Chapter 11. Nessie POV: Past

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Aunt Alice told me before I ran off to see Jacob that Mom would be coming to see me. So, I cut my visit with Jake short.

I escaped to my/ Mom's room. She yelled at me again for having my i-Pod on full-blast. It's not my fault she's a music hater. So, I turned it up and drowned out her yelling.

I was rocking out to my favorite song when a pillow hit my head with extreme accuracy. I'd have to watch Mom's left hook. I turned it down a little to please her, and the doorbell rang. It was silent for a few moments as I stared at Mom. "Hey Bells, are you gonna get that?"

She ignored me and purposefully flipped a page of her book. "No? Okay fine. I'll just get it myself." I mumbled.

A slight nod was the only way she acknowledged that she heard me. So, I slipped the earphones out of my ear and walked out.

Before I could even hit the stairs, I heard my music volume getting lower and lower. So, Mom did have an aversion to music.

I opened the door with a smile on my face, thinking it would be Jacob coming back for something. But it was Dad. I asked him if he was here to see Bella, and when he nodded, I turned to get her. He grabbed my arm, so I twisted to get out of his reach. If he was surprised at my power and strength, he didn't show it.

Dad was being an idiot again, so I proceeded up the stairs. "Hey Bells, someone's here to see you…" I sang.

She raised a questioning eyebrow at me and gently laid the book down, keeping her page in the process. She was being really careful about her book, but my I-pod was carelessly tossed onto the rocking chair. "Who's here?"

"Edward Cullen." I waited for her reaction.

Her eyes grew wide. "What the hell, Nessie? Did you invite him here? Make him leave!"

"Bella, just talk to him. He's here to see you." I was getting tired of her attitude.

She rolled off the bed and balanced herself once her feet touched the floor. "Okay fine."

I let her pass and she went down the stairs. I plopped down onto her bed, curious to see what was occupying Mom's time. I picked up the book and read the spine. 'Wuthering Heights.' I didn't know Mom was into the classics. I loved that book. Maybe that was common ground between us.

I glanced at my watch.

I heard Dad downstairs talking to Mom. I made out the words, 'apologize and 'inexcusable' and I left the room to investigate what was going on.

"I'm not usually rude. But, my behavior was inexcusable." I heard Dad say.

I smiled and thought something, projecting it to Dad. But when he didn't acknowledge my mental voice, I realized I had my shield up.

I took my shield down and we had a thought conversation. Dad was speaking too low for Mom to her. Yet, he knew I could easily hear him. Could he guess that I wasn't too human? I guess I wasn't being too secretive about it. I needed to keep a low profile.

But, I couldn't resist showing him this memory of the two of them in their meadow. It was their anniversary. I was around three and they'd gone to their meadow. I followed them there, wanting to surprise them with a gift I made. Yet, they were so wrapped up in their moment. So, I let them be and walked back to the cottage.

'I need to show you something, Edward.'

He looked confused, as if surprised to hear my thoughts. I went down the stairs and pressed my hand to his, showing him the memory, feeling it transfer to him.

Mom violently pushed me away from him, and I knew that she'd developed feelings for him. "What were you doing Nessie?"

I shrugged it off. For all I knew, she could've been PMSing. I went in the kitchen. I had a sudden craving for popcorn and figured they needed some alone time anyways.

I pulled out the popcorn from the microwave and turned to put it on the table. Mom was sitting there- my vampire Mom, and I nearly dropped the bowl of popcorn on the floor in surprise.

"Oh Nessie," she embraced me in a fierce hug. "Don't you ever scare me like that again!"

"Sure, sure." I nodded and pulled away. "Aunt Alice told me you were coming."

Her eyes became grave. "Yes. I'm here sooner because of the more recent vision Alice had… Edward is going to kill me."

I slowly sat down at the table across from Mom. "What do you mean?"

She shook her head of her thoughts and began pacing. "We need to find a way to get the human me away from him, right now."

"Why? They were finally making progress."

"No. He's literally about to kill me! He can't control he's thirst. I need to talk to my husband- talk some sense into him."

I slowly nodded, not really comprehending. "Bella! Where's the dishwashing liquid?" I said the first thing that came to my mind.

Mom gave me an encouraging smile, so I guess I did what she asked. I blinked and my Vampire Mom was gone. The human one walked into the room. "You're actually washing dishes?"

