Disclaimer: I don't own the characters in the story, because they belong to Stephenie Meyer.

Chapter 1 - Overprotective

"Momma, please!", I begged and gave her a pleading glance. "I'm old enough. I do not need a babysitter!"

"NO! Renesmee, you are NOT going anywhere without an adult! That's the end.", she said in an angry tone.

"How can you do this to me? I WANT TO SEE ZAFRINA!" I stomped my foot. Why was she doing that?

"I know, but in fact you're only five years old! You've barely left home in your life. So there's no point!" She looked like she thought the conversation was over.

"You know that my mental level is higher than that!" Now I was really angry.

"Aw, Bella. Let her go! She's behaving exactly like a teenager!", chuckled Emmett, who was standing in the doorframe. Then Alice danced into the room.

"Okay..., but what if Alice comes with me?", I tried to compromise.

"I already said NO!", Momma shot a warning glance toward Emmett.

"Bella, calm down! If I'm with her, she won't get hurt. If you wish Rosalie is coming with us, too. Renesmee really wants to see Zafrina and now is the opportunity. Be reasonable."

Momma inhaled deeply. "But I can't bear to be away from her, and I want to see Zafrina too. What would this do to Jacob? He couldn't bear it either. What is with Edward? Esme? Charlie? They all couldn't bear!"

I rolled my eyes. She was overreacting. Zafrina was a very good friend and if Alice would come with me, what's the problem?

"Don't overreact. I'll only be gone for a few days!", I really tried to calm her down. I had a feeling she would give in soon. But what was with Dad? Would he concede? If not, I would have to rethink my plans.

"But if Dad says no, you're not leaving!"

That was exactly what I hoped she wouldn't say. She did. That meant rethinking plans. I had to talk to Alice.

"Thank you. I'll go ask Daddy. Alice? Can you come with me please?" She followed me out of the room with curious eyes. When we stood in front of the kitchen, I began to explain, "I will have to ask Dad. He'll say no. That means I have to reassess my plans. We have to reassess our plans. Any ideas?"

She gave me a meaningful look and said, at first, nothing.

"We could ask Carlisle to talk to him. Edward trusts him very much. Or maybe Esme. I still think it'll be very difficult to convince him", she answered then while she rubbed her temples. I loved it,when she did that. She was always so graceful, like every other member of this family, but I still thought that she was the most graceful. Her face was so beautiful, I wondered what she had done with it. It was too beautiful.

"That's a good idea. Let's go, then! We are wasting time standing here.", I said after a few seconds. She laughed.

We went to talk to Carlisle. He said if we really wanted to go, we could do that. He also said if Alice came with me, there was no danger. She can take care of me. He promised to do what he could. Then we searched for my Dad and found him in the kitchen.

I knew by the look on his face that he already knew what I was up to and he wasn't too fond of my plans, but I spoke it out loud nonetheless.

"Dad? Can I go to Zafrina? She invited me. Only a few days. You're anyway not at home. Alice is coming with me.", I tried to ask calmly.

"That's out of the question." His tone suggested that he wasn't about to negotiate this.

"Why ? I WANT to go! I'm old enough. There's no danger.", I argued.

"NO! Don't you know what they are hunting? What they are eating? I won't allow you to see that!" He looked very worried.

"Oh please, Dad! Do you really think they will hunt while I'm with them, near them? They will hunt while I'm sleeping, or while Alice and I are hunting. Don't worry."

"Don't worry? Are you kidding? I WILL NOT LET YOU PUT YOURSELF IN DANGER,

RENESMEE CARLIE CULLEN!", he answered shocked and mostly furious.

"Zafrina would never put me in danger!You know she won't ever do that!"

"Renesmee,I know that you would like to go but it's impossible. It's too dangerous. You don't know her enough."

"But Alice does! She will take care of me. Please, let me go!", I answered and gave him a begging look.

