A/N: Okay a few things. First of all, I've noticed that I usually post updates towards the beginning/middle of the week, so expect updates on tuesdays/wednsdays ;)
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I'm reading a few at the moment that I want to post as reccomendations ;)
Third, a song that you should listen to while reading this chapter is "Walking on air" by Kerli
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Nessie POV
The next day started out great. I woke up and Bella and I gave Arabell a bath, watching her laugh and giggle as she played with the bubbles. My dad along with Carlisle and Esme were making breakfast for Jacob and I, and I could smell the aroma of bacon and eggs all the way down the hall.
While I sat down and ate with Jacob at the bar in the kitchen, I watched Rosalie as she fed Arabell her bottle. It made me happy to know that, even though Rosalie never got the chance to have children, I was able to give her the experiences with Arabell that she would never get to have with what could have been her children.
I was excited and nervous for today. Jacob and I were going down to La Push today to introduce Arabell to her grandfather. I was a little nervous about that though…
I wanted to know what the other pack members would say about her…
She was the second child fathered by a man of the pack. Sam and Emily had their first child not too long ago…about 4 months older than Arabell. I remember Emily telling me about him over the phone. His name was Adrian and he looked just like his father, but with his mother's eyes.
Arabell was different than Adrian, though. She was part human, part vampire, and she could possibly have the wolf gene. She grew faster than a normal child, but not as fast as I had. She had amazing gifts that were more powerful than Alice's gift alone. Just thinking about Arabell becoming a shape-shifter like her father made me a little edgy.
My fork fell out of my hand, tearing me out of my deep thoughts. Everyone looked at me, and when I looked at my father, I noticed he was listening to what I was thinking.
Jasper also noticed how anxious I felt at that moment and he soon washed over me a pleasant mask of relaxation. I felt much better.
"Thanks Jasper." I said quietly, wrapping my arms around me.
"Anytime." He said, then focused his attention back to his book.
Though the thought of Arabell becoming the leader of the pack was a little overwhelming, I had to remind myself…
She might not even become a shape-shifter…
It wasn't that I didn't like the pack, or what they did, because they protect their homeland, their loved ones…
They protected me…even if their ancestors wouldn't have allowed it.
It was the fact that Arabell would have to go through the physical and the emotional changes that Jacob had to go through.
But the powers she already had! She could do so much for the pack!
I couldn't exactly picture her life like this. Her temper flaring, her life focused on what she was and what she had to do to protect the land. The fighting…
I had to stop thinking about it. I looked up at my daughter in Rosalie's arms and for now, I just wanted to enjoy the moments with her as they came…one by one.
As we pulled into the path to Billy's, my stomach was in knots. I took a deep breath and put a smile on my face as I looked up at Jacob, one hand on the wheel and his other entwined in mine. He parked and shut off the car. I looked behind me and saw Arabell in her car-seat sitting quietly as she looked back at me with big eyes, her binkie in her mouth and her hands in her hair.
I looked back over at Jacob. He had his eyes on me the whole time. He knew I was nervous for Billy's reaction towards Arabell, more than I was excited for them to finally meet.
I sighed. "Let's go."
Jacob was faster and unbuckled Arabell from her car-seat. As I knocked on the door, I immediately heard a shuffling of feet.
Quil answered the door, and his eyes lit up when he saw us.
"Hey! Good to see you guys again! Oh, this must be Arabell." He said, shaking her little hand.
"Hi, I'm your uncle, uncle Quil."
Arabell giggled.
We walked in and found Billy at the kitchen table with Jared and Sam. Emily was in the kitchen preparing lunch, while Kim was in the living room entertaining Adrian.
"Nessie!!!!!!!" Emily squealed.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Billy smile.
Jacob POV
I sat down next to Billy with Arabell in my lap. He beamed at her, a tear streaming down his face. That was the first time I think I ever saw my father cry.
He reached out for her, and I placed her gently in his arms. Her binkie wasn't in her mouth anymore. She gazed up at her grandfather with her brilliant grey eyes.
"She looks just like your mother, Jacob…those eyes…"
I watched with amazement as he brushed his fingers along her soft, rosy cheek. She smiled, showing her little baby teeth, and touched his nose…then his eyelid. He closed his eye, letting her touch his eyelid. Arabell then mumbled her baby talk. I chuckled.
"But she also has a lot of you in her, too." He laughed.
Renesmee had her arms wrapped around my neck the whole time as we watched them connect with each other.
"Renesmee, could you give me that picture on the window sill?"
Nessie walked around to pick up the picture frame. She turned towards us again, studying the picture closely. She looked from the picture, to Arabell, and back. When she placed in down on the table, I finally realized the huge resemblance between my mother and Arabell.
Both of them had the long, curly black hair, similar features between the two of them, and of course, the same eyes…
Arabell looked at the photo for a moment, then looked up at Billy.
"Does she have any…powers? Say? Anything like yours, Ness?"
"Yes." Nessie said. "She is physic. She also obtained my ability as well.
Billy's eyes shot up from Arabell to Nessie.
"What?" I asked, intrigued by his reaction.
"Nothing, son. Just a lot to take in at the moment."
I let that one go. I knew he was hiding something…he may be able to make everyone else believe him…but I knew him to well for that. The expression on his face told me everything.
He was hiding something important from me.
A few hours passed and I finally got the chance to talk alone with Billy. I wanted to know what he was keeping from me.
We were outside on the back porch. It was getting dark out…the sun barely visible.
I closed the door behind me and leaned against the wall.
"Dad. I know you know something. Don't think I didn't see that look on your face earlier when Ness told you Arabell was a physic."
Billy narrowed his eyes, his expression…hard to read now.
"Jacob…" He started. "I never wanted to tell you this…but I think you should know now."
"What? Tell me. If this concerns Arabell and/or Renesmee I need to know."
"Your mother was physic."
I held my breath. I was shocked. It was as if my mother came back to me through Arabell. But why wouldn't he want to tell me about this?
"Why didn't you want to tell me about that?"
He sighed. There was a long moment of silence.
"Because her visions came true. They always came true. She would always tell me about them. She saw us getting married the day I proposed to her. She saw when she gave birth to your sisters and you…
And she saw her death."
I gulped. My muscles tensed up, my fists clenched.
"She never saw anything beyond that vision. Just the same vision over again…and more of it."
"When she told me, I was devastated, but I didn't want to show it…to worry her. I knew that this would mean soon, and I wanted to spend as much time with her as possible…to have her spend time with you and your sisters as much as she could."
He paused again. I saw a tear roll down his cheek again.
"A few days later…I got the news that she died in a car accident. Just like she said her vision was."
I closed my eyes, resting my head against the wall. I felt angry…upset. Why did she have to be taken away from me?
And most of all…why did she have to see herself dying?
"I feel…as if your mother came back to us…through Arabell." He started to smile.
I opened my eyes, staring down at the old man that Billy was.
"Your mother is happy now. She is watching over you, and I know she would love Arabell just as much as I do."
Billy rolled his wheelchair over to me. He patted me on the back, and I then helped him inside.
A/N: RECOMMENDATION!
Go check out More then just a secret
It is by Yelly Girl (put a period between Yelly and Girl. For some reason the name kept disappearing on me everytime I saved?)
I'm enjoying it myself, and I think this fanfic deserves a chance to be read.
Sorry, but I had trouble with posting the link.
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