Only Haley and her parents are mine.. the rest belong to Stephenie Meyers. :D Please review!!!

The Visit

Haley

"Seth, can I go home?" Besides Jacob, Seth was the kindest to me. He started coming as human when he came for me, which made me feel more at ease. I didn't like talking to an animal that I knew wasn't going to respond to me. Seth was my favorite wolf. I loved the color of his fur and the soft features of his face. Didn't help any when he came human in his filled out chiseled body wearing nothing by tattered baggy shorts and a cord wrapped his ankle. The look suited him.

"You know I can't let you," he replied. I already expected that response.

"I miss them."

"I know, I'm sorry." He came and sat in front of me and started to play with a blade of grass.

"They don't live near anyone; their home is pretty secluded. And they'll be asleep. I just want to see them," I pleaded.

"Haley, they wolves'll know that we went." I didn't think or care about the risks. I missed my family. Sure, I spoke to them on a cell phone, but something about being forced to stay away from them made it so much more unbearable. I need to make Seth understand. What if this was his parents? I sighed as my mind started to make up a story for me to reason how Seth could empathize. What if his father was gone? A heart attack. Sudden. He cried more than he wanted or ever let anyone see. He just wanted his father home. He still jumped when he heard the door open at 5 every night, believing his father would walk in.

"If there was anything you could do to bring your father back, even for a day, would you do it?" I had started before I even realized I was talking. "Say good bye and hold his hand so that the last memory of him wasn't of him telling you how disappointed he was of your lack of effort at school?" I saw his face before I realized my words. Apparently being a vampire didn't lessen my imagination. I started to apologize for my moment of crazy.

"How did you know that?" he asked suspiciously.

"I didn't.... what did i know?" I was sure I had made up everything, but I was curious which part was right.

"About my grade, and my dad? The last thing I remember about him." I wanted to explain that I made it up, but it sounded wrong and insensitive to say that I just guessed right.

"I don't know." I was the best I could do. There was an awkward silence filling the space between us.

"Come on," he said holding out his hand. Whatever it was that changed his mind, I would apologize for later. Soon we were running to my parents' house.

We weren't a rich family. My father was an American history professor at a community college, and my mom had her own flower show. Both were quickly able to leave, saying there was a death in the family: me. My mom had to sell her shop later at an extremely low price. They were renting a small one-story house. Though my dad had given up his elder right, he was able to pull some string to get a vacant house so secluded.

As soon as we stepped into the clearing in sight of the house, I stopped. The scent was a punch in the stomach. My mouth watered and I felt my lips pull back from my teeth. I wasn't ready. I would never be ready. I wanted them, my parents' blood. And I wasn't even close to them. I was distant in the open air. Seth put his hand on my arm. I smiled, knowing that he trusted me enough to not change into his other form, even when I obviously wanted to run into that house. Neither of us said a single word. Seth gently tugged my arm and we headed back into the woods.

Jacob

"Dd Seth get into a lot of trouble?" I instinctively wanted to hurt Seth through a window for letting Haley so close to her parents so soon. Even the pack members and the elders who agreed for Haley to stay were on edge; the ones who were against her would use anything to get rid of her. But at the same time, it made me happy that my cousin was talking more now. It was my turn to baby sit. The weather wasn't looking too fine. I didn't like rain.

"Seth gave me a good mental picture when you got to your parents' and I showed that to Sam. He's angry enough to break a few things, but he knows that it won't help his argument. The point of all this is so you can live near humans." I gave her a smile, and then took it back. "But Haley, you have to trust us. We've seen newborn vampires work before and restraint is hardly their thing. Renesmee's mom, she was going to pick up and leave when she changed."

"Renesmee?" Crap. Said too much.

"Uh..."

"Your girlfriend." Did I tell her that? "Her mom became a vampire?" I nodded.

"She said the first year is the hardest. She was going to move away so that she wouldn't kill anyone."

"Where did she go?" Oh good, my chance to steer away from the Renesmee topic.

"She didn't end up going. When she changed, for some reason, she had some kind of supernatural amount of self control." Haley was quiet for a moment.

"Wait, so then she planned to leave before she was changed? She wanted to become this?" She seemed disgusted. This conversation wasn't going so well.

"Well, she married a vampire. It's a long story. But in the end, it actually saved her life. She almost died in labor." More quiet. Dang this girl had a poker face.

"So Bella was human when she gave birth to her vampire husband's baby," she rephrased. I grew uneasy. I knew where this was going.

"... Yes.."

"Then Renesmee is half human, half vampire." Why must my subconscious keep digging me an even greater hole? "Wow. No wonder you like me more than the others do. You're dating one. Well half," she said shrugging.

"Sure," I agreed.

"Can I meet her?" And then I caught her scent. I had told Nessie to stay away from here. Why can't people just stay where they're supposed to? I sighed and put my face in my hands.

"Nessie, I told you it was too dangerous." She wasn't near, but I knew she'd hear. I looked my cousin. If I smelled her, I knew Haley did to. But she didn't look bothered. In fact, she just sat there, looking at me.

