Finals are killing me. I should be studying for them right now, but I would rather be working on my story. I would have had this chapter up a lot sooner, but for some reason the internet in my apartment wasn't working. It was driving me crazy. Luckily, it got fixed this morning.
So, anyway, thanks for the reviews everyone, and I hope you all like the chapter.
After the day of Bella first meeting Renesmee, time seemed to pass so fast. Three months actually. Bella's birthday had past, and even though she didn't want to celebrate, the other vampires wouldn't let her get away, without knowing that she was a year older. Life just seemed so different now. It was like I was part of a new family. Actually, I sort of was. The vampires considered us, my pack, as part of their family now. Jacob, Connor, and I had our own room. Esme, was even making plans to build a smaller house, behind theirs, for us to live in.
Jacob's old pack was still a threat. Even when Jacob tried to explain that the baby meant no harm, and that Bella was in control of herself, they wouldn't listen. They didn't attack or anything, but they weren't friendly toward us. I mean, don't get me wrong, they still wanted Jacob, Embry, Leah, and Seth to come home, but they weren't about to accept that Bella and her baby weren't a danger.
"Here, I'll trade ya," said Jake, entering the living room, where I was currently sitting. He placed a plate of food in front of me, and took Connor from my arms. I instantly grabbed the food. I was so hungry, and it looked amazing. Edward must have cooked it. I took a bite and sighed. Yep, defiantly Edward's cooking. It was rare to experience his cooking, because Edward and Bella weren't always at the Cullen house anymore. They had this cute cottage of their own. When they lived there, Jake's pack would patrol around it.
"Thanks, Edward, it's amazing," I said out loud. He could hear me from where I was sitting, even though he wasn't in the room.
"Welcome Jovie."
"How did you know he cooked it and not me?" asked Jake, with a pout on his face.
"Cause your cooking sucks," I said with a laugh. I could hear some of the vampires laughing from the other room. Jake just kept the pout on his face. I ignored him and went back to eating. When I was almost done, I heard a cell phone ringing from the other room. There was movement going on. Edward and Carlisle ran out of the house so fast, that I almost didn't notice it. Jake's pout had turned into a face filled with concern.
"What's going on?" he asked Emmett, who walked into the room.
"Don't know, Bella needed something them, I guess," he answered. Bella had taken Renesmee out hunting a little while ago. I hope the La Push wolves hadn't gotten to them. I think that was what Jake was hoping also. I put my plate down and took Connor from him. Jake stood up and made his way out of the house. I was pretty confused on what was going on, but I stayed out of the way. They didn't need me asking questions if something serious was happening.
"So, I've been thinking," said Emma, as she sat down next to me. "I think I'd like to go home for a little bit." I turned to her and gave her a shocked look.
"Why are you going to go home?"
"I, um, well, I need to break up with the human," she said, a giggle in her voice. My face lit up with a smile.
"Has Embry finally won you over?" I asked.
"No, no. I didn't say that." She had a big smile on her face, and I was guessing that she finally figured out her feeling for him. The past couple of months he had been trying really hard to win her over, and it looked like he finally had. She just wasn't ready to admit it.
We were interrupted when the vampires, and Jake came back into the house. Renesmee skipped over and climbed onto the couch next to me. Yeah, I said skipped. She was only three months but she already looked like a little kid. She just kept growing, it was so weird. I loved her though, actually, everyone loved her. She had us all wrapped around her little finger. She was just such a sweet little thing.
"Hey there Renesmee," I said. She smiled at me, and place a hand against my face to say hello. She could talk, she just didn't do it that often. She then smiled at Connor and placed a hand against his face. He smiled and did his little baby laugh. I always wondered what she showed him but I would never ask. Renesmee loved Connor. She was always sitting near him, and showing him images, with her hand. Even though Connor was still very much baby like, unlike her, it was clear that he loved her too. He was always calm when she was near. If he was crying and she came into the room, he would stop. It was pretty obvious that the two of them would be great friends when Connor finally grew and got older.
What ever the big issue, that had been going on, didn't seem that important to anyone. Apparently some vampire that had been friends of the family showed up, and she wasn't so happy to see Bella. No one seemed too concerned, well, that is until Alice froze in one of her crazy visions, and Edward let out a gasp. Actually, she dropped a vase, and that was a bad omen. Vampires never dropped anything unless it was on purpose.
"What?" Jasper growled. He was by Alice's side in a second. "What, Alice?" Everyone was waiting. Waiting to know what was going on. Jake and returned next to me. He placed Renesmee on his lap and pulled me closer to his body. "What is it?" Jasper asked again.
"They're coming for us," Alice and Edward Whispered together. It was so scary, how they said it at the same time. "All of them." Bella had moved so fast, I hardly saw her. Renesmee was in her arms and she was holding the girl so tight, it was a good thing that the baby was pretty much just as strong as them.
"What?" I asked quietly. "Who is coming?"
"The Volturi," Alice moaned.
"All of them," Edward groaned at the same time. Volturi? What the hell is the Volturi. I turned my face toward Jake and he looked worried.
"When," Jasper asked.
"Not long," Edward and Alice said together. That was when everyone went crazy. They were trying to figure out why they were coming, and I was trying to figure out who it was that was coming. Jake had pulled me up from my seat, by my arm. He started pulling me out of the house. Emma followed close behind us.
"What's going on?" Emma asked.
"Big trouble," was all we got out of Jake. I knew enough to not talk when he was being this serious. Once we were out of the house, Jake pulled me over to his car. "Wait here," he then said. Emma and I stood there waiting. I could hear the Cullens inside, fighting over what to do. They were deciding on calling other vampires to come be witnesses. Witnesses to what, I didn't know.
