Chapter 20:

Bears Creek

Riding with Jake was amazing! We would got so fast but the ride was smooth. We had a close call once, when we stopped at a traffic light. It had been red for a while so it was about to turn green when dad raced past us.

"GO!!!" I said as I saw the green light.

We sped off so quick that by the time they turned their heads back again, we were only a mirage. We drove to Jack's house, arriving quickly. There were already a couple of cars in the driveway.

"DUDE!! THAT MOTORCYCLE IS AMAZING!!" Jack said as he ran out to meet us.

"Hey Nessie" he said quickly before he started asking Jake more questions.

"Come on, let's head inside . . . hey Jack, where's your garage . . . I don't think it would be a good idea to leave this out here" I said as I motioned to the bike.

"Yeah, sure, come on. We were waiting for you guys , Josh, Lily and Mike" he said as he helped us wheel it inside.

Once it was safely locked up, we headed inside to meet everyone. They had all completely transformed from stylish clothes to jeans, t-shirts and tennis shoes.

"Hey Nessie!" they greeted.

"Let's begin loading while we wait. Matt, we'll take your car, mine and . . . Ethan's" Jack said as we grabbed the stuff.

There were blankets, thermoses, hiking gear, food and a radio. We split up the stuff and started to load up the cars. Lily came and helped us as soon as she parked. Right as we finished, Josh and Mike arrived. We loaded up their stuff and climbed in. I was with Jake, Jack, Lily and Maddie. Dorothy, Chris, Mike, Emma and Matt went in Matt's car. Nicole, Hannah, Thomas, Josh, Chloe and Ethan piled into Ethan's car. Once everybody was in, we took off. I checked my phone's Bluetooth.

"What are you looking at?" Jake asked.

"I put a Bluetooth attachment camera on the bed in my room. It also has a microphone and speaker so I can hear what's going on and say anything if I have too. I also locked my door. I'm hoping to go with the I'm pissed at you guys for not letting me go so I'm locking myself in my room alibi" I explained while he laughed.

"You are such a little schemer . . . you got that from both of your parents" Jake laughed.

"I did?"

"Yeah" he said and began telling me stories about my parents from when they first met. " When your dad left your mom, she came to me and I helped her and became a really close friend to her. When he came back *cough* she rescued him *cough* he thought I was too dangerous and wouldn't let her come see me.

Still, she would sneak out when he wasn't there or something so once, when he left hunting, he had Alice kidnap Bella and keep her under vigilance at all times so she wouldn't go see me. Of course, I rescued her at school but . . ."

We spent the whole ride there talking, Jake mostly telling me stories about my parents.

"Here it is" Jack said as he stopped. "Grab your stuff"

We unloaded just as Ethan and Matt arrived. We put on our backpacks and followed Jack through the woods. I fell more than once but Jake caught me most of the times.

"Hey Jack! Hold up for a minute!!" Ethan yelled from behind us, they had fallen behind about half and hour ago. We laughed but waited as they all caught up to us.

"We're almost there" Jack said right as we broke through some trees. "Welcome to Bears Creek"

I gasped at the beauty. This was gorgeous! There was grass and blooming wild flowers despite the cold weather. This all lead up to a huge clear blue lake and a waterfall. The rocks leading up to the waterfall top were blooming with plants too. The sun was even slightly shining through. The rocks weren't brown and ugly but a beautiful whitish beige.

"Pretty amazing isn't it?" Jack said as we walked in.

"Amazing doesn't cover it" I said as we set our bags down on an especially big rock. "It's beautiful. I've only seen 1 thing that's more gorgeous than this"

"What?" Jake asked behind me.

"You" I murmured as I leaned into him.

I heard him chuckled as he draped his arms around me. We all changed into our bathing suits and jumped in. There was a rope tied to a tree. We swung on it and then freefell into the lake. Surprisingly, it was warm!

"This makes no sense! That water's warm!" I exclaimed as we swam.

"I know, this place is magical" Lily said.

"You've been here a lot?" I asked.

"Sort of. This is the only season when it's nice. Every other time, it's humid, sticky and buggy or freezing cold. You chose a good time to move here" Lily said as we took a dive.

After a couple of hours, he got out and dried off, putting our clothes on top of our bathing suits. We put on our shoes and climbed up the waterfall. We got out of the clouds and sat on the edge, watching the sunset. I laid with Jake, completely relaxed and happy.

"Nessie?" someone called.

"Huh? Who called me?" I asked.

"Not me" everyone said.

I looked down at my pocket and sighed.

"I'll be right back" I said as I went into the woods and opened up the Bluetooth screen.

"Nessie? Please open up" It was my mom. "Nessie??"

"Mom, please just leave" I said into the receiver and heard it being said out loud.

"Nessie . . . you sound bad . . . are you crying?"

"NO! Mom, just please go away!" I said.

"Ness . . ."

