That was the first time I had experienced pain. Really. It was. Never knew pain was so intense. Lottie told me what happened after.
I couldn't believe that I had woken up only two hours ago. I am looking at my wedding dress hanging inside my closet and thoroughly excited about today.
It was good looking back over my times through my memories and journals. Last month I started writing down my fond memories so my future self and children had something to look back on. The thing about being half vamp was that my memory was fantastic.

Alice would murder me if she knew I was up this early. I checked. No bags under my eyes.

I picked up my promise ring. Do I wear this today.

Yep.

It could be my something old.

I got up from the bed and walked to my closet. Along the way I looked at the pictures on the wall. Almost like watching me grow up with Jacob. There were a few of Lottie and the gang. There were loads of my family.
My shoes were in their bright white box sitting below my dress. They were in there teasing me. I had a long way to go until I got to put those on. No doubt Alice would be banging down the door to get me ready hours before. Although I already told her I wouldn't need long, a few hours. She was willing to do my hair and makeup in less than two hours. Really, she wouldn't even take an hour. She just liked to fuss.

Jacob had his best man; Seth, who would be keeping him calm. Not from cold feet but because he was buzzing like I am right now. I wasn't nervous about marrying the man I love but nervous about doing it in front of loads of people.

My maid of honour would be here about twelve. Rose had offered to do her hair and makeup. Emmett offered to do it but Lottie didn't want to lose and eye. My little flower girl was looking forward to getting her hair and makeup done too. Claire was so excited when she got her final dress fitting two days ago. Jasper looked almost so stoned on happiness, Alice had to get him to leave the room for a moment.

I stroked the material of my dress. Made me tingle just thinking about it. I was so excited. I was going to become Jacob's wife today. He was going to be my husband! Woo hoo!

Jacob Black: My Husband.

Not quite yet.

CHAPTER 17

WTF?

Lottie's POV

Nessie was suddenly in front of me. I felt like I had been hit by a hammer to the chest. "AAARRRGGGHHH!" I screamed as I was catapulted through the air.
I landed hard against a tree on my back then fell to the ground onto my knees as my glasses fell off me. I felt dizzy and disorientated. What the fuck just happened? I felt breathless.

BANG!

I looked up towards the noise; I was in the forest a little but I could see the road. The lorry just passed my eye line, I thought the sound was the lorry hitting something like a brick wall, but the driver was valiantly trying to stop as the back of his cargo swung dangerously over the road.

There was a snapping sound as the back of the double lorry gave way. I grabbed my glasses as I ran out from the grassy edge over to the front of my car as the huge logs cascaded down from their holds. They crashed onto the ground splitting and splintering. I looked to my right at the front of the lorry as the breaks were still squealing and protesting as he tried to stop. I then turned to look to my left at the danger travelling towards me. Huge splintered logs as well as whole ones were flying through the air.

Towards me.

My adrenaline was pumping, I raised both arms out, my right arm protesting. I formed a bubble over myself and my car. I knew that would hold. I looked to the front of the lorry again and concentrated.

The lorry's wheels started to omit smoke as I used my power to stop it, the burning smell hit me as it screeched and screamed as it came to an immediate halt. I looked back over to my left and the logs were hitting and splintering against my barrier, they fell uselessly to the ground.

There was another loud snapping sound. Then the noise of wood falling over wood. The cargo on the first half of the lorry gave way as the logs tumbled out from their restraints. Kennedy was still on the ground as the logs were threatening to crush him.

I let go of my hold over the lorry which shuddered slightly and the logs froze in mid air. I released the bubble around me and replaced it over the injured Kennedy. I let the logs go as they plummeted down. They bounced off the barrier and landed just few feet from Kennedy. I let the bubble go as silence took over.

I surveyed the damage.

Logs were everywhere scattered over the left side of the road. They went as far back as the bend. Kennedy was ok; I knew he wouldn't have much longer. I ran over to the front of the lorry, climbing over logs to get there.

There was a strange shape indented in the front. The size of a person. My eyes widened in realisation. No way. "Oh shit! NESSIE! NESSIE!"
I pulled out my phone and dialled 911 again. "Emergency services."

"I called in an accident on the 101 in forks. Need another ambulance and tell them to hurry and be careful, there are logs everywhere as far as the bend."

"I will pass that on. Will you need fire services?"

"I would say so!" bloody idiot, would I need fire services! Who would be moving all this crap?

