A.N:

Hi everyone! Here's a new chapter for you. FINALLY, I know. I've been separated from my dearest macbook for one week, that's why I couldn't update sooner. We missed each other intensely, but now we're back together and we're back on track.

Thanks to your wonderful feedback. You pushed me over a 100 reviews! Holy cow! I thought my eyes were going to pop out when I saw it. You rock my socks!

And the twist is – tam tam tam - CPOV . As in Charlie's point of view. Since it's not very long I'll post the next one in a few days. Faster if I you give me some reviews;)*winkwink* Just kidding, it will be up soon;)

Creds to -Katherine-Alvers- for giving me the idea to this chapter!

First: a little reminder. In the last chapter Jacob and Nessie were going hot'n steamy on the couch, but then the phone rang. It was Charlie, telling Jacob that Billy was in the hospital. Jacob and Nessie drives to the hospital, and Charlie is there as well. Billy insists that he's just fine.

Animal Planet

CPOV

I didn't really think about it first. Couldn't blame myself for that. Just the look on that kids' face when he entered and saw his dad laying there was enough. I felt so sorry for him right there, with everything he'd been through.

Growing up without a mother, and now this. Billy was just waving it off like always. At first it irritated me, why couldn't he see how serious this was? But then I looked at him, and instantly I understood.

Billy knew perfectly how the situation was, but he didn't want to trouble his son with more heartache. Not that Jacob was fooled. I could see it in his face when he was looking at his dad – he understood perfectly how the situation was. But maybe it was a good thing Billy did it anyway. Maybe it kept the spirit up.

Of course I was worried for him, he was my best friend, but some part of me believed that it would all work out just fine. It would. I really believed it would. I made myself nod reassuringly. He was only a couple of years older than me for Christ sake. And I felt healthy as a horse. He would be just fine, I was sure. He would recover.

I did really feel sorry for Jacob. He had been through enough, and then some. Growing up without a mother, taking care of his handicapped father, and tearing his heart out a couple of times over my daughter.

I felt for him then, I really did, but he was way past that now it seemed. And then there was all the...other stuff. The stuff I tried really hard not to think about, the stuff I couldn't get to wrap my head around.

I still remember that day Jacob dragged me out in the backyard, turned into a monster of an animal and then back to himself again as if nothing out of the ordinary had just happened. I thought I had gone mad.

Animal Planet was never the same again.

And now this. The kid had been through enough, that's for sure. So all in all, it wasn't weird really that I didn't take notice of it right away. There was other, more pressing things to consider first.

But as the topic of the conversation grew lighter, the smiles grew more sincere, and the mood lifted a little bit, I started to notice.

Jacob had arrived with Reneesme. I had watched them both grow up, and anyone who didn't see the bond between them would be blind. I hadn't really thought of it much before, other than being fascinated by Jacobs obvious care for this little girl.

Not surprised, never surprised. The girl had spellbound me and everyone else from the moment I first met her. But fascinated, certainly. Not many teenagers would choose babysitting over going out on a Saturday night. He did.

Every time.

It had astonished me, but then again, Jacob was a special kid. There was no doubt he cared for the little girl and enjoyed her company. I was just glad to see him happy. As she had gotten older, or well, when she...

I paused in my train of thoughts. This was one of the unthinkable things. The strictly need-to-know. Don't want to know. She'd grown up fast. I'd gotten used to it now, I guess, it wasn't so bad now. She should have been much younger, true, but now at least there wasn't any noticeable difference from each time I saw her. It was before, and it had freaked me out every time.

I shook my head, trying to clear my thoughts. She'd gotten older, and their friendship was still rock steady. No one outgrew the other, they kept together.

Good for them. He was a good kid. She was a good girl. He really deserved some happiness, and she definitely made him happy.

When they'd entered the hospital door holding hands, I didn't even think about it. I guess she was being a friend, giving him some moral support. I didn't start to think about it until later.

I noticed how close they were standing. They were good friends, sure, but it was like if they were drawn together somehow, I couldn't describe it.

And then he turned to smile at her, and the look upon his face... I couldn't even describe it, it was so filled with love and affection that it almost made me stagger. He'd never looked at my daughter that way, not even close, and I knew how he'd felt about her. The look on his face was so potent it almost made me think back to my own younger days...

Then, out of the blue, he actually wrapped his arm around her waist, and puller her a little bit closer. My eyes narrowed. What was this?

I glanced over at Billy to see if he'd noticed it too. He was completely unaffected, talking to Jacob as if nothing out of the ordinary had just happened. Was this normal for them? Did Jacob act like this towards all of his friends? No wonder Bella had hit him when he pushed the boundaries. But this was not like that. I felt my eyes bulge as I saw her wrap her arm around him as well.

I tried to shake it off. I must be imagining things. They were in fact only holding around each other. Friends did that. It was a normal, friendly act.

But that look he'd sent her... I must have imagining things. I must have. She was just a kid. How old was he again? Twenty two? Twenty three? I remember he'd past twenty, but that was some time ago. As for her...She was young enough. Too young for him.

I looked at Reneesme. And then I looked again. She didn't look much younger than him. I stared. How had this happened? Her face was the same, her hair was the same. But she was no early teenager any more. She seemed...older. Why ? It couldn't just be the clothes, could it?

She was wearing shorts and a top, not sweats and hoodies like she normally did. The clothes were grown up-clothes. And her body was neither one of an early teenagers, but of a woman. When did this happen? Was it one of the unthinkable things, the way she grew up so quickly like before?

I felt like I was missing out on something huge.

Sue, Rachel, Paul and arrived just then, and my thoughts were interrupted. The small hospital room got a little bit crowded, and Jacob thought maybe it was time for him and Reneesme to leave. Maybe it was my queue to leave as well. Leave Billy to his family. He would be fine, after all.

I watched Jacob saying goodbye to his father. Maybe I would drop by Jacob on the way home. See if he was really alright, talk to him privately, maybe offer him to sleep on my couch for the night. I offered to pick Billy up the next day, but Jacob said he could do it. And Jacob and Nessie left, his arm still around her waist.

I stared.

Did she even know his...issues? The picture of the gigantic wolf standing in my backyard was like printed into my mind.

But she was not normal either. Sorry kiddo, but she wasn't. Something was different. With her, with Jacob, with Bella and the whole family of theirs.

I eyed Paul. He was one of them, I just knew it. He was almost as big as Jacob. It wasn't natural. But what about Nessie? She wasn't normal either.

"Charlie?"

"Huh?" I heard myself say, my eyes snapping up to see Billy chuckle.

He'd obviously said my name one or two times before I reacted.

"I said, what's on your mind today? You seem awfully deep in thought."

I looked down at Billy. He would know. He was my best friend and he wouldn't lie either. The question was if I wanted to know.

Probably not. But I couldn't help it. I had to ask. Need to know or not; she was family.

"She doesn't..." I paused clenching and unclenching my teeth.

Billy sent me a funny look. I looked over at Rachel, Sue and Paul to make sure they were deep in conversation. They wouldn't hear. I tried again.

"Does she..She doesn't morph into something too, does she?" I finally pressed out. He would know I was talking about Reneesme.

Billy chuckled. I was glad he was amusing himself, cus' I certainly wasn't.
"No Charlie." he finally said. "she doesn't morph into anything, I'm quite sure"

I relaxed a little bit. So she wasn't one of them.

A.N: i know it's short and that I've kept you waiting for a while, but there really wasn't more I wanted to say in CPOV. I'll try to post the next tomorrow and make up for it;) Okay?