Part II

Memories

Leaving Forks had been difficult to all of us. It would have been decades before we could return to Forks, our true home; and once again, restart a new life.

For now, we were all getting settled in our New Hampshire home, where Edward and I were finally going to start College.

Carlisle had always said that the moving process would eventually become easy. He assured us that Renesmee, Charlie and I would get used to moving every couple of years, as long as we were able to leave the past behind us and keep on moving forward. Sadly that would not be easy with a daily reminder of our lives in Forks, a daily reminder of the wolves and the reservation; and that daily reminder was Seth.

As we were leaving Forks just a few days earlier, we had agreed that leaving without telling anyone would be for the best. Jacob needed to focus on protecting the reservation; his reservation, and it was decided it would be best if he did not know where Renesmee was.

At dawn, when we were preparing things to leave, we had an unexpected visit from Seth.

Seth had always got along so well with everyone in the family, it was almost as if he belonged to both worlds; wolves and vampires; but this time he acted different, as if for the first time, he was in charge of his own actions, without the need to look over his shoulders for advice or support from the wolf pack.

"Seth, what are you doing here?" I asked, hoping that we would be able to get rid of him without messing up our plans.

"I came to keep an eye on Nessie…" I immediately assumed that Jake has sent him, but without giving me time to say anything he continued to speak, taking us all by surprise. "… things changed more than you know. Don't worry, I am not telling Jake what is happening here, but in exchange, I am going with you all."

At this time, Carlisle entered the conversation, sounding calm as usual; he explained to Seth that he could not go with us. That if he did, Jake and the others would know where we were, matter of fact, now we needed to hurry even more and leave because it was likely that through Seth's thoughts, Jake already knew where we were.

Seth gave us an unsettling smile. "I told you, things have changed. The only reason why we were able to turn into wolves in the first place was because you all had come back to Forks. Before you came to Forks there was no threat, and therefore, no need for protection at the reservation. At the moment you made your choice to leave, I could no longer phase into wolf form. So, yes, we do have to hurry before Jake figures out that he can no longer phase, and trust me, I don't need to know what is going on in his head to know that he will be here as soon as he figures it out."

Carlisle's expression was unreadable. All he said was. "Let's go. Seth, you get in the car with Alice and Jasper."

And here we were, the Cullens, Charlie and Seth, who was a constant reminder of everything about the life that we were unsuccessful trying to leave behind.

There was however, one good outcome from Seth's presence; he made Renesmee's moving transition much smoother. It was as if she still had part of Jake with her.

None of us knew the true reason behind Seth's actions; behind his choice of coming with us. Seth even managed to keep this out of his thoughts, but one day, he slipped and Edward was able to read his mind.

That was the day that Edward found out that Jacob was not the only one who had imprinted on Renesmee. Seth had imprinted on Renesmee right before we made our decision to leave Forks. That meant that Jacob knew about that. We were now certain that our ties to our lives in Forks still remained. We were certain that Jacob would find a way to find Seth, to find us all.