Chapter 10.
Renesmee
"Mom…what's going on?" I asked clutching my seatbelt tightly against my chest. I looked out the window at grandpa Charlie's house and started to breathe heavily. Mom had always showed me pictures of her with grandpa when she was younger but she had never taken me to see him. I knew it was his house immediately though, for some reason, I had been here or seen it before…
"Just…visiting Charlie honey. Come on. Hurry up!" mom said nervously but she tried to conceal it with a shaky laugh. Her eyes told me everything though and I knew something was terribly wrong.
She rushed out of the car, looking at me as I did the same and rushed out of the car and immediately to her side. She made sure the car was locked and she looked over her shoulder worriedly before knocking on the door.
We waited for a few seconds and mom started becoming jumpy. She tapped her foot and whispered under her breath anxiously.
"Come on Charlie. Come on. Please be home. Plea-" she was interrupted by the door opening with a few clicks and clanks of the bolts and locks on the door.
There was a small silence before I saw a tired looking man with disheveled, brown curls wearing a grey sweatshirt and jeans with a pair of sneakers on. I immediately recognized the man before me. It was Charlie.
Charlie looked out the door with a small yawn and then blinked a couple of times before looking up at mom in awe. Soon his eyes were filled with sadness and joy and love, all at the same time.
"Bells?" Charlie croaked lightly before stepping out of his house fully and smiled at her. She smiled at him and nodded lightly, but I could still see the anxiety in her eyes.
"Hey Charlie." mom said rushing and flinging her arms around him. She was trying to hurry this up for some reason I could tell.
Charlie hugged her hard, for a human, then pulled away and looked at me. "Is this who I think it is?" Charlie sniffed lightly. He had started crying and my senses were so alert I could practically smell the salt in his tears. The vampire part of my subconscious and body were on red alert but the human side of me was begging to be held by my grandfather who I had only every spoken to on occasion.
"Hey grandpa." I said happily but I knew the sense of awkwardness was about to settle in any time soon. He gave me a smile with tears of joy starting to brim his eyes that mirrored mine and quickly rushed over to wrap me in an enormous hug.
"H-hey kiddo." he said stroking my hair gently. I felt his tears dripping onto my top and soon I was crying as well. Crying for the final reunion of the one person I'd loved my whole life but only had ever spoken to him through a phone. Crying over the loss of family and friends back in Sunnyville. Crying for confusion of what was going on here. What was going on here?
Mom was practically jumping up and down like a little dog and her eyes kept darting form the open door behind Charlie and me to the forest behind us. I could hear someone coming…or a lot of people coming. One main person in the lead though. that's when I heard it.
A loud howl rang through the air. A howl so haunting and sad and…familiar we all shook in terror. Mom's eyes widened and she gave a little gasp before looking at Charlie who was now pulled away, looking at me.
"Um Charlie I don't think I'm too comfortable with Nessie being around wolves out here." mom said nervously glaring out into the woods at a somewhat predominant silhouette in the distance. Charlie's eyes got wide and soon spoke in a frantic tone.
"O-of course! Come in! come in. The wolves are fine though! They don't harm none. They just roam around howling the moon…it's so sad. I watch 'em every now and then." Charlie said leading us into the small house filled with love now. Not awkwardness.
Once we were inside mom relaxed a little and soon Charlie was the one to do the jumping.
"Do you want anything guys? I got some left over fish from Suzie's…" Charlie looked at mom with a worried look in his eyes but she just smiled with relife and love in her eyes.
"No thanks Charlie. We're good. I just thought that since we're back in town and all we should come and see you." mom said gently touching Charlie's arm.
He smiled at her happily and sighed roughly before plopping down on the couch in front of him. We walked into the small living room with him and did the same. I sat in the chair closest to Charlie and mom sat on the couch next to him.
"Gee Bells." Charlie said looking at her in awe for a moment then continuing. "You look so…" he said trying to find the words.
"Different?" Mom asked gently but sadness touched her eyes. I didn't understand though. Mom had always looked this way…how had she changed?
"Well I was going to say gorgeous…but different works too." Charlie said laughing under his breath. Mom chuckled and thanked him with a little nod but before I could even get a word in mom was staring out the window moving. Her lips looked as if they were trembling to a human but I knew she was speaking.
"Leave now. She doesn't want to see any of you. LEAVE!" mom growled under her breath to the window as chalrie stared at me gently.
"Ness, I gotta say, if it weren't for you're hair, you and Bella would be twins! But you had to get something from your dad huh?" Charlie chuckled lightly with a little snort. My head snapped up and I looked over at mom.
"W-what?" I asked quietly. Charlie looked at my mom with a sorry-filled looked and mom sighed before giving me a wry smile.
"Yeah…you have Edward's hair." Mom said gently, coming over to sit next to me and started running her fingers through my long strand of lose curls. I was sort of upset at the fact that she hadn't told me about my father besides his first name. I understood mom's grief and the reason's why she didn't want to talk about it but I still wanted to know something about my little family.
Mom had told me never to trust men my entire life. She said my father, Edward, walked out on us right after I was born and she couldn't get over it. It hurt me my whole life to think that the one of two people I need in my life the most walked out right after I was born. I thought that he didn't want me my whole life and of course…I was the reason he left.
The thought of this made tears start to come to my eyes. Mom looked at me gently with love and compassion filling her eyes and even the enormous amount of love she held for me filled a large portion of the void in my heart that was left by my father, I still felt that little gap annoying me like an itch I couldn't scratch.
"Um Charlie, it was great to see you but I think you and mom need some time to catch up so, I'm going home because I need some rest." I said grabbing mom's purse and fishing for the keys.
"But Ness-" Mom started with worry and anxiety in her voice. I ignored her though. I needed to go and I was so confused about everything right now that I just needed to get out and go for a drive.
"Mom, please, I just really gotta go." I said looking at her with pleading eyes. She opened her mouth to say something but she gave a defeated sigh and shrank into the couch. She nodded once her eyes were closed and soon I was out of the house after kissing Charlie goodbye and promising him I'd see him tomorrow after school.
I was about a foot away from the car, walking with my head down, eyes on the gravel below when I ran into something hard and very warm. I felt almost a zap of electricity when I ran into this thing but when I looked up I saw the most beautiful boy I'd ever met.
He was smiling down at me with beaming white teeth that looked even whiter against his russet skin. His gleaming, long black hair was pulled into a low ponytail. His tight black tee shirt and faded jeans made me think of the saying "tall, dark and smoking' hot!".
"I-I'm sorry!" I blurted out immediately. He was gawking at me while his eyes showed an emotion I couldn't quite figure out. He smled at me gently and spoke in a smooth tone.
"It's okay. I'm Jacob Black."
Mwahahaha! Cliffy! Sorry it's taken me forever and a half to finnish this chapter but I kept getting writers block! She's gunna meet Edward very soon here pple so stick around! It'll be quicker this time I swear! REVIEW PLEASE! I LOVE YOU GUYSS!J
-Wolife