"Nessie, show me," Elena said as she sat next to the little girl in the Cullens backyard. Jacob and Paul both on the steps along with the rest of the Cullens, they watched as Elena taught Nessie to control her gift. It had been about a week since everything went back to normal, when they had gotten back from San Francisco Sam was waiting outside the barrier Elena had put up. Paul started doing light patrols again and when he wasn't working he was with Elena in her house. He had yet to convince her to go into town but he could convince her to visit the Cullens and help Nessie.
"What I do show you though?" Nessie questioned. She knew how to show people things that have happened like when Charlie lost his keys, Nessie knew to show him what she watched which triggered his memory of them being in the truck still.
"Anything you want. Anything you've seen. It doesn't always have to help people, sometimes showing is easier then saying," Elena gave a quick side glance to Paul. She had taken to showing Paul things that were too complicated for her to talk about. Like, watching her grandmother burn. Paul had asked about her the other night when he saw the family picture in the bedroom, he hasn't asked about her again. He's seen many vampires burn in his time but watching a witch, someone who did no harm to anyone, die was brutal for him.
"Okay...I think I got it," Nessie whispered before picking up her hand and laying it on Elenas face. Elena then saw Nessie eating fruit loops with morning while Jasper read to her.
"There you go! Now, watch," Elena took Nessie's hand and replayed the memory that she just played to her, mirroring it.
"You are amazing," Nessie smiled up at her parents, thanking her father in her head for allowing Elena over.
"Elena you must come over more. Especially now that you're staying around," Edward looked at Paul who was busy thinking about when Elena and him would have their own children. Would they be wolves? Witches? Half? Maybe just human.
"Paul has been trying to get me into town but so far this is all I'll allow," Elena told him as she took the young girls hand and walked up the back steps with her.
"Nothing will happen," Alice told her. She was speaking from experience and the fact that Quil Sr had made sure Elena was protected. Everyone who was around the last time she was in La Push was made aware of her presence again but that she was the reason La Push was still a living town. They all agreed to protect her secret.
"I'm not convinced yet. I'll go into town in my own time," Elena glared at Paul knowing that he had been pushing her to go. Paul wanted to be a normal couple, go on dates and visit the only cinema in town together. She needed to be normal. Act normal. Forget all the supernatural stuff all the time.
"And on that note, we better get going. Quil Sr wanted to have a chat," Paul waved to everybody as Elena gave Nessie a tight hug. She was growing to really like the child. Paul offered to run them but instead Elena just transported them to Quil Sr, he of course was startled due to the fact that he was in the middle of eating a sandwich in his kitchen but he recovered quickly.
"I never will get use to that," Quil Sr shook his head. He was use to big furry wolves and cold ones but never a person just appearing in his house.
"I'm sorry, I'll try just knocking next time," Elena apologized before pulling a wooden chair out from the table and sitting down across from him. Quil Sr and Molly has their home decorated like a retirement home, antiques and blankets everywhere.
"I just wanted to let you know that people my age are aware of your presence and that you are completely protected here," Quil Sr repeated what Alice and Paul had both told her but she would have to see for herself if they were trustworthy.
"Quil Sr and I were talking about jobs for you," Paul was looking at his fingers as he tapped them on the table.
"What do you mean job?" Elena knew she would need to work to get money for groceries. Magic didn't work in the art of making food, bringing back anything to life was not allowed. Safety measures.
"Tarot card readings," Molly called out from somewhere down the hall. Elena cringed at the thought of being that type of witch.
"But would anyone even want that?" She remembered other witches trying this and being burned but if the town knew then was she safe?
"They want it and whether or not they believe it then that's on them," Quil Sr winked before wiping his face of any crumbs.
"I'll think about it," Elena told him honestly before biting the inside of her cheek. She'd have to check with Alice or even her own cards to see if anything was there showing if this was a bad idea.
"Are you staying for dinner? I'm making pork. Quil! Are you eating! Dinner will be done in literally fifteen minutes!" Molly came around the corner with her hands on her hips. Some things just don't change.
"I was hungry. But yes, they'll be staying," Quil Sr didn't let Elena get another word in before he left the room.
"That man will be the death of me," Molly muttered to herself as she checked on the potatoes in the oven. Two extra baking, they knew that they were coming and staying for dinner.
"I was always happy I didn't receive my mother's gift of death seeing," Elena whispered to Paul as she picked at the skin around her nails.
"Death seeing?" Paul whispered with wide eyes.
"Death seeing. She could tell when someone was going to die, humans at least anyways," Elena shrugged like it was completely normal. Paul still had so much to learn about this girl.