A/N: Hey! Sorry I haven't posted for a little while. :( But I hope you like this chapter!

Chapter 36: Flashbacks

Renesmee Cullen's POV

I watched him walked out the door, a blank expression on my face. I blinked rapidly a few times, and then turned around slowly, heading for my suit case. I vacantly picked out my outfit, a dark blue shirt with lace sewed around the bottom and elbow length sleeves. I also got out a pair of jeans.

When I was dressed, I slowly walked downstairs and sat down on the couch. Just mere seconds later, Jacob joined me. I stayed silent. There was nothing I could think to say.

So, I just vacantly stared at the wall. I don't think I blinked once. Jacob was looking at me the whole time.

After a few minutes of this, Jacob waved a hand in front of my face. I blinked a few times and then looked at him, my vacant gaze still present.

"Nessie…?" Jacob said when I didn't speak for several seconds.

"Huh?" I said in a bored tone.

"Are you okay?" he asked, tilting his head.

I nodded once.

"Then…what's the matter?"

"Nothing." My voice was flat.

"Then…can you say more than one word?" he said, raising his eyebrows.

"Yes, I can," I spoke.

He groaned. "Will you actually talk? Seriously, what's the matter?"

"I told you, nothing."

"Well, I don't believe that. Did I piss you off or something?" he asked.

"No."

"Well…if nothing's wrong, then can you act like a normal person?" he said, a little jokingly.

"Okay. You mean, you want me to act like a normal seventeen year old with her boyfriend? Because that might go past a PG-13 rating," I teased.

He chuckled. "There's my Nessie."

I smiled.

"But…if you don't mind me asking…why were you acting like Jasper there for a minute?" He smiled a bit.

I gave him a sour smile back. "I don't know," I said. "I just felt like it."

"Okay…" he said in a weird voice.

I laughed a bit. "Fine. Would you rather me act like Alice?"

"Um…no thanks. Nessie is fine." He kissed me suddenly, but it didn't last long.

I whimpered playfully. He chuckled and kissed me again. This time lasted much longer than the last time.

While we were kissing, I had crawled onto his lap, wrapping my arms around his neck and pulling him closer.

Suddenly, Jacob's phone rang again. We broke apart and he answered it, his breathing heavy.

"Hello?" he answered.

"Hey, Jake!" I heard Seth's eager voice on the other line.

Jacob sighed, but smiled. "Hey, Seth. Just to let you know, you need to work on your timing."

"Wait, why?" Seth asked, bewildered.

"Nevermind, kid. What's up?" he asked, leaning against the back of the couch. I laid my head against his chest, since I was still sitting in his lap.

"Um...I called you to see how France is so far! Everybody is wondering, and you haven't been a wolf since before you left, so..." Seth rambled.

Jacob chuckled a little bit. "France is great, Seth."

"Really? Awesome! Is it as pretty as everyone says?" Seth asked excitedly.

"Yes. It's beautiful. But not the most beautiful thing I've ever seen," Jake answered, looking at me. I'm fairly certain I blushed.

"Oh, really? Because... Oh. You're talking about Nessie, aren't you?" Seth caught on.

"Yeah, kid. A little slow there, but..." Jacob smiled.

"Um, yeah." Seth sounded embarrassed. But after this afternoon, nowhere near to how embarrassed I had been. "Hey, Jake, is Nessie there?"

"Yeah, she is."

"Hi, Seth," I said.

"Hey, Nessie!" Seth greeted.

"How are things in Forks?" I asked.

"Good. Probably not as good as France, but good," Seth answered, a little less peppy than usual.

"Why just good?" I asked, suspicious.

"Well...Jake, please stay calm when I say this, but...there's been another attack."

"What happened?" Jacob breathed.

"Well, Alex got a couple broken bones, but that's pretty minor compared to...compared to Quil," Seth said quietly.

Alex was another young werewolf, one that I had only met once. From when I met him, he seemed really nice. He didn't seem like much of a fighter, though, so I wasn't that surprised to hear that he got hurt.

But Quil?

