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Permalink Reply by ♥UrStewyBomb♥ on August 28, 2009 at 8:49pm

Chapter Eight - hitchhiking


I ran non-stop for about two hours before I had to stop to catch my breath. The bottom half of me was soaking wet from walking through countless rivers in an attempt to throw them off my scent.
School would finish soon and Alice and Rose would start to wonder where I was. Mum and Esme had both ended up going hunting with the guys. They claimed they both really needed to hunt. Esme really did, her eyes were pitch black. But mum… Well mum just really hates Alice’s idea of fun.
I sank down onto a large rock and pulled my Ipod and a muesli bar out of my bag as I scanned my surroundings.
I was surrounded on all sides by thick trees. It had been slow –even for a vampire, or in my case half vampire- because I constantly had to weave my way through the trees only accelerating when I came to one of the few clearings.

I could faintly hear a few cars off somewhere to my right which was good. There weren’t many cars though which was also good.
I reckon if I were to hitchhike my way to Forks I wouldn’t have to harm anyone.
But right now I just really needed to rest. I was physically and mentally exhausted. Last night I had only gotten about an hours sleep because I was so high on my emotions. Jasper ended up getting suspicious about all the emotions dancing around in my head so I just told him I was excited for the ‘girls only’ weekend which thankfully he seemed to buy.
Plus running for two hours without a break wasn’t really helping. I just really wanted to curl up right here a sleep for a while. But I could only allow myself ten minutes at most before I had to continue on my way.
I put my Ipod on shuffle, ripped open my muesli bar and leaned back resting my back on a large boulder behind me.
I started singing along as You Belong With Me by Taylor Swift came blaring out of my headphones blocking out all of the background noises.

You're on the phone with your girlfriend, She's upset
She's going off about something that you said
She doesn’t get your humour like I do

I'm in the room, its a typical Tuesday night
I'm listening to the kind of music she doesn’t like
And she'll never know your story like I do

But she wears short skirts, I wear t-shirts
She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers
Dreaming bout the day when you'll wake up and find
That what you're looking for has been here the whole time

If you could see that I'm the one who understands you
Been here all along so why can't you see?
You belong with me
You belong with me

Walking the streets with you in your worn out jeans
I cant help thinking this is how it ought to be
Laughing on the park bench thinking to myself
Hey isn’t this easy?

And you've got a smile that could light up this whole town
I haven’t seen it in awhile, since she brought you down
You say you find I know you better than that
Hey, Whatcha doing with a girl like that?

She wears high heels, I wear sneakers
She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers
Dreaming bout the day when you'll wake up and find
That what you're looking for has been here the whole time

If you could see that I'm the one who understands you
Been here all along so why can't you see?
You belong with me

Standing by, waiting at your back door
All this time how could you not know that?
You belong with me
You belong with me

Oh I remember you driving to my house in the middle of the night
I'm the one who makes you laugh when you know you're about to cry
I know your favourite songs and you tell me about your dreams
I think I know where you belong. I think I know it's with me.

Can't you see that I'm the one who understand you?
Been here all along so why can't you see?
You belong with me

Standing by or waiting at your back door
All this time how could you not know that
You belong with me
You belong with me

Have you ever thought just maybe
You belong with me
You belong with me

I sighed and slowly climbed to my feet as the song came to an end shoving my things back into my school bag.
I shouldered my bag and started running again.


I’d ran for another two minutes before I’d reached the road; a narrow gravel line that stretched along between the trees as far as I could see to both sides.
I had now been sitting on my jacket by the side of the road for about an hour and no cars had even come past yet. Oh except for one but I’d had to let it go.
Well I couldn’t really come running out of the trees with deer blood all round my mouth and all over my hands I’d probably give the occupants of the car a heart attack.
So I had just ended up finishing a couple of deer, cleaned up in a stream and headed back to wait for another car to come by.

