Chapter 10: Quitting Cold Turkey

Renesmee's POV

"Nessie, just how much sugar do you consume?" grandpa asked.

Oh no, I really did not want to answer this question. There was just no way that I could tell my grandpa, who is also a doctor I might add, just how much sugar I consume.

"As a doctor you really don't want to know that" I said.

This just made him look at me more suspiciously. "On the contrary, you're comment makes me even more worried" he said looking at me suspiciously.

"I really don't want to say anything" I said. "and I should really get going now" I said a little to quickly. I wanted to get out of here as fast as I could. I was having a really hard time keeping my mind clear of all of the sugary things I do eat and I knew that I would slip up if I didn't leave soon.

"Get going where? You don't even have your car or your bike" dad said raising his eyebrows at me suspiciously.

"I'll walk" I said making a beeline towards the exit.

As I ran away as fast as I could I was half expecting one of my family members to catch me. Too my surprise none of them did.

Then suddenly a saw something in the distance heading straight towards me. It was a motorcycle, and I recognized the rider instantly.

"Jake" I said excitedly.

"Nessie" he said in a shocked tone. "What are you doing here?" I asked.

"I'm walking home" I said.

"They shouldn't have let you walk home by yourself! Damned leeches!" Jacob shouted.

"Jacob!" I shouted.

"Sorry Ness" he mumbled.

"It's okay. For your information I'm escaping" I said.

"What do….?" He started to ask but I cut him off.

"I'd rather not talk about it. Don't worry it's nothing bad" I said.

"Okay, at least let me give you a ride home" he said.

I thought about it for a minute. I really wanted to spend some time with Jake but I was afraid of another allergic reaction. Then I realized that I had been with him for a full five minutes and nothing had happened. Maybe it was the medicine that Carlisle had prescribed me. Or maybe it was my half vampire side returning. Who knows?

"I would love that very much" I said with a smile on my face, which in turn made him smile.

"Cool, get on" he said.

I got onto the bike and held onto him tightly. I had forgotten how warm he was!

"I really missed you Nessie" he said in a sad voice. "You don't how hard it was thinking you were dead" he said.

"I'm sorry Jake" I said.

"Why did you do it?" he asked.

"I've already told you" I said.

"I know that, but I don't understand it. For the past several days I've been thinking about it and I've been trying to make sense out of it and I just can't" he said.

"I thought I was doing what was best for everyone. I thought that I would be keeping you, the pack, and my family safe. I thought that if I weren't around then everyone would finally be in peace" I said.

"Peace! You thought that we would be in peace thinking you were dead!" he yelled which actually brought tears to my eyes.

"I'm sorry Jake" I said.

"Sorry! Sorry doesn't erase the pain that we all felt all those years! I even contemplated suicide a few times just to escape the pain" he said.

"You what?!" I shouted. I had never been so horrified in my whole life.

"It was your parents that stopped me. They said that you wouldn't want that" he said.

"Jacob! I never want to hear you say that again" I said.

"It's all in the past now. Anyways we are here" he said. I looked up, sure enough he was right.

I got off without saying another word. I couldn't believe Jacob! How could he even think about doing something like that. It was all I could think about for the rest of the evening.

I went to sleep exhausted and woke up the next morning feeling very refreshed. I quickly realized that no one was home. My parents had probably gone to work early and my brother had probably gone out with his friends.

As I was walking around the house I suddenly got the feeling that I was being watched. I looked out the window but I couldn't see anything, but still, I couldn't shake the feeling.

I shrugged it off and went to the kitchen to make myself some breakfast. I opened my cabinet which revealed all of my sugary foods. It was filled with breakfast cereals like Lucky Charms, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Trix, Frosted Flakes, Cocoa Puffs and just about every other sugary cereal that you could imagine. It was also filled with mini powered donuts, cookies, Twinkies, and hostess cakes. All of this was mine, all mine. I grabbed my box of Chocolate Pancake mix and started making pancakes. During this whole time I couldn't shake the feeling that I was being watched.

Once my pancakes were done I went and got one of my bottles of Strawberry Nesquik milk. It was my favorite type of milk and I drank it almost every day.

After I was done I decided to go to the mall. I decided to pack a bag of Oreo cookies for my trip to the mall this time.

Once I had arrived at the mall I got that strange feeling that I was being watched again. Maybe I was just being paranoid. I hope that's what it was and not that someone was really watching me.

I ended up staying at the mall until the afternoon. As I was leaving a store I decided to stop at the See's Candies store. These were my favorite types of candies in the whole world and it was one of my many favorite places to curb a sugar craving.

"Are favorite costumer is here" Mike the cashier said as soon as I entered the store. I'm here so much that I'm friends with the workers and the manager. It's the same thing with several other places as well. It's kind of embarrassing in a way.

"Hi Mike" I said.

"How have you been Vanessa?" he asked.

"I've been doing great Mike, how about you?" I asked.

"The same as usual. Always busy with school work" he said.

"That sucks" I said.

"What are you getting this time?" he asked.

"Two boxes of chocolate" I said. With my rewards card I can buy one and get one free. It's a good deal.

I quickly picked out my candy boxes and left. I didn't even hesitate to rip open one of the boxes and start eating.

"Nessie" came a voice right behind me that scared me so much that I almost choked on my candy. I turned around to see Carlisle as well as Edward and Bella. Carlisle held his hand out as if he were waiting for me to hand him something.

"Um hi" I said weakly.

"Nessie, give me the candy" Carlisle said motioning with his outstretched hand.

"Excuse me" I said.

"We've been watching you all day and the amount of sugar you consume is unhealthy. In order to gain better control of your thirst we need to curb your sugar consuming habits. We talked and decided that the best thing would be if you stopped eating sugar altogether" Carlisle explained.

"Wait, what?" I asked.

"Nessie, just give Carlisle the candy. It's for your own good" mom said.

I couldn't believe what I was hearing. My name and the words 'stop eating sugar' do not go together in the same sentence.

"Is this really necessary?" I asked.

"Yes, now give me the candy" Carlisle said. I reluctantly gave him both boxes of my candy. I secretly came up with a plan to buy more boxes with my rewards card as soon as they left. It was a great plan, but I had forgotten about a certain mind reader.

"Nessie, hand me your wallet" dad said. I reluctantly gave him my wallet and I watched in horror as he got all of my rewards cards for Wetzel Pretzel, See's Candies, Auntie Anne's, Mrs. Field's cookies, Dairy Queen ice cream and Krispy Kreme donuts, and then tore them up into millions of little pieces, my coupons met the same fate. Then he handed my wallet back.

The good thing is that I can get replacement cards.

"Don't even think about Nessie" dad said.

Damned it!

I left feeling very distraught. I went home intending to get a snack from my cabinet only to see that it was completely empty! I had a feeling that a certain family of vampires of mine was to blame.

I looked in my freezer hoping to find one of my ice creams; again there was nothing. I looked in my fridge and I saw that all of my Nesquik milks were gone! Is nothing sacred anymore!

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