"I wanted to meer her," Nessie chimed back. Even her voice was perfect. Just shake it off, Jacob. Be a man. Put yo' foot down! I got up and started walking towards my Ness.

I had seen her face millions of time. You would think I'd be able to remember my pep talk at least when I'm not standing so close to her. Never stood a chance.

"No, Nessie," I said with as much authority as I could fake. She just kept walking towards me until she was touching my face.

Jacob, I can help. We can put her family back together. This is really important to me. I want to do this for her, for your family. You won't let her hurt me, even if she wanted to. Before I could object, I heard my cousin approach several human paces away.

"You must be Renesmee," Haley said with a smile.

"And you must be Haley." Ness brushed passed me to offer her hand to Haley. She cautiously took it. I was ready, just in case.

"I'm glad to finally meet you."

Haley

It was raining. I forgot about the weather when I moved away. Sure New York had its rainy days, but you never felt like you just might see animals walking two-by-two. I loved everything about the rain. I loved the sound. I loved the sound of it hitting my umbrella, and the feeling of it when I didn't have one. I loved rain coats and galoshes. I started an umbrella collection when I was younger. Couldn't remember what happened to it. Jacob and Renesmee would probably stay inside today because of the rain. I just stood in it, absorbing the sensations. Seth was with me today. He was still shirtless, even in the moist state, holding a big black umbrella that somehow still looked too small for him. He didn't like the feeling of wet clothes, even though the wind still got his shorts pretty good. He was beautiful in every situation. And kind. Was he this kind to everyone? Yes, he would do anything for anyone so long as it was the right thing to do. If only....

"How did you know about Sam and my sister?" Seth spoke up. He raised his voice as if to talk over the rain, but I could hear him without him doing so.

"I just assumed, I guess," I replied. I didn't know why my brain did the things it did. I just blamed the vampire thing.

"You didn't assume. You have a gift, don't you?" I knew about gifts that some vampires had. Renesmee often did her thing with me and I had heard about her family and others. I never thought of it as a gift. But nothing else explained it.

"I guess so," I replied, sitting closer to him. I thought for a moment before speaking again. "I get curious about people, and then somehow I just know the answer, like I'm recalling something I already knew. I thought I was just guessing right or my imagination was getting the better of me." Seth just looked at his hands and rubbed them together.

"It's a good gift to have," he said, not looking up.

"I guess so," I said back.

"Come, Haley, we have a surprise for you!" Renesmee was dragging me across the forest, closely followed by jacob, of course. We ran out of the woods. We werne't going near people, were we?

Not too long later, I saw a house. There was a human scent, but it was easier for me than last time. It was almost four months since my arrival to La Push. I also picked out the lingering scent of a certain wolf and hybrid.

"Your house? You sure your pack won't get mad?"

"Oh they will," Jacob agreed. "But I'll deal with that later." I eyed him suspiciously. "I kicked my dad out for a few hours, so you'll be okay, Egg." I followed my friends into Jacob's home.

"Seth, you got everything ready?" Jacob called as stepped inside.

"Yeah," he answered from Jake's room. He was sitting in front of a computer. "Come over here, Haley." I hesitated for a moment while he got up to meet me. "Happy birthday, Haley," he said. I completely forgot. After all these months of living in the forest, I didn't think to wonder about the exact date. I was 20 years old. I looked at my friends who were congratulating me simultanouesly. Ness gave me a hug. "Go sit down at the computer." Touched by their efforts, I immediately obeyed. I almos thad to do a double take when I realized that my parents' face on the computer screen were moving! They had set up a Skype video chat so I could see my parents. I looked up at my friends who had already snuck out. What wonderful people.

"Hi Mom! Hi Dad!" I exclaimed with a wave.

"Hi Haley! You're looking good."

"So are you, Dad. You're still exercising, right?" Busted. Dad only exercised when I faced him to come walking with me.

"Are you making friends with the wolves?" my mom asked.

"A few. Most don't really talk to me. But I'm having fun."

"I'm glad." My mom's face got a little more serious. "How are you... adjusting?" My parents knew exactly what I had become, yet instead of doing the sensibl thing and running or casting me out, they went to the farthest lengths to protect me and keep me close. They worked hard. I knew the sacrifice they were making for me.

"It's getting better. Actually, I found out something pretty cool." I talked about my bift and what it was like to hunt. I told them about Ness and that being with at least half human was much easier. I didn't mentioned that I had tried to visit before. I was worried that they would feel uncomfortalbe with my stories, but they didn't seem surprised. I wondered why that was, but my gift didn't work. I guess I had to be near them or something for it to work. My mom carried out the laptop and showed me their new home and her garden. My dad found a job as a teacher at the Quileute Tribal School. There was conversary becuase of me, but it didn't make sense to the communit why an ex-elder who was a professor would come to La Push and not teach when he needed work, not without exposing the wolves' roles, thus exposed their secret.

We talked until Jacob said i was time to go. It pained me to leave. I blew them each a kiss before Seth had to hang up the phone for me. I was escorted back to my spot before Quil came to relieve his best friend. I had never wanted to cry more than that moment, and I never would be able to.

Isn't it nice that she's finally being happy? Keke.. please lemme know what you think!