For my 'little sister' Beth, whose birthday was yesterday, you wanted some Eddie and Nessie sibling interaction like when they were teenagers and some Sarah/Nahuel and you got it, most of the Nahuel/Sarah scenes in this chapter were originally Will, so i just changed it around to move their friendship along like you wished :)
23rd December 2033
Sarah Black
It was the day before everything was supposed to go down. I wondered around, trying to find something to do that wouldn't remind me that we were possibly going to war tomorrow. The adults were in the living room, discussing battle strategies. I honestly felt that if they were as sure of this win as they told us they wouldn't be discussing it in such depth as they have been for the past week.
"They're just making sure" Will told me when I voiced my opinion.
"But they seem awfully scared don't you think?" I asked him.
"No they're being thorough Sarah. There's nothing in this world that will get past Esther, Eddie and Bella alone never mind all of them together, Eddie and Bella are stronger with each other and Esther's just a freaking super vamp" he assured me.
"Yeah I suppose" I sighed in response.
"Moms going to be back soon from the grocery shop, cheer up, you can't let her see you sad" he nudged me and left me in my room alone.
I eventually emerged from my room; I was greeted with a wide smiling Nahuel.
"Hey" he grinned. I couldn't help but smile back, but I quickly looked away so he didn't see it.
"Hey" I replied and descended the stairs, he followed behind me. It was that second that my mom came in with my aunt and Esme with bags and bags of food from the grocery shop.
"Why so sad Ness?" my uncle Eddie asked as he helped bring the shopping in.
"You know the strawberry shampoo I've had since I was born?" she asked, he nodded. "They don't make it anymore, what am I supposed to do now?"
"Get a different shampoo?" he asked.
"It's not that simple" she pouted.
"Ask daddy to buy out the company and order them to start making it again" he said, rather seriously but I knew he was joking.
"What a good idea! Except I won't ask dad, I'll ask grandfather"
"I was joking" Eddie said, his smile dropping and seriously glaring at my mom.
"Im not" she said to him, handed him a bag and walked towards the study. I didn't follow her in but I could hear what was said from the living room where I sat next to Will.
"Is she seriously going to ask Carlisle to buy a company so she can get her stupid shampoo back?" Eddie asked in disbelief.
"It's Nessie." Chloe laughed as if that was an answer.
"Grandpa" I heard my mom say, she strung the word out innocently.
"What do you want Renesmee?" he asked.
"Well they stopped making my strawberry shampoo. I was wondering if you could do anything about it. Like I don't know, buying the company that makes it" she asked, very innocently, she sounded like Lauren when she wanted something.
"Sure Nessie" he agreed.
"Seriously?" she asked.
"Sure, ive been looking for a new investment" he told her.
"Thanks grandpa!" she exclaimed as she came out the room, she had a huge grin on her face.
"Can't believe you just did that" Eddie said, his arms crossed over his chest.
"First born power, baby brother" she grinned at him wider.
"You're a spoilt brat" Eddie hissed.
"Hey!" she shouted defensively.
"Eddie…" Chloe warned.
"I can't believe that just happened? Nessie, princess of the Cullen's always getting what she wants, its shampoo for Christ's sake you could have just changed the one you used, and instead you probably just knocked the family funds down by a few million"
"What does it matter when they're infinite almost?" Nessie glared.
"That's beside the point. You have no concept of worth." He argued.
"And you do? You're a Cullen child too, we were brought up on the best and don't deny it." She glared at him.
"Doesn't change the fact you're a brat"
"Oi" I heard my grandpa say as he walked in with Bella; both of them in parent mode. I sat back and smiled, I'd never seen my mom and uncle argue like this, it was like looking into their past. I guess living under the same roof as each other and their parents was taking its toll.
"I am not!" she squealed. Eddie was just standing there with Chloe next to him; she was neither defending Nessie nor agreeing with Eddie.
"You are! You always get what you want; you just bat your eyelashes at Carlisle or Daddy for money and if that fails you go to your husband that literally can't say no to you because of his wolfy need to keep you happy. I don't know how your kids are so well rounded with you as their mother" he told her. The last bit was harsh, I saw tears in my mom's eyes and I leapt up to hug her. So did Bella.
"You out now!" Edward told his son. Eddie's eyes were burning. Eddie looked from my mom to his dad and rolled his eyes as he walked out. Edward followed on his heels, stopping Chloe from following.