I decided to stall some time for Mom. "Of course. I've been staying here long enough."

"Yeah, what happened to your parents?" She misread the look of confusion on my face. "If you don't want to talk about it, it's fine." She ate some popcorn, waiting to see if I'd speak.

"They aren't in Chicago," I mumbled after a long moment of silence.

"What? You lied to me?" So now she's starting to act like my mom.

"Bella, I don't know where my real parents are." It was half of the truth. I knew where my mom was, just not my vampire dad.

"Were you in foster care? Why'd you choose to come here- to stay with us? Charlie's chief of police. He can help you." She started walking towards the phone, but I was closer and beat her to it. I blocked her from being able to pick it up.

"It's not like that. But I can't tell you everything. It gets complicated." I said. She looked disappointed, as if she really cared and wanted to know. So we sat down at the table, neither of us speaking. I was trying to get my thoughts together to form words and casual conversation. "Bella, why do you hate me?"

She blinked back at me. "Hate you? I don't hate you. I'm just-"

"Just what?"

"Jealous, okay? I admit that I was jealous." She looked away from my face.

"Of?"

"Jacob liked me. I'm not going to say his feelings were reciprocated because they weren't. But do you see the way he looks at you?" She practically yelled.

I flinched and was taken back by the seriousness in her voice. Jacob looked at me the same as he did when I was in the future. "What are you talking about?"

"Jacob likes you." She said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"So you're jealous?" I raised my eyebrow.

"I guess. Maybe its just because I was acting selfish. I wanted attention." She admitted. That was so not Mom-like. She was never waiting to be the center of attention.

"I accept your apology."

"I didn't apologize."

I shrugged. "You didn't have to."

It was quiet for a moment. Mom finally apologized for her behavior. Sort of. She seemed back to normal. And Dad was finally getting somewhere with Mom. What could go wrong?

Jake.

Mom said it was evident that he liked me, but was it true? Even if it was, how did I feel about him? It could only be Jacob from the past that liked me. If so, I'd have to be careful around him. If I grew feelings for Jacob while here, I could get disappointed when I went back to the future.

"Nessie, on the day Jacob came over, he and I were talking before we met you on the stairs. Did you hear what we were talking about?" She broke the silence.

I stared at her, not wanting to speak. Was she referring to the legend of the cold ones?

"Gosh Nessie, I'm serious. Did you hear his legend of the cold ones?" He eyes pleaded with me.

Yep. This was about the legends. I nodded and she got the courage to continue. "Renesmee, is Edward… a vampire?"

I stood abruptly and padded over to the dishwasher. "Okay so I loaded the dishes, where's the dishwashing liquid? I've never really washed dishes this way before."

She played along for a minute, taking the bottle form the cabinet and squirted the liquid onto the dishes. Mom closed the door and changed the settings on the machine. The low hum, knocking, and occasional swishing of the machine was the only noise that could be heard in the room.

I hopped up onto the counter, and Mom followed suit. My feet kicked lightly onto the surface of the cabinet.

She turned to face me. "So is he?"

"You don't seriously believe those legends Jake told you, do you?" I asked.

She was quiet, so I took that as a yes. "So you do," I commented.

Mom crossed her legs tightly. "So is he?"

I turned away and was silent. She nodded, processing the info. "I don't care what he is." She left and I sighed audibly. That hadn't gone too well.

My vampire mother was back. "Nessie, I have to go." She kissed my forehead. "I'll see you in the morning."

Then she went out the back door. I felt a pounding in my head. Too bad aspiring didn't work for me. My body burned it off easily. I dumped the uneaten popcorn in the trash. I figured a good night's sleep could do the trick.

Minutes later, I was fast asleep in my makeshift bed, dreaming of Jacob Black.

"Nessie- here," Alice threw a purple top at my sleeping figure.

I sat up with a jolt, automatically throwing it back to her waiting hands. "Gah! Aunt A, I'm trying to sleep here!"

"Ness, look at the time." Alice said, pointing to the clock on the nightstand.

I squinted to make out the tiny glowing numbers. 7:50. "Gosh, where's my stuff? I gotta get going." I raced to grab my book bag and stuffed my textbook in it. I took my clothes that Aunt Alice had laid out.

"Geez, I forgot Bella had such a limited wardrobe. So, this'll have to do." She handed me my usual sneakers and darted out the room.

