Chapter 4: Saved Life

Nessie's POV

Knowing that my body wouldn't be able to handle running I walked the rest of the way home. I walked as fast my body was physically capable of walking. I didn't know what it was about seeing my parents that made me react this way though. It was as if something deep down inside of me was telling me to stay away from them which was ridiculous because I knew that they would never hurt me.

I didn't feel any relief until I had gotten home. Only to immediately be berated by mother for 'disappearing all morning' without even bothering to let her know where I was. Mothers. It didn't matter what species they were. They were all extremely overprotective!

"Damned Emily disappearing all morning without even letting mom know? That's brave!" Eric laughed when we were finally alone.

"Hey it was Shadow's fault that I had to leave in the first place!" I said defensively which made him laugh even harder.

"Sure" he said between laughs. "Blame the dog. You do realize how clichéd it is to blame things on pets, right?" he kept laughing so as punishment I punched him playfully.

"Ow"

"Dude that's what you get for making fun of me" I said.

"I wasn't making fun of you I was just point out the truth lil sis"

"Eric I know you enjoy playing the part of the stupid brother a little too much but you do realize that we are the exact same age, right?"

"Nope I'm older"

"Only by a minute and thirty seconds!"

"So older is still older sis"

I rolled my eyes. Brothers. Sometimes you either love them or hate them. At least that's how my relationship with my brother worked.

"So really where were you all morning? Walking the dog doesn't take that long" he asked me curiously.

"If I tell you do you promise not to tell mom and dad anything?"

"I promise that I'll try not to tell them anything" he said with a sly grin.

"Fine then I'm not going to tell you anything at all" I retorted.

"Okay fine I won't say anything. You're such a buzzkill" That's my brother for you. He loves to be all dramatic. He has always been that way I don't think that he is ever going to change.

"And you're annoying but what else is knew?"

He sighed before continuing "Can you just tell me already? I'm curious and I want to know"

"Okay fine I will tell you then. I met a guy at the park and we kind of went and had breakfast together" I admitted.

"Wait a minute you what?!"

Did I mention that even brothers were overprotective? Well mine certainly was. Even though we were the same age he still liked to be all protective like if I was younger then him. One minute and thirty seconds does not qualify him as being older then me in my opinion. No matter how much he wanted to deny it and brag about having been born first

"I'm going to kill him" was the next thing I heard Eric say.

"No you're not"

"Yes I-"

"Dude you've had like a million girlfriends already. Its about time I have my first boyfriend. Don't you think?"

"After what happened don't you think-"

"Think what? That just because of what almost happened I should be afraid of all men forever and ever? Not all men are like Adam King is. Surely you would know that since you are a guy yourself, or am I wrong?"

"No its just that I, oh I don't know. I guess I'm just a little more worried about you now that's all"

I guess deep down the only reason people are overprotective is because they care. Especially when it came down to protecting the ones that you love. I remembered Eric wanted to go kill Adam with his bear hands when I told my family about what happened. Just knowing that if it hadn't been for Shadow saving me from my attacker I would have been raped drove my parents and my brother crazy. Ever since that night everyone has been way more overprotective of me. I guess it was stupid to believe that they wouldn't be.

Honestly if it weren't for my dog I'm not sure I would be here today. He has saved my life more times than I could possibly count. When I was a baby he saved me from a rattlesnake. When I was about five years old I had been playing in the street by myself and I didn't hear the truck coming straight for me. Somehow Shadow was able to yank me out of the way and pull me to safety just in the nick of time. When our house caught on fire Shadow was able to get me out of the house safely. When I almost drowned he jumped into the pool and rescued me. Then there was this one time when I had snuck out in the middle of then night when I was about ten years old to go see a friend. I had gotten completely lost for hours. Despite not having any search and rescue training Shadow had found me and led the others to me. Then there was one time when I had stayed home sick and an armed robber had broken in the house. Again Shadow saved me from getting shot.

Honestly I should have been dead a long time ago. My number should have been up a long time ago.

I shook my head as if that would somehow clear my head of all the memories of my near death experiences. I walked up to my room to get ready for the rest of the day which involved lots of birthday celebrations. As soon as I walked in the room and saw my vampire father in the room I blacked out completely.

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