Phase Eleven – Confusion and Dream

Renesmee's POV

Papa and mommy just had a fight. Even if I was curled up against Aunt Rose' lap, I could hear them yelling at each other from upstairs. Then everything stopped, and I thought that was over. Well, in a sense, it was over. I pretended that I was asleep when I heard graceful footsteps of mommy. Then I felt a light kiss on my forehead, and it was very hard to resist the urge not to smile. I heard the three words that had escaped mommy's love 'I love you'. From the sound of it, she was holding back a sob. Why? I didn't really understand. And then, she was gone. Her scent wasn't in the room anymore, and I opened my eyes slowly to have met my perfected, most beautiful aunty that was cradling my head on her lap now. She wasn't looking at me, she was lost in thought, or so I thought, since she was looking out at the door. Perhaps that was where mommy had gone through.

"Aunty Rose?" My voice brought her out of her thought and she looked down at me, half surprised at my still awake self, the other half I just didn't really know.

"Yes, Renesmee?" It wouldn't hurt to call me Nessie now would it? I mean, Renesmee sounded a lot of mouthful, and everybody was calling me by my nickname, except mommy and Aunty Rose. Well maybe as soon as I grew up to be a little more mature, they'd tell me why they didn't like my nickname.

"Where did Momma go?"

The look on her face was pure of sadness, but she put on a façade mask of oblivious as she shrugged. "I'm not sure."

Aww come on, I didn't want to be left in the dark. "Momma and daddy were having an argument. Why?"

She bit her bottom lip. "They were just…discussing."

Yea, but about what? Normally they'd discuss whatever they needed to discuss about calmly, since I've seen them done so many time before. This was the first time that daddy had even raised his voice at mommy. "But normally they'd be so calm while discussing over things. This is the first time that they actually raised their voice at each other. Did daddy make mommy angry?"

"Renesmee, I…"

"Nessie !" Daddy quickly came down the stairs and scooped me up into his arms, much to my happiness and annoyance. Daddy, you're interrupting my conversation with Aunty Rose. He chuckled at my thought and shook his head little from side to side. He set me down and I looked up at him, frowning.

"What? Can't a father hug his daughter unexpectedly?" He raised his eyebrow, and I giggled at that before hugging him. I felt his arms around me, and I nuzzled against him instinctively.

"Where did mommy go?" The same question that I had asked Aunty Rose was now being directed at daddy, I wondered what answer he would give me. It took him rather long to answer me, so I pulled back and looked up at him questioningly. Then he sighed and shook his head.

"I don't know." You've got to be kidding me. He didn't know. Aunty Rose didn't know. Who would know? If daddy didn't know, of course that argument was serious. Now the word 'argument' wasn't suitable to describe what had just happened a moment ago. The word 'fight' would be more suitable enough. I frowned once again, deeply this time. Who would be able to know where mommy was? I wanted to go and find her, but I know that it would cause worry to the household so I had to settle to the next best thing, Aunty Alice.

Daddy groaned, he knew what I know, Aunty Alice couldn't tell a lie when it came to me or mommy. In a way, I've seen how happy mommy was when she was with Aunty Alice. It was like they weren't sisters to be exact, but gosh these feelings and curiosity wasn't going to get me anywhere unless I have them answered, right now. I quickly walked towards where I could find Aunty Alice, in her room of course, where else would she be? I stopped in front of her room and knocked on the door gently. When I heard that soft, musical voice beckoning me to come in, I turned the door knob and pushed it open to reveal Aunty Alice standing before the window, staring out at the forest. I noticed the look in her eyes, it was pure sadness, and pain? Why was she feeling pain? Urgh, this was getting confusing !

"Aunty Alice, are you alright?" Of course she wasn't, look at her ! Man, I chose the wrong time to battle with myself.

She turned and looked at me with a forced happy smile. If she knew I couldn't see the act, then maybe she was just stupid. Whoops, too harsh there. "Yea, I'm fine. Is there anything that you'd like to ask me, Nessie?"

Yes ! My nickname ! Oh wait, yea, the question. "Where did mommy go?"

"To the forest, she just needs time to calm herself down." Wow, there was no hesitation at all, as if she was expecting me to ask her that question. Oh wait, of course, she must have heard me asking Aunty Rose and daddy about it down stairs. Duh, vampire intense hearing.