I fixed my hair in a ponytail with a few ringlets and ran to the bathroom to brush my teeth. Alice came back with toast and orange juice.

"I don't see how you eat this stuff," she mumbled as she watched me chug the juice down.

I snickered and put my book bag on. "Bella left already?"

She nodded. "Wait, you're not going to school today. Why do you have your bag on? And gosh Nessie, I need to get you a new bag when we get to the future. I'm thinking Chanel."

"I'm not going to school?" I ignored her last statement and slid the bag off my back. I raised my eyebrow in confusion.

"We're going home."

"Home as in…"

"Our time. Carmen thinks we can go back now. We're going to give it a shot." Alice led me out the door and fished the keys from under the eave. I didn't bother to ask how she knew the secret hiding spot. Apparently, Grandpa Charlie had been putting them there for years. Not that there would be much crime in Forks, anyways.

"Where are we going?" I questioned.

"To our house. We're all meeting up there." She explained.

"Grandma Esme is there?" She was always home, while the rest of us were at school and Grandpa Carlisle was at the hospital.

"No. She went to Port Angeles to pick up a nice vase. Apparently, Emmett and Rosalie were a bit restless last night…" She suppressed a giggle. She had no need to say more, I understood exactly what she meant. We took off running.

The house didn't look too different from the future. Esme must've had it restored and redecorated at some point. I wouldn't put it past her. The shutters were a different color- blue. The house was still white, and I felt at home as we walked through the threshold.

We found Mom and Carmen sitting in the living room. Mom gave me another fierce hug, nearly knocking the wind out of me. "Hey Mom."

"Oh Nessie, I had to leave early last night because I hadn't hunted. Edward was right when he said I smelled wonderful as a human." Mom said sheepishly.

Carmen stood up and hugged me too. "Mi bebe linda, let's go home."

Aunt Alice creased her forehead, concentrating hard on something. "I can't see what's going to happen because Nessie is involved."

I sighed and ran a hand through my hair. "You'd think she'd be used to this by now."

My comment earned a few laughs. "Okay no need to delay," Carmen sang. She made us all group together and she had each of us hold onto her arms. It grew deathly quiet and I figured she needed to concentrate. She explained to me before how her power worked.

So we stood and waited. The others were still as a statue, but I shifted my weight after I grew uncomfortable. The silence was killing me. It felt like we'd been here for hours, but a look at Grandma Esme's clock let me know it had only been half an hour.

Carmen's eyebrows were furrowed and her forehead was creased. Her eyes flew open and looked around in confusion. "It's not working."

She shifted her weight and took a few deep breaths.

Mom spoke soothingly, "Take your time. No need to rush."

So her eyes closed, and she went back to work. We waited for at least ten minutes more, and my stomach growled. Aunt Alice gasped.

"Geez. It was just my stomach and it wasn't that loud Aunt A." I teased.

There was no response. A glance at that faraway look in her eyes told me she was having a vision. Mom noticed it too, and waited patiently for her to come out of it. But that's the difference between Mom and I. She has patience and I don't. I tapped my foot anxiously against the floor. Carmen looked unfazed by either the noise on the tile floor or oblivious to Aunt A's vision.

Aunt Alice came to. "We have to move this procession along guys. Past Alice and Jasper will be here soon."

Carmen's forehead creased even further, but her eyes remained closed. "When?"

"The dashboard clock showed 9:20," she said after much thought.

The clock on the wall read 9:10. Mom looked at me, as if for the first time remembering something. "How did you get into school?"

I frowned. "I used the watch and arrived to this time in the hallway outside of the cafeteria."

"How did you enroll there?"

I sighed. "Mom, I'm not a baby anymore. I came and people thought I was new there, so I just rolled with it. After lunch, I figured I should get enrolled so that I could stay close to Mom and the rest of them. That lady… Mrs. Cope, I think, was really nice. I gave her my dazzling smile and talked her into getting me a schedule."

Aunt Alice laughed. "Wow Ness, you are good." She gave me a hi-five.

Mom didn't look too happy though. "I don't know how you inherited your Dad's crooked smile. He did the exact same thing years ago to get his schedule switched to mine." She muttered.

"Yeah Ness. Use your smile for good, not evil." Aunt A teased.

Carmen finally opened her eyes and spoke. "Nessie, go to school. Make up some excuse for why you're late. I need time to figure out why this isn't working."

