A/N: Sorry for taking too long. I'm not going to make excuses but it was hard for me to write this chapter because I was in a good mood and I didn't want to ruin it.

Thank you so much for all of the reviews for the last chapter, they were awesome, with a grand total of 39 for that one chapter. I'm glad so many people love this story.

Here we go, chapter 25. Enjoy!

Chapter 25

Renesmee's Point of View

Christmas was coming soon and I had no idea what to get Ross. The only guy I had ever bought a gift for was Jake but I was so young that it didn't really matter if the gift was good or not and it didn't hold the same weight as it does now. But I wanted to give Ross the perfect gift. I had been racking my brain going through a list in my head of suitable gifts but none of them were good enough. A car would be good for him because I hated his but we hadn't been dating long enough for that extravagant of a gift.

It was around 9 and he had yet to call me. Usually he called at 8 so that we could talk a little bit before we needed to finish our homework and then went to bed. This was very strange so I called his cell phone and it went right to voicemail. Now I was getting worried because his phone was never off. The only choice I had was to call his house and deal with his father. His dad picked up after 2 rings.

"Hello," he slurred. Great, I wouldn't be able to get anything out of his drunken father.

"Hi Mr. Anderson, it's Nessie. I was wondering if Ross was home?"

"He doesn't live here anymore."

"What do you mean he doesn't live there anymore," I asked trying to understand what was going on.

"He doesn't live here. What about that can't you comprehend," he yelled. "I kicked him out this afternoon."

"Do you know where he went?"

"I don't know and I don't care. Don't ever call this house again," he screamed and then I heard a click and a dial tone.

I was seething. How could somebody kick their kid out of the house? Why didn't he come here and talk to me? Why hadn't he called? My mind fluttered around with so many ideas of where he was, why he didn't just come here, if he was okay. I knew that he was a strong person but a situation like this could bring anybody down. He had lost his mother and now was without a father.

I jumped off of my bed, grabbing my car keys at the same time off my nightstand and I flew up the stairs. I almost ran out the door but Esme was standing in the way.

"Where are you going at this hour sweetie," she asked with enforcement but also with kindness.

"Ross' father kicked him out and I need to kind him. He didn't even call me and I'm worried about him Esme. He doesn't have anywhere to go so he'll probably freeze to death in his car. I need to go."

"At least have someone go with you."

"Will you?"

"Get Carrie to go with you. I have some things that I need to take care of."

"Fine."

Carrie was waiting outside of the front door for me. Apparently she had heard Esme and was just looking for an excuse to get out of the house. It was strange that Carrie was the first name that came out of Esme's mouth. Normally it would be my mom or my dad, Alice or Jasper at the very least. Carrie slid into the passenger seat of the Guardian and I drove off down the driveway. I drove slower than usual do to the ice and drove by every place that I thought he might be. He wasn't at his friends' houses or in the school parking lot. I even drove down every road in Utica and his car was nowhere to be found, which meant I was no closer to finding him.

"Maybe we missed him somewhere," Carrie said. "We should go home and I'm sure that he'll be at school tomorrow."

"I'm not giving up," I said stubbornly. I was determined. "I have a feeling something horrible is going on here and I won't be able to sleep until I know that he is okay."

"Just be careful. We don't want to end up in the hospital."

"The hospital," I yelled. "We haven't looked there." I pulled a tight u-turn and headed off to see Carlisle. It was the first hospital that I could think of.

"Even if we do look and he's there, what are going to do? We won't be able to see him because we aren't family."

"We are as close to family as he is going to get."

"So what exactly happened," Carrie asked. "Why did his dad kick him out?"

"I have no idea but he is such an alcoholic drunk I'm surprised he's still alive. He yelled at me when I called their house."

"And that's when you figured it out?"

"Yeah. I keep trying to call Ross but it keeps going straight to voicemail."

"Maybe he left it at home or it died. Nessie, sometimes stuff happens and Ross just didn't think about it."

"I just don't understand why he didn't call," I whimpered trying to keep my car on the road. "I'm his girlfriend and he felt like he couldn't come to me." The tears were now streaming down my cheeks. "What if something happened to him Carrie? I feel horrible."

"Nessie he was probably embarrassed and he probably didn't want to involve you because his dad may change his mind. You never know with guys. They don't want to have to ask for help."

