Forever Night *Twilight's 5th Book*

*Bella*

"Mom, I need help," Renesmee called down the stairs, Edward paused for a moment.

"Uh yeah, mom stuff," he mumbled. "She's going out with Jacob tonight..." He finished.

"Oh, I get it." I smiled. Alice looked at me, her look seemed to scream 'YAY OUR BABY IS ALL GROWN UP!' my guess was that she had had a vision.

Maybe I should make things a little more clear. Nessie is sixteen, but she looks to be about a few years older. She is pretty, she has hair like mine, but it is the same color as her fathers. She has green eyes, and her skin is the most perfect color, a creamy pale white. My daughter is definitely beautiful, but the good looks come from her fathers side of the family I'm sure. My Nessie, our Nessie, is the light of my life and Edwards, despite the fact that he is convinced that he is not infact alive. He believes that he is damned. Apparently, we have no souls, but I say we have souls, we are to blessed in other ways not to have souls.

I started up the stairs, and went and knocked on her door.

"Come in," she sighed. I opened the door, oh yes, Alice had gotten hold of her. Ness was dressed in a beautiful dress, it was a peachy colored dress, with a black stripe down the center. It was beautiful, Alice had done good work.

"I need help," she murmured. She turned around and I noticed that her dress wasn't zipped up. "My arms don't bend that way," she said quietly. I zipped up her dress, she was looking in the mirror.

"So, what's going on?" I asked quietly.

"...He loves me," She whispered. "He keeps telling me that he does, and I know that we're meant to be, I just," she stopped.

"Just?"

"I just, my life has been, well the complete opposite of normal. The only normality, in any of it, is when we go see grandpa Charlie. That's it. I just wonder if I love Jake, like he love's me. I can't be sure if I do or not, because he is the only one that I have ever been with. He is the only one that I will ever be with. You wanna' know how I know that?" She turned and looked at me.

"How?" I asked, I'm pretty sure I already knew the answer though.

"If I ever even looked at another guy, Jake would," she paused and looked in the mirror again. "Rip the dudes head off, or dad, dad would do so too. They would gang up." She frowned.

"That they would," I laughed. "Honey, I know, but I'm sure that if you told Jacob, what you just told me, he would understand. Your sixteen for crying out loud."

"Yeah. Now that just leaves dad." She smiled.

"Yup," I said and sat down on her bed. Unlike the rest of us, she had a bed because she actually slept. Not to do...other things in.

"I think that I love Jake, I just can't be sure," she looked sad, but she was strong, and she would never let me see her cry. The door bell rang. Jake. "Can you get that...before dad?" She asked quietly.

"Sure thing baby," I said and kissed her forehead. Then I ran, and I mean ran, down the stairs. Edward gave me this look, and then just shook his head. Instead of opening the door, I ran and held the door shut. Jake tried to wiggle the handle, and then he tried to open the door.

"BELLA!" He yelled at me, while he continued to try and open the door. Edward just laughed.

"Let the boy in Bella," he laughed. "Or else we will never get rid of him," he mummbled.

"I HEARD THAT!" Jake shouted through the door. So I opened it.

"Thank you, finally." Jake glared at me.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah..." I went and sat down on the couch, Alice appeared next to me. Renesmee came downstairs, she looked beautiful. I saw the look Edward had, as he watched Jake, as Jake watched Nessie come down stairs. Edward looked about ready to kill Jacob, and if it weren't for Ness, he would have done so a long time ago.

~Renesmee~

"So spill it Black, where are you taking me?" I asked, he was annoying me with his secretive ways. He refused to tell me where he was taking me.

"It's a surprise Ness, just bear with me here." He smiled, then reached over and took my hand in his. This is what always made things awkward with us, he would try to be sweet, and romantic and he would act all...in love. I wasn't sure yet though, if the feeling was mutual.

"Jake," I began.

"Yes love?" He grinned at me.

"Okay stop the vehicle." I said and he did. I got right out, and started back towards my house. Jake followed.

"I'm confused, what's going on?" He tried to hold my hand as we walked, but I pulled away, and then I got very angry. I kind of blew a gasket.

"WHY MUST YOU ALWAYS DO THIS JACOB?" I yelled at him, he looked shocked, and hurt.

"What is it that I'm doing?" He tried to take my hand again, wow this dude just doesn't get it does he?

"That! You act all lovey dovey, even when you know that I'm uncomfortable with that!" I was mad, and by the looks of it, so was he.

