried it. He chewed & swallowed it, but then he turned
a little green. Daddy snatched t he bucket for Jacob. I rubbed his back again. I
knew that this wasn’t a good idea!

“Are you okay, Jacob?” I asked sweetly.

“Yeah, fine. Guess I am staying home again. Carlisle, can I still go to the campfire
tonight?” Jacob asked. Of course he would ask if he could still go to the fire!

“If you are feeling better, then yes. You’ll just have to take it easy on the food.”
Said Carlisle with a slight chuckle.

“K thanks.” He said.

“Sure.” Said Daddy for Jacob I, was assuming that he wanted to go to bed for a
while.

Then he closed his eyes & went to sleep…

The rest of the day went by very slowly. Mommies decided to go to school, so she
could talk to Jordan & invite him to the campfire tonight. Jacob’s temperature
went down to 110, so he was pretty close to normal. He still didn’t want to eat
though… which wasn’t like him at all. It is now only an hour until the campfire.

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“How are you doing, Jacob? Do you still want to go to the campfire?” I asked.

“Good. Yeah, of course I want to go!” He exclaimed.

“Well, do you want to try some eggs or something before you go?” Asked Daddy.

“I don’t care either way.” Said Jacob.

“You should probably try,” suggested Grandpa as he walked in the room with eggs
again.

“Okay, whatever you say.” Told Jacob.

He took a few bites of the eggs, but this time he actually kept them down,
although he said that it didn’t feel too good in his stomach.

“Okay, you can go to the campfire if you would like!” Exclaimed Grandpa, happy
that Jacob was better.

“Can I come, Jacob?” I asked with pleading eyes.

“Of course!” Said Jacob.

Campfire
Daddy drove us down to La Push; just to be sure that Jacob was okay.

“Bye Daddy, will see you later.” I shouted as Jacob & I ran up the little hill & were
at the campfire.

“Jacob! You made it!” Exclaimed Sam when we were in view. I looked around the
campfire, & found Jordan talking with Quil.

“Yup, here I am.” Jacob said.

“Heard about your stomach bothering you again, are you okay?” Asked Sam,
wow, word really got around quickly…

“Yeah, just have to take it easy on the food.” Jacob said.

“Okay, well glad you are feeling better.” Said Sam.

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“Thanks.” Answered Jacob. Then we went to sit next to Jordan.

“Hey, Jordan. How’s school?” Jacob asked with a little smirk on his face.

“Good. How are you doing?” Asked Jordan.

“Good, just cant eat that much.” Said Jacob.

“Okay, that has to be hard.” Replied Jordan.

“Not when you don’t want anything.” Chuckled Jacob.

“I suppose. So, how are you Renesmee?” He asked sweetly.

“Good, better since Jacob is feeling good. You were really worrying me!” I
exclaimed turning to Jacob on the last part.

“I’m sorry.” Apologized Jacob.

“So, what do you do at these campfires anyway?” Asked Jordan.

“We talk about the legends of our tribe, & the story about how we first turned
into werewolves. Its really cool!” Explained Jacob.

“Sweet.” Said Jordan.

The campfire went like it normally did; with everyone eating enough to serve an
entire town… they even had eggs for me! Jacob ate a little bit, but didn’t try to
overdo it. Then, they told the stories about the vampires & werewolves. I fell
asleep halfway through it, with my head on Jacob’s shoulder. He wrapped a warm
arm around me to keep me warm. When I woke up it was time to go! Dang! I
missed it again! Jacob was carrying me to the car it looked like. I was so
comfortable that I just decided to keep sleeping. I put my ear against Jacobs’s
chest & listened to his steady heartbeat. Soon I was asleep…

I guess that I slept through the night, because mommy woke me up around seven
in the morning to go get ready for school. Jacob was already ready, & waiting in
the kitchen when I came downstairs He was eating a big plate of eggs, bacon, &
toast. I was glad that he got his appetite back!

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“I see you have your appetite back! Glad you are feeling better,” I said as I ran
into the kitchen & gave Jacob a big kiss on the cheek.

“Thanks. I feel a whole lot better too! Ready for another torturous day of biology
class?” He asked laughing.

“No, not really! I can’t wait until Christmas break!” I exclaimed.

“Me either! I talked with Sam about Jordan filling in for me when my stomach is
bothering me, & Sam thinks that it will be a good idea! I can’t wait to tell him!”
Exclaimed Jacob.

“I bet that he will like that!” I exclaimed.

After we ate we went to school in Jacob’s Rabbit. We found Jordan right away…

“Hey, Jordan!” Said Jacob when we were close.

“Oh, hey. You look a lot better!” Exclaimed Jordan.

“Thanks, feel a lot better too! Hey, I talked to Sam, & we both think that it would
be a good idea for you to join the pack… if you want. My stomach has been
bothering me a lot lately, so Sam needs someone to fill in for me.” He explained.
Jordan had a smile on his face, must mean that he wants to.

“Okay! That sounds great! Should I meet you somewhere?” He asked.

“In the same place where the campfire was last night. I am so glad that you can
join!” Said Jacob, & then the bell rang, so we had to go to our seats.

The rest of the day went by as slow as ever, with no classes that I really liked
except for History…and Lunch, if you count that as a class! I was now in my last
hour class, which was a Creative Writing Class…

“Today class, we will be writing about mythical creatures. But to start off, can
anyone tell me an example of a mythical creature?” Asked Mrs. Whitmore.

Jordan, Jacob, & I were all smiling. Then we all raised our hands.

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The teacher called on me first. “Renesmee.”

“Vampires.” I said smiling. The teacher had a puzzled expression, but kept going.

“Jordan.” She said.

“Werewolves.” Said Jordan.

“Shape shifters.” Said Jacob.

Daddy had told the Volturi that the pack was shape shifters & not werewolves, so
the Volturi wouldn’t kill us. We still didn’t know if it was true or not.

“Okay, very good. Now can anyone tell me what makes these creatures
impossible to be real?” Asked Mrs. Whitmore.

“Impossible”! Ha-ha! You have all three sitting in this classroom! I shouted in my
head, I was sure Daddy could hear, he would be laughing with me.

“Since you’re so enthusiastic why don’t you start, Renesmee…” Suggested Mrs.
Whitmore. I was going to tell her my opinion.

“Well, first of all, they could be real… so I can’t answer your question, because I
do not agree with you.” I said very matter of fact.

“Well, then tell me why they could be real.” Prompted Mrs. Whitmore.

“Well, for vampires, they could hide their fangs, & look just like any other human.
For werewolves, they would be half human, so if they just stayed inside on nights
with full moons, then they could blend in with everyone else…” This part wasn’t
that true, because I knew that Jacob was a shape shifter, but they still used the
term werewolf. Then I continued, “Shape shifters can also be just like people, I
read a book saying that they only change forms when they are angry, so if they
controlled their temper, then they could fit in.”

“Good Job, Renesmee! You must have read a lot of books. That was excellent.”
Said Mrs. Whitmore.

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No, I am a vampire, & my soon to be husband is a shape shifter who is called a
werewolf by people! I wish I could tell her that, but I would never do that.

“Yes, I have.” I said smiling a little.

For the rest of the class we wrote stories about mythical creatures. Mine was
actually true… well partially. I wrote about a human, & a vampire falling in love, &
then the vampire leaves, leaving the human in a deep depression. That’s when
she acquires a werewolf… or shape shifter best friend. It goes on & on from there.
My mom told me the rest of the story during the weekend, & when Jacob was
sick. It was fascinating, so now I was writing a short version on the paper in front
of me. I had to modify the parts about the vampires being vegetarian, & the
werewolves just changing when they get mad, so the teacher wouldn’t get overly
curious. Then the bell rang, & I handed my paper in & walked out of the class with
Jacob holding my right hand, & Jordan walking on Jacobs right side.

“That was pretty funny!” Said Jacob once we were in the car.

“Yeah. Of course the teacher would pick something like that! What did you write
about?” I asked.

“You & I of course… but I had to change some things. What did you write?” He
said. I completely understood, because I did the same thing.

“Mommy & Daddy’s story… Shortened of course, “Then both of us started

laughing.

Counting Down
It is now only 2 weeks away from Christmas Break! Aunt Alice is sending out
invitations to everyone! Well, nobody from school except for Jordan, but
everyone from the pack will be there, & hopefully all of the clans & nomads that
helped us when the Volturi wanted to kill my family. Alice finally let me try on my
dress yesterday to size it! It was amazing! It was a white strapless dress, with a
lace train, & a layer of lace starting right below the stomach. Aunt Alice picked out

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some jewelry for the night too! She bought a gold necklace with a ruby the size of
a quarter with little diamonds on the outer edge! Then she got me some earrings
to match, & of course I was going to wear my crest… on my right hand that is…
Now it was a Sunday, & Jacob was with the pack today. His stomach hasn’t been
bothering him as much, which is really good! But now I have nothing to do, well
actually I could be doing a million different things right now, but I don’t want to… I
guess that I still haven’t found what to do in my extra time, Daddy tried to teach
me to play the piano, but I didn’t really like it. I tried reading, but it took to long to
finish a book, so lately I have just been helping Aunt Alice with the wedding
plans…

“Aunt Alice, do you want any help?” I asked her through the door, where she was
addressing all of the cards. Then she opened the door holding a list.

“Sure, if you could just write down this line, & address it to those 20 people, then
I should be all set.” She said. Rose was helping too, with a big stack of letters
already done. So I took a seat & started writing the letters too.

It took me about an hour to write all the letters, because the first line was so long!
Jacob should be home soon, & then we can go hunting! I haven’t gone in a long
time!

“Renesmee? Can you come down here for a minute?” Asked mommy.

“Coming.” I said as I ran down the stairs.

Mommy had two different flowers in her hand, one that was as dark as the night
sky, & one that was a deep magenta color… she also had two different ribbons on
the sofa, one a light baby blue, & one white with golden sparkles. I was assuming I
would have to choose which one…

“What one? The blue or the pink?” Asked Mommy sweetly.

“The blue one, with the white & gold ribbon.” I told her.

“Thank you, that will look great!” She said as she walked into the kitchen.

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Then Jacob came home! As soon as he walked through the door, I ran & gave him
a big hug!

“Jacob! Your home! I was soooo bored today! I love you!” I said as we hugged &
kissed.

“I love you too!” He answered.

“Let’s go hunting!” I said, although I could stand here kissing him all day!

“Sounds good, I am starving!” Jacob said as we raced out of the door hand in
hand. I smelled some elk to the west... I guess that Jacob did too, we split up, &
Jacob phased into his wolf form like he always did.

We played the game that we always play, who can get the biggest elk…

“Mine is bigger, I win!” I said. Jacob nodded his head in agreement. After we were
done, we went back home. Tomorrow was a school day… Ugh!

“Ready?” asked Jacob as I was finishing getting ready.

“Yup, one more minute…” I said as I buttoned up my Red Jacket with a gold trim
on the bottom & by the wrist cuffs. It was getting cold out, although I really didn’t
need a Jacket, it would look rather strange for me to be in a summer dress when
its 40 outside!

“Okay, ready!” I said as I ran out of the house.

Jacob grabbed me & we kissed until we didn’t have any breath left… my head was
spinning! Then…

“Renesmee, Jacob! Time to go!” I heard mommy call. Darn, I hated daddy right
now!

“Coming,” Said Jacob, probably because I wasn’t answering.

Jacob picked me up & carried me to the car.

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“What happened?!?!” Questioned mommy with worry in her voice.

“I kissed her…”Explained Jacob smiling.

“So much like her mom…”I heard Daddy mumble.

“I’m okay, you can put me down now.” I told Jacob. He set me down, but still held
my hand.

“We had better get going…”Said mommy.

“Right.” I said. Then we got in the Rabbit & left.

I still haven’t found any human friends, but I don’t really want any… Grandpa
Swan still comes over sometimes, but he won’t be able to in a few years. He
always questions about how nobody changes… well except for Jacob & me
constantly growing…

“We’re here…” Said Jacob interrupting my fantasy.

“Oh, sorry I was daydreaming…” I explained.

“Mind to show about what?” He asked. I put my hand on his head & showed him
what I was thinking about.

“We can get you some friends if you want… He will come over soon enough, don’t
worry.” Said Jacob soothingly.

“I don’t really want any friends though…” I said as we got out of the car.

“Why not?” Asked Jacob.

“I don’t know if I could keep the secret.” I explained feeling kind of stupid.

“You would have no problem keeping it, don’t worry. Would you like to talk to
someone in our next class?” Offered Jacob.

“No, not really.” I said stubbornly.

“Okay…” Jacob Trailed off. We were sitting at our desks for first hour.

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“Hey, guys.” Said Jordan as he walked up. Jordan was always so nice. Jacob said
that he also had a kind mind, almost like Seth’s.

“Hi,” I said kindly,

“What are you going to do after school today? If you’re not busy, I was thinking
that we could attend a movie…” Offered Jordan.

“That sounds like fun! Sure we will go what movie?” Responded Jacob.

“Well, there is this one about werewolves & vampires, & I thought it might be a
little funny to watch…” Jordan said quietly, so nobody else would hear.

“Okay, that would be pretty funny!” I said. Then the bell rang, so we went to our
seats.

The morning went by slow, just like it always did, but it was better with the
person that you loved sitting next to you… Now it was lunchtime. Jacob had a big
plate of food in front of him, from a hamburger, to peas & carrots. Jordan had the
same thing. Everyone else just sat & talked.

The movie was really funny! Also it was kind of offensive, but I didn’t mind. Jacob
& I got two big things of popcorn. Jacob ate all of it though! After the movie we
went back home, it was late!

“So are you exited about the wedding, Renesmee?” Asked Aunt Rose.

