Evening Star

Ch. 1 - Loves Calming Affect

" Renesmee, get down here right now!"

Rosalie's voice drifted up the stairs as she called me from my attic room. I hated her at times, and this was one of them. When my parents decided they were going to go to college, they put Rosalie in charge of me. They never realized it, but she used to try to convince me I was her child, thinking that by me having human genes in me, I would be more susceptible to her web of lies! She was so wrong. I had my fathers quick wits about me! I had to run each memory in her head, so she wouldn't get so carried away again! Now, I was old enough to make my own choices, and I didn't need her help! It was tempting to pull a simple teenage rebellion sham, but I decided to play the old " pretend like I never heard you" trick. But of course, my hopes were set on high that actually she would fall for it.

The rush up the stairs triggered my full awareness, like an officer prepared for battle.

" Renesmee Carlie Cullen, I know you heard me. Do you want to satisfy your thirst, aren't you thirsty at all? This is the weekend and the only time you really can hunt, now come downstairs right now," Rosalie said, as gently as possible, but her bell voice rose octave almost every word. I just got up and walked over to a small, college dorm type refrigerator and opened it up to show bags filled with sloshy, red liquid. Rosalie's black eyes glinted with an undeniable thirst as the smell drifted through the room.

"How did you get those? Did you just go and massacre a whole town when we were last gone?" she asked, fury raging in her voice, and fire dancing in her eyes.

" Did you know about blood banks? They give every type of blood possible. Also there's the morgue, you wouldn't believe the stench of other vampires in that place," I replied, dramatically plugging my nose. It's not like I hated the sweet, sticky smell my family all possessed, I myself had a strange mixture between sweet and human, but I preferred the earthy, musky smell that reminded me of my lost sunshine.

I couldn't help but laugh as she raced out of the door looking like a steamed volcano, but I knew I was in for it as soon as the argument started. The door slammed on a car and screeching tires raced out of the icy driveway.

3..2..1.. and bam, the silver phone started ringing.

Damn, she told Emmet. I was toast as soon as they got back.

" Hello Emmet," I answered coolly, like nothing was wrong at all. His gruff yet charming voice answered me with anger, but a calm cool at the same time. That was one thing I liked about him, he was kind, but he was a beast when it came to anything physical.

" Your in a lot of trouble, you know that right?" he huffed into the phone.

" Yes sir, I can wait until you get back though, right?"

Insinuated whispers, quick and almost silent, filled half a second of my waiting ears. Finally, Rosalie was put on.

" Renesmee, we are going to be gone for two days, so your punishment will be thought through. I'm sorry I over reacted, but I'm not used to you being prepared. Just promise me you will behave," she asked, only showing the slightest but of weariness in her voice.

" Yes ma'am, no parties, no doing anything at all that will reveal us, etcetera and so forth," I said as politely as possible. The truth was, I did feel bad about how I acted towards her. She did help raise me, and I should be grateful towards her. The phone hung up after a swift goodbye, and with that, came the eerie silence of our large house. It sucked being in a new place, new house, new faces, new smells. The house was large, fancy, and it had enough room for my huge family, maybe even more. The house had guest rooms, bathrooms, kitchen, the whole get up. Except, I was the only one who actually ever got to eat anything, despite the taste. They gave me the largest room ( I have no idea why ) providing me every need. I was the most spoiled half-vampire on the planet.

As my head filled with the no important things in life, the silver phone rang again.

" Hello?"

" What are you in the mood for doing today?" a gruff voice asked me, sending my heart fluttering ten times faster than usual.

" Doesn't really matter to me, whatchya up for?"

" How bout' a ride to the beach?" and with that, an engine flared from three floors down. I looked out my window, and there was my Jake, his long, black hair in a ponytail, short sleeve shirt sticking out in the winter environment, standing by his motorcycle. I stuck my body out the window, and he smiled that wolfy grin me and my mom love.

" Nessie, Nessie, let down your long hair," he said sarcastically.

" How about I just jump," and with that, I plummeted three floors down. The thrill was exhilarating, but unlike a suicidal freak, I could land on two feet, and live.

My landing could've been more graceful, but it would do. Jake rolled his eyes as I got up and brushed my jeans off.

" You just love doing that don't you?" he said twirling me in his arms. They were warm, and felt good in the snowy environment.

" Well, I could just say the same thing about you and running, but I won't. I guess that's why we were made for each other," and with that he leaned down and kissed me softly on the lips, making my insides flutter.

"So the beach then?" I asked.

" Yes, I don't think anybody will be there, seeing as there is snow everywhere…." but just as he was saying that, a snap of a twig was heard in the forest. Jacob turned and crouched for attack, a low, menacing growl growing in his throat. He threw himself in front of me, just as Leah came out of the forest, a huge, smug smile on her face.

"Aw, the two love birds going somewhere?"

Jacob growled loudly, scarring the birds away. Leah just smirked, egging him on.

" What do you want Leah?" I asked, a growl growing in my throat, a strange yellow tint clouding my vision. Was this what it was like when my mother and father had defended me, against the wrath of the Volturri?

"Just dropping in on my favorite pack leader, and his lovely half-vampire girlfriend."

Jacob turned away from her and hopped on his bike, taking me with him. But as we took out of the driveway, Leah ran right next to us, yelling and jeering at me the entire time. She didn't like me, but I never fully understood why. Quil, Embry, and Seth had no problems with me, so I knew it wasn't because of my vampire heritage and traits. When she was always egging me and Jake on, again and again, I couldn't help but despise her. The bike screeched to a halt, sending Leah speeding past us. Jacob shook ferociously, hands shaking, eyes afire with madness. Leah shook as well, not as violently, but enough to warn me it was more worse in the pack than usual. My hand reached up to Jacob's cheek, and thought of the good times. He gasped as images burst into his head of every moment we spent together, every embrace, every kiss, the good times. In these types of situations, this was last resort; I hated it when the pack would fight. His shaking subsided, as well as Leah's, still, the tension was thick in the air.

"Leave Leah, go back to the house," he said with anger almost blazing from his mouth.

"Is that an order? Or a suggestion?" she questioned. With that, a menacing growl was heard, neither coming from Leah or Jacob, but from me. Jake squeezed my hand and grinned slightly at me.

" That's an order Leah," Jake enforced. She whined, but had to obey. She left us with an evil jeer.

Without her there, the air cleared, and we could breath easier. I sighed and Jacob laughed.

" Was that ferocious enough?" I asked with the ring of my laugh.

" Yes, very scary, but still not as scary as your mom, or dad, or any of your family. Sorry," he said sarcastically. He kissed me again on the forehead, and was off, on the way to our beach.