Hey guys, just a quick reminder, and a note to Maddison (response to her review) It was anonymous, so I have to reply on here. Maddison, if you've read this entire story from Forever Young, you would have known that I put my own twists into the story. NO Renesmee is not supposed to be 18 at 7 years old in my story, she's supposed to be what she is. So you don't need to be correcting my twists. I'm not changing it. And I never had a vampire pregnant, so I don't know where you got that from. If you're talking about Rosalie and Emmett with Alyssa... well then I'm not even going to go on and explain that because it's in the story. Read the whole story before you go correcting someone's work. Thanks :)

And for the reminder (before I get "corrected" again) MY Renesmee's skin is not like the vampire skin, so YES she can get scratches.

"Hey, pen girl." I was greeted at the door by the same man that was hitting on me the first day of classes.

I linked my arm with Alyssa's and turned slightly to smile at him. "Hey."

"I never gave you back your pen the other day."

"That's ok, I've got more." I informed him as he followed us to our seats.

"Are you sure? I'm no thief." He smiled, flashing me all his teeth. This poor guy was really interested in me. His blue eyes were the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen. I loved the blue in Derek's eyes when he was human, but this guy had eyes that would match the ocean.

"Hello?" He waved his hand in front of my face and I blinked, shaking my head clear.

"Oh, sorry… you have really pretty eyes." I smiled, a little embarrassed by that outburst.

"Pretty?" He repeated with a laugh. He was clearly overjoyed that I gave him a complement.

"They're… nice."

"Well thank you… I don't think I ever got your name."

"Renesmee, or Nessie." I smiled and Alyssa cleared her throat. I ignored her.

"Renesmee, wow, that's a mouthful."

"That's my mother."

He laughed at me and we sat down. "You going to tell me your name?"

"Luke." He leaned into the aisle towards me.

I gasped and scrambled out of my chair, putting the desk between us. My body was shaking as vampire Luke's face filled my thoughts. His angry hands leaving marks I hid from my family.

"Hey, you ok?" Luke asked, leaning over my chair to look at me. I didn't realize I was now on the floor. "Did I say something wrong?" He stretched his hand out towards me and I cringed away from it.

"I have to go." I squeaked and clumsily got to my feet.

"Where are you going?" Alyssa called after me.

"Home, I don't feel good." I said and ran from the room. I left everything I had on the desk, but I knew Alyssa would take care of it.

My heart was beating in my throat as I ran straight for the building doors that would free me. I knew this Luke and my… and vampire Luke were two different people, but the name sent a wave of terror through my body that I couldn't ignore. I couldn't stop my body from shaking, but I could keep the tears in my eyes until I was outside. I threw myself forward, running faster than the average human. I needed to get out of the building. The walls seemed to be closing in on me. Vampire Luke's voice filled my head. His sweet, kind voice when I first met him, morphed into the snarling monster he turned in to. I couldn't remove the memories from my head. I burst through the doors and stumbled towards the wall for support. As I promised myself, I kept the tears in until I made it outside.

"Damn, Nessie." I screamed and turned towards the breathless voice. "You're quick." He stared at me, panting, with worried eyes.

"Stop following me!" I cried out.

"You're frightened. Why?" He stepped towards me again, reaching out to help me.

"Please." I whispered, pressing my back into the brick wall. I felt it scratch my skin through my shirt. "Leave me alone." I begged, turning and running.

I didn't look behind me, I ran towards home. There was only one person who could make me feel better. One person who could stop the terrible visions from replaying in my head. I knew this was going to hurt him as much as it was hurting me, but I needed Jacob. I needed the protection of his arms.

I could see my house as I hurried down my street. My mom's car was in the driveway. I had forgotten she wasn't working today. They both should be able to hear me by now.

I burst through the front door, panting from running and crying. "Jacob!" I called out, my voice breaking around a sob.

Jacob flew up the stairs from the basement where my video games were. My mom followed at his heels.

"What happened?" He gasped, pulling me into his arms. "Ness, you're trembling."

I couldn't talk, my body had given in to hysterics. Every part of my body throbbed that once held bruises from Luke's hands.

"Renesmee, did someone hurt you?" My mom was behind me, lifting up my shirt. "Where did these come from?"

"What?" Jacob hissed, running his fingers along my bare back, feeling the scratches.

"From the brick wall." I said through sobs, my voice muffled by Jacob's shirt.

"Why?" Both my mom and Jacob asked at the same time.

"I'm calling Edward." My mom said and my shirt fell back in place.

"No, it's nothing. I'm fine."

"No you're not!" Jacob's arms tightened around me and I started crying again. "Please tell me what's wrong."

"L-Luke." Saying his name brought on a new set of hysterics.

I felt Jacob stiffen, his arms tightened until it was hard for me to breath. I didn't care, I wanted him to hold me tighter. I was safe here.

"He's…" Jacob trailed off, controlling the anger in his voice. "We took care of him. He's gone. Was it his creator? Is he here?"

"No," I mumbled, shaking my head. "I've been talking to this guy in class. He told me his name. It's Luke. I'm overreacting, I'm sorry."

"You're talking to a guy in class?" Jacob tried pushing me back so he could look at my face, but I was clinging to him. He couldn't move me.

"Honey, it's not the same." My mom told me, rubbing my back.

"I know it's not, but hearing the name, and he's so sweet. I don't know. I'm sorry I just…" I trailed off as I controlled my crying.

