Well I hope you guys like this. This chapter might leave some questions, but don't worry, everything will be explained.

-Preface-

I ran. Faster than I have ever ran in my entire life. I needed to find him. Stop him. I could feel the hole in my heart ripping open further and further. The pain was overbearing. Almost too much to handle. I wouldn't let him run away. Not this time. Reaching the Canadian border, my feet steadied to a halt. I shivered as the brutal wind nipped at my skin. Drops of water slid down each of my arms, hitting the earth softly. It was pouring.

Cupping my hands around my mouth, I screamed for him. No matter how far away he was I knew he could hear me. There was a screeching sound before a desperate howl broke through the woods. The ground started to shake beneath me. He turned around and was coming back. Relief washed through me. Closing my eyes, I pictured him running back to me. The pounding came to a stop and all I could hear was the rain splattering around me.

My eyes flew open. Within a second, I was running towards him. His eyes were wide with shock, as I jumped into his arms. My surprise jump sent him backwards a few steps, but he still held on to me tighter than ever. I locked my arms around his neck, closing my eyes. "Nessie…" His soft whisper escaped into the rain and I found myself crying.

-End Preface-

Renesmee's POV:

"Sixteen today." I whispered, as I examined myself in the mirror. Everything about me seemed and looked different. My skin has lightened out, but I'm not pale. My hair is very different. The once golden and wavy curls are now a darker brown. And my curls grew out once I cut my hair. Its not that shot though. Just to my shoulders. We've also figured out that I don't sparkle in the sun. I guess that's where my human genes kicked in. I took a lock of my hair and pulled on it. Mom can't get over how straight my hair is now. Neither can I, but I've decided that I like it. Sixteen means change. Major change.

I jumped slightly at knocking on the door. I spun around quickly to see Alice at the doorway. "Hey Nessie." She greeted me with a bright smile. "Happy birthday!" She rushed over and pulled me into a tight embrace. As soon as she let go of me a black shopping bag was thrust into my face.

"What's this?" I asked, peering inside. Alice peeked over my shoulder into the bag. "It's just a little outfit I saw for you. I thought it'd be perfect for you to wear to your party tonight!"

Oh right. Party tonight. I completely forgot. Alice saw this and placed her hands on her hips. "Don't tell me you forgot. I've only been planning this party since you were what….two?" I smiled at her slight pout. I gave her a little shove towards the door. She went willingly. "I didn't forget." I lied.

"Good." She answered. "Now don't forget our agreement."

My eyes narrowed in on her. Agreement? My mind ran over the past few days, trying to remember an agreement. Nope. Nothing rang any bells. Alice noticed my dismay and sighed. "You promised you would invite all the werewolves to your party. All of them." Her last sentence came out firm.

I rolled my eyes. All of them. Great. Yeah, maybe I forgot to mention that Jacob and I are not speaking. Not since he told me that I was too young to have a relationship together. That was three years ago. When I was just turning thirteen. That was a great birthday. Now the only wolf I still keep in contact with his Seth. Apparently Jacob has found love with someone else anyway. That didn't take long.

"Nessie." Alice's stern voice brought me back to reality. She's actually serious about this. Great.

I sighed. "Fine. Fine. I'll go. Can you give me a ride though?"

She smiled. "Of course!"


Alice made me wear my darkest blue skinny jeans with a flannel black t-shirt. She also forced me into wearing the necklace that Jacob gave with a silver 'R'. My stomach twisted together once we reached the treaty border line. "Call me when you're ready to come home. One of us will come and get you."

I nodded and stepped out of the car. Once the car was completely out of view I started walking towards the Black's house. No doubt all the werewolves would be there. I hugged my white cashmere coat closer to me. Leave it to Alice to buy me all these preppy clothes.

Once I was about a mile away, I realized that I would look like a complete stranger to them. Everything about me is different. They probably wouldn't even recognize me. Last time they saw me I was the little dimpled curly haired goldy locks.

I reached the Black's driveway quicker than I thought I would. There was laughing behind the house and I could instantly smell smoke. They were all probably sitting around the fire. But someone was on the front porch. He looked up as I approached the front steps. Paul.

"Can I help you?" Paul asked, confused. I knew they wouldn't recognize me. But come on, my eyes are still the same. Maybe I'm more different than I thought.

"It's me you dummy." I gave him shove in the shoulder. That made him smile. "Nessie?! I can't believe it! You're here?" He picked me up and gave me a big bear hug.

"Yeah, I'm here." I whispered. I smiled back at him, he looks so excited.

"Wait till the guys see you!" He said suddenly. Before I could stop him he was leaning over the porch deck yelling. "Hey guys! Come see who's here!"

There was laughter and then whispering. Before I could say anything else to Paul they were all running towards us. The first one to round the corner of the porch was Embry. Then Quil and all the rest of them appeared. "Who's this?" Quil asked, winking at me slightly. I blushed bright pink at how oblivious they all were.

I started to laugh, but then stopped abruptly. "Renesmee." I'd know that voice anywhere. Only this time the voice was stern and serious. I glanced over to where the voice was coming from. Jacob stood leaning against the other side of the porch, his left hand locked in place with someone else's. I couldn't even bring myself to look at his girlfriend.

"Nessie?" They were all whispering about me now.

After several minutes I cleared my voice to speak, but Jacob beat me to it. "Why are you here?" He asked, sort of angrily.

I sighed and glared at him. "I came to invite you all to a party tonight. Trust me, you guys don't have to come if you don't want to." I tried my best to avoid looking at Jacob for now.

"Cool!" Quil high fived Embry. "What's the party for?"

I started to answer, but once again Jacob beat me to it. "It's her sixteenth birthday."

Shock hit me like a knife. He actually remembered my birthday. That's a real surprise. Especially since the last time I saw him, was not a very good way to end things. My mind started to wonder off to that last day, but stopped when Sam spoke. "Well. We'd be happy to come. Right guys?" They all smiled and cheered except for Jacob.

For the first time, I looked over at the girl he was entwined with. She had long light brown hair. Her eyes were an icy blue that were staring back at me. She looked away quickly to look at Jacob. I followed her eyes, to see that Jacob was staring back at me.

Seth went and put his hand on Jacob's shoulder. That distracted him. "You and Caroline are going to come right?" Caroline. That's her name. Jacob nodded once and Caroline gave me a small smile. She didn't seem so bad after all. I smiled back.

I wanted nothing more than to get out of here. So I turned back to face the rest of them. "Great. I guess I'll see you guys tonight. Seven."

"We gotta go get her a present." Quil whispered to Jared. I smiled briefly.

"Well I better get going." I stepped off the porch. "Do you want me to walk to you back to the border?" Seth asked. I shook my head no. I'd just call Alice and then head back on my own. I waved goodbye to them and then headed down the driveway. I didn't dare look at Jacob.

Halfway back to the border I finally got off the phone with Alice. I slapped the cell phone shut and stuffed it in my pocket. I stopped suddenly when I heard a rustle of leaves behind me. I spun around fast. About 12 feet behind me, stood Jacob. I started to say something, but he stopped me. "I just wanted to make sure you got back to the border safe." He whispered.

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