"But I'm his girlfriend. He loves me and I just don't understand any of this."

"When did he say that," Carrie asked surprised.

"He never did but I can tell."

"Do you love him too?"

"Do you think I would be up at 1 in the morning driving around if I didn't? He means so much to me and I don't want something to be wrong with him."

"The hospital is on the left," she said pointing it out. I pulled up next to Carlisle's car and walked through the doors to the emergency room. I saw something that I didn't expect there.

"Mom, dad," I whispered not loud enough for any normal human to hear. I walked over to my parents and they wrapped me up in a hug. "What are you doing here," I asked with tears streaming down my face in a steady pattern this time. I didn't even need to ask as I looked around and noticed almost my entire family sitting in the waiting room.

My mother continued to hold me and I looked down at her body. She had blood smears all over her clothes. "Renesmee, honey, Ross was in a car accident."

"No," I whimpered barely above a whisper and if it weren't for her holding me up I would have collapsed on the floor. "What happened?"

"I was driving back from the mall," she said pulling me over to a chair and holding me on her lap, cradling me like she did when I was little. "And I saw a car flipped over on the side of the road. I knew it was him and I knew that Carlisle was here so I brought him here and Carlisle is in with him right now."

"Is he going to be okay?"

"He was still unconscious the last that we knew."

"What else is wrong with him? Is he going to be okay?"

"Nessie he is going to be fine. He's a little banged up but Carlisle says that he is going to be just fine. We just have to wait and see."

"Can I go and see him?"

"You're going to have to wait for Carlisle to come out."

I wrapped my arms around her and somehow I managed to fall asleep because when I woke up there was a little bit of sunlight coming through the window. It wasn't bright enough or clear enough for any of us to worry though. I opened my eyes and I was in my dad's arms. He was looking at me curiously.

"What," I asked quietly.

"You really love him don't you," my dad said quietly.

"Yes I do," I stated. It was becoming easier and easier for me to tell the truth now. I thought that I had lost him and I don't know what I would do if I did lose him. Ross was just the perfect guy for me and there was no way around it.

"I'm happy for you," he whispered close to my face, his cool breath swooping around my face. He then placed his icy lips on my forehead and kissed it.

"Really," I asked looking up into his golden eyes. He genuinely looked happy.

"I understand how much both of you mean to each other. I'm a little overprotective because I don't want you to get hurt but I realize how happy he makes you. You two are meant to be together."

"You thought that about Jake too at one point."

"That's before I realized how you felt. I think I always knew in the back of my mind that it wasn't meant to be between you two. I just want you to be happy and Ross is what makes you happy."

"Can I go and see him now?"

"Yes. Come on."

I got up off of him and stood up, stretching. I never slept like that before and I knew that I was going to be a little sore from the ordeal. My dad took my hand and led me down the hall.

"How was mom able to handle it," I whispered to him.

"She is very strong you know."

"I know but it must have been hard."

"It was for her but she has an extreme tolerance for those things. We all did well."

"What do you mean?"

"We were in an emergency room all night and didn't have any close calls."

"Even Jasper?"

"Even Jasper."

"I'm proud of him," I said thinking of my uncle. He always had trouble with our lifestyle but now it was as if it didn't bother him anymore.

"Alright, do you want me to come in with you," my dad asked as we stopped at the door.

"I think I can handle it."

"He will be awake in a few minutes. You should go in and talk to him."

"Alright."

He kissed my forehead again and I opened to the door to Ross' room. I stood motionless in the doorway for a moment, assessing the damage. My dad put his hand on my lower back and I felt like I was unable to move. Tears welled up in my eyes as I walked into the room further and stood next to the bed.

I didn't like the sight of the man that I loved lying on a hospital bed attached to all kinds of tubes and monitors. He heart rate seemed to be normal but it still was bothering me that he hadn't woken up yet. Was this normal?

"He is alright," my dad whispered in my ear. "I know it's hard but it happens sometimes when you are dating a human. Your mother did the same thing to me and believe me it makes you realize how much you truly love someone."

"I'm okay daddy," I thought to him. "Thank you though and I know that I can do this. Go home and relax. I can handle this."

