The woman standing above my bed screeched when Jake phased and she saw him. He stood there growling, staring at her with angry eyes. I tried to sit up, stand up, do something but I couldn't. I was frozen to the spot. The woman backed up into the wall at the foot of my bed yelling some chant in a different language. Jake advanced towards her.

The phone that was sitting on the floor from last night rang. I managed to fall out of bed and grab it. "Hello?" I said. "Don't let him hurt her." Dad's voice rang clearly on the other end. "Did you hear me?" He said. "Tell him to back off and then give the phone to her. Alice didn't see this coming in time." "Okay… hold on." I said, hoping Dad knew what he was doing and that she wasn't some crazy lady.

I put the phone on Jake's bed and said "Jake. Stop." He was just putting his paw up as if he was planning on ripping her to shreds. He paused, turned to me and tilted his head sideways. "Please." I said, looking deep into his eyes. His paw returned to the ground. "Go get dressed." I said to him in an authoritative manner. He left the room, staring hard at the woman as he left. I grabbed the phone and handed it to the shaking woman, still against the wall. She had a conversation with Dad in the unknown language and I could tell when she was getting yelled at.

Finally she got of the phone, hung up, handed it back to me and said, with a strong accent "sorry." I didn't know what to say. Should I say it's okay? She terrorized me. I wasn't really about ready to forgive her. After an awkward silence and as she turned to leave, I said "Who are you?" With her back to me she paused and responded one word, "maid." I sighed. She wasn't some part of the Volturi.

I poured myself a glass of apple juice and made a personal pizza; which I was eating, when Jake came back in, with only a towel on. "Did you take a shower?" I asked. "No." He said quietly as he sat down across from me at the kitchen table. "I'm sorry I told you to back off, but Dad called and said I should tell you to." "It's fine." But he didn't make eye contact with me. "I'm sorry Jacob. I just-" "It's fine." Jake said getting up and walking towards the bedroom. I quickly swallowed the rest of the mouthful of pizza and stood up. "Jacob!"

There was no response. Maybe this trip wouldn't be as fun after all. I walked into the bedroom after cleaning up my food. After getting changed into my pj's I lay down on my bed, trying to fall asleep. "Nessie?" I heard Jake say in the dark. "Yeah?" I responded, suddenly realizing if he was awake that entire time he would have seen me naked when I was getting changed.

"I'm sorry I was mad at you earlier. I just didn't want anyone here finding out what I am." "What you are?" I said quietly. "What about me? I'm a half vampire, half human. I am way more messed up than you." I could imagine him smiling. We fell asleep then. I woke up to the smell of smoke and checked the clock. Ten in the morning! I nearly jumped out of bed and ran into the kitchen.

There was Jacob. Trying to make pancakes. And burning them in the process. I pushed him out of my way with my hip and flipped the pancake he was making into the trash. "Sorry." he mumbled. "It was black Jake." I said laughing to myself. "I'll just watch you make them." He sounded defeated as he walked over to the other side of the counter and sat down on a stool. "You were trying, and that is what matters. Plus it's the thought that counts!" I added as I heard his stomach growl.

"Or it's because you're starving." He nodded. And then just sat there and watched me pour batter, flip the pancakes and put them on plates. "I wonder what's going on at home." I said. I hadn't really thought about what was happening at home. I was so immersed in making pancakes. "I don't know." Jake said looking up at me. "Do you want to get the syrup, butter and whipped cream?"

He jumped at the chance to help and grabbed all three things out of the fridge. "At the table?" He asked. "Yes please." I said. He put the stuff down and went back to sitting at the counter watching me. I finally finished. There was my plate of three pancakes and his plate of seven. "Phanks." He said minutes later, a mouthful of pancake preventing him from pronouncing the word correctly.

I smiled, cutting and eating my first bite. "What do you want to do today?" I asked. "We could swim, hike, do whatever." Jacob said, sounding excited. "Okay." "Do you think Dad will call?" Jake just shrugged. As if on cue the phone rang. "I'll get it." I said, getting up and grabbing the phone. "Hi Daddy." I said, sitting back down at the table.

"Hi Ness. How was last night?"

"It was fine, after that lady left."

"I know. I'm so sorry. I didn't know she was going to just show up. I told her to check on you guys so…"

There was a pause, "so you know you weren't… getting into any trouble."

"Seriously, Daddy?" I said.

"I just wanted her to check in on you, and not in the middle of the night! I told her I would call her when I wanted her to check on you. And she won't scare you next time."

"You gave Jake and I a scare." I said. "I know. It's just Alice didn't see this coming and it happened and I'm sorry Nessie. I love you, okay?"

"yeah, yeah. Love you too Daddy. What's going on up there? anything I need to know about?" "The Volturi came back last night. This time it was Jane and Arrow. They asked us questions. But don't worry about us. Please Nessie, just enjoy yourself. Have fun and listen to Jacob." "Are you guys okay?" I asked sensing fear in his voice. "Yes. For now." A few minutes later I hung up the phone. "Jake, I think we need to go back. It sounds like the Volturi are going to hurt my family."