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Throughout the flights, Jacob kept telling me things like 'it will be okay' and 'it will all be over soon'. I ignored him, sometimes pretending to have fallen asleep, other times just flat out not replying.
"It'll be fine." Jacob assured me again as we got to the parking garage. I ignored him again, looking around for Leah and Valentine. Jacob gently steered me over to Carlisle, dad, Alice and Jasper. Valentine and Leah were by the car, away from them. I kept my thoughts thinking about how happy I was to see them again, trying to hide my true thoughts from dad.
"Valentine!" I hurried past them to hug her, acting like I was just happy to see her. She hugged me back and then we moved quickly. I got behind the two of them, who shot looks at the others.
"This is for the best!" Dad told them, looking angry. I gripped Valentine's hand tightly. She may have been only physically sixteen or seventeen and dressed in a sparkly tank top, mini shorts and beaded sandals, but she was looking pretty lethal right now.
"It's for the best for you! Not for her!" She hissed back. Aunt Alice stepped over to her to plead with her daughter.
"Val, look, this could be dangerous for Rene-."
"I know!" I interrupted. Everyone looked at me, ignoring Leah and Valentine for the moment.
"I know, okay? But this is not going to happen. You are not hurting my baby!" I told them.
"Sorry, Jake, but you're being a butthead." Leah added at the look Jacob shot her. He looked like he wanted to do something. Force her to back down. Use his alpha voice. He didn't do anything, though.
"Good choice." Leah told him. She took my arm and pulled me towards her car, leaving the others by Carlisle's car. Valentine followed a few feet behind us and climbed into the back seat. I got into the passenger seat while Leah got into the driver's seat.
"What about Ian and Masen? Are they-?" I started to ask. Leah shook her head as she drove towards the Cullen house.
"Ian doesn't know what to think. He might be with us, he might now be. We'll have to figure that out. Masen's flat out against it. He doesn't want anything hurting his sister, even his sister's baby." Valentine answered. I looked between the two of them.
"Thank you for this." I told them. I knew that Leah might or might not be going against Ian and I knew for sure that Valentine was going against Masen, yet they did it anyway. For me. Leah nodded quickly, keeping her eyes on the road in front of her.
"Hey, if I was you, I would want to keep the baby too." She told me. I wiped some tears away.
"Everyone is going to hate me."
"Oh, please. No one hated Bella when she was pregnant with you. Just her decision. Big difference." Leah assured me. Valentine put her hand on my shoulder.
"Besides, we've got your back. We'll always be here for you."
We got to the Cullen house before the others did. I went over to mom, who was waiting on the porch with Kylie and Aunt Rose.
"Hey. Are you okay?" Mom asked, hugging me tightly. I shook my head before burying my face in her shoulder. Kylie hugged me when I pulled away.
"Love ya, big cousin." She whispered in my ear. Uncle Emmett, Esme, Masen, Ian and Hal came out of the house.
"Nessa, come on, this is insane!" Masen told me. Immediately, Leah, Valentine, Kylie, Rose and mom were in between me and him.
"Masen Edward Cullen, this is not your decision!" Mom reminded him sharply. He fell silent, but he still looked pissed.
"Normally, I would be with you a hundred percent, but, sweetie, we don't know about shape shifter-vampire-human babies. This could kill you!" Esme told me, looking pleadingly at me.
"This is my decision! This is what I'm going to do." I told her, avoiding her eyes. Carlisle's car pulled up in the driveway. Dad, Carlisle, Jacob, Alice and Jasper hurried over to us.
"Renesmee Carlie Cullen, you have to-." Dad started through his teeth. Suddenly Hal decked him. Everyone gasped in shock and everyone moved again. Mom went over to dad, Kylie ran over to Hal to hold him back and Valentine, Leah and Rose moved me farther away, keeping themselves in between me and everyone else. Hal looked over at me.
"I'm your biggest ally right now. But if this gets too dangerous for you, then I'll be your biggest enemy." He told me.
"Good enough for now." Kylie said. Hal came over and walked into the house with Valentine, Leah, Rose and I. Kylie and Bella followed, shooting everyone else death looks.