“Oh, yeah! I cant wait!” I Exclaimed.

More Worries
That night I had a dream…

Jacob & I were by the tree that he proposed to me on, & it was a beautiful sunny
day, & everyone that I knew was there, I didn’t know why I was there, until the
priest said “You may kiss the bride”… I was at my wedding. Jacob kissed me, &

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then we jumped into the ocean… then I woke up with a jump. Jacob was instantly
up.

“What’s wrong?” He asked worried.

“Nothing, just a dream…” I said smiling.

“What was it about?” He asked curiously.

“Our wedding… I had a dream that it was on First Beach by that tree that you
proposed to me on, and then we jumped into the ocean! It was a good dream,
but the jumping made me wake up… I wonder if Aunt Alice could have it there?
Would you like it there?” I asked.

“That sounds good.” He said.

Then I yawed, gave Jacob a quick kiss & he wrapped his warm arms around me &
in a matter of seconds we were both asleep.

We awoke to the alarm clock going off for school.

“Good morning, Nessie.” Said Jacob as he stretched.

“Good morning!” I said & sat up. I found out that I had a headache. I didn’t say
anything though, because it wasn’t bad, & I didn’t want Jacob to worry.

“What do you want for breakfast?” Asked Jacob.

“Eggs, of course.” I said.

“Of course, I should have guessed! I will call you when they are ready.” Said Jacob
as he started walking out of the room.

I lay down for a minute with my hands clamped over my eyes to stop the
headache. Then daddy came in.

“Are you okay, Renesmee?” He asked, of course he would know.

“Yeah.” I responded in no more than a whisper.

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“Well, let me feel your head…” He said to make sure I didn’t have a fever.

He came over & felt my head.

“I think you have a slight fever, maybe we should have you stay home today…” He
suggested. I wanted to go to school though…

“Bella, love, can you come here for a moment?” Asked Daddy.

“Yes?” questioned mommy as she came in the room.

“I think Renesmee has a fever…” Told daddy. Great, now mommy would make a
big deal out of it…

“Let me feel.” She said. Then she felt my forehead.

“I agree, I think she does too, I will go get Carlisle.” Said Mommy.

“I am fine, mommy!” I said. Then I stood up. I wobbled a little, but daddy held me
up.

“Just lay down, Renesmee, & let Carlisle take a look.” Said Daddy with a little
worry in his voice.

“Fine.” I said. Then Jacob came in the room in a rush.

“Are you okay, Nessie? You should have just told me!” He said as he came over &
laid me across his lap. I didn’t even realize that I was shivering.

“I am fine, plus I didn’t want you to worry.” I explained.

“Well of course I would worry about you.” Said Jacob, & then he kissed me
quickly, but passionately. It made me smile a huge smile, & made my mind go
numb, I couldn’t think about anything except that moment.

“Thanks.” I said.

Daddy came in the room with a glass of water, I didn’t really like water that much
though, but it wasn’t awful like a lot of things were.

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“Here, drink some water please.” Said Daddy kindly, but with a sense of demand
in his normally smooth, calm voice.

“Okay.” I said. Jacob took the glass & gave it to me. I took a couple of sips, but
then I didn’t want anymore. Jacob took it & put it on the white nightstand. Then
Grandpa came in the room.

“Heard you weren’t feeling well.” Said Grandpa with a smile.

“I am fine.” I tried to say.

“Let me take your temperature first.” Said Grandpa as he took out a

thermometer. He took my temperature then.

“108, 3 degrees higher than normal, I don’t think that you are going to school
today, Renesmee. How do you feel?” He asked.

Holy cow! I had never had a fever like that before. He knew that too.

“Not bad, my head just hurts, & I am a little dizzy.” I explained.

“Okay, is your stomach bothering you at all?” He asked.

“No, not yet.” I said.

“Okay, you should probably get some sleep. I am thinking that you might have a
migraine. Bella, you might want to keep a garbage can by her bed just in case…”
Suggested Grandpa.

“Why, what is a migraine?” I asked.

“It’s just a really bad headache; it can easily upset your stomach.” explained
Grandpa.

“Its okay, Nessie. Get some sleep, I will be right here.” Said Jacob. I could tell that
he was worried.

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“Okay.” I said. Then I closed my eyes, & went to sleep. I woke up probably an hour
later, & my head hurt more! I was beginning to feel a little sick too. Daddy
noticed.

“Are you alright? Do you want anything?” Offered Daddy.

Yeah, but my stomach feels weird. No thanks, well maybe your hand on my head
would help with the headache… I suggested in my head. Of course Daddy had to
explain everything to Jacob as well.

“I think it may help too.” Said Daddy. Then he came over & put his cold hand on
my head. It felt nice, but my stomach still felt weird…

“Carlisle!” Said Daddy urgently. Grandpa must have been in the living room or
something, because he was there in a flash.

“Yes? How is she doing?” Asked Grandpa.

“She says that her stomach feels strange, & that her head hurts more. I think that
her temperature rose a little bit too, maybe one or two degrees.” Daddy
explained to Grandpa.

“I see. Well, do you feel sick to your stomach, Renesmee, or just strange?” Asked
Grandpa.

I don’t know. I guess I kind of feel like I am going to throw up… I said. Daddy
translated. Jacob gently grabbed my hand & rubbed it in his large hand.

“Thanks.” I said to him.

“No problem, you did it for me, so now I am doing it for you.” He explained with a
smile. Now everyone else was here too, but they stayed quiet, I could tell that
Uncle Jasper was trying to make me go to sleep, but I couldn’t with my headache.

“Please stop, Uncle Jasper.” I asked. Instantly I didn’t feel as sleepy, but now my
stomach hurt, like someone just punched me. Daddy grabbed the garbage can &
held it under my chin. Jacob held my hand & my hair, & mommy kept a cool hand

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on my head. When I was done everyone had a worried look on his or her face.
Jacob was the first to speak.

“You okay?” He asked nicely.

“Yeah.” I said.

I think I am going to try to sleep again. I told Daddy.

“Alright; Jasper, she wants to sleep for a while.” Said Daddy.

Almost instantly I felt sleepy, & in minutes I was sleeping. I had the same dream
about my wedding, & woke up at the same spot, but I didn’t jump.

“Oh! You’re awake! Edward, Bella, Carlisle, she’s awake.” Said Jacob.

Everyone came in then.

“How are you feeling, sweetie?” Asked mommy as she came by & felt my head.

“A little better.” I said.

“Carlisle, can you come & feel her head, I think it went down a little.” Said
mommy relieved.

“Of course.” Responded Grandpa. Then he felt my head.

“I would say 107 about… that’s a lot better! Does your stomach feel better?”
Asked Grandpa.

“Yes.” I answered.

“Would you mind trying some water then?” Asked Grandpa.

“Sure.” I said. Jacob handed me the water glass & I took a few sips again, it tasted
funny from sitting there for so long. After my couple of sips I didn’t want any
more, so Jacob put it back.

“I think that the best thing for you to do right now, is to just sleep for a while.”
Suggested Grandpa.

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“Okay, good night.” I said.

“Good night, Renesmee.” Everyone said.

“I love you.” Said Jacob.

“I love you too.” I answered, & then closed my eyes & was asleep. Mommy woke
me up.

Morning
“Renesmee?” She asked as she gently touched me.

“Yes?” I questioned. I could still hear Jacob’s light snore next to me, & I didn’t
want to wake him up.

“How do you feel? Do you want to go to school?” Asked Mommy.

“Yeah, I feel a lot better! Plus, Jordan is probably curious about where we were
yesterday.” I said will a giggle.

“Glad your feeling better! Come on & get dressed. We will wake Jake up in a little
bit; he stayed up almost until three in the morning to be sure you were okay!”
She explained.

“Wow! Well, he sure does love me!” I said.

“He truly does! Do you want to go hunting with me really quick, or do you want
some eggs?” She asked. I just noticed that her eyes were as dark as coal!

“Hunting please!” I said quickly, I hadn’t been hunting in ages!

“Okay then, come on.” She said as we walked outside.

“Mommy, does it ever seem strange to you that I am going to marry a person that
used to love you?” I asked out of the blue… well not totally out of the blue,
because I had been thinking about it for a while now.

“Sometimes, but I know that your Dad is the person I love, & always have loved, &
always will.” She said.

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“I see.” I said.

Then we smelled some elk in toward the West. I knew that mommy didn’t
particularly like elk, but didn’t mind it either.

When we were back at the cottage I went & woke Jacob up.

“Jacob? Time to get ready for school.” I said.

“Oh! Good Morning! How are you feeling?” He asked.

“Better, I am going to school.” I said.

“Glad to hear it!” He said with a sense of relief.

“We have waffles, bacon, & toast waiting for you…” I said. I knew that he would
like that there were no eggs involved!

“Wow! No eggs! Are you not eating?” He asked surprised.

“No, I went hunting with Mommy.” I explained.

When we got to school, Jordan was eagerly waiting…

“Where were you yesterday? I was worried that you might have moved or
something!” He said alarmed.

“Renesmee was sick… we would tell you if we were leaving.” Explained Jacob.

“Oh! How are you doing now? I didn’t know that you could get sick…” Said Jordan.

“Good. Yeah, I can get sick, because I am still half human. I had a migraine.” I
explained.

“Oh, I hate those! I get them sometimes.” Jordan explained.

“It was strange though, because she had a pretty high fever too…” Said Daddy.

“It does that sometimes. Well, glad you are doing better. We had better get to
class…” Said Jordan.

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“Yeah, that’s probably a good idea.” I said.

Unexpected
The rest of the week went by like normal… well normal for our family however. It
was now only a week away from the wedding! I talked to Aunt Alice, & she agreed
to have the wedding in La Push on First Beach, but she said that I would have to
change if I was going to jump in! The reception would be there as well. Aunt Alice
said that it would be a nice, sunny day! I couldn’t wait! Today we were picking out
shoes for me to wear! Mommy was my Made-of-Honor, & the Brides Maids were
all from my family & Leah from the pack. Jacob was having Seth as his Best Man,
Sam as the ring bearer, & Claire was going to be the flower girl. It would be
absolutely perfect!

“One more week, & you will be Mrs. Renesmee Carlie Black!” Exclaimed Jacob!
This was going to be amazing! The thought of it made my heart skip a beat, it was
true, & the words flowed so perfectly like it was meant to be! I would have to
keep my name Cullen at school though, because it was only our freshman year, so
that wouldn’t work out to well, although everyone else already knew that we
were strange!

“I know! I can’t wait!” I exclaimed, & leaped into my beloved’s arms. Our lips met,
& I could swear that I was right smack in heaven it was so perfect! I could almost
hear the angelic chorus of angles in my head! We were in the house waiting for
Aunt Alice to get dressed, because we were shopping today. In the middle of the
kiss, there was an abrupt knock at the door; I instantly knew it was Grandpa
Swan! I could have smelled him from a mile away. Mommy went to get the door.

“Oh, hi Dad.” She said.

“Hey, Bells! I need to talk to you and everyone else now!” He said fiercely. This
couldn’t be good. We sent him an invitation to the wedding… what was he mad

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at? Then I realized what it was! Oh no! This isn’t good! Mommy picked up on it
too.

“Okay. Alice, Jasper, Rose, Emmett, Edward, Carlisle, Esme…” She yelled for once.
They knew not to run when Mommy yelled, plus there was an absolute guarantee
that they could smell him! Everyone came downstairs at a normal speed.
Everyone knew what was coming! Grandpa came over next to Grandpa Swan.

“How may we help you this morning?” Asked Grandpa.

“I just couldn’t figure out about how none of you ever age, & how Renesmee
looks so much like Bella, & how Bella herself changed so much… What the hell are
you?” He asked while practically screaming.

“Well, we can’t really tell you, but you may guess if you would like…” Offered
Grandpa.

“I already know that there are creatures that aren’t supposed to be real, but are!
By the way, Bella, I can’t believe you never told me about Jacob being a
WEREWOLF! I know what are you are!” He screamed.

“It wasn’t my secret to tell, just like I had to keep the Cullen’s secret… just say it
Dad!” Mommy said. I held Jacob’s hand, he was shaking really hard.

“Settle down, Jacob!” I said urgently, but still quiet.

Jacob squeezed his eyes shut & balled his other hand into a fist. After a couple
seconds he was back to normal. Grandpa Swan was hesitating…

“This is going to sound crazy! Maybe I am just crazy!” He was mumbling to

himself.

“Just say it Dad!” Said mommy.

He hesitated, but eventually answered. “Vampire!” He said quietly.

“And how did you find out?” Asked Mommy. Grandpa Swan was dumbfounded
that he was correct. He took a deep breath before continuing.

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“I am right? I googled it! I can’t believe it! Tell me about it!” He demanded.

“Yes, you are right… well, Carlisle changed Edward, Emmett, Rosalie, & Esme…
Edward changed me when I was giving birth to Renesmee… she was killing me
that’s why you couldn’t come over… We don’t know who changed Alice, but
Jasper was changed by a girl named Maria. We don’t know who changed Carlisle,
but everyone else was changed by Carlisle. Jasper, Alice, Edward, Renesmee, & I
have extra gifts… we can show you if you want… All vampires are very fast, strong,
have extraordinary hearing, & are beautiful. We are all “vegetarians”, because we
only survive on animal blood. Renesmee is half human though, so she can eat
human food too. Jacob & Renesmee are getting married in a week, as you
probably already know from the invitation! I can also tell you all the stories, like
how I actually hurt myself in Phoenix, why I had a cut on my arm after my
birthday party, & how I broke my hand.” Mommy offered. Grandpa Swan was
amazed!

“I would love to see your extra gifts, & hear your stories. Will you get in trouble
for me knowing about you?” Asked Grandpa Swan curiously.