I nodded and walked towards the door.

"Oh, Nessie. Wait!" Mom called. I turned around, letting the door knob go. "I'll pick you up from school today."

"Kay," I said as I opened the door. I was immediately met by snowfall, blanketing the area in its white dust. I shivered a little at the coolness. I hadn't expected it to be snowing. I walked across the snow filled driveway, wondering how snow could've accumulated so fast. I noticed black ice on the driveway and avoided it easily. I stopped by my favorite tree on the outskirts of the forest. I had a hard time finding it at first. I hadn't expected it to be so… small. It was just a sapling right now. It hadn't even blossomed yet.

I heard a car pull up and before I could run away, they had reached me. Uncle Jasper wasn't doing anything to stop my nervousness. "What are you doing here, Renesmee?"

I sighed and looked at Aunt A instead. "You had a vision?"

Aunt A gasped, wondering how I'd known about her gift. Uncle Jazz automatically stepped forward, putting distance between Aunt A and I. I hated that they didn't trust me, though they had no reason to. I kind of felt disowned.

"Renesmee, I think it's time you started explaining things," Jasper said. I felt suddenly compelled to explain everything, but I knew what Uncle Jazz was doing. I fought the urge to talk with the easiest thing I could think of.

With my book bag in tow, I ran. Aunt Alice immediately bounded after me, but Uncle Jazz hesitated for a second, taken aback by my speed.

I circled around trees, and somehow Uncle Jasper caught up to me. "Damn newborn training," I whispered. He was behind me, almost within arm's reach. Almost. I had Dad's speed. I was only a little slower than my dad and he was the only who had a chance of outrunning me.

I used our small distance between us to my advantage. I ran straight towards the tree standing in my path, purposely making a quick turn before my body could slam into the tree. I hated to hurt Uncle Jazz, but he went flying into the tree I dodged.

I heard a huge crash from behind me and realized it was the tree falling down. If it were a different situation, I'd be laughing at the awesomeness and hilarity. But now, not so much.

I doubled back and ran into a sliding glide. I crouched down and extended my leg, tripping Aunt A before muttering a quick sorry.

Alice fell with a thud as her body came into contact with the ground. She let out a small yelp.

I was going to try to get to the school a different way, trying a few back roads near Mom's house.

Uncle Jazz growled, presumably at me. "Alice, why didn't you see that coming?"

"She just one huge freakin' blind spot, Jazz. It's like I'm in the dark and can't see anything! Very frustrating!" Aunt A argued.

So they were back on my tail, talking amongst themselves, ignorant to my vampire hearing abilities. "Dang Alice! She almost runs as fast as Edward!"

"I swear she's not human!" Alice expressed.

I could tell that they were getting closer, so I went to the nearest tree I could find. I climbed up the trunk, silently thanking Jacob for letting me climb trees when I was younger. Mom was always afraid that I'd fall, but Jacob convinced her it was okay.

I stood up on a branch, hearing them in the vicinity. I shrank down and kneeled, using the trees around me as cover. I watched them through the branches as they searched the area.

"Jasper, up there!" Alice yelled.

Before I could register what was going on, my tree was being knocked down. I threw my arms through the book bag's straps and prepared for impact. As the tree was falling, I ran across the limbs, jumping from branch to branch and slid the rest of the way down to soften my fall.

I remained unscathed as I jumped off the tree before my body could hit the ground. The second my feet landed on firm surface, I was running again. I could tell that I was giving them a workout.

Then, out of nowhere, I felt lethargic. All I wanted to do was cuddle up in my warm, cozy bed. I was tired.

"Jasper!" I yelled with a yawn.

"Alice, how'd she know?" He questioned.

I fought the sleepiness with sudden anger, a trick Uncle Emmett taught me to play pranks on Uncle Jazz. I felt happy, then sad, to awkward, to joyous, to envious, and even lust. The last one somehow prompted me to think of Jacob. I'd have to see what I could make of that later.

"Alice- Ahh!" He yelled. I heard his footsteps falter. "Her emotions are out of control!"

I heard Alice stop too. "So, she knows about every single one of our powers. Where do you think she's headed?"

"Back to school. I'm sure she'll turn around at some point and make a run for it." He strategized. "We'll see her later."

Then I came out of hearing distance, oblivious to their continuous rambling.

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