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Chapter Nineteen
I saw Jacob watch us until we got too far away. It took Brad about 45 minutes to get me to the house; Jake drove and ran faster than this. Much faster.
I wondered a lot what was the Pack facing there. I just prayed it wouldn't be Sofia or anything to do with her. But, at the same time, wished it was no new danger. I shuddered at the thought. Maybe it would turn out to be nothing of importance after all, I could always hope, right?
I got out of the Audi as quickly as I could in human pace and walked towards the door, thinking about my new found 'power' instead of the howling. I remembered it, then. Could it have something to do with imprinting? Or do I get to hear everybody's thoughts? That would be so cool.
"Little miss mind-reader came! And I thought one person in my head would be enough!" Emmett said, as cheerfully as usual. Nothing affected him. Ever. I laughed at the thought.
"I don't even know if I could be in your head, Em. Maybe it's just Jake." He just nodded. Who should I try this on first?
"Definitely not Emmett," Daddy said from behind. I turned around and hugged him briefly.
"What?" Emmett hated it when he didn't know what's going on, thanks to my mind-reading father and his silent conversations. Daddy just rolled his eyes.
"You're early; it's still 10:30. And where's Jacob?" Daddy asked suspiciously. Probably just to have a chance to kill him if he let me go home alone. He chuckled at that. "Probably," he whispered.
"I got home with Brad and Stacey. Jake said he had to check on Billy for some reason." He dropped the subject then. I loved it when I could hide my thoughts from him, not like he knows.
"So, come here," Daddy said as he lifted me in his arms to put me on the table; I was still shorter than him and this would take some time, I thought. I put my palm on his cold cheek and thought...
I ordered the Mushroom Ravioli tonight.
I waited to hear anything but didn't. Okay, Daddy I know you're thinking and I can't hear you. It's obviously just Jake.
"Interesting," He mumbled, thinking.
"What's interesting?" Emmett was becoming really impatient.
"She could only hear Jake's thoughts when touching him," Daddy explained, Emmett snickered.
"Why do you think this is?" Jasper asked, coming down the stairs. I kind of liked that about us; we could be anywhere in the house but still having a conversation as if we were all in the same room.
I thought about it for a moment.
"Maybe it has to do with imprinting," I guessed.
"I know that the imprint and the wolf have a certain level of communication that is higher than any communication between any two people. But I never thought it would be like this," Daddy said.
"Well, there never was a thought-projecting half-vampire, half-human imprint before, right?" I asked sarcastically, in a 'duh' tone. They all nodded seriously.
"We're home!" Alice's bell-like, high-pitched voice announced. I saw Momma and Rosalie behind her. Momma had a bored-to-death look on her face, while Rosalie was just checking her pedicure for the millionth time today, I'd assumed. I smirked; I guessed right; Alice had tricked Momma into shopping again.
Emmett greeted Rosalie and Jasper greeted Alice. Daddy just kissed Momma. Oh come on! I'm right here! Ew! Daddy chuckled and pulled away ever-so-slowly.
"Nessie!" Rosalie called from behind. I turned my head to her questioningly.
"W-" Alice cut her off.
"I got your dress and Jake's tux!" She announced and stuck her tongue out at Rose. She just rolled her eyes and got back on Emmett's lap.
"Red Chanel?" I asked, excited. I saw Momma roll her eyes.
"Nope. Zuhair Murad." Err... What?
"Huh?" Daddy chuckled at that.
"One of the most famous Lebanese fashion designers. Duh! It's also red, by the way. I liked it more than Chanel's," She explained. I felt my mouth form a perfect 'O'.
"And how the Heck did you get that?" Emmett asked. She rolled her eyes.
"I speak Arabic! I just called him. He's quite a gentleman." It was Jasper's turn to roll his eyes this time.
"Okay, enough with that.. Let's show her the stuff we brought," Rosalie said, impatient as her husband.
Alice took my hand and led my upstairs to my closet. Oh, by the way, we got rid of all the 'mystery drawers' as soon as Alice decided to cancel working with the computer program. She began unzipping the first pack in awful slow motion. Momma just grabbed it from her and opened it. Alice pouted but she ignored her. She made me wear it anyways, blindfolded of course.