“Let me go first, Mommy.” I said.

“Okay, sweetie. Dad, just let her touch your head, don’t worry, she won’t hurt
you.” Explained Mommy.

“What will she do?” He asked.

“You’ll see…” Said mommy. I walked over & touched his head. I showed him the
last few minutes in a detailed replay. After about a minute I stopped. Grandpa
Swan was shocked!

“That was amazing!” He exclaimed.

“Me next!” Said Aunt Alice.

“Okay.” Answered Mommy.

“What is she going to do?” Asked Grandpa Swan.

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“She is going to predict your future…”Explained mommy. Grandpa’s eyes were
huge! Then Aunt Alice’s eyes went blank, when she was done she had a horrified
face…

“What is it Alice?” Asked Daddy.

“Volturi!” Exclaimed Alice. Everyone froze except for Grandpa Swan.

“Who are the vool-ta-ri?” He asked.

“The Volturi are kind of like Royalty for vampires… oh, yeah, when I said that I
went to LA to get Edward back, we actually went to Volterra, Italy! Edward
wanted to kill himself, that’s the only way, other than getting burned, that we can
die.” Explained mommy.

“You went where! Is it bad that the Volturi are coming?” Asked Grandpa Swan.

“Really bad! The only law is that nobody can know that we are vampires! This is
bad!” Exclaimed Mommy. Jacob had me in his arms cradling me.

“That’s not good, well what do we do?” Asked Grandpa Swan.

“I think that the only way is to change you into a vampire, & take a visit to
Volterra to show them…” Said Grandpa.

“Me! A vampire!” Exclaimed Grandpa Swan.

“It’s the only way, Dad. They could kill us all otherwise!” Mommy exclaimed.

“How? Can I see everyone else’s gifts first? Do you think I would have a gift?”
Asked Grandpa.

“We would bite you… it hurts for a long time! It takes about 3 days for the
transformation process to finish. I don’t know if you would. It will be very hard to
control your thirst too! When you are a newborn vampire, you will crave human
blood like crazy, but you can’t drink it! Yes, we can show you.” Said mommy.

“Okay. I would trust you. Can you go next, Bella?” Asked Grandpa Swan.

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“No, I think that Jasper should go… I don’t know about you, but I am really
nervous…” Said Mommy. I knew that I was, so was Jacob, because his hands were
shaking. Instantly I felt calm.

“Whoa! That’s awesome… is Jasper making me feel calm?” Asked Grandpa Swan.

“Yes, Jasper can control people’s emotions.” Explained mommy.

“Will you go next, Bella?” Asked Grandpa Swan.

“Sure… I actually can do two things, the first you will tell, because you will feel
nervous again… I am a shield against mental attack. Then, I will let you read my
mind by releasing my shield.” Mommy explained.

“Okay, go ahead,” Said Grandpa Swan.

Mommy showed him both of her gifts. It took her about a minute.

“Wow! That was cool! What is Edwards’s gift?” Asked Grandpa Swan.

“He can read minds, he can show you if you want…” Offered Mommy.

“Sweet! I would love that!” Said Grandpa Swan.

“Yes, we have some cheese in the fridge, & some bread in the pantry, help
yourself.” Said Daddy, I guess that Grandpa Swan wanted a grilled cheese.

“I can make you one if you want Dad, but we have to get the transformation
process done quickly before the Volturi get too mad! Exclaimed Mommy.

This was so strange! I never imagined Grandpa Swan being a vampire! How was
he supposed to go to the wedding? I guess that he wouldn’t… which then again
everyone that’s going to be there will either be a werewolf or a vampire, well
other than me… & Emily, Claire… maybe he should skip it.

“He would have to…” Said Daddy answering my question.

“Well, I guess that we should get this over with then…” Said Grandpa Swan.

“The only question is who is going to do it?” Asked Emmett.

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“I will.” Said Mommy.

“Are you sure you will be able to control yourself?” Asked Daddy.

“I am sure.” Said Mommy. Now I see what everyone meant by I was so much like
my mom.

“What do you mean by control yourself? Don’t you just have to bite?” Asked
Grandpa Swan.

“Not exactly, it’s very hard for us to stop once we start. I will be able to though,
don’t worry. Renesmee will start having to call you Charlie too, so people don’t
know that she is Edward & my child… that wouldn’t be good.” Explained Mommy.

“Okay.” Said Gra- Charlie & I at the same time.

“Follow me, Charlie.” Said Grandpa as he showed Charlie the way upstairs. I was
assuming that he would take him to the extra bedroom that would probably end
up being his. He did.

“You will probably want to lie down for this. You’ll be able to hear everything, but
the pain is going to be worse than anything that you have ever experienced, just
forewarning you. When you wake up we will be there, except for Renesmee, since
she is still half human. Don’t worry about Jacob smelling good though, he won’t…”
Explained Grandpa. “So are you ready?” Asked Grandpa.

“Yeah, I think.” Said Charlie.

“We will give you some morphine first though. It will pretty much paralyze you,
but it will also help.” Explained mommy. Then Grandpa gave Charlie the shot. In a
few minutes we were all ready to begin.

“Ready, dad? I love you.” Said Mommy sweetly. I noticed that Jacob was holding
his stomach… not such a great time.

“You okay, Jacob?” I questioned. He was a little pale.

“Yeah, just my stomach; not bad though, when they are done I think that I will
just take a nap.” Said Jacob.

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“Okay, you can go now if you want… the bed in Daddy’s room is available; I will
join you in a while.” I offered.

“Okay. See you soon, love you!” Jacob said & gave me a quick kiss & then left.

“Where is Jacob going?” Asked Charlie.

“He got bit by a newborn in the stomach, & we got most of it out, but it will still
be in there for a while, it gives him a lot of trouble, since vampire venom is
poisonous to werewolves.” I explained.

“That reminds me, would you like to hear the answers to those stories while the
morphine spreads?” Asked Mommy.

“Sure.” Responded Charlie.

New Member of the Coven

“Okay, well there was this vampire named James. He wasn’t vegetarian like the
Cullen’s’ were, & when I went to play baseball with Edward’s family, James,
Victoria, & Laurent showed up, because they heard us playing. James was a
tracker, he was very talented, & he decided to hunt me. That’s why I went to
Phoenix. Alice had a vision that I was in the ballet studio, & James was there too.
Later that day James called, & said that he had mom. I found out that he didn’t,
but by the time I found out it was too late. I went to the ballet studio, & he
tortured me, the worst part is that he bit me! See this scar?” Asked mommy as
she showed him the bite mark that was barely visible on her pale white skin.
Charlie nodded & then continued. “This is the bite mark. Edward saved me
though, by sucking out the venom. That is that story…”

“The next story is about how I cut my arm after my birthday party. Well, I was
opening a present, & remember how I told you that your thirst will be unbearable
for a while, well it can also happen if you are trying to become a vegetarian. Well,
anyway, I opened a present, but I got a paper cut. One drop of blood fell out, but
Jasper was charging at me. Edward pushed me out of the way, but I landed on a
broken vase, & cut my arm. Carlisle put stitched on it, & it was all good.”

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“This story is kind of a funny one… to make a long story short, Jacob kissed me, so
I punched him, remember that? Well, anyway, Jacob is really ‘sturdy’ & I ended
up breaking my hand. I think that we should start now, before the morphine
fades.” Mommy explained. I had heard this story before, but it still seemed so
strange that the only other person that my Jacob ever liked was my mom!

“Okay, those were really good stories by the way Bells.” Said Charlie.

“On the count of three; one, two… three.” Said mommy, and then she bit Charlie
on the neck. He screamed out in pain. After about a minute Daddy started to get
nervous that mommy couldn’t stop.

“Bella, stop!” Commanded Edward.

Mommy instantly stopped. “Sorry.” Apologized Mommy.

“It’s okay, love. You did very well.” Comforted Daddy.

“I am going to go check on Jacob. I will call if I need you.” I stated to Mommy &
Daddy.

“Okay, sweetie.” Said mommy using her soft voice that sounded like a stream
flowing with clarity. I walked out, & into the bedroom where Jacob was. He had
his arm wrapped firmly around his stomach.

“Hi, Jacob. How are you doing?” I asked nervously.

“Okay. It just hurts like usual. Come lay down.” He said.

“Okay.” I responded & went to lie next to him. I put my hand to his forehead; he
was running a little bit of a fever, but nothing bad.

“You have a fever… are you sure you’re okay?” I questioned worried.

“Yeah, I think that I am just going to take a nap.” He said.

“Okay. I think I will too, just wake me if it gets worse.” I told him.

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“Sure, sure.” He said as he closed his eyes. I wrapped one of my arms around him,
& pulled the thick blue comforter over us, he was shivering.

“Thanks.” He said, two minutes later he was snoring.

I woke up about two hours later. Jacob was still sleeping, but he was shivering so
hard that it was shaking the whole bed! I felt his head… he was deafeningly
running a fever!

“Mommy! Daddy! Grandpa!” I said in a soft, but urgent voice.

“Yes, Renesmee?” Asked Daddy from the room that Charlie was in.

“Can you come here? Jacobs running a fever I think.” I stated. In an instant they
were all there.

“Is his stomach still bothering him?” Asked Grandpa.

“Yeah, well at least it was two hours ago…” I said.

“Okay, well, we can’t really do much while he is sleeping, other than keeping him
warm. Edward…” Said Grandpa, but before he could finish Daddy was back with a
pile of blankets.

“Yes?” Daddy asked chuckling. Then, he walked over & gently placed the blankets
on my Jacob. He then gently touched his head, but was quick about, so Jacob
didn’t wake up.

“Renesmee is right about the fever… it’s only a slight fever though, I think he will
be just fine when he wakes up.” Stated Daddy calmly.

“Well, that’s good. Call us if anything else happens… we will be with Charlie.”
Explained Grandpa.

“How is he doing?” I asked. I had almost forgotten about Charlie.

“He is taking it pretty well. He hasn’t even let out a scream. I think that he will
turn out just fine.” Said Mommy. Then she came over & gave me a quick peck on
my head & went out the door, closing it as she left.

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I looked over at my Jacob. He was still shivering, but he looked like he was still in a
deep sleep. I cuddled up closer to him to keep him warm & Put my arm around
him gently. His snoring stopped for a minute & he smiled, but then the snoring
started up again. I gave him a quick kiss, & drifted off into a heavy sleep…

“Nessie? It’s time to get up & get ready for school…” Cooed Jacob.

“Oh! Good Morning, Jacob! How do you feel?” I asked worried. He looked like his
usual self though.

“Better. Seriously though, we are going to be late… everyone else is going to stay
here, & wait for Charlie to wake up. Apparently the transformation process is
going by fast for him. We don’t want you around when it does happen…” Drifted
Jacob. I knew that he wouldn’t want me to get hurt.

“Wait! What time is it?” I asked worried. I couldn’t find a clock anywhere in the
room.

“About seven- fifteen!” He exclaimed.

“Oh my god! What should I wear?” I asked. This wasn’t really his department…

“Hmmmm… I like that blue blouse that you have… with maybe jeans…” He
suggested. I knew that was his favorite outfit on me… other than my dark blue silk
dress that had a bunch of glitter on it, & formed to my body perfectly… he said it
reminded him of the night sky.

“Okay, I like that outfit!” I exclaimed. Aunt Alice really didn’t like that I repeated
outfits, but I didn’t care, because Jacob liked them!

I went to the closet & grabbed the outfit & gave Jacob a short, but love filled kiss
on the lips & then headed off to the bathroom to get ready. I rushed to wash my
face, take a quick shower, & throw on my clothes before racing back to Jacob.

“That was fast!” He said as he embraced me. I noticed that he had put on a pair of
jeans & a white shirt that you could see his perfect abs through! I was so
distracted with the beauty of his body that I didn’t even realize Mommy was in
the room!

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“Oh! Ready for school? You are going to have to go straight to the cottage when
you get home from school. We think that Charlie will be changed around noon
today, so we want to be on the safe side. Call me if you need anything.” Said
Mommy.

“Okay, will do. Love you!” I said as I walked out the door, still holding on to
Jacob’s hand.

“Love you too!” She responded & gave me a kiss before we started down the
staircase.

“Bye Bells! See you later!” Jacob yelled as we descended the staircase.

Anger
“Hey, Jordan.” Jacob said as we entered our first classroom.

“Oh! Hey! I thought that you wouldn’t be here! Where is everyone else?”
Questioned Jordan.

“Um, let’s just say that Bella’s dad came over, & figured out what we are! We
knew that the Volturi wouldn’t put up with that, so we kind of had to change
him.” Explained Jacob looking kind of embarrassed.

“Oh! So he knows about vampires & werewolves now? Sweet! New Vamp!” Said
Jordan. The bell had already rang, & we were whispering so low that nobody
could hear us.

“Well… he already knew about werewolves! When Bella was pregnant I was kind
of mad, so I went over to Charlie’s & took him on a walk. Then I phased right in
front of him! He was a little shocked, but took it pretty well.” Jacob Explained.

“You did what!” I exclaimed in my whisper voice. I hadn’t known this story!

“Oh! Right, sorry.” Apologized Jacob.

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“It’s okay. Jordan, the teacher is going to ask you a question.” I said. The teacher
was muttering under his breath about something.

“What are the only living beings without cells?” Asked Mr. Calvary.

“Jordan.” Called Mr. Calvary.

“Viruses.” He answered.

“Correct.” Said the teacher kind of disappointed that he got the right answer.

The rest of the day went by like always, until lunch. Jordan & Jacob were in the
lunch line, & I was sitting at our table. Normally there were plenty of people to
talk to, but today I was alone. This boy stood up from his table maybe about 20ft
away & started walking towards me… not good! He was wearing a blue collared
shirt & a pair of black corduroys, deafeningly handsome, but not nearly as good
looking as my Jacob.