I didn't even answer, I needed her to leave. I connected the ear piece with receiver and walked back to Jake.

"She's still there I think" I said.

"Ness . . . " after that I heard fading footsteps.

"Gone!" I said in relief.

We watched the sun finish dipping beneath the horizon before climbing back down. We started up a fire and it immediately lighted up the whole clearing.

"Food!!" Jack yelled and we all laughed, grabbing the food from our bags.

The bonfire was huge. There was hotdogs and hamburgers along with chips, Cheetos, Doritos, dips, cookies and lots of soda. We all sat on our towels and blankets around the bonfire and ate. We laughed, while we ate, occasionally choking. Eventually, they asked about Jake and I. We told them our stories, adding a few extra detail here and there and taking out a couple.

Eventually we asked them about their lives. Most of them had grown up here along with their parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. Lily had moved from France and Thomas from Italy. They told us about the places and urged us to visit though I wasn't really keen on the idea of visiting Italy. They promised to bring pictures to school on Monday and show us.

"We should start to leave" Jack said. "It's getting pretty late and we still have a long walk/ride home" he said. We all nodded sullenly and began packing up our stuff.

"We have to come back again someday" I said to Jake as he strapped up my bag.

"Definitely. It was an amazing day" he agreed.

We grabbed our remaining stuff and began the trudge home. The only problem, it was dark. Everyone walked fine but me, I tripped twenty times before I could take my 3rd step.

"come on little klutz" Jake said suddenly sweeping my legs from under me and grabbing my back.

"Jeez Jake, you nearly gave me a heart attack. I thought I was falling backwards-sideways this time" I said as he carried me. "This is definitely embarrassing" I said as I looked at everyone else up front.

"We'll get there" he said as he began running. Somehow he managed not to get his feet entangled or anything. We caught up to them in seconds.

"Nessie?! Are you okay?" Lily said making everybody turn around worriedly. My face turned tomato red but thankful in the darkness, they most likely couldn't notice.

"Yeah, she's fine. She was just tripping way too many times before her 5th step so I decided it would be safer this way" Jake said as he bumped me up slightly

"Hey" I said as I playfully slapped his arm.

Everybody laughed and continued their walk. Between Jake's rhythmic walk and the warmth coming off of him, I soon felt my eyes dropping. I woke up just as we broke through the trees to the cars.

"Here, let me down" I said, surprising Jake.

"I thought you were sleeping" he said as he let my slip down.

"I was" I emphasized as I put my bag in the trunk.

He chuckled and put his in too before picking me up and sliding me into the car.

"I could do that" I said as I curled up on his chest once he was seated.

"Yes, but you were walking so uncoordinatedly that you would've slammed into the roof of the car" he chuckled as he wrapped his arms around me. "Sleep Ness" he said as I yawned.

I was going to object but found myself drifting off again. When I woke up again, everyone was already unloading the car, including Jake who had me cradled in one arm.

"Here, let me help" I said as I grabbed my stuff. "Bye guys! It was amazing! I'll see you tomorrow!" I said as he walked to the garage and mounted Jake's motorcycle. "Crap!! Mom and Dad!" I said as I took out my phone.

I looked at it but it didn't show anything or produced any sound.

"I guess we're clear?" Jake asked as we rode off.

"No, they know"

"Why do you say that?" he asked.

"1, there is no sound at all. No TV, stove, piano . . . nothing. 2, the camera is pointing more towards my dresser, I couldn't see my skirt when I last checked. And 3," I said as I gulped. "The door is open"

His eyes widened and then we both sighed. "This is bad" he said.

"Very bad, especially after yesterday" I said. "Stop!!" I yelled suddenly.

He braked quickly, turning to my quickly.

"They'll hear it easily, come on" I said as I got off.

He nodded, grabbed the motorcycle and easily began to walk home. We left it parked against the wall under his room. He helped me up to my room and then disappeared. I quickly changed into my PJ's and slipped into bed. Seconds later, my door was slammed against the wall and the bright light was turned on.

"RENESMEE CARLIE CULLEN YOU'RE IN SO MUCH TROUBLE!!"

A/N

Hey Guys!! I got it up on time this time!!! Soo . . . what did you think? I thought of Bears Creek centering around the idea of Edward's/Bella's meadow. They had an awesome camping time and all. Bad part . . . they got caught. And they are in BIG trouble. I couldn't just let them get away with it . . . it was too good of an oppotunity (remember the title Temper Trip) Anywho . . . I'm finally one Spting Break!! WOOOO!!!!!! One whole week of nothing school! I will read and write but still . . . major relaxing time! Hey, New moon came out on DVD!!! I already bought it. Watch the eclipse preview. I can't try to but the link because it will erase it but just google it or go to the movie site. Anyway, i'm officially starting a countdown for the premire of the Eclipse

Time left - 95 days or 3 months and 5 days. It seems like a lot of time but it will fly. Can't wait!!!

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