Chapter 1: Arrival
I pull up in front of the beautiful big white house in my 1965 red convertible Mustang as my family came outside to greet me. I can't believe it has already been 11 months since my last visit, which I was late to for my cousin's wedding, and it has been a little over 10 years since I found them, the Cullens. As I pull up, I recognize every face that is there to greet me. All of those faces but one, that is.
Her name is Renesmee, although we call her Nessie, my cousin, Edward thinks to me after he read my mind to hear my wonder of who the little one is. She is Bella's and my biological daughter, like you are my biological cousin. It's not a venomous relation, it's biological.
Thanks Eddie, for clearing that up for me, I think back in response as I smile at everyone and park my car in front of the beautiful house.
When I open my car door to get out, a chorus of "Lizzie!" is shouted at me in happy and excited voices. Everyone starts running to hug me, Emmett and Jasper playfully pushing each other in attempt to hug me before the other. I end up giving a big fat group hug to all of them so Jasper and Emmett's game would be ruined. I laugh when they start whining about me ending their little game.
"I'VE MISSED YOU LIZZIE! SHOPPING IS ALWAYS MORE FUN WITH YOU!" Alice squeals at me, probably the most excited about my visit out of everyone.
"I've missed you too, Ali!" I giggle back to her. It's true that I've missed Alice, what's not to miss about her? I missed her, and her surprisingly large amount of annoyingness for someone so small, like crazy!
Alice fills me in at top speed on what big events in the family I've missed in the past 11 months, in what I call 'The Ali Report' but I say the T in report as a silent T to poke fun at Steven Colbert. When Alice is done with 'The Ali Report', I bend down next to Renesmee so she can look me in the eyes if she wants.
"Hello Renesmee," I say as sweetly as possible to the shy little girl. "I'm your second cousin Lizzie."
"Hi Lizzie," she says shyly. Then, she hugs me like she's know me all of my human life and all of my existence. As if she knows my story and what I went through when I was human while Edward had disappeared. And, of course, I return the loving, caring hug.
Next thing I know, my 'Welcoming Committee' is dragging me inside the house and into the living room. Once they have me seated on the couch, everyone is asking me questions about things like my latest adventures and what I've been up to since I last saw them during my visit for Bella and Edward's wedding. And of course, my favorite little annoying pixie of a vampire asks me if I bought her the designer shoes from Paris, France that she's been wanting. I answer all their questions as quickly as possible, telling Alice that it's for me to know and her to find out in response to her question about the shoes which just makes her pout since she isn't able to get a vision for some reason unknown to her.
Then little Renesmee asks me a question, it's the one question I've only been asked once by the others and I hadn't answered it then. But I'll answer it now, for Renesmee.
"Lizzie, will you please tell me about your past? I want to know more about you…" she says, trailing off at the end of her sentence.
"Sure sweetie, I'll tell you. That is, if the others don't mind…" I say trailing off at the end. And because I haven't told anyone my story before, no one objects to this.
"Ok," I begin, somewhat dreading reliving the bittersweet memories that this long story brings. "My story begins back on December 13, 1901…"
