Lilly had Jesse down on the ground and was tickling her. The little girl was alternating between screaming and laughing. They were both extremely happy. It was as if they were a normal human family. Raife smiled the moment he realized what was going on. He felt as if this was the best moment of his life as a vampire. A similar situation had occurred when Joseph was five but that was years ago. 15 to be exact. He missed seeing his wife that happy. When Jesse noticed that her father was watching she smiled at him and then wiggled out from underneath her mother. She ran to her father and jumped into his waiting arms. Raife smiled at his daughter and hugged her tightly. He then walked over to his wife with their daughter in his arms.
"Raife, I'm so glad that you've made it back. Isn't she the most precious thing you have ever seen?"
"Isn't that the same thing that you said when you're little Joey was born?"
Jesse giggled and her brother being called little Joey.
"Yes, she's so much like her brother. Just a little more beautiful due to the fact that she is half vampire and little Joey was only a mere human when he was born. I love her so much Raife. I know how bad you felt but you needn't worry now. She's perfect and harmless."
"I can see that. Joseph filled me in about this little one. She's not as little as she was when I first saw her though. She seems to be growing a bit fast."
"A bit? She looks like she's a month old. She's only about a few hours old honey. Is that a good or bad thing? I don't know what to think of that yet."
"I think she'll be fine. Won't you beautiful?"
"Of course I will dad."
"Wow. Jo wasn't lying when he said you could send your thoughts to people."
"Nope."
"She's going to do great things Raife. I just know it."
"You really think so?"
"Yes honey. You can communicate with thoughts and heal yourself as well as others. Because of you my transformation wasn't that painful and you kept my heart beating. I would have really died if you hadn't grabbed my hand when you did. I owe so much to you.
"I had to do it. You're my mother. I didn't want to lose you. I love you mom. That and I heard dad say he would be so upset if I ended up killing you and I didn't want him to hate me. I thought that he would maybe kill me if I didn't help you. I wanted to have a family."
"I wouldn't have killed you if she didn't survive giving birth to you. I let her go on with the pregnancy because I had faith that you wouldn't be like those other children. I knew that there was going to be some human in you so you couldn't be nearly as bad as them. I'm so glad I was right. Well, I didn't know how well you would be but I am glad that you haven't tried killing anyone yet. The way you were with Alice was amazing. I thought for sure when you bit her that I would lose you. I thought you were going to kill Alice."
"I would never kill Alice. She's important to me. It's weird. I don't love her like I love you guys and Joseph. It's more intense. Why is that?"
"You'll know when you're older sweetie. Much older."
"You heard her too?"
"Yes. You sent thoughts to both of us?"
"I wanted to see if it worked."
"You are truly amazing."
"Do you think that we will have to worry about Aro? I don't want to lose our baby."
"She'll be fine with the help of Joseph. He can make her look like a normal baby girl and no one will know."
"Except for Alice."
"I don't think that would be a good idea honey. She's only five and we don't want to confuse her more than we already have. She thinks that we are super human or something. I think we should move. We can't put you or that sweet little girl in any danger. We've put her through enough just by getting close to her."
"But I don't want to leave Alice. I need to be with her. And she needs me. I know she does. I want to always be with her. I won't be happy without her. Don't you want me to be happy?"
"We know you love her Jess but we can't do that to her. She's a normal five year old girl. She won't understand and she's not supposed to know about us but she does. That already puts her at risk."
JE: But I don't want to leave her. I have to be with her. I don't feel right without her.
"Jo, why did you have to let that little girl in our lives? Didn't I tell you that it would only put her in danger?"
"Yes, mother you did. I couldn't just leave her there by herself. Her parents didn't seem to have noticed that she had left. They were too busy freaking out over something. She needed our help. I think she still needs it. I agree with Jess on this one. I can make everyone see her as a normal new born except for Alice. Alice is smarter than you would think."
"I don't think that we can risk it."
"Please daddy? I love her. I don't know if I could be happy without her. I don't want to find out. I need her daddy."
"You just had to pull the daddy card didn't you? How can I say no to that?"
"Raife! Think of that poor girl. I don't think that she could take it. Jess gets bigger every hour. How is she going to deal with that?"
"Mom, please let us stay. I don't want to leave without her. Think of what it would be like to leave all of us behind."
"That's different. You're all my family."
"She is my family too mommy."
"Aww, mom, how can you resist that? She just called you mommy. Don't tell me you don't think that's cute."
"It's very cute but think of Alice."
"I am."
"Me too. I think about her a lot. She's pretty. I want to see her again. Daddy, can I see her again?"
