Chapter 2
"Wow, your dress is amazing." I complimented Nessie; it was red-violet and cascaded down in ruffled layers to her knees. "Eek! I know! Hurry we need to go downstairs it's time to party!" Nessie exclaimed happily. She kept me in tow as we walked down the stairs, Nessie of course went before me and when she reached the bottom of the stairs all of her family complimented her on how pretty she is. Everyone at her party was the Cullens and Hales but I guess a few are extended family from Alaska. What struck me odd was the fact that everyone besides Nessie and I had gold eyes and flawless pale skin but
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY NESSIE!" everyone shouted the entire Cullen's house was decorated in pinks and purples with a table overflowing with wrapped presents and such. "Oh my gosh this place is amazing!" Nessie exclaimed hugging her family. "Nessie, there's also one more surprise…" Alice her sister said while opening the backdoor allowing in a tall, strong built guy with a major tan. "Jake!" Nessie screamed running over and wrapping her arms around him.
I always remember Nessie said that she had a boyfriend who lived by Forks, the place that she used to live before moving here, but I did not realize when she said he was really strong that he was like a body builder type. "Hayley get over here" Nessie told me happily. "Jake this is Hayley, Haley Jake" She introduced us. "Nice to meet you." He greeted me holding his hand out for me, his skin was really warm considering that outside it was pouring rain and freezing cold. "So you're the Hayley that Nes is always telling me about." Jake mused "So you're the famous Jake that Nessie can't go five minutes without talking about." I joked while nudging Nessie.
"Okay yes we all know that I talk a lot… hey let's get cake!" she suggested. All of us went to the dining room where an elaborate three story pink, white and black cake stood. "Holy crap that's a big cake." I muttered "Yay pink!" Nessie squealed sitting down at the head of the table, I could hardly see her behind it. After all of us sang happy birthday she blew out the candles, only her, Jake and I got some cake the rest were insisting that they didn't want any. It's kind of weird since I've never actually seen any of Nessie's family eat…
"Presents! Presents!" Nessie cried running from the dining room back out to the living room to the enormous pile of gifts. "Hey Nessie! Wait for me!" I hurried to run after her but by the time the rest of us got there gift wrapping was being thrown in the air as she opened all her presents."I swear Nessie sometimes you go from a mature sixteen year old to a five year old." I joked; Edward and Bella smirked as if there's something I'm not quite getting.
All of her gifts were either clothes or purses, I just hope my present is good enough even to compare to the expensive things she received.
"Here Nes, I hope my gift is as good as these" I smiled as I handed her a medium size canvas wrapped with a bow on it. She tore off the decorations revealing a painting of Nessie and me goofing around smiling and laughing. "Wow this is beautiful, thank you so much Hayl" she choked out and crushed me in a hug. "I'm so glad you like it, I've been working on it since school started back in August-"
"When we became best friend! Oh I remember, thank you so much." She said wrapping my back in a hug. Over Nessie's shoulder I saw her sister , well foster sister, looking dazed with no expression and her eyes were glazed over. "Is Alice okay?" I whispered to Nessie, she pulled away from my grasp and turned around.
For a second she seemed confused "Um, oh Hayley let's go get some more cake!" she cried nervously tugging me back into the dining room. "Wait, I just got some…"
Once we reached the kitchen where the food was put in from dining room, Nessie quickly ran up to me "So would you like cake?" she rushed out. "Um okay?" I replied as she handed me a plate and fork so I could get some. "Er Nessie, is everything alright?" I asked but when I turned around she had dashed back into the living room. "Uhhh."
Nessie's POV
"Alice what did you see?" I asked when I ran back in. "They're coming, why are they coming? I should have seen it earlier…" Alice spoke in a daze; Jasper was with her attempting to calm her down. "Who's they?" Tanya asked, her and the others from the Denali clan had come to help celebrate my '16th' birthday.
"The Volturi" Dad answered "What, why would they come again? They know Nes isn't any threat." Jake growled. "Jake…" I murmured and wrapped my arms around him. I knew that he had imprinted on me since I was two years old, well physically I was about 7 or 8.
"I'm not sure, I only see them coming here, they were here earlier…" Alice started "The accident in front of school earlier." Dad finished.
"Hold up what about Hayley?" I asked.
Hayley's POV
Hmm what could Nessie and her family possibly have to talk about which involved me locked in the kitchen? I shrugged as I set down my once full plate and stood in the middle of the marble floor. Five minutes went by but only the weary murmur of voices is all I can hear.
My eyelids grew heavy but I'm not tired, my vision blurs like I'm crying but I'm not. No not another shimmer, it can't be; two in one day it usually only happens two times in one month. Quickly my body collapsed with a thud. This shimmer began washing my mind with memories about the Cullen's, I couldn't explain it even if I tried. Mostly it showed Edward and Bella, Nessie's brother and adoptive sister or so I thought. In this shimmer Bella was different, brown eyes like Nessie's and blush tinting her face. Edward and her were in a forest, flashes from different perspectives ran through my thoughts allowing me such little time to comprehend.
"Say it, out loud" Edward demanded, Bella swallowed and looked over her shoulder at him "Vampire"
