A/N: Can you believe we're at 14 already?! I can't!!! -eek!!!-

Chapter 14 of Love and Hate Collide

Nick's New Girlfriend

LPOV

"You can see her now." Carlisle informed me. I literally flew up from the plastic chair and into Nessie's hospital room.

She was laying on the bed, her eyes closed. She seemed to be sleeping peacefully, but I knew the difference. She was in a coma.

The room was empty and silent, except for the beep of the breathing machine. I sat on the corner of the hospital bed, and I took her right hand. "I'm sorry Nessie." I gave her hand a slight squeeze. "It's my fault you're in here... you never even wanted to go to the damn beach in the first place. I'm sorry. But, you have to pull through this. I'll be here, until the end. We all need you to. Esepcially Nick. Nick really misses you. He drew you a card." I smiled grimly. "He wants you to 'gets better'. And... I miss you too. I bet this is pointless...

"Now I feel like an idiot. Here, talking to a sleeping body." I snorted. "Anyway, I need you to survive Ness. I-I- I don't know what I'll do without you. I feel like such a jerk, for the way I treated you. I had no right... and I truly regret that. I just want you to know, these past two weeks have been the best of my screwed up life. You're my best friend. We have a lot in common and we get along great, even if we argue a lot. Just like Noah and Ally," I mused. The Notebook was her favortie movie. "Same color, same foods, same music, same everything. I need to tell you this."

I took a deep breath. "I..." Love you. Not that hard Cullen!

"You're going to have to leave now," A doctor burst into the room, followed by a nurse, scribbling frantically on a clipboard. "Her heart rate has grown stronger, and we have to do some more tests." I stared at him warily.

"C'mon, Luke." I spun around to face the familiar speaker.

"Hey Grandpa." I greeted grimly. I stood up and kissed Renesmee's bandaged forehead gently before exiting the room.

"Carlisle, Luke!" Carlisle said as I shut the door.

I trudged away from her room and back into the waiting room. I almost backed out immediatley. World War III.

"You're her mother?" Rosalie shrieked, pointing at an unfamliar woman.

"How dare you!" The woman shouted back. "I'm her aunt! Mother's sister!"

So this was the charming aunt of Nessie Call. Reneta, I think it was. They hardly looked alike, Ness had red hair, she had black. Brown eyes, blue eyes.

"Where are her real parents?" Rose demanded, stamping her foot.

"My sister is dead. And her deadbeat husband's in jail." Reneta said, picking her finger. She didn't care at all!

My blood boiled. She didn't give a damn about Renesmee.

Then things clicked. "Dad," I whisper-shouted, pulling my dad over. "That woman," I pointed to Reneta. "Hurts Nessie."

"There's no proof, Luke, you can't just assume." Dad said in a montone voice.

"I've seen it dad! I saw her slap mark, I've seen her bruises, she does that to her!"

Dad smiled grimly. "I'd like to believe you, son. But you just can't judge-"

"Can you quit being a doctor for one freaking minute?!" I shouted, completely losing control. "And be a father for once in your life? I've tried for years to tell you about my problems and other people's too, but all you do is give me some stupid physcological answer! You don't care about anybody, or anything. Or me."

I glared at him and ran out into the hallway. I walked quickly down the hall and out to the parking lot. I kept going until I reached the park, a street down from the hospital. I kicked the soft dirt angrily before sitting on one of the empty swings.

"Luke?"

My head stayed glued to the hole in the dirt I was making with my foot.

"You shouldn't have been such an ass back there."

"Oh, shut up Jen. I had every right to be." I looked over at my sister who was sitting on the swing next to me.

"Maybe, maybe not." Jenna shrugged. "I don't think you should've been as harsh though. Dad cares about you."

I snorted. "Don't give me that bullshit. He stopped caring for me a long time ago."

"I hear him talking about you all the time at night." Jenna informed me. "Since my room is right next to his and mom's I can hear almost every thing that goes on in there. And dad talks about you all the time. Your 'progress'."

"Progress?" She had my attention now.

Jenna nodded, her brown curls bouncing. "Yeah. Last night was so sad..."

"What happened?" I grimaced. I didn't go home last night, much to my parent's protests. I stayed at the hospital.

"Mom was crying. Dad was... not normal." Jenna began, sighing softly. "He kept walking around the house, mumbling about he was such a bad father to you, to all of us. He hardly knew about your feelings towards Nessie," I opened my mouth to interrupt. "Shut up Luke. We all know you're in love with her. Anyways, dad felt really bad. Now he feels even worse."

We sat in silence. Dad was just trying to help...

"I don't like Ness' aunt though. She's mean. So are Heidi and Jane." Jenna wrinkled her freckled nose, something she'd inheirited from me. "They kept asking Nick and me questions about you. I think they're stalkers."

"Oh, you don't even know the half of it." I tried my best to smile. "You should see them at school..." I trailed off, gazing at my baby sister.