About half an hour later I heard it. The faint sound of a car engine and the crunch of tires on gravel.
Turning my head toward the sound I saw lots of dust and amongst the dust a shiny black Ute.
I packed up my stuff and watched as the Ute quickly advanced on me. I stepped forward closer to the road as the car slowed to a stop in front of me.
“Hey,” I said as a man with short messy blonde hair possibly in his early twenties stuck his head out the driver’s side window.
“Hey,” he replied looking me up and down his eyes lingering for a bit too long on my chest. “What you doin by yourself out in the middle of nowhere kid?”
“I had a fight with my boyfriend.” I hadn’t given much thought to my cover story I had just hoped who ever I got a ride with wouldn’t be too nosey.
“Oh bugger. Anyways… Ya wanna ride?”
“Yeah that would be good thanks.” I walked round and climbed into the cab next to him
“What’s ya name?” He offered one of his big hands to me, which I hesitantly shook.
“Renesmee. But everyone calls me Ness.”
“Renesmee? Well sure aint never heard that one before.”
“Yeah my mum kinda got creative.” I didn’t mention how much I wished that she hadn’t gotten creative and had just named me something simple instead. Or even if she just swapped my fist and middle names round. I mean lots of people had weird middle names. Sarah’s middle name was Millicent, and one guy in my gym classes’ middle name was Evander. Carlie Renesmee Cullen isn’t as bad as Renesmee Carlie Cullen.
“Sweet. Mines Jim. So where ya headed?” I was starting to feel slightly uncomfortable under his penetrating gaze. He wouldn’t stop staring at me.
“Forks.”
“Well I’m heading down Seattle for a friends twenty first so I can drop you off on my way past.”
“Oh um yeah that would be good thanks.”
“Yup. We gonna have this massive big piss up. S’ gonna be awesome as. Ya welcome to come if ya want. Could find ya a new man. How bout it?” He gave me a lopsided grin that sent shivers down my spine. Sure he was good looking for a human –even more so than Luke- but I only have eyes for one man.
“I really shouldn’t. I need to get home anyway.”
“Well you got plenty a time to think bout it girl so don stress.” He started the car up and pulled back out into the middle of the road.
“No it’s okay I shouldn’t.”
He grunted and concentrated back on the road. The conversation seemed to be over for the time being so I pulled my mobile out. I had one message from Rose, three messages and a missed call from Alice, one message from Maddy and one from Luke.
I opened Rose’s message first-
Where r u? Hav u got
A detention or summin?
Want us 2 wait? :D

Next I opened the first of Alice’s-
Where are you Ness?

The second one was slightly more desperate-
Where are you? Please
Hurry up! I have planning
Preparations for the
Weekend still to do!!

And the last one even more so-
Why didn’t you pick up
When I called you? Have
You decided to ditch us?
God I wish I could see!!!!
Anyway please don’t! Oh’
Honey it won’t be as fun
With only Rose and me!
COME HOME!

I quickly replied-
I am so sorry Al but Mad
is in th middle of a major
crisis! She really needs
me so I gonna hav to give
this weekend a miss sorry!
Oh and I gonna spend th
weekend @ Mads!! TTYL
xox
P.S Tell Rose

I replied to Maddy’s message –which just asked where I’d been in last period- with-
Sorry I wasn’t feelin well!
Can’t talk sorry bout 2 chuck!!
TTYL! LYLAS! Xox

Yes dramatic and somewhat disgusting but still sometimes you just had to do theses things.
I couldn’t be bothered with Luke so I deleted his and waited for the replies.
Alice-
Oh you kidding! Well…
Another time then. Give
Maddy my sympathy!
Luv ya xoxo P.S Rose
Says bugger plus a
Frowny face :(

I replied, put my phone back into my pocket and waited whilst trying to tune out from the Adam Brand blaring out of the car speakers.


“Oh Ness,” Jake muttered into my hair as he scooped me up into his warm thick arms crushing me to his chest, “I missed you.”
“I love you,” I whispered clinging to him as hot salty tears streamed down my face.
“I love you too! I love you too!” He brushed the tears away gently with his fingers before leaning down and pressing his lips softly to mine once, twice and then kissing me passionately.
That one kiss was everything to me. It showed me that he wanted me the same way that I wanted him.
“I love you Renesmee Cullen.”
“I love you too Jacob Black.”
“I want to spend the rest of my life with you.”
“I thought you would never say that.” This was the perfect reunion. Better than I could have ever dreamt.
“Wake up.”
“I love you.” Wait! What?
“Wake up.”
“I am awake Jake.”
“Hey that rhymes,” Jake laughed. But… No… That wasn’t Jake’s laugh. It wasn’t the deep rumble I remembered so well and loved so much. It was too… Well it was… Just… It just wasn’t his laugh.
“Wake up.” It was so strange. I could see his lips moving but the words coming out just didn’t sound right.
“I am,” I insisted.
“No your not.”
“What’s wrong with your voice?”
“Nothing,” he replied as he reached forward grabbed my shoulders and roughly shook me.
My eyes flew open and suddenly I was no longer standing in front of Jake’s house with the sun beating down on us. I was sitting in an unfamiliar car with a stranger grinning down at me.
It took me a second to get my bearings and work out where I was and who the stranger was but once I did I wished I hadnt.
It had all been a dream. Just a stupid dream. I suppose that explains why there was no awkwardness. But it had been perfect.
I glanced at the dashboard clock and saw the numbers 3:02 glowing back at me. It was dark out so it must be AM.
"Welcome back sleeping beauty," Jim laughed.
I felt the sharp stinging in the back of my eyes and my vision started bluring. I squeezed my eyes shut trying to hold back the tears.
"You right?" He asked sounding slightly worried.
I nodded not trusting myself to speak.
"Well sorry to wake you. I really hated too do so cos it sounded like ya were having a real good dream but I just had ta."
Oh god. "Was I talking in my sleep?"
"Yer," He smiled at me. "So who's this Jacob Black guy? He ya boyfriend?"
"I wish," I muttered slightly embarrassed. Talking in my sleep was a habit I had supposedly picked up from mum even though she can't sleep anymore so she can't talk in her sleep. But yeah I inherited it and hated it.
"Well anyways the reason I woke ya was cos I'm gettin pretty drowsy and well... Can you drive?"
"Um yeah."
"Well you can take over while I get some shut eye."
"Wait." I grabbed his arm as he went to get out of the car. "I don't even have my licence. I'm underage."
"Ah don worry. She's cool. Just wake me if some cops come. Oh and don't crash." He got out into the dark and walked round to my side of the car.
"slide Over," he said as he opened my door . I did as I was told and he climbed in behind me and settled into the seat I had just vacated. Within seconds he was snoring his head off.
"Well," I sighed to myself. This was kind of weird. I did know how to drive. I was an awesome driver. It was just well. This man was letting some kid he hardly even knew drive his car while he slept. It was weird.
Oh well. This way we would get there faster.

