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Ren POV
We were finally in the air headed to Forks. I was so worried about Grandpa Charlie. You could tell everyone was worried; even Uncle Emmett was more subdued, as he held Aunt Rose.
Aunt Alice was sitting with Uncle Jasper searching for Grandpa's future; Grandpa Carlisle and Nana Esme sat quietly looking out the window. Dad just held Mom, while she cried; it was hard not knowing what was going to happen. It was killing Alice not being able to see. Normally she could, but right now there were just too many decisions to be made.
Colin had been my rock since I had heard the news. Even now, he was holding me and letting me ruin his shirt. Demetri held Alyssa and placed kisses on her temple and the top of her head, while he whispered words of comfort in her ear.
We were all startled by a shout from Aunt Alice. It had been pretty quiet the whole time until then.
"YES!" Aunt Alice suddenly yelled, jumping up from her seat.
"What is it, Alice? What do you see?" Mom asked in a worried tone.
You could tell how worried Mom was, when she forgot that she could see Alice's visions just as well as she could.
"Charlie is going to be okay!" Dad exclaimed, picking Mom up and swinging her around.
"Oh thank God!" Mom cried out, hugging Dad back.
Everyone was hugging and kissing in celebration. Apparently all the right decisions had been made. Grandpa Charlie was human. We knew he would pass away one day since he refused to be turned into a vampire. None of us was ready for that to happen as of yet; he had a lot of living left to do.
"It looks like he is going to have a long rehabilitation period, but is going to gain full use of his arm again. This is also going to give him the push he needs, and he is finally going to retire," Alice said grinning.
Mom and Cora have been trying to get him to retire for months now.
"Well, I hate that it is taking this for him to realize it is time for him to retire, but I am glad he is finally going to do it," Mom said smiling.
The atmosphere was much happier, now; everyone started different activities to pass the time on the long plane ride. Colin, Dem, Alyssa, and I were watching a movie, when I noticed Mom and Dad whispering in the corner and casting looks my way. When they noticed me watching them, they got up and came over to where we were sitting.
"Can we talk to you guys about something important," Mom asked looking kind of nervous.
"Sure, Mom. What's up?" I said, smiling trying to ease her nerves.
Dad took her hand, and she seemed to relax a bit with that small touch; and she smiled back to me. It never ceased to amaze me that he could do such little things as that and make her feel better. When I took a moment to think about it, I realized Colin did the same thing for me.
"We have never mentioned this to you before, Ren. Now that we are headed back to Forks, it is time you know the story of why we moved," Dad explained.
At these words, the whole family gathered around us. Now, I was the one looking nervous.
"Don't be nervous, Sweet Pea," Uncle Jasper said, as he was sending out waves of calm to me.
"Thanks, Uncle Jasper," I said, giving him a grateful smile.
I sat there listening to Mom and Dad as they told their story. To say I was shocked would an understatement. I could tell Colin was too; I could tell by the way he held me tightly, almost to the point of pain. I didn't say anything because we both needed this closeness with the story we were hearing. I knew the story of how Mom and Dad got together, but I always felt like they were leaving out some important information. Tonight I found out they were.
By the time they were finished with their story, I was in tears. The pain this jerk put Mom and Dad through; his forced kiss, cutting her brake lines trying to play a hero, all the stalking, then imprinting on me when I was an infant no less and expecting everyone to be thrilled about it. It was sick and seriously twisted.
"So let me get this straight. This dog thinks he has some wolfie dog claim on my Ren?" Colin growled out, while pulling me into his lap and holding me possessively.
"Yes, and he will probably come looking for her, when he realizes we are back in Forks. That is if he is as stupid as he was 16 years ago," Dad said.
Colin growled and held me closer.
"If he has any self preservation instincts, he will stay far away from my mate," Colin said.
Dad nodded in agreement. He truly liked Colin, and they were close.
"You will be safe. I promise you that, sweetheart!" Mom declared.
"Why haven't you told me about his before? I mean, this is pretty important. This guy sounds sick and crazy. What if he had found us in Calgary?" I asked, starting to feel frantic.
Colin just started to rub slow soothing circles on my back, and I could feel myself calming down.
"Well, first of all, there was no way he would find us in Calgary. We made sure to cover our tracks. He didn't know about Augustus and his inventions, so he would think it is too sunny; and he would never think to look there. Second, he doesn't have the money it would take to track us down; we are very practiced at leaving no traces. Third, we didn't tell you because we wanted you to have a normal childhood without be worried about a crazy wolf coming after you. We were going to tell you when you turned 18. I am so sorry you had to find out this way, baby girl," Mom said, looking at me with sad eyes.
