Chapter One: Birthday
It was my sixteenth birthday, I jumped out of bed, ran through the landing and slid down the metal banister; it was much faster than taking the stairs.
"Renesmee Carlie Cullen!" My dad's voice was loud and serious. Why did he bother shouting, we all had super duper hearing. "How many times have I told you not to slide sown the banister?" He was glaring down at me waiting for me to say something.
"At least 57" I knew he didn't expect an actual number but I just couldn't help myself.
"58 the last time I counted!" Uncle Emmett sped through the living room scooping me up in his arms as he flew past. "Happy Birthday Nessie!" He carefully popped me on the sofa and slumped next to me.
"Nice one Em!" Dad was annoyed that Uncle Emmett had rescued me from a big telling off.
"Any time lil' bro!"
Auntie Alice and Uncle Jasper came dancing into the living room; they too wished me a happy birthday and gave me a hug. I scanned the room, where was everyone else? With that Grandpa Carlisle and Grandma Esme appeared behind me, in their hands were two small boxes wrapped in sparkly silver paper. My face lit up and a smile spread across it.
"Happy Birthday Sweetheart!" Grandma Emse's voice was caring and calm; they both hugged me and placed my gifts on the glass coffee table. I lunged forwards to grab them but was distracted by my dad's low growl. What was wrong with him?
"You could wait five minutes for your mother and Auntie Rose..." I hated the fact he could read my mind... It was so unfair. Uncle Em smiled obviously sharing my lack of enthusiasm for my father's rare talent.
"Sorry. Sorry." Mum came running in closely followed by Auntie Rose. Mum went to stand next to Dad and Auntie Rose came to sit on Uncle Em's lap.
"Can I open them now? Pleeeease?"
"Yes! Yes!" Auntie Ali was jumping up and down on the spot; she loved birthdays. I never really understood why she longed to see people's reactions to gifts, I mean she already knew how they would react seeing as she could see the future and all. This thought made Dad chuckle, at least he wasn't shouting at me again. "Come on... What are you waiting for?"
I tore open the paper and threw it on the floor. In my hand was a small black box, I slowly lifted the lid to see the most beautiful pair of earrings glistening back at me. They must have been real diamonds; they were positively amazing.
"Thank you so much! They are beautiful!" I got up to give Carlisle and Esme a kiss, but then something dawned on me. "I haven't got my ears pierced..."
"Yet!" Auntie Alice squealed and threw the second box at me; thanks to my vampire reflexes I caught it. I ripped back the paper and saw a wad of tickets and money. My face must have been a complete picture because they all erupted in a fit of giggles.
"They are vouchers dear." Auntie Rosalie was showing me the various slips of paper and what they meant. "This one means you can spend £500 in HMV, this one means you can spend £500 in New Look..." She continued to go through the pile, pointing out which shops were which.
"Wait! How come she can only spend £200 in Game?" Uncle Emmett was now glaring at Rosalie and Alice for answers.
"Because, Emmett, you and Jacob are bad examples and should not encourage her to waste her time on such things." Alice stuck her tongue out at him.
"Says you whom spends every second at the mall!" Uncle Em returned the favour by too sticking out his tongue.
Uncle Em and Auntie Alice squabbled for a while but soon go over it after Uncle Jazz zapped them with his calming rays. He could control your emotions, it was awesome. I loved it when he confused Uncle Em, we would send waves of different emotions till he got so angry and confused he fell to his knees in surrender, allowing me to jump on him and get my own back for whatever it was he did to me.
After mid-day Mum and Dad showed me into our new garden; it was huge and surrounded by a thick layer of trees. In the right had corner was a large object which was covered over by a white cloth. I took one look at my parents and screamed. I could hear Uncle Emmett's and Uncle Jasper's booming laughs as they understood my reaction. Under the cloth was the newest Mercedes. She was jet black with black leather seats. I threw open the door and hopped inside. The smell was unbelievable...So heavenly and rich. She was so beautiful, the purr of her engine to my breath away. I shut off to everything around me and sank into the soft interior. I let out another scream before pouncing on my parents to show my appreciation.
Back inside the TV was on and everyone has taken their positions on the various white sofas and chairs which took up the large room. Uncle Jazz was sat on the longest sofa with Auntie Alice curled up on his lap. Auntie Rose was spread out across the other sofa leaving Uncle Emmett to perch on the arm. Grandma Emse was reading her book on the chair and I could hear Grandpa Carlisle pottering about in his office next door. Mum and Dad walked towards the remaining chair, Dad made himself comfortable then allowing Mum to sit on his knee. It wasn't often that we were all required to be together, so naturally we didn't have the correct amount of seating space.
"Here you are lil' monster" Uncle Emmett passed me another box; this one was heavy and rather rectangular. Inside was new CD player for my room, my last one got somewhat smashed up after Jacob and Emmett had an arm wrestle...God knows how my room got trashed, but that's what happens when you put a vampire and a werewolf in an enclosed space.
Our evening was fantastic; Auntie Alice had organised a list of party games and fun activities. We danced to music, ate junk food (well I did anyway), played guitar hero (which Auntie Alice cheats at) and shared stories of when we were younger and what awful things Uncle Em had done to us in the past.
The twinkling lights that covered the ceiling gave off a wonderful star like quality. The large window by the door had now become a crisp black mirror. The reflection was amazing, it looked like something from a fairy tale. Unfortunately the day came to an end and the moon came up.
"Come on princess, time for bed. You've got school in the morning." Dad said looking at his designer watch.
"So have you lot..."
"Yes, but we don't need to sleep...Go one, do as your dad asks please." Mum nodded in the direction of the stairs with a sweet smile. I said goodnight to everyone and thanked them for a lovely day. As I got into bed I couldn't help but wonder what tomorrow would bring. A new town, new school, new friends to make...How boring it would be.