Permalink Reply by ♥UrStewyBomb♥ on August 29, 2009 at 1:18am

Thanks Fang :)
And I havent gotten all the chapters up yet cos I'm waiting for at least a few reviews on each chapter. This group isn't really big (especially before I sent out group invites 2 all my friends) and so there wasn't that many ppl 2 read it.

Fang .S.Q. Black said:

you still havnt got all of them up yet, which is weird, you should jsut copy and past from the writers Haven, I dont think I need to comment on this story, cause you know how much I lvoe it, and you know how much I want to read more. Love you're story SO much.

Permalink Reply by ♥UrStewyBomb♥ on September 22, 2009 at 4:25am

Chapter nine- home sweet home.

I stood on the side of the road absently waving as the Ute slowly disappeared into the horizon. It was almost lunchtime on Saturday and Jim had just dropped me off by the big wooden sign that announced that I had arrived home.
It was strange because normally when I saw that sign I would want to turn around and leave –I used to totally despise Forks- but now I was so glad to be back I could barely contain my excitement.
I was just waiting for Jim to get out of sight so I could take off into the forest.
Jim had been slightly unsure about leaving me on the side of the road. He had insisted on driving me to my house but I’d kindly refused and told him my house wasn’t far. I also told him the walk would give me time to think things over. He’d eventually agreed but still insisted on me coming to his friend’s party, which I had not so kindly refused. I had kinda snapped a bit because I was getting annoyed because he was keeping me from seeing Jake.
I watched as the he turned a corner and disappeared from sight. I could still hear the sound of his engine though as it slowly got fainter.
Well. Here I come Jake.
I turned and ran into the forest.
I could feel all the tiny butterflies fluttering round in my stomach knocking into each other. Wow I had never been this nervous before. I really needed to puke and I didn’t know why.

