Chapter 2: Girl Time

Izzy's POV

That night I went to bed by myself. When I woke up the next morning I found Nessie fast asleep right beside me. I smiled. It wasn't often that I woke up and found her by my bedside. It most likely meant that she had a nightmare and she found comfort in sleeping with me.

When I got up I saw that Nicole was already gone. My sister had managed to find a part time job to help us get more money. My aunt and uncle still sent us money every month as well. That would not stop until my sister turned 18 as well. I had managed to win a few scholarships as well, so as of right now my tuition and books is completely paid for. With the money from our house in LA, my aunt and uncle's monthly checks, Nicole's part time job, and my scholarships, money was not something that we had to worry too much about right now.

"Izzy" I heard Nessie say. She still looked halfway asleep. She rubbed her eyes and let out a huge yawn.

"Nessie what are you doing awake? You should go back to sleep" I told her.

"Not sleepy" she said in a very stubborn way. Though the next yawn that escaped her mouth contradicted what she said about not being sleepy.

She could definitely be a very stubborn girl when she wanted to be. She was always respectful though. She had no problems obeying authority and rules. She also got mostly As and Bs in school. Overall she was a very good kid. There was only one time in her life that I ever had to punish her and that was for something very serious.

"I'm hungry. Can you please make me eggs?" she asked politely.

"Sure thing sweetie" I said to her.

I got out the eggs and started cooking some. I watched as she poured herself a glass of milk.

"Izzy can we go shopping today?" she asked me. She had a lot of birthday money from her party now. Of course she would want to go shopping.

"Okay" I told her. "But I have to finish up some homework first for tomorrow. Don't you have homework?" I asked her.

"Yes, but it's not a lot" she told me.

"Okay well you go do your homework to and once we are both done we will go to the mall. Okay?"

"Okay!" she said a little excitedly.

We both ate our breakfast before going to do our homework. Nessie has just started third grade so her homework was still really easy. Me on the other hand, well I'm still trying to get used to college courses and college level homework. I miss the days where I could finish homework quickly. Trust me, they do not do enough to prepare you for college in High School, unless, maybe you take honors or AP courses. But I was not about to drop out of college. My parents had told us both from a very early age that we were going to go to college and finish whether we like it or not. And we intend to make them proud.

My homework had been almost finished so it only took me an hour to complete it. It took Nessie a little less time then that to finish hers.

We started walking toward the subway. We didn't have a car yet. We were having trouble finding one that was affordable so for now all of us were relying on the amazing New York public transportation system. I really wished they had this good of public transportation back in Los Angeles.

I kept a tight hold on Nessie the whole time. I refused to even let go of her when we were out. The memories of the last time I had let go of her hand while we were out in public was still fresh in my mind.

As we were walking past an alley I did a double take. I could have sworn that I saw...no it couldn't be. My mind must have been doing tricks on me. Because there was certainly no one there the second time that I checked. Yeah, I must definitely be seeing things.

We got to the train and I still refused to let go of Nessie's hand. In fact, I held her even tighter to me. The train stopped somewhere close to the mall. The two of us walked slowly through the crowd of people that had gathered.

Eventually we made it inside the mall.

"Izzy can you please let go of my hand?" she asked me politely, hoping that I would give in and let go of her.

"No, do you remember what happened the last time I let go of you?"

"But that was a really long time ago" she begged.

"It was only back in April" I reminded her.

"But nothing happened" she continued to press.

"You disappeared and we went looking all over Disneyland for you for three hours!" My pulse rose just at the horrific memory of the incident itself. It was Spring break and we decided to take Nessie to Disneyland. We were standing in line for a ride. I let her out of my sight for just a few seconds. In those few seconds she managed to wiggle out of the line of people and disappear. Nicole and I freaked out when we discovered her absence a few seconds later.

We immediately started calling out her name and searching all over for her. We notified the security there and they were all on the lookout for her as well. After about two hours Disneyland decided to call the police. Even with the police's help it still took us another hour to find her.

As it turned out Nessie went to look for a guy selling balloons that we had all seen earlier. By the time we found her she was terrified and she was crying. I grabbed her and held her tightly. I never wanted to let her go again. I swear I almost ended up in the emergency room that day. My blood pressure must have skyrocketed. That was the only time that I had ever punished Nessie. And boy was she punished and lectured severely for that one.

"Look Izzy" she said.

"What is it?" I asked her.

"It's grandpa!" she said, her voice full of excitement and happiness. I looked where she was looking and saw that she was indeed right. Carlisle was standing about 20 feet away from us. He had also noticed us as well.

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