So, here is the update! It explains my little weirdo, Chris.

Disclaimer: Twilight, not mine!

Not being able to breathe…Sucks….

Somehow, my grandfather was able to clear the water from my lungs. They had arrived home just as I lost consciousness. I hadn't stopped breathing for very long, but my blue lips and unheaving chest sent my mother into hysterics. She was running around, screaming like a banshee. My Uncle and father had to physically restrain her from hurting herself. I was told of all of this by Jake once I had woken up. He was now staring at me with a mild look of shock and concern on his face. I was laughing uncontrollably.

"Leave it to Vampires to not know what to do in a crisis," I joked. Jake's face lightened a little.

Everyone, including me, wanted to know how I had gotten water in my lungs. I hadn't been swimming and I was pretty sure you couldn't get water on your lungs from drinking water. I replayed my day over and over for my grandfather; but we both saw nothing. He agreed that I should leave out the part about Chris knowing about my hands to my parents.

I also showed Jacob my day, but I didn't leave out the talk I had with Chris. Once I was done, he kissed me on my forehead. I figured he was happy I had said I was with him and loved him.

By the next day, I was up. My mother kept trying to pin me to the couch but I had too much energy. I didn't want to sit still. I had never fought with my mother so much in one day.

"Renesmee! Sit down! You just had your chest cracked open a few hours ago!"

"Mooooom! I'm fineee! Good grief…" I sidestepped her grasp and darted into the kitchen. My dad caught me and lifted me up into his arms. I laughed.

"Listen to your mother Nessie."

"But daaaad! She is being crazy!" I whined as he plopped me back down next to mom. She gasped loudly and glared at my father's roughness. I laughed harder, causing me to cough madly.

"You see! You are not well…" My mom stood up and started to tuck in blankets around me. Once she was sure I couldn't move, she went into the kitchen and got me food to eat. I stared at it as though it was poison. Grandpa didn't want me to have liquids at the moment but the solid vegetables did not look appetizing.

"You're acting like your four," my mother muttered as she picked up a baby carrot and tried to force feed it to me.

"I am four! I don't want that!"

Even though I screamed and kicked, I ate every last blasted vegetable.

On Wednesday morning, my mom would not hear of me going back to school. She said whatever had happened to me, had happened at school. But that was the thing….No one knew what had happened to me. My lungs were fine one minute and then the next, my heart was beating to fast and my lungs were filled with water. What had happened!?



I also wanted to return to school because of Chris. The last I had seen of him, he had been so upset. I called him earlier to tell him I wouldn't be bringing little E.J. to school because I was sick and if he wanted, he could come get the doll at my house. Oddly, he was nice on the phone, but didn't want to come get E.J. He said he was to busy.

Thursday and Friday were just repeats of Wednesday. I would get up and then would be pushed back down. My mother was not letting me go anywhere. On Saturday, I told her I would lose my mind if she didn't let me go to La Push with Jacob. After much persuasion and pleading, she relented and let me go.

Jacob picked me up in his old rabbit and we met Quil and Embry at the beach. When a sand war broke out, I escaped and walked along the beach alone. The quiet made it seem like my heart was able to slow down and I could smell all the senses from the ocean.

As I continued down the beach, I watched as two boys played in the water. I shivered and pulled my coat tighter against myself. How were they able to stand the freezing cold? I crept up quietly and watched as the boys continued with their game. As my eyes adjusted to the space between us, I realized one of the boys was Chris.

I watched from behind the rock as Chris said something and put his head back to let out a loud laugh. The other boy; also tall and extremely white but with dark, black hair, apparently did not like what Chris had said. With a flash of glowing white skin, the boy hit Chris square in the chest and sent him back into the water. Chris landed on his back, the water forming around his body. Just as fast as he had landed on his back, he was up again. He stooped and seemed to pull water into in an invisible bowl and throw it at the other boy. The boy fell back and into the water himself.

My body had frozen in shock. I continued to stare as the other boy got up laughing and patted Chris on the back before walking out of the water. Chris smiled back but didn't follow. He stayed in the water, moving his hands in front of him to make the water seem to swirl in place. He lifted his hands just slightly and the water jumped out of its perfect circle and then fell back down with a silent plat.

I don't know when or how long Jacob had been standing behind me, but he suddenly walked out from behind the rock from which we had been hiding and started to walk towards Chris. I whispered for him to come back but he didn't listen…He never listened. I followed, not sure what I was going to do if they should get into a fight.

Because Jacob was so light on his big feet, Chris didn't see Jacob coming until he was walking in the water. Chris turned and faced Jacob, face blank of any emotion. The way they were standing brought back the horrible dream I had. I flung myself towards Jacob and into the water. Chris looked from me to Jake, shock etched to his face.

"What are you doing here?!" He asked, somehow able to find his voice. Neither Jacob nor I answered. Chris shook his head as though to clear it and walked towards us.

