Authors Note: I know. It's been a long time since I last updated. I have been really super busy with school and applications and various other things, it's just been really hard for me to write at all recently.

On another note, this chapter is one of my favorites so far! Everything starts getting exciting and thrilling and writing it just gets a lot more fun. This is a longer chapter. I wrote a little bit each week and finally it has come to this charming pile of words.

I saw New Moon on Friday and again on Saturday and I just needed to let everyone know that it was amazing! It served the book well. I loved it and will probably be seeing it another four times in theaters just because it is so awesome!

Falling Through - Chapter 9: I Don't Believe You

Nessie and I just stared at each other.

We didn't dare blink.

And then we ran.

I was pulling the door open, and she pushed me out of her way, rushing down the hall. Her footsteps were swift yet silent, unable to be heard. Mine were the opposite. My feet were banging against the hardwood floor as I stumbled after her, down the stairs.

I couldn't let her go first. Whatever was going on, she could be in danger.

I grabbed her arm in a tight grip, knowing I was squeezing too hard, but it was necessary under the current circumstances.

"Get behind me," I barked at her, making a point to get in front of her.

We didn't rush now, we needed to be calm. Slow. Steady.

Still holding her arm, I pushed up against the wall at the bottom of the stairs. Slowly we began moving towards the living room, where the crash came from.

"Jake—"

"Shhhhh…" I quieted her.

I swallowed hard, and turned the corner.

The first thing I saw was glass. It was everywhere. Shattered all over the floor. A billion little transparent mirrors, contrasting against the floral rug.

A chill went up the spine, as a gust of chilly air blew inside. That's when I noticed the empty hole where the sliding glass door had once been. I put two and two together. The sliding glass door had been shattered.

"Someone pushed it in," Nessie commented, moving towards the shards of glass.

I reached out and grabbed her arm harshly again, stopping her from going any closer.

I could smell a familiar scent. Vampires. But not the vampires I practically lived with. Not the Cullen's.

"The Russians," I hissed.

Nessie's ringtone broke my concentration. I held my hand out for her phone, and she gave it to me.

"Edward," I said into the microphone.

"Jacob. They're gone."

"I know."

"Is Renesemee okay?" He asked, worried. Of course that would be the first question he'd ask.

"She's fine."

"Are you okay?" he asked, surprising me.

"I'm fine," I replied, still shocked that he even asked.

"Okay, now Jacob, we have a little bit of a situation," Edward started.

"What do you mean?" I asked, my hold on the phone tightening.

I heard the phone being passed to someone else.

"I can't believe I didn't see this coming until now…"

"Alice?" I asked. "What's going on?"

"They're gone," was all she said.

"What do you mean? Who's gone? What's going on, Alice?"

"The Russians," she answered. "And they took Charlie and your dad."

The phone was passed again, and I was talking to Edward again.

"Jacob, listen to me, you have to warn your pack. They need to know. And bring Renesmee back here," Edward explained.

Before I could respond, Nessie snatched the phone out of my hands.

"I'm staying with Jake," she told her dad.

"No." Edward replied. "It's not safe."

"I don't care. I'll be fine," Nessie said. "I'm staying with him."

And then she hung up, and I didn't really have time to protest. I took her hand and together we left the house. Just as I was closing the front door, I heard the announcer on the still on TV saying that the Gators had just won the game. Charlie would be upset that he missed it. Although at the moment I'm not sure that he cares too much about the game.

I opened the door on the passenger side of the Volvo for Nessie to get in. She looked at the open door, and then back at me, and without saying anything, she threw herself into my arms.

She caught me off guard, but I wrapped my arms around her all the same. She buried her head into my chest.

"It'll be okay," I whispered into her hair.

She let go and got into the car. I did the same.

Starting the engine I shouted at her to put her seatbelt on. She listened and did as I said.

I began driving the familiar way to Sam's house. It was too late at night for him to be out and I knew he would be home. There was nothing pack related that was scheduled tonight.

I barely managed to stop the car before I was had the door open and was running up the stairs. I paused at the door to look behind me and check that Nessie was there. I didn't want her out of my sight. She was right next to me, as expected. She slipped her hand in mine and opened the door.

It was dark inside.

"Sam?" I called into the silent home. "Emily? Anyone?"

No reply. Nothing.

"Nobody's here," Nessie told me, starting to pull me out of the house. I should have known not to come here first. Look at all that time we'd wasted.

"You have to phase," Nessie explained. "That will be your best bet at telling them fastest."

I nodded, understanding her reasoning. But what about her? I couldn't just leave her alone here while I ran about in the woods with the rest of the pack.

"You're coming with me," I said.

She agreed, and I went behind a band of trees to phase before going back over to her. She knew what to do. She climbed onto my back, just as she always had when she was younger. Her hands grabbed fistfuls of my hair and I made sure she was secure before running off into the woods.

