Noonday Sun: A Post-Breaking Dawn Twilight Fanfiction

Chapter 22, The Letter

It was Monday morning. Jacob was in a good mood. Rose had broken away from Michael long enough to help Emmett fly the two new vampire families to Denali. Sarah and Lily had certainly appeared to be in control, but Jacob liked them safely out of human range. He didn't trust them the same way he'd trusted me.

Things were back to normal in the Cullen home, even if they were still tense at Sue's. Charlie was having a hard time watching the infants grow at their incredible rate. He liked his comfort zone, and that certainly wasn't it.

Jacob whistled as he waited for Nessie. I could hear it from across the river. As much as Nessie thought she'd pre-planned, there was always something that slowed her down in the morning. That morning, she was playing with her hair. She had pulled it back into a ponytail and was looking back and forth at herself in the mirror. I don't think I'd ever seen her try to do her own hair. Rose always helped her with it. I was such not a hair person. Ugh.

"I wish Aunt Rose was here." Nessie complained. She pulled out the hair band for the fifth time. "I just can't get it to look right."

I backed away. "Don't look at me." I wasn't going to deal with her ire when I didn't get it right, either. I was no match for Rose's perfection, especially when it came to doing Nessie's hair.

She stamped her foot and brushed out her long hair. "I give up. Let's go."

I headed out the door. "You need to hurry, Nessie. You're going to be late."

We rushed back to the Cullen home, the river just a blip in the course. Nessie flew through the house to grab her lunch from Esme, gave her a kiss and raced out the door.

Jacob had the Escalade's door open. She landed on the seat and had her seatbelt on before he could react. Since he had lightening fast werewolf reaction, she'd been a blur. He jumped into the driver's side and laughed, "Taking two seconds to cover all that turf isn't going to make up for all the time you took getting ready."

I could hear her protesting as they pulled out of the driveway and onto the road to Forks.

I was over missing Nessie during the day. I knew she'd be fine at school, and being with the humans was a good experience.

"Esme, I'm running over to see Leah and the babies."

She looked up from her cross stitching. "May I come with you?"

"Of course."

Edward and Carlisle were working at the hospital. There wasn't any reason for us to stay at the house. Jasper and Alice had taken the Porsche for a spin. We didn't expect them back until early afternoon. We'd be back by then.

Huilen and Rose never complained, but I knew they liked caring for the twins. They didn't get as much baby time when they were sharing with Esme and me.

Jacob

I looked at Nessie sitting in the seat beside me. She was staring at the passing scenery without seeing it. I could sense something was bothering her. "What's the matter, Nessie?" I patted her knee.

She turned to look at me a moment then stared back out the window. "I was just thinking about Lily's little boy. About how everything was going ok and then her son bit her." She shuddered. "He was so adorable. It was hard to remember not to pick him up." She turned back to look at me. "I'm glad he's in Denali."

I smiled. "Me, too." I couldn't describe my relief when both newborns emerged tame. I had to admit I was a wreck until Bella had called to say I could take Nessie home. I didn't want to be responsible for the creation of an out-of-control newborn.