Edwards POV

"Jake, a word, please." Something was going on and Jake would just have to tell me.

"What's up, Edward?"

"You tell me, Jake. Look at her sitting there on the bench. You tell me what's going on. She's been acting different for the past two weeks now. YOU KNOW!!!"

"I know that she's been acting differently, but I can't tell you what about. Can't you hear her?"

"You know as well as I that Renesmee is quite capable of hiding her thoughts from me. Are you trying to tell me that you have absolutely no clue about why she has been behaving this way?"

"In a nutshell? Yep."

"Unbelievable. Aren't you supposed to be her protector or something?"

"Don't start Edward. What happened? Did you forget how many times Bella got into trouble with you around?" he snarled.

Damn him to hell. He always could remind me of these things.

Sorry, I know…that was uncalled for. Jake thought

"Yeah well, it's till true."

It's just that I know something is going on, but I can't put my finger on it. I still can't believe that she's hiding something from me.

"Now that I can relate to." I snickered. Not hearing Bella was still one of my biggest frustrations. "Any ideas though?"

Honestly I tried to follow her the other night, but she hid from me until I got close enough for her to catch. The she sent me home.

"I know this is Renesmee that we're talking about, but sometimes you have to put your foot down Jake."

"Yeah right!" he snorted. "Just like how you do it with Bella, right?"

"Yeah, whatever Jake. Just keep your eyes open, something is going on, I can feel it."

Bella walked into the hospital. I could smell her as soon as the doors opened.

"Does Bella know?" Jake whispered.

"She hasn't said anything, but you know how intuitive she is. She has to suspect something." I whispered back.

"Edward, Jake. Where's Renesmee?"

"Outside, getting some fresh air."

"I better go downstairs and see how she's doing." Jake left real quick. He could hardly lie to Bella and I knew that she'd catch him hiding something.

I'll try and talk it our of her Edward. No matter what, Renesmee could have done worse. I could trust Jake with my own life after everything that we've been through together.

"Edward, have you heard anything from Renesmee lately?" Her eyes were pleading with me to say yes.

"You'd know as soon as I did if something was wrong."

"I know Edward, but something doesn't feel right. Something is going to happen. I know it."

"Don't worry Bella, no matter what happens, we'll face it together."

"I know that Edward, I just want to circumvent anything that might come between us and our daughter."

"Bella, she's fine. Look out the window, you can see her from here. Jake is sitting with her on that bench across the street."

"Edward, Bella…Charlie's up. He's asking for you, but I wanted to prepare you. His eyesight has not come back." Carlisle said as he walked into the waiting room.

"Will it come back Carlisle?" Bella asked

"Only time will tell. Did Nessie leave? I know she was worried and wanted to know as soon as he was up."

"No, I'm right here." Jake and Nessie walked up.

"okay, let's go see Charlie." I sighed.

Bellas POV

I hated seeing my dad like this. All I could think about was that this would never happen to me. My Vampire abilities would make sure I sustained long after my father would perish. I had thought about this when I made my decision to become part of Edwards family. I thought I was prepared…..I guess I still needed to adjust.

"Hey Dad! How are you holding up?" I winced when he moved his head i8n my direction, but his stare was blank and through me.

"Just fine kiddo, don't you worry about a thing. Sue is making some arrangements at the house so I can be more comfortable. Don't you worry about a thing."

"Sure, sure Dad." I sighed. I knew he was in good hands. I just didn't like feeling so useless.

"Hey Grandpa."

"Hey….there's my most favorite sound in the whole world! Don't be sad Nessie. Papa will be right as rain in no time."

"Alright….just let me know if you need anything okay!"

"Actually, what he needs to do right now is get as much sleep as he can. You guys should head on out. You can see him in the morning."

"Thanks Carlisle. See you later Dad"

"Sure thing…see you folks later. I sure do appreciate all of the concern guys, but don't worry."

Renesmee's POV

Alright, so I couldn't keep this secret for long, and I knew that I didn't want to. I would just have to bring Jake with me. If there was one thing that I knew I couldn't leave without it would be Jake.

Once we got to the house, I went to look for Aunt Rose. She and Emmett were packing for their trip.

"Hey Aunt Rose! Need any help?"

