wooo! chapter 25 :] haha i usually post new chapters in the morning but i got to caught up in this this morning. hahaha enjoy! xD
Jacob's POV
"NO! NO! NO!" Alice yelled after we all turned to look at her.
"Alice!" Everyone yelled as she buried her face in her hands.
"She's here," she whispered as we all gasped in shock. "She followed Nessie and Kara's scent, she was in the forest running towards La Push when one of you ran here. She caught their scents and is a few miles away from the house now," she said as I turned to walk towards Nessie. She had a dazed look on her and her head started to move in little circles.
"Nessie!" We all yelled at she fell towards the ground, thankfully Edward was reading her thoughts and caught her before she hit the edge of the dinning room table. He pulled her into hir arms and carried her into the living room, all of us following quickly behind.
"Nessie, Nessie hunny," Bella said in a frantic voice, "Nessie please wake up!" She yelled as Edward placed her on the couch.
My heart started to pound against my chest, as I ran toward the couch where Edward and Bella were standing and placed her perfectly manicured hand in between my palms. "Nessie, if you can hear me please wake up," I whispered into her ear fully aware that everyone could hear me. "Please Renesme, please I love you so much please don't leave me."
"It's helping," Edward said in a hopeful voice, "it's keeping her from just staying in the dark."
"When will she wake up," Bella whispered before burying her head in Edwards chest.
"I'm not sure," he said as he tried her best to comfort Bellas tearless sobs, "she's struggling to find a way out."
"Alice," I said as I looked around the living room.
"Her and Esme went to get some smelling salts," Jasper replied before they both came running in.
"Here," Esme said as she handed me a small bottle of smelling salts. "Take this while Alice tries to see what Huilen is planning." I nodded and followed Esme as Alice curled into a little ball in the corner.
"Is she gonna be ok?" I said after a few minutes. Edward nodded as he held Bella in his arms, but he had a frustrated look on his face. I would've believed him if I hadn't seen his expression, if she was going to be ok why does he look so frustrated.
"Because she's my daughter mutt," he growled as he glared at me. "I can still hear her thoughts but she's too lost in them, she doesn't know how to get out of it."
"Carlisle," I said as he wheeled in an all to familiar white hospital bed. With-in a few seconds a set of monitors were set up, and he signaled for me to carry her there.
"Jacob you have to let me monitor her," he said as he saw my hands wrapped firmly around her tiny one. I looked down at her hands and saw them shaking, I tried my best to stop her hand from shaking, when I noticed it wasn't her hand that was shaking... it was mine.
"I'm not letting her go," I said through my clenched teeth. Carlisle gave Edward a quick glance as he said something to low and fast for me to catch. Jasper and Emmett nodded as they attempted to walk towards me. 'If you do that Edward I swear I will phase, I'm not letting her go.' I though to him as he signaled for Jasper and Emmett to back away.
"Jake," Embry said as he put his hand on my shoulder. "Jake common just let her go Carlisle just needs to examine her. He's not asking you to leave the room, just let go," he said as I turned to face him, a mask of shock, compassion and sorrow filled his face.
"Fine," I said as I let go of her hand, "but I'm not leaving." I said as I walked over and sat next to Bella, who was crying a tearless cry in Edwards arms. "It's ok Bells," I said as I rubbed her back, "she'll come back to us." She turned to look at me and nodded once before trying to calm down, I looked at her one more time and focused on Nessie, fighting the tears that were begging to come out.
Nessie's POV
Everything went black, I knew something was wrong. "Mom," I yelled into the darkness, hoping to find some way out.
"Nessie, Nessie hunny," I heard her say, "Nessie please wake up!"
"Mom!" I yelled though I knew she couldn't hear me. "Mom! I'm trying help me please!" I yelled again as sat in the darkness looking for a way out. 'Daddy, Daddy please if you can hear me help!!!'
"Nessie, if you can hear me please wake up," I heard Jacob's voice echo through the darkness. "Please Renesme, please I love you so much please don't leave me."
"Jacob," I yelled as I got up and did the first thing that came to mind. I looked around as my vision started to make out the forest around me. "I'm coming!" I yelled as I started to run forward as fast as my legs could take me.
"It's helping," I heard my dad say hopeful voice, "it's keeping her from just staying in the dark."
"Dad!" I yelled as I pushed myself to run even faster .
"When will she wake up," I heard my mom say before I feel towards the ground.
"I'm not sure, she's struggling to find a way out." My dad said before I pushed myself up and started to run again.
The voices and scents around me started to fade away from me as I started to run deeper into the forest. I finally stopped at an all to familiar place, my mothers old house in Forks.