"Oh. My. God! That's mine?" I asked in awe as I saw my reflection in the mirror. It was really breathtaking.
Its shade of red was that of fresh blood. It was mainly chiffon with one wide strap decorated with gorgeous silver flowers. The same flowers that were right under my chest, the opposite direction of the strap. Needless to say, the chiffon just flooded like waterfalls on my body in an indescribable way. Gorgeous.
"Nessie you look fantastic!" Rose squealed, Alice nodded in agreement and pride.
"Oh, Renesmee!" Momma whispered as she hugged me, I knew she would be crying her eyes out if it was possible.
"What's going on up there?" Jasper asked from downstairs, probably startled by the flood of emotions. I wondered how Momma would react if she saw me in my wedding dress. Then I grimaced, knowing that it wouldn't be good if it was any time soon. I heard Daddy sigh from downstairs.
"So where's Jake's tux?" I asked, distracting myself before my tears were visible.
"Here ya go," Alice mumbled as she opened another pack for me.
It was really chic. The kind of suits you see movie stars wear at premieres. Alice must've noticed my eyes widen because she explained it further.
"Calvin Klein original. The jacket is..." she kept babbling about the suit for a long time. Long story short, it was one hell of a tux. "It took me a lot of phone calls to get that size, you know," she commented. Momma and I laughed lightly.
Then, as Rosalie opened the door of the closet, it struck me. The musky, familiar, warm scent.
Jacob was there.
I got out of my new dress and into a pair of jeans and a simple tank top; it was Saturday night, I wouldn't be sleeping any time soon.
But, as soon as I was getting out of the closet myself, I smelt two other scents. Unfamiliar scents. Too sweet. Much too sweet.
Vampires.
"Jake?" I called. I was surprised to find Daddy come with him.
They both didn't say a word as they quickly led me out of the house. From the window. I wondered who those vampires are and why exactly Daddy and Jake were taking me to the woods.
"I'll tell you later, sweetie. Just run with us now," Daddy said gently but through clenched teeth.
I put my hand on Jacob's arm and thought...
What's wrong? Who are they?
What do I tell her now? Oh, just some non-vegetarian bloodsuckers that happen to be 'family friends' came on a 'surprise visit' and, oh, by the way, you still have a human half and that leech isn't known for his self-control. Yeah, right.
"Slight problems," he said. I couldn't hold my secret for longer.
Who are those 'family friends', Jacob Black? Don't hide anything from me from now on. He froze in his place and we all froze, too. We were at the border anyways.
"Did you just..? What?" Sheer confusion was obvious on his face.
"She could hear your thoughts while touching you. She found out about that today. Now take her and go to your place then come back just before tomorrow morning. Alone. I know they won't be able to come here," Daddy explained. Then, he kissed my forehead and hugged me briefly. "Take care, Ness."
'They' who?
"Peter and Charlotte. Jasper's, well, brother and sister if you may call them that," he explained as he ran back to the house.
Jake still had that dumbfounded expression on his face. I kissed him quickly and it was easily wiped away.
"So you hear my thoughts now?" He had an amused smile on his face.
"Yep. Only when I'm touching you though." I mimicked his smile and bit my lip gently, regretting not telling him earlier. A little bit though.
"Then you can hear mine and I can hear yours. I love that." He kissed me, longer this time.
"Shouldn't we go to your place or something like that? I guess. We could stay here all night if you want," I whispered. He chuckled lightly and motioned for me to follow him. I took his hand and let him lead me.
"Stupid leeches!" I heard Collin mutter from the inside of Billy's house. I flinched though I knew it wasn't my family he means. Or so I hoped. I just hated it when one of the wolves called us that; I was half-vampire myself.
"Collin!" Seth scolded. Obviously, this wasn't all about 'Peter and Charlotte'.
"Hey, everyone," Jacob greeted them as we entered. He shot Collin a glare himself. Collin just huffed and got out.
The whole Pack was there. Well, sans Collin now. And Leah, too. I wondered where she was but then decided it didn't matter that much anyways.
