Thanks to all who read my stories. I know it's been a while since I have written but my other story was my first priority, go check it out, and then I had one of those test weeks where my teachers give me a major test practically every day. I hope you enjoy. Disclaimer: Stephanie Meyer owns Twilight, I do not. I do own the plotline.
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Chapter 2: JacobPOV
*18 years later*
It feels like it was just yesterday when I found that innocent little baby girl lying on the ground. Now she is 18 today. I've decided along with Sam and Emily, who became her guardians after she was born but never mom and dad but more like aunt and uncle, that today would be the day she receives Bella's letters.
Everyone else took Nessie, as we like to call her along with Ren, out to celebrate throughout the day while tonight would be reserved for me. I'm going to take her to dinner and then for a walk along La Push Beach. There I will explain the full story of Edward and Bella along with give her the letters.
I'm heading towards her house now. She's grown up so much. She has her mother's chocolate brown eyes, and her father's strange colored hair with streaks of brown mixed in. She looks beautiful with curls that flow down her back.
She has vampire beauty including pale skin that shimmers not sparkles in the sun. She runs faster than most vampires but she is not as strong as one. Her senses are amplified and she did gain some powers. She can project pictures and thoughts into someone's mind, usually by touch but she's working on expanding that. She can read minds but she can usually turn it on/off or sometimes it will turn itself off. Sam theorized that since she has her father's power, she probably has her mother's but we have no way to test whether or not Reneesme has a shield or not. These are just her vampire qualities.
There is a human side to her. She's as clumsy has her mother and is warmer than vampires and not as pale as them. She has a heartbeat even if it's a little fainter and not quite as indestructible but very close.
We've grown close with her being my imprint, I was whatever she needed. Right now she's my best friend and we're falling in love. I just hope as I make my way up the driveway, she'll still be able to love me when she finds out what the rest of the family and I have hidden from her.
RenPOV
Today has been the best birthday ever! Aunt Em and Uncle Sam took me out for breakfast, my favorite café with the best Belgium waffles and blueberry pancakes ever. Emily and Sam took me in after I lost my parents. I never like to call them mom and dad because it doesn't feel right in my heart so they became my aunt and uncle even though unfortunately they did act like parents. They started to act even more like parents when they had kids of their own, my two cousins. Thomas is 15 years old now and Lacey is 12 years old. Thomas has been acting weird lately, the pack thinks he's going to make the change into a werewolf soon but I don't know why. There aren't any vampires here so that doesn't make sense. Lace, as I call her, is so adorable. She has me dress her up and do her hair all the time even though I'm not into it that much myself.
After my family breakfast some of my best buds, aka Quil, Embry, Paul, Jared, and Seth; basically half of the pack minus Jake (they told me that since Jake and I were hanging out tonight he was banned from friend time,), kidnapped me. They took me to a giant clearing where we played baseball and football. I don't like presents, I've never enjoyed people spending unnecessary money on me. They guys tended not to listen to this very much but they went easy on me this year and got me some new equipment including a new football, baseball and bat, helmet , and a jersey with my name on the back and The Pack on the front. They decided it was necessary for them to sign everything they gave me but that's okay, I love them even if they are goofballs.
We had to stop playing when we got a very angry phone call from my two best gal pals Cassie (Seth's Imprint) and Leah, who demanded my immediate return so they can pretty me up for my date with Jake tonight and spend some girl time with me. Of course the guys who are big muscled men who turn into werewolves are scared of Cassie and Leah so they quickly rushed me back home.
I had a lot of fun with them even though they made me their personal Barbie doll. I usually don't allow it but I allowed this one time. They also know of my un-love for gifts so they only got me a dress to wear for tonight. As we danced around singing and joking with each other I couldn't help to think back to before I was friends with Leah.
Leah used to have this hate towards me and always acted coldly toward me. It bugged me how I didn't know what I did to deserve this. One day I just got so sick of it and marched up to her and demanded she either start being nice to me or tell me what her problem was. I realized I was being rude so I apologized and said I was sorry for whatever it is I did to make her upset with me. That seemed to snap her out of it and we've been best buds ever since. I never did find out why she disliked me.
My friends have all left and the doorbell just rang signaling Jake's arrival. Jacob has been the world for me. He was an older brother, my best friend (still is), and my boyfriend and now I know that I love him more with every passing day.
