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Chapter Nine – Telling Renesmee

The next morning Renesmee came down the stairs and headed to the kitchen to make herself some breakfast. It was obvious that she could tell we were all looking at her differently, looking at her like she was made of porcelain and she was about to break.

There was an awkward tension in the room, now that everyone knew what Renesmee was really feeling, they were all afraid to say anything that could possibly break her.

She came and sat down in the living room where we were talking about lighter topics in our poor attempts to put her to ease. She was slowly chewing on some cereal, and she noticed that all eyes were on her.

"What's going on?" she eyed us all back suspiciously

"Eat your breakfast first," I suggested, "then we'll talk," immediately after I said that she put the bowl down on the end table and folded her arms across her chest

"I'm not hungry, so let's talk," she said, I wondered where she got that kind of behaviour from.

Edward squeezed my hand gently as a sign of encouragement.

"Renesmee, Jacob's gone missing," I said slowly

"What?" her voice broke, "Missing? How?"

"He's in his wolf form and it seems to have taken him over, no one can find him, the others can no longer get through to him anymore, almost like he can't understand them" Edward explained to her

She rose to her feet, "We have to go find him" she said heading for the door, but I was faster, I got up and beat her there blocking the way out

"It's already been tried that way, Seth says there's no scent to start from, he's been gone for months," I started to explain but Renesmee cut me off

"What's that smell?" she asked, I opened the door revealing Seth in wolf form sat by the door looking up at us. "Seth?" the wolf nodded his agreement

"Seth and the others can't hear his thoughts anymore, they think Jake's crossed the line, he's let his wolf side consume him," I told her

"Anything new?" I didn't realise Edward was right beside me, Seth shook his head answering his question, I quickly let Edward under my shield so I could also hear what Seth was saying by tapping into Edwards gift. Throughout the night while we were discussing the current situation, I'd been multi tasking between listening and contributing to the discussion and practising with my new discovery, trying to connect with Edward to read the minds of others without him being aware I was doing it. It didn't always work, sometimes he'd look over at me I could hear him wonder what I was doing, but I just kept thinking that I wanted him to hear me because I was worried and needed him to feel closer to me, and then I'd feel guilty for lying when he'd then wrap his arms around me and kiss my forehead. Eventually though, I'd managed it, I figured I could get inside his head without him seeing mine by wrapping the shield around us and not pushing mine out, so I could use his gift and he still couldn't use his on me; the connection was almost instantaneous after a few more practise runs, but I was still unable to connect to Alice or Jasper without touching, I'd need to work harder on forming a connection with them, once or twice I had almost gotten through to Alice since we are close, our connection was quite strong but I wasn't quite able to make it yet. As for Jasper I got nowhere. But after the last time I connected with him, I wasn't all that bothered I didn't want to feel that pain again.

"I've kept an eye out all night nothing stood out to give away where Jacob is. Have you told Renesmee yet?" he asked

"Yes, just now" I replied, Edward, Seth and Renesmee all eyed me strangely, Seth must not have overheard about my discovery last night I think he must have been asleep at the time, and Renesmee would not have heard at all, Edward looked confused because I wasn't touching him to be able to hear what Seth was thinking

"I was doing some practising from a distance last night," I admitted, "I can only connect with you without touching though," I explained to him, the look on his face was unreadable and I wished I was inside his head just then to understand what was wrong with him.

"What are you two talking about?" Renesmee asked, "Mom, did you just hear what Seth was thinking?"

I nodded, "Last night I made a new discovery about my gift," I was telling both Seth and my daughter, "When I let vampires with mental abilities under my shield I can control whether they can use them in my head or not, like how I can sometimes if I wanted to I could let Edward in to read my mind," I explained, "But now it seems I can reverse it, I can also get in their head and use their gifts for myself, I was able to connect with Edward and read minds including his mind, and it's not just the mental gifts I was also able to connect with Alice and I got a vision and I was able to connect with Jasper and feel the emotions of others around me," I winced and couldn't look into the eyes of my daughter, I then wondered if I would be able to use Renesmee's gift, it was apparent she was wondering the same thing

"Would it work with my gift?" she asked

"I can try," I answered, and without touching her I wrapped my daughter and I inside my shield and thought about Jacob and my vague human memories I had of me, him and Jacob together at a barbeque down in La Push many years ago, the memory also showed Harry Clearwater, Seth's dad, then I moved onto how happy I was over Charlie and Sue finding happiness with each other and bringing Seth closer into my life as a brother and then touched the tip of Seth's wet nose sending him the memories and thoughts, he smiled

"Did it work?" I asked Edward who would have been able to read the information Seth was receiving from me

He nodded. I would definitely need to speak with him soon his face was still set with that unreadable look, I looked inside his mind but he was deliberately reciting poetry so I wouldn't be able to hear what his real thoughts were, I frowned and left his mind releasing him from under my shield.