“Hello, I am Dean.” He said as he reached out to shake my hand. I did, but he

flinched a little at my unusually hot skin.

“Renesmee, nice to meet you.” I introduced myself. Then I muttered under my

breath. “Jacob! Help!” Really quietly so that Dean couldn’t hear. Jacob looked
over & started to shake when he saw Dean. He was hurrying through the lunch
line now, & so was Jordan.

“Well, I was wondering if you would like to see a movie with me & a couple of my
friends this weekend.” He offered. Then Jacob came by. His whole arm was
shaking. Jordan was trying to calm him down.

“She’s taken!” growled Jacob.

“What’s your problem Man?” Asked Dean as he observed Jacob shaking.

“She is taken, so get out of here!” He yelled.

“Oh! Sorry. See you later Renesmee.” He said & gave me a flirtatious smile. That
did it! Jacob growled at Dean, a real one too!

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“Jordan, we have to get him out of here!” I yelled.

“Right!” Said Jordan. I ran over & pushed Jacob out of the lunchroom. When we
got outside we made an attempt to try & settle him down.

“Jacob, it’s okay. He didn’t know! Please calm down!” I soothed him.

“I want to go back in & rip that persons head off!” Screamed Jacob.

“No Jacob, you can’t.” I said. He was still shaking. I gave him a big hug. He still was
shaking though!

“Maybe he should go home?” Suggested Jordan.

“I think that may be a good idea, Dean is in our next class…” I trailed off. Jordan &
I were already pushing him to the car.

“I don’t want to go home!” Yelled Jacob.

“Well, would you rather reveal the secret to everyone in the school?” I
questioned.

“No, I guess not!” Agreed Jacob.

Jordan drove us back to the house. It was past noon, so we would have to high tail
it to the cottage!

Daddy, we are back. Jacob got mad & almost phased in the lunchroom! It’s okay
though, Jordan & I got him out in time. I explained in my head. Then Daddy was
right next to us.

“Really? And what would make him want to do that?” Asked Daddy.

“Someone was asking Renesmee on a date!” Exclaimed Jacob.

“I see, well glad that it didn’t get too out of hand. You might want to hurry to the
cottage… Charlie will be up soon.” Said Daddy worried.

“Right, bye Daddy!” I said as we quickly ran through the forest to the cottage.
Jordan already left in the car to go back to school. So it was just Jacob & I!

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 Afternoon
“What do you want to do?” Asked Jacob.

“How about we watch a movie in our room… I am kind of tired.” I said as I

yawned.

“Okay, which movie?” Asked Jacob as he scanned through the large neat stack of
DVD’s & VCR’s. I swear that there had to be around 300!

“Something romantic…” I trailed off. Jacob smiled at me & grabbed the first
romantic movie that he saw.

“What about this one? The Sound of Music…” He questioned while reading the
back.

“Oh! I love that movie! Let’s watch it!” I said. I loved that movie, it was so happy
& encouraging… & deafeningly romantic!

“Okay.” He responded as he put the DVD into the player. Then he walked over &
cuddled up next to me. I yawned again, I was getting really tired!

“You can sleep if you want.” Said Jacob.

“Okay…” I replied & put my head to his heart & listened to his steady heart. I fell
asleep right at the opening song.

“Nessie?” Asked Jacob as he gently tapped me. It appeared to be after dark,

because I could see the stars out through the window… how long was I asleep?

“Yes?” I asked sleepily, how could I still be tired?

“Am I allowed to go to the bathroom?” Asked Jacob chuckling. I realized that I was
still in the same position that I feel asleep in. I rolled over onto the pillow.

“Sorry…” I trailed off. I was forcing my eyes to stay open.

“Still tired?” Questioned Jacob. I nodded my head.

“How long have I been sleeping?” I asked.

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“I don’t know, maybe 10 hours,” Said Jacob.

“Really! Why am I still so tired then?” I asked. I hadn’t slept that long in a while.

“You haven’t been getting that much sleep at night… its probably catching up with
you. Just go back to sleep, I will join you in a minute.” He said & went out the
door. I heard the bathroom door close.

Why in the world was I so tired? I sat up. The room spun a little from sleeping so
long, but I didn’t have a headache, so it wasn’t a migraine again… my stomach
didn’t hurt, I wasn’t cold… maybe I was just tired. I laid back down just in time for
Jacob to return.

“You still awake?” He asked softly.

“Yeah, I just can’t figure out why I am so tired!” I said.

“I could go get Carlisle if you would like, but really I think that it is just the lack of
sleep catching up with you… you should go to sleep.” He said & wrapped one of
his blazing arms around me. I cuddled into his chest & soon was asleep.

I woke up just as the sun was rising in the horizon. I looked at the clock, it was six-
thirty… time to get up! Luckily today was Friday!

“Jacob? Time to get up.” I said & gently tapped him.

“Okay… what time is it?” He questioned.

“Six-thirty.” I answered. Jacob sat up & I followed.

“Well, we’d better get going then!” Said Jacob as he pushed himself off the bed.

“I call shower!” I yelled as I ran to the bathroom.

“Fine.” Said Jacob.

I showered quickly & went back to the room with my pink towel wrapped around
me.

“Is it my turn?” Asked Jacob chuckling.

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“Mhm” I responded & went towards my massive closet that Alice changes every
week! I went straight to the jeans & put on a blue Hollister shirt… Aunt Alice was
totally against what I wear, but mommy says that it reminds her of her. I walked
over to the big mirror, straightened out my shirt & grabbed a pair of turquoise
flats. When I got back out of the closet Jacob was waiting, fully dressed.

“I was thinking that maybe we could go hunting for breakfast this morning, since
we have extra time…” He suggested.

The Hunt
“Yeah, let’s do that!” I exclaimed. We ran outside & smelled around… there were
some elk to the West, & some deer to the East, but nothing much. Might as well
go for the deer. I took off running & Jacob followed as he burst into his wolf form!
I loved watching that! I quickly found the deer, they were drinking by a stream…
there was a buck, which I wanted. I pounced forward & landed precisely at his
neck, I bit through his soft flesh, & let the warmth fill me up. Jacob had found
another buck.

“Mine is bigger!” I stated. He shook his head.

“Yes it is!” I responded. This time he rolled his eyes & nodded. I giggled. Then I
heard a twig crack in the forest right next to us. I glanced over; it was Charlie… not
good! Jacob ran over & flung me onto his massive shoulders & took off sprinting.
Charlie was following, but Jacob was faster. We ran straight for the house.

Daddy! Charlie is after us! Help! I kept yelling in my head. Then the house came
into full view, Daddy was on the porch waiting with anxious eyes.

“Bring her inside Jacob… Hurry!” Exclaimed Daddy. Jacob nodded & we took off
up the steps until we were inside.

“Are you alright?” Asked Daddy worried.

‘Yes, Jacob saved me just in time.” I explained with a smile.

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“Okay, well that’s good. I don’t know why he is out there! Carlisle?” Called Daddy
urgently.

“Yes?” Asked Grandpa as he flew down the staircase.

“Charlie is outside hunting!” Explained Daddy. Carlisle looked confused.

“How did he get out there?” Questioned grandpa.

“I have no idea, but I think that I am going to go get him & bring him back. I will
see you after school, Renesmee. Good Bye.” Said Daddy as he walked out the
door, & in no time he was in the forest.

“Are you alright Renesmee? Where did you last see him?” Questioned grandpa.

“By the stream to the East, Jacob & I were hunting & I guess that he smelled me…
The last time I saw him was about half a mile from the house.”I explained.

“Okay, well we will find him soon… you should probably get to school.” Suggested
Grandpa with a smile as he glanced at the clock I followed his gaze. It was seven-
fifty! Twenty minutes until we had to be at the school! Jacob grabbed me & we
ran to the car.

“Hurry!” I said urgently.

“I will, settle down! Don’t forget that it only takes about ten minutes to get
there.” Chuckled Jacob.

I was bouncing in my seat, & I kept glancing at the clock, we still had fifteen
minutes… ten… seven…

“Nessie! Settle! The school is right there.” Said Jacob slightly irritated at my
anxiousness.

“Oh! Thank god!” I said as we pulled into the school parking lot. Jordan was
waiting by the lunchroom door & smiled when we pulled in. We got out & walked
over to him.

“Hey, guys. Where were you?” He asked curiously.

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“We had a little problem with Charlie wanting to have Nessie for breakfast.” Said
Jacob, it sounded like a joke, but Jacob kept a straight face.

“Oh! Wow! You okay, Renesmee?” Asked Jordan.

“Yup, not a scratch on me, thanks to Jacob.” I exclaimed.

“Better head off to class!” Said Jordan as he looked at his watch. We had thirty
seconds. We took off sprinting, & made it in our seats just in time.

The rest of the day was really boring. We heard a lot of people talking
about Jacob’s little “Anger Issue” & a lot of people kept a far distance from him
now.

Hugs & Control

There was a new girl in my gym class who introduced herself… her name was
Megan Samers. She had dirty blonde hair that flowed down in waves to her mid-
back, & had pale skin; if I couldn’t hear her heartbeat I probably would have
thought that she was one of us! She also had deep blue eyes that completely
matched her shirt that she was wearing. She seems nice, so who knows, maybe
she will be my first human friend here!

We are home, Daddy! We will be in the cottage if you need us. I stated in my head
as we pulled into out parking place. I then noticed that Daddy was standing on the
porch with a smile on his face.

“What is it Daddy?” I asked.

“I was just thinking about something that your mom & I did.” He explained.

“Oh!” was all I managed to get out.

“Charlie is in a lot better control, we think that he might be ready to see you.”
Said Daddy with a worried look on his face. Jacob started to shake.

“Calm down, Jacob! It’s fine.” I said to Jacob & then responded Daddy’s question
with an “Okay”.

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Jacob & I walked up the stairs & Daddy came & gave me a big hug.

“I missed you today!” He whispered into my ear.

“I missed you too, Daddy.” I whispered back. Then we went inside.

Charlie was on the couch with mommy on his right side & uncle jasper on his left
side with a hand on his arm. Charlie was so handsome! His pale white skin
complemented his hair color, & he was muscular & just absolutely stunning! His
eyes were still crimson red, but with a tinge of the honey color along the rims. He
noticed me looking at him & smiled. I smiled back.

“You look great Charlie!” I said staying in the same place, although I wanted to
just run over & give him a big hug!

“Thanks!” He said & got up, mommy & uncle Jasper mirrored his movements
keeping a close watch on him.

“I’m okay.” Stated Charlie. Mommy & Jasper moved away a little, but Jasper still
had a hand ready to put on Charlie if needed.

“Renesmee, come here & give your grandpa a big hug!” Said Charlie as he
outstretched his arms towards me, I glanced at Uncle Jasper… he nodded in
encouragement. I ran & leaped into Charlie’s arms!

“Wow! You’re warm Renesmee!” Stated Charlie.

“I know!” I said & gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. He was really good at
controlling himself! This was amazing!

“Oh! I almost forgot; I have a gift Renesmee!” Shouted Charlie. Sweet!

“What is it?!?!” I asked anxiously.

“I can think of anything in my mind & make it appear!” He said. I didn’t really
understand what he meant…

“Could you show me?” I asked.

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“Of course!” He said exited. He closed his eyes & then an apple pie showed up on
the floor! Awesome!

“That was so cool!” I stated amazed.

Jacob was gazing at the pie, he must have been hungry…

“You can eat it if you would like,” Said Daddy answering Jacob’s thoughts.

“Thanks, I am starving!” Jacob said, & then raced into the kitchen & came back
with a fork & started eating the pie.

“I can also make almost anything I want to happen, happen. I just have to picture
what I want to happen in my head… I will show you.” Stated Charlie as he gazed at
Jacob, & then the pie that Jacob was eating flew up & landed on his head. I
giggled. Jacob was confused.

“Gotcha!” Said Charlie laughing.

“So not fair, that was the best pie that I had ever ate… you think you could,”
Started Jacob. In a couple seconds there was another pie in Jacob arms.

“Thanks.” Jacob said & then starting eating that one.

“That was awesome!” I said amazed. This was so cool!

Then I yawned, I was getting sleepy.

“You want to go back to the cottage, Nessie?” Asked Jacob. He was finished with
the pie, & grandma was washing it in the sink. I nodded my head & Jacob came
over & picked me up, cradling me in his arms.

“Good night everyone. See you in the morning…” I said as Jacob was carrying me
out the door.

“Bye.” Everyone said in unison. In no time we were back at the cottage. Good
thing the next day was Saturday! Only 4 more days until the wedding! We got out
of school on Tuesday & we get 3 weeks off of school! Of course Jacob & I might
get a little more than that… depending on the honeymoon. I was still curious of

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where we were going to go. Jacob placed me on the bed & pulled the blanket
over me & crawled in next to me.

“Good night, Nessie.” He said & gave me a soft kiss on the cheek.

“Night.” Was all I was able to say. I drifted off into sleep thinking about the
wedding… & the honeymoon that were both so close… in four days I would be
Mrs. Renesmee Carlie Black!

Before the New Beginning

It was the night before my wedding, & I was having the greatest dream in my life!
Jacob & I were on First Beach running along the shoreline, & then the scene
transformed & we were floating on a cloud together looking up at the night sky…
& then I woke up to a flaming arm that just wrapped around me. I opened my
eyes slowly. I was gazing up at my true love who was looking down at me smiling
my favorite smile. Then gave me a passionate kiss before talking.

“good Morning, Nessie! Ready to become a Black?” He asked smiling. Then it hit
me, today was going to be the best day in my life… it would bond Jacob & I
together, Forever! I couldn’t wait!

