Chapter 18

"Carlisle is that really you?" Jake asked.

"Yes."

"So the rest of the Cullens are here too?"

"Yes."

"For all these years I've thought you didn't make it and I've had Nessie and me live in rainy towns hoping that maybe Alice and Jasper would find us. I've always known that would be a long shot since Alice can't see me or Nessie but I hoped."

"Why don't we go sit in the living room?"

"That's a good idea. It's this way," Jake said leading Carlisle to the living room.

"Well as you can tell we survived."
"Did you all survive?"

"Yes we all survived. And we've been looking for you and Renesmee ever since. And now we've finally found you and all of us are very excited."

"I'm very glad that we're all together again too."

"But before we get to excited I need to ask you something?"

"What?"

"Does she remember anything? Because it's obvious that she doesn't remember Bella, Edward, or any of us."

"I hate to tell you this but she doesn't. Maybe I should tell all of you at the same time."

"That would probably be a good idea. Do you want to come over now?"

"That would probably be best. I'll just tell Nessie I'm going to the store or something."

"Okay. Here's the directions to our house. I'll see you soon," Carlisle said handing Jake a paper with the directions.

"Okay. I'll be there soon."

Carlisle nodded then walked towards the door. He went out the house, got in his car, and drove back to his house.

Jake walked upstairs to Nessie room and knocked on the door.

"Come in," she said form the other side of the door.

Jake opened the door. "Hey."

"Hey. Did Carlisle leave?"

"Yes Carlisle just left. I'm going to run to the store. I don't know how long it will take so I want you to get ready for bed and get to bed on time."

"Okay Jake I will."

"Okay. I'll come in and give you a kiss when I get home."

"Okay."

"I love you Nessie."

"I love you too Jake." Nessie walked over to Jake and gave him a hug and a kiss on the cheek. Jake gave her a kiss on her forehead then closed the door and headed downstairs. He grabbed his keys, walked out to his car, and drove to the Cullen's. He pulled in next to Carlisle's car when he got there and walked to the door. Carlisle had the door opened before he even got to the porch. Jake walked into the house and Carlisle lead him into the living room where the rest of the Cullens were. Carlisle sat down on the couch next to Esme and Jake sat in a chair that was facing the Cullens.

"Tell them what you told me," Carlisle said.

Jake took a deep breath before he spoke. "Nessie doesn't remember anything. She believes the story we made up."

"You mean she believes the story she told us today?" Alice asked.

"Yes."

Rosalie jumped up. "This is your fault mutt!" She was really mad.

"Rosalie, calm down," Carlisle said.

"I didn't make her forget," Jake spat at Rosalie. "She made herself forget. She would lie awake crying every night and when she would finally be able to get to sleep she would wake up screaming from nightmares of the Volturi coming towards all of you. She made herself believe the story we made up and once she turned 8 she started straightening her hair and once she turned 10 she dyed it. She didn't want to even look the same anymore so that she could forget better. She tried to get me to let her get colored contacts but I drew the line at that."

"She didn't want to be herself anymore?" Bella asked.

"No. She wanted to be someone else that didn't have the pain. When she was 6 she started to go hunting less and less and to eat human food to survive. By the time she was 8 she wasn't hunting at all anymore."

"She doesn't hunt?" Emmett asked.

"No. She hasn't hunted in 6 years. Then when she was 9 she asked me to not be a werewolf anytime she was with me. She wanted to forget all about werewolves and vampires. I haven't been a werewolf around her since and in fact I rarely phase anymore. Sometimes I do when she's at school and I don't have to work or she's at a friend's house but not very often."

"She wanted to forget about vampires and werewolves? So she basically wanted to be a normal human?" Jasper asked.

"Yes."
"Does she use her power any more?" Edward asked.

"No. Sometimes she'll accidentally use it but she never does on purpose. If she slips sometimes and accidentally uses it she becomes mad at herself and gets depressed for at least a week."

"But what about her hearing and her speed?" Rosalie said.

"Doesn't let anyone know that she can hear extremely well and she has made herself believe that she just has a finely tuned sense. She has learned to control her speed without even thinking about it but she will occasionally take off running when she's extremely upset but she hasn't done that since she was 11. She used to do it all the time when the pain became too much to bear."

"Does she know that you imprinted?" Bella asked.

Jake took another deep breath. "No and she never will since she wants to be a normal human. I want her to be happy and I'll go along with whatever will make her happy. That's why I didn't make her remember all of you because I couldn't stand her being in so much pain."

'Good. You'll never get to be with her you filthy mutt,' Rosalie thought. Edward glared at her as he heard her think it.

"So my baby girl doesn't want to be what she is?" Edward asked. You could tell by his voice that he was extremely sad.

"Yes she doesn't want to be a vampire. In fact, she believes that vampires and werewolves and other fantasy creatures don't exist," Jake said.

"She doesn't?" Bella asked.

"No she doesn't," Jacob said looking down.

"Well we have to tell her then!" Bella said jumping up.

"Tell her what? That vampires and werewolves exist and that she's a vampire?" Edward asked.

"Yes!" Bella said turning to face Edward.

"Bells, we can't. We don't want to scare her do we?" Edward tried to make Bella see reason.

"She needs to know that her parents aren't dead! That we're her parents!" Bella said going to the center of the living room so she could look at everyone as she spoke. "We have looked for Renesmee, my daughter, for all these years and now that we've found her I'm not going to give her up just because she doesn't remember! She's part vampire, she has to have the memories somewhere! We just need to find them in her mind!" Bella broke down and if she could have cried she would have started to ball. She sank to her knees and put her head in her hands. Edward and Alice got up and went over to her to try to comfort her.

"We have to think of something we can do. We have to get Renesmee back," Edward said to Carlisle.

"We all might have to settle for becoming her friends. At least for a little while," Carlisle said.

Esme, Rosalie, and Alice all went over to Bella and took her upstairs to the room her and Edward said so they could try to calm her down and comfort her.

"What will that do to Bella?" Edward asked.

"She may be upset at first that she can't have her daughter back as her daughter but before long she'll realize she's just happy that she gets to be with her daughter again," Carlisle said.

"I guess you're right," Edward said. "Jacob we have to make sure that Nessie becomes our friends."

"I'll help make sure she does. You guys are welcome over anytime," Jake said.

"And you and Renesmee are welcome here anytime too," Carlisle said.

"I should probably get back home. I can only stay out so long with the excuse of going to the store," Jake said standing up.

"Goodnight Jacob," Carlisle said.

"Goodbye Jake," Edward said

"Bye Jake," Emmett said.

"Bye Jake," Jasper said.

Jacob walked out the door and go into his car. He drove home and walked up to Nessie's room. He gave her a kiss on the forehead. "Night Nessie."

"Night Jake," Nessie said, still half asleep.