"I'm in love with you! Sorry for not knowing that was a crime Renesmee!" Uh oh, he only called me Renesmee, when he was really mad at me. Like the time I shaved all of his fur off, when he was asleep in the living room. Everyone had gone out hunting, and they didn't want to leave me alone, so Jake offered to stay. That was after he was on patrol for about, 72 hours straight. He didn't even notice. Hey, what can I say, I was only like a year old.

"Well, it isn't. But you should know enough," I stopped myself. I didn't want to hurt him that badly did I?

"I should know enough to what Renesmee?" He looked furious.

"You should know enough, to stop, when I don't love you back." I regretted the words, the minute they came out of my mouth. He was silent for a moment. Then he exploded.

"Jake, now calm down," I started, as I slowly walked backwards. This was Jake's boiling point.

"I HAVE GIVEN EVERYTHING FOR YOU!" He growled. Taking a step closer, he transformed. In the place where Jake once stood, there was now a huge, copper wolf, and it looked angry. I wasn't that worried about my own safety. I could easily outrun Jake.

"Ha, ha, okay Jakers, calm down. Just, calm yourself, and we will work it all out." I tried to calm him. He barked, then growled, and then pounced. I ran, apparently in all of his anger, he had also aquired supersonic speed. Uh oh. I found myself literally running for my life, back towards the house.

"DADDY!" I screeched as I approached the house, and out of no where there he was. Now he was standing in front of me, and he stopped Jacob in his tracks. My father hissed, and Jacob skidded to a stop. I realized then that I was crying. Jake noticed too, apparently my father had already known, because he turned his back to Jake immediately, and he hugged me. He tried to comfort me, I noticed my Uncle Jasper running out of the house down to me and my dad, and my mom on the back porch.

"Would you take her up to the house Jazz, I have to," he paused for a moment, "have a chat with young Jacob here?"

"Sure, have a chat?" He replied.

"Have a chat, dispose of the body, it's all the same," he looked at Jake, Jake was white as a ghost. I have never seen him look so afraid. "Any clue where the extra, body bags are, Jazz?" He asked, as he gave Jacob a death glare.

"Noooo," Jasper looked confused. "We don't have any- oh, I get it." He said and guided me back up to the house. I walked up reluctantly. I was still wiping a never ending series of tears from my eyes. I am not so sure if I love Jacob or not, but I don't want him dead. Dead is bad. Very very bad. I heard something that sounded like a dog whimper, no, a dog cry out in pain. Automatically, I spun around and looked for Jake. He was against a tree! My father had thrown him into a tree! He was crying, like a dog, and he didn't look like he could get up.

"EDWARD!" Both of my uncle's yelled, I saw my dad go at Jake again. Jacob tried to get away but he was helpless. Emmett ran from the porch, over to my father, and Jasper left me standing there alone. I couldn't just stand there and watch. My feet would not move. No matter how hard I tried, I was still. I could not walk, run, hop, jump, I could not move. I was too afraid.

"Get her inside Jasper." My father hissed, he didn't even have to look to know it was Jasper trying to hold him back.

"No Edward, I don't want you doing something you might regret."

"I. Don't. Care. He was going to hurt Renesmee. My daughter. Mine Jasper." He spat. "Not yours, not Emmett's," he growled as Emmett tried to help Jasper contain my father. "Mine." He hissed. Someone hurting his daughter was apparently a crime now.

"Da-daddy?" I managed. I hadn't even planned on speaking. "Do-don't. Please," I whispered. I was shaking. He immediately came over to me, shaking Jasper and Emmett off of him. He hugged me, and told me not to cry.

"She isn't doing this for you dog." He spat all of a sudden. "She doesn't want me to kill you, because she doesn't want me to kill. You, or anyone else. I swear though, get out of here, or I will kill you without giving it a second thought." He was right, right now I wasn't thinking of Jacob, I just didn't want my Daddy to kill, anyone. Jake limped away. They usually got along quite well, but something had happened. Something my dad wasn't telling me. He then brought me inside. As soon as we were in the house I ran up to my room, I made sure that everyone knew that I wanted to be alone.

*Bella*

"I can't believe he would do that." I murmured.

"I should have killed him then and there." Edward growled. I had never, and I mean NEVER, seen him so aggressive and protective. Not even towards me. That was okay though, as long as he is protecting Nessie.

"She should have killed him. That would have been even better." Emmett laughed. His laugh boomed through the entire house. Alice and Rosalie came downstairs, Alice as graceful as usual, and Rosalie without making eye contact with anyone. Rose went and stood by her husband.