"I can't believe he said that" Nessie said, tears silently falling from her eyes. I hugged my mom tighter.
"Your brother is an idiot, and if you ask me he's the one being a brat." Bella told her. "You're an amazing mother and ignore what he said, he's on edge" she told her. I could tell there was something she wasn't saying. Like there was a whole other reason as to why Eddie was on edge than everyone else's reason.
"I understand that but why take it out on me?" she said with a frown. Bella pulled away from us and held Nessie's head in her hands; she wiped away her tears with her thumb.
"Because you're his sister, the person he knows better than anyone. You've had your spats over the years but you've always had unconditional love for each other. You're the one person he can fight with and get away with it." She laughed.
"Am I really spoilt?" she asked her mother. I took a step away to give them space. My mom was hugging me but paying attention to Bella. I sat back down with William; he wound his arm around me and hugged me. I hugged my big brother back. We rarely had fights like that, that's why we were told we were so much like Eddie and Nessie but times like this I wondered why people said that.
"Because when they were kids it was extremely rare. Sure they had them, just like you two have but things like that were never said. Eddies… dealing with a lot, he just exploded on the wrong person" Esther said coming to sit with me.
"Why don't you go talk to him?" I asked. Surely she of all people could calm him down. She was his other sister, just as much as Nessie almost. They were born practically related being what they were and that there were literally only 2 of them in the world.
"I will, when he's been told off by his father" she winked. I smiled back and turned to watch my mom and grandmother again.
"Nessie, I don't think 'spoilt' is the right word, you've always been given what you wanted, your father and I tried to limit the things given to you but with a family this big and being the only child, you were bound to be given a lot of gifts." Bella shrugged. "We taught you value and that's the best we could do. You come from an extremely wealthy family, you were bound to be spoilt but you still grew up to be an amazing, caring, generous woman. Not caring about money isn't the worst flaw to have sweetheart, many people dream of being in your situation" she added. Nessie sighed.
"I do care about money, I give money to charity all the time, if I walk past someone raising money" she said defensively with a pout. It was like she was 5 and her mommy was comforting her.
"I know you do" Bella smiled. I smiled too, the scene was ageless. There was a mother and daughter, seemingly in their early 20s but in reality so much older, with children and grandchildren but this could have taken place before my mother had ever had children, or 100 years from now. It was rare that I got to see Bella be a mother, I only knew her as a grandmother but here she was, being exactly what shes always been since she found out she was pregnant. A mother to her daughter. The pair hugged and Nessie relaxed in her mother's arms. I smiled wider. I loved seeing them together as my mother and I were. I always seemed to forget my mom had a mom too.
"Well that was dramatic" Matthew said, in a very Emmett fashion. He'd spent too much time with his grandfather. I smiled at him. "Are we going to fight like that when we're older?" Matthew asked Sophia, she giggled.
"I don't know do you think im spoilt?" she asked.
"Yes. But then we all are. Uncle Eddie included" he said.
"I agree" she laughed. Few people came back into the room; I hadn't noticed they left during Eddie and Nessie's fight.
"It's really nice outside, let's all go to the beach! You know, just for our last day-" Lauren said to the room.
"Nothing will happen tomorrow" Chantelle snapped, Lauren didn't say anything after that.
"It is, the sun is coming up, looks warm" Sophia agreed with Lauren coming into the room, my brother stood up and walked over to her.
"I agree, let's go. It's like summer outside!" William added. I narrowed my eyes at my brother.
"Of course it is" I said.
"Go see for yourself sister." I did as he said and walked out the back and was shocked with the heat I was met with. It wasn't equator hot, not even close. I'd say it was very low 20s, and there was no rain.
"So we get a summer day on Christmas eve eve, that's like getting snow at Easter" My mom said.
"Well it can't hurt, why don't we take all the kids to the beach?" my dad added coming into the room and hugging my mom. My mom shrugged in their embrace. He had clearly heard what was said and was giving her silent comfort.
"They have been stuck in this house for the past month. Let's live a little" Eddie agreed walking back into the room with Edward, he seemed fine now. I smiled at him.
"Mom can I take Matthew?" Sophia asked.
"No" my grandma Bella and Eddie said at the exact same time. I frowned at them, wondering why they were both so adamant he shouldn't go.
"Excuse me?" Chantelle asked with a frown.
