Annie's talking & someone talking to Annie in their mind
Annie/Hazel's POV:
I don't know how I ended up here but I know it wasn't intentional. Subconsciously something pulled me in his direction. It made me show up here, either to hurt me or to show me something. And it isn't a coincidence that neither Leah, Seth, or any other wolves aren't here guarding this place.
From afar I watch him do his everyday thing, sit on the couch, watching sports on the flatscreen t.v and a beer on his right hand. It seems as though my absence hasn't made a change. But I notice something about him, he has changed. He has dark circles underneath his chocolate brown eyes but it seems they're getting lighter, perhaps Sue has something to do with it. And if she does then I'll thank her one of these days. He has more grey hairs on his head, a few more wrinkles have appeared on his face. My old man is becoming an old man. I only hope I could be there when he peacefully passes away.
For an hour, I stood back like a stalker behind a tree and watched him. Eventually, his human instinct took over and made him look out the window every now and then. I find it somewhat amusing when he would casually 'stretch', walking to the window, look out and when he couldn't find anything unusual he walks back to his spot. He did that for about six times before finally he got creep out. I watched him turn off the t.v and head up the stairs, but before looking out the window. With my vampire speed, I went around the house and stood behind a tree that was in front of my father's bedroom window. And once again he looks out his window before sighing. Laying on his bed, he slowly closes his eyes and finally, sleep took over.
3rd POV:
The moment he opens his eyes he was confused and slightly scared. Looking around he notices he wasn't at home laying on his bed. He wasn't anywhere near home but in the woods. Just by looking at the tall trees and listening to the winds and the birds, he knew he wasn't in Forks.
Where am I? he thought to himself. He began walking around the woods, lost and confused. Then he hears the sound of water, as he begins walking towards the water, he sees a silhouette sitting on a fallen log. Even though this person had their back facing him he knew who it was. Despite not seeing this certain person in a long time, he knew it was her. Oh, how could he forget her? He dreams of her every night.
Unexpectedly, the person stands up, turns around and stares at him with a bright smile. Instead of returning the smile, he stumbles back surprised and a bit sad. Charlie stares at the ghost of his beloved daughter, Annie. How could this be? Am I dreaming? Is she real? Is she really here? So many questions ran through his mind but none came out. Without a warning, Charlie took off running to his daughter's arms. He held his daughter close to his chest, face buried in between her shoulder, a hand on the back of her head almost as though he cradling her. Immediately, Annie hugged him back, hands tightly wrapped around his waist, buried her head in his chest. For the first time ever, someone saw Annie without her veil/covering, even though it was in a somewhat dream that she created with her powers, Annie's glad he was the first. Father and daughter shared a lovely moment together, neither of them wanting to let go but they knew they had too, nothing last forever.
Charlie pulls away and stares down at his little girl, tears coming down both of their faces. Charlie's face has a bittersweet smile as he wipes away the tears of his daughter. "A-Annie," Charlie said holding back a sob. He couldn't believe it, his daughter was in his arms, safe and alive. He stares at her bright hazel eyes just as he remembers them to be.
"Hi, daddy," Charlie hears the sweet voice of his daughter and he couldn't help but cry even more. This time it was Annie who wiped away his tears. She puts her hand on his right cheek and quickly yet gently Charlie covers her hand with his. "If this is a dream, please don't wake me up," Charlie begged and stared at Annie's beautiful face.
At that moment, Charlie started to remember the first time he saw Annie. Such a small thing, barely fit into his hands. When he first held her, the most perfect feeling swept through him. He remembered when she came into this world his whole world stopped, the first time Annie smiled at him, his heart dropped. He remembered the first words she spoke, 'dada', and he bragged to the whole town. Feeling like a proud father. He knew he would do anything in the world for her. He would be her hero, her keeper, the one who would be there to keep her safe. He would be her daddy. But now standing in front of her, he starts remembering she isn't with him. She's dead, buried six feet into the ground. A heavy guilt swept through him and he cried more. Realizing that he has failed his daughter in keeping her safe.
"I-I'm so-sorry," Charlie cried more. Quickly Annie pulled back her father and held him as he cried. He cried on her shoulder, held her tight fearing she'll disappear again. Oh, how he wishes he could turn back the time. How he wish it would have been him instead of her.
"Shh, daddy is okay. It's not your fault," Annie whispered at her crying father. Charlie shook his head disagreeing with her.
"I failed you, I'm sorry," Charlie held Annie close, not only was he trembling but also his voice. Annie didn't say anything, instead, she held him close. After a while she pulled away, she didn't have enough energy/power to keep this up.
"Daddy, I miss you," Annie says as tears fall on her face.
"I miss you too, honey. I miss you so much. Bella, your mother, your friends, and oh, Jasper. Honey, Jasper... he misses you. He's not doing so good," Charlie tells Annie. Annie frowns on hearing Jasper's name.
