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Chapter 11

Visits

It did not take us long to reach Alaska. The weather had been overcast for the entire journey. The whole group was waiting at the door for us when we arrived. I ran up to them and gave them all a hug. "I've missed you guys," I said.

"We've missed you, too," said Tanya.

"Everyone, this is Nick. Nick, this is Tanya, Kate, Garrett, Eleazer and Carmen."

"It is a pleasure to meet you," said Nick.

"Likewise," said Carmen. We went inside their house and sat down in the front room. It felt odd being back here.

"So what have you been up to?" asked Kate. "Besides creating yourself a mate."

"Not much," I replied. "I've just been traveling the United States and Canada."

"So tell us about yourself, Nick," said Garrett. Even though I had heard the story before, I listened intently as Nick told his story. Once he was done, our conversation traveled to such subjects as what I've been up to since I left and if we planned on getting married. The latter one caught me off guard. I had not even thought about getting married. I knew that the Cullen clan, minus Jake and Nessie, but it had never occurred to me.

"We haven't discussed it. I mean, we've only been mates for two weeks, Tanya." Tanya had brought up the conversation, and I had a feeling she had a reason. I knew she was curious, but in the two years I had been up here, we had gotten to become good friends. I had a feeling that she wanted to help or be a bridesmaid, most likely the latter.

We spent most of the day just talking. Then I went out with the girls to go hunt, while they guys stayed at the house. It would be the first time I went hunting without Nick, since I changed him. We did not go far, settling on a herd of deer. I stopped after my second one, and they noticed. "Not hungry?" asked Kate.

"Just different," I replied. "This is the first time I've fed without Nick since I created him."

"If you two ever settle down it might happen more often," said Carmen.

"You should know enough about me to realize that will never happen."

"You never know," said Kate. "You may change your mind eventually."

"Only time or Alice will tell," I said with a chuckle. I fed on a few more deer before we ran back to the house. The boys were apparently deep in conversation about something; however, we did not find out what it was as they stopped talking the minute we arrived/

"What did we miss?" I asked inquisitively.

"Nothing," all the boys replied. I did not pry any farther, as I knew I could get Nick to tell me later. I headed upstairs to my old room and Nick followed.

"So, what did you guys talk about while we were gone?"

"I'm not going to tell you," Nick replied. I kissed him on the lips. "No amount of seduction will get the answer this time, Chloe."

"Where's Edward when you need him?"

"You cannot know everything, honey."

"One can always hope," I said before kissing him again. As my back was to the bed, Nick playfully and forcefully pushed me onto the bed.

I sat up in bed, the sheets still covering me. Nick was already putting his clothes back on. I got up and did the same, and we went downstairs. "Were you trying to wake the neighborhood?" asked Tanya.

"No," Nick and I replied.

"You're worse than Kate and Garrett."

"At least we aren't like Rose and Emmett," I added.

"Yes," said Kate. "I'm grateful for that. Just promise us you will not intentionally break the house."

"Promise," we both said.

Two weeks later…

Nick and I ended up spending two weeks with the Denalis. In truth, I thought maybe we would spend a few days, but I enjoyed spending time with them.

All of the Denalis were there, as we were departing at nightfall. "Come back again some time," said Tanya.

"We'll try," I replied. We walked a good distance before breaking out into a run. I had spent enough time here that I knew my way around enough to keep out of the way of places humans usually were. Of course there was the occasional human that was somewhere unexpected. Even then, unless you run them over, they'll just think of you as a figment of your imagination.

Once we were out of Alaska, we slowed down a bit as we did not have any plans in place. We stopped near Vancouver and got a hotel room, as the sun had decided to poke its head out of the clouds for the first time in a few days. I thought about calling Alice to see what she saw, but then I remembered she would be in school.

Thinking about calling Alice made me think about my car, and for the first time since I had left it at the Cullens, I was missing it.

Once the sun had set, we decided to make our way toward Duluth to visit the Cullens. As we avoided towns and major highways, it only took us a day to get there, fortunately it had rained all day.

When we arrived, only Esme was home. As soon as she opened the door, I gave her a hug. "Hey, Esme," I said.

"Chloe, Nick, come in."

"So where is everyone?"

"Rose and Emmett are out hunting, Carlisle is at work and everyone else is still at school. So what brought you here?"

"We just got done in Denali and we thought we'd swing by. I guess in a way, we're just visiting my former covens."

"Well, you are welcome to use your house while you stay."

"It seems like forever since I've been there." I had been in there a few times after I moved to Denali, mostly to pick up my book collection, which now sat, in its entirety, in my room in Denali.

We talked with Esme until the "students" arrived. When they did, Alice ran straight to me and gave me a hug. "I've missed you," said Alice.

"So have I."

"Isn't it a risk for you being here?" asked Nessie.

"Yes," I replied. I knew she was talking about my sister living in Duluth. "That is part of the reason I have no intention of going into the city itself. So unless you've invited my sister or brother-in-law over, there should not be any risk. So sorry, Alice, no shopping trip."

"And I was so looking forward to one."

"I'm surprised you didn't see that," Nick said.

"Maybe next time, Alice, but at least not here."

"I can live with that."

"So what have you been up to besides going to Denali?" asked Bella.

"Just going around the country," said Nick. "I've attempted to get Chloe to settle down somewhere, but you know how she is." That got a laugh. They knew my story well enough and they knew how I could be. It was true, Nick had been pestering me about staying in one place long term. He was not entirely suggesting that we join a coven, but the topic came up more often than not. I had no problems on living with a coven, having spent a majority of my vampire life as part of one. I just did not think I would want to do it permanently.

We continued talking for hours, Emmett and Rosalie eventually joining us once they got back from their hunt. We only talked for a few more hours after Emmett and Rosalie arrived. Afterwards, I went to my house, reminisced and then grabbed a few books to read. "This is a nice house," said Nick. "You and Esme did a great job."
"Thanks." We ran back to the main house for our final goodbyes. It was a few minutes before Alice broke our hug.

"You know, you are the most difficult vampire when it comes to telling their future," Alice said to me.

"So I've been told. Let me guess, you have no idea of when we'll be back."

"Bingo."

"Well, then see you whenever." Nick and I ran off into the woods. We did not slow down until we were several miles away.

"We'll go back eventually," said Nick.

"I know. But as always, we don't know when."

A/N. Please R&R. Hope you are enjoying. So Chloe and Nick visited Denali and the Cullens. Just a note, when you see ****, unless there are words immediately after it like ****Flashback****, then it just means it is my editing to keep the T rating.