"It's okay, Mom. I understand, but with all that has happened this is a lot to take in," I said, smiling at both my parents.
I didn't want them to think I held anything against them for not telling me sooner. I knew they had always had my best interests at heart.
"Your mom is right though, Renesmee; you will be safe no matter what! Sam, the leader of the other wolves doesn't approve of how he acted or that he imprinted on a half vampire, so he and the other wolves will help keep him in line. That reminds me though; even though we have a common purpose to work together, we still have treaty lines to respect. So you are not to go hunting the first time without one of us present, so we can show you the boundaries," Dad said making us nod our heads in agreement. He and Mom left the four of us alone to digest what we had been told.
"That is just freaky, Ren. I can't believe you have had someone basically obsessed with you since you were a newborn," Alyssa said, shuddering violently before leaning back against Demetri's chest.
"What do you think of all of this, babe?" I asked turning to look at Colin.
He had been mostly quiet and that worried me.
"I think that dog better not come near you, or I will rip his head off! I love you, Renesmee and you are mine!" he said, pulling me closer still and kissing me.
"I think I speak for every vampire on this plane that we will be right behind you, mate," Demetri said.
"You got that right! I have wanted to get my hands on that mongrel for years!" Uncle Em said from across the plane.
"Well, I don't want her to get hurt either. She is my sister!" Alyssa said.
"Of course you don't, my angel, but I won't let that dog within ten feet of you either. Remember you are still completely human, so if you see him out and I happen to not be with you; don't go up to him. If for nothing else but my sanity, go in the opposite direction. He sounds as if he is just crazy enough to think that kidnapping you will bring Ren to him, he would do it. He will know you are with Ren from the scents, so please be careful too," Demetri pleaded.
"I will be careful, but I doubt Dad and mom will let either one of us go around Forks by ourselves. I will be careful, and I won't approach the mean doggy if I am by myself," Alyssa said, grinning trying to bring light to the tense situation.
We all laughed, despite ourselves. After that, the conversation turned to a lighter subject; the next thing I knew we were landing in Seattle and getting ready to drive to Forks General Hospital.
E POV
We had arrived at the hospital and had checked on Charlie. He was doing okay; so while everybody visited him, Mom went and opened up the house. It was her thing to make sure there was nothing that needed doing. We didn't feel good about her going alone, so we sent Emmett and Jasper with her and Rosalie and Alice decided to go along as well. Ren and Alyssa, along with the guys, stayed at the hospital with us. Carlisle stayed as well; he was hoping to help look after Charlie.
Only two family members at a time could fit comfortably in Charlie's small room; so while Bella and Cora were in there, the rest of us sat down in the waiting room down the hall. As we sat there, I had time to reflect on how well Ren took the news of Jacob. I was surprised in one way; and in another, I wasn't. She had that same quality her mother had to accept the oddest things with relative calm.
Soon, Bella was beside me.
"So are you okay, love?" I asked her.
"Yes. Now that I have seen him for myself in the flesh, I feel much better," she answered and kissed my cheek.
"Good, I'm glad. You know it tears me up to see my any one of my girls unhappy," I told her, as I put my arm around her shoulder.
"The doctor is supposed to make rounds again this afternoon. I want to be here when he does," she said.
"Of course, love, you do what you have to do for Charlie; I'll keep an eye on the girls. You don't worry about a thing concerning Jacob. I know that's what you are worried about other than your dad," I told her.
"You are so good to me, Edward. I love you so much. Do you think it's possible that we might get to visit our meadow while we are here?" she asked.
"Mmm, I think that is a very good possibility. I certainly have no objections to taking you there. I know you will need some sort of way to relieve the stress of being here with everything that has happened. I have quite a longing to visit it myself. I'd love to go there and remind myself what it's like to make my wife purr for me," I told her.
I caught the look of lust that passed through Bella's eyes, and it made me very anxious to take her to our meadow and have my way with her. First things were first though; Charlie had to be seen about.
"Dad, where are the restrooms?" Alyssa asked me.
"Go down the hall past the elevators and take a left, you'll see them on the right. Make sure Ren or Dem goes with you," I replied.
"Okay, she said.
Ren, Colin, Dem, and she went to the restroom, while Bella and I sat talking. Cora and my father soon joined us. Charlie was sleeping; they were about to take him to his regular room. They had done surgery on his arm. He was going to have to go to physical therapy for a while to help rehabilitate it.
