The next morning, I was all in a rush. What to wear, what to WEAR?! I finally decided upon a simple light blue tunic shirt and black leggings.

"Knock, knock!" Alice chimed on the other side of my door.

"Come in!" I called. Alice ran in and hopped up on my bed, grinning from ear to ear her perfect white teeth glimmering. Despite Aunt Rosalie's protection and care in my first few months of life, I'd grown much closer to Aunt Alice in more recent years. She was so much easier to be around and didn't treat me like a baby all the time, but more like an equal, a best friend.

"Are you excited?" she asked, teetering on the edge of my light green duvet that covered my bed.

"A bit."

"You seem scared," Alice surmised as she critically examined my face.

"I am. Just a little," I whispered.

"Ah, don't worry. You'll have two vamps and two wolves looking out for you. No ghosties can beat that," she laughed.

I joined in her laughter, forcing it to sound normal and not so nervous. "I guess that's true. Actually, I'm more worried about how Emmett will try to freak us out."

"I'll keep an eye on him for ya," she smiled. "Don't want him scaring innocent little humans!"

"No indeed, Alice. Oh, I'm sure it will be fine."

"Are you ready?" she questioned me, scrutinizing my outfit.

"Yeah, I think so," I grinned.

"Well, let's get downstairs. Don't want the boys waiting too long for us."

We headed down the stairs and met up with the boys in the kitchen. Jacob pecked me on the cheek and sensed my anxiety.

"Oh, Ness, don't' worry. I'll keep you safe from the ghosts," he and Emmett laughed. Little did he realize I wasn't even worried about the ghosts anymore, if I ever had been at all. I was still thinking about what I was going to do about Jacob and Ryan. We'd all be there together and I didn't want to hurt either of them.

"Oh sure you will," I stuck my tongue out at him. "Al, which car are we taking?"

"The Jeep. Emmett wants to drive," she told me.

"Hell yeah, I wanna drive!" Emmett said, bouncing up and down with excitement. "Let's get outta here." He ran out the door, with Seth and Jacob right behind him. I went to catch up but heard my father's voice behind me.

"Wait up, Ness. Were you planning on leaving without telling us good-bye?" I spun around and saw my parents, standing lovingly together underneath the stairs.

"Of course not, Daddy," I giggled and told both him and my mother good-bye. Then, I ran out the door and into the car, ready to take on whatever challenges the Myrtles had in store for me.