"Do you know Bella's married? To Edward. I owe you $10 since you were right. Of course, you were, you're always right" he says and Annie smiles. "Oh, and she has a daughter. You're an aunt and I'm a grandfather, can you believe that? Edward and Bella adopted Edward's niece. But you should see her, she looks just like Bella when she was small. Sue and I-" Charlie stops talking when he sees his daughter in slight pain. He panics and immediately asked what's wrong.
"What's wrong? Are you hurt?" Charlie asked looking at his daughter worried. After a while, he realizes what's happening. "I don't want you to leave... please stay... let me stay with you," he says crying.
Annie stares at her father with a sad expression. "I'm sorry, daddy. But I cannot stay... not right now," Charlie doesn't understand what she meant by that but he knows she cannot stay with him. With a sad and heavy heart, he nods.
"When will I see you again?" he asked but Annie doesn't answer. She looks away not knowing how to respond. Charlie knew she wouldn't respond to his question. It was unfair to put her in this position. He knew if she could she would stay with him, he knew if she could she would already be home. But she cannot, well not right now. With a heavy heart Charlie, held Annie close and kissed the top of her head, and with a sigh he said his last goodbye to her.
"Goodbye, Annie," Charlie said before everything went black.
Charlie opened his eyes and slowly turned to the window. He stared at outside for a few seconds before getting up. He heads out his bedroom and stops underneath the attic, where Annie once slept. Charlie slowly pulls down the attic stairs and walks into Annie's old room. No one has been here since her funeral. Well not without Charlie's knowledge. But Jasper used to stay his night here and he even stayed before he left with Alice to their little quest.
Charlie looks around at Annie's room, remembering all the times he stood here with her. He walked to her bed and sat down. Noticing a teddy bear on the floor he picks it up and frowns. It was the teddy bear Alice gave to Annie on her 18th birthday. Charlie remembered the day Jasper came to the house and asked to marry Annie. He knew Jasper wasn't playing, he saw the pure love he had for his daughter and the love she had for him. Although Charlie thought they were to young to get married he agree anyways because he knew Jasper would never hurt Annie. And just like he, Jasper would be his keeper, he would be there to protect her from any harm. But in the end, both of them failed in keeping her alive.
Sighing Charlie stood up and placed the teddy bear on the center of Annie's bed. Walking down the stairs he looks back at her room, reminiscing all the good and bad times he had with Annie. Closing the attic door, Charlie hears a noise coming from down stairs. Walking down the stairs he see Sue coming in with groceries bags. She stops when she see Charlie's face. Placing the bags down she goes to him and hugged him.
Gently rubbing his back as Charlie held her. "Shh, it's okay. I'm sure Annie's is happy and safe wherever she's at," Sue said trying to comfort her man. Charlie didn't talk he just nodded and enjoyed the comfort of Sue's warmed. Charlie couldn't help but wonder how Annie knew of his crush on Sue. He thought he hid it every well, but he guessed Annie knew but he was happy. He was happy that Annie approved of Sue.
From outside of the house, Annie watched her father and Sue. She had a small smile on her face, she was happy that Charlie wouldn't be alone. Even though Annie rarely talked to Sue, she knew Sue will make Charlie happy and that is all she ever hoped for. Annie turns around and heads back to the others.
It was late at night when Hazel/Annie went back to the Cullen's house. They all stopped when she came in the house. William turned to her and stared at her for a while. William knew, he just knew that she went to visit him.
Frowning he sighed, "you shouldn't have went over there. You could have been caught." William said as Hazel went to sit on the couch. The others watched as the two sibling has their silent conversation. They see Annie shrug and William sighs.
He stares at her and sighs again, "is he doing okay?" William asked and Annie turns to him and nods. William slightly smiles and nods. "Good he's a good man, is he going to give you those $10?" William playfully asked. They others seen Hazel's body shakes, as though she's silently laughing.
"He mentioned it," Hazel says and William chuckles. And just like that they drop the conversation.
William turns back to Emmett and Garret and continued their previous conversation as though nothing happened. Alistair stood back, wondering how in the world did she manage to hide her scent from him. The Cullens and the others were wondering who's underneath that veil/covering. In the mist of the silence, suddenly Bella's phone rings. She looks down and answers it.
"Hello, dad," she says getting up from her spot. She stops when she hears her father say that he dreamt of Annie. Hearing that name, everyone turns to Bella. However, William turned to Hazel with a smirk and Hazel shrugs again. Bella walks away from the living room to have her conversations with her father in private. The others stayed quiet for a while until they all began doing their normal thing. Hazel/Annie had a smile on her face. If she cannot tell the others who she is, perhaps she can show up as a dream. She can use William's power and let them know, she's always with them. That's not breaking the bet or anything, she just found a loophole.