"You sure sweetie," he whispered again putting his hand on my shoulder. I nodded my head and lowered myself towards the bed. My dad disappeared out of sight and I focused on Ross. I wanted him to get better. I needed him to get better. I kissed his forehead, avoiding all of the cuts and bruises on it. I smiled as I heard his heart react to my touch. It sped up a little bit but soon slowed back down to normal.

I pulled a chair up and grabbed his right hand, the one that wasn't broken. On top of scrapes all over his body and the stitches in his head, his left arm was in a cast and his left leg was elevated in a cast. I wanted to cry because there was nothing that I could do for him. I couldn't go back and help him and I couldn't make all of this go away. I put my head down on his arm and tried to think that he was going to be okay even though he didn't look that way.

"Hey," I heard a groggy voice say. I lifted my head up and looked at Ross who was trying to smile at me.

"You're okay," I screamed jumping up onto the bed and hugging him. He kissed the top of my head and I started to cry.

"You're hurting me," he stated. I jumped off of him and stood next to him hovering over his face.

"I'm sorry," I sniffled. "I'm so sorry."

"You didn't know." I leaned down and kissed him with a lot of force, more than I had ever used before. "Don't cry Nessie," he said kissing my cheek. "I'm going to be okay."

"How do you know that?"

"Because I'm alive and you're here."

"That was so corny," I chuckled leaning down and kissing him again. "I'm just happy that you're awake."

"You didn't sleep well."

"No I didn't. I was worried and I drove all over the city last night trying to find you. You didn't call me."

"I'm sorry about that."

"It's okay."

"You sure?"

"Yes I'm sure."

I smile crept across my face and I kissed him again.

"I should get into car accidents more often."

"No you shouldn't. You shouldn't have been driving last night with the roads the way that they were. I can't believe you didn't just come to my house."

"I was on my way but I got distracted and I guess you know what happened next."

"Yes I do," I said even though I had no idea. I hadn't gotten that much information from my family but what was I going to say about that. That my mom carried him and brought him here to see my vampire grandfather doctor.

There was a knock on the door and Carlisle stood in the doorway with a chart in his arms. He walked over to Ross and smiled.

"You're awake," he stated.

"Yes I am. Thank you Dr. Cullen."

"You're welcome Ross but call me Carlisle. There is no need to be formal here."

"Thank you Carlisle."

"You're welcome. We should go over a few things."

"Alright."

"Well you were in a car accident last night. When you got here you were in pretty bad condition. We needed to do emergency surgery because you had a broken rib that was threatening to puncture you lung. You had a severe concussion and you broke your arm and leg. Your leg isn't too bad, it should heal within a few weeks. The cast only needs to be on for 2 weeks but it is still going to be hard to walk on so you will need crutches for a little while. But your surgery went well and your bones are beginning to heal. But we need to talk about your post op."

"Okay."

"Well you are going to need a lot of help to get around and somebody is going to have to be there all of the time. Normally I would suggest that you stay in the hospital a few more days and then have your family members take care of you. But these aren't normal circumstances. I think that you should move into our house so that there are more people to take care of you. Plus I think that Nessie would appreciate having you there."

Carlisle smiled at me and I smiled back. He was giving Ross a place to stay because he knew that Ross had been kicked out. He just did it a subtle way to make Ross feel more comfortable. I loved my grandfather with all of my heart. He was nothing but kind to everybody around him. He would take in every teenager if he could. Also, by having Ross stay with us, it meant I got to spend more time with him and there wouldn't be any practicing for a little while.

"Thank you Carlisle," Ross said and it looked like there were tears forming in his eyes but they quickly disappeared. "You have no idea how much I appreciate it."

"Anything for you Ross. You are a part of this family now."

Carlisle was smiling at him and I felt like I was just going to leap for joy. Now I had my dad's blessing and my boyfriend living with me.

Later that day after my uncles had carried Ross up the stairs into the guestroom, I began getting to work making him comfortable. Esme and Alice had been home all day trying to make the room his own. They had brought all of the stuff that was in his car into the bedroom and personalized it. There were pictures all over the place of him and his mother and of his brothers but his father was absent from all of them. It always did seem like his dad was on the outside looking in and once he had enough of his family leaving him he decided that getting rid of Ross was the best solution. In a few days his dad would realize how bad it is without Ross around and would want him to come home but when that time would come, we would offer for him to stay here just so that he wouldn't have to deal with his dad.