"What do you know? You are blocking something from me," Edward began, "it bothers me. What don't you want me to know?"

"I helped Jake to set up their date tonight. He wanted to-" she broke off. "No, I swore to him that I wouldn't tell, nothing you can say or do will change my mind."

"Now your protecting the dog Rosalie? You rather the dog than your own family?" Edward didn't seem angry, he seemed hurt.

"No, but I promised. I don't break promises Edward." She whispered. He thought for a second.

"I can respect that. Just as long as what you know, is not a danger to anyone," he replied.

"Of course not Edward."

"And when I say danger to anyone, I mean that he was not planning on taking my daughters virginity,"

"Edward!" I squeaked.

"What?" He looked at me confused.

"Not appropriate. You have absolutely nothing to do with that, I don't want to even hear you talking about that, stay out of her business."

"No." He looked at me with a "what, are you crazy?" look.

"Edward, you are so stupid." I shook my head appalled.

"Hey!" He was offended. This made me happy. I know that my daughter is extremely upset, and hurt, and upstairs in her room crying, but still I was able to laugh at my idiot of a husband. After that laugh, I went to go check on my baby girl.

~Renesmee~

"Nessie, sweetheart?" I heard my mom call from outside the door.

"Go away, I don't want to talk to you." I sobbed. She came in anyway.

"Honey, I know your hurt, but Jake-"

"But Jake nothing mom, you said he would understand." I cried. "You said he would be okay with it, and he would understand."

"I thought, I thought that Jacob was more mature than that." She sighed as she rubbed my back, she was trying to get me to calm down. "Apparently, I was wrong. I guess Jake will never grow up." I muttered.

"Nope."

"Nah, never."

"He won't, that's not how Jake is." I whispered. "How could he try and hurt me?" Realization struck me. How the hell could Jake do that? Boy gonna' be sorry for that one!

"Immature Werewolf Anger Issues Syndrome. IWAIS." My mom said without looking at me. She then looked at me, and saw the confused look I was giving her. "Oops, was that out loud?" I laughed, but I laughed because she wasn't trying to cheer me up, she actually meant what she said. Sorta'. I heard my dad come up the stairs, and in a second, he was at my door. He was holding the cordless phone.

"Uh, Ness, some guy's on the phone for you," he sounded puzzled. I got off my bed, and took the phone from him.

"Hello?"

"Uh, hi. Vanessa Cullen? It's Ryder, Ryder Knight. We met at the park yesterday..."

"OH! Oh yeah, I remember. You called!" I kicked my parents out of the room. And yes, he did say Vanessa. That's what I say my name is, when I meet someone. "Okay-so-I'm-just-gonna'-get-this-over-with-I-just-spent-the-past-hour-and-a-half-practicing-in-the-mirror-will-you-go-out-with-me?"

"Sorry, didn't quite catch that. Did you just try to ask me out?" I giggled.

"I, uh, yeah. I tried." He sighed.

"I'd love to Ryder."

"You'd what to Ryder?"

"Love to."

"Wow,"

"Pick me up at, eight, tomorrow night." I smiled.

"Sure, you live in that house out by the lake right? The old Whitmore house?" Yes, we lived in a house, by a lake, I chose the house. Supposedly the house was haunted.

"Yeah, that's it. See you tomorrow Ryder."

"Yeah, tomorrow." He said and I hung up. I opened up my bedroom door, to see Jake, jaw dropped.

"Your folks let me in to apologize. You work fast Renesmee I'll give you that." He spat, and ran out of the house. I think I just hurt him even more. Why does this have to happen to me? Oh right, because, my 'rental's are vampires, I'm some weird hybrid, and my 'soul-mate' is a werewolf with IWAIS. Great, just great.

"That is not how I saw things working out!" Alice squeaked from the other end of the hallway. "It was supposed to be all romantic, and he was going to-" she stopped herself.

"HE WAS GOING TO WHAT?" I heard my dad scream from downstairs. What was Jake gonna' do?

"Oops, come on." Alice mumbled to me. Even though she was smaller than me, she managed to pull me down the stairs, against my will.

"WHAT?" My father screamed yet again. I was afraid to find out just what he was screaming about.

"Daddy?" I asked as I entered the living room, where the rest of my family was. And oh, if looks could kill. My father would definitely be considered a serial killer.

"No, oh HECK NO!" He yelled.

"Relax Edward. Renesmee is a big girl, and Jacob loves her." Aunt Alice told my father.

