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I stood outside of the Cullens', waiting for Renesmee. She was now my life, no doubt about it. Nessie was everything I wanted. We needed each other. The age difference didn't bother me, I could wait for her. No, I would wait for her. When we are apart, it feels like forever until I return to her. There was no way around it, I loved her. I know she doesn't feel the same way, but it doesn't matter. She looked much older anyways. I was supposed to be with her, even if we were just friends. That thought was something I didn't want to think. One day Renesmee will find the person she loves and I will be happy for her, no matter who it is...

I pulled a dandelion from the garden. It was the only imperfection around here so it reminded me of myself. I twirled it around in my hands and I inspected it. I sighed. I was stalking a dandelion like it would suddenly turn into a Transformer and destroy anything in its path.

Nessie opened the door and walked out of the house, just as I was looking up from the yellow weed. I smiled up at her as she screamed my name, "Jake!" Renesmee then ran up to me and wrapped me in an embrace. I wasn't surprised, she did this often. I quickly hugged her back. She pointed to the flower in my hand, "Is this for me?"

"Yeah, sure is." I handed Renesmee the dandelion. She smiled up at me and I returned the favor.

"I guess we should get to school, huh?" I looked down. I forgot about school until Nessie mentioned it.

"Yeah," I answered after I looked back up at her. "Well, c'mon!" Renesmee took my hand and I was soon being dragged to my car.

I leaned up against my Volkswagen Rabbit waiting for school to start as I talked with Renesmee. The rest of the Cullens "graduated", so I moved to Forks High School when I heard Renesmee was going. I was also able to stay in touch with everything going on. It was just easier to be up here.

Renesmee was starting to babble, like she does when she's nervous. Today was officially her first day of high school. As far as anyone else knew though, this was her first day of Forks high school. "Nessie, calm down. You're going to be just fine."

She suddenly turned to look at me. "Did I say something...?" I didn't understand why she was staring at me like that. Renesmee's eyes showed something I didn't see before. Maybe I didn't pay attention, maybe they had been there all along and I was just so dense. I couldn't look away from her eyes; they showed so many different emotions I didn't think I would be able to describe them all. Happy, nervous, scared, excited, and above all, something I didn't recognize...

The bell rang and Nessie looked at the high school, now with one clear emotion, fear. I grabbed her arm and tugged her into the school's office while I pondered the last emotion. "You must be Renesmee Cullen." Nessie nodded to the secretary sitting at the desk. "And you're Jacob Black?"

"Yes ma'am," I answered. "Here you go." The secretary handed us our schedules. I heard Renesmee mange to say something that sounded like thanks. And we were out of the office.

The halls of the high school we're empty. I hadn't heard the second bell, but I guessed we were already late so I thought it didn't matter now. I pulled Nessie off to the right side of the hallway. "Hey, are you okay?" She looked up at me, sheepishly.

"Yeah, I guess the nerves just got the best of me." She started rubbing her left arm with her right.

"Renesmee, you eat mountain lions but you're afraid of what people will think of you in high school?"

That got her attention. Nessie started to walk away from me. "What did I say?"

We had first period together, and we had to sit next to each other in the back of the classroom. After the teacher made us introduce ourselves, we quickly sat down so he would go on with his lecture. I took out a piece of paper and scribbled something on it before handing it to Renesmee. 'English class, huh?' She slipped the paper under her notebook ever so carefully, and I didn't understand why. When I looked up, I saw the teacher making his way down the aisle to the back of the room. When the teacher turned around and started for the front of the room, she took the paper out and wrote something on it.

Nessie handed it to me while the teacher was writing something on the chalkboard. 'I guess.' I sighed. I wasn't getting anywhere with this. 'I'm sorry for what I did.'

Nessie looked over at me. I was sure as she turned down to write something back, I saw her give a smile. She handed me the paper, 'Don't worry about it. I'm sorry for freaking out. That was pretty funny, what you said in the hall.' I smiled.

The rest of the first half of school seemed to drag on. These were the only classes I didn't have with Nessie, and I didn't really know anyone in Forks. I couldn't help but stare at the clock every five minutes, waiting for the bell to ring for lunch. I wanted to see Renesmee again. As soon as the bell rang, I had my stuff packed up and I was out the door. I waited by Renesmee's Spanish classroom for her to walk out. When she did, I saw a smile light up her face. "I'm so happy to see you!"

I smiled back, "Me too." We walked to lunch together chatting about our periods alone.

We walked in the lunch room and people were still walking in with their friends, so we weren't the last ones in the lunchroom. "How was Spanish?" It was the only class she hadn't talk about yet. "Bien."

"If I knew what that meant, I'd probably say something back to it."

She laughed at my reaction. "It means good."

"Oh, well that's bien."

Renesmee was laughing harder now. When she could finally talk again she said, "I missed you and your jokes."

"I missed your laughter." Nessie turned and looked straight into my eyes, and I couldn't help but stare back.

We stood like that for a few moments, but the lunch lady yelled at her. "I said next!"

"Right, sorry." Renesmee turned around and handed her money to the lunch lady. When she was done, she waited for me and we sat down at a table. She sat down across from me, so she could look at me while we talked.

"What are you doing after school?" She tried to make small talk, and avoid anything that would bring up the awkward staring thing earlier.

"Are you asking me out on a date?" I wanted to lighten the mood and joking was the only way I knew how.

Nessie laughed. "No, unless you call studying a date."

"Haven't you ever heard of a study date?"

She smiled. "Okay, well then we now have a 'study date' for after school."

"What are we gonna study for?"

"Weren't you paying attention in English?"

"I can't write notes and pay attention like you Cullens can. I don't have those 'genes'."

Renesmee looked like she wasn't sure if she wanted to laugh or hit me, but she went with the laughing. "Oh Jake...." She sighed. "We have an English test in a week."

"Already?"

"Yes, already."

"Hmm." I took a bite from my apple and threw the rest away. Nessie started laughing uncontrollably.

"What are you laughing at?"

"Your....face," she said in between laughs.

"Nessie, that's kind of hurtful..."

Renesmee started to finally calm down. "Not what I meant. You made the weirdest face when you took a bite of that apple. It was just too funny. I wish I had a camera!"

"I'll remember that for your birthday."