I ran around his room as Ross watched me. After I elevated his leg and made sure he was comfortable, I grabbed his pills from downstairs and a glass of water with some crackers so that his stomach wouldn't be upset when he took the powerful painkillers. I felt like I was being a good nurse and I was glad that I was able to take care of him.

"Would you stop for a minute," Ross asked me as he lightly grabbed my arm.

"I'm just trying to make you comfortable."

"I am comfortable enough but do you know what would make me more comfortable?"

"What?"

"If you laid with me for 5 minutes. I could really use the company in this bed, which is unbelievably comfortable by the way."

"That's all Esme. She loves big comfy beds."

"Just come here." He gently pulled me down on the bed and I snuggled up into his good side. "See isn't this nice."

"Extremely," I sighed with content.

"Your family knew didn't they," he asked quietly playing with my hair.

"Knew what?"

"Come on Nessie. They knew that my father kicked me out."

"Yes," I responded quietly knowing that he didn't want anybody to hear us, even though they could.

"How did you figure it out?"

"Well I had called your house looking for you and your dad said you didn't live there anymore. Then when we found your car all of your stuff was in there and we all just put the pieces together without even talking to each other."

"I'm sorry about everything."

"You have nothing to be sorry for."

"If I would have just swallowed my pride and come here in the first place we wouldn't be in this position right now."

"Well think of it this way," I stated looking up at him. "Because you were in my car accident, it was easier for my parents to let you stay here. They would have before anyways but now we have a perfect excuse."

"I just feel bad mooching off of you guys."

"Don't worry about it all. Carlisle has pull at the hospital already because he's an excellent doctor and offers to work doubles all of the time so your hospital bills are taken care of and we have more than enough room and resources at you disposal. Do you want a new car? I can buy you one, a Christmas present possibly."

"Don't you dare buy me a car," he said with a loud whisper with authority.

"Why not? I want you to have a nice car like mine."

"You don't like my car," he asked confused.

"No I liked your car but it's out of commission. There is no way that is coming back to life and I want you to be able to get around."

"Then I'll get a job and save up the money."

"Yes but if you get a job, which you can't do in your current condition, then I won't be able to see you as much and that is a loss for the both of us. Please just let me get you a car."

"No because you'll end up buying me a BMW or a Mercedes or something like that."

"What about an Audi? They are a little bit cheaper."

"How about a Ford or a Chevy," he suggested.

"Gross. No. You won't be driving those."

"Come on Nessie, they are reasonable American made cars and cheaper to fix."

"There is no such thing as going to a mechanic in this house. Come on, you know Rosalie is the best mechanic there is. She would be hurt if you went somewhere else."

"Well you're not buying me a car so there is nothing more to discuss."

"Your just like my mother," I muttered under my breath.

"What?"

"Nothing."

The last time that someone put up this much of a fight about getting a new car was when my mom and my dad were dating. He hated her car and wanted her in something safer, my car to be exact, but he wasn't allowed to buy her a new car until they at least got engaged and her car died. Well in essence his car died and what would he do if I did buy him a car. Not drive it? You can't just take back a car. Ross dropped the conversation at that moment. He didn't want to discuss it any further but I would still be thinking about it.

Christmas was now only a week away and it was time for the Cullens to put up their Christmas decorations. Ever since I was born we had been doing Christmas every year. Apparently they all wanted me to be normal in some kind of way. But even with Christmas, it wasn't the normal Christmas. We overdid absolutely everything. Ross helped us decorate the tree and Esme even got him a stocking. He thought that it was completely unnecessary but she couldn't resist. He was staying here and he would be there Christmas morning so she didn't want him being left out. Everybody had already bought his gifts anyways so it really didn't matter.

Ross' Point of View

To say that this family was subtle is an understatement. Everything from their cars to their clothes to their Christmas decorations were completely overdone. However, helping them put up Christmas decorations was fun. We were all laughing and having a good time and it was the first time since my mother died that I was actually enjoying myself around the holiday. With my father it was miserable and I think that if he would have just sucked it up and pretended to be happy that we could have all moved on. Moving away didn't help anything.

