"Wake up, sweetie," I heard my angelic aunt's voice coo at me. I awoke to see her sitting on my bed, with an outfit in her hand. I sighed, just like Alice.

"I made some breakfast for you, are you hungry?" she asked while shoving the outfit towards me.

I laughed, "I'm supposed to eat this?"

"No," she giggled, "This is your outfit I picked out, your breakfast awaits you downstairs..."

Good... because I was craving eggs big time.

She kissed my forehead and left the room for me to get dressed. I took a look at the outfit. A black Aberdeen sweatshirt, and black, baggy pants. Alice picked this out? That was almost hard to believe.... something must have been up.

The second I left my room, Uncle Emmett came up to me and put his arm around me, "How goes it, kiddo?" he asked all nice.

I gave him a weird glare, "Fine, I suppose..."

"Good," he smiled brightly, then picked me up on to his shoulders just like he did when I was little and brought me down to breakfast. Two eggs and three pieces of toast. It looked very good.

The odd thing was though, while I sat, they watched me eat. Like they were nervous I would screw up or something...

Then it hit me, "Aunt Alice, you guys are back from your hunting trip already?" I jumped out of the seat, "Where's mom?"

"Renesmee, sit down, won't you?" Emmett said so... un-Emmettish....

"Where's my mom?" I gasped, "Where's my dad? What happened?" I pannicked.

"They're fine, they're fine," Aunt Alice said while coming over to my side of the table, "But last night they left for Italy."
"W-why?" Did I even want to know?

"Not just them, Nessie, everyone except me and Emmett."

Well, then, it was definetly not a second honeymoon.

I stood up, "I've got to call Jake! He's got to get over here ASAP!" I ran over to the phone.

Nobody stopped me, when I called all I got was the answering machine.

I feared the worst, and then the four words were spoke that I never wanted to be, "Jake went with them."

I gasped, "No, why?"

"Calm down," my aunt reassured me, "They had to go, Nessie, to protect you."

"And how would they do that? Why?"

Alice got up and left the room, with a sobbing expression on her face.

And then he told me. Told me how Japser had attacked me, but it wasn't really him, but some other vampire clan. He wouldn't tell me the name, I wasn't sure if I even wanted to know.

"So why did they have to send Jake with?"

He sighed, "I don't want to tell you this, but I will, so you'll know."

"Okay," I said smally.

"The... clan... might try to fight us. So we had to send both Jake and Sam as allies."

The shock hit me, "But if they needed fighters why didn't they take both you and Alice, and every one of the pack members?"

"We needed some here to protect you, in case they decided to send a couple of them Washington."

I didn't want to start crying in front of my strong uncle, but he just held me close and didn't say a word as I sobbed. Because of me, the ones I loved were probably going to get killed.

After a few minutes, I looked up, "Did dad take his phone with him?"

He nodded, and I took it cautiously... did I really want to hear Jake's voice? Or would that only make it worse?

I knew the answer to that.

Searching through the phonebook on his cell, I found my father's number and pressed it.

Would he answer? He just had to.

Four rings. No answer.

So I tried again. I heard the sound of some one on the other line.

"Dad!" I exclaimed, jumping out of my seat again.

"Hello, how are you?" he asked as if this was some normal situation.

"Dad," my voice broke, "W-why did you have to go?"
"We had to settle this once and for all, my love, don't cry..."

I was thinking about hanging up right then. I hated when people had to fight. It was so stupid, and people only got hurt, and that never did anyone good.

"D-dad," I cried, "I w-w-wanna speak with J-Jake...."

"All right, but don't worry Renesmee. We'll be fine. I promie you, okay? Just please be careful and stay near the house. I love you, and I'll try to call often."

I nodded, as if he could see me, "I love you too daddy."

My favorite voice in the world came to me, "Nessie?" And I pictured him standing there with his eyebrows bent together in worry, and a frown on his face. His hand would be supporting his weight as he leaned against a wall, with his feet crossing over one another.

It lightened up my horrific morning, "Jacob," I sighed.

"Are you all right?"

That was somewhat a stupid question, so I answered smally, "Just as about all right I can be with out you here beside me."

He took a deep breath, I could hear him inhale, "Your dad was right. You've got to stay close to home. Never leave the protection of the pack or your aunt or uncle, all right?"
"Mmm hmm," I hummed, not able to speak.

He sighed and then added a little laughter into his voice, "You'll be fine. You're the strongest person I know. You've got to. Before you know it we'll be back home and well, we'll be able to finish our date..."

This made me giggle, "I thought it 'ended'," I laughed.

"Nope, you still never got to eat any alfredo," he took a pause, "Now I want you to go upstairs into the bathroom, and keep me on the line."

"Okay," I blushed, wondering what he could possibly have to do or say. Uncle Emmett eyed me. Probably also curious.

When I got into the bathroom, the first thing I saw was a note on the mirror.

"I see it!" I grabbed it off the reflective glass and kissed it.

"Good, now read it to yorself."

"Dear Nessie," I started, "I put this note on your mirror because I want to remind you on how beautiful and strong you are. So go ahead, look up for a few seconds," so I did, and then I started again, "See that beautiful, strong women right in front of you? She's mine, and she's going to be a good girl and stay out of trouble. Though knowing you, you'll find someway to break some rule," I laughed, "So, as a side warning, I want to tell you that I left Chayton in charge of protecting you. I know you have your aunt and uncle and the rest of the pack, but I want you to stay especially close to Chayton. I can't tell you why. In fact, it's a little hard for me, to leave you with him. But you can always depend on him. Until I get back, of course. If you don't already know what's going on, ask Alice or Emmett, they'll tell you. I wish I could have said good-bye properly, but I knew it would be easier for both me and you to go this way. Please, please, please, for the love of everything do not wander! I know you, and you would just love to go for a hike in the woods some day. Well, don't. Stay indoors, and if you leave the house, make sure you are protected by everyone! I will not tolerate losing you, just as much you wouldn't tolerate losing me. I love you. -Jacob"

I sniffled at the end, "I love you too Jacob, I promise I'll be good." I didn't mention the Chayton part.

"Now, go eat your breakfast, all right?" He sighed, "As much as I want to hear your voice, you've got to eat. Have your protein for the day."
"Love you," I said once more, my voice cracking.

"I love everything about you, including you," I could almost hear him smile across the phone, as he stole my line I had said days earlier.