It didn’t take long to get to La Push or for me to come across the smell of werewolves. Unlike the rest of my family the smell of werewolves didn’t bother me. It was just this faint not entirely unpleasant wet dog smell. It wasn’t the nicest smell in the world but it was bearable. And I had become used to it so it didn’t even bother me anymore.
I had just crossed the boundary that no vampires were allowed to cross. The rest of the wolf pack had agreed to make an exception for me because of the whole Jacob imprinting on me thing so as soon as I crossed that invisible line I felt safer. It wasn’t like I was scared of my family or anything it was just that now they couldn’t reach me.
I could now see the opening in the tree’s just up ahead that would lead me out onto the Black’s front lawn.
Then I was there.
The dim light filtered through the menacing gray clouds onto the lush green lawn. Jacobs house wasn’t much to look at but it had this strange homely feel to it. Unlike most of the massive big houses –if that’s what you would call them- we always lived in.
The werewolf scent was stronger now and from inside I could hear the sound of the TV and running water accompanied with the occasional clink of glass and china.
Here goes then. I took a deep breath and slowly walked up to the front door. Knock. Knock.
The water shut off and I heard soft footsteps as someone came to answer the door.
I stepped back as the door slowly creaked open to reveal Rachel with an annoyed expression that quickly changed to surprise then just as quickly happy.
“Oh my god!” She cried clearly happy to see me. “Wow Ness! Is that really you? Oh My God! Ohmygodohmygodohmygod! Jeez it’s so good to see you! Wow Jake will be so happy your back!” She just stood there for a while talking flat out before throwing her arms around me and hugging me as tight as she could. I was glad I wasn’t fully human because if I were then that hug would no doubt really hurt. “Hey Paul,” She called as she let go of me and leaned back into the house, “come see who’s here! Wow it’s really you,” she said turning back to me slightly more composed.
“Yeah,” I said smiling at her previous enthusiasm, “It’s really me.”
“Oh well would ya look at that! If it aint my old pal Renesmee,” Paul appeared at the doorway and slapped me hard –with enough force that it actually inflicted pain- on the back.
I winced. “Hey Paul.”
“Long time no see,” he said glancing over my shoulder seemingly looking for something or someone.
“Yeah. How are you two?” I asked.
“Good,” Rachel said answering for both of them.
Jake mustn’t be home. Or maybe he was home but he didn’t want to see me so he sent Rachel and Paul to distract me while he snuck out the bathroom window. That would explain why they weren’t inviting me inside.
Oh great! I’m back to theses thoughts again!
“Yeah,” Paul agreed. “Hey Rach invite poor Ness in.” It was like he could read my mind.
“Oh right yeah. Come in. Sorry I was just so happy to see you.”
“It’s fine,” I said as I walked past them into the house.
“Make yourself at home,” Rachel said shutting the door and following me into the lounge room with Paul close behind. “Can I get you anything? We don’t really have much though. Paul’s been over heaps lately,” she joked smiling up at him.
“Love you too babe,” he laughed as he leaned down and kissed her on the lips quickly but passionately.
I always found this loving mushy side of Paul weird and slightly scary.
“No I’m fine thanks Rachel. What ya watching?” I asked as I sat down on the old shabby worn out couch.
“Some movie.” Rachel came over and sat down next to me. “Jake is going to be so happy your back. He should be home soon. Oh and Hayden too.”
“Hayden?”
“Quil’s cousin. You’re going to love Hayden.”
“Am I?”
“Yup. Hays a total legend.”
”More than me?” I asked looking at her with a hurt –well an attempt- look on my face.
“No never Ness,” she replied throwing her arms around me again.
Rachel and I had always gotten along really well. She was like a big sister to me.
“So where’s the rest of your family?” Paul asked.
And so the questions begin.
“Alaska.”
“So you came by yourself?” Rachel frowned at me, looking like mum does when I do something she doesn’t approve of.
“Yeah. And please don’t give me that look.”
”Sorry. But why?”
”I missed you.”
“What just me?”
“Everyone,” I gestured with my hands around the room meaning the whole of La Push.
“Fair enough. And your parents let you?”
”What is this? Twenty questions or something?” I chuckled.
“Something like that. Although I’m not sure how many- don’t change the subject. They let you come?”