I ran down the stairs shouting my goodbyes as I went. When I reached the bottom I flung open the door and ended up tripping on the rug effectively putting me in Jacob's awaiting arms. That darn clumsiness always seems to pop up at the most perfect moments.
"Someone's a little eager to get going." He said. I just nodded, I could feel my cheeks heat up, and they're probably red as a tomato from embarrassment. Jacob laughed a little at my entrance. "Bye Sam, Emily. I'll make sure to get her home before midnight. Don't worry. Bye." And with that we were off.
My night with Jacob has been amazing so far. We walked to a café by the sea, one of my favorite places to be besides the forest. We watched the sun set over the ocean as we ate dinner and talked and laughed with each other. I loved how the ocean sparkled beneath it. Now we are walking along the beach to the log, our log.
Throughout dinner Jake seemed to be nervous about something and kept feeling the inside of his pocket. I asked him about it but he just told me not to worry about it. We finally made it near the log that for me is for some reason oddly comforting.
As we near it Jake and I just talked about nothing and anything. Of course with my luck I tripped and was about to get a face full of sand when Jacob caught me. I looked up and he was laughing at me for the second time tonight. I smacked him playfully on the arm and pouted while sitting on the log. He stopped laughing and got a sad smile on his face before joining me. "You're so much like your mother. You are just as clumsy as she was."
WOAH! I almost fell off of the log right then and there. No one ever talks about either of my parents and especially not my mom. Growing up, I would ask about them and people would get silent and sad then tell me, "Not now Reneesme maybe later." I eventually stopped asking because there was never a later. I really don't know anything about my parents.
Jacob sighed before pulling out a couple of letters that were crumpled and by the looks of them were quite old. "Reneesme, I think it's time I tell you about your mother….and your father." My whole body went numb as he began.
"Your mom and I knew each other when we were very little. She used to come up and see her dad, her parents were divorced, who lives in Forks and was close to Billy," My grandfather lives in Forks and is friends with Billy. I've probably seen him and not even known who he was!
"Your mother decided to move back and live with her dad for her junior and senior years. That's when she met your father. We weren't really close then but I knew that your father saved your moms life and that they were in love. Your mom's life revolved around him. Then at some incident with his family at her birthday party your mom got hurt," I didn't miss how he sneered when ever he talked about my dad.
"Shortly after that they left. Not just your father but his whole family who was like your mom's family. Your father told her how he didn't love her anymore and didn't want her. The rest of them left without a single goodbye. He just left your mother in the forest by herself. She was absolutely devastated." My mind reading kicked in and I saw a picture of a girl around my age that had my eyes but brown hair, she was beautiful. This pretty girl looked like a zombie. Her face was contorted into a look of pain, and there was no life in her eyes. She looked pale and frail almost like if I touched her in the slightest amount she would break. I knew in an instant, who she was, she was my mother. I took it all in and I gasped. How dare someone hurt her like that. Tears streamed down my face.
"That's how Sam found her in the woods they day they left." Jacob explained. Because of the packs single mind thing when they phase, Jake was able to see what Sam saw. Jake took my hand and rubbed soothing circles on it with his thumb. I realized I was still crying and I tried to calm myself.
"She went a little crazy, she was like a zombie. The doctors started saying she was catatonic. Then one day she came and saw me. We started to hang around all the time and we became best friends. Then my change happened and I wasn't able to spend any time with her anymore. I knew that it was hurting her. She was just starting to brighten up after he left and then I had to go and leave her too. I hate myself, I even promised to always be there for her." Now it was my turn to calm him down. He had a tight grip on my hand as he tried to hold back tears as I comforted him. When he was ready he continued on.
"Before I could go talk to her we found the trail of a vampire. We followed it and that's where we saw the vampire about to kill your mother. We got there just in time and stopped the vamp in wolf form of course.
She discovered a few things that day. One, she found out we were wolves. Two, apparently the vampire was an enemy of your parents and that he told her that another enemy vampire was after her, out for revenge for her dead mate. And finally, that was they day she found out she was pregnant with you. While in the clearing I had heard the two heartbeats coming from your mother. It was one of the happiest days of her life. You brightened up her world considerably which was surprising. We though it might depress her knowing that she was a teenager who was pregnant with the child of the man who broke her heart." I took a breath I didn't realize I was holding but I quickly sucked in more air when I saw tears start to form in his eyes again.
