Everyone stood up. "She needs to be in a safe place." Dad said, more to himself than to anyone else in the room. Jake wandered in at that moment. "What is going on?" he asked, looking quite concerned, his hair all messy on his head. Dad said nothing and started pacing back and forth. He stopped. "If they come back tonight, then that's enough time." "Yes, they will be coming back tonight." Alice said, still staring blankly passed my eyes.

"Would someone please-" Jake started. "Jane is coming back tonight but she will be bringing more people with her. More of the Voluri. We have to get Nessie to a safe place." Alice said. The way she was staring was so unnerving, it felt like someone was standing right behind me with a knife in their hand. "Isle Esme." Carlisle whispered. "I can't go there. I need to stay here." Dad said as his pacing quickened. "Someone would need to go with her. But it can't look suspicious." Rosalie said.

"I can go alone, I am old enough." I chimed in. "You don' t know what they would do if they find you." Emmet said, imitating ripping off someone's head. I swallowed hard. "I don't understand why I can't just talk to them and say I am not a threat and I am fine. And I won't spill any secrets or whatever it is they seem to be scared of!" I said angrily.

Jake had just been standing in the doorway this whole time with a serious look on his face. Finally Dad stopped pacing and stared directly at Jacob. "No." He said hollowly. "That is not an option." "What?" Jake shot back. "You don't trust me? I practically raised Nessie, you think I would let something kill her? I'm probably stronger than you anyways." I giggled slightly.

"You need to be here to lead in case there is any confrontation-"

"I think you just don't want your daughter and me alone on an island where you can't get there." "That is not what I said." Dad said calmly walking towards Jake.

It hit me just then like a ton of bricks. Jacob was volunteering to take me to Isle Esme. We would be alone. We could- The Wizard of Oz! Oh, how I loved the Wizard of Oz! And those red slippers. I forced an overly happy tune from the movie into my head, shoving the image of Jake and I on Isle Esme towards the back of my brain.

"The pack will do fine without me, Sam can lead while I'm gone. I just want Nessie to be safe." Jacob said, almost eye level with Dad as they were inches from each other. "I don't think that is a good idea." Dad said.

"There have been plenty of things you don't think are good ideas and look! If someone didn't follow the bad idea path and stayed on the easy route they wouldn't have dated you, married you and had a beautiful girl." Dad shook with anger. "Things change" was all he said. "Edward?" Bella said quietly taking his arm and pulling him away from Jake. "Can we talk?" she, Dad, Carlisle, Esme and Rose all left the room.

Well, I thought, this is awkward. Jacob's tummy grumbled. "Who wants breakfast?" Alice said quickly, running towards the kitchen. Jake and I followed silently. He reached down and grabbed my hand in his. His hands were always so warm and soft. And really big. They practically swallowed my small hands.

About fifteen minutes later, and many pancakes getting their turn in the pan, Jake and I were eating. We were eating quietly however. There was no need to talk when there was nothing to say. It wasn't awkward.

Alice had left the kitchen and about thirty minutes later came down with a wheeled suitcase. "Where are you going?" I asked. "You're going." She responded, stopping the wheels right at my chair. They're done talking and have decided you will be going to Isle Esme. "Alone?" I asked. I had been okay with the idea until Jacob had proposed he's go too. "No, silly." Alice said pinching my nose, Jake will go with you." I breathed a sigh of relief. "So Mom already talked to Dad then about it?" "Of course." Alice replied.

A private plane will take you there. Emmet brought down another wheeled suitcase. "This is for you." he said bringing it to Jake. "I figured my clothes will probably fit you." "Since I couldn't run out and buy you some of your own." Alice finished for him. "I could just go home-" "It's too dangerous." Mom said walking into the kitchen, arm in arm with Dad. They both seemed upset, but I had no idea why. Jacob was fine. He wasn't going to let Jane get to me. "Well" Dad said, seeming lost in his own mind for once, not snooping into others, "You should go. You don't want to be late for the plane."

He hugged me gently. Then kissed my forehead. "I trust Jacob." I had never heard him say that before, he had always seemed to have some grudge against him. "Whatever he tells you to do, you need to do it." He said looking at me, bent down to my level, eyes searing into mine. I nodded.

"If he tells you to do something that will save your life but risk his, do it." Dad continued. "If he tells you to stay somewhere or be quiet or hide, will you listen to him?" I nodded again. I felt so intimidated. "Good." He stood up and turned to Jake. "I am trusting you with the life of my daughter. The only daughter I will ever have." Jake half laughed.

"After what happened when she was born do you think I would let anything happen to her? I would die a hundred times to save her." Then Dad nodded. I had no idea what they were talking about. But Dad held out his hand, and after a moment of hesitation, Jake shook it.

As we were about to pull out of the driveway, Mom shouted "Don't have too much fun without us!" And Dad just sighed. Emmet didn't talk much as he drove us to the airport. Once we got there, he gave me a huge bear hug and wet kiss on the cheek. "gross." I said as he put me back on the ground. "We have a private plane?" Jake asked, as if he forgot Alice had said that earlier, staring at the small air craft. "Yep." Emmet said, then leaning in toward Jake said, "Don't try any funny stuff on my niece. You got that?"

Then they both laughed. If anything happened to me I wanted to remember this moment, wolf and vampire getting along. As we pulled off the runway I stared down at the small town I had never left my whole life.

I was going somewhere new. Somewhere with Jake. What could be better? I fell asleep and was woken up by Jacob as we landed. We then took the boat over to Isle Esme. It was even more beautiful than my family described it. The fridge was full of food! The one bedroom had two separate beds, which I thought was funny because Mom and Dad always explained the canopy on the one bed and would laugh a little.

I plopped down on the bed. "Don't you want to get out of those jeans?" Jake said from the other side of the room. I slowly sat up and he stood there shirtless, getting ready for bed. "Shouldn't you put some clothes on?" I asked throwing a pillow at him. He caught it. "I sleep like this." He said lying down on his bed. "Oh really?" I said, standing up and walking towards his bed.

I jumped on him and we started wrestling. We fell off the bed and I was pretty sure I was winning we heard a pounding on the glass door.