Chapter 7: Wolf

Nessie's POV

"That was certainly odd," Riley had said as soon as we got in the car. "First they were all eager to have us over for dinner but then it seemed like they couldn't wait to get rid of us or something,"

I nodded my head in disagreement. "I don't think it was that. I think it was something else. It sounded like something urgent suddenly came up and that's why they asked us to leave. They seemed like genuine, nice people. So I don't know but honestly I get the feeling that it was something else entirely,"

What I didn't mention was how odd I thought it was the way they reacted when I mentioned my dog was a gift from someone named Edward Cullen. Maybe I was just crazy and I completely imagined their strange reaction and that was why I didn't want to bring it up. I still strongly believed that it was all some strong crazy coincidence that their Edward happened to have the exact same name that my gift giver did. I mean the guy had to be about the same age as me. So there was no way it could've been him all these years. Right?

I sighed dramatically as I slammed the door behind me. All of this thinking and trying to put impossible puzzle pieces together in my head was enough to give me a migraine. I opened my science textbook and then slammed it shut right away. It was the first day of school and we already had assigned reading to do but the way I was feeling meant that I was in no mood to do it.

It wouldn't be the first time I've blown off homework. Its not like I was going to go to college anyway. I'd be lucky if I even lived to graduation at this point. I'd stopped chemotherapy right after my parents died because I couldn't afford the costly treatment I'd been receiving. Lung transplant? Forget it. Dying was the cheapest option that I had. After all it was free to leave this world behind forever. Unless one counted funeral cost anyway.

I went to bed earlier than usual that night. My body had already had enough for the day. These days I'd been tiring out earlier than what was usual for me. I attributed it all to the cancer. It took a heavy toll on my body in a lot of ways. I closed my eyes and fell asleep almost as soon as my head hit the pillow.

I woke suddenly when I heard a noise out in the distance. Bandit stood up on the bed looking around in high alert. Then I heard it again only this time I was able to make out the sound much more clearly. It was the sound of a wolf howling outside. It sounded a lot closer than it had the first time. Bandit startled me when he howled back.

I got up rapidly and threw my coat and slippers on. I quickly opened up the safe and grabbed the gun that I kept for protection. It used to belong to my father before he passed and now it was mine.

"What's that noise?" I heard Riley ask. "It sounds like an animal or something,"

"It sounds like howling so I think its a wolf," I answered in a low voice. "Just stay here and be careful in case it decides to attack or something,"

I rolled my eyes when my sister followed me. Of course she'll only listen to me the day pigs fly.

I looked around and then I spotted it. The shape of an enormous animal in the distance. I was sure it was a bear despite the fact that I was one hundred percent sure that it had been a wolf I heard earlier. The bear started running toward us fast and I shot at. The animal yelped and froze when the bullet made contact. He got over the shock and ran toward me again. I was stunned when I realized that it was in fact a wolf. Not a bear but a wolf. A huge ass wolf that looked like it had been pumped full of steroids.

I shot the massive creature for the third time in a row and that did not deter him one bit. Instead of running inside the house, locking the door, and calling animal control like any sane person would do I remained rooted to the spot. In shock, no, in awe, of this beautiful massive animal as he limped toward me. Odd he didn't look injured. It didn't make sense I had shot the wolf three times but he wasn't bleeding. However he was limping. Why did I care exactly? Shouldn't I have been locked away safely inside the house by now calling someone and telling them there's a reddish brown wolf the size of a horse out here ready to attack?

I was about to shoot again when something in the way the wolf looked at me stopped me. He seemed too majestic too beautiful to be real. His eyes looked far too intelligent to belong to an animal. He limped over to me slowly and nuzzled me gently. He licked my face a few times and I laughed.

I ran my hands through his fur as he leaned his head against my body. He nudged me right in the chest where my biggest tumor was and he whimpered sadly. Tears as big as baseballs fell from his eyes. Which made me start crying.

I couldn't believe that I had such a creature such as himself. I could see now that he wasn't dangerous. My gut instinct told me the exact opposite actually.

"Wow he's huge," Riley said from inside the house. "Biggest Wolf I've ever seen. Seriously I didn't think wolves could get that big,"

"He's beautiful,"

"Okay Ness come on now before you freeze to death out there,"

I rolled my eyes at my sister. "Freezing to death is the least of my worries. It's probably a less painful way to go then the way I'm going right now,"

Suddenly the wolf started growling and pushing me until I got up. Then he kept on pushing me until he had gotten me inside the house.

I peeked outside waiting to see if the wolf would leave. Instead he laid down, curled up into a ball, and fell asleep on the front porch. I got one of the spare blankets from the closet and draped it over his body. He didn't even budge an inch.

I woke up the next morning feeling like crap. I didn't have a lot of energy in my body and then there was the pain. I had my good days and my bad and unfortunately it looked like today would be one of the bad ones.

I got up slowly and made my way to the living room. I looked outside the window and smiled a little to see the wolf still sleeping outside completely covered in the blanket I'd given him.

"Guess we're not going to school today?"

"Oh damn did I seriously oversleep?!"

"It's 8:30 and we're still in pajamas so I'd say we both did,"

"Oh crap. Ah well I don't feel good anyway so I probably wouldn't have even gone but I could've taken you at least,"

"That's alright Ness," she said. "I should've put my own alarm on,"

I was quiet as I made breakfast that morning. Toast, sausage, and eggs. I even made an extra big piece to feed our unexpected guest outside.

When I opened the door he was still asleep. I rubbed him gently until he opened one eye. When he saw what I was holding he became wide awake.

I laughed. All you canines are the same when it comes to food I guess. The wolf started licking my face to death.

He suddenly stood up. Ears erect like he was on high alert or something. He took off into the woods but he didn't go very far. I could see him watching me as he hid in the woods.

I was just about to go inside when I saw a car coming our way which was strange because people didn't usually travel over here.

I froze when the car parked and a man got out and started walking toward me.

"Are you Renesmee Hale?"

"Yes," I answered. "Who are you?"

"Hi Renesmee I'm Mr. Watson. I'm from the department of children services. It's come to our attention that you and your sister Riley are both underage and living alone. Is this correct?"

"Who told you?"

The man smiled. "It seems you have a guardian angel at school young lady. Your friend Angie informed her parents that you'd mentioned living alone. So we were immediately called in to investigate. Is this true?"

This could not be happening. How the hell did Angie know anything?! I'd been so careful not to hide the fact that we lived alone! She of all people had to find out!

This seriously could not be happening. Out of the corner of my eye I could see the wolf watching us intensely.

"Your silence confirms it," he spoke. "Do you have any living relatives at all,"

"We an aunt in Rochester, New York but she doesn't want us. She told us from that very beginning," I said sadly. My aunt was a single mom of two kids and she made it very clear that my sister and I were a burden she could not handle. So she just pretended we didn't exist.

"If that's the case than we will by to pick up you and your sister today at 4pm-"

"What?"

"Minors such as yourselves cannot live without a legal guardian. You don't have a choice in the matter. We will be back at 4pm to pick you both up. There are two families up north willing to take each of you in immediately,"

"But-"

"I'm sorry kid but that's the way it has to be,"

I wanted to cry as he drove away. Even through my suddenly blurry vision I could see the wolf out of the corner running away.

I completely broke down right then and there.

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