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JAKE POV
Well, that was a pain in the ass. I grabbed Nessie and ran while the other six of them held Edward and Bella down. It got dicey and so they had to rip off both sets of their arms. No big deal. They can be put back together and heal quickly. All we needed was a few minutes of a head start. Then they all ran. We got into a truck waiting on a road at the edge of the forest and took off. That's where the trail of Nessie's scent would end for them.
We drove all night and by the early afternoon were on a reservation in Arizona. One of my dad's friends agreed to let us stay in his house while he was on a cross-country trip. The rest of the guys who kept Edward and Bella down ran off after that and drove off in different directions, but were all headed here.
Right now it was just me and Nessie. There wasn't much food in the house so I just ordered some pizza. She would have to do without any blood for awhile. I hoped to wean her off of blood for good so we could have more of a normal life. She didn't need it to survive. For the most part, I sat her in front of the TV, but she didn't really seem like she wanted to watch it. She had cried most of the way down to Arizona. Now Nessie was tuckered out and could barely keep her eyes open. She had calmed down some. She was a smart kid, my Nessie. She knew there was no point in crying for her parents. I would never let them come between us ever again.
I was in the mood for a beer and just about to fall asleep myself so I put her to bed. My dad's friend, Curtis, had a little boy so I put Nessie in his bedroom. She looked around the room and then at the floor.
"What's wrong?"
She was silent. Oh for crying out loud.
"Nessie, what's the matter? Don't you want to go to sleep after the long night and day we've had? You haven't eaten anything all day. You must be exhausted. C'mon. Take off your shoes and get in bed."
She looked up at me with the saddest look on her face. This kid was killing me. She took a deep breath and sat on the floor where she began to remove her shoes. Then she scrambled onto the bed getting under the covers.
"Good girl. Now sleep well and have a great night."
Nessie looked me in the eyes for a moment and then she turned over.
"What now? Can't you say goodnight to your best friend?" She really was working my last nerve.
I knelt down by the side of the bed that she was facing. "Nessie, honey, tell me what's wrong. I can't help you if you don't tell me what's bothering you."
She put her little hand up to my face giving me a vision that made me want to hurl. It was Bella and Edward sitting on a swing holding Nessie between them. They were all smiling.
I want my mommy and daddy came through loud and clear.
"Honey, you know that's not possible. They ain't good people. They're gonna try and keep us apart. Now I know you don't want that. You don't want to be separated from me, do you?"
She touched my face again giving me the same message, but much stronger.
"Sorry kid, no can do. See you tomorrow."
I shut off the light and went to the fridge to get a beer. I parked myself on the couch and flipped through the channels. I found a game and let myself drift off into oblivion.
I was impatient. I mean, yeah, I know this kid grows fast and all, but I wanted her to be an adult like now. Couldn't we just skip over this part? I guess it's different when they're your own kids and all, but I just had no patience for Nessie. I wanted her to be an adult so I could finally get the life I deserved. This was utter bullshit. Really. Why does almost everyone else find their imprint and get to start their lives together right away? I get screwed yet again and have to put up with this bullshit. It wasn't fair. First this Bella and Edward crap. That girl broke my heart after I gave her everything I had. She ran back to that bastard as soon as she could.
She owed me. They both did. Fuckers. Edward had everything: money, looks, education. A bit of a pansy though, that one. He kept putting Bella off every time she wanted sex. What the hell was wrong with that guy? She was begging him to fuck her and he acts like a prude. Bella needed a real man. Bella needed me. Too bad I never got the chance to get there before him. She would never want any other man ever again.
I can just imagine what their wedding night must have been like. In my mind, Edward speaks with some haughty, pretentious accent:
"Now Bella, please remove the lower half of your clothing and keep your hands to yourself. When I give you the signal, you will proceed to make yourself available to my sexual organ. Hold still and try not to cry. My perfect body cannot be soiled by your human fluids."
If she had given me a chance, she still would be recovering wondering what the hell hit her.
But I can't dwell on the past. Nessie is my future. We'll run for a few years and Nessie won't be recognizable to them. They won't even know who they're looking for. Maybe I would take a page from the Cullens' own book and fake some horrific accident where me and Nessie are supposedly killed. How do ya like that one, EDWARD?!?!
