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Outtake 2: Nessie Visits La Push

Once I had gotten the okay to allow the Cullens onto the reservation, we planned a huge "Welcome" party for Nessie. The imprint girls were so excited, since none of them had met her and had only seen her in pictures. They made her gifts that they had learned to make from the tribe: a necklace from Emily and earrings from Kim (Alice had pierced Nessie's ears one day, much to the chagrin of both Bella and Edward, thinking that Ness was in pain. Come to find out, she's the one who asked for Alice to do it!) It made me so happy that they were accepting of her even though there were still hard feelings about the vampires in general.

They arrived in Edward's Volvo. Charlie was also with Bella, Edward, and Ness and looked green as he walked over to Sue to greet her. I cocked my head to the side, wondering what was going on, and Nessie ran to me. I caught her and spun her around, in our special way, and she giggled, placing her hands on my cheeks and squeezing them.

"Hello, Sweetheart," I said as I hugged her to me. She wrapped her tiny hands around my chest as far as they would go to squeeze me back. It was honestly one of the best parts of my day.

"Hello, Jakey," she sighed. "Thank you for letting me come see your home." Her smile made me so happy. And she was bouncing with excitement.

"Why is Grampa Charlie looking sick?" I asked her. She reached up to my face once again to show me the Volvo speeding through the streets, Charlie holding on to the "Oh crap!" bar with one hand and to Nessie with the other for dear life.

I smiled and balanced her on my left hip while opening my right arm to Bella, who was walking towards us, looking beautiful. She, too, was excited. She kissed my cheek and hugged me back, keeping her arm around my waist as we walked toward the beach, one of Bella's favorite places on the reservation.

"Momma! Look at that tree! It fell!" Nessie screamed.

Bella looked over to where her daughter was pointing and smiled. "That is a very special tree," she explained. "That tree is where Momma and Jake talked and thought a lot when we were here together."

Nessie blinked. "Momma, you came to visit Jakey at his home?"

"I came here a lot, Renesmee. It was like another home for me. I was lucky that I had so many people who loved me," she responded. "Just like you do."

"Even though she smells horrible now, we still love her!" a loud voice echoed. Bella smiled and turned around to hug Quil who was holding a squirming Claire.

"It's good to have you back here, Vampire Girl. You did always belong here, you know." Embry came up behind Quil and winked at Bella.

Nessie buried her head in my neck. She was still a bit shy, even though she knew Embry and Quil.

"Qwiiiiiil!" Claire shouted. "Is dis my fwiend Nessie?"

Ness looked out from underneath her mountain of curls and pushed a hand to my chest.

Why does Claire talk silly, Jakey? she asked me. Edward heard her thoughts and cleared his throat.

I smiled. "Ness, this is Claire. She just turned 3 a few months ago."

Ohhh, she thought. 3 for the human people is different than for me. Will she like me now?

"NESSIE!" Claire screamed and jumped down from Quil's arms. "Where you been? I ask-ted Qwil allatime when you was coming to see me!"

Nessie smiled at Claire and looked at me. "Jakey, can you put me down, please?"

I did as she instructed and watched her walk daintily over to Claire. Everyone was nervously watching this exchange because we knew that Nessie wasn't used to children and she really didn't like childish toys, books, and language.

"I like your bracelet, Claire," Nessie said shyly as she pointed to Claire's wrist. "I have one just like it! Jake made it for me."

"Unca Jay made dat fors you? My Qwilly made dis one for me! It means dat he loves me more dan ANYTHING! I bet Unca Jay's means dat, too." Claire said with confidence.

"That's what he told me. I guess that must mean we're friends, too, if we have the same bracelet and we both know Jake and Quil!" Nessie said.

Claire put out her hand and looked at Ness with the expectation that they could hold hands. Nessie gently placed her hand in Claire's as they walked together, Claire babbling on and on about the beach and seeing whales and Quil not letting her put her feet in the water unless she had a "lifecoat" on. Nessie nodded her head and told Claire that Quil just loved her too much to let her get hurt and that I was the same way, too. The girls laughed and smiled at each other, both happy to have made a friend.

Quil and I stayed close to them as Claire showed Nessie around different parts of La Push. She showed Ness the water (which Ness fell into, making Claire laugh and jump in behind her and giving Quil and me heart attacks), they picked up rocks and shells (enough to fill 2 sand pails that Alice was nice enough to pack in the Volvo before Edward left, having seen Quil and me walking around with our shirts folded upward and overflowing with small things), and they ate food (Claire got Nessie to eat corn, hot dogs, and macaroni and cheese).