“Yeah,” Rachel raised an eyebrow at me and I knew she wasn’t buying any of it. “Fine no.”
“That’s what I thought. Do they know where you are?”
“Yes.” Up goes the eyebrow. “No.”
“You ran away then?”
”Yeah kinda.”
“Oh Ness they must be worried sick!”
“Na not until Monday.”
“Still. You need to let them know where you are.”
“No! Rachel you don’t get it!” I was practically screaming at her. “If they know where I am they’re just going to drag me back to Alaska and I’ll probably never see any of you again! They’re trying to make me forget about you and Jacob, Paul, everyone! I can’t go back,” I finished with a sob.
“Oh honey I’m so sorry,” Rachel said softly hugging me again but not as violently as before. But why?”
“I don’t know,” I sobbed as the tears leaked out of my eyes soaking the front of Rachel’s shirt.
I was probably being overly dramatic and making my family seem really horrible but I had to get my message through to her. They must not know where I am!
“Jake was devastated when you all disappeared. He’s been trying to continue on with his life because he didn’t think he would ever see you again no matter how much we told him he would. He searched for you for two months without ever finding any clues as to your whereabouts. He barely slept or ate, he was hardly ever home and he was worrying everyone sick. I’ve never seen him like that Ness. He seems to be better lately but not fully. His smile rarely reaches his eyes and he spends hours just staring out to see like he’s waiting for something. Or someone.”
”I’m soooo sorry,” I moaned. Was she deliberately trying to make me feel bad? Because if she was then it was working.
“Shush Ness. It’s not your fault. It’s not your fault,” she cooed. “Come on stop crying honey.” She wiped my tears away with the back of her hand.”
“Sorry,” I said letting out a small giggle when I saw the wet patch on her shirt.
“It’s okay,” she laughed. “You okay?”
“Yeah,” I said drying off my face, “ I’m fine.”
At some stage Paul had moved to sit in the armchair next to the couch and was now sitting there awkwardly not sure what to do.
“You sure?”
“Yeah.” I quite often had mini breakdowns when I got worked up, and it normally didn’t take me long to recover. I didn’t want to be like this when Jake got home.
“Here comes Hayden,” Paul reported sounding slightly grateful for a distraction. He was now standing peering through the curtains out the window.
“Where’s Jake?” Rachel asked.
“Dunno. Can’t see him. Its just Hayden.”
“You’re going to love Hay,” Rachel told me. Again.
I smiled, “so you said.” Rachel sounded like she was very fond of this Hayden guy. If I was Paul I would be keeping a close eye on the two of them.
I heard the front door open and a slightly high pitched feminine sounding voice called out, “anyone home?”
”In here,” Rachel answered.
Maybe Hayden was going through puberty. No one had told me how old he was. He did walk like a girl too, and trust me; it’s not hard to work out who was male and who was female just by the sound of their footsteps. Or maybe he was gay. I had nothing against gay people but it was the only other explanation I could think of. Plus him being gay would explain why Paul was so unfazed about Rachel’s excitement over him.
”Hey.” I turned and saw a girl about my age –well my body’s age- with long straight red hair wearing jeans, a flannelette shirt and bare feet. She’d tied the ends of her shirt into a knot that sat just below her breasts revealing a black tank top. She had a few black smudges on her face but you could still tell she was quite pretty.
I looked around behind her trying to work out who she was and where Hayden was.
Maybe she was Hayden’s girlfriend.
Then she spoke again, “hey Paul. Rachel. Who’s this?”
Hayden this is Ness.” Oh my god I’m so stupid! Hayden wasn’t going through puberty, he wasn’t gay and he walked and talked like a girl because he was a girl. He wasn’t a he. He was a she. Hayden was a she. “And Ness this is Hayden,” Rachel finished.
Hayden’s eyes lit up and she said in an excited voice, “wow! Really?” She held her hand out and I shook it hesitantly. She sounded kinda like a psycho, and smelt like freesias, lily, cucumber, oil and grease. “It’s so nice to finally meet you!”
”Finally?”
“I’ve heard so much about you,” she laughed. “Jacob is always talking about you,” I swear her smile faltered for a fraction of a second but I wasn’t quite sure. “He really missed you.”
“Yeah I missed him too.”
She didn’t look much like Quil. Oh actually I think she had a smaller version of his nose.
