Chapter 14. Nessie POV: Past

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A/N: Okay this is a short chapter which means I'll be updating within a week this time. I've been kinda busy writing this new story that I may post on fanfiction sometime after I finish this story. Thanks for the reviews from the last chapter.

Mom had told me that I scared her and whatnot when she got up to the school and I wasn't there. She followed my scent to La Push, waiting at the border for at least an hour or more.

I knew the pack wasn't too happy that a vampire came through, but I had no control over that. I couldn't tell them it was alright because that was my mom.

Jake seemed a little uncomfortable in the car. I wanted to think that it was because of the vampire smell on me, but I wasn't too sure.

Currently, I was in the hospital room, rushing over to one of the two beds. "Bella, are you okay?" I faked surprise for her benefit. I knew she'd be alright.

"I'm fine. I don't even know why they're still keeping me." Bella assured me.

"I am so sorry Bella," some guy from the other hospital bed said.

"You ran over Bella?" I asked, walking over to him. He looked pretty bad. A few bleeding cuts, an IV sticking out from some unseen part of his body, and his face looked pretty bad too.

I could tell that my words did nothing to calm his nerves. "No. Tyler's van swerved over the ice and almost hit me." She explained.

"I am so sorry."

"No really, it's okay," She assured him.

"I didn't even see-" He started.

At that moment, I cut him off. "Shut up! You've obviously been forgiven." His constant pleas of forgiveness annoyed me.

He stayed silent and Mom continued, "Edward stopped the car from hitting me."

"I don't remember Cullen being over there by you," Tyler intruded.

I went back over to his area and pulled the curtain, dividing the room. "Was he near you before, Bella?" I asked.

"Yes," she whispered unconvincingly.

"Could he have gotten there so fast because of his speed?" I questioned, hoping to get the proper reaction out of her.

"No Ness. He had been right there the whole time."

"So I guess we'll talk about it later," I resolved.

The door opened and Grandpa Carlisle came in. Mom seemed to be in awe. He glanced over at the curtain and smirked.

"I'm Dr. Carlisle Cullen." He glanced curiously at me and gave a smile that I couldn't return. "You're Bella," he turned his attention to her before looking back at me, "So you must be-"

"Renesmee. I think I'll… step out." I excused myself.

When I walked out the room, Dad and Jacob were at the end of the hallway bickering loudly. "What did you do?"

"Mongrel, I did nothing of that sort! I protected Bella. That damn van could've rolled right over her!" Dad shouted.

As far as I could tell, neither of them had acknowledged my presence. It grew deathly quiet. "You did what?" Jake asked.

"The van was coming and I crossed the parking lot, pushing Bella out of the way and almost exposing my secret." Dad said, his lips barely moving. It was silent again.

I cleared my throat, announcing my presence. "Renesmee, not now," Dad said without even turning to face me. It was amazing how he was suddenly starting to sound like the real Dad.

"You all are so loud that I'm sure the humans can easily hear you from the waiting room," I said. I knew they didn't miss how I referred to the others as humans, unlike me.

No one responded to my comment. Jacob barely acknowledged me, refusing to meet my eyes. For some reason, that hurt me. I felt rejected. He didn't have the decency to even look at me, and I didn't know why.

I know I just saw him 5 minutes ago, but I felt like it had been forever.

I wouldn't admit it to Jacob, but I was feeling extremely possessive of him when we were in the car. Just seeing him shirtless was enough to make me determined to continue staring straight out the window. That's why I tossed him a shirt from the back. One that covered up his chest... and his muscles.

It was obvious that I'd have to stop thinking of Jake that way. I came out of my jumbled thoughts to see them waiting patiently for either my reply or another smart comment. I realized that instead of replying to Dad's remark, I dodged it. They seemed to know it would've resulted in an argument.

I decided to prove them wrong. "Okay."

"There's no need to argue, Renesmee. I'm serious. Just- Wait what?" Dad asked.

