10 Years Later…
The campus seemed busy like any campus would be. There were people standing on the grass talking. A few had decided to take advantage of the beautiful day by sun tanning or playing Frisbee on the lawns. It was a beautiful day as the sun shone through the clouds. This made me wonder why they had chosen this place. Surely they wouldn't be able to keep an eye on her here. Make sure that nothing bad would happen. But then again, I couldn't really say anything. I'd left her to fend for herself a long time ago.
Going about the outside of the University, I'd wondered what she'd look like and if I'd recognize her. I didn't expect many changes. She would always have her mother's chocolate brown eyes. I'd seen that her eyes never changed crimson when she drank human blood as her family had. However, her appearance would have altered through the years. I'd always imagine her a bit taller or her hair shorter in all of the dreams I'd had of her.
It was very interesting that I'd decided to actually come and check on her. I'd told myself that I'd never return but that was before the nightmares started. These usually left me a wreck for the next couple of days. In them, she was being hunted by something far worse than the Volturi. Only this time I was not there to stop them. Every time I had one, I would start to question whether or not I needed to see her and make sure she was safe.
Usually, the feeling left me as the days went by and there was no phone call from anyone telling me that she was in trouble. This past week was when it all changed. The dream was so vivid and so real. It was as though I was standing there watching it happen. I couldn't bear to watch as they destroyed everything about her and I couldn't do anything but watch in agony because I wasn't there. So, I hopped in my truck and decided it was time that I found out exactly how she was doing. Unfortunately, I was unable to find her, but it didn't take me that long to figure out where she was. All I had to do was call my father and ask. I'd kept in touch with him through the years but had never mentioned her name. It was sort of a code that my father and I had. Not that I'd loved her romantically and couldn't bear it, but because I felt ashamed for not doing the one thing that someone in my position is meant to do: Protect.
So after so many years of not mentioning her or any of her extended family, it was no surprise that he almost dropped the phone when I asked him about her whereabouts. That's where Charlie came in. He'd come a long way since he'd first learned of the existence of who and what the world had to hold supernaturally. I never imagined that he would still be in contact with them after all this time. Not with their unchanging features and diet. However, I was proved wrong when my father told me that Charlie kept up with the Cullen family more than he did. In fact, until Charlie told my father where they were located, he had no idea. I'd received all the information I'd needed during that day and a warning. Apparently, Charlie said that if I hurt Renesmee again that he'd find me and take care of me himself; even if I was a werewolf. I shouldn't have been surprised. He never did take the hearts of the girls in his family very lightly.
He didn't have to worry though. I didn't have any intensions of letting her see me. All I needed to do was see her and make sure she was safe. Maybe call her father and see if she was doing alright. Then I'd be able to go back to my life. That is if I could find her. I'd been looking everywhere on campus and had almost given up hope when I saw her.
She was walking out of the library when she stopped to put the books in her messenger bag. Taking advantage of her distraction, I decided to get a closer look. She looked much the same as she did years ago. Her hair was shorter. Not by much though. When she was younger, her family couldn't bear to cut her hair. Only when she'd put up a fight did they let her cut it. Her hair was now midway down her back and pulled back into a loose ponytail. Even her taste in clothes had changed. She did not dress as sexy as she had the last couple of times that I'd seen her, but she definitely was not a child anymore. She was wearing grey dress shorts and a green tank top. She wasn't wearing the bracelet I'd given her so many years ago. That didn't surprise me. She probably didn't want to have anything to do with me. Staying as far away as I could, I followed her as she went to her next class wanting to see exactly how she'd be in the class when she got there. When she arrived at her class, I noticed that she interacted with everyone and seemed happy.
I felt a sense of happiness that she had found her place in this academic world. With that sense of relief from the bad dreams, I headed back to the car and that's when I got the biggest surprise of my life. As beautiful as angels singing I heard a voice say, "Leaving so soon?"