"How bad is it?" Jacob asked, alerted.

"Let's just say that it's worse than when you got hurt," Seth mumbled.

"First time or second time?" Jacob asked with concern.

"First. With Victoria and the newborns."

Jacob froze.

"Jacob, how were you hurt? Who's Victoria?" I asked in a rushed tone.

"Victoria is dead. There's no need to worry about her. And...when I got hurt, the whole right side of my body was broken..." Jacob's gaze was vacant and his voice seemed like it was a million miles away.

"What happened to Quil, Seth?" I questioned.

"A-almost every bone in his body was broken. Two newborns came at him at once, and... Well, you can probably guess the rest."

Jacob nodded. I guess he was still in a trance, still in shock.

"Jake?" I tried to get him out of his reverie.

No answer.

"Um...hey Seth, can I call you back later?" I said, worried over Jake.

"Yeah. Of course. I'll talk to you later, Nessie. But just to let you know, Quil will be fine," Seth assured.

"Thanks, Seth. Bye."

"Bye." We both hung up the phone and I placed Jacob's phone on the side table.

"Jake." Nothing. "Jacob?" Still nothing.

I sighed and kissed him shortly. He blinked a few times.

"Jacob? Are you okay?" I asked slowly.

He shook his head, clearing it. "Yeah. Sorry, I just... Nevermind. I don't know."

"Are you sure you're okay?" I made sure. "Why were you so...out of it?"

"I'm fine, Ness. It's just that...Quil is one of my best friends, and...well, he'll have to explain everything to Claire and...well, he'll have to lie about how he feels to her. Physically. And I didn't have to do that. And trust me, I didn't. I think the whole state of Washington heard me cussing that day... But believe me, Ness, okay? I'm fine. I'm just...just a little shocked, that's all."

"A little? Jacob, you went into, like, a trance or something. You showed no sign of ever moving again," I said, raising my eyebrows.

He kissed my cheek. "Sorry, Ness."

"It's fine, Jake," I said. "Just don't do it again, okay?"

He smiled. "Your wish is my command," he said, taking my hand in his and kissing it.

I giggled. "What's with the sudden gentleman act?" I asked him.

"It's sudden?"

I sighed. "Fine. Sudden prince gentleman act," I clarified.

"What?" Jacob asked.

"You know, like when princes meet girls they're all like 'nice to meet you' and kiss the girls' hand and everything, like when they flirt and everything," I explained.

"Oh, so you think I just did that to flirt?" he asked, a crooked grin on his face.

"No. Just making a comparison," I said, smiling into his chest.

He wrapped his arms around me. "Okay." He nuzzled his head between my head and my neck. "Love you."

My smile stayed on my face. "Love you, too. And Jake, don't worry about Quil. Seth said that he'll be fine."

He grinned into my neck, kissing it. "Thanks, Nessie."

"Can I ask you a question?" I inquired.

"What kind of question?"

"Well, questions. About the past," I elaborated.

"Sure, go ahead," he granted.

"Okay, well, who exactly was Victoria? And how did you get hurt?" I started slowly.

"Victoria was...well, there's no other way to describe it. She was evil," he said.

"Why? What did she do?"

"Well, for starters, she tried to kill the pack, your vampire family, and your parents, and me, and Charlie, and, well, anyone else who got in her way. She wasn't one of the 'vegetarian' vampires, Ness," he told me.

"Why did she try to kill all of you?" I asked, puzzled.

"Well, when your mom and dad first met, or actually a few months or so after, your dad killed Victoria's mate, James."

"Why did he kill him?" I questioned.

"Because James tried to kill your mom. He nearly did, too. She had to go to the hospital. Of course, when she was human, what didn't she have to go to the hospital for..." he trailed. Then he got back to the point. "Anyway, Victoria wanted to get revenge. So, she made an army. An army of newborn vampires. That's another thing that she was evil for. She turned dozens of helpless humans into bloodsucking demons. And that wasn't meant as anything against your family, but they are what they are. But at least they made an effort to change. Victoria didn't. Hell, she didn't even control her newborns. She just let them run loose around the city, feasting on whatever, or, should I say, whoever they could find. They never cleaned up the mess, either. But eventually, Victoria and her army of demons came out of the shadows and fought. They fought your family and the pack, including me. There were about twenty of them, and I believe we killed them all. Of course, I wasn't really there for all of it..."

