NPOV

"Ugh, so that's where she gets that look from." I looked at my grandfather and he motioned to the sofa where Sue sat at the other end. They were going to trap me between them. Terrific.

He shook his head. "I'm not even going to ask what you have done to deserve that look from your mother. Now, sit."

I huffed and sat down on the sofa. "I needed to get away from them okay?"

"Why is that dear?" Sue asked me. She was a nice enough woman. My mother was incredibly happy with what her being in the family had brought; the ability to keep in contact with her father.

" It's complicated." I responded. This wasn't exactly how I had envisioned my weekend starting.

"Honey, does this have something to do with you and Jake?" Sue asked and my eyes went wide.

No, this was definitely not a conversation I wanted to have with my grandfather and his new wife. Heck, it wasn't even a conversation I wanted to have with my own parents.

"Jake? What about Jake?" Grandpa Charlie asked.

Great. Something else that he has been left in the dark about that I have the uncomfortable privilege of informing him on.

I would swear at this moment that Sue was psychic. "Ness, why don't you go into the guest room I'm sure you're exhausted from today."

I smiled. I was saved. I got up quickly and sped to the guest room closing the door and flopping on the bed. I pulled out my IPod from my bag and placed the buds in my ears hoping to drown out the conversation that was going on in the other room. I pulled my cell phone out and looked at the screen.

4 New Messages

I flipped open my phone and looked at the first message which was from my mother.

You didn't call when you got there. Alice says you're okay. Behave.

The second was from my father.

Hope you have a great weekend little girl. Be safe. I love you.

I smiled. I would always be daddy's little girl and I was okay with that. I responded back quickly.

I promise no cliff diving or motorcycles. Love you too Daddy. Tell Mom I'm behaving.

The third was from Aunt Alice.

Don't worry. Charlie isn't going to kill Jacob.

I laughed. Of course she had already seen everything. I huffed and responded.

What good is a psychic Aunt if she doesn't warn you about awkward moments?!

The fourth message was from Jacob.

I feel so much more comfortable knowing you're on the rez. I think I'll sleep better tonight knowing you're close. Sweet dreams.

I felt my heart flutter and my stomach seemed to do a flip. Thank god I wasn't at home. They could have heard that from a mile away. I replied back but immediately regretted what I wrote feeling it was too cheesy.

They'll be sweet if they're of you.

I sounded like an 8th grader. There was no take back on texts so I quickly changed and crawled under the covers. I looked on the nightstand and smiled at the picture of my mother and father on their wedding day. For the first time in my life the thought of being able to get married crossed my mind as I drifted into unconsciousness.


I only ever slept a few hours so going to bed as early as I did was probably not a good decision. I looked at the clock which read 2:13. I had a little less than four hours until Grandpa Charlie was up. I rolled out of bed and threw on a pair of sweats. I quietly exited the house though I'm sure I could have walked normally and not woken anyone up.

I couldn't help but chuckle as I looked up and saw there was a full moon out. I had always enjoyed how peaceful it was on the reservation. It was the only other place besides home where I could truly be myself. Well, I suppose Alaska was another however Tanya was not the least bit fond of me. I walked further down the hill and was about to pass Sam and Emily's house when I noticed a light was on and could see the silhouette of Emily sitting in a chair on the front porch.

"Emily?" I asked quietly.

"Ness? Is that you?" I saw her squint into the darkness as I moved closer to her.

"Yes it's me. What are you doing out here so late?" I studied her beautifully scarred face. It was full of worry.

"You don't know?" She questioned me.

I shook my head. "Know what Emily? What's going on? Where's Sam?"

"They caught a scent and the pack is following it." She responded.

I frowned. "Why didn't anyone wake me?"

She smiled softly. "You know Jacob would never let you go with them. He's very protective of you."

"Do you know where they were headed?" I hoped she would give up this information easily and that I wouldn't have to go drag it out of Billy.

"I believe they said towards your family's house." She replied.

I didn't wait for her to say anymore as I took off with inhuman speed into the night. I felt a vibrating in my pants pocket and knew it was most likely Aunt Alice. Ignoring it I continued on until I caught a scent that was unfamiliar to me. It wasn't one of the wolves. I closed my eyes and inhaled deeply. It was definitely a vampire.

"It's late for a little girl like you to be out on her own." A voice hissed from behind me.

I turned and locked onto red eyes emerging from the woods. I felt my eyes widen involuntarily and I immediately ran through all the lessons I had ever had with Uncle Jasper. I gave a half hearted chuckle trying to sound as menacing as possible. "I'm anything but a girl."

The male vampire stalked closer to me coming into view. His dark black hair and pale skin made him the epitome of a Hollywood vampire. He breathed deeply and smiled. "You sure smell like a girl." With that response he lunged at me.

I immediately moved quickly enough and sidestepped causing him to pounce onto the ground. He looked at me puzzled and then flew at me again this time I was a second too slow and he caught my foot dragging me back. He pinned me down on the ground and lifted up my wrist sniffing it. "Yes , you definitely smell like a girl."

I used this time of his vulnerability to flip him off of me and get back onto my feet. He was immediately up and matched my defensive pose. "What are you?" He hissed.