“Where is Jake?” Paul asked.
“He said he was going to ask Sam something.”
”More like scrounge food off Emily,” Paul said rolling is eyes.
“Yeah knowing Jake,” Rachel agreed. “Plus there’s no food here.”
“I’ve never met a vampire,” Hayden said suddenly. Okay random much.
“Technically I’m not a vampire.” She was really weird. She just wouldn’t stop looking at me strangely. I don’t think I like her.
“Still you go around sucking people dry so technically you are,” she laughed.
Both Rachel and Paul fell silent.
No I definitely don’t like her.
“Actually I do not suck people dry.” I was trying really hard not to lose my cool, cos when I lost my cool I really lost my cool. And let me tell you, it was not pretty.
“Animals, people same thing.” Same thing? Same thing!
“Well-“ walk away! Walk away! “Whatever.” I turned back to the TV, which didn’t really help seeing as there was some girl bashing the crap out of some other girl.
“What’s wrong with her?” Hayden whispered to Rachel. Clearly she also knew nothing about vampires otherwise she would know ho god our hearing was.
“Fucking suck you dry,” I muttered under my breath.
“Um… Nothing… She’s just tired is all… Um… Come help get some drinks,” Rachel said as she dragged Hayden out of the room.
That was one of the good things about Rachel; she always knew when I needed alone time. Or maybe she was just taking Hayden away before I could rip her heart out of her chest and shove it down her throat. Or just leaving Paul in charge of calming me down seeing as he was still sitting in his chair staring at the TV screen blankly.
My moneys on the third.
“So,” Paul said coming over and sinking down next to me on the couch with a sigh. “I take it you don’t like her.”
“Ha! Understatement.”
“Great,” he groaned. Something about the look on his face told me he was hoping I would like her and that it wasn’t good that I didn’t like her.
“Great what?”
“Nothing. Hey Jake should be here soon.” I am normally peeved when someone changes the subject at a like that, but in this case I didn’t mind. Besides the new topic was much more interesting.
“Yeah. Do you think he’ll be happy to see me?” I couldn’t help asking.
“What? Does that question somehow have a double meaning? Of course he’ll be god damn happy to see you. He’ll be ecstatic to see you Ness. Rachel told you how long he spent searching for you.” He paused. “Renesmee imprinting doesn’t wear off. Even if that person doesn’t love you back, or if they leave you, Ness even if they were to go out and brutally murder all your family and friends you still love them. Ness Imprinting lasts forever. Jacob’s love for you is forever. It will never die… even if you do.”
“Thanks,” I smiled at him. Paul always had this weird knack at cheering me up.
He punched me in the arm lightly and said, “Chin up.”
“Here comes Jake,” Rachel said as she walked back into the lounge room alone.
Maybe Hayden had left. But who cares about her, he was coming!
I had hoped for it to just be the two of us but I suppose I can’t have everything go my way.
My plan was very simple; when he came over to hug me I would reach up and kiss him on the lips –but not a kiss that said “friends”, anything but that, anything to get the message through- and hopefully he would kiss me back –in a non-friendly way-.
I could now hear his cheerful whistling and the sound of his bare feet padding along the grass toward the house.
But something was off. His whistling was strangely toneless and his footsteps seemed too slow.
I turned in my feet so I was facing the doorway the separated the lounge room from the hallway. Through that door and to the right was the front door. The same door I had come through and the same door that Jacob was now coming through.
I heard and felt my heart speed up as he slowly opened the door.
Slowly he came into view and smiled -the smile wasn’t for me since he hadn’t seen me yet- at the owner of the footsteps that were coming down the hall toward him. God maybe she didn’t leave.
“Hey,” Jake said to her his voice sending chills of delight up my spine. I hadn’t realized until now how much I had missed the sound of his voice.
“Hey,” Hayden replied as she came into view stopping in front of Jake. I couldn’t see her expression because her face was slightly turned away from me and covered by her hair on her right side. “Took your time.”
“Sorry Hun,” he smiled at her. Hun?
Then what Jacob did next was totally unexpected.
I watched in horror as he leaned down and softly pressed his lips to Hayden’s in way that clearly didn’t say “friends”.

