RENESMEE

"STOP! Don't!" Eddie cried as he ran into the room. He climbed onto the table and pulled Chloe onto his lap. He placed the inhaler in her mouth. "Breath Chloe," he whispered in her ear. "Just one more time, it will be easier after that," he said to her. She sucked in a small breath and Eddie pressed the inhaler down at the same time. "One more," he said and she did it again.

"Eddie, uncross your legs, let her lie on your chest so she can match your breathing!" I said excitedly as I noticed Chloe's breathing starting to improve.

"Good idea Ness," my dad said next to me. Eddie did as I said and placed Chloe's back on his chest.

"Thanks, I remember when mom did it with me when I had that panic attack." I said to him. He nodded and turned back to look at Chloe. "Follow his breathing, you'll feel better," I said to Chloe as I squeezed her hand. She squeezed back and slowly opened her eyes. After five very long minutes, her breathing was matching Eddie's perfectly. When she felt comfortable breathing again she started crying, she turned in Eddie's embrace and clung onto his arm. He turned and put an arm around her. I didn't think it mattered at that point that Chloe didn't even know properly who Eddie was. He just saved her life and she was still in shock. I smiled widely at her when she let go of him and I reached forward to hug her.

"Don't do that to me again," I whispered in her ear. She didn't answer, she just sobbed into my shoulder.

Chloe allowed Carlisle to take her to the hospital just to check she was ok and her lungs were fully back to normal. She demanded both Eddie and I came with her. My dad went to find my mom and he said he'd go and help the others with Emma.

"Chloe you seem to be perfectly fine, I just want you to be careful over the next few days. Keep your inhaler near you." My grandfather said to her and helped her climb off the hospital bed.

"Thank you Dr Cullen," she said to him and gripped my hand. He smiled to her.

"Your mom is waiting outside. I'll just go and tell her that you're ok."

"Ok." Chloe said quietly. My grandfather left the room and she turned on her feet to face me and Eddie who was standing behind me. "Who are you?" she asked me.

"I'm your best friend. I'm Nessie." I said to her with a small laugh in my voice.

"No. I mean what are you?" I stiffened. "You spoke to me in my head. And don't deny it. I remember. And you," she said looking to Eddie. "You knew what I was thinking. You knew where my inhaler was... and you're fast. Very fast. No one could have run all the way across campus and back in less than a minute. And one last thing. There is no way you two aren't related. You're practically identical. If it wasn't for Eddie being a few years older," she said in a rush. Then sighed and waited for our reaction. She was observant, in the rush of her dying, Eddie and I didn't once think about hiding who we were because if we did, both Chloe and I probably would have died. Eddie stepped closer to my side.

"Renesmee and I are related. We're brother and sister," he said to her. She nodded.

"I thought so. Why did you lie?" she asked.

"It's complicated," he said to her.

"And the other things?" she asked. Eddie looked down at me and I turned to look up at him. He touched my arm.

What do we say? Do we tell her? What do you think mom and dad would do? He thought.

I don't know. I wish they were here. I whispered in my thoughts.

So do I. I heard Eddie say before he dropped his hand.

"Chloe can we just get our dad in here to explain to you?" I asked her. She nodded and I walked out of the room. My grandpa was sitting next to Chloe's mom. I had only seen her once before. She was just like Chloe; only an older more sophisticated version.

"Dad, can I talk to you please?" I asked my grandfather. He turned to look at me.

"Of course."

"Can I see Chloe now?" Chloe's mom asked. I touched my grandfather's hand.

Not yet. We have a problem. I thought to him.

"Not yet, let me just check on her again and I'll send her out."

"Ok," she said and my grandfather and I walked into the room hand in hand.

"What's going on?" he asked. I gave him a run through of the conversation we had just had and he slowly nodded his head. "I thought this was going to happen," he said and we made our way over to where Chloe and Eddie were. Chloe looked down at our joined hands.

"You just told him everything didn't you?" she asked. I nodded at her and she let out a small triumphant smile.

"Chloe could you sit down please?" my grandfather asked. She nodded and took a seat back on the hospital bed. It was lucky my grandpa had made sure we had our own room because this wouldn't have been a very healthy conversation to have in front of a bunch of hospital patients. "I'm just going to ring Edward and Bella. I think they should have a say in how much we tell you and I think they should be here," Chloe pulled her eyebrows together in confusion.