"I'm not letting her go," I heard Jacob say as I reached the front porch.
"Jake common just let her go," I heard Embry say.
"No!" I yelled, as I ran through the door, I heard them talking but couldn't make out what the conversation was about. I ran through the house expecting to find them, but the house was empty. I ran through the house looking for any sign any scent of my family, I finally stopped at my mothers old room and sat on her bed. I started to cry and scream looking for a way out, when finally everything around me went dark.
Jacob's POV
I stayed by Nessies side all night looking for any sign of her waking up. Everyone tried their best to make me move, but I refused to leave her side.
"Jacob," Esme said as she brought over a tray of food, "you have to eat something please." She said as she gave me a worried look I looked at her and sighed.
"Fine," I said as she smiled weakly at me, "but I'm not moving," I said as she set the tray down on the couch.
"I wasn't planning on making you move," she said as she patted my hair.
"Thanks," I said as I started to pick at the food.
After 30 minutes of picking around my food Blondie came into the living room. She walked in gracefully and decided to sit next to me on the couch. I let out an irritated sigh and threw my fork down, "I'm not in the mood Blondie."
"I know," she said as she crossed her arms and sat back, "but I thought you might want company."
"Wow," I said sarcastically, "Blondies actually thinking about someone besides herself." She punched me lightly and focused her eyes on Nessie.
"Stupid mutt," she said as I rubbed the spot where she hit me, "I care about other people. I'm just reluctant to show it."
"I know," I said as we both let out a small laugh. "You know she tells me things about you from time to time," I said after a few minutes of silence.
"As she does with you," she said after letting out a small laugh. "To be honest Jacob," she said as I gave her a shocked expression. "Don't give me that look," she said as she rolled her eyes, "I do know your name you know, I just prefer your other names suit you better," she shrugged. "Anyways, I'm glad you imprinted on her, I don't think we could trust anyone with her after what we've all been through these past 5 years. Without you and your pack I don't think the Volturi would've thought twice and just slaughtered all of us, and for that I really do thank you."
"Wow," I said as my eyebrows shot up, "that was unexpected." I smiled at her as she let out a small smile.
"I know, and if you tell anyone I swear to you I won't kill you, because that would break Nessie's heart, but I will hurt you so bad that you won't be able to move for weeks. Even with your ability to heal fast," she said as she glared at me.
I let out a quick laugh when I noticed we were home alone. "Where is everyone anyways?" I said as I noticed the house was empty.
"They went for a quick hunting trip near by, and Embry and Kara are out swimming in the pool." She said as we saw Nessies hand twitch and heard her heart rate speed up.
"Nessie!" We both said in unison, and ran to her side.
"Quick call Carlisle," I said as Rosalie pulled out her cellphone. "Nessie," I said softly as I kissed her forehead. "Renesme Carlie Cullen," I said in a worried tone, "please wake up. Please, I can't lose you. I won't, even if I have to die myself to be with you again," I said as a tear hit the top of her head.
Nessie's POV
I opened my eyes again in complete darkness, still laying in my mother bed. I blinked a few times in hopes of this being a bad dream. After a few moments I decided to get up and look for a way back to my family, my Jacob. I opened up the door and no longer found myself in my mothers home, but in our cottage.
"Where," I said before I smelled an all to familiar scent.
"Renseme," Hulien said as she sat in the living room.
"What do you want," I said before crouching down and letting out a small growl. Anger filled me to the point where I saw spots of red, my heart started to pound against my chest as I planned my attack.
"Relax Renesme," she said after slamming her fist on the couch. "I'm simply here to comfort you minha filha," she said as she smiled at me.
"I am not your daughter," I said as I clenched my teeth.
"Oh but you will be," she said as she got up and walked calmly towards me. "You see Nahuel has been like a son to me all these years, and well I can't bare to see him alone anymore. I know you are almost fully matured and will be immortal soon enough, and being that you are the only half breed not related to him," she said as she shrugged, "well you get where I'm going with this."
"I love Jacob," I said as I lunged at her. Thankfully Uncle Jasper and Uncle Emmet taught me how to fight not too long ago. She moved to the side before I reached her throat and laughed.
"Oh that will soon change," she said as I crashed into the fireplace.
"Never," I said as she circled around me.
"Never say never Reneseme," she said as she lunged at me. I closed my eyes to brace for the attack but instead heard Jacob's calming voice.
"Nessie," he said softly, "Renesme Carlie Cullen, please wake up. Please, I can't lose you. I just won't, even if I have to die myself to be with you again," he said as I gasped.
"Jacob!" I yelled as my eyes shot open. I looked around making sure I was no longer dreaming and found myself in the living room in Newick.
