All of the Cullens and Jacob belong to Stephanie Meyer. They are not mine.

Chapter 1

Renesmee's POV

I grunted as I put one of the boxes down in the garage, ready for the moving van tomorrow. I looked around at all the other boxes until one particular box caught my eye. I walked over to it and read the label which said my name, Renesmee. I remember packing this box up but I didn't remember putting it down here. Dad or one of my uncles probably did for me. I opened the box to see my photo album on top of the giant pile beneath. I sat down cross-legged on the garage floor and opened the album in my lap.

The first page featured me and my family. Well me and my families. The first photo on the page was just my immediate family: me, my mother, Bella, and my father, Edward. The photo beneath that featured the mentioned three, plus my father's adopted parents, Carlisle and Esme, and his adopted siblings, Jasper and Alice, and Rosalie and Emmett. If a normal person had looked at the photo and known the story that we went by, they would've just thought that Carlisle and Esme had adopted Alice, Emmett, Edward, and I, and later they had adopted Rosalie, Jasper, and Bella. A normal human would've thought that. But the real story was that all of us were vampires, except for me. Bella and Edward had me when my mother was still a human, so that made me half-vampire half-human. A normal human wouldn't have thought that we all lived forever and we did drink blood, but only animal blood.

I turned the page to look at the second and third pages of my photo album. It had different pictures of Rosalie and Emmett, Carlisle and Esme, Alice and Jasper, Mom and Dad, and me and Jacob. We were the best of friends. Jacob was a werewolf. Well, in an easy-thinking way he was a werewolf. He didn't change in the presence of a full moon, didn't die at a silver bullet, and most definitely didn't kill people. No. He was from a long genetic line of 'werewolves' from his Native American family, the Quileute tribe. They protected humans from evil things, such as vampires. Not vampires like me and my family. Vampires like the vampires who tried to kill me when I was an infant or when my mom had just met my dad and a savage vampire had cornered her down and almost killed her. There used to be this huge enemy thing going on between the Quileutes and us, aka the Cullens. But that all changed when I was born and Jacob and I became best friends.

I turned the page but then I realized that every other page had been either filled with photos of people already mentioned or they were empty. I had saved these pages for people I would meet when we would have to move sometime in the future. That was the reason for all the boxes. My family was in the midst of packing up because we were headed to Indianapolis, Indiana; the twelfth topmost city in the United States with the most rainfall.

My thoughts were interrupted when I heard my mother come into the garage.

"Come on, Renesmee." She said my name like one would when disciplining a puppy. "I know you're not excited about you're first move and starting high school, but this is my first move to." She walked over to me and rubbed my back.

"But Mom, I've never moved before. You have. I've never been to a real school before, let alone high school!" I had been home schooled my whole life because of my rapid growth. Grandpa Carlisle thought it would be best and calculated that I would be finished growing by the time we would have to move. I had stopped growing and had caught up with most of the members of my family physically wise in a sixteen year old body, but I still hadn't had my mind fully caught up like most of my classmates would be in high school. So my parents had me home schooled. Dad taught me music, Mom taught me science, Aunt Rosalie taught me technology, Uncle Emmett taught me physical education, Aunt Alice taught me math, Uncle Jasper taught me English and foreign languages, Grandpa Carlisle taught me history, and Grandma Esme taught me art and cooking.

My mother sighed next to me. "Renesmee, I know how nervous you are. But you're lucky. You're starting high school only as a sophomore, not a senior like me and your father. You'll have time to make friends."

"Don't say that. I've tried to make friends here in Forks, but you and Dad and Jacob and everyone else tell me that its better not to make friends when I'm going to move and never come back for another eighty years."

She chuckled. "It's just like you to inherit my stubbornness. But c'mon. More packing, less talking."

I moaned and put the photo album back and closed the box. I made a silent vow to fill that album with photos of friends I vowed I would make. I walked out of the garage and into the beautiful kitchen of the house that belonged to my aunts, uncles, and grandparents. There were still a few boxes in the house out back that belonged to me and my parents. I walked—wait, why was I walking?—I ran to my house out back to find Jacob exiting with five boxes in his arms.

I laughed and approached him. "Need help?"

He grunted. "That'd be great. Thanks." I grabbed two boxes from the top of his pile. I smiled up at him, half because he was my best friend and the other half because I loved him and no one knew it. Jacob had been with me ever since my first breath and I planned on him being there for my last. Jake was moving with us to Indianapolis, thank God. It had taken quite some effort to convince my family, especially Aunt Rosalie, to let Jacob come along. Apparently Jacob really wanted to come too. So after me talking to my mom about it and him talking to my dad, Jake was allowed to come.

Jake was the only one and has always been the one I loved. His tan skin, long black hair, and his brown eyes weren't the only reason I loved him, but they were certainly worth a few points. He was kind, caring, gentle, sweet, honest, and funny. Jacob and I were best friends and that was all we'd ever be. But I was more than happy with that.

"So are you excited?" I asked him.

"Yeah, but I think my dad might take it a little hard."

I nodded. "Yeah, but he also has your sister to care for him. And Sue. And Grandpa Charlie."

He laughed. Gosh, I loved his laugh. "You're right. I guess I'm just worried about redoing high school all over again."

"Hey, at least you've conquered high school once in your life." I turned and started running back towards the main house, seeing if Jacob would race me. He did. I won. Like always. Either he let me win or I was just faster. Both ways I always won.

Jacob set down his boxes next to mine. "Are you ready to say goodbye?"