"Ross come over here," Nessie yelled from the Christmas tree. She looked gorgeous in a red silk halter-top and black dress pants. I hobbled over to her, still on crutches from my car accident, and kissed her forehead. "I need your help. Can you reach that branch?"

She handed me an ornament and pointed to a branch high above her head. I smiled at her and put it up there.

"It's perfect," she said as I brought my arm back down and put it around her shoulder. She stood up on her tippy toes and kissed my cheek.

"Of course it is, I put it on," I said with a laugh. She chucked beside me and playfully hit me in the rib. She helped me walk back over to the couch to sit down.

"Wait you two," Alice squealed. "Mistletoe," she said pointing up to the ceiling. We looked at each other and laughed before kissing underneath the mistletoe. Stupid traditions I didn't care for but when it was your girlfriend that you were kissing it didn't matter.

I was expecting a little peck from Nessie but she depended her kiss. I immediately forgot everybody else in the room and was just focusing on her. I didn't even bother listening to anybody until I heard everybody screaming.

"Jacob, don't," Edward, yelled. Nessie and I broke away and I saw a guy bigger than I was, about 6'5" standing in the doorway, shaking uncontrollably. It looked like he was literally going to explode. Before I could blink, the entire Cullen family was surrounding Nessie and I. They were all crouching in front of me like I was a little child that needed to be protected. And then I saw the most frightening that I've ever seen in my life. The man that was standing in front of me was no longer a man but instead he was a wolf. A towering, creepy, scary wolf and all I could hear was hissing and growling from the people that were trying to protect me.

I looked over at Nessie and she was doing the same thing that her family was but she was inching towards the overgrown wolf. I wanted to jump in front of her, to protect her from the beast that was in front of me. But everybody seemed to be willing to let her go towards him.

"Jake," she said quietly inching forward slowly. "Please try to calm down. It's going to be okay, you just need to calm down."

All it did was growl loudly at her, pulling his muzzle back to expose his bear teeth. Edward jumped in front of her and grabbed her back. Bella then took a stab at it. She inched forward, too, and Edward didn't look too happy about it either. He was holding on to Nessie protectively, like a father would his daughter, not like a brother would his sister and I didn't understand anything that was going on.

I didn't hear anything that Bella was saying because I literally felt like I had blacked out. I immediately felt after that a wave of calm come over me and I immediately relaxed even though the situation was so frightening. I couldn't grasp anything that was going on and before I knew it, Bella was pushing the big wolf out the door and Edward was following after her.

As soon as all of them were out of the room the rest of the Cullens turned to face me and I couldn't figure out what they were reading all over my face. It was either panicked, frightened, freaked out or confused or a mixture of all 4. It was a mixture of all 4 because I couldn't process what was going on and what had just happened. Nessie looked really upset and it seemed like she was shaking next to me, trying to hold the tears in.

"Nessie what the hell is going on," I demanded. Everybody looked at me like they wanted to kill me because they probably knew what was going to happen next. I was going to figure out what was going on and they didn't want me to know, obviously, because they never told me in the first place. If they wanted me to know what was happening they would have told me instead of keeping me in the dark the entire time. "I know what I saw Nessie and Jacob, I'm assuming, turned into a wolf. That's not normal."

She chuckled a little bit and then went back to shaking and trying not to cry. "Nessie can you please explain all of this to me because at this moment in time I'm really freaked out."

"Do you want to sit down," she asked quietly, barely loud enough for me to hear her. "You might want to. You seem a little wobbly."

"Will you tell me everything? Not just why Jacob's a wolf but why you were all crouching in front of me, protecting me. I thought that I heard you guys hiss."

She grabbed my hand and when she pulled me over I noticed that everybody else had left the room. Once we sat down, she crossed her legs over each other, turning to face me. She then looked at me straight in the eyes.

"There is a lot we haven't told you," she explained composed. She looked like she really didn't want to tell me but I couldn't just leave it at that because I really needed to know what was going on. "I just need you to sit still and not react okay?"

"What are you going to do?"

"I'm going to show you something."

She looked at me again and I rolled my eyes sighing, looking at her straight on, and not moving an inch. She looked at me and smiled, kissing me lightly on the lips, like it was goodbye.

