Prolouge
The sun felt warm against my rosy cheeks, as I sat along the white sand beach. Even though my life was in grave danger, I only felt warm. Content. A weird thing to feel when you are risking your families life. Then I felt it, the pain seethed within my heart. Just waiting to burst. I held it back. No need for tears, I told myself. I heard my family talking inside the open house. Arguing over me, always over me. I was useless, and I knew it. Someone's hand touched my back.
Jacob sat beside me, "Are you okay?"
"I'm okay." I lied, I was a bad liar, just like my mother.
"Jake, I'm useless. The reason why we are here is because of me..."My voice cracked, and I couldn't hold in the tears any longer.
"No, Ness, the reason we are here is because we all love you. And we want to protect you, because you are so special." He brushed his fingers along my check, catching my streaming tears.
I leaned my head against his shoulder and curled into a ball. Life, was so unfair, and I was just seeing that. I had seen it many times before, but my life was different. It was just like me, unique.
1. Eveready's A New Day
I woke in the morning, like I always did. While my family had spent the night, not sleeping. I hurried down-stairs to get my breakfast from Grandma Esme. I smelled the aroma before I saw the delicious pancakes with blueberries. Jake and mines favorite. Of course Jake was already chewing down on them at the breakfast bar.
I took a seat beside him and grabbed a plate.
"Good morning, dear." Esme greeted me with a smile.
"Good morning Grandma," I spoke with a mouth full. She just laughed her motherly laugh and left us alone to eat.
Jake and I were the only ones in the house that eat, beside the occasional human, or werewolf. Jake nudged my side playfully getting my attention. I nudged him back in the ribs. That action just about threw him off his stool.
He winced, "Ow Nessie. You're getting stronger every day."
" Sorrry, but finally, it took long enough." I joked. He smiled back at me.
"Good morning!" Alice's shrill voice filled the kitchen as she danced over to us, and kissed my cheek and patted Jake's head.
"Hello Alice." Jacob murmured a 'hello'. He was still getting used to living with vampires, especially one like
Alice.
"Where is mom and dad?" I questioned, "I havent seen them all morning." Usually they hugged me right when I got up.
"Hunting, they want to be well feed before we go to school for the first day. That reminds me Nessie I picked out an outfit for your first day.
"Alice that's not nessa..." She cut me off.
"Oh yes it is, you have to look gorgeous on your first day."
"Okay but no dresses with frills..." Jake stifled a laugh.
"I'd like to see that." He said.
"You have remember Christmas 2009?"
"Oh yeah that 'Little Bo Peep' dress..." He stopped himself when he met Alice's glare.
"Okay Alice, take me to the dungeon..."
"It's really not that bad," she soothed, pulling me upstairs to my bedrooms walk-in closet.
She shoved a Marc Jacob's oversized gray cardigan with lace, a Burberry Blouse, in navy blue, Armani Exchange Distressed Jeans, and Black Booties with a navy blue patent clutch.
"Wow Alice. I have to say I kind of like it..."I said after I looked in the mirror after I had it on. Alice styled my long bronze locks, and gave me bangs.
"Now you so blend in." She cooed, walking back to examine me. "Ooh I almost forgot you have to blend in so have this, it's what all the teens have."
She pulled out a jewel-covered touch-screen I-phone.
"Oh that is pretty." I grabbed it and stuffed it in my clutch.
"I think your ready Renesmee," She smiled, "Time to go."
Alice took my hand and pulled down the ivory steps, to where the rest of my family waited. The arms of my mother greeted me.
"Good Morning Baby," She cooed, kissing my forehead.
"Morning Momma."
My father took me in his arms, and he kissed me all over my face.
"Watch it dad, I just put make-up on," I laughed.
"My little girls' growing up," He said.
"Time to go," Rosalie ushered us out to the garage. I hopped in the Guardian with Jacob and we sped off toward the High School. We were starting over in Port Angeles. Esme home schooled me up until a year ago, while my parents and my aunts and uncles claimed to be in college. Carlisle took a job in a hospital in Seattle. He didn't want to take me far from my family and Jake. A quaint hospital took Carlise in with eagerness in Port Angeles, and we moved into a rather large house just outside of town. I was sad to leave Forks, where I had lived 6 years of my childhood.