"Well I just think it would be best that Matthew stayed where he was most protected." Eddie said.
"Let me protect my son. He deserves some fun. Yes Sophia you can take him. I have some errands to run" Chantelle said. Sophia smiled widely. I watched between my uncle and grandmother and after a while he nodded towards her.
"Right then. Kids get ready. Let's have some fun" Eddie told us. The kids shouted in excitement and we all rushed upstairs, even me. I felt like a child again I used to love going to the beach. That was until I got scared of water.
I was physically 8 years old. William was 4 and Lauren had just turned 2 and had entered the tantrum phase. She was the definition of terrible twos. My mom used to tell me she had it lucky with William and I, she was not prepared for Lauren. My Uncle Seth and Aunt Emma said they'd baby sit us for the day to give my parents a rest. It was something they often did; they'd take us out a lot before they had their own kids. By this point Emma was pregnant with her first son, Harry, and it was probably one of the last day trips they took us on. They brought us to the beach and William and I were already swimmers, my parents made sure they taught all of us how to swim before we were 4 years old. Of course a 4 year old isn't a strong swimmer but at least William knew how to keep his head above water until someone could come get him. By this point though I was a strong swimmer, I adored the water and my dad nicknamed me the loch ness monster, much to my vampires family amusement, something about the fact he nicknamed my mother Nessie when she was a baby. This particular day at the beach though it was rather choppy, the waves were strong and so Emma told William and I to stay out of the water. Which we did but we took the opportunity to take a dip when Lauren decided to through one of her particular violent temper tantrums. Whilst Emma and Seth were trying to sort out Lauren, William dared me to go into the water, I told him no and that it was wrong to disobey our uncle and aunt but he decided to take on his dare himself. I told him not to but he went in and started swimming, he was fine in the shallow water and so I followed him in. It was a huge mistake because the waves picked up and they took us far from the beach. William was panicking but I managed to get him back to shallower water, I watched him climb onto the sand. I tried to follow him but a particular strong current hit me and I was taken into the ocean. I hit my head on something on the sea bed and don't remember anything until I woke up on the beach with my uncle Seth hovering over me dripping wet.
"Sarah thank god" he gasped. "Jacob would have actually murdered me" he sighed and pulled me into his chest for a hug. I hugged him back and began to sob. I never expected water to do that to me. I knew the dangers of the ocean but I was too headstrong to believe I couldn't swim out of it.
Since then I always stayed shallow, never far enough in to swim. I'd put my toes in the water and that was about it.
We all headed to the beach, all the kids, accompanied by my uncle Eddie and aunt Chloe, my dad and Zio. My mom stayed with Chantelle, I think they were going to Lauren's grave, Chantelle's birth mother. Nahuel also tagged along to the beach trip, I had a sneaking suspicion it was because I was coming. I lay on my towel, in my favourite bikini as I soaked up the sun. Not that I'd get a tan but I liked the feel of it on my skin.
I felt water drip onto my stomach, I frowned and opened my eyes to see Nahuel standing above me, dripping wet.
"Come swim" he grinned.
"No" I told him and closed my eyes again.
"Come on Sarah" he told me and reached for my wrist. I yanked it out of his grasp and glared into his eyes.
"No!" I said, my voice shook with fear.
"Sarah-" he began, shock in his voice.
"Leave her alone" William said coming to sit next to me. "She doesn't like the ocean" he told him.
"Why not?" Nahuel asked as he sat on the other side of me. I sighed and sat up between then so I could talk.
I explained everything to Nahuel and he sat there for a while afterwards.
"You know you'll never overcome your fear if you don't face it. I'll come into the water with you, nothing is going to happen." He said to me. I smiled slightly.
"Thank you for the offer but no thanks" I said weakly.
"Sarah, I promise you. I would never let anything hurt you; I want to help you overcome this. Do you still want to be scared of water in 10 or 20 years? What about in the future when you have children and they want to learn to swim, or if they heaven forbid get in a situation where they're drowning, one of your younger siblings maybe, Matthew. You want to be able to save them right?" he asked. I nodded, not looking in his eyes. He stood up and held his hand towards me. I was looking at his hand for a long time.
"Sarah you don't have to" William told me from my side. I was still looking at Nahuel's hand. Did I trust him? He has proven he can be trusted, when we were out hunting. Could I trust him completely with my life?