I hung up and ran over to Kennedy and checked his pulse. Fast but faint. He would need help soon. "You will be ok. Help is coming."

"Angel…" he mumbled.

"Kennedy, I want you to count to a hundred. I want you to count out loud so I can hear you. I need to check the driver and my friend."

"One, two, three…" Kennedy counted.

"NESSIE! WHERE ARE YOU?" I ran over to the driver's side of the lorry. I climbed up the steps, opening the door. He was slumped over the wheel. He was a big man with a lot of neck. I couldn't get a pulse but he was breathing. He had a nasty head wound as the windscreen was caved in. I switched the engine off.

He hit Nessie!

Would she survive that?

Surely she should be ok?

He saw her. I bet he did.

"AAARRRGGGHHH" I screamed in frustration. "NESSIE!" I jumped back down falling onto my hands. I didn't care that it hurt. I looked around.

"Fifteen, sixteen, seventeen."

"Good Kennedy, keeping going mate."

Something caught my eye further down the road. I ran past the other side of the lorry, some of the logs were still on it and groaning slightly as I eyed them suspiciously. I reached my target.

It was a shoe. A louboutin shoe. I picked it up. "Fuck." I looked into the forest then looked up. Trees were bent out of shape, one behind it was snapped in half. "She did get hit," I said quietly.

I ran back to the front. "She will be ok, she will be ok, she will be ok," I chanted to myself.

"Twenty nine, thirty, thirty one."

I heard sirens in the far distance. I needed to act fast. How could we explain what the driver hit? I looked past the lorry and I could see blue and red lights reflecting over the trees. Help was close.

I looked down towards my car. My bug. I called it that cos the older model I had before reminded me of a lady bird - a bug. "I really don't want to do this," I groaned to myself. I looked at my car. I raised it in the air and brought it fast towards me. It was behind me as it swayed in the air. I moved back whilst checking the driver was still unconscious.
I took my keys out and clicked the boot open. All our gear floated from the boot and flew out like a bullet into the forest. I would get it later, but it was out of sight. Remove the evidence.

My heart panged at what I was going to do.

I took a deep breath as I slammed my car into the front of the lorry. I repeated it four times waving my hand backward and forwards. The metal on metal screeched and shrieked at what I was doing. Like it was asking me why it was being punished.

"I'm sorry…" The wheels burst and the windscreen shattered. It was now a wreck, but a wreck that now looked like a lorry had hit it and dragged. I jammed it in as much as I could into the front of the lorry. The wheels bending to the shape of being dragged fifty feet.

The driver didn't flinch. I hoped he was ok but he wasn't my priority right now.

"Forty one, forty two, forty three."

I had managed to do everything in forty seconds. Only a minute had passed from when Ness had pushed me out the way

That girl saved my life. Although the stupid lassie should have known I could have stopped that lorry. If I can stop Emmett I can stop anything!

Help was approaching now. I looked down at the logs scattered. The ambulance wouldn't get this far down. I took my left hand and made a motion making the logs rolling over to the side of the road allowing enough space for access for the ambulances. I ran back to where I found her shoe which I was still clutching in my right hand. I needed to get out of here before I was seen, I would stumble back later.

I raised myself from the ground and followed the path that Nessie had gone. I followed the broken trees. I was up in the air about thirty feet to let me cover good ground. "NESSIE! NESSIE!" I shouted and shouted. How far could she have gone?

I reached a clearing less than twenty seconds later which had a little wooden hut off to the right. There was a large tractor with a huge thing on the end of it and other discarded farming machinery strewn across this little land that looked to be ancient.

That's when I saw her. The alabaster skin glowed against the darkness of the area.

My stomach lurched at the sight; I had to stop myself from being sick.

Impaled on the edge of the old tractor next to the hut. It had horrible large spikes sticking out of the end of the bit that rotated. Some of the spikes were missing along the rotator thing.

It groaned under her weight. That didn't sound good.

Nessie was lying on her back but arched downwards, arms splayed out, legs dangling precariously as she had three spikes protruding out from her abdomen. There was a fourth that had missed as it was next to her right side. This was last prong on the rotator thing. "NESSIE!" I screamed as I flew over.

She was out cold. She had bits of wood sticking out of her arms, a nasty gash on her forehead that had glass sticking out of it.