"Lil, I think we should let her see Alice. Maybe Alice could decide if she wants to continue to see us. If this freaks her out then we can move."
"I don't know."
"Please, mommy."
"Yeah, please mommy."
"It's worth a try Lil."
"Fine. You can see her tomorrow. It's not fair to have all of you ganging up on my though. Don't make a habit of it."
"I want to see her now."
"I think you should wait."
"Why? I want to see her now."
"He just left her house half an hour ago sweetie. It takes that long to get to the hospital and back to her house. That would be a little suspicious. Maybe we could wait an hour or two."
"One hour!"
"Two but only if you don't say another word about it. I could change my mind and we could move at any time."
Jesse didn't say anything or rather send any more thoughts to her mother after that. She just sat still in her father's arms. He didn't seem to want to put her down.
"Daddy, could you put me down now please?"
"Sorry sweetie. I was just so excited to have a daughter of my own. I never thought that I would have any more children after your brother here. Vampires aren't supposed to be able to have children."
"It's okay."
Raife placed Jesse back on the ground and to everyone's surprise she began pacing. She was anxiously awaiting Alice's arrival. She didn't want to wait for her. She wanted to see her now. It was all she could think about. This continued for the next hour and a half. Then she pleaded with her father to take her with him to get Alice but both her parents as well as her brother convinced her that it would be better if she stayed home.
While her father left, Jesse continued to pace back and forth. She was worried that Alice would not want to be around anymore due to how much different she was than the rest of her family. Sure Alice knew about their differences but she had no idea what to expect with Jesse. No one really did. She didn't want to scare her away.
It may have only been twenty-five minutes but to Jesse it seemed like forever. When Alice walked into the room, it took nearly all of her strength not to jump on Alice. She just stood there and waited for her to make the first move. To her surprise, Alice smiled at her and walked towards her. She stopped when she was about two feet away. Jesse walked over to her and looked up at her.
"I explained to her that you wouldn't be like any other newborn. I told her that you were special and that she wasn't in any danger around you. You probably already know this but she knows what we are and that we don't feed on humans. She was anxious to see you."
Jesse, still not able to actually talk yet, asked her father if she, Alice, knew of her way of communicating. When he told her that he pretty much explained everything to her, she finally began her first conversation with Alice.
"Hello Alice. I'm Jesse. We're going to be really close. Don't worry about being friends with someone younger than you. I grow quickly."
Alice looked a little shocked to be able to hear Jesse's thoughts but it didn't take her long to respond. She had been told that Jesse would be able to communicate with her she just didn't expect it to be so clear. Her thoughts definitely were more that of an older child, not a newborn.
"I can tell. You're already bigger than the last time I saw you and that wasn't that long ago. You really are special. I'm glad that we're going to be close friends."
"Me too. You're family to me now. Actually, you have been since the first time I heard your voice. You told my mother that you couldn't wait to meet me. You said that you knew we would be good friends. How did you know?"
"I had a dream about you. We were much older in the dream. I think I might have been twelve. You looked much older than twelve. We were holding hands and smiling at each other."
"How did you know it was me?"
"I didn't really know until I saw you. But it was definitely you. I can tell now because you look similar. We're both going to be beautiful. You'll look even more beautiful than me. You already do."
"I don't think so."
"I've seen it. You'll just get more beautiful as you grow. I will too just nowhere near your beauty."
"You're not gonna let me win are you?"
"Never."
The two of them continued to talk for a few hours until Alice had to go back home. Jesse didn't want her to leave and Alice took her time leaving to spend more time with Jesse. She didn't want to leave Jesse. She wanted to be with her at all times.
Jesse went to bed shortly after Alice left. That was the first time she dreamt about Alice. It was the dream that Alice said that she had. She also had one of them lying together in a meadow. They were much older. She had one hand on Alice's head and the other was holding one of Alice's hands. Alice had her head in Jesse's lap and she looked like she was sleeping. Jesse knew that wasn't possible because the Alice in her dream was a vampire. Jesse woke up smiling and thinking of Alice. They would always be together. Then she said her first word.
"Ali."
Alice looked up at Jesse and smiled at her lovingly.
"You knew the first time that you fell asleep that I would bring you to this meadow?"
"Yes. I didn't know what it was about or why we were here but I just knew that it meant that I would always be with you. At the time I thought it meant that you chose to become a vampire so you could be with me forever. I had no idea that it would be a reunion."
"It's not your fault Jess. I still want to be with you."
"You might not want that when you've seen everything."
"You're wrong, Jess. I'll always want to be with you."
