Chapter 1 (Rosie)

I was excited to wake up that morning. My dad had told me that one of his good friends was coming to town. "Rosie come eat breakfast," my mom told me. I ran down the hallway to the kitchen. I sat down at the table next to my brother Landon, and my sister Lexi. They were both 13, and both had our dad's black hair and our mom's brown eyes. Me on the other hand, I am 8 and have my mother's copper brown hair and my grandfather's green eyes. "Morning Nessie," my dad said kissing my mom's cheek, she smiled. I loved my parent's relationship. All of my friends say that their parents fight all the time. My parents have never even raised their voices at each other. My dad sat down at the table, "So, is everyone ready to meet my friend?" he asked. I smiled and nodded, "Yep!" Landon and Lexi said almost at the same time. They did that a lot. While we ate my dad told us about his friend. "His name is Seth Clearwater he used to live down in La Push with me but I talked him into going to college." "So he is coming back from college?" Landon asked. My dad answered, "Well after college he went to New York to get a job. But he is sick of the city life, so he decided that he is moving back." After breakfast we all got dressed and my mom braided my hair. My mother was beautiful. She is 32 now but to me she barely looks like she is 20. "Mommy?" I asked her, "yes sweetie?" she replied. "How did you and Daddy meet?" she froze, "well, we met when I was very young. We became best friends instantly. And when I was in high school we became more than friends." I nodded, "That's interesting," I said. Right then the doorbell rang. My eyes widened, "He is here!" I shouted. My mom smiled and walked to answer the door, but my dad beat her to it. "Hey Seth!" my mom said, "Renesmee!" he exclaimed. I loved my mother's name too. It was a mixture of her grandmothers' names, Renee and Esme. I was named after my aunt Rosalie, my dad hadn't liked the name originally but I think it grew on him. "Hey Jakey!" Seth said, my dad laughed, "How have you been Seth?" "Great! But I'm happier now that I am in Forks again." I hid in the kitchen listening to them talk. I was too shy to actually talk to Seth. "Hey I want you to meet my kids," my dad said. Landon and Lexi walked past the kitchen to go to the living room. Lexi smiled and motioned for me to come. I ran to her and she held my hand and we walked to the living room together. When we got to the living room I sat in my dad's lap "Ok my older two are Landon and Lexi," my dad explained. "Hey," Seth said, "Hi!" Landon and Lexi said at the same time. "And this," my dad said tickling my stomach, "Is Rosie." I giggled; Seth looked at me, "Hi I am S-"he froze. He sat their staring at me; I looked up at my dad. He was looking straight at my mom, my mom looked right back at him. Landon and Lexi looked at me confused. Then my mom came over and picked me up, "Seth let's talk outside" my dad said trying to be calm but I could hear frustration in his voice. Everyone else sat in the living room silently. After about 10 minutes they came back inside. Dad looked pretty upset, "Lexi and Landon will you two go to your rooms?" "Sure," Lexi said she blew me a kiss and walked off. Landon followed her. Seth sat on his knees on the floor in front of the chair Mom and I were sitting in. "I never got to introduce myself, I am Seth" he said. I smiled "Nice to meet you," I said, "you too Rosie" he replied. I took Seth to the backyard, we spent a few hours talking and playing. Eventually my mom came outside and said, "Rosie its bedtime." I didn't complain, Seth sat in the living room while my mom gave me a bath. "I like Seth," I told her. She smiled, "Good, he likes you too," after my bath Seth read me a book. I was so tired that I didn't make it through the whole book before I fell asleep.