*JANE POV*

I tried to remain calm, but inside I was screaming at myself. What if they attacked me? No, that was ridiculous. The Cullens are peaceful vampires. What if they wouldn't listen to me, or what if their werewolf friends were there? What then?

I shook all the negative thoughts from my head. Whatever happens, it was too late to change my mind now.

What had happened to me? I used to be so confident. So sure of myself. I would be telling myself that they would be afraid right now. That they should be trembling with fear. The old me wouldn't be afraid. The old me wouldn't be here at all.

So who was I now? It was like I was becoming more like my human self. The thought worried me. Unsure. So in need of acceptance, because I was different from other people. Maybe that was the problem. If I hadn't been different my whole human life, maybe Aro never would have changed me. That thought worried me, too.

I asked myself, not for the first time, why I was here. Why should their approval matter to me. I was just going to go back to Volterra, wasn't I. I had to go back to Alec, didn't I? Volterra may not be my home. I didn't have a home. Alec was my home.

Now I was within sight of the house. It was large for a human home, but nothing compared to the castle in Volterra.

They were all outside the house except for Renesmee. They were waiting for me. As soon as we were within sight of each other they seemed to tense up. I did too.

Carlisle stepped forward. "Hello Jane."