Chapter 13: Revealed Memories

Nessie's POV

My grandfather didn't move or say anything. There was a sadness in his eyes that hadn't been there before. I was seriously worried about him. Could vampires go into shock? What would cause my grandfather to go into shock in the first place?

"Grandpa are you okay?" I finally just decided to ask when he remained silent.

My question seemed to break him out whatever trance he'd been in. "I'm okay Nessie. It's just I wasn't expecting to see what I saw that's all. It was extremely intense and heartbreaking to see,"

I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion. "Um I don't know what you're talking about. Could you please explain what's going on?"

He sighed. "Nessie as I'm sure you're aware some vampires are supernaturally gifted. Like your father's ability to read minds,"

I nodded my head to show that I understood.

"When you were little you were gifted as well,"

Gifted? I had a gift? It seemed odd there that could be anything even remotely special about me even by vampire standards.

"You could show people what you were thinking simply by touching them," he continued. Wait what the hell did he just say?!

"It seems that, despite how human you've become over the years, you've never lost that special talent of yours,"

By now I was close to hyperventilating when I realized what this meant. That I had unknowingly shared all of my deepest darkest secrets with my grandfather.

"How much did you see?" my heart started beating rapidly.

"Everything,"

I couldn't take it anymore. I suddenly broke down crying and I didn't even know why. Mere seconds later I could feel my grandfather's arms hugging me tightly.

"It's okay Nessie, you're okay," his words soothes my aching heart.

"There were some secrets that I've never shared before and some of them I was ashamed of,"

"You have nothing to be ashamed of," he told me sternly. "Don't you ever think that you should be ashamed of anything that's happened to you!"

"What's going on Carlisle?" I heard my grandmother ask.

I looked around and saw that my whole family had seemingly materialized out of thin air.

"Nessie I think you should show them everything that you just showed me,"

"But-"

"Nessie they need to know. There are some things you just can't keep from your family,"

So I reluctantly agreed to it. I started off with my grandmother than my aunts were next. When I was finished showing Rosalie she looked furious. She was so angry that she was visibly shaking. It kind of scared me actually. Rosalie looked like she could easily murder someone right now. Uncle Emmett, wanting to know what I could've shoes his wife that upset her so much, wanted to be next. All in all though my family reacted with sadness and anger.

One thing no one mentioned though was my mother. I'd shown them all ghost Bella but no one had yet commented on it.

Just as I was thinking about my mother she appeared. She looked just as upset and emotional as everyone else. I wondered briefly if she heard anything but then realized that wasn't possible since I'd only shown my family what happened.

"Why didn't you ever tell me anything?" she asked.

"What?"

"I overheard your father tell Jacob about you being raped. Why didn't you ever say anything?"

"Because I couldn't,"

"Nessie who are you talking to?" Grandpa asked.

I took a deep breath. "Grandpa remember what you saw at the end of the vision? I showed everyone the exact same thing,"

"They know about me?" mom asked.

"Yeah I think anyway,"

"That's impossible," grandpa said in shock.

"It's insane. There's no such thing as ghosts," Alice chimes in.

"It can't be real," grandma agreed.

"Ghosts are-"

"Just as real as vampires, werewolves, and vampire-human hybrids apparently," I stated. "Technically we're fictional supernatural creatures. So whose to say that other fictional supernatural creatures like ghosts don't exist? Think about this for a second. You all know that I have absolutely no memory of my life with you guys so how would I be able to conjure up an exact image of my mother but as a ghost?"

Everyone was unsure of what to think.

"I actually have heard of such creatures before. Never believed in their existence until now,"

"My mom is the one who told me that you were vampires,"

"Now it makes sense. How you knew what we were but didn't know who we were,"

"A ghost for a mom and vampire for a dad. It's an interesting combo that I've yet to wrap my mind around,"

"I just don't understand how Bella could've become a ghost," grandma said.

"It didn't happen for several months. When I came back in this form after dying everyone had already moved and your father so stupidly hurt you the way he did,"

"Mom says it didn't happen right away," I explained. "It took several months and by then everyone had left,"

"We left to search for you Nessie,"

"Mom knows what happened. She was the one that nearly beat the crap out of my dad the other day,"

I unknowingly broke the tension in the room. Everyone started laughing. "Beaten by a ghost?Oh I'll make sure Edward never lives this one down," Emmett promised with a malicious smile on his face.

"Well now I'm more curious. What could've brought your mother back as a ghost," Rosalie stated in an irritated voice. Though I don't know why my mother's ghostly presence would bother her.

"I don't know," I said. "They say souls who do not move on after death linger on Earth because they have unfinished business but I don't know how true that is. What I'd like to know is why I'm the only one that can see her. Dad can see her to though it's only through my mind. Without me he can't see her either,"

Nobody had any way of knowing the answer to that question.

"So what do we do now that everyone knows my whole life's story?"

The door suddenly swung wide open and my father followed by Jacob walked in,"

"Jacob!" I shout excitedly.

"Nessie!" he hugged me tightly. He refused to let me go.

"Actually Nessie," dad began. "What we should do next is exactly something Jacob and I have been discussing,"

"Okay,"

"I think we should all go to Los Angeles,"

"For what?"

"There are several things and several people that need to be...dealt with,"

I didn't know what 'dealt with' meant and something told me that I didn't want to know!

My whole family agreed though and within the next several hours we'd all booked our plane tickets to California.

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