Chapter 4. Nessie POV: Past

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Not once had I seen Dad talk to Mom. Whenever I talked to Dad, I attempted to mention her, but he'd shrug it off. He told me that he stays away from her for her own benefit. Perhaps she could be his singer. I remember the psycho that tried to kill Mom and had everyone on a wild goose chase had a singer. Aunt Alice was his singer, and was the only person he had no chance of killing. But, that was before he met my mom. I'd heard the story dozens of times from everyone and he always got killed in the end. My mom and Aunt Alice were the only one's who escaped his 'game.'

"So… Edward, have you ever talked to Bella?" I asked hopefully.

"Nope," he sighed.

"Oh, you should! She's really nice and smart and everything you'd look for in a girl. Trust me. I'm sure you'll love her!" I hoped I wasn't pushing it.

Just then, I saw Mom… Bella walking toward us. "Hi, Bella," I called her over, hoping she'd talk to Dad. Instead, Dad stood back to let us talk.

"Yes?" Her voice had an irritated edge to it. When I met her earlier, she wasn't too pleased to meet me. Like she was jealous or something. But, the day was drawing to a close, and I needed somewhere to stay for the night.

"I was wondering if I could stay at your house for a few days. I know we don't really know each other too well, right now. But, I really need someplace to stay. Most of our furniture hasn't arrived yet from our last house." It was a total lie, but I wasn't going to tell her the truth. I trusted Mom out of anybody to give me a place to crash.

"No, sorry." She mumbled and walked towards her locker.

"What? Why not?" I started walking after her. I was really mad. I'm pretty sure that this is the first time Mom and I got into an argument.

She shrugged and started talking to her friend Angela. I think I just got dissed by my own mother.

"Wow, that was rude of her. If you want someplace to stay, you can always stay with us. I'm sure Alice would love to talk to you and get to know you." Dad said.

"Maybe if things don't work out, I'll let you know," I sighed. He was being way too helpful to be my father right now.

"Do you need directions?" He asked.

He obviously didn't that realize that I've lived in that house my whole life. I was even born in that house. There was no reason to go to the hospital for help on delivering your vampire-human baby. "No, I think I know where it is."

He blinked, confused. He stared at me for a while and it grew uncomfortable. I picked up my mother's habit and bit my lip. My eyes shifted around awkwardly and my fingers started fidgeting together. I shrank at the weight of his gaze.

Dad sighed and was perplexed. "You're so hard to read. Why is that? You're very fascinating." His hand rose as if it was about to brush my cheek, and I looked up nervously at him.

I stepped back, putting space between us and thought about what he'd just said. It was my turn to be confused. "But, you've always been able to read my mind," I mumbled to myself. I forgot he could hear me and he raised his eyebrow in further perplexity.

I sighed. "Never mind, but I really have to go now." I briskly walked away without another glance back at my mysterious dad. I tried to keep up with Mom as she and her friend walked toward the exit.

I was moving so fast, that I'd accidentally bumped into Auntie Rose. She glared at me. "Look, I don't know who you think you are. But we have kept up this pretense and blended in with humans for many years. Suddenly, you come and guess our secret." She paused for an after thought. "No wait, I highly doubt that was just a guess. You know our secret, so let's hear yours. How'd you know?"

Was Auntie Rose really that bitter before, or is she just overprotective of her family, right now? At any rate, I knew that I couldn't tell them how I knew. That would require telling them that I was from the future. All the movies I've seen showed admitting this wasn't a great idea.

"My secret?" I repeated.

Aunt Rose had me cornered so that I couldn't leave. However, she didn't know that I had vampire strength too. I pushed her away and continued calmly walking towards the exit. She walked faster and stood in front of me, again. "Yes. Your secret."

I sighed, wondering what to tell her, but Aunt Alice saved me. "Rose, c'mon. Jasper is about to leave. If Nessie wants to talk to us about her sources, then she will when the time comes."

Aunt Alice was definitely my favorite aunt right now. Auntie Rose sighed but trudged off. I guess she didn't want to be running home today. However, I'm just baffled as to why Aunt Alice wasn't leaving with them. We watched as the door opened and she strutted out.

"Sorry about that. I didn't get to really introduce myself. I'm Alice. You've met Edward and Rosalie. And you already seemed to know Emmett, so I'm guessing you know my mate, Jasper?" She asked with a smile. She seemed pretty open to discuss some of her vampire life. For all she knew, I didn't even know anything about mates or more information about the Cullen's.