Every part of me was saying yes.
"I'll come with you" William said as I started standing up. I nodded feverishly; I knew having my big brother there I'd feel a lot safer, it wouldn't be on my shoulders to save him like it was when we were kids.
"I don't want either of you crowding me. Let me do it at my own pace ok?" I asked them both. Nahuel nodded as did William. I took Nahuel's hand and William took my spare and we all began walking to the water. William was a lot bigger than me now, and Nahuel wasn't far off him in height. I'd be safe, that I was sure of. The water lapped at my toes and we walked further into the water, it was calm, with gentle waves. I could do this. I told myself. The water was up to my knees now and I still had hold of Nahuel and William's hands tightly. I took a deep breath and walked further so the water was at my hips. I stood there for a long time. William squeezed my hand and he smiled down at me in support.
"You're doing amazing" he said to me. I smiled at my big brother and took another step into the soft sand.
"Do you think you can start swimming now?" William asked, I shook my head and tightened my grip on both their hands, afraid they'd suddenly let go of me.
"Hey" Nahuel said, he appeared in front of me. He held my hand that was tightly on his in his other one. "Im right here ok? Just loosen your grip a bit" he began.
"Yeah Sarah, any tighter and you're going to start breaking my bones" William laughed. To that I instantly dropped his, I gasped at my sudden reaction. I didn't want to hurt my brother and it was a reflex to just let go.
"See! You're doing great. We're not going anywhere, just 1 more to go" Nahuel coaxed me. I let my free hand dance over the surface of the water. William only half a meter away from me, I could see him there, a rock in the waves. It was like they were moving around him, there was nothing moving him. I looked at my hand that was gripping Nahuel's and slowly loosened my grip.
"Well done!" he exclaimed and I finally let go. I had both my hands free and I rested them on the water. I took in deep breaths and looked out at the horizon; I could see both Nahuel in front of me and William standing at my side. I was safe. Nothing was wrong. I let myself walk further, pausing when William didn't follow.
"Will!" I panicked.
"Im right behind you. Its ok keep going" he told me. I didn't like that I couldn't see him but did as he said and took another step. Nahuel was still tightly at my side. There was a sudden gust of wind over the water. The waves only picking up slightly. I gasped and latched onto Nahuel's arm.
"Hey, its ok" he told me, his strong arm winding around my waist in support. "You're ok see? Just a little wind" he smiled. I laughed a little, I had acted so irrationally. The ocean was so calm and I freaked out like a sea monster was trying to take me to the bottom. I turned around to see Will hadn't even moved, he was a few feet back.
"Thanks for rushing to calm me" I teased him. He just grinned, his very Jacob grin.
"You're doing great little sis. You don't need me."
"No thanks to you." I smiled at him again. He took a step back from me and my eyes widened. "Will" I shouted, he was too far from me.
"You're fine Sarah, look you're swimming. You did it. You're in the water and you're swimming have fun with your friend" he smiled and backed away more. "He won't let anything happen to you, you know that" he said before he turned around and started swimming back to the beach. I then saw how far we'd come out. I gasped and Nahuel's arm appeared at my waist again.
"You ok?" he asked; concern filled his face. I smiled up at him.
"Im great!" I exclaimed, I launched myself further into his arms to hug him. "Thank you!" I added, his arms wound around me and hugged me back. He laughed as I kicked the back of his knees, forcing him to lose his ability to float. I giggled as he pulled me under the water with him. I kicked away from him and began swimming. He chased after me but I was faster than I thought I'd be, I hadn't swam in a while but it was like I had never stopped. I ducked and dived to get away from him. I came up for air and looked around. When I couldn't see him for a second, I began irrationally panicking. His head popped up only a meter away from me and I let out a sigh of relief.
"Hey, I won't ever leave you" he assured me, seeing my panic.
"I know" I smiled, I may be swimming again but I still had the memories coming back to me when I get a sinking feeling I was alone. "Come on lets go further out" I told him.
"You sure?" he asked.
"Yeah I want to go deeper. I feel safe with you. I don't know when I'll get a chance to do this again" I told him. He smiled at me and went to say something but he stopped himself and took my hand before diving under the water and pulling me with him.
