Chapter 9: Reunited At Last

Nessie's POV

No words could ever come close to describing how it felt to be reunited with my mom after so many years. To say that I was happy beyond words would have been the understatement of the century. I never wanted to be apart from my mother ever again.

"I love you so much mom" I told her.

She just hugged me again. I could hear her shaky breath. She really did want to cry. I could just hear it.

"I love you too Nessie. More then you could ever imagine" she cried. "and just so you I don't plan on ever letting you go ever again. Is that understood?"

I laughed and wiped away the tears that had fallen from my eyes. "Yes mom I understand"

I followed my family for awhile until we reached the cars. My mom's was a fancy red Ferrari. I was no expert on cars by any means but this looked extremely expensive.

"Mom can I ride with you?" I asked her sounding hopeful.

"Nessie really? You really had to ask that? Of course! I'm not letting you out of my sight for a second young lady!" mom scolded.

I smiled. I guess my question did sound a bit silly and ridiculous.

As soon as she unlocked the car I opened the door to the backseat to let Cookie inside. I took my seat in the front passenger seat just as my mom was getting in.

Mom glanced in the backseat and looked worriedly at my dog.

"Nessie she is not going to shed or tear up the seats is she?"

"No mom. She doesn't shed and she doesn't tear things up. The only thing that you do have to worry about is drooling"

"Nessie I'm really sorry" my mom said after a few moments of silence.

"For what?" I didn't think there was anything that my mother had to be sorry for. She loved me and only wanted what was best for me.

"For everything. For giving you away. For turning you human. For wanting to erase your memories. That's what" she said.

"Mom, I'm not mad at you. I was never mad at you or dad or anyone in the family. I know that you only wanted what was best for me. Even then I understood that you were only thinking of me and this is what you thought was best. All you wanted was to keep me safe. I know that"

"You're really not angry?" she asked me. "I was afraid that you would be angry?"

"Okay now you sound just like dad. He said the same thing. I'm not angry at you. I never have been and I never will be. Not over this. I missed you so much. It was hard to be apart from you for so many years. I was afraid that I would never see you again"

"This is why I thought it would be best to have your memories of us erased. We all wanted to spare you that pain" mom informed.

"Well I'm glad that it failed. I'd rather live with my memories of my family. I'd rather know who I am, where I came from, and who my parents, grandparents, and everyone in my family is. I would have hated to always live in wonder. That would have been harder then knowing the truth"

"Oh Nessie" was all that mom could say.

My eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets when I saw how fast she was driving.

"Mom would you please slow down?!" I shouted in a near panic. We were going over 100 miles per hour. I knew that we were going fast but I didn't think that we were going that fast.

"Nessie it's okay. Relax" she said as the speedometer dropped down to around 80 miles per hour. "I hate driving slow. Better now?"

"More" I said. "and really you consider driving 80 miles per hour slow?" I asked in disbelief.

"Okay enough commentary on my driving. Why don't you tell me more about your life? Likes, dislikes, hobbies. Anything"

"Well reading is definitely on the top of my list of favorite things to do. I also love animals. Oh and science! I love science! I'm in advanced biology class. I hate math. I suck at anything athletic. I'm so clumsy that I somehow managed to hit myself with a baseball bat when swinging at a ball. How does one manage to do that exactly? I don't know. I'm so clumsy that I literally trip over my own feet when I'm running. I hate it"

For some reason my mom just laughed.

Thanks to my mother's insane driving we arrived at the Cullen house pretty quickly. As soon as we walked through the door someone, I couldn't tell who, grabbed me and squeezed me into a really massive bear hug.

"Nessie, my favorite niece, is that really you?" I could tell by the voice that it was my uncle Emmett. No wonder I felt like my lungs were going to explode at any second.

"Can't breathe" I wheezed out.

"Sorry" he said and loosened his grip on me.

"It's okay. Yes it's me. Really 'favorite niece'? I thought I was your only niece?" I questioned. That earned quite a few snickers.

