Chapter 4
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Renesmee
I tried to stop crying, but it was impossible. I couldn't stop thinking about the pain he went through to protect me.
Jacob was gone.
They had taken him, my worst fear had happened. Alice had been right. What did that mean for the future? If Alice's vision came true now, wouldn't it come true later? That meant my family in danger, Uncle emmett attacked and Jacob trying to hurt me.
Seth dragged me as fast as he could to my house. Jacob had ordered him to protect me, I was sure of it. I looked at his face, but it only made me feel worse. He had tears running down his face and he kept glancing back at the forest. I wanted to say something to Seth to make him feel better, but I had a lump in my throat.
"Seth!" He turned at his name as well as I did.
It was Paul and Embry running up from our side, worried looks on their faces.
"They got Jacob…" Seth explained sadly. "His order is to keep Nessie safe."
"Where's Leah?" Embry asked unhappily.
"Missing." Seth's face filled with tears again.
I stared at Seth's tear streaked face and felt sympathy for him. His sister and his friend were both missing and he was taking care of me.
Paul's face became extremely angry, "They took her?"
Seth didn't answer.
"Damn!" Paul yelled and his body began to shake in anger.
"Paul!" Embry warned, putting a hand on his shoulder. "Relax, we'll get them back."
"I'm going to find Leah." Paul mumbled as he turned and transformed.
We watched Paul run into the forest behind us.
"Take care of Nessie." Embry told Seth, transforming and running after Paul.
"Are they going to be okay?" I whispered quietly.
I thought he didn't hear, but he answered, "Ya, they'll be fine."
We were quiet for the rest of the way home.
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A few hours had gone by with no one talking. I was safely home, that's what Jacob wanted. Bella was crying, having heard the news that the Volturi had taken Jacob. I watched her sadly as my father came up and hugged her for support. Even though it was impossible for a vampire to cry, my mother was sobbing tearlessly.
"Mom?"
She looked away from Edward and to me, trying to calm herself.
"Yes, Renesmee?"
"Jacob told me something before they took him…"
Her face was one of surprise and Bella seemed to become nervous.
"He told me that he had imprinted." I continued.
Bella looked at the ground and sighed, "We were waiting to tell you."
"Tell me what?"
"I'm sorry." She mumbled.
"Tell me what, mom?"
Bella looked up at me and sighed, "when you were born, Jacob imprinted on you."
I could feel my eyes water again and the lump grew in my throat again.
"We decided not to tell you until you were older…"
As I looked at her face, I felt betrayed. She hadn't told me, she had lied and kept secrets. Finally, I couldn't stand looking at her or my father's face, not after what they had done.
I ran upstairs into my room and locked the door behind me. I just wanted to be alone.
I sat in my room for a long time, staring out the window.
'Nessie…I love you.'
I didn't know what he meant, I didn't know that he felt so strongly. If I had known he had imprinted I would have never said I loved him as a brother. Now I could understand why Jacob was crying, he loved me…
I heard a bark from behind me and my heart began to race.
"Jacob!" I said in relief, but as I turned around it wan't the russet boy I saw.
It was the little yorkshire terrier I had received as a birthday present from the shapeshifters. I stared at it as the dog came to my side. I picked it up and hugged it close, trying to remember Jacob. It didn't work. I felt so unsafe, like Jacob was the protective wall sheilding me from the dangers of real life.
I heard a knock at the door and I got up to unlock it. At the door was Seth and Collin, who had been very good friends of mine since I was little.
"Hey Nessie." Seth greeted, "Can we sit with you?"
I nodded and sat back down by the window. I heard the two boys close the door behind them and sat beside me. Our shoulders touched and I felt some support from them.
"Are Paul and Embry back yet?" I whispered.
"Ya, Carlisle's taking care of them." Collin answered.
I felt even more sadness, Paul and Embry had been hurt, by the Volturi no doubt.
"I'm so lonely." I mumbled and they put their arms around me and my puppy.
"We're here for you, Nessie. Tell us everything." Seth said supportadly.
"Why does it feel like Jacob took part of me with him?"
Seth sighed, "Because you love him, Nessie."
I thought about this explaination and it made sense. I had very strong feelings for Jacob, but I wasn't sure what love felt like.
"I think I do." I whispered to the puppy in my arms, wishing it was Jacob I was telling.
Emmett
Which is worse, fighting with the person you love or seeing someone you care about in pain? How about both?
Jacob was gone. Who knew that his dissapearance would efferct everyone. I had never been too close to Jacob, but he was important to so many people in the Cullen family. Crying vampires and shapeshifters were all over our house.
I was usually the energetic vampire who would lighten the mood, but I couldn't lighten this mood. The only one in a good mood would be Rosalie, who was very happy about Jacob being gone. She never liked him.
I was watching her smiling the biggest smile I had ever seen. I wished Bella, Edward, Alice or Jasper were in the house so they could ruin her mood. Unfortunatley for me, Edward, Bella, Alice and Jasper had gone out to tell Billy, Charlie and Sue about what had happened. Not only was Jacob gone, but Leah Clearwater was missing. To add on to that, Paul and Embry had been injured trying to find Leah and they were healing right now. It was a bad day for a birthday.
