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"Nessie, Nessie wake up" Jane hollered

Her face was filled with excitement, her eyes curious and I think nervous.

"What's wrong" I said quickly

"No, it's what's right, look who is here" her voice sounded like one of those people who were on television telling a child that Santa was here. I chuckled under my breath knowing she could hear me. Her eyebrows narrowed, but she ignored me and my silent laugh.

"Come on" she hollered again

I rubbed my eyes and got up from the couch, when two familiar scents came across me, and another unfamiliar scent. I turned around to see Aunt Alice and Uncle Jasper standing awkwardly in the living room. My eyes widened, and my heart beat sped since a long time. It was them, it was truly them, but I thought they were killed.

"Hi Nessie" Alice jumped up and down with excitement

"Uh" was all I could say, I couldn't speak, I couldn't find the right words to say at this wonderful moment.

"Don't you remember us" Alice questioned

"Are you kidding of course I remember you guys" I was screaming with joy

I ran up to them and hugged the only family I had left. They looked the same as before apart from their clothes. Whatever miracle that made this happen I was grateful for it.

"I thought you guys were dead" I sobbed

Jasper looked glum, and Alice eyes looked down.

"Sorry, we were hiding. It's ok Jasper she won't get mad" Alice muttered

"Why would I get mad" I stopped crying

"We left you by yourself, oh never mind, so who is this" Alice's hand motioned to the direction of Jane

"Jane this is Alice and Jasper. Alice and Jasper this is Jane" they greeted each other silently, but I still caught an unfamiliar scent near Alice and Jasper. Then I noticed a guy standing in back of them, he looked about the same age as me, seventeen. I eyed him with curiosity, who was this stranger, and what was he doing in my house. I saw him look scared and defensive at the same time.

"Nessie and Jane I like you to meet Eric" Jasper said respectfully

"Hello" we both said

He nodded his head politely; he wasn't someone who wanted to talk very much.

"He is a great reminder of Edward" Jasper muttered

"How so" I asked

"He can read minds" Alice said

I looked in shock and horror. Shock because this was what my father could do, and it reminded me of him. Horror because he was hearing everything I said about him in my mind.

"Sorry what I said before" I thought in my head

He looked at me and nodded his head, my face turned scarlet.

Jasper chuckled at my embarrassment, and I stared at him furiously.

"So are you guys staying" I was doing most of the talking

"Of course we are staying" Alice said

I smiled so wide that I thought my lips would break my face.

"Thank god you're here; I was so bored and tired without having my family with me"

When Gabriel and Jane were together, which was mostly all the time, except for today, I felt lonely.

Alice smiled and slid to her left side making room for Eric. For the first time I saw Eric completely, he had brownish reddish hair close to the color of mine, his skin was as chalky as the rest of us, his eyes a butterscotch color, and was about a couple of inches taller than me. He smiled at me, and I backed away a little, I was too close to him.

"So" Jane said "What do you want to do now" she questioned

"Uh, let's look around the house and leave Eric and Nessie to talk" Alice said

My eyes widened, why, were they planning this, that I would fall in love with him. I don't even know him.

From the corner of my eye I say Eric chuckle. Dammit, well that sucks a whole lot, because he can hear every freakin word I think. My thoughts were interrupted when I heard a tap on the door. Alice looked at me curiously.

"It's ok, it's just Gabriel" I said

"Who" Jasper and Alice said in harmony

I walked to the door, opened it, and walked back to where I was standing before. Jane spoke this time with bravery.

"This is Gabriel my fiancé"

"Nice to meet you" Gabriel said with curiosity

"I will explain later" Jane whispered to Gabriel, he nodded his head.

After the introduction, they all left Eric and me, to be alone. Why, what was I supposed to say, hello stranger who are you, and how do you know my family, he doesn't know what I went through.

"Actually I know more than you think" he snickered

"What?" was all I could say, did Alice and Jasper tell this stranger about my past, why?

Eric's eyes were filled with surprise as he took in my probably angry face.

"You can say that we are sort of a family" he went on "They found me in Montreal and they told me of the story, how most of your family and friends were killed by the Volturi, and they were in hiding, but they never told me why"

"I don't think I would be able to tell you" I mumbled almost to myself

"Why is that" he questioned

"You would regret asking it after you knew, probably go away from this place scared" I mumbled, I was so ashamed, but I didn't think about it, remembering he could read minds.

"Trust me, I won't" I could hear the trust in his voice, his eyes told me that he was saying the truth but I didn't know if I could say it out loud

"Because of me" I spit out

He looked puzzled, probably thinking why I could be the cause of the death of so many people. I was such a coward that I darted out of the house, and ran to the meadow.

It was wrong to come here, just like the field, but I couldn't help it I needed to think. I knew that Eric would track my scent and follow it. On the other hand I could just keep on running away, probably go to Alaska. My face light up as the brilliant plan unfolded. My friends would be mad of my surprise journey but I needed to be alone, I needed to think. The Denali clan was the only ones that survived in the battle, but poor Garrett, Kate's mate, had died. I sprinted of into the forest.