"Like I said don't panic," she stated again in a more firm voice.

"I won't."

She looked at me and took a deep breath. Then she put her hand up to my face. She grazed my cheek with the outside of her hand, rubbing it lightly, before turning her hand around and putting it on my cheek. Images and videos were then running through my head.

I saw her as a baby, I would assume but I saw Jacob there and Edward and Bella and they were all crowding around her. Bella had these brilliant, bright red eyes and everybody was standing around her holding her back it looked like. Rosalie was holding the baby and I realized that they all looked exactly the same as they do now. It then flashed to a field and she was looking across it to a big group of people and there were a bunch of wolves around her. The other people, the ones across from her, were all in black robes that went all the way down to the ground. She was face to face with a guy that would give me nightmares for weeks.

His eyes were red too, but unlike Bella's they were milkier. It was straight out of a horror movie. I watched as she hunted animals with her bare teeth and I watched Bella and Edward do the same thing.

I saw her life flash in front of my eyes. Different pictures and memories coming into play and seeing her grow up. It seemed like no time at all in her eyes and she was always with Bella and Edward. Different memories all added up to a few things. One, she was not human. Two, Bella and Edward were not her brother and sister. And three, I didn't know what to do or how to react. I tried thinking of a reasonable explanation but I was coming up with nothing.

Everything that I thought of seemed too weird to guess but I knew that I couldn't rule out the possibilities. Mythical creatures, werewolves, vampires, witches and the fact that I could see, literally see memories from within Nessie's mind were freaking me out.

Before I knew it, Nessie pulled her hand down from my face and waited for my reaction. I was too stunned and confused to say anything. She was waiting and tears started to well up in her eyes.

"Ross," she stated quietly. "Please don't freak out. I love you, please don't."

"What are you," I stated viciously.

"What do you think I am?"

"You drink blood Nessie. You hunt animals and drink blood. Bella and Edward are your fucking parents. Is Vanessa even your real name? Has anything you ever told me the truth?"

"My real name is Renesmee. Renee is my grandmother's name on my mom's side and Esme, well you've met her, is my grandmother on my father's side. My middle name is Carlie, for my grandfathers Carlisle and Charlie."

"So let me get this straight, they don't age."

"Neither do I."

"But I just saw you grow up in front of my eyes."

"I have aged but I am done now. Don't you see what I am?"

"You're a vampire," I said slowly, quietly, trying to get the words out of my mouth and I instantly regretted it. Nothing like this actually exists. Nothing like this could be so close to me. Why did I need to fall in love with a vampire? From her reaction I knew that everything she showed me was true.

"I'm half vampire," she admitted.

"What else are you?"

"I'm also half human."

"Really? How?"

"My dad was a vampire and my mother was a human. When I was born, if my dad didn't make my mother a vampire, she was going to die. It's a really long story."

"I can't handle this Nessie, I just can't. I feel like I don't even know you. I thought that I loved you, that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you but I just can't do it."

I saw her tears fall faster now, they were pouring down her face and I couldn't stand to see her like that but I also couldn't process everything that I just went though, everything that I just learned. Everything was going great because I was kept in the dark. She didn't want to tell me because she didn't want it to affect our relationship.

"I'm done, I need to get out of here," I yelled. "I can't see you anymore Nessie, I can't."

She didn't say anything as I got up off the couch and limped out of the room, leaving my one crutch on the edge of the couch. As soon as I was outside I could hear her hysterics and it was tearing me up inside. My heart felt like it was being ripped from my chest as I heard her yell my name, begging me to come back. I just couldn't do it.

I saw Edward in front of the house leaning on a silver Audi coupe. I hadn't seen it before and he looked at me cautiously. I was then standing face to face with a vampire.

"Hold out your hand," he demanded calmly. I did what he asked and he put a set of keys in my hand before closing my fingers around it. "This is all yours. We tried to fix your car but we couldn't. It's a present from all of us because I know that you will come back."

"Don't hold your breath," I spat at him.

"That's my daughter Ross and you are lucky that I am not ripping you to shreds right now. What I suggest you do is go away now before I do that. You got it," he yelled.

I looked at him and nodded before getting into the car and driving down the driveway. As I hit the road I swore that I heard Nessie yelling my name and a wolf howling in the distance.

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