“Yes! I cant wait! What time is it?” I asked.

“Time to start getting you ready!” Exclaimed Aunt Alice as she burst through the
door.

“See you at the altar,” Stated Jacob still smiling. I reached up to him & we gave
each other the most passionate, love filled kiss that we had ever given! I could
have done this all day. But Aunt Alice cleared her throat to get us to stop.

“We have a lot to do Renesmee, please hurry!” She demanded.

“See you there.” I told Jacob as he was walking out the door.

“Now come on, we have to get you all ready.” Squealed Aunt Alice as she grabbed
me & pulled me along to her room.

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Then she got to work, putting on eye shadow, mascara, eyeliner, blush… I think,
lipstick, some type of gloss that made my tongue numb, & a whole bunch of other
things. I could have sworn that I was a clown! After the make-up Mommy & Aunt
Rose came in to help with my hair.

“Renesmee! You look amazing!” Screamed Mommy with a sad voice, I knew that
if she could cry she would be right now. This was probably so strange, yet so
happy at the same time.

“Thanks.” I said. Then mommy came over & gave me a big hug, I started to cry.

“No need to cry, you’re going to ruin your new face!” Aunt Alice exclaimed
disappointed.

“fine,” I responded. Mommy & Aunt Rose were doing a bunch of elaborate braids
& twisting them & pinning them… it was taking forever, & I just wanted to walk
down the aisle & leap into Jacob’s arms! I missed him, & I saw him only like four
hours ago!

“The torture of the hair is done! Let’s get you in your dress!” yelled Aunt Alice as
she ran into her closet, two seconds later she was back. She ran over to me, &
slipped me into the dress. I really did love this dress! It looked like Aunt Alice
added on some rhinestones to the skirt & train though…

“aunt Alice, did you add rhinestones to my dress?” I asked curiously.

“Yes, do you like it?” Questioned Aunt Alice worried.

“I love it!” I exclaimed & gave Aunt Alice a big hug.

“Now come on I have to show you yourself, since we didn’t get to do this with
your mom…” Said Aunt Alice giving my mom a death glare. I giggled.

(Alice tenderly placed her hands on my shoulders then steered me quickly

towards her grand full length mirror. I felt my mouth open with an audible pop.
The beautiful girl in the mirror did the same. I had always been told I was
beautiful. I usually just shrugged away those compliments. But I now found it hard
to keep my modesty level. I was gorgeous! I emitted what started as a laugh at my

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waiting for. “Let’s go!” Alice chimed, blissfully impatient.

Aunt Alice covered my eyes as Aunt Rose guided me outside. I felt my

entire family nearly shaking with excitement around me. What was going on?
Alice swiftly uncovered my eyes and clapped. I blinked, the sunlight was blinding.
For a town like Forks, sunlight was a miracle in itself. The first thing I saw was
Jacob. I had to be restrained from running into his arms, but it was worth it
because otherwise I never would have seen the full picture of what was going on.
Jake stood beside a shiny black Austin Martin beaming. Of course, my family was
going to spoil our newest member. But then I turned to my right. A metallic blue
Viper sat waiting for me with a giant white silk bow sitting atop it. I laughed.
Everyone was happy to know I love my gift. Then before I could find Jacob again in
the crowd of our growing and intertwined families, I was swept away into my new
car and Aunt Alice began the long drive to La Push.

Dad drove his Volvo behind us, Mom in the passenger seat sobbing dryly.
I’m sure we looked out of place for Forks, with my family forming a parade of
fancy sports cars, but I didn’t care. I could only think of one thing right now.
Jacob. Jacob! When he was near, I felt at ease. When he looked at me, I felt an
amazing sensation that was something between bliss and yearning. It took more
mental strength than imaginable to pull my eyes away from Jacob’s when he
looked at me. It was a different kind of love. A kind indescribable and utterly
incomparable to anything anyone could ever feel. I was completely well
completed with Jake by my side. And now, today, this was the start of a new life
for both of us.

“Renesmee!” Alice chirped. I snapped out of my gaze instantly. “Are you

crying?” she demanded. Was I? I was! I wiped the warm tears from the corner of
my eyes before they could plop onto my perfectly white dress. “No, no, no! You’ll
ruin your makeup!” Aunt Alice reached over to carefully wipe my tears as she
shrieked at me. If Alice wasn’t as alert and quick as she was, I may have been
concerned that she was now steering my new car with her left calf. “I’m Sorry!” I
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continued to wipe my tears. “It’s fine.” She comforted me softly. “You should
have seen your mother, now she was a wreck.” We both laughed quietly as I tried
to control my bubbling emotions. “Here we are.” Aunt Alice’s voice rang with
excitement. “I just love weddings.” She chuckled. Then we pulled into a side road.
And soon the beach that I knew so well came into view, brilliant in the sunlight,
along with a dusting of white sparkling snow that gleemed in the sunlight, just like
a lot of the people awaiting for me along the red isle, already scattered with the
blue petals.

The Wedding (a.k.a. The New Beginning)

I watched breathlessly as everyone I ever loved walked down the aisle, my
aisle, one by one and two by two. Rosalie, Alice, and Leah all stood in a diagonal
line to my left. Seth and Sam stood to the right of Jacob. Oh, Jacob! Jacob’s
brilliant smile had brightened my world time and time again before, but it
compared nothing to the way he looked at me now. Jacob positively beamed. I
beamed back at him, I just couldn’t resist. His smile was absolutely contagious.
Warm tears rolled down my cheeks. I didn’t care. Mom and dad swiftly
approached me from behind, mom’s lip trembling, and Dad smiling widely. They
embraced me tightly, mom started sobbing again, then Dad took his place at my
left elbow and Mom stood behind me to hold my train.)

“Ready?” Asked Daddy as he tightened his grip around my arm.

A slight bob of my head was all I could manage with my eyes glued on my Jacob’s
beautiful smile.

Then the music started to play… we had chosen Pachelbel Canon in D to represent
this magnificently important day in our lives. As I walked down the aisle every one
that I had ever known & everyone that I truly cared about stood & gazed at me.
Everyone was there... all of the pack, the Amazon Coven, the Denali Coven, the
Egyptian Coven, The Irish Coven, the Romanian Coven, & even Peter & Charlotte
were there smiling as I walked by. Charles & McKenna were there as well. This was
the absolute most perfect moment of my entire existence! The music was way to
slow though, I just wanted to race down the aisle & leap into my Jacob’s arms. If it
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“Settle down, you will be with him soon enough, everyone is here to watch you,
just take it slow so that they can look at you, most of them haven’t seen you since
the Volturi came!” Said Daddy whispering so low that I could only hear! The aisle
was so long though with all the “people” here! Although what Daddy said was
very true, everyone was here, including the pack. Who would have ever thought
that a pack of werewolves and several covens of vampires could be in the same
place? Then that got me thinking…
This wedding was no ordinary wedding between two people. It was a wedding
bonding a werewolf & a half human-half vampire together forever. My parents
wedding was very uncommon, but it had happened before… where this wedding…
my wedding would mark a new page in the book for both werewolf & vampire
history! As I walk down this aisle towards my true & forever love I realize that that
all doesn’t really matter, I am marrying the person that has given me life… literally
& the reason for my entire existence. Without Jacob my life would be nothing,
nothing but the longing for Jacob. Sure this marriage would probably lead to the
Volturi finding out, but that didn’t matter until tomorrow, a new day… the first day
of my new life as Renesmee Carlie Black…
Alter
Just as this amazing realization had ended I was only two feet away from the alter,
my true love, & a new chapter in my life, one of happiness, & unknown things to
come. I would take on anything though, as long as my love… my whole entire
future was by my side.
Daddy took my hand, & gently placed it in Jacob’s. As soon as I felt his warm skin
under my hand I knew that is where I was meant to be… this was my destiny that
had been forever scarred into myself from the day I was born! Jacob smiled the
widest grin that he had ever given, and helped me step up the wooden stairs. We
walked gracefully towards the alter & squared ourselves just as millions had
before us & held our hands across the wide gap in front of us, as if we were
holding our promising future tighter & closer into a knit jacket of love & fate that
will last forever. Then the priest began to say the words that would official bind us
together for our existence & more time to come. We had made our own vows,
Jacob started with his warm husky voice speaking the words loud & clear.
“Renesmee, my forever love. From the first time I laid my eyes on your beautiful
eyes I knew that was where I was meant to be, to be gazing into that deep ocean
of hope that laid there. Here I am today making that incredible leap into that
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life. Without you Renesmee, my life has no meaning, I will love you until the end
of the world itself, & probably even longer. Do you promise to follow me in
starting that new chapter of our story, to start the new beginning of our lives, & to
always love me & to keep making me smile, even in bad times where it seems that
all hope is lost?” He asked. I was crying so hard that I could barely see his
beautiful face that has dazzled me for all this time. Took a deep shaking breath of
the cool air surrounding us & finally answered with the same words that all others
have answered with.
“I do!” I said through my sobs of pure happiness & joy. Now it was my turn…
I took another deep breath & then started to say the binding words.
“Jacob, my greatest love. I know from the first time that I saw you that we were
meant to be together until the end of time. I could see it every time you looked at
me with your beautiful eyes that melt my heart away. You surprise me every day,
& always make me laugh. I know that we are inseparable, & that the bond we
share can never be compared to. You brighten each & every day of life with stars
& comets that light the night sky to show the love & promise of our future. I love
you more than the world itself & always will. Jacob, do you promise to always love
me & to keep brightening every night sky?” I asked. I honestly thought that my
vow was lame compared to his, but I saw a tear forming in his left eye that now
trickle down his cheek.
“I do forever & ever” He promised in a crackled voice.
The priest then said the words that bonded everyone together, but little did he
know how very special this bond actually is. How it will not only change our
worlds as a couple, but everyone here as well. Whether it will be good or bad… it
wouldn’t matter until tomorrow, right now it was my time to be happy & to enjoy
the last second of being Renesmee Carlie Cullen, because now the priest says in a
high voice that I swear China could hear.
“I now pronounce you husband & wife. You may kiss the bride…” announced the
priest. Instantly Jacob & I reached across the small gap between us & grabbed
each other & instantly our lips were locked together, never to be broken apart.
This is exactly where I was supposed to be, & I knew it, because as soon as our lips
locked together, I could feel the electrical shock that jolted us together, but this
one was greater than any other. I never wanted it to end! I almost forgot that we
were at a wedding until Mommy & Daddy started laughing quietly. I heard Daddy
whisper “So much like her mother!” Jacob pulled away all too soon, but I knew
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to the airport! I glanced over toward Daddy & Mommy & they were kissing gently.
When Mommy saw that Jacob & I were done kissing she instantly ran up & pulled
me into a bear hug & kissed me on the forehead.
“I love you Renesmee.” Said Mommy once again crying tearless sobs.
“I love you too.” I answered giving Mommy a kiss on the cheek, & then touched
my hand to her head to show her what these last minutes were the best of my
life.
“I know, a wedding is always a girls best moment in her life!” Responded Mommy.
Then everyone else came swarming me. Fist Daddy, then grandpa, Charlie, & Aunt
Rose, but then before anyone else could get to me. Aunt Alice yelled out…
“Come on everyone! We still have the dancing, & Renesmee & Jacob can’t be late
for their flight!” Exclaimed Aunt Alice.
We drove back to the house in my car for the dancing. The car ride was boring
without my Jacob there to talk to. Once we were back Aunt Alice helped me out of
the car where everyone was crowding around to see me.
“Come on, let Renesmee at least get to dance with Jacob.” Said Aunt Alice.
I giggled light heartedly. Everyone dispersed & proceeded to the dance floor
which was cover with an elegant array of blue & white lights that twinkled like the
endless night sky, & it was getting dark!
“Would you like to dance with me?” Asked Jacob giving me his gorgeous smile
that bighted each & every day of my life.
“I would love too!” I said & then he grabbed my hand & we walked hand in hand
to the dance floor where everyone had formed a circle avoiding the middle of the
dance floor which was to be where Jacob & I would begin to dance. We positioned
ourselves perfectly into the center of the floor, & grabbed each other close. Aunt
Alice started the music, which was A Moment Like This by Kelly Clarkson, it was an
amazing song, even though it was kind of upbeat in the end, it was absolutely
perfect, because Jacob & I knew that we would be together… forever! Jacob & I
swayed back & forth & started going into a bunch of complex twists & turns as the
music started to grow. It was as if Jacob & I were the only people in the world… or
better described as probably heaven! I leaned into Jacob’s firm chest & listened to
his steady heartbeat as we started to get simpler in our dance. I was crying this
moment was so perfect. Jacob pulled me away & wiped the hot tears flowing
down my cheeks. I noticed that he had a few tears running down his cheek too… I
guess I found another thing that made Jacob cry, me. I wiped his away, & if the
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over at mommy & daddy, mommy was crying tearless sobs & daddy was holding
her close to him. Then the song came to a close, & Jacob released his grasp on
me, but only to lean in & kiss me gently on the lips. I tangled my hand on the back
of his neck pulling him closer to me than ever before. I slowly moved my hand to
his head & showed him how much those last few minutes meant to me. When I
was done I looked at his gorgeous face that now had warm tears flowing steadily
down his cheek. I pulled him into a monstrous hug, & soon enough we were
dancing to another song, mommy & daddy came onto the dance floor along with
everyone following at their tails. Then I realized why mommy was now smiling…
Flightless Bird was playing, the song that they danced to at prom only a few years
ago… but look at how all of that has changed in all that time, a few years ago she
didn’t have a daughter, a few years ago she didn’t have a werewolf best friend, &
one of the biggest of all was that she wouldn’t have Edward…daddy forever,
because she wasn’t a vampire…
“This is a beautiful song!” Exclaimed my smiling Jacob.
“It really is!!!” I said with an emphasis on really. He gave me a curious look, but
then Seth came over.
“Mind if I dance with the bride for a while?” Asked Seth.
“Go ahead,” Answered Jacob with a sigh. Seth & I started moving fluidly from side
to side.
“You look great!” Exclaimed Seth while carefully viewing me.
I blushed & answered. “Thanks, you look really handsome too!” I exclaimed. HE
gave a light hearted chuckle & responded with thanks as well.
“Have you figured out where you are going yet?” Seth questioned to try to keep
up with small talk.
“No idea! I suppose the whole pack knows though! This is really frustrating!” I
sighed.
“Well, look at the bright side, you will find out tonight…” He exclaimed. Then
daddy started walking towards us.
“Can I have a turn?” Asked Daddy smiling his usual cooked smile.
“Be my guest.” Said Seth releasing me & allowing daddy to get in.
“Thank you daddy.” I smiled from the bottom of my heart.
“For what?” He questioned with wonder in his eyes.
“For everything…” I exclaimed. He chuckled & smiled once again at me.