"It's understandable, but it's just the name. He's not the same guy. He's not going to turn out to be the same guy. He's just a human, Nessie." I listened to my mom's soothing voice and soon the shaking stopped.

"She's ok." Jacob sighed, loosening his hold on me. "Can you tell me about your new friend?"

For the first time I looked into his eyes and had to smile. "He lost his pen, I gave him one of mine. We've been talking. That's all. He's over twenty-one, anyway…" I trailed off as I thought about it. "Or maybe he is twenty-one. I don't know."

"Anyway? What's that supposed to mean?"

"Stop being jealous. He's just a guy in my class. I probably scared him enough to never speak to me again." I looked into his eyes. I hadn't convinced him. I sighed. "I guess you could call him my Emma." I giggled.

Jacob rolled his eyes and kissed my forehead. I felt horrible for reacting the way I did. He'd understand if I could bring myself to explain it to him. I knew that was a slim chance.

"Bella? Renesmee?" My dad called out as he darted into the room. I didn't hear my mom call him.

"She's fine." My mom informed him. "She found out her new friend in class is named Luke."

My dad's body reacted the way Jacob's had.

"Why do I smell…" he trailed off as Jacob reached behind me and pulled up the back of my shirt. "How did that happen?"

"Me, overreacting." I muttered. "I got scared when he told me his name, ran from the room and he caught me just outside the building. I backed myself against the brick wall. That's all."

"You're ok, though, right?" He asked, pulling me from Jacob's arms and wrapping his own around me. Another wave of feeling safe washed through me.

"Yes, Dad, I'm fine."

It took me an hour to convince my father to go back to work. Then it took another half hour to convince my mom that I didn't want to go back to finish out my classes. I couldn't face him yet. I needed to figure out how I was going to explain myself. Thankfully my mom agreed on letting me stay home the rest of the day.

Jacob pulled me over to the couch and pulled me down onto his lap. I curled up there, enjoying his arms around me.

"That really scared you, didn't it." He said softly.

"Yes," I whispered, turning my face into his neck.

"You know I would never let anyone lay a hand on you."

"I know, but I have the memories."

Jacob breathed in an unsteady breath and let it out slowly. "Out of the vampire bunch around us, the ones that can play around with minds, you'd think we'd have a mind eraser here somewhere."

I laughed at Jacob and he relaxed his shoulders. "There's the sound I wanted to hear."

Are you picking on my gift? I asked him silently.

He smiled and shook his head. "I love listening to your voice inside my head."

I'm sorry I brought all that up today. I needed to come home to you. I didn't mean to bring you into my flashbacks, too.

Jacob's arms held me to him and he kissed me. "Anything you feel, I feel it, too. I want you to tell me when you're scared, or when your hurt."

I nodded. "I will."

"I can't protect you unless you tell me what I need to protect you from." I could hear the strain in his voice. I knew he was talking in the past. He will never forgive himself for Luke hurting me. I wish he didn't blame himself. That's mainly my fault. Like he said, he can't protect me unless I tell him what it is I needed protection from. I learned my lesson.

"I will." I repeated.

"Hi, Aunt Bella." Alyssa said when she walked into the house with my books and bag.

"Hey, honey." My mom looked up from her book and smiled at her.

I was curled up against Jacob's side as we watched TV. Alyssa eyed me warily and I sighed, sitting up.

"I'm fine. Sorry." I mumbled, reaching for my bag. "Thanks."

"I copied down the assignments for you, too. There's a note from… Luke… in your bag. I'm sorry. I told him what happened with…" Alyssa sat down on the couch, taking my hand in hers. I gave a slight squeeze, letting her know I was okay.

"He wrote her a note?" Jacob leaned forward to look past me to Alyssa.

"He felt really bad." She shrugged.

"I feel like such an idiot." I mumbled.

"You're not." My mom muttered, her nose back in her book.

"He doesn't think so either." Alyssa assured me. "He feels horrible. I told him it's not like he knew it was his name, too. He hopes you're in class tomorrow."

"I will be." I nodded, flipping the folded piece of paper in my fingers. For some reason I wanted to read the note alone. "Excuse me." I said and stood up, walking into the bathroom.

I unfolded the note and jumped up on the counter to read it.

Dear Nessie,

How do I even start to apologize for something like that. I guess it's not my fault… I didn't know. I assure you that I have never lost my temper with a woman before, and I will not start with you. You're way too pretty to even think about someone hurting you. If we were friends when all that happened, I would be the first to give him a taste of his own medicine. I would like to be friends with you, but I will understand if it's hard. I do hope I don't look like him. We can even think of a nickname for you to call me if you would like. Seems you are good with those. I don't know how you got Nessie from… well, your name. I don't even want to try spelling that one. You'll have to show me one day. I'm here to talk if you want to. I know it was a long time ago, but obviously you haven't fully gotten over it. You can trust me. Not all the Luke's in the world are dangerous monsters. Some are really nice. Like me.

Luke (the good guy)

I had to smile at his closing. I could tell he was a good guy.

"Ness?" Jacob knocked on the bathroom door. I shoved the note in my back pocket and hurried out of the bathroom.

"I'm ok." I smiled, reaching up on my toes to kiss him. "Love you."

"Love you." He repeated and watched me walk back into the living room.

I'll talk to him tomorrow. I told Alyssa privately.

She nodded once and stood up. "Well, I have to get home. Dad gets nervous when I'm not home right away."

"Tell Uncle Emmett I said hi."

"Will do."