Basic Disclaimer: I own nothing of the Twilight series. Just thought it would be fun to make up my own story.

And I'm not going to do what everyone else does and beg for reviews, but I do want to let you know that this is a story in progress. Obviously, as there is only one chapter so far. If you would like to review it, however, I would greatly appreciate it. I am currently writing another novel (nothing having to do with Twilight) and would love the feedback on my writing style, etc. Thanks in advance!

Chapter 1

BPOV

She was so beautiful when she slept. She was beautiful all the time, but even more so when she slept. I think it was because I could no longer enjoy the respite from the day and so I enjoyed it vicariously through my daughter. Though I usually sat in her room for a few hours every night, sometimes to comfort her like a mother should and sometimes just because I felt like I needed more time with my daughter, tonight was different. She would always be our child, but after today she would no longer be a little girl.

I heard a light knock on the door and Edward poked his head in. "Should we wake her up? We need to leave in an hour."

Being a vampire made it impossible to physically shed tears, but that didn't mean that I couldn't cry. My husband saw the anguished look on my face and walked toward me, knowing what it meant.

"She will always be our little girl," he promised me as he took a seat next to me on the sofa in Renesmee's room, pulling me into his arms. We sat there, very still, for five minutes, just listening to her breathe. The sun started to shine into the room and her eyes started to open.

"Good morning," I said softly as she sat up.

"Morning," she said groggily.

"Are you sure you're ready for this?" Edward asked her, his concern showing obviously in his face. Our daughter shot him a glare.

"Of course I'm ready, you've asked me that a hundred times in the past two days."

"We know that. Your father just wants to make sure you haven't changed your mind," I answered, completely aware of her annoyance.

She groaned, "He wouldn't have to ask me to know that."

The two of us laughed. "We'll leave you alone now, promise. What do you want for breakfast?" I asked her.

"Oh I don't care, just make me whatever Jake is having," Nessie answered. The three of us laughed, knowing that it wouldn't matter what we made for Jacob. He would eat it anyway.

Edward took my hand and led me from the room. I stole one quick glance back inside as my daughter got her clothes out for the day.

We made our way down to the kitchen, where Rosalie had already started to make breakfast for Jacob and Nessie. My family was sitting and standing around the breakfast bar, clarifying the story we were going to be using this time.

Since Nessie had finally stopped growing, we had all decided that it was time for us to start high school again. I hadn't been back to school since I was human, and it was Nessie's first time at a school in general. For the past ten years her family had home-schooled her. It was probably better than any education she would have gotten at a public school. But she wanted to experience the social aspect of school for once, and we couldn't deny her that.

The story was much more complicated than the last time the Cullen family had returned to high school. There was one more vampire, one half vampire, and one werewolf, so it was essential that we solidified our roles. Nessie and I were to be the Swan twins, nieces of Carlisle and Esme. Edward, Emmett and Alice were Cullens, adopted by the couple, while Jasper and Rosalie were again the Hale twins, foster kids of the doctor and his wife. Jacob was a friend from our previous residence in Forks who they had taken in when his parents had died.

We had found a new home and school in Springfield, Oregon. We had chosen a city bigger than Forks because of our confusing and noticeably different family. Everyone had agreed that a bigger school would mean less attention, obviously a good decision.

After a half an hour Nessie came down the stairs, her dark brown curls bouncing as she walked. It was clear that she wasn't the only one excited for the day, however.

"Look how cute you are!" her aunt Alice cried as she watched her niece descend the elegant staircase.

Though she loved attention, the already nervous Nessie was becoming even more so as she saw every pair of eyes on her. "You don't have to stare, it's rude," she muttered. She made her way into the kitchen and started on the plate of food sitting at her usual seat.

"This is the only first day of school we get, so just humor us," I said. I looked to where Jake was sitting, and realized that she wouldn't understand until she had kids of her own.

"Can we go yet?" I heard Emmett say as Nessie finished her breakfast of pancakes and eggs. Everyone knew he was just as eager to get to school as his niece was.

"Wait, before we go," Alice said, pulling three small boxes from the counter, "I got these a few weeks ago. I figured that people would notice if six teenagers were wearing wedding rings." She handed Rosalie and I one, and kept one for herself. Inside the jewelry box held a single silver chain. I looked up to see Alice place her and Jasper's rings on the chain and Jasper secure it around her neck.