I smirked. "Definitely NOT a girl."

He growled and flew at me again pinning me against the tree by my throat. Uncle Jasper was not going to be happy. He always told me to be less like Uncle Emmett and avoid the witty repartee.

"Jake!" I rasped out as loud as I could while I mustered up as much strength as I could to pull his hand away from my throat. There was no way I was going to be able to overpower him but I could at the very least hold him at bay. A blur of brown flew out of the tree line and pulled the vampire off of me. Four more wolves followed as I watched the red eyes go wide and blank as its head rolled feet away from its body.

I walked over to some brush and quickly with a stone and twig set a fire ablaze. I started grabbing the severed parts of the vampire and threw them into the fire as the wolves retreated to the cover of the trees seemingly to phase. I stood there watching the fire burn for a moment until I felt strong arms turn me around and clamp on my shoulders. "What the hell were you thinking Ness?"

I growled. "I was thinking that maybe it would be nice for you to make me aware of these things. I can help."

Jacob frowned at me. "I won't put you in danger. We had it handled."

"Yeah, looks like you had him cornered until I came along." I smirked at him.

"We were right on his trail." He growled back at me.

I felt my phone vibrating again and pulled away from his grasp. "If you'll excuse me, I have a phone call I need to take."

I walked away and pulled out the phone neglecting to look at the caller id. "Hello?"

"Ness I'm so proud of you!" I heard someone yell in the background before I heard a growl as my responding hello.

"Daddy?" I whispered.

"What were you thinking? Were you trying to get yourself killed?" His voice was low but demanding.

"I was fine. I can take care of myself." I responded. "Wait, how did you know that I was okay? Jake came in at the end and got him off of me."

There was a long pause and then he spoke. "Your Aunt's vision went blank like it does when the wolves are involved."

"And we knew you could totally kick ass Ness!" I heard Uncle Emmett yelling again.

I laughed at his comment though it clearly was not amusing my father. "You said you'd be safe."

"I have yet to get on a motorcycle or jump off a cliff. I'd have to say I have one up on mom in her human days." I responded.

"Please, just stay on the reservation and don't do anything like that again. I'm trying to talk your mother from not getting in the car and come getting you right now." I could hear the worry in his voice and I suddenly felt guilty for everything that had just transpired.

"I'm sorry for upsetting you daddy but I couldn't let Jake out there and not help. Something could have happened to him." I insisted.

He chuckled. "You sound like your mother."

"Tell her I promise no more getting in fights with vampires while I'm here. I'm going to head back and shower though; I think I have dead vampire dust in my hair." I heard Aunt Alice laugh in the background.

"Okay. I love you Nessie." He said.

"Love you too daddy." I hung up my phone and turned around looking at the clearing seeing Jacob still standing there staring at me.

"Are you going to be angry with me this whole weekend?" I called out. "Because if so I have a mother who is more than willing to come down and pick me up now."

He rushed over to me and pulled me into his arms. "I'm not mad Ness. I just couldn't bare it if anything bad happened to you. I didn't tell you about this because I knew you would want to get involved."

"I'm good bait though." I responded.

Jake looked at me puzzled. "What are you talking about?"

"He thought I was human." I explained.

He smiled. "Well come on human let's get you home. Charlie will be furious with me if he sees you like this."

"Uncle Emmett is proud of me." I stated matter-of- factly.

Jake laughed. "Of course he would be."


BPOV

"We shouldn't have let her go Edward. How could something like this not happen to her? She's always getting into trouble." I couldn't stand still as I was fighting the urge to jump into the car and fly back to Forks.

"Yes, she seems to have inherited that from you love." Edward's silky voice responded.

"Well I'm proud of her." Emmett chimed in.

Edward growled at him.

"What? You should be too! From what Alice said she was great!" He replied.

Jasper looked at me clearly trying to calm me down. I felt myself relax slightly and he smiled. "We'll have to go over a few more things with her when she gets back. But really, I think she can handle herself."

"Clearly she has gotten the self sacrificing stupidity from Edward." Rose smirked. I couldn't help but laugh at this. Since I became pregnant with Renesmee, Rose and I had been on much better terms.

Edward suddenly turned to Emmett and growled. "Don't even think about that Emmett."

"What?" I asked reaching out and placing my hand on Edward's shoulder.

He shook his head. "I'll tell you later."

"Emmett?" I questioned.

He looked at me sheepishly. "I was just wondering what her and Jacob's kids would be like. Yanno, vampire, human, and wolf. That'd be one freaky unstoppable combo."

It was my turn to growl at Emmett. Rosalie promptly smacked him in the back of the head and Alice simply scowled.

Alice's eyes brightened up as she looked at us. "Oh! Everyone's Halloween costumes will arrive tomorrow!"

I looked at her baffled. "Alice, is this really the time to talk about that?"

She giggled at me. "Silly Bella of course it is. Nessie is fine. Do you actually think she'll do anything else stupid this weekend? She doesn't want you coming to get her."

I relented. I suppose Alice was right. She may be young but she knew that her father could only hold me at bay for so long. "So what is my costume going to be Alice?"

She smiled, eyes gleaming. "I thought you'd never ask."


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