"Of course not. If she'd make up her mind, we'd be finished packing hours ago." Emmett sat next to the suitcase with a very disgruntled look on his face.

"Now Emmett, honey. You don't want to make me cross prior to our trip do you?" Rose's eyes narrowed to little slits.

"Nope, not me, but I did want to fit a hunt in before we left tomorrow." He sighed.

"Emmett, we'll have plenty of time."

"Not for any good game. I'll just have to grab something around here….ugh, deer. That'll be a lot of fun." I had to laugh. Emmett had a disgusted look on his face.

"Well Nessie, did you need anything?" Nope, Just wanted to pop in before you guys sneak off tomorrow."

"Okay…how's Charlie" Rose asked cautiously.

"Oh he's fine. You know good old Charlie, sturdy as a rock."

"Uh huh." I could tell she felt something was up. "You want to talk a bit?"

"Nope…just missing you guys already." I saw Emmett glance at Rose. I knew that he wanted some alone time with her and that they hadn't gone anywhere in a while. In fact, their last trip was when they went hunting for Nomads to be our witnesses when the Volturri came to Forks.

"Aww….Emmett, what did I tell you? I told you we should have at least brought her with us."

"Sure Rose, whatever." Emmett flopped back onto the bed and stared at the ceiling. I knew he loved me just as much as he loved Rose, but I understood exactly what he needed…just some alone time every now and then.

"Of course I can't go with you. I'd only be in the way. And besides, I wouldn't want to hear you and Jake grumbling all day." Rose and Jake had come to an agreement of sorts. They just ignored one another until absolutely necessary. Then when they did have to interact, it was like another world war would start out.

"See Rose, I told you." Emmett sat up and grinned at me. "She's been trying to figure out how we can take you with us without your parents throwing a fit."

"We don't throw fits, but she still wouldn't be able to go." Dad said from downstairs. I looked at Emmett and Rose and rolled my eyes. When they were silently giggling, I mouthed 'whatever.'

"Ness….." Dad called from below.

"Guess I better see what's up."

I hopped downstairs and saw my parents watching TV. I didn't have to look far for Jake, I could hear the Refrigerator getting rummaged.

"Hey guys." I leaned back against my parents legs casually as I sat on the carpet.

"Love, you know you can talk to us about anything right?" My mom started.

"Yeah, right." I snickered

"Renesmee Carlie Cullen." Dad…I knew when he said my whole name I was starting to push it. I sighed and held my hands out behind my back. Both parents took my hands and I started.

I had gotten used to showing people what I wanted and holding back everything else that I needed to stay private. I let my parents feel what I felt when I felt upset. How I didn't want to be treated like a child anymore. After a few minutes I let go of their hands and glanced up into their faces. My fathers face showed sadness and regret. Regret for time that had sped by while I grew or regret for their actions? As soon as I thought it, dad said "regret that when I look back on our time together, it has happened so fast and now you sit here by me as a young woman, not my little girl."

I could feel tears starting to brim over. "Nessie…" Mom whispered. "I'm not sorry for loving you too much and being overprotective. I am sorry that I didn't trust you to be wise enough to make your own decisions. No matter what though, you need to remember that I love you…more than my life."

I touched the pendant that had always hung on my neck. " I know momma, I know."

"I'm going to go for a quick hunt. You coming Jake?" I called out.

"Sure, coming….everything alright?" Jake asked as he came into the living room.

"Yep, let's go…I'll be home later, okay?" I asked.

"Alright honey, Love you." Mom said.

"Be safe." Dad was always the cautious one.

I needed to introduce Jake to my new friend. I hope they'd hit it off because I needed to let her know that I needed him to come with me. We took off at a run and was soon out of hearing of the house. A little more and I should either pick up her scent or she'd come to me. I heard a snarl behind me and stopped. Anna had grabbed Jake from behind. "STOP!!" I screamed. "He's a friend, he's not going to attack you."

Anna release Jake and flew into a nearby pine tree. "What did you do Nessie? You said you were my friend."

"Ness, what the hell is going on?" Jake started quivering. I had to calm him down fast or I'd have bigger problems on my hands. Looks like the quick friendship I was trying to picture just wasn't going to work out after all.