I looked away from the house when Jake, Embry, Eric, Leah, and Seth came walking toward us. Embry was at Emma's side in a second. His arms wrapped around her. She didn't fight him, but leaned into him for comfort. Eric was holding Leah in a similar manner.
"What is going on?" I asked. Jake looked at me sadly.
"I want you to go back to Wolf Lake. You, Emma, and Eric are going to go."
"What?!" I yelled. Connor started crying, at my sudden outburst, but I wasn't about to keep my voice down. "Hells no! I am not leaving. Just tell me what is going on."
"The Volturi are coming," was all Jake said, as if that would explain everything.
"Yeah, and what the hell is the Volturi?"
"They are the leaders of the vampires or something. I'm not really sure, but they are trouble, and there is no way I'm having you and Connor be around when they are here."
"Well, I'm not leaving. You can't make me."
"Jovie, please."
"No way. I'm not going anywhere. I'm staying with you."
"Yeah, and there is no way I'm leaving," Emma said. He voice was kind of muffled, because her head was tucked in Embry's neck, but I could still understand her.
"I'm not going anywhere that Leah isn't," said Eric.
"Wasn't your job to protect Jovie?" Jake growled.
"Things change," Eric said, with a growl of his own. Leah rubbed her hand over Eric's arm to calm him down. It seemed to work.
"We aren't going back to Wolf Lake, Jacob. This is our home now. We are part of your pack," said Emma.
"She's right," Eric said.
"You can't stay here," Jake said. It was directed toward just me though.
"Then I'll go stay with your dad, but I'm not going back to my parents." Jake seemed to think that over for a minute and then he shook his head in agreement.
"You'll be safe there. Sam and the others wont let the vampires anywhere near La Push." Jake then pushed us all into his car and he drove us back to his home.
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It had only been a couple days that we had been back on the reservation, but it seemed like forever. I missed the vampires, I missed the room I had there, and I missed the woods that surrounded their house. Jake wouldn't let me run around his woods that much. He was so scared that a vampire would attack.
Emma was currently staying at Embry's house. They wanted to get to know each other better. Or, in other words, they wanted some alone time. Eric was staying at Leah and Seth's house. Their mother was so happy they were back and she was even happier to meet Eric.
"Are you hungry Jovie?" Billy asked, interrupting my thoughts. I didn't answer right away. I had to think about it. "Jovie?"
"No, I think I'm fine."
"I know you are upset about what is going on, but I want you to know that I'm really happy that you, Jake, and Connor are back here. I really enjoy having you stay with me." I just smiled at Billy. I didn't really know what to say to him. He looked ready to say something else, but Connor's cry interrupted us. He was sleeping in the crib that we had put in Jake's room.
"I should go check on him," I said to Billy. I stood up from my seat and started walking toward the bed room. Connor was crying louder than he normally did, and it was getting louder by the second. I moved as fast as I could.
Once I was in the room, looking down at him I gasped. He was flushed, and sweating. I picked him up and almost had to put him back down. He was so warm. I started to panic. It was the first time my baby was sick and I didn't know how to handle it. I raced downstairs to ask Billy what to do.
"What's wrong?" he asked, once he saw my face.
"Connor has a fever."
"Alright, calm down. These things happen. Babies get sick all the time."
"I don't know what to do. What do I do?" I practically yelled at the old man. Connor was practically screaming. I just wanted to be able to help him.
"Let me see him," Billy said. I handed Connor over, and even Billy gasped at his heat. "Wow, he's really hot. This is a bad fever. You don't suppose he could be…" he trailed off.
"Could be what?" I asked.
"He could be phasing for the first time?"
"What? I don't know? Skin walkers don't make their flip until puberty."
"The boys and Leah changed because of vampires coming too close to the area."
"But Connor has been around vampires his whole life. Why would this be happening now? It has to be just a normal illness."
"Jovie, he's really warm. If this is normal, you have to get him to the hospital. You should contact Jake." I nodded my head and instantly linked up mentally with him.
"Jake!"
"Jovie, what's the matter."
"Connor has a fever."
"Is he alright?"
"No, it's bad. He's so warm Jake. I don't know what to do."
"Hold on, I'm coming home."
Jacob was home second later, and he nearly took off the house door when he came into the house. He took Connor into his arms, but this time our baby didn't calm down. He kept screaming and crying.
"What do we do?" Jake asked his dad.
"You have to bring him to the doctors."
"Come on," Jake said. We ran to his car and got in. I didn't know where he was driving at first, but then I noticed the road was leading toward the Cullens. Connor was crying the whole way, and didn't stop once we reached our destination. Jake and I ran out of the car and Jake practically broke down their door as well. Once we were in the living room, I noticed a whole group of vampires, just staring at us.
"What's wrong?" asked Esme. Connor was still crying, and everyone was looking at him.
"Something is wrong with Connor. Please, I know everything is crazy now, but Carlisle, you have to help him." The doctor ran over to us and took Connor from my arms.
"He seems to have a bad fever."
"Yeah, we know, please help him," I said. I was a mess. We were sitting in a room full of vampire and my baby was going crazy.
"Lets bring him upstairs, and I'll see what I can do to help him." As we started walking toward the stairs, Connor started to shake in Carlisle's arms.
"What's happening? What's going on?" I screamed. Jake took Connor from Carlisle and not a second later, the sound of clothes tearing apart met our ears. Then my baby's body was replaced with a puppy. Connor had just phased or flipped for his first time.
