Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or any of it's characters Stephenie Meyer does. =(
'Love of my life, my soulmate. Your my best friend.
Part of me like breathing, now half of me is left.
I don't know anything, at all.
Who am I to say you love me?'
- Hope - Who am i to say
'Aunt Alice.' I whined, looking down at my pixie like aunt, she had her hands on her hips and was giving me her best stern face.
'Renesmee Carlie Cullen. You are going to go down stairs and enjoy yourself or you'll break my fragile heart.' She finished with puppy dog eyes that it is impossible to say no to.
I just nodded my head and rolled my eyes as I let her put on the finishing touches to my makeup. Sometimes it can be so annoying to be the only person to have a proper birthday. Since I'm the only human (sort of) in a family full of vegetarian vampires they love to through me birthday parties. I guess I'm like my mum that way, she hates being the centre of attention. My aunts are the worst when it comes to making me the centre of the party. I love them to pieces and I wouldn't trade them for the world but sometimes they can overdo things a little.
It is my sixth birthday, though I look to be seventeen. That is because my dad is a vampire and my mum was a human when she became pregnant with me. I'm half vampire and half human which is why I grow so quickly. Though I haven't grown at all in the past week, leaving me at five foot and five inches, I get my height from my dad as my mum is only five foot four.
Vampire women can't have children as their bodies can't change to deal with a growing baby but vampire men can as their bodies don't need to change to have a kid. My aunt Rose would have loved to have had a kid but since she is a vampire she can't. She would have made a great mum in her human life. All my family, on my dad, Edward's, side are vampires. Aunt Rose, Aunt Alice, Grandma Esme, Uncle Emmet, Uncle Jasper and Grandpa Carlisle. My mum, Bella, has a mixture on her side of the family, humans and shape shifters/ the wolves. My Grandpa Charlie, Billy, Sue, Emily, Kim and Claire are the humans, Sam, Jared, Paul, Leah, Colin, Brady, Quil, Embry, Seth and Jacob. My Jacob.
'All done.' Aunt Alice exclaimed as she stood in front of me with a huge smile on her face.
'Thanks.' I mumbled, she rolled her eyes at my lack of enthusiasm and mumbled something to low for even my ears to hear though it sounded a bit like, 'so much like her mother.'
She looked up at me and grabbed my hand before running out of her massive bathroom. I grudgingly followed her as she descended the large staircase that leads to the living room. I could hear five faint heart beats, as my hearing isn't as strong as a vampires or one of the wolves.
'Here's the birthday girl.' My Aunt sang as let go of my hand and skipped over to my uncle Jasper who smiled apologetically, feeling my embarrassment. Literally.
There was a chorus of cheers followed by happy birthday and congratulations. This only made my face even more red which everyone noticed. Thankfully my mum swooped in to give me and hug and to save me from further embarrassment.
'I'm so sorry honey but we couldn't stop Alice. I tried.' My mum pulled away but kept me in her arms.
'It's ok. We all know that Alice is uncontrollable.' My Aunt growled at this while some people laughed.
My eyes scanned the room to see what damage Alice had inflicted on the poor house. Pink candles littered every available surface and any space left was taken up by red and pink roses. Red fabric was hung from the ceiling and red confetti covered the coffee table. It only took a second for me to register all of this as my eyes instantly fell on Jacob. He stood next to my Uncle Emmet and I smile as my eyes met his warm and friendly black ones.
'Happy birthday Ness!' He smiled and pulled me into a hug that would have broken any humans ribs.
'Need to breathe... Jake.' I gasped though I secretly whished that he had kept me in his arms instead of releasing me altogether.
My dad growled at my thoughts. Stupid mind reader. He growled even louder. Sorry daddy, I thought. Another complication of living in a family full of vampires, there is never any privacy. What with a mind reading dad an emotion sensing Uncle and a future seeing Aunt, though i am blurry to her, it is almost impossible to have anything hidden. I looked around Jake to look apologetically at my dad but found him glaring at Jake. I frowned but dismissed it. I gave Jake another hug and felt his muscled arms wrap around me. I love the feeling I get when he holds me.
I was passed around like a rag doll from one family member to the next. They were all really kind and sweet but I just don't like the attention. Thankfully Jacob rescued me from Uncle Emmett telling everyone embarassing baby stories about me. My face got redder and redder with each word that he spoke. I blush really easily. He was just moving onto the story about my blueberry accident, blueberries are one of the only foods that I can handle, when Jacob pulled me away. Uncle Em stopped when I left as it is no fun telling embarassing stories about me if i'm not there. He would save that for later. Great.
'Can I talk to you.' He asked in his deep voice that sent shivers up my spine.
Wait, what am I thinking? I don't fancy Jake. He's just my best friend. My unbalievably gorgeous best friend. No! Stop it Ness! Jake was looking at me funny as he waited for my answer. He was probably wondering what i was thinking so hard about.
'Sure, sure.' He smiled as I used his saying.
He turned around, walked out of the house and into the woods. I had to jog to keep up with him. He seemed to know exactly where he was going and strode purposely infront of me. What was this about? He stopped walking after about 15 minutes and turned to face me. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes as he tried to form words. He was starting to worry me. I took a step towards him but he told me to stay where I was. I listened to him.
'Ness. Do you remember any of the legends of my tribe?' Is that all he wanted?
'Yes. Of course i do, why?'
'Do you remember the one about imprinting?' He asked with cautious eyes.
Oh God. No, I didn't see this coming. He had imprinted. I should feel happy for him but I felt as if a huge whole had been ripped in my chest. He had found his soul mate. At least he would always be happy with her. It was selfish of me to want him to myself. I silent tear rolled down my cheek and i saw something flash in his eyes. Pity? I din't want his pity, I would be fine. He doesn't need my. I don't know anything at all. I thought he loved me, I guess he did but only as a friend. I realised now that he would never love me like that. More tears escaped my eyes. I also realised that I was in love with him. The way he smiled at me, held me in his arms, the way he never let anything hurt, the way I always felt safe around him. He doesn't need me. I need him. But he had met someone else and I would be ok with that, I had to be.
'Congratulations. She's really lucky to have you. I'm happy for you.' My voice broke on the last sentence and more tears spilled out my eyes.
He took a step towards me but i backed away. 'I really am happy for you.' And with that I ran away but I didn't go back to the house. I didn't want to see more looks of pity from my family. I ran to the only place that i could think of. The only place that only I knew about. A place where no one would find me. The rian started pouring down my bback but it also washed away my sent. Now no one would find me.