"She have that on her for the whole trip, just in case. She share the tent with Leah is the second. The third was Jasper and I escort her here tonight," she answered.

"I can deal with that," I turned to the kitchen and raised my voice a little so Billy could hear me better, "In case you haven't noticed yet, Nessie, Alice, and Jasper are here!"

"Bring them on back, then!" he yelled back. I rolled my eyes and walked to the kitchen, never letting go of Nessie's hand. Jasper and Alice followed.

"Hi, Grampa!" Nessie didn't waste any time dropping my hand and wrapping her arms around Charlie's neck. That is the only acceptable reason for dropping my hand at this point. I didn't want this to be a dream.

The smell of Sue's cooking was overwhelming, in a good way. No wonder Billy didn't want to leave. "Wow, Sue, that smells great!" I mentioned, peaking over her shoulder to see what was cooking. She hit me with the back of her spoon.

"You can wait like those two," she said, pointing the spoon at Charlie and Billy. Nessie was oblivious, showing her new toy to Charlie.

"And Rose put a bunch of old and new photos on there already, too!" she said as she was showing him all the features. I recognized some of the photos from the past eight years. I smiled at the little memories.

"Are you guys hungry?" Sue asked the house-guests. "I'm cooking plenty so Billy can eat well the next few days."

"Yes! I was wondering why Alice didn't let me eat dinner!" Nessie's attention was finally away from the iPhone (which was tucked into a leather pouch on her belt), so she actually heard her. "It smells amazing!"

"It's an old family recipe for beef stew. Hope you like it!" She had a big smile on her face as she told her.

"Sure, you tell her," Billy stated. I was thinking the same thing. We all laughed.

"Thanks for the invite, but Jasper and I need to head out," Alice said, just as I expected. "We just needed to drop her off, anyway. See you all later!" She hugged everyone and skipped off towards the door.

"Have fun, Ness!" Jasper said, giving her a hug. He told the rest of us goodbye and they were gone.

We all sat down for dinner and Nessie updated everyone on her life lately. I could hardly pay attention. I was too busy thinking about sleeping with her in my arms later this evening.

I wish I could make time move faster.