Chapter 14: Danger Magnet

Nessie's POV

My heart was beating so fast that I thought it would jump right out of my chest. My hands were shaking as I held onto all of the money and jewelry I was trying to hand it over to the robbers. Ethan was on the ground bleeding profusely from his three gunshot wounds.

"Well girl hand it over!"

Everything happened in slow motion from that point on. I watched in absolute horror as the man pulled the trigger several times. The bullets came at me in what seemed like an agonizingly slow speed. Then suddenly there was a blur of motion. Something or someone was suddenly standing in front of me. Shielding me. It was my dad.

"What the fuck?!" one of the guys screamed as the bullets were destroyed the second they came in contact with my father's body. I was safe now. They tried to run away. My father chased, and quickly caught, one guy. In less than a second he killed him and then the other two guys as well.

"Dad!" I yelled out and pointed at Ethan. He was getting paler and paler by the second it seemed.

"He's not going to make it," dad said lowly.

"Can't grandpa help him?"

"He won't make it back to the house,"

"No," I cried. "Dad he can't die. He's been my best friend,"

"It's okay baby," he held me close to his body in a comforting way.

"How did you find me?"

"I was out hunting when Alice called me. She said that she had a vision of some men robbing and killing you and him. You both were lying here lifeless on the floor. But if I left on time I'd be able to save you. Nearly raped a few days ago and now this. I swear you're a danger magnet. Just like your mother,"

I snivelled. Then I saw something strange in the distance. Then upon closer inspection I saw that it was my mother, grandfather, and aunt Alice. Oh thank God. Maybe Alice had also seen that if she got my grandfather here on time then he would be able to save Ethan.

"She did," my dad answered my thoughts.

My mother flew over to me instantly. There were no more humans in the area so it was safe to use vampire speed now. My mother pulled me from my father's arms and nearly crushed me to death. "Oh my God baby. Are you okay?" I could see the worry clear in her eyes.

"I'm fine mom," I answered. Truthfully I was anything but fine. It was true enough for what she was asking though.

"He is not going to make it," I heard my grandfather say.

"Can you change him grandpa?" I begged.

"Well-"

"Please grandpa I can't lose him," I begged.

"It is the only way he will survive," he said. "and there is always room for more in this family,"

"Let's go Ness you don't want to see this," mom said as she pulled me away from the scene. Even though I didn't see it happening I knew when it happened. Ethan's scream pierced through the night sky.

"How bad painful is it?" I questioned.

Dad answered. "It's the worst kind of pain imaginable. Painkillers are useless. The pain is so excruciating that it's actually the clearest memory of our human lives,"

I shuddered as I tried to imagine.

"Don't worry he's fine," mom said. "It's you that I'm worried about,"

"I'm fine mom. Really I am," I tried to sound convincing but really I was still freaking out on the inside.

"No you're not," oh leave it to my dad to voice my thoughts out loud!

"Okay I'm shaken up. Really shaken up. For godsakes dad if it weren't for you I would be a corpse right now. You even said it yourself!"

Even mom looked sacred. I didn't think that anything could scare my mother.

"That is an image that I will never forget as long as I live," dad said. "It scares me so much that if I had been even half a second too late that you would be dead,"

"Let's just get you home," mom said. Her voice shaking a little.

"I don't want to go back home. I want to stay with you,"

"That's what I meant. I'm not letting you out of my sight after what happened. You're coming home with us," mom clarified.

"Yes you're coming home with us where I can keep on you. First you were nearly killed in a horse race because of Jane. Then you were threatened by Aro. Then you were nearly raped. Now this. You are exactly the same as your mother was as a human. A danger magnet that needs constant protecting,"

I saw mom elbow dad hard in the ribs. "Come on you know it's true Bella,"

Mom rolled her but didn't say anything. I would have laughed if I wasn't still so shaken up. Everyone was relieved to see me when we got home. It was clear by the expressions on their faces that they were equally as terrified as my parents had been that they would be planning a funeral soon.

They all took turns hugging me. Uncle Emmett was so relieved that he almost squished me to death himself. Grandma Esme fretted over me in a way that only a grandmother could. It was so different here than with my foster family. My foster family wasn't nearly as loving as the Cullens were. Sure, they cared about us kids. But the level of love was nowhere near the same. I knew my foster parents wouldn't have had nearly the same reaction that my family did.

I suddenly heard a loud screaming.

"It's just Ethan," dad said. "Carlisle and Alice are returning home,"

"What's that noise?" It was Sophie. The girl who had been in an abusive relationship with one of the guys who tried to rape me a few days ago. The lone human in a house full of vampires. My grandparents had taken her in. Although there was still debate on when and how she should be told the truth about our family. Oh shit how were we going to hide the painful human to vampire transformation if Ethan kept screaming like that!

"Don't worry I have a plan," dad whispered to me.

"It's nothing you have to worry about Sophie. Just an injured person we found in the woods. It was faster to bring him here then the hospital,"

She looked suspicious about dad's answer but didn't say anything as she walked back upstairs. This was going to be much harder than I thought.

All thoughts of the girls were erased from my head when I saw Ethan. He looked like he was in so much pain but there was nothing I could do about it. When I saw my aunt Alice walking in I was suddenly overwhelmed with gratitude for her and her visions. She had saved me from being raped a few days ago and now she saved me from being killed.

When she saw me trying to get to her she came over to me and hugged. I cried.

"Thank you for saving me,"

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