I woke up to the slam of a door. A car door. Warm arms cradled me to their equally warm chest, their heart thumping steady against my ear. I was jostled slightly, finally opening my eyes to find Jacob fumbling with my key, successfully unlocking the door and stepping into my house, taking me upstairs in the dark, clearly able to see, unlike my weak human eyes. I decided to shut them again.

I was suddenly laid down on something soft, my bed, probably, and opened my eyes finding Jacob pulling my shoes off, tucking me in, and going to leave. I grabbed his hand before he could go and sat up, scooting over to the opposite side of the bed and gesturing for him to get in. He hesitated but laid down, pulling his shoes and his shirt off as I went to open the window and let the cool air in.

I pulled the comforter and quilt off the bed, leaving us with only a sheet because I knew how hot Jacob got and crawled into bed, snuggling up against him. His arms went around me right away, pulling me towards him and stroking my hair softly. The last thing I remember before i succumbed to sleep was him pressing a kiss to my forehead.

"Anja, let's go, I'm hungry!" It was a week later and Jacob was starving as per usual. I told him we could go to the diner to eat because I was exactly in the cooking mood and he agreed.

I slipped on some flip flops, some that were loud and obnoxious, a slight heel to them and jogged down the stairs. The fifth one from the bottom my foot slipped from under me, the shoes providing little to know traction and sending me down the steps, my tiny body sprawled out at the bottom. I pulled my leg up, cradling my foot to my body and letting out a pained screech, followed instantly by, "Motherfucking son of a bitch!"

Jacob ran to the steps and knelt down next to me, inspecting my injury, "Fuck, babe, we have to take you to the hospital. Your foot is already swelling," He picked me up and I screamed again, almost making him drop me, checking over my body against to make sure nothing was hurt. "What? What'd I do?" He questioned frantically.

"Take me to the fucking Cullens. I don't want to go to the hospital," I growled at him as he took me out to my truck and sat me in the passenger seat, going back to lock the house and returning to me with an ice pack.

"Can we stop at the diner first?" I asked him quietly as he sped off down the road, hunched over the steering wheel and gripping it tightly between his large hands.

"No we can't stop at the fucking diner first," Jacob spat at me, barely pulling his attention from the road as my truck barreled towards the Cullens.

"Okay," I agreed, sliding over to him and resting a hand on his shaking arm. "Breathe, gorgeous. I'm fine, okay? This isn't the first time I've fallen down the steps, okay?"

"You're such a klutz," Jacob breathed, calming significantly when I rested my head on his arm, reaching up and resting my arm against the back of the seat, gently combing my fingers through his short hair. The speed of the truck decreased and now we were only going slightly over the speed limit.

We pulled into the Cullen's driveway, speeding down the long dirt road towards their house, reaching the break in the trees in no time at all. I looked up at the deck to find Emmett and Rosalie standing there, Emmett reaching the truck in no time and yanking my door open as Jacob slammed his shut. Emmett reached in, obviously noticing my swollen foot. "What the fuck happened to you?" He hissed at me.

"Fell down the steps," I told him with a laugh. He didn't reciprocate my friendly smile.

"Can you walk?"

"Yeah, just help me."

Emmett reached into the cab to help me but Jacob was there in an instant, pushing Emmett away sharply, "Get your fucking hands off my imprint," he snarled, squaring his shaky shoulders up against Emmett who was quivering with rage. They both were. The only difference that one was shaking with a more dangerous anger than the other.

"Who was left to help her when you left and made her sick?"

"You shut the fuck about that shit."

"Jasper!" I yelled out the car, not trusting getting out myself.

Jasper was out in an instant and I felt a rush of calm that washed over the group of us, Jasper and his adoptive father suddenly standing with us.

Carlisle stepped toward me, reaching into the truck and picking me up. In a flash we were standing in the house and he sat me down on the sofa, Esme coming to his side with a new, fresh ice pack as Jacob, Emmett, Jasper, and Rosalie came in together, the tension so thick that you could cut it with a knife. "God, I guess you do take after me," I heard from behind me. I turned upon hearing my sister's voice, unaware she was home, but felt a breeze fly past my face, along with a quick laugh. I turned again, facing forward and finding my sister sitting in front of me on the floor, a grin across her face and her eyes a bright red. "Bella?"

"Yeah. Yeah, we have a lot to talk about, An," she told me softly. "Um, so, you remember Rose and Emmett explaining the whole vampire thing to?" I nodded. "The Voltori, the ones Carlisle worked with, they have these rules. They decided years ago that there were to be no immortal children. So like, nobody could turn babies or kids because they just got too dangerous. It was too much of a risk to put who we are in danger." I nodded to show my understanding.

"What does this have to do with anything? And why didn't anyone come after you guys for violating the treaty? Don't you guys know?" I directed that last part to Jacob who just stared at me.

"Renesmee, come meet your Auntie Anja."

I sat up taller, turning to find Edward bringing in a tiny girl, he held her on his hip and she clung to him, the two of them stopping in front of me. The girl, Renesmee looked young. Maybe 3 or 4 and she was beautiful. Edward pulled her off of him and set her down on my lap, the two of us just staring at each other. "This...This is your daughter? My niece?" Bella nodded and I smiled down at the little girl. God, she was gorgeous.

"Nessie has a gift, much like myself, Alice and Jasper. She'd like to show you, if you'll allow her to," Edward spoke from next to his wife. Nessie, as they called her, looked hopeful, her tiny eyes bright and I nodded to her.