I was grateful I wasn't human, holding my breath for long periods of time was easy; it let us explore a lot more than any regular human could. A human wouldn't be this far out either without the appropriate underwater gear and a boat. We were exploring and playing in the water. I felt perfectly safe so long as I could see Nahuel and he wasn't too far from me. I was starting to enjoy the water again and it made me so happy to know I hadn't forgotten anything. We were looking at some of the sea life at the bottom of the ocean when I decided to just pause and watch the fish go by. I saw a rather large fish tail, at first I just thought it was a big fish but I saw something that looked like hair. I waited until it turned around and took a route 45 degrees from the way it was going, towards me and Nahuel. He was currently looking at some sea anemone he'd found. The fish came closer and I realised it wasn't a fish...
Nahuel! I shouted in my head. He shot to my side, his hands on my waist. Im ok im ok! Look! I told him, I pointed to the 'fish'. Is that what I think it is?! I asked him. It was part fish, part girl. Her very long blonde hair followed behind her, she paused in her swimming to look at Nahuel and I just bobbing in the water watching her. I only saw a glimpse of her face before she started swimming away.
We have to go after her! I told Nahuel, he shook his head in the water, clearly telling me no. Fine I'll go. I told him and started swimming. He shook his head again and pulled me to the surface.
"Stay here!" he ordered me. "I can last longer underwater" he explained and dived down. I treaded water at the surface and waited for him to come back, although I didn't know what I expected. Him to come back with her tail in one hand, her hair in the other? I looked back at the main land to see we were very far out, I could only see the mountains of Olympia. I told myself to take a deep breath and that Nahuel wasn't far. I was perfectly safe, the waves were a bit choppier out here but it was all ok. I could swim and I would swim with the waves. I would be fine. Nahuel would be back soon.
I waited for what felt like a life time and there was still no Nahuel. I was taking very quick breaths by now. It wasn't long before the wind picked up and my heart began racing. Please don't make the waves stronger, please stay calm. Please stay calm. I wasn't just talking to the waves at that point. I was talking to myself. Everyone knows though, with strong winds come strong waves. The water became rocky and I was trying even harder to stay above the waves. I quickly entered panic mode, flashes of my childhood coming back to me.
Nahuel! I screamed out in my head. I started crying as I tried to desperately keep my head above the water. Things were moving against my legs too, I suddenly had visions of that sea monster I was thinking about earlier coming to grab me. I felt something very big swipe my legs and I let out a high pitched scream. Something grabbed my waist and I screamed even louder.
"Hey it's me, it's me" Nahuel said as soon as his head came up. I launch myself towards him and wrapped my legs securely around his waist in a hug. I cried harder as I hugged him. His arms wrapped around me like a blanket; securing me to his chest. I had been so scared. Scared doesn't even cover the fear I had just felt. I latched onto him as the only peace of familiarity and safety I had right now.
"Im sorry, I shouldn't have left you. Im sorry" he was telling me. He didn't loosen his grip once as I dug my head into his shoulder and neck. I could feel his cheek on my head and then his lips as he kissed my hair and temple. "You're ok" he told me.
Get me back. I cried into his head.
"Hold onto me" he told me and I did as he said. I felt him move and it seemed to take forever before the waves died down. His arms appeared back around me and I was now vertical. He was standing now as he walked out of the water. He carried me to the sand and sat me on the wet ground that was far enough from the waves for them not to touch us. His hands left my body and I slouched down, breathing as deeply as I could. His hands appeared on my face.
"Look at me" he said softly. "Sarah" he said my name with such kindness and dare I say love? It had me looking straight into his eyes.
"Thank you" I said, completely overwhelmed with relief and gratitude towards him. His face was an inch from mine; my eyes fell to his lips that were so close to my own. I wanted to kiss him. That's all I could think about; his lips being so close to mine and how much I wanted to feel them on my own. I leant forward and closed my eyes, but before I felt the contact I heard my name. I ignored it, closing the gap.
"Sarah!" Will was shouting, he lifted me from the ground and pulled me into a hug. He had come from behind me, he didn't see that Nahuel and I were about to kiss, all he saw was my back and that I was facing Nahuel. I returned my brothers hug and looked under his arm to Nahuel still on the ground, looking up at me rather stunned, I don't think he was expected our romantic moment to be interrupted either. He looked rather saddened that we didn't complete it. I just closed my eyes and hugged my brother tighter.
"Are you ok?" he asked, "you look petrified" he told me and pulled me away.
