Chapter 25

Nessie ran to her and Jacob's house. She stopped at the door, caught her breath, adjusted her bag on her shoulder, opened the door, and walked into the living room. She dropped her bag in the hall on the way.

"Hi," she said shyly. Jacob and all the Cullens turned to look t her. "I ran. I ran to Ohio to get away. I got hungry while I was there and drank the blood of a deer. Then I ran to La Push. I talked to Billy and he told me to talk to Sam and the rest of them. They were all at Sam and Emily's. Including Claire. I know that werewolves and vampires have to exist. I mean, I drank deer blood and I saw Sam change. And if that's all real, then what you told me must be real too," Nessie said. "Are you really my parents?" she asked Bella and Edward.

"Yes," Bella said as Edward nodded his head.

"So you're all my family?" Nessie asked the rest of the Cullens. "Alice and Rose, you're my aunts, Jazz and Emmett, you're my uncles, and Esme and Carlisle, you're my grandparents?"

The Cullens nodded their heads as they looked at Nessie with smiles.

Nessie turned to Jake. "I have a full family!" she squealed as she ran over to Jake and gave him a hug because she was so happy. "Wait, so you're not really my uncle?"

"No. I'm your mother's best friend and she had me run off with you to save you so we've been posing as uncle and niece since you were little," Jake said as he brushed Nessie's hair back from her face.

"But you're part of my family," Nessie said. It was a statement not a question.

"Yes. I'm part of your family. Just like everyone in La Push is part of your family."

"You're a little more part of the family than that," Bella said.

"She doesn't need to know that right now," Jake said looking at Bella.

"I don't need to know what?" Nessie asked.

"We'll tell you when you're older," Edward said.

"Yeah you're my parents," Nessie said with a laugh. The Cullens and Jake laughed with her.

"I'm so glad that we have you again," Bella said as she spread her arms. Nessie gave Bella a hug and Bella hugged her back hard. "I've missed you so much my sweet little Renesmee."

"I'm going to have to get used to being called Renesmee. I'm used to being called Vanessa and Nessie," Nessie said almost apologetically.

"You had to give her that nickname," Bella said to Jake with a laugh.

"The name of a monster was the perfect nickname for our little monster," Jake said with a laugh, ruffling Nessie's hair.

"Monster?" Nessie asked worriedly.

"We're all the monsters of fairytales," Edward said with a shrug. "And you're mom called vampires and werewolves good monsters when she was a human and first found out about us."

"Oh okay," Nessie said with a smile. Bella let Nessie out of the hug and Nessie went over to Edward and gave him a hug. Edward hugged her tightly.

"My dearest little daughter." After Edward hugged Nessie she hugged the rest of the Cullens.

"We have our Renesmee again," Esme said as she smiled at Nessie with affection.

"You have me back," Nessie said.

"Why don't we move so that we can all live together and be a family?" Carlisle suggested. He acted as if it had just occurred to him but he, Jake, and the rest of the Cullens had talked about it when Nessie was gone.

"We have to move again?" Nessie asked, her smile shrinking slightly.

"That way we can live in one house as a family," Edward said.

"But Jake and I have moved so much and I have friends here. Granted I had friends everywhere else too." Nessie said the last part quietly.

"Now I can tell you why we moved so much. We moved because I always hoped that we would find Bells, Edward, and the rest of the Cullens," Jake said.

"I never doubted that you had a reason for the moves," Nessie said to Jake. "I guess we can move again. I can always just make new friends like I always do. But I do ask one thing."

"What's that Renesmee?" Bella asked.

"Can we wait till after we perform Romeo and Juliet? I'm really looking forward to it and since it's just a week away I don't want to let Mrs. Martin down."

"You still want to perform even though Phillip is Romeo?" Rosalie asked.

"Yes. I don't let my life effect my acting. When I'm acting, I'm the character not me," Nessie said matter-of-factly.

"We can stay till then. What's another week living in this town?" Alice said with a shrug. "Plus, if you want, you and Jake can move into our house so we can live as a family. We just can't act like a family in public. But we can act like friends like we did before."

"Okay that sounds good." Nessie turned to Jake. "Is that okay with you?

"Of course it is. If it's what you want, then it's fine with me," Jake said, giving Nessie a smile. He stood up and walked over to Nessie. "You know that I've always done everything for you," he said hugging her.

Nessie hugged Jake back. "I know. You're the most selfless person I've ever met. Some day, you're going to make some girl really happy." Nessie didn't know that that girl would be her when she grew up. She didn't know about the fact that werewolves imprinted. But Jake and the Cullens did. They all exchanged a look after Nessie said what she did.

"Yes he will," Bella said, smiling at Nessie and Jake.

Nessie yawned.

"Are you tired?" Jake asked.

"A little bit. I haven't slept for awhile now. I mean, I was gone for like 3 days and I only slept a little bit the first day. I guess it's catching up to me. I don't want to go to sleep yet though."

"We'll still be here when you wake up," Bella promised.

"We'll get all moved tomorrow," Edward said.

"Okay. Goodnight," Nessie said as she stood up. She hugged each of the Cullens and Jake and then went to her room and changed into her pajamas. She decided to just get a shower in the morning. She put on a pale pink nightgown that went to about her fingertips when her arms were straight down, then crawled into her bed. A few minutes later she heard her door open. She rolled over and looked to see who it was and saw that it was Jake.

Jake came over and sat on the edge of her bed. "Are you happy that we found them?" he asked.

"Mhm," Nessie said.

"Do you recognize them from your nightmare?"

"Yeah."

"Do you remember anything else?"

"What do you mean?"

"Anything about werewolves?"

"I remember the basics. I remember that werewolves hunt vampires, except for the Cullens and me, that you can speak through your minds, and stuff."

"You are a Cullen Nessie," Jake said as he brushed hair out of her face.

"I'm not used to that yet," Nessie said with a laugh.

"Is that all you remember about werewolves though?" Jake asked.

"I think so. At least that's all I can remember right now," Nessie said.

"Okay. Goodnight Nessie. I love you," Jake said as he leaned down and gave Nessie a kiss on the forehead.

"Goodnight Jake. I love you too," Nessie said giving him a kiss on the cheek.

Jake brushed hair back from her face and smiled down at her lovingly. He then turned and walked towards the door. Nessie rolled back over. Jake hesitated at the door.

"You know I love you more than anything or anyone else in the world right?" he said.

"Yes. And I love you more than anything or anyone else in the world," Nessie said looking at him.

"And I'll always be here for you. In whatever way you need."

"I know. You've given up 13-14 years of your life for me. I know you'll always be here."

Jake closed the door and started to walk down the stairs. 'One day, when you can know what you really mean to me, you'll know why I've done everything I have,' he thought to himself.