Chapter 12 – Reunited
I reached the familiar yard of Jacob's house; I raced to the front door and knocked frantically. Embry opened it seconds later and I walked in, I looked for Jacob and darted over to him as soon as I saw him.
I was on his lap with my arms around his neck; he laughed and then stroked the back of my head.
"Hey Ness, you had me worried when I came back and you were gone"
I got off of his lap, "I'm sorry, I had too . . . take care of something" I said apologetically, "Can I use your phone please?" I asked.
Jacob nodded and I walked over to the old handset sitting of the coffee table, I dialled in dad's number and let it ring.
"Hello?"
"Dad" I said enthusiastically.
"Renesmee, where are you?" he said quickly.
"I'm at Jacob's, where are you?" I asked.
"Were at Charlie's, the Volturi are going to reach town in an hour, I want you too stay at Jacob's ok?" he said sternly.
"No dad, you cannot tell me after all of this time that I need to stay out of the way" I said.
He sighed, "Your not leaving my sight, not even for a second" he said, he sounded sorry as if he were confessing to a murder.
"I'll come to you right away" I said.
"Ok, be quick, we don't know where the Volturi are now" he said.
"I will, don't worry, I love you" I said and hung up the phone.
I turned around and noticed that the whole pack was here, "The Volturi will be here in an hour, my dad wants me too go and see him at Charlie's, are you all coming" I said.
Jacob walked over and hugged me, Leah sighed and everyone else nodded.
As we got up to leave I turned to Billy and hugged him, "Thanks for everything Billy, you'll be someone I won't forget too easily" I said winking.
"I hope not and besides, I'm pretty sure no-ones going anywhere today" he said nodding confidently.
I smiled and a tear rolled down my face, Jacob wiped it away and I waved to Billy again as we entered the forest. I stepped back a few steps and turned around to let the pack phase, when they were done Jacob made a sort of choking sound which I assumed was a laugh.
We began to run, it normally took us only 5 minutes to reach Charlie's but this run seemed to go on forever. We eventually reached the freeway and we started towards Charlie's house, it came into view a few seconds later and I saw dad waiting in the driveway. I ran into his open arms and I heard him sigh in relief.
"You could always leave now and come back when it's over" he said against my hair.
"No chance and besides you should be blaming mum, I get the stubbornness from her" I said teasingly. He laughed a breathless laugh and then I heard mum come running out, she hugged me tightly and kissed my cheek repeatedly, dad walked towards the wolves and nodded.
"We appreciate your help once again" he said politely.
"Yes, they are planning to expose us all" he said apologetically.
I heard Seth growl and I watched as Jacob went around to the side of the house to phase. He came back seconds later and I grabbed my hand.
After dad had explained that this would be a fight to the death, Alice, Jasper, Rosalie, Carlisle and Esme walked out of Charlie's front door. I ran over to Rosalie and hugged her tightly, she laughed quietly and then winced slightly, "You could at least shower and change" she said sarcastically, I turned to dad and he nodded, telling me I had enough time to do so.
Rosalie pulled me into the house and up to mums' old room, I recognised her suitcase. She opened it and pulled out a pair of navy jeans and a white tank-top.
"Go shower, and leave your shoes here" she said smiling.
I nodded obediently and headed towards the bathroom, I turned the handle and the water came out hot. I took seconds for the room to be completely filled with steam.
When I was finished I climbed out and wrapped a towel around myself, the hot water had slightly numbed my pain. I walked out and froze as I saw Jacob glancing up at the bottom of the stairs open mouthed. He must've been thinking about it because dad was running up the stairs seconds later pushing me into mum's old bedroom.
"Sorry dad, I had no idea he was there" I said as I tried to hide a laugh.
"Just get dressed Renesmee, I'll deal with Jacob" he said and walked out the room closing the door behind him. I smiled to myself and grabbed the navy blue jeans and the white tank-top Rosalie had laid out for me, I also saw my black and white converses on the floor, someone had cleaned them.
I walked down the stairs and laughed as I saw Jacob smiling at me widely, dad turned to me and I stopped instantly. I saw Alice and Carlisle talking in the garden so I decided to walk out and talk to them.
"Hi, I just want to apologise for this whole thing, I know you were only trying to protect me" I said.
They stopped talking and turned too look at me, Carlisle smiled and hugged me.
"Stop apologising, you would have done the same for any of us" Alice said smiling.
"They're here" I heard dad shout from the front room, we all ran in and stared at him.
"I can hear their thoughts, there aren't as many as we thought there would be" he said sounding confused, "We may have a chance" he said sounding surprised.
His surprised expression changed instantly into a growl, he looked at Carlisle, Mum, Alice, Jasper and Rosalie for a split second.
"What" I said.
He turned to me and shook his head, "Caius has told them all that he wants you kept alive" he said sternly.
"What for?" I asked slightly scared.
"He's going to use you, he wants to offer you to Aro for something but he hasn't thought of what" he said sharply.
I sighed and my thoughts automatically turned to Artemis and what he had said, "No way are you going in a week!" he shouted.
"Dad, that's hardly the issue here" I said.
"We'll talk about this after" he said staring at me.
Suddenly the phone rang; mum walked over and picked it up.
"Hello?"
Mum suddenly dropped the phone and started to back away in fear; dad ran to the phone and started to demand to know who it was.
"James!" he shouted loudly, Alice gasped and my family's faces were of pure shock.
"Who's James?" I asked curiously.
"He's the tracker I told you about" Jasper whispered in my ear.
"I thought you killed him" I whispered back staring at him wide eyed.
"So did I" he said coldly.
After dad had hung up the phone he turned around and nodded to Sam. Suddenly the pack stood up and headed towards the door. I ran after Jacob and grabbed his hand, "Where are you going?" I asked.
"Were going to phase and then we'll meet you outside" he said smiling.
I reached up and kissed him, "I don't fancy kissing a wolf thanks" I said teasingly. He laughed and then kissed my cheek as he walked out of the door.
"Renesmee, I want you too stay with me alright" dad said sternly.
I nodded, "Are we going all together or in groups" I asked.
"Were going in groups of 3" he said, "What are you thinking?" he asked raising an eyebrow.
"I want to stay as far away from Alice as possible" I told him, "I don't want to take your power away from you"
Alice smiled at me and I turned to dad, "Ready?" he asked.
I nodded and so did everybody else.