Edward walked toward me and took my hand. "It's okay, love." Even though he swore he couldn't read my mind, it felt sometimes as if he could. "Just because we don't get to wear our rings doesn't mean we aren't married." He kissed me as he placed his ring lightly in my hand. I looked down at the delicate ring on my left hand for a moment before taking it off as well. I put both rings onto the chain and let Edward fasten it around my neck.

After the three couples took the last step toward actually playing the part of being teenagers, we got our things and walked toward the cars. I got into the front seat of the dark Volvo while Edward slipped into the driver's side and Jacob and Nessie got into the back. The rest of the Cullen clan made their way to the white BMW parked next to it.

It took only ten minutes to get to school and we had arrived almost twenty minutes early. It was the first day for everyone, however, so the campus was already crowded. We all got out of the two cars, aware but used to the stares that accompanied wherever we went. There were a few nice cars in the lot, but it was obvious that ours were the nicest. This fascination with expensive cars was a trait of the Cullens that I had yet to understand.

We walked toward the line of students making its way around the cafeteria and picked up our schedules. I was glad to see someone from my family was in all of my classes. I looked over to Nessie's paper and noticed the similarity between her and Jake's schedules.

"Coincidence?" I asked her, but she just smiled.

"I made a phone call last week," she admitted, looking to her best friend. We had always been very open about her relationship with Jacob and what it would entail, but Edward and I still felt the need to express boundaries. She was not yet old enough to have any romantic feelings for the werewolf, but that didn't mean we weren't cautious nonetheless. One of the things that she was most excited for was having a real high school experience, and we didn't feel the need to get in the way of that, even if it included boys other than Jacob. Even Jake was okay with this arrangement, since he knew what the future would eventually entail.

I watched as my daughter and Jacob, along with Jasper, walked to their first period gym class. The last time I had gym I was entirely too human for the coordination that was required of me. I looked at my schedule and wondered what this time around would be like. I felt a hand in mine and let myself be pulled toward the language building by my husband. We were taking French, and although we both were fluent in the language, I was excited anyway. It was probably more because of what the year was going to be like rather than the subject matter itself.

Our family had always been intimidating and I wasn't expecting any humans to attempt friendship with us. So, when a young girl in my Algebra class started talking to Alice and me, I was caught off guard.

"Are you new here?" the blonde girl asked.

"Yes, my family just moved here from Washington," I answered, hoping that she would keep talking to us. "You?"

"Well, I'm a freshman, so I'm new to this school, but I've been in the same class with most of people for my whole life. What's your name?"

"I'm Bella, and this is my sister Alice." I answered before I realized that calling Alice my sister would require telling the girl an incredibly complicated family history.

"What's your name?" Alice asked before I could.

"I'm Kate. Welcome to Springfield," she added, probably just to be polite. I wanted to ask her more about herself, but the class had already started.

We finished the easy math lesson and made our way to lunch. "Do you have anyone to sit with? You are welcome to come sit with my group, we are right over there by the window," Kate pointed.

"Oh thanks, but we should probably sit with our family today, you know, to catch up on how the day was," I answered. Alice said goodbye and began to walk toward the table where everybody else sat, anxious to get back to Jasper.

"Is that them?" Kate asked me after Alice had left.

I turned to look. "Yes, that's my family," I said. Her eyes widened as she took in everyone sitting at the table.

"Wow, there are a lot of you."

"Yeah, but we aren't really all related. I can tell you about it sometime if you want, after you meet them to make it less confusing," I offered, not really expecting her to take me up on the offer.

"Definitely," she answered. "I should probably get in line before it gets too long," she said, gesturing to the line at the cafeteria.

"Of course, I'll see you later," I said back, smiling at the nice girl.

I made my way back to our table and noticed Edward's glare toward a table at the other end of the room. It was then that I realized that our daughter was not with us. I turned to look at where not only Edward, but Emmett and Jasper, were also staring. There, in the middle of a group of ten people or so, stood my daughter, laughing and talking along with the rest of the crowd. I smiled at first, happy that she had made friends, but then I frowned as I thought of why Edward was glaring at them.

"What are they thinking about?" I asked cautiously. I looked toward Jacob who wasn't looking directly at the group, but instead stared down to his tray of food.

"You don't want to know." It was obvious that he had already told the rest of the table. I turned to glare at my daughter's new friends, and noticed that a guy had placed his hand on her lower back.

"Bella," Edward warned as I stood up.

"It may be embarrassing to be seen in public with your mother, but today I'm not her mother. And she better be okay with hanging around her sister." I started walking toward the group before my family could stop me. I suddenly felt a presence next to me, and immediately recognized who it was.

"Don't make a scene, Bells," Jake said as he moved in step with me.

