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Chapter Twenty One: Preparation and Reconnecting

Once we overcame our initial fear of realizing the Volturi had a way to find us we went back our normal routines.

It was interesting having the wolves with us and I was surprised at how comfortable they seemed with us.

Edward and I had to run to the main island to buy food for them the morning after they got here because we didn't have any in the house.

The wolves did however choose to sleep outside because our vampire smell was too much for them to handle while they were trying to sleep.

We weren't offended by this because we knew if we were trying to sleep their smell would get to us too.

Two days after the Denali clan and the wolves arrived I decided to go for a walk on the beach so I could think over what has happened and what was about to happen.

When I walked out the door I noticed someone was sitting on the beach and I instantly realized it was Jacob.

I walked down the beach to where he was sitting and plopped myself down next to him.

"Hey" I said quietly because I was afraid he wouldn't talk to me because we had never really gotten along.

Jacob blamed me for my father Charlie's death which I didn't really understand because he was shot by someone trying to rob a house.

I guess Jacob thought that if my dad hadn't been so worn out and tired from looking for me after I disappeared when I was changed he would have been strong enough to survive.

"Hey" Jacob replied as he turned to look at me "What's up?"

"Nothing I was just going to go for a walk to clear my head but then I saw you and I decided I would try to talk to you" I explained.

"What do you mean try to talk to me" Jacob asked looking confused.

"Well I know I am not your favorite person so I didn't know if you would talk to me or not" I answered and Jacob nodded indicating that he understood.

"Well know that we are probably going to die I guess I can let my grudge go" Jacob said.

"Way to stay positive" I said and Jacob laughed.

"Don't you think that is what's going to happen" Jacob asked.

"Probably, but I really hope it doesn't because if I lost any of my family members I don't know what I would do" I replied sadly.

"I know what you mean" Jacob said and I could hear the sadness in his voice too.

"It would be hard for you to lose a member of your pack huh" I asked.

"Yes, even though we know we have a dangerous job and any one of us could die at any time it still hurts to think about losing any of my brothers" Jacob explained.

We were silent for a few minutes each of lost in our own thoughts when I suddenly had an urge to ask Jacob about my father.

"Jake what was my dad like" I asked and prayed he wouldn't get mad.

"You don't remember" Jake asked surprised.

"Not really, when I was changed into a vampire my human memories faded so I don't remember much" I explained.

"Wow that's kind of sad" Jacob said and I could tell he meant it.

"So will you tell me about my dad" I asked with hope.

"What do you want to know" Jake asked.

"Anything" I said eagerly.

"Well he was best friends with my dad and they loved to fish and watch sports on TV together, he loved being the police chief because he loved helping people" Jacob explained and I smiled "he also loved you and your mom very much and I know this because he talked about you all the time and he had tons of pictures of you at his house"

I started dry sobbing when Jacob told me this and I think I freaked him out a little bit.

"Hey I didn't mean to make you cry" Jacob said clumsily tried to pat my back.

"No you didn't do anything" I explained "I just feel like a terrible daughter because he loved me so much and I don't even remember him."

"Well you not being able to remember is not really your fault so I wouldn't feel too bad about" Jake said trying to cheer me up.

"Thanks Jake" I said and he nodded.

I was about to say something else when Alice came outside and told us to come back to the house.

Everyone was gathered in the living room when we walked and it was a tight fit but I quickly made my way over to Edward and sat down on his lap.

"Where have you been" he asked.

"Catching up with an old friend" I replied and nodded my head in Jacob's direction.

Carlisle got up then and told us that we had to practice fighting because the Volturi got here so we would be prepared.

Hearing Carlisle talk about fighting was weird because he hated violence and preferred to solve things peacefully unfortunately with the Volturi peace wasn't an option.

It was going to be me, Edward, Jasper, Demetri, and Mike teaching people how to defend themselves because we had been members of the Volturi guard and Jasper had fought with newborns down south so he had experience.

We spent the whole next day practicing and by the end of the day I felt confident with everybody's skills.

The only person I was worried about was Esme because she seemed to be the slowest but I knew she could fight so I tried not to worry.

We were sitting in the living after a long day of training when all the sudden Alice said.

"I hope this is over before Christmas because no offense but this would be a horrible way to send Christmas."

After she said that I realized that Christmas was next week and I nodded my head in agreement because this would be a horrible way to spent Christmas.

All the sudden the door flew open and at first I thought it was the wolves because they had outside to sleep but when I looked up I realized it was most definitely not the wolves.

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