"You know I am going to have a time getting your dad to go for that," Cora told Bella.
"Yeah, I do know, Dad is not going to like that at all. He is going to fight you tooth and nail all the way," Bella agreed.
"I wonder if it might be more accepting of it, if he had his own gym at your house and a personal trainer to come to him?" I asked.
"Oh, Edward! That sounds like a wonderful idea! I have always wanted to have a place to exercise of my own and that would be perfect. I think Charlie would like that much better," Cora said.
Bella smiled and nodded in agreement.
"You are a genius, darling" Bella told me and planted a kiss on my lips.
"Well thank you, beautiful," I said with a smile.
"Charlie is going to have to stay here for another day or two at least. Do you think we could start on it while he's here? I would like it to be a surprise for him," Cora said.
"Of course, I'll step over here and call Mom and tell her the plans, so she can get a crew over there to start on it," I said, as I took out my cell phone.
Just as I got off the phone, a commotion down the hall caught my attention; there was a loud yelp and it sounded as if it came from Ren. I caught Bella's attention and told her mentally to follow me.
When we had reached the kids, Jacob had his hand wrapped around Ren's wrist. He was pleading with her to let him explain who he was to her.
"I already know who you are, and I don't want to have anything to do with you. It's best if you go now and leave me alone. Forget I exist," she told him.
"You need to mind what he says, Mr. Black. I will not have my mate or her sister upset by you or some wolfish claim you think you have on her," Dem told him.
"I will not take pity on you if you don't listen; I'd just as soon end you now and be done with it," Colin told him.
The tone was deadly and reflected how I felt.
"Jacob, this is not the time or place for this. This is a hospital where people are trying to get better. There doesn't need to be a brawl here," I told him.
"You all think I am just going to walk away from my imprint after 16 years of not seeing her? I had no choice before because you all disappeared with no trace, but not this time," he said.
"You still don't have a choice. I do not know you, nor do I want to," Ren said.
Jacob removed his hand from her and turned to walk off.
"This is far from over," he said then backed away from us.
Once he was gone, Bella grabbed Ren and pulled her into her embrace.
"Oh my baby! Edward, I will not put up with this. My baby will not be harassed the way we were," Bella said.
"I know, love; we will take care of it. I swear he will not be a problem much longer," I told her.
We all made our way back to the waiting room. Charlie was about to be wheeled out of recovery and to his room. Bella and I were sitting on one of the little couches together. Dem was holding Alyssa, and Colin was now holding Ren. I had my arm around Bella and my head on her shoulder. I wanted to comfort her any way I could; that usually meant as much physical contact as possible. While we were sitting there, a nurse came by and noticed me.
"Damn, he is so hot! I wonder what's wrong. I wouldn't mind comforting him. Maybe I could suggest getting a cup of coffee to his sister, and then I could offer to help him while she's gone," she thought.
Unbeknownst to her, Bella also heard her. Needless to say a feral, wild look came in Bella's eyes. They went from dark gold to pitch black in seconds and a low growling sound came from her chest.
"Easy, kitten," I told her.
We certainly didn't need a human nurse to become injured for being foolish. Alyssa saw Bella's eyes even though she couldn't hear the growl coming from Bella. Alyssa knew something was wrong, but didn't know exactly what.
"Excuse me, but I couldn't help but notice you all look rather upset; you especially, sir. I was wondering if your sister would like to get up and get you something to drink. I'll be glad to sit with you while she's gone," the nurse offered.
I gripped Bella tightly, as I knew what was about to happen.
"No, I'm fine, really. This woman is my wife not my sister, ma'am," I replied coolly.
"Oh well, if there is anything at all I can do for you, be sure to let me know. My name is Tia," she told me.
She played several fantasies out in her head showing the ways in which she thought she would be able to "help" me. I shuddered to think of it. I wanted to gag.
"Look here, Tia, Theia or whatever you said your name was. He told you he is married and that means you had better back off. My family has enough to worry about right now without some flaky hussy of a nurse making goo-goo eyes at my father," Alyssa said, standing up to look straight in the eyes of the nurse.
"Your, uh father. Oh my, I didn't realize," Tia stammered.
"Yes, my father, my mother's husband, get lost and don't make me have to tell you again," Alyssa told her.
Tia gulped loudly and backed away, while whispering an apology. I was so proud of her. She had behaved as any vampire would. She was going to be a fantastic vampire one day.