"Hey, Ness!" Seth, Paul, Jared, Embry, Quil, Sam, Brady and Billy said in unison. I just waved at them, too tired now.
"You wanna sleep?" Jake whispered, I nodded briefly. He took me up to his bedroom. "Here you go," he said as he made his bed.
"You're not sleeping tonight?" I asked, concerned. He only slept properly on his nights off patrol. And tonight was supposed to be one of them.
"I'll be surprised you'll be able to sleep with all that noise. Don't worry about me. Just get some rest," he said gently as he tucked me into his bed.
I sighed, "Okay, Jake. See you in the morning, when you're going to tell me everything." He chuckled and nodded.
I closed my eyes and drifted to sleep.
Jacob Black
Once again, I watched her sleep like an angel. A peaceful little angel. Who would ever want to harm her? Well, they wouldn't get away with it any way. That's part of my job.
As soon as it was midnight, I left her side and went downstairs just to listen to the 'symphony of snoring'. About everybody was asleep, but not as peacefully as Nessie upstairs, if you know what I mean. Only Sam was awake.
"Why did you bring her here? I thought they were some sort of 'friends' with the Cullens," he asked, confused. He had a right; all he knew is that he found two vampires near the borders, heading towards the Cullens' residence.
"They drink human blood. That's why we should be extra careful when it comes to the borders, too," I explained in my 'Alpha' voice. It's kind of funny if you listen to it carefully, but I got over the laughing part long time ago.
"Oh. That's why the Cullens don't want them around Nessie?"
"Exactly."
Then, I left them all there and headed towards the Cullens', running my way to their backyard in my full speed.
I got in the house through their backdoor, only to go to the living room were all of them were. All of them, including the two blond leeches. Peter and Charlotte. I spat their names in my head. Edward chuckled at that.
On Edward's signal, whatever that was; I didn't really care but then Jasper joined him and he gestured to me too to follow them. We went to the cottage, where no one would hear us.
"I told you, Edward, that I didn't know they were coming," Jasper said, as if repeating himself for the hundredth time.
"I know, Jasper. We're here just to discuss what's going to happen during their visit. Do you know when they're going to leave?" Edward asked.
"A week." That was Major Jasper talking. Not just Jasper.
"Well, she's going to be with me the whole day tomorrow anyways...for Claire's birthday," I said, breaking the silence that followed that.
"After that she can come back home, Edward. Nothing will happen, I assure you. They're going to be on their best behavior; they won't hunt anywhere near Port Angeles or the Reservation."
"I won't have her in ten miles radius," I said. They're not actually considering making her come back home with them there, are they?
Edward sighed, "We're eight vampires, Jacob. And you'll be there, too. I don't see why this isn't going to work. She has school on Monday anyways so-" I cut him off.
"I don't know what happened to your vampire head, Edward, but they're not going to even smell her!" I yelled as I started shaking.
"I'm her father, Jacob. I won't be saying this if I wasn't one-hundred percent sure she'd be safe,"
"Then why did you make her go to the Rez tonight?" I snapped.
"To be on the safe side, Jacob. He wasn't sure, and neither was I for that matter, that they would be able to restrain themselves. We'll be there 24/7. Alice saw a vision already that nothing will happen."
"What if they change their minds?" I was getting cooler now, calmer. I wouldn't trust my feelings around him though.
"Then there's everyone to stop them!" Edward said.
"Fine," I mumbled grudgingly. They both sighed.
"I'm her uncle. I care about her, too," Jasper said as we ran back to the house. I just nodded.
"Take those with you!" Fortune-teller said as she threw a bag to me. I caught it reflexively and looked at her questioningly. "Nessie's clothes! You don't think I'd let her go to the birthday in those things she's wearing, do you?" Her mind doesn't work the same way normal people's do, does it? She's really concerned about Nessie's outfit now.
I decided then to go back to the Rez, sleep a little before Nessie wakes up. Besides, the 'smell' was just too much now. Too sweet that it burnt my nostrils. I got used to the Cullens but when those came, it was like first day all over again.