I sighed. "It's either now or never."

He led me to his car parked out in the never ending driveway of the Cullen property. We drove the twenty-five minute drive down to La Push and met up with Leah and Seth at the beach. Leah and Seth were siblings and werewolves like Jacob. Seth was like Jacob in many ways, except he was just a few years younger. Leah, on the other hand, was a different story. She was a good person; you just had to work hard to get to that side of Leah. The first side of her was one that someone wouldn't take kindly to in the first place, with her being dumped by the man she loved a few years ago. I couldn't blame her. If that had ever happened to me, I'd be just like Leah.

Jake and I pulled up at First Beach's parking lot, with Seth and Leah in the spot next to us. We got out of the car and Leah hugged me. Leah was my best friend, well, asides from Jacob.

"Promise you'll visit me? If you don't, I'll go crazy with no girl around here." Leah whined.

I giggled. "Of course I'll visit. And don't worry, if any of the other wolves around here get out of line, I'll send Jake back to fix things up. He is the true Alpha after all."

Leah relaxed. "Aw, Ness, I'm really going to miss you."

"And I, you. But don't let my being gone effect you. We still have texting, phone calls, and video chat."

"True." Leah let go of me so I could go hug her younger brother. Seth really did look sad as he hugged me. I always knew he kind of liked me.

"Seth, trust me. I'll miss you. But there's a girl out there that's just right for you and she's not me. I'll always remember you. Be good and don't give your sister a hard time. You hear me?"

He nodded. "Oh and Nessie? Likewise what you said about a girl out there for me. There's a boy out there for you and he's…"

Jacob cut him off. "Okay, Seth. Before you start crying, we'd better go. We're leaving early in the morning and, well, I don't want to be tired for the drive."

I hugged Leah one last time before I got into the car. Jacob drove away from the some of the two greatest people I had met, feeling a little lonesome already.

"It's fine Nessie." I calmed my self in my head. "You won't feel lonely once you meet more friends in Indianapolis."

By the time it took Jacob to pull into the driveway and have us run back to my house, I was dead tired. Jacob went directly to the couch to stay the night. He fell asleep instantly. I stayed sat on the chair across the room from the couch, watching his chest rise and fall with every breath he took. If he wasn't beautiful when he was awake, he was definitely gorgeous when he was sleeping. I stood up from the chair and gave him a quick peck on the cheek.

"Good night, Jacob. Sweet dreams."

Jacob's POV

I drove me and Nessie back to the Cullen's house after saying goodbye to Leah and Seth. Seth had almost blown the fact that I loved Renesmee, let alone the fact that I imprinted on her when she was born and she didn't even know it. Nessie and I pulled up into the main home's driveway and raced to her house out back. Like always, I let her win. But like so many other things, she didn't know that. I made a beeline to the sofa in the living room and fell asleep before I hit the pillow. I could hear Renesmee's breathing as she stayed in the living room for a few more minutes until she got up. I fell into a deep sleep then, but not before I heard her say goodnight to me. Tomorrow, we would start anew. Tomorrow I would be in the car with her all day. I couldn't wait.

I woke up by Nessie shaking my shoulder.

"C'mon you big lug, get up! We've waited long enough for you, but if you don't get up, we're leaving you behind!" she continued shaking me until I finally opened my eyes and saw her in front of my face. She was kneeling on the floor next to the sofa I was on, looking like a goddess in the morning sun. Her bronze ringlets fell to her waist and her chocolate brown eyes were shining with happiness. She was always happy in the morning. I don't know where she got it from, but I was certainly glad I didn't like mornings. I closed my eyes again.

She sighed. "Fine, if you want to do it the hard way." I heard her walk around towards the back of the couch and lift it up, forcing me to fall to the ground. I moaned.

"Renesmee, would it kill you to let me sleep in for once?"

"Sorry, Jake. But yes, it would." Nessie giggled. I got up from the floor.

"I don't understand why you're so happy with moving all of a sudden. Yesterday, you were a wreck just worrying about going to school, now you want to move?" I shook my head. "You confuse me, Renesmee Carlie Cullen."

She giggled and walked over to me. "That's my name. Don't wear it out." She grabbed my hand and we went outside into the bright, unusual morning sunlight of Forks, Washington. All around me the vampires were sparkling like they just stepped out of a little girl's coloring book that came with glitter. I blinked a few times to try and clear my eyes, but it didn't work. The leeches all turned to look at me and I realized that I was the one holding them all up from leaving.

I put my hands up like I wasn't guilty. "Don't blame me. I need sleep. Let's go." They all relaxed and got into the amazing cars that they seemed to take for granted. Carlisle and Esme led the way with Jasper and Alice in the second car, Rose in her car, Emmett in his Jeep, followed by me, Nessie, Edward, and Bella in Edward's Volvo.

Renesmee ran up behind me and grabbed my elbow, leading us to her father's car. Bella and Edward were already inside, Bella being in the passenger seat and Edward obviously driving. I sat in the seat behind him and Renesmee sat behind her mother.

After about forty five minutes of high speed driving, we were already in Portland, Oregon. I decided that if I was going to get any sleep on this ride, I'd better do it now. I put my head back against the headrest and closed my eyes, waiting for sleep to take me over. I head Renesmee lean forward and whisper to her mom that she was going to sleep to. Her mom nodded and Renesmee put a pillow against my shoulder and quickly fell asleep. If this was how the whole trip would be, I'd be happy.