I'm so sorry my lovelies that I took so long! I've been a rather awful author and have been neglecting my duties. I've been doing a lot of things this school year and was caught up with work, projects and sports until now. Another very large reason that I haven't been writing was that I dislocated my shoulder, so I have been focusing on trying to get back into things the normal way. My attention will be back on writing for at least the next couple of months. So in, at the most, two weeks, another chapter will hopefully be up. So sorry again and thank you for the support! Please continue to review and support! I love you all! :)

And now for the reviews! (which I hope you will still continue to give even though I took forever)

Asmodeus Black - Those are all brilliant ideas! Sadly, I don't want to spoil anything so you simply must wait and see ;)

Persephone Vulturi Uchicha - Thank you so much! I love knowing what you want to see I will definitely use that when writing my chapters. I totally agree with what you say about Renesmee, I too don't like how she doesn't stand up for herself but I want her to grow from this incident and become a better woman who does stand up for herself.

Jacqueline - Oh no! I am sorry, I cried when I wrote that chapter.

HawkDramione - Oh my gosh thank you so much! I tried to write something different about them and I hope I continue to not be a Marry Sue.

Guest - Maybe there will be... ;)

Chloe B - I am so sorry for taking so long and I hope not to ever take that long ever again!

tyken - Alec is just being a stubborn little butt :P haha but there will be some Alec coming up very soon.

mortal-twilight - Thank you! This chapter is more on the calm side, I will warn you, but at the very end I included a surprise that will definitely be the start to some drama! :)

The sand was warm and cool at the same time, the grains getting in my clothes and running down the back of my shirt. They infected me like a virus, never seeming to get off of me. I stopped trying to get the sand off me a long time ago; it did no good anymore, more would just get on me again. I didn't care at this point that sand was in my shoes or that my cheeks were stained with my tears, more and more filling the old ones' place. I didn't care that the sun was setting and the sky was getting dark or that I had an insatiable thirst that could only be satisfied by blood. Those didn't matter to me at that moment. What mattered was all I could hear was her words echoing in my mind: "you're a nobody, you're a mistake." The tears that I thought had stopped were beginning to come down my face again. They were salty and warm, just like the water out in front of me. The names she called me were beginning to register in my mind as the truth. "You don't belong anywhere!" That stung, mostly because it was the truth. I didn't belong in Forks, with a neglectful family that wasn't even my species. I didn't belong in Volterra with the most dangerous vampires of all time. There were only four other creatures like me and we had our differences. I couldn't live as a tribe with Nahuel and his sisters. So, really, I didn't belong anywhere and that broke me a little inside. I couldn't help the tears crawling down my face anymore if I tried. I was just the broken-hearted girl curled up on a beach in a city she didn't belong in.

I heard footsteps but I didn't want to look back. They were large and booming, the sound of a large man coming my way. I didn't care at that moment if it was someone to kill me, they could do it for all that I cared. Anything to take the pain away.

I saw in my peripheral vision a dark body sitting down next to mine but my eyes stayed glued on the horizon, where the sun almost kissed the water. If I wasn't upset I would be focusing on how beautiful it was, instead I was wondering what my next move should be.

"I'm sorry about Jane," the voice said, scaring me slightly. "I would say that she didn't mean it but I can't guarantee that." I chuckled bitterly at Felix's dark sense of humor. He sure knows how to lighten a mood, I thought with a sarcastic tone.

I looked at him acidly, then turned my eyes back to the water just as he met my eyes. I didn't want to look him straight in the face; I don't know how my emotions would react when my eyes met his. I didn't trust myself or my emotions at this point. "Is she like this with everyone she meets?" I asked with the same acid-tone in my voice that was shown in my eyes.

"No, she only hates you like this," he admitted honestly without hesitation. I really appreciated how he was honest with me, one of the first people in a long time to be such. It was obvious Felix cared for me (not romantically, as that would be silly) but he was beginning to be like a father figure to me, I would even venture to say more so than Dad. Dad wouldn't have been sitting on a beach trying to comfort me like Felix was just then. Dad would have sent someone else who eventually would have left too.

"Well don't I just feel special," I snapped, then instantly regretted it. Felix didn't do anything to me and I shouldn't have taken my anger out on him. I cast my head down in regret, looking down at my feet instead of the water. They, too, were covered in sand. It's just been a bad day, I thought somberly. I hated to admit it, but I was pitying myself more than I would have liked.