RENESMEE POV
Where were they? Where were my Mommy and Daddy? Why haven't they come for me? They promised me that they would always protect me from Jacob and now they were gone.
I want to go home and sleep in my own bed. I don't want to be with Jacob anymore. He took me away from home and from Forks. And my Grampa Charlie and Grampa Carlisle and everyone else. I wish my Uncle Emmett were here. He would save me and wouldn't let Jacob ever hurt me again.
I cried the whole time we were driving away from home. The last I saw of my parents was them being held down by some of Jacob's friends. My Mommy was yelling out for me. I've never heard her raise her voice like that before. She and Daddy both struggled under the wolves, but the wolves were strong and there were more of them.
I don't know where I am. When I looked out the window of the car, I saw a cactus plant. There were lots of them. I remember them from the picture that Mommy showed me of her human home in Phoenix. Is that where we are? Arizona?
All I know is that this isn't my house and this isn't my room. In my room, the walls are pink and I have a princess bed. The sheets are so soft. Not like these. These sheets were faded and had pictures of cars and trucks on them. There were shelves with toys that boys like. It was really dark and there was no night light. I hated to be in the dark in a strange place. I hated to be by myself. When we visited Florida, Grandma Renee put a nightlight in the bedroom for me. I missed her already. It was just yesterday when I saw her. What was she doing now? Did she miss me? Did Grandma Esme miss me? And Aunt Rose?
The next morning, I got out of the bed and went into the living room. Jacob was asleep on the couch. He was breathing heavily like Grandpa Charlie, but not as much snoring. I went to the front door and tried to open it, but it was locked. There was more than one lock too. I walked to the back of the house, but that was locked too.
"What do you think you're doing?" He found me. I couldn't move.
"I want to go home."
"This is home now, Ness. We can't go back to Forks. Forks is dead to us."
Dead?
"Now c'mon. Let's get you something to eat."
He grabbed me by the wrist and led me into the kitchen. He sat me down at the table and pulled the pizza out of the refrigerator. Jacob put it down in front of me and opened the box. He took a slice of it and held it out to me. My Daddy wouldn't like this. Every morning, my Daddy made me breakfast. Eggs, bacon, toast, cereal, orange juice. Sometimes waffles on Sundays.
I didn't want to, but I was really hungry so I took the pizza from him and started to eat it. After I finished, I got down from the chair and started walking to the bathroom.
"Hey Ness, where are you going?"
"I'm supposed to brush my teeth after a meal."
"Ness, honey, I don't have a toothbrush for you. Just rinse out your mouth with water."
Mommy would not be happy about this. I walked back to Jacob.
"What are we doing now?"
He took me by my wrist again and led me into the room with the television. He put a cushion on the floor and sat me on top of it.
"Watch some TV for awhile. I'm sure there are cartoons on."
I found the cartoons, but after a few hours I was bored. I got up and went to Jacob. He was talking on the phone. I pulled on the leg of his pants. He looked down at me, but didn't look happy to see me.
"WHAT? Can't I talk on the phone? Geez!"
"I don't want to watch television anymore. Can I have a book?"
"There are no books. Go sit down and be quiet."
I did as he told me. A little bit later, the rest of Jacob's friends arrived. They were loud. They made whistling noises and cheered to each other about having gotten rid of the "vamps." Did they kill everyone? What did that mean? Were my Mommy and Daddy gone? No one would tell me.
For the next few days, all we did was watch television and eat pizza. Soon, my clothes became too small for me and were very uncomfortable. Jacob gave me one of his T-shirts to wear. I put it on and it came all the way down to my feet. I had to hold it up every time I walked so I wouldn't fall.
I was also dirty. It had been a few days since my last bath. My curls were also tangled. Jake noticed this too and sat me on his knee. He took a hair brush and started ripping it through my hair. It hurt so much that I started to cry again. Jake thought it was because of my knotty hair, but I cried because I was by myself with no one to care for me like my family did.
Why couldn't they find me? Where were they? Why had they left me? I wondered if I would ever see them again. I cried myself to sleep every night imagining my Daddy singing my lullaby. If what the boys were saying was true, I would never hear my Daddy's voice ever again. I would never hear my Mommy telling me she loved me ever again. The last memory of my parents would be of them screaming and reaching out for me before Jake took me away.
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