Chapter 14: Stuck At Home
Renesmee's POV
I was finally released from the hospital Thanksgiving day. According to my mom we had a lot to be thankful for. The next two weeks went by extremely fast and soon it was time for Christmas break. Bella told me that this was the first time in a very long time that they were happy about Christmas.
The day after break started my cousins Michael and Jessica arrived along with their parents and my grandparents. They came from California. They also had a foster baby with them. I didn't even know that they had become a foster family. He was so adorable, his name was Calvin and he was only three months old. Sarah and I would fight over who got to hold him.
"Nessie it's my turn to feed him!" Sarah demanded. "No! You gave him his last three feedings! It's my turn" I said. "Girls! No fighting. Can you two handle watching him for a few hours without killing each other over who gets to feed him. Your aunt, uncle, father, grandparents and I want to go out with no kids for a few hours. So it'll be just be you and your cousins with him" she said. "Yes we can handle it mom" Sarah said. "Yes we can mom" I said when she looked at me. "Good" she said.
A few hours later I was in the middle of feeding Calvin again when the doorbell rang. Sarah and Jessica were to engrossed in their conversation to be bothered and Michael didn't show any signs of ungluing his eyes from the TV. The doorbell rang again. "Oh, don't worry I'll get it. It's not like my hands are full or anything" I said heavy on the sarcasm.
I opened the doorbell and I was surprised to see Bella, Rosalie, Alice and Leah standing in the doorway. "Hi Nessie, we were going to go shopping and we wanted to invite you and Sarah" Bella said as she eyed the baby in my arms.
"Sorry, we are kinda stuck babysitting" I said. "Yeah, about that. Why do you have a baby?" Leah asked. "My Aunt and Uncle's foster baby, they are just waiting for someone to adopt him. His name is Calvin. Do you guys want to come in?" I asked.
"We'd love to" said Alice in her usual cheery tone. Michael's eyes instantly snapped away from the screen and towards Bella. The guy could not take his eyes off of her. "Hey baby, I'm Michael" he said as he winked at her. He even put his arm around her which she shrugged off. Oh god! I can't believe that my cousin is hitting on my mom! That is just so wrong! Of course he don't know that she's my mom but it's just so weird. "You are?" he asked. "Bella, and I'm in a very happy relationship" she said. Oh my! I wonder what Edward would think or do if he were here to witness my cousin hitting on my mother.
I pushed him away from her. "Sorry about him. He think's he's a ladies man" I said. "This is my other cousin Jessica" I said. After introducing everyone I noticed Rosalie staring longingly at Calvin. He was looking at her too when he started making those cute baby noises and he held out his arms towards her. She looked very happy. "Rosalie I think someone here wants you. Want to finish feeding him for me?" I asked. "Yes! I'd love that" she said very happily. So I passed him over to her and she resumed the feeding. The way she held him and looked at him made me see how much she loved children.
Meanwhile my clumsy cousin Michael accidentally bumped into Leah. The moment their eyes met they stared long and hard at each other before she slowly kneeled down in front of him. Everyone was speechless, it was like when Seth did that to Sarah.
They ended up staying for a long time. Mike and Leah were getting along great. Rosalie would not give Calvin to anyone and whenever someone would try to take him from her he would cry. All of us girls gave each other makeovers. Soon it was time for them to leave though.
"Well, that was fun" Jessica said. "Yes, it was. I can't wait to see Leah again" Mike said. "You two couldn't get enough of each other" I said.
"Let's order some Pizza. I'm starved" Sarah said. "Sounds good to me" I said. "Let's watch some movies too" Jessica added.
Everything seemed like it was going good. So we were definitely not expecting what happened next. "Does anyone smell that?" Jessica asked. "Yeah, I do" I said. "It smells like something's burning" Sarah said. When we looked out the window we saw that that there was gas surrounding the house and someone had set a fire which was quickly spreading. If we didn't get out now we would get fried. I went and quickly grabbed Calvin. We tried all of the doors and windows but they were all locked from the outside. Someone was trying to kill us. "I've already called 911" Sarah barely managed to get out. The smoke was already getting to her because she started coughing badly. With the rate the fire was spreading we wouldn't make it until the fire department got here.
Another idea hit me like a ton of bricks. "Hold Calvin" I managed to wheeze out. The poor baby looked like he was having a hard time breathing. "what are you going to do?" she asked. "Something crazy" I responded. If I'm half vampire then surely I must have inherited some vampire strength? Maybe if I rammed into the door hard enough I could knock it down. Everyone looked at me like I had completely lost my mind the first time I tried; to no avail. Second time also a fail. I suddenly felt an influx of strength enter my arms and some of my energy returned. I charged towards the door a third time and I knocked it right off it's hinges. I was quickly followed by everyone and the dogs made it out safely as well. Everyone looked at me with shock written across their faces. A few minutes later the fire department and paramedics arrived. We had to be taken to the hospital to be treated promptly.
"Renesmee, what happened?" asked Carlisle when he saw us arrive covered from head to toe in soot. "I think someone set the house on fire. We saw gas everywhere and everything was locked from the outside. We barely made it out" I said through numerous coughing fits. He looked horrified. "You need a breathing treatment fast" he said.
"Nessie! Thank god you are okay!" Bella said as she ran up to me and hugged me. "Thank god Nessie, just how many heart attacks are you going to give us" Edward said. "I technically can't give you a heart attack and how did you know?" I wheezed out. "We saw you come in?" Bella said " We overheard everything" he said.
Are parents came in at that exact moment and they also showered us with hugs and kisses. "Nessie, Sarah don't you two scare us like that again" mom said and dad nodded in agreement. "How's Calvin doing?" I asked. "He's critical but it looks like he will be saved" dad said. "Thank goodness" I said. "Where are we going to live until our house is fixed?" mom asked.
"My wife and I have plenty of room, all of you and your dogs can come live with us" Carlisle offered. My parents gasped in shock.
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