I felt for a pulse, she is half human so I should get one. I hovered above her and reached out gently. She was impaled badly but I didn't want her slipping down any further as the spikes were thicker nearer the base.

She was colder than normal. Her pulse was there but faint like Kennedy's.

The sirens were loud now so I knew they had reached him, I didn't care about any of that now. I needed to help my friend.

Please be ok, please be ok.

The hair on the back of my neck prickled a little. Someone was close. Good. I hope it was help.

She was bleeding from the three spikes that were sticking out of her abdomen. It oozed out fast. I knew if I moved her the bleeding would get worse as the spikes were stopping the bleeding.

I pulled my phone out and called Bella. She answered immediately. Help is coming! She answered then hung up, she didn't sound good. Alice! She would know where we were.

I tried to move my right arm but the bandages would let me. I didn't even look at it as I ripped and shredded the bandage. It hung there limp. I had free movement again.

I wrapped my right arm around Nessie's left side and round her back above where she was impaled whilst wrapping my left arm around her right side and round her back below where she was impaled. I took both of my legs and hooked them under Nessie's knees to secure her in place. I was going to keep her as still as I could. My adrenaline was still pumping, I could feel it run through my body. I just prayed that my arm would not give out.

By doing this I was leaning against the bloodstained spikes quite hard, but not enough to pierce my skin. I didn't want to put my second skin on in case the Edward couldn't hear me. I looked down and noticed it was rusty. Great, not only was she impaled and could die from this, if she survived she would have to fight the infection.

The tractor that this rotator prong thing was on was groaning again. I held onto Nessie for dear life.

I could hear a fire truck approaching along with the police. I knew they would be looking for me because of the car.

The hair on the back of my neck was up again. My wee spider senses going off on one. The tractor groaned again. I heard a howling in the distance. Good, the pack were on their way too. I wonder if Jacob knew Nessie was not in good shape? Who knew.

I opened Nessie's eyelids with my power very carefully. Both pupils were equal and reactive. Good. No head injury hopefully. I picked up a few things when I had my accident and when Dad was ill. I relaxed her eyelids and I thought about removing the pieces of wood from her right arm. The splinters were long, thick and jagged.
I tested the smallest on one that had partially gone through the palm of her hand. I removed it slowly, her skin closed up and the bleeding stopped. That had to be a good thing? I removed another large splinter that had gone through the skin on her outer arm. I removed it slowly and carefully so not leave any unwanted bits. I dropped it to the ground and again the wound closed up quickly.

I removed a few more.

There was a rustling of trees as the Cullen's ran out from my left. "DON'T!" I screamed. They all froze. Carlisle and Edward had large back packs on. They were at the front frozen like statues. Behind them were Bella and Alice holding hands as were Esme and Rosalie, Jasper and Emmett were behind them. They all stood like frozen statues. Five wolves bounded out from behind them. They ground to a halt as they saw the scene in front of them.

"Charlotte," Carlisle whispered softly. Loud enough for me to hear him. "What happened?"

"She was hit by the log lorry-"

I saw that!" Alice exclaimed. "She got out the way!"

I turned my eyes to Alice. She was wide eyed. "Did she run out the way?"

"No I called her to get her out the way," Edward said slowly. "It's my fault."

"Are you ok up there Charlotte?" Carlisle asked.

"Yep, I don't know what to do next though."

"Edward, Emmett, Jasper. I need to get up there but I don't want to climb on the tractor, it doesn't look stable."

"It isn't," I clarified. The structure groaned as if it agreed.

Carlisle slid his bag off his shoulders and grabbed some dressings and tape. Edward took his left leg, Jasper his right and Emmett supported his back and they hoisted him up securely. Carlisle's hands were a blur I could see he was wrapped bandages around the each of the spikes. I knew he did this to stop bleeding but also to secure it. They appeared one by one then he did this underneath. He then held the top of Nessie's left arm, inserted and secured a cannulae into the crease of her elbow. He put clear fluid through the top of the cannulae. "Morphine," he whispered. I nodded. I could actually imagine the pain. I may have never been impaled but I knew how painful injuries were.

He attached a long line to the cannulae then to a bag of fluids. I peaked over and it said Hartman's solution. "For blood loss," Edward said gravely. I looked down onto the ground and there was blood seeped onto the dry grass staining it. She had lost more than I thought.

