A/N: Nessie runs all the way to New York (upstate) to say good-bye to Nahuel. She sees a wolf that doesn't seem that ordinary on the way.
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POV: Nessie
Disclaimer: All the characters belong to Stephenie Meyer (Oh, I just realized that Lewis doesn't, lol)
Nessie POV:
"Dad, pull up," I said casually, still looking out the window. I was still wound up about saying good-bye to Charlie, but I needed to say goodbye to one more person, well half-vampire anyway.
"No," he said through clenched teeth, his fists curled into lethal talons around the steering wheel. He must have read my thoughts.
Stupid, nosy, stubborn--
"Okay, that's enough," he said in an irritated way. Like I said, stubborn vampire, stubborn enough to not know the truth.
"Edward!" I moaned giving him a steel-like grimace. "I'm 17 for God sakes! Nahuel is my friend, okay? Friend. Do I have to spell it out for you? And didn't I tell you to stay out of my head?" I complained, crossing my arms over my chest.
He halted to a fierce stop, causing me to slam forward, making the car shake. He turned his body around and eyed me suspiciously, his expression hard and cold. "Fine, you can run," he said this as if he was amused. His mouth switched into a smile.
My eyes turned into large wheels, glassy with irritation.
Is he serious? Nahuel moved to New York, and it could take two hours or so to get there and back. He smirked at me evilly and nodded his head slowly as if this was as easy as taking a walk to the park.
"I hate you," I said loudly as I stuck out my tongue like a two year old.
"Nessie," he soothed as I was standing outside, waiting to leave already. "Don't forget to ride with Alice, she's...lonely." I nodded my head in a forgiving way but still felt the rage burning inside me.
I slammed the door shut, stomping my way into the forest at a human pace. I breathed, inhaling the tree smell I loved, but I couldn't help the rage. I slammed my hand onto a ten foot wide boulder, craving a huge dent. I slammed it again, turning it into dust. I smiled and decided to start my adventure.
I raced to New York as quickly as possible without passing out. My legs pumped effortlessly as I ran for what seemed like days. My breathing came out very slowly and peacefully, as if I was in a deep sleep. My hair rushed by my face like I was sticking my head out of jet. I had high heels on but it was if I could feel the velvet of the ground rubbing against my feet, the leaves swiping against me, that would feel like whips if I was human, felt like they were feathers brushing lightly against my cheeks. My arms and legs never grew tired, only stronger.
I gave a soft smile and raised my head in the air and gave a ringing laugh. I loved running like this, I felt so free.
I was happy, running so powerfully, but what happened to Susie was unbearable, like a hole was ripped in my chest. A hole which could never mend. I sighed softly as my wound throbbed violently. I ignored it and kept on moving, I needed to put this behind me, but it was difficult. Almost impossible. Again I ignored the throb of pain and smiled thinking peacefully of what I was going to do to Edward.
I furious at him for doing this, more than furious, but I was still so happy because I knew he was going to for pay this, somehow...
My jaw was set and the most evilest smile swept across my face. A pleasing laugh erupted from my chest. In the back of my mind I thought I heard the strangest thing, my father's angel laugh, like he was reading my every thought 24-7, which was probably true. I gave a loud snarl in disgust and pushed harder.
I decided that I should hunt quickly, since the burning in my throat was much stronger and more powerful now. I slowed down to a human-paced walk and crouched low to the ground. I sniffed the air and smelled a foul smell of deer. My eyes were piercing and I followed the scent. I climbed a birch tree and sat onto the still branch, not showing any sign of movement at all. I looked below and saw a white wolf, something I did not expect. My eyes softened.
This was a wolf ten times the size of a regular wolf, more beautiful.
Was this Jacob? No. Jacob as russet-colored fur, not white. Don't move, I heard the stern voice in the back of my mind. I hissed obnoxiously. The wolf's ears perked up and his body became tense. His nails dinging into the ground. I jumped and onto the ground, ready to pounce. The wolf instantly turned around, his teeth bared defensively. I stared evilly into my prey's frightful eyes.
His eyes were a piercing black. Piercing, but also loving. This confused me and brought me up short. I stood up slowly, my arms reaching out, trying to calm this beautiful creature. I nodded once, as if this animal understood me and raced away into the dark to find a different prey.
I came upon a small pond, with deer circling around it. I crouched onto the ground and crept close behind it. I lunged at it and dung my teeth into the skin, which was where the blood met. I tasted the warm, the heat, letting the taste calm my hunger, my thirst. I drained the animal, 'til nothing was left except fresh.
I whipped my hand on my mouth and realized that I was a complete mess. My heels snapped into dust and my satin shirt was teared to pieces. No one in my family looked like this when they came home from hunting, not even Bella. It's been eight years, and I still couldn't get it down. I sighed and took what was left of the high heels off and began on my journey once more.
The trees zipped by me, showing no light at all, just total darkness. My stomach sloshed from so much liquid I was carrying. I ran for only a few seconds and came to a large clearing, almost like a meadow, filled with wild flowers and butterflies.