Usually my mind was bombarded with thoughts by this point. But right now my thoughts were alone.

I ran faster, towards the boundary line.

Jacob, Leah thought. What's going on?

I have honestly never been more relieved to hear Leah in my life, which is saying something because it really was never something I found relieving in the least. But right now I was just glad I found someone.

Leah heard the conversation I had with Edward on the phone less than half an hour ago. Things were moving so quickly, there wasn't a single moment to slow down.

Tell everyone else, Leah. I need to go.

Go. I can handle it. Leah thought in reply.

I took off running the way we came, back to Sam's house where the Rabbit was parked.

"Did you talk to someone?" Renesmee asked from her perch on my back.

I barked in return, unable to give her a better answer than that. I knew she would understand.

When we reached Sam's house I leaned down so Nessie could get off. She had no trouble jumping from the higher distance, but I wanted to make it easier. She had a worried look in her eyes. I licked her cheek reassuringly, making her crack a grin. She scratched behind my ears and gave me a kiss on my nose.

I went back into the trees to phase back and put the pants I had back on.

Nessie attacked me when I came back towards her. She threw herself into my arms for the second time, but this time she wrapped her legs around my waist and dug her hands in my hair. Her lips found mine instantaneously.

My hands explored her back. Our breathing became erratic. We were in a rushed frenzy. I pushed her up against the side of the car as my lips caressed her neck with kisses and bites trailing down to the top of her blouse.

She pulled my mouth back up to hers.

And then my pocket started vibrating. I groaned, frustrated, when I realized my phone was ringing.

"Hello?" I asked with an annoyed tone into the receiver.

"Jake. I'm glad you answered." It was Carlisle. "I think it would be best for you to bring Renesmee here for now. Everyone has been very…worried…to say the least."

"Okay. We'll be there soon," I replied and hung up.

I had no choice but to agree with him. I do think it would be safer for her to be surrounded by eight overprotective vampires rather than just one shape shifter, no matter how over protective he might be.

Nessie was still between the car and I. She was looking at me curiously. She was thinking about something. I leaned down and kissed her forehead, then her nose, and finally her mouth. She tried to deepen it, but I leaned gently away. "Not now, Ness."

A branch snapped in the woods a few feet away, turning me and Renesmee to stone.

Something—someone was there.

I instantly pulled her to me, picking her up. In the same movement I opened the driver side of the car. I pushed her inside, over to the passengers side. It wasn't exactly a violent movement, but rather something done in a moment of insane panic. I slid into the car after her, sitting in the drivers seat.

I didn't stop to see what was in the bushes, I didn't wait to see it whatever it was moved or did anything, I just put the car in reverse and zoomed out of there.

Nessies feet were in my lap, her head over by the passenger window. That was the way she had ended up in my craze to get her inside the car. It didn't appear like she was planning on moving anytime soon. She was staring at me with her mouth open. "I believe someone just overreacted," she said.

"I believe someone just did what needed to be done to protect a certain someone," I replied, focusing on driving.

"Jake, there was nothing there."

"You don't know that," I told her.

She turned away, that stubborn look on her face. I knew she didn't believe me. I know she didn't even want to believe me. And that's okay. She didn't have to. Who knows what could have happened had I just stayed there and faced whatever the source of the sound was. And besides, even if it was only a small animal or something of that variety, it's always better to be safe than sorry.

"What's going to happen, Jacob?" Nessie asked, serious.

"What do you mean, Ness?"

"What is everyone going to do? What if someone gets hurt? I don't know what I would do if anyone gets—"

I didn't let her say anything else.

"Renesmee, nothing is going to happen. We are going to find these leaches—" she winced at the word; I knew she hated when I used it. But that's what that clan was. They were leaches. Dirty bloodsuckers up to no good. "—and we are going to take care of them. There is nothing you need to worry about."

"But what if that doesn't happen?" she asked, persistent in being negative.

"There are no other alternatives. That is what's going to happen. End of story."

"I don't believe you," she said.

"Well that isn't good, Ness. You should always believe me. I would never lie to you."

She looked out the front window, at the shadows outlining the street. "I have a personal rule to always believe you, Jake. And this is the only exception to that rule."

Authors Note Continued: Ah, so there you have it folks! No cliff hanger this chapter. Maybe next chapter? Hmm. Possible.

Not much else for me to add, so I'm just going to skip to the chapter playlist.

Chapter Playlist (most songs from the New Moon soundtrack, which is as amazing as the movie): "Possiblity" by Lykke Li, "Hearing Damage" by Thom Yorke, "Shooting the Moon" by Ok Go, "Friends" by Band Of Skulls, and "No Sound but the Wind" by Editors.

And so this is where we part. For now, until the next chapter. Until then please leave a review, I really appreciate it! Oh and see New Moon if you haven't already, you won't regret it!