"Ok, Rose, Esme, can you go back and prepare my study please. Alice, I need you to acquire a long board, something that we can secure her on." They all nodded at Carlisle and disappeared in a blink of an eye. "Charlotte, I am going to cut through these spikes, Nessie will give a little when I do it so be prepared," Carlisle warned. I nodded. I heard the squealing of metal against metal. What was he cutting it with?

"His fingers," Edward answered.

That would explain it then. Was vampire skin that strong? What about Nessie if this could impale her?

"I think because he was hit by the truck, which was going at some speed, the velocity shot her here and she landed hard. The force of her landing caused her to be injured. Our skin is only vulnerable to our vampire teeth, venom and the wolves. We have never known Nessie's durability, and nor would we ever try," Edward answered again. He was looking straight on; the light had diminished from his eyes. "I thought she would have been ok. She never caught so much as a cold, never cut herself or got a bruise."

"So why not take her to hospital?"

"Carlisle had to push the thickest needle allowable through her skin with some force. It is tough, not as tough as ours. If they took her blood they would see it isn't normal. We can't risk that."

"She heals though."

Edward's head snapped up. "Excuse me?"

"I pulled out the shards of wood from her right arm, carefully," I added quickly. "Her skin healed as soon as they were out. Like it never happened."

"Why would you do that?" he asked angrily.

"Hey! Trying to help! I thought I was. She had a big one right through her upper arm and it came out easily. I made sure I didn't leave anything. I don't think her skin would heal if it did."

"You should have waited for Carlisle and me," he hissed angrily. "How dare you assume-"

"Edward!" Bella said sharply. "Lottie is only trying to help."

"She should have waited for someone trained," he shouted.

"Hey! I did what I thought was best. And don't you dare speak to me like that! Vampire or not, no one speaks to me like that unless I deserve it." The tractor started shaking slightly.

"Lottie," Jasper started in a calm voice. I felt calm washing over me. "Nice and gentle."

I felt a little too relaxed and I could feel myself slipping down onto the spikes. "Jasper, stop!" Edward whispered. The calmness left me as soon as it started. I took another deep breath in. I was starting to struggle a little.

The squealing of metal stopped once Carlisle got through the first spike. He must have been cutting carefully. It started again as he moved onto the second one.

"I'll show you that she heals."

"No!" Edward shouted.

Carlisle wobbled a little. "Edward, let her show us," he chided. "And keep me still." He was in doctor mode now.

I looked at Nessie's forehead. "Doc, I take she won't be feeling this?"

"No Charlotte, the body's natural reaction when coping with large amounts of pain is to pass out. I have given her a large amount of morphine so she should be ok."

"Should isn't good enough, as Jacob returned in human form with the rest following. "Is she ok Doc?"

"She will be, and should is a good thing Jacob."

"Not now Jacob. He is concentrating," Edward warned. "Stay back for now."

"Can you hear her?"

Edward shook his head. "Nothing." Bella choked back a sob. She looked like she was crying but no red eyes or tears. She brought her hand to her face.

The rest of the wolves came forward and placed comforting hands onto Jacob. Keith gave me an encouraging smile. Seth, Sam and Quil stood behind Jacob. Almost as if they were restraining him.

I concentrated on the shard of glass embedded in her forehead. The blood had stopped but it was all dry and crusty. I felt my mental fingers close round the offending object and pulled it out quickly. "Watch."

Carlisle peaked his head up to look at Nessie's now closing wound. "Wow, I honestly didn't know."

"Like you said, you get hit by a lorry doing some speed, then thrown a fifty or so feet it is bound to do some damage."

"Has she healed Edward?" Bella squeaked. He nodded. If he could cry I bet he would right now.

"Got one!" Alice shouted. She suddenly appeared with a board that had straps on it from head to toe. Looked like one they used to carry people down mountains. "Got it from the fire brigade, they had a spare. Lottie, why is your car a wreck?"

"Um, I wrecked it," I replied. I was still a little pissed at Edward.

"Why would you do that?" Emmet asked. "It's your bug."

"Cos I guarantee the driver saw Nessie and me on the road. I fell over a wing mirror and as I got up I was going to stop the lorry, Nessie sent me flying. Literally. I thought she was ok when I got myself back onto the road, but the logs came off the second carriage and they would have crushed me. I stopped the logs and the lorry. But by stopping the lorry abruptly, the logs from the first carriage fell and almost crushed Kennedy-"

"Kennedy from the game?" Jasper asked.