"Will you let her go Emmett, now it's my turn with her" I heard another voice say. A voice that I instantly recognized as my grandfather's.

As soon as Emmett released me I ran over to my grandfather and hugged him tightly. It sounded like my grandfather was about to cry as he hugged me. I swear I could actually feel the love pouring out of him. I had missed my wise, loving, caring, and compassionate grandfather so much over the years. He was the reason that I wanted to follow in his footsteps and become a doctor. I wanted to be just like him. Kind and compassionate to all living creatures. In all of my life I had never met another person quite like my grandfather. He was special and that made me love him all the more.

As soon as my grandfather released, which was probably ten or fifteen minutes later (I'm not exaggerating), uncle Jasper hugged me. He told me how much he missed me and I did the same.

"Nessie you really have grown into a fine, beautiful young lady" Carlisle said.

"Thank you grandpa" I said.

"Well, it's true. You're beautiful and smart"

"How would you know that I'm smart?" I asked him.

"Nessie you have always been a very smart girl. I'm certain that is one of the few things about you that hasn't changed at all" grandpa said.

"Your grandfather is right about that Nessie" dad said.

Everyone kept talking and asking me questions except for aunt Rosalie and grandma Esme. As a matter of fact they have remained unusually silent since I told them about my family history.

"Nessie do you have a problem with sugar?" my grandfather suddenly asked me out of nowhere.

"No, why?" I asked him.

"Probably because you've been eating donuts almost since you got here" Jasper said.

"It's true" Emmett said.

"I eat a lot of sugar. Yes, I bought 12 donuts this morning and yes I have almost finished them all by myself. I usually buy a box of donuts about three or four times a week and yes I do usually eat them all by myself. On top of that I do eat a lot of ice cream, cake, cookies, candy, and brownies but I don't have a problem. I swear!"

"Nessie" my grandfather said with clear disapproval in his voice. "I think you just defined what it means to have a problem with sugar"

"I'm perfectly healthy" I stated stubbornly.

"Nessie when was the last time you went to a doctor?" my grandfather asked me.

"A year ago actually. I had just gone to SeaWorld. It was really hot that day so the clothes I wore had left my arms and legs exposed to the sun. I was there for about eight hours and even though I reapplied sunscreen several times I got eight sunburns. Eight of them. I swear I felt like my body was on fire. I nearly cried putting on my clothes the next morning. I was in that much pain. A few days later while I was exercising I noticed that three of my sunburns had blistered badly. It was a really ugly sight. That's when I went to the doctor. He said I just had a minor sunburn"

"Minor sunburn?" Carlisle said in disbelief. "That doesn't sound minor to me at all. Anyways, when was the last time you had blood work done?" grandpa asked. I could tell he was going into 'doctor mode' now.

"Um, actually I don't know. It's been so long. Why?"

"Because right now I am very concerned about your health and I want to get you checked out immediately"

Great. Less then an hour with my grandfather and he already wants to examine me.

My grandfather was about to say something else when my suddenly my cellphone rang.

"Oh it's one of my other grandfathers" I said. I guess I can say that I really have three grandfathers now. "My grandpa Charles"

Esme's head snapped in my direction. "What did you say?" she asked with keen interest.

"It's my grandpa Charles Evenson Jr. The one that I told you about earlier. I received news earlier that he was coming. He must already be here looking for me" I joked.

"Nessie where are you?" my grandfather said as I answered the phone.

"Oh I'm just...out" was all that I could say.

"Well can you please come home soon. I'm here and I want to see you. I missed you"

"Grandpa it's only been a few days" I said.

"and I still missed you. That's how much I love you" he countered.

"Okay, I love you too. I promise I will be home soon" I said. Then we hung up.

"Okay, I promise I will be there soon" I said.

I have no idea what happened but suddenly grandma Esme ran out of the room looking like she was about to cry.

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