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Chapter 3

New Friends or Robots?

Max's POV

I was still really mad at Edward for what he had done to Fang. I didn't know if I would ever forgive him for it. Probably not.

When I got back to Fang's room, I saw another stranger sitting in the chair where I had been a minute before. She had curly hair that was the same colour as Edward's, and she had much of the same facial features as him, too. But her skin wasn't as pale as any of the Cullen's, and her eyes were brown instead of topaz. She looked to be about seventeen, the same age as Fang, Iggy, and me. She looked up when I entered.

"Oh, you must be Max," she said, standing up when she saw me. I nodded. "I'm Renesmee, but you can call me Nessie. Everyone calls me Nessie."

She looked like she felt a little awkward. "I—I just wanted to make sure Fang was okay. I heard what happened…" She shifted uncomfortably. "I guess you probably want to be alone right now, especially since you don't really know any of us." She walked past me and to the door.

I stopped her. I don't know why, but I liked her. "You can stay if you want," I told her. "I wouldn't mind the company."

She turned back to me and smiled. "I'll get another chair."

She left, and in a few moments was back holding a large Lay-Z-Boy above her head with only her two bare hands, and she didn't look strained or anything. I watched in amazement as she eased it through the door and set it down on the floor beside Fang's bed.

When she had finished, she noticed me staring at her. "What?"

"How did you do that?" I asked in a squeaky voice.

She looked at the chair. "Oh. I guess I wasn't supposed to do that with you here, huh?"

At that moment, Jacob entered the room. "Nessie! There you are. Did you make a new friend? She seems nice. Moody beyond belief, but nice. But what have I told you about talking to strangers? Stranger, danger! Remember?"

Renesmee rolled her eyes. "I'm not a little girl anymore, Jacob. I can take care of myself if need be."

Jacob gave her a concerned look. "Big people get abducted, too, you know," he said seriously. "Anyways, I wanted to check on you, to make sure you're okay and not sad or angry or annoyed at all by anything or anyone. You're not, are you? Just tell me if you are and I'll tell whoever or whatever's bugging you to back off."

"Jacob," Nessie said.

"Yes, love?"

"You're bothering me."

"Oh…" he said dejectedly. "I'll just go, then."

"No, don't go," I found myself saying. I liked him better than most of the others in this freakishly clean yet freakishly unused house. "Just don't be so annoying."

He grinned and came farther into the room. I saw Total bouncing after him and laughed.

"I see you've found a new playmate, Total," I said.

He looked up at me and grinned. "I like him! He smells cool: kind of like a dog, and kind of like a human. It's weird, but cool!"

"You know this winged canine?" Jacob asked me. I nodded. "I've been wondering where he came from," he continued, smiling. "He's kind of annoying, but he's cute. He's been following me around for a while, trying to sniff me…"

"Total!" I said in a disgusted tone.

"I can't help it," he said defensively. "I feel a connection with him."

Jacob turned his attention to sleeping beauty on the bed. "He's looking better," he said.

"Yeah," I replied, noticing for the first time how handsome Jacob was. I don't usually notice these things about people, but Jacob seemed different. I noticed him.

He met my eyes and I looked away, embarrassed and turning red.

I heard footsteps outside the door and looked over to see the rest of the flock enter. "How is he?" Iggy asked.

"Fine," I said. "He's just sleeping now. He'll be alright."

More people came in: Jasper, Emmett, Rosalie, Alice, and another that I didn't recognize. She had topaz eyes as well, with full lips, pale skin, and dark hair.

The room was getting pretty full.

"Hi Max," the new girl said. "I'm Bella, Edward's wife."

"That psychopath actually got married?" I asked bitterly.

"He's not that bad," Bella said in his defence. "He really didn't mean to hurt Fang."

"You weren't there. You didn't see what happened."

"That's not fair," Alice said. "You've known Edward, what, half an hour? We've all known him for years. You've gotta give him a break."

"I don't have to do anything but protect my family from freaks like you!" I shouted.

Fang moaned. "Can you keep it down a bit, Max? Doc says to get some rest, but how can I with you screaming like that?"

"Sorry, Fang," I said softly, still glaring at Bella.

Total looked around at all the faces in the room. "So…is there any food in his joint? I mean, besides the imaginary stuff in the fridge?"

The topaz-eyed people looked at each other, then at me and the flock. "Um, we don't usually keep food in the house…" Jasper said slowly. "We don't really need to."

"So you are robots?" I asked, some things coming clear.

"Of course they're not robots," said Voice.

"How many times do I have to tell you to shut up?" I told it angrily.

"What's the sense on being in your head if you can't hear me?"

"What's the sense on you being in my head at all?"

"Maybe I'm not in your head," Voice said. "Maybe we just think I am."

"Shut up, Voice."

"We're not robots," Jasper said. "We're vam—I mean vegetarians."

"So why is there no food?" Nudge asked.

"Uh…" Suddenly, Jasper looked down to find Total standing in front of him with a leg raised. "Jacob, why is your dog peeing on me?"

"It's not my dog," Jacob said. "It's the bird kids'"

Presently, Total stopped peeing and waited a few seconds. "Nope. They're not robots." He trotted back to Jacob and sat by his feet, proud of himself for relieving the suspicion and his bladder at the same time.

Me, Nudge, and Gazzy started laughing immediately, but poor Iggy asked, "What? What's so funny?"

"Total peed on a vegetarian," Gazzy said between chuckles.

All the topaz-eyed people besides Jasper erupted into laughter as well. So did Jacob and Renesmee.

"It's not funny," Jasper said sulkily. "Now I have to change my pants. And shoes. And socks." He turned and left the room, one shoe squishing as he walked. This brought more laughter, and more complaining from Fang about the noise.