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MPOV (Marissa's point of view)
Once we had meet Nessie and Jacob, Eddie invited Dean and I back inside so we could talk more. Eddie tried to explain how Nessie had come about but it was more confusing then he thought.
"See Bella and I got married when she was still a human. We were on our honeymoon and..." He seemed to get nervous. "Well you know um...we... um..." Eddie couldn't quite get it out.
"Come on Edward, tell her what you did." Emmett pushed laughing.
Eddie shot him a glare. "Well...we conceived Renesemee ."
Emmett groaned. "I hate it when he puts in that way!"
I laughed at how disappointed Emmett sounded. "So let me get this straight. Bella got pregnant with Nessie when she was still a human? Causing her to be half vampire and half human?"
Eddie nodded. "She can cry, sleep and even eat human food. But she seems to prefer blood."
I smiled seeing how peaceful Renesemee looked in her father's arms. It made me think of Kathy. I couldn't help but wonder if Kathy would have been like her father. Clearly Nessie was just a girl image of Eddie. But...would Kathy have been like that? Was she like that? Thinking about my daughter caused my smile to disappear.
"I suppose you want to know about her." Eddie said as he handed Nessie to Bella.
I knew he meant Kathrine. "No. I don't want to know anything about Kathrine."
"You don't want to know about her? Nothing at all?" Eddie's face showed confusion.
"Not a single thing." My voice suddenly held no emotion. I've noticed it got that way whenever Kathy was brought up. Even when Dean and I would say a thing or two about her, my voice would lose all emotion.
"Who's Kathrine?" Renesemee asked, her eyes sparkling with wonder.
"Kathrine...was my daughter." I answered, feeling like my heart was being ripped out.
"I know a Kathrine. She lives in La Push. Doesn't she Jake?" Nessie told me as she flashed a smile to the werewolf.
"Yeah, she does. But Ness, it couldn't be the same Kathrine. Marissa's daughter probably died years ago." Died years ago...the words hurt so much to hear. "The only way she could be alive was if she was a vampire. And if she was a vampire then she wouldn't be living in La Push." Jacob chuckled at the thought of a vampire living on a werewolf reservation.
"Oh." Ness sighed. "But I'm going to live in La Push and I'm half-vampire." Nessie told Jacob knowingly.
"Time for bed!" Eddie announced before Nessie could say anymore. I sensed he didn't like the idea of his daughter being soul mates with a werewolf.
Within a few minutes Eddie, Bella and Renesemee were gone. They said they lived in some cottage nearby. Why live in a cottage when you have this huge place?
"So, Marissa...how long have you and Dean been together?" Esme asked sitting down on the couch next to me.
"Since Eddie was...16." I answered. Gosh...had it really been that long?
"You call him Eddie. Why?"
I smiled, thinking about how cute Eddie was when he was younger. "I lived with Eddie when his parents were alive." It felt strange to be talking about this. "So instead of having two Edward's in the house, we just called younger Edward, Eddie. Other than Junior, or something along those lines."
Esme nodded. Alice skipped over to us, all pixie like and happy. She gave me a bright smile and looked as if she wanted to say something but didn't. I waited but she never did get around to saying whatever it was she wanted to say. So I spoke instead.
"So...your friends with werewolves? How did that come about?" It was the only thing I could think of to say. Plus it had been bugging me. What kind of vampires had werewolves for friends? The Cullens I suppose...
APOV (Alexander's point of view)
The Cullen's. What a disgrace to vampires. Drinking from animals, ha! Never heard anything more ridicules. Now the Volturi, they were honorable. They deserved respect. That's why I was more than happy to be a part of the Volturi. Without the Volturi, there's no telling what could have happened to me. Vampire or not, I wouldn't have survived. Or worse, I could have become one of them. One of the animal drinkers. What a life that would have been.
"Are you prepared for your mission, Alexander?" Aro asked me.
"Of course." I said smugly. This was an honor to me, Aro had asked me to monitor the Cullens. No I didn't like the idea of being around them but I did feel honored that Aro asked me. This was an important mission, one I could not mess up. My life depended on this mission. I turned to the airport, ready to board my plane to America.
"Oh one more thing before you go. Kathrine is coming with you." That stopped me. I turned slowly back to Aro. Hoping I had heard him wrong.
"Excuse me?"
"Kathrine. She's coming with you. She's already on the plane." Aro sounded as if nothing was wrong with what he was saying.
"I don't mean to question your decisions but—."
He cut me off. "Then don't, Alexander. Go. Your plane is soon to leave." With that Aro turned and walked away from me. He left me staring after him, dumbfounded.
I couldn't go now. I just couldn't. I could not stand to be anywhere near that girl. Not with what I knew about her it...just hurt too much to be within more then five feet of Kathrine.
She was a dark little one. Always had been. She was perfect for the Volturi, though. Just not perfect for this mission. Not with me at least.
I stood there thinking about this for another couple minutes. If I didn't get on the plane, Aro would know and then have me killed. You always did what Aro said, always. Then again if I got on the plane...I'd have to be with her. Either way I would lose.
With what could barely be passed off as a sigh, I got on the plane. Lucky for me, Kathrine and I had different seats. Still didn't change the fact that we were going to be on this mission together. This was going to be a long two months.
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