Chapter 6: Home Again
As it turned out, all three fugitives survived the capsize. Jacob had retained his waterproof cellphone in his cargo pants pocket even after the accident, and quickly called a boat tow service. The boat was righted and the towing company gave the trio a ride back to the cottage, pulling their boat and the inflatable raft behind them. There was no sign of Jane. Jacob surmised that if Renesmee's bite didn't kill her, she most likely drowned.
Back at the cottage, Seth phased in the woods and searched through the wolfpack to see if any of them had been taken prisoner by the Volturi. Sam had, so Seth passed him the message of their being all right and asked him to forward it to the Cullens.
Another month went by. Summer began to rush in. One warm day, Jacob suddenly received a text from Edward:
Freed. Some of the Uley pack brought more witnesses to the Volturi to testify that Renesmee was not a threat. Convinced Aro. He let us go. It's safe to come home.
Seth brightened as he read the message over Jacob's shoulder. "They convinced Aro to let them go with just that? I gotta hear how they pulled this off!"
"Maybe Aro got scared when Jane never came back to him and realized we killed her."
"Who cares about the reason? We get to go home! Still," Seth sighed as he looked around wistfully. "I sure am gonna miss this place. Maybe I could retire here someday."
Jacob grinned and punched his friend on the arm. "Come on, Mr. Retiree. Let's get Nessie and book those plane tickets."
A few days later, the three were flying back to Seattle. Edward and Bella would pick them up for the drive back to Forks. As soon as Renesmee saw her mother's red Ferrari, she ran towards it. She was barely inside before she had thrown herself into her parents' arms. Jacob and Seth calmly followed into the backseat. Bella unbuckled and reached over to kiss Jacob's cheek and hug Seth.
"Thank you," she expressed. "For our daughter."
"Don't be silly, Bells," Jacob waved it away.
And together, the werewolves, vampires, and vampire-human hybrid sped off under the dark clouds towards home.