10. Alone
Nessie POV
Being alone was the hardest part. I was so used to all my family being around me, talking and laughing, that the sudden silence had my heart thundering in my chest and my breathing to grow erratic. There was no wind outside so the sudden bird song or rustle in the nearby trees had me jumping almost a foot off the bed.
My dad had carried me through mine and Jake's cottage and placed me on my bed with a quick "If you need anything give me a shout. I don't know how far we're going so make sure to shout really loud." and then he jumped out of the window and landed running, racing towards the unknown vampire scent, following the familiar ones of my family.
I sat on the bed, curved protectively around my baby. I don't think I'd be able to bear it if anything happened to my little boy or girl.
It got later but remained quite light outside, and my tired and panicked mind began to play tricks on me. I thought I kept hearing footfalls coming towards the house, followed by sounds from along the hall. I was silently starting to freak myself out.
All of a sudden, out of the corner of my eye I noticed the silver metal baseball bat in the corner. It was for when my family played baseball during thunder storms. I made an executive decision to get over there so I at least had one weapon even if it was useless against a vampire.
I slowly crawled along the bed, my eyes and ears wide open, my body freezing if I heard the slightest sound. I lowered myself carefully from the bed onto the floor, and continued my halting crawl towards my only chance of weapon. My fingers were inches away from it, when I just decided to make a grab for it. My hand curled around the metal and I felt joyfully triumphant, but that vanished just as quickly as it came as I heard a velvety voice drift across the room
"Well that isn't going to do you much good missy, is it?" and my head jerked around, my heart jumping into my mouth at the sight of the burgundy eyes of Demetri staring at me from his place by the open window.