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"Renesmee!" He shouted. Just then Jane stood in front of me, so I couldn't see Dad. Then I could hear him screaming in agony as he fell to the floor. "No! Stop!" I yelled at her, trying desperately to push her out of the way.

"Stop!" I heard someone familiar say. Clearly Aro saw him because he said "Jane." And she stopped, stepping out of my way. It was Carlisle. Dad was still on the floor. I ran over to him. "Are you okay?" I asked.

"Run." he said quickly, as if he were trying to catch his breath. I stood up slowly. Carlisle had clearly heard. He nodded to me. I swallowed hard. I wanted to save Athenodora. She didn't deserve a life like this. "You can't." Dad said, slowly standing. He was reading my thoughts. "Do it." He said, clenching is teeth, glancing at the hallway.

I did. I ran. And nobody ran after me. As I ran out of the hallway I saw the door was open. I ran towards it seeing a bright orange car parked outside. Mom, I thought as I ran, suddenly the door was closing. I ran faster. But no matter how fast I ran I couldn't get to it in time. There was no way. "Going somewhere?" A very angry looking Alec stood beside the now closed door. "Please, open that door." He held his head back and laughed. "You mistake me for a fool young Miss Cullen?" A smile stretched across his face. "No. But please. Open the door." I didn't want to sound whiny. I just wanted the door open. I wanted to go home.

"Don't you care about your father?" He asked tilting his head sideways. I turned and ran back down the hallway but stopped suddenly at the entrance to the larger room. There stood Carlisle and Dad, conversing with Aro as if nothing happened. "What?" I said, bewildered. "We were just discussing how you can leave." Carlisle said, turning to face me. "Oh." I said, "good. Can we go now?"

"No." Carlisle said. "First they want a few questions answered." I could sense his voice was strained, as if this was not his decision. "Okay," I said slowly, stopping next to Dad.

"What do you want to know?" I felt more confident now that Dad and Carlisle were here.

"Tell us, about your relationship with the wolf." Caius said. Dad looked at me. "Well," I said. "I don't want to talk about it." Caius stood. "You will tell me or I will personally fly to him and rip him to shreds." The image flashed across my mind. "Tell them." Carlisle said, looking at me, eyebrows raised. "We are friends."

"What do you do?"

"We fix dirt bikes and a car, and we go to the beach together," I imagined his abs glistening in the sun from sweat. "We see movies." I continued, hoping Dad has not just seen that vision. "Anything else?" Asked Caius, looking at me suspiciously. "You know I will find out if you are lying." I bit my lip. "Nope." I said. "That is it. We do what friends do, hang out." He began to smile. "So a platonic relationship."

There was an awkward silence while Dad and Carlisle stared at me. I felt like they were burning a hole in my head. "Yes." I said. "Good." Seeming satisfied he sat down and looked at Aro. "We would love to visit you, your family and your friend sometime." Aro said with a forced smile. "Any more questions?" Carlisle asked. "No, but do keep us updated on…." there was an awkward pause before he continued, "them."

"Of course." Carlisle said as we turned around to leave. Athenodora ran out from the shadows, "Renesmee?" She asked in her breathy little voice. I stopped walking, as did Dad and Carlisle. "Yes?" I said turning around to face her. "Athenodora! What are you doing?" Caius shouted. She cringed a little but continued towards me. "I like you. Come and visit, will you love?" She smiled again, a warm welcoming smile.

"Of course." I said. "Thank you for everything." She shook my hand and Caius snapped his fingers making her walk back to him. I was pretty sure she would be in trouble but for her it was worth it. We walked outside into the burning sun and towards the orange car. "Nessie!" Mom yelled, jumping out of the car and grabbing me in an embrace.

"I was so worried about you. We all were. Get in the car." She said looking back as if one of the Volturi were going to change their mind. We drove to the airport in silence and most of the plane ride was silent too. "Are you okay?" Carlisle finally asked. "Yes." I said, sort of lying, I was shaken but not too traumatized. "They found Leah." Dad said. "She wanted to be alone or something so she ran off. They still aren't sure why." "I'm glad they found her." I said, relieved, despite not thinking of her for quite some time.

"Me too." Carlisle said. "What happened in there?" Mom asked. "I'll tell you later." Dad said back. We landed in Forks and I was overjoyed when I saw Jake waiting for me. I ran down the steps and jumped in his arms, straddling him with my legs. He grunted under the attack. "Whoa Nessie, calm down." He joked. "I love you so much!" I said, as I started to cry into his shoulder, taking in his Jake smell. "I love you too." He said, sounding surprised. "I missed you." He said quietly. "I'm glad you're okay. You know I did try to do with them but they wouldn't let me."

"I know." I said. I didn't really know but I figured something like that probably happened. "You going to let go anytime soon?" He asked after a while. "No." I said, running my fingers through his hair. "Edward is watching." He whispered. "Oh!" I let go and stood on the ground staring at him. "I love you so much." I said again. He smiled and ruffled my ponytail. "Same here." "Want to come over Saturday? We could watch a movie?" "Yes" I said. "Ness? Come on!" I heard Mom yell at me to go to the car. I stood on my tip toes and kissed Jake. It was a small peck but it was still a kiss. "Nessie!" I heard Dad yell. Then I ran towards the car. I could hardly wait for Saturday to arrive. It couldn't come soon enough.