"Im fine I promise. Nahuel saved me. Im fine" I repeated. He watched my face as I said it. He finally let out a breath and kissed my forehead. It was then that every other member of my family seemed to be surrounding me.
"Im fine" I kept telling them. My dad more than anyone else.
"Thank you" My dad said to Nahuel.
"Of course, no need to thank me" he said as Eddie put his hand on his shoulder in thanks as well.
"Seriously im fine, it was just my irrational fear taking over me" I told my father who was watching me with careful eyes.
"Being scared of the ocean isn't irrational Sarah. It's a very rational fear to have, it can be dangerous, even for a hybrid" he told me sternly.
"Well I was beginning to overcome it. I was swimming and everything, it's just when I was alone that I got overwhelmed" I explained.
"Why were you alone?" Will asked then, looking to Nahuel accusingly.
"It wasn't his fault!" I quickly defended him. "We saw something, a sea creature, a mermaid, maybe. He went to follow it" I said, staggering my words when I realised how ridiculous it sounded.
"A mermaid Sarah? Really?" my brother asked me in disbelief.
"Did you really see a mermaid Sarah?" my youngest sister asked; her eyes wild with excitement.
"I don't know Izzy, I thought I did yeah." I said, not really wanting to encourage her.
"That's so exciting!" she exclaimed.
"We don't know if she did Isobel. Don't believe it until you see it yourself" Eddie told her.
"Don't tell her that, she'll go looking for them" Lauren said wrapping her arms over Izzy's little shoulders.
"There's no such thing Izzy, don't believe a word Sarah says" she told her. Izzy looked up at her sister with sad eyes.
"But there are vampires and werewolves and magic and witches and demons why can't there be mermaids?" she asked innocently.
"She's got a point" Zio shrugged.
"Well let's just forget about it for now ok? We have more things to worry about than the possibility that yet another mythical creature may be real and not mythical at all" Holly chimed in.
"Agreed" Sophia added.
"Stay out of the water" my father ordered me. "and if you're in charge of keeping an eye on one of my kids don't leave them by themselves in a vulnerable situation" my father added glaring at Nahuel, he opened his mouth to speak but Jacob had already started walking off.
"Ignore him. It wasn't your fault" I told Nahuel. He frowned.
"I didn't mean to disappoint your father" he told me.
"Don't worry mate, he still approves of you and Sarah, you've saved her enough times to prove your love for her" Eddie said with a slap on Nahuel's shoulder and he turned to walk away too.
"Im not in love with-" Nahuel began but there was no point, Eddie wasn't listening. I didn't look up at him; this was not a conversation I was ready to have. We'd known each other barely over a week, I wasn't hurt by the fact he wasn't in love with me. I wasn't exactly in love with him either, in fact I didn't like him at all when I first met him. Now I didn't know how I felt, attracted to him? Certainly. Ready to give up everything to be with him? Not so much although there was definitely something between us that made me want to be with him more than I probably should.
"Sarah come and look at the castle we built" Izzy said, taking my hand and dragging me over to the sand further back on the beach. She brought me over to an extravagant and quite frankly beautiful creation in the sand. It wasn't just a bucket that had been tipped over like what most kids would call a sand castle. This was a castle with a court, a bridge over a mote, a working gate made of sticks and turrets to scale with the rest of the 'building'.
"Wow" I laughed. "Who helped you?" I asked.
"Lauren, Sophia, Matthew, Avia, Uncle Zio and Eddie and Daddy. William watched" she giggled.
"I was supervising" he said crossing his arms over his chest in defiance. I laughed.
"Well it's amazing. Have you taken a picture by it?" I asked.
"No" she said.
"Well then, all stand by it and I'll take a picture of you." I said and ran over to my bag to get my camera. I came back to see Will with Izzy on his shoulders.
"I meant those that made it" I giggled at Will.
"I told you I was the supervisor. They couldn't have done it without me. Little Matthew might have fallen in the mote" he grinned. I rolled my eyes.
"Very well, say cheese" I smiled at everyone as I took the picture.
The day at the beach was a great idea, apart from my little scare, everyone had fun and it was a day well spent, especially since it was our last normal day until after tomorrow. Matthew was practically asleep on the walk back. Both he and Izzy were curled up on their father's chests. Zio held Matthew over his shoulder and Jacob was holding Izzy like she was a baby. We all made it back to the main house in time for Esme to serve us some dinner.
