Far From the End

The ride home was the most boring thing to experience. EVER. Three planes, and fifteen-hundred miles in the car. Exciting. The only thing to look forward to was Jacob. And his excitement at my victory. I only had one other thing on my mind than that. What Luke had said bothered me. "I know more than you think, mortal." How on Earth would he know very much about hybrids? He sure wasn't one. Maybe he was related to one? Met one?

"He was bluffing, Renesmee." Dad couldn't convince me on that, though. It was too casual, convincing. He had to have had some experience. But what? How? Who? So many oblivious questions, with such complicated answers. Or they just might be as simple as true or false. I wanted to have let him live long enough for an explanation. But that would've been his opportunity. To achieve his one goal. My death. I could see it easily. He wouldn't even have to go through the trouble of burning my body. Just shred and walk away, for the easy destruction of a hybrid! It could be a motto for a weapon. The Hybridestructonator! Get it now, for only $39.99! I heard Dad chuckle from the drivers seat.

The inviting green lawn was foreign to me. I hadn't been there often enough in the last year. I was used to tall alleys and crammed streets. Skyscrapers and gallerias. The house was slightly more familiar. The white walls were pretty close to the pale beige of the hotels. Only one thing was completely a relief to see: Jacob, sprawled across the white sofa watching TV. I ran up and jumped in his lap.

"So, survived the fight, did you?"

"Yeah. Actually, I took Luke down on my own. You should've seen Emmett's face when he saw the pieces already ripped apart."

"Sounds exciting."

"Yeah. Not to mention the fact that Jane apologized for hating me. I think we're actually friends now. I think."

"Wow. Very interesting. Anything else?"

"Oh, Mom and Dad are back, but you probably knew that."

"Yep. Where are they, anyway?"

"Coming. Actually, should be here right about-" Then Mom walked up.

"Hey, Jacob," she said. Jacob set me on the ground as he got up to hug her. Had it really been only two years since they'd seen each other?

Well, all the "welcome backs" and "oh, it's been so longs" lasted a while. Esme made me and Jacob dinner. How is it that they could cook so well when they didn't even eat?

By the time we finished, it was already 9:00.

"Jacob, you want to take Renesmee back to the cottage?" Mom asked.

"Sure, Bells," he replied. I hadn't heard anyone call my mother by name for so long. Jake and I headed out the kitchen door.

"You know Jake, I feel like a race."

"Hmm. I was thinking the same thing." He walked into the trees to transform, and I crouched to get ready to run. We lined up, and took off. The foliage became a blur, and all I could see was the cottage, approaching quickly. Jacob beat me there by a heartbeat. One of my heartbeats.

"I so let you beat me!" I said. He just rolled his big brown eyes. Then he trotted into the trees to take his human form again.

"Right…" he said sarcastically.

The little house was dark, but the bright walls made it kind of glow. Jacob flipped the lights on, and it was alive again. I just kept walking down the hallway to my room.

"Think we should clean up a bit?" he asked. Toys and clothes were strewn across the floor.

"Probably." We sat down and started tossing stuff into the toy box. I was picking up a purple elephant when Jacob came across a leather bag. The one from a few years ago. With the fake ID's. And the money.

"You still haven't given Alice her purse back, have you?" he said, but his face soon turned solemn. He stuffed the papers back into the bag, and hung it in my closet.

"You ready for bed?" he asked. I nodded, and got up. He helped me into the sheets, then kissed my forehead.

"Love you, Jacob."

"Love you more." In reality, he probably did. Or maybe it was an equality.

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