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Ch. 7 Reality

When I woke up I was shivering and screaming. The sun was still rising and Nahuel was gone. I was on the blanket he had brought and to my relief I was fully clothed. Not wanting to see the memories that were trying to paralyze me I stood up to focus on finding a way back to the dirt road, if I was lucky then Nahuel left my dad's car. I didn't want to hitch a ride back to Forks with some creep named Joe Bob, and I surely didn't want to try and run back. I started to run in the direction opposite to the one I had run last night, but I was too sore, so not only was I stuck in the middle of who knows where, but I was hurt and had to walk at a human pace.

By the time I found my dad's car, the clock said it was noon. The keys were already in the ignition and my cell phone was in the passenger seat. I had over 100 hundred missed calls from everyone. My whole family must be looking for me. I almost called my mom but realizing that she would want an immediate explanation and I opted for a text message.

To:

Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, Alice, Jasper, Rose, Emmett, Jacob

Text: I am safe. I am on my way home. Please don't call me, I need time to think. I'll explain everything when I get there.

Love you all,

Nessie

I figured that would keep them from harassing me at least until I got within a 5 mile radius. After I got comfortable I flipped through my dad's CD collection till I found the CD labeled Nessie's Mix. I put the CD in, turned the volume up to max, turned the car around, and screamed my favorite songs as I drove the Volvo to its limit.

About the time I reached La Push I noticed a certain russet colored wolf running in the trees next to me. Before I knew it there was an entire pack. They continued to run with me until I reached the driveway to my grandparents' house, then it was back to just the one. As soon as I turned the car off Jacob was pulling me out of the car and running me into my grandparents' house. When we got inside he gently placed me on the couch and sat next to me, leaving space for my family to hug me, and check me over. The last person to check on me was my dad. Dad didn't hug me or check me over; he just stood in front of me and stared. When he finally spoke his voice was soft, yet cold.

"Show me Nessie." Was all he said. I started crying as I took his hands and showed him the conversation that happened between Nahuel and me.

"No Nessie, show me everything." My dad was shaking and his voice was almost inaudible. I took his hand and showed him the rest, I showed him when I fell asleep and when I woke up. Then I let go of his hands and whispered, "I'm so sorry Dad, I'm sorry I disappointed you." As soon as the words came out of my mouth he sat on the couch next to me, pulled me on his lap and started rocking me.

"No Reneseme, you have nothing to apologize for. You did as much as you could. I'm the one that's sorry, I should have been more careful, I should have listened to his thoughts more closely. I should have made the two of you stay closer to home." Then my dad put me back down next to Jacob and crumbled onto the floor. It was then that my mother realized there was something major going on. She walked up to me, kneeled down in front of the couch placing one hand on my dad's knee and one hand on mine.

"Honey, what happened last night?" I let the memories flow through me and left nothing out. When I was finished my mother also crumbled. After seeing my parents turn into sobbing, tearless rocks the rest of my family had me show them, and every person I showed crumbled like my parents, even Uncle Emmett. At last it was time to show Jacob. He held me in his arms as I showed him last night's events and when I was done tears were covering his face and mine. We both shrunk to the ground and the scattered rocks morphed into a boulder as we all joined together in a collective embrace. I don't know how long we sat like that, comforting each other and sobbing, but it was ended by Alice. Out of no where she stood up, ran into the kitchen, and came back with a feast of junk food.

"Nessie you haven't ate since last night correct?" she asked

"Yes" I responded

"Or you Jake?" she inquired

"Correct" he replied.

With that she placed the food in front of us, told us to eat up and forced Emmett and Jasper to play a round of Wii Tennis with her and Rose, convincing them that it would make me feel better.

As usual she was right. After about two rounds everyone started getting very competitive. They started diving in the direction the balls on the screen were going, pushing people out of the way, and even yelling demeaning phrases at eat other. The entire audience, myself included, started laughing, and cheering, and by the end of the game we were blissfully distracted from the reality that was knocking at the door.