A new beginning

Coffee, donuts & the talk

Nessie's POV

- Okay, so - I took a deep breath. - Who are you?

- My name is Jacob Black. I am the alpha of the pack here in La Push. I own a mechanic shop, and what is important for you is that I was your mother's best friend while she was a human. I was present at your birth, and ... - he paused, like he wasn't sure how to continue. - Saw you as a child a lot. - he finished it lamely.

- What makes you so sure that I am that child? - I regretted it as soon as I asked it. He looked hurt and annoyed.

- I know it's you. - he was determined, and his husky voice sent a shiver down my spine. - And you were taken away... 14 years ago. What happened to you? - his voice changed from determined to desperate.

- I... - I still wasn't sure if I could talk about this with him, but he looked so honest and sad that my story just started to spill out of me. - I was raised by a psychopath, named Klan. He is half vampire, half wolf. I actually don't have many memories before my first year, he always said I had an accident... that's where I lost my memories. I only remember living and growing up with him. He kept me, and others in an underground facility. He was training us, to be soldiers. I knew he kidnapped some of the wolves... that is how I got my brother, Alex. But I always thought I was his daughter. - I kept quiet for a minute. I always wished I wasn't his daughter. - Anyway, when I turned seven.. which was seventeen in my case, I had a chance to escape, and I did it with my baby sister. Ever since that, I live with my brother who found his remaining pack in Mexico.

He was quiet for a long time, so I started to eat my donuts.

- Why do you think your name is Vanessa?

- The only thing I remembered waking up from my accident was that I am called Nessie. When we escaped, I needed to live in the human world.. you know, go to school, have an ID, job, stuff like that.. I needed an official name. Nessie is clearly a nickname. I just couldn't remember how I got it, so we brainstormed with Alex, and came up with Vanessa. Nessa.. Nessie.. it seemed logical. And I have been using it for the past 7 years.

- Okay. - he said, but mostly just to himself. Then something clicked, and he looked up at me surprised. - You are eating.

- Yes, I am. - I said while I laughed. - It's a pretty good donut.

- Yes, no ... I mean. - he was so confused, it was adorable. - As a child, you didn't like human food at all. And you looked.. more pale, like your family. Also shouldn't you be like seventeen? If you stopped aging? Because you look like you are in your twenties.

- Yes, well. After leaving father... - I quickly paused. He wasn't my father. It just hit me. He abducted me, like he did with the others. - I mean... - I cleared my throat, and started a new sentence. - After leaving Klan, and living with humans, I started to like human food. And after high school, I just didn't want to look like a 17 forever. How am I supposed to work and raise my younger siblings like that? So I have found a way to.. age myself, and my pale and glowy vampire skin just transformed to a more human-like skin. Which can tan, by the way. - I added with a smile. - But enough about me, I need to know more about my so-called family. You said they are vampires? - I asked cautiously.

I didn't have a good relationship with vampires. I hate the way they lived, the bloodthirst, the fake beauty, basically everything about them, and that part of me as well.

- Yes, the Cullens. They are special, in a way that they don't feed on humans, just animals. They have been living here for a while, and had a deal with our pack that if they don't come to our territory, and don't hurt people they can stay. Carlisle, the father of the group is a doctor, her wife Esme looks the oldest, she is a very kind motherly lady. There is Emmett and Rosalie, they are a couple such as Alice and Jasper. The last two have some special abilities, Alice can see the future and Jasper can manipulate emotions. And your father, Edward, he is a mindreader. He met your mother in high school, when she was still human. Bella fell for him fast, they got married after graduation, and had you. That's the short version, they can probably give you more information. I have her number. Bella, I mean. We could speak with her. - he smiled at me slowly.