Jacob & Renesmee: Glowing Horizon
Chapter 1 : First Day
The alarm clock buzzed mercilessly in my ear, and I woke with a start, rubbing my eyes. It took me a minute to realize that today was not an ordinary day.
I hopped out of bed, and started dressing in the outfit Alice had assembled for me the day before. I threw on the skirt (it looked just a tad too short, but I did trust Alice…she had a strange ability to turn any piece of fabric into a masterpiece) and the pink cardigan, turning around quickly to check the clock.
Ahh! I was running out of time. I slipped my feet into the black ballet flats on the floor, and turned towards the mirror. I had to admit, Alice was a genius. The outfit was perfect, although my hair still looked disheveled. I took a comb through my bronze colored curls – the shade matched my father's exactly – and then ran out of my room and down the steps of the Cullen mansion, my second home. Normally, I stayed at the cottage with Mom and Dad, but Alice wanted us over for pre-school preparation.
At the bottom of the steps stood an anxious Alice, tapping her petite feet quickly against the floor.
"It's about time – you're going to be late for your first day of high school! Oh, the outfit looks perfect on you, Ness…but it's missing just one thing…" She said all of this so fast that I didn't notice her hand reach into her pocket and pull out a long, hot pink ribbon. She ran behind me, and within seconds my hair was in a sleek updo, tied in with the ribbon.
Alice turned me around so that I was facing her, and then she smiled with a small giggle. "Perfect!"
I rolled my eyes. "Where is everyone?" I asked, looking around.
"Coming – now, anyways. Bella! Edward! Jazz!" She said in her normal speaking voice – they would hear.
Within a half of a second, they were all standing right in front of me. There was my mother, the dark-haired beauty from whom I had inherited my chocolate brown eyes – she smiled at me warmly. My dad stood next to her, his arm wrapped around her waist. If there was one thing I knew, it was that there was no greater love shared than theirs. My father was smiling at me, too – everyone said I looked exactly like him, especially when I rolled my eyes. Jasper stood next to Alice, measuring all the happy emotions around him.
"Oh, you look so beautiful, Nessie," my mother said, her smile growing wider.
"Thanks, mom." I replied, my cheeks growing warm.
My dad laughed. "Well, we'd better get going. We don't want to miss our first day!" he said with mock enthusiasm.
This year, Alice, Jasper and I were going to be juniors at Forks High school. My parents were going to be seniors – and also my adoptive siblings. How weird is that? Both Emmett and Rose were off on yet another honeymoon getaway, somewhere in the Caribbean. Esme and Carlisle were off on an extended hunting trip, but otherwise were playing our adopted parents.
This would be my first day at any school – my whole family had taught me everything I knew within the first few years of my life. But we had just moved back from living in Alaska, and everyone agreed that I should try out the whole "school" experience.
One of the major reasons I was excited to go to school was because the person I was closest to would be coming with us.
Jacob Black.
Jake and I were inseparable, and he was the only one I could talk to about anything. He was truly my best friend. He was also a werewolf – and he was going to live forever, as long as he kept phasing.
So was I. According to Carlisle, I would stop aging at my eleventh birthday – which was only a week away. But I didn't look eleven. He said that I matched the average height and weight of a seventeen year old girl.
"Wait. Where's Jake?" I asked, for the first time not noticing his presence.
Everyone's eyes moved to the floor, shifting nervously. No one spoke for a moment.
"Renesmee…" -- my dad rarely used my first name, unless it was a serious conversation – "He couldn't make it. Werewolf business – he told us to tell you he's sorry." My dad clenched his teeth, and I narrowed my eyes. Was there more to this story?
Suddenly, I knew that my day was going to be very slow, and very boring. My heart dropped to the soles of my feet, and I frowned. I felt a strange wave of peacefulness – coming from Jasper, I was sure – but it didn't help too much. We all headed out the door, and the others fell into light conversation, trying to cheer me up. I ignored the attempts, and got into the backseat of our silver Volvo. I rode with my Mom and Dad, while Alice and Jasper rode in Rosalie's red BMW. The ride to school was quick, but everything felt like it was in slow motion as soon as we parked and got out of the car.
As we all walked up towards the school, I noticed something very strange. Nearly everyone was staring at me – although with different expressions. All of the boys were looking at me with their mouths hanging wide open – this made my cheeks grow very hot – and all of the girls were shifting their eyes between the boys and me, throwing me jealous glances. I looked down, trying to hide from their expressions. I noticed that my father looked furious – did he know what they were all thinking?
He glanced down at me for just a second before we reached the roof covering the cafeteria.
"I don't have classes with any of you – except for Alice, in third period." I sighed.
My dad smiled crookedly at me and said "Well, Jacob will be in all of your classes when he gets back. And there's lunch, of course, you'll see us all there." He tried to comfort me, but it didn't help.
"Have a good day, Nessie. We love you." My mother said, giving me a quick hug before heading off to her first period class, hand in hand with my dad.
Alice and Jasper both smiled encouragingly at me and gave me a pat on the back before heading off to their classes.
I sighed, and headed off to my own class – without Jake.
The day moved by sluggishly, and every time I stared at the clock, it went slower – was that even possible?
Even worse – more and more people kept staring at me funny – I wished Jacob was here, for the millionth time.
At lunch, I just sat in a chair in between Alice and my mother, playing with an apple in my hands. I stared up at the clock again – when would the day end? It just dragged. Tick tock, tick tock. Jacob, Jacob. Had we ever been away from each other from this long? I longed to see his face – his contagious smile, his lovely eyes that were dark as night.
I met my father's wary eyes, and tried immediately to regain control of my thoughts. It wasn't always easy to have a dad that could read minds. Especially when he wasn't exactly fond of my growing attachment to Jake, and how much I thought of him.
Even worse, my mother had noticed the exchange and was staring at me now, too. I sighed again.
"Are you alright, Nessie?" Mom asked.
"She misses Jacob." Dad answered for me, still staring at me.
Mom smiled at me weakly. "You'll see him in just a few hours. Don't worry."
But there were just so many things to worry about.
What did my dad mean by "werewolf business"? Was Jacob okay? Was anyone in danger?
The day continued as slowly as ever -- And even though I had Alice in my third period English class, the end half of the day was ten times worse than the beginning.
My fourth period Government class held the most staring eyes, and it was extremely nerve-racking. I sat next to a brown haired boy, who did nothing but look at me. When the teacher had stepped out for a moment, he made his attempt at conversation.
"Hi…are you new here?" he asked.
"Yeah, sort of." He looked at me like I'd just told him he won a million dollars.
"What's your name?"
"Renesmee – but most people call me Ness or Nessie." I smiled.
"Oh, nice to meet you, Nessie. You can call me Dylan." He grinned.
I smiled back half-heartedly, continuing to do the work the teacher had assigned us. He asked me a few more questions, and I replied with one or two word answers, still preoccupied with the clock hanging on the wall. Finally, the bell rang, and I jumped out of my seat, chucking my books quickly into my bag, and throwing it over my shoulder.
Dylan stood in front of me, blocking my way to the finish line – to Jake. I bit my lip impatiently.
"So, I was wondering if maybe you wanted to go to the movies or something – with me and a bunch of friends?" he asked uncomfortably.
I tapped my foot, unable to control my impatience.
"Um, can I take a raincheck on that?" I asked, walking towards the door.
He nodded with a small smile, and I knew I was free.
Freedom never felt so good.
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