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“You’re welcome.” He responded, & then he pulled me up on top of his feet &
started twirling around the dance floor until we reached mommy. She smiled at
daddy & just shook her head.
“What?” I asked glancing at myself; everything was exactly how it was before…
“It’s just that is exactly what Edward used to do with me…” she announced still
smiling remembering all of her good times.
“We could do it again if you would like…” offered daddy.
“I would love that!” Exclaimed mommy. I stepped away from daddy & glanced
through the crowd looking for my Jacob… my husband. That word sent a shiver
down my spine, I loved the sound of it, but it all seemed like a dream more so
than anything else. I spotted Jacob by the food table, eating… of course! He
noticed me looking & in an instant was by my side.
“Jacob!” I yelled surprised that he noticed me so quickly. I squeezed our bodies
together & kissed him. He kissed me back, & we did the whole next dance in the
position, which was just fine with me.
“I love you, Jacob. More than the world & the universe combined!” I whispered
into his ear after a kiss.
“I love you too, Nessie! I can’t wait to get going on our honeymoon!” He
whispered back. His breath sent a feeling of warmth & security, & most of all true
love though my veins & filled my body to capacity with it.
“Well good, because it’s time to get ready for the plane, Renesmee. Come on now.
You too Jacob!” Said Aunt Alice dragging us to the house.
Both Jacob & I laughed the entire way.
When Aunt Alice had us inside Rose was waiting with a deep ocean blue dress
that flowed gracefully just like waves in her left hand. She also was holding a
beautiful necklace with gemstones that appeared to be sapphire & diamonds
glittering gracefully all the way around.
In her right hand there was a pair of Nina four inch stilettos that looked to be
extremely uncomfortable!
“Where am I going? Hollywood?” I asked mystified at the outfit that they had
chosen.
Aunt Alice & Rose laughed.
“Just put it on.” They commanded still laughing. I followed my orders & put on the
dress that I found out flowed to my knees, & it turned out the shoes were actually
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“Wow! You look like a goddess from the ocean, Renesmee!” Exclaimed Mommy as
she walked through the door.
“Thanks.” I responded.
“Well, we aren’t done yet! We still have to do hair!” Exclaimed Aunt Alice dragging
me into her bathroom. She was carefully pulling out the bobby pins & untwisting
the braids, & using a bunch of hair products that smelled kind of like a mix of pear
& orange. Then she started lightly brushing through it. After what seemed like an
eternity she finally announced “Okay, we are done! Come look at yourself!”
Exclaimed Aunt Alice.
She lead me over to the giant mirror again, but this time the gorgeous girl looking
back at me had a dress on that looked like ocean waves, along with her wavy hair
gently flowing into a silhouette that resembled a waterfall. My eyes felt like they
were going to pop right out of their sockets, they girl in the mirror did the same.
“Thank you Aunt Alice, Rose, & Mommy!” I yelled turning to give each of them a
hug & kiss. Then Jacob walked in looking stunning in a pair of jeans & a deep blue
button down shirt that matched my dress. I ran over to him & leaped into his
warm arms.
“I love you!” I stated once again tonight.
He chuckled a care free laugh & then responded with my favorite words…
“Forever & ever!” He said as we kissed. Aunt Alice cleared her throat & Jacob
pulled away. Both of us glanced at Aunt Alice who was now tapping her foot with
her arms crossed across her chest.
“Sorry.” I apologized. Mommy was laughing along with Aunt Rose.
“It’s alright, but you have to hurry if you are going to make your flight!” Said Aunt
Alice pulling us towards the bedroom door.
“Alice, we can walk.” Said Jacob laughing. Aunt Alice let out a huff, but let us go &
trotted down the stairs. Mommy came by my side & pulled me into a hug.
“I love you, Renesmee! Please promise me that you will be safe, & call me every
once in a while!” Cried Mommy with tearless sobs.
“I love you too mommy! I promise with all my heart!” I exclaimed joining in with
her sobs. Jacob put a hand on my back, & almost instantly I felt whole again. I
stopped crying & mommy let go only to give me a quick kiss.
“Come on! We have to go!” Exclaimed Aunt Alice.
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“Good bye, Mommy! I will miss you!” I explained as I started to depart. Mommy
stayed by my side, & Daddy met us at the bottom of the stairs.
“Be safe.” He said as he pulled me into a hug.
“I will, I love you.” I said as he was squeezing me.
“I love you too. We will see you soon.” Said Daddy releasing me. I walked out the
door, & everyone was waiting with open arms for a hug. Jacob & I proceeded
through the crowd thanking everyone for coming & saying good bye. Aunt Alice
was waiting at the end of the long row of people holding a car key, for my car! Yay!
“Here you go. I will miss you!” Said Aunt Alice finally crying tearless sobs. I hugged
her, & whispered. “I will too.”
“Come on, we had better get going” Stated Jacob. I let go of Aunt Alice & walked
to the car. Jacob opened the door for me & helped me in. I waved good bye one
last time before we started driving down the moonlit driveway that I had traveled
so many times before. The last glimpse I got of my family would probably stick in
my mind forever. Daddy was kissing mommy, & Grandpa was hugging grandma
Esme, & everyone was waving good bye & smiling.
Traveling
“So are you going to tell me where we are going yet?” I asked him.
“Nope, all I can say is that you will love it… and there are wedding presents
waiting right inside the doorway.” Jacob said smiling his extravagant smile.
“Sweet! I can’t wait! Will the plane ride be long?” I questioned. I had never been
on a plane before, & I don’t think Jacob has either.
“Well the first one won’t be too bad, but the second one may take a while… then
we will have to take another means of transportation to get to our place.” He
stated. So we were taking two flights… that must mean that it is out of the
country… awesome!
“Okay, how far is the airport” I asked.
“Only a couple of minutes away, don’t worry, we have plenty of time.” He stated
as we pulled onto the highway & Jacob turned off the lights & floored the car to
prove his pint.
“We have as long as forever… and please don’t crash my car.” I begged. He turned
& laughed.
“Don’t worry. I have excellent vision…” He said threw his laughs.
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Jacob was right about the airport not being too far away, we were there in less
than half an hour… although that might have something to do with going over
200mph… we were finally pulling into the airport. It was a pretty big airport…
“Nessie, do you see a sign for parking anywhere?” Asked Jacob looking around.
“I thought you had excellent vision…” I laughed.
“Ha-ha, very funny… oh! There it is!” He exclaimed as he took a sharp corner into
the parking area. We found the valet parking station & brought the car over. The
man whose name was George walked over as Jacob got out. George opened my
door for me, & his eyes went wide when he saw me. I glanced over at Jacob, & he
was closing his eyes & taking deep breaths.
“Thank you.” I said & walked over to Jacob to place my hand on him.
“Its okay, settle down.” I whispered into his ear. He opened his eyes & seemed to
be in better control.
“How long are you going to be away for?” Questioned George filling out a slip.
“We are having family to come & pick it up later today, so one day I guess…”
Answered Jacob in a careful voice.
“Okay. And what is your name?” He asked.
“Jacob Black & this is Renesmee Black.” Jacob responded emphasizing my new last
name. I blushed, that was the first time I had heard my new name.
“Oh, honeymoon I am guessing.” George asked embarrassed.
“Yes, just got married today.” Answered Jacob happily.
“And where are you headed?” Asked George.
“Its kind of a surprise for Renesmee.” Stated Jacob.
“Okay, your total is ten dollars for the day then.” George stated handing us the bill.
Jacob took out his new leather wallet & pulled out a fifty & handed it back.
“Okay, I will be right back with your change,” Said George walking away.
“Keep the change.” Said Jacob as he was pulling out our four big suitcases.
“Really? Thank you!” Exclaimed George very surprised.
“No problem. Here are the keys.” Responded Jacob throwing them lightly at
George. George caught them & waved good bye to us before hopping into the car
& driving away.
“Did you see his face?” Asked Jacob laughing.
“It was really funny!” I exclaimed pulling Jacob into a quick kiss.
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“Okay.” Answered Jacob. Then we walked hand-in-hand to check in our luggage…
Jacob was right about the flight not taking too long. Within two hours, we were on
the ground. He wouldn’t let me look at the sign in the airport & covered my ears
both times they announced where we were going on the plane, so he must really
not want to give me any clues. We were now in an airport somewhere, & it was
huge!
“Wow! This is gigantic!” I exclaimed with my eyes popping!
“Yeah, it is pretty big, good thing we have an hour and a half until we have to be at
our gate! Do you want to go & get something to eat?” Jacob asked.
“Sure… well, is there a place that serves breakfast all day?” I asked with laugh.
“I don’t know, let’s go look...” He said pulling me along to the food court.
We ended up eating at a restaurant called Ike’s. They had eggs for me, & Jacob
ordered the turkey dinner. After dinner, we had to run to our gate, because the
dinner took so long. Jacob covered my eyes when we got to the gate. I could see a
few people giving us strange looks, but I didn’t care. Once we were inside the
plane Jacob took his hands off my eyes, I blinked, & soon found out that this plane
was enormous! It had three rows of seats, & two isles! Jacob & I were sitting in
first class. We scanned through the numbers until we found our seats. Once I sat
down, I noticed a mini TV in the back of the seat in front of me! Awesome! I also
discovered that my seat turned into a bed when you pushed back!
“What do you think?” Asked Jacob laughing as he watched me play around.
“I think it’s awesome!” I exclaimed as I fidgeted with the TV remote. I discovered
that you could watch movies! I picked out Pirates of the Caribbean two, Dead
Man’s Chest, & finally we were heading out. Jacob took off my headphones &
covered my ears with his hands, & soon enough we were in the air…
I slept most of the way to wherever we were going, Jacob ate all of the meals &
snacks that they offered, & I still think he was hungry! I didn’t eat until breakfast
when they had egg & sausage sandwiches… of course I only ate the egg & gave
Jacob the sausage. We were going to land soon, & so Jacob covered my ears,
although he really didn’t need too, because I fell asleep…
“Nessie? Wake up, we landed…” I heard Jacob telling me. I opened my eyes to find
that everyone had already left the plane; I blushed & got up to walk out.
“Sorry,” I apologized.
“S’okay. We have to go get our luggage now.” Stated Jacob looking at the signs
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“This way…” Said Jacob pulling me along. I noticed that the signs were in Italian…
“Jacob, are we in Italy?” I asked surprised.
“It’s about time you figured it out!” said Jacob laughing. I laughed with him, but
when we stopped, we noticed that nobody was talking…
“Jacob, nobody is talking except for us.” I stated laughing a little at how silent it
was in the busy airport.
“That’s what Europe is like, there’s one of our suitcases,” said Jacob when he saw
the luggage carrousel & my pink bag passing us. Jacob ran up to it & retrieved it,
soon enough the other three suitcases came.
“I can carry mine.” I offered; Jacob was pulling all of them.
“No need, our limo driver is right here,” Stated Jacob smiling as we went up to a
young man with a sign that said Black written on the front.
“Hello, are you the Black’s?” Asked the young man, who was called Aldo.
“Yes.” Responded Jacob.
“Okay, let me take your bags.” Said Aldo grabbing our bags & putting them on a
luggage cart.
“Follow me,” Aldo said signaling us to follow. Jacob & I followed him to a big black
stretch limo. He opened the doors for us & we crawled in to find a TV, glasses,
some cheese & grapes, & some wine with a note attached that appeared to be in
Mommy’s handwriting. I took the note off & read it to myself…
Dear Renesmee & Jake,
Congratulations! Here is some sparkling grape juice (Since neither of you
are twenty-one). Enjoy, & have a good time!
Love, Bella
“Okay, its sparkling grape juice I guess, lets try some!” I said as I reached for the
bottle & twisted the cap off. Jacob had two champagne glasses ready, & gently
poured the grape juice into each glass.
“Cheers, to getting married & for looking forward to our lives together forever!”
Said Jacob. Then we clanked our glasses together…
We ended up at a marina with many huge boats! Aldo opened the door for Jacob
& I & we walked out into the night. IT was a beautiful night; the stars were
gleaming in that universe far beyond the earth. I loved looking at the stars, & so
did Jacob.
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“Yeah, it really is…look a shooting star!” I yelled just as a star shot across the deep
blue sky.
“Make a wish.” Jacob told me.
I wish that Jacob & I could have a fun honeymoon…
“That will be $250 sir.” Said Aldo handing Jacob the bill. Jacob pulled out three
hundred dollar bills & handed it to Aldo.
“Thank you, keep the change.” Said Jacob. Aldo gave us a thankful smile & waved
good bye.
“What are we doing here?” I asked.
“Getting on a boat, what else…” Said Jacob sarcastically.
“Which one?” I asked viewing all of the boats.
“Just follow me, & you will find out.” Said Jacob tugging me along the docks.
We stopped at a smaller, maybe 35ft boat called the Shooting Star.
“What do you think?” Asked Jacob.
“It’s great!” I exclaimed as Jacob hauled our bags into the boat & then help me get
in. Then he went & sat down at the driver’s seat & patted the seat next to him for
me to sit down. I sat down, but I wondered where we were going… being out at
sea in a smallish boat wouldn’t be too pleasant…
“Where are we going?” I questioned as we pulled out of the slip.
“You’ll see soon enough, it’s only an hour away.” He said smiling his brilliant smile.
“Okay…” I said yawning.
“You can sleep you know, there is a bed down in the cabin, or you could stay
here…” he offered clearly hoping I would stay.
“Here is just fine, plus how else will I be sure that I am warm enough…” I laughed
as I wrapped my arms around his arm. He placed his arm around me & I rested me
head in his side, & soon enough I was asleep…
“Nessie, wake up, we are almost there!” Exclaimed Jacob as he gently rubbed my
arm. I slowly opened my eyes & sat up.
“Where?” I asked looking around at the water… then I saw a black shape breaking
the gentle water.
“There.” He said pointing exactly to where I just looked.
“What is it?” I questioned.
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“What? They bought us an island! Awesome!” I exclaimed. Jacob laughed.
As we kept getting closer I could notice the shape better, there were Cypress trees
galore, & a couple of olive trees, all framed around a beautiful beach gleaming in
the moonlight. It was beautiful.
Soon Jacob docked the boat & took all of the luggage off, & then me. Then he
reached into his pocket & pulled out a gold key.
“You do the honors, just follow the lights.” Said Jacob pointing to where there
were little white lights gleaming in the ground. I started skipping down the path,
somewhat unaware of what I was doing… Boom! Ouch! I guess I skipped into the
steps, oops. Jacob was by my side in an instant, throwing the suitcases to the
ground.
“Nessie! Are you okay?” He asked picking me up in his arms.
“Yeah, I’m fine; I just wasn’t paying attention I guess…” I told him.
“Good,” He said as he walked over to the big wooden door & turned the key. I
looked up… the building was like a castle… it was made of grey & brown stone
blocks, & had old wooden frames on the windows…
“Is this a castle, or am I hallucinating?” I questioned. Jacob chuckled.
“It’s a castle; this is Esme & Carlisle’s gift to us. Esme had some of her friends
come & refurbish this castle! It used to be owned by Victor Emmanuel II, as a
cottage… it is a small castle.” Explained Jacob as he set me down.
“Cool.” I stated simply as I walked into the castle.
It was spectacular! As soon as you walk in you can look to your right & there is a
nice small living room with a big L-shaped sofa, & a blue leather chair right next to
it. There was also a large flat screen TV mounted on the wall just perfectly
centered so that it matched up with the sofa. Then I turned & looked in what
appeared to be the kitchen.
There was a shiny black oven and, stove, with a complicated key pad on the front,
a matching frig, & a glass countertop that when you looked closely you could see
gold shimmering in the glass. Perfectly placed in the middle of the room was a
small mahogany wood table with two matching chairs across from each other.
There was a blue candle in the middle of the table with gold sparkles as well. And
then, I noticed a hallway, I walked down the hallway to find pictures of Jacob & I
hanging on the walls, one of which said… My love for you will last forever, as
forever is how long we will be together. It was a beautiful saying!

