Chapter 2: Leaving

Nessie's POV

I didn't sleep peacefully that night. I was much too worried about what was going to happen the following morning. Bella and I had already discussed our plans. When morning came I was going to act normal so my parents didn't suspect a thing. They were going to take me to school like they did every morning. Once I was sure they were gone I'd leave to the metro station and subsequently the airport to catch our twelve o clock flight to Seattle. Then a connecting flight from Seattle to Port Angeles.

Everything had worked our brilliantly so far. There had been only one flight available with only one seat left. The seat was in first class and normally would've been prohibitively expensive for me. But since I'd robbed the Cullen family blind *gasps for air* the price was not a problem.

"Nessie what's wrong?" Bella asked me. The look of concern on her face caught my attention.

"I'm just worried. That's all,"

"Try not to worry Nessie. I'm sure that everything will go according to plan,"

"Hey Bella do you mind if I ask you something super personal?"

"Of course you can ask me anything that you want,"

I took a deep breath to steady my nerves. "Does it hurt? Dying I mean? I mean what was that like?"

"From what I learned everyone's experience is different. Some people pass away peacefully in their sleep. Then there are those who are murdered for example they get shot or stabbed to death. Both of which are excruciatingly painful. I died giving birth and that was the most painful thing that I have ever experienced,"

"I imagine that you must regret having a child then. You probably wish that you would have aborted your baby when you still had the chance,"

She shook her head fiercely. "That is not even close to being true,"

"But you'd still be alive if you had,"

"Perhaps I would still be alive. But I don't regret the choice that I made. I loved my baby so much that I was ready and willing to give up my life for her to ensure that she lived. The family didn't agree with me though. My husband cried and begged me to abort because he knew how dangerous the pregnancy would be for me. But that's another story,"

"Which one is your husband again?"

"Edward Cullen,"

"So Bella how come you haven't crossed over yet?"

She smiled at me and laughed. "You really do have a lot of questions don't you?"

"I'm a curious girl. I always ask that questions to ghosts that I've encountered. Usually it's some kind of unfinished business sort of thing,"

"You're right. I do have unfinished business. After I died I have never been able to locate my family. I want to see my daughter and make sure that she's okay. That my whole family is okay. Then maybe I will be able to cross over in peace,"

I wondered what it would be like for me when I died. Was it going to be painful for me? Or would it be a peaceful passing? I hoped that it would but somehow I doubted it. When it came to cancer I had my good days and my awful days where everything just hurt. I imagined that it would only get worse as more time passed.

"Nessie are you sure that you're alright?" Bella looked worried again.

"I'm fine," I lied. "Just a little tired that's all," I didn't want Bella to know about my cancer. I didn't want to worry her. No need to let her know that I would soon be joining her and countless others in the afterlife.

"Nessie what happened? How did you become paralyzed?"

"It was a really bad car accident. I got the brunt of the impact and completely severed my spine. I haven't been able to walk since,"

"Why didn't you get surgery?" she asked curiously.

"It was way too expensive," my parents had never said those words directly to me but I had overheard them say it to each other when they thought I couldn't hear. We had the same problem with my cancer treatments. They had to take out loans to pay for my treatments. Only for me to die anyway.

Bella didn't say anything anymore. I closed my eyes and tried my hardest to fall asleep. I only awoke the next morning when my mom came and shook me awake.

"It's time to get up Ness," she said cheerfully. She was always trying to sound cheerful for me these days.

"Alright if I must," I yawned.

"Breakfast will be ready soon,"

She closed the door behind her. I got into my wheelchair effortlessly and went to use the bathroom and get cleaned up.

I logged onto my computer and checked my bank account once again. The money that I'd stolen from Bella's family was still there. It didn't relieve my worries one bit.

"Don't worry Nessie. Like I said last night. Nothing is going to happen. The Cullens have so much money that they're not even going to notice that a little bit of their money is missing,"

"You're seriously delusional if you think that one million dollars is just a little bit of money. Why did you insist on me taking out that much money from their bank accounts anyway?"

"To them that amount is a little bit. We don't know how long this mission is going to take and we're going to need a lot of resources to take care of you. Food, clothing, airplane tickets, cars, and hotels aren't cheap,"

I shook my head. No matter what Bella said the nerves in my gut refused to settle down. It scared me to think of what could happen if they discovered the missing money and reported me to the authorities. Dying in prison was the last thing I wanted.

But maybe Bella was right. I hoped. I tried not to think about it. I went through the process of getting ready for school. When I finished eating breakfast I grabbed my backpack, which unbeknownst to my parents was full of clothes, rather than school supplies. As soon as they dropped me off at school I waited just long enough to be sure they were gone. Then I left with Bella, my backpack, and a stolen one million dollars in tow.

What could possibly go wrong?

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