Evelyn POV
Nessie and I sat at the kitchen table in silence. It wasn't awkward, just tense. I drummed my fingers repeatedly on the table, and Nessie ran her fingers through her bronze hair nervously.
Not long after Jacob and the wolves went after the vampire, Edward, Bella, Alice, and Carlisle showed up. They managed to tow Seth back to the house, but he was still in his wolf form. And when he shifted back he just fractured more bones. They set up a little hospital upstairs, but I hadn't seen him yet.
After Nessie changed clothes and cleaned up a bit, she had to eat- err, drink again. That was kinda gross to watch. They had donated blood that was supposed to be for emergencies only, but Nessie didn't wanna leave to hunt. She drank it out of a dark cup so I wouldn't see it, but I still knew. Although, when I thought back to Seth's condition the last time I saw him, it wasn't so bad.
I know werewolves can take a lot of damage and still come out alive, but my stomach still churned when I saw him. His side was completely deformed, with bones sticking up in ways they never should. His sandy fur was soaked in his blood, and the bite mark from the vampire was, and always will be apparently, right there on his neck.
"Girls," I heard someone call. I shot up when I turned my head to see Carlisle walking to us, his face expressionless.
He motioned for me to sit back down, so I did. "How is he?" I whispered hopefully.
"Perfectly fine." He answered. "Some broken ribs and some minor breaks to his arms and legs, but he should recover in a few days."
I sighed with relief and sunk into my seat. "Can I see him?"
"Later, he needs his rest right now. And Renesmee," he turned to Nessie, who had sunk low in her seat too, avoiding eye contact, "be ready when your parents get back. And Jacob."
"Right, yeah." She mumbled sarcastically. Carlisle smiled and walked away.
Once he was gone, I turned to Nessie, who was picking lint off her pants. "Thank you." I said. She looked up at me confused. "For saving Seth. It was a big risk. If it wasn't for you he'd be dead. You did something for him I never would've been able to do."
For a few seconds, Nessie just sat there and blinked. "What are you talking about?" she asked, which made m cock my head to the side. "You helped too. The cuts all over you; when you ran forward the vampire smelled your blood and forgot about Seth. If you hadn't done what you did, then he would've sucked Seth dry before the poison did anything to him."
"But that was just my instinct. It's not like I did it on purpose. I didn’t even know I had the cuts from running through the woods."
"Sometimes the greatest things in life happen by accident."
"I guess," I said.
"So I guess my deal's off." Nessie mumbled.
"What? What deal?"
"Oh, nothing really. It's just that I made a deal with Seth that if no one got hurt in the middle of all of this, then he'd have to tell you something that's been bugging me."
"What is it?"
"Nice try, but it's up to Seth now. And you can't ask him about it. It has to be completely his choice. If you ask him to tell you he'll do it whether or not he wants to."