She lifted her hand to touch my cheek and at once I saw her life, as short as it was. She showed me Colin, a lot of Colin and then a field. A big, field with a ton of people. Bella held her tightly and around her, around us, were other vampires. Different eye colors, red and yellow and gold mixed together among the crowd. The longer so stayed on that the more I could see. The clearer it came. Then I caught it, the flash of familiar fur, then the whole pack came into focus. A boy had come, then, he explained that he was like Nessie and that they'd age faster than a normal child, but they still had all of the capabilities as a human. That they were a nice mix of both.

At once, I was back in the Cullen's, Nessie was on my lap and her hand was away from my cheek. I reached up to cover her ears, suddenly filled with rage. "Hold on a fucking second," I spat, turning to narrow my eyes at Jacob, "You fucking knew? And you didn't tell me?"

"Anja..." Jacob approached me slowly, kneeling down in front of my and trying to grips my hands. I pulled them away and glared at him.

"You knew? You knew I had a niece and my sister was a vampire and that Nessie was almost killed and you didn't tell me?"

"Anja, please-"

"When did this happen?"

"The day after the bonfire."

"I'm not going to be around tomorrow, maybe not the next day either," we were laying in my bed, facing each other when he said that.

"Oh?"

"Yeah, I have to take my Dad to this specialist down in Oregon. The wheelchairs are bothering him, so we're going to go down and see what's up."

"Oh. Okay, yeah. Just let me know how it plays out, right?"

"Of course," he promised, leaning over to kiss my forehead.

"You told me your Dad was having problems with his chair," I gaped at him. "You…you lied to me," I stuttered, staring at him.

"I did it to protect you."

"You and I are supposed to be together for the rest of our lives," I told him and he gave me a nod in confirmation. "How can we do that when you aren't honest with me? Especially about something this major? What if you died?"

"I wasn't going to die, Anja. It was an easy job."

"You don't get it, Jacob," I shook my head, tears welling up in my eyes. He reached for my hands again but I pulled away harshly, pulling them against my chest and staring at him in disbelief.

"I wasn't going to worry you, or put you in danger over something that we had under control." I shook my head, my eyes closed as I reached up to rub my hands over my face. This was ridiculous. "Babe, please."

"Just go home, Jacob," I said quietly, opening my eyes to look at him. I wished I hadn't, his big brown eyes stared up at me. They held so much hurt I had to look away. "Go home." He nodded and stood up, fishing my keys out of his pocket and dropping them on my lap. He turned and disappeared from my line of vision, which was for the better. I didn't want to watch him leave. I heard a harsh ripping sound and then a howl which pulled at my chest. I looked to Nessie now, ignoring the tears that stung my eyes and held my arms out, which she gladly tucked herself into. "If I knew about you sooner I'd have been here everyday to see you," I whispered to her, "You're such a beautiful girl and you're so smart," I felt her giggle.

"Auntie Anna, I can't breathe!" She laughed as I loosened my grip on her, simply kissing her forehead and pulling back to glance up at Edward.

"Why don't we have Carlisle look at your foot?" He suggested.

"Well, good news and bad news," Carlisle told me, staring at the X-ray machine that was chilling in his dining room along with various other medical supplies.

"Okay?"

"Bad news is it's broken. And you'll have to wear a ski boot," I groaned loudly, making him laugh.

"What's the good news?"

"It's a hairline fracture. If you behave yourself and listen, which, given my knowledge of certain family members, I doubt, it should heal pretty quickly. And, I know how much your love your combat boots, so I'll get you some inserts that you can slip in and wear those instead of the ski boot."

"Okay, this is good news," I grinned at him.

"Alright. Well, there's this outpatient office not far from here. We'll get Jacob and you can pop over and get it and then you'll be set. I'll get you-"

"Carlisle." He stopped. "You're not getting Jacob." He sighed.

"Anja-"

"Nope. I'll do it myself." Carlisle nodded and handed me three slips of paper.

"All prescriptions. Two are for you boot and your shoe inserts. The other is a painkiller. You can choose to fill it if you need it, or you can just take Tylenol or Ibuprofen. Whichever you prefer."

"Cool," I gently heaved myself off the sofa, thanking Carlisle and going to say goodbye to the rest of my family, kissing Nessie on the forehead as I went.

"Come visit tomorrow?" Nessie begged. I couldn't refuse.

"How about we visit Auntie Anna?" Edward suggested. "She's broke and she needs rest."

"Pft," I waved Edward off. "Don't worry, kid. I'll be here tomorrow and we'll play."

"Okay!"

"Alright, see you guys."

I stopped at the outpatient center and got my boot and inserts. I went to pay but the lady shook her head, "Doctor Cullen already paid for it," she'd told me. I just thanked her for her help and left, shooting a text to Bella and asking her to thank Carlisle for me.

I decided to stop a CVS and grab some Ibuprofen just in case, swinging by the makeup section and buying some of what I liked before I headed home.

By the time I was home, I was physically and emotionally exhausted. The boot was a pain in my ass and I hated the looks of pity people gave me. I cranked my air conditioner and laid in bed, piling the blankets on so I had a familiar sense of being warm. I tossed and turned, giving up after an hour and going downstairs.

I decided to order pizza. Mushroom and olives. I curled up on the sofa, munching on the Domino's while I watched Castle.

I fell asleep after the third episode.

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