"What did you see?" He was standing closer and I could just hear him whisper. I reached back and touched my hand to Jacob's cheek to tell him I wanted to show Chris what we had seen. He violently shook his head no and tried to push me behind him. I didn't follow orders though and walked towards Chris.



As I raised my hand, Chris eyed it questionably. "I just want to show you something." I said in a calming voice. His eyes left my hand and fell on my face. He smiled a little as our skin met.

He didn't move as I replayed what I had seen. He also didn't pull away as I replayed our kiss in my head and explained what I really meant and how he should not be offended. As all of these things happened, his smile grew and grew. After I was done and let my hand fall back to my side, I could have sworn his face was hurting from smiling so much.

"Thank you…" He whispered, gently reaching out and pulling me into a hug. At first, I went ridged and tried to move back towards Jacob. But Jacob wasn't trying to eat him at the moment, so I figured it was safe. "Thank you for sharing your secret to."

Finally, Jacob came over and pulled me out of Chris's hug. They did their freaky high five thing and then we all laughed.

"Got a few secrets you would like to share Chris?" Jacob asked.

"Dude, I would blow your mind!"

"You have no idea," Jacob looked down at me and winked.

The three of us made our way back up to the shore. The boy I had seen in the water with Chris was nowhere in sight; and Quil and Embry were still on the other side of the beach. Chris and Jacob sat down in the sand and I let myself fall into Jacob's lap when he pulled me down on top.

"You first." Jacob stated. Chris eyed us suspiciously, but then shrugged his shoulders and explained.

Chris could control water. It was as simple as that. He could manipulate water with his mind and make it do things he wanted it to do. He had been able to do it since he was a child. When he tried to explain to his parents what he could do, they laughed at him. But when he continued to say he could make water jump, his parents threw him into therapy. Not wanting to be called crazy anymore, he let his parents think he got over the "phase".

While practicing one day on the beach, he met Garrett, the black haired boy I had seen earlier. Garrett couldn't control water like Chris could, but he had seen it done before while he was traveling with his family. Garrett was helping Chris try and find others who could control water or something with their mind.

"I just don't want to slip up again…I'm really sorry about that Nessie…" He ended.

"Sorry for what?" I asked, completely confused.

"I was angry with you yesterday for not sharing your secret when I had shown mine. I kind of wished you get a clue. So-on accident I swear!- I kind of…Made you have the effects of drowning."

Jacob made no noise as he moved me from his lap and stood up to hit Chris across the face. Just as soon as he was up, he was back down, pulling me back into his lap. I stared at Chris's bleeding face in horror. My throat slightly ached with the smell.

"I guess I disserved that," Chris said, his hand muffling his voice.

"You did."

Chris grabbed his t-shirt and wiped the blood from his face. As though called, a small puddle of water rose and came towards us, landing softly onto Chris's face. He let the water run over and wash the blood into the sand; leaving a small, dirty stain.



"Okay…But what do you mean by showed me?" I asked.

"The dream you had? Yeah, I put the idea into your head with my eyes. You just filled in the necessary people."

"Oh…Well why did you show me?"

"Because of what you can also do! I saw pictures Nessie, when I kissed you, don't deny it. Jake, I swear I'm sorry…" Jacob had started to move again. "Just let my nose stop bleeding first and then you can hit me again. So Nessie, where is your power from?"

What was I suppose to say? Chris had trusted me with his secret but I didn't trust him enough yet to tell him mine. And I couldn't tell him the secret anyway.

"It's kind of like your story. I have always just had this power. I was abandoned when I was a baby and the Cullen's took me in. I have lived with them for my whole life." I lied. Chris could maybe trust me with his secret; but it was just his secret. Not the secret of others as well. I could feel Jacob nod his head in agreement.

"And what about you dude? How come you're so tall?"

"Tall parents I guess… I was kind of found the same way Nessie was. Someone just left me. That's why they placed Nessie and me with the Cullen's. They are good people." I squeezed his arm in gratitude.

We continued to talk about our weird powers for about an hour before Quil and Embry came to find us. Chris shut up immediately and dashed away, claiming he had to babysit. Jacob and I went back to the beach with Quil and Embry.

The boys had brought a football and we played in the sand, Quil's boom box playing Queen. I was on Embry's team and we beat Quil and Jacob 4-5. Quil pouted that it wasn't fair because I was a girl and they couldn't pummel me to the ground. Jacob slapped him in the back of the head as Embry gave me a high five.

"Why do you think I always play with her?" He asked.

"It's not like I have a good arm," I joked. I walked over to Jacob and punched him as hard as I could. My hand felt like I had just hit a brick wall and it ricocheted off his arm. Jacob laughed when I screamed and pulled me into a hug. He massaged my knuckles to take the sting away.

As we stood together I thought of secrets and how my whole family would soon know the truth about my unique friend Chris…

Then I laughed because I was just like my mom; I attracted the freaks of nature…While trying to go to school and be normal; I had found the one odd ball…

I know, totally off the wall character…

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