This is the story from Jessica's point of view. Thank you for all the reviews!
I forgot the disclaimer in the first chapter, so here it is: I own nothing. Stephenie Meyer owns Twilight.
Jessica POV
I couldn't believe my luck. I was stuck with Mike while Bella not only dated, but dated, broke up with, dated, and married the gorgeous Edward Cullen. It was supposed to have been me saying, "I do" to Edward, not Bella who said it. And even if I wasn't marrying him, I should have at least been a bridesmaid or something. After all, I was one of her first friends when she came to Forks. But no! she had to pick Alice and Rosalie.
Anyway, Mike had invited Lauren, Tyler, Eric, and me to his house to watch some horror movies. I thought, "Why not? It's better than sitting around doing nothing." So I was off at the Thriftway, picking up chips and candy, when I saw a familiar face. "Oh my gosh, Bella? Is that you? You look soo different." She did look different; she wasn't blushing, her eyes weren't as deeply brown (they were lighter) and if it was possible, she was even paler. Bella seemed surprised. "Yeah, I guess it is," she stammered. Where was her blush? She seemed almost upset that I'd seen her. Maybe things between her and Edward weren't so great!
"What happened to you? You look like one of the Cullens now," I said. "Yeah, I guess since now I'm officially Alice's sister-in-law, she felt that I deserved a makeover," Bella said. What had happened to her? She never liked going shopping or getting makeovers, and now she was all Extreme Makeover: Bella Edition. I turned to go, but I saw a little girl, who looked like she was two, in the cart. She looked like Edward, with his hair and pale skin, but there was something about her that bothered me. "Aww," I said, "Who's this?" Bella looked at the girl, "That's Edward's niece. We adopted her because his brother died in a car accident." That was it! The little girl's eyes were Bella's eyes. "Ohhh, that's so sweet!" Way too sweet. I was about to throw up. "But she looks like you, too." Bella seemed caught in the act. She mumbled something I couldn't catch, and then rushed through the checkout and out to a – Wow. "Is that –" "Yeah, it's a Ferrari," she interrupted me and sped off.
I walked back inside, my head spinning. I bought the chips and candy, but I was thinking. So was the little girl – I had heard Bella call her Renesmee – Bella and Edward's daughter? Impossible. She looked about two, and Bella wasn't even pregnant during the wedding. I knew something was up, though. I wasn't sure what, but I was going to find out if it killed me. When I got to Mike's, they had all started the movie but cheered when I walked in with the snacks.
We watched a corny horror movie, and when it was done, Tyler put in Dracula. Everyone groaned, but I had had a thought. Dracula was really pale, and he couldn't go in the sunlight. The Cullens never came to school when it was sunny, and they were extremely white as well. I had had Edward as a lab partner for a week, and his hands always seemed freezing. But none of the Cullens had fangs, and they came out during the day.
I was thinking the whole time the movie was playing, and I didn't even realize when it was done. "Jessica? Helloo? You there?" Lauren was waving a hand in front of my face. "Oh, sorry. I must have zoned out," I said. "Yeah, you did. You missed the whole movie," Tyler said. I got up and made a lame excuse about being tired and going home. I got in my car and drove off. I decided I would just search online to see if I could find any information. When I got home, I turned on my laptop and powered up Google. I typed in vampire. Lots of search results popped up, but one caught my eye. It wasn't specifically about vampires, but rather about myths in the Northwestern region of the US. One was an account of a giant wolf sighting near the Quileute reservation. That was right by Forks, I thought, and clicked on the link to a page about Quileute history.
According to the website, the tribe was descended from wolves, and their enemy was a vampire. There. That was the link I was looking for. I searched some more until I found a page that had various cultures' views of vampires. The more information I found, the more I was sure the Cullens were vampires. How could they do this? How could they live with humans and then drink their blood? And then Bella was changed when she married Edward. That was so wrong. They were making their own vampire family. I still wasn't sure how the little girl fit into the equation, but I was sure they'd tell me. After all, I knew their "little" secret.
I made up my mind the next morning to go to the Cullens and tell them what I knew. Edward would be so surprised and shocked I'd found out the truth. I told my mom I'd be at Mike's (she thought I had an unhealthy obsession with Edward Cullen). I got in my car and drove through the woods to the big white house. As I drove, I got even more nervous. Come on, Jessica, I told myself. You're being really stupid. If they are vampires, they'd kill you the second you told them you knew. But the other half of me told me I had a right to know. I didn't know how I would tell them, but I imagined myself going up to Edward and just blurting it out.
I pulled into their driveway and saw the weirdest thing on their front lawn. It looked like Bella and Emmett were wrestling. What? I thought Bella was clumsy, but she seemed pretty good. She was no match for Emmett though. He grabbed her and pinned her to the ground, his open mouth at her neck, as if he was about to bite her. This was getting really weird. "Bella, what the heck are you doing?" I demanded. She gasped and ran inside really quickly. And by quickly, I mean super fast. Emmett was about to follow her, when I shoved past him and walked through the door. "You know, it was only a matter of time before someone found out," I said, trying to sound tough. Bella was already in Edward's lap, and the little girl and Rosalie were nowhere in sight.
"Found out what?" Jasper said. "Oh, you know very well what I mean," I said. Weren't they just going to own up to it? "No, we don't," Emmett insisted, surprising me. He'd followed me so quietly, I hadn't heard him. "Fine, if you want to pretend you have no clue what I'm talking about, I'll tell you. I think you guys are vampires. You sure are weird ones, but it's the only explanation. And now you've turned Bella into one, too. And Renesmee is your real, biological daughter. I have no clue how because it's impossible for you to have a kid, Bella, when you weren't pregnant when you got married and it has NOT been nine months." There, I had said it. They could suck my blood or whatever vampires do. "Jessica, you're crazy," Alice said. "Vampires don't exist. And besides, we don't have any fangs or coffins around."
Man, there was no hard evidence. I was hoping there'd be something. Then I had a thought. If they drank blood, wouldn't they have a blood supply? I walked over to the pantry and flung open the doors. I tried not to look too smug, but there they were. Blood bags, just like you'd see them in a hospital. "There's my evidence. Why else would you have blood bags in your food pantry?" Try to find your way out of that one, Alice. "Well, you see, Nessie needs blood transfusions sometimes, and it's easier to do it here than have to go to the hospital," Edward said.
I guess he had a point. Their daughter did look pretty pale for a little kid. "And if we were vampires," Bella said, "Don't you think we would have killed you the second you said you knew what we were? Even if we are vampires, and even if you told everyone else, they wouldn't believe you." She was right. No one would believe me. I'd end up in a rubber room. "They would trust a surgeon over you, don't you think?" Alice pointed out. They would. Everyone loved perfect Dr. Cullen. "Fine," I said, "but there's something different about you; that much I know. And if I find out what it is –" "You won't," Emmett interrupted my 'but you'll regret it', looking really scary. I took one look around and ran out the door.
As I put my key in the ignition, I thought I heard laughing. I guess I really was wrong. They must have thought I was so stupid. And I had just completely embarrassed myself in front of Edward Cullen. I mean, they wouldn't have been laughing if I had found out the truth. Would they?