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I kept walking until I passed a doorway on my right; I opened it & found out that it
was a bathroom. It had a bathtub that could fit probably ten people, & it had a
gold trim around the edges!
I kept walking a few steps until I noticed another doorway; I opened it & found it
was the bedroom… It had a mahogany wood bed place in the middle of the far
wall, with a deep ocean blue comforter highlighted with gold stitching, & the
upper rim consisted of many small golden stitched stars. The bed also had a blue
velvet canopy tied with gold lace at the ends of the bed. Across from the bed was
another TV, but this one had a case next to it, with probably over 200 movies in it.
I glanced at the some of the titles… Titanic, Sound of Music, Romeo & Juliet,
Casablanca, & Ghost, all of which were romance movies!
After I looked at every square inch of the bedroom I returned to my search for
mysterious doors though out the hallway. Not even ten feet down from the
bedroom there was a large wooden door on the right hand side of the hallway. I
grasped the large handle firmly in my hand & pushed open the heavy door… in
the room was a pool! I flicked on the light switch next to the door, although I
really didn’t need too, & found that instead of turning on the lights above the
pool, it made the pool gleam with colors of red, purple, blue, & pink all changing
in a combination that differed each time. I was sure that this pool was straight
from heaven; it even had a tile engraving in the bottom of the pool that had a
heart with the initials R&J contained inside it.
“Jacob! Come look at this!” I yelled. In no time my beloved Jacob was behind me
with his arms wrapped loosely around my waist.
“It’s beautiful isn’t it?” He whispered softly into my ear. The warmth of his breath
sent a vibe of radiance throughout my body, & left my mind floating into the
clouds above. I took a deep breath to gather my mind back together before
speaking.
“Yes, it is!” I exclaimed, although I really wasn’t talking about the house as much
as my angelic husband standing behind me. I turned & cleared the distance
between us & our lips met once again sending me flying to the heavens. All too
soon Jacob pulled away.
“What was that for?” Asked Jacob bewildered at my sudden kiss.
“For you sending my mind into a state of shock.” I giggled.
“Oh, well in that case maybe we should keep going…” he suggested.
“That sounds like a good plan to me!” I exclaimed reaching up on my tip-toes
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“You, know, maybe we should wait… I don’t think Edward would like this too
much…” said Jacob waiting for my reaction.
“Fine, but will you promise we will before we leave?” I asked.
He rolled his eyes before continuing… “Who would have thought that a two year
old would ever have the same desires as a teen?” HE chuckle, but he still didn’t
answer my question.
“Jacob, please answer my question.” I begged.
“I won’t make any promises, but keep in mind that was very hard for me to say.”
He said stunning me again.
“Fine, but I won’t give up!” I stated.
“If your anything like your mom stubborn wise, then I believe you 100%.” He
chuckled. This time I laughed with him.
“There’s my favorite smile. So what do you want to do?” He asked. I scrunched
my eyebrows together. He knew what I wanted…
“Other than that, Nessie.” He said annoyed.
“Fine, how about we go swimming.” I suggested.
“Okay.” Jacob said as he got up to get his suitcase.
I followed him out of the bedroom & into the living room where our suitcases
were stacked neatly into a triangle shape. I went over & grabbed my pink & blue
suitcases & hauled them back into the bedroom.
I unzipped the massive suitcases to find a whole lot of lace… & not a single
swimsuit! What was Aunt Alice thinking?!?! I continued my search through the
suitcase to find only more lace… just great! I thought to myself. I finally found
something that was remotely close to a swimsuit & slid it on, it felt really strange,
like an alien on my skin… I glanced at myself in the mirror only to see a girl who
appeared to be in her twenties staring back. My eyes grew at the sight… how
could this be me? Maybe Aunt Alice’s idea wasn’t so bad…
I walked out of the room with a new sense of courage towards the door that
would lead me to Jacob. I opened the door & found the person that lit up each
day of my life, & one who I always trust & rely on for my very survival of each
day… I smiled at him, & he smiled back with the smile of someone who you truly
love. I headed into the water & leaped into Jacob’s warm arms to find the whole
meaning of my life… him.
“You look amazing.” Stated Jacob chuckling at the ridiculous look on my face.

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“You always look amazing.” I said touching his head to show him my thoughts as I
walked down the hallway, & leapt into his arms…
“I know, you don’t have to show me.” He said, & then we swam into the deep
depths of the pool together, having the greatest time of our lives… existence I
should say…

Jacob crawled into the bed to join me just as the moon crept out from behind its
hiding place in the clouds.
It has been… I don’t know, maybe four or five days now, & Jacob & I have been as
busy as ever exploring every square inch of our island, the gleaming ocean around
it, & everything else in between. It has been an remarkable honeymoon so far, & I
think that it will continue, although Jacob still hasn’t fulfilled the promise that I
wanted him to make… but hopefully that will change tonight…
“what do you want to do now?” Asked Jacob tenderly pulling me towards his
warm body & give me a kiss. As soon as our lips touched I was speechless, & it
was as though my entire mind had been thrown out of a window! I couldn’t think.
I parted my lips & felt the warm air of his breath in my mouth. It seemed like only
seconds, but he pulled away.

“Hey! I wasn’t done yet!” I pouted.

“Well, you still haven’t answered my question…” Prompted Jacob.

“I believe that I did… come on please!” I begged! I want this so badly.

“no, not yet, you know your parents wouldn’t be happy with us having sex!” Said
Jacob, although I knew that it was hard for him to say that.

“Fine! Let’s go swimming then!” I suggested… I would just have to tempt into
getting what I wanted.

“Okay, that sounds like fun!” He said & walked off to get his swimsuit. We had
only gone swimming one other time… on our first day. The water was like bath
water, & I loved the glowing lights in the pool that changed from purple, to pink,
to blue, to red, & back again, but today I was on a mission. I opened my suitcase &
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into the back, & it fit my body snugly… then I put on the top which was a match to
fitting my body absolutely perfectly. I glanced at myself in the mirror & quickly
brushed through my curls with my fingers, before heading down to the pool.

When I reached the large wooden door to enter the pool… & to await Jacob’s
expression, I took a deep breath to clear my head & then proudly walked through
the door. Jacob was in the shallow part of the pool wearing my favorite pair of
swim shorts; they hugged his body, but not too tightly, & showed off his amazing
abs! I was staring all googol eyed at him & noticed that he was staring the exact
same way at me, both of us too shocked for words… he was the first to speak.

“Wow! You look… amazing! I might just have to reconsider that other offer…”
Stated Jacob still staring at me.

“You look great too, Jacob!” I said, finally able to move my legs forward & into the
water. I swam over into Jacob’s arms & turned my head around to kiss him. Jacob
& leaned into each other slowly, & what seemed to be an eternity later out lips
locked together once again, & I was where I was meant to be! Jacob & I stayed in
this position for nearly an hour, only taking a couple second breaks before
starting again!

“Are you tempted enough to take me on my offer yet?” I questioned when both
of us were too out of breath to continue.

“Hmmm, give me a minute to get my mind back together…” Stated Jacob holding
a finger up to caution me to wait. After a couple of seconds & deep breaths he
finally answered. “Fine, you win, but just keep in mind that as soon as your dad
hears about this in one of our heads when we get back, you have to tell them!”
Commanded Jacob with a smile.

This was the hardest part about this decision… my parents, more so daddy… he
would be furious, but I will let that be dealt with when we return back to Forks.

“Fine by me… when are we going back?” I asked, I started counting the days in my
head… one, two, three…it had been six days already!

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“Whenever you want to go back… Bella & Edward said to stay as long as we want
as long as we stay in contact… which reminds me, that before we start getting
crazy you might want to call them…” Prompted Jacob.

“Fine…” I said as I walked away to the hallway outside of the pool where the
phone was.

I dialed the familiar number & waited… Mommy picked up on the second ring.

“Hi, Renesmee. Are you having a good time? I miss you!” Exclaimed mommy.

“Hi, mommy! Yes, I am having a great time! I miss you a lot too!” I answered.

“So what are you up to now?” Questioned Mommy… I hope Aunt Alice didn’t
have a vision…

“Jacob & I just went swimming!” I answered cautiously.

“Oh, well I have to go… Alice is taking me on a shopping trip, again! Well, I love
you!” Said Mommy & I could hear the kiss that she sent me through the phone.

“Okay, love you too!” I said & returned a kiss. Then I hung up. Jacob was behind
me with his arms wrapped tenderly around my body, & his lips were on my head.
I turned around to kiss him again.

“How about if we wait to do this after lunch… I am starving!” He exclaimed just as

his stomach let out a rumble in agreement. I laughed.

“Okay… what do you want?” I offered. I was having eggs… obviously.

“How about a turkey sandwich...” then his stomach let out another growl…
“Better make that two!” Chuckled Jacob. I smiled & then walked toward the
kitchen with Jacob following me. He cooked me my eggs, & I made him his
sandwiches. Then we sat down across from each other at the wooden table.

“This is really good!” Complimented Jacob in between bites.

“Thanks, the eggs are good too!” I responded.

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Once we were done eating we returned to the bedroom. As soon as we walked
into the doorway, I turned around & leaped into Jacob’s arms. He smiled &
carried me over to the bed. I was a little nervous.

“Sure you want to do this Nessie?” Asked Jacob one last time.

“As sure as I am that I love you!” I said & kissed him to reassure him. He returned
the kiss, & soon we were pressed up to each others bodies, & I was having the
best time of my life!

I woke up to a beautiful sunbeam shining throw the drapes in the window… I

didn’t remember falling asleep, but I guess that I did. All I remember is that last
night was the best night of my life! I turned towards Jacob who had his arm
wrapped around me & who was gazing into my eyes. I blushed, & smiled in
return.

“Good Morning Nessie!” Smiled Jacob.

“Good Morning! Was it just me or was last night amazing?” I questioned just to be
sure that I didn’t just dream the whole experience.

“It really was! I was thinking that maybe we could go hunting today for
breakfast… if you want to that is.” He offered. My throat was burning quite a lot,
even though I could survive off of only human food, I didn’t enjoy doing it…

“Yes, that sounds great! My throat is burning!” I stated. Jacob just smiled in
return & leaned in to kiss me, we stayed like that for I don’t know, maybe two
minutes… although it seemed like seconds! Before I knew it Jacob released his lips
from mine & gave me an extraordinarily dazzling smile that made my mind go
blank.