"Loved." I said without thinking. I guess that's one thing I get from my mom.

"Loved?" Everyone questioned.

"After tonight? Yeah, I think it's safe to say loved. As in past tense." I felt the tears start up again.

"Alice. I am going to kill you." My father said slowly, changing the subject.

"Now Edward, no need for violent sister murdering. Come on, now you see why I didn't tell you." She pleaded.

"I would have been fine, had you not kept it from me genius." He growled.

"Kept what from you?" I asked.

"Jake was going to propose. No one told your dad." Aunt Rose said calmly.

"WHAT? AND NO ONE TOLD ME OF THIS? IF SOMEONE WOULD HAVE TOLD ME, I WOULD NOT BE IN THE MESS I'M IN!" I shouted. I guess I get that from daddy.

"Ness, we couldn't tell ya'." Uncle Emmett shook his head. "That would not have been fair. I mean poor Jake, how would he feel if we ruined his proposal. I mean if we told ya' that he was going to take you to the beach, and carefully place the ring in a shell, and things were gonna' be all romantic and junk, he would have killed us." He said smiling like a dufus.

"Oh no! I screwed everything up!" I sobbed. I couldn't believe this was happening to me. Why me? Why is it always me?

"There there baby, Jake loves you, he always will, nothing you do will ever change that. Just breathe, and you can sort all of this out tomorrow, after a good nights sleep, and a nice warm bubble bath. I got this." Aunt Alice said as she rubbed my back soothingly. I couldn't even begin to explain to her that he would NOT be in anyway forgiving after all of this. I just had to start to accept that.

The next morning, I woke up and didn't want to remember anything. So I didn't. Until I went downstairs and I noticed that everyone was freaking out, over the whereabouts of my father. Oh damn.

"Hey," I said when nobody actually noticed that I had come downstairs. This was odd 'cause I liked in a family of vampires and they notice everything. I mean seriously, not trying to gross anybody out, but my mother and Alice know when I'm on my period before I do. It's creepy. Aunt Alice can't see my future but somehow, she. Knows. All. She is like… I don't even know. She is a super vamp.

"Nessie, what'd ya' do sneak down?" Uncle Emmett laughed nervously.

"No, I just walked." I said simply. "Where's Dad, I wanted to talk to him?" I asked, knowing that they wouldn't tell me what was going on unless I got it out of them. The easiest person to get it out of was Emmett. I looked directly at him, staring him down until he finally broke. Cracked. Crumbled under the pressure. I enjoyed his pain a bit too much, but I didn't care much.

"He, uh, just went, uh, out." He said and scratched the back of his head nervously.

"Really Uncle Emmett? Really? Do you really want to play this game with me, I know I sure don't," I smiled evilly.

"That's something you get from your father isn't it. I swear Bella, you got knocked up with Satan's kid sixteen years ago. It's coming back to bite us all in the ass now.

"I don't know Renesmee, I honestly don't have a clue." He said

"Why do I think that's not all?" I asked.

"It isn't," Grandpa started, "we all got back from hunting, but your father never came back. Did he come here at all last night, do you have any idea where he went?" He asked concerned.

"No, I wish I could be of help, but I can't." I said quietly.

"It's all right baby," Grandma said quietly and she went over to Grandpa. "We'll find him sweetheart, he's an adult, sorta', don't worry."

"He's no more of an adult than a pre-school student is and you know it Esme." My mother said, I could hear the worry in her voice.

"I'm going to the res. I need to make some sense of everything." I said suddenly. Yeah, the reservation. We were living in Seattle, or rather just outside of Seattle.

I pulled into Billy's driveway. I knew that after last night Jake wouldn't want to be home. He hates to be alone when he's upset, he needs either Billy or… his pack. Please tell me he was at Billy's and the pack didn't hate me. Billy came outside, or at least to the front door and opened it, and gave me this look like 'Oh hell no you are not here after what you did to my son.' I was. He just shook his head slowly.

"He's not here," he called to me from the door.

"Do you know where he is?" I asked.

"Renesmee," he started.

"I don't care. Please, just, where is he?" I begged.

"…At Sam and Emily's. Or at least he was about an hour ago, you can try and find him there but there's no guarantee." He said and went back inside slamming the door.

I was then in my car on the way to Sam and Emily's house. I got out of my truck and the guys started to come out of the house. Sam was last, and Jake was no where to be seen. Sam and the rest of the guys just gave me this look. I saw Emily at the window, holding their little boy, Caleb.