This is were Edward and Bella fell in love, I thought to myself, absorbing the amazing beauty. Again I heard the angel laugh. I rolled my eyes in frustration and took a slow, cautious step toward the meadow, making no sound on the feathery grass. Later today, I told Nahuel to meet me here while my parents were waiting in Edward's Volvo, but I saw no sign of a half-human vampire present. I sniffed the air and smelled that honey smell I expected to smell, strangely I did not pick it up on the first take.
"Hello," I heard a majestic voice call peacefully behind me. I gave a soft smile and turned around, showing all my teeth in a friendly way.
"Hello, Nahuel," I replied in a ringing voice as I took a graceful step to my half vampire friend.
"Wow, Nessie. I like your clothes," Nahuel stated as he traveled to me. If I could blush I would have.
I stared at him in awe. His skin was glimmering from the sun above, his skin having a smooth look to it, as if it was made of silk.
But his eyes made me feel uncomfortable. It wasn't the look, the look was the love for friend, but the color. A violent, bloodshoot red.
I understood now, he was drinking human blood, and it wasn't an accident. Not like with me...
He gave a peaceful sigh and laughed to himself. "What?" I asked as I took another slow step toward him.
He shrugged his shoulders and smiled once more. "I'm going to really miss you." I gave a laugh and smiled with him, forcing his eye color from my mind. This was a time to say good-bye, not question his eye color, I thought to myself smugly.
"Nahuel," I began, suddenly serious. "Are there any werewolf packs here...in upstate New York?" His eyes narrowed and his smile quickly faded.
"No," he replied, folding his arms around his chest as if he were a business man. "Why, did something--"
"No," I quickly interrupted,"I was just curious." He nodded his head in that business-men way and the smile appeared on his face. He gave a soft laugh, like a child receiving a toy, clapping his hands together softly.
"Do you remember when I first met you? I knew you would be the one for me, I just knew it,"he said happily, shaking his head slightly from the memory. Nahuel has this fantasy that I would be his mate and that we would live in Europe peacefully together, but that has never even happened. I heard a furious hiss in the back of my mind, I quickly ignored it before I would go completely overboard.
I love Nahuel, I really do, like a friend, a very close friend, very close. Almost like Jacob. But me being his mate? No. I couldn't picture it, well a fading picture anyway.
"Nahuel..." He glided gracefully to me and held my hands. Our fingers tying into each other.
"Renesmee," he sighed, inhaling my scent. "I love you, can't you understand that?" I gave a sigh and rolled my eyes.
"I know, and I do too, but I love you as a best friend..." I trailed off staring into his misty pained eyes. He slowly nodded his head, but I could see in his eyes that it was as if I slapped him in the face.
"Nahuel," I said lovingly, patting his shoulder, I knew when a friend was in pain when I truly see it. He instantly grabbed his hand in my hair gently and his warm lips met mine. My lips slightly pulled away, but Nahuel's strong hold held me down.
I let the surroundings fill me and I kissed him back, my lips tying gently with his, like pieces in a puzzle. The soft hiss turned into a deafening roar of rage.
"Nahuel," I moaned softly in his ear. "This--this is wrong." He nodded his head, but no words escaped his lips.
I pulled away, harder this time. "No," I said sternly, giving him piercing eyes. I gracefully trotted away and turned around at a far distance, but he was already right behind me, grabbing my hand with passion once more.
"I love you..." he sighed, not releasing his grip. I pulled my arm away and walked closer to the trees. I turned around and Nahuel was in the center of the meadow. His skin glittering slightly by the sun blazing above. His face pained, having a sour look to it.
"Good-bye," I said, just over a whisper. I ranged my ears and heard a mutter escape his lips. I expected it to be a good-bye, but instead it was 'I love you' and 'please don't leave' and 'I love you'. I turned around and sighed deeply. I span around and stared. His eyes stared at me hopeful and he smiled a glamorous smile.
"You'll come back to me Ness. You'll see," he yelled across the meadow. "It's not good-bye yet!" I smiled back at him and heard loving words escape his marble lips once more. I slowly turned around and was about to start the journey home.
"Nessie," He called to me once more. I slowly turned around and faced him, staring into his heart-breaking eyes.
"If--if I had a h--" I stared at him and turned around ignoring his babbling. "No..." I said finally, shaking my head sternly. I heard a soft whoosh and I swiftly turned around. Nahuel was in front of me, his hands placed lightly around my waist.
"Let me finish," He said softly, staring deep into my soul. "If I had a heart, I would have given it to you when I first laid eyes on you...Don't you understand that?" If I could cry I would have.
"I know...But I must go now..." He slightly pulled away from our embrace and lumbered back to the center of the meadow. "Good bye," he mouthed to me as he sat on the ground, his face calm and sincere.
"I. Love. You," he said loudly, sounding out each and every word carefully.
I nodded once more and replied good-bye to him in a friendly manner.
I slowly disappeared into darkness and smiled a loving smile. The air blew in my face as I started off on a slow trot.
"I love you too," I whispered again and again, with the same loving passion as Nahuel.