She'd grown up so fast. Next year, she would be starting high school. Already, she'd started to uh, well, mature and gotten a few curves here and there. Jenna had curly brown hair like my mom's, and my dad's brilliant green eyes. Her face was umblemished, and seemed to be carved from porcelian. Her eyes were slightly crinkled, hinting she laughed a lot. Laugh lines, I called them.

"I'm gonna have trouble keeping the guys off you." I informed her, causing her to blush. My heart tugged, and I turned back towards the hospital.

Jenna laughed. "Oh sure."

"I'm sure. Dead sure."

Jenna grinned. "I love this park. Remember when you took me here all the time when I was little?"

"The swirly slide was your favorite." I remembered. When she was five, all she would do was slide down and run back up the jungle gym to do it again. "It drove me insane."

"Why else do you think I liked it so much?" Jenna asked innocently.

I rolled my eyes. "...You were right. How'd you know I love her?" I asked quietly.

"They way you act around her. The one time you brought her home, the way you looked at her, the secret grins you shared throughout the night, I figured it would only be a matter of time." Jenna shrugged, sounding a lot older then her age. "Em and Jasper made a bet to see how long it would be before you confessed." Jenna mused, smiling slightly.

"Who won?"

"Jasper. He's got a little fortune telling pixie on his side." Jenna snorted and stood up. "I'm going back. Are you coming, or gonna wallow in self pity?"

I childishly stuck my tongue out at her. Jenna laughed and gave me a gentle push. I pushed her back and laughed, mine sounding hollow and empty. As we neared the hospital, I became silent again. "Jen.. what if she die's?" I whispered.

"She won't." Jenna told me firmly.

"You don't know that." I argued, holding the door open.

Jenna raised her eyebrow. "Don't be against Alice."

I had no reply to that. We re-entered the waiting room and I quickly walked over to my mother. "Is she okay?" I asked breathlessly.

"Fine," Mom smiled at me. "Not entirely awake yet, but fine."

My grin faded. "What about her aunt?"

"I'm not sure. Edward had her -Ness- looked over, and they found signs of physical abuse. Right now they're questioning Reneta and her children spawns about it."

"Dad did that?" My voice shook.

"Yes. For you." Mom's brown eyes bore into mine, showing me years of thirty six year old wisdom.

"I'm gonna go talk to Renesmee." I muttered, going out into the hallway again and into Ness' room. The room was empty again, and I was eternally grateful.

RPOV

I sighed mentally in frustration. Why couldn't I talk yet? Even my eyes wouldn't open, and I was isanely annoyed.

I was alone, lost in my own world of... infinite emptiness.

"Hey Ness." His voice was agonized and painful, yet somehow still significant. And I knew that voice anywhere. "I'm back again, to talk to the sleeping beauty."

"Bella," his voice was quiet and agonized, but it was significant. And I would have recognized it anywhere, "Oh, Bella," he said. The angel's voice was not happy, not like it should be, but I didn't care. It was the only voice I wanted to hear right now. He was here and I was... dead? Was I dead?

Something warm touched my hand, and squeezed it, and I knew for sure that my I must be dead as he spoke again. "I'm sorry." He whispered. I was confused. Why would he be sorry? He hadn't done anything bad. And I knew then that was why I was in heaven; he was with me. I couldn't open my eyes, let alone see him, but I knew he was here and not just because of his voice and the pressure on my hand. And I also knew he wasn't exactly an angel, but in heaven he was.

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have forced you to that..." He sounded like he was torturing himself over something. I wanted to open my mouth, tell him not to hurt anymore, that this was heaven and he should be happy, but it was like my mouth had been glued shut. I couldn't talk, open my mouth or eyes, I could only lie there and listen to his breathing and the annoying beep of a machine somewhere in the room.

"I'm so sorry, I should've stayed… I should've saved you," he sounded like he was torturing himself over something and I wanted to open my mouth and ask, tell him not to hurt anymore, tell him that this was heaven and he should be happy, but it was like I was tied there. I couldn't open my mouth, I couldn't speak, I couldn't do anything except lie there and listen to his even breathing and my own not-so-even heartbeat projected loudly into the room by a machine.

We were met by silence for a moment until he spoke again. "I hope you can hear me Nessie. Don't give up." I could tell he was aching to say something else, but he didn't. "I talked to Jenna today... we talked about stuff. We haven't talked like that... since I was about... nine, maybe? After that I turned into what I am now." What was he like when he was younger?

"And I wanted to thank you for that. I know it sounds screwed up, me thanking you for getting hurt, but if it hadn't happened... I don't think we'd be close siblings." Luke sighed. "I miss you a lot. I can't wait till you come back." I wanted to see his perfect face and respond to his words, but I couldn't.

The sounds of shoes slapping against the tiles. "Can I see her?" An eager voice asked.

"Go on ahead." Luke sounded slightly annoyed, but I don't think the other person heard it. I felt pressure on the bed on my left side. A small hand touched my stomach.

"Hi Renuzmee."

"Renesmee," Luke whispered. "Or Nessie. Whichever you prefer."

"Will she get mad?" The small child was anxious.

"Nope."