"Why?" Came my next question. She sighed and walked over to her bed, and sat upon it. Then she looked at me and patted the spot next to her, silently asking me to join. I complied and bounced on the bed, which caused her to giggle.

"This involves me as well Nessie." She replied softly, and she had successfully lost me.

"What do you mean?" Yeah, what exactly did she mean by that?

"Nessie, I'm not the right person to tell you. So I'm afraid you'd have to wait, patiently." I pouted a little and she sighed. "Things are complicated at the moment, and your mom just needs time to think. Uncle Jasper is out there talking to her at the moment."

"Oh, what are they talking about?" I asked curiously. She giggled and ruffled my head affectionately.

"Oh Nessie, you are full of questions today." Well, duh ! Daddy and mommy just had a fight. Daddy didn't know where she went, and you obviously did. Uncle Jasper is out there talking to mommy when you should be the one out there to do that.

"I'm just curious, that's all. Besides, shouldn't you be out there comforting mommy or even trying to calm her down?" I watched as her expression changed into a painful one, and I regretted for having to ask.

"I don't know if that would be a good idea. Remember, this involves me as well." When she finished, I heard footsteps from downstairs, not to mention the door being opening and closing. Uncle Jasper had returned. I looked at Aunty Alice, there was no hint of longing for Uncle Jasper in her eyes. Eh? What the hell was going on? Aunty Alice stood up, grabbed my hand and tugged lightly so that I would flop down to the ground on my feet. Then she pulled me out of the room and down the stairs. She looked at Jasper, and I saw the same expression that I had saw when I had entered her room. The pain, but I also saw now that there was guilt in her eyes. However, she began to relax and I knew that it was Uncle Jasper doing. Then Aunty Alice froze, her eyes dazed, and I knew that she was having a vision. Everybody looked at her, and then I heard daddy groan in depression? Eh? What the heck? Then Aunty Alice came back to reality, hooray ! Wait, was that a good thing?

"She's coming." Was the only two words that left her mouth. Who was coming? Then it clicked only because mommy's scent was coming closer. Mommy was coming back, yay ! But why was everyone so tense? I decided to walk around so that they could talk about whatever without me being there. The conversation didn't last long, and I was already by Aunty Rose's side, tugging at her shirt. Mommy saw me, smiled and quickly came over and scooped me up into her arms. I heard her say that she should take me home so I could go to bed. But I wasn't tired, honest, even though the yawn wasn't going to leave me alone.

Then Grandpa Carlisle came and told us to stay. Yay, we were going to stay, and I was going to sleep in daddy's room. But, I felt mommy's body tensed. Then Aunty Alice suggested that I should sleep in her bed instead. That would be quite a new experience, taking that I have never slept in Aunty Alice's bed before. I wondered what it would feel like, since I knew that it was already bouncy. Mommy nodded and walked up the stairs leading to Aunty Alice room, my eyes were slowly drooping off but I knew that Aunty Alice was walking beside us. Then before I knew it, I was being placed on Aunty Alice's soft bed and I was neatly and comfortably tugged beneath the cover. I felt mommy's icy yet loving and affectionate kiss on my forehead, whispering that three words that I love to hear from her so much, before she was out the door. However, before I had drifted off to sleep, I heard dry sobs coming from outside of the door. That sobs could only belong to mommy, since it was her voice. Why was she sobbing? Before I could dwell on it some more, I drifted off into a curious slumber.

I began to dream, it was an odd dream, a very, very odd dream. I was in the cottage, as usual, but instead of daddy holding onto mommy every morning, it was Aunty Alice. Daddy was nowhere to be found around the cottage, I couldn't even smell him. Mommy and Aunty Alice turned to look at me, their eyes showing love and affection towards me, and their smiles were warming and loving. Then, something happened, I ran towards them and wrapped my tiny arms around them, the words that left my red, petite lips were…

"Whatever happens, you two are the most amazing mothers that I've ever had."

Amazing…mothers? I only had one mother. This dream was odd. However, the dream faded and was quickly replaced by another dream. And in this dream, nothing was out of the ordinary. I was dreaming of Jake, and how we were playing tags at the meadow. A small smile tugged at my lips, as I let my dream carried me away.