“Ready?” He asked still smiling, but it was a different kind of smile, like he was
trying to hide something from me… I didn’t like it, but before I could question him
he kissed me & that left my mind blank of all worries…

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It took me a while to recover, but I was finally able to answer with a simple nod,
Jacob chuckled lightly & then left so I could change.

I put on a pair of black leather pants, a cobalt blue shirt with a matching cashmere
sweater, & pulled my long curls back into a messy ponytail. I quickly glanced at
myself in the mirror before heading out of the big wooden door & into the snow
covered yard, it must have snowed overnight…I wouldn’t have noticed!

“Jacob?” I asked into the wind. I waited a while, & soon enough a reddish-brown
wolf came trotting over to me. Jacob gave me a big wolfy grin & nodded his head
towards the woods to show that we should go.

“Okay! Race you there!” I said as I started into a sprint, Jacob wasn’t too far
behind, although I already knew that he would let me win. I reached a circular
meadow that still had grass gleaming with a glaze of fresh frost, in the middle of
the field there were two male goats. Their scent set my throat into flames… I
crouched down & pounced landing perfectly next to the goat, & before the goat
could react I had my teeth in his throat. The blood soothed my throat & soon I
was full. I glanced over towards Jacob; he wasn’t eating… that was strange. I
walked over to him & touched my hand to his head.

“What’s wrong?” I asked him. He nodded his head to his stomach… oh, so that’s
what he was hiding this morning.

“Stomach hurting again?” I questioned. His nodded his head a little.

“Let’s go back then… I could carry you if you want…” I offered, I had done it
before, he was really heavy, but I could do it… he just shook his head & started
walking back. I followed right by his side all the way back to the house. Then he
phased & walked into the house without saying a word & went to lie down on the
bed. I followed him again & laid down next to him.

“You okay? Do you want me to go get a trash can just in case?” I asked worried.

“Yeah, I’m okay. I really don’t think that I will need it, but you can if you want to. I
think that I am just going to take a nap though… love you.” He said.

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“Okay, I will be right here if you need anything…I love you too!” I responded &
kissed him on the head, he wasn’t running a fever, which was good. Then he
closed his eyes with his arm around his stomach & soon he was snoring…

I stayed watching him for while, but I was starving! Which was strange because I
had just ate like less than an hour ago! Oh well! I thought to myself & got up being
careful not to jostle the bed too much & move Jacob. Once I was out of the bed &
proceeded to the kitchen & scanned the frig for what I wanted & finally found the
familiar rectangular Styrofoam container…eggs. I went & got a pan to fry them up,
& some butter. I waited for the butter to melt, & then started to fry up the egg,
but it was taking way too long! I flipped the egg once, twice, now I just started to
keep flipping it I was getting so impatient! After about twenty flips the eggs were
done…finally! I plopped them onto a blue plate & brought them over to the little
table, but before I sat down I went & got a glass of water to drink.

The eggs were pretty good! Not as good as Jacob’s eggs though, but he was a little
busy right now, so this was just fine! I scarfed down the eggs & within minutes I
had finished! I brought the dishes over to the sink & thought that I had better go
& check on Jacob. I started to walk back to the room, but then remembered the
trash can. I retrieved it from the kitchen & then went back to the room to find
Jacob still sleeping soundly on the bed. I yawned, I was getting tired just watching
him, so I tip toed to the bed & crawled in carefully, & laid my head down on the
feather pillow, & I was soon asleep…

“Kill that beast! Kill it now!” Said a loud voice that I would recognize anywhere as
Caius’s! Why were they here? I glanced around at my surrounding; I was in the
woods next to the cottage. What did Caius mean about killing it… what was it
anyway? I glanced over at Caius & he was holding a beautiful baby girl who had
long black hair that fell into ringlets all the way down to her chest, & deep brown,
almost black eyes.

“Peace my friend, this baby means no harm,” explained the other person, Aro, as
he placed his hands on Caius’s shoulder. Caius shook it off & then appeared a fire
in front of him; I knew what would happen next… “No!” I yelled out loudly, I
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down into the fire… I was burning! Then I woke up to Jacob who had his arm
around me…

“Bad Dream?” Questioned Jacob. He had a distinctiveness about his voice though,
which probably meant that his stomach still hurt.

“Yeah, is your stomach any better?” I asked sweetly.

“Not really, but I want to know what you were dreaming about!” He demanded.

“Well… I had a dream about t-the V-V-Volturi!” I stammered, I decided that I had
better leave out the baby girl in this one… plus the Volturi were enough to give
anyone nightmares!

“It’s okay; it was just a dream…” He said while rubbing his flaming arm up & down
my arm…

“Jacob, let me feel your head, I think you have a fever!” I commanded. I brought
up my hand from underneath the blankets & felt his head, it was like fire under
his skin, but not nearly as bad as it had been when he first was bit, which was
good.

“I will be right back,” I said.

“Where are you going?” He asked.

“To go get a thermometer!” I yelled as I ran out of the door & towards the
kitchen. I started digging through drawers until I found the thermometer. Then I
ran back into the room… Jacob was throwing up into the trashcan, so I placed the
thermometer onto the nightstand & went to rub Jacob’s back.

“It’s okay, your okay.” I chanted over & over until he was finished.

“Sorry.” He said whispering, I knew that he would probably want daddy here now,
except for one problem… daddy was on the other side of the world!

“S’okay, do you want anything?” I asked running my hand along his cheek.

“No thanks.” He said blankly.

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“Can I take your temperature?” I questioned.

He nodded his head slightly, so I grabbed the metal thermometer off of the
nightstand & put it in his mouth… in a few seconds the red needle stopped on
what looked to be about 112!

“Your temperature is 112, Jacob!” I yelled in a scared voice.

“It’s okay, Nessie. I will be fine! I am just going to take another nap, okay?” He
asked calmly.

“Okay, sorry. I am just worried is all…” I explained.

“Don’t be. I love you.” He answered back sweetly.

“Love you too!” I smiled & gave him a quick kiss on the cheek before lying down &
closing my eyes, so Jacob would think I was sleeping, & then fall asleep himself.
My plan worked, & within minutes Jacob was asleep… I got up & grabbed another
thick feather filled quilt from the closet & placed it on Jacob; he looked so at
peace, he was smiling in his sleep. I wonder what he is dreaming about. I guess I
will just have to ask him when he wakes up… that reminded me of my whole
plan…

I went into the living room & found my little blue cell phone still plugged into the
wall. I unplugged it & scrolled down my long list of numbers until finally I got to
the E’s… I hit the number & waited... on the third ring, he answered…

“What is it Renesmee? Is everything okay?” Questioned daddy nervously.

“Daddy! I don’t know what to do! Jacob’s stomach is hurting him again, please
help!” I said overreacting a bit, I think, but I was really scared!

“Well, what is he doing now?” Asked Daddy, & then he yelled Grandpa’s name
away from the phone. I heard Aunt Rose yell “He’s out hunting with Bella! Why?
What’s going on?” Then I heard Daddy answer “Great! Jacob’s stomach is
bothering him again…” That reminded me that I had a question to answer…

“He is sleeping right now.” I responded simply.

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“Okay, have you checked his temperature?” Asked Daddy sounding very
professional.

“Yeah, it’s at 112!” I exclaimed & started crying.

“It’s okay, Renesmee. When did his stomach first start bothering him?” He
questioned.

“This morning, maybe around ten? We were hunting when it happened.” I stated.

“Okay & how has he been doing?” He questioned.

“He threw up once, but said that he was fine… I don’t know though, because he
seemed to be in a lot of pain! What do I do?” I asked still crying, my voice cracked
a couple of times.

“Well, give him until tomorrow, or if it gets any worse then call me, & Carlisle & I
will be on the next flight okay?” Said daddy trying to keep me calm.

“Okay, thank you! I have to go, Jacob will probably wake up soon… love you!” I
said into the phone.

“Okay, love you too, be safe!” Stated Daddy & then I hung up.

I sat down on the couch with my head in my hands crying for a while. What do I
do? What if he gets really sick & daddy & grandpa get here too late? What would
that do to me? I kept thinking of the worst possible things, which only made me
cry more! I now had my head buried into a pillow bawling. I had to stop thinking
of these things! I had to be strong for my Jacob! That reminded me that I should
probably go back & check on Jacob… I couldn’t looking like this though! I inhaled a
few deep shaky breaths & then raised my head only to find Jacob sitting on the
chair next to the couch with a worried look on his face.

“J-j-a-a-a-c-o-o-b-b” I stammered through the tears. He came over & pulled me

into his lap holding me in his warm arms.

“It’s okay; I’m here, its okay.” He cooed as he was gently rocking me. The tears
started to slow down enough for me to talk.

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“Sorry…” I stated.

“For what? Crying? Your human… well at least half human, it happens.” He said
wiping the tears from my cheeks.

I smiled a little at his choice of words.

“There’s my favorite smile.” He chuckled smiling back at me. I couldn’t resist

being happy when he gave me that smile. I wrapped my arms around him & gave
him a hug.

“Now tell me what was making you cry so hard.” He demanded, but still keeping
the gently tone in his voice.

“You, I kept thinking of bad things, I was sooo worried! How are you feeling?” I
explained.

“Fine. My stomach still hurts a little, but a whole lot better than before. I guess
that I being worried about you helped. What were you thinking about?” He
questioned worried.

“Well, I was thinking about you well… um… dying,” I stammered out looking
cautiously at his face that turned into an apologetic look with a hint of confusion.

“That is pretty bad… don’t worry though, I would never let that happen! I would
never do that to you!” He promised.

“How can you be sure though?” I asked him. He wouldn’t be able to control
something like that.

“Well, with a family like yours, & the meaning of my entire world standing by my
side, I think it would almost be impossible.” He chuckled.

“Yeah, almost!” I stated still being stubborn. Jacob laughed at my expression; I

gave him a playful punch in return.

“What was that for?” He questioned still laughing.

“For making me worry so much!” I exclaimed.

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“I am really sorry, Nessie! What can I do to make it up to you?” He asked.

“Hmmmm, let me think…” I stated holding up my finger cautioning him to wait…

“How about a movie?” I suggested.

“Okay, that sounds good!” He said getting up, still holding me.

“I can walk.” I said.

“I know, but this is a lot more fun!” He stated as he carried me into the bedroom.

“Do you want popcorn or anything?” I asked him once I was on the bed.

“No thanks, like I said; my stomach still hurts a little. Don’t want to risk it.” He
stated.

“You can take another nap if you want…” I offered.

“No, if I take a nap, then I can’t do this.” He said pulling me into a kiss.

“I agree, you should stay awake!” I exclaimed laughing. He laughed with me.

“So what movie would you like to watch? Have you called Bella yet today?”
Questioned Jacob. That reminded me that I had better call Daddy & tell him that
Jacob was okay…

“It doesn’t matter; pick the first one that you see… yeah, I called Daddy today
while you were sleeping… I had better call him call him back & let him know that
you are okay…” I explained as I got up from the soft bed.

“You called him?” Asked Jacob wondering.

“Yeah, well I was really worried!” I defended.

“I guess it was the right thing to do, well, you should probably call him before he
is on a plane coming here.” Chuckled Jacob.

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“Good point…” I stated laughing along. Then I walked back to the living room &
grabbed my phone. I dialed the number & waited. Daddy picked up on the first
ring.

“Renesmee! How is Jacob?” He questioned worried.

“He’s better. We are watching a movie.” I explained. I could hear Daddy let out a
sigh in relief.

“Okay, glad that he is better! How are you?” Asked Daddy with a curious voice,
once again my thoughts lead straight to Aunt Alice having a vision…

“Good. Why?” I asked curiously.

“Just checking. Well, I will let you get back to your movie. Love you.” Said Daddy.

“Love you too, bye.” I said into the phone & then hung up.

I walked back to the room. Jacob had put a movie in, which I soon recognized to
be Titanic, & now was laying on the bed. He smiled when I walked in & patted the
bed next to him. I smiled & crawled into the bed & put my head on his chest. He
wrapped his arm around me & then both of us watched the movie.

I cried at the end, once again imagining if that were my Jacob. I don’t think I could
live without him here. Jacob pulled me closer when I started to cry & patted my
back. Before I knew it the movie was done.

“That was beautiful! I love that music!” I explained while I wiped the tears from
my eyes.

“It was really nice! So, what do you want to do now?” He questioned.

“Can we get something to eat? I am really hungry!” I stated.

“Okay, I am kind of too!” Stated Jacob with his stomach rumbling in agreement. I
laughed. Both of us got out of bed & went to the kitchen.

“What do you want to eat?” I asked Jacob.

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“How about eggs… I will make them.” He offered.

“Okay.” I said going to sit down.

“How many do you want?” Asked Jacob.

“How about two… and some toast please.” I answered sweetly.

“Someone’s getting picky…” Stated Jacob laughing. I was getting tired, so I started
to day dream…

“He’s beautiful, Nessie!” Exclaimed Jacob holding a bundle of blankets.

“Let me see!” I exclaimed. He tilted the little bundle & in it contained a baby boy
with pale white skin & dark brown eyes with black hair already down to the
bottom of his ears…

“Nessie?” Asked Jacob. I snapped out of my dreaming…

“What?” I asked confused.

“Here are your eggs, you okay?” He asked.

“Oh! Yeah, fine, just day dreaming… I am tired!” I said letting out a yawn.

“Okay… we can go to sleep when we are finished.” Said Jacob sitting down across
from me. I grabbed my fork & started eating my eggs; they were delicious, just
like all of Jacob’s eggs were.

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