New dawn -book 1

8. Memories

" I can see why you got married". I said jokingly towards Bella. Jake' s laugh boomed around the room. "We had her after we got married." Bella explained. The small girl moved down the stairs in between Bella and Edward. "Renesmee , this is Bella's cousin Amelia ," I smiled when Edward mentioned my name. " show her what you can do Ness." he nudged her gently towards me. She shuffled towards me, her hand reaching for my cheek. When her palms touched my cheek, my eyes automatically shut.

My mind fluttered, an image came up, it was an old memory of me and Bella when we were children, playing in Forks. I heard Edward laugh under his breath. "what?" Bella asked impatiently.

" you look really beautiful as a child," Edward replied. He must read thoughts then. A different image darted across my brain, it was me growing up an moving to Scotland last year, then Bella, looking very ill. She looked like she was in pain, Jacob, Edward and Rosalie all stood around her, then Edward lifted a crying baby, Renesmee. Then to another, they were in a snowy meadow, it looked like they were ready for a battle. It interchanges between mine and Bella's life. The last image was of the night my parents and brother were killed. I removed her hand swiftly away from my cheek, try not to see the image again. After a moment of silence I wished them goodbye and left. Jacob and Seth followed me.

The drive home was silent. I thanked Jake for the lift and said goodbye to him and Seth. I went to walk to the front door when Seth got out the car. He could see that tears filled my eyes. "Em are you ok?"

" yep" I lied, wiping away my tears.

"c'mon I know you're upset about something."

I sighed

"Alright, I'll tell you but not here" signalling towards the forest. We walked half way in when I stopped.

I hesitated.

"Going round to see Bella reminded me of when my parents and my brother died."

"What?" Jake asked confused.

"My parents and my brother didn't die in a car crash, bloodsuckers killed them." I spat the words out. They both snarled. But I didn't, I could feel the hurt inside me. Seth watched my gazed and grabbed me and tightly hugged me. I released myself after a minute. " Bye , Seth. Bye Jake." I muttered. Jake hugged me too. I walked back to the house. As a walked in, Charlie was in the dark watching the game. Was it really that late? "Hey kido, the Cullens alright?" Charlie asked getting up.

" yeah fine," I mumbled.

" I made you some spaghetti, its in the fridge." he said sitting back down.

I dragged my feet toward the kitchen, opened the fridge door and grabbed the plate of spaghetti. I poured the sauce on top and stuck it in the microwave. I shovelled it down, I was that hungry. While I was washing my plate charlie got up and went to bed. Was is actually 11:30? I placed the plate back into the cupboard and switched all the lights off. I headed upstairs, got changed and slipped into bed. I lay there for a couple of minutes and then drifed off.

I began to dream. It was the the image of when Matty was dying except the vampire that was killing Matty was...Edward! Shockingly, when my dream jumped to the killing of my mum and dad the leech leaning over them was...Bella! This had to be a dream. A very horrible one at that. I tried to drag myself out when something warm touched my hand. It took me by surprise. I woke up, panting. Seth and Jake stood in my room. Then I realised that this wasn't a dream. I felt so uncomfortable, this was my room. What are they doing here?

"Seth, Jake what are you doing in my room?" I said annoyed.

"Well Charlie asked to check up on you, he said you had a fever." Seth explained.

" Erm if you didn't know ,I am 108.9 degrees."

"Well Charlie doesn't know that!" Jake interrupted his voice going into a whisper. My eyes narrowed in his direction. Then Seth sighed. " I was worried about you," Seth admitted, a bit embarrassed. I couldn't bring myself to say anything.

They left my room after that allowing me to get dressed. After grabbing breakfast we headed down to the reserve in La Push.