Permalink Reply by ♥UrStewyBomb♥ on September 22, 2009 at 4:26am

Chapter ten- WAR!

It felt as though someone had gotten a rusty nail and slowly hammered it into my heart.
I now had no reason for being here. Here in this house, in this town. In this world even.
“Ness?” I couldn’t even look at him.
Suddenly I felt his big warm arms wrap around me lifting me off the ground and crushing me to his chest. “Oh Nessie! Your back! Oh I missed you so much!”
“Hey Jake,” I muttered. I could feel the sting in the back of my eyes and my vision started to blurr. I fought to hold back my tears.
I couldn’t be here with him. I couldn’t bear to see him happy with her. She had robbed me of the one man I truly loved. I had to leave, and I had to do so now.
I had nowhere to go though. I couldn’t stay here and I couldn’t go back to Fairbanks –well I could but I didn’t want to-. Maybe I could do a dad and go to Italy. No one would stop me because Alice wouldn’t see it happening and none of the pack would even contemplate the fact that that’s where I might have disappeared to.
“Oh Ness honey don’t cry,” Jacob said softly. My thoughts had distracted me and made me forget about trying not to cry.
I buried my face in his chest as the hot salty tears streamed down my face.
I couldn’t leave now. I had gone to too much trouble to get here to be with him. I couldn’t just give up. Somehow I would get rid of Hayden I just needed to be strong.
“I missed you,” I whispered looking up into his face the tears -of joy at seeing him again and the tears of agony at not being able to have him all to myself- rolling down my face.
“As did I,” he beamed at me.
“You missed yourself?” I asked managing a small chuckle.
“Yes always,” he replied smiling. “But mainly I missed you.” He was the same Jacob I remembered, always cracking his extremely lame but none the less funny jokes -well I though they were anyway-.
He pushed me away from him gently and held me at arms length while inspecting me. “You still growing?” He asked.
“Yeah but not as fast anymore. Carlisle says that it will probably stop in a few months.”
”But Nahuel said he didn’t stop growing until he was about seven and your only five.”
“Everyone’s different Jake.” It was so easy to talk to him. It seemed so normal; like I hadn’t been gone for over a year and like he hadn’t just broken my heart.
“Yeah spose so. How’s the rest of the Leeches?” Ugh I hated it when he called vampires things like that.
“Not bad.”
“Where are they?” Questions again.
“Well mum, dad, Carlisle, Esme, Emmett and Jasper went hunting and Alice and Rosalie are at home. “
“So you came by yourself?”
“Yes I did and no they don’t know where I am and yes I ran away and no I am not going to call them and tell them where I am!”
He frowned. “Um ok.”
Suddenly two hands appeared and wrapped them selves round Jake’s waist barely reaching all the way round.
She just had to ruin everything didn’t she!
I leaned back in and hugged Jake pretending not to see Hayden’s hands. I mashed myself to the front of him and pulled away when I heard her yelp out in pain.
“OW!” She said jumping up and down shaking her hands about like that would magically make them feel better. "OH OUCH!"
“Oh sorry,” I said trying to make my apology sound genuine.
She glared at me and looked up at Jake who was still staring at me seemingly unaware that I had just sandwiched his girlfriend’s hands.
“So how’ve you been?” Jake asked still looking at me.
“Yeah ok I guess,” I replied. “And you?”
”I’ve been better,” he said, a look of sadness briefly crossing his face. “What you been up to?” I reached forward and tentatively placed my hand on his big brown arm.
I used my gift to show him our new house in Fairbanks, my new school, I showed him my fifth birthday party with my family, and then my fifteenth party the next day with my friends, I showed him all my friends, along with a few other random little details, I considered showing him when I ran away but decided against it at the last minute.
"Wow,” he said once I finished. “Sorry I missed your birthday.”
“It’s not your fault,” I replied guiltily.
“Nor is it yours,” he said resting his hand over mine where it still sat on his arm. “I’ll make it up to you though.”
“It’s fine Jake,” I insisted.
“No it’s not Ness. I’ll get you a present soon. And we can have a welcome back party for you. Everyone will be so happy to see you,” he paused for a second frowning to himself. “How long you even here for?”
“Well…” I didn’t really want to leave anymore. I hadn’t seen him in ages and now that he was standing right here with me I had to have him. Hayden wasn’t a problem; I could easily deal with her. And I didn’t mean I was going to kill her or anything. I was just going to split her and Jake up, maybe scare her away or something. “I don’t know-“
“Probably shouldn’t stay long,” Hayden interrupted. “I mean your parents will get worried.”
“I’m old enough to do what I want,” I snapped
“And how old are you exactly?” She asked. “What… Thirteen? Fourteen?” She obviously hadn't been listening very hard to the conversation Jake and I had just had.
“Seven actually,” I said matter-of-factly smiling slightly.
Hayden frowned unsure about whether I was joking or not.
“Your parents have always been overprotective,” Jake said.
“She is young though,” Rachel said speaking up for the first time in a while.
“I’m old enough to make my own decisions and take care of myself,” I protested.
“Course you are Ness,” Jake chuckled ruffling my hair.
I swatted his hand away playfully, “I have told you I don’t know how many times not to do that.”
”Sorry Nessie but you know you love it,” He said attempting seriousness.
“Maybe I do maybe I don’t,” I batted my eyelashes at him revelling in the sound of Hayden’s breathing as it got heavier. Oh sweet sweet revenge. I would have Jake no matter what lengths I had to go to to rid of that b****, and actually now that I think about it it will be quite fun getting rid of her.
Jake laughed. “Oh I missed you Nessie,” he repeated leaning forward and gently hugging me again.
“Ditto,” I said smiling into his chest.
“I love you Ness.” My heart rate picked up and I got butterflies in my stomach. Those were the words I wanted to hear. “Your like the third sister I never had.” My happiness at his first words was gone in an instant. It felt as though he had punched me in the face. It was like my heart had been broken for the second time in a matter of hours.