"Why them?" she asked then turned to us. "That's another thing. If you're related to Eddie and Eddie is related to Edward, there is no doubt about that, then Edward and Bella are brother and sister too?" she asked in confusion. Eddie sat down next to her and touched her arm briefly.

"No they're not brother and sister. It's not incest," Eddie laughed, "and my name isn't short for Edmund either," he said to her, we couldn't go around telling people that Edward's brother was called Edward too so my parents decided 'Edmund' was the closest to it and Eddie was a reasonable nick name.

"How can you be reading my mind?" she asked. I didn't know how he was either, in the past he had only been able to read the minds of those he was related to. Eddie just smiled widely at her and came to sit next to me on the opposite bed. She couldn't resist his smile; she shook her head as she tried to hide the smile forming on her lips. I smiled too, at the pure response Chloe had when she was with my brother. I had a feeling Zac would be jealous if he had witnessed the past two hours.

"Renesmee," I heard from behind me. Jacob walked into the room. I stood up and walked over to him. He opened his arms and took me in his warm embrace. I closed my eyes for a brief moment and stepped away from him. "Are you ok?" he asked. I nodded and smiled at him. I walked back over to my brother sitting on the bed still smiling at Chloe. Jacob followed and sat next to me.

"What's going on? I just came here to see how things were going. The rest all have the girl restrained. She won't talk though." He said to me.

"Jacob, this is Chloe. You haven't actually met but I've told you all about her," I said and placed my hand on his arm. I replayed the events in the cafeteria and the class room that brought us to here. He acted as if I wasn't showing him anything and just smiled warmly at Chloe. She couldn't help but smirk at me. I rolled my eyes at her. Zac always teased me about Jacob and Chloe knew everything Zac did.

"So you're Jacob?" she asked still smiling. She looked to Eddie and held out her hand. He warily took it and then burst out laughing. She smiled widely.

"What?" Jacob asked and looked between them and then to me. I blushed and shrugged. He smiled a little at me then stroked my cheek that was red.

"Oh!" Chloe suddenly said staring at Eddie who was still holding her hand. "You can do the same as Nessie too?" he nodded and stood up to sit next to her, still holding her hand. They sat their smiling like idiots for a while.

"Quit having a silent conversation!" I moaned at them.

"Now you know how I feel when you and Eddie do your little mind reading thing," Jacob laughed to me. I smiled and shrugged again.

"Renesmee, Eddie," my mom said from behind me. I flinched and shifted away from Jacob a little. Eddie also let go of Chloe's hand and took his position next to me. My parents came over to us with my grandfather.

"Chloe would you like to go and see your mother. We need to talk to Nessie and Eddie before we explain anything to you," my dad said. She nodded at him and looked to me and Eddie before walking out the room.

"Mom! Dad! I'm really sorry! I know I shouldn't have used my gift but it was the only thing that came into my mind at the time!" I ranted and stood up to face them. Eddie also stood up and took my hand.

"It wasn't just her either. I used my gift too," he said defending me. I squeezed his hand and he did the same. It was a sign from him that whatever our parents threw at us we were in it together.

"Ok. Stop. You're not in trouble. You saved Chloe's life by using your gifts. We're not going to punish you for that so calm down," my mom said to us. I relaxed my tense stance, so did Eddie.

"It is very dangerous for a human to know about us. I've known from my past experience that it's dangerous. However she already knows something is different and we need to clear things up. I don't know Chloe very well and I don't know how she is going to take it but we can protect her if things come to the worse. So your mother and I have decided we should tell her everything. She's your best friends and if you trust her, so can we. Plus it will be nice for you to have someone on the outside of our family that knows everything." My father said to me and wrapped his arm around my mother's waist. I nodded.

"Thank you," I said to them sincerely. I didn't like lying to my friends, they didn't say I could tell Zac but if Chloe still wanted to be my friend, it would be nice to have someone to talk to that knew everything. They smiled and my grandfather walked out the room to go and get Chloe.

