Chapter 12: Love

Nessie's POV

Will and I broke apart and I blushed with intense embarrassment. Will didn't understand what the source of my extreme embarasmeng was. To him Bella was just some girl that walked in on us kissing. But of course I knew the real truth. She was my mother. My mother walked in on me kissing Will.

"Will could you please leave us alone for a while?" I asked him as politely as I could.

He looked confused for a minute before eventually saying "Okay. I have to go home anyway. My parents wanted me to go home and rest since a few hours ago. But I will be back. Try not to crash into any trees. Okay?" he said with a heartwarming smile.

"Okay Will" I said.

I waited a few seconds to make sure that he was truly gone before I said "Mom"'

My mom looked at me completely stunned for a few seconds before she started shouting my nand over and over again and I felt myself in her tight embrace.

"What? How? You remember?" she was at a complete loss for words.

"Carlisle didn't tell you?" I assumed that my grandfather would have told her something.

"All he said was that something big had happened. He wouldn't tell us what though. That's why only I came. The others are still out looking for Jacob to tell him about what happened. Your father is still trying to hunt Emmett down-"

"Don't be so hard on Emmett. It was partially my fault. I shouldn't have been riding through the woods at night period. Then I go add speed. I was stupid. But it was sort of a blessing in disguise I guess"

"Why? How is hitting your head a blessing in disguise?" Mom asked with her eyebrows furrowed together in confusion.

"Because it was hitting my head that made me remember everything"

My mom then hugged me and gave me a lot of kisses.

"Oh Nessie"'she said.

"Mom" I said back to her. I could actually hear the sobs resonating in her chest.

"You have no idea how hard it's been to be near you and have you see me as a stranger" she was sobbing all over again. It must really suck to not be able to cry properly.

"I'm so sorry mom. I'm so sorry that I ever forgot you"

She looked at me and didn't say anything for at least 30 seconds. Then she finally said "Nessie it's not your fault. None of this is your fault. I just want you to know that we have never stopped looking for you. Ever since we found out about what Jacob had done we made it a mission to find you and never give up. We love you. We never wanted to give you up"

"It's okay mom. I'm not mad at you. How could I be mad at you? It was Jacob that made the decision to leave me. Not you" I was angry at Jacob for what he had done. It was all his fault that I had been separated from my family.

"Nessie are you mad at Jacob for what he did?" mom asked as if she could read my mind.

"Yes. I mean I guess I can sort of understand why he did it. He thought he was protecting me. But if he had not left me I would have been with you the entire time"

"But we are together again. That's what matters most. Besides Jacob is your best friend. You'll-"

"Jacob is not my best friend" I corrected. "That title belongs to Will. He has always been there through the good times and the bad. He enjoys being with me and I enjoy being with him. He is the one that has always been there for me. He has always been the one that helped me when I needed it the most. He is my best friend. Maybe even more then that now"

"I'm sorry Nessie. But Jake imprinted on you. He'll always love you and care about you" mom said.

"But what if I don't choose Jacob? Just because he is my imprintor doesn't mean that I have to marry him. I mean I know it's expected. But what if I don't want it? What if I chose Will instead?"

"Then Nessie you would have my full support" mom said. "As long as that boy treats you well you both will have my full support. All I want is for you to be happy. If your happiness is with Jacob that's fine with me. If it's with Will then that's also fine with me. Even if you chose none of them that would be fine with me"

I smiled at her. "I love you mom. Thank you" I said.

Will's POV

All that I could think about was Nessie as I walked home.

Normally I would have just driven to the hospital but my car was having problems and it would not start last night. So rather then just wait for someone to give me a ride I opted to walk instead. I needed to know that Nessie was okay. I had to see her. When I had heard that she crashed into a tree while riding a horse I nearly had a heart attack right then and there.

She was everything to me. I would die if anything happened to her. I needed her like I needed air to breathe. She was the most special person that I would ever meet.

I had been in love with her for a while but I didn't know how to tell her. In a way I was sort of glad that Jacob guy had come along. The jealous I felt when she showed interest in him was enough to give me the courage I needed to tell her the truth before I lost her forever.

I froze when I saw trouble up ahead. There were some men that were trying to hurt a pregnant woman and her young son.

I didn't think as I ran over there. "Leave them alone!" I shouted as I managed to punch one of the guys in the face and broke his nose.

This caused enough of a distraction for the woman and her son to get away safely.

"You son of a bitch. You're going to pay for that!" one of the guys screamed as he slammed me into the side of the wall and the threw me on the ground.

"This will teach you not to mess with us" one guy said. I watched in horror as another guy pulled out a gun and aimed right at me.

This was it I knew that I was going to die now. I started crying when I thought of Nessie. I didn't want to put her through this pain. She has already lost so much. She's been affected so much that she has even tried committing suicide. I didn't want to die because I didn't want to leave her. I love her.

A shot was fired followed by a piercing pain in my stomach. The man shot me in different parts of my body and still I survived.

They left me and I laid there bleeding. I knew that it was only a matter of time before I bled to death.

A few minutes later I heard frantic footsteps followed by a surprised gasp.

"Will" I immediately recognized the voice as Carlisle Cullen's. He started to examine me. Maybe he would be able to save me. Although I doubted it. I had already bled so much. I was sure that I only had minutes left.

"You've already lost so much blood. It's too late for me to save you. Well there is one way..." he trailed off

What was he talking about? I wanted to ask but I was too weak to say anything.

He sighed. "I don't know if I'm doing the right thing by condemning you to this life but Nessie will be in so much pain if you die. I won't allow my granddaughter to go through anymore loss"

What did he mean by condemning me to this life? What did he mean by Nessie being his granddaughter? I didn't have time to think about it. He suddenly leaned over me and bit me on the neck. I felt razor sharp teeth slice through my skin. Which was then followed by a pain. A pain that was so great that getting shot was nothing compared to this.

"I'm so sorry" Carlisle said just as the fiery pain consumed me.

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