"So what are we going to do about Jacob?" Renesmee asked

"Your mother had an idea last night," Edward told her, "She thinks you might be able to reach out to him with your gift,"

"I thought I wasn't allowed to contact Jacob that way?" she said, I didn't miss the resentful edge to her voice

"No," I agreed, "But we need to help him, do you think you could do it?" I asked

Renesmee shrugged, "I've only been able to call out to you two and him without touching and being at a distance, but that distance has never been any more than a hundred miles," she said, "I've not contacted Jacob in so long it's going to be hard to connect to him again and it'll be so much harder because we don't know where he is or how far away he is, for all we know he could be in Canada," she sighed

"How about we go for a hunt, and give it a try when we get back," I suggested, "You'll be stronger after something to eat,"

"What is that look?" Renesmee asked carefully studying my face

"What look?" I asked innocently, I'm sure I was fooling no one,

"That weird look on your face that you keep staring at me with," she cried

"It's nothing," I assured her, I was suddenly aware that I wasn't prepared to handle a teenage daughter; she should technically be eight years old.

"It's not just you it's everyone," she looked around at the rest of the family "I'm not stupid," she said

"I know your not,"

"Then what's wrong?" she asked

"Okay," I cried, giving in, "Last night while testing out my new discovery with Jasper…"

Renesmee got it straight away she didn't need me to say anymore, "Oh," she said quietly

"I'm so sorry," I said almost a whisper and I wrapped my arms around her warm shoulders, I felt her shudder, not at my ice cold touch but she was crying again. Last night I had asked Edward why he never said anything about Renesmee's feelings, he must have known how bad she really was being able to read her thoughts, but apparently our daughter was very good at concealing her thoughts from him, it was probably one of the reasons she read so much around us, she never actively thought about her pain around us, but she couldn't hide her emotions from Jasper.

"Right, I'm ready to do this," she said pulling out of my embrace and wiping her tears

"Are you sure you don't want to hunt first?" Edward asked, "You'll need your strength,"

"No, I hunted yesterday, if it doesn't work after a couple of tries I'll hunt then, but I can't think about anything else at the minute, I need to make sure Jacob's okay,"

"Okay," he said softly resting his hand on her shoulder, he then turned to Seth, "Stay phased, I'll stay connected with you to see if there is any change in Jacob when Renesmee tries this," The wolf nodded his reply,

"Okay let's try this," Renesmee said and headed back towards the living room.

"Hang on," I said to Edward holding him back before he followed her, "Can we talk?" I asked him he nodded slowly, "Are we okay?" I asked him

"Uh oh trouble in paradise?" I heard Emmett's voice, I heard Esme scold him and I rolled my eyes

"Can we do this privately?" I asked meaning in our heads, he understood that and nodded reluctantly

"What's wrong Edward?" I asked once I dropped the shield around us, "I feel like I've done something to upset you and I want to know what,"

"It's your new gift," Edward said,

"Are you not pleased about it?" I asked

"Of course I am. It's not that,"

My mind was running through possibilities, Jealousy?I know it was a bit of a stretch, that couldn't possibly be the reason, I felt stupid even thinking it

"No, of course not," he sounded offended,

"Then what is it, Edward?"

"Why don't you just take the answer from my head," he snapped, I knew then what was wrong I didn't need to ask, I could see it clearly in his mind "You're upset that I'm just wondering in your head uninvited," I thought, Edward nodded his reply, "You don't think that's just a little bit hypocritical of you?" I demanded, "You can read the minds of everyone around you invading everyone's privacy and you're angry with me for doing the same?"

"I can't read your mind, Bella, only when you want me to, and you decide that for me, now you've figured out a way into my head you can read my thoughts whenever you want, and I can finally read your thoughts but only whenever you want me to. You hate the idea of me being in your head and now you're the hypocritical one for doing just that to me, it doesn't exactly make us equals"

I realised he was right I wasn't being fair on him, "I'm sorry, I was just doing it to share your gift, so I could hear Seth too," I told him,

"There's no way to hear the others without hearing me too," Edward thought, "You can't abuse your gift this way,"

"I'm sorry," I said again, "What if I make you a promise that I'll always ask first,"

Edward nodded "Okay," he said, "I'm sorry for being this way about it, but it's just how I feel,"

"I understand" we wrapped our arms around each other and I felt him show me how much he loved me in his head, I did the same for him.

"As much as I'd hate to right now, I'll leave you in peace," he smiled my favourite crooked smile and kissed my cheek softly just as I broke off the connection.

"Are you two coming?" I heard Renesmee call

"Yes, we're coming" I replied then I turned to Seth who was sat out on the porch, "Come on in Seth," I told him, he courteously rubbed his paws on the welcome mat before entering and followed Edward and I into the living room.

As we walked into the living room Renesmee was sat on a pile of cushions cross legged on the floor, she was rolling her neck and shaking her shoulders out trying to make herself as comfortable as she could.

The rest of our family were stood around her, including Jasper I wondered how he could tolerate being so close to her, he caught my look and knew what I wanted, he gave a nod of agreement so I touched his shoulder and used my shield to share his gift and felt for Renesmee. I could still feel the dull ache of her heart, but now that was being overpowered by her keen determination to find him. I was glad that she was able to use this to take her mind off it for a while at least. I broke my connection with Jasper and shared with him a thankful smile

"Are you ready to try, Renesmee?" Carlisle asked

My daughter nodded, "Let's do this"