I nodded, nervously. I could only hope that she wouldn't make me talk.

"May I ask why I can't see your future?"

I contemplated on whether I should tell her or not. "…Yeah. It's because… of my genetic makeup…Yeah, let's leave it at that." I stumbled over my words, replaying them in my head. I hoped I didn't give anything away.

She nodded slowly. For a second, I wondered whether she really understood my vague sentence. But the next thing she said led me to know that she'd made her own conclusion from my words. "So you're not human, then," she said. She didn't really ask the question. It was more of a statement or a realization.

I didn't answer her, regardless. I'm sure she took that as a no. I'm not technically fully human.

Do you need a ride home?" She asked. We began walking towards the parking lot.

"Not a ride to my house. I'll be staying with someone. But sure, thanks. You don't mind?" I was already devising a plan in my head. I could've ran there if I wanted to, but my clothes could run the risk of getting dirty.

"As long as you're comfortable with being in a car with a vampire, sure you can." She joked and we reached Dad's old Volvo. I wondered just how long this thing has been around. I think he may have gotten rid of it soon after I was born, but I couldn't be too sure. My family changed cars frequently.

"I'm used to it," I laughed, "werewolves and everything."

Her smile was immediately replaced with a frown. "Young werewolves are very unpredictable and prone to giving into their uncontrollable emotions."

"Yes, well these werewolves have their emotions more under control and are more of shape shifters than actual werewolves." I bit my lip, hoping I didn't give away too much. Her face looked lost in thought. No doubt, she was wondering about my past, and how I'd come to be much more into the supernatural world than they'd thought. I even knew about shape shifters and had first-hand experience with them, a chance they probably hadn't even had, yet.

She unlocked the car doors and I got in on the passenger side. "This is Edward's car. He left with the rest of them in Jazz's Ferrari." She put in car in drive, and sped out of the parking lot. I couldn't believe that Uncle Jasper used to own a Ferrari. I know they loved fast cars, but that's just flashy. They weren't doing too well on the whole blending-in situation.

I was used to Aunt Alice's driving, but she didn't know that. She looked confused, since I never even flinch as she accelerated. "So where am I taking you?" she asked.

I smiled. "That depends. Can you see if a police cruiser will be in front of Bella's house?"

She smiled deviously, "Bella Swan? Yeah, the car is parked right in the front." I was only mildly surprised that she knew where Mom lived.

"Then, that's where we're going."

The car ride was pretty quiet and went fast, as expected. I was leaning on my arm, which was resting on the arm rest, and looking out the window, deep in thought. After a few minutes of contemplation, I decided to bring up Mom and Dad, hoping that she could convince them to get together.

"I think Edward and Bella could make a cute couple, what do you think?" I pressed. I didn't know how people in the past would go about saying something like this. When I got no response, I tried again. "Alice?"

We started swerving around. I frantically looked up at her. "Aunt Alice!" I screamed, grasping the wheel. She was having a vision. On the freeway. With traffic all around. Not the best time.

Her foot was still on the gas pedal and it wouldn't budge, not even with the combined force of my vampire strength and my human one. All I could do is steer around cars to get us off at the first exit.

Whatever vision she was having better have been a life or death thing. The road we turned onto winded around the dense trees surrounding us. The speedometer continued to increase, and the car became unresponsive and wouldn't turn.

I screamed at the top of my lungs when we went head-on into the trees going well over 130 mph. Using adrenaline and vampire speed, I unbuckled our seat belts and pushed Aunt Alice through the door, causing a gaping hole. I didn't think much before I jumped through the newly opened hole.

This all happened in about one second, two seconds tops. Then the car exploded and caught on fire. At least Aunt Alice made it out. Fire was deadly to vampires. I watched as the fire danced around the trees, licking a few up into flames.

I sat by the side of the road, hugging my knees close to my chest. Normal humans would be hyperventilating about now. But, I was soaking it all up, wondering what would happen when Aunt Alice came to. Her visions have never lasted this long. It possibly could be important.

Aunt Alice finally came from her vision. "Edward's future blacked out! I panicked. What's going on?" She looked around her slowly and noticed the burning car a few yards away and my fake, worried grimace. I tried to keep up the pretense as much as I could, but even I knew there was no real way I could explain this. She groaned, "Edward is going to kill me!"

"The car almost killed you. But you're fine now." I said, indifferently. Her mouth gaped open and I figured I'd said too much.