I went home to find the snoring symphony still on. Just except Sam, Quil and Embry who went on patrol for the rest of the night. I got up to my room to check on the sleeping beauty I had there. I still couldn't comprehend how on Earth I deserved her.
She was still sound asleep, hasn't moved an inch since I left her. I put her bag next to the door and changed quickly into another pair of sweats; those ones were really dirty by now.
I sat on the floor and leaned on the edge of the bed. I was asleep in no time, just as usual.
Renesmee Cullen
I woke up on the familiar snoring beside me. Jacob really had problems concerning that. But at least he got some sleep last night.
I got up as quietly as I could manage and was about to exit the door when I found a huge pink bag next to it. I knew immediately that Alice or Momma sent me some clothes.
I unzipped it quickly to realize it was definitely Alice; Momma wouldn't put a green sundress, matching sandals and the whole hair kit for me in the bag. She'd probably just put a pair of jeans and a light sweater. Good thing they remembered to put my tooth brush, comb, shampoo and shower gel though.
I brushed my teeth, took a shower and changed into my sundress and sandals in the bathroom quickly. I held my hair up in a decent pony tail; I was sure that as soon as it dries it will come back to its usual bronze curls.
I was still combing my hair when I heard a noise from the bedroom, I opened the door and glanced to find Jake standing up and looking around him like someone jumped on him, I chuckled lightly and got out.
"'Morning, Jake." He looked at me in surprise, then confusion. Then, finally, he understood why I was there. That meant that he was finally awake.
"'Morning, Ness. Slept well?" I walked to him, trying to avoid stepping on the clothes on the floor and hugged him.
"Yeah. You?"
"Better than last time." I frowned at that; he wouldn't get any proper sleep for another night; it was his turn again tonight. He chuckled at my expression and straightened the frown with his huge finger. I smiled and kissed him; he was so difficult to discourage.
"Want some breakfast?" I asked. Daddy had taught me once how to make eggs for the huge appetites that visit us rather regularly. He nodded.
"You haven't hunted in a while, have you?" he asked as we were going downstairs.
"Thursday. I'm fine. Really." Okay, a tiny little white lie in there. I was a little thirsty; I only drank one elk on Thursday.
"You're lying," he accused, frowning at me and stopping to face me, arms crossed over his chest. I put on the most innocent face I could manage.
"No, I'm not," I mumbled, looking at the ceiling.
"We're hunting before the birthday," he decided, grabbing my hand and dragging me outside.
"I'm fine!" I whined, "You like eggs better!" He just huffed.
"Will you please stop doing that?" he asked. I was confused; doing what?
"What?"
"Stop worrying about me! You're just like Bella," he mumbled the last part. I sighed and nodded.
As soon as we were in the woods there, he phased into the massive russet wolf I adore. Our hunting trip was brief; just a deer and an elk. But it saturated my thirst.
"Thank you," I breathed as I threw myself on the grass there, exhausted. My human half was annoying in hunting trips. He ran towards some trees and phased back, he came back to me wearing his gray sweats and lied down next to me.
"You're full now?" he asked. I just nodded. "Good. Told you you're lying." I stuck my tongue out at his smirk.
"When's the birthday?"
"We still have two hours. We can stay here for a while if you want." I smiled and nodded in encouragement.
Right then, a beam of sunlight came towards us.
"Look at you glow again," he said, laughing lightly. I smiled at him and put my hand on his cheek.
Look at my dream last night...
I showed him then what I saw.
Jake and I were sitting in the porch of a huge cream house, cuddling in each others' arms and watching the sunset. Right then, a boy with black silky hair and piercing emerald green eyes came running to Jake's lap, calling him Daddy and hugging him tightly. A few seconds later, a girl that looked about the same age as the boy, with long, curly bronze hair and black eyes jumped into my lap and called me Momma. We hugged both kids and went in together..to our own house.
I glanced at Jake and saw a tear escape his eye. He was speechless, both inside and out.
"See?" I said, a tear escaping my own eyes, watching the dream replay in my head again. He just hugged me. "I wonder what their names are." He pulled away to look at me with confused eyes.
"Umm...I think we would have time to think about that." I sighed inwardly; If only the whole problem was the names...