Felix moved in front of me and picked up my chin. My eyes were forced to meet his and I began to feel tears coming. Oh great, I thought as they silently poured down my face. "Listen here, Ren. You are special. That's why Jane hates you so much. She feels as if you are better than her, as if you are taking Alec from her. But you're strong, little duck, and don't you forget it."

My tears continued to fall at a timely pace. I couldn't help myself. They fell as fast as raindrops, leaving a trail so noticeable. My eyes were red and puffy, my face pale and pink at the same time. Anyone walking by would see a pathetic girl crying in the sand and a rather large man attempting to comfort her.

Felix continued. "Alec is never going to be the most important thing to you and the same goes for him." My heart broke into several pieces. Maybe that wasn't the best thing for him to say at this very moment, I thought again. "Jane is very near and dear to him, she is family. And you realize, little duck, that family is important? You must."

I thought of my family and more tears fell. I thought of Mom and Dad, and Aunt Rose and Aunt Alice and Uncle Emmett and Uncle Jasper. I thought of Charlie and Renee and of Carlisle and Esme. I thought of Tanya; I choked out a sob. I thought of her bright white hair and her hazel eyes. I thought of her beautiful voice and the way she said my name. I thought of all of them and I couldn't help but miss every single one. "Yes," I said in a broken voice, my voice speaking a whisper softer than the wind.

"Little duck, you must always treasure your family. I have a confession," he said. I looked him in the eye, willingly this time. He had a broken, distant look upon his face. In that moment, he didn't look like Felix. He looked like someone with a dark past just wanting to forget it all. I watched his mouth move as words traveled out of his mouth. "Many millennia ago, when times were simpler and people were kinder, I had a daughter, just your age. She was my everything. Her hair was a dark chestnut brown and her eyes bluer than the Mar Tirreno. She was beautiful, just like her mother. Her eyes sparkled when she smiled and her laughter could cause even the toughest of vampires to smile. Valentina was," he paused as a smile lifted onto his face as he thought of the right word to describe her, "molto bello."

"She was the kindest of souls and was very smart, just like you little duck. I was chasing the boys away from her at every moment." I laughed at the thought of Felix chasing away boys from his daughter. It must have been a comical sight. But then suddenly, his face became dark again, and he eyes dulled into a murderous red. "She was also the reason I refused to become part of the Volturi. Aro wanted me for my strength, so he killed her. I was too distraught to think, so I signed my life over to him. I've been with them ever since."

I thought of the beautiful Valentina and couldn't help but be sad for her fate. Killed at seventeen by the deadliest of vampires, just because she was important to Felix. It sounded like what would've been Mom's fate if my family didn't stand up to the Volturi…

"I'm sorry, Felix. She sounded wonderful," I said with as much sincerity in my voice as I could muster.

He shrugged. "It's been many, many years. I would've forgotten much about her if you hadn't shown up. You remind me of her so much, Rennie. You're much like her, my Valentina. That is part of the reason Jane is scared of you. She's worried that you will mesmerize Alec like Val mesmerized me. You mustn't let her get to you. You're wonderful Rennie, and Alec knows that."

I looked at him and smiled. My mouth couldn't seem to form the words to tell him how much I appreciated his comforting words. But he didn't seem to mind at all. He put his arm around me and held me close. I only wished I could stay on that beach forever, but with a different man's arms around me. The one whose eyes were as dark as the nighttime sea.

Jane picked up the phone, the modern thing she hated using. Alec may have loved new technology but she surely didn't. It was a nuisance and she barely knew how to use it. Normally, she would have had that stupid human receptionist do it but these were different circumstances and she didn't trust that annoying little gnat with this job.

She dialed the number, the same one she had to get out of said gnat. It took a while and was difficult; Jane tried to get it out of the human in a nice way, a sort of trying-new-things way of doing things. It didn't work and after five minutes she decided to torture the twit until she gave it to her. That was much simpler and didn't put as many frown lines unto Jane's face. The half breed didn't deserve all of the effort Jane was putting into this.

The number rang, once, twice, and then three times, before being answered. The sound of a groggy man's voice came in through the phone as Jane smiled. "Hello?" he asked in a sleepy voice.

"Edward," Jane said with a malicious smile in her voice. She heard an audible gasp coming from what sounded like Bella as they both recognized the tone of one of the most feared Volturi. She hung up the phone only after saying what she said next, "I believe we have something that belongs to you."

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~Beautifully Falling