I was so excited that they were taking to one another so well. Nessie kept grabbing my hand, pulling me to see different things Claire was showing her and shared her thoughts with me. They were a big jumble, and I was nervous until the words, I have a friend, came through amid all the colors, and shapes, and feelings of happiness. Quil took some pictures of the girls during their various activities with a fancy digital camera of Edward's and made him promise to email a set once they got onto the computer.

I had no idea that while the four of us were hanging out together that the Bella, Edward, my dad, Sue, and the packs with their imprints were introducing Charlie to a few trade secrets. The poor guy was already looking ill after a car ride with Vamp Daddy, the Speed Demon, and now he was positively shell-shocked!

We walked back over in time to hear Charlie say, "She talked to Claire. But she's…she's less than 6 months old!"

Nessie froze and hung her head, upset with herself for forgetting that she wasn't supposed to speak in front of the humans. I knelt in front of her and lifted her chin.

"Grampa isn't mad at you, and no one else is either. He needs to know this stuff, and it was about time someone told him!" I nodded.

She nodded back and walked over to Charlie. He looked down at her and pulled her into his lap.

"Why did you not talk to me, sweetheart? I wish you had," he said quietly.

"I…I didn't want to make you scared, Grampa. I know that I'm different. I'm not like Claire, and I didn't want you to get sick or sad if you knew that I was different," she whispered.

"Honey, you're my special girl! You couldn't make me sad. It's just…like you said, this is all different. That's all. Takes some getting used to. But, I love you, kiddo. Okay?" he assured her. That might have been the longest sentence Charlie had ever spoken.

"Okay, Grampa!" she hugged him tightly. "Should I tell him that Daddy's a vampire, too, since the Jakey's out of the bag? You know…the Jakey, like the wolf's out of the bag? The pack boys say that all the time…."

Everyone went silent.

"Vampires, huh? Well, since the Jakey was out of the bag a while ago, when Jake turned into that wolfman, I figured that there might be something more going on to Bella's changes than I thought. Just…don't bite me, okay?" Charlie laughed.

Everyone else was still sitting around, alarmed that Charlie was taking things so easily.

Nessie laughed, and Charlie kissed her again, cutting the tension.

"Vampires…Normally I'd flip out about something like this, but I'm just too amazed to do that," Charlie muttered. "Next thing you'll tell me is that Sue is a witch!"

"Not a witch, Charlie. Just a very magical woman," Sue responded.

"And a great cook!" Jared and Seth shouted.

Everyone went back to singing, dancing, laughing, and talking. Quil and I sat in the sand as we watched our two favorite girls spin around and run all over the beach while holding hands.

When it was late and time for the Cullens to head home, Nessie and Claire both cried. They clung to one another and pouted expertly until Quil promised Claire that she could have another play date with Nessie soon. The girls stopped crying and hugged, obviously happy with the prospect of seeing one another soon, and blew kisses to each other as the Volvo drove away with Edward, Bella, Nessie, and I sitting in it.

"So, Bells, Charlie took the news well," I said.

"Yeah…too well," Bella replied. "I'm wondering if someone said something to him before. I bet Sue did because the vein in his forehead didn't pop out like it usually does when he hears news he doesn't like."

"She did, love," Edward confirmed. "She told him a while back actually when we went on our fake camping trip before the Volturi came. She wanted him to be in the loop in case something happened. It would be harder to explain things if we were gone, like for good."

"Oh," Bella said tensely. "Well, I'm glad she did. Now, when he's ready, he can talk to me about it. Which I'm sure will be soon."

"Momma, I love Grampa. Can we make him a vampire too so he can live with us forever and ever?" Nessie asked, words dripping with sleep.

"We'll talk about that another day. You were busy! Rest, sweetie, and dream about having fun with Claire," Bella avoided the question.

Once we got home, the rest of the Cullens were waiting to hear about Ness' fun day, but Bella said that Ness was tired and would tell them in the morning. I walked upstairs to put Ness to bed, since she had been changed into her PJs already (she wanted to show Claire the wolf PJs with the hood and the ears that Alice found and promised to buy her a pair, too!) and laid her in her bed. She tightened her arms around my neck, latching herself to me.

"Go ahead, Jacob. You can stay with her," Edward sighed. "Just keep a shirt on, okay? Alice will call Billy for you." He kissed Nessie's head and tousled my hair before sitting in the comfortable chair in the corner of her room and putting his feet up.

I sat with my head against the headboard of Nessie's huge bed and settled her onto my chest. Bella came in and covered us, kissing us both, before moving to lie on the other side of us. Nessie's palm was in its place against my chest while Bella took her other hand, and we all rested, basking in the happiness of Nessie's dreams about shiny rocks, her new friend Claire, and her family.