Nessie had locked herself and a few of the shapeshifters in her room. A day had gone by and she still hadn't come out. Of course, her party was cancelled. I could tell she was in pain. I wanted to do something, to go fight the volturi and get Jacob back, but I couldn't do that. Could I?
One thing was for sure, someone as reckless as me would not just sit around while everyone greived. Jacob and leah were'nt dead, I was sure of it. So what could I do that wouldn't get me killed?
It took me awhile to finally realize, there was no way to save Jacob and live. I would never be able to fight off the volturi by myself and find I was going to do this, I needed help.
I chuckled at myself, I had just decided to put my life on the line to save someone I barely liked, and it had taken me 10 seconds to decide. Was I crazy? What about Rosalie?
Rosalie had now looked at me with a smile playing on here face, misreading my chuckle as a sign I was happy about the current situation. I wasn't sure why, but her beautiful smile made me angry. I glared at her and got up from the couch so quickly that I might have shaken the house.
Carlisle, in the middle of talking about the volturi, stopped and looked up at me in surprise.
"Emmett?" Esme asked me, wondering what was wrong. I just shook my head wordlessly and turned my back to them. I was up in my room quickly, though I never ran up the stairs. When I passed Renesmee's room on the way, I heard her sobs more clearly than I had from downstairs. Even now, sitting on my bed with rooms between us, it sounded like she was crying right beside me. Her cries echoed through my head, through my brain.
"What do you think you're doing?" I looked up quickly at a very angry Rosalie, her face scrunched up every time she was mad.
"What do you mean?" It was hard to speak when all I could hear was Nessie.
She glared at me, "You're getting mad at me."
I didn't respond, I didn't want to start another fight, but I was still mad at her.
"Em." She spoke softly as she placed her hand on my large shoulder. I shrugged it off, not wanting to touch her at the moment.
"How can you be so happy?" I asked her angrily, "Can't you hear Nessie?"
"I can hear her just fine, but she'll get over it."
I shook my head with confusion, "Rosalie, if we were seperated-"
"It's different." She cut me off, "We love eachother."
"So do they!!Rose, Jacob and Nessie love eachother!"
Rosalie glared at me, "She deserves better than that boy, now she's going to realize that."
I stared at her cold expression, "You don't know what people are like at first sight."
She smiled, "Of course I do, people show their true colours when you first meet them."
"Then what about me?" She seemed interested in my question, "When we first met I was just some weak human who was dying."
"It's different."
"Why is it always different?" I accused.
Rosalie frowned at this, "She will not be wth him."
"It's not your choice."
"Yes it is."
"You're not her mother."
Rosalie's face went red with anger, "She will be what I say she is. She will do as I say."
"Rose, will you just listen to yourself? She is not your child!"
"I know!" She screamed at me, "I can't have a child, I never will!"
Anger suddenly erupted in me as she said this. I balled my hands into tight fists, my teeth bite down on my granit lip. But I just couldn't contain the words I was about to say.
"I'm sorry im not good enough for you." I said, my voice like acid, "I can't give you what you want. I cant give you a child, I cant give you a normal life. All I can do is love you more than anyone."
Somewhere during my speech, I had stood up and was now looking down at her. But by the second sentence my angry voice had become sad. She was now looking up at me with sad black eyes. She seemed speechless. I waited a long time before Rosalie finally said something.
"That's all I can ask for." She stated, hugging my large torso tightly. I hugged her back, resting my face on her neck. Somehow, her answer didn't make me happier, it made me sadder, actually. I felt as though my love was what she was settling for. Of course she wanted more, she yearned for a normal human life, but I could never give that to her. If I could go back in time and save her from death, I would have. Maybe I would have been alone, or probably dead by now, but atleast she could have been happier than she will ever be as a vmpire.
And that's when I got the idea, how I would get Jacob back. It was good plan, I thought it up pretty quickly. And I immediately set my plan into action. One thing about vampires, they needed to feed.
"You're hungry." I stated, pulling away without another look at her face.
"Em…." She began, but I had already pulled her into the hallway and down the stairs. Carlisle was sitting on the couch with esme still, they both looked worried. They obviously overheard us.
"Carlisle, people are starting to get hungry. You need to go hunt soon."
Carlisle looked at me, contemplating my statement. "You're right," He agreed easliy, "We need to hunt soon. But what about Renesmee?"
"I can take care of her, atleast until the Edward and the others get back."
Carlisle stared, not quite convinced. At first, I thought he knew my plan, but then he frowned and said, "You aren't hungry?"
"I ate an hour ago, I had a whole deer to myself. I'll be fine."
"Em, I don't like this." Rosalie said, her face was strained. When she looked into my eyes, I was convinced she knew something was wrong with me.
"It'll be fine." I promised her, "I'll take care of Renesmee. Plus, the shapeshifters are here."
Carlisle smiled at me, trusting my decision, "You're right, we should go."
I smiled, the first stage had worked just fine, now it was time for stage 2.
They would never see it coming.