"So how did you get hurt?" I asked.

"Well, when we were fighting—or rather when we were done fighting—there was a fire burning up the leeches in the middle of the clearing we were in; we thought we had all the newborns. But then, Leah spotted one and went after it. We were all still in our wolf forms. She was getting beat, so I went over to help her. Perhaps the stupidest mistake of my life. Anyway, long story short is, the newborn crushed me, it hurt like hell, and I broke pretty much all the bones in the right side of my body," he explained.

"Wow. Ouch," I said, wincing a little.

"Tell me about it," he mumbled. "But I'm fine now."

"Promise?" I grinned playfully.

He chuckled a little. "Promise."

"And can I ask you another question?" My voice was shy.

"Sure," he answered.

"How...how romantically involved were you with my mom?"

Any trace of a smile on his face disappeared, replaced by a little bit of embarrassment. "Well...I don't really feel...comfortable talking about...those kind of things..." he said slowly, nervous.

"Oh my God. Did you...?" I trailed, already disgusted.

"What? No! No, I've never done...that...especially with Bella. Do you think your dad would've let me live if I had?" he said hastily.

I calmed down a bit. "No, I guess he wouldn't. And as far as I can tell, you're not a ghost, so..." I mentally cleared my head. "But will you answer the question, please, Jake?"

He sighed. "We kissed."

"How many times?" I asked, already fearing the answer.

"Twice. Well, twice on the lips, anyway," he said, looking anywhere but my eyes.

Hmmm. Not as bad as I thought. But I still needed to know more. "How and how long?"

"What is this, an interrogation room?" he exclaimed.

I played along. "Just answer the question, Mr. Black." I had a slight grin plastered on my face.

"Um...well, the first time I guess didn't really count, since she punched me afterwards and broke her hand, but..." I shook my head. I still couldn't believe she could have been that stupid.

"And the main question answer?"

He sighed. "The first time was about eight seconds or so. The second time...well, I'm not exactly sure. Maybe...maybe a minute. Maybe half of that..." he said, nervousness in his voice. And let me tell you, he should be nervous...

"What? You kissed my mom for that long?" I exploded.

"Hey, we were young and naïve! And it was before you were even born!" he defended.

"Was it before my parents were married?" I interrogated.

"Of course! I'm not that horrible!"

"That?"

"Well, I kissed her when they were engaged, but—"

"You kissed my mom when she was engaged to my dad?" I screamed. It was so loud, I wondered if the whole country of France had heard it.

"O-only because she asked me to!" he argued. "Please, Nessie, just calm down. It's in the past, and I don't like Bella like that anymore. I like you like that," he said sweetly, kissing me for a second.

I allowed myself to calm down, my heartbeat decelerating back to its normal speed that was already unnaturally fast.

"Are you calmed down now?" Jacob asked me.

I nodded. I took a deep breath and turned to face him, looking him in the eye.

I got ready to ask Jacob the question that was perhaps the most important question he will ever be asked in his life. Or, the most important question asked by me, anyway.

"Okay, Jake. I have another question to ask you. Last one, I promise. But just know that I'll tell my mom the answer," I said, almost blackmailing him.

He looked at me cautiously, probably seeing the dangerous glint in my eye. "What?" he asked suspiciously.

"Who's a better kisser? Me or my mom?"

A/N: Lolz Jake's in trouble now... :)

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And I've decided that I'm going to write a sequel to "Solstice". But this story isn't going to end in the next few chapters. Or, I don't think it is, anyway... :/ Either way, I'm going to make a sequel! Yea! :) I'm pretty sure I already know what it's going to be called, (it's actually what I was thinking about calling this story). You can still tell me what you think the sequel should be called. I love hearing from you! :) Thanks for reading! I'll try to update as soon as I can!