“Yeah,” I muttered pulling away from him and facing the window where no one could see the tears that were once again rolling down my cheeks.
“Hey, honey what’s the matter?” Jake asked grabbing my shoulder and spinning me back round to face him.
“I’m just happy to see you,” I lied as I once again buried my face in his chest. It wasn’t a complete lie. I mean I was happy to see him but that wasn’t why I was crying.
“I know,” he said holding me tight.
This felt so right. I wanted to stay this way forever. Spend forever in his arms.
“I’m fine now,” I said. The tears had stopped and I was determined to start work immediately on project annihilate Hayden… Or maybe project forever… Obviously I would have to come up with a better name.
I pulled away from Jake once again and grinned up at him. “How would you like to go for a run?” I asked. He smiled at me. “I really need to hunt.”
”I would love to,” he said enthusiastically.
Hayden appeared at Jake’s elbow, “can I come?”
“Oh Hun that’s really not a good idea,” Jake said sympathetically.
“Why?” Hayden asked, her voice sounded really whiny and annoying.
“Because it’s dangerous.” Jake let go of me –much to my dismay- and reached out to hug Hayden –much more to my dismay- in a very intimate way.
“I can take care of myself,” she insisted. Unfortunately –for her- it didn’t work when she tried that line.
“Not when it comes to Ness,” Paul laughed. She’s pretty fierce.”
”I bet I could take her.” Was she serious?
“Don’t underestimate her babe,” Jake said ending the hug but keeping an arm around her waist.
“I could take you with my eyes shut,” I said, “and my hands tied behind my back.” Yeah I was bragging. I know, but I don’t care.
“Sure,” she scoffed.
“You don’t believe me?”
“Oh, of course I do,” she said sarcastically.
“Mm-Hm. Want me to prove it?”
“Go ahead.” Obviously no one had told her anything about vampires seeing as how off guard I caught her with my next move.
I sprang forward knocking her backwards over the arm of the sofa, flipped her over so she was lying on her stomach and perched lightly on her back, pinning her arms behind her with one hand and wrapping my other hand gently around her throat. All this happened in about a second.
I heard and felt Hayden’s heart rate excel and Jake gasped and ran over to us.
“What are you doing?” He demanded.
“Relax Jake,” I said taking my hand away from her neck and releasing her hands but didn’t get off her. “I was just proving myself like she wanted.”
“I thought you were going to bite her,” he admitted.
“Nice to know how much you trust me.” I hadn’t even considered biting her; I was just showing her I wasn’t to be messed with. Besides she had asked for it, and she was basically unharmed, she would probably just get a few bruises tomorrow where my body had hit hers.
“Sorry Ness,” he apologised. “Hey, you right Hay?”
”Yeah,” she grunted, “no not really. Ugh get off of me freak,” she tried to sit up to no avail.
“Sure thing,” I said sweetly as I nimbly sprang off her back.
“You okay?” Jake asked again helping Hayden up.
She grunted again, “yeah whatever.” Whoa someone was in a shitty.
“Come on,” I said to her, “you told me to.”
“Well I didn’t realise your way of proving yourself to people was tackling them and threatening to strangle them,” she growled.
“Hey,” I laughed, “don’t be so dramatic about it.”
“Cheer up babe,” Jake said her patting her on the back.
“Don’t!” She screeched at him.
“S-sorry… Um I didn’t… Well… Um…sorry honey,” Jake stuttered before turning to me, “um… let’s go down the beach before we go hunting Ness. The others are all down there.”
That was so strange, Jake honestly seemed scared for a second.
“Yeah ok,” I agreed just wanting to get away from the psycho. He turned toward the door and I followed shooting Hayden a smile.
“Hey,” Jake stopped suddenly making me run into him, “you three coming?” He asked glancing over his shoulder at the others.
“Sure,” Rachel and Paul both said.
“I just gotta go to the toilet,” Hayden said quietly.
“Okay we’ll wait for you outside.”
“I’m just gonna grab a quick drink of water,” I said as I headed off toward the kitchen.
“We’ll be outside,” Jake repeated.
I wasn’t really getting a drink I just needed to talk to Hayden. I could tell she somehow knew how I felt about Jake and I just needed to have a little chat with her.
I waited till I heard the front door click shut before walking out to the hallway. Hayden was standing there glaring at me.
“You stay away from him,” she said quietly.
“Can’t make me.”
“Wanna bet?”
”Sure,” I laughed, “but I thought you would have learned from what happened before, that you can’t beat me.”
“He's mine,” she hissed. “Not your’s. Mine.”
“Not for long.”
“Your wrong for him though,” she said resorting back to her quiet voice. “He deserves someone normal-“
I interrupted, “in case you haven’t noticed, he isn’t normal.”
“He is,” she glared at me again.
“You think turning into a giant wolf is normal?”
“Well FYI, in case you haven’t noticed, you’re not exactly normal yourself.” FYI? She was weird. You only say FYI when your texting someone or emailing them or in movies. I had never actually heard someone say it out loud. I was kind of half expecting for her to come out with, OMG, or LOL or better yet LMAO.
“I know that, plus I never said that I was normal. I can’t be considered normal for a human because I’m half vampire, and I can’t be considered normal for a vampire because I’m half human. I’m half and half. I’m not quite normal,” I said this all pretty fast, it was surprising she actually understood any of it.
“Or you’re just a freak.”
“Yeah, maybe.”
“Freak,” she repeated under her breath.
“Is that the only insult you know?”
She shot me another one of her glares and pushed past me on her way to the door. “I have better things to do than hang around here talking to you.”
“Like what?”
“Like spending time with my handsome boyfriend.”
“Oh yeah? Well I believe me and your handsome boyfriend have a bit of catching up to do,” I shot past her as she opened the door and leapt straight down the stairs calling out to Jake to catch me.
“Oh it’s war,” Hayden muttered from the doorway.
I turned in Jake’s arms and glared at her over his shoulder mouthing the words, “bring it.”

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