"Hi Nessie. It's Nick. My mommy said I could come see you and so did my dad. He's a doctor ya know. He fixed you! Er, almost fixed you. 'Cause you can't talk, or open your eyes. That's horrible! You must hate not getting hot coco in the morning. Luke says I gets reaaaaal crabby when I don't have my coco. So my mommy makes it every morning." Nick informed me, talking non stop.

I wanted to laugh and give him a hug, but I couldn't. I was imprisoned on what I assumed to be a hospital bed. After what Nick had said, I knew I wasn't in heaven.

"Do ya think when you gets all better you can come baby-sit me? Danny and Logan want you to too, but they're to afraid to admit it. They said they're to old for a baby-sitter, but I can see right through their black lies." Nick continued.

I felt like laughing right then. "Black lies, Nicky?" Luke asked. I could literally hear the smile in his voice. "I think you mean white lies."

"Oh yeah. Those. White lies. Yeah. Mommy says that those are bad, don't you think so?" Nick took my hand and was as careful as an eight year old could be.

LPOV

"Luke!" Nick shrieked with joy. "Nessie squeezed my hand! Does this mean she's gonna gets better now?"

I ignored him and took Renesmee's hand in mine. "Ness, could you do that again? To my hand? Please?" Her small fingers applied a small amount of pressure to my fingers. I grinned and squeezed back. "I knew it," I whispered. "I knew you could do it Ness." I turned towards Nick. "Can you go get the doctors for me Nicky-boy?" He bobbed his blonde head and ran out the door.

"MOMMY NESSIE'S ALIVE! LUKE SAID TA GET THE DOCTORS!" I heard him shout from the hallway as he raced back to the waiting room.

"Just hold on Ness." I whispered, kissing her cheek softly. First her hand, then her forehead, now her cheek... what would come next?

The doctors rushed in, once again ushering me out of her room. They shut the door in my face leaving me in the hospital hallway. A small hand slipped into mine. "Did I do a good job?" Nick whispered.

I grinned and nodded. "You helped her a lot. If she could talk, she'd give you a big hug." I told him earnestly.

"That's good." Nick smiled. "Hey Luke?"

"Mhm?"

"I think Nessie's my new girfriend." Nick told me, his green eyes wide.

"I think you're gonna have to check with Ness first kid." I said, swallowing the lump in my throat. Ness was mine.

Wait... was I jealous of an eight year old?

Yes, yes you are. A voice told me in my head.

Aww, shut up. I told it, rolling my eyes.

"She's prettyful, don't ya think Luke?" Nick asked me, staring at me curiously.

"Not prettyful." I shook my head. "Nessie is beautiful, inside and out."

"It's peculiar."

"Where on earth did you hear that word?"

"A video Jenna showed me. This girl was high off meds and she was talking about unicorns and some 'magical' land of blueberries. She called it peculiar." Nick shrugged. I laughed.

He was so serious sometimes. 'Born a baby, but the mind of middle aged man,' Grandma Renee told me. 'Just like your mom.'

I actually know someone who can... hahaha. :D

Anyways... Stu's Song is da bomb!! If you haven't heard it, swing on over to youtube and check it out. ;D

What do tigers dreams of?
When they take a little tiger snooze
Do they dream of mauling zebras
Or Hallie Barry in her catwoman suit

Don't you worry your pretty striped head
Were gonna get you back to Tyson and your cozy tiger bed
And then were gonna find our best friend Doug
And then were gonna give him a best friend hug
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but if hes been murdered by crystal meth tweekers...then were shit out of luck.

I seriously recommend it. Anyway... I think the drama's gonna be over by next chapter. -wink- ;D There's gonna be a little bit more drama, some Jared in there (cuz I miss him ;)), flufflyness, then the drama kicks up again. How's that for ya?

And.. im kinda sad at the moment. My gpa dropped my phone yesterday, so no txting for me. D: And by the ways, Ashley, Jared, Paul, Nick, Bryce, and Kristi(Luke's relatives) are 100 percent real. Ashley is my homie-g, Jared is my bestest tall friend, Paul is my homie-g's bf, Nick is this guy I kinda like... Bryce is amazing :D, and I like Kristi's name. haha

Annnnd... I'm bored. Ashley is amazing, and I cannot imagine being alone in my nursing home, in the future ;D, without her. She's bringing me a Nick flavored lollipop tomorrow. His flavor is 'Root Melon.' hahaha. I prefer just root beer but there's no persuading Ashley's mind once it's set in motion.

ANYWAY, you guys, when I started writing, i was like im not gonna be like all those other author's and beg for reviews. but, not I understand and reviews really do inspire we (author's) to write more! soo, PLEASE review you guys! only thirty more reviews to go, then we gets a hundred. :D do you think that can happen?

Oh yeah! I almost forgot, I have a new story. It's called "Always and Forever" its E/B story.

"Bella Swan and Edward Cullen have been best friends since birth. As they get older, Edward wants more than friendship... Only problem? She's dating his best friend. A/H"

See ya laters!!!

PaulIsMySilverWolf

P.S.: Does anyone know what A/U means? I'm sooo lost...