"The very one. He came off his bike. It was why we stopped, but the car slid everywhere as I tried to stop."

Carlisle got the second one free and moved onto the third. "What happened next?" Bella asked. She leaned forward.

"I ran to the front, made sure Kennedy and the driver were ok. The driver was out cold. But I noticed a human shape on the front of the lorry. I found her shoe further back.
"I could hear the sirens so help was approaching. I knew afterwards they would wonder what caused the indentation and the driver would say he hit someone and go looking. So I crushed my car into the front of it to make it look like the driver hit the car instead of Ness. Also taking out the shape."

"You did that for Renesmee," Bella said quietly.

"Mmm mmm. She's my best mate. I took out all of our gear before crushing it and flew it somewhere to the left of me. Get rid of all traces right? Once I did that I followed the destruction of trees and found her here."

"They will be looking for you. The car is registered," Emmett added.

"I know. I don't know what my story is for that yet. I could say I dived trying to get out the way of the logs and hit my head."

"You haven't got a head injury," Jasper said.

"I just need to walk," I snorted. "Something is bound to happen." Emmett chuckled lightly. "I'll just stumble out then scream bloody murder when I see my car."

Bella suddenly picked up her phone. "Rose?…..mmm…..tell him she is ok but it is the need to know thing. She will be there soon. Tell him that he will offer to take her home but she is to come to ours." She hung up. "Dad wants to know where Nessie and Lottie are. He knew that they were riding home together and with Lottie's car out there; he is concerned."

The grating metal sound stopped as Nessie suddenly became free. I was now holding her full body weight so lifted her with my mind. "Alice, put the board on the ground, Lottie, glide over here very carefully and we will help lay her down onto it. I have cut the spikes away as close to the skin as I could, so she should be ok on her back. I am putting another dressing on to pad her back out." Carlisle did this as he was talking. I flew up a little to avoid the other spikes, and then gently flew over to the board. As I got to head level of the rest, they all grabbed a part of Nessie as I unhooked my legs and moved my arms so they were at the sides of her chest. Once she was on Carlisle strapped her in. "Charlotte, we have much to owe you for, you have not only saved Nessie but saved us too."

I moved over and put my feet back onto the ground. But as I did this I stumbled as I felt dizzy again. "Ugh," I groaned. I landed on my arse. I looked over to the group surrounding Ness. Edward and Jasper were at each end of the stretcher. They left quickly with Bella without saying a word. Carlisle dashed to my side. "I'm fine," I tried to wave him away but he ignored me as cool hands felt around my head.

"You have a nasty bump back there. No blood though," Carlisle smiled.

"I must have hit my head when Ness pushed me away."

Carlisle felt down my back. He flitted behind me and lifted my top to check it out. "You have some abrasions back here and some bruising."

"I landed against a tree."

He dashed to the front, grabbed my hands and lifted them palm up then looked at me. "How did you do this?"

"I fell from the lorry carriage as I was climbing back down," I shrugged. "Normal for me I suppose."

"Ok," he chuckled. "Emmett?" His lips moved so quick as he spoke to Emmett, it sound like a low hum. Carlisle flashed a smile at me again then disappeared in the same direction as the others. The pack followed but Keith stayed behind.

"Ok, what's the plan?" I tried to stand up but still felt dizzy. Keith scooped me up into his arms. I buried my head into his warm chest. I suddenly felt so tired.

"We are going to get you to the other side. I have been listening in to what they have been doing and they have been searching for you, but not by that parked bit," Emmett started.

"That's where the car was."

"Ok, we will get you there and you can crawl out, or do something dramatic. Someone will spot you." Emmett smiled. I nodded feeling a little better. Keith and Emmett (with me in Keith's arms) backtracked through the forest, behind the accident. Once we crossed the road unseen we dashed to the parking spot of my beloved bug.

R.I.P!

Keith gently placed me to the floor. "Ok sweetness, you're up." he kissed my forehead before he and Emmett disappeared into the darkness. I got onto my knees and crawled towards the road.

It was time to win an Oscar.

AN – More drama! Thanks for all those have been loyal reviewers! I am not far from 100 reviews so I hope you keep on reviewing to get me up to 100! Thanks again! xxx

The first part from Nessie before the chapter starts; is Ness looking back on her wedding day, she is reflecting on whats happened in her past to get to where she is now. Incase I confused anyone x

Lassie – Scottish slang for girl/woman.