"Where did you go today?" I asked my mom.
"Chantelle and I had some sister time" she told me as I helped her with the dishes. Sophia was here too, I wondered if my mom was editing for her sake or if she really didn't want to tell me anything. "We went to Lauren's grave" she added then after a while.
"Was Chantelle sad?" I asked.
"No. She hasn't been sad about her birth mother in a long time; I think she just wanted to talk to her. Chantelle believes that Lauren watches over us, that she protects us as an angel. I don't really know what to believe, but I let her believe it. It's far more pleasant than the alternative." She explained.
"My mom said that Lauren came to her once in a dream" Sophia joined in the conversation.
"Yes, apparently so and it was since then that she believed in angels and that Lauren was our guardian angel. She said that Lauren watched over her and me."
"That's a really nice thing to know" I smiled at my mom. She shrugged.
"Bad things still happen, whether you have an angel watching over you or not. Bad things still happened to me and Chantelle when we were growing up, bad things are happening now" she told us.
"I don't think that's Laurens fault though, im sure she's trying" I told my mom.
"Since when do you believe in angels?" she asked. I shrugged; no one had told her about what I thought I saw today.
"I don't know what to believe in anymore, we don't know everything" I said as I continued putting the dishes away.
"Very true" my mom admitted. We fell into silence after that and when we were finished, headed into the living room where Matthew and Izzy were laughing infectiously.
"I hate to stop the beautiful sound of your laughter Isobel but it's time for bed sweetheart" Nessie said. She was on her back, lying next to Matthew and Emmett was hovering over them tickling them. He paused and Isobel twisted to see us standing at the door. She pouted.
"Momma" she moaned.
"Sorry baby." Nessie said and held her arms out for Izzy to go into.
"I think the same goes for Matthew too" Chantelle agreed, sitting up from the couch where she had been in Zio's arms.
"I don't want to sleep" he said, I saw his eyes start to water as if he was about to cry. "I don't want tomorrow to come" he cried.
"Oh sweetheart" Chantelle took hold of her son and picked him up. She held him as he started to cry. He clung onto her with so much strength, it was clear he truly believed he'd be taken from his mother tomorrow.
"Don't be scared of tomorrow. It will be just like any other day; we just need to talk to them that's all. Things will be ok" Chantelle tried to comfort him. He pulled back and nodded towards her, his tears were stopping but his eyes were wide and alert. Everyone in the room was silent; most of them wore sad expressions on their face, or none at all. I could see Esther and Eddie looking at each other, it was clear they were having a silent conversation.
My mother and Chantelle took the youngest two to bed. After seeing Matthew so scared there wasn't much I wanted to do except go to sleep as well. There was nothing to be done tonight except wait. About an hour later, I announced I was going to head upstairs.
"I'll walk you to your room" Nahuel said to me softly. I smiled at him, shocked that he said anything as I left the living room. Ever since our almost kiss we've barely said a word to each other. We reached my room, having said nothing on the way.
"Goodnight Nahuel. Thank you again for today." I smiled at him.
"Que sueñes con los angelitos" he said to me. I smiled at his Spanish, I loved it when I heard him speak Spanish. I recognised the words, all he said was goodnight; it was just a popular Spanish term, like 'sweet dreams'.
I turned towards the door but his hand appeared on my wrist. He jerked me round and tugged me towards him, his other hand that wasn't on my wrist appeared on my face and he pulled me into a kiss. As soon as his lips met mine, my eyes closed and my hands found their way around his neck. His hand on my wrist was now at the back of my waist and my body was flush with his as we kissed. It was a sweet kiss, plenty of passion but still gentle and careful. It wasn't long before he pulled away from me. It took me a few seconds to stop my head from spinning and I took a step back. I smiled widely at him.
"Night" I almost laughed, he grinned back and I knew he was watching me as I walked into the bed room and closed the door.
I will make sure next chapter has some of Eddie or Esther in to explain what happened in regards to the Matthew issue. Sorry this was so long, the next chapter may be longer, I haven't finished writing it yet, I'm not too sure where I should leave it yet, it's not just going to be a simple talk and/or battle, it's about to get complicated and shocking on some parts too, I can see the reviews already haha. I'll try and get it up soon, but I want to make sure its exactly how I want it to be before I publish it :) Thanks for reading!