Chapter 13: Boyfriend
Nessie's POV
"Vanessa!"
I was lost in my thoughts as I watched the horses, Wolf in particular, running around the paddock. Last night hadn't been easy for me. Now that my family knew the truth they went into overprotective mode. Although I couldn't see them I was pretty sure that I was now being watched at all times.
"Vanessa!"
My head snapped up when I remembered that I was 'Vanessa'. In just a few short days I'd gotten used to being called Nessie or Renesmee again. "Vanessa are you okay? I called you a few times and you didn't seem to hear," It was only my boyfriend Ethan.
"Yeah I'm sorry. I was just daydreaming. That's all," I barely glanced his way as he say down right next to me.
"Is there something going on that I don't know about?"
"What do you mean?" I asked. My attention focused solely on him all of a sudden.
"I mean you have been acting very weird lately. Something is different about you. Then you have returned my phone calls and-"
"Look," I said effectively cutting him off. "I'm really sorry. I just have a lot on my plate right now. That's all. There's no other guy if that's what your worried about. I wouldn't do that to you,"
"I know you wouldn't cheat Nessie," he said. "That's not what I'm worried about. I'm worried about you. You have been my best friend years. I know when there is something going on with you. I know you're keeping a secret which is weird because we never keep secrets from each other,"
Oh Ethan if only you knew the secrets I have kept since the very beginning of our course I couldn't tell him that though. There were so many things that I wanted to tell him but I just couldn't. Maybe I could at least tell him about Chris. My idiot foster brother and his two pregnant girls. Correction. My idiot half vampire foster brother and his two pregnancies. I bit my tongue though and remained silent on everything.
"Look why don't you let me take you out to dinner tonight? Maybe we could see a movie afterwards?"
I smiled happily. "Yeah that sounds great,". I didn't realize how much I craved doing something normal. Nothing had been normal since the day of my accident and I missed it.
"Let me take you home. Then I'll come pick you up around seven. Does that sound okay?"
"That's perfect!"
It was two when Ethan dropped me off at my house. Which only gave me five hours to get ready for our date. Ethan and I had gone to the movies together a million times before. As kids we would spend almost every day at the movies during Summer. We'd often to go get something to eat afterward . Whenever the carnival came to town we would spend our days there as well.
Sometimes we didn't do anything. We would just hang out at each other's houses watching movies, eating junk food, and playing video games. It never mattered what we did. We always would laugh and overall have a great time together as friends. However this time was different. We'd be doing these things as boyfriend and girlfriend.
My feelings toward him did start to change after puberty hit us both. I think part of me always wanted a real relationship with him but I refused to acknowledge my feelings because I wasn't sure if he felt the same way. I didn't want to say anything and ruin our friendship so I had remained silent. That's when I turned my eyes toward that asshole Liam. Liam was my first everything. He introduced me to the world of sex. Little did I know that was all he wanted and that he'd dump me the moment I could no longer fulfill his needs as he had put it.
I took a shower earlier than I normally would have. There were a lot of extra steps that I had to take to make sure that I didn't hurt myself now. God I hated being paralyzed! I took for granted everything I was able to do before the accident. Now I'd give anything just to have it back.
I picked out a nice blue dress for our date. I removed the diamond ring Ethan had given me from the safe and put it on my finger. It was a really beautiful promise ring that made me smilem. Ethan would be happy to see me wearing it.
After getting dressed I did my makeup and hair. I was no aunt Alice but I thought a decent job of making myself look good. Suddenly my phone rang. It was Ethan letting me know that he was here. I went out as fast as I could.
"Where are you going?" I was stopped in my tracks by my foster mother.
"I'm going out with Ethan. I will be back later," I said without so much as glancing back at her. I was still so angry at her and my foster dad for not allowing me to have my surgery. I wasn't sure I'd ever forgive them.
So I just rolled myself out of the house as fast as I could. As soon as he saw me Ethan got out of his car and helped me get in.
"You look beautiful," he said.
"Thanks so do you,"
He wouldn't tell me where we were going. Thinking it was better to keep it a surprise. I laughed when we pulled up to an Italian restaurant because of the memories spaghetti brought on.
"Why are you laughing?"
"Remember when we were kids and we used to eat spaghetti at home just so we could emulate that scene from Lady and the Tramp?" I snickered.
"You know we could still do that if you'd like?" he hinted seductively.
"Not in public!" I shouted and we both laughed.
It felt so good to be with him enjoying a nice meal and not worrying about any supernatural stuff. I felt relaxed and carefree. I alos enjoyed every bite of the delicious mushroom ravioli that I had ordered. Mushroom ravioli was my favorite thing to eat. Overall though I had a great time.
After we finished our food and paid the bill when went to the movies. Being huge Star Wars fans the choice was an obvious one. Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker. By the time the movie it was over it was clear that none of us wanted the date to end. I wanted everything to stay this happy and carefree forever. So we went and found an ice cream parlor that was still open.
We were heading back to the car when someone screamed behind us "Give us your money and no one will get hurt!"
I looked back and felt my stomach drop to the floor when I saw three men with their guns pointed at us. I immediately went to remove my ring and give him all the cash I had on me.
"No Vanessa don't-" suddenly three shots rang out. I screamed when as I saw Ethan hit the floor. There was blood everywhere but he was still alive. Barely but he was alive.
"Now little lady are you going to cooperate or are we going to have to kill you as well?"
I was too scared to move. I watched as he put his finger on the trigger and started to pull.
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