Chapter 7: Time Gone By

Nessie's POV

The next couple of months were sort of a blur to me. I continued to go out with Tyler and I had to say that I fell for him and I fell for him hard. I had promised my father that I would not fall in love and I broke that promise big time. As they say though promises are made to be broken. That certainly seems to hold true for me.

I still hadn't told my family about Tyler. I sort of wanted to keep it a surprise for when they came to visit me on September 14th. I kind of always wanted to see their reactions when they met Tyler for the first time. Especially my father's reaction. Every time that I tried to imagine his reaction I burst out in laughter.

Tyler was really a sweet and wonderful guy and I could not ask for anyone better then him. He was so sweet, kind, loving, and caring. There was no doubt in my mind that I was in love with him.

I also loved his family as well. I met Diana, Les, and Caroline. They were all extremely wonderful people, oh and the way that Tyler cared for his sister and looked out for her just made me fall in love with him that much faster and harder. It was clear how much he cared about his sister, it was clear how much he loved his sister. I had never seen a guy that was so protective of his sister. If that's how he treated all of the women in his life then I'm lucky to have found a man like him.

I also continued to grow. I'm now over six feet tall and I appear to be about 23/24 years old now. I nearly had a heart attack when I realized that I'm taller then grandpa Carlisle now. How the hell did that happen? My accelerated aging had definitely continued all right. Had I told my family anything? Nope, not a thing.

Speaking of growing, that dog that followed me home seemed to grow quickly as well. Though I suppose it's typical for young dogs to grow quickly. He seemed to get bigger and bigger each month. Since he is a Boston Terrier I figured he would reach his adult size in no time though. Terriers aren't that big. By the way I named him Jake. Jacob just about blew a gasket when I told him I had gotten a dog and named it after him. What could I do though? Funny is funny. As soon as I thought of the name I just could not resist it.

I had also started school. NYU is definitely an amazing school and I was so glad that I had gotten accepted. It was a beautiful and exciting place to be. I had arranged my schedule so that I only had classes on Mondays and Wednesdays. Tuesdays and Thursdays would be the days that I go do my internship at the world trade center.

Speaking of the world trade center my love for that place only grew over the coming months. One day I had worked up the nerve to go all the way to the top of the north tower's observation desk during one of my breaks. That only lasted a few minutes as my fear of heights started to kick in and I ended up running back inside. But at least I gave it a try. One day I went to one of the gift shops and bought an exact replica of the twin towers (scaled down version of course)

Time definitely went by quickly. That's why it came as a complete shock to me when I woke up one day and realized that it was September 10th, 2001. One day before my big life changing birthday. The day that I would stop growing and aging forever.

I went to school that Monday morning full of excitement. I was out in one of the quad areas when I saw Tyler running up to me.

"Nessie there you are I've been looking for you all morning" he said.

"For what?" I asked him.

"Well I just want to know what your plans are for tomorrow because I want to do something extra special for your birthday, you know since it is tomorrow. I already have something in mine but I need to know what your schedule is like first" he said.

"Okay" I said. "Well tomorrow I go intern with your father. I'm only going to be there half a day, it's your father's birthday present to me. Oh and he's letting me bring Jake also. He told me since it's my birthday he'll let me bring my dog as well, as long as he is not disruptive" I explained.

"Okay so what hours are you working?" he asked me.

"I'm going to be there from 8am to 12pm. I have a lot of stuff to work on that I don't need your father for so I'm going in before he is tomorrow" I said. "Tyler what exactly are you planning?"

"Well first of all since you're getting off early I would love to take you out to lunch. Second, the rest of the day is a surprise. I want to do something that you'll never forget. I want to make tomorrow a birthday that you will never forget" he said.

"Okay" I said. September 11th, 2001, my 7th birthday. Little did Tyler know that my birthday tomorrow is already one that I would not forget. It is my milestone birthday. Whatever I looked like tomorrow would be how I looked for the rest of eternity.

"Nessie just be down in the lobby at exactly 12:01. I'll be waiting there for you and Jake" he said excitedly.

"Thank you Tyler" I said, feeling equally as happy. Now I was going to be in anticipation as I waited for tomorrow to arrive.

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