"It's ok," I heard him say as I laid my head on his chest and started to sob. "Shhh, it's ok," he said as he patted my hair, "I'm here, I'm here."
"Nessie," my mother said in a worried tone.
"Mom!" I yelled as I got out of the hospital bed and ran for her.
"I know hunny I know," she said as she broke into a furry of tearless sobs.
"We'll never let anything like that happen to you princess," he said as he pulled my mother and I into a hug.
"Like what?" The rest of my family said in a confused tone.
I looked to my dad as he explained the encounter in our cottage in Forks. My mother refused to let me go as he explained what happened, I examine Jacobs face as he held my hand. There was a mixture of sadness, worry and anger, I started to soothe him by rubbing tiny circles on the back of his hand. He looked at me and smiled, but it never reached his eyes, I returned the smile and tried to wiggle out of my mothers arms.
"That won't happen," Jacob said in a determined voice.
"He's right," Uncle Emmett said as he got up into a boxer stance. I smiled at him as my father just rolled his eyes.
"It was something she was planning," Alice said quietly. "I saw it in a vision a few hours ago, but she changed her mind."
We were all silent for a few minutes before we heard a car pulling up the driveway.
"Nahuel's here," my dad said as we all got up and walked towards the door. My mother hugged me one more time and let me go, as I ran into Jacobs arm.
"Nauhel," Papa Carlisle said in a welcoming tone, "it's good to see you again dear friend."
"Yes," he said as he shook Papa Carlisle's hand, "it's unfortunate that it was under these circumstances though."
We all exchanged hellos as Mama Esme brought in some food for those who needed to eat. Jacob wrapped his arms around me the whole time, and would occasionally kissed the top of my head when I would sigh. After another few minutes of catching up, Uncle Jasper finally broke the small talk.
"Why out of all the other vampires out there does she want Nessie?" Uncle Jasper asked as we all sat in silence.
"Well my dear friend," he said as he glanced at me sympathetically, "it's because she is also a half breed like me. She feels that we have an unspoken bond, one that other full vampires would not understand. Don't get me wrong Nessie," he said as he nodded at me, "any questions you have for me my sisters and I are more than willing to help, but I see you as family, I see all of you as family." He said as we all nodded in agreement, "but aside from that there are no feelings beyond that. Even if I did, I know that it would be a real struggle seeing that you are already in love with Jacob," he said as he looked at Jacob's hands intertwined with mine and smiled. "It's glad to see that you have finally returned the feelings Jacob," he said as Jacob's frustrated face turned into shock.
"Finally?" Jacob said in a confused tone.
"Yes," Nahuel said and smiled at me, "you see I noticed the way Nessie would look at you when you would turn away. When you would leave the room the look on her face would be heartbreaking, I brought it up with her a few times when we were alone but she ignored it."
He smiled at me as I blushed, "I've always covered that thought around my dad," I said as my father nodded his head. "It was easy to ignore until my first day of high school," I said as I looked up at Jacob and smiled.
"Ok," Uncle Jasper interrupted, "so she has newborns coming after Nessie?"
"From what Alice has told me yes," he said as Aunt Alice nodded, "but that's all I know of."
"Does she have any powers we should be aware of?" Papa Carlisle asked. "Eleazar said she had a power, but we haven't discussed it further than that."
"Unfortunately she does," he said as he gave us all sympathetic glances. "You see she has the ability to manipulate your thoughts, she can't erase it completely, but she can alter them and hide them. She can replace the people in the memory, and hide details of that particular memory, but she has to do this physically."
"Like she has to be touching you?" I asked in a confused tone.
"Yes, as long as she's in physical contact with you, she can rummage through your memories and alter them. She holds on to those ties and it's practically unbreakable, until she decides to let them go." He said as he looked at all of our faces.
"Practically?" My mother said in a confused tone.
"There are a few people who have broken it, but I have never found out why." He said in a sympathetic tone, "I'm sure your shield can block her Bella."
"I'm not letting her near Huilen," my father said as he pulled my mother into his arms.
"I do apologize the stress my aunt has caused you, I know you all have been thought a rough time the past few years."
"Don't worry Nahuel," Uncle Emmett said, "to be honest I was getting a bit bored with all the normalcy," he laughed.
"Ignore him," my mother said as she glared and Uncle Emmet. "It's not your place to apologize you did nothing wrong," she said as she placed her hand on his shoulder.
"Thank you Bella, Thank you all, you all have been more than understanding," he smiled.
My father growled as he ran towards the front door, we all looked confused as we followed him and Nahuel out the door and onto the front porch.
"She's here," Nauhel said as I caught scent of Huilen. Jacob growled as he positioned himself protectively over me.