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The streets were busy at twilight. Jacob and Nessie, fully satiated from an authentic Italian dinner walk hand in hand taking in the sights of the city and window shopping. It was times like this that they both loved, when they could be almost normal and not have to seduce, or steal, or be on the run. They got to just enjoy life.
"Oh, lets go in here Ness," Jake said pulling her in the direction of a car dealership.
"Jake," she said rolling her eyes. She never understood his fascination of cars. They were just hunks of metal that took you from point a to point b, sure, some of them were prettier than others, but at the end of the day that's al they were.
Jake began salivating as they walked around the show room, stopping at every car to admire what ever he could about it.
"Hello sir, can I help you today?" a tall Italian man asked in a thick accent. Jake looked at him trying to form a sentence in Italian.
"Just looking," Jake attempted.
"Oh, American I see," the man said in English and Jake had a wave of relief hit him. "In that case sir, my name is Roberto, can I help you with anything this evening?"
"I'm just looking Roberto, I'm in the market for a new vehicle and I just wanted to see what was out there," Jacob lied too easily.
"In that case, please Mr.?"
"Wolfe, Jacob Wolfe, and my wife Vanessa Wolfe," Jake introduced and Nessie shook her head in greeting.
"A pleasure to meet you both, now if you please I'd love to show you some cars over here…" Roberto said and Jacob followed him like a puppy. Nessie stayed in the front of the show room, she hated the name Vanessa.
It wasn't that it was an ugly name, but it was so plain, nothing compared to the uniqueness of Renesmee, not that anybody called her that anymore.
It had taken some getting used to to be called Vanessa in the beginning, and even now sometimes she didn't respond to the name, although that was rare.
Nessie took a seat in one of the chairs by the door to wait for Jacob, he was so good to her, and he deserved his time to enjoy things he loved. Nessie looked around and saw a girl who looked to be 16 or 17 looking at cars with her parents.
Nessie began to wonder if her parent's would have taken her to pick out a car on her 16th birthday, even though she had been driving since she was seven. She would've liked the excitement of a dealership and having any car in the world to choose from, but more so than that she would've just liked the memory and bonding with her parents.
She felt tears start to form, but didn't want them to. She stood up and walked outdoors, Jake would find her. She began to walk down the street until she came to a small jewelry shop. She walked in just to take her mind off things and was amazed by the beauty of each piece she looked at.
They were all so beautiful and sparkling, like her family's skin. As she walked down the rows of jewelry she came to the engagement ring section.
"Looking to get married?" a tiny woman asked her who reminded her of her aunt Alice.
"Not anytime soon," Nessie responded with a small smile. The sales lady had seem many women walk into the store on a daily basis and admire the beauty of the jewelry, wishing beyond hope that they would one day be given a piece like that.
"Would you like to see any?" she asked, sympathizing with the beautiful young woman in front of her. The sales clerk noticed a certain sadness in Nessie's eyes and felt compelled to alleviate it.
"No, that's alright- Actually," Nessie said as her eyes caught a glimpse of this one ring. "Could I see that one, please?" the sales clerk nodded her head emphatically and removed it from the case.
"It's beautiful, isn't it? So simple too," she said handing it to Nessie who slid it on her ring finger. It was a tiny ring, with a small diamond sitting at the top. It had tiny diamonds along the thing band, and it glimmered in the light that sat upon the counter.
"It's gorgeous," Nessie smiled at thought of Jacob giving it to her.
"Hey babe," Jake said walking in and putting his hands on her shoulders. Nessie jumped in surprise, she wasn't expecting him to walk in. she took the ring off her hand quickly and handed it back to the clerk.
"Thank you," Nessie said, her faced slightly flushed. The clerk smiled and let them leave the store.
"How were the cars?" Nessie asked, not bringing her eyes up to look at Jacob.
"Nice," Jake said, he stopped her from walking and made her turn to face them. "Ness, one day when I can, when this is behind us, I will get you the biggest diamond in the world and place it on your finger. Even if we never have a wedding, you deserve that much," Jacob said feeling guilty. He wanted to give Nessie the world.
"Jake," she said. "I don't want any diamonds, or rings, or anything. I have you and that's all I need." She smiled up at him; he was so kind and good to her.
"I promise you, one day I will Nessie," he kissed her gently. "But I can get you gelato in the mean time to make up for it." she couldn't help but laugh.
"That sounds perfect," she said and the laced fingers as they headed for a little cart at the end of the block that was selling the Italian version of ice cream.
"Do you think my parent's would have wanted us to get married? Even if they weren't here?" Nessie asked leaning her head against his arm. Jake was slightly taken aback by the question; she had never asked that before.
"I think they would want us to be happy, they would want you to do what ever made you happy and comfortable," he responded running his hand through her hair.
"But I mean do you think they would want us to have a wedding, a white dress, a tux, all of that?" Nessie asked looking into his eyes.
"Knowing your aunts, they'd want you to have a huge extravaganza," Jacob laughed and a small laugh escaped her lips.
"If we ever had one, I mean if they were here for it, I'd just want something small, on the beach, with my family and your pack," Nessie said letting herself think about it for the first time ever. Jake smiled in approval as they reached the gelato cart.
"I'm sure they'd make what ever you wanted the most beautiful wedding ever," Jake said knowing full well that would be the case. Nessie smiled.
"Two chocolate," Jake said pointing to the flavor. The man behind the counter nodded. He filled one cup up and handed it to Jacob who handed it to Nessie. She gladly took a bite.
"You know, I don't know why exactly, but I feel like, like they aren't that far away here. That if I concentrate I could just-," Nessie said but stopped dead in her sentence. A small gust of wind from the east had blown past her nose, and a scent she had never truly forgotten but hadn't smelled in years attacked her. She looked in the direction of where the scent came from, her jaw hung open.
"Momma?" she barely whispered and dropped her gelato as the person standing in the distance turned to run in the opposite direction. Nessie, without thought took off after her. Was that really her mom? Bella? That was impossible though, Bella had been murdered years ago.
"Nessie!" Jacob said but she didn't register her name being called. She ran as fast as she could, chasing the scent she knew her mother had left, even if it was impossible. She ran until she reached a dead end, and look around. Maybe there was a ladder, a window, something for her mother to climb up, but the trail of her scent ended here. The person had just vanished.
"MOM!" Nessie yelled out loud and collapsed to the ground.