CHAPTER 1 ~ FAMILY

Renesmee P.O.V

I came home from hunting to see some of the family watching T.V. Emmett and Rosalie were sitting on the couch, while Alice and Jasper were sitting on the floor.

"Where's the rest of the family?" I asked.

"Oh, your Mom and Dad are still at the cottage, and your grandparents are out. Carlisle's at the hospital and Esme's shopping." Alice told me, without taking her eyes off the T.V.

"And Jacob?"

"I think he's still with Sam. They've been out all day." Alice looked at me this time. It's only been a day since I've seen Jacob, but it's felt like a whole week. I miss him; this is the longest I've ever gone without seeing him. He's my best friend, and we see each other everyday. He sleeps on the couch at our place sometimes when he can't be bothered to go home, so he usually has breakfast with us too.

I suddenly felt happy again, almost forgetting about Jacob. I soon realised what had happened.

"Thanks Jasper."

"No problem. Hey, don't worry, Jacob will probably come home soon." He told me.

I sat down next to Alice and watched T.V with them for a few minutes. Then I got bored and decided to head upstairs. As soon as I left the room the happiness went away and the sadness came back. I wanted to go out into the forest, just to see him, but I knew how much he didn't want me to see him hunting.

I turned on the computer and surfed the internet for a while, hoping it would take my mind off things. It didn't work. So I went through my DVD collection, but I'd seen them all at least twice, and I didn't feel like watching a movie. So I lay down on my bed and closed my eyes. I was tired. I'd been out hunting for most of the day, and now it felt like I had no energy left.

When I woke up I was really hungry, and cold. I went downstairs to get a snack, not thinking that I would need to be quiet. I opened the fridge and the light woke me up a bit. I got an apple and closed the fridge, and saw Jacob sleeping on the couch. He was rolled over on his stomach, snoring quietly. I laughed to myself, and went back upstairs. I changed into my pyjamas and got an extra blanket from my drawer. I climbed into bed and went back to sleep.

CRAP!! 11:00 already!? I quickly got out of bed and ran downstairs. Everyone was at the table, the wolves were eating breakfast. A huge smile appeared on Jacob's face when he looked up.

"Morning, sleepyhead!" He got up and gave me a huge hug.

"Morning. How long have you been up?" I asked him.

"Since 8. The boys came at 8:30, they were hungry."

"God Bella, you're such a good cook!" Quil said as he grabbed his plate and went to my mom for seconds.

"As much as I hate to admit it, you are a pretty good cook." Leah said.

"Thanks. Does anybody else want thirds?" Mom asked as she gave some to Quil. We all laughed. I hugged Jacob again, for a while this time.

"Are you ok?" He asked.

"I'm fine, I'm just happy to see you. I missed you yesterday."

"So did I. I missed you heaps. The boys were telling me to shut up, to stop thinking about how much I missed you, but it wasn't that easy. It was the one time when I wish I had Jasper there to cheer me up." He said. "Hey, guess what? Your 16th birthday is a month from today!"

"Really? Why are you counting down? And why are you so excited about it?" I asked suspiciously.

"Yeah Jacob, why are you so excited about it?" Jared asked. Everyone turned to stare at him for his answer.

"I…just… I know that Nessie's excited about it… so I thought that I would remind her that her birthday's not that far away, I thought it might cheer her up a bit." He said awkwardly.

"I know you just made that up on the spot, but I'm going to forget about it… thanks for reminding me about my birthday! Oh crap, now that I think about it, I need a new dress…"

Alice was there in a second. "I heard you need my assistance… so when are we gonna go shopping?"

I laughed and walked off with her. "Well, I'm free tomorrow after school, is that ok?" I asked her.

"That's perfect! We can go try on some outfits, and we can have dinner out if you want!"

"That sounds great, it's gonna be so fun!"

Alice gave me a big hug and I went upstairs to get ready for the day. I was so excited for tomorrow; any shopping trip with Alice was worth being excited for, unless you're my mom. She hates shopping and dressing up, especially with Alice. If you go shopping with any other person, you will shop for a couple of hours, if you're lucky. But if you go shopping with Alice, you will spend at least 10 hours in the mall, and she will convince you to go back again the next day for more. But that's what I loved about Alice. She would never get tired of shopping. No matter how long you go for.

I put on the jeans I wore yesterday and a new top Alice gave to me a couple of days ago. I walked down the stairs and skipped into the kitchen. The boys and Leah were still eating.

I noticed Jacob was outside playing football with my uncles and my dad. So I headed outside. Emmett, Jasper and dad were pushing Jacob around like a ragdoll; it looked just a teeny bit unsafe.

"Hey, be careful! Don't hurt him!" I yelled at them. They stopped.

"Don't worry Nessie, we're just playing. I'm not hurt, see?" Jacob told me as he turned around.

"Then what's that?" I pointed to a huge bruise on his shoulder.

"I thought I explained to you how werewolves work…" I shook my head. "Well, we heal a lot faster than other people. Say if I broke my leg, it would heal in a couple of hours. So this bruise will go away in a few minutes. Look; Emmett, punch it." Emmett put his fist up.

"No!" I screamed. He punched Jacob as hard as he could anyway. I winced, but Jake just laughed.

"See Nessie, I'm fine!" He came over and hugged me to make me feel better. "Do you wanna play?" He asked.

"Alright! Just take it easy on me ok? I've never played before. Emmett, Jasper, don't hurt me or anything." They all laughed.

"This will be a piece of cake!" Emmett said to Jasper. The teams got together and we started to play.