"She didn't want to put you or your grandpa in danger so she agreed to stay on the Rez and let us protect her. So we made it look like she disappeared. Months passed by and we weren't able to catch the red-haired vamp but we kept trying as she kept coming back. I watched as she got bigger and bigger with you growing inside of her. Then around 8 months later, Seth and Jared got hurt when they were chasing the vampire. Your mom was overcome with guilt and she," tears started streaming down his face. We sat there for a few minutes while I whispered soft nothings into his ear before we picked the story back up.
"We came back one night to a note saying how she was going to hunt down your father so that he could protect you when she was gone. I think she knew she was going to die. The moment I realized she left I chased after her. I followed her all the way across Canada and part of Alaska. I could smell the vampire following her also. I ran as fast as I could, hoping to get there before she, the vampire, did. I finally found her. Your mother was lying on the ground, motionless with you screaming beside her. It looked as if she died right after giving birth to you." I couldn't believe what I was hearing. My mom died giving birth to me. She would have been fine if she didn't run off trying to protect me. It's all my fault my mother is gone. New tears fell from my eyes as I listened to Jacob.
"I could hear the vamp close by so I chased her away from your mother and you. When I went back to find out your mother was gone," He choked on the last word and I felt tears once again running down my face as well. Jacob reached down and wiped the tears from my eyes. "I smelled another vamp where your mom was. The vamp's sidekick must have taken her. I never forgave myself for losing her body." I wiped the last of the tears and then he looked at me with loving eyes.
"There is one thing about that day that was actually good. It was good because it was the day you were born. I remember going over and picking up the baby and thinking that you were so beautiful. My life revolved around yours from that moment on" We sat there and smiled at each other just basking in our feelings.
"Your mom, I think knew that she wasn't going to make it to so she left behind letters. One of them was for me to read because I was the one that found you. That was how I knew what your name was. You were named after all of your grandparents. Another letter was supposed to be sent to your father and his family but we don't have to much love for them, so we, Me, Sam, and Emily, kept it. We thought it was the best way to protect you from him. The last letter was written for you to read to find out about your past. We felt that now that you're 18 and an adult you deserve to have it."
Anger swelled within me when I realized that they knew who my parents were from the start. The reason I never had a dad was because of them. My father is out there not knowing I even exist! I pulled myself away from Jake. Tears of anger filled my eyes as I clenched my fists. I needed answers. "Why did you keep this from me? I never had a dad because you had some grudge against him! What gave you the right to decided on whether or not I got to know about my past? What gave you the right to keep my mother away from me? And to know that I could've run into my grandfather here and not even know him!"
"Nessie, calm down" Jake tried to pull me closer.
"NO I most certainly will not calm down!" How dare he say I need to calm down when I have every right to be angry!
"Just wait a minute. There is something else I need to tell you." I guess this would be important enough to hear. I 'm curious as to what else they kept from me. "You know how you're fast, stronger, and have those other powers?" I have always been different then the others.
I could always run as fast as the wolves. I was stronger than the people in my gym classes. I could show people my thoughts and memories. Occasionally I read other people minds. Everyone tells me I am inhumanly beautiful. I had super pale skin that looks funny in the sun. I guess they know why this is.
"Nessie, your father was a vampire. You are a half-vampire." My body was trembling as I took in this news. I realized that I'm supposed to be my family's worst enemy. But then I realized everything suddenly makes sense. "I think you should have these," Jake put the letter into my hands.
The tears were flowing freely now. There is nothing I could do to stop them. I looked down at the crumpled old letters wondering what my mother had to tell me in them. I looked back into Jake's eyes. I knew that I couldn't stay here. I love him so much but I can't deal with my anger for him and the sudden knowledge of my real family both at the same time. I knew I had to run away if only for a little bit.
I leaned in and gave him a sweet kiss on the lips before I gave him a hug. Before pulling away I whispered words I knew were necessary but will hurt him even more, "I have to go Jake but know that I will still always love you." I looked into his teary eyes that were filled with hurt before I ran faster than I ever have before into the forest.
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Thanks to all who read it. Excuse any mistakes I kind of rushed through my checking. I hope you like it and tell me what you think. Also go check out my other story Caught in the Snow.
~Meg