"I just want to talk to him." I said sternly.

"Why? Just so you can break his heart again and make things worse. Just leave leech and don't come back. Your kind is not welcome here. Your not welcome here." He growled.

"The hell I'm not Sam!" I yelled.

"NOW!" He demanded.

"I'm not leaving. I came here to talk to Jake and I'm not leaving until I do. Jacka-" "What?" He started. The next thing I know I'm in a fighting position, I hear a car pull up behind me, and Jake was coming out of the house to break up the fight that had just broken out between Sam and myself.

My father got out of his car and ran up, standing behind me, but attempting to get in front of me.

"Get away, let me stand on my own two feet for once." I hissed at him. I knew I could take Sam, Jake was stronger, faster, knew me better. He knew what I would do before I did, that's why it was hard to beat Jacob. Not Sam though, he knew nothing, and was weak. He was already in wolf form, and I was in a fighting stance. Oh it's on.

The next thing I know, he's coming at me full speed and he was angry as anything. I was ready though. I took the impact without even flinching. He was then thrown into a tree. As soon as he got back up I was ready for another go.

"Get up and fight me you coward!" I yelled. He was limp and could barely stand. The rest of the pack was phased and ready now. Except Jake.

"Try me and your dead you filthy flee bags. I want to talk to Jacob, whether or not I have go past you or through you is your choice. Take your pick." I growled. I didn't know I could be so… badass. For lack of a better word. I like it.

In an instant, the entire pack was after me. Bring it on boys, and Leah.

I was horrible at being mean and vicious…usually. Right now I was in the zone. My father was just looking on in amazement, as was Jake. I had taken down about, two thirds of the pack. It's a pretty big pack, and they were not taking turns coming at me. I was hit though, abruptly, and I didn't see it coming. I was thrown away, towards the woods, and I noticed that my side was bleeding. Damnit.

"OH MY GOD NESS I'M SO SORRY!" Quil phased back and ran to me. "I didn't mean to really, I mean, I uh, I'm so sorry!" He didn't want to hurt me and I knew that, Sam ordered the pack to defend one another though, and this was how he was defending one another.

"QUIL!" Sam yelled using his alpha voice. I got up, though I wasn't healed completely, I was ready to fight again. I was ready, and I wasn't going to accept defeat.

Once I had finished off anyone that would challenge me, I went over to Jacob.

"Now your really not on my good side. Little brat, just go and don't come back."

"Jake," was all I managed before I felt a sharp pain in my side. I fell to the ground grabbing my side. Jake caught me, and quickly tried to calm me down, and he made room for my father to come over and examine my wound. Suddenly, everything went black, but at least I was in Jacobs arms.

"Nessie? Oh Ness, wake up honey." I heard Jake's voice. I wanted to wake up, but I couldn't find the strength to open my eyes. And face rejection. I guess this settles it then. I do have feelings for Jacob, the only thing to figure out now is if I really truly love him.

"Come on Renesmee." I heard my dad whisper. "Damnit Black! This is all your packs fault." I heard my father scream.

"She attacked us Cullen!" Paul roared.

"And I'll finish you off! Go run with your tail between your legs Paul. Don't you dare talk to me that way." My dad was furious. I've never seen him so angry, and trust me, I have seen him very angry. "Jacob, help me get her to the car, it's the least you can do after all this." My father spat. I heard him talking, it was more of a whisper. I knew that he was talking to my grandpa on his cell.

"Up ya' go Renesmee." Jake whispered.

"Don't you listen to him Jake," Sam said.

"Yeah just drop her," Paul continued.

"See how he likes that," Jared laughed.

"Bitch." I heard Sam mumble.

"Don't you dare Sam." He growled. Sam looked at him shocked. He wasn't shocked that Jake was defending me no, he was shocked that Jake just said that to the alpha.

"What did you say to me Black?" He asked.

"Never mind Uley." Jake muttered. He brought me somewhere, my dad's voice got louder as we approached. The next thing I know I am being taken out of Jakes arms. I didn't want that.

"Jake," I breathed. They both stopped.

"I guess she wants you to come." My dad said quietly. He sounded disappointed. Oh well. I don't care, I want Jake.

"Too bad, here. I can't. I know she loves me Edward. I do, I really do. But until she knows, until she can admit it to herself, I can't." He said quietly.

"I know Jacob." My father said, almost as if to comfort Jake. Jake noticed how odd it was too, and he automatically handed me back to my father, who then got me in the car, and took me home. Then, I was out again.