"Nessie, you have absolutely no scratch on you and you broke the glass to push both of us out. This car randomly combusts and you bring us both out without managing to even get a single strand of hair out of place!" She looked uncertain at me and started pacing back and forth.

It's not that I'd said too much. I did too much. But she owed me big time for it and I'd make sure she repays me later on in the future. Unlike Mom, I actually enjoyed Aunt Alice's shopping trips. But at least she's safe. That's the main thing that matters.

"Nessie… what are you?" She stopped moving and turned to face me.

I ignored her question and went back to her previous statement. "Edward's future is blacked out because it's too intertwined with mine."

Although we both knew that I dropped the former conversation, she continued this new subject I'd brought up. She nodded slowly. "You and Edward…Wow!" She sat down beside me.

"No! Eww, gross! Alice, I saved your life, do me a favor in return and help me get Edward and Bella together." I said.

"…Okay. You've been bugging me this whole time about it. No doubt, you've implied this to Edward, already. I don't know Bella too well, but I'm sure she's heard you mention this a few times. But can I ask you why you want them together so much?"

"No," I replied.

"Okay then… can I help you get to Bella's?" She asked.

"No, thanks. I have my own method." We both knew that she could easily find her way back, so I left and ran to Mom's house. I'm sure that Aunt Alice didn't expect me to be able to run that fast.

I rang the doorbell of the familiar home. "I'm coming." I heard a voice say from inside the house.

Grandpa Charlie answered the door. At least it wasn't Mom. She's been acting so rude lately, that I wasn't sure whether she'd kindly open the door or just slam it in my face. "May I help you?"

Grandpa Charlie looked so young and revived; I couldn't help but feel good when I saw him. "Hi, I'm new in town, and our furniture hasn't arrived yet for our new house. My parents left earlier to go check on it, and I was really wondering if I could stay here for a night or two. If you want any more information, I could give it to you..." I trailed off, wondering if Aunt Alice could help me forge some papers and pretend to be my guardian on the phone. I could disguise it as part of what she owes me.

He looked at me, unsure of anything I'd just said. I flashed him my award-winning smile. Everyone said I got it from my Dad. "My name is Nessie. I actually go to the high school and I've met Bella."

With this new information, he smiled back and invited me inside to sit on the couch. I took out my purse and my wallet. "How much money do you want? I have 500 bucks on me, but if you want more… I'll pay you the rest in the future." I laughed at my bad pun.

"No. No money." He sat down across from me. "You're a guest here. You can stay in the room up the stairs and to the right. Do you mind sharing a room with my daughter?"

I shook my head no. That was actually perfect.

"Thank you so much!" I said as I grabbed my stuff.

"No problem. I'm chief of police here. So, I guess this is my way of saying, 'Welcome to Forks!' Dinner is whenever Bells gets home from her shopping trip with a few of her friends in Port Angeles. If you can't wait that long, we can get pizza. I'm sure Bells doesn't mind you wearing a few of her clothes." He said.

"Thanks, again. And I can just wait until she comes back." I moved upstairs to Mom's room. I felt a small burning in my throat. A hunting trip may have to wait.

I took out my i-Pod 6 that my dad gave me last year. I hoped playing futuristic music on an i-pod that didn't come out for another 17 years, wasn't giving anything away. Had the i-pod even been invented yet?

I took out the earphones so that it blasted, but not too loud to annoy my new roommate. Mom always hated when I did this.

Speaking of Mom, she arrived in what felt like a few minutes later. Yet, it was already dark outside. One of Mom's friends was just dropping her off and I distinctly heard her as she came in through the front door. She talked to Charlie for a brief moment, before making an appearance upstairs.

She threw her stuff on the ground. "Look- Nessie when I said 'no, you couldn't come,' I meant no. So, you came anyways and convinced Charlie to let you in with your sob story or whatever. But, I don't buy it. I'm not sure what your real motive is though."

I shrugged and climbed off of her bed and sat on the rocking chair in the corner.

"Could you please turn the music off!" She yelled.

I turned it down. I sighed, "So where am I sleeping?"

She glared at me and hopped on her bed, "Certainly not in here."

I rolled my eyes and concluded that somehow I messed things up and my mom became a bitch. This would certainly be a long night.

A/N: Sorry guys, but Bella's personality had to change some. Nessie is affecting everything in the past. Nessie will be with Jacob soon enough. They'll get closer in the next few chapters, I promise.

So, the next chapter is one of my favorites so far. I'll probably have that up either Friday or Saturday... But more reviews may make me post it sooner... Review please?