Chloe walked into the room and sat herself back on the hospital bed. She looked to Eddie and without word he walked over to her and sat next to her. I stared at him in shock, I felt like it was a moment when my jaw might just break off. Both Eddie and Chloe ignored me. There had to be something with them. Whether they had just become 'friends' or something more, I didn't know just yet. Just because he saved her life and he's young and what most teen girls would call 'hot', it doesn't mean she likes him does it? I had to quickly forget about the theories behind my best friend and my brother when my dad sat down next to me opposite Chloe.

"Eddie, I don't think you should be so close to her, she might get scared." He said to Eddie

"I won't get scared. You're not going to hurt me. Right?" Chloe asked Eddie who was sitting next to her now. He smiled at her and shook his head.

"Okay. Well Chloe, I know this might be a lot to take in but the reason Renesmee and Eddie can do those things is because we are…" my dad paused assessing the mood before continuing. "We are vampires," Chloe's eyes widened. She looked at Eddie then at my dad.

"Really?" she asked. My dad nodded.

"But we won't hurt you. We don't… hunt… humans," he said slowly.

"That's why you're so cold," she whispered. My dad nodded. She looked to the floor. Her mind was trying to process everything, putting the pieces together. She then looked up at me. "You're not the same though are you?" she asked. I smiled at her. She was very smart.

"You're very observant Chloe. No. Renesmee isn't the same as us. She is half human half vampire. She has the qualities of a vampire; pale, beautiful, fast, strong, and immortal. However she has human qualities too; she sleeps, she can survive off human food and she's soft and warm to touch." My dad said to her. She smiled and nodded at me.

"So are you becoming a vampire then? Is that why you're half and half? Are you going to be a full one like Edward, Bella and Eddie soon?" she asked me. I shook my head.

"No Chloe. She will stay like that forever. When Bella was human she carried Renesmee as if she was a human child. However, she was my child too. I was a vampire when I met Bella. Bella had Renesmee and then was changed. Eddie came a lot later," My dad said with a smile.

"So Bella is your mother? And Eddie is younger than you?" she asked me, so much shock was in her voice I couldn't contain my laugh. I nodded at her and she frowned as she tried to work out how it was possible.

"There is a lot to explain. However we are not forcing this on you. If you wish to forget about this and go home with your mother now and not hear any more of our story, we understand. This can be very scary, or even shocking. Or you can stay and hear our story, then decide if you wish to stay involved with us." My dad said carefully to her.

"Chloe, you have to consider the danger you are entering into. We don't often tell humans our secret, but we believe you are special. You seem to take to Renesmee and Eddie very much and now you know they're different, we believe you have the right to know. But you have to promise-swear-that you will never tell anyone our secret." My mom added. Chloe looked at her and nodded furiously.

"I promise. I would never expose you…" she said then paused as the thoughts raced through her mind. "I want to hear more," she whispered. "Please," she added with a timid smile. We all smiled back at her.

"Very well Chloe. Would you like to come to dinner tomorrow night and we will explain everything then? Your mother is getting impatient. I think she just wants to take you home to rest," my grandfather asked.

"He means, you come to eat at our house with Renesmee, not we will eat you for dinner," Eddie chuckled from her side. She turned and smiled at him.

"I knew what he meant," she said then turned to my grandpa. "I'd love to. Thank you," she said to him.

"Very well, I'll accompany you in walking back to your mother. I will need to organise it with her." He said to her and she jumped off the bed.

"Okay," she said then turned back to me, Eddie, Jacob and my parents. "Bye, I'll see you tomorrow," she said to us all with a smile. We smiled back at her warmly and she left the room. I let out a huge sigh and fell back on the bed.

"She took that rather well," Eddie murmured. I sat up.

"She did…" I said and stared into his brown eyes, there was no red present, and they seemed almost black. He stared back at me and let out a smile. I reached over for his hand but he shook his head at me so I scowled at him.

"Come on Ness. We have to go." My dad said. I looked up at him in confusion.

Why so urgent? I asked.

"Do you remember the reason we are here? We have an unknown being in our house. Let's go," he said and held out his arm to direct me to the door. I stood up and Eddie and Jacob followed me as we made our way out of the hospital and home to the unknown.