Okay, mine and mrs. whitlock-hale's first—well, second, actually—story together. So, we first started writing this last year in one of my journals, but unfortunately, I left said journal on a freaking airplane! The second journal we tried to use ended up getting stolen, so we've just decided to use paper in our binders. So much easier; but I've decided to go ahead and start posting this story. -hale and I are still working on it, but here's the first chapter, and it's nice and long. Enjoy!! Love,
BPOV
It's been almost 10 years since I became a vampire and Renesmee was born. She had Edward and I wrapped around her little fingers, and the family couldn't imagine life without her. She was full-grown now, and she hadn't changed since she turned 7 years old. It was scary that she wasn't even in her double-digit years and she had the body of an 18-year-old. She and Jake were nearly inseparable, and it pissed Edward off. Neither of us was too thrilled that with Jake imprinting on her, she was now starting to see him as her future husband. Of course, Edward and I wouldn't let them get married or anything until she actually turned 19. Ness had thrown a bit of a fit about that one. She started turning into a teenager at about age 5, and it had scared Edward. He wasn't happy about his little girl growing up so quickly. I'd never seen him so scared before. But probably the most hilarious reaction he's had to her growing up so quickly was the day she started her time of month. He'd dropped to the floor, hands in his hair, looking so upset, I dropped down with him and put his head in my lap, stroking his hair and massaging his temples. I still remembered that day clearly.
~START FLASHBACK~
"How could this happen, Bella?" Edward asked me. His head was in my lap, and I was stroking his hair.
"Edward, she's a girl," I told him. "All girls go through this. And your reaction is perfectly normal, I think."
"Bella, she's half-vampire," he explained, lifting his head briefly. "If she has her…her period—" He shuddered. "Then that means…oh, God, Bella!"
"I know, Edward," I told him, putting his head back on my lap and stroking his hair again.
"Bella," Edward continued. "Honey, this means that she and Jacob…they can…" He couldn't finish.
"Edward, she's half-human," I reminded him. "I had a feeling she would start."
"What makes you say that?" he said, lifting his head and sitting up, taking my chin in his hands.
"Well, she'd been complaining of cramps last night, and Alice had given her feminine protection, saying that she'd need it," I confessed. He groaned, and laid his head back in my lap.
"Oh, Bella," he whined. "What am I going to do?"
"Just don't mention it to her, and be strong," I told him. "She's going to want to talk to me more now, but she will still love you."
"Fine," he said. He closed his eyes and relaxed onto my lap. We stayed like that for about 15 minutes before Renesmee called for me. I got up, and went to see what my daughter wanted.
~END FLASHBACK~
Poor Edward, I thought. He was so stressed out for the rest of that day. Edward didn't look at Nessie the same way, and she'd thought he didn't love her anymore. She was so depressed, and Jasper had to step out for a minute to alleviate the depression Nessie was radiating. She went to Jacob to see if he could lift her spirits, and when she explained what was going on, he'd seemed only a little disturbed. But he did end up cheering her up, and for that I was grateful. Then she'd come to me asking all kinds of questions about being a teenager and about being a girl. It was genuine mother-daughter time. I looked around for my daughter, but she wasn't home. Probably snuck out with Jacob.
Again.
JPOV
Nessie and I were going for a run; me in my wolf form, and her on my back. We were going to the movies. She had my clothes and my wallet with her, and she was going to give them to me when we got into the woods that were by the theater.
"Hey, Jake?" she asked. We'd come up with a method where we could communicate with me in my wolf form. Sometimes she'd touch me and show me what she wanted to know, and sometimes—like now—she'd ask me out loud. I answered her with a grunt, and she tangled her fingers in my fur while we ran.
"Jake, do you think my parents will forgive me for sneaking out with you?"
I started walking and nodded my head, telling her that I was certain that Bella and Edward would forgive her. Bells was very forgiving when it came to the people she loved. We continued walking with her still running her fingers through the fur at my neck. But if I didn't hurry back up, we'd be late for the movie. I started to gradually get faster, and she held on to my fur a little tighter. She always liked riding on my back, and started laughing a little bit like she always did. Whenever we went on rides with her on my back, we had the time of our lives. But ever since moving to Edinburgh, Scotland, Ness had been a little self-conscience of her nickname since she heard of the Loch Ness Monster who was called Nessie as well. We hadn't met any of the local kids yet, so there was no teasing her about her name.
Yet.
NPOV
I loved running with Jake. He always went fast, and he knew I liked going fast. We were going to the movies to see, hilariously, the new Underworld movie that released in Scotland about a week ago. We thought that it would be ironic to see the movie about the werewolf/lycan and the vampire getting together since Jake and I were a werewolf and half-vampire couple.
Well, not officially.
We got to the edge of the woods where Jake was going to change back, but we were stopped by a large back of wolves. I touched Jake and let him know that I was a little worried. One of the wolves, I'm guessing the Alpha, changed, apparently not worried about his nudity in front of me.
"Shift," he commanded in a heavy Scots accent. "Now, or die."
"Hey!" I yelled, climbing down off of Jake's back. He growled, trying to tell me to stay out of this. I dropped his clothes at his feet and turned my back on him, ignoring the nudity of the guy in front of me. "Threaten my boyfriend again, and I will personally see to it that you are neutered," I threatened. I was beyond pissed that this guy would threaten us without cause. I heard Jake change and then he came up behind me, putting an arm around my waist.
"Well, this is unexpected," he said. "And here I thought that I and my tribe were the only wolves of our kind."
"Let me guess," the guy said. "The Quileute tribe?"
"Yeah, how did you know?" Jake asked warily.
"Do ye know a Joshua Uley?" the guy asked. Jake blanched. We knew Joshua Uley as well as anyone in Forks. He was Sam's AWOL dad. The guy continued. "He's me uncle."
"Wait, Joshua Uley was an only child," Jake said. "As far as anyone knows, anyway."
"Weel, Joshua's half-brother was a bastard," the guy explained. "All these lads are me flesh-and-blood kin. I'm the eldest."
"Well, looks like Joshua wasn't the only cheater in his family," Jake muttered. Then he turned to the guy. "What's your name anyway?"
"Me name's no' important," he said. "All ye need to ken is that if ye cause trouble here, ye will be severely punished."
"Thanks for the warning," Jake said. "But if you don't mind, my girlfriend and I would like to go to the movies now."
"Girlfriend?" the guy asked. "Yer girlfriend is a vampire?"
"Uh, no," Jake said. "Try half-vampire."
"I've never heard of a half-vampire."
"Well, guess I'm the first one, then," I said finally. "I've actually met one other just like me, but he was, obviously, male."
"Then breed with him," the guy muttered, probably not wanting Jake or I to hear and sounding more than a little vexed. "Doona cause any trouble." Then he turned, shifted back into a big, black wolf, and walked away. Jake and I then walked hand-in-hand to the movie theatre, wanting to get on with our movie before it sold out or we were too late. We got lucky. When we got there, there were very few people in line, and we got there just before they closed the doors to the showing we wanted to see.
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