Alice leaned toward Jesse. As her lips were a mere inch away from Jesse's, Jesse pulled away. Alice looked as if Jesse had slapped her.
"What's wrong? Have you changed your mind about me?"
"No! I would never change my mind about you Ali."
"Then what is it?"
"I just don't think we should rush into things seeing as you don't even know what happened and what made me leave. I shouldn't have left you Ali."
"That's all in the past. Sure I want to finally know about it but what I want now is to be with you."
"I'm not sure if that's such a good idea Ali."
"I think it is. I loved you before I really met you. That happened to me twice now Jess. I apparently had a vision of you when I was younger and loved you right away. The same thing happened a few weeks ago. This love is more intense than it was then but that doesn't matter. I love you Jesse. I want to be with you."
"I'm still not so sure about that Ali."
"Well I am. Don't you want me to be happy?"
"Yes!"
"Then kiss me."
"Nice try Ali but I'm not going to fall for that anymore. I used to when I was young but not now."
"You're going to give in."
"Oh really? How can you be so sure?"
"I saw it remember. I saw much more than that and you know it".
"It didn't take place in this meadow though now did it?"
Alice smiled mischievously at Jesse and Jesse, remembering what that look usually meant, started to back up.
"No, but this did."
Alice jumped at Jesse and tackled her so that she was on the ground and Alice was on top of her. Before Jesse could even think about moving, Alice's lips were already on hers. This time, Jesses didn't try and move away. Instead she deepened the kiss which made Alice moan a little. That got Jesse's attention and she slowly pushed Alice off of her.
Alice just sat there for a moment. She didn't want Jesse to stop. That was the most amazing kiss of her life and she wanted more. She had never been so turned on by a kiss in her life and she wanted to know just how turned on Jesse could get her. She was upset that the kiss had ended so soon.
"We don't have to stop. I really don't want to."
"I know you don't Ali, but I can't go any further with you until you know what I did and how much I hurt you. You won't want me then."
"Yes I will. I know it Jess. I'm not letting you go this time even if that means that I have to follow you and leave my family behind. I can't lose you again Jess. Not now. Not ever. I've never felt like this before and I don't want to know what it's like to live without it. Don't do that to me Jess. I'm not going to leave you."
"You never were the one to do the leaving. It was always me. I can't believe I hurt you so much Ali. I shouldn't even be here right now. I don't deserve you."
Jesse tried to get up but Alice moved to her lap and wouldn't move. She put one of her hands on her face and gently pulled Jesse's head up so she could see look into her eyes.
"Jess, if you don't deserve me, the why do I want you so damn much? I've never wanted anything more in my life. I can't imagine being without you now that you're here. I don't want to lose you because of something as stupid as you thinking that you don't deserve me. From what I've seen, you do. I don't care about what happened. I just wanted to see what my human life was like and how different I am. I want to know what it was like kissing you that first time and the first time we made love. Those are the kinds of things I want to know about my past right now."
"I'll only show those to you if you let me show you what I did to hurt you. You might change your mind about me."
"Fine, but I'm definitely not changing my mind about you."
"It's been a long day. Maybe we should head back. I'm getting a little tired. I haven't shown anyone that much in a while. It kind of drains my energy to do that."
"Nice change of subject Jess, but you're right. We do need to go back. After you kiss me again."
"Alice."
"Jesse."
Jesse knew that she would eventually give in so she just opted to give Alice what she wanted. She didn't have to move much seeing as Alice was still on her lap. She slowly moved closer to Alice and when their lips were about to meet, she quickly closed the gap and pulled away not even a second later.
"Hey! That's not what I meant!"
"You weren't specific. You just said kiss you and I did so get off of me and march your ass back home!"
"I will do no such thing until you kiss me properly."
"Are you sure about that little Ali?"
Alice growled at Jesse who moved so quickly that Alice was not sitting on the ground and not on Jesse's lap. She was about to get up when Jesse ran up to her, picked her up, and slammed her against a tree. Alice growled once again and seconds later she got what she wanted. Jesse was kissing her with more passion than Jasper ever did. She was getting extremely turned on and started grinding into Jesse's leg. That's when Jesse stopped kissing her. She smiled at Alice and then ran off into the woods. Alice let out a threatening growl and chased after her.
Jesse was waiting about a mile away from the Cullen's house when Alice finally caught up with her.
"Took you long enough."
"You're such a damn tease!"
"Just getting you back for all those times in the past and those to come."
"You don't play fair."
"You never did so why should I?"
"What are you talking about?"
"You'll find out later. Let's go in before Esme starts to worry about you."
They ran the rest of the way holding hands. They entered the Cullen's house the same way.