"Alice can't see your future. That is the problem. If she could, I would think about it. But so... NO!"

I had to go back to my backup plan. Alice seemed to know exactly what I was thinking. She went upstairs and then came back with Carlisle. We, me and Alice, hurried out of the room. We wanted them to be alone, so they could discuss better. Carlisle was our only hope. He would manage. I hoped so. We were headed to Alice's room. We would change clothes, you could say 'play' dress up, to override the excitement. We both liked fashion, to the great chagrin of my mom. Sometimes we were spending the whole day with shopping. We would never get bored. At home, we were playing dress up with each of our acquisitions. It was funny to see Mom's expression when we got home with thousands of shopping bags. She always found an excuse why she couldn't go shopping with us. Sometimes Rose came with us. She wasn't as enthusiastic as Alice and I were, but she still liked it.

Now we once again played dress up. I heard some angry noises from the bottom of the stairs and wondered what it could be. Was it Dad? Someone else? "Who is that?", I asked Alice quietly. "It's Jacob. He heard what we were planning. Now he is on his way up here.", she answered my question and got dressed. So did I.

I heard a knock and went to get the door.

He stood in front of me like he wanted to grab my shoulders and shake me, though I knew he would never do anything like that. His look was painful when he eyed me from head to toe.

"Yeah Jacob, I know! You're thinking I'm unreasonable and I'm sorry.", I said before he could yell at me. Why in the world were they all so anxious? I was not a baby! They were all so overprotective. Esme would let me go, because it would make me happy. Emmett would let me go, because he thought I had a right to have freetime. Carlisle would let me go, because he saw no danger. About Jasper and Rosalie I was not exactly sure.

"Renesmee. Are you trying to kill me? I won't allow that! You know that this is out of the question. You are not going anywhere without me!"He was serious.

"If you wish you can run after us or swim across the ocean. It's not your decision."

He grounded his teeth together. I could tell that he would do that. But first he would try to hold me back.

"Do you really think this bloodsucker is a good friend? You don't know what she is thinking or what she could do to you!"

"Don't call Zafrina a bloodsucker! You aren't any better! She is a good friend! You don't even know her well." His expression was painful and shocked. I was a little bit sorry about my words. But how could he call her a bloodsucker? He was a werewolf for crying out loud! He was also supernatural.

"She is what she is! You can't ignore that! I hope you would know better. I want you to be happy, but it's too dangerous. Regardless, I don't kill people."

Aw. He was so mean.

"But she isn't dangerous to me. She won't hurt me!" I thought it would never end. Everything was so difficult.

"Okay, but I'm coming with you. I can protect you better than Alice can."

I wasn't sure if that was a good idea. "You have to ask Alice first...", I reminded him.

"No! That's definitely a bad idea. With him near I can see nothing! He is not coming with us.", Alice said before he could protest. She smiled at him mischievously.

"That's not fair! I'LL COME WITH YOU!"

"No you won't!", I and Alice said together. He gave her a look that said , 'If looks could kill'. Then he went angrily out of Alices' room. I couldn't hold back a laughter. Neither could Alice.

I knew Jacob hadn't given up, yet. But at first he couldn't argue anymore.

We went downstairs and into the living room. Dad was standing near the glass wall. I hurried to him to beg again, but he was the first to speak.

"You can go, but you have to be near Alice. You will listen to her. I don't like the idea much, just so you know. If you put yourself in danger, I would never forgive myself for letting you go! Do you understand?" He looked worried.

He loved me very much. I could see it in his expression. I touched his cheek to show him my feelings. I couldn't explain them with words. He smiled at me because he already knew what I was thinking. He hugged me, then kissed my forehead. I thanked Carlisle, too. Then I went to Momma. She sobbed a little by the idea of me without her. But then she smiled and hugged me, too.

"You will always know what's the right thing for you." Dad stepped quietly to her side and kissed her forehead to comfort her. "There goes our little girl.", he sighed.