"You're right... I caught you at a bad time. I'll see you later." I turned around and reluctantly walked away. So far, Past Dad was much better than the future one.

They remained silent until I'd rounded the corner. I decided to walk around aimlessly until Jake could take me back home.

"Rosalie, don't bring it up right now!" I crept behind a counter, listening to the voice that belonged to Jasper. "Edward is handling enough right now. We all are. We now have a few problems: the werewolf; the fact that Edward almost gave us away; and Renesmee."

Me? How was I a problem?

"I don't trust Bella and I don't trust Renesmee," Aunt Rose yelled in a hushed tone.

"How is Nessie a problem?" Aunt Alice asked. I was somewhat happy that she was defending me.

"Are you forgetting what she did to you earlier?" Rose asked with a dry laugh.

"No." She hastily said. Ouch. "What I'm saying is that we're going about this all wrong. Of course she wouldn't spill if we use violence and fear. If we're kinder to her, and show friendliness, maybe she'll divulge some information."

"Alice has a good point. But why exactly are we doing this? She's made it clear that she won't expose us. And who'd believe her if she did?" Uncle Emmett posed his question. "So how is Nessie still a problem?"

At least Uncle Emmett knew I was no problem. I decided to walk past them and see their reaction. I came from my hiding spot and casually strolled down the hallway, pretending to be oblivious to the group that stood off to the side.

"Nessie! Are you here to see Bella?" Aunt Alice asked, causing me to turn around. She gave a meaningful look to the others.

"Yeah. She's looking alright." I commented. Aunt Alice beamed, looking her usual self. Uncle Jazz looked uncomfortable with a smile plastered on his face. Uncle Emmett seemed relaxed, yet Auntie Rose had an unusually bright smile that could only be fake. It was really more of a smirk, and it was almost comical. Their expressions were priceless and it was hilarious to see how hard they were trying to be nice to me.

"Yeah, Edward should be in there with her right now," Emmett reported.

"Oh no. He's in a heated argument with a werewolf right now…" I said with a laugh.

"He's doing what?" They all shouted except Jasper. He shook his head and mumbled something like, "I will never understand her humor."

I laughed as they pelted me with questions about what the situation was and where they were. "I'm not sure what it's exactly about," I answered. "They were silent as I walked up. And they're down the hall from Bella's room."

"What is Edward thinking?" Aunt Alice exclaimed. She was most likely mad that she couldn't see Edward anymore.

I shrugged and Emmett said, "When did you get the werewolf boyfriend?"

I'm sure I blushed. Auntie Rose elbowed him, commenting that he was being very blunt. I laughed in response, something I'd been doing a lot. "He's just an old friend," I assured them. "So why the change of heart?" I played dumb. "Every few seconds I get the feeling that there's going to be another cat and mouse chase."

It was the longest conversation we'd ever had without conflict. I was pretty impressed.

They laughed nervously, but no one spoke for a few seconds.

Aunt Alice broke the silence. "So tell us," She said excitedly.

"What?" I responded, not playing stupid this time.

"I just had a vision that you'd tell us," She answered, convincingly.

"Tell you what?" I grew suspicious. It's easy to recognize when Aunt A had a vision, and this was not one of those times.

"I'm not exactly sure. Anything I guess. Anything that you've been wanting to get out. Maybe a secret." She rushed all those statements together, making it hard to understand. "So tell us."

"Sure…" I said. They could tell I was skeptical.

Instinctively, I ignored her statement. "So Alice, do you think you can give me a ride home?" I asked. Jacob wasn't coming anytime soon.

"A ride?" Uncle Jasper repeated. "Is that really necessary- with your speed?"

"We want to blend in, don't we?" I stated the obvious with a raised eyebrow.

Alice had taken me back to Mom's. You know that creepy feeling you get when you feel that someone's watching you? I had that. I felt like the others were in the trees of the house, watching us. I ignored the feeling that I knew to be true.