The ride stretched on silently, which gave me time to ponder. I didn't really know how to act around humans. My family gave me a once over making sure I acted like a teenager, my mind had the knowledge of a 30-year-old. I was not supposed to use my gift around humans, and I knew that, but sometimes I was afraid I would let it slip. When I was just trying to give someone a hand, they'd see into my mind…
I stopped myself as we pulled into the school parking lot. Children gathered around their cars, chatting, but they're eyes turned to our cars, their jaws dropping?
Jacob squeezed my hand and spoke, "Are you ready?" I just nodded, a flutter seized my stomach as he touched my skin, it felt nice.
My family was already gathering in the back of the cars, waiting for me, I guessed. I was slow, mainly because I was nervous.
Now everyone was looking at us, they seemed dazed or dazzled. I couldn't tell.
Walking to the front office with everyone looking at us was awkward. Would I ever get used to people starring at me?
3 guys who looked like they were seniors walked up to us, eyeing at us girls.
"Hey Babes." One hollered, looking at my mother and then me. I looked down, Jacob tightened his grip around my shoulder.
I could hear my father let out a growl, deep in his chest.
"Hey Barbie," The other one referred to Rosalie, "Do you want me to show you to your class."
"No, no thank you." Rosalie responded her eyes full of disgust.
"She's with me, child." Emmett growled. The guys started backing up, giving us room. We continued into the school. We met with the secretary as she gave us our schedules. I was pretending to be a freshman: Jacob a sophomore, Bella a sophomore, Edward a sophomore also, Rosalie and Emmett, a junior, along with Jasper, and Alice a freshman, along with me.
She was my babysitter. Ugh, I so did not need one.
We hurried off to our classes, I had Honors English first but I didn't have it with Alice. My mother and father gave me a smile and then walked into the science wing.
It didn't take me long to find my class. It had already began, so I walked quietly in. I handed the male teacher my schedule, he looked it over.
"Ah, Miss Renesmee Cullen you make take a seat to Chloe over there. He pointed to a seat by a girl with honey blonde hair and tanned skin. She smiled at me. I walked to the seat, in the middle of the room. I felt eyes on me, staring me down. I slid into the seat and took out my notebook, taking the notes.
Mr. Bennett let us go into group work with our partner.
"Hi I'm Chloe, and your Renesmee." She struggled with my name.
"Yes, but you can just call me Nessie." I replied.
"Wow, what an interesting name. So I noticed you had a large family where are you guys from." She asked politely.
"Oh yeah I do. I was adopted I live with my foster parents. We came from just outside of Forks."
"Cool, I would love to have a big family. So I happened to notice how much you look like the bronze haired one…"
"He's my older brother, our parents died long ago, we've been with Esme and Carlisle ever since. "
"That's too bad, I'm sorry."
"It's okay I was a baby when they died I can't really remember, but I'm lucky to have a loving family."
"I love you hair', she pulled at one curl, which hung down to my waist.
"Thanks, I haven't cut it since I've been little." The bell rang, and it startled me spilling my stuff on the floor. She bent down to help. I accidentally touched her hand in the process.
"Oh," Chloe gasped seeing what I was seeing in my mind. "Here's your stuff. Nice meeting you." She smiled, still weirder out, and got up, and left.
Alice was waiting outside the door, she didn't look pleased. Alice pulled me aside by the lockers accusing me with her golden eyes.
"That was close, luckily she didn't ask any questions." She pulled my hand and had us walking to our next class together.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean too, she's nice. She won't question anything."
Alice's little body huffed, "You do need a babysitter."
"No, I don't, and it won't happen again."
"It shouldn't, that's why we don't socialize with humans." Alice informed me.
"Well I am half human, and half-------, so I should be entitled to have a few human friends." I disagreed.
Alice just rolled her eyes. The next period was Geometry and boring. I had learned it all years ago. On our way to Gym, Alice stopped suddenly. Looking off into space. I touched her arm, What did you see? She didn't respond just kept walking acting like she didn't hear my question. Alice also ignored me while we played volleyball. I was playing against some girls and spiked the ball a little to hard, it hit one girl in the head. She said she was okay, but a little woozy.
Alice just gave a look, reminding me to be careful.