Chapter Ten
It has been a few months since the incident with Embry. Jasper was true to his word on getting Manny's restraining order put in on Embry. He is to never see his son again, but he lost his son long ago. Manny asked to change his name once more and he is now Emanuel Mattias Hale. The other children do not know what happened and are not pushing it after Manny told them it is over and it not happen again. Legally, Jasper is Manny's father in all aspects and I am glad he feels Manny loves him wholly. Manny and Renesmee have gone on a few more dates and it is making Manny taking his driving more seriously. Jasper and Manny have been going out to practice driving more now than before. My baby boy is growing up and he is so happy.
"Mama, Annabelle is not leaving me alone!" Christian shouts from the study. I walk into the room to see Annabelle pulling on Christian's leg as he tries to his homework on the computer.
"Annabelle Claire Hale, leave your big brother alone," I say. Annabelle pouts and toddles over to me with her hands up. I pick her up and look at her sternly. "CJ, do not forget tonight we go see Meme and Grandpa. Finish what you can and go get ready."
"Yes, mama," Christian says. I walk with Annabelle back to the living room and we sing a little song she heard on one of her CDs. Jasper is with Manny going over his US history homework about the civil war. Christine sighs when she walks into the living room and has Ethan hanging onto her like a monkey.
"EJ, what are you doing to Chrissy?" I laugh.
"Being monkey," Ethan says. He runs over to jump on the couch cushion next to me while making monkey noise.
"Mama, make him stop being annoying," Christine begs.
"Sorry, baby, but that is how brothers are. Uncle Matthew and Uncle Jake were the same way when I was growing up," I say. Annabelle toddles to get the remote to the television and turns it on to watch her show. Ethan climbs over me and he giggles while jumping up and down. Christine goes to her piano to practice once more, she has been spending more time practicing now to avoid her brothers. I pull my sweet monkey boy close to me and pepper his face with kisses while tickling him. Ethan squirms while giggling happily and trying to fight me off. We stop laughing together and Ethan gives me a big hug.
"Mama, can I be a vampire for Halloween?" Ethan asks. Ever since he saw a vampire movie while hiding behind the couch last month, he is fascinated by vampires. For a seven year old, that is pretty big and better for when Jasper and I have to tell him the truth when the time comes. He saw the movie that Manny, Christian, and Christine was watching and I am still surprised he has not had any nightmares yet.
"Well, we will have to see," I say with a big smile. My sweet monkey boy smiles widely that makes him looks even more like his father. Jasper walks in with his arm around Manny and the two are whispering about something. I raise a brow when the two of them walk over to me and stand above me. "And what are you two plotting over there?"
"Oh nothing, just something Manny has thought of," Jasper says with a wicked smile. Ethan and I sit up on the couch more, waiting patiently to hear what they had to say.
"Well, mama, you know how you said papa bought an island and you went there for your honeymoon and that we have a private plane from our family business?" Manny asks.
"Yes, what about it?" I ask.
"I was thinking that maybe we can take a family trip there during the school break," Manny says. I smile at my handsome boy when I see the gleam in his eyes.
"And do you wish to invite your girlfriend along as well?" I ask with a smile of my own. Manny looks at Jasper and his father motions his head to me.
"Si, I would like to invite Nessie to join us," Manny says. I stand up, cup his face, and pepper kisses all over it. Jasper chuckles at Manny's reaction as I continue kissing his face and hold him close.
"You are such a romantic like your papa," I say. Manny smiles and looks at his father. Jasper smiles widely and motions for Manny to go make his phone call. Ethan jumps up and goes to follow his big brother. Annabelle is dancing to her show and she is singing with little giggles. Jasper walks over to wrap his arms around my waist and kisses me softly. Annabelle sees us and runs to separate us. I smile while Jasper picks up our baby girl and kisses her cheeks.
"My sweet girl, you are jealous of me kissing mama and not you?" Jasper chuckles. I smile at them and brush Annabelle's curls out of her face. She reaches for me and I take my girl to hold her close. "My beautiful girls, I am just missing one more and all my girls will together and even more beautiful."
"Jasper," I giggle. Annabelle gives her papa a toothy grin and claps her hands. I look at the clock and take a deep breathe. "Alright, time to get the kids ready to go. We don't want to be late to see Carlisle and Esme."
"Meme, Meme," Annabelle says quickly. I carry her upstairs to get her jacket and her shoes. Jasper goes to get the rest of the kids ready to go and into the car. I walk into the nursery and open up Annabelle's closet, but something jumps out and attacks me. Annabelle lets out a scream and I hold her close to me.
"I am going to kill you!" the person says with a raspy voice. I rolled over to cover Annabelle and I look at her scared face.
"Close your eyes, baby," I say. Annabelle curls against me and she closes her eyes. I phase quickly and pin the intruder against the wall. Jasper runs in to get Annabelle out of the room. The vampire is someone I do not know and I become angry at this person's intrusion to my house. I push the vampire into the wall a few times before being pushed backwards.
"I want blood!" the vampire says. It grabs my chin and takes a large bite out of my neck. I let out a howl and struggle out of the vampire's grasp. My vision begins to falter a bit and I become limp a little. Suddenly, I get a spike of adrenaline and I push the vampire away and rip its head off. Once it is dead, I phase back and cover myself with a towel to walk down the stairs. Jasper is at the bottom of the stairs with Manny and they are staring at me with the vampire's blood and mine all over me. I blink and I feel myself tumbling down the stairs slowly. My body feels heavy, my vision is blurry, and my heart is beating slower than normal.
"Marinna, wake up and look at me. Baby, look at me," jasper says frantically. Manny runs to call Carlisle and I stare out the window to the backyard, unable to to anything. "Baby, look at me! Manny, get Carlisle on the phone right now! I think she has venom in her or she is losing too much blood! Marina, baby, please look at me!"
"Jas..." I am only able to get out of my mouth. Jasper is screaming my name and he sounds like he is crying. Manny runs over with the phone and he tries to take me from Jasper. Manny caresses my face and he sweetly tries to get me to look at them to talk. My eyes begin to close and I feel weightless as the darkness takes over.