She walked with me down the driveway and I took the key from the eave and unlocked the door. "You can come in," I said. No one else would've been home, right? Wrong.

Mom and Carmen were sitting on the stairs. Aunt Alice gasped upon seeing them. "Bella? Carmen?"

Mom nodded. We were watching her reaction and I knew what had to be done.

"Renesmee, what's going on here?" She asked, turning back to me.

"Alice, I'm a half-vampire."

Surprisingly, she took it better than I thought she would. Later, Mom explained that we didn't need the Cullen's to be suspicious of me and said that she'd seen too much anyway and deserved to know the truth. I knew that she would feel as if her idea of being friendly worked because I did end up giving her the main information she wanted to know.

Aunt Alice wanted to know all about it, since she didn't think it possible. Apparently before me, no one really knew humans and vampires could mate.

The less Alice knew, the better. We didn't want Dad to find out yet through her mind.

Mom, Carmen, and I were sitting in the kitchen after Aunt Alice left. She hadn't stayed long.

"Why didn't the time-traveling work last night? We got Bella talking to Edward," I said. I made myself a bowl of popcorn while waiting for Carmen to respond.

"Well… something else must've gone wrong." She took a popcorn from my bowl and examined it. "It's fluffy…"

"Yes Carmen," I joked. "It's called popcorn."

She scowled then smiled slightly. "We didn't have these when I was human."

I briefly wondered when she was changed. She never told me before and I never thought to ask. She crushed the popcorn with her palm and the remaining pieces drifted onto the table. "I came to a few realizations that explain a few things," Carmen said and picked up a buttery popcorn.

We stayed silent waiting for her to continue. It seemed that Mom hadn't heard this news either.

"All this," Carmen motioned all around us, "is seeming to go by pretty fast. The time, I mean. Time seems to be moving pretty fast, isn't it?"

I considered her comment, not really noticing too much. But then again, I still went to school and carried on with the usual daily activities. They didn't sleep and had all the time in the world to work on theories.

"The past is moving faster than I thought. Time is speeding by. I thought it could be an effect of our time-traveling, so I tested it. I attempted to go five minutes into the future."

It remained quiet until she spoke again. "It didn't work. Never have I ever felt so worn out."

Mom wrapped an arm around her shoulders in consolation. This news only meant that I'd have to stay here a little longer. Not that I wasn't really complaining. Jacob and I had something in the past that was different from the future. I still didn't know what yet, but I was really starting to like it here.

Carmen spoke again. "The other thing is that I'd been wondering why nothing happened to you Renesmee. During the time Bella and Edward weren't together, you should've disappeared or ceased existing since their love didn't. The same goes for you Bella. Without being close to Edward and the Cullen's, you shouldn't have been a vampire. I wondered why nothing changed. I didn't really voice this question because I didn't want you all to worry."

"So what's the reason?" I finally asked.

"You're immortal." She said as if were very obvious. "You can't stop existing."

I nodded, soaking it all in. It made sense I supposed.

"Are there any other re-" I got cut off by the doorbell.

We sat around looking at each other, too consumed in our thoughts to answer the door. I knew sooner or later we'd have to go back to our time, but I was hoping to postpone it. I might as well relish the moment while I can.

The bell rang again and we could no longer pretend we were oblivious to it.

"Are you expecting someone?" Carmen asked.

"Perhaps Charlie arrived earlier than we thought he would," Mom suggested. She leaned back in her chair, rocking on the two back legs.

"No. Wouldn't he have just unlocked the door?" I reasoned.

The urgent pressing of the doorbell sounded again, silencing all words. I stood up to get it, slowly turning the lock as soon as I'd reached it. To my surprise, it was…

A/N: Okay. Mini cliffhanger. So who do you think was at the door?

This time I will have the next chapter up by the end of the week. I promise. I've already started working on it.

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