"Of course I won't, I just want to make sure that her friends are good enough for her," I said. I could hear the acid in my voice.

Even though her back was toward us, I could see Nessie's shoulders tense as we came up behind her.

"I can't believe you," she muttered too quickly for any of her new human friends to hear.

Jacob leaned in behind her, "She's just worried," he whispered into his ear.

I ignored the daggers in her glare and instead put on my best smile. There were nine other people in the group, seven of which were boys who had shifted their stare from my daughter to me to the huge Jacob standing next to me. "Hi, I'm Bella, Nessie's sister, and this is Jacob. We just wanted to come introduce ourselves," I said as sweetly as I could.

A boy with dark, short hair was the first to speak, though it took him a few seconds to find his voice. "Hi, I'm Justin. Did you want to eat with us too?" It was obvious that the invitation extended to only me.

"Oh no, thank you. I just thought that Nessie might want to know that Edward has heard a few things she might want to know," I almost laughed at the look she gave me, it was so full of anger.

"Who's Edward?" the boy named Justin asked. "I hope he's not your boyfriend, because I can definitely fill that role for you," he winked in my direction. It was difficult not to laugh at the suggestion, and I heard Jacob snort next to me. Instead of laughing, I smiled deeper.

"Nessie?" I asked. Her face softened as she realized how idiotic Justin sounded, and took my hand.

"Thanks for letting me hang out with you. I'm going to spend the rest of my lunch with my family." She looked honestly grateful at the rest of the group, but didn't even look at Justin.

The three of us walked back toward our table, but I could still hear Justin talking to his friends. "You think this Edward guy is really her boyfriend? And what about that Jacob kid? There's no way he's still in high school. These relationships don't last long, I bet it's only a matter of time before I get into one of the twins' pants."

I could hardly contain myself when I heard the last part, and both Jacob and Nessie had to grab onto my arms when I started to turn around. They couldn't physically hold me back from smashing that kids face in, but just the grip on either arm snapped me back to reality.

"Now you've done it," I heard Jacob mutter under his breath. I turned around, trying to maintain my composure, when I saw Edward walking toward us. I expected him to walk right past him (and part of me wanted him to), but instead he came up to us and pulled me from Jacob and Nessie's grip.

"That guy's just being stupid," he said.

"I guess I understand now what it's like being you every day," I responded, thinking of how it must feel to hear every dirty thought about your wife and daughter.

"Pretty much," he answered. I started to walk toward the table, where Jacob and Nessie had made their way to. Before I could take one step, however, I felt Edward's lips on mine. The room became silent, and I knew that every eye was on us. He tipped me back gracefully, still holding onto the kiss. I kissed him back passionately, knowing full well that this was Edward's way of showing the student population that I was his. It definitely felt illegal for two people in high school to kiss like this, but I didn't care.

Apparently it was illegal for two students to kiss like that at Springfield high school. "Enough," we heard the stern voice call from the door. The short, stout man made his way through the crowd and toward where Edward and I were still standing. "I know you two are new, but at this high school we don't allow public displays of affection. That was completely inappropriate for school, and I hope you realize that in the future."

Edward and I struggled to keep our faces straight. Did this mean we couldn't kiss at all while we were here? I didn't know how any of us could handle that, but apparently we would have to figure that out.

The principal turned on his heel and walked back out the door, leaving Edward and I standing in the middle of the cafeteria. I knew that if I were still human my cheeks would be bright red. Since I didn't have the blood supply to react in a normal human way, my daughter did it for me. I could see the apple red face of Nessie from across the room, and it took all of my composure to keep from laughing.

It was difficult to ignore the whispers that came from every direction.

"Oh my God she is so lucky!"

"I wish somebody would kiss me like that."

"I wonder if he needs somebody else to practice that on."

Although I was able to keep from laughing hysterically at the recent occurrence, I couldn't hide the smile that came across my lips. I knew that we wouldn't have any problems from now on. Well, at least for Edward and me.

We made our way from to the table, and I could see the variation in emotion coming from every face. It was obvious Rosalie thought we were being stupid, while Emmett, Jasper, and Jacob just gave Edward high fives. Alice looked indifferent, but Nessie just looked plain furious.

"Mom! Dad!" She said a little too loud, though not loud enough for anyone to hear. "What are you doing! You're embarrassing me! I can't believe you're acting like this on our first day!"

"Oh Nessie, stop whining. It's all going to be okay. It's the